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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Japs Undecided on Attack Dec. 2
Turn Back Provision Still Held
Awoited Further Concession Folks In Washington

Washington. Nov. 19-(UP)-Ths Pearl Harbor Investigating Com mittee heard today that the Jap anese force which struck Pearl Har- bor on Dec. '. 194l, had orders as late as Dec. to turn back if dip- lomatic negotiations achieved re- suits satisfactory to Japan.
 Sen. owen Brewster. R, Me, brought out in examination of Rear Admr. T. B. Inglis, chief of the U. s. Naval intelligence, that the turn back" contingency was pro- vided for in general battle instruc- tions issued on Dec 2 by the Im- perial Naval headquarters.
 Tn testimony Saturday Inglis re- ferred to the turn back" provision in connection with an order issued Nov. 25. 194l-the day before the Japanese striking force steamed out of Hittokapu Bay toward Ha- waiian waters.
 Receive Orders Dec. 5
 On Dec. 5 the Japanese force received a wirelessed code order to Climb Mt. Niitaka." meaning to go ahead and attack at dawn of the 7th.
 Inglis said examination this weekend of data from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters showed the turn-back provision was included in Dec. ? instructions to | the striking force as well as in the Nov. 9 sailing instructions.
 As the committee began it's fourth day of hearings it was an- nounced that former Secretary of State Cordell Hull will testify this week if his health permits. Hull has been in poor health since he left | the State Department.
 Sneak Attack New
 The sneak attack on Pearl Har- bor. according to documents sub- mitted to the committee by Inglis were not included in Japan's gen. eral prewar plans.
 Statements by Japanese naval officers to Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's investigators in Tokyt showed that the attack would hav' been called off if the United State had agreed to certain Japaness demands
 The documents did not specify what concessions Japan demanded but they threw further light or the story Inglis told the commit. tee Saturday. In addition to ths summary that the admiral pre- sented. the questionnaires showed l. The Pearl Harbor attack wal conceived in January of 194l. bui
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Mrs. Makepeace's Estate Is Valued at $146,2OO

Personal property comprises household furniture. S2,796; Jewelry, Sl.9l2: and two cars at $280.
 As previously reported, the entire estate has been bequeathed to the five children of Mrs. Makepeace in equal parts and on equal terms, each one-fifth share being set in trust by the testator. The children or Mrs. Makespeace are as follows: Roger &, John w.. and LeRoy Makepeace Mrs. Evelyn M. Coch- rane and Msllicent T. Makespeace.
 The Colonial Trust Go. is execu- ,or of the estate.
 Mrs. Makepeace died July 16, just light hours following the death of her mother, the late Mrs. Julie Porter Speery. whose estate was ap- praised at $97,ll5.33 last week by Mir. Gager and MT. Harrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19

Mrs. Ethel Sperry) Makepeace- wife of the late Judge Walter Makepeace left an estate valued aC SAG, ,2OO.89. according to an ap- praisal of holdings by William M. Gager and Daniel T. Burlington, Jr, filed in Probate Court today.
 Stocks. value at Sl2l,785, comprise the major portion of the estate; while real estate, at l34 Hillside avenue. was appraised at Sl500O' and miscellaneous personal property at S4 .988. Mrs. Makepeace also had S4,427s in cash at the time of her death.
 Stocl,s held by the estate are as follows: 29O0 shares of Scovill Mfs. Go valued at Sl10,000. 20 shares Torrirgton Go. $760, and 100 shares of United Illuminating Co., al S5025.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Textile Workers
 Terminate Strike

Nashua. N. IT., Nov, 10. lUPl- An l8-day strike of more than 4,0Oo CIO textile employees of the Nashua Manufacturing Co, worlds largest blanket mill, ended today as main tenance workers re-entered the plants here in Jackson and produc- ton employees planned to follow to- morrow
 A contract providing foS an eight cent-an-hour pay rise, 6 6o-cent hourly minimum and a seven-cent increase for workers on the third shift was signed by officials of the Textile Workers Union of America (CIO) and company representatives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Ordered by Higher-ups

QieN
 Ordered by Higher-ups
 T was told by a higher-up that my mopping up of guerrillas was behind schedule and I'd better speed up. Fujishige testified. however. that he never reported to Yamasaita that Filipino civilians were killed in his command area because It was not true.
 T told my men that each of them must kill 100 Americans and destroy one tank before they were allowed to die" he added.
 Mai. Robert M Kerr, Portland, the chief prosecutor, prefoced Fuj- ishige's oral testimony with a mass of documentary testimony gleaneo from captured Japanese diaries and other sources to supplement the
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19

Frankfurt. Nov l9-tUP)-Army authorities still were checking today on results of surprise black market raids yesterday when an estimated 100000 soldiers seized security vio- lators throughout the American zone in Germany.
 Army headquarters said estimates of the number arrested and the quantities of illicit goods seized probably would not be available be- fore "wednesday.
 The raids were patterned after last Julys operation that resulted in the arrest of 80,000 persons. mostly Nazis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19

Announcement of 2 one-mill or more tax rate decrease for Water bury may be made tomorrow nishl at the final budget hearing ot the Board of Finance. The city's pro posed 1946 budget probably will be announced also
 The tax rate decrease is promised on the anticipated 1945 Grand List of s2l5 million, an increase Of S2o million over the current list of sl90 million. The anticipated figure was revealed last week by Aldro Jenks, chief assessor of the city.
 The budge5 and Grand List com putations must be passed upon ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Parents Cannot Be Reimbursed
 For Taking Children to Schools

such a ruling Applicable to all Con necs.cut towns within the specified tion) in regards to 3 situation which had arisen in the Town of Burling- ton relative to Section l30S Of the l94l Supplement to the General Statutes. The letter reads in part, as follows:
 Any town i1 which nigh school |, not maintained shall pGy the res- sona,ole and necessary costs Q, .ranE- portat tlon of any pupil y'ho res ass with his parents or sGasa. ns ii'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
By FREDERICK (. OTHMAN

Washington. Nov. l9 CUP)--News !slike gold; it's where you find it. where you find it, And here. with And here, with no more ado, IS an interview with my bride aboG. her war with the Federal Government. Put your money on her the govern ment hasn't chance.
 She said the Messrs. Snyder Bowles, ct al have been so busy pokine their big noses into the female clothing situation that she's thinl-'n O. going nudist. If her haii were Icnger and she had a white horse hate to think what she
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
IT Jap Leaders Put Behind Bars

Tokyo, Nov. l9.-(UP) - Gen. Douglas Macarthur today ordered the arrest of ex-premier Gen. Kun iaki Koiso and 10 other fallen Jap anese war lords for investigation and possible trial as war criminals. LSHRDLUSI LIN LIN in 1914 and was governor-General of Korea in l942.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Special To The Democrat

Special To The Democrat
 Residents of towns not maintaining high-schools are not compelled to avail themselves of the transpcrta- ton means afforded by the town in sending the resident students to md from schools in other towns; ret such residents who do provide iaeir own means of transportation or their children can not seek travel reimbursement from the town. This n the text of a recent ruling nend- d down by Attorney General WiI- liam Haddenso of Connecticut
 The state official handed down
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Army Raids Black
 Marts in Germany

Starting at dawn. soldiers armed with rifles and machine guns ap- peared along every highway and country road from southern Ger many to the north boundaries Of the American zone. They blocked traffic and checked all vehicles and passengers.
 In the cities infantrymen were sped in trucks through narrow streets to neighborhoods where black markets were known to oper- ate.
 It was not disclosed whether any
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
OPA Retains AZ Cor List
 Anti-InfIotion
 Formula Given

Washington. Nov l9 - (UP) - The average 1946 model automobile will sell for about the same retail price as in January of 1922.
 The OPA. after a series of delays, finally announced it's "anti-infla- ton price formula last night. The initial announcement included spe- cific dollars and cents ceilings for only two companies, Ford and Stakeholder. On other makes, how ever, it told the public what to eX- pect.
 Tn general, F'ords sill retail at two per cent more than Tn l942'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Finance Board to Hear Final Report on Budget

approved by the Board ot Aloegme" l,efore formal adoption.
 The increased Grand List l. eX- peeted to be applicable to many pri-, yate dwellings within the city ana some industries rather than an across -the-line increase applicaDle 10 all. h some instances, 1. has lesn declared, assessments vii lbe oou- bled while others will be de2re9 sed cn the same scale.
 Tn revealing the figure, MT Jenks also disclosed that So million Of the anticipated s25 million in-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Late News Bulletins
INDONEsIAN GOVERNOR ARRESTED.

Batavia, Nov l9.-(UP)-The IndOnesian governor oi Central arrested today after assassination Of three British officers in Semarang and brisk skirmsh in which four Amoinese troops of the Dutch were killed zs wounded and at least 20 lndOnesians killed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19

Distribution Of all letters can not be made in one day. but will continue until all l8,000 are deliv- cred, the league added
 The use Of these little stlckers on holiday mail has long been a tradition with Waterburians-giving evidence of their whole-hearted
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
LONERGAN LOSES APPEAL

Washington. Nov. 19.-(UP)-Wayne Thomas Loner' an Few York lost appeal today for Supreme ur re- view of his conviction for the murder of his wife Patrca Lonergan the night of Oct 23, 1943.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Othman Expects to See Brides Hair CoDering Her Nakedness

do il the weather warmed up
 Get that. Snyder? Bowies. you paying attention? You want a lady Godiva clomp-clomping down Penli- sylvania Avenue? Goose pimplyf She planes you, Snyder, for put- ting out a Government edict-in- reverse, revoIutioninzing feminine styles about week after next. You Bowles, she holds answerahle fot
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
TRIAL BEGINS TOMORROW

Nuernberg Nov 19.-(UP)-COl. H. J. Phllippmore spokesman for the British prosecution staff said today that the Nuremberg trials would open tomorrow and all problems would be solved in due course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19
Sale Of Christmas
 Seals Begins Today

The annual sale of tuberculosis Christmas seals opens officially today with the distribution through the mall o1 thousands of letters containing seals to former and pospe tive purchasers the Waterbury AntiTubecuosis League said today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-19

Now for position that wiIi Iasi. Bulletin Free. Post Jr. College Vi Commerce..
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The Weather
Rain

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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

INTREPID commandant of the U. S.
Marine Corps. 1t. Gen. A. A. Vande-
qrif+ tdrawn while commanding First
Marines) has been decorated many
times. Among his awards are Distin-
quished Service Medal. Navy Cross.
Croix de Guerre and Medal Of Honor.
--Dratpire BY Lieut.. Albert X Murray, u. s. ~ r.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-18

VETERAN Of the U. S. S. Boise
famed battle with the Nip fleet in
Solomon Islands is Comdr. Thomas
K.Wolverton. He is now on duty at
Bureau Of Ships. Washington D. c. /
Drawing BY Lieut.. Albert X. Murray. U. s. N. r.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
Spanish
Parley Set

MADRID. May ? ms 80 A
member Of the Spanish Fslancist
National Council was reported en-
route 70 Switzerland today n an
attempt 10 end the deadlock he
tween Franco and Don Juan pre-
tender 10 the Spanish throne
Jose Maria Areilza viii confer
with Don Juan in Lausanne con-
cernin1 the pretendorS demand Of
some weeks ago that Franco ahd.-
cate in his favor
Wen-informed circles said Arc
liza undertook the Trip or RS
oVn initiative and would ro' con-
Vev regency proposals OF Franco :
behalf. ss reported abroad.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
Divorce Ends
Rail Romance

7Trr hazards Of wartime travel
reached a new high last Decem-
Der. Mrs Shirley Battle related
today n Circuit Judge James K.
Chenot court
Mrs Battle. who lives az l20l6
Kilhournc. said she met Charles
r Battle on the train on route 70
Los Angeles shortly after Christ
mas and that they stopped off
AZ Kansas City, Kan TO get mar
ricd
we went on 10 Los Angeles"
she testified. and after We got
there he said II was all n mis-
take and he was sorry we got
married. When he lefi he took
my money and ration hook"
Whep she got hack 10 Detroit
or borrowed funds. Mrs Battle
SAID she learned her husband Of
l3 DAYS was under arrest for non
payment Of alimony in Howell
Mich Judge Chehot granted the
divorce.
The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
4 Warrants Out
LIN Hooper killing
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charges Of alleged graft in con-
nection with race track legisla-
ton.
The first plan. the investigation
revealed. was 10 secrete dyna-
mite charge in Hooper's car,
primed 10 explode when he
stepped on the starter, hut this
was abandoned when the trigger
man" said he could not obtain the
explosive and backed out.
PREFERRED GUN
The use Of a black lack and
rope 10 StranGle the victim was
next decided upon ~ waslearHed,
but this too failed when the
gorilla decided ne would rather
use a gun.
About one week before the
Staying. one authoritative source
said, one Of the conspirators drove
a gunman 10 Albion 10 kill Hooper
there. This failed when Hooper $
wife and son joined him in a sun
parlor as the killer was about 10
shoot. il is charged
The warrant alleges the con-
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03

spiracy took place between Dec,
2, 1914, the day Frank Mckay,
ousted Republican party boss;
Floyd Fitzsimmons, Benton Her-
Dor lobbyist and sports promoter,
and the former Rep. William
Green of Hillman, were indicted.
Hooper was 10 be the major wit
ness against thtm.
PROBE FUND SOURCE
The warrant was requested by
Detective 1t, Lyle w Morse of
tho state police With him before
Judge Bibbines we're James
Dunn. Calhoun County prosecu-
tor, Kim Sieler. special grand Jury
porescutOr and special Calhoun
County assistant prosecutor and
Murl X. Aten, Jackson County
prosecutor.
Investigators have heen trying
TO learn where Harry Fleisher
obtained huge amounts OF money
-seen-in his possession about the
time the conspiracy was hatched.
Arrangement Of the four was
set for p. m Saturday in Judge
Bibbngs office in Battle Greek S
city hall. The date Of the eXami-
nation Will be fixed at that time
and probably will be held early
next week IL was Siafnd
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
PRAISE DETECTIVES

Credited with developing the
trail of witnesses in the case were
detectives Arthur Glover and Law
renee Sheehy of the Detroit homl-
eide division. They were assigned
10 the probe last January.
Others working with SiCler,
who recently was appointed Spe-
cial assistant prosecutor of Cal
houn County 10 facilitate the
investigation, were Jackson Prose-
cutor Merle Aten. Capts. Harold
Mulbar and Hanson of state po-
lice and a host of other inveSti-
gators.
Hooper was slain Jan. II on the
Lansing-Albion highway just out
side Springport. He was shot three
times in the head.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
Artist Commended

Sgt Marvin Collins ~ com,
mercisl artist now with the army
air forces IN England. was COM
mended for painting Ia posters
his wife. Mrs Edna Collins. 1861
W. Bethune was informed today
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
Decoration Day
Parade Approved

The common council has given
formal approval to the request of
the Joint Memorial Day parade
committee 10 stage the cltyS an
nual observance. The parade will
start AT 2 p. m. from Peterboro
and Woodward and follow the
customary route down Woodward
and over Jefferson 10 Hastings,
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
CONTINUE PROBE

the testimony of the witnesses
can he recorded" said Sigler.
There will he no more muir
ders in this case" Sigler stated,
explaining the conspiracy war
rants.
This IL not n solution Of the
murder case by any means. IL
is merely a step, incident 10 so
luton. The officers will con-
tinue their investigation of the
murder itself"
WRIT DISMISSED
Petition for writ of habeas
corpus 10 effect release of Ma
honey. one of the four named IN
I the conspiracy warrants today
was dismissed today by Circuit
Judge John Simpson in Jackson
Judge Simpson ordered Ma
honey's continued retention when
Kim Sigler, special grand jury
prosecutor, informed him of the
warrants.
During the proceedings Sigler
and Theodore j, Rodgers, Ma
honey's Detroit attorney wrangled
over the latters right to talk to
his client.
MY client has been badly
mistreated, mentally or other
WISE" Rodgers said, although
l don't think physically"
ATTORNEY ANGRY
Signer objected and said:
"Mahoney has been treated
kindly In every way"
Does this warrant mean"
Rodgers asked, that Mahoney
now goes TO Calhoun County
and gets out Of your clutchese"
He has never been in my
clutches" Sigler answered. He
has been In the Jurisdiction OF
the law"
The conspiracy warrants came
after IL days OF intensive ques'
tioning highlighted by contempt ol
court charges against Harry
Fleisher and Selik.
Selik was sentenced to so days
and F1eisher TO 80 days in the
Ingham County Jail last Satur-
day by Judge Carr after they hac
refused TO answer grand jury
questions.
The group had made the saloor
on Dexter their hangout.
On April "a, Henry Luks, 81, oi
Detroit, who has a long police
record of minor crimes, was ar
rested Police described Luks as
a small-time racketeer.
The following day police appre-
hended Sammy ChivaS. 30, former
Michigan welterweight champion
who manages tavern at 2420 St
Aubin. Luks and Chivas were said
to have vital information
wanted by police.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-03
Detroit Captive Freed

Pvt Stanley John Dudzuc OF
Detroit. serving in the Canadian
army. has been liberated from a
German prison camp. His brother,
X. Grandy. lives al 1885 Fielding.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
KET(HIkAN FIRM GETS APPROVAL
 OF WAGE RATES

A decision made by the Alaska Wage Stabilization Director, regard ing proposed rates of pay for en- plcyees of the Tongass Trading Company at Ketchikan, has been amended by action of the Regional War Labor Board at Seattle
 D. E. Davis, present Alaska VILE head, stated his predecessor, Dr. Charles F. Battin, had given only partial approval to increased wage rates and new job classifications for which the Ketchikan firm had sought ratification. The classifi- cation and pay rates concerned were those of non- union administrative of the company.
 The Alaska decision was rendered on June 8, 1945. The company i'm n,ediately appealed to the VILE Re- gional Board, which, on July 5, voted blanket approval to the Tongass ap- plication as proposed, over-ruling denial of certain portions of the ap- plication,. Davis said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
Gives Darn Good (ussing 10 Jap; Lands in Jail

SACRAMENTO, July 19,-A tirade against Japanese-American soldier and his family has landed Mrs Wilma Insigne, 34, of Walnut Grove Calif.. in the Sacramento County Jail because, iii the words of Justice Milo Dye, "doing you favor is doing ycu, an injustice"
 Dye, Walnut Grove Justice of the Peace. sentenced Mrs Insigne to 90 days in jail on charges of disturbing the peace and using vulgar, profane and indecent language.
 Secretary of the Interior Ickes yesterday cited her conviction as the first jail sentence imposed for threatening returned Japanese-Am- ericans.
 She was arrested on the complaint of Army Pvt. Yoshio Matsuoka, who has just returned to the United States after 10 months in a German prison camp Matsuoka charged that the woman threatened to have his fathers home burned down if the family remained in Walnut Grove.
 From her cell Mrs. Insigne scream ed last night: Its lie, a dirty Jap-loving lie! I positively did not threaten any Japs. just gave them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
BERT LYBECK RETURNS

Bert Lybeck, former Street Su- perintendent, who has been south for some months, has returned to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
5EAMEN TO ASK MORE PAY WHEN
 BONUS REDUCED

WASHINGTON, July le.-Repre- 5entatiyes of maritime unions claim ing to represent 240,000 seamen urged the War Labor Board today . to grant basic wage increases to make up for wartime bonus reduc- ticns.
 Ship operators will be heard to- morrow in opposition.
 Howard Mckenzie, Vice. President of the National Maritime Union. reaffirmed the seamen's no strike pledge and asserted the last bullet fired in this war will have a union label on it.
 The men are asking minimum wage of 55 cents an hour against present pay of 34 to 42 cents, and time and a half for over 40 hours instead of straight time now paid for a 56-hour week
 Even with the $100 month bonus, which last Sunday was cut on order faDf the Emergency Maritime Board to $50 in some areas and $40 in the Atlantic and part of the Pacific, McKc Kcnzie said the seamen recruited since the war started have not been able to maintain the same status as anen in shoreside industries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-19
AL ZENGER RETURNS

Al Zenger, Business Manager of the Empire, who flew south July 3 on vacation, returned home to- day via Pan American.