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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
WA VELETS
By BILL FARBllNET

Four Aces-Tline in on WATN for four new programs tonight,
 RevAmplnR Of the entire ncheo~ ule Of American nfoadoagtlng com- paiy and station WA1R Monday night programs, in e studied Of. fort to provide balanced entertain. ment wlll give listeners Q varied evening of crime detection, drama, music and comedy,
 Top talent involved in the new deal for dlaleB includes William 0argan and Jimmy and Lucille uleason of the movies and Paul Whlteman, the Dean Of Modern American Music"
 Leading off the lineup at S.30 tonight isver wATR is Dashlell Hammeets "FAt Man." Q new de- tectlve series created by Hammett, especially for radio ln the same vein as his "Thin Man" movies. Next, at Q D. m, is "r Deal in Crime" Q machine-gur actloned program featuring Qargan ns tough-bltted siper-sleuth.
 Following the two "whorunlt' ear.benders, Paul Whiteman will take over for Q half-hour of mu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

sical hits of the past, interspersed with his own anecdotes about them. This program, titled Forever Tops" has a 36-piece orchestra and chorus of i2 as we'll as soloists.
 Final flip of the new evening schedule at 10 o'clock is Jimmy Gleason's Diner" in which com edy situations will be built around strange characters parading through an all-night eatery, with Hollywood celebrities dropping in for an oc- casional fate snack with the vet- eran actor and his wife, Lucille.
 Firty-six weeks as the featured attraction on a coas-to-coast show is an ambition which all name bandleaders aspire to, but few rare- ly gratify.
 Frankie Master will be able to boast of this achievement on Mon day night, January 28 over Station WoR and MES at 9:30 when he makes his 46th appearance on Spot light Bands.
 Masters orchestra, with Morton Downey as guest star, will be heard from Milwaukee in a salute to the citys centurama.
 Pianist Composer Hoagy Car michael, who makes a guest ap- pearance on the Andrews Sisters Wednesday, January 30, over CBS, show, INK Musical Showroom" is recognized whever jazz music IS played. In the United states, num- bers such as his 'Stardust" are known to the trade as swing standards" In England, where his compositions have wide following, "hot" music fans refer to his of- ferings as 'evergreens." Car michael's first efforts were created on the player piano of Greek candy stort just off the Indiania University campus. These include 'Washboard Blues" "Riverbcat Shuttle" and "Rockin' Chair" From jazz bands he went on first to Broadway and then to Hollywood, where he has been writing music for pictures since 1895.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
RyonHeordIn Blast Inquiry Public Utilities
 Commission Examines Local Officials

Questioning of Police Chief James Ryan of Thomaston in an attempt to discover the cause of the explo- sion which wrecked the Eagle Rock Church January 24, was resumed Saturday by Public Utilities En. gineer Samuel A. Cross.
 pr. Henry G. Atha who arrived shortly after William Bachman, 8l, church sexton was found dead in the basement, was also questioned by MT. Cross.
 On Wednesday, Mir. Cross ques- tioned Fronk J. Monaghan, main- tenance service foreman for the Connecticut Light and Power Com pany; John Kiely and his brother James Kiely, service dispatchers; Thomas J. Flanagan, welfare super visor: and Theodore Breithaupt, Waterbury engineer, Mir. Cross said He also has talked with Neal Smith, constable in Thomaston, who hap pened on the scene when the blast occurred as well as Dr. Winfield Wight, medical examiner of Thom- aston, who issued the certificate of accidental death by Illuminating gas poisoning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Novy to Pickle
 .U. $. $. Brooklyn

Philadelphia, Jan. 28-(UF)- The light cruiser U. s. s. Brook lyn will become the first well peacetime inactive fleet in cere- monies at the Philadelphia naval base Wednesday.
 The Brooklyn will be transferred from her active fin commission status to an "in commission-in re- serve" member of the newly-formed 18th Feet of inactive ships.
 Admiral T. 0. Kinkaid, comnisA- der of the 18th Fleet and former commander of the famed 7th Fleet of the Pacific. will close a switch which will start dehumidification machinery on the last section of the lO-year-old ship to be presefv- ed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

trol room spent their spare time making nickel side bets with visiting radioites as to the authenticity or the various accents.
 Amos n Andy" recently had a sentence on interior decorating on their Tuesday NEG airshow and the "Kingfish" freeman 0osden) ex- plainned the art of knowing furni- ture very simply to Andy, (Charles Correll): You see a chair so small you can't sit in it--dat's French: fin de chair feels like you is sittin' on Q rock-dats carry American; fin de chair falsl apart- dat's antiquel"
 Now that he's back from the Army. Stuart Churchill s more of axl asset than ever to the Fred War ing Show, which brings night time c alibre entertainment to NbC morning diaiers. Churchill, who be- came a Pennsylvanian in 1929. serv- ed three years and eight months m the Army, and was featured In Inis Id The Army" singing What Does a Soldier Dream of" But what makes him a greater asset to War ine is the fact that he shared a tent at Camp Upton with the folk sing er. Buri Ives, and learned to play the guitar, with Ives as his instruc- tor.
 Maestro Al Sack estimates that he has written more than 375 orig inal musical bridges" or transition numbers, during the past 26-week period of the CBS "Maisie" program l-an average of IA bridges" per broadcast.
 Charles Irving, narrator on "Ex- ploring the Unknown" over MES Sundays, is a versatile mikeman. In addition you hear him as Dr. Ma lone in the daytime serial, young pr. alone" and as announcer on two such varied shows as Bulldog Drummond" and Valiant Lady"
 Dialers can expect some forth. coming Great Gildersleeve" script to feature humorous golf sequence now that the two scribes on the pro- gram. sam Moore and John Whe- don. lave just taken up the sport and have just disco cred. from per- sonal experience, the awful horror of digging ones way out of a cav- ernous sand trap.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

American Army stationed in New ouineau - to Anton Rublnsteln's lovely Romance" vii be sung by American born soprano Helen Traubel when she is guest artist on the Telephone Hour tonight. The program is heard over the entire WT1C-NBC network at goo D. m.
 Private Edward 6robe, United States Army, recuperating in New Guineau, sat at a plano in a Red Cross Hut. He came across the Ru- binstein Romance" and wrote words to the beautiful melody. Miss Traubel heard them, liked them, and will sing them on the Teie- phone Hour tonight with Donald Voorhees, and the Bell Symphonic Orchestra.
 "The Clock" a love story that takes place during a soldiers forty eight hour furlough, will be the Radio Theater bill this evening at o:00 D. m. over WABC. Judy Gag- land and John Kodiak star in the full dramatic program produ- ced by William Keighley.
 The Sunday CBS "Blondi" preo- gram, now in its sventh year on the airlanes, is one of the few airrs that can boast four separate vocal trademark" occurring in every broadcast. Late dialers have no diff ficulty in identifying the show with in a minute or two after tuning fin late because they are sure to hear one of the familiar tags" which Writer John L. Greene sprinkles throughout the scripts.
 The Numbr One trademark" is, of course. "Dagwood's" anguished
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

Mir. and Mrs. Clement Nelly of 32 Warner Place have decided to chsten their recent daughter Sharon Elaine Mrs. Charley Curtin is coming along nicely after be- ing hospitaized for time. Mr. and Mrs Theodore Webersnn of 15 Nathan Court sending out announce ents of the birth of daughter Amy Beth, January l8 very attractive honor roll for members of the Pill grim Fellowship of World War H has been presented to the Second Congregational Church group by Mr. and Mrs Earl D. Anderson. . Ensign Ralph F.. Armbruster has received his honorable discharge from the Navy Ron aId ". Bisset son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Walker Bisset of Fleming street left week ago for Army service and is at Fort Devens Mass, at present.
 Good Night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Tall TOUer
 Topics

The Town Crier Tells. The folks coming to town And as how they never did see such snow spectacle that of Friday morning Snow covered everything and hardly patch of brown green was to be seen Ches- ire was like white faryland, as were Mddebnry Wood bury Thomaston and along the Naugatuck Valley, the early morning shimmer dazzling our out-oftown paragraphers tell us Town Line is place in New York State and the residents voted the other day to return to the Union Commissioner William J. Cox up in Hart ford has given out that big highway jobs will start in March throughout the state, bridges included Welhershed reports that they are going to build nIty houses for returning veterans all in section but scattered. Three new postmasters are to be named about the sate the names of G. Franklin Cowes of Can. ton Clare B. Snow of Mapping and Orrn R. Bugbee of West Sufed sent to the Senate Lord and Lady Astor have come over from England for holiday going to Vr- rina from New York and thence to Florida Great Harrington Lee and Pittsed have had some skiing and up through Vermont the weekend promise of snow was cheering to skiiers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

cry for Blondiel" used to open the show and often occurring several times during the course of episode. Another identifying tag is "Dith- CTS" famed wolf-laugh. Tow others are "Dagwood's" hen-cackle and his query: "eh?" that sounds like the bleat of a goat. To add variety and glean extra laughs, Greene offer has "Dagwood" and "Alexander" mimick "Dithers' wolf-laugh, or h writes in a situation whereby Alexander" and Ditchers" initiates "Dagwood's" hencackle. Sometimes he switches "Blondies" lines to in- clude her version of "Dagwood's
 goat-like "eh?"
 Amusing variety of accents and dialects-both real and assumed supplied the production stan of This Is My Best" with material for a lively guessing game during rehearsal of the recent dmaratiza. tion of The Pink Hussar." The story, which concerns a group Of European refugees, utilized the au- thentic accents of Star Michael Chekhox (Russian); George Shda- noff (RuSsian); Maria Palmer (Hungarian) and assorted assumed dialects by the supporting cast oi radio actors, The folks in the con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

There's a lot of competition coming along for those Hollywood and Broadway shows in the person of two Harvey Girls from dear old Waterbury, namely "Red" Roche and Rosemary Pinto. Both of these young ladies are doing their stuff the boards of of the dancing studios on East Main street, and from all ndi catiOns-they did few steps on East Main street the other nte-HOllywOOd will beckOn soon. Russell Buxton better known to his friends as ROckwes is civilian now and looking around for spot to open vastronOmic emporium Rockwell was discharged last week after two years aboard the destroyer Phoenix. A former Democrat reporter, Sherman Lon don is reported back the States after sOjourns in both the European theater and the Pacific theater. wen be looking for him to return to his desk sOOn Bette Blanchard another member of The Democrat sta spent
 few days last week up in EdgemOnt Mass, where she relaxed before a roaring fire at the Jug End Barn.
 Betty was shOOed away from the Cheshire arpane crash last week when State Troopers decided that was no place for lady; but Betty sOutly insisted, "Pm re- porter" Angie DeSimOne, on the staff of the O. P. D. up at St. Marys Hospital, leaves the city next month for Hartford where she'll enter convent. It. ROf, who has all the headaches for the Army Recruiting pro- gram in Waterbury-hes the publicity bOy-scratched his head the other day in a perplexed manner as he muIIed the possibilities of filling the Armys quota from a fast diminishing stock of willing recruits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

Brass Nuggets-Former Police and Fire Commission CT William J. Dunphy is worried the future of fair trade in Connecticut He reports interruptions forces at work conniving to upset the magnificent progress made since I937 When Genial Bi starts a-worrying, there must be something alarming in the setup. Call the boys into acton Bill, and start something. Sound the alarm revive the midnight meetings the pep talks, the state sessions and freshen the old Hartford contacts The members of the 1947 legislative session will be chosen next November get going! Where are the big pay envelopes read about toiled and sweated over their query CHS who have found pot of gold awaiting their homecoming? The veterans that is good many of them, finding it difficult to get job Some returned to work and later given vacation Two of three of the biggest manufacturing concerns in the city keeping clear of any entanglng alliances with the Federal in the sponsorship of training courses which is setting many ambitious lad back It is whs- pered also that being ex-servceman with preference rating and whatnot, hold job in the local post office is about grip on the greased pig at the county fair. Now you have it and now you don't {. And that the Victory house has been moved where are the Exchange Place going to park their extra clothing rubber coats boots and other articles of pre- paredness? Verify that little place served many people for many purposes many occasions We will miss It and so will thousands of lads still but who have their memories of the little structure and the big part it played in patriotic, community activities We neigh ho will always have Hamilton Park to refreshen our memories.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12
Bluffton High Eleven Tops Lima +,
Shawnee, 20, In Lima Olympia Play
= 9. l.5i- p

Striking for one touchdown on
their first offensive play of the
game and threatening on two other
occasions, Bluffton Highs 1916 grid
aggregation completely dominated
all phases of play in to 0 win
over Lima Shawnee in a 16-minute
appearance at the Lima Olympia,
last Friday night.
In play under game conditions, the
Pirates looked impressive as they
easily checkmated Shawnee's offens-
i've thrusts, and at the same time
showed plenty of ground-gaining
power in their own rights. -
Buttons touchdown came in the
first two minutes of play, with a
Shawnee tumble and alert play by
the locals setting up the tally.
Shawnee bobbled the ball on the
second play after taking the kickoff,
and Jim Lewis, veteran Pirate end,
swooped in to recover for his team
on the Shawnee 21-yard line.
Neil Schmidt, Bluffton quarters
back who has returned to uniform
after two years of Navy service,
then went all the way to score
around end on the first Bluffton try,
and Wayne Sommers placekicked
for the extra point.
The Pirates were threatening
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12
SPORTS IN SHORTS

Buttons z to 0 victory over Lima
Shawnee in a 16-minute Lima o.
lympia game last Friday night ended
by adding new fire to the eontrover-
sy over whether Bluffton's regularly
declining school enrolment in the
last decade means that the Pirates
today are playing out of their class
by participating in the Western
Buckeye league, made up entirely of
Class A schools with the exception of
Bluffton. wEy~e ~et---r-
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Those who feel Bluffton still can
match the strength of the other Class
A schools year in and year out point
to Bluffton's domination of play
over Shawnee in Glass as evidence
that the locals have what it takes to
engage Class A foes, even tho the
school enrolment has fallen off.
Against Shawnee, the Pirates were
playing the largest school in Allen
county, outside of the Lima system.
Shawnee has an enrolment this year
of S44, with 40 In junior and senior
high school. This Is nearly double
Bluffton's enrolment of 4s6, with
239 in the top six grades. So
Bluffton's downward trend of stu
dent enrolment, extending over a 10
year period, finds the school today
ranking fourth in size in the county
/. In addition to Shawnee, larger
enrollments are reported by Spencer
vile, 713, with 346 in grades seven
thru IL; and Elida, 500, with 270 in
junior and senior high school !.
Lafayette is virtually as large as
Bluffton with AS students.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12
Pirate Gridders Open Eight-Game
Card Against Kenton Here Friday

Appearing in their first of four
home contests on an eight-game
schedule, Bluffton High gridders will
oppose Kenton in a Western Buck
eye league tilt under the lights at
Harmon field stadium Friday night
of this week.
Kenton's team, altho untried so
far this season, always is rated as
one of the best Class A outfits in
this area and will provide plenty of
opposition for the Pirates.
Buttons eleven looked impressive
last Friday night in a 16-minute
appearance in the Lima Olympia.
Altho play was limited to one quar-
ter Coach Kent Cotterman had an
opportunity to see his proteges in
action under game conditions.
The Bluffton squad came out of
the Olympia in good condition, and
Coach Cotterman hopes to have his
team nearing mid-season form in
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12
Community Recreation Committee
Makes Financial Report For Season

In the first seven months of oper-
alton of the Community Recreation
committee sponsored by the Bluff
ton Business Mems association,
total of s3,369.91 has been raised
for financing the towns recreation
program, it was announced this
week. ..-.sa... ~.-~rt4 --Nss 49,
Of this amount, s1,167.71 has been
expended so far, and between 5000
and $700 remains to be paid for
activities of the group. Principal
items of expenditure remaining un-
paid include cost of hard-surfacing
the grade school grounds and the
area under the stadium, expense en-
tailed on the Harmon field tennis
cost, and payment for playground
equipment, most of which has not
yet been delivered.
The report of Treasurer Leland
Diller, as of Septembr /, shows the
following:
RECEIPTS
Total Contributions
Community canvass) 81, ,438.T6
Special Donations
(Bd. of Education,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12

were sold, 1914 better than GOO, and
in 1916 the club sold 797 residence
licenses and non-residence.
This year C. V. Stonehill, director
of license sales, says the state has
sent him ESQ licenses to date. There
is every indication he will have to
recorder several times.
Every person who takes to the
woods, regardless of age, must have
hunting license, unless they hunt on
their own farm.
Horse Show Set For Sunday
The Horse Adm of Allen County
will hold an English and Western
Horse Show at Joe's Ranch, Lima,
next Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p. m.
Proceeds will be used for the Allen
County fair fund.
Martin Breda, president, says that
% trophies, plus prize money will be
given. Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky
horses will compete. Bluffton horse
men will enter the competition.
Jce's Ranch is located at the inter-
section of Cole Street road and Route
15. .s~~f--ss
Coonhound "Bozos Winner of Leafy
Oaks Field Trials
Unperturbed by the presence of a
vast throng of spectators and some
300 coonhounds, a black and white
coonhound named "Bozo," owned by
Clarence holland of Leland, H.,
walked off with the major share of
honors in the annual Leafy Oak
National Coondog Field Trials at La
rue, near Kenton.
Bozo captured first place in the
tree division of the trial after sur
viving 80 elimination heats and three
semifinal contests. BY winning second
in the line contest, Bozo's winnings
for the day amounted to $670.
First line prize for $500 was taken
by Creeping Della Pella," female
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Lewis
of Hazel, Ky.
A number of commuters from the
Bluffton area were on hand to en-
joy the spectacle. Among those pres
ent were: Archie Diller and sons, AL
bert Garmatter, Omar and Len Augs-
burger, Dwight Zimmerly, William
Garmatter, A. J. Lutterbein, Bill
Lutterbein, Dennis Diller and John
Palte.
Returning from a five day fishing
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12
Squirrel Season Opens Saturday

eeouuhTTtf otdsOn "opens SATURDAY
Open war on bushytails will be de-
@clared Saturday as a multitude of
hunters headed by returned vets head
for the woods. According to the old
timers indications are at every hand
for a good crop of squirrels. Plenty
of walnuts this year and a fairly
good crop of hickory nuts are in evi-
-dence. Many young fox squirrels are
reported by observers.
Bag limits this year are four fox
or grey squirrels per day with pos
session limit of squirrels. Red squir-
rels do not count in either possession
or bag limits.
Scarcity of meat will probably
mean the hunting will be stepped up
considerably this season. Sale of
licenses by the Sportsmen's club has
increased better than hundred each
year. In 1943 approximately 500
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-09-12

trip into the upper peninsula IN
Michigan, Don and Ruth Cupples re-
port good luck with Don snagging a
wall-eye weighing 4la pounds. The
couple stayed at the VIII Harkness
place about 70 miles south of the 500.
With the aid of a rubber boat the
party, after treking back through a
swamp, fished lake that never be-
fore had boat on it to the knowledge
of the old timers in the community.
This event comes to light after
some delay. Jack Berry and daugh-
ter Kay were fishing from a boat
after dark at the Buckeye one even
ing. A huge bomber with red and
green warning lights glowing appear
ed high in the sky. Kay grabbed the
flashIight and turned the beam in the
direction of the plane. Immediately
a powerful searchight blazed for
ward from the plane and in a large
arc the beam of light swooped down
and singled out the two anglers in
the boat. The beam continued to
point them out until the bomber pass
ed out of sight.
Jack says it surely left them with
a queer sensation and he wonders
what would have happened if he had
sent them some code signals with his
flashlight. s-vst@