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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-27
rumon Jots
Stain Note

San Francisco, April 2-(UP)-
President Truman has sent a mes
sage to Marshal Josef v. Stain
apparently stating his objections to
seating the Lublin Poles at the
United States conference, it was
learned today from responsible
American official.
The Polish question was the sub
ject of hurried diplomatic ex-
changes but some quarters believed
a solution unlikely before the end
of the conference here. In Wash
ington, Soviet Minister Counselor
Nikolai ". Novikov delivered a
communication from the Kremlin
to Acting Secretary of State Jo-
seph C. Grew who subsequently
conferred with President Truman.
The U. s. delegation meanwhile
scheduled another meeting at $3.50
a. M, PVT, after comforting in
closed session last night from $3.50
until II. The American delegates
have nearly completed their line
by-line examination Of the Dunn
barton Oaks agreement which is
the basis Of the proposed world
security organization.
Top question for consideration
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Norden Bomb Sight
Great Contraption

washington, April q - (U.P0 =
I guess the wars nearly. over, all
right = even though the man did
say go easy with that thing, it's
delicate"
He was talking about the Norden
bomb sight, which six months ago
was the ush-hushiest, top-draWer-
dest, most super -secretive thing this
nation owned. Now it was sitting on
table in the Senate caucus room,
with a couple of hundred people
staring at it and butter-f fingers
Gilman being warned not to bust
it.
1t is difficult to describe the Nor
den bomb sight. 1t is black widget
about two feet tall. with silvery
bumps on it and two built-in tele-
scopes. 1t looks like it is about to
bite. barely touched it. Even So
it snapped at me.
The senate's small business COM
mittee ordered 1t up for display at
hearings on the machine tool bus
mess, as an indication of what in
credible things automatic machin-
cry can do.
John w. Shipman, engineer Of the
Victor Adding Machine Company
which helped build it, told how the
bomb sight was accurate at attitudes
to $4,000 feet.
That's like standing on top Of
the Empire State Building" he
said, aiming at the point of a pin
on the ground and hitting it right
on the button"
He then went to work on the Nor
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-27
Brothers To
Die In Chair

Hartford, Conn, April 27-CUP)
Robert RoSsi, n, Negro COOS St..
Nicholas Ave.) New York City, to-
day was found guilty Of first de-
gree murder in q retrial and SEN
fenced by tribunal Of judges to
die in the electric chair June Is.
Robert will pay the death penal
ty the same day as his brother Nj
cholaS, 81, previously convicted Of
first degree murder in the robbery
killing Of Mrs. Hedwig Wegner at
her home in Plainville in Septem-
Der, 1913.
Robert previously was found
guilty of robbery when the case
first was tried before three super
ior court judges. States Attorney
Hugh M. Acorn, Jr., won q new
trial when the supreme court Of
errors upheld his contention that
the judges erred in finding Rob-
ert guilty Of q crime with which
he had not been charged.
The brothers killed Mrs. Wegner,
for whom they had worked posing
as man and wife, while robbing
her, and Nicholas allegedly did the
actual killing.
Judges James Z. Murphy, Will
liam H. Comley and Robert l..
Munger heard the second trial and
Judge Murphy pronounced the
death sentence.
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Late Realty
Ne1Us

The following documents have
been filed at the ONCE Of Town
Clerk Mary c. Kilmartin:
Warranty Deeds
Nettie Moore to Rose and Real
Gravel, property designated as East
Farms Plot.
Antonio Pettinicchio and Eugenia
Pettinicchio to Joseph E. Banville
and Mary J. Banville, property on
River street.
Charles StrasdauSkas and jose
phine Strasdauskas to Leon L. and
Florence "A. Duley, property on
Buckingham street.
Trustees Deed
Emma j. Mccarthy and Joseph E.
Mccarthy, trustees on Eugene Nc
Corthy to Bernadetee M. Ouellette,
property on Jefferson street.
Quit Claim Deeds
Arthur r. Isham to Frederick
Manley, property on Scott road.
John r. Collins to Romulus Pion
and Thelerise Pion, property on
East Clay street.
Lena M. Bird to John S. Bird,
property on Vine street.
Saverio Perugini to Concetta
D'Amelia, property on Charles
street
Thelerise Pion to John F. Collins,
property on East Clay street.
Mortgage Deeds
Bernadette Manseau Ouellette to
Arthur p. Greenblatt, property on
Jefferson street, 5000.
Joseph Z. Banville and Mary ],
Banville to Antonio Pettinicchi and
Eugenia Pettinicchi, property on
River street, $4,O5O
Leon L. Duley and Florence A
Duley to Charles Strasdauskas and
Josephine Strasdauskas, property on
Buckingham street, $500.
Helen Sanford to Irene w. Cher
non, property on Bishop street, 49,.
300.
Release Of Mortgage
The Colonial Trust Co. to William
]. Saunders.
First Federal Sevangs and Loar
Association Of Waterbury to George
J. ODonnell and Margaret M
ODonnell.
The Waterbury Trust Co. te
Thomas G. Smith.
Waterbury Savings bank to Apol-
onia and Rosario Ierna.
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Clare Sees
War Ending
In 3 Weeks

London, April n. (UP)-Rep.
Clare Boothe Luce, r., Conn, be-
lieves the European War will end
within two or three weeks.
IT am so sure the show is over
that I am leaving for home today"
she said after her return from .
three weeks stint as a war cor
respondent in Italy and week Of
touring German horror camps.
Mrs. Luce said she was convinced
that there would be no last ditch
stand in the Austrian redoubt.
Il think the success Of the new
drive in italy which has destroyed
the powerful German Army in that
theater has ended all hope Of Ger
man resistance in the mountains"
she said. That was the only force
available for such q stand.
After her tour Of prison camps,
she said she thought Hitler should
be kept in solitary confinement for
years and years"
Shooting is too good for him"
she said. They ought to shut him
up and periodically show him news
reels OF Buchenwald and read him
passages from his books and
speeches.'
Mrs. Luce said she planned to
go to San Francisco Ito watch my
husband work" before resuming her
duties in Washington. She said she
planned to address the house on the
serious problems of millions Of
American soldiers who won't be get
Ding home for one or two years after
the war is over"
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year of issue, James complies all
naval data which censors will allow;
much Of it could not be included
in the preceding edition.
The contents of the large-format
reference defy review in the usual
sense of the word. Let it suffice to
say that all the naval information
which can be made available to
navies, government, editors and
commentators is included. Changes
and losses in both Allied and enemy
navies are recorded, together with
photographs Of all types of fighting
ships.
Companion to the above is
"Jan's All the Worlds Aircraft"
edited by Leonard Bridgeman Mac
milan: $1,000. Though dealing
with a newer type implement Of war,
and hence lacking the close to half
a-century of tradition which James
book of ships has behind, it, this
volume is in every way as complete
and Informative in its own field, and
and quite as valuable reference.
SHIPS
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BowIes FIoys
Black Market

Washington, April n - U.P0 -
Price Administrator Chester Bowles
advised the public today to stop
patronizing the Black Market in
meat and warned that drastic pen
alties" await those who disobey.
He said customers make black
markets"
Bowles predicted the nationwide
meat black market could be check
ed virtually overnight" If consum-
ers refused to buy meat at over
ceiling prices or without ration
stamps.
Bowles put trebled enforcement
staff on the job His men will be
aided by officers from the Treasury
and Justice Departments. Violators
he declared, will be prosecuted in
both criminal and civil courts and
OPA will see the most drastic PEN
alties" possible.
Treasury Secretary Henry Nor
genthau, Jr., also revealed that he
Is going after black marketeers.
Morgenthau told a press conference
yesterday that Internal Revenue
agents have found the black market
"a fertile field for investigation"
Morgenthau's drive is expected to
show up in the Justice Department,
where hundreds of indictments OF
black market profiteers on income
tax evasion charges are expected. At
least one case involves 100000 in
unpaid taxes.
OPA's action followed an irate
congressional command that OPA
curb meat black market which Is
reported to be anywhere from so to
80 per cent in New York City, 80
per cent in Pittsburgh and nearly
as bad in Boston and Washington.
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ing. We must have mems groups to
help out at night in packing.
Every article is worth saving and
packing. Remember the refugees of
Europe need this clothing and the
only way for them to get it QUICK
LY is for you to help as much as
possible.
Girls.-How about rounding up
that Bridge Club. Come down to the
Armory and play new game for
change.
You men, get your gangs together
and pack for the United Nations one
evening week. Sure, it's dirty work
But think how lucky you are to be
in this country far from the noise
of battle. Can't you take a little
dirt for the sake of those who have
taken so much from the aggressor
nations.
The hours are 9-12 in the morn
ing; rs in the afternoon and the
packing is done from ITO at night
The meeting place is the Armory or
Field street. PLEASE HELP. Cal
the Civilian Defense Volunteer Of
flee, 10000 for an afternoon OF
mornings work. Please do youl
share in this outstanding volunteer
job of the year.
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den sight with a screwdriver, so
senators and bystanders could see
the interior ganglia; he told exact
ly what made 1t tick. listened care
fully. jotted down one Of his
statements, thus:
There is two one-thousandths
back-lash clearance In the rear
head speed disk"
/ That is, he added, when you take
into consideration all five gears.
So much for the technical side
of the Norden sight and its $500
parts. You'll probably be more in
terested in the Army Air Corps cap
tain, with battle stars on his chest
and a shooting iron on his hip, who
was assigned to guard 1t.
This kinf of makes me blink,
he said. Overseas we had to guard
these things with our lives. Now
look. Hey, you Che was talking to a
photographer, go easy with 1t. Any
how, he had to keep the sights COW
cred at all times and when he went
aloft the bombardier had to swear
that he would destroy it II there
was a chance Of crash. So there
was pal of mine, bombardier on a
bomber. He thought he was a goner
over Germany. The pilot said there
was not a chance. So my friend
kicked in the Norden bomb sight
with his foot. Then he shot a couple
of AS slugs into 1t and when he'd
wrecked it completely, the pilot
said he guessed he could make it
back home after all. He did, too.
The bombardier hauled out about Is
cents worth Of junk that had been
worth $45, 900 before he went to
work on it. He was an unhappy
man."
The captain went on to say that
he could nto see what the small
business committees interest was
in the Norden bomb sight. OF all
the wonders of the war, he said.
this one seemed to have the least
possible postwar future.
Unless he added, You might
want it on the regular airlineS SO
that you could use it to drop off a.
couple of passengers, say, at st.
Louis, and aim the next at Cincin-
natl"
That does it. Phone me if there's
anything else you want to know
about the Norden bomb sight.
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selves In the uncomfortable noun
tains and forests Of Southern
Germany and Austria. and hold
whatever we can Of Italy In
the occupied parts Of Germany we
shall fight a Partisan war Of nerves
against you. Although we may
smile and bend under the Allied
yoke, We shall resort relentlessly to
ambushes and tricks of guerrilla
warfare. Even II Germany
should be utterly defeated, our sub
marines would continue TO harass
Allied shipping. and our secret
weapons, striking from concealed
sites in the mountains, will spit
death and destruction on the hated
invader.
HitIer-Right or Wrong
There are thousands Of fanat-
ical German youngsters" he con-
tinued, who are willing to sacri-
flee everything for the liberation
Of "a defeated Fatherland, and who
posing as friends of the Allies :.
will risk their anonymous lives in
sabotaging every Allied effort.
"One man and the spirit he Gre
ated," he proclaimed, will always
be the guide of our youth: Our
Fuehrer Hitler united us as a ma
ton. Hitler made Germany con-
scious Of her mission and strength.
The British say: Right or
wrong, my country We Germans
say, Right or wrong, our Fuehrer'. /"
National Socialism he explained
as possessing the power Of myth.
1t appeals to the warm depths
OF our feelings and emotions; it
overwhelms us by its twilight eff
fectS We have faith In our
Fatherland. And this faith will
give us the strength not to capitu-
late, no matter how much Of Ger
many the enemy may occupy. We
shall always fight back, no matter
with what weapons, no matter with
what ruSes, no matter for how long
period, until the last invader Is
killed or driven from Germany"
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As REFUGEES FOR
5 YEARS TAKEN
BY PALESTINE

Cairo, April 27-CUP)-Forty-five
rowing Jewish refugees who, during
the past i've years, have been shnnt-
ed from one internment camp to
another throughout the Balkans,
have finally been granted pern1a-
nent haven In Palestine.
The refugees who are now in q
UNNRA camp in Egypt, were grant
ed immigration certificates for Pal
estine as the result of efforts on the
part of DR.. Leo Hermann, white
haired German Jewish head Of the
Palestine Jewish Council for Relief
Abroad.
II personally examined them and
cross-examined them as to their
reasons for wanting to enter Pal
estine," said DR.. Hermann, who Is
now working in cooperation with
UNNRA.
DR.. Hermann said that the refu-
gees viii mostly go to communal set
Elements in Palestine, where they
will live as farmers. A few skilled
specialists will be given jobs in var
ious trades, such as In Palestine's
rapidly growing textile industry.
DR.. Hermann said that the wan
derers were made up of men, women
and children from Jugoslavia and
Greece, with a few Austrians and
Czechs among them. A few other
refugees had reestablished contact
with families in their homeland and
elected to return there.
DR.. Hermann has been chairman
Of the Palestine Foundation fund
since its inception in 1922. He said
that DIR. Weizznan and Ben Gour-
DIN of the Jewish Agency planned
to give more prominence to the
United Palestine Appeal in America
when they visit the United States
soon.
He said that 40 Jewish medical
and public health. specialists already
have left Palestine to work with
UNNRA in Greece, giving aid to
Greeks irrespective Of religion.
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TWO DRIVERS Held
AFTER ACCIDENTS
Taxi-Cab Operator Given
Summons After Crash
Near WeltOn Fountain

One day continuances were grant
ed in two road rules cases after they
were called before Judge Charles R
Summa in City Court this morning
They were Louis Gallucci, IS, 727
Meriden road, and William Surpren-
ant, So, 229 Macauley avenue.
Prosecutor Albert w. Hummel said
Gallucci, cab driver, backed his
car fr>Nn a parking place near the
Welton Fountain on North Main
street into car driven by Robert
Hurdle, 81, % Vine street, damaging
1t extensively last night. He was
notified to appear in court by Motor
Patrolman Thomas Redding.
Surprenant was notified by Motor
Patrolman John Deeley who said
the accused was driving a truck
north on Baldwin street, yesterday
afternoon when it smashed into 9
traffic standard and pushed 1t II
feet at Piedmont street. The driver
sustained minor injuries.
Alfred Dean, IS, % Newell place
was fined $35 on charges of intoxi-
cation and breach of the peace
brought by another roomer at the
Newell place address who said the
accused was noisy and abusive late
last night.
Other cases: Divide PhilibeSt, 80
% West Liberty street, blocking view
of a stop sign, Sc bond called; Har-
vey Fontain, "a, 8 Slocum street
parking within rs feet Of an inter-
section, Sc bond called; Raymond
Foster, %, 80 Maplewood street
James Gaudiosi, 80, Grilly Town
road, Anthony Tomasilla, 81, "a;
Lincoln street, parking violations
S. bonds called.
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New Low In
kozi Mora e

washington, April 27.--tUP)-
The sudden folding OF German de-
lenses from northern Germany clear
down to Italy was seen by military
observers today as a sign OF pos
sible approaching enemy collapse.
(The German high command I'M
piled yesterday that the battle u
Berlin might end the war. 1t SAID
in its daily communique that TIE
struggle was "of decisive Importance
for the future of the Reich and for
tllhe existence Of Europe.D
Allied armies yesterday seized the
northern German ports OF Bremen
and Stettin, fought into Regensburg
in southern Germany, and seized
Brno in Czechoslovakia. The U. S.
Third and Seventh armies In tue
south were pouring across several
bridges over the upper reaches Of
the Danube while other forces seized
Verona in northern Italy.
This rapid disintegration of the
entire German front was seen as a
marking new low in enemy NOR
ale and the will to fight.
Observers believe the sudden
may be attributed to the surround
slackening of German resistance
ing of Berlin and occupation of a
large part of the Nazi capital, tce
imminent or actual union of west
ern Allied and Russian forces and
the rout of German forces in Italy
The only show of German strength
appeared at Hamburg in the north
and Passau in the south, suggest
ing that the Nazis still may have
power to make a stand in Denmark
and small part of Germany ne II
the Kiel canal and in the Redoubt
in the southern mountains.
If the Germans should yield Pas
sau the way would be open to Hit
ler's eagle roost at HerchteSgaden
and union with the Russians west
of Vienna.
The steady flow of German pris-
oners accumulated the picture OF APP
preaching collapse. The take on
Tuesday was 43,405 on the western
front alone where total Of $500,
GOO prisoners have been captured
since D-Day last June.
About 10000 prisoners have been
taken in northern Italy in the last
two days.
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ENENS s


The calendar Of events next week
at the First Methodist church, an
,pounced this morning by Rev. Dr..
John J. Snavely. pastor, follows:
Tuesday. May 1st-'
2:0O-W. C. T. u.
6:00-Girl Scout Meeting.
Wednesday, May md
7:45-Mothers Club Meeting.
8:00-Waterbury Federation Of
Mems Bible Glasses.
Thursday, May 3rd-
4:30-Junior Choir Rehearsal.
Friday, May 4th-
7:30-Church Choir Rehearsal.
The Calendar Of events next week
at the Second Congregational
church, announced this morning by
Rev. DR.. John c. Walker, pastor,
follows
Sunday, April $4,000 a. m.
Church School. 10:15 a. m. Commu-
1iicants' Class. 11:00 q. m. Morning
Worship. 4:30 p. m. Pilgrim Fellow
ship. 500 p. m. Coombs Fellowship.
$50 p. m. Young Peoples Choir Re-
hearsal. 7:30 p. m. Forum.
Monday, April 30-7:30 p. m. Girl
Scout Mariner Ship.
Tuesday, May $3.50 p. m. Moth
er and Daughter Banquet. 7:30 p
m. Air Scouts.
Wednesday, May $3.50 a. m
Surgical Dressings. 200 p. m. Board
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By Robert Duncan
SUM-UPS:

~ M-OTO
PATRICK HENRY and
the Frigate's Keel and Other
Stories of a Young Nation"
by Howard Fast (Duell, Sloan
G. Pearse: $3.50. A dozer
dramatic stories of the forma-
tive days of our nation, well
told and good reading.
"The Farmer and the Rest
Of s." by Arthur Moore Lit
tie, Brown: $3.50. Philosophy
of farming and its place in
an industrialized society, with
emphasis. on relationship be-
tween the farmer and the
laborer. Vigorous and highly
readable.
"The Iron Gates" by Har-
lret Millar (Random House:
$3.50. Psychological myster!
yarn with a good measure of
PRIOR; a second wife, unwanted
by her stepchildren, is driven
to insanity's brink, and In
Inspector Sands has two muir
ders on his handle years
apart.
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6OOkMAEhS
Sophie married at 16, was wait
ing on table at her father res
taurant in Hartford when Willie
and Eugene Howard came along.
They dangled tempting bait-a
career in the show business. She
snapped at it and went to New
York, where as a "coon-shouter'
she got SIS a week. She played
blackface in the daytime, white
face evenings, 20 shows a week at
Marcus Loews uptown theater, was
so overcome by Tony Pastors. offer
Of $40 to perform in his Bowery
theater that she kissed him on the
spot.
FAME CAME SOON
Her rapid rise was Algeresque;
it wasn't long before Sophie could
not only place her signature on a
large-sized check, but had a musi-
cal signature which was to stick
with her for the rest of her life.
Shelton Brooks composed a song,
Some Of These Days" 1t became
her theme, and has never lost its
popularity.
Paderewski played when she
married second time. She gave
command performances for King
George and Queen Mary Of Eng
land and after her return to the
U. s. in 1881, found that movies
had uSurped v&udeville's place. But
she kept right ON entertaining. She
does just that, in her book.
1.-THE FOLDED LEAF" by Will
liam Maxwell (Harper: $2.5O)
achieves the difficult accomplish
ment Of portraying an adolescent
friendship without mawkiShness
or false notes; the relationship is
made real, human, and touching.
The bond was formed when
LYME Peters, thin, wan, introvert,
was rescued from drowning in the
school swimming pool by Spud
Latham, his opposite in every re-
spect. Thereafter the boys were in
separable, throughout school and
into college.
Then along come a girl, the duo
became trio, and the girl became
Spuds. Spud decided that there
was but one course for him.; he
broke away from LYME in hopes
of putting an end to a growing
hostility. But leaving his room
mate and joining fraternity
proved no answer to the problem.
Succeeding encounters proved
more and more OF strain; a crisis
was slowly forming ard when it
came, in resounding climax to
the story, LYME was forced into
the sudden agonizing leap from
adolescence to maturity.
Characters, both main and in
cidental, are completely handled
Mr.. Maxweli's transformation OF
LYME is rather too abrupt, but all
told, his story of friendship and
the right road it travels is fine
one.
BOOK NEWS
NOW available is the 1943-44 edi-
ton of James Fighting Ships
edited by Francis E. McMurtrie
Macmillan: $1,000, which has been
called alternately, and correctly, the
bible and the encyclopedia of the
navies of the world. Now in its 47th