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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-03

WILL PARTY Who picked up 4 months old beagle in vicinity of
 Mill Plain area, please call Mercier 3-S852. Reward. No questions asked.
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DOG LOST-Wnite Samoyede. An- 'swers to Cheeta. Reward. Call Wtn.
 295.
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JApS TO DISCUSS
MACARTHUR ORDER
sb;debara Summons Cab
met To Emergency Ses-
sion Late Today

TOKYO. Jan. A. R Premier
shjdehara today summoned his
c.binet TO an emergency session
tomorrow to consider General Mac
Arthur's orders to purge the gov
eminent of all who helped lead
Japan to war. ~
Kvodo news agency, quoting Gin
formed quarters, declared the
orders would affect all members
If tbe cabinet save Shidehara,
Foreign Minister Shigeru Yoshida
once Jailed for criticizing the war
and DR.. Chuzo Iwata, Minister OF
Justice.
This practically means al mem
hers of the present Diet will not be
able to run in the coming election"
the agency quoted member OF
the influential Progressive party
as asserting.
Tokyo newspapers in the main In
terpreted the. drastic order as a
move to give Japan new leaders.
Yomiuri-Hochi editorialiZed that
Supreme headquarters had found
it necessary to act because the
cabinet had done nothing on its own
initiative.
The newspaper added that EN-
peror Hirohito himself would have
to give attention to the problem OF
new leadership for Japan and
initiate remedial steps.
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
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Acknowledgment
Of Ports Surrey Advance
TRUMAN ACCEPTS
LAND RESIGNATION

|
!. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. - WH -
president Truman today accepted
the resignation of Vice Adm. EN-
DRY S. Land as chairman of the
Maritime Commission and War
Shipping Administrator, effective
January Is. -.-.~ ,-.
Land, who has been chairman Of
the Commission since 1898, will be.
come president of the Air Trans
port Association, which represents
domestic and international air.
lines. A retired Navy man, he
has strongly advocated that steam.
ship companies be permitted tc
enter air transport. ..-.s
Numerous successors have been
mentioned for the Commission
Craftsmanship, including Adm. will
liam F. (BulD Halsey, retired.
The post of vice chairman is also
vacant as Vice Adm. Howard L.
Vickery resigned as of December
81.
Land joined the commission in
1887. More than 100000 dead
weight tons of merchant shipping
were constructed under his leader
ship. Mr.. Truman called this IAN
achievement without parallel in
maritime history"
The President praised Lands
"superb accomplishments" in the
job of creating and maintaining
s'the largest merchant fleet ever
built by one nation"
"You have indeed done your bit
and 1 am glad to accord to you
the thanks Of the nation which you
have served with such fidelity and
efficiency" Mr.. Truman wrote.
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BRITAIN URGES
MONTHYRAHI
OF 1900 JEW

WASHINGTON, Jan. A. W.D -
Britain has urged in a note to the
Middle East Arab states that they
agree to allow entry into Palestine
of 1900 Jews a month, a reliable
diplomatic source revealed tonight.
The source said the note was
in answer to refusal by the Arab
nations of an earlier British re.
quest that Jewish immigration into
Palestine be permitted to continue
during hearings by the Anglo.
American Commission on Pales.
tine.
1t was pointed out that Arab
consent for further immigration is
necessary since the quota of $4,000
Jews has been filled and the British
white paper stipulated that i'm
migration in excess of that number
must be carried out in agreement
with the Arabs.
The disclosure came on the eve
Of the first meeting of the Anglo.
American Commission.
1t also conceded with a protest
by Sen. Robert F. Wagner, D., N.
Y, that suspension of Jewish i'm
migration into Palestine "consti-
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Big Little Inch Projects
ToBe SoldBy Government
Private Industry Will Gel
Chance To Buy Two
Pipelines

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-P)-Dis-
posal Of the government-owned Big
and Little Inch petroleum pipelines
to private industry was recon-
mended by the Surplus Property
Administration today.
But the agency said In a report
to Congress that if efforts to sell OF
lease the wartime emergency lines
to industry should fail public op'
Grafton on a full cost basis may
have to be considered"
First preference in disposal o.
the lines will be given to continu.
ing them in petroleum service, SPA
said.
1t added that If the lines can moi
be disposed Of for shipment 81
crude oil and petroleum products
from the southwest to the eastern
seaboard, they should be used fo1
service to interior points.
The two lines and four smaller
ones were built by the government
at total cost of $751; 100000 to help
offset the wartime shortage Of tank
ships
The Big Inch is a 24-inch line ex-
tending 1910 miles from the east
Texas oil fields to the New York
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
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RESORT TOWNS :.
FINANCES SOUND

The Town of Wrightsville Beach
has finished the first six months
in the fiscal year 1945--46 in an ex-
tremely sound financial condition
and with record Of tax collec-
tons that would be the envy Of
many larger towns.
With a net cash balance Of 49,
249.4 as of Jan. l, the town has
collected rs per cent of net tax
levy for 1915 Of $31, 1920, or $23.-
846.2O, according to report yes
terday by R. L. Benson, town
clerk.
With no delinquent ad valorem
taxes outstanding prior to 1913,
only $4,000 is still uncollected for
that year, and s65o.le left from
1914, Benson said.
The water and sewer department
has expended during the period
from July /, $10,365.43 of its an
nual budget of s2O,394. Total col
lectiQns against the budget are
S11, 1854. The cash balance for
the department as of Jan. is Sl0,-
929. "a, he stated.
The town, which has never de-
faulted on any obligations, met all
interest and bond payments
promptly. Current bills are paid
monthly with all town business be-
ing conducted from offices at 400
Waynick boulevard, Benson said.
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OUTLINES
DRIVE FOR DIMES

The March of Dimes" campaign
was outlined last night as w. K.
Rhodes, Jr., chairman of the New
Hanover Infantile Paralysis drive,
appointed publicity committee
composed of Solomon Sternberger,
Harry L. Dosher, and H. Winfield
Smith.
During the meeting plans were
made to place coin boxes and
wishing wells around town. The
chairman of the women's commit
tees will be appointed today.
The local permanent chapter
members, H. Edmund Rodgers,
chairman; Robert E. Tapp, trea-
surer; and Rev. j. D. McQuere,
secretary, along with Rhodes, are
expecting to make this drive the
largest since the drives were in
troduced.
A. F. Grist, manager of Bailey
theater, told Rhodes last night that
he would cooperate with the com
nittee in every way and that
solicitations during the drive could
be arranged at his theater.
Quota for the county is $4,000.
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nliistments
F all To Fill
Needed Quota
THREE-MONTH DELAY
Hundreds OF Men Eligible
For Discharge Must Wait
Return Home

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-(P-The
Army today slowed down the re-
turn Of soldiers from overseas.
The action may cause a delay
up TO three months in the home
coming of soldier on foreign
service eligible for discharge. The
priority in which troops will be
returned, however, is unchanged.
1t. Gen. Joseph Lawton Collins
explained that voluntary enlist
ments and the draft had failed to
supply enough requirements.
"Our overseas forces would be
dangerously under-strength in oc-
cupying hostile countries II all
eligible men were to be returned
before sufficient requirements had
arrived" he told a news confer
ence.
Under the revised program, APP
proximately 1,553,O00 men will be
shipped home during the next six
months, whereas three months
would suffice were all available
shipping used. The rate will be
cut from the current 100000 or
more monthly to about 100000 a
month.
Collins, Army Director Of In
formation, said that in no case
should this delay any man in the
theaters more than three months
beyond the time he became eligible
for discharge"
Collins also disclosed that the
planned strength of the Army for
next July /, now was 1,55O,000, a
reduction of about 100000 from
estimates made last September.
Its distribution would be as fol-
lows:
Overseas Europe Gncluding
Italy,) $4,000; Pacific including
Japan,) 375,000; other areas, ST.
900; Filipino troops undergoing
training, $4,000.
Continental United States-Sup-
ply, hospital and other operating
personnel, 10000; troops in train
ing and in transit, and "a small
strategic reserve" $4,000.
Continued on Page Three; Col. y
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TAFT TERMS TALK
LEFT WINCISH"
Republican Senator Ais o
Labels Truman Legis-
lation Communistic
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
AP Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-B -
Senator Taft, R-Ohio), termed
some of President Truman's legis-
lative program Communist and
cleft wing tonight and said "Con-
gress ought to get credit for little
delay"
That was part Of his answer to
the Presidents bid last night for
more action and less talk in Con-
gress on measures Mr.. Truman
recommended.
Taft, chairman Of the Senate Re-
publican Steering" committee,
broadcast over the NBC from Gin
cinnati.
''To summarize" he said. ''the
Truman program has been delay
ed because it is superficial and i'll
considered, because it is a CO
PAC program and not Demo
cratic program, because it adopts
a philosophy with which the peo-
pie do not agree"
The President and Taft apparent
ly had struck in advance some of
the sparks that would fly in this
years Congressional election cam
paigns. The Senator's address was
released here by the Republican
National committee.
The President had appealed to
the people to spur Congress on
strike control and other legislation.
He commended Congress had fallen
down on the job of passing laws
to handle domestic problems that
threaten economic disaster.
Not all the reaction was as criti-
cal as Taft's. A number of Demo-
cratic lawmakers voiced approval
Of what he had said. A Republican
Senator, Young of North Dakota,
said the Chief Executive was justi-
fled in criticizing Congress.
The Presidential speech also pro-
duced a forecast from Senator FL
lender (D.-La.) that strike-control
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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NATION OVER-BUYS
VICTORY BONDS BY
$1O,144,000,0O0

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4lREThe
Victory Loan brought $2l, IA, DOC, ooo
into the Treasury's tills, Secre-
tary Vinson announced tonight.
In announcing the final figures
for the eighth and last war loan'
Vinson disclosed that every, state
made it's E-bond quota and tna'
the national sales, in all categorles'
were far above quotas.
vinson announced these hna'
figures: ,oo
Total sales: $21, IA, 900, 900 or W.
per cent of the $11, 1000, ooo,ooo goa
Sales to individuals: Sc, 776, oo'o Ooe
or 1859 per cent Of the $4,000 ooo'oo'
quota. ooo :.
Sales of E-bonds: $2,2o4, 900. 600 o OF
10 per cent of the $2'ooo'oo0'0'>
quota.
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White House
Action Only
Peace Hope
MEAT CUTTERS BUSY
Secretary Anderson Rec.
ommends Price Boost
To Avert Walkout
BY The Associated Press

Another union threatened yes
terday to join the planned meat
packing strike, a move that might
completely tie up the industry and
add $4,000 workers to the approx
mately 100000 who may be idle
soon in proposed work stoppages.
Also announced was call for a
railroad strike which a National
Mediation Board spokesman said
only White House intervention
might avert.
The st. Louis,San Francisco Rail-
road Frisco) said switchmen,
brakemen and conductors had call
ed strike for 6 p. m. (CST) Sun
day. A railroad spokesman said
the strike would involve 1000 en-
ployes in nine midwestern states.
The new meat industry strike
threat came from international Of
ficers Of an ALL Meat Cutters un-
ion who said they would recon-
mend that their 1876, 1000 members
join with 100000 CLIO workers in a
general strike in the meat packing
industry unless a substantial wage
increase is offered before Jan. II.
The CIO United Packinghouse
Workers union has called a strike
in 147 plants across the nation for
Jan. is to enforce demands for Is
cents an hour wage boosts.
Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son disclosed at Raleigh, mean
while, that he had recommended
increased retail prices for. meats
in an effort to avert a strike in the
meat packing industry. d.
The Secretary said workers in
some packing plants had received
wage increases but not in others.
Price increases could be determin-
ed, he said, after a study Of cases
in which employees deserved wages.
In Washington, top level Presi--
Dental advisers conferred on meth
DDS of preventing strike in the
packing industry. 1t was under
stood they discussed the effect of
higher wages on prices, appoint
ment of fact-finding board and
presumably the possibility of gov
eminent seizure.
The ALL union involved in the,
clearinghouse strike threat, the
Ama1gamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen of North Amer
lea, sent a telegram to President
Truman asking him to call a pack
ing industry conference ito pre-
vent a complete tieup of the en-
tire meat packing industry"
Referring to the threatened CLIO
walkout, the telegram said 1--WE
will not at such a critical time per-
init a condition to arise, if the
Continued on Page Three; Col. s.
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STATUS OF DAVIS
STILL UNCERTAIN

The status Of Camp Davis re.
manned uncertain last night when
headquarters at Camp Lejeune an
nounced emphatically that 1--WE dc
not know whether the present ar
rangement at Camp Davis is on 8
permanent or temporary basis"
The fact that about 400 Marines
from Camp Lejeune now are gar.
risoned at Camp Davis to guarc
Army, Marine, and Dutch Marine
materiel stored there should moi
be constructed as permanent ar
rangement," the headquarters an
nounc ement stated.
eve do not know whether tne
present arrangement at Camp Ia,
Wis is permanent or temporary
the headquarters announcement
stated. eve want to be emphatic
about this fact. All we know Is
that we have had directives from
authorities to take over Camp Da'
Wis but there is no indication from
these directives as to whether we II
he there for 80 days. six months, or
six years"
The statement was made to OH
set any differences that have beer
made that Camp Davis is to be
permanently garrisoned by the Ma
rines. Headquarters said there have
been no statements issued from
Camp Lejeune intende to leavt
the impression that Camp DAVIS
would become a permanent pos
manned by the Marines.
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READING YOUR OWN
OBITUARY HAS ITS
POINTS LAUGHS

GALESBURG, ILL.,, Jan. A.
up -Charles Duncan, IS, not
only failed to appear at his
own funeral today but recover
ed fully from his own death and
enjoyed reading his obituary.
He'll be leaving st. Mary's hos
ital shortly.
David Duncan, SS, a retired
farmer of Oneida, ILL.,, who was.
patient in the same hospital
and died New Years Day, will
be buried tomorrow.
When David Duncan died
some one mistakenly notified
Charles Duncan's brother,
Melvin, that Charles had died.
Melvin, without seeing the
body, made arrangements with
an undertaken for a funeral to-
day.
Hours later Charles Duncan
read his own obituary in a local
newspaper, and said he en-
joyed it no end. He got out of
bed and telephoned his sister
in-law, Mrs. Melvin Duncan.
'"T'his is Charley" he said.
''Wh0" she gasped.
Charley, your brother-m-
law"
wait It'll I get chair" she
said, 4 don't feel like standing
up"
Did you read my obituary in
the paper?" Charley asked.
Things went from confusion
to chaos and it was nearly two
days before David Duncans
family was notified Of his
death. His obituary is in to-
days papers.
Everything thus is stralgnt-
ened out except that the under-
taker doesn't know what to Go
with Charley Duncan's funeral
floral offerings.
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South Ranks High In u. S.
In Educational Facilities

Southerners, long the object of
ridicuIe in the field of highter edu-
cation, actually can boast a larger
number of institutions, Of higher
learning than any other section of
the country and only 1861 colleges
and universities less than the whole
rest of the country put to Sether.
Figures given by Fred F. Myrick
in 'The State, Carl Goerch' S
magazine, show that the south has
220 colleges and universities as
against 376 in the remainder of the
U. S., or approximately 81 per cent
OF the country's institutions of
higher learning.
In the matter of junior colleges,
this section has an even stronger
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
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tutes a contemptuous disr> o1
the agreements between the e'Ated
States and Great Britain"
He said in a telegram to Secre-
tary of State James F. Byrnes that
1.-The British government specltl-
cally promised to maintain the
pitifully inadequate 1900 month
rate OF immigration, pending rec
concentrations of the Anglo-Amerl-
can Committee of Inquiry"
The committee is to investigate
the plight of Jews in Europe and
the political, economic and social
conditions in Palestine and related
questions on proposals to open the
Holy Land to further Jewish i'm.
migrants. President Truman anc
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
have asked the committee to com
plete it's work within 100 days.
The group is expected to decide
tomorrow how much time will be
allotted for hearings here in which
interested parties will outline their
views on the Palestine problem.
It also must decide whether the
hearings will be opened to the
public.
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4 KILLED, IS HURT
IN TEXAS ''BL0WS''

PALESTINE, Tex, Jan. AZ
Four persons werS killed and 81
injured tonight Wien a tornado
struck the Palestine area. FRS
reports said the tornado was only
100 yards wide and that it hit ir
an area 3 to miles south Of Pal
estine.
Dead and injured were not i'm
mediately identified,
A store was reported to have
been blown down in Southview.
Telephone and power lines in the
Residential areas of Palestine were
reported down, but those in the
business district were still in ser
vice.
A small tornado that injured
seven persons, derailed three cars
of a freight train and damaged
two farm houses struck near Deca-
tur, 1876 miles northwest OF Pal
estine late this afternoon.
At least so persons were injured
tonight when a tornado struck tne
Nacogdoches, Texas, area.
The one Nacogodoches hospltal
was full of injured and the city
hall was used as an emergency
first aid station.
The tornado passed through a
Negro settlement west of the CITY,
flattening nearly all of the houses
Power was out over the city.
The Texas State Guard unit at
Nacogodoches was modified. Boy
Scouts and groups OF citizens
turned out to aid in relief work
Meanwhile, the community was
lashed by heavy rain which TO-
tailed more than two and one
half inches.
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State Authority Request
Now Being Studied By
= Chief Engineer
WILMINGTON sTAR-NEws
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON. Jan. approval
of the North Carolina State Ports
Authority's application to the Fed
eral Works Agency for a $50. 900
advance for preliminary, survey OF
the states potential water-borne
tonnage and revenue and to pre-
pare accurate cost estimates on
development of its ports has been
recommended by o. T. Ray, At
lanta, division engineer of the
FWA, it was learned today. L
The application is now being re
viewed here by George Rounds,
chief engineer of the FWA. He is
expected to make report on it
SOON So. III: 81
Officials of the FWA said the
unusually large size of the project
is requiring longer than average
study by the engineers.
Application for the advance was
filed by R. B. Page, chairman OF
the Authority, about Dec. Is. This
action was. taken under Title v
of the War Mobilization and Re-
conversion act. of 1914, which au-
thorizes the FWA to advance funds
to non-federal public agencies to
assist in the preparation. of plans
for worthy postwar projects.
Fully endorsed by Governor r.
Gregg Cherry, the application was
filled after. extensive work by the
Authority. This included the; sue
cessful negotiation of a contract
with the firm of Robert and COM
pany, Inc, Atlanta, Ca, consult
ing architects and engineers. to
make the statewide survey. The
lConfinued M, pa sre Three. Col q
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FLOATING KIT BAG
PROVIDES MYSTERY

Finding of a soldiers duffle bag
floating in Cape Fear river yester-
day led military police and Off
GERS of the highway patrol on a
search of this area to exhaust ev-
cry possibility that the soldier to
whom the bag belonged might
have met with tragedy.
Investigating police reported
yesterday that the duffle bag con-
tanned Identification papers and a
billfold bearing the name of Pvt.
Jesse Johnson, Negro, whose adj
dress was given as Wade. The
bag was fished from the waters OF
the river at a point just south OF
Market street.
Russell Borden took the bag
from the river. ~
The soldier was a member Of
the U. S. Army as late as August,
le45, according to information. re
celved by members of the Marine
MP offices here. There was some
indication that he had been dis
charged from theservices prior to
Jan. ], but nothing definite coule
be found ~.
investigating officers of the Mill
tary police and Highway depart
ment stated last night that {
thorough search of all military
installations of this area disclosed
hoVhlng to tell at what camp John
son was last stationed.
me Investigation continued las
night with inquiries being made o
III, me adjutant generals offices i,
washington. A report from Wash
lhgton was expected early today
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Greeks viii Celebrate
Age-Old Epiphany Rites

TARPoN SPRINGS, Fla, Jan. 4
-P)-Doffing war worries, sponge
fishermen and their families who
compromise the Greek Orthodox
community here will celebrate the
age-old rites of the Eastern church
in observance of Epiphany Sun
day.
Archbishop Athenagoras, the
titular head of the church in North
and South America, will lead the
historic sanctification ceremony,
together with a retinue of priests,
deacons and acolytes.
For. the Grecian spongers here,
however, Epiphany this year, is
more than a joyous occasion for it
has brought peace to their home
land. Early in the war they. saw
Greece and the islands Of their
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birth, the Dodecanese, overrm by
Nazi and Fascists. And during
their service they will offer spe-
cial prayers for the victory that
came last year and for divine
guidance to the present Greek re-
gent, the Archbishop Damascinos,
who once was chief celebrans at
an. Epiphany ceremony here.
The feast of Epiphany is one of
the most colorful and romantic OF
all Florida winter celebrations. AS
a separate church festival it dates
from the yeaf 813 and COM
memorates the baptism of the
saviour. During the centuries there
has grown up a wealth of impress
siye ceremony now climaxed with
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