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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
NOTED HUMORIST'
 ADVISES JEWRY.
Harry Herschfield Sounds Encouraging Note During
 'Nght of Laughter"

Harry Herschfield, well-known star of the radio program, "Can You Top This One" injected a seri- ous note in performance at Temple hall last night, when he discussed the anti-Semitic problems of the Jewish race. Scores of stories and jokes were told by the noted @um- orist who kept the audience of 600 laughing all evening.
 The speaker stated the Jewish people should not be afraid to be singled out as a part of the minor ity group. He stated there were more aflti-Semetics than Jews in the world but thtat good Chris tians outnumbered the anti-Se- metics.
 MT. Herschfield, who once drew the famous comic strip, "Abe Ka- bibble," discussed his radio program following the lively poke-telling ses- sion. His story repertoire covered all themes, including love, money, war, and the President.
 Rudolph Hoffman, VERY radio announcer, gave impersonations of several famous personalities in a 10 minute program. The session was opened by Murray Grossman, presi- dent of the Mems club of Beth
 Israel synagog which sponsored the program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
CRUZAS FINED ON
 THEFT COMPLAINT
Jail Sentence Suspended; $50 of $lOO Fine Or-
 dered Reunited

Walter Gruzas, 33, 48 Chatfield avenue was fined $100 and given 8 30-day suspended jail sentence after he pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny before Judge Charles R.. Summa in City Court this morning.
 Prosecutor Albert w. Hummel said the accused was found in possession of two refrigerator units, valued at $50, stolen from in front of an East Main street shop last month.
 John Mccarthy, 34, 154 Grand street, was fined total of $S5 on charges of intoxication, breach of the peace, and resisting arrest. Pa trolmen Timothy Hurley and Cicero Booker said the accused refused to show his draft card when question in North Square, and struck Officer Hurley when he turned to send in 8 call for the patrol wagon.
 Marshall Shaker, 19, 462 South Main street, driver of Darcey Transportation trailer truck which skidded across Thomaston avenue, last night to collide with another trailer truck, owned by Grove and Company, was given a nolle on a road rules charge. Motor Patrolman Walter Ogrisek said damage was heavy to both trucks, and traffic had to be re-routed for two hours. Jo- seph Leduc, 53, 343 Greenwich avenue, New Haven, driver of the second truck, was admitted to St. Mary's hospital after the accident for treatment of a possible wrist fracture.
 Charges of indecent assault and breach of the peace against Robert E. Atwood, 79, g Chase Park ave- nue, were continued to February 23 for further investigation, after a hearing. The charges were brought by the mother of an 11-year-old girl.
 Other cases: William Carter, 48, Falls avenue, Oakville, road rules violation, nolled for $6 Irving Dan- iel, 30. 49 Starview avenue, non- support, continued to March IA; Peter Margano, Fl, 1855 Charles street, Henry Gabellone, AS, 86 Woodland avenue, parking viola tions, nolled for $5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
PLAN COURSES
 FOR TEACHERS
Credits to Be Awarded to
 Successful Candidates; Meeting Tomorrow

Professor Maurice James Ross, Supervisor of the Waterbury Ex- tension Center of the University of Connecticut, sponsored by the Wa terbury YMCA, announces that Dr. c. A. Weber, Associate Professor of Education at the University of Con- necticut, will offer two courses in waterbury for teachers, supervisors and administrators of elementary and secondary schools in greater Waterbury and for other qualified students. The courses carry grad uate credit in education but they may be used to meet undergraduate requirements. Dr. Weber will offer m course in Techniques in Guid- ance, course designed to acquaint the student with the tools and tech- nidues used in guidance and the application of these to specific student problems. Special attention will be paid to test interpretation, diagnosis of student p roblencs, tech- niques of treatment, interviewing procedures, and case study ap- breaches.
 The second course, Personnel Problems of the Teaching Staff, is designed to give the student con- cept of the mutual responsibilities, rights and relationships of teachers, administrators and supervisors. The solution of personnel problems in general and staff relationship prob- lerns will be considered.
 The initial meeting of both cours- es will be held on Thursday, Feb ruary IS, at 4 p. m, in the Water bury YMCA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
FUNERALS

assisted by Rev. James Broderick, deacon, and Rev. James Sullivan. sub deacon. Mrs. Robert Birt was or ganist and soloist Burial was in Call vary cemetery, Father Sullivan con- ducting the committal services.
 Bearers were Joseph w. Berry, Joseph P. Berry, Cornelius Shea, Thomas McAvoy, Charles Murphy ana Frank Flammia.
 The funeral of August Brade, 16 Cornelius aySnue, was held today at 2:3o p. m. at the First Lutheran church, Rev. Robert A. Heydenreich, pastor, officiating. Burial was in new Pint Grove cemetery.
 Bearers were Arthur Phalen, Jo- seph Wasserbach, Gottleib Suntag, Carl Schrull, Joseph Stoller and Charles Bertuzzio.
 Funeral services for Albert H. Gaess, Country Club Road, were held yesterday afternoon at the Alderson Funeral Home, Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, pastor of the Sec ond Congregational church, officiat- ing. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery at the convenience of the family.
 The funeral of Mrs. Harvey Up- ton which is being held in Freder- teton, N. B., is being attended by MT. and Mrs. Allan H. Upton, Vir- ginia avenue. Mrs. Upton is the mother of MT. Upton. Mrs. J. Will liam LaFlamme, Oakville. and It. Irvine G. Upton, in service in the South Pacific. Mrs. LaFlamme is a patient at Waterbury Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Pet BuIIdoq Kills Child

Los Angeles, Feb. 14.-(UP)-A tearfufl young mother told police today her pet bulldog, jealous of her 1-month-old daughter, grabbed the child by the neck last night and killed her
 The dog, Woof, grabbed little Marguerite Theresa Derdenger and crushed her spine with his fangs before Mrs. Drusilla Derdenger could loose the grip of his teeth.
 The child was rushed across the street to physician but was dead.
 The child's father, Staff Sgt. Charles P. Derdenger is in the army.
 Mrs. Derdenger said Woof made playful overtures to her last night and tried to lick her face. She or dered him away. Marguerite tod dled over to her mother and began to hug her.
 Suddenly snarling, the dog leaped at the child, sinking his fangs into her neck.
 After the attack, the dog crouched growing in corner, until he was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
FUEL SITUATION
 UNCHANGED HERE

Waterbury's fuel situation as to a supply of real" coal remained static today although the supply of substitute fuel Is said to be ample for present and even future emer- gency needs.
 Calls for supplies continue on the same basis with about 60 being re- ceived each day at the emergency fuel office.
 Delivery of the coal has been facilitated by means of having a group of 10 city employees at the coal yards who have loaded the 100 pound bags in readiness for delivery. About 200 of these bags are kept filled ahead of time, now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
War Heightens Spirit |Of Valentine Day Here
Post Office Authorities Predict New Record for Number
 of Greetings Placed in Mail This Week
(NEA Telephoto)

is one veteran merchant with dila- tory benedicts he said he always display fresh (and expensive) sup ply of Valentines the day after Dan Cupids special holiday. They come in pained with penitence. And do they dig down deep, boy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
DELCOBBO HEARING MEETS WITH DELAY
Question of Sanity Raised in Case of Waterbury
 Man

Three psychiatrists will be called by the state to examine Joseph Del Gobbo of Waterbury, whose trial of escaping from Wethersfield State prison was put off in Hartford yes- terday when the possibility of in- sanity was brought into the case. A jury called to hear the case in the Hartford superior court was excused by Judge William J. Shea.
 The continuance in the case was requested by States .ttorney Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., following report by Attorney Joseph Navin of Water bury, who represents Del Gobbo, At- torney Navin stated psychiatric report, in which 8 state psychiatrist concurred, shows DelGobbo was not criminally responsible for his acts.
 The accused escaped from the prison last month and was appre- hended several days later at g Bridgeport hotel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
RED CROSS CHAPTER
 GREETS NEW DIRECTOR

Mrs. Carl Weyand and Mrs. Leav- enworth P. Sperry will pour at the tea to be given tomorrow at the Red Cross chapter house for Miss Mar. garet Benade, newly appointed exe- cutive director of the Red Cross. The tea is scheduled to take place between 4:30 and 6:30.
 Mrs. Edson B. Hitchcock, who is in charge of arrangements, will be assisted by Mrs. J. Chester Little and her canteen workers.
 All Red Cross workers, officers, chairmen, and others who may be interested in the Red Cross are in- vited to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
OBITUARY

SWEENEY-Michael Sweeney, sor of Mrs. Katherine Casey, 152 Chest. nut avenue, died suddenly yesterday at his home, Grand avenue, Phila- delphia, Pa. He was a former resident of this city.
 He is survived by his wife and mother;! two sisters, Mrs. Fred Sal burg, Naugatuck; Mrs. Mary Gaff- ney, Waterbury; and two brothers Timothy and Thomas Sweeney, this city. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
 NICHOLSON-Mrs. Lura Nichol- son, widow of William H. Nichol- son, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adele Farrar, Haverhill, Mass.
 Survivors, are four daughters Mrs. Farrar, Mrs. Edna Bickford Haverhill, Mrs. L. A. Blake, Bar rington, N. H., and Mrs. Bessie Barker of Waterbury.
 The funeral will be held tomor- how in Haverhill in charge of the Dole and Childs funeral home Burial will be in that city.
 SWEENEY-Martin Sweeney, sor of Timothy J. and Alice (McGrath) Sweeney, 150 Wall street, died yes- terday at St. Mary's hospital.
 Besides his parents, h is survived by brother, Timothy J. Sweeney Jr., and his material grandmother Mrs. Maurice McGrath.
 Private funeral services were held from the Mulville funeral home, 27O West Main street with burial ir new St. Joseph's cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Fire Record

Bremen of Eng. 2 Co. came to the rescue when a 7-weekS old boy was locked in and Mrs. Theodore Ham locked out of their home at 736 East Main street, at $40 this morning. Firemen jimmied open a window and opened the door.
 Bremen were called out to a chicken farm off Cheshire road yesterday afternoon for an over heated stove in the home of John Pettinicchi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Hospital Bulletins

Mrs. Joan Rock, 31f Bucling- ham street, Oakville, who suffered a fractured leg, and Ida Fein, 72 Hill street, who suffered a frac- tured wrist in falls on the ice last night, were treated today at Wa terbury hospital.
 Joyce Ward, ,, 316 EdgewOOd avenue, was treated at St. Mary's hospital yesterday for . laceratiOn of the head suffered in . fall while playing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
CURLEY DROPS SUIT

Boston, Feb. 14.-(UP)-U. 8. Rep. James M. Curley, D., Mass, dropped his $50O,OOO libel suit against the Curtis Publishing Co.,, of Dela- ware. it was learned today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

Captain Christopher E. Dwyer of IA Pine street is spending .. brief leave in this city from Camp Dix, N. J., where he ls stationed at the TlltOn General hospital with an Army Medical Corps unit. In the service since November, 1942, Captain Dwyer returned to this country last month after four months service in the Pacific area.
 Before starting Army duties, Captain Dwyer practiced in this city as an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. Before going overseas last September he served at Camp Edwards, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
Full Weather Report

Boston, Feb. 14 (UP)-Weather forecasts
 CONNECTICUT. MAS SACHU- SET,TS, and RHODE ISLAND - Fair and slightly colder tonight. ThurSday considerable cIOudincHs with m O crate temperature. NOwest temperature for WOr- cester tonight will be IA de- Erees.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

The funeral of Miss Elizabeth A. Dunphy, 1909 Bank street, sister of It. John P. Dunphy, Waterbury police department, was held this morning at 8:30 from the Bergin funeral home, 290 East Main street, to St. Patrick's church at g where solemn high Mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Francis Doherty assisted by Rev. Edward Farrell deacon, and Rev. Thomas Dignam sub-deacon. Burial was in old St. Joseph's cemetery, Father Dignam officiating.
 The funeral of Patrick Kemmey 203 South Main street, took place today at SIS a. m. from the Null vile funeral home, 270 West Main street, to the Church of the Immac- ulate Conception at g. Mass was celebrated by Rev. Philip Hussey Prof. Frederick Harmon was organ ist and SOloist.
 Bearers were William Fitzgerald, Peter Emmons, Richard Stafford and Charles Tipton. Burial was in new St. JoSeph's cemetery with committal services conducted by Rev. Donald OLeary.
 The funeral of James J. Berry, 3 Hickory street, was held from the Mulville funeral home, 270 West Main street, at 8:15 this morning at St. Francis Xavier church at g o'clock. Rev. David O'Keefe was nelnhrant nf tha colamn hiph MacS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14
DIED

HACKETT-In this city, Feb. 18th. 1945, Patrick H. Hackett, of l07 Nathan Street. Funeral Friday at sac a. m. from Bergin Funeral Home, z90 East Main Street, to Sacred Heart Church, at a. m. Burial fin fam ly plot in old St. Joseph's ceme- tery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

Coal reserves in south Wales are now estimated to be vast enough to employ 15O,O00 men for 600 years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

removed by Humane Society author ities.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
By w. w. HERCHERS

LONDON, June g. R The
bloody story Of Lidice was told in
full today by special Czechoslo-
yak investigating committee which
found that al least 176 persons
were killed in the Nazi massacre
and more than 235 women sent to
concentration camps.
Only five of the women have been
have been found alive, the COM
mittee said in report distribut-
ed by the Czechosloak press bur
eau in London. An uncounted num-
Der of children under IA also were
taken away and never heard from
again.
The report emphasized that the
official Nazi allegation that ra-
dio transmitter and stores of arms
and ammunition had been hidden
in Lidice were completely untrue.
Annihilation Of the little Czech
miners village, which has remain
ed one of the cruelest crimes OF
the war, occurred Oct. 6, 1912. Aft
er liberation of Prague, the Ma
tional council of Bohemia sent in
! vestigators to the charred village
site to try to get the full story
The first the world knew of the
death of Lidice was when the Ger
man-controlled Prague radio broad
cast an announcement by Karl H.
Frank, Hitler's deputy in the So
called ''protectorate" of Bohemia
and Moravia that the village was
"eradicated from the map on the
grounds that assassins of Reinhard
Heydrich. the protector Nigh!
have been hiding there.
The committee report said there
was no investigation of suspicious
that Lidice sheltered the frgi.ives
Nevertheless, 10 truckloads o.
German troops drove up and sur
rounded Lidice early on Oct. 6. M
one was allowed to leave or enter
| A 12-year-old boy who tried to es
cape was shot dead. So was ont
woman.
according to a German record
which is said to be very incom
plete," the committee reported
there were 174 men rounded up
At $3.50 am. an Informed firm
sqEad of 80 of the worst Gestap
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
GREATEST REWARD

NEW YORK, June 9.-P)-Hal
Boyle, whose war reporting for
the Associated Press won him a
Pulitzer prize, told a radio audi
ence today that correspondent
greatest reward is the approval of
the CTS he writes about.
THE finest reward" Boyle said
on the CHS report to the nation"
program, "is when a soldier steps
up to you with a crumpled clip
ping in his hand and says:
My mother sent me this, Mr..
Boyle. It's story you wrote about
me. She didn't know where I was
and I couldn't tell her that
was okay, Mr.. Boyle, okay.' "
Boyle said a correspondents
job is obtain for the. soldier "some
recognition for the job he does"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
Service Weekly Says
Marshall May Retire

WASHINGTON, June 9. -P)-
The Army and Navy Journal, I'M
official service weekly, said today
it had heard Gen. George c. Mar
shall was thinking about retire
ment and asserted in a front page
EDITORIAL
eve call upon the president to
order, and the country to demand,
that general of the Army Marshal
abandon the idea of retirement. -
CAT the War Department, sur
prise was expressed at the sugges-
ton that Marshall might be con.
sidering retiring. Officials in a pc.
sition to know said they had not
heard of such a proposal)
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
HOSPITAL SURVEY
REPORT PLANNED

WASHINGTON, June 9.-tRNThe
American Legion will submit its
findings in survey of veterans
hospitals to the House Veterans
Committee next Tuesday.
Announcing a full week OF pub
lie hearing in the investigation
into complaints of mistreatment OF
ex-service men, Chairman Rankin
3D. Miss.) said today that other
veteran organizations would be
given an opportunity to express
their views.
Meantime, Rep. Kearney (R.-
N.Y. demanded immediate sus-
pension of the Army officer in
charge of the veterans hospital at
Northport, N. Y. In a telegram to
Brig. Gen. Frank Hines, veteran
administrator, Kearney said Col.
Louis Verdel, head of the hospital,
should be suspended and charges
brought against him without de-
Hay"
CAT Northport, Verdel said he
had no comment on Kearney' S
action.)
There was no immediate state
ment from Hines.
The committee received testi-
mony earlier this week that seven
civilian employees at Northport had
quit or been discharged and Il
soldiers cO11rtno rtia1ed as a re.
sult of alleged abuse of patients.
| Edward Odum, solicitor of the
Veterans Administration, said he
believed IS of the Is soldiers were
convicted.
There was no testimony to the
committee as to the nature of thu
alleged abuses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
10 CHECKS FOR 81


to mention
do
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
Bloody Story OF Lidice Told
In Full By Czech Commission

men of Prague arrived. Shortly be-
fore 7 am, Frank arrived.
cat his orders, a Gestapo man
named Wiesman o l d the firing
squad that it was the Fuehrer' S
will that the village should be de.
stroyed and this had to be full
filed the report continued.
by 4 pm. all the men had been
killed, the women and children car
ried away in covering trucks and
all houses burned to the ground. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-06-10
PARRAN TO SPEAK

DURHAM, June 9. -(P)-. DR..
Thomas Parran, surgeon general
of the United States public health
service, Washington, D. c., will
make the address at the summer
commencement of Duke University
on June %.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
Gen. Clark 10 Take 50
Picked Men 10 Chicago
B- the Associated Press

B- the Associated Press.
PARIS, May 28.-Gen. Mark Wayne
Clark, commander of the victorious
Allied armies in Italy, will bring a
hand-picked group of United States
Army veterans with him on a trir
to the United States to participate
in Chicago's Memorial Day celebra :
ton.
The group will arrive at Chicago
tomorrow. Gen. Clark said the sc
officers and men, all of Chicago OF
its immediate vicinity, were chosen
by him personally as representative
of the 5th Army's best and that
every man in the group especially
distinguished himself"
All of the enlisted men, the gen.
eral said, have enough points to be
discharged from the Army.
Before returning to Europe to as
sumo new duties, Gen. Clark said
he would witness the graduation OF
his son from West Point June S.
General officers returning are
Maj. Gen. Raymond S. McLain. 1t
Gen. Geoffred Keys, Maj. Gen
Nathan F. Twining, Maj. Gen. Her.
bert L. Earnest, Brig. Gen. Ralph
Immel, Brig. Gen. Fay r. Upthe-
grove, Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks
Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter, Brig
Gen. Robert D. Knapp.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
LA 6uardia Says City
|WiII Run Elevators
t Operators Strike
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 28-Mayor r.
H. La Guardia said yesterday he
would declare an emergency author
izing the Health Department to op-
crate necessary elevators If threat
ened strike by the Building Serv-
ice Employees International Union
(AFD was not settled Immediately.
The strike. which would affect
5000 Manhattan Office and loft
buildings including the Empire
State Building, Woolworth Building
and Graybar Building, was voted
Saturday night by elevator opera
tors, janitors. maintenance workers
and superintendents.
The workers are member of Locals
32-B and 164 of the Building Serv-
ice Union.
The mayor announced his plan
on his weekly radio broadcast.
The strike vote followed a dead
lock in negotiations between the
two locals and the Realty Advisory
Board on Labor Relations and the
Midtown Realty Owners Association.
The union seeks increased wages and
a shorter work week.
David Sullivan, president OF Local
32-B, which claims $4,000 members.
said union representative would
meet today with the Regional War
Labor Board. If no agreement is
reached then, he said, the executive
board would set a strike date.
After his broadcast, the Mayor
told reporters that any elevator
service provided by the Health De-
partment would be limited to de-
liveries Of food, milk and medicine,
removal of garbage and to carrying
passengers beyond the sixth floor.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
District Pilot Blasts
Jap Torpedo Bomber
BY SERGT. DON BRAMAN.
Minneapolis, Marine Corps Comba t

Correspondent.
OKINAWA Delayedl.--A torpe.
do-carrying japanese dive bomber
one of the first seen in action over
eOkinawa, was shot down by Marine
ID 1t Thomas G. Blackwell, jr.
Is, of 1905 w street Sc, Washing
ton.
The plane was a Kamikaze, max
ing a suicide run on warship in
the East China Sea when 1t Black
we'll exploded it in midair He was
so close to the Jap that pieces of
the wreckage narrowly missed strik-
ing his plane.
A former enlisted man, 1t. Black
fTell is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas G. Blackwell of Monticello,
Ga.
1t. Blackwell was born in Geor-
eia and attended schools there, his
wife said last night. He came to
Washington about six years ago
and was employed by the National
Cash Register Co. and the Naval
Research Laboratory before enter
ing the service shortly after Pearl
Harbor, according to Mrs. Blackwell
He was stationed at Quantico fol
some time as an enlisted man, re-
ceiving his commission in the Ma.
rine Air Corps in December. 1943
1t. Blackwell was sent to the Pacific
last July. They have a 2-year-olc
daughter. Barbara Ann.
Evening star., 1945-05-28
Nisei Honor Retiring Heads
Of Hostel al Farewell Party

Mr.. and Mrs Parker Barrett. VOL
unteer directors of the Nisei hostel
at 23l1 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
since November, were presented
with farewell gifts by members of
the hostel at party yesterday. The
gifts were presented by Robert Xxi,
former president of the Nisei Reset
tiers Council of Washington.
Also honored at the gathering
were Mrs. Emma Quaintance. Mrs
Barretts mother, and Emme Jean
Barrett, II. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barrett. The Barretts and
Mrs. Quaintance are leaving for
their home in Walla Walla, Wash.
this week.
Allen White, chairman of the Hos
tel Committee and executive secre-
tary OF the Washington Friends
Meeting, presented Mr.. Barrett with
"a japanese print and Mrs. Barrett
with an obi, a silk embroidered sash
on behalf of the Washington Com
mittee for Americans of japanese
Ancestry.
1t was announced at the meeting
that Miss Olive Hodges of Camden,
N. j., formerly a missionary to Yo-
kohama, Japan, where she was di-
rector of girls school, will succeed
the Barretts as hostel director. Miss
Hodges is expected to assume her
new duties Wednesday.