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FITCHBURG SENTINEL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940 Thyssen Loses His Citizenship BERUN, Feb. 12 Friu Thyssen. German who was of Adolf Hitler's early fi- iwneial backers, today deprived of his citizenship. His wife also IOH her ciiiwuahip through de- cnx? published in the official i i'hyssen split with the Nad re- Rime noi Icng ago and went to Switzerland. The order taking away Thysien's citizenship was signed by Interior! Minister Wiihelm Frick and ap- i proved by Foreign Minuter chim von Ribbentrop.

Reputed to be one of Europe's richest men. Thyssen's German holdings, were confiscated by the German government last November shortly after he arrived in Switzerland. Thyssen was credited with swinging many of his fellow industrialists behind Hitler when the fuehrer was rising to power. He has declined to throw any light on the cause of his falling oui with Hitler. War In Lapland Forces Reindeer Evacuation Tornado-Tom City Begins Re-Building tornado-torn city, its death list cut to 17, but its battered mid-section still under martial law, began re- -Building today with assurance "the sky's the in federal financial aid.

The revised estimate of dead- one white woman and 16 negroes-- came from Red Cross Field Director James W. Cullens. He said elimination of duplications had pared the list from an earlier figure of more than 20. Damage calculations ranged from $3,000,000 to $9,000,000 from the twister--60 seconds of devastation that ripped through 30 city blocks early Saturday. Finds Improved Way To Produce Newsprint Paavo' Musika, "King of the Lapps," heads Finnish government's reindeer evacuation in the north.

Reindeer join women and children on the Finnish evacuation list as war moves dangerously close to Lapland feeding grounds. Valued for the transport, tood and clothing they provide, thousands of these four-footed allies have been rounded up at Petkula for movement to regions safe from the Russians. plied on a commercial scalewpuld southern newsprint industry. Winslow, who will discuss the discovery tonight before the Engineers club at Birmingham, said that the new process was limited now to the experimental phase. Anzacs (Continued from Page One) put together a force of about three- quarters of a million men in the Near East, potential back-door battlefield of European war.) The Australians were under command of Lieut-Gen.

Sir Thomas Blarney, chief of staff of the Australian corps in 1918 of the expeditionary force in the World war. Major-Gen. B. C. Freyberg the New.

Zealanders. Th'e troops" apparently barked somewhere in the region of the Suez canal. Gen: Freybourg, who won the Victoria cross in the World war battle of the Somme, warned them that the camp to which they were going was only partly finished, and that they would P. Winslow of the United States forest products laboratory here, announced today discovery of an improved method of producing newsprint paper in the South at lower cost. "The forest products laboratory," he said, "has recently made newsprint paper by mixing unbleached semi-chemical pulp from southern gum trees' with groundwood pulp from southern pine." gum semi-chemical pulp, explained, replaced the more expensive sulfite pulp component of ordinary newsprint, or the semi- bleached kraft pulp now used with pine groundwood to produce south- em newsprint.

Since approximately three-fourths of newsprint paper used in the Englishmen spend approximately i United States is imported, largely $75,000,000 annually on from Canada, the new process ap- mostly home-grown. realize they were ori active service. Eden was cheered lustily when he told the men that in the unity the British commonwealth "lies the certainty of final victory' and the assurance of better things to come." Red hail has occurred in various i regions of the earth. It is caused bito, Margaret Cialdea, Mrs. Evelyn Bizarri.

Mi's. Alva DiFini and Mrs. Mamie Ciccone. and one brother, John Faticanti, all of this city. Funeral services will be tomorrow morning from her home followed by a solemn high mass of requiem in St.

Anna's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Leo's cemetery. Big Ice Gorge Breaks Todav The former American Legion i item on police blutiei It commander, who been mention- develop into big news stoi y. A ed as a candidate for the i executive must Republican presidential nomination, i tie things which may declared, at press conference, that I between jjioiu fill irk ltot Roosevelt "and all When we discontinued J.l.lTtri army of little men with bulgy fore- i noon aloft.

tun.pu.i:-. heads have started lot of coming in, we stalled .1 they don't know how to stop." hurry CINCINNATI, Feb. 12 Asked by an interviewer if he a of A 25-mite gorge at dam 39 in believed those tend to i University of California the Ohio river, 65 west of tabli dictatorship," MacNider University cf Sar. said: i worked aj a ivptrte: hi ar.ci Cincinnati, broke today, piling floes i 15 feet into the lock-esplanade and orms of nd think that all thews temporary i anc a cnlef de ut fjr lht nearby Ohio river line. of emergency can't help but lead to of party has been "taken by crew which has no regard for the' accepted principles of the Demo-, river rose two feet within 10 minutes, then started to recede.

''It looks as if the ice is gone for good," Lockmaster Graham Bondurant commented in estimating the floes' speed at four miles en hour. Twenty-five minutes before, shore ice at dam 38, Burlington, gave way and Lockmaster E. E. Newman said the Aurora, ferry, moored recently below the dam. "was pro- Ex-RepOlter ceediiix six miles upstream along a a more permanent form" He declared that the Democratic Citv Of Itoiltttotl A arniivj cratic party, little concern for the HOUSTON.

welfare of the country, and little of Houston has bevn advised u-- else except for their continued control in America." clear channel to its base. Says New Deal Puls Country In "Tail Spin' ni Ink 1O Black NEW YORK-A one-time newspaper man, who has BOSTON. Feb. 12 )-- Former Assistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider of Iowa coupled a statement today that the New Deal had "put this country into a tailspin" with a caution against the danger of ink on an airline's ledgers with i some South black, credits a good pan of his sue- The Houston ported attempts at saixjtugf vn American nitrate ports S. A Dunlap.

than 1 of 'he committee th. British Ministry ol said the ministry had iisut'd a warning that "enemy agents' attempted tune bombs in ships calling at Houston pames were notified. port a emergency legislation. cess as an executive to his training as a reporter. "A man must pay attention to! In drilling a salt well near Cer- details," says Sigmuiid Janas.

pres- terville, in 1840, John Criswiv! ident of Canadian Colonial Airways, I struck natural gas at a depth of 700 ooerating i feet. This marked the beginning of real. natural" "A reoorter scrutinizes the small- purposes in the United States Funerals Mrs. Ada L. Stock The funeral of Mrs, Ada L.

Stock of Hampstead, N. who spent win- ters in this city, was held at 1.30 i p. m. today at the Union church, Hampstead. Rev.

Dr. Chapel, pas- tor of the Danville, N. Baptist i church, officiated. ton Buttrick, Oilman Buckland, Thomas Franklin, Pearley Collins and Arthur Denault. Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery, Reading.

Mrs. Ella L. Sheldon The funeral of Mrs. Ella L. Sheldon i was held at her home- In Ashby terday.

Rev. Everett Treworgy officiated. Bearers were Wilbur Bruce. John Pingree, Irving French and Carl Foster. Burial was in Glenwood I cemetery, Ashby.

Famed as a Parisian stylist and women's clothing designer in the The funeral of Mrs. Frances by a fine dust in the atmosphere, world's fashion capital. Mainbocher visits his old home town--Chicago-: Smith, wife of Frederick Smith of blown up from red soil, and frozen for the first time in 23 years. At high school from which he graduated in i 65 Milk strett, will be held tomorrow 1 1908 as Main Bocher, girls gather "round to hear the inside story of the at 10.30 a. m.

in Christ church. 'corset. i Burial will be in Forest Hill ceme- into the hailstones. a GOLDS haven't changed in 85 years! Why not treat your COld cine helps build it. That's why you get miff ions have done tor 8S If you have a cold --or cough due to cold --why not profit from the experience of others Since 1855.

more than 40.000.000 hot- ties of Father John's Medicine been used by cold sufferers. The cold you suffer from is no different from the colds Father Medicine first treated 85 years ago. So it can do for you what it has done for millions since. That, is, not only your cold hut fmild up tantc, loo. You need lots of vitality to fight a cold.

And the rich store ol vitamins A and in Father John's Medi- more than just relief. Go after your cold with Father John's Medicine. Get its two-way action--and get results! TR1-CITY DAIRY PICTURE GALLERY of the A marvslotu MriM of reproduo- orf th. historical of Lcraii Bonhajo, Abraham Lincoln from birth to immortal of UoiMd A TRIAL SOTUi OF DAIRY DRINK and childrea fon it. or eeid.

wffli ia Deaths Mrs. Concetta Ragusa Mary Berger, Mrs. Margaret Pickett Mrs. Gertrude Reed of Bridge- a grandson and three granddaughters. The funeral will be from the Malj funeral home tomorrow morn- Joseph Ragusa, died suddenly at her i 0( Burial will be in St.

Ber- home on Young's road. Lunenburg nard's cemetery. early yesterday morning, aged 54. 1 Dr. C.

E. Geary, medical examiner, Uss Mar Marshall Public Guide BROCKELMAN'S Bugler Cigarette Making Machine 23c Valentine Hearts (Filled) 25c And Up -WRE-tARB- In Pkg. 3 Ibs. 22c Assorted Chocolates 17c Ib. FEBRUARY THRIFT PARADE INVITATION WEEK WEEK This week of our Annual February Thrift Parade is devoted to amiliarizinjg customers markets.

The splendid savings, the high quality of all foods, the prompt service, the wonderful variety and all the other features which have made Brockelman's Fitchburg's leading Food Merchants! The great values listed here are a practical invitation to customers new and old to visit Brockelman's this week. Feb. AMERICAN RED McGrath block, 304 Main street, Mrs. Thomas Casey, 61 Pleasant street, secretary. Tel 1719-W.

Office hours daily, 10 a. m. to 12 m. and 2 to 5 p. m.

Saturday 10 a. Miss was notified and said death was due i 0 i BOARD OF HEALTH. Coolidge to a heart attack. Mar Marshall, 75, died at her Dental Clinic, Hours 830 to 12. She was born in Italy and came home 901 Main streel 3 morning Dr.

W. W. Baumgartner. clinician, to this city over 35 years ago She is: after a long illness. She was born i Tuberculosis Clmle.

Burbank hos- survived by two daughters, in Lawrence and is survived by two Plta1 Hours Wednesda at 2 Amorosa Damore and Miss Mary i brothers, George H. of this city and Ragusa: three sons, Sando, Joseph Frank Lawrence of Springfield. and Philip Ragrosa and one grandchild, all of this city. The funeral will be held from the of her daughter Mrs. Damore, 47 Cliff street, tomorrow a high mass of at St.

Anthony's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Bernard's cemetery. I Funeral services will be held at the Sprinsdale cemetery, Turners Falls, tomorrow. Mrs.

Josephine Rocca LEOMINSTER, Feb. 12-Mrs. Josephine (Faticanti) Rocca, 47, wife of Pasquale Rocca, 48 Walker street, Joseph McComb died yesterday at Leominster hos- Joseph McComb, 82, died last eve- pita! after a brief illness. James street. ning at his home.

Chelmsford. He was a retired em- ploye of the Boston Maine railroad. Surviving are his widow. Mrs. Mary Jane (Davidson) McComb; four sons, Arthur M.

McComb of North Berwick, Albert J. McComb of Concord, N. Chester R. McComb of Fitchburg, and Willis L. McComb of Dresden, a daughter, Mrs.

George Sanderson of North Chelmsford, and 10 grandchildren. She was a native of Italy and had resided in thus city for the past 35 years. She was a member of St. Anna's church. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons.

Carmen, Frederick, Onofio and Oscar Rocca; two daughters. Misses Mary and Clara Rocca; her mother, Mrs. Angela Faticanti, six sisters, Mrs. Esther Sam- Survey Last Link Order from TRI-CITY DAIRY Your Grocer Oa eotoom fort tai art Oh phn to brtfc. if tfya KAMI ua UM Hoton William E.

Hutchim William E. Hutchine, 69, died last night at his home. 219 Pearl street. He was born in Concord. N.

Sept. 5, 1870. the son of John E. and Agnes (Smith) Hutchins. He was a i retired plumber and came to this i city 10 years ago.

Surviving is a brother, John E. i Hutchins of Fitchburg. The funeral will be at the Brown Walker funeral home tomorrow at 1 p. m. Burial will be in Hope cemetery'.

Worcester. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock. Mrs. Katharine Shea Mrs. Katharine E.

(Cullen) Shea. 117 Plymouth street, wife of Capt i John J. Shea of the Fitchburg fire department, died at Burbanfc hospi- tal early yesterday morning after a short illness. born 65 years ago, daughter of i late Richard and Anne Sheriden Cullen. She came to Fitchburg 43 'years ago and was widely-known.

I Mrs. Shea was a past president of i the Charlotte Guild auxiliary, U. S. W. and also past president of the 1 D.

of U. V. She was always terested in the welfare of the service men and gave freely of her time and efforts. She was active in the organizations and also in the service of St. Bernard's church.

She is survived by her husband, Capt. John J. Shea, stationed at the Oak Hill fire station; a son, Sergt. Francis E. Shea of the Fitchburg police department; a daughter, Mrs.

William H. Kinirey of this city: three brothers, William Cullen and John Cullen of Bridgeport, and Capt. Joseph W. Cullen of the fire department; three sisters, Mrs. Road to canal Surveys for the $25,000,000 U.

link of the Pan- American will soon begin to bring the peace roadway, mapped above, to completion. p. m. Friday, 10 a. m.

BOY SCOUTS. IS Main street TeL 1002. BURBANK HOSPITAL. Nichols street, Richard Bullock, directing trustee. Visiting hours: Every afternoon.

3 Wednesday and Friday evenings 7 to 8. CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC. Dr. Janet S. Barnes, Gardner, in charge.

Clinics Tuesday and Thursday, 130 tc 4 p. m. at Acad- tsay street school by appointment FITCHBURG ART CENTER. Kester Jewell, director. Open daily from 10 a.

m. to 12 from 2 to 5 p. Sundays 3 to 5 p. m. Closed holidays.

FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION, 9 Prichard street Mrs. R. Fosdick. general secretary. Hours, 9 a.

m. to 5 p. m. GIRL SCOUT HEADQUARTERS, 28 Grove street Hours, 10 a. m.

to 12m and 2 to 5 p. m. daily, Saturday, 10 a. m. to 12m.

Mrs. Samuel T. Farrell, secretary. Tel. 3683.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 42 Grove street Open Sundays and 2 to 4 p. m. HASTINGS HALL, 35 Holt street Mrs. Harold Austin, superintendent A for working women and girls. LUCY HELEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Maternity Hospital), 876 Main street Visiting hours, 11 a.

m. to 2 p. m. and 4 p. m.

to 9 p. m. for private patients; 3 a to 4 p. m. and 7 to 830 p.

m. for semi-private and ward patients, two visitors and husband only. VISITING NURSING ASSOCIATION, 16 Hartwell strset Miss Elizabeth Robison. superintendent Office hours, 830 m. to 5 p.

m. MASSACHUSETTS EMPLOYMENT SSBVICE, 455 Main street. F. A. Harwood, supt Office hours, 9 a.

m. to 1 p. m. MASS. socnrnT PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN, 16 Hartwell street District sgent Miss CarHe Belle Parson.

NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY HEALTH ASSOCIATION, 56 Elm street Mrs. Vesta (Stone) Kfflay, executive secretary. POSTOFFICB, Wallace owner Elm street Office hours, weekdays, 7 a. m. to 8 p.

m. Registered letter 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.

Money order department 8 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. SOfKrY FOB PREVENTION OP CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, E.

D. Mosher. agent 155 Harrison avenue. Tel. 2819-J.

WACHUSETT CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. 47 holt street MTS.J Mildred B. Wilson, secretary. Office hours, 9 a. m.

to 5 p. m. SELF-SERVICE DEFT V0 PHONE NONE DELIVERED SCOT TISSUE 3rolls22c Waldorf Toilet Tissue. 4 roils 17c SCOT TOWELS. 2roHsl7c Pillsbury's Pancake Flour, pkg.

8c Chef Boy-flr-Dee SPAGHETTI. 3 lor 25c 22 oz. can. Hunt's PEACHES. Supreme Elberta.

2 for 23c O.K.SOAP. 3barslOc Honey Brand Party Loaf Gem Oleomargarine 2 Ibs. 27c Bromar Coffee 2 Ibs. 35c Fresh Ground. Seedless Raisins 3 Ibs.

19c Extra Large Juice ORANGES 23c doz. Sunkist Lemons 21 doz. SEAFOOD Fancy Cod Fillets, Ib 3 Z5C melts DELIKATESSEN Birdseye Frosted Frozen Freth Strawberries, pkg. SODA FOUNTAIN SPECIAL Pure Fresh Orange Juice, 7 oz. glass, 5c A CARLOAD OF BEST Western Onions 3c lb 30c Chicory Greens Ibs.

COO in bulk 10-lb. bag QUALITY MEATS Rib Lamb Chops Ib, 2lc Kidney Lamb (Shops Ib. 29c Fresh Pork Chops Ib, I5c Jumbo Bologna Ib. lOc Fresh Pork or Tomato Sausage Ib, I8c Bacon Squares Ib. Fresh Lean Middle Ribs Ib.

tOe Lamb Fores Ib. Smoked Shoulders Ib. Fancy Geese Ib. 19c Fat Salt Pork Ib. 6c Heavy Steer Beef SIRLOIN STEAK, Ib.

25c BAKERY FEATURES Abraham Lincoln walked eight miles to return two rents. You ran save many times as much in a walk around our store. Krispy, Hard French Rolls, doz 15c Full Flavored Jewish Rye Bread 7c Occident Bread-1-lb. 4-oz. loaf.

2 17c Venetian 23c doz. A Httle different Pineapple Parfait Angel Cake 19c 25c Chocolate Bar Cake 19c ea. Home-Made Apple Pies 29c ea. Lemon and Mince Pies Freshly Made 2 for 29c Dainty Assorted Cup Cakes, doz. 22C Many attractive Valentine Dainties to tempt Valentine Hearts ea.

5c Valentine Cookies dox. 15c 1 Ib. 16c Special Demonstration Sunshine Krispy Crackers Grahams, 18c Come and the Sunshine Midgetf, Leon and GUI, in Person, at 2 P. M. Tuesday.

I Autographed Photo with Each Cracker Purchase..

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