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Ir'OgC TWO NAUGATUCK -DAILY NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 2o, 1944 Man's Inventive Genius Rewarded By His Employers Southhrltlpo, AUK. I (UP) Ingenuity uiul Invention have been duly rewarded. Hoi-iiildas Pontbriand, is a.n employe at the Optical company. One day he siifrjrcsiucl an improvement for the manufacture of plastic eye-ftliiss frames. The supKcsllon.

eliminated the necessity lor employing. Pontbriarid. But 'it up production and cut clOH'ii costs. So the company found, other work foi- Ponthrland to do rewarded him with a chuck I'oi' Child Safety In Autos Cited It 1st a most hazardous prnclicc to permit small children to aland, on the seats or to ride in automobiles iti'such a qulckv.stop will, result in their being thrown against -the' wlndshlold or other of, the car. Motor Vehicle Commissioner John T.

McCarthy reports that observations by hiy inspectors, which arc corroborated by his own personal observations, indicate that parents lire, becoming increasingly more careless regarding the safeguarding of young child passengers. Loading of revenue freight, for week ended July'. 8 totaled cars, a decrease 7.9 per- cent below the total for the corresponding week in 19'I3. i SILVMSMITHS SINCI ItOO 68 BANK STREET Styles that Add Grace to-Any Room of nire beauty ami relaxing r'crt roundly designed, superbly tailored in upholstery fabrics. period styles that "will ji a toych of elegance to your liv- rooni cliairs' tlutt you will en- remcrnbci'.

Keep on Buying War Bonds FURNITURE 175 CHURCH NAUGATUCK 1760 WATERTOWN OAKVILLE Wayside Store Open Fri. and Sat. Eves. Until 9 P. M-.

BOTH STORES CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY DURING AUGUST Conquerors Pass The Conquered France New Chairman Of War Production Board Is Named Soinuwlicn- along roiid In southern France, weary, begrimed captives guarded Moguls march hack from the tront toward a prisoner ol war camp. On' the right of French army move briskly forward on thi'lr way toward' Toulon. Offlclul U. S. CorpiiVllttdloplioto.

Women Sew Powder Fo(r Mortar Shells By ANNA LORI) STRAUSS President nf tint Niitlonal I of Women Voters (Distributed by Press) Washington, Aug. on the anniversary passage of the 19th Amendment to the. Constitution giving'women the-vote, the women of the United States are meeting a challenge which no other women in the' work! ha.ve faced. On Aug. 2G.

3P20, the 'women of America looked forward for the first time to voting for a President of the United In that year the women's vote was a small percentage of the whole, and there were many who suspected that the wives of the Harding men' voted for President Harding, and the wives ol' the Cox men voted for James M. it was true that the vote of the of 1920 increased the total' nu'm-. bcr of ballots without in any appreciable way changing the results of the election. On Aug. 20, 19-f-l, twenty-fold' years later, the women of the United States arc -launching the biggest campaign in their history as voters to influence the election on every level of government from dog-catcher to President.

Not only will women cast about GO per cent of the vote this year, but they will be a potent force in telling the men how to vote, Men Will 'Women In over 500 towns and cities in this country the League of Women Voters will publish "Voters' Information." To the women their menfolk will turn for the qualifications of candidates, Tor the voting records of Congressmen and members of state legislatures. And in the newspapers, in handbooks, and on fliers will bo printed, on public platL'orms will he given, the replies of- candidates to the searching questions League members ask. For many years the interest of women in the issues 'Of government been increasing. The war has given tremendous impetus to this trend, for women are the home-makers. When food is rationed and clothes are hard to buy, when prices rise and stores are short-handed, when their men go to war and casualty telegrams invade their homes, women that what government does affects every one of them in a very real and personal way.

This year women are-, interested in the peace to come. They want no quibbling to li'eep the United States from joining a union, of nations to prevent wars. They want the nati'ons the world to settle by conferences their economic difficulties their aviation' and shipping and trade problems, their food, oil, tin and rubber sli'ortages, their debts, monetary and boundary disputes. War does not settle those problems. Capital punishment has been abolished by Uruguay.

Hose 'U. Co; F. To Softball-Oaime Tin; Ninigiituck" HOHC Co. 1 i.S; sued a challenge' late morning Mjrr. Nord- lil'li to.

the V. S. Rubber Tor ii match the near NU'URCK, who feels, 'that' team will defeat the Itiibb.e'r jtm'olic caters, would 'Illtc to have Chief "JU-d" tltrjjet in touch with him for arrunfiX'iiients, probably be played at Linden park next MoreFarmers Mixing At State Parks (n Four Hours St. Paui farmers whose tireless efforts have produced the biggest crops in the history of the. Northwest have discovered all work and no play is no good even for a farmer.

'Harold Lathrop, director of state parks, credits patronage of rural families wkh being largely responsible for the 30 per cent increase in attendance noted at Minnesota stale parks recently. "Many rural people who have long lived in the vicinity of state parks are just beginning to become familiar with the numerous re creational facilities close at hand," said Lathrop. Pressed by the demand for more and more food for the war effort and! less available help, and their families have turned i gratefully 'to the parks for relaxa- tion. and other visitors have spent freely, too, Lathrop reported) Receipts arc GO per cent higher than last year, and at the one state-operated resort, 1 a Lodge in Itasca, business was TC per cent better than last July 22 per cent higher than the record year of 19-11. Rochester, Y.

hundred 'thousand pairs of whitr cotton- gloves In five and 12 styles arc-made each: year a' Eastman -Kodak' Company. Glove production is a comparatively, obscure operation of thf company, which best known for its manufacture of cameras, film, fire-control Instruments and wartime Made for Kodak Park employes who touch film or photographic paper, the gloves arc especially necessary during the film-inspection process in which the operator feels, the film for imperfections. In this work.a pair of gloves wears out In- four hours. The big-scale glove-making process engages the full time of about a dozen employes in the' Box Department. Funerals Funeral of Mrs.

J. Dol Vesshio The funeral of Mrs. Josephine Del Vecchio, 77, of 63. Railroad' avenue, Beacon Falls, who died Tuesday, was held morning at 8:30 o'clock the Buck miller funeral home, 22 Park place, to St. Michael's church.

Beacon Falls, where requiem high Mass was celebrated at 9 o'clock by Jerome Cook, pastor. Bearers were. Michael Garafalo, Carmen and Albert Mennillo, Augustine Delia Valla. Thomas Supino and Fran)t Eanniello. Burial was in St.

James' cemetery, with Father Cook conducting the service. (By Unllcil The War- Production Board comes under of a new chairman today. Commander J. A. Krug, back Juut 48 hours, from 'the Normandy battlcfront, over the agency on orders -from President Roosevelt.

Krug will run the W-L-B during Chairman Donald Nelson's mission to China. But Washington observers are wondering whether will resume aa head of d-uclion Board when he returns from China. Krug says, the preal- dent-did not tell him whether his assignment temporary or Krug was' a 'W-P-B vice-chairman before joining the Navy.sev- eral months He'got appointment late yesterday after Executive Charles Wilson handed Wilson's sudden decision to quit marked the end of a long-smoul- dering feud within the- agency. Talking to reporters, Wilson charged that Nelson hod slowed re conversion, planning through a "Mariana" Spanish term for putting things off. until tomorrow.

In his letter of resignation, Wilson charged that he has been the victim of damaging stories inspired by members of personal staff. According to Wilson, he was accused of opposing reconversion now because it might threaten the position of big firms, such as General Electric, of which is a former president. On the political scene in Wash Observers believe that Republi can foreign pol icy leaders may pledge both par- tier to- Bii'pport -IMS'. for a new-League retary. of.

State, Cordell llevcd laying the an agreement in John Governor foreign affnim ndvlMr. a conference Diillcii doclar'cd" that iSl n.imcd at novel in American" political 'I Republican ncnatoris who conferred with sitrcsRcd that the two clone together on international orftanlatt'on. Hull', has- been working partisan coruprcMlonal" lito plan! for. a -Stylet- In Slzti. Funeral Of Lament Nichols Pet Collection Yields 16 Tons Gendalc.

officers in the humane division did some figuring- and found out that they had collected more than 16 tons of dojrs and cats during the past fiscal year. the dojrs at .25 pounds each, the 737 collected ar.d impounded during- the year came to pounds, or slightly over 12 tons. The cats, 70G of them, were figured at an average of eight pounds -bringing, their total to 8,072 pounds'," or more than four tons. Bearers at the funeral of Lamont" Nichols, Allerton Farms, held from the BucKniillcr funeral home Thursday. were Albert Algren, Henry Newman, John O'Brier.

and Edmund Spencer. Rev. Richard W. Baxter, Middlebury, acting; rector of St. Michael's Episcopal church, officiated.

Burial was in Grove cemetery. wir recommend c.iiV for their of It NtyllnR mid cruClwmnfjuhlp. PIERPONT'S JcwrlciV, ISO BANK STREET Buckmiller Funeral Home 22 PARK PLACE Telephone 4334 mm im No. dress' for the' countjes's' -who swear by their classic casuals'. Distinctively drcsscd-up with' a bright leather belt and Chinese scrolls on the point-up pocket.

Rayon Rabardinn colors for round-the- Sizes 14 to 20. tipn in 1 the- United Stales was established a part of Wesleyan in about the 1 -year 1875. Things Are Looking- Up PEPPERMINT STRIPES to sweeten your suit Lt. SiyPnttpn slips new.pistol Into his holster sonitwhnrn close ro thf-front In general has good reason to In; pleased; for Jils. nrinorcd.

forces: are-, doing lUr excellent job of chonplnc and hacklng'xazl units to bit" For a. liloiise point up your new Fall suit choose peppermint stripes on rich crepe. The neat bow. is. latter- ing to neckline red, gifeeii, blue, brown or black on white.

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