a 03 Obituary RAILROAD MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Badly cut about the face and angina head chen he fell as' a victim pectoris near co Emery street 58, of early 216 Pearl street, a brakeman for 35 vears yesterday, John M. Ryan. employed Boston arrival Maine at Mercy railrond, died soon after hospital. McaRyan, a native of White River Vty had lived in his this widow, city Junction, for 32 years. Ho leaves a Alice (Falvey) Ryan, a son, John, brothers, daughter, Louise White (River three Junction, Bellows Falls, and of Charles Claremont.
N. four Frank of Thomas Welch of West sisters, Lebanon, Drs N. Miss Milicent Kyan River Junction, Mrs O'Brien Irene of Lothrop White and Mirs Catherine of White a River member, of St Michael's Junction. He was of the Brotherhood of parish and Engineers. The funeral will Railroad Byron's funeral home tobe held at at 8.15, followed by morrow morning mass of requiem at St solemn high cathedral at 9.
Burial will 3Iichael's De di8 St Michael's cemetery. DORA B. VINING CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST Word Chas been circles here received of the death in Christian Science 011 Saturday of Miss at Kansas City for 40 years a Dora Brown Science practitioner in that Vining, Christian daughter of the late city. she WAS Eliza Brown Vining, both AL. and of New England.
She leaves natives H. B. Vining of BostWO ton, and brothers, W. B. Vining of Tonganoxie, three (1., and Edith B.
sisters, the Misses Fanny Adelaide City. Another ing. all of Charles, Kansas. Vining, former brother, of the Commerce Trust president of Kansas City, died in Aucompany gusto: 19363 Alfred Menard. Alfred Menard, 69, died Gedeon at the Domin- home of his of 172 East street, Ludlow, yesdaughter, Mrs que afternoon.
Besides Mrs Dotorday he leaves on, another daughter, aningue, Alexander Nicholson of West Are son, Joseph Menard of East Springfield: Springfield; brother, Treffle Menard, Halverson and of 1 Canada. The funeral sister, Mrs Patrick will be held the home of Mrs at Ludlow Saturday morning from a followed by reDomingue at mass 8.15, at St John the quiem high at 9. Burial will be Baptist church, cemetery, Indian in St Aloysius's Orchard. Mrs Chester A. Murnane Mrs Martha Ann Murnane, 695 67, Main wife of Chester A.
a Murnane of at Wes street, died early yesterday She was in Ontario and had lived Memorial hospital. born 13 years. was A member here for the J. W. Nickels Rebekah lodge.
of husband, she leaves five Besides her Samuel McCoy of Linden brothers, Melvin McCoy of Village, N. Wellington McCoy of Galt, Toronto; John McCoy (of Vancouver Ontario: McCoy of Lockport. N. Y. and James -funeral will be held at Byron's The home Saturday afternoon at funeral to CARD thank OF the Towers Machine THANKS wish Moore Drop Forge company, of the and neighbors for their friends, relatives pieces, and for their kindbeautful floral at the death of my negs and sympathy father a 0 31R J.
E. BATES DIED Cignoni. CIGNONI-In 18, of this 52 Fresno street. Funeral city, the 3d, Mrs Mary D. Forastiere Son funeral home from F.
M. at 8. High mass of requiem Friday morning church at 9. Burial following at In St Michael's Springfield. hospital, the cemetery.
KILLEEN-At Killeen. husband of the dd. Thomas J. (Flynn) Killeen of 25 Cooley Tate Annie Funeral at the street, North Agawam. funeral home, 1005 "VestR.
Bald D. street, Tooney West Springfield, Thursday morning at 8.13, following at St Thomas church with solemn high mass of 9. requiem Burial in St Thomas cemetery. at Palmer, the 3d, John LANGSTEIN-At Palmer road, Brimfield. at 'the of Loftus funeral home ThursFuneral 2.30, Rev John G.
Manter officiating. day at in Brimfield cemetery. Friends Committal invited. this city. the Dorothy 3d, Alfred J.
M.ISTROIANNI-In Mastroianni, husband of Alastroianni of 193 Toomey funeral home, 1060 Leyfred terrace. Funeral At Westfield the R. D. street, West Springfield, Thursday requiem mass following St at St Michael's Anne's st at 10. Burial in 0.15, e'urch comptery.
At Ludlow, the Ludlow. 4th, Funeral Alfred MENARD front Stenard the of home 172 of East his daughter, Mira Gedeon morning Domingue at- of 5.15. requiem high masa at St 472 East street, Saturday at 9. Burial in St Joan Baptiste centetery, church Indian Orchard. Ratell service.
Weatheld. the Funeral 4t.h. will George MERKEL--At Merkel at of the 11 South street. funeral parlors. Fold street, Tuesday afternoon at 29 School Burial in Pine Hill cemetery.
MEYER-In this rity, the 3d. street. Walter Fineral 40, Baron's of funeral home Friday at 3.30 33 Mapledell from Burial in Hillcrest Park cemetery. 01. of 2 View aventie.
FuNorthampton. the 4th, neral John J. services Moriarty at Ahearn funeral home. street, Friday morning Mary's at 8.13. church High King 9.
mass Burial 'n St Mary's cemetery. of requiem at St MURNANE--In this city. the 4th, Funeral Martha Ann services Murnane at Byron's of funeral home Saturday 693 Main aureet. at 2 p. In.
Burlal in Prospect Hill cemetery, Hampden. this city, the 3d, Joseph street. Rumpal, Funeral services at Byron's funeral 33 years, of 126 Andrews home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial may In be seen Oak at Grove his home cemetery. until 10 o'clock Friday Mr Rumpal morning.
RYAN--In this city, the 4th, John Ryan of 01G l'earl rept. Funeral at 8.13. followed by a high mass of requiem Byron's funeral home Friday Michael's cathedral at 9. Burial 8t St Michael's cemetery. SCIMONE In this city, the 2d.
Theresa (Trimboli) Scimone, 73. of Hickory Funeral at the home Thursday morning at 8. Solemu: church high at mass of requiem at Mount Carmel Burial In Michael'8 cemetery. F. Forastiere Son service.
Michael Stachowicz, AL of 179 East Main Westfield, tire day street, of morning at 8 from Rypy6c funeral Chicopee Falls. Funeral Thurshome, Stanislaus church at nine. Burial in followed by requiem At Stanislaus cemetery: STAGNARO-In this city, the lat, Katherine M. Stagnaro, of 142. Funeral Allen street, wife of Frank W.
Stagnaro. afterfrom Byron's funeral home Thursday Pinon at 2. Burial in Pine Hill cemetery, Westfield. THEALL-Jo this city, the 3d, Harry Theall, 08, of 18 Richelieu Dickinson court. neral at the parlors of -Streeter ernoon at 1, with organ prelude at company, 303-507 State street.
'Friday at Springfield cemetery. THEBODO-At West Springfield, the Mrs Almira Bean Thebodo, at the home her daughter, Mrs Ida G. Fletcher, 48 street. Funeral from the Curran-Jones neral home Thursday at 8.13. followed high mass of requiem at the Immaculate Conception church at 9.
WARD--At Westfield, the 3d, Christine St. Ward, widow of Robert J. Ward 180 Suffield street, Agawam. Funeral services at the Graham funeral 619 State street, Thursday at 2.30. in Agawam Center cemetery.
WENNIGER--At Holyoke the 4th, Wenniger of 27 Commercial street. neral from the home Friday morning 7.30. high mass oi: requiem at Sacred church at 8. Burial in St Jerome's tery. Dillon service.
ZER WITZ-In this city, the 3d. Zerwitz, one-year-old daughter of Mra Francis Zerwitz of 432 SummeD avenue. Faneral services at I. M. Forastiere funeral home Wednesday afternoon at 4.
terment at Beth El Mittineague. DAILY REPUBLICAN, 3 YANK COLUMNS POURING THROUGH SIEGFRIED BREACH (Continued from First Page) which had been hurling shells into the breach all night. SIx Nazi Attacks Fail At least six counterattacks were turned back, including three strong ones in the breakthrough area beFinkenrath and Freleberg, 7 tween and 11 miles north of Aachen, where the United States 1st army's infantry had pierced the line. Then at noon tanks arrived with fresh troops hanging onto their iron sides and poured through at Uebach, in the of the gap, in the face of fire from every German gun that was For hours a Naming battle prostill bearing. gressed as the tanks thrown-up wove among antithe maze of hastily tank ditches, blockhouses and a few pillboxes.
But late dispatches said the enemy's resistance was weakening as the tanks fanned out in several columns for the drive on the It was the same type of attack Rhine, 30 miles beyond. that broke the Germans' powerful line west of 'St Lo in Normandy, when Lieut-Gen George S. Patton's 3d army armor, with infantry as passed through the 1st army's lines and ultimately swung clear around to the southeast, of Paris, breaking the back of German resistance in France. Mud Behind Westwall Deep mud behind the Westwall and added obstacles in the new drive but the uncertainty of the weather were it was not believed the Germans' secondary line had been sufficiently reinforced with steel and earthworks to withstand a strong armored assault. Allied armies seized the initiative almost every sector of the 450- on mile front yesterday, suffering a setback only in the Metz sector.
United States 3d army forces which had battied into the 1Sth century Driant fortress, the keys of Metz's southwestern approaches, were driven to. the northwestern and southwestern corners of the citadel by a German counterattack launched from its subterranean casemates. The battle was continuing, with the Tanks attempting to neutralize the Germans' buried positions in the fort by pouring boiling crude oil through the gun slits and igniting the fuel with flame-throwers. Accelerating the drive to clear Antwerp for vital supply shipping, northCanadian troops swung around west of the Belgian port through its dock area, threatening to cut off Delta German gun crews on the Schelde Antwerp islands commanding the channel. These troops were reported the beginning to having toward been north, part of them positions on flooded Walcheren island when RAF bombout of their ers blasted a 120-yard breach in its seawall.
Another Canadian force smashed nine miles north of Antwerp on up the Breda road. by'passing the, last remaining German strong point in the city's suburbs and capturing Antwerp. Wittehof, Polish troops on the Canadians' eight miles north of right wing captured Turnhout, Baarle-Nassau, as well as Poppel. five miles to east, eight miles north of and a Welsh detachment of the Brit- to ish the southeast as the allies pushed 2d army recaptured Reussel north against an estimated Germans in western Holland. THE SPRINGFIELD 11,000 DEAD IN 5600 U.
S. AAF ACCIDENTS (Continued from First Page) cited figures to show that AAF said accident losses are declining, is and 20 in that the fatality rate now 1000 men who enter flight every training. Its figures on deaths and Injuries 93 of show, every 100 men who enter flight the department said, that training will complete their training "without so much the as a head." sprained ankle or a bump on It is not known definitely what the "but there is certainly no reaenemy's air accident losses have suppose that their rates are been, son lower to than ours," the statement said. DRAFT BOARDS CALLING MEN OUT OF WAR JOBS (Continued from First Page) 6700 local boards on that day to "procede with induction of all men between 26 and 38 who are not contributing to the war effort." Until now the calls have been so small that the 18-year-olds and a few volunteers have been filling them. However, the older men are being called beginning this month.
At the present. time in Massachusetts, the army is taking about three out of every four selectees, but the navy call is. expected to substantially higher later this go year. BALDWIN FIGHTS M'CARRAN PLAN (Continued from First Page): manufacturing establishments in this state." One division of the the governor said, applies to the reconversion of Connecticut industry to civilian production, and "its purpose is' to supply an analysis of present operation of concerns. especially subsidiary war contractors, who have been or are engaged, in the production of war equipment, materials and supplies." He said this part of -the study would supply an index and classi.
fication of such plants, together with individual data concerning them. The second division of the survey, he said, is intended to provide id an inventory of the state's industrial plants and has several important purposes in view. I CLARK, BRADLEY WIN HIGH SOVIET HONORS (Continued from First Page) duction, Lyttelton, British, important roles minister of prothey have played in the struggle against the common enemy." The broadcast, recorded here by the Soviet monitor, said the Order of Kutuzov, First Class, had been awarded to Lieut-Gen Omar N. 15 Auburn street was held at Byron's funeral home' yesterday afternoon. Rev C.
A. Brewer and Rev James Hamer officiated. Bearers were G. Wimbish. William Cole, Ernest Sanders and E.
B. Taylor. Burial was in The Oak funeral Grove of cemetery. Charles 1. H.
Stamm of 220 Gifford street was held yesterday afternoon at the T. P. Sampson Eclmont avenue 'funeral parlors. Rev Jack Malpas officiated. Bearers were Harold Foster, William Powers, Ovila L.
Charbonneau, Wilfred Bousquet and Frank E. Tourtellot. Mr Malpas read committal service in Hillcrest. cemetery. SPRINGFIELD, Today's Schedule Of Waste Collections The department of streets and engineering will collect ashes and rubbish, tomorrow from the following Alvin, Biltmore, Bliss, Bradford, Fremont, Howard.
James, Judson, Loring, Margaret, Middie, Norman, Parallel, Sargeant, Somerset, Strong. Virginia, Union (Main to railroad), Union' (Maple to Walnut). Indian Orchard: Banner, Burke, Center, Dean, Goodwin, Lawe and Water. Bradiey, commander of the 12th United States army group on the western front, and to Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, commander-in-chief of allied expeditionary air forces. This is the second highest army decoration to nonRussians.
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, commander-in-chief of the allied naval expeditionary forces, was awarded the Order of Ushakov, First Class, highest award for naval men outside the. Soviet Union. The Order of Suvorov, Second Class, was awarded, to Maj-Gen J. Lawton commander of the United States 7th corps, and Maj-Gen Leonard Gerow, commander of the United States 5th corps. F.
R. IS PLEDGED SUPPORT OF RAIL, GARMENT UNIONS 1. (Continued from First Page) national Association' of Machinists. Daniel J. Tobin, head of the International Teamsters union (AFL), was present.
White House officials said Brotherhood of Trainmen representatives would be received later. Earlier. David Dubinsky, of the Ladies Garment Workers and vice-chairman of the Liberal party in New York. left a White House conNew York state. vinced the in President would carry terence telling reporters 'he was not worried about the election, but we want to make double sure," Dubinsky said.
after asking the President's aid in getting his running mate, Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, and Wallace to address a Liberal party rally in New York October 31. Dubinsky said he believed the Liberal party, which broke away from the American Labor party last spring, has an excellent chance to bring supporters of Wendell L. Willkie into the fourth camp. The party is backing the Roosevelt-Truman electors in New York.
Plans 20-Minute Talk President Roosevelt will speak for about 20 minutes tonight. On the same half -hour program will be Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan and Mrs Charles WV. Tillett. assistant chairman of the national committee.
One party worker in each of 125,000 voting throughout the country has heen asked to invite 10 the listeners a will be furnished a list persons to his home to hear the broadcast. After the speech, each of of registered voters and asked to get these voters to polls on election day. While Gov John W. Bricker, his Republican opponent, visited the opening world series game and spoke in St Louis, Senator Truman announced an itinerary of 7500 miles much of the territory alcovering ready covered by the opposition and including major talks at Los Angeles (night of October 16); Seattle (night of October 19): Peoria, (October 26). and Boston (October 28, time, indefinite).
LONGMEADOW MEN'S CLUB TO HEAR. CAPT H. W. UNDERWOOD meadow Longmeadow, Men's club will hold the frst The Longmeeting of the season at the commu- will be served at 6.30. Reservations may nity house on Tuesday.
Supper be made by calling Lester LePage, John Hay, Rudy Cooper. Kraft. Capt Herbert W. Monty Milton Underwood of the naval midshipman's be the school at Northampton will speaker. His subject will be guest "Naval operations In the Pacific." Capt Underwood is a graduate of An- of napolis, 1910, and a During postgraduate World the naval war college.
war commanded the destroyer Walke, and service in all parts to of the Pacific area. In 'addition Navy Cross awarded him Underwood in the the Arst World war, Capt wears campaign medals for duty in Mexico, Nicaragua, and. the Yantze river. An assembly will be held tomorrow morning at 8.30 at junior high student school. Newly elected officers their of the acceptance council will make speeches.
A film on. physical fitness will The be next shown. registration date for voters will be Saturday, the Street 7th, from school. 7 to 9 p. m.
at Converse Other registration dates will be Friday the 13th, at Norway Street school from 7 to 9 p. and Wednesday, the from noon to 10. p. m. at the 18th, town office.
JOBLESS CHEF HELD IN CRAVEN SLAYING (Continued from First Page) York yesterday to try and this 10- cate Sergt John P. Cleary found that relatives of the woman in Craven had not lived here for city, 19 Mrs years. Two years ago she visited for a. brief time, staying with hrother, William D. Wright of here her 388 Chestnut street, and her sister, Mrs Elizabeth Thompson of 853 Main Neither the brother nor much the sister could give the police information yesterday.
Police said that Mrs Craven' was divorced nine years ago lives from at lar- 1181 old R. Craven, who now Columbus avenue. He has remarried, they said. THE WEATHER New England States Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode. Island: Today fair and tomor warmer, row.
Not so cool tonight. Continued partly cloudy tonight warm tomorrow. The Weather in Springfield The weather from 4 p. m. Tuesday to 4 p.
m. yesterlay, as reported at the Springfield Armory, and In comparison with the corresponding day last year, was as follows: Clouds, wind, SE; extremes of temperature, 66 and 34. Last year: Clouds, wind. NE; extremes of temperature, 73 and 49. The sun rises at 6.51 and sets at 6.25.
Automobiles should be lighted at 6,55. N. 7. LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED Wellington, New Zealand. loan drive has exceeded its goal (AP) -New Zealand's $40,000,000 vieby a quarter-million dollars.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced toI day. for 'HAPPY WARRIOR' DIES IN NEW YORK; Co RITES SATURDAY (Continued from First Page) fore the end his pastor, Rev the John last rites of the Roman Catholic church. Healy, arrived to administer At St Patrick's Cathedral In the first instance that a Catholic layman ever has been so honored, ithe former governor's body will lie in state in St Patrick's cathedral here from 2 1. m. Friday until the funeral mase.at 11 a.
m. Saturday. Most Rev J. Francis A. Mcintyre, auxiliary bishop of New York, will officiate at the mass, assisted by lev John 1.
O. of the Dominican mission band. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Queens, beside the body of his Smith's death was announced to reporters in the hospital lobby by Sullivan. "This is the last of a great man," he said. "He was a real man, a great I father, a great American." had announced that Smith was failing rapidly and that the family minutes had bebeen summoned.
Eight The physician Smith had suffered a "severe relapse" at 5.30 a. "accompanied by acute heart failChildren Arrive After Death Smith's children Mrs John WarMrs Francis J. Quillinan, WalSmith and Arthur Smith-reached father's side a few minutes he died. His sister, Mrs Mary Glynn, and his old friend, John J. punied them.
A third son, Alfred E. Raskob, the motor magnate, accomSmith, is on duty with the army the South Pacific. A few minutes a grandson. Pyt Arthur Smith, and the husbands of the daughand wives of the sons came to hospital. Dr Sullivan said "The immediate cause of death was the lung congestion.
which developed Monday night acute heart failure." The cause Smith's long illness, he continued, "intestinal and liver disturbances." Smith, Irish through and through the most prominent Catholic his colorful career in 1928 vhen layman in a America, reached the peak was named by the Democratic national convention in Houston, be the party's presidential candidate. It was that year when Franklin Roosevelt called Smith "the happy warrior." Smith's one of the Dramatic Presidential, Campaign most dramatic in American history. brown derby became a Democratic campaign symbol. He toured nation, received the cheers of of thousands but they voted against. him in the election.
Herbert Hoover was elected President in that year, breaking into the solid South, Smith carrying only eight states. Smith first sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1924 but and William Gibhe McAdoo became deadlocked and John W. Davis nominate as compromise candidate. Despite his defeat to Hoover 1928, Smith was still a candidate the nomination in convention 1932 and went a the Chicago of delegates determined to "stop Roosevelt." But Mr work Roosevelt, by James with Farley. won the nomination when shrewd advance Smith's old enemy.
switched J11 California delegation to Smith left Chicago, before Mr Roosevelt. Roosevelt arrived 10 make his acspeech. The two mell once ceptanco the closest of friends and nolitical associates remained a rally 011 strained relations until. during Madison Square Garden, Smith shook hands with Mr Roosevelt and said in a kindly, gesture, "Hello. you potato." not go all-out Mr Roosevelt, but never opposed election.
Opposed New Deal But a few months after the new deal took office, Smith began horrified criticizing what he regarded as heretical deits actions and was Finally he joined the 'American Libpartures from Democratic tradition. erty league to stop Roosevelt in convention 1936, that year and "took a walk" in boycotted the Democratic GOP Candidate Alf Landon. In 1940, he once more opposed Roosevelt's bid for a third term but part in public life was less and less active and he had taken no stand whatsoever in the present As a member of the New York presidential campaign. Legislature and 08 governor, Smith introduced dozens of broad social. economic and political reforms.
Born 01? lower Manhattan's Oliver street in 1873. not far from the Tammany wigwam on 14th street, Smith left school at 14 when his father died. Ile carried on his father's teamster businesa and served an apprenticeship to human nature and strange odors in the Fulton fish market hefore choosing politics for career -although he considered for a time taking up acting 35 his profession. Starting out with a clerkship' in Tammany Hall, Smith progressed through chairs and offices to become sachem of Tammany, a power in the state Legislature. sheriff of New York the richest political plum enjoyed and four times governor of New York state.
By that time he had five children. born of pretty Catherine A. Dunne. the belle of Oliver street, who married Smith in 1900. He first met Franklin Roosevelt 0 THURSDAY, OCTOBER.
5, ler, Mrs. Thornas Hart, as hostesses. formerly of Hampden. 'EAST LONGMEADOW ASH COLLECTION VOTED AT EAST LONGMEADOW Several Streets Accepted at Special Town Meeting Water Funds Voted The planning board met at the home of Mrs Carl P. Larson last night.
The following permits have been. granted by the building Inspector, Charles R. Melville; To Alfred Niquette, an addition; John WV. Talbot, alteration; liam A. Pease, wwo-room house and garage; Walter W.
Lunden, a sixroom house; Joseph D. Barrows, addition; Anthony Barna, alteration, Wesley Isham, barn; Raymond C. Hebert, garage; Peter Scibaldi, alteration to barn; Charles Koncitik, barn: Lucy M. Littie, addition to cottage; Mrs Henry F. Atherton, addition; Stanley Hamel, one-room addition; Harry A.
Kerr, addition to R. onefamily house, and Neil Kibbe, a storage; Bishop O'Leary, foundation. The board also discussed town forests as a postwar project, recommended by the state. Miss Minnic Hunt of Glendale road will leave on Pasadena, for 8.11 indefinite stay as the guest of her brother, William Hunt, Longmeadow, Oct. One hundred and eighty three voters.
attended the special town meeting tonight at the hall. Eleven arthese projects taken from the ticles were voted, on. Money for fro cash in the treasury which sum was $10,800, and $1685 avas voted out. Additional money for the water main oN Braeburno road and Duple Terrace avenue, was' voted and totaled $1260. Dreland, Lyrick, Euchild, Kingston, Vineland and Maplehurst avenues, and First street were accepted as public streets.
Article 7 asking the town to establish ill ash and trash collection and for an appropriation of $1000 caused considerable discussion, but was decided upon by the voters. These collections will be taken care of by the highway department. The water department received $1500 for the purchase of 2000 fect of six-inch transite pipe for emergency and postwar work. Article nine which asked the town to instal water main on Kibbe road, 6000 feet from the intersection of South Main street, and asked for an appropriation of $15,000, cau.ed a spirited discussion and the chief spokesman against this project Leslie. Fox succeeded in having it laid on the table.
The moderator, Rev Ned B. McKinney, asked a him to withhold the motion until the sponsors of it and the residents of Kibbe road could discuss, the matter, mo- but I Mr Fox refused to do so, and tion was tabled. All of these articles except the one relating to Kibbe road were -recommended by the appropriation committee. Twenty-inine new were added to the voting list last evening at the meeting of the board of registrars Cub Scouts met at the homes of making a total of 2068. den mothers, Drs Quentin Wolcott, Mrs Harry Smith, Mrs Salvatore Santenello, Mrs Edmund Sawyer and Mrs first James pack meeting of the year will Davis yesterday afternoon.
The he held the 13th in the town hall at 7.30. At the annual meeting of the ings lill cemetery last evening Harold Pease was elected president, Mrs Ethel Samble, clerk, and Walter Filer, treasurer. Harold Palmer was reappointed as caretaker. church school teachers of the Congregational church will hold their monthly supper meeting tomorrow night at 6.30 in the vestry. Richard A.
Clark, son of Dr and Drs Everett Clark. of Melvin avenue. who is stationed in. Cuba, has been promoted to petty officer, third class. Mr and Mrs John Davenport, who have been guests of her parents, Mr and Mrs John Miller of Lasalle street, left this week for Tampa, where Mr Davenport is stationed as a flight officer.
Lieut and Mrs Ernest Wilkins, of Austin, are guests of her mother, Mrs Edith Laviolette of Kibbe street. The Dorcas guild of Congregational church will hold the first fall meeting tomorrow from 10 to 4. Members are asked to bring sandwiches or a dessert and a hot dish and coffee will be served at the lunch hour. Lieut Donald Driscoll, who has been spending a 13-day furlough with his parents, Mr and Drs Cornelius Driscoll of Kelsey street, has returned to Will Rogers field at 2: Oklahoma, City. The ways and means committee of the American Legion: auxiliary will town hall.
have a food sale November Tin the The board of assessors will meet tomorrow night at 8 in. the town office. Mrs Charles Paino of LIm 'street has received word from the war department that son. Corp Laino, 23. a paratrooper, was ly injured in action on September 16 in Holland.
Mrs. Laino has two other sons in service, Lieut Connie Laino, a prisoner in Germany and who was recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Pfc. Michael Laino England. Corona chapter, Order of Eastern Star. will have a card party the 14th in Masonic.
temple. Agnes Ouimotte is chairman and Sanford Nooney will direct play, Pvt Harold who recently returned after spending'31 months' in the South Pacific. is now stationed of at Mrs Camp Ruth Benning. C. Beers Ga.
of He is South the Stain street. The Republican town committee will nicet Tuesday night and MI's Irene Evans, A. member of the Republican State committee, will be the speaker. Legal Notices COMMONWEALTH OF Probate MASSACHUSETTS Court lampden 35 To all persona Interested in the estate said of ELMER PEASE, late of Springfeld in A petition hag been presented to said County, deceased: Court for probate of a certain of said instrument depurporting to be the last will of said Springceased by CORA B. BELL she be appointed field, and praying that executrix thereof without giving a surety on her bond.
If you desire to object thereto, you or your attorney should tile a written before ten appearance o'clock in in the forenoon on the twenty-seventh day Court at Springfleld October, 1914, the return day of this of citation. Witness. JOHN A. DENISON, Esquire. First Judge of said Court.
this twenty- one eighth day of hundred September in forty-four. the year thousand nine ROBERT W. BOZENHARD, Register. (Oct. 3-10-17) COMMONWEALTH OF Probate MASSACHUSETTS Court To Hampden EVELYN JULIA BOYCE COLVIN of $5 parts A libel has been presented to said Court unknown.
by COLVIN your of West Springfield, in said County husband, WELDON LEONARD of the bond Hampden, of matrimony between himself and praying that A divorce from you be decreed for the cause thereto, of you or desertion. your If you should file a written appearance in desire to obejct said attorney Court within twenty-one days from the twenty-third day of February, 1945, the 18 return Witness, day of JOHN this A. DENISON. citation. Esquire.
First Judge of said Court, this twenty- one eighth day of September forty in the -four. year thousand ROBERT W. BOZENHARD, Register. mine hundred (Oct. 3-9-16) 1944 2 'with Rev Emery, L.
Wallace officiating. Burial be in Prospect Jill cemetery, Hampden. Harry A. Theall Harry A. Theall, 68, of 18 Richelieu court, died at Springfield hospital Tuesday.
He was born April 25, 1876, at. St Johns, N. the son of Alonzo W. and Mary (Parent) Theall, and had made his home in this city for 11 years. He leaves his widow, Mrs Emily (Bell) Theall; a son.
Harold E. Theall of Dallas. a daughter, Dorothy E. Theall of this city, and two brothers, Delbert of Weston, and Philip of St Johns. The funeral will be held at the Dickinsonat following an organ prelude at streeter.
one parlors tomorrow afternoon 12.30. Very Rev Donald J. Campbell, dean of Christ Church cathedral, will officiate. Burial will be in Springfield cemetery. Delegations from the American Legion, led Cross and Trade school yesterday attended the funeral of Mrs Blanche J.
Burke of 36 Riverview street, teacher at Trade school and the only Springfield woman to hold the Purple Heart. The funeral was held the Hafey funeral home with requiem high mass toilowing at Holy Name church. Rev James F. Courtney officiated. Honorary bearers from Trade school, in addition to the scores of students attending, were George A.
Burrid re, principal, Ernest Hesse, Emil J. Fasser, Mrs Margaret C. Ells, Mrs Louise M. Perrin and Mrs Louise Johnson. Active bearers, members of Spring: field post, American Legion, were Thomas F.
Edward C. Hills, Harold S. Smith and" Raymond Devine. Burial will be in St Mary's cemetery, Ogdensburg, N. Y.
The military funeral of Ensign DonChase, son of Mr and Drs Frank A. Chase, of Agawam. who was killed in a plane crash in Nevada September 26, was held at the home yesterday, with solemn high requiem mass following at the Immaculate Conception church, West Springfield. lev John A. O'Connell was celebrant, Rev Thomas D.
McGrath, deacon, and Rev Thomas P. Griffin, subdeacon. Bearers, all members of the navy recruiting office staff in Springfield, were: Thomas A. Cotter, chief water tender: Arthur R. Maddox, chief boatswain's mate: Herve J.
LaPointe, storekeeper, third. class; Daniel J. Fitzgerald. yeoman, second class, and Adelbert F. Swirk, yeoman, second class.
A firing squad made up of Westover field personnel was present. Pvt Fiedler was the bugler. Rev Thomas -P. Griffin read the committal service at the grave in St Michael's cemetery. The funeral of Mrs Mary Warner of 603 Belmont avenue was held yesterday at the Hafey funeral home, with requiem high mass following at Holy Name church.
Rev on Michael F. Shea officiated. Bearers were William and John O'Donnell, Thomas Doran and Archie Marcoullier. Burial was in in St Mary's cemetery, Westfeld. The funeral of Louis J.
Lachapelle of 29 Hazelhurst avenue, East Longmeadow, was held yesterday at the George St Pierre funeral home, followed by requiem high mass at St Michael's church, that town. Rev Thomas F. Curran was celebrant. Bearers were William Francazio, Stanley Keyes, Donald Rogers and Charles Hamilton. Father Curran read the committal service at the grave in St Michael's cemetery.
The funeral of John' L. Flynn of 3 Piney place was held at the Gleafuneral home yesterday, with requiem high 'mass following 'at Holy Name church. Rev Paul E. O'Day officiated. Bearers were Dennis O'Herron, Donald Berry, George Riordan, Al Malone, Arthur Fleming and Fred Zini.
Rev Edward T. McClure read the committal service a at grave in St Michael's cemetery. then funeral of Mauro J. Budri of 23 Windsor street, West Springfield, was held yesterday at requiem Jones funeral home, with a mass following at St Anne's church. Rev Vito Cannizo officiated.
Bearers were Joseph Bertalino, Adolph Bosari, John Crotti and Caesar Ferrarri. Rev Victor Formolo read the committal service at the grave in St Michael's cemetery. The funeral of Alfred J. Mastroianni of 193 Leyfred terrace, whose body was found Tuesday in Watershops pond, will be held at the R. mey funeral home in West Springfield this morning at 9.15, followed by requiem mass St Anne's church, West Springfield.
at 10. Burial will be in St Michael's cemetery. The funeral of Drs Mary D. (Barabessi) Cignoni of 52 Fresno street. widow of Dominic Cignoni, will bee held at the F.
M. Forastiere Son funeral home tomorrow morning at 8, followed by requiem high mass at St he Anne's church, West Springfield, at 9. Burial will be in St Michael's ceme2. tery. The funeral of Walter H.
Meyer of H. 55 Mapledell street will be held at Byron's funeral home tomorrow afternoon at 3.30. Rev Dr John Homer Miller will officiate. Burial will be in Hillcrest I'ark cemetery. 13 The funeral of Joseph Rumpal, of 126 Andrew street will be held at at Byron's funeral home tomorrow afternoon at 2.
Rev John B. Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. The body may be seen at the home until tomorrow morning at 10. The funeral of Mra Christine M.
Ward of 180 Suffield street, Agawam, widow of Robert J. Ward, will be held at the Graham funeral home this afternoon at 2.30. Rev Fred G. Bratwill officiate. Burial will be in M.
at 25 Cooley street, North Agawam, will A The Agawam funeral Center of Thomas cemetery. J. Killeen be held at the R. D. Toomey funeral At home in West Springfield this mornin ing at 8.15, followed by solemn requiem high mass at St Thomas church, Mra West Springfield, at 9.
Burial will 118 in St Thomas cemetery. The funeral of Mrs Almira Thebodo M. 9. will be held at the Curran-Jones f11- of 38 Bliss street, West Springfield, neral home in West Springfield this ho high mass at in Immaculate Conception morning at 8.15, followed by requiem church at 9. Burial will be in Mary's cemetery, Westfield.
St The funeral of Mrs Theresa SciSt mone of 118 Hickory street. will held at the hone this morning at Mrs followed by solemn requiem high mass Mount Carmel church at 9. Burial will be in St Michael's cemetery. The funeral of Mrs Katherine M. Stagnaro, wife of Frank W.
Stagnaro, of 142 Allen street will be held Byron's funeral home this afternoon at 2. Rev Dr H. Hughes Wagner will 12.30. Aft- officiate. Burial will be in line Hill cemetery, Westfleld.
The funeral of Mrg Marjorie of (Perry) Weston, wife of Charles Bliga Weston of 4 Dorchester street. was fu- held at the home yesterday afternoon. by Rev Herbert H. Deck, pastor of Park Memorial officiated. The bearers were E.
Harold Hamblen, Ernest of N. Worthen, Chester TV. Brown. Ralph L. Munn, Felix B.
Atwood home, Leslie B. Stearns. Burial was Burial Woodland Dell cemetery, Wilbraharn. 'The funeral of Thomas J. Kokkinos John of 46 Locust street was held at Fu- at ron's funeral home yesterday afterIleart noon.
followed by service at ceme- George's parish house with Rev seph Xanthopoulos officiating. Judith ers were F. J. Tougas, B. R.
Chabush. and George Hondras. Leo Taloumis Son and Thoma Fotias. Burial was In- Oak Grove cemetery. The funeral.
of. P'eter Jackson. CIVILIANS LEAVE DUNKERQUE PORT BEFORE ASSAULT (Continued from First Page) ulation of 35,000. The first of some 20,000 civilians remaining in Dunkerque began taking to the roads in today's first cold light. 335,000 Allied Troops Escaped It was from Dunkerque that.
000 British, French, Belgian. and Dutch troops were evacuated to England in six terrible days and nights that climaxed Hitler's ing victories in the Low Countries and France. The dramatic rescue by hurdreds of warships and pleasure craft of the bulk of the British expeditionary force probably saved Britain from immediate invasion and defeat. At the start of the desperate the British general staff estimated that no more than. 25 per cent of the stranded force could be saved.
Yet the Germans, when they officially announced the. capture of Dunkerque on June 4, 1340, claimed only 40,000 prisoners. The British were forced to leave virtually all their equipment behind them in France and foras dangerous period Britain's army short even of small arms. There was a heartwarming contrast between the bedraggled survivors of Dunkerque and the fresh, splendidly-armed British troops who stood outside the little port today and watched the trudge to safety. By none could the contrast have beer.
more strongly felt than by the German troops inside Dunkerque, estimated at- 15,000, waiting for the truce to run- out. AGAWAM i JUNE CORDES ENGAGED TO JAMES J. KENNEDY Aguwam, Oct. 4--Mr and Drs Herman Cordes announce the engagement their daughter, June Lorraine, and to James J. Kennedy, son of Mr Mrs Edward J.
Kennedy of 110 Orange set for the wedding. Mr Kennedy is street, Springfield. No date has been with the coast guard and is stationed is.a North Carolina. Miss Cordes graduate of the Agawam high school and'is employed at Tifft Brothers. Twenty-seven tables were in play sponsored at the military whist party last evening at the Capt Charles ter PTA.
Winners of high scores inLeonard house, by the Agawam Cencluded: Mr3 Leslie Allen, Mrs Mr and Mrs Haskell Jack- Paul liam son; low scores, Ralph and Vernon Trigger. Winners at the drawing of Anderson, Harry Egbert bonds were Miss Jean A. two. war of N. and Shaw Mrs Velis Bonini of Southwick.
door prizes were also Twenty-two awarded and refreshments were by the and means committee, headed by Airs Vernon Trigger. Group discussions based on articles from the Reader's Digest, "The country needs you" was the program for last night's meeting of the a Community Grange, held in the Feeding Hills school. Refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs Herman Cori A series of card parties will start tomorrow: evening at st the school at the series will consist of six parties to be held every second Thursday. Prizes for inen and women and mystery prizes will awarded and refreshments will. be served.
The parties are being sponsored by the ways and means committee headed by Mrs Muriel Thayer, assisted Patricia Cornell, Norma Nutbrown, Mrs Charlotte Watrous, Miss Dorothy' Cooper, William Vigneau and C. Wesley Thayer. Registration of voters will be held Saturday at the Center school from 7 to 9 p. m. The Flower Memorial church will sponsor a whist party tomorrow night at 8 in the church hall.
The proceeds are LO be used for Christmas boxes the young people of the church are in the armed forces Any change in address should Drs be given Blair to Mrs Martha Sheldon or Millikin, as soon' as possible. Prizes as well as door and. mystery prizes will be awarded and refreshments. served. The Women's Missionary society of the Agawani Baptist church will meet in the church parlors tomorrow at p.
m. Mrs Grace Russell, well known missionary, will report on the house at the Andover-Newton. The joint instalation of the American Legion Wilson-Thompson post 181 land American Legion auxiliary will be held Saturday night at the high school auditorium. INTERFAITH LUNCHEON AT KIMBALL TODAY Approximately 150 reservations been made for the interfaith luncheon to he held at the Hotel Kimball this noon under the auspices of the Springfield round table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Miss Mary O. P'ottenger, who has charge of reservations, announced last night, Speakers at the meeting will Dr Everett R.
Clinchy, president the National Conference of Christians and Jews; Rev Michael J. Ahern, scientist, and Rabbi Levi A. Olan of Worcester, civic leader. Raymond T. King will preside at the luncheon which is open to the public.
HAMPDEN CATHOLIC WOMEN'S CLUB PLANS HARVEST SUPPER Hampden, Oct. 4 The Catholic Women's club held its monthly meeting at the Town llouse last night. to complete plang for the annual harvest supper which will be held on the 19th at the Town louse. Chicken pie will be served this year instead of the "usual turkey. Esdras Roux, president the club, is general chairanal.
Other members serving on the committees include the following: Reservations, Arg Robert Sazama; calling reservations, James P. Lyons; chairman of the kitchen committee, Mrs Gideon Monette; kitchen committee including those serving food, Mrs Peter Sicbaldi, Mrs George Rand, Miss Gertrude Lyons, Mrs Gerald Witkop, Mrs Victoria Voyer, Mrs Beatrice Lovely, Mrs Albert J. Reardon, Mrs Frank Munsell. Miss Catherine Byrnes, Mrs Walter Lyons, Mrs Thomas Hart, Mrg William LaBaff and Mrs Stephen Rice; in charge of dining room, Mrs Harry E. Temple; fancy work table, Mrs Earle A.
Connors, and soliciting, Mrs John Curtin. Reservations may be made for 6, and 8 with Mrs Sazama. It was voted at last night's meetting to have only one main dish and I coffce at meetings. It also announced that $40 was cleared on the recent food sale. Rev Ralph O'Neil and Rev George Dudley were guests.
The next meeting will be held on November 6 at the home of Mrs Witkop with Mrs Witkop and her moth- 1911 and they becaole close friends 9) Smith's political progress came rapidly and in 1918 he was elated governor for the first time. He WAS lefeated for a second twOsyear term in 1920, but won consecutively in 1922, 1924 and 1926. It was while he was serving his third term as governor that he sought the Democratic presidential nomination 4924. His name. was placed in nomination by Mr Roosevelt.
After his failure to "stop afloosevolt" in the 1982 Democratic convention, Smith never again tried for public office, but turned to business headed the corporation which built the towering Empire State building where he had an office ft one of the top floors. lIe spent more and more time with his wife. who once said she would have been happy married to if he had a a clortet all his life 15 11C VAS hen they were married. lea zations Dozens of conferred unirersitics honorary and organi- degrees on Smith, including the lactarc medal awarded by Notre Dame in 1929, land his service 15 a good Catholic was recognized when he was made a papal chamberlain. P-47S COLLIDE IN MIDAIR; ONE KILLED (Continued from First Page) guard from Bradley field.
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