■ ibiriil Ifi V I ^fi t':; • ••; v^‘^*’v ■' '■ '" ■''' ^> v • *1* (jKiS 1/A 7 f D E C E M B C R flan rb rsttr Ctt^ttlttfl llm iO l Manchester Stores Open Every Evening This Week Until Christmas receiving the advibe of the town the first petition the Selectmen registrar 11,000 for work done and was -conaiderlng a plan Whereby New Petition counsel, named a committee of three of the it was stated that there would be a diploma might be given to a plAboutTown The petition carried the names board membera i o confer with the no deficit in the appropriation due Board Debates pupil who enlisted or was drafted. H. S. Cafeteria of 87 signers although the meet­ Board o f Police Commissioners In to the unprecedented payments as After iMVcral motions had been ing can be called with but 20 an inveatigation of the police de­ this change was taken into con­ made and two or three of them A rtra ft Daily Circulation The Weather ioMlv ft IMr dft3Tt.ftfter « wontftB Reaches Board 18 Year Olds Supports Self names If the meeting was adver­ partment. sideration when the ann'Ual budget passed, it wfts voted to recind all For the Meath eC Noveoiber. 184S Forecaet el C. S. Weather Biueaa l U • b M t ^ n p o i t ^ that tised for a apecifle purpose, as out­ The Selectmen denied the peti­ V as made and the appropriation action and each case will be passed ^ CkiMaM tna had m «b atolen lined in the specifications of the tion of two bowling alley proprie­ was passed without change at the upon as It develops. Imt porch, Mrft Jooaph Mul- Asks for Special Town petition, aeklng for the abolish­ tors and managers of a penny annual meeting. 52 Out of 85 of High First Month in Opera* 7,814 It was felt that any ftctlon taken SlighUy colder toalgbt. wt 168 Maplo BtrMt reported ment of the new auxiliary police arcade to operate their amusement by the Board on the matter might Member e« the Aodlt ft large wreath had been Uk> Meeting to Abolinh office and asking for a reduction School Seniors Reach tion Shows a Neat E places on Sunday from 2 to 10:30 result in many of the teys trying Brnma e f Ctoealaftnaa ‘ m from hw door. Both tree*Deputy Chief Job. in the police appropriation of p. m. Rev. James A. Toung, pas­ Jos. R. Fitzgerald Age Before June 10. to enlist before their time. Balance on Hand. Manefceffep— y# City of Village Charm 'ftftd wroathi are unusually hard to $4,000, tor of the Church ot the Naxarene The Board iS to meet later with ftaewe k Maneheater thla year. No Salary Provision appeared in oppoeition to the N^pw a Lieu tenant the selectmen and leam What ia A new petition calling for a The Manchester Board of Educa- *rhe first report on the business (SIXTEEN PAGES) PRICE THREE CENTS The police appropriation voted petitions. t.on last night gave nearly two the proper method to follow When (ChMsUled AdvertMag ea Page 14) MANCHESTER, CONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1942" Idas Acnea Krily ot 67 North special town meeting to vote on done at the High achool cafeteria last October was $56,840 which did Bills of $1,200 each were sub­ Joseph R. Fitzgerald, aon of hours of its time to the considera­ an extra -appropriation ia wanted waa given to the Board of Educa­ VOL. LXII., NO. 71 •chool atreet, who waa discharged the aboliabment of the office of not carry any salary provisions for mitted by the Registrars of Voters, Sergeant Michael Fitzgerald ot tion of the plan to award diplomas by the School Board. Last fall the tion last night by Edson M. Bailey from the Memorial hoapiUl yes­ deputy Chief of Police of the town an assistant chief of police. Robert N. Veitch and Edward F. the Manchester Police Depart­ to boys and girls who would enter Joint Board recommended the pur­ terday is at the Hotel Sheridan o. the High achool. He said that of Manchester and calling for a Following the appointment of Moriarty, Republican and Demo­ ment, was yesterday graduated the service before the close of the chase of land to the south of the about 1,000 a day were using the <iMm n aba will apend the holidays. Mothers Picket State House in Oil Shortage vote on the reduction of the po­ Joseph A. Prentice to a newly cre­ crat, respectively, for work done from the Candidates Officer's lichool year. In the absence of High school building at a coat of cafeteria and in the one month it ated office of Deputy Chief of Po­ during the past year. The Regis­ $5,000. The selectmen did not in­ lice appropriation of the town, Training school at Camp Bland- Arthur H. niing, superintendent, had been opened, it haa shown it Enemy Vessels Avlatioa Cadet John J. Lenlhan, lice several weeks ago, a petition trars in a letter to the Selectmen British Bombers’ ing, Ga., as a second lieutenant of who Is ill, Kdson "M. Bailey, princi­ clude this recommendation in the is self supporting. made last October, by $4,000, was ■on of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lenlhan w as-hastily prepared containing explained that three times the infantry. He enlisted In Company pal of the High school reported case and it is the desire of the The ree^slpts'for the first month usual amount of work on the vot­ o f SIS East Middle Turnpike is filed last night with the Board of over 100 names, but it waa ^-uled G of the local company and went that there , were 52 boys in the Board to have this settled before were $l,396\and the expenditures ' at present stationed with the Selectmen at the regular meeting. by town counsel W. S. Hyde that ing lists wa.s done due to the with it in 1941. He is a graduate present senior class out of 85 who the March town meeting. ' amounted to $1,091. This left a Army Air Forces basic flying The Selectmen voted to refer the meeting might be held for dis­ statutory changes requiring the of Manchester High school. will reach 18 years of age on or Raid Is Surprise balance of $345., It was not possi­ achool near Walnut Ridge. Arkan- the petition to Town Counsel cussion only and could not take inclusion of the addresses of the Lieutenant Fitzgerald has been before June 10. He told the board Pvt. Harold Hennequin, son of Sunk, Dama^d ble to tell the average amount aaa. He received his initial pilot Judge William S. Hyde regarding any action as worded. The cur­ voters over a period from Febmary granted a leave of absence and is that he felt that under the pres­ Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hennequin spent by the pupils, as in some training at Clarksdale, Mias. the legality of calling the meeting rent petition asks for specific ac­ until late in November, following expected to arrive home this sve. ent draft plans, boys were to be of . 28 Cottage street, has been tion of the town meeting. cases there are no sales made at and the Selectmen will meet next the annual election. ning to spend Christmas with his allowed to finish their last term in transferred from Camp Devens to all, the pupils bringing their own Monday night for a decision after Following the presentation of The Selectmen voted to pay each parents on Brainard placs. For Indies Bases The Emblem Club will have a school to get a diploma. The Board Miami Beach, Florida. lunches. • / • public bridge tomorrow afternoon at the Elks home in Rockville. S u p p l y Route Playing will begin about 2:30. Raid Fits into G - M s i l . Manchester members on the com­ mittee are Mrs. Samuel J. Hous­ Of Increased Aerial ^ t t P s ton and Mrs. John Murphy. Operations Across iSOOK hjXtVtt Two Warships and Eight Germans Plan Enemy Subs Merchant Vessels Bag Pvt. Bernard T. Mclnnis who is Indian - Buri;nese Bor-, gt«tif«sd at Fort Knox, Ky., ar­ Gas Supply Allied Planes and rived in town Saturday with hia der and Land Thrust 1 Giving Public Find Action .v ^ e, the former Miss Elsie Allen Toward Akyab Area.: British Subinarinea for a visit with relatives and And Light Surface friends. He reports for duty Imposters Also Try to Morale Talks Is Tougher tomorrow arith the 8th Armored London, Dec. 23.— (JP)— Craft; Ground Forces. Division, Fort Knox, whUe Mrs. Carrier-borne British Naval Borrow Money or Cash yeTnnis Will retum to Berwick. aircraft caught the Japanese Bad Check, Thrill Girl Goebbels Mobilizes Hun­ American Shipyards Make Ready for Final ; Maine, where she has lived for some months with her mother, apparently by surprise in a Friend or Fool Wife. dreds of Orators as Continue to Turn Tightening of Vise. heavy bombing attack on the Mrs. M. AUen. Food Rations Lower Out Vessels in Ret> westernmost tip of The Neth­ Washington, Dec. 23— (4*) London, Dec. 23.— I Corporal and Mrs. Earl F. Hunt, erlands Indies where the Jap­ Two Axis warships and eight son and daugbter-in-iaw of Mr. Don't look now, but that gabby And War News Bad. ord-Breaking Numbers and Mrs. R. E. Hunt of Branford anese have develo^d Bay of 'G-man” you met In the barber merchant vessels were re­ strest, have arrived home fo r the Bengal bases within 800 hop may be an imposter who is Stockholm, Dec.