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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
Christmas
Outlook Bad

Fall River, Mass, Dec. 14-(UP)
businessmen today predicted a
possible loss of $4,000 in holiday
purchases as result Of strike OF
1000 independent textile workers
in nine war plants.
Social workers estimated that
several hundred families would be
without money for Christmas unless
the contract dispute was settled
soon.
The strikers ranks were virtually
doubled with the walkout OF more
than 1000 members of the Draw
ing-In, Knot-Tiers and Warp
Twisters' association and the Slash
er Tenders and Helpers association.
The Weavers' Progressive associa-
ton, United Textile Workers (AFD
with a membership of 1000, re-
portedly will join the ranks at a
meeting tonight.
The strike was called Sunday IN
protest over an alleged seniority
clause introduced recently into a
contract between manufacturers
and CLIO workers as desperate
means of averting strike OF TO-
600.
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Patton our
Makes Talk
Continued from Page y

the tour by Patton, aIgeneral valued
so highly by Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover that the clamor. over his slap
ping of shell shocked soldier in a
Sicilian hospital was not permitted
to affect his status as commander
of the Seventh Army.
BY accident or design, Patton
turned up in the Middle East hard
on the heels of the International
conferences at Cairo and Teheran,
one major result of which was to
align Turkey beside the Allies as
benevolent acknowledgement.
Public Spots Him
Patton first was spotted by the
public in Cairo Monday, when with
members of his staff he drove around
the city in a car marked with the
three stars of a lieutenant general.
Observers here thought it possible
that he would see the Greek and
Jugoslav governments while he was
in Egypt. But they tempered the
speculation on the military signifi-
canoe of his visit with the aSsump-
ton that any real plans for an in
VdO1Oll VI tIIC od-hCllo WOuANA NC 4dANS
by. direct contact with the piIriot
forces doing the actual fighting
Observers noted that an invaL.on
of the Balkans would depend on the
development of the Russian and
italian campaigns, and expressed
doubt that the command and CONF
position of such a force had been
decided.
Among the reports Of troubled
STRINGS in the eastern Mediterran-
can zone was a Daily Mail dispatcla
from it's Geneva correspondent
which said that Turkey will entet
the war in the near future. This
categorical statement, I am told on
unimpeachablbe authority, was made
a few days ago by Turkish diplo-
mat accredited to one of the Mid
die Eastern States"
An Ankara dispatch said Foreign
Minister human Menemencioglu
was reporting today to the Turkish
parliament on the Cairo conference.
Other dispatches reported growing
unrest by a series of conferences
among Bulgarian and foreign diplo-
mats while Bulgarian ministers
toured the country to make speeches
designed to allay public anxiety
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
SELECTING JURY
FOR TRIAL HERE
Patrick TulIy Seeking
$4,000 Damages as Re-
suit of Accident

Additional venirelhen will be sum-
moned into superior court this after
noon in order to complete a jury for
the hearing of the $4,000 civil &C
ton brought by Patrick ]. Tully Of
Waterbury against Quazim Demir
and Nexrus Querin, doing business
as the Lincoln Lunch at 80 Grand
street and Musante, Berman g.
Steinerg Co., Inc, of Waterbury.
Nine jurors were selected up to the
lunch recess and the sheriff was in
structed to contact more talismen.
The plaintiff claims he injured his
head, face and neck when he fell
through a trap-door in front of the
restaurant August 20, 1912. He
charges the defendants with negli-
gence for failing to erect barrier
at the opening. The writ states he
fell is feet into the cellar.
The restaurant operators are
lessees of the premises and the
other defendants were delivering
food at the time of the accident.
The complaint alleges further that
a truck of the food concern was
parked close to the sidewalk leav-
ing an inadequate space between
the edge of the trap-door and edge
of the sidewalk for pedestrians.
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ployer. In some agricultural areas,
side camps are set up near the
work.
Some other highlights of the sur
vey:-
New York-Italians at Camp Pine
were captured in North Africa and
during the Lampedusa, Pantelleria
and Sicilian campaigns. State man
power commission plans to use 500
in northern New York lumber
camps after they have received
training course. Others to be used
on upstate farms this spring.
North Carolina-State manpower
commission has certified to WASH
ington the need for $3.50 prisoners
for work. About $50 now are being
used, leaving about 1855 needed for
work in industry and for pruning
peach trees.
5000 Prisoners
Alabama-One-th of the 5000
German prisoners at Aliceville pris-
oner camp are being used for class
two labor-cotton picking, ditch
digging and pulpwood industries.
Employers were reported well salts
fled with prisoners work.
Ohio-About $50 prisoners from
Camp Perry were used during harv-
esting season and farmers were
highly pleased" with the results.
Wisconsin-Only Japanese pris-
oners are held at Camp Mccoy and
none are doing outside work. They
have been clearing underbrush
around their own camp, but receive
no pay for it.
IoWa-Italian prisoners are being
used in hemp fields Of north central
Iowa, quartered at former CCC
camp at Eldora. Two more camps
at Clarinda and Algona, each with
accommodations for 5000 men, will
be activated this month and next.
Observation-Disclosures from camps
at Indianola, Fort Robinson, SCOTS
Bluff and Atlanta were used for
harvesting corn and sugar beets.
Some have worked in laundries and
dry cleaning establishments.
Eager 10 work
Colorado-Prison camps are To-
Gated at Trinidad and Carson. Dur
ing the recent harvest, 1000 Ger
mans were sent by truck each day
to farms under military guard.
Some are now working in the Stone
wall valley cutting timber for props
in nearby mines. Camp officials re-
port that Germans are eager to
work.
Arizona-More than 5000 prison
ers of war are engaged in farm
work. Col. Holden, conlmandant
of the internment camp at Flor
ence, reported that most Of the
workers are billetted at II "side
camps" near work from which
farmers draw men to supplement
their regular crews for harvesting
cotton. potatoes and other crops.
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Plan To End
Subsidy Row

Washington, Dec. IA CUP-A
group of Republicans took the ini-
tiative today in an effort to end the
consumer food subsidy row, and
spokesman predicted they would
write a compromise by wyeek- END
that would have a good chance OF
passage.
The Republican group, headed by
Sens. Robert A. Taft Of Ohio, Jo-
seph G. Ball of Minnesota and Ho-
mer Ferguson of Michigan, has been
working with ecorDmic experts in
an effort to arrive at q formula
based on the idea of moving UP roll
back subsidies by maintaining the
rest of the administrators price
control and production program.
Taft also is a member of a three
man subcommittee created yester-
day by the Senate Banking and Cur
rency Committee, now considering
subsidies, and told to look into the
prospects for a compromise. The
subcommittee, composed Of Taft,
Democratic Leader Alben w. Brak-
ley of Kentucky and Sen. John A.
Bankhead, D., Ala, was expected to
meet today to hear Taft present the
G. O P members views.
Barley indicated such a plan
might be able tn attract administra-
ton support. He said he had never
been enthusiastic about rollbacks
that simply reduced the price to
consumers"
Bankhead said, however, that he
doubted whether elimination Of roll
backs would be acceptable to the
administration, and urged imme-
diate action on the house-approved
bill that would abandon consumer
subsidies after Dec. 81. He said he
would not commit hi sell against
"any compromise" but that he did
not want any further delay on the
question.
Unless we get G. bill through the
Senate and to the While House by
Saturday we won't be able to get
any work done until after the first
Of the year." Bankhead said. There
won't be a quorum of members here
to do any work"
He said he would ask the Senate
Banking Committee to approve on
Wednesday the Commodity Credit
CORPORATION extension bill carrying
the subsidy ban. If President
Roosevelt then vetoed it, something
else could be worked out after the
holidays, he added
Barley objected to a delay pro-
posed in a resolution by Sen. Allen
J. Ellender, D., La, extending sub
sides and the CCC unit Feb. S. He
said he believed Congress should
work right on to the end OF the
year to dispose of taxes as well as
the CCC.
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to get away with" He said he was
convinced that the government
would not permit further use Of
such tactics.
Harold j. Straub, UWOC chair
man, insisted that the union off,
Gals were not defying the board
but had been unable to persuade
their members to return to the
plants. which are located in the
Pennsylvania coal fields.
He said the men would resume
work only If q discharged employe,
Miles Frantz, was reinstated or II
the plants were seized by the gov
eminent. Morse replied that the
boards effectiveness would end II 1t
yielded to such threats.
What Morse described as the
growing pattern Of striking against
the War Labor board" has occurred
even though other labor unions
have renewed no-strike pledges and
criticized the UNIV
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
NEWS OF CONNECTICUT
(NEA Radiophoto)

I line for applying for banks for
tokane, the OPA reports that banks
have received only a handful OF
requests.
Unless applications are made i'm
mediately, the banks will be unable
to meet the 1ast-minute demands
of the retailers, 1t was said.
Stamford, Conn, Dec. IA - CU.PD
Fire, causing damage estimated
between $4,000 and $4,000 broke
out in a warehouse of Schick, Inc,
today, and one fireman-Edward
Foster-was overcome by smoke.
The fire, according to company,
will not interfere with war produc-
ton, but may delay shipments. 1t
was believed to have been caused
by short circuit.
Stamford, Conn, Dec. IA - Gu.
PO - Prosecuting Attorney P. Law
renee Epifano issued warrants to-
day, accusing owners of eight fac
tories, hotels and laundries of vio-
lating the city's anti-soot ordnance
The accused, however, protested
they converted their heating plants
from oil to coal during the past
year, and could not obtain materials
to eliminate the smudge.
Meantime, government ordnance
officials stepped in and asked that
the prosecution be DELAYED nendinp
a more thorough investigation.
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Eden said the Importance anc
value of the Roosevelt Churchill
Stain meeting at Teheran and the
Roosevelt Churchill conferences
with Generalissimo Chang Kali
Shek and Turkish President Ismet
Inonu at Turkey "can hardly be
exaggerated"
Plans for both the prosecution OF
the war against Germany and that
against Japan were brought to
completeness, he said.
AS result of the Teheran confer
ence, he said, he was "many times
more confident about the future
collaboration betwe nethe Soviet
Union, the United States and Great
Britain"
Referring to the phrase in the
Teheran communique affirming the
thre epowers' agreement on the
timing and scope of the operations
to be undertaken from the east
west and SOUTH" Eden said:
THAT is message which as yet
1t never has been possible to give
the Allied peoples in this war"
Foundations do exist and plan.
have been made among the three
powers" he added, mot only fol
the duration of the war, but fol
when the armistice comes ane
thereafter for maintaining the
worlds ordinary progress and con.
tinuing the peace"
Eden assured the peoples of oc.
cupied countries that Britain, the
United States and Russia do moi
seek to impose their will upon Eu.
rope.
1--WE seek to liberate these coun.
tries so that all of them can take
their place in the European family
again." he said.
Eden told the house that the AL.
lies regarded the results Of the
Roosevelt Churchill Inonu talks al
Cairo as Encouraging"
II cannot at this stage give de-
tails of what were confidential dis
c>assioals, but can say that we have
gooe hopes That We will be found tc
have established a sound basis fol
future cooperation between Russia
the United States, Turkey ano
Britain" he said.
Help for BrOzOvich
Eden said Britain was Doing al
We can to supply" the Jugoslav Par
.isan leader Gen. Josip (Tito)
Bcozovich, with munitions ano
otherwise support him because Of
the large number of German divi-
sions the Partisans were engaging.
A British military mission headed
by Brig. Fitzroy MacLean, a mem.
Der of commons, had been with
Brozovich since last spring, he said
He said Britain and the other AL
lies were doing their utmost to unite
all Jugoslavs willing to fight the
common enemy, but lodged the
question as to whether Britain
would support King Peters exile
government or the new Partisan
regime set up by Brozovich.
tits for the. Jugoslav people, a.
soon as the country is liberated, tt
choose the form OF government
they desire" he said.
He saw some hope of a measure
of success" for union of all forces
in Greece, also split by factiona!
disputes, against the enemy.
Eden said he left Churchill tai
though perhaps a little tired, ir
good health, stout of heart and mos
confident"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
Jury VERDICT
ARGUED HERE
Judge Fitzgerald Rules
Judgment Ought to Be
Against One Defendant

A fury verdict returned against
the Cooley Chevrolet Company. Inc
Of New Haven was set aside today
by Common Pleas Court Judge John
Clark Fitzgerald but upheld against
another defendant In the same
case, Abraham A. Alderman Of New
Haven. The action was brought by
George Lasky and Gertrude Lasky
Of Middlebury and resulted In an
award Of $l,101.50 TO Mr.. Lasky and
9l60.77 to his daughter-in-law, the
other plaintiff.
The litigation was based on an
automobile collision in Middlebury
November II, 194l. Mr.. Alderman
was operator Of q car owned by the
New Haven concern while Mr..
Lasky drove car owned by the
other plaintiff.
In the memorandum Of decision
on the motion to set aside the YER
dict Judge Clark ruled that the
amount Of damages was not ex-
cessive as claimed by the defend
ants, but stated the award should
be entered only against Alderman
and not against the other defend
ant. He stated testimony showed
that Alderman was an agent Of the
concern but was not on official COM
pany business at the time of the
accident. He said the jury was
right, however, in finding Alderman
negligent.
The jurist stated the award to
Mr.. Lasky may be on the liberal
side, but pointde out the plaint-
tin was elderly and the Jury may
rtghtfully have been impressed by
testimony that he suffered severe
headaches from a brain concuS-
sion which allegedly resulted from
the accident.
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Advance In
New Guinea
CONTINUED from Page u

granville would give the Allies
springboards aimed at Rabaul, on
New Britain, from the southwest and
southeast.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's SOUTH
west Pacific aircraft kept up Its at
tacks on the western end of the
New Britain, hitting Gasmata air.
drome and Augur Island and the
Bergen Bay area near Cape Glou-
cester.
Long range fighters flew to within
60 miles of Rabaul to strafe Kalai
and Waitavalo villages on Wide
Bay.
In New Guinea, three and prob
ably four Japanese planes were shot
down by Thunderbolts out of
fight of nine escorted enemy bomb
ers which attacked Gusap, in the
interior. A single Allied bomber
probably exploded an ammunition
dump at Nambariwa, so miles above
Finschhafen, on the coast.
Liberators ranging northwest of
Australia bombed Boela, Ceram
Island oil port, Kokas on McCleur
Gulf, Dutch New Guinea, and vii
lagos in the Tanimbar Islands.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
RETAILERS TO HOLD
MEETING TONIGHT

Retailers of the Waterbury area
will meet at 8 o'clock tonight at
Wildly high school for a series of
discussions on OPA price schedules
and ration regulations. The gather
ing will be divided into separate
groups according to the nature of
the products sold.
The staff of eight price specialists
which came to Waterbury yesterday
from Hartford continued its survey
work today at retail establishments
Of the city. Irregularities discovered
will be discussed tonight. e has
been indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
LATE REALTY NOTES

The following realty deeds have
been filed with the office Of
Town Clerk Mary A. Kilmartin.
Quit Claim Deeds
Lena D0bzinski to Walter Dob
zinski. Property known as Lots
$50, 351, 1852, 1853, 354, 355 on
Melville street and Lots 34S, $40
corner Of Hill and Melville st.
Walter and Lena Dobzinski to
John DObzinski. Property same as
above.
Mortgage
Laura @. DlacD ermid to North
Side Bank and Trust. Property
at 81 Highland Park and os
Highland Park. $1,000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. IA
(UPD-TO l9,04l Harvard men
In the armed services. the TIar-
ward Crimson. undergraduate
newspaper, sent a question
naire.
Answering the question, mil
itary duty?", President ROOse-
welt wrote, ''cOmmander-in-
chief Of the United States Army
and Navy"
Answering the question, "fOr-
eign service, the president
wrate, Occasionally"
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BRENDAN BRACKEN ILL

London, Dec. IA - (UP.) - Min
lister Of Information Brendan
Bracken underwent an operation at
a London hospital last night and
his condition today was described as
satisfactory.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
PATROLS DISCONTINUED

Boston, Dec. IA - (U.P0 - All
anti submarine coastal patrols Of
the Civil Air Patrol have been dis
continued, Major Joh:- E. Shennett
of the Massachusetts Civil Air
Patrol wing revealed today. No rea-
son was given.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
MARRIAGE INTENTIONS

The following marriage certi-
ficates have been filed with the
office Of Vital Statistics:
Edmund j. DAILY, 3rd, SO Con-
cord street and Emile r. Fitz-
patrick, 16 Delaware avenue.
Eugene Neves, Is Union street
and Antoinette Gabriel Guerra,
liz Meadow street.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-14
AUDITORS TO CHECK
CITY'S EMPLOYEES

Members Of the auditing firm of
Barrow, Wade & Guthrie engaged
in the auditing OF the city's books
will accompany City Paymaster
Thomas J. McLarney tomorrow in
issuing the teachers salary checks.
Purpose Of the personal check-up
by the auditing firm iS to establish
the identity Of each city employee
receiving q check. This same pro-
cedure was adopted last week when
/. the regular city employees received
their wages.
State Law prescribes that This pro-
cedl4- must be effected at least
once . year.
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Gator Greeter

Riding the V-mail from the
South Pacific, this Christmas
card will 60 to families and
friends Of u. S. Marines serving
in that theater. It was drawn by
Corp. PortfiriO Navarro Houston,
Tex. MARINE Corps phOtO.)
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Reds Snub
King Peter
CONTINUED from Page y

via against Hitherto Germany
Mikhailovitch's forces, however.
up to now have not assisted but
rather damaged the struggle Of the
Jugoslav people against the Ger
man invaders and for this reason
could not meet negative attitude
from the USSR,' the bureau said.
1.-THE Soviet government, consid-
ering it necessary to obtain more
detailed information about all Jugo-
slav events and the partisan Or
ganizations, has decided to send
Soviet military mission to Jugo-
slavia, as was previously done by
the British government" the bu-
reau said.
AYA,kHaA~... ~,~a1 -
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SoIons Still
tumble On
Vet. PoyJob

Washington, Dec. 14-(UP)-Con-
gressional leaders continued to press
today for pre- Christmas action on
mastering out pay for World War
II veterans despite a atelnent to
the Ho'--2 by Chairman Andrew j.
May, D., KY, that the military af-
fairs committee had run into some
''veXing problems" and might not
finish its work by the recess.
House Democratic Leader John
W. Mccormack Of Mas ;achusetts
and Republican leader Joseph w.
Martin Jr., Mass, both urged
prompt agreement on bill and
Speaker Sam Rayburn repeated that
he hoped to be able to get House
action next week.
A special subcommittee appoint
ed by May because there's more to
preparing this bill than is first ap-
parent" held its second session to-
day to study the measure. May
said his committee wanted to rec
ommend the right BILL" indicating
disapproval with the Senate Mill
tary Affairs proposal 20 pay soldiers
5000 to $500 discharge pay when
they leave the service.
Other members of Congress COM
pEcated the situation by exerting
pressure for their own bills.
Rep. William Lemke, R., N. D.,
who would continue for a year the
pay of all members of the armed
forces receiving up to $1,000 and
unable to ccure enjoyment :.tter
their discharge, called :. me ting to-
day of members who favor his bill.
Lemke has referred to the admins
tration's flat $500 proposal as pea
nuts
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Chicago, Dec. 14-CUP)-While
Congress is debating what to do
about returning servicemen, $1,000
OF them already have been released
and are returning to civilian life,
many of them with the aid of their
state governments.
Many states are preparing for the
task of rehabilitation, a survey
showed today, but others have done
nothing to solve the veteran prob
lem and in general only start has
been made.
Returning soldiers, sailors and
marines have been aided in finding
jobs by state employment author
tiles and the American Legion. 9th
ers are receiving ledical attention
preparatory to their return to civil
ian life,
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Hydroelectric plants developing
10000 kilowattS are operating in
Bolivia.
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The watermelon is native to trop-
ica1 and southern Africa.
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Britain Is
Determined

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Prisoners Are
Fine Workers

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Cybele butter flies lay their eggs
only on violets.'
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Northern Ireland vii launch q
campaign to x-ray every citiSen.
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Hartford, Conn, Dec. IA = U.P)
The State OPA announced today
that failure of Connecticut Food
Retailers to apply for the new IA
ton tokens threatens to impede
even distribution of this new type
of ration currency which is sched-
uled to become effective early in
February"
Although December Is Is the dead
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Action On
Power Strikes

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