Obituary Elmore C. Packard. Elmore C. Packard of 81 Bushnell Street died Sunday at the Hartford Hospital. He was born in After New Britain, December 17, 1874.
Pharmacy College, he went to Manbeing graduated from Philadelphia chester as pharmacist for W. the H. Grant estate. He later opened Packard Pharmacy in Manchester Center, which he operated until six years ago, when he retired from business and came Hartford. Besides his wife, Mrs.
Nellie Packard, he leaves daughters, Herbert W. 98,006 and Mrs. Clifton Potter of Manchester, Mrs. Nirs. Ralph D.
Gasch of Glastonbury, William M. Carlson of Minneapolis, Mrs. William J. White of East Hartand Mrs. John Donsbach of ford Hartford.
The funeral will be held DEATHS -In Berlin, suddenly, October 16, 1943. Robert H. Bond, aged BOND67. of 12 Wardwell Road, West Hartford. Funeral services Monday at 2:30 p.
111. from his home. Interment, West Cemetery, Bristol, Conn. CASE -In Simsbury, October Hill. 17, 1943.
George Case, 76, of Bushy Fuservices Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. neral the C. H. Vincent Funeral Home, at Simsbury.
Burial in Dyer Cemetery, Canton. -At Hartford Hospital Oct. FREEMAN1943. Emeline (Smith) Freeman, widow of Arthur E. Freeman, Prayat the home of her niece.
Mrs. ers Johnson, 335 Bellevue Street, Hartford, Wednesday at Union 1:30 p. Baptist m. with the funeral at Church at 2 o'clock. Burial in East Granby.
HAWLEY-Suddenly in Bloomfield. Oetober 16. 1943, Carl Scott Hawley of 118 Heath Street. Hartford. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church.
Wethersfield, on Tuesday at 2 p. m. Friends may call at the funeral home of Taylor and Modeen. 233 Washington Street, until 11 a. m.
Tuesday. HENDRON- 1943. Frank Francis's T. Hendron, Hospital, 15, husband of Grace Rice Hendron. Funeral from his home, 134 Grandview Terrace, Monday morning at 9:15 with solemn requiem mass at St.
Augustine's Church at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Thomas F. Farley Service, MAHER-Suddenly at Camp Hood.
Texas, October 13. 1943. PFC Henry F. Maher. son of William and Mary (McGuire) Maher of 54 Affleck Street, Funeral services from Dillon's Fuday at 8:30 Solemn requiem neral Home, 53 Street.
on Tues- mass at Church of Immaculate Conception at 9 a. m. Place of interment, Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m. today. OPPELT-In Hartford. October 16, 1943.
Emile (Becker) Oppelt of 40 Rowe Avenue, widow of Frederick Oppelt. The funeral will be held from the funeral home of Taylor and Modeen. 233 Washington Street. on Tuesday at 8:30 a. m.
with a solemn requiem high mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church. New Park Avenue, at 9 a. m. Burial will be in Mt. St.
Benedict Cemetery. SAMUEL-In Cambridge, October 15. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Samuel.
formerly of Windsor. Funeral Tuesday morning 9:15 from the Harrington Home. 32 Spring Street. Solemn requiem mass at St. Gabriel's Church.
10 o'clock. Burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Poquonock. SLOAN-In West Hartford.
October 16. 1943. Mrs. Rose (Balf) Sloan of 583 Prospect Street. B.
West Hartford. widow of John Sloan. aged 79. Funeral Monday morning at 9:30 from the funeral home of James P. O'Brien.
104 Main Street. Solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral at 10 o'clock. Burial in St. James's CemeManchester.
IN MEMORIAM IN MEMORIAM There will be 8 month's mind requiem high mass for Mrs. Anna Chestnut at St. Peter's Church Tuesday, October 19 at 7 a. m. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement.
Also the Watson -Cheney Engraving Company. G. Fox and Company radio department, Wethersfield Game Club. Photo Engravers Local No. 33 in Hartford and Department 50.
and Whitney Division, United Aircraft Corporation. Signed: MRS. CHARLES WOLF and Family. JAMES T. PRATT CO.
Furnishing Undertakers 71 Farmington Ave. Telephone 5-3189 Attendants at Office Day and Night Billons Funeral Rome 53 MAIN ST. Phone 2-1149 FARLEY FUNERAL HOME Webster Street at Benton TEL. 7-8271 Under Supervision of Mr. Thos.
F. Farley Morrison W. Johnson, Inc. FUNERAL HOME 749 Albany Avenue JAMES P. O'BRIEN Funeral Directors UNDERTAKERS 104 MAIN ST.
PHONE 2-3735 Ahern Funeral Home 180 Farmington Ave. Phone 2-1155 MOLLOY FUNERAL HOME. INC. 129 CAPITOL AVE. 2-4113 Talarski Funeral Home 380 MAPLE AVE.
Phone 6-5228 COURANT: MONDAY, at 2 p. m. at the Watkins Funeral Home, 142 East CenWednesday Street, Manchester. Burial will Hockey Hill. Rose Hill Friends Memorial Tuesday may call after- Park, at the funeral home on noon and evening.
Mendel Epstein. Mendel Epstein, 79, of 9 John Street, died suddenly Sunday Austria, a after- and noon. He was born in came to this country seven years He was a member of the Heago. brew Home for the Aged, and of several other local charitable ganizations. Besides his wife, Mrs.
Fredel Lederer Epstein, he leaves one son, Abrham Epstein of Hartthree daughters, Mrs. Anna Reiner and Mrs. Regina Bazler of West Hartford, and 'Mrs. Julia Vernick of Brooklyn, N. 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. today at the Weinstein Funeral Home, 621 Albany Avenue. Rev. Moses Ungar will officiate.
Burial will be in Beth Jacob Cemetery, Elmwood. George Case. George Case, 76, a lifelong resident of Bushy Hill section of Simsbury, died Sunday morning at his home after a short illness. He was the son of the late Jeremialr Case and Lorinda Case. He was engaged in farming.
He leaves three nephews, Herman Case of Collinsville, Harrison Hamm of Simsbury and Sergeant Edward Hamm of the U. S. Army; and two nieces, Miss Ethel Case of Collinsville and Mrs. William Hoffman of Manchester. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.
at the C. H. Vin- cent Funeral Home, Simsbury. Rev. H.
K. Robinson, pastor of the Simsbury Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Dyer Ceme- tery, Canton. George Douglas Hastings. George Douglas Hastings, 70, of 86 Central Avenue, East Hartford, died Sunday evening his home after a short illness.
fre was born in Hartford. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Mabel D. Hickox Hastings; two sons, George Alden Hastings and Rodney S. Hastings of Glastonbury; three daughters, Mrs.
Carl Holzboog of El Segundo, Miss Ellen Hastings of East Hartford, and Mrs. Titus Hale of Gildersleeve: three brothers, Hugh Hastings of Middletown, Charles Hastings and Harold Hastings, both of Springfield, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Lowe Funeral Home, 34 Connecticut Boulevard, East Hartford, Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. Mrs.
Emeline S. Freeman. Mrs. Emeline (Smith) Freeman, widow of Arthur E. Freeman of East Granby, died Saturday at Hartford Hospital.
Born in Richmond, she had lived in Connecticut 57 years. Prayers will be said at the home of her niece, Mrs. Thomas Johnson, 335 Bellevue Street, Hartford, Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. with funeral services at Union Baptist Church at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be in East Granby. Chandler W. Smith. Chandler W. Smith, 95, of 1401 Main Street, Glastonbury, died Sunday evening.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Alma Faunce Smith and one son, Nelson Smith of Glastonbury; one granddaughter, and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at his home Tuesday at 2 p. m. Burial will be in Orange, Mass.
Henry F. Maher Funeral. a. m. from Dillon's Funeral Home, 53 Main with a solemn requiem the Church of the mastreet Immaculate Conception at 9 o'clock.
Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 6 p. m.
Besides his parents, Private Maher leaves three sisters, Mary Maher, Margaret Maher, and Katherine Maher, and one brother, Sergeant William Maher, stationed at Gulfport, Miss. The funeral of Private First Class Henry Maher, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Maher of 54 Affleck Street, will be held Tuesday at 8:30 Mrs. Jane L.
Flagg Funeral. The funeral of Mrs. Jane Lester Flagg of 34 Keney Terrace was held Saturday afternoon at the Morrison W. Johnson Funeral Home. Rev.
L. Theron French of the Windsor Avenue Congregational Church officiated. Bearers were Leon L. Steele, Harry C. Nissen, F.
Morrison Slack and Warren C. Whiton. Burial was in North Cemetery, West Hartford. Mrs. Sarah Rosenfeld Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah F. Rosenfeld of 31 Barker Street, was held Sunday afternoon at the Hartford Memorial Chapel. Rabbi Dr. I.
Solomon Rosenberg of Garden Street Synagogue officiated. Bearers were Louis Rosenfeld, Julius Luckman, Meyer Tuber, Harry Ward. Burial was in Zion Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lillie M.
Alexander. Baldwin, Oct. Mrs. Lillie M. Alexander, author of "Candy," $10,000 prize-winning novel in 1934, and writer of many short stories magazine articles, died today.
She was the wife of Colin C. Alexander, for 29 years professor of English literature at Baker University. Audubon L. Hardy, Amherst. Oct.
Audubon L. Hardy, 90, who as an instructor at St. Johnsbury, Academy helped prepare Calvin Coolidge for Amherst College, died today at his home. He had been superintendent of Amherst and Pelham schools for 25 years. Clarence H.
Matson. Los Angeles, Oct. Clarence H. Matson. 71, a leader in the development of Los Angeles harbor, died today.
Former secretary and traffic manager of the City Harbor Department, he retired 18 months ago as foreign trade manager of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Lillie M. Alexander. Baldwin, Oct.
(AP.) of Mrs. Lillie M. Alexander, professor English literature at Baker University 29 years, died today. She was author of many short stories and magazine articles. Mrs.
J. C. T. Guerra. Lisbon, Oct.
---Mrs. Joaquina a Camoes Teixeira Guerra, 90, mother of Dr. Rui Gomes Teizeira Guerra, Portuguese consul in Boston, died today at her home in the village of Crato. HARLES H. VINCENT FUNERAL DIRECTOR Distinctive funeral is no costs.
necessity Here for costs undue are FUNERAL decided by the family served, yet SERVICE there is high standard of service regardless of expenditure. 6st: 1902 Phone SIMSBURY 268 3 OCTOBER 18, 1943. Aircraft Top Foe (Continued from Page 1.) 166 probably destroyed, 41,000 tons of shipping sunk and 35,000 tons damaged at a cost of 51 American planes. This was about nine certain kills for each loss. Heavy bombers racked up a score of 1333 enemy planes during the first six months of this year while losing 316, a ratio of better than four to one.
Medium bombers showed up with slightly less two to one in the getting 113 enemy airsame period, craft while losing 69. Fighting did a bit better than two to planes shooting down 763 while one by losing 375. "There is no getting away from the fact," OWI said, "that the plus the other less calcuscores, lable accomplishments in destruction (such as wrecking bridges, factories and materiel), that at the present time our prove combat planes and our airmen are to the planes and airmen superior of the enemy." Larger Bomber on Way. without the delay that any 1. OWI noted that the scores include contests with the latest models of German and Japanese planes.
It General Henry H. Arnold, quoted commanding general of the Army Air Forces, as saying that "all type of American fighter planes have shot out of the skies the best interceptors both Germany and Japan have put against them." Discussing new models and imOWI said that a conprovements, siderably larger and more potent bomber which eventually will replace the B-17 "for super longrang bombing" is in production and is scheduled to enter combat next spring. OWI indicated, however, that the need for the B-17 is still vital and remarked that production of this plane and the B-24 "will be continued at increasingly high levels." "A totally new light bomber is at present in the stage just preceding production," OWI said, adding that it would "an all-purpose plane equipped with a powerful cannon and with interchangeable noses for various types of operations." The Army regards it as "three or four years ahead" of the Havoc. Improvements Made. Among improvements being made are these: The Havoc is being given more defensive fire power and more facilities, for strafing.
A power turret has been added. The Mitchell has been given more guns, speed and range. A new model Mustang combines the best characteristics of the A-36 Invader. The Navy Ventura has been given more range and fire power for use in anti-submarine operations. A "greatly improved" version of the P-39 Airacobra, with a better rate of climb and a higher ceiling, is in production.
An entirely new single engine fighter "for greatly advanced performance" is being built. edition of the A-20 night bomber is in operation. The Lightning and the Thunderbolt have been given more powerful engines which add to their range and climbing rate. The OWI said that Helicopters were just going into production and that none had yet taken a part in military or naval operations. Light planes used for spotting, observation and liaison work are being produced at a rate of 350 a month, with a step-up to 450 a month expected by January.
"Several thousand" gliders, principally troop carriers, have been made by a dozen manufacturers. Production can be adjusted as needed. A new built-in mechanical supercharger has raised the ceiling of fighter planes by 10,000 feet. OWI said that a major factor in improving the fighter planes was the increased power obtained from liquidcooled engines. Compared by Experts.
Taking the planes class by class, OWI said that Army and Navy aviation experts found: Army heavy bombers, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator superior to Germany's FockeWulf 200 Kurier and Heinkel 177. The Japanese have no comparable plane. Army medium bombers, the B-25 Mitchell and the B-26 Marauder "continue to be the world's best." Army light bombers The A-20 Havoc "is in a class by itself." The Germans have nothing to compare and the Japanese Mitsubishi 99 is not as fast, rugged or heavily armed. Army fighters--Rated "the world's best" after a "somewhat unpromising start." The P-38 Lightning has met and defeated the latest German and Japanese fighters, including the "super Zeros." The P-47 Thunderbolt has proved superior to German fighters, especially at high altitudes. The new and more powerful P-51 Mustang "is expected to be the equal of the Lightning." Navy fighters- The F4U Corsair and the new F6F Hellcat are rated "far superior to anything the Japs have to offer so Both are in the 400 miles an hour class, a rating given none of the Japanese fighters.
Navy patrol bombers The PB4Y1 (a Navy version of the Liberator) and the PV-1 Ventura, both land based, have greater range and load capacity than the Japanese planes. The flying boats, the PBM-3 Mariner and the PBY-5 Catalina have a "wide edge" over the Japanese in range and bomb load. Navy torpedo bombers The TBF-1 Avenger "is but the Japanese are coming -out with a new plane. Navy scout bombers The SBD-3 Dauntless excels the Japanese dive bombers in dive angle, ruggedness and armor. The new Hell Diver has more range, more speed and greater bomb capacity but has not been in combat.
Changes Slow Production. Constant improvement in existing models, the OWI said, has slowed the production rate SO that it has become apparent that the goal of 10,000 planes a month by the end of the year will not be reached. Contributing causes were listed as engine shortages, maldistribution of raw materials, reorganization of plant layout, catching up on shortages of spare parts, and labor shortages. In that connection, the report notes that continued production of the P-40 Warhawk on a large scale was necessary to meet "requirements to operating units in quantity, without the delay that any would have entailed." However, this piane, which has figured in some of the outstanding achievements of the war, has about reached the limit of its possibilities and will be produced quantities after this year, OWI said. Raw materials shortages no longer are much of a production problem.
The report said, however, that production mistakes have retarded the increase in output, that some models have been allowed to progress too far before it was learned they would not meet requirements, of many types have been deand that "defective livered." OWI asserted that production faults were "apparent to workers in the factories and have struck at their morale." "the but that the women Army and Navy felt men and who design and make our combat as well as the men who fly them, have been doing a stupendous job and doing it well." Hughes Sees Nazis Badly Hurt by Schweinfurt Raid Bristol, Oct. -Bristol. the heart 17. the ball bearing industry in America, today was still commenting on the huge raid on Schweinfurt when 60 Flying Fortresses were lost in the pounding of Germany's ball bearing industry. General Manager Frederick G.
Hughes of New Departure, world's largest producer ball bearings, said that the size of raid indicated the importance the Allies attached to ball bearings and "simply brought to our attention again how vital these products are to the winning the war." Ball bearings NOT in times have been a production critical item in some war now. New Departure produces ball bearings for all types of combat equipment. The bearings range in size from a fraction of an to nearly in outside diameter, and are produced by the millions here every month. Mr. Hughes said that the smashing of plants in Schweinfurt would "undoubtedly a disastrous effect upon German war production inasmuch as ball bearings are used in virtually every kind of combat equipment." He added that whereever shafts and wheels turn or oscillate, ball bearings will be found.
The raid will affect the production of such primary equipment as submarines, all types of guns, planes, ships, etc. Action like GIVE Army Plane Crash Starts Forest Fire Harrisonburg, Oct. -An Army plane crashed on a mountain and burned in the Shenandoah National Park near here today setting a forest fire that swept 20 acres before it was brought under control by workers from the conscientious objectors camp at Grottoes. The pilot was killed. The ship suddenly went into.
a dive and witnesses reported to the Civil Air Patrol here that the engine seemed to be picking up speed when the ship struck a ridge and exploded. Spreading rumors helps Hitler. WORDS these! To Those in Distress at Home To Our Boys Fighting For Freedom To Our Fighting Allies We Can't All Fight We Won't All Suffer But We Can All Be Good Neighbors! THE GREATER HARTFORD WAR CHEST Needs YOUR Help! October 15th-29th Sage Allen Telephone 2-7171-Out-of-Town Customers Call Enterprise 1000 without charge. Sage-Allen Open Mondays 12 Noon 'Til 9 P.M. Grange Stand (Continued from Page 1.) themselves admirably to new conditions and, despite the magnified war risks, have made every attempt to produce efficiently, he said.
Noting that increased labor costs and fluctuating market prices have increased the farmer's risks, he agreed that the solution offered by Welch for removing some of the uncertainties attendant on farming was practical. Farmers Advised. Australia has a new government plan to advise farmers what to plant. Buy that extra bond. You've done your bit, now do a bit more.
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