The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-29

News Of
Connecticut

AUl1l1CNI1NuI
Hartford, Conn.,, March 20 -(U.
P.l-GOvernOr Raymond E. Bald
win, with Governor J. Howard
McGrath, D., r. l., and Frederick
Allen, editor of Harpers Maya
zine, will discuss results of the
recent Fortune Magazine poll Of
public opinion on Democratic and
Republican possibilities in the
coming presidential election on
the Fortune public opinion radio
program Thursday at p. m. The
broadcast will originate in Hart
ford and be carried over the Blue
Network.
Hartford, Conn, March 90 - 20.
P0 - The Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee meets Thursday at
Hartford headquarters to set the
dates for party caucuSes at which
delegates to the state convention
will be elected. At that time the
date of the convention to pick dele
gates to the national convention will
be decided.
Reports today were that the
caucuses might be held in May and
the state convention in June.
The party has decided upon two
conventions this year, one to choose
delegates to the national oonven-
ton and the other to nominate the
state ticket.
Hartford, Conn.,, March 20 -(U.
P) - Funeral services will be
held at Lakeville Thursday for
William p. Stone, rs, former
Salisbury postmaster who died at
the home of a daughter here yes
terday. Stone was native Of
Lakeville and retired from federal
service in 1887.
MiddletOwn, Conn.,, March 20 -
(U.PO - Emanuel ROSanO, IS,
died at a hospital today from in
jurieS suffered Saturday when run
down by an automobile operated
by Frank ID. Rich. 1t was the
third highway fatality int he city
this month.
WinSted, Conn, March 29-(UP)
Tracers were being sent to the far
corners of the world today in an
endeavor to locate beneficiaries un-
der the will of the late Benjamin
Epstein, who came to this country
as a penniless immigrant boy and
died last December after amassing
a fortune of $1,50O,000 in the junk
business.
A brother, sister and a niece, who
inherit the bulk Of the estate, were
living at Wilma, Poland, when the
will was drawn April %, 1881. The
sister was reported to have fled to
Russia when the Nazis invaded
Poland, and to have made her way
tot China. Nothing has been heard
from the brother and niece.
Another niece was believed in
Bombay, India, a third niece in Ur-
uguay and nephew in Palestine.
Epstein's will has been admitted
to probate and showed that after
deduction of taxes, about 81, 900 900
would remain for distribution
among the heirs Epstein, who never
married, set up in the junk business
in $40 a month office here years
ago and made his fortune during
the first World War in dealing in
industrial scrap metal
Hartford, Conn, March 20. -
up - The National Labor Rela-
tons board was called upon by the
CLIO Union at Colts Patent Fire
Arms manufacturing Company, to-
clay to settle a wage controversy
after a referendum of workers
turned down a War Labor award
and compromise adjustment.
The WLB award granted an hour
increase Of rs cents to all day work.
ers, but slashed piece work rates
almost so per cent, according to
union officials. Terms of the COM
promise were not disclosed.
Regional WLB Chairman Saul
Wallen, when the award was an
Ilounced, SAID that while the board
is extremely hesitant to order de-
creases in wage rates, it has been
obvious for a long period of time
that many of the piece rates at
Colts have been grossly excessive
and resulted in ever-growing dis
on the part of day
workers to the detriment of war
production"
The union claimed that under the
Little Steel formula" the WLB was
powerless to lower the existing rate
structure.
The referral to the NLRB was
made by union President James j.
Connors who said that yesterdays
referendum, in which 4,70O voted.
showed both plans rejected 100 per
cent.