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Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30
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INDIANAPOLIS. March %
The American Legion is gravely
concerned by reports that Com
munists and others of alien or
divided loyalty may be permitted
to infiltrate into positions of re-
sponSibility in the L. s. armed
forces, National Commander Ed
ward n. Scheiberling said in a
statement issued here.
Scheibcrling declared the Le-
Gion is particularly disturbed by
the testimony OF Assistant Secre-
tary of War John J. McCloy, be-
fore a House investigating COM
mittee that the new policy of the
armed forces would admit 10 of
ficer rank persons 40 per cent
loyal 10 an alien power. and only
Il per cent loyal 10 the United
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a short time i'm l92S-29, continued
with II until his death. He played
an important part in the found
lng of the Better Business Bureau
and the Association of Stock En-
changes.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Mabel -%SSbaCh, and a
brother. Charles. Funeral Serv-
ices Will be held Monday at !
p. m. az the Hamilton Funeral
PsrlorS with burial in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-30

in his home at
.5523 JOY road
a native De-
troitcr Mickey
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from Central
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and abandoned
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law for "A buSi-
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the De TT oft
Free Press. he
ioincd the De-
troit Stock EN-
change in 1923,
and eNccpL for
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Radio Tells
Weasel S Part

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II. Andeen will be interviewed
by Frank Burke of CKLW and
four present leaders in The De-
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war stamp and bond drive
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for the army is the aim Of Times
carriers through the sale Of war
savings stamps or their equivalent
in bonds.
Already, in the first three and
one-half weeks Of their lO-Veek
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Wickey
Rites Set

Clark c. Wickcy, 81, executive
vice president and secretary of
the Detroit Stock Exchange, died
OF heart disease at 3 a. m. today
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
OBITUARY

MINICUCCI-Rom Minlcuccl. 62. died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Curti, 226 Walnut street. early this morning after a long ill., ness. He previously resided on Brookville road, Cheshire.
 Born in Italy. he came to Water bury in 1904. He formerly operated the Waterbury Cabinet Works.
 Surviving are his wife. Mrs. An gelina (Patierno) Minicucci; a son. Rocco, U s. Army, stationed at Fort Devens, Mass; a brother, Jo- seph, White Plains, N. Y.; five sis- ters, Mrs. Frank Curti, Mrs. Alex ander Guastaferri, both of Water bury; Mrs. Nicholas Ventresca, New Rochelle, N Y; Mrs. Xavier Di- Corleta, Hartford; Mrs. Alphonse Barbieri, Hudson Falls. N. Y; and several nieces and nepnews
 The funeral will be held from the LaPorta funeral home, 67 Holmes avenue, Monday at 8 a. m. to St. Lucy's church for a high Mass Of requiem at g. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from ' to 10 o'clock and tomorrow from 2 to 10 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

Continued from Page D abyss along with himself" said Werner. Their lives will be doomed simultaneously with that of the at tacker or incendiary.
 Then, indicating members of the fanatical Hitler youth might be res ponsible for the disorders, he said:
 T warn all deluded and misguid- ed persons, particularly members of the former Hitler youth, against a continuation of such act. Parents and teachers, make it clear to your children what senSeleSs and harmful crime against the nation all kinds of outrageS constitute in these days.
 Hard but just measures will be taken against all who disturb the peace and order of our home city and want to bar for us the road to reconstruction. You should all help to bring those who are misguided and deluded back to reason. AS for criminals, however, hand them over to just punishment.
 Another Berlin radio broadcast reported that all permanent resi- dents of the city had been ordered to report at once to their local la Dor offices. The broadcast said that all men from Is to 65 and women from l5 to 50 would be subject to a mobilization made necessary by the reconstruction of Berlin,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
Cops To Testify
 At Coscia Trial
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blood in the kitchen of his home at 419 Washington avenue. She eS- timated the tine as between and 7:30 a. m. No one besides her hus- band entered the kitchen before the police arrived five or 10 minutes later, she testified, on questioning by States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald.
 Attorney Mascolo, after establish ing the relationship of the various parties involved, conducted de- tailed questioning on the layout of the property, owned jointly by the sisters, Mrs. Cyr and Mrs. Coscia. He also asked questions at length on the position of the victims body as she found 1t in the kitchen.
 At one point of the questioning the defense attorney in a novel move obtained a court ruler to measure an indicated distance by the witness of the space between the Cyr kitchen door and the body Mrs. Spallone said she did not know the distance, but finally in dicated a space with her hands. The lawyer measured the space, and announced it was Al inches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

Secretary of State Edward R.. Stettinius, Jr., opened last nights Big Five meeting by calling atten- tion to the growing list of issues on which big powers opinion has not crystalliZed. He suggested that they meet regularly until those decisions are reached and was em- phatically supported by Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko, Bri- tiSh delegate Viscount Halifax, Chinese delegate Wellington Roo and French delegate Joseph Paul. Boncour.
 The meeting then studied several of the pending issues including pro- posals by little nations that the Big Five liberalize the process for amending the charter. The Big Five now would have a veto over any amendment.
 No decisions were reached on any issue but there were many express sions during the one and one-halt hour session thatt hey must be reached quickly. There was no discussion of possible adjournment date although President Truman yesterday expressed the opinion that the conference would end about June II or 12.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Holuk, wife of John Holuk, 138 Hill street, will be held Monday at 8:30 a. m. from the Deliniks Funeral Home, IT Congress avenue, to St. Johns Epis- copal church at g. Burial will be in new Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow from to and ' to 10 p. m.
 Funeral services for Paul Misenti, 256 Congress avenue were held this morning from the LaPorta Funeral Home, 67 Holmes avenue, to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes at 10 o'clock. Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs. Guiseppina Marine, wife of Leonardo Marino PIT South Leonard St., was held tc- day at 8:15 a. m. from the Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank street, to St. PatrickS church, where re- quiem high Mass was celebrated at g. Burial was in Calvary cemetery Among the survivors not previously listed, is sister, Mrs. Theresa Ella, Waterbury.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Connolly Mulcahy, 16l Southmayd road were held from her home this morning at 9:30 to SS. Peter and Paul church, where a solmen high Mass of requiem was held at 10, Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

The witness told the states attor- ney a panel of the kitchen door was broken. The defense counsel then asked her If it wasn't true that the panel was cracked before and had been cracked for some time" She said she did not know The state is expected to claim Coscia broke the locked door with the gun and then shot Cyr while holding the weapon through the crack.
 Numerous photographs were iden- tif1ed by MT. Grady, who served with the police department until a few weeks ago. He stated he arrived at the scene of the staying about 7:25 a. m.
 At one point when the former detective was asked about a certain portion of the interior of the house the defense objected, stating there was no evidence to show nothing was moved before the officer ar rived. The court sustained the objection. The prosecutor then commented the state had no witness to say what the particular situa- ton was before the arrival of the first officer.
 Several photograps of the staying scene were entered merely for iden- tification purposes following obJec- tions by the defense.
 MT. Grady told of meeting the Spallone couple at the house and going into the Kitchen. He described in detail the scene in the kitchen, and told of the movements made by the medical examiner who ar rived later. A picture of the body was offered for identification. The witness also told of finding four pieces of the broken door panel.
 A box containing clothing worn by the victim at the time of the staying was presented to the former detective, who identified the various pieces of apparel which were not removed from the box or displayed, however.
 The witness said he removed two guns and some shells from closet in the second-fioor tenement of the Coscias He identified one of them, and at that point the defense ad- mitted it was the gun which had fired the fatal shot. The box Of shells also was introduced as an exhibit, following examination by the accused.
 Clothing which he said he oo- l tained from Coscia at 4:3O that afternono was identified. The gar ments were examined at length by Coscia in the courtroom, and no objection was voiced when they were offered as exhibits.
 Coscia also viewed all photographs offered by the state, and at one point borrowed his lawyers glasses to look at them.
 The jurors, six men and SIX women were instructed by Judge John A. Cornell at the start of the trial, not to dl5cuss the case with anyone, and to give no considera- ton to anything on the case outside | the courtroom Two alternate jurors. a man and woman, were told they may not associate with the other jurors. The alternates will not be allowed in the jury room, but will be kept in separate quarters while their presence is not required in the courtroom.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

weeks. "deliriously cheered" the ar rival of British tanks, armored cars and ground troops yesterday.
 An ovation was given Paget when he entered the city with an escort of armored cars.
 French troops behind their bar racks enclosures watched glumly as the British took over control of Damascus. British guards were posted outside General Roget's headquarters.
 All French planes were ordered grounded. Some planes bombed and Strafed Damascus earlier this week in support of Colonial troops fighting Syrian irregularS. At least 400 families were left homeless by the bombing, Levantine newspapers said.
 Admiral Tenant arrived in Bey- routh harbor aboard his flagship the 5,22O-ton British cruiser Are thus.
 A United Press Correspondent aboard the Arethusa said Tennant cancelled an inspection tour Of the eastern Mediterranean to proceed at full speed to Levant for consul tationS with Gen. Sir Bernard c. T. Faget, British and Allied commander for the middle-east.
 The number of warships which put into Beyrouth was not revealed.
 The western Allies demand that n. Iocti1itiec aOaihCf Syrian and Lebanese irregulars and seek an immediate peaceful settle ment won support from Russia last night.
 The Soviets sent notes to France. Britain, the United States and China urging urgent measures to settle the conflict by peace ful means
 Request Rejected
 The notes were announced by Moscow only few hours after France had rejected a British re- quest for immediate Anglo-Ameri- can-French consultations on the Levant situation.
 Russia's action put the next move squarely up to President Gen. Char les De Gaulle, who already was smarting under Prime Minister Churchill's peremptory demand that French Colonial troops in Levant be withdrawn to their barracks.
 The French reluctantly gave Ase "cease fire" order to their forces Thursday night, but a Damascus dispatch said hostilities broke out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
BowIes Sees
 Better Meat
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Continued from Page D kept longest under price control be- cause of the great reservoir of de- mand
 Rent control, he suggested, might continue under city management for some time after OPAs demise.
 Bowles said he was confident the Price Control Act due to expire June 30 would be extended for an- other year without too many weak ening' amendments.
 He said he depended on the great middle section of the people to back OPA, adding that it was encourag- ing to see by the polls that an over- whelming percentage of them did.
 There's the five per cent who are chiselers and cheaters; the 20 per cent, like my father -in-law in Maine. who hate government regu- lations but seeing the necessity observe them; and then the great group in-between who want to be honest and yet don't want to be suckers" he put it.
 These are the ones OPA is de- pending sn. We're depending on them to keep their morale high
 Bowles revealed that the gov ernments new meat control pro- gram already is making great headyway" He told Congress he ex- pected more meat on eastern table. by July l. June supplies, however were estimated by OPA as seven pel cent under May.
 The price chief said OPA already had put thousands of black marke slaughterers out of business under it's new regulations.
 By May 25, only l5,220 non-fed. orally inspected slaughteGers hat registered with OPA for theil quotas" Bowles said. Tt is safe tt say that the great majority of the 11,000 who failed to apply had beer operating the black market. Today they no longer can do business"
 Meat enforcement cases are fileo at nine times the rate of twt months ago, he revealed, or Is time. the rate of two years ago. There were 1,207 new cases opened in tht last three weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
British Warships
 In Levant Harbor
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anew in the Syrian capital yes terday.
 Latest information reaching Lon don, however. was that fighting again had ceased and the situation throughout Lebanon generally was quet.
 Frances refusal to join in any tripartite discussion of the Levant situation at this time was announced by the French Ministry of Informa- ton in Paris. Such conversations were out of the question" at present the ministry said.
 After the hard blow received from Churchill. French spokes- man said, De Gaulle is in no mood to take a plane to London.
 The French government is now ready to wait and watch the action of British troops in Syria" the spokesman said.
 De Gaulle also was reSentful that Churchill's note to him had been released in Commons 45 minutes be- fore he received it in Paris.
 In communique tantamount tc reply to Churchill, De Gaulle said that the French troops had only defended themselves and attempted to restore order in Syria and Le- banon.
 He acknowledged that the French had used artillery in Damascus. but made no mention of French planes which strafed the city.
 The cease fire order was given he said, ito create a more favorable climate for conversations with the American and British govern rlents of various Arab states concerning the whole situation in the Near East"
 Wants Reds Informed
 De Gaulle said he thought il suitable that Russia at least be informed of the conversations.
 The Russian notes to other mem bers of the Big Five pointed out that the three states involved France, Syria and Lebanon, were members of the United Nations par ticipating in the San Francisco Con- ference.
 Moscow said the notes contendeo that developments in Levant "dc not correspond to the spirit of the decisions passed in Dumbarton Oaks nor to the aims of the San Fran cisco Conference
 Therefore" the Russian state ment said. the Soviet government believes that urgent measures should be taken in order to termin. ate hostilities in Syria and Le- banon and to settle the conflict by peaceful means"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

NOOLlGIllucQ HUH IdoC IL
 Successful negotiation of a judge ship slate was regarded as sign that the Democrats might abandon their attempt in the Senate to have the states sl3O0 100000 biennial budget slashed by S10,OOo0O. In the height of the fighting yesterday over the courts, the Democratic controlled Senate recommitted the House approved buoget after maj ority Leader Leon Ris Cassi de- clared it the most extravagant in the history of the state" and one which overlooked Democratic plat form measures. The vote to recom- init was 16-13, with the three Bridgeport senators bolting to vote with the Republicans, and one Re- publican senator siding with the Democrats.
 Meanwhile, the House committee on executive nominations reported favorably on batch of nomina- tions by the governor They includ- ed Milk Administrator Donald O.. Hemmerberg; State Housing Au- thority Members Fulton R. Kal- lagher and Earle H. Segur; Public tilities oCmmissioner Joseph P. O'Connell; State Labor Relations Board Members Ashbel G. Gulllver, Vincent P. Kiernan, and Peter A.. McManus, and State Public Welfare Council Members Mrs. Louise D. Duffy, Mrs. Louise H. Fisher and Austin D. Barney.
 The House approved the $l, ,580 900 war budget, which is supplement to the regular budget, and also the so-called second injury fund" which exempts employers for lia- bility should a worker be involved in an accident in which previous injury was a contributing factor.
 The House also approved a bill setting up State Farm Coordina- tor.
 By Legislative Reporter
 Sen. Patrick Wallace today ex- pressed confidence that the Legisla- tive patronage situation may be cleared at today's session scheduled to get underway at 11:30 a. m. In late hour session last night mem bers of the judiciary committee tentatively agreed on slate of mi- nor court judges and deputy judges which will be submitted to Demo- cratic and Republcan caucuses this morning
 The local senator was of the be- lief that both parties were ready to start the ball rolling. On business in Hartford last night he stated that opinion was held among many mem- bers of both parties, last night after hearing of the judiciary committees decision, that differences could be ironed out today in great measure.
 Even those who have been op- posed to almost to almost any com promise felt this way last night Sen. Wallace stated. However. if it should become entangled once again undoubtedly it will head for the Governor"
 The session officially closes We'd nesday. June 9th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

The Pope traced the relations be- tween the church and the Nazis 1883, when the concordat between the Vatican and the German gov ernment was signed. He claimed the church did everything in her power to build up a firmer barrier against the spreading f violent doctrines of National Socialism.
 Of the concordat, he said the church had no illusions or eX- aggerated hopes. The church by concluding the concordat was not approving the tendencies of Ma tional Socialism and this was clear ly stated and explained at that time"
 But it must be admitted" said the Pontiff, that in the following years the concordat brought some advantages or at least afforded a softening effect"
 He said that the NaZiS suppressed Catholic organizations, closed Cath olic schools, and enforced the sep aration of youths from their family and church to bind them to the state. The Pope accused the Nazis of systematic slander' against the church and the confiscation of church properties.
 In the effort to resist these at- tacks large numbers of gallant Cath olic men and women rallied be- hind their bishops, whose courageous voices never failed until the last years of the war" the Pope said.
 He said his predecessor, Plus XXI revealed National Socialism as the denial of Jesus Christ |. . the idolatry of race and blood. the op- pression of human liberty and dig nity" in a Papal encyclical issued Passion Sunday, l937
 Many people, including those outside Germany who up to that moment had closed their eyes to the incompatibil:ty between National Socialism and Christian principles were forced to admit their error, ' His Holiness said. Many, but not all''
 He said that some regions which had paid least attention to the warnings in the encyclical had suf- fered the most from National So- cialism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

Valens disclosed that HalSey's flagship bombarded Naha in south- ern Okinawa in the closing phases of the battle for htat capital city.
 Nimitz's announcement listed these changes in the command or ganization of the Pacific fleet and Pacific ocean areas:
 l. The 10th Army with other on- shore forces in the Ryukyus, com manded by Buckner, Jr.. has been placed under the direct control of the commander-in-ch of the Pacific ocean areas.
 ?. The Third Fleet under HalSey s command now is operating in the western Pacific.
 3. The fast carrier forces of the Third Fleet are under Mccain s command.
 Spruance at Guam
 f. Adm. R. A. Spruance, com- mander of the Fifth Fleet, has es- tablished temporary headquarters at Guam.
 5. Admiral Richmond Kelly Tur- ner, heretofore simultaneously com- mander of Pacific Fleet amphibious forces and the Fifth Amphibious Force incident to his promotion, has relinquished command of the latter to Vice Admiral Harry w. Hill. Hill is now in command ot amphibious forces operating in the Ryukyus.
 6. The name of the forward area has been changed to "Marianas area Vice Admiral John H. Hoover retains this command withs the boundaries of area and elements under this command unchanged
 Buckners 10th Army previously had been under Spruance's com- cand. but it was explained that the approaching end of the Okinawa battle resulted in placing it under Nimitz's direct jurisdiction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

(Continued from Page D ing the Sixth's flank, captured the Shichina Hill masses overlooking the Naha-Y -Yonabaru highway after a 2000- yard advance.
 Other clements of the First Ma rine Division joined the 77tn and 96th Army Divisions in mopping up the last enemy remnants in and around Shuri. former central anchor of the Japanese line.
 The capture of Shuri has been completed, Pacific fleet communi- que reported.
 The Japanese attempted several small-scale raids on American forces on and of the coast of Okinawa Thursday. Three enemy planes were shot down.
 GA Japanese Domei dispatch claimed that 566 Allied ships had been sunk or damaged, mostly by Japanese suicide units, in the Oki- nawa area since March 23)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02
' Million Nozis Lost in 3 Years

London, June 2. CUP)-The Mos- COW radio said tonight that in three years the Germans lost 7,800 ,000 men killed or captured.
 German losses included TO 900 tanks. 60,O00 planes and more than 90,000 guns, the broadcast said in review of military operations.
 In the last three to four months of fighting the Germans lost more than 100000 men killed and 100000 prisoners, along with 6,000 planes, 12 900 tanks and 23,000 field guns, Moscow reported
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-02

Continued from Page D ordered to stay on the job by their leaders,
 It was said that only one issue remained unsettled when the con ferees adjourned at a. m. This concerned the workers demand for $50 a month for men retiring at 65. The company offered to in crease the pension from s38 to SAP.
 Unofficial reports were that the men won the following concessions; Time and a half pay after A hours instead of 48; time and half after eight hours in any one day; regu- lar employees guaranteed 48 hours work week.