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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Car Jerks in Reverse To Scatter Fruit Men

Fresh peaches, cantaloupeS and cherries were yours for the asking at Chubby and Pete $ wholesale prouce market on Meadow Street this morning-that is if you cared to pick them up from the gutter. And it all happened because big hearted Winnie Magro. owner of the RIM Restaurant at I'll North Main Street, took a friend for a ride.
 It. Joseph Petit of the Motor Patrol said 14-year-old Arthur Mas tronunzio of 61 Easton Avenue, sit ting in the Magro vehicle parked across the street from the market, accidentally stepped on the starter. The car, in reverse, sped crazily across the street, jumped the curb, crashed into a pole, sldesWiped an- other car, spun along the sidewalk, crashed into crates of produce in front of the market and finally came to rest against the next door Long Meadow Diner.
 Magro, in the wholesale dealers at the time, was surprised as anyone He said he had just bought a bushel of peppers and had asked the youngSter to take them to the car. The next thing he knew, he said the car. youngSter and peppers were brought to him.
 Sl00 In Fruit Damaged
 Charles Masone, a partner Of the produce firm, said several crates Of costly peaches were damaged In addition, he said, a case of canta- loupes was ruined and a case ot hard-to-get fresh cherries. He es- timated the damage at s100
 No one, was injured although Sev- eral persons were standing on the pavement when the car jumped the curb. Police said they narrowly missed being injured
 At the Long Meadow Diner, where the front end was deeply dented and fir tree narrowly missed de- struction, a customer dropped his coffee in his lap. T thought it was an atomic bomb" he said.
 No Arrest Made
 Motor Patrolman John Dolan said no arrest has been made. The accident, he said, is still under in- vestigation.
 The rear of the Magro vehicle is severely damaged, and MT. Magro said he will not be able to use the car for several days.
 AS for young Mastronunzio, he i,, scared to death" After it was all over and the lad was back at the diner, he told MT. Magro; T think, Winnie, I've lost my taste for peaches"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Five Seek $5o,000 In Damages
 ReeoeIios, Pelosis
 Bring Court Suit
 Aooinst Sombuco

Five plaintiffs seek damages of S50,O0O in an automobile accident suit filed in Superior Court today against Louis Sambueco. The action is based on an automobile accident on Meriden Road Aug 15. 1945
 The plaintiffs are Rose Ragaglia, Francis Ragaglia, ST, Francis Ra- gaglia, Jr., two years old, who is suing through his father; Mary Pelosi and Joseph Pelosi.
 In writ prepared by Attorney William B. Fitzgerald, the plaintiffs charge Sambuco with responsibili- ty for an accident at Meriden Road and National Avenue. They claim that his car crossed the center line of the highway and crashed into the automobile in which they were riding, seriously injuring all of them and destroying their automobile.
 Rose Ragaglia asks s15, 1000, Dam- ages of s10,000 each are sought by Francis Ragaglia, ST, Mary Pelosi and Joseph Pelosi. 4 S5 900 claim is brought on behalf of Francis Ra- gagha, Jr.
 The writ says that all plaintiffs suffered serious and permanent in juries. The action is retu1nable to Superior Court in September.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Wor Buddies Go to Noxon

Boston, July 9-UP)-Backed h Attorney John F. Noxon Jr'S. World War buddies and the Episcopal biz shop Of western Massachusetts,, for mer Gov Joseph B. Ely will ask Gov. Maurie J Tobin today to save the Prtsfield lawyer from the ele- tric chair.
 Ely, attorney for the 49-year-old NoXon, announced his intention of seeking a reprieye from Governor Tobin before Superior Judge Abra- ham E. Pinanski revoked a stay of sentence yesterday. Unless the gov- ernor interveneS, the action meant that Noxon must die within 30 days for the electTocution murder Of his 6-nonth-old imbecile son Lawrence in September, 1943
 Bishop w. Appleton Lawrence asked clemency for Noxon on grounds there is certainly doubt as to his guilt" F.
 The men who served in the Rain bow Division with NoXon in World War I asked the Governor to con- sider mitigating circumstances" and commute the sentence.
 In all more than l50 letters have been received by the Governor ask ing clemency for the wealthy cor poration lawyer, who received a mandatory death sentence for the murder of his child.
 Noxon. crippled by infantile par alysis since college days, was kept in his cell at State Prison yester- day while the stay of execution was being revoked at Pittsfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
State Blood Bank
 Plans Formulated

Hartford, July g - (UP) - Gov. R. E. Baldwin today scheduled & meeting for July IT to discuss plans for establishment of a statewide blood bank.
 The Governor called upon repre- sentatives of the American Red Cross, the State Medical Society, the State Department of Health, and the Connecticut Hospital As- sociation to meet with the Legisla- tive Council.
 Baldwin said wartime Red Cross facilities for collecting blood dona- tions may be used, with the State Health Department processing the blood. It is proposed to place sup plies of plasma at strategic points throughout the State fer emergency use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Molotov
 Ends Long Deadlock
ConcIove Given Full Independence To Choose Rules

Paris, July 9.-CUP)-FTance sena out invitations today to European peace conference of 21 nations July 29 which will have full freedom to fix it's own rules of procedure with out Big 1" dietation.
 V. M MolotoY, making one of Russia's biggest concessions in the history of the Foreign Ministers Council, broke the Big 4's' worst deadlock and cleared the way for the unsnackled peace conference for which James F. Byrnes had fought tooth and nail.
 The compromise agreement on the full dress peace conference in Paris three weeks hence put the forign ministers over the hump. Today they went into the last lap of their meet ing, expected to cut the corners as closely as possible to hasten adjourn ment in ample time to prepare for the first postwar peace conference.
 Withdraws Hand
 The deadlock which threatened the peace conference fell apart last night when Molotov withdrew from his stubborn stand that the Big 4" must nail down in advance the rules under which the q nations would operate.
 Under the compromise solution made possible by MolotoV's conces- sion. the ministers drafted 'recom- mendatons" for conference proced- ure. The conference itself can throw out or amend the recommendation by a simple majority vote.
 The compromise represented complete victory for the Anglo American stand. Quarters close to the ministerial council said Byrnes, who in past debate has tried time and time again to make Molotov understand that the United States had no intention of trying to over throw Big 4 decisions by using the votes sympathetic to the western viewpoint, evidently succeeded in convincing the Soviet delegate. l To Hear Preparations Report l The ministers meet at 5 P. M. (Noon EDT) today. They were scheduled to approve a report by l their deputies on Italian separations. Germany was next on the agenda, but observers doubted that the nlin- isters would take up that controver- Sial subject so soon after breaking out of paralysis over the peace con- ference. -.@s.
 Also remaining for action before adjournment were 20 points connec- ted with various treaties. Most of them were minor. An exception was free navigation of the Danube. Some form of compromise in the l form of a recommendation to the peace conference was expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Hairhne Retreaters Lose Again City Barbers Begin Trimming Billfold, Too

bound to be the butt of circum- spect allusions on the part Of the customers.
 Complaints In Order
 Too, they will be subjected to bitter scrutiny. If they cut a GUS toner with razor there is bound to be passed a remark 10. the effect of "a pound of flesh" If the razor proves dull they will be accused of becoming lazy rich These will, of course, be but the milder, more printable epithets.
 Gone are the days when the bar Der was the heroic savior of ama- teur socialism anu the little mans welfare; the days when the barber shop was the mecca of such credoS as the defense of the conlmon-man's freedoms of wine, women and song. Today the barber has joined the royalists, according to the more dis illusioned of customers.
 What a trimming!" one customer said ruefully today as he departed from a local barber-shop rubbing the back of his head.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09

added price for those few passes the barber makes at his ventilated crown.
 Then there is the guy whose hair is rapidly falling out, He can't pos sibly keep even. Costs are added while his hair subtracts.
 Outcast If He Has Way
 The customer with the thatch re- sembling scrub grass has the only chance of getting even. He can let it grow over a period of weeks so the barber will have to do extra duty. The only setback to that, however, is his wife will probably make him live in a cave while it is growing.
 There probably will be a run in local drug stores today on adhesive tape and styptic powder as the in- divldualistic minded customers stay at home and tempt suicide with un- practiced straight razors.
 The barbers really have them selves on the spot. The first one that bursts forth with new suit in the next few weeks, or a new car, CT eA aktanded vacation is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
More City ' 2 'enants File 
 Notices to Quit
 DwindIe Following
 Governors Order

Additional complaints of rent in- creases above OPA ceilings are still being received. Area Rent Admin istrator George J. McDuff said to- day. Serving of notices to quit on local tenants whose eviction is sought by landlords has been al- most entirely halted this week. Many such notices were served last week. a number of them after Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin had suspended the eviction law, acting under his war emergency powers. One deputy sheriff said he served 48 notices to quit last week, and at least one oth- CT served more than 20.
 The Governors order halts furth- CT action in eviction cases, unless the custer Of the tenant is sought for reasons other than refusal to pay rent higher than the OPA cell ings.
 Though major packers expect no large deliveries of meat until at least next week, more meat was available yesterday and today than was the case last week. One major chain had meat for sale to regular customers, and sizeable supplies were reported at some independent markets. Lamb and pork were the principal meats available, with little beef on hand.
 Grocery prices remain largely the same in most stores, though lncreas- es in wholesale prices of some items are being passed on to consumers. There are still reports Of large in- creases at some establishments, but in general the OPA price level has been maintained by chains and large independents
 State c. I. o. Secretary John J. Driscoll and President Renato Rlc- ciuti of the Greater Waterbury In dustrial Union Council were in Hartford today for the Legislative Council on rent control legislation. Both were ready to urge that any legislation adopted by a special General Assembly session cover prlc- es other than rents.
 No general price pattern for meats sold at retail has yet appeared, pending the appearance of big ship ments from the West. Packers say the prices will be at OPA ceilings plus the amount of Federal Subsl- dy. There have been, however, com pIaints Of prices considerably above this already being charged in some markets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Big Packers Enter Yards In Midwest
 AerieuIturoIist
 Worms Runs Moy
 Be Short-Iived
By UNITED PRESS

The nation today was promised more meat within a week, but a high Agriculture Department of ficial warned that the current rush of livestock to market may not last long.
 Thousands of animals damned the midwest stockyards yesterday and the major packers-Armour, Swift Cudahy and Wilson-entered the market for the first time since the end of the OPA. -::..-
 Trade sources predicted that the livestock would appear on the butch- CTS counters within a week in the form of steaks, chops and roasts. But they agreed that retail meat prices would be higher, with esti- mates ranging from five to IA cents pound.
 An official of the Department of Agriculture at Washington warned that the livestock runs might be short-lived. He said the animals coming in included stock that should have been marketed in June and some which would not have been marketed until Fall un- der normal circumstances.
 Housewives ip some cities were finding more meat in the butcher shops as result of last weeks rec ord livestock receipts, but price in- creases already were beginning to be felt. At one Chicago market, pork sausage jumped 12 cents a pound, rib roast of beef nine cents, ground beef II cents and round steak ten cents Pork chops and lamb chops remained the same
 John Holmes, president of Swift & Company, said prices on meat to his company's consumers repre- sent levels prevailing before July l plus the amount of subsidies which the Government formerly paid but which went out with the OPA. Trades sources said subsidies had averaged about five cents a pound.
 Prices on other foods, rents and dry goods generally steadied after last weeks boosts, but there were scattered reports of increases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Invitations Sent for 2l-nation Peace Conference
Wherry Gains Support aft to Take Floor To Bat OPA Around

starting today-to speed debate. He wants to complete action on the bill and send it to conference With the House this week.
 Barkley, who is fighting Wherrys deconrol plan, characterized the amendment as the key to the whole decontrol question.
 If the Senate turns down the Wherry amendment, Barkley pre- dicted other decontrol moves would be rejected quickly. He declined to predict the outcome of the Senate's firts major test on the new Dill.
 Other amendments offered in- clude Taft's plan to give manufac- turers, producers and proeessors their 1940 prices plus their increased costs, and a Wherry- sponsored pro- posal to allow distributors, whole salers and retailers their pre-war mark-uDs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
PdTfe rSOn r To ExpIoin May Y Eieup
 Secretary Gave
 Firms 'E' Against
 Army Protests

Washington, July The Senate War Investigating Commit tee called Secretary of War Robert Patterson today to tell what he knew about the paper empire of Dr. Henry Carson.
 The investigation has linked Rep. Andrew J. May, tD.-Ky), with one of the firms in the empire" which Committee Chairman James M. Mead, (D.-N. Y), accused of war profiteering at it's worst" May, however, took the House floor yester- day to emphasize he made no profit from his work
 Committee counsel George Mead CT told reporters the committee wants to hear from Patterson what he may have done to help Carson in obtaining more Workmen and in enabling one of the Carson com panies to win an Army-NaEy E" for efficiency. An Army witness has testified that Patterson was inStru- mental in getting the "E' for the company although the Army protest ed it did not deserve it.
 The war profits inquiry rounded out its first full week with these main developments:
 l. May, speaking in the
 House. denounced as "a con-
 spiracy of falsehood and malice"
 testimony that he exceeded the limits of propriety" in expedit-
 ing Garsson's war effort. May
 saw sinister motives in it all.
 ?. Sen. Homer E. Ferguson,
 (R.-Mich), expressed the opin- ion that the Senate committee
 now is powerless to summon May before it. He said the con- stitution expressly forbids ques- tioning a Congressman in any other place" about speech he has made on the floor, but,
 3, Mead, expressing a desire
 to be extremely fair" con-
 tinued to invite the 71-year-
 old May to appear before the profits committee voluntarily" May could be questioned only if he waived his constitutional
 privilege
 4. A committee investigator said he has been offered s1O,- 900 a year as front man" by
 persons who wanted to lure him from the inquiry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09

Today might well be known as "Hirsute Day. in Waterbury &C., cording to the more rugged indly- idualists who threaten to grow boards and long hair like the orig inal founders of Coyote Junction, Mont.
 Today the Waterbury Master Bar Der Associations recently voted price increase went into effect: 85 cents per haircut 40 cents per shave!
 The barbers themselves are divid- ed on the issue. Many opposed any price increase at all Others op- posed the current price increase contending that it should have been to a $1 and 50 cents respectively, or not at all.
 Fringe Wearers Cheated
 The customers are in unanlm1ty! No increase of any kind is thelr motion
 The move has many serious ram ifications according to the custom CTS.
 Take the fellow with just the fringe on ton. He has to pay an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Miguel Alemon Leads in Mexico

Mexico City, July 9-6UP)-Miguel Aleman, presidential candidate Of the goVernment-supported PRI. Party, forged ahead of Ezequiel Pa dilla today and appeared virtually assured of election on the basis of incomplete and unofficial returns.
 Scattered tabulations from vari- ous Mexican states and the federal district showed: Aleman, 5l6,500; Padilla, 115,000.
 Padillas party, Partido Demoncra- tica MeXicana, said it was studying reports from it's representatives con- corning alleged election irregularit- ies. Padilla charged yesterday that the government party "Partido Rev. olucionario InstitucionaD had en- gagged in fraudulent practices in the federal district and other areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09

Washington, July g = (UP1 = Republicans claimed enough coal- ton support today to exempt meat and poultry from price controls under the new OPA bill
 Senate Republican Whip Kenneth s. Wherry, Neb, said a dozen Dem ocrats had joined near-solid bloc of Republicans in supporting his amendment to ban price ceilings on the two foods. The vote, he con- eeded, will be close.
 A ballot on the amendment was expected tomorrow Sen. Robert A. Taft, tR., O., bitter foe of Pres ident Truman on the OPA issue, was scheduled to take the floor to- day to denounce the bill written by the Senate Banking Committee.
 Senate Democratic Leader Alben w. Barkley, Ky, warned the Sen ate to prepare for night sessions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Zionist Rops AttIee Policy In Palestine
 Arobs Send Envoys
 To Rome to Present
 Dispute to Pope

Jerusalem. July g. GUP)-Peaee and quiet would have prevailed in Palestine if the British government had proceeded immediately to im- plement positive recommendations Of the Anglo American Inquiry Com- mission, Dr. Chain Weiznan, preSi- dent of the World Zionist Organiza- ton, said today.
 In his first public address since publication of the Palestine report, pr. Weizman said Jewisk-Arab con- flicts could have been averted in the Holy Land not withstanding Prime Minister Attlee's assertions to the contrary.
 Why didn't Attlee ask himself why Hagana, whose services untt. after the war were commended should have changed in his eyes Weizman declared.
 (In London, Exchange Tele-
 graph reported Weizman saying
 in this solemn hour I appeal to
 the British Government for
 speedy action to help us repudi-
 ate the counseIS of despair now
 spreading among our people"
 (He said that although Win
 Ston Churchill had assured him
 the British government policy
 was to solve the Palestine prob
 lem after the defeat of Germany
 and Japan, there has been noth-
 ing but procrastination' on the
 part of the new British labor
 government.)
 The Zionist leader spoke in Jeru- salem as the Arab Higher Commit tee disclosed preparations to pre- sent the Arab side of the Palestine dispute to Pope Plus XII.
 The Higher Committee, the Arab executive body in Palestine, nom mated four representatives to pro- eeed to Rome for an audience with the Pope. The nominations were in line with a committee resolution to place the Arab case before the Pon- tiff.
 Jamal Fl HuSseini, deputy chair man Of the Higher Committee. con- tinued his countryside campaign to organize the Arab youth. He appeal ed to the Moslem brotherhood meet ing in Jerusalem to answer the na- tional call" Arab leaders have call ed for a holy war" against the An if the recommends ton for the admission of 100000 Jews to Palestine is carried out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Austria Slow On Evictions

Vienna, July 9.-UP)-EXpul- sion of Germans from Austria at the orders of Russia was going forward slowly today and there were indications that the exodus will take longer than expected.
 Information regarding the Rus sian program was meager but it was understood that about 10000 Germans have been rounded up and are waiting to be transferred out of Austria
 Government observers said there were indications that the Russians may ease their rules in order to give greater consideration to some of those falling technically under the expulsion edict.
 It was originally estimated that the order would cause the eXpul- sion of 54,00O persons but it was now believed the final figure may be lower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Sino Misuse OfU.N.R.R.A. 
Government Uses Supplies to Boost Political Ends

Shanghai, July g = (UP1 - The U.NRRA. staff in China has sug- gested to Director FiorelIo H. La Guardia that persistent misuse of UN.R RIA. supplies by the Chinese government for political and other purposes might justify shipping the food and materials to other parts of the world, 1t was learned today.
 The message to LaGuardia charg- ed that UNR.R.A. supplies and services are being used in China as a political weapon" and that the fundamental purposes of U.N.RR.A were being disregarded
 The result, the telegram asserted, was that valuable supplies are ac- cumulating and are being wasted through deterioration and theft while the starving continue to starve and the needy remain with out"
 U.N.RR.A. officials charged that less than 2 percent of all the sup plies sent to China had been per- mitted to reach areas held by the Chinese Communists.
 The message to LaGuardia was signed by 300 members of the U.NR.R.A. staff.
 Tt said that it would be un- fortunate though justified if because of continued failures of the Chinese you are compelled to direct supplies to the needy else where in the world who would be assured of receiving those supplies
 The message said that document ed evidence on the mishandling Of supplies in China was on file in the China office. ."
 It said that the Chinese govern ment had failed to provide funds for Chinese relief and rehabilitation programs in many regions, crippling their operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Bridgework Real In State Bridge

Wethersfield, July 9-(UP)-The State Highway Department boasted today that some of it's bridgework was very realistic-it had tooth.
 Road workers found the molar, about four inches long, which be- longed to a mastodon, believed to be serving as part of foundation for a steel and concrete bridge. Yale PaleoMologist Carl o. Dunbar said the Prehistoric beast settled thego 30,O00 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Talbot Offers Bill
 For Religious Voice

Washington, July 9-(UP)-Rep. Joseph E. Talbot, (R.-ConnD, today introduced a bill to provide for group of religious advisers to assist American delegates at the forth coming peace conferences.
 The advisers would represent the principal religions of the United States and would be chosen by the President, the Secretary of State and the chairman of the U. s. dele gation to the United Nations from nominations supplied by church or oaniZatiOnS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-09
Hubby Co-operates With Safe Crackers

westbrook, July e(UP)-A curious wife shook her sleepy spouse and said, John, see what all that noise is about"
 Her hubby yawned, tits pretty in- portant or they wouldn't be making noise like that at this time at night. ' Then he turned over and went back to sleep.
 It was important, as police learn- ed today. The noise was caused by burglars cracking the safe at Castle brook Inn and taking S5 ,000.