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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Payments On AIimony Reduced
 loeoI Men Receives
 R Rsduetion PosuIlOl
 To Pay Decrease

A local factory worker whose earns ings have decreased since Surren. der Day because Of shorter hours was granted permission by Superior Court Judge Charles J. Mclaughlin today to reduce alimony payments.
 Tn permitting the reduction, sought by Frank Uriano of Water bury, the jurist commented that the court expected to hear c lot about the burden of divorced men in coTlr tinuing payments, and he referred to the increasing cost of living.
 Uriano's ex.wife. Helen, obtained divorce last June i6, and he was ordered ct that time to pay Sio weekly for the support of two chil. dren and 4i0 weekly aS alimony.
 Reduced Earnings
 Tn court today the petitioner claimed his earnings have been re- duoed from S66 to 944 weekly. Fol. lowing Q lengthy hearing, during which Mrs. Uriano also testified, the court ordered reduction of alimony to 60 weekly, but ruled the same support payments would stand.
 The change was made with c warning from the jurist that he OK. pected the reduction to end the support and alimony question and that if the pay increased the court would approve 6 motion to raise the weekly payments.
 Asked by the petitioners counsel if Q further reduction wouids Dc permitted if the wages decreased, Judge Mclaughlin commented Ines got an automobile. That can 90 on the auction block"
 A motion made by Albert A. Bou. langer for reduction of payments to support his child was continued for two weeks after the court was told he was in arrears on ordered pay- Inents. Boulanger is defendant in divorce action brought by Hazel Houlanger, and had been ordered to pay 9l2 weekly for support.
 Back Payments
 The court gave Boulanger two weeks time in which to catch Up on back payments. It was disclosed that since Boulanger's work-hours were cut after Surrender Day he has been earning less and had cut the support payments to 9S weekly.
 A warning was Issued that If the back payments are not made con- tempt proceedings will be in line and the court will not consider any
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Will Review Zukouskds Death Plea
 Supreme Court
 Of Errors to
 Heor Case

Conviction of Francis P. zukaus. kaS, former supernumerary police man, on 0 first degree murder charge, will be reviewed by the state supreme court of errors in Hartford next month, when his appeal from the death penalty will be heard, 1t was disclosed today when the Octo- Der docket was released.
 Evidence in the case has been printed and the appeal Is ready to be called when the assignment of cases for the october term Is made by the high court Sept. % ct 10 c. m. in the supreme court room, the docket list reveals.
 Defense Attorneys
 In accordance with customary procedure of the court, Public De- fender Edward T. Carmody and At torney W. W. Gager, special defense attorney, will express their prefer ence aS to 6 specific date for the hearing, and the Hartford court will rule on the request at next weeks session.
 ZukauskaS was found guilty of first degree murder last Feb. 8 by three superior court judges for the slaying of Mrs. stephanie Plungis last Nov. 1. The bullet.Tiddled body Of Mrs. Plungis, mother of two chil. dren, was found Nov. { in c shallow
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Boy, l3, Given 2S fo 35 YoorS

Springfield, Mass, Sept. 2I- (UP)-EarI V. Laurie, IT,, 13, of Springfield was to start serving . 2e.tO-3S.year state prison sentence today after pleading guilty to manslAughter in the scx-slaying of his 8.year.old sister.
 The youngster yesterday was given three concurrent 1O-t0- 1S.year sentences to be served after Q manslaughter term of 1s.to.2O years.
 Laurie confessed tO slammlng shut the door of An unused lcebox behind his home where his sister, Hazel, crouched in pain after he violated her last June 2l. Her body was found next day by . nelghbOr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Hirohito;s Notification Indicated By MoUes

lessor of jurisprudence ct Tokyo Imperial University, was named ofti- ciai adviser and instructor to him.
 2. Prince Chichibu, taberctiiaF brother of Hirohito and probable regent In the event of his abdica. ton, ts making one of his rare trips to Tokyo in response to c summons from the Emperor.
 Asked point-blank whether Hiro- hito was considering abdicating, however, Imperial Househcld Min- ister shotaro Ishiwata, one Of the Mikadc'S closest advisers, told the United PreSs:
 "guch c thing as abdicatlon of Emperor Hirohito absolutely could not be-"
 Ishlwata'S statement might be technically correct at the moment, but still was subject to complete re- (Ccntinus6 on Page 9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
MussoIini's  Ruled Italy
By ANN STRING GER

(UnAte4 Press Stan C0FFesp0noe0t)
 Lpari Island, Italy, Sept. 2i = (UP) - Edda Ciano, favorlte child of Benito Mussolini believes that her fathers mistress was the real dieta- tor of Italy in the final years of Fs Scisna.
 Brunette Clara Petacci, with whom Mussolini was executed by Partisans In the hills above Milan last spring, was so powerful ct one time that all appointments with the former Il Duce had to be clear cd through her personally, Edda said.
 "The only real and functioning ministry ct 6 certain moment in io42 was ct the house of Clara Pe- tacci," Edda told me yesterday in what she described as the first press interview she ever has given.
 Though herself regarded in pre-. war days as Mussolini's "evll star" Edda denied that she ever had any influence over her father political ly.
 Mothers Attitude
 My mother mixed much more In Italian politics than I-rnuch more" she said. But on international politics, I suppose she did not iln- derStand . thing. Clara Petacci car. ried more weight with him than anyone else"
 She said she never had forgiven her father for turning her husband former Italian Foreign Minister Count daleaSzo Ciano, over to 6 firing squad.
 Edda freely admitted her pro- Axis leaaings.
 She indignantly denied persistent reports that she had worked against her husband behind his back. She also denied that she had ever work cd for the Germans or was friendly with former ReichsmarShail Her. mann 0oering or former NaE for- eign minister Joachim Won Ribben- trop.
 Never Quagreled
 Ddda said her husband and father never had quarreled over politics. though they might have had diff. ferent opinions.
 After all, the boss was my fath-
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EDITORS In the following AiS- patch, Frank H. Bartholomew, United Press vlCe-presIdent in charge of the Pacific, discusses the likelihood of Emperor HlrO- hitO's abdlcatlOn.
 By FRANK H. BARTH0L0AGEW United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Tokyo, Sept. q - (UP) - 1ndi- cations that Emperor HirOhito is considering abdicating in favor of his ii-year-old son increased today despite . denial from the Royal 
 Two factors in particular bolster cd the belief that Hirchito Is pons dering abdicaticn:
 1. Grown Prince AlkIhIto was cT- dered two days before Japan's cap- ttulatiOn to prepare himself for 'aTcgtg' - the science of rtileTship- and pT. ghigeto Hogurii retired pro
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Army Disqualification Criticism Continues
 consressmen Under Pressure from Home
 Folks to Get Boys Out Immediately
 Encouraged by Morsholl's Promises
NY I0HN r. CIITTER

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 Washington, Sept. 2l (Up)-- Congressional criticism of Army dc. mobilization continued today de- spite Gen. George 0. Marshall's promise of point reductions and re- leases as fast as possible.
 Whether Congress will take mat ters into it's own hands remained to be seen. A special closed Tneet- ing of the Senate military afSairs committee today, olferNd Q possible Indication 0E SWhadh sWay cUllsrSs. sional sentiment will swing. t
 The committee was expected to consider what legislation, if any, 4e needed in view of Marshails statements.
 Chairman Ebert D. Thomas, D., Utah, wanted nothing more for the present than approval of legislas ton designed to encourage volun- tary enlistsnentS and to reduce the need for draftees in the armies Of occupation.
 Congressmen under pressure from home folks to get the boys out immediately were encouraged by Marshall's promises that;
 I.-The discharge score for en- listed men will be reduced from 30 to 70 on October l and to 60 on November 1 and that ell men of more than two years service will be eligible for release "by late winter" |"
 2.-The discharge acore for offi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Long, Bitter Punishment For Japs Says MacArthur
CllrysLer;s Truck Plant Closed As 800 WaLk Out
New Dispute Arises In DetFoit's Seeth. ina Strike Area

Detroit, Sept. 21-(UP)-A strike of 800 members of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) closed Chrysler Corporations Dodge truck plant today in a new dispute on Detroit's troubled labor front.
 Chrysler officials said the strike developed over the temporary layoff of 2,200 ern- ployeS because of the lack of truck parts normally sent from supplying firms now Strike-bound.
 Company Order
 The company told the 2,200 work CTS yesterday that they would not need to report today. Another 300 who were advised to report refused to cross picket lines this morning. the company said, closing the plant and halting all production.
 Union leaders immediately sought to meet with the strikers. The new disturbance broke out aS
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Jop Press Punished Further

Tokyo, Sept. 1i-Up)-den. Doug. laS MacArthur today ordered the immediate arrest of Gen. Kenji Doihara, commander of the Jap- anese First General Army, and iEa- posed 10 rigid rostrictions on the Japazeae 13fess. l 'ais ic'-
 The arrest order went out only @ hours after Dolhara was named to succeed Field Marshal Gen Sugi- yafne, who committed suicide Sept. IA. D. 8. army authorities were un. derStood to be considering war criminal charges against Doihara on the basis of his record 0s Q cot1s mander in China.
 As commander of the First Jap. aneSe General Army, Doiharas principal task was to supervise the disarming and demobiliSation of more than 1000, 900 Japanese troops in central Japan. He also retained command of Japanese eastern army district headquarters.
 MAcArthur said his 10 command ments for Japanese newspapers and other publications were designed to educate them in the meaning Of . free press. The restrictions applied to news, editorials and advertise. KI1entS.
 Restrictions
 1-Newspapers must adhere strict. ly to the truth.
 2-Nothing shall Dc printed which might directly or indirectly disturb public tranquility.
 3-No newspaper or other period ical shall falsely or destructively criticize the Allied powers.
 %They shall not invite TiiStruSt or resentment against Allied occu- patton troops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Earth To Linger On Nine More Days Says Minister

Pasadena, Calf, Sept-(UP)- Today was scheduled to be WE-Day (world's End Day), but 72-yeaT-old Rev. Charles c. Long believed that he might have talked the Lord out of it.
 At any rate, he felt certain that he had gained a stay of execution and that the earth wouldn't explode into vapor ct exactly i0.:30 6. m EWT, but might finger on for ail- other nine days.
 The founder and leader of the remnant Church of God said the Lord told him that he might keep that coSmic bomb behind the pearIy gates and not drop t On the world at ail "lf the peoples repent Of thelF wrongs."
 Rex Long was feeling pretty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Standard Time Week from Sunday

Washington, Sept. 2I-(UPl -Get ready tO enjoy an extra hours sleep . week from next Sunday.
 On that date, Sept. 90, at exactly 2 .. m. EWT, the na. tiOn'S clocks will go back an hour and it won't be war time any more. It'll Do standard tlIne-l .. m. EST. You can sleep another hour before lt's g .. m. again.
 The Senate late yesterday completed Congressional action on the bill ending war time Sept. 90. President Truman is expected Co sign it in time for it to become effective on that date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21

veXed too, because he just refI1er11s bered that in that vision back in i09S . moving hand neglected to tell him whether an ancient or modern calendar was to be used in figuring out the beginning Of all eternity.
 Long had worked out his date with doom on c modern latest model calendar and, as he gloomily pointed out, f the Lord meant for him to IiSe the old biblical calendar his present calculations were bound to be way off base.
 Last night, after . week of prayers and 24 hours Of fasting, Long, his 32-year-old son Richard, and their 50 followers turned osit the lights and went to bed just as on any other night. Most Of the 90 were back at Longs house this morning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
Dem Buns' Will Play Here Sept 29

Announcement was made this afternoon, by Fred DaH of Nauga. tuck, baseball promoter and packer of the BrasScog, thet he had signed the Brooklyn Dodgers of the Na- tionai League for an afternoon game ct waterbury,s Municipal Stadium against the BraSscoS, Sat- urday, September 20. The game is scheduled to start ct 3:30 or { p. m. The entire Brooklyn squad, iilclud- ing Manager Leo (Lippy) Durocher will be on hand, Promoter Davi said.
 Al Jariett Of Watertown, Toronto, International League pitcher, has also been secured to work against the West Haven Sailors tomorrow night at the Stadium. Naugatuck'S Frank (spec) Shea will start the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
 kes0ver Ford Plant
 Founder, 82,
 Succeeded by
 Nomesoke, 26
By ALLEN V. BOWLING

United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 Detroit, Sept. d. (UP)--Henry Ford II, 2s, today succeeded his grandfather as presioent of the Ford Motor company and head of one of the worlds greatest private fortunes,
 Henry Ford, the e2-year-old founder of the automotive empire and vast other holdings, resigned the presidency for the second time. He turned over the presidency to his son, Edsel, in 1918, but returned to the helm in June, 1o43, shortly after Edsels' death.
 The elder Ford increasingly had withdrawn from responsibilities of management in the last year after piloting the company through most of It's war production. His grand- son and naInesake became execu- tive vice president on April 20, Ie44.
 New Era
 In retiring ct last from direction of the business, the genius of the model T left the automobile indus. try he helped pioneer as 1t was en- tering new era of unmatched pro- duction and engineering advances.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
High Unemployment Estimates Dralun-up

Washington, Sept. 2i-(Up)-Of. flee of Price Administration eco. nomiStS have prepared . nlemo- randunn predicting that unemploy. Inent may reach total of 10000 900 by June, 1t was learned today.
 Other government economists, in. cluding advisers to Reconversion Director John W. Snyder, consider the OPA estimate too peSslnistic. Snyder's own estimate is ey000000 unemployed by spring. He expects that to be the peak, with Q grad. ual reduction thereafter as indus. try attains It's maximum produc- ton.
 Price Control Removal
 Meanwhile, 1t was learned that OPA is contemplating removal of price control from many items of food beginning Dec. 1. These would include items which were generally in good supply. But the agency ins tends to continue price control over other food products which will con. tinue in short supply through next spring. The OPA also intends to hold check reinS on prices of tex. tiles and durable goods into next summer, or perhaps up to July 1.
 Price Chief Chester Dowles gave Q hint of these plans in his speech before the National Industrial Con. ference Board in New York last night.
 "Already we have eliminated price control on two or three hum dred non-eSSential items" Bowles said. "Decontrol on thousands of others will follow during the coming months. Price control on any essen. tial item will be first suspended and then removed aS soon as sups ply and demand conditions cause the price to sag below ceilings. This same holds true of any rental area when vacancies are sufficient to re- store the normal bargaining reias tionship between landlord and ten- ant.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
GOPHurlAccusations Against Late Presi dent

New York, Sept. 2i.-(UP)-ller. bert Brownell, Jr., chairman of the Republican national committee, said today that Gov. Thomas '. Dewey received two confidential" letters from Gen. George 0. Marshall dur. ing the io44 presidential campaign asking Dewey not to disclose what he knew of the Pearl Harbor dis. aStAr.
 Brownell's statement followed c Life magazine story today which said that Dewey "knew the full story of Pearl Harbor" during his unSuc. ceSsful campaign. But refrained from using although It's disclosure might well have landed" the New York chief executive in the White House.
 Dewey Silent
 Dewey, himself, at c press confer- cnce at Albany, ". Y., said that he had mo comment" on the story. Friends. however, said that the governor did not discuss the Japa- nese attack on Pearl Harbor during the campaign because he would "rather Do licked for President than do damage to the war ef2ort.r
 Browneli said that tthe Republi. cans intended in the i0l4 campaign to disclose the truth about Pearl Harbor insofar aS we had been able to find out the facts which were being concealed by the New Deal administration"
 Tn consulting Dewey, Brownell sald, 1t was learned that he had re. celTed under dramatic circum- 'EtanccS" two letters from Gen. Mar shall. Army chief of stan, which warned him that disclosure during the war on the story of Pearl Harbor might well disclose to the Japanese that our governments intelligence service had cracked Japans most secret code, which would still Dc exs tenSiyely used, and from which we were getting vital information"
 War Effort
 T understand that General Mar- SlNtA AboACAtSo " Wa3 tI0 EeNbOlSo opinion Of Admiral King and hiln- self that such disclosure would seris ously. Impede the war effort and might well irnperil if not sacrifice untold American iiveS."
 Brownell said that Dewey decided he would not use Pearl Harbor in- formation available to him because ne believed in MarshallS integrity and would rather "be defeated for President than to risk sacrificing
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
SAILOR KILLED

Mattawanikeag, Me, Sept. 2i- (UP)-Sea:nan 2/c Roscoe A. Pow. CTS, 22, of Chicopee Falls, Mass, and John M. Surrette Jr. 20, of East Milinocket were Killed early today when their automobile left high. way here and struck . tree.
 A third youth, not immediately Identified, was hospltalized in seris Ous condition at Mllnocket.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-21
NationFinished: Never Again
 World Power
Copyright UP Report Reveals
 Drastic PIons of MocArthur
Jcp Armed Forces, Factories to Be Abolished; Will Offer No Food
 Relief This Winter

EDITORS NOTE: Hugh Baihie, president of the United REesss as again on the scene Of big neWp events. Today's interview with General MacArthur ls the Iaaest in . series of distinctive dlspatch- es which Balllle has written ela repOrtorlal assignments In au parts of the world.
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The midland journal., 1945-09-21
CONGRESS-:
Fight Looms

Highlighted by an $4,000 word
message from President Truman,
congress went back to work after
a brief recess to tussle over legisla-
tion extending the draft, tiding the
nation over reconversion, holding
the price line until volume produc-
tion develops, readjusting the farm
economy to peacetime. and provid-
ing credit for foreign countries.
The first congressional move, how
ever, concerned none Of these
weighty problems but rather the
Pearl Harbor debacle of December
a, 1941. Stealing the ball from the
Republican opposition, Senator
Barkley (Dem., Ky.) called for q
joint senate-house inquiry into the
disaster, with an amendment by Sem
ators Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.) and
Ferguson (Rep., Mich.) broadening
the probe to include the Philippine,
Wake and Midway islands setbacks
as well. Matching speedy passage
in the senate, House Speaker Ray
burn (Dem., Texas) assured prompt
action in his chamber.
Barkley's resolution for an investi-
cation followed on the heels Of con-
gressional clamor for an inquiry as
result Of general feeling that the
army and navy board reports con-
stituted a whitewash of political
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
'QUIsLINC:
Defends Self

With death staring him In the
face, pale and grim Vidkun Quisling
was pictured as a constructive Eu-
ropean statesman and passionate
foe of Bolshevism by his counsel
Henrik Bergh during the closing
stages of the celebrated treason
trial in Oslo, Norway.
Though no political disciple Of
the notorious collaboration, lawyer
Bergh depicted Quisling as an ideal
istic eccentric, who, while contact
ing Hitler in 1899, also commu-
nicated with Chamberlain in an ef-
fort to bring about peace between
Germany, Britain and France.
Bergh attributed the collaboration
sympathy with the Nazi occupation
of 1910 to desire to prevent Nor
way becoming a battle-ground like
Poland through a British landing and
subsequent German counterattack.
First sympathetic to communism
while doing relief work in Russia
in 1923, Quisling changed his atti-
tude in 1880 upon seeing mass i'm
prisonments, starvation and plaques
In the soviet, Bergh said.
The midland journal., 1945-09-21
RECONVERSION:
Strikes Interfere

In the first serious work stoppage
in the reconversion period, produc-
tion was cut sharply at the Ford
and Hudson automobile plants fol-
lowing a variety of labor disputes.
In Washington, D. c., the govern
ment remained in close touch with
the situation, in keeping with Presi-
dent Truman's avowed determine
tion to prevent reconversion slow
down through labor differences.
At Ford's, over $4,000 workers
were laid off as a result of strikes
at parts suppliers' plants, with the
walkout of 4,500 employees Of the
Kelsey Hayes Wheel company over
the discharge of union stewards
chiefly interfering with production.
The stewards had been fired for in
stigating a brawl with foreman.
Curtailment of production at Hud-
sons followed the walkout of 5000
workers in sympathy with 500 fore
men striking in protest over a re-
duction of wartime wage rates.