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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Mayor

Mayor
tone, national junior vice colnman-
der Of the .. A. "; Cosmo LII
ocrti, national y. A. ", service off,
Ger; John l.. Connors, vocational di-
rector Of the Veterans Facilities
William T. harrington, member OF
Post No. Q, will officiate as master
Of ceremonies.
Roll Of Honor
The honor roll includes to-date the
following names:--
Joseph Overton, Everett Overton,
Robert Hayes, Nicholas Dezinno,
Robert = .Costlgan, J. Peter Costi-
gan, Jr., Daniel q. Grish, william
]. Frappier, Robert r. Frappier,
william M. Keaveney, Francis x.
Keaveney, Robert D. droody, Fran
els J. Groody, John H. Barry.
Robert H Knapp, Francis w.
Orencole, Jr., Helen Orencole, AM
thony Devito, Rose Eleanor Mar
tone, Harold A. Frappier, Robert
l.. Ayotte, Donald J. Kane, Francis
]. Sugrue, Frank Greco, Raymond
A. Bisnov, Angelo Parziale, Ralph @.
D'Angelo, Michael Parziale.
william 8. LeroSe, Edward j..
Bowling, Jr., Louis Berardi, Ray
mond Hockert, Arthur Mazurkivich,
John J. Mazurkivich, Francis A.
Cipriano, william J. Mulligan, An
thony Stoto, John Richmeyer, Mar
garet Richmeyer.
Frederick Schell, Donald O'Reilly,
Vincent T. Deschino, Michael J.
Giordiano, Charles M. Cipriano,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

aahhal and Howard Hamel. forme
wildly High School students, VIII
submitted their records in tn
Armed Forces for credit towarC
their diplomas,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

adequate for Waterbury, Il "A stlil
far too small and inAdequately fin-
anced TO perform the functions
which should be expected Of the city
government.
"A promising outlook Is provided
by the meetings Of the Joint CONE
nittee Of the park department and
the school board. These meetings
have established principles Of CO.
operation and have worked out o
plan for the school board 10 provide
maintenance costs and the park de.
partment program costs for q com.
immunity center program in school
facilities. This Is sound and should
be given every Encouragement" the
survey staff reported.
The report also recommended es-
tablishment Of citizens advisory
committee 10 increase public In
terest in 40 luate public recreation
and 10 advise the park department
stan on program policy and dc.
velopment.
Representation vital
Although there can be no doubt
that the present membership Of
the Waterbury park board Is Of the
highest type and widely respected"
the survey observed, the very fact
that the board Is self.perpetuatlng
makes II all the more necessary
that particular concern be given TO
the Importance Of maintaining o
wide representation or cross-section
Of community interest on the board
when vacancies occur"
From the standpoint Of overall
personnel provision the public de.
partment Is understaffed, the survey
star reported. Commenting that the
major program emphasis Is on play
ground activities and sports, the
group said the program should be
broadened TO meet the varied In
terests Of all age groups particular
ly OH the side OF cultural and social
events.
while the recreation areas and
facilities are generally adequate,
these seems to be q shortage Of soft
ball and baseball diamonds. Some
Of the Fairgrounds located on pri.
vate property loaned to the city lack
adequate sanitary facilities.
present expenditures for public
recreation, personnel and program,
exclusive OF maintenance" II was
pointed out, fall far below the
widely accepted standard Of $50
per capita exclusive Of capital i'm
provements and maintenance ex-
penSe."
The survey made the following
recommendations for public recrea-
ton:
/. That the park department and
school board proceed to open as
many school centers as possible and
that the stan be strengthened to
provide supervision for indoor and
outdoor programs.
2. That plans now under consid-
GRAFTON by the park department and
city for establishing added facilities
In local neighborhoodS be carried
out as soon as possible.
3. That q widely representative
citizens advisory committee Of 16
people be appointed by the Mayor
for terms ranging from one to three
years.
4. That the league and tourna-
ment program Of the Industrial
Recreation Association eventually |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
1t. r. E. Schneider
Named Supervisor
Board Of Education Appoint
Six Teachers for Vets Schoo'

Appointment Of It. Robert Il
Schneider Of Of Marlboro street
who will be discharged from III
Army shortly, 10 the post Of super
visor OF physical education In al
public schools Of the city was madI
by the Board Of Education las
night.
Also appointed by the board vert
six high school teachers who vii
be on the faculty Of the Veterans
Regional High School which start
ed sessions last night at Crosby
High School. They are as follows
Ellery G, Kilbourn, mathematics
James A. Murphy, mathematics; Al
fred D. Kenney, general science;
George v. Grady, English; Clarence
l.. Tappin, Spanish and French;
Julia B. Sullivan, history.
The board was told the salary OF
the new physical education director
win be $500. The maximum SAL
airy allowed for physical education
instructor Is $500, but It was
pointed out Lieut.. Schneider will
receive $500 extra since he will teach
classes at wildly High School about
two days a week.
Assignment Questioned
Commissioner Harold Parkinson
questioned the assignment of Lieut..
Schneider to teach at wildly, stat
ing he felt the supervisory Job
should be O full-time one. DR..
John q. Gilmartln, superintendent
Of schools, said an instructor was
needed at Wildly.
Lieut.. Schneider at present Is
physical reconditioning officer at
Madigan General Hospital, Fort
Lewis, Wash. He is a graduate Of
Leavenworth High School, and Arm.
old College, and secured his M. s.
degree at the University Of Michi-
gan. He also studied at Columbia
University, where he was instructor,
and has nearly completed his stud
les for a doctorate.
The Veterans High School classes
will be held Monday, Tuesday, and
Thursday evenings. The courses
were planned to prepare veterans
for entering colleges or vocational
schools.
Three Bids Voted Out
The board voted down three bids
unlimited for painting Of walsh
School on the ground that the
sums involved were more than the
board felt It should spend. The
bids ranged from $l2,500 to Si7.9a6.
Transfer OF the sum OF $3.50 from
the appropriation on operation SAL
aries to that on freight will be
sought from the Boards Of Finance
and Aldermen, according to a vote
Of the board.
John McGough, building inspec-
tor, reported that repairs have been
completed to the fire alarm system
at Bunker Hill School. The ex-
tensive inspection program Of the
Waterbury Fire Department at
schoolhouses was described In a |
letter sent to the board bv Fire |
Marshal Eugene Legge. The Board |
If Health submitted q report rec
0mmending changes in plumbing ct |
various schools.
The board voted to advertise for |
lids for the installation Of q new
Noiler at Begnal School.
Approval was given to awarding |
4 diplomas to Albert Rofsky. Emile
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
New Local
Insurance
Group Meet
Underwriters VIII
Mold First Farley
AZ Elton Thursday

Members OF waterbury's Life I'M
derwriter's Association, formed here
last month, will hold their first
meeting Thursday, February u, at
iis45 IN the main dining room OF
The Elton. Edward g. Anderson,
assistant agency supervisor Of the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company In Hartford will be the
principal speaker.
Officers Of the association, which
has 40 members, are: President,
Leroy Gibbs Of the Mutual Benefit
Company; vice-presldent, Kenneth
Robinson, New England Mutual Life
Insurance Company; secretary.
treasurer, Paule Rusche, Prudential
Company, and program chairman,
Wilbur L. Brewer, Connecticut
Mutual Company.
Mr.. Anderson has been with his
concern since 1922. A graduate Of
the American College Of Lnfe I'M
derwriters, he was past president
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

be turned over to the municipal
recreation department but only
when and II transfer is mutually
satisfactory to both. Until the trans
fer Is made, It is suggested that the
YMCA withdraw the services Of It's
stan worker and that the IRA hire
fuN-time trained executive to d.
rect the program
s. That the park department
hire trained supervisor Of wo-
mems and girls activities.
s. In selection Of the summer
staff more definite qualifications
should be set up and all persons APP
pointed should meet those qualifica-
lions based on O merit system.
Z. That the present program be
expanded to include indoor recrea-
ton centers in the schools and the
fields Of arts and crafts, dramatics,
music, social recreation, hobby
clubs, nature activities and civic and
informal special events in neigh
bordhood centers.
B. That O limited study Of areas
and facilities be made to check ade-
quacy and comparison with accept
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

ed standards. to determine where
Fairgrounds are most needed and
where land should be acquired TO
meet minimum facilities require.
ments.
Q. That a study also be made Of
the park department budget to de-
termine how the amount Of money
available compares with standards
Of such expenditures In similar
communities Of equal size and
makeup.
10. That the park board develop
a systematic campaign for inter-
preting its work to the community.
Organization Advised
Discussing the voluntary program
in Waterbury, the survey staff
evaluated and made recommends.
tons for Boys Club, Boy Scouts,
Girls Club, YMCA, Pearl Street
Neighborhood House and Girl
Scouts as well as a discussion Of rec
reation in WATERFOWL.
For the Boys Club, the group
recommended that the board Of d.
rectors be enlarged; that a we'll
trained worker be added to the staff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
More Recreation Sites
Needed in Waterbury
Citizens' Advisory Committee
Suggested to Aid Park Department
Health Department Analysed
In Final Survey Report
IL Final SurVeY Keport

This a the ffth ana final Of .
series Of articles reporting fnda
ings oe a survey on Waterways
public and private social agencies
ana community servlces.)
waterbury's public health depart.
nient has carried out IL Of the II
recommendations made In a study
by the Department Of Public Health
OF Yale University In cooperation
with the Connecticut State Depart-
ment Of Health and other state
agencies In 1o3o.40, II was revealed
In the survey BY Community Survey
Associates.
The survey stan reported that q
detailed study was not regarded al
essential IN view Of the cofnprehen-
sive analysis previously conducted
All Of the Is major recommends
tons in the earlier report have re-
ceived consideration by authorities
in waterbury, It was reported.
Acton on three Of the recon-
mendations has been delayed due 10
difiiculty In obtaining qualified per-
sonnet and housing facilities al
though plans have been made TO
meet required needs, the survey re-
lated.
The survey stan urged, however,
that increased efforts be made TO
secure more adequate quarters for
the health department In view OF
the immediate need for more space
and essential facilities for mainten-
arce Of vital records and files.
While this requirement Is urgent,
the survey continued, q step Of long.
term significance would be the pro.
vision Of q community health cen.
ter adequate for housing several re-
lated health agencies under one roof
with the health department.
The survey stan also suggested
addition Of q full-time physician,
trained in public health, aS deputy
health offlcer and chief Of child
health services.
Appointments Made
Several Of the survey recommend.
ations for the health department
have already been carried out be.
fore release Of the survey findings.
Miss Joan Bradley has been ap.
pointed to the position Of supervisor
Of nurses In the health department.
DR.. Richard 0ilyard has been added
to the department as chief Of food
and sanitary inspection services.
The survey also advised that ef-
forts be continued to provide for
the construction Of an isolation
pavilion In conjunction with q gen.
eral hospital, in accordance with
plans Of the medical society, hospi.
tails, commissioners Of public health
and other ofilcials In Waterbury.
That project is included In the city
administrations postwar plan.
migration Of all public health
activities In the city through the
Council OF Social Agencies was
urged in the report as we'll as an
increase in the public health nurs-
ng star Of the Visiting Nurse As.
ISOLATION.
II public recreation needs in Wa.
terbury are TO be met, the depart-
ment will need more funds, the sur.
vey staff concluded in its study Of
the community's recreation facili-
ties.
The park department has made
q small but good start In the direc-
ton Of q public recreation program
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

Speaker
Of the National Society Of Sales
Training Executives and Education
al Director Of the Connecticut Mu-
tual Company.
This will be the first meeting Of
The Waterbury chapter Of the ma
tional organization. Plans call for
monthly meetings every third
Thursday Of each month.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
Hicswa' Will Be Sent
To u. s, Hawkes. Says
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MONTCLAIR, N. j., Jan. 26.-Pfc.
Joseph E. Hicswa, sentenced to
death by an Army court martial for
killing two japanese civilians, will
be returned to the United States
promptly and the file in his case
will be given to the judge advocate
general for review in Washington,
Senator Hawkes., Republican, of New
Jersey said he had been informed
by the War Department yesterday.
Senator Hawkes. expressed the
opinion the War Department "re-
alizes it has to give careful consid-
GRAFTON to this case in view of the
large numbers of protests" voiced
since the announcement from
Osaka, Japan, that Hicswa had been
sentenced to death.
He commented that he hoped
what he had done in the Hicswa
case since receiving a flood of COM
munications protesting the sentence
had proved helpful to the boy"
Senator Hawkes. said it was pos
sible the file in the Hicswa case and
the 20-year-old soldier himself
might already be on their way back
to this country from Japan. He in
dicated the War Department de-
cision might mean the case would
bypass Gen. MacArthur's head
QuarerS in Japan.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
Wife Of Army Ex-Mojor
Files Divorce Suit Here

Mrs Ruth Ellen Lockhart, 1900
block of Florida avenue NV, yes
terday afternoon filed suit in Dis
trict Court asking for divorce from
Charley Lockhart, jr., described as
civil engineer and former Army
major, whom she charges with
desertion. The suit gives Mr.. Lock-
hart's address as Dallas, Tex.
The suit says Mr.. and Mrs. Lock-
hart were married in the District in
l942, that he went overseas in Au-
gust, 1914, and that last May he
wrote her from Austria, saying he
would not return and advising her
to get a divorce. Mrs. Lockhart's
suit, filed through Attorney Cor
nellus Doherty, asks for a limited
divorce and custody of the Lock
hart's 2h-year-old daughter.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
New Process Speeds
Production Of Sugar
From Grain Starches
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

A means of changing raw starch
into sugar has just been discovered
by Agriculture Department chemists.
This opens up the possibilities of
obtaining sugar from poor quality
grain harvests which now are al
most complete waste, such as So
called soft wheat" long a BURDEN
some surplus.
The discovery, in fact, has made
wheat sugar available in the present
cane and beet sugar shortage, but
practically none has appeared on
the market. The current explara-
tion Is that, since it was unrationed,
most OF 1t was cornered by moon
sinners for making corn whisky
mash.
"Digested" Into Sugar. :
Raw starches ordinarily are con-
verted into sugar in animal digestive
processes but hitherto it has been
impossible to duplicate in the labora-
tory what takes place in the stom-
ach. This difficulty was overcome
when it was found that starch
could be "digested" in test tubes by
"a combination of a substance OBJ
tanned from the pancreas of the hog
and a mould which grows on bran.
The two substances apparently COM
plement each other, each digesting
different continents of the starch.
Hitherto it has been necessary to
cook starches to change them into
sugars. The process has been slow
and accompanied by much waste.
With the present system the grad
ual breakdown Of the starch gran
ules can be observed under the
microscope.
Potato Starch Resists.
Both corn and wheat starches are
convertible into sugar, the expert
ments showed, but potato starch is
relatively resistant, so that potato
sugar probably never will be COM
mercially practical.
Conversion of starches to sugars
by this method" says a Bureau of
Chemistry report, "is more complete
and many times faster than by the
usual methods"
The report points out that beet
sugar factories are busy only a few
months each year and that there Is
a possibility of producing sugar
from other farm products in the off,
seasons.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE,

@. Is it possible for drafted man
with no combat duty to receive mus
tering-out pay?-D. r.
A. Combat duty is not one OF the
requirements for receiving muster
ing-out pay.
@. I am veteran of World War
II and receive pension for dis
ability. I want to change my ad-
dress and would like to know the
correct procedure.-M. T. D.
A. To change the address on your
pension claim, address the office
having your C-flle. This should be
the Office from which you received
your last correspondence and is
probably the regional Office and the
same one from which you received
the check. Give full information
and especially your claim or c num-
Der which appears on the corre-
spondence and checks.
@. I noted the recent question
and answer relating to the $500
bonus provided for Navy aviation
cadets. Is there anything compare
BILE for those who are in the Army?
Fl. w. M.
A. According to the War Depart
ment the existing law provides a
bonus of $500 for each continuous
year of active duty served by an Air
Corps Reserve officer under his Re-
serve commission upon separation
from service. Claims should be
submitted to the Office of the Fis-
cal Director, Army Service Forces,
Receipts and Disbursement Divi-
sion, Washington Is, D. C.
Q. The parents of serviceman
who was killed in action are receiy-
ing dependency pension. If the
father should accept a job, would
the pension still be payable?-H.
s.. K.
A. Eligibility of parents of men
Killed in action to receive a pension
is decided by the Veterans Admin
istration. Actual dependency must
be established. The Veterans Ad-
ministration also decides when such
dependency ceases to exist. In
creased income should be reported
to the nearest regional Office of the
Veterans Administration.
q. May the men who served as
auxiliary military police with the
Army wear a discharge button?-
w. N.
"A. According to the War Depart
ment, the auxiliary military police
were guard forces organized as
civilian auxiliaries to the United
States Military Police. Although
such men were employed by the Wal
Department they did not attain a
military status. Since they were not
actually members of the Army of the
United States they are not entitled
to wear the discharge button.
Q. If an ensign was injured while
serving in the Pacific area. and sub.
sequently was discharged for medica
reasons, is he eligible for pension:
F. c..
A. Pensions are payable for serv.
ice-connected disability according tt
the degree of disability. The per.
centage OF impairment is determined
on available records by a ratins
board consisting of a medical spe.
clalist, legal specialist and an oc.
cupational specialist. The percent.
age OF disability is based upon tn,
average degree of impairment IL
earning capacity, so that there ma,
be no penalty on any individual fol
ability to overcome the handicap O
disability. Application is made Il
the nearest regional Office, veter
ans administration.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
Maj. Smith, AAF, Named
To 6. W. Medical Faculty

President Clyod H. Marvin OF
George Washington University an
nounced today that Mai. Paul K.
Smith of the Army Air Forces has
been appointed associate professor
OF pharmacology at the university
medical school.
Maj. Smith has been chief of the
department Of pharmacology and
biochemistry of the AAF School
OF Aviation Medicine at San An
tonic, Tex. since 1912. He received
the bachelor of arts degree in 1880
from Westminster College, Mo-, and
the degree OF doctor of philosophy
from Yale University in 1884. He
taughs and directed research work
at Yale from 1884 until 1912, when
he entered the Army.
Maj. Smith is married. has three
children. and makes his home at
S3ll Military road NV.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
On the Other Hand
Says House Has Become Easy Mark
For High Pressure Lobby Groups

aggeration didn't cause them tc
examine the facts before they voted.
The simple truth is that there is
nothing in the Governments suit
that could possibly affect, even as
a precedent, any land except the
ocean bed between low-water mark
and the three-mile limit. It's a
suit to determine title. It may be
settled one way or it may be settled
the other. In any case, the proper
place to settle it would seem to be
the court. And the proper method
something other than emotional
pressure on our innocent, suscep-
tible Congressman.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
GripshoIm to Reconyert

NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (P.-The
Swedish American Line announced
yesterday that the Swedish liner
Gripsholm, which repatriated thou
sands of Americans from abroad
during the war, would be reconverted
for regular transatlantic operation
between here and Gotheburg within
a few weeks.
Evening star., 1946-01-26

Deeu u puSiloveT
for high-pres-
sure lobbyists.
The latest in
stance appears
in the contro-
versy between
the F e d e r a |
Government and
tn e S t a t e of
California over
ownership of the
oil Ian DIS be-
meath the ocean
off the coast of
that State. A
suit to determine
title having been
Evening star., 1946-01-26
BY Lowell MeLleff

The House Of Representatives
seems in fair way to become the
sucker branch of the United States
Congress. In recent months 1t has
Evening star., 1946-01-26
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
Star information Bureau. 3l6 street
close 8 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1946-01-26
Route Of the
MAINLINERS

With United, Martin airliners
will fly the original transoon-
tinental route, linking the in
dustrial centers of the East, the
Great Lakes area, the Great
Plains, the intermountain re-
gions, and every major city and
seaport on the Pacific coast
from Vancouver, B. 6. to San
Diego. Serving major metro
politzn areas across the conti-
'nent, United is the ssMain Line
Airway" coast-to-coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Agnes Ryder Dies; Mother 'OfJ.M. Ryder
 MiddIetown Native
 Will Be Buried
 In New Bedford

? Agnes Craig Ryder, widow of John Q. Ryder and mother of John Maxim Ryder, general manager of The Democrat, died yesterday in Springfield, Mass. She had been i'll for several months.
 Mrs. Ryder was born on July 4, 1862, in Middletown, Conn.,, the daughter of the late James Wallace . and Mary Hamilton Craig, who were among the pioneer Scotch families to come to Connecticut. She attended Middletown schools and moved to Meriden after her marriage in 1887. She moved later to New Bedford, Mass, where she made her home until last January.
 She was a member of the North Congregational Church, New Bed- ford, and of the Eastern Star.
 In addition to J. Maxim Ryder, she is survived by a son, James Craig Ryder of South Dartmouth, Mass; a granddaughter, Mrs. Robert Champney of Montclair, N. J., and two grandsons, Phillips Hamilton Ryder and Campbell Craig Ryder, t.of Waterbury.
 Funeral services will be held in New Bedford, Mass, and burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford.