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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

portal rule and asked an addi- tional $1O,OO0,00O in liquidat- ed damages.
 The Cleveland suit was filed as the Chase Brass Workers Union, Local 565, Interna- tional Union of Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers, C.I.O., an nounced in Waterbury that it would seek probably more" than si.OOOyOOO on behalf Of em- ployes with portal-to-portal claims. Some union officials believe tnat several times the amount mentioned will be asked by the time all local claims against the company are ready for filing.
 The two other major M-MS.W. locals here are also preparing ac- tions under the Supreme Courts decision on portal-to-portal pay. The Waterbury Brass Workers Union, Local 25l, is securing authorizations for filing claims on behalf Of en- ployes of the American Brass Com paSiy and l2 other local factories. The Scovill Brass Workers Union, Local 569. is readying claims which will be filed against the Scovill Man. ufaciuring Company. Torrington and Ansonia locals Of the M.MS.W. are likewise gathering data on claims to be filed.
 ABC Facts S200y0O0 Suit
 In Milwaukee. Wis, the Federal Labor Union, A.FL., brought suit two weeks ago against the American Brass Company. The union asks sIO0. 900 in back pay for 57 casters at AB.C.S KenoSha plant, and seeks an additional 3l00.0O0 in dam ages.
 Plans for the claims to be filed against Chase on behalf of its Wa terbury employees were announced by the portal-to-pOrtal committee of the Chase Local. The committee, consisting of President James Mo- Grath, Chairman Joseph Falcone adn Secretary Renato Ricciuti, said 1t will sue the company for retro active pay due it's members under the portal-tO-portal decision of the Q. s. Supreme Court. The full re- sources of the union will be utilized to protect the rights of its members r,o,,t,d pa0a 11-fe91 OAA nAAl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
YuIe Spirit
 EnsuIfsCity Holiday Eve
Cleor, Colder Weother Forecast For ChFistnos

The spirit Of Christmas held wa terbury in a friendly grip today aS the city prepared for happy hoh- day. The imminent arrival of Santa Claus could be felt in the air aS shoppers thrcnged the business dis trict. factories and offices closed early. and in thousands Of homes gifts were made ready for stack ing under the Christmas tree
 Making the occasion happier is the fact that for the first time since the start Of the war most Servscemen are home. Many were home for last Christmas. but many others were not discharged until this year and are reunited with their families for their first civilian Christmas in several years.
 Clear and colder weather was pre- dicted. Snow from last Friday s storm remained on hillSideS and in suburban areas but no new fall IS expected for the holiday.
 Christmas Eye and midnight Ser- vices will be held in several Protes- tant churches tonight Catholic and Protestant churches both will have special Christmas services tomorrow. and the traditional carols of Christ mastide will be heard.
 P0stmen struggled with their last re-holi6ay deliveries today. Many offices and factories closed for the holiday at noon. and Christmas parties by the score were held.
 Stores. wncih remained open un- til g last night. will close at 5:4S tonight.
 Mayor John S. Monagan gave his Christmas greetings to the city's residents in a community program held last night on the Green. Speak ing from The Elton over a pub&c address system. the mayor called for a re-dedication to the principles of Peace on earth and good will toward men" Familiar carols were sung by the Scovill CarolateerS. di- rected by Carl Copeland and Vim cent Manzoh.
 Normal business activity will be suspended tomorrow as the holiday is observed. The Democrat will not be published tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
Faulty Switch Couses Collision

Waubay, s. D.. Dec. N-(UP)- 4 faulty or improperly thrown switch was blamed today for the collision of a slow-moving freight and at Chicago-bOund Milwaukee road passenger train which struck head-on near here last night.
 Twenty persons received medical attention for injuries. but only one. Angus Thompson, 70, was described as being in serious condition. He suffered a c0ncussion.
 The westbound freight was scheduled to take a siding and per- init he halted second section of the holiday crowded Milwaukee Olym- plan to proceed The freight, tray- cling at 10 to IS miles an hour, ran through the switch and crashed head-on into the train of day coaches carrying IA cars Oi holiday travellers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
8OO,OOO Nozis Given Clean Bill
 Amnesty GTonted
 By Gen. MeNorney
 1n Q. $. Zone

Frankfurt, Dec. Z4 - lUPD --Den. Joseph T. McNanrney today gave sOme 800. 900 little Nazis' a clean bill of health, cleansing them of the taint Of Hitlerigm in a sweeping Christmas amnesty.
 McNarney. American commander in Germany, proclaimed the mass clenency in a Christmas message he delivered at FTankfurt's damned Roemerberg Square, onetime scene Of the coronation of the Holy Ho. man emper0TS and birthplace ot Germanys first social constitution.
 The second perSonal address be- fore Germans by the U. s. com mander was broadcast over every German radio station in the Amer ican zone.
 The amnesty applied to Germans "wno are not ctaTgeable under the Naturalization law as major ofi- enderS, and whose financial status concIuSiyely shows that they have not profited from Nazi greed and ambition"
 The decree affected perhaps a third of all Germans in the U. s. oc- cupatIon zone who might have been charged under the new denazifica- ton statutes wTittens and admins tered by the Germans themselves.
 Also affected were offenders who suffer from a more than 50 percent disability.
 T am sure" McNarney said, that this amnesty viii permit the Ger man administration 10 proceed more vigorously to seek out and punish the active NaziS who brought des- tructl0n on their country, and at tine same time will encourage those who came under its terms to seek the ways of democracy"
 His only other personal appear ance before a German audience was a year ago, when he assumed cOEn- mand in succession to Gen. Dwight D. EisenhOwer. At that time he spoke briefly to the German Council Of States in Stuttgart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
Torrington Mon Injured By Rail Car
Marine Seorgeseu's Legs Are MonsIed
 In Waterbury Yards

Marine Oeorgescu, 3S, of l47 Berry Street, Torrington, was in critical condition at Waterbury Hos pital today where he underwent an emergency operation early this morning after a freight car passed over his two legs.
 Georgescu, 6 brakeman on the New Haven Railroad, sustained two badly injured legs" when he slipped from the top of an icy freight car in the Waterbury freight house yards a few minutes before 6 A. M. today.
 Hospital officials said the man, father of two children, suffered se- were shock, and although his legs were badly mangled they were not amputated. The wheels of the car passed over the left leg just below the hip and over the right leg just above the knee.
 New Haven Railroad Superin- tendent James Greer said Georges GU, who has been employed by the railroad two years, was riding a freight car engaged in switching operations. The superintendent said it was not definitely determined if the man actually slipped from the top of the car or the end ladder, but it was assumed that Georgescu was attempting to alight from the car when he fell.
 MT. Greer said the train was mov- ing about two miles an hour. He said Georgescu made no outcTy and remained conscious until he arrived at the hospital.
 Dr. Harold F. Merrill, assistant medical examiner, was notified. Sgt. Charles McWeeney and Police woman Mrs. Mary Norgren inveSti- gated for local police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

lying low, but none knows for how long. The 5000 Of Irgun Zvai Leumi, the 1900 or 90 of the Stern Gang are restless.
 Peace on earth and mercy mild. ,"
 Since last Christmas eve, 65 British have been killed and il9 wounded; 5i Arabs killed 3S wound- ed: le Jews killed and l7 wounded. Those are the official, known casu- aIties. There have been many more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

The machine guns rattle in ven- Om0tis spasfns ,sbattering the calm from ST t0 Beergheba. The beams Of army searchllghts probe the skies where s1one the Star of Beth 1eheD1,
 While shepherds watched their fiocks by night ,"
 Vigil Kept for Extremists
 The troops and the police kept watebfMl vigil. The truce in the Jewish underground Is a Shaky one. The 5000 men Of Hagana are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
Kilroy Gets Home

Halifax, Mass, Dec. N-(UEf --Kilroy will be home ChTlst- mas with a Eaton present for his family. James J. Kilr0y whose nine children were 0yer- flowing his five-rooEa house, won a retired trolley car in a contest for the best letter ozz how the saying "Kilroy was here" was started. He took possession yesterday at EFere Mass. He will put it on a val ing foundation for eleepluK quarters for six of the Nit KilroyE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
.NO Democrat
 IOn1OrTOW

In accordance with its annual custom The Dem Ocrat will moi print to- morrow, Christmas Day. The Democrats manage ment and staff wish all readers a Holy and Happy Christmas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
Pope ErviisiiOns WarFroml9 Peace
Bethlehem Heralds Christmas Amid Machine gun Rattle, Searchights
Silent night, holy

Bethlehem, Dec. A - (UP) - Silent night holy night. ."
 Eighty thousand British troops patrol the Holy Land this Christmas eve. And 10000 policemen. Three Jewish underground groups defiant and trucuent An Arab army of perhaps 2O000 waiting in the shadows.
 WAi1 fa calm, all g bright :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
Contemporary Tales or Christmas Cheer

Washington, Dec. "A -(UP)- President Truman will lead the na- ton in welcoming Christmas today xhen he lights the big Christmas tree on the White House grounds and hroadcaStS Yule greetings eo his fellow Americans.
 MT. Truman will go out to the south lawn of the executive man. sion at about 5 P. N. (EST for the traditional lighting of the national community tree. He then will de liver his brief message, which will be broadcast by all major networks.
 Tomorrow. Christmas Day, Mir. Truman will take of in his special plane at 7:30 A M. for his home in Independence. Mo. where he will spend 6 24-hour holiday. His wife and daughter already are in Mis- s0uri.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
'Follwing wonder star ."
 British Soldier M0Hneslck

FOhWaHB yOtf0eE SVdF
 British Soldier Moanesick
 Hundreds go to worship tonight at the holy shrines of Bethlehem, But to the cold, tent-housed homeSick British soldier, the true Bethlehem is far away--the little church of his village, the lighted flats of his home town, there is his shrine.
 Bearing gifts, we traverse
 The winding road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem is burdened heavily with military trucks, service cars and taxis. They are rumbling back and forth from late Christmas eve to the early morning of Christmas day.
 The silent stars go by ." NnDfid paun I1-RRTVNr EFEEhh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24
$2O, 900! 900 Suit Filed Against Chase by Union

Of at brought
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

the Japanese on Java after the Cruiser Houston sank; spent three years in prison camps; holds the Bronze Star, Legion of Merit and Purple Heart with cluster.
 Mrs. Levitt was & Navy nurse for A months.
 The LevittS move in today.
 The only strings attached to the Christmas gift from James Mont, a furniture designer who left Sing Sing penitentiary year ago with 20 cents in his pocket and decided he wanted to do something for the most deserving war veteran he could find, was that he be invited to Christmas dinner. He was.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

New York, Dec. 42-(UP)-Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Levitt will entertain their personal Santa Claus at Christ mas dinner.
 The Leyitts were selected as the winners of a one and one half room. completely furnished apartment with an eight-foot Christmas tree, full refrigeratorS and one months rent paid as the most deserving young war veteran couple.
 They were selected because:
 L.-Comdr. Levitt joined the Navy in July l940; went overseas in April. l94l. fought in the battles of Timor Sea. Surabaya, Java Sea, Sunda ,tnaaaS and others: was captured by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

Buffalo. N. Y, Dec. A-(UP)- There's a letter on its way to the family Waclaw Wawreniec left be- hind in Wies Swiniary. Poland. but it bears no Christmas cheer.
 And the family'S letter to Wawr- zeniec arrived too late.
 The letter today from his grand daughter said: We, the grandchil- dren, send greetings to our dear grandfather for the holidays. We beg grandfather to send package to his grandchildren. I am IS years old and have no shoes. I use my mothers shoes to go to church. Could you send some stockings or dresses, even if they are not new?"
 The letter from his daughter said: Dear father, please do not forget me-"
 Wawrzeniec, who had worked hard to get money for his family's Christ mas, clloked to death on chicken bone last Got. %. Public Adminis- trator Samuel Sapowich wrote the family immediately. but the mall to Poland k slow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

New York, Dec. 24-(UP)- Sayda Ayle. nine-year-old Puer- to Rican girl, was ready to leave Bellevue Hospital today, and sat waiting patiently, repeating the only two phrases she knows in English:
 T can see. Merry Christmas |" Physicians had removed the cat- aractS that had blinded her since birth.
 She was delighted with her large red doll, and the wonderful things going on about her.
 T can see," she called. Merry Christmas"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-24

Stamford. Dec. 24-CUP)-The father of Paula Welde1. missing Bennington College student who for awhile was thought the pos sible victim of foul play. hoped today that she would answer his appeal to come home for Christ mas.
 W. Archibald Wslden, wealthy industrial engineer. broadcasting from a Stamford radio station last night. said:
 Paula. in just two more days it will be Christmas. If this ap- peal reaches you. know that we love you and want you. Whatever prompted you to leave us, if you have gone of your own free will, be sure We can find a better an- swer to your problem by working on it together"
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Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Subscription $3.50 Per Annum in Advance


On Aug. LIST, thirty-two years ago, the Kaiser started his
legions marching to begin the First World War which finally
engulfed the United States.
We were w~oefuLy unprepared for the conflict that we en-
tered but, thanks to Allied nations, which had been fighting
the fee for nearly three years, we managed to get the neces-
sary equipment and American soldiers, under Gen. John j.
Pershing, made known to the world that Americans could
fight.
After the close of the struggle the United States, together
with Great Britain and France, succumbed to the dangerous
delusion that war would be no more. We put into effect a
disarmament program that heavily penaized the victorious
nations but had no effect upon former enemy nations or upon
Japan.
While the people of the democracies lulled themselves to
sleep in a delirious dream of pacifism, believing that they
were safely ensconced behind a acknowledgement nationaism,
the enemies of mankind, under the leadership of dcatOrs,
plotted to conquer the earth, enSlave free peoples and master
all mankind.
inadequately prepared for warfare. In fact, up to the very
eve of the attack upon Pearl HarboT, and the resulting declar-I
ations of war against us that issued from Berlin and Rome,
we were il-prepared to defend our own soil from modern at
tacks.
Let us not make the same mistake a second time, now
that something like peace exists. Let this nation IesOutely
resolve to turn a deaf ear to selfish nationaism and to i'm
p~rovident pacifism. Let us keep armed forces strong enough
for any possible task because in preparedness there is security,
if there is no guaranty of peace.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
British to Train Young
Women Police Careers

LONDON. - Since there is ne
Sherlock Holmes around to clear ur
current crime mysteries, English
police authorities have resorted to
new methods in an effort to check
the postwar crime wave.
One method calls upon attractive
young women to train in the Grim
inal Investigation department col
lege for employment as qualified
"plain clothes" detectives, shifting
out crime in the English provinces.
"Plain clothes" is a deceptive
term, since these female crime
chasers, who receive the same pay
as police women, will get a special
clothing allowance, with coupons.
Twenty-one English girls already
have entered the G. 1. D. college,
with dozens to follow. Before enter
ing the college, the future girl de-
tectives must serve an apprentice
ship as a uniformed "fatfoot," help
ing old ladies cross roads and pro-
tecting school children.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
War and drought

Binder Irvine is made from sisal
fibre, which comes from the hene-
quen plant. This plant is grown
on a large scale only in Java and
Yucatan.
War practically ruined the
henequen plantations of Java
today we must depend on Yucca
tan (Mexico) for more than
eighty-fve percent (85%) of our
imports of sisal fibre.
But Yucatan has had an excep-
tionally long and severe drought.
The sisal crop is far below nor
NAL. And equally important,
much of the fibre that Yucatan
has produced is being finished
into Irvine in Yucatan's own mills.
This is being sold in open world
markets at prices much higher
than those which prevail in the
United States. Neither we nor
any other United States manu-
facturers of Irvine, to our knowl-
edge, have any financial interest
or voice in the control of these
mills.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
The Outlook Says:

Shirley Collins returned home last
week from visiting her grandpar-
ents at Flathead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Nelson
and son, Ronnie, who had been the
guests of Mrs. Nelson's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Krug and other
relatives, returned this week to
their home in Avery, Idaho. En-
route they planned to visit Mr..
Nelson's mother in Deer Lodge.
One hundred and thirteen Mon
tana men joined the regular army
during July, it has been announced
by Major Robert McGraw of Butte,
commanding officer of the Montana
district. Among them was William
V. Renner of Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Albertus and
daughters, Marilyn, Mary Ellen and
Heidi, returned Friday from a visit
with relatives in Portland and a
trip to Seaside, Ore. They were
gone two weeks.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Glen James and
sons, Donald and Joe of Larabee,
Iowa, and Bernard Kline, also of
Larabee, are visiting in the Roy
Bice home. Gene Bice, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Bice, returned with them
to Laurel after working this sum-
mer in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Bennett and
family returned last Wednesday
from F~reewater, Ore, where they
had been since the close of the
school term. The family will leave
the latter part of the week for
Kennewick, Wash, where Mr.. Ben
nett will be principal of the senior
high school and Mrs. Bennett will
have charge of the physical educa-
ton department for girls.
Kermit Pewitt, four-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pewitt of
Richmond, Calf, is visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Emily Shaffer
and other relatives. Kermit made
the trip from Richmond with his
aunt, Mrs. o. V. Pewitt who re-
returned from a visit in
California.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Various Disasters Hit
1876 Japanese Workers

TOKYO. - Two mine explosions
and a railroad accident left 1875 Jap
anese dead, missing, or injured.
At least z were killed and SO
injured by an explosion of 1900
pounds of dynamite at a mine cable
terminal of the Chugai Mining
company near Nagano.
Kyodo News agency said a per-
sons we're missing after an explo-
sion in a pit at the Tagawa coal
mine in Kawasaki, on Kyushu.
A Nagoya repatriation train
crashed into the real of a standing
train at Ninomiya station killing
z and injuring "a.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Equal treatment for all

We have made every effort to
handle this situation fairly. Nc
one section of the country has
been favored against another.
Any surplus of Irvine that re-
manned this year in sections where
there is an early harvest, has been
transferred to areas with later
harvest seasons. This has resulted
in the Northwest getting an addi-
tional 600, 900 pounds of Irvine in
recent weeks.
AS of July %, 1916, after comb
ing all our branches clean, we had
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Westinghouse Boosts Its
Output Of Appliances

NEW YORK.-Westinghouse Elec-
trio corporation has attained about
so per cent of its prewar production
rate on re~frigerators and is exceed
ing its former output of electric
irons and roasters, Gwilym A..
Price, president, said recently.
The electric appliance division is
turning out approximately 1000 re-
f~rigerators a day and about 5000 Of
the smaller units daily.
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Fibre imports now less
than half

Due to the conditions mentioned,
we have received less than one
Laurel outlook., 1946-08-14
Six Giant Pumps
Will Aid C0uIee
Plan to Water 400, 900 Acres
Of Dry EARNED Land
And Sagebrush.

GRAND COULEE, WASH.-Six
water pumps-most powerful and
largest ever built-are planned to
be installed to pour out a life-giv-
ing stream over 400, 900 acres of
sagebrush and dry-farmed land in
south central Washington.
AS work is rushed on Grand
Coulee dams irrigation system, two
California firms have begun manu-
facture of the pumps, a job they bid
on jointly. Costing $1,062, 975, the
giants will be built by the Pelton
Water Wheel company of San Fran
cisco and the Byron Jackson Pump
company of Los Angeles.
They'll be driven by IS, 000-horse-
power electric motors, Commission
er of Reclamation Michael w.
Straus said. Each pump will be
capable of lifting $4,000 gallons of
water per second to the height of
270 feet.
CO-Operated in Design.
In designing pumps of such un-
precedented size, the bureau had
the help of the California Institute
of Technology at Pasadena. Its en-
gineers worked with those of the
bureau at Denver in conducting the
scientific research, experimentation
and laboratory tests required in
%perfecting the designs.
The six pumps, forming a battery,
will be installed in a plant built on
a rock shelf of the canyon wall, up
stream from the dam. Each pump,
with its motor installation, will be
approximately so feet high. Ten of
them operating simultaneously for
19 minutes could pump the equiva-
lent of a gallon of water for every
man, woman and child in the United
States.
The first two pumps are sched-
uled for delivery early in 1948, and
the remaining four later that year.
Because no pumps approaching the
size of the Grand Coulee equipment
have ever been constructed, the
manufacturers will build a reduced
scale model which will undergo ex-
tensive hydraulic tests. Perform
ance of the model as indicated in
the tests will be used as a basis for
approval of the pump designs.
War Halted Work.
The pumps will be an integral part
of the water distribution system for
the Columbia basin project now be-
ing developed by the bureau of
reclamation to harness the Pacific
Northwest's mightiest river for ir-
rigation, power production and flood
control.
A million acres of arid land will
be irrigated with water stored in
the 150-mile-long reservoir of the
dam when the project is completed.
Work on the irrigation system was |
by the war, but the bureau
now has launched an expanded con-
struction program aimed at provid- .
facilities for the irrigation of
the 400 900 acres by 1850 or 1851. ,
Grand Coulee was nearly complet- u
ed in 1912 and its partially complet- (
ed plan helped tremendously in the u
power output for war industries. l