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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30
WLB Wants Extension
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  approved shall be retroactive tA April 1. Lewis is favorable to that, but the operators have rejected two such requests from other govern ment agencies.
 The UNIV and operators were scheduled to resume discussions to- day.
 Miss Perkins said here overall pro- posal eliminated 13 of the UMW's 18 original demands, including the 10- cents ton royalty for health and insurance benefits for union men- bers.
 She said the estimates on the in- creased wages ranged from 95 cents to $1.58 day. She declined to guess" an amount between those figures. She said all of the parties were agreed that the additional production cost would be about 2J cents a ton.
 Her terms were that the employers furnish the miners with safety clothes and accessories but not ex- plosives. Premium pay of four and eight cents and hour for second and third shift work; flat vacation pay of $75 year for everybody; increase in the rate of all men in mechani- cal mining unit to within $1 of the top rate; full straight time and premium pay for all overtime spent in travelling to and from the coal face; raises in wage rates for out side day men; and inclusion Of supervisory employees in the UMW' An operators spokesman said that the proposals were rejected because they would have added $10O, GOO, ,OOO a year to the cost of production without adding one lump of coal to the total output"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30
ENOUGH ON HER MIND

Toledo, O.-(UP)-Jury commis- sioners Leonard Osborn and Charles Strance decided to excuse a woman from jury duty after she told them she wouldn't have time to serve on the panel. The woman said her husband was recovering from pneumonia, four children had to go to school, she was helping to care for a grandchild, son was on the way home from a German pri- son camp and four other sons were in the armed forces.
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1 almost half the way to Berlin and were still going fast against little or no opposition.
 In the drive on Paderborn, the Big German airfield at LangeWeisse, almost midway between Geissen and Paderborn, was captured. The Yank column met only one German fighting force enroute-34 Nazi Elite Guards who tried to throw d road block across their path. Hodges charging tanks rode the Nazis down. Two other columns were charging northward on the east flank of the Paderborn spear l head, capturing Lelbach, 30 miles | south-southeast of Paderborn and 27 miles west of Kassel. and Tit maringhausen, eight miles farther west.
 Patton's Third Army, meanwhile, was slashing east, northeast and southeast of Giessen at top speed against equally weak resistance.
 Late field dispatches, tagging hours behind Patton's racing tanks, said the fourth armored division had driven 30 miles east of Siessen to capture Lauterbach and cluster of towns in that area, including Herbstein, six miles to the south. Task forces of the Fourth Division also were riding roughshod through the non- existent German defenses 10 miles northeast to 16 miles south east of Giessen.
 The Fourth's northeastern wing was astride the Giesenach-E -Eisenach military highway and, according to the radio Luxembourg account, moving at top speed for Eisenach, 48 miles north-northeast of Lauter- bach.
 Other Third Army forces wiped out the last enemy resistance in Frankfurt, Germany's ninth city yesterday afternoon after an unex- pectedly stiff fight against a small force of Nazi elite guards. Wies- baden, 15 miles to the west as cleared, and the former American internment camp at Bad Nauheim 15 miles north of Frankfurt, was entered by units of the Sixth Arm- ored Division.
 1nfantrymen of the First anc Third Armies were combing through the entire area overrun by theil armored spearheads to- round ur thousands of beaten Germans by. passed in the great sweep to the north and east.
 Front dispatches said the dough. ,, boys were racing ahead in trucks armored cars, and astride the tur. rets of tanks, keeping pace with tn, flying armored spearheads. The two armies held 8 continu ous front of more than 125 mile extending southeast from Peder born to the main river at Aschaf .. fenburg, 25 miles southeast o
 Frankfurt. The Third Army line , jutted within 120 miles of Czecho , Slovakia in the Lauterbach area F and the two armies were fewe f than 250 miles from the west
 bound Red Armies at a number o f points.
 ? Steady Advance . The U. s. Seventh Army drey g abreast of its First and Third Arm l comrades along the Main river jus
 south of Aschaffenburg. There tn t Tanks held a 12-mile bridgehea, g across the Main 35 miles or nor
 beyond the Rhine and were advanc = ing steadily eastward against some . what Stiffer opposition.
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British Navy, such as the 35-000- ton battleship King George V. and the 23,0OO-ton carrier Illustrious.
 The British task force is under the immediate command of Vice. Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings with Rear Admiral Philip Vian i'll charge of the carrier force. The task force is under the operational command of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Amer ican Fifth fleet.
 There was no further word from Tokyo on the progress of the fight ing which it earlier reported under way between American invasion and Japanese garrisons on the Tiny Kerama Islands 10 to 20 miles west of the southwest coast of Okinawa-
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 Shortly before the judges ruled on Inc expense motion, Superior Court Clerk James E. Mcknight reported he had drawn up an order for stay of execution of the death penalty, which had been scheduled for April 20, and had forwarded 1t to Warden Ralph H. Walker at Wethersfield State Prison.
 Postponement of the death pen- atty is indefinite, and no further order on it will be given until the state supreme court of errors makes it ruling on the appeal.
 Statutes Meaning
 During the llalf-hour hearing on the motion. indications were given by the judges that they were con- cerned with the exact meaning of Section 2267 of the General Statutes, relating to expenses in criminal cases, and with it's application in the Zukauskas case. Frequent refer ences were made to "the will of the people as expressed in the statute and queries were raised to determine if the specific motion were in keep ing with the intent of that statute
 A question also was asked on the present necessity of an assistant de- fense attorney, and it was hinted the public defender may be able te continue alone in the appeal
 The memorandum of decision drawn up by Judge Frank P. Me Evoy, Judge John H. King, anc Judge Howard Alcorn, and read by Judge McEvoy following an hour! recess, state, ''In accordance witt the opinion of the supreme court approval is given for the public de. fender to incur such expenses, in cluding court fees, as will be neceS sary to prosecute an appeal to tha court. The motion for permission to appeal to the supreme court O errors at the expense of the stat is granted to the extent herein stated"
 Judge King, who placed scores 0 queries before Attorney Carmody stated at one point, that the judge did not know what the expense VIII Ut. ne dokCd, Sdli "S 5A oAA q blank check and have you fill out?"
 Will of People"
 Attorney Carmody replied the ex pcnses would be those connected i the normal function of the job, an said 1t would be up to the court t rule on the various items Judg King stated that an order might b passed making the expenses subjec to approval of the court in accord ance with provisions of Section 226' The order must show the court respecting the will of the people, the jurist commented.
 Judge King pointed out no refer ence was made in the recent su ornne court decision, to an assistar atorney for ZukauSkas and aske 7 Attorney Carmody if an aSsistar was necessary.
 The public defender replied, q is not matter of necessity but matter of preference in sharing tn responsibility which still exists" Judge King during the diScuSSiO
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School Posts To Be Filled
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vost sought the post of vice-prin- cipal in June, 1943, before MT. Moran was selected.
 It has also been learned that con- siderable influence is being exerted for another popular member of the Wilby High School faculty, George Grady. His name has been linked with the probable appointment of vice-principal of Wilby High school or in event of MT. Moran being named assistant superintendent of the school department to a higher office.
 Included in the general specula- tion for appointments are the names also of Ambrose Egan and Arthur Bowling, both members ot the Wilby High school faculty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30
LONG MEMORY

Lakeside, O.-UP)-A man wrote to E. E. Braithwaite, clerk of near by Danbury township, the other day and offered to pay for a lock he broke while attending school there 40 years ago.
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essors" came into his office and as- Sured him he was correct.
 T doubt If OPA has held the line at all on imitation as far as beef IS concerned" Wherry added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-30
Supreme Court To Study
 ZukauSkaS' Conviction
Three Judges Give Formal Approval of Appeal to High
 est Tribunal at Expenses of State

Following an extensive discussion in superior court judges who imposed the death penalty February on Francis Zukausas yesterday afternoon gave approval for Public Defender Edward T. Carmody to take appeal at
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Full Weather Report

Boston, March 3O- NP - Weather forecast:
 ALL NEW ENGLAND-Fair tO- night and Saturday. Cooler to- night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
NoStondoFd Pay Policy On Holidays
 Bristol and Lux
 Pay for 2 Days,
 Tool for One

A three-day strike by thirty-fiVa drivers for the Associated Transport Go, Inc, 51 East Aurora street, end~ ed last night. will agreement by tho company and Truck Drivers Local 677, A. F. l.. to arbitrate the dispute which commenced Monday ni9ht when the company refused to pay the men for either one oi the two days they did not work after Japan surrendered.
 The strikers were joined by erra- ployes of the trucking company iu Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, and Springfield.
 No standard policy was followed in Waterbury regarding payment for the two day holiday The big three plants, Scovills, American Brass, and Chase, and number of smaller concerns. did not pay ern-s ployes who did not report for work. Other plants, notably the Bristol Co. and Lux Clock paid for the full two days, -.Jhile Waterbury Tool co. paid for ons of the two days.
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functions:
 l. Coordination of information which various government depart ments gather for themselves. This would be for the guidance of the president, the cabinet and Congress in formulating national policy.
 2. Supplementation of this in- formation with undercover intelli- gence operations abroad or other means as required to provide the government with a completely inte- grated picture of what the world is doing.
 But this reluctance, they say, gives unfriendly countries an ad- vantage because secret intelligence operations are, almost universally practiced elsewhere.
 This reluctance has been trans lated into opposition to the con- tinuation of OSS by those who nave labeled it super Gestapo." 1" However, it-is prohibited from do- mestic operations and has no police powers.
 Other opposition may arise from the reluctance of some government agencies or officials to pool their information with 8 central agency.
 Operations of OSS to date have been closely guarded secrets, but some of the wars most thrilling ad- venture narratives about OSS per- sonnel will soon be told.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
.Monchurion-
 Jops Rounded Up

San Francisco, Aug. 31-(UP)- Red armies have completed the large-scale roundup of Japanese prisoners in Manchuria, northern Korea and southern Sakhalin, the Soviet Khabarovsk radio said todal.
 Virtually all members of Japan,s once crack Kwantung army have been disarmed, the broadcast said. Nine thousand Japanese, including two generals, were counted Wednes- day in. what probably was the last big batch of enemy prisoners seized.
 A Soviet war correspondent broad cast over the Khabarovsk station that Japanese were flying Red flags from practically all houses in the cities of southern Sakhalin.
 Radio Tokyo said that Japan has formally complained to Gen. Doug las MacArthur that Soviet au- thoritieS in Korea interned the gov ernor of Kanando prefecture and the police chief of Heian.
 They asked Macarthur to advise the Soviets immediately to sus- pend their unlawful acts detaining local government officials and promptly release those officials al- ready interned by the Red army.
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June le. He was elevated to the monsignori in 1889.
 He was born in Q small village in Cork County, Ireland, Feb. 2, 1860. Tradition has 1t his grandfather was killed trying to defend the little local church from being burned in riot between landlords and ten- ants in the agitation for land re- form.
 He was sent to America at the age of 16 and lived with cousins in Ansonia. He was graduated from the secondary school connected with Niagara University, then went on to college and seminary there. He was ordained June 19, 1886, by Bishop McMahon.
 After his ordination, he was placed temporarily in Southbury and Willimantic and then assigned as curate at St. Francis parish where he remained until 1894 when he was transferred to the Church of the Assumption of Ansonia.
 He returned to St. Francis's church in 1924 after having served his first pastorate at St. Johns church in Cromwell, then as pastor of St. Mary's church at Greenwich, as chaplain at St. Raphael's hos pital, New Haven, and pastor of St. Michael's church in Westerly, R. I.
 He went to St. Mary's in Green wich March T, 1900, and in May. just after the church had been painted and decorated, 1t was burned to the ground. The task of rebuilding fell to the new pastor, and by 1913, he had built 8 church, a school, a rectory and convent.
 The activity concerned with plan- ming and raising funds and at the same time going about the ordinary work of the parish proved too great 8 strain on his health. The bishop ordered that he take Q vacation in 1913 and he went to a little country village in Ireland where he remained several months.
 In was in 1899 that he was raised to the rank of Msgr. by the late Pope F1uS HUI.
 Durng recent years he was often heard to deplore Naugatuck's 1n- creased war population. He once claimed to know the name of every one of his 5000 parishioners. The Naugatuck church then served Union City and some of the sur town.
 When declining health kept him from celebrating Mass during re- cent years, Msgr. Fitzgerald prayed at a small altar in one of the rec tory living rooms.
 His only close survivor is a broth- CT, Patrick, in Ireland.
 The funeral will be held Monday' time and other arrangements 10 oe announced later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
State Forn,
 Term Given Local Woman
Merle Bonneville Sent to Niontic
 By Judbe Sumna0

Marie Bonneville, 36, of 2lS River street, charged with breach of the peace, was sentenced to the Niantic State Farm when arraigned before Judge Charles Summa this morn- ing.
 Edward Lahey, s2, ls6 Chestnut avenue, was fined $40 on charges of breach of the peace and intox- ication.
 Patrolman Joseph Kendrick, di- recting the heavy traffic at West Main street and Watertown avenue, which turned out for last nights fight at Municipal Stadium, testi- fled that Lahey became abusive and defied the officer to arrest him when Kendrick attempted to inter- vene in an argument between the accused and truck driver whose bumper was tangled with that of Q car driven by Lahey.
 L,ahey was fined $25 on the first count and SIS on the latter. Other cases: James Lamar, 16, 19 Pearl street, charged with taking a car without permission, received 8 suspended sentence in the Chesh- ire Reform school; John Niosley, 22. 92 Pearl street, charged with op- erating motor vehicle without a license was fined SIP; Frederick An- drews, "A, Wolcott Court, Terry vile, charged with breach of the peace and operating 8 motor ve- hicle without license, received a continuance to Sept. 13.
 Calvin Harris, 30, 78 Blakeslee Circle. non support, nolled; James Backen, 33, old Artillery road, Wa tertown, violation of rules of the road, continued to September 10; John Rinaldi A, 39 Howard street, illegal parking, $6 bond called; Joe seph Turmel. 38, Peck Lane. Chesh- ire. speeding, nolled on payment of $12; Floren LaPica, 36, 20 Tauton street, Southington. speeding; nolled on payment of SIP; Leonard Szim- anouss. IT. 123 Mount Vernon ave- nue, Bristol, speeding, nolled on payment of $12; Oliver Pelletier, 35, 96 Hill street; speeding, operating 8 motor vehicle while under the ia- fluence of liquor and failing to own an operators license, continued to September 12; Nicholas Barbieri, %. 155 East Liberty street, speeding. nolled on payment of SIP; and Frank Primus, 20, 455 Hill street, speeding, continued to September IA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
FUNERALS

The funeral of Anthony Mazzalu- DO of 43 Ward street will be held from the Maiorano Funeral Home, 95, Willow street. tomorrow at g to St. Lucy's church where solemn high Mass of requiem will be cele- brated at 10. Burial will be in Cal- vary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 10 D. m.
 Members of the Holy Name So- ciety of St. Lucy's, the MerfS Bowl ing league and the minstrel troups will meet at the church today at 2 p. m. to visit the funeral home.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Hoskins Wagner, Plainville, will be held tomorrow at 3 p. m. at the Anderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery. Rev. Ariel c. Ainsworth of the Advent Christian church will ohiciate, assisted by Rev. Thomas Feltman, pastor emeritus of the church. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 2 to g p. m.
 Funeral services for John J. Doyle, 149 Madison street, Hart ford, were held today at 8:15 a. m. from his home to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hartford, at g. Burial was in Mount St. Bene- dict cemetery that city.
 Funeral services for Frank Tyler Dews of 72 Melrose avenue will be held at the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, tomorrow at 3:30 p. m. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 3 to 5 and 2 to g p. m.
 The funeral of John Snirpunas of 102 South Leonard street as held today at g a. m. from his home to St. JoSeph's church at 9:30 where a solemn high Mass was celebrated by Rev. John Kinta of Paterson, N. J. Rev. Anthony Ignotas, M. I. c. of Marianapolis college, as deacon SSA40 1tCts ANVIL A1uI kkxS, N4. l. V. Ol Marianapolis college, was sub- deacon. A musical program was under the direction of Brother John Banis, MIG, of Marianapolis col- lege, organist. Burial was in the family plot in Calvary cemetery, Father Kinta officiating.
 Bearers were Anthony Dulskis, Vincent Staseliunas, Kazimer Du- donis. Joseph Shugdinis, Thomas Reale and Charles Bauza.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Philo- pena (Rick) Witte, 488 North Main street. widow of Robert Witte, will be held tomorrow at Il a. m. at Trinity Episcopal church, Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rector, of- ficiating. Burial will be in River side cemetery. Friends may call at the home, 488 North Main street, today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
Japs Try An About Face
 m Atten1pt To SaUe Same

English language Nippon Times likened Gen. Douglas MacArthur's s arrival to the coming of Commodore Perry 92 years ago.
 "Japan's reconstruction can be possible only in spirit of friendly cooperation with other countries of the world" the Times said. "Only through such amity can Japan ex- pect good relations in return and eventually, aid and cooperation"
 Toyk0 Damaged
 From the hill above looking down on Tokyo, much of the city still appeared intact. Block after block of modern concrete or brick office and apartment buildings stretched below.
 From the distance, all appeared intact. But when we drove down past them. most were little more than burned-out shells-destroyed by American bombs.
 Only in downtown Tokyo did we find few buildings still standing. The Domei News Agency was housed in a modern six or seven-story structure. A similar building held radio Tokyo, which was guarded by Japanese .sentries.
 The office building which formerly housed the United Press and other American agencies before the war appeared intact, but we could not tarry to investigate. We were afraid the Pontiac sedan which the Japa- nese had placed at our disposal would stall.
 Windows in the former National City bank office building were shat tered. but it otherwise appeared all right.
 We drove toward Emperor Hiro- hito's palace with its wide moat 20- foot high stone wall. Members of the palace guard walked the para pets atop the wall. Behind them we could see some of the handsome palace buildings.
 Lone Jap Still Faithful
 A lone Japanese was in the park where loyal subjects make their obesience to their emperor. His head was bowed low in tie direc- ton of the palace.
 Despite the size of the city, Tokyo,s streets were not crowded At least half of the inhabitants wore a uni- form of some kind. A few men wore only loin cloths. Some rode bicycles. Others walked or crowded trolley cars.
 One time we passed almost 1000 Japanese soldiers spraw.ed on the sidewalk waiting to leave for nome. They had been disarmed. Only sentries guarded buildings still hac their rifles; but other sol- diers and gendarmes carried swords.
 From various conversations had with Japanese, I gathered that the inteuigentsia had expected the war to sidk for some time.
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Abolish OWI Agency
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will continue to be necessary"
 "The nature of present-day for eign relations makes 1t essential for the. United States to maintain in- formational activities abroad as an integral part of the condctu of our foreign affairs the president said.
 He said he had asked Byrnes ito study our foreign international needs, and to formulate during the remainder of this calendar year. the program which he considers should be conducted on a continuing basis.
 Not Competitive
 The president made it plain that the governments future interna- tional information program would not compete with American private organizations and individuals in the fields of news, motion pictures and communications, which he said would be ''the primary means of informing foreign peoples about this country"
 Instead, he said. the governments program will be designed to assist American private enterprise in dis- senilnating information abroad. sup plementing private services with specialized" international activi- ties 'in which commercial or other limitations make 1t dif1cult for pri- vate concerns to carry on an neces- sary information work"
 The President praised the work of OWI under leadership of Elmer Davis. He said the agency made "an outstanding contribution to vic- tory"
 The President also noted "the generous contribution ol private radio. motion pictures. advertising and other facilities" in informing the American people about their governments wartime programs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-31
ScoviII Transformer Struck by Liqhtninq

Bremen responded to call at the Scovill Manufacturing Company, Thomaston avenue, this morning at 5:49., A transformer on the city lines in front of the building was appar- ently struck by the violent electrical storm which hit the city this morn- ing.
 A dump fire at the rear of 99S Pearl Lake road was extinguisfed by firemen this morning at 9:36.