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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
OAR Negro Ban Scored ByT runrons
 President, Wife
 Show DispIeosure
 Over R0fusoI

Washington, Oct. 12.-lUP)- Both President and Mrs. Truman expressed their displeasure today over the refusal df the Daughters of the American Revolution to per- Negro artists to appear ia the or ganixatlon's Constitution Hall here Expressed Views
 Both expressed their views in reply to teiegraTns from Rep. Clay- ton Powell, jr., Democratic Negro congreMman from New York, pros testing the OARS refusal to per. nit his wife, pianist Hazel Scott, to give Q concert in the hall on Oct. 20
 The President said "One Of the marks of democracy is It's wnImg. ness to respect and reward talent without regard to race or origin" ife noted that we had just won c victory in war against Nazi enemies which made racial discrimination their state policy"
 Powell had asked Mrs. Truman, an honorary member Of the 1nde. pendence, Mo, OAR chapter, to reject on invitation to tea today with the Susan Riviere HetEel chapter here.
 DeploFes Action
 She replied that she had accepted the invitation before the present issue arose and could not cancel it. But, she added, T deplore any action which denies artistic talent on opportunity to express itself Dc. cause of prejudice against race or origin"
 m io30, the then first lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, resigned from the OAR because it banned Negro soprano, Marian Anderson, from It's building. Constitution Hall, the OARS private property, B the capi- tal's chief concert and lecture audi toFium.
 The OAR ,feaftirRed It's ban against Negroes yesterday and rec fused to reconsider it after todays
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us. Reds RenounceFor Editor As Frightened"

New York. Oct. 12. UP)-The Communist party and its official newspaper, the Daily Worker, said today that a serious error had been made in giving responsible party positions to Louis F. Budenz. who resigned as managing editor of the paper and president of its publish ing company to rejoin the Catholic Church.
 Statements from the partys na- tional committee and the newspaper said Budenz deserted to the "re- actionary cause of gigantic rnonop- oly corporations" and denied Budenz's statement that his action was taken because of religious con- viction.
 Budenz said yesterday that Com munism and Catholicism are ir- reconcilable.
 ''AEr. Budenz' past affiliations. in fact, should have given ug warning og his instability and unfltness for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

American-Hawaiian Steanashfp Co. freighter John H. Davey, into lzss Army base.
 The NMU was not represented on the John H. Davey, Stack haEd.
 Rebellion
 The action occurred as steued0rt3 rehelled against their union leadese ship and prepared to hold 6 kunp meeting in an effort to end tne strike.
 Stock said the MFoW had a6e vised the ships master that lls memehrs win shut of steam lG an attempt Is made to move it ia fsT unloading by ~scahs4.
 He said that the unions cez'< cred anyone who unloadsd t16 N@la before the longshQEemeu FN W return to work as sssean iahn term. he said. applied equally Army troops which have hztn to remove trocp gear z*tN Alaips. or ku IEsA M4Ak
 Officials pinned l'A4Ir t11 ending the ke NIz |e which Na& .4 EE N4|4 M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Compromise May Be Met On Strike
TFonsit Dispute Wolkout Slated For Tomorrow

Boston, Oct, 12-(UP)-A Wlllings ness to compromise was expressed today by c spokesman for the 1900 eastern Massachusetts Street Rail. way workers whose threatened wiids cat strike tomorrow would disrupt transportation for some 760,000 residents in 7i communities.
 Ernest D. Wlthrow, president of tho Workerg conference committee, said he hoped "there would Do O compromise somewhere along the line for the benefit of everyone con- cerned."
 The mon want q wage boost from e7 cents to oi.56 per hour, Withrow would not offer any specific cot1l- promise figure.
 HO made his statements prior to entering c conference among union and company officials and the state arbitration board.
 WithFow. who also is president of the Quincy (AFL) local, said no res celved no "direct" demands from the international that the strike which was voted yesterday be called of.
 Demands
 Asked # ho heard about the ins teFnational's demands indirectly, Wlthrow said: T would rather re. main lleutral-I'Vo heard talk Of them" Ia any event, Withrow said he would 90 along with the men in view of the 2 to strike vote.
 WIthrow said that Eastern Mas SachusettA was capable of granting wage increases to the employees Comparable companies elsewhere pay their men more than Eastern MaSsactusetts does, he said.
 WithroW suggested that 0ov. Toe bin appoint ono of tho three East- efn Massachusetts, Street Nailway trustees from the labor world" " This would do away with c lot of dissatisfaction, he said.
 Chairman Charles T. Cole or the board summoned union and cofns pany representatives to meet With his group ct ii c. T1., even aS oov' Maurice ], Tobin Of Massachusetts summoned State Labor Commriis- sloner James T. Morlarty home from c Cleveland convention ID an effort to bring order out of threat- ened chaos.
 international President 4. L.. @paiding of the Amalgamated Ass Roclatlon of Street. Electric Railway
 Motor Coach Employes Of America (AFL) telegraphed union locals here, ordering officers to prevent the members from striking and to submit to arbitration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
No Second
 Laval TrioI

Paris, Oct. I2-(UP)--PIerre La- val's last hope of escaping Q trai- tors death faded today when Gen. Charles De daulle announced there would be no second trial for the condemned Vichy premier.
 Do daulie's announcement was made ct c press conference itnmedi- ately after his return from Q visit to Belgium.
 Asked whether he would grant Laval Q second trial on the defense plea that the first hearing had been turned into farce by the preju. diced attitude Of the judge and jurors, De 0aulle replied fiatly:
 Adamant
 Certainly not"
 Pressed for a definite statement as to whether he would commute Laval's death sentence, as he did in the case of Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, the French president aa- swered cryptically:
 "You will read all about that in the newspapers"
 His evasive reply left fiickering spark of hope for Laval that he (Continued on Page e)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

New orleans, oct. I2.-(UP)-A fling of high living was over today for handsome, 16-year old Donald Cook Edwards after he confessed to the Chicago staying of his young companion in crime.
 Federal authorities held Edwards ct nearby 0retna, La., on c war; rant charging unlawful flight. He had been in custody for more than three weeks on an auto theft- charge before he broke down and told how he beat and stabbed to death Morton Stein, 16, in Stev- ems hotel room last May II.
 Edwards was then only l6.
 Tt was either kill or be killed, !" the youth asserted.
 Influence
 In . statement to police. Edwards said he had attended Senn high school in Chicago, where he took up with Stein, known to his associates as Flash Gordon, 6 youth who al. ways had plenty of money of niys- terious origin. =.
 The two left home and with gtein's money roamed the country and hung around dance halls and movie palaces, he said. They had been irl New York for a week when they came back to chicago ana ral & ihe ssasenA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
 Seek Brand OfDenocrocy

BuenoS Aires, Oct. 12-(UP)-A complete reorganization Of tho Ar. genuine cabinet has been effected, it was announcd officially today,
 The shakeup was carried out after young military officers per. sisted in their demands for sweep. ing steps to put Argentina on the road to democratic government fol. lowing the fall of Col. Juan D. Pers on.
 New Minister
 Before the announcement Of the complete reorganization of the cabinet, Gen. Eduardo AValos, new war minister, revealed that Adm. Vernengo Lima had been appointed navy minister.
 The appointment was made aS two powerful groups representing 1000 or more Argentine army and navy officers met with AvaloS and other members of the new govern. ment.
 The young officers are demand. ing free elections to pave the way
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Franco
 Revises 

Madrid, Oct. I2-(UP)-The Fran- co government sought today to ofF- set world criticism by taking steps to restore civil liberties, ordering municipal elections and granting q general amnesty to political prison- CTS.
 The reforms were promised in a communique issued after last nights cabinet meeting. It blamed a vast Communist conspiracy of inc ternational scope" for a persistent international campaign of defama- ton erected against Spain and it's regime"
 Program
 Tn listing specific reforms under taken by the Franco government, the comrrunique said:
 i. Projected laws are being sent
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
'1'U KiH You" Cry FoHowedB ByGun Blast
LoeoI Men FoiIS In Murder Try On Daughter

Screaming, "i'li kill youl I'll Kill youl" Jasper Rogers, 4e, 30 Eliza. beth street, entering his home early last night brandiShing c i2 gauge Remington shotgun, leveied the deadly weapon ct his daughter, Alta, who sat ct table Q few feet away, and pressed his finger to the trigger.
 After the smoke had cleared, the man, daEed and unbelieving, stared ct the spot, where Q few seconds before his daughter had sat. But now there was no chair, only Q splintered mass of wood; and just beyond lay the lifeleSs form of the daughters pet dog, victim Of the spraying pellets which had missed the girl who, frightened dove to the floor.
 Observation
 Rogers. brought to trial this morning in city court before Judge Charles Dumnia, was charged with aggravated assault and was cons nlitted Co the psyconethio ward Of the MiddletowYi State hospital where he win be examined to dc. terinine his mental status.
 Rogers, who was arrested last night ct e:i6 by Detective James Stack and Ofhcers Chris Delaney, Harold Sheen and Jerry Kennedy, appearing daEed and unhappy, kept telling police that no remembered nothing Of what had transpired at his home last night. He said that he could not remember where he obtained the gun, nor could he tell police what rnotivated the ac. ton.
 Judge summa continued tho case to tomorrow pending the findings of tho state pSychiatFista, ct which time the charge Of aggravated assault will contain on added sup. plement with intent to kill"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
ConontWorns OnAbuse
 Of Research

Chapel Hill, N. C., Oct. 12.-(UP) --Dr. James B. Conant president of Harvard university. expressed fear today that the nations uni- versailles will be stripped of pro- drtive men if government and private industry set up too many research institutes.
 Dr. Conant spoke at the 46th annual meeting of the Association of American Universities.
 Sponsors of research institutes, he said. fail to realize that first rate investigators and original scholars are relatively rare phe-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Ain't Nothing Sacred No More!

St0FFs, Conn.,, Oct. R- (UP)-TuFkeys are going to be so plentiful in Connecticut this year that Q Turkey -A-Month- Club" has been suggested to increase consumer demand.
 Director Sidney Edwards of the Connecticut Development Commission made the prOpOS- al at Q conference of turkey growers and after 1t was rec- commended that an educational program be launched to take the bird out of the holiday din- ner class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
PLAN COMMERCE DIRECTOR

New Orleans = (uP) - Postwar plans for the Port Of New Orleans Include Q director of commerce, . position which has been vacant since right after the war, but one that Is regarded as highly essential for the development of peacetirae water trade,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
NAZT CRIME

Wiesbaden Oct 12.-(UP) )-The possibility that some of the 4OOOdd Russians and Poles executed at the Hada- insane asylum may have been buried alive was ad- mitted today by the asylum undertaken
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
CRTPPLE STUDIOS

Hollywood, Oct. 12-(UP) )-PrOduction halted to- day at two film studios as strike leaders in the SOwee old movie industry wakout continued to press demands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
ACTUAL CT DELAY

London Oct. 12.-(UP)-A U. s. Army statement Salu today that the return of the Queen Elizabeth Aqutana and Victory ships to Britain meant the loss of ship ping space for 126,OOO men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
ARREST PERON

BuenOs Aires, Oct. 12.-(UPJ-COl Juan D. Peron, ex.strong of Argentina reported arrested to- day and the Argentine government subjected to full reorganization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Late NetUs Bulletins
TKE IS MAD

Frankfurt Oct, N-(UF)-Gen. Dwight D. Elsen. hover hit back today at critics back home who charged publicly that the Americans falling down the job of denaEfying and demiltarizing Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

Take a complete oF regFesEsF course. Day or evening at Post Junior Gel ieEe ag Cemnlercm
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Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
New Todd
Miracle
BY ROBERT GARLAND

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
MICHAEL r. TO d D. The
IVA IF" stands for fabulous"
has passed another miracle.
The miracle Of which I'm writ
ing is Up in Central Park" n
play-with-music by Herbert and
Dorothy Fields with a score out
Of Sigmund Romberg's topnost
drawer.
This "Up'in Central Park" Is
as good as SHOW Boat" and
Oklahoma" put together. AS
a matter of true reporting, it's
the best thing of the kind since
Show Boat" stood them UP at
the Ziegfeld and Oklahoma"
got TO going at the st. James.
No matter how you look at
IL. l don't see how Up in Gen.
trail Park" could be improved
upon. II has. if I may say so.
everything. The cast is pretty
near perfection. The direction
is what the librettists ordered.
The scenery is Currier- and
Iyesy. which is what the period
calls for.
And the dances, thanks TO the
Helen Tamaris who staged
them. are fresh and delightfully."-
un-Agnes-de- Mille-ish. This is,
10 my way of knowing. the first
time Miss TasnariS' dances have
come into New York. Believe
me. they're well worth waiting
for.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
No Argument

Neither here nor elsewhere
do ! intend to cook up an argu-
ment in connection with Robert
Burns Nantes 10 best plays.
There they are. and there
they'll remain long after the
Oldest playwright has faded and
the youngest critic has died. It
is a simple matter TO tell the
distinguished compiler of the
year book OF the drama-accorCi-
ing-to-M n h attain what he
should have left out. But,
franz I'm not in the least
GER what plays he should
have1hserted in their place.
I've always been a dud at So
called constructive criticism.
And so. my dear Robert. for
the 25th time-the 27th time if
1 include the years during
which your and Garrison Sher-
woods best plays of 1899
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
Winged Victory Tops

Well, from coast 10 coast, up
on the library shelves, the Off
cial 10 best plays Of l913.1944
are Winged Victory by Moss
Hart. The Searching Wind" by
Lillian Hellmsn. The Voice of
the Turtle" by John Van Dru-
ten, Decision" by Edward
Chodorov, over u" by Ruth
Gordon, Outrageous Fortune"
by Rose Franken. "Jacobowsky
and the Colonel" by S. ~. Behr-
man, Storm Operation by
Maxwell Anderson. Pickup
Girl" by Elsa Shelley, 4t1e IN
nocent Voyage" out of Richard
Hughes by Paul Osborn and in
the order named!
Beginning. you see, with
propaganda play that most GER
tainly shouldn't head the list
and ending with a dramatiZa-
tion that, with equal certainty,
shouldn't be on the list at all.
II The Voice of the Turtle"
wa and ism IA better play
I'D winged Victory" and
"TSearching Wind put to-
gether, Tm Burton Rascoe.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
by HAZEL HARTZOG
HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 10.

WOOD, FEB. III.
DIRECTOR MERVYN LIE ROY
~ is on man-hunt now, but
he's not after the romantic
hero by any means.
He wants cads, sneaks and
downright sadistic heels, all for
roles in The Robe" Frank Ross
huge production for R-K-O re-
lease. And he wants unknowns.
III he succeeds. Leroy admits,
he'll have the greatest collection
Of despicable characters assem-
bled in one picture in many
years.
Lloyd c. Douglas put plenty
OF villains in has beck arttf Ross
plans 10 put them all in his pic
ture.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
Choice Criticized

Our Robert has his somewhat
unreasonable reasons. Admit
ting that Winged Victory" is
"confessedly propaganda, % it's
first in the heart Of our play
picker, just the same. The
Searching Wind" is more i'm
pressive i'm character than in
story" but, nevertheless. it's
second. The Voice of the nIr-
tie" Is IAN extraordinarily hui
man story of SHINING sophisti-
Gates" yet il comes in third.
Decision" is grouped with The
Searching Wind Over p"
"augurs well for Ruth Gordon's
writing future" Outrageous
Fortune" is weakened by it's
limited appeal"
"JacobowSky and the Colonel
Is merely a good character
comedy Storm Operation"
mixes realistic war and the
atrical romance unevenly."
Pickup Girl overstresses the
Sordidness and misery that lead
10 social disease and human
catastrophe" And last and
least, The Innocent Voyage"
falls between two publicS."
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
Director Hunts for Villains

In the story, Tiberius, the old
emperor, is not angel, but Calig-
ula. the future ruler, takes hon
ors for treachery and cruelty.
Then there are Quintus, PLATE.
Asinius and Judas Escariot, not
TO mention such lesser evils as
the sale auctioneer.
Modern novelists usually give
their villains a few good inten-
tions behind their sor d d
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
Maureen Is Something

Even as the pivotal part
of a prefabricated plot, William
Macy Tweed is definitely three
dimenSional. a lusty and not
tOo-unlikable character with
height and breadth and. most of
all. determination. In the able
hands of Noah Beery Sr. he
comes 10 lie. And very, very
much so.
A ravishing surprise to this
practically surprise proof de-
partment, Maureen Cannon is
something TO rave about as
Rosie Moore. the innocent off,
spring of a double-dealing la
bOrer. In love with a clean
minded reporter on the New
York Times, Miss Cannon is my
favorite Broadway make-be-
heve-cr.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
Tweed Vows EN-

Especially the skating ballet.
II Michael r. Todd doesn't mind
me saying so, l think he
has something where Helen
TamariS, dance director. Is con-
cerned. In up in Central
Park she brings a freedom and
a freshness 20 the ballet which
has become an integral part of
modern musical-comedy.
AS everybody by this time
knows, Up in Central Park"
has TO do with the Boss Tweed
who, in his day and generation,
was no gentle CRATER. A his
torie crook Of no mean proper
tonS. he lends himself right
readily to what is known as
theater.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11

behapiers, but not Douglas and
other authors chronicling Bibli-
cal history. They paint the
rats" as such.
Once he finds the right play
ers. Leroy hopes that he can
aiiaY any fears they may have
about making their SC ra e n
debuts as cads.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11
q RRAMA R|!RAMEl|
MantIe's 10 Best Plays
Boon to Dramatic Editor

NEW YORK, Feb. 10.
F&& the u s. postoce alone e Robert Burns
ntle's Best Plays of 1943-1944" has been trying to
catch with since the beginning of yearNow at
long, long last it has arrived! It's weeome For quarter
OF century Dodd Mead Co.. Roberts loyal publishers have
been sending copy of his book of the drama
according Manhattan. For quarter of century don't
know how could get along without it, AS matter Of
honesty, I'm quite l couldn't.
Not that usually with Robert and his selection of
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-11

1909 and best plays of 1903
l9l9'weFe psiblished-T thank
you out loud Tor making my life
happier. my work easier. my
reputation as a wise guy around
the showsh0p more firmly
founded.
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gether, Tan Burton RaScoe.
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the 10 best plays Of such and
such q season. Or with the
order in which he names
them. But what can L do
about 1t? Robert gets his
pet productions into a hook.
And a book is permanent.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-25
Moral Courage
By GEORGE S.BENSCN
President Of Harding College
Seorcy Arkansas
LOOKING
|4heud

ONLY three dangers seem big
enough to threaten Americas d.
rect course to postwar prosper
ity. They are (1) scarcity of
capital, (2) loss of foreign mar
kets and 90 government bungling
in matters of business. Two pre-
vious chapters of Looking
Ahead" discussed the first two OBJ
stacles. Either of them could
wreck Americas hope of world
leadership: both ran be avoided.
The courage of our people to
brave the first two hazards de-
ponds on knowing what govern
ment means to do about the third.
BY investing the cost of six
months of war, industry can ere.
ate the z to 10 million new jobs
needed. American workers can
make these jobs pay good wages
and returns on the investment.
Industry and labor can succeed
with favorable government regu-
lations.
Tax Relief STALLING and de-
Must Come laying at the wars
end may, in three
ways, stop all progress of labor
and industry back toward pros
perity. Indeed one obstruction can
keep recovery from even starting,
might wreck Private Enterprise
completely. Taxation is the dead
ly tool. No new laws are neces-
sary. Many a small industrial
plant will never turn a wheel af-
ter the emergency until present
tax laws are changed.
A factory in Texas works $50
men. / know the owner. His taxes
ran $1,000 a day last year, about
the same as his payroll He man.
ages today because the govern
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ment takes his complete output;
no risks to run, no selling to do.
After the war it will be different:
Uncertain demands, sure selling
costs. competition to meet. With.
out tax relief he does not see how
he can afford to take such risks.
Government THE CASE 10 typi.
Competition cal. Most manufac.
turers believe tax
revisions will come, but they fear
delay. If work starts on a new
tax bill after V-Day, it will be o
year in the making and a serious
business depression can get un.
der way in that time. Sabotage 10
governments second fear to re-
move Many new-made Americans
believe anything that Injuries their
employer helps them. Arson. vio-
lence and vandalism should be re-
strained in peace-time as now.
Something else business men
can't wait for too long: News
about government competition.
The U. S. owns outright $3.50 Of
the nations manufacturing plants
and equipment. Will these be sold
into private ownership, or whatf
If supported by taxes, such plants
could make anything from foot.
valves to lightning rods and leave
the employees Of bankrupt COM
petitors weeping in the streets.
The worlds only free people
must stay free. No sane baseball
player would go to bat with two
strikes on him, and, by the same
token, Americas rational business
men deserve an open statement Of
government policy on three
things: (1) taxation, ~ law.
enforcement and (3) government
competition. If government will
clear the track, industry win
come through. =