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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
lMacArtlh1ur May Be Called As Pearl Harbor Witness

Washington, Sept. 28 - (UP) - Gen. Douglas MacArthur may be . witness when Congress Pearl Har- bor Investigating Committee goes to the Pacific, 1t was learned today.
 The committee already has de- cided 1t will visit Pearl Harbor. Stops at Manila and Tokyo are also possible.
 The suggestion to hear MacArthur during the Pacific trip arose as a result of President Truman's state- ment that he does not expect the General back in the United States in the near future.
 December 2, 1941
 There is some belief that Mac- Arthur, as commander in the Philippines when the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, might be able to contribute something to the committees full-scale investigation of the facts and circumstances sir- rounding war-provoking blow on December [, 10l1.
 The committee decided to visit Pearl Harbor to hear witnesses who couldn't be readily available in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Million Pacific Vets Due Home In Coming Month
Claim BeardsLey Repudiates COP
 Report MoyOroIty Candidate
 Refuses Anv Nominotion

Judge Harry A. Beardsley out- standing Republican candidate for the Inayoralty post this fall today is reported to have bitterly repudi- ated the entire local COP. leader ship accusing 1t of making c debacle of the party's election plans.
 The condemnation of COP. ace tivitles came about, 1t Is reported, following c meeting of . special election committee last night held In the YfCA when Republican leads CTS expressed confidence among themselves over the likelihood that Judge BeardSley would accept the nomination.
 As reported here previously the COP nayoralty candidacy has "gone begging" resulting in mad Scrafi- bio by party leaders to find sofie- ono who would agree to accept the responsibility of opposing the for- midable Democratic organization. Inefficient
 Judge Boardsley, according to most reliable sources, B said to have charged inefilcieney and in- ability among the leadership of tho Republicans which has resulted in the current predieafnent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Patton Meets Eisenhower Today
 Will Account for
 Stewardship Differences

Frankfurt, Sept. 28,-(UP)-Qen. George 6. Patton arrived at Gen. Dwight D. Eisonhowef's headquars tars today to give asf accounting of his stewardship as military gov" ernor of Bavaria.
 Patton went directly Into confer. ence Co report to Eisenhower why ho failed Co carry out the supreme o0EaFnander's orders to denaxify tho Bavarian civil government complete" iy.
 Fifteen minutes after the ccn terence began, Mat. Gen. Oiarefict Adcock and Waiter Dor1, military government experts, were called in'
 Delayed
 pattonb trip from his Bavafian headauaFters to Frankfu. Tt in 70. aponse Co ElsenhoweF's summons was delayed when chilly rains halt: cd air travel between Munich ard Frankfurt.
 Patton set out on the 200.miie trip by automobile to give Elsofl- hover his version of tho dispute which arose whom tho U, 8. Third Army commander said st was Eleees.. saFy to retain some former Na2i party members in administrative petitions for which no was respofis aibie as military governor.
 Eisenhower's headquarters had made it clear that Patton's position as military government Of Bavaria, tiirougl which the Third Army swept in the final push against the German army, depended on his re- port to the supreme commander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28

Washington as well as to get Q pie ture of the physical layout at the Hawaiian base.
 Members indicated their desire to keep flexible the scehdule of future activity.
 Definite decisions on the course of action were deferred, however, pending a study by former Attorney General William D. Mitchell of all available records of the attack.
 Mitchell, the committees newly selected counsel, obtained working quarters yesterday in the supreme Court building and began looking around for staff assistants.
 Committee, members. meanwhile, voiced resentment at published re- port that politics influenced their selection of Mitchell.
 Barkley DenunciatiOn
 Committee Chairman Alben w. Barkley of Kentucky, denounced on the Senate floor newspaper ac- count containing the charge Te seld that Democratic National Chair tcontinuel on Page q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Atom Bombs Could Wipe OutNofion

San Francisco, Sept. %. (UP)-- Foreign saboteurs could blow up every major city in the U. s. in 90 minutes by planting 72 atomic bombs in secret spots, Dr. Eugene staley, director of the Institute of Pacific Relations, said today.
 Staiey based his statement on opinion voiced by Americas top scientists ct e secret atomic bomb conference held by the University of Chicago last week.
 The scientists agreed that there was no defense against the atomic bomb and nothing in the cards" to indicate Q defense might be dis- covered, Staley said.
 Scientists ct the Chicago conter- ence believed that all the nations in the world will learn how to pro- duce atomic bombs within two to ten years if they are left to their own devices, the west coast savant said.
 Rocket projectiles capable of car- rying atomic bombs from Asia or
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Discount Bonk Profit Claims

Boston, Sept. %. CUP)-The "in- pression in some quarters" that banks have profited "unduly dur ing the war is untrue, the First National Bank of Boston said today in its monthly New England letter.
 From 1889 to 1914 the yield on each dollar of investment declined by 37 per cent and on loans by g per cent" the letter said "wwh!le during this same period wholesale commodity prices Increased by 35 per cent and hourly factory wage earnings by nearly SO per cent"
 To offset possible losses, the bank said capital funds are maintained to safeguard depositors with the traditional rule of thumb one dollar of capital funds for every ten dollars of deposits. As a result of war financing, deposits sky- rocketed-at a rate six times that of capital funds-and in conse- quence the capital-deposit ratio is now about one to 16."
 Economic Welfare
 Asserting that the question of commercial bank earnings involves in it's scope the future economic welfare of this country" the bank said:
 "Approximately 03 cents out of every dollar of bank funds are in the form of deposits owned by the public and subject to withdrawal on demand. Consequently, the banks must be kept in sound position to meet the demand of the deposi- tors, pay expenses and taxes. as well as to make a reasonable re- turn onthe investment of stock holders"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Gov. McGroth NomedAs
 FederoIAt

Washington, Sept. 2e.-(UP)-The White House announced today that President Truman has nominated Gov. J. Howard Mc0rath of Rhode Island to be solicitor general of the United States. He is to suc- ceed Charles F'ahey, who resigned. The nomination will be sent to the senate today.
 Senate Approval
 McGrath. born Nov. 2e, 1908 at Woonsocket, R. T., attended Provi- dence college and Boston university. He has been @ member of the Rhode Island bar since 1929 and was U. S. attorney Il Rhode Island from lo35 to 1040.
 McGrath is serving his third term as governor of Rhode Island.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Seomen GetPoy Increase

Washington, Sept. 90 - (UP) - The War Labor Board today ordered c 94b monthly wage increase for S0,ss GOO licensed seafnen employed py 42 Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Si Pa- c!fic coast shipping companies.
 The pay raise, effective Oct. ], ig to compensate in part for the dis- continuance on that date of war risk voyage bonuses which have been paid since io40. Companies and unions agreed in advance to abide by the WLB deciSioa.
 The WLB refused to grant 6 46 per cent wage increase demanded by the unions on the basis Of c res cent board decision granting c e40 monthly voyage Increase to 100000 unlicensed seamefi. The wage raise for tho unlicensed personnel, also effective Oct. 1, was from ei00 70 ei4b monthly, or 4b per cent boost.
 The VILE held, however, that the same award - e46 - to the higher- paid licensed masters, mates and pic lots. "preaerveG the preswar differ entiais among the licensed person. mel which the parties themselves had established by collective bar- gaining"
 The board said 1t does not make any determination whether the re- suiting level of rates for licensed personnel Is adequate for normal I,eace-tirne operations, or whether existing differentlals are appropri- ate.
 seThe boards conclusion is based solely on the special circumstances
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Rationing or Meat,
 Shoes to End This Year
oPA Chief BowIes Foresoes Possible Quicker Action
(International)

Washington, Sept. 2B-(UP)@The public received it's first fist guar antee today that oil meat and shoe rationing will Do over by the end Of the year.
 The promise was made by Price Chief Chester Bowles in c letter to members of 0PA's Industry Advis- cry committee asking their advice on when price controls should De eliminated.
 Noting that gasoline, fuel oil, processed foods, oil stoves, tractor tires and cheese had already been removed from rationing, BowleS said:
 "shoes and meat will come of the list by the end of i046-per. haps sooner. Tires and fats and oils will probably come oil early in ie4e. That will leave only sugar from c three year rationing pro- gram affecting the lives Of every American citizen"
 Sugar
 He did not indicate when sugar could be taken of rationing except to say 1t would be when supply catches up with demand" That day is not yet in sight.
 The OpA has already announced that one-third of all meats will be ration free beginning next Sunday Final removal of the other two- thirds might come ct any time after that. Likely dates are the begin- ming of the November or the De- cember ration period.
 The latest prediction on the end of shoe rationing Is that 1t will come by Oct. IS.
 Tn seeking industry's advice on the ending of price controls, Bowles made 1t plain that he still is afraid of postwar imitation and therefore wants to continue controls on many Items at least until the middle of next year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
PoFiens BuFieS'
 | Own Doctor

Cambridge, MassY sept. SS -(UP) -Tw0 yearB ago Mrs. Cynthia l.. Randall Of Brain. tree was stricken with pneu- mOnia, and her doctor said she couldn't live,
 Since then the doctor has Aled-at the age of bs.
 Today Mrs. Randall, spry and healthy, celebrated her lO5th birthday by holding open house ct the home of her great.granddaughter here.
 A native of Passport, Me, and widow of . Portland, Me-, shIpbuiIdcr, Mrs. Randall de. scrlbed her longevity as SoEae- thing that "Euns in the fam- iIy." She added that the best insurance against an early death-say at 30 or sO-was activity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Extended Weather
 Report

Boston, Sept, 2e-(UP)-The New England extended weather forecast; 1;
 TemperatuFeS during the next i've days will average near the seasonal normal in northern New England and from two to six degrees above normal in southern New England. 4 moderate drop in temperatures will occur Sunday and cool weather will continue Monday.
 Following Q brief rise in temper. ature Tuesday, cooler weather Will set in Wednesday,
 Normal temperatures for the per- iod include Boston, 60 degrees; New Haven, Conn, and Nantucket. bo; Providence, Be; Concord, N. H., Bur- lington, Vt., and Portland, Me, b6.
 Total fainfall will range from two-thirds inch or more in northern sections to between one-fourth to two-thirds inch in southern New England. Most of the rain will oc- cur as moderate to heavy showers Saturday but Q few light showers are likely Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28

Up to two weeks ago he was the leading candidate and had agreed to accept the post after being TO. auested to do 60 by the party lead- CTS. This was followed by tho city convention caucus when the leader- ship openly swung It's favor toward former Alderman Charles Schmidt who in turn declined any such of- fers. Since that time COP. lead- CTS have sought numerous Water- bury men now in uniform to accept the post. All have declined. The result has ben c bitter reaction on tho part of Judge Beardsley.
 No Candidates
 Thus ct press time today the local Republican lack 0 fIiayorAlty candi- date-and candidates for controller, city clerk and tax collector.
 "The management Of the Repub- lican party has made such Q Iness Of the entire affair that no one could ever be elected COP mayor of Waterbury" Judge Beardsley iS reported to have said in answer to queries made today that he would
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Yo-Ho-Ho, And Pieces or Eight Worth $2,OOO

and the hunt was on.
 I crossed a choppy stretch of water separating Nauset Beach = on a peninsula of Chatham Light from the mainland at dawn with Snow, an acknowledged student of the New England coast whose ex- ploits have ranged from uncover ing sea monsters to acting as a flying Santa Claus" to lonely light- house keepers at Christmas time.
 Accompany us in the dory were Shows brother Donald and Good walter" Eldredge. Chatham fisher man.
 We landed and followed the code instructions. Six hours later, after digging at four spots. Snow struck a metal object.
 Shades Of Joln Silver
 It was the chest. Clawing eagerly in the nine-foot hole. Snow hauled the 70 by 6 by 6 inches box from the sand. He broke open the lock and lifted the creaklng cover. We saw a pile of aaeaming coins heaped on the bottom Spanish pieces q
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
Blondes Prefer
 Bonds
By JACK GAvER

0y 5kANA OAVGks
 Limited Press StafR COrrespOndent)
 New York, Sept. 28.-(UP)-The little brunette who made blondes famous doesn't think she could do 1t today. At least, not in the same way-not by writing a book called "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
 "It isn't that blondes aren't still on the preferred list" explained Miss Anita Loos. "It's the current economic setup. The gentlemen are hard put to 1t these days to have enough money left after taxes to carry on as if there weren't a few blondes who now are keeping gentlemen"
 For the new generation perhaps it should be explained that Miss Loos' funny little novel. Gentle Prefer Blondes" supposedly diary of an ex-showgirl turned profes- sional lady, was the rage back in 1925 and for year or so after wards. It was turned into a suc- cessful Broadway play by her hus- band, John Emerson. and she clean od up. After that there was the inevitable sequel-" But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes." since Miss Loos (contlnuod on Page Al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
LucoreIIi Confined In Prison
 Listed as S1st
 Lifer at WetheFs-
 field Prison

Nicholas Lucarell today OK. changed his name for No. lb,3ie and his freedom for c cell ct Wethers- field State Prison, where he was taken yesterday afternoon to begin c life sentence for tho knife-stay- ing of Mrs. Mary Hatch.
 The eist prisoner now serving . life term, Bicarelli will be kept In quarantine for two weeks and then will enter into the regular routine prison schedule with other inmates, Warden Ralph Walker stated to- day. 7
 Lucaseili faced c possible death penalty on Q charge of nrat degree murder. but yesterday in Superior Court he wag permitted to plead guilty to c charge Of second degree murder. Four Connecticut men, in" cluding one from Waterbury, are now in the death section of the pri. son, awaiting appeal action, the warden pointed out.
 Good Spirits
 The latest inmate from Water- bury lis taking 1t as well as can be expected" Warden Walker stated.
 The prison ofiicial commented the prisoners "are coming in SO fast" he has not had on opportunity to visit ct any length with any of them. He said he would see more of Lucaselli after the quarantine period ends. Fourteen other men were sent to the prison from the Waterbury Superior Court during the past week.
 Mrs. Hatch, wife of c servicernaIi, was stabbed at Brunos restaurant on Savings street, last July i4 and died three days later. Lucarelli gave his parting gesture of love for the victim when he visited her grave yesterday before starting his term.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28
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Macarthur, meantime. ized full Japanese production textiles except silk and zIlK lures. The latter requlke approval Rom Allied heata1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-28

Tokyo, Sept. 28.-(UR) Gen Douglas MacArthrr t day ordered the arrest of S4 Japanese occused Of z massacre of more than 100 Allied war prisoners and am nounced that three vetera Pacific combat divisions would embark for the United States within seven weeks
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Evening star., 1945-04-25
Poultry Black Market
Up to 81, 500 Over CeIino

BALTIMORE, April 25 R.-
Baltimore black market dealers ir
poultry are reported paying 5000 tt
$1,000 above ceiling prices for poul-
try, but even then they can't COM
pete with New Workers reportedly
paying excesses up to $4,000 pei
load.
A high State OPA official said
in making these statements, that
the bulk of surplus chickens re-
leased by the War Food Administra-
ton for general consumption in the
Baltimore area not only was going
to black market dealers, but black
market dealers outside of the State
BLACK market dealers willingly
pay up to so cents a pound for
poultry" he said. Current ceiling
prices for delivered, undressed poul-
try range from 27l2 cents to IS cents
One established Baltimore dealer
J. Raymond Burlington, jr., who
also Is a member of the Maryland
General Assembly, said:
I'VE are getting only Is per cent
as many chickens as we receive in
normal year. We could get all
we want, within reason, if we dealt
in the black market"
H. H. Rieck, Preston, Nd, presi-
dent of the Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council, said Eastern
Shore processing plants were turn
ing out about 100000 to 100000
broilers for public sale each week,
yet these chickens are not to be
had in normal trade channels ex-
cept in limited quantities.
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air over the stream suddenly filled
with jagged black air bursts and
water beneath seemed to boil. Nc
boats were on the river there at
that time, but it did not seem pos
sible that one could have survived
had 1t been there.
A soldier beside me watching
this remarkable exhibition of pyro-
technics from handy ditch, said,
Hell, you should have seen it yes
terday. The Kraut's losing his
steam"
We went across in ducks today,
along with a lot of troops, equip
ment and ammunition. In the
afternoon ducks were flying back
and forth across that 200 yards of
water in a scene of wild confusion
which would have done good to
Dante's heart. These same ducks
he'd been at Anzio, Salerno and in
South France landings, but never
have they been any buster.
Everything was going wrong, of
course. and vet the thing was being
done. That is the way war is. Ducks
were getting stuck on sandbars and
trying to pull each other off, the
wrong ones were being loaded with
the wrong stuff and then going to
the wrong place. nobody could find
anybody or anything-and yet the
men and supplies were moving across
the river with incredible speed. No
matter what happens nobody seemed
to get very excited about it; prob
ably that was why things worked
out somehow. These men had seen
enough of this kind of thing to
know that in a battle nothing hap
pens the way it is supposed to, and
yet there is always a way of working
things out.
Sees Many Washingtonians.
Pfc Nicholas Del Crosse was there
driving one of the ducks. He comes
from Washington. He was just
missed by a piece Of shell fragment
this morning. 1t took the leg off
the man next to him. Two Of his
friends driving ducks had been bad
ly wounded this morning, but he
was doing all right.
So was Sergt. Robert Seliger of
ASH Kansas avenue NV, whom
I bumped into almost as soon as
set foot on the north bank of the
river. His wife, Rena. lives at the
Washington address. He was sitting
in the entrance of German dugout
where this time yesterday German
had been sitting
We walked to a regimenta1 COM
mand post in a farmhouse Just be-
yond one of four villages held by us
north of the Po in this area On the
way up we passed line of German
prisoners being led down to- The
waters edge, their hands on top of
their heads. Villagers hooted at
them as they went by, and couple
of them grinned, but most of them
looked straight ahead.
On the perimeter, the infantry was
pushing ahead, constantly expand
ing the area held by us, and they
were meeting some opposition. But
inside that perimeter all was peace
full now. Cattle, penned up near the
command post, we're lowing COM
Portable. People who lived there
looked lazily at our planes droning
Evening star., 1945-04-25
Allies Cross Pc River
In Pursuit Of Nazjs
Fleeing Northward

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, April 25.-Both the
British 9Th and American 5th
Armies sent troops across the
Pc River today in pursuit Of dis
organized German forces reeling
back toward Italy's northern
border.
The crack 10th American Noun
tain Division won the first Allied
foothold beyond the barrier stream
Monday morning in the face OF what
a communique called a remarkably
fierce" concentration of enemy fire
Units of the 9th Army also span
ned the stream to the east later.
Exactly where the Allied forces
won the crossings was not disclosed
as the Allied command clamped on
a security blackout to keep as much
information as possible from the
enemy.
Ferrara and La Spezia Fall.
1t was known, however, that the
American 10th Division, racing for
ward IS miles in two days, crossed
the river at point where 1t is about
200 yards wide with gradually slop-
ing shores. The Germans, protected
by earthworks, poured hail Of lead
into the Allied assault boats, but
the 10th quickly secured a bridge
mead.
In the Po Valley northwest Of
Bologna, other 5th Army elements
mopped up extensive German units
by-passed in the first advance, which
overran Modena
Everywhere along the long. twist
ing battle line, from Ferrara on the
right flank to the Port of La Spezia
on the Ligurian coast. Allied troops
were reported moving swiftly ahead
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fessedly on his way to surrender to
face high treason charges In France.
A member Of the marshals en-
tourage said Petain escaped" from
the Germans by q ruse and that
during the trip from sigmaringen
to the Swiss Austrian border Petain
held q tommy gun In his lap while
a second was held by one of his
bodyguards as the party had feared
to the last that German SS troopers
would interfere.
At one place, the spokesman said
they were stopped by SIS troopers
who directed them to Immenstadt,
as miles east Of Lake Constance in
Hitler's national redoubt zone.
dispatches yesterday said
car containing SS men was in
the nine-car Petain convoy when
1t arrived at the border. A gov
ernment spokesman in Paris said
Petain originally applied to
German authorities" to ap-
proach the Swiss on his behaf.)
The spokesman for the party said
Petain had been active in the last
few months in Germany endeavor-
ing to arrange for the return to
France of French prisoners of war
and in seeking to improve con-
ditions in concentration camps.
One member of the marshal's s
party said conditions in Germany
uere iy,nnscihIs patoip he coid
was given passable food by the Ger
mans. but the rest OF the party
got barely anything-"potatoes and
bread"
A spokesman for the party said
the marshal hoped American SOL
diers would be the first to meet
him at the frontier.