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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06

place previous premium rates of 5 and 7h per cent.
 The job standard question cen- tered about the establishment of criteria for changes in rates. The points were highly involved.
 As negotiators for both sides, worn out by days of conferences, smiled happily, word that the strike had ended was flashed to the Bank Street headquarters of the Chase Local. Picket lines were immedi- ately withdrawn. There were wild celebrations by pickets at factory entrances ana at the union office, where all available paper was torn into pieces and showered from the windows.
 Plans for a meeting of the Chase Local this morning, to be followed by victory parade, were cancelled last night.
 The 1872 cent increase provided in the new increase will become ef- fective as soon as workers return to their jobs. The company an- nounced that regular operations will be resumed at a. m. Monday. Reg ular employees who light annealing furnaces will return to work at Il o'clock Sunday night.
 Increases for salaried workers are planned by the Chase Company, MT. Chase said. The amounts have not been disclosed but the raises will be effective back to April 1.
 Company and union negotiators began their final session at g a. m. yesterday, and stayed in session throughout the day. They lunched on coffee and sandwiches brought into the conference room.
 U. s. Conciliator William Traux sat in on the final negotiations. AL so on hand was Joseph Tone, of the U. s. Department of Labor, who said he was present only in an un- official capacity.
 Employees will receive two-thirds of their vacation pay next week, the sums paid being based on earnings for the eight months which ended Feb. S,A the day before the strike started The remainder of vacation pay will be given in July.
 No vacation shutdown is planned by the company this year. Employes who wish to take vacations will be allowed to do so. with the schedule being set up on staggered system
 The conference room was filtered with newspapers. paper cups and plates, and heaped ashtrays when reporters and photographers en- tered for the contract ceremony.
 The signing was followed by an "Alphonse and daston' 'act between MT. Chase and MT. Driscoll over which should have the original contract.
 "You take it. Mir. DrIscoll", said Mir. Chase. "I'll take the first copy
 "You take 1t, Mir. Chase" was the reply. 'T'il take the copy"
 After c minute or two Of thiS, the union leader kept the original and gave Mir. Chase the copy.
 There vas general handshaking among company and union neg0tia- tors. Ending their meetings on . friendly note. both sides adjourned to tho company garage to hear on
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(Continued from Page D Representative Ov1de Garceau Mankowski has condemned the agreement reached by Galullo'S committee as being a poor settle ment of the contract dispute with the company, and cited important alleged flaws.
 Driscoll today assailed Galullo as helping the company deal the workers a body blow" He con- demned Galullo's double talk and personal attacks"
 The agreement, said Driscoll offers no guarantee that piece workers will get an IS 1-2 cent in- crease. Women employees, he said will not get the boost unless they earn 3S per cent above thir base rate.
 Driscoll emphasized the lack oi an arbitration clause in the settle. ment proposal advocated by Galullo Such a clause, he said, would helr eliminate the need for strikees te enforce demands.
 The union spokesman said thai rejection by the membership of the Galullo-sponsored proposal today would make possible new negotia' tions with the company and arriva at @ more satisfactory contract.
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Continued from Page I.) the shortage of materials, but that 1t made plans for expansion in the future.
 The zoning ordinance was adopted Oct. 8, 1942 and took effect the fol- lowing Oct, IA, 1t is pointed out. The plaintiff on Nov. 28, l944, sold its Waterbury plant, with the belief the provisions of the ordinance would allow the desired expansion in Middlebury, according to the court papers.
 Compact Unit Desired
 The second story addition was planned for housing of offices, a research department, a cafeteria, and a labor-relations department.
 The company needs a closely knit unit" in Middlebury 'in order to have a complete and integrated plant and to be in a position to meet postwar competition, the com- plaint states, adding that if the en- largenent is not permitted the com- pany may be forced to abandon the existing plant"
 Denial of the aplication would result in grave injustice, practical difficulties and unreasonable hard ship" the firm claims.
 Reverse Asked
 The court is asked to reverse the previous decision and to direct the Board of zoning Appeals of Middle bury to grant the application.
 The defendant filed its answer last week, denying various allegations of the complaint, and thereby closed the pleadings.
 The industrial company filed a direct application with the zoning appeal board as well as an appeal from the decisions of the building inspector and the commission. It claims that the appeals unit in deny ing it's request acted "unreasonably, arbitrarily. and illegally"
 Another Appeal Pending
 Another appeal of the firm is pending in Superior Court. That ape peal is based on the Building The spector's denial of Q permit.
 Attorney W. W. 0ager appears with Attorney Edward T. Carmody. the firms counsel. for the plaintiffs. while Attorney J. Warren Upson represents the defendants.
 A special hearing in the case was requested to accomodate witnesses from New York and Boston.
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an automobile radio victory" broadcast over Station WATR in which President McGrath was the principal speaker.
 Members of the union negotiating committee, who completed their signing of the contract at 5:45, were International Representative William F. Quill, Renato Ricciuti, Anthony Lombardi, Joseph Falcone, Hugh Wrenn, Herman Belsky, Ed ward Glasheen, James Carney, Will liam Root, Jr., Jacob Reihl, Carle- ton Futile, Eugene Sweeney and John Burns.
 MT. Chase issued the following statement on the strike settlement:
 T am happier than I have been in many months and hope we shall never have another strike. The company and the union have signed a good contract. Now we must make 1t work successfully. A contract Is only a set of rules, but 1t is the wisdom and understand ing and cooperation that manage ment and labor use that can make contracts satisfactory, and bring about a friendly relationship be- tween employer and employe. In that snirit we shall try to make the contract we signed @ good contract for all"
 MT. Mankowski issued this state- n1ent:
 "The settlement of the Chase strike by the signing of the con- tract will bring the benefits of a full IS F cent increase, along with vastly improved contract, to ap- proximately 3,6O0 employees of the Chase Brass & Copper Company Firm determination to bring the contract negotiations to a success ful conclusion after 6l days ot strike is a tribute to President James McGrath and the Chase ne- gotiating committee, to 1nterna- tional Representative John J. Dris- coll, and to all union members ot the Chase plants, who held the line for a decent wage and decent con tract. I have received the text o1 the contract and will recommend approval by the executive board o1 the International Union of Mine Mill & Shelter Workers. Compile ton of the contract negotiations at Chase and Scovill makes me hope full that an agreement may be reached soon at the American Brass Company"
 Other union leaders commented as follows:
 James McGrath, president of the Chase Local: Tt was great vic tory. I am proud of the way oul union stood firm and united"
 Herman Belsky, chairman of the Metal Works unit: "Our men were ready to stay out as long as nec' essary to win fair contract. Theil spirit never wavered."
 James Carney, chairman of tho Waterbury Manufacturing Company unit: our unit feels it is by fal the best contract we have ever had For the first time the working ol the incentive system is down 1T black and white. The provision foi automatic progression of wages WI be of great benefit to those in un' skilled classiflcations."
 Carleton Futile. chairman of thu Rolling Mills unit: we had deer convictions about the issues at stak' and are glad to see them settled satisfactorily. The spirit of oul members was admirable. The con tract is excellent; we are completel! satisfied"
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Mother of Priests
 Dies tn Hartford
Mrs. Maria King O'Keefe, Native
 Of Ireland, to Be Inferred
Monday Morning

Mrs. Maria King o'Keefe, widow of James oKeefe of 7S Mapleton Street, Hartford, mother of the Rev. David M. O'Keefe, assistant at St. Francis Xavier Church here, died yesterday afternoon at her home. She was born in Ireland, daughter of the late Michael and Margaret Kelly King.
 Other survivors include another son, the Rev. Joseph P. O'Keefe of St. Mary's Church in Derby; two daughters, Mrs. Walter D. Mor- iarity and Mrs. James Haddenr both of Hartford; two brothers, Michael King of New Haven, and Patrick King in Ireland; four sis- ters, Miss Theresa King of Treland
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 To Boost Measures
 Army Day came at time when the President was fighting for three basic legislative items affecting the armed services.
 l. Unification of the Army and Navy.
 3. Extension of the selective Service Law.
 3. Adoption of a general plan for universal training.
 The President was expected to give these three potential laws a new boost toward edoption during his speech.
 MT. Truman planned to reiterate his fundamental foreign policy that this nation expects no selfish advantage in the reformation of war-torn nations in the Far East, the Middle East and in Europe.
 The speech which MT. Truman delivers today in Chicago's crowded Soldier Field was billed by his close advisers as one of his most import ant.
 Policy AmplihcatiOn Expected
 The Presidents close friends said his address today would not be the utterance of a new foreign policy, but rather 8 re-amplification of the fundamental policy he laid down last October in e Navy Day address in New York.
 MT. Truman's remarks today were not the products of one man. The President spoke Ia symposium. The words were his; the thoughts product of consultation among other minds of government.
 Truman, his wife and daughter left Washington yesterday after flcerS sitflast erPtiongfz sio. ,lrie noon. With them were ranking leaders of the Armed Forces, the Cabinet and members of Congress
 The President, after dining with members of his Cabinet retired early.
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(Continued from Page D order, she said, and she became panIckey and fled to the nearby home of her mother, Mrs. Richard II. Cutler.
 Bremen were called. Meanwhile, neighbors tried to enter the blaz- ing two-story frame dwelling, sit- uated in sparcely settled West Sterling, but were driven back by flames.
 The bodies of three of the vic- tins were found huddled together in bedroom. The other two were discovered in another room.
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Miss Annie King of Hartford, Mra. Mary Jane Rooney of Hartfora ana Mrs. Margaret, Mccarthy of West Hartford; one grandson, James Hadden, Jr, and several nieces1 and nephews. s~sfr'
 The funeral will ne held at tho Ahern Funeral Home, l00 FaTg1l= ington Avenue, Hartford, Monday at 9:30 a. m. with solemn requiem Mass at St. Auguttine's Church in Hartford at 10. Burial will be in Mt. st. Benedict Cemetery, Hatts ford. sya3k'
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Bids Asked on TIOO School Oil Burners

Is Bid for furnishing and installing two oil-iired boilers at Sprague School will be received by the Board of Education until April IS. The boards Schoolhouse committee will open the sealed bids at that time. Henry J. Bowling. city purchasing director. has announced that a cer- tiled check for five percent Of the amount Of the proposal must ae- company the bid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06
Cruelty Alleged LM OiUorce Smif

Dolores Dubuque Riley of Water bury filed divorce action in Super for Court today against John J. Riley. also of this city. on the ground of cruelty. They were mar ried March IS, i94I at Brwester, N. r., and the cruelty allegedly started the following month. The plaintiff asks for custody of their child, sup- port, and alimony.
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.C.L.GCo. Asks
 For Injunction

A temporary Injunction restrain ing Joseph Rossi of Hamden from interfering with construction by the Connecticut Light and Power Company of a new line through his Hamden property was granted by Superior Court Judge Edward J. Quinlan yesterday.
 The company claimed 1t acquired the right of way through the prop erty in 1927. The defendant object ed when the firms employees began to chop down trees bordering on the right of way. Rossi's daughter ap- peared in his behalf at the court hearing, while Attorney Walter Torrance represented the firm.
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R0iIrO0d Ties D0ua0Red by Fire

Bremen responded at 3:a3 a. m, today to fire in railroad ties on New Haven property near Thomaston Avenue in the West End section.
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FUNERALS

 Funeral services for Joel I. Dickerman, s4, of 4 Prospect SttSs s, former custodian of the Citizeng & Manufacturers National Bhrk safe deposit department, will be held this afternoon at 2 in the AldefsUn l" Funeral Home, 70 Central Avenue.
 Rev. pr. John c. Walker, pistow' of the Second Congregational Church, will officiate at the services and burial will be in Central Burial Ground, Hamden. ~ A% "'' Private funeral services for dAtl. cinda Ellen Sweet, infant dAu8ns ter of Kenneth and Elinor Sorenson Sweet, POI North Street, Watettowns were held today at the AldeFsorl Funeral Home, 70 Central Avenue, Rev. Thomas s. Cline of Christ Episcopal Church, Watertown, off ficiating. Burial was in Prospeos Cemetery. ..@+@
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary Dilions widow of William Dillon, Se Mar cauiey Avenue, will be held from the Mulville Funeral Home, 27O West Main Street this morning at. S.la to SS. Peter and Paul Church where a solemn high Mass of requiem will be celebrated at 9. Burial wa& in new St. Joseph's Cemetery. A: sT.
 - Nl1o Ns The funeral of Frederick Wiahn, of 28 Garden Circle, was held lthiD morning at S:30 from the Bargtpi Funeral Home, 200 East Main Street to St. Cecelia's Church for G. sole. emn high Mass at 9 o'clock. Balplaly was in new St. Josephs Cemeterzs
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OBITUARY

FORREsTAL-Mrs. Clara A. For. restal, formerly of Waterbury, and f. music teacher died yesterday at st, Catherine Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. She was the widow Of Nich- oias Forrestal.
 Born in Waterbury, she was the taughter of the late M. J. Brzezlrl- ski and Mary Lunny Brzezinski. She had taught music for the past 20 years in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Surviving are e son, Kenneth Forrestal. Jr., and several cousins in Waterbury.
 Funeral arrangements are incorn- plete.
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tainly aren't opposed Co launeh- ing Che greatest public works pre- gram this city has ever seem if it can be dono.
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DIED

COSENTINO --- In this city, April i5th,1946, Mrs. Errlca CosenItno. of 97 Fairview Avenue. Ls-.~---- Funeral Monday at s;00 a. m. from Street, to Our Lady of Lourdes at 9:00 a. m,
 WENDELBERG-In this city, April 5th, 1046, Mrs. Anna (Kuhn1 Wen- deiberger, of i49 Woodbine Street. Funeral Monday at time to pc anS nounced, from Snyder Funeral Home, i14 Willow Street.
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The mouth of the Hudson River is more than c hundred miles out in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06

A lobster in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City had . live weight og Sl pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06

CARD OF THANKS "s We wlsh to thank our many friends, relatives aud nelghborss for floral offerings and the expPesp slons of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent bee reavement, tho death of our, ,bes. loved wife, mother and sister, Clara c. Benedict. .s s.-r
 BURTON BENEDICT ..,
 MRS. MILDRED CANTON
 ALBERT J. StDO and
 SISTERS,
 CARD or THANKS oleaasa We wish 10 thank our lnany friends, relatives and nelghbors, for floral offerings and the ex- pressionB of sympathy and kifid- ness shown us during our Seeent bereavement, tho death of oug-he- loved brother, Edward Dwyer.
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The worlds oldest lighthouses were built in Libya and lower Egypt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-06

WENDELBERG = Mrs. Anna (Kuhn) Wendelberger of l49 Wood- bIne Street, widow of Ludwig Wen- delberger, died suddenly last night.
 Mrs. Wendelberger was born in Germany. She came to the United States 40 years ago and since that time resided in Waterbury. She was employed by the Lux Clock Mfg. Go. and was a member of First Lutheran Church.
 Surviving are @ daughter, Miss Ruth Wendelberger; her parents, Mir. and Mrs. Ernest Kuhn, and three sisters, Mrs. Otto Wilke, Mrs. William Perrotti and Mrs. Constant Nido, all of Waterbury, and broth- CT, Emil Kuhn, Cheshire.
 The funeral will be held Monday afternoon, time and other arrange ments to be announced. Friends may call at the Snyder Funeral Home, IA Willow Street, Saturday from 2 to 9 p. m. and Sunday af- ternoon and evening.
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Politics
 M Passing

Local newsmen passed up a good shorv this past week, but 1t didnt take the news long to filter through fhe Police and Fire Departments The news, which actually isn't news at all, but was news to most police men and flremen, is that pension rights have been preserved for the widows of members of the depart- nnent in the l945 Pension Act. That was A hone of contention when the proposed act was under discussion last year and 1t wasn't until the last minute that provision was made for granting pension prlVl- leges to the widows. Had this pro- vision been left out of the act DO. licemen and firemen today would nrobably only be contributing four percent of salary instead of i've nercent. The first case of a widow being granted a pension occurred last Tuesday when the Waterbury Retirement Board recognized the claim of Mrs. Nellie T. Corcoran TOT n pension equal to one-tourth or the compensation received by her late husband, Capt. William H. Cor coran. Granting of this pension caused considerable talk in both the Police and Fire Departments with most of the men wondering now and why she got 1t, Those who knew of the provision iMmediately pointed out that the law proVlaeo that the widow of police or nre department member of 10 years standing was entitled to pension in the amount above, But the un- informed were amazed and are stlll recalling their complaints that tnls feature had been overlooked py city ofacials in drawing up the bill that finally was approved
 Waterbury occupied Its custom
 nry place in the background at
 last Saturdays Jackson Day Din-
 ner in New Haven. Far be It
 for the powers that run these an-
 nual Democratic gatherings to
 recognize local party loyalty, Ap--
 parently that's beside the point
 and all that matters is how many
 paying guests can be crowded into
 the dinIng rooms of the Hotel
 Taft. The overflow crowd of last
 week extended all the way from
 the ballroom Sn the TaftS 10th
 floor down to It's mezzanine. May
 or John $. MOnagan occupied
 seat at table of ten, reserved
 for Waterbury delegation of
 twice that number. exclusive Of
 Internal Revenue employees, who
 had their own section. The toast
 master, State Senator Nicholas
 SpelIman, was prevailed upon to
 present Mayor Monagan, the re-
 maining "blg-town" Democratic
 mayor in Connecticut to the au-
 dience.
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 The funeral will be held Monday afternoon, time and other arrange ments to be announced. Friends may call at the Snyder Funeral Home, IA Willow Street, Saturday from 2 to 9 p. m. and Sunday af- ternoon and evening.
 COSENTINO-Mrs. Errica Cosen- tino, widow of Valerie Cosentino, of 97 Fairview Street, died yesterday morning at her home following a brief illness. She came to this coun- try 35 years ago, living for the first few years in Boston. She later moved to Waterbury where she re- sided for the past 30 years.
 Surviving are son, Vincent S., this city; and several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held Monday at 8 a. m. from the Maiorano Flu neral Home, 96 Willow Street to the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes for 8 solemn high Mass at g. Burial will be announced.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 10 p. m. and tomorrow from 2 to 10 p. m.
 O'LEARY-John M. O'Leary, New York City. brother of Arthur F. OLeary, 35 Grove, Street this city, died Wednesday in New York. Mir. OLeary was a native of New Bri- tain and had resided in Southington before moving to New York 20 years ago.
 Funeral services were held yes- terday in New York and burial was in St. James Cemetery, New Haven
 COSENTTNO-Mrs. Erica Cosen- tino, widow of Valerie Cosentino of 97 Fairview Street, died yesterday morning at her home following 6 brief illness. She came to this coun- try 35 years ago living for the first few years in Boston. She later came to Waterbury, where she resided for the past 30 years.
 Surviving are son, Vincent S.. this city; and several nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held Monday at 8 a. m. from the Maiorano Flu. neral Home, 05 Willow Street, to thG Church of Our Lady of Lourdes fol a solemn high Mass at g. Burial vii be in St. Michael's Cemetery Bos' ton, Mass.
 Friends may call at the funera home tadav from q tO m n m anf tomorrow from 2 to 10 D. m.
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If State Senator Vincent Kiernan of Ansonia is concerned with the Democratic congressional nomina- ton in the Fifth District this year he hasn't made his way up as far as Waterbury or Torrington as yet. Both these bulwarks of Democracy in the upper reaches of the district are apparently open-minded on this subject. Not so Republicans, though, and the search is on from one end of the district to the other for suitable candidate to take Congress man "Joe" Talbot's place. This be- ing an off-year Republicans are in- clined to fancy their chances of winning in those states where the presidential vote often swings cities and districts to the Democratic sde. But with Rep. Talbot shift iLg his aim and Gov. Baldwin stepping down the outlook for G. o. P. successes clouds up. And add to that departure of Madame Luce from the Fourth District and you really have painted a gloomy c. O. P. scene for an of-year.
 If spOkesmen of the Council of
 Community Clubs are really sin-
 cere in their criticism of Mayor
 John s. MOnagan and his admin
 istration they will not indulge in
 the fancy wOrdage they have
 been using in recent releases to
 the press. It begins to look as if
 the mayor was completely right
 fn his claim that publicity has gone to their heads. COnstruc- tive criticism Is good for any conn
 munity. If there are projects be- ing left undOne or not even eOn- sidered they should be called to the attention of the proper au- thoriiies. If something has been done wrong or money wasted in an effort. it should be properly noted and commented upon. But statements tO the effect that Wa teFbury streets are the worst Of any community in New England are far-fetehed. What council spokesman can vOueh for such a far-siung claim as thls? What's the solution for these puFpOFted nllmentxg Not merely talking about doing this 0F that. but eOn- stFuetiVe thoughts on Che subject. aiding ths city fathers who cer-
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