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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Sam Travel of 188 South Elm Street, popular ploye at Cashins Dairy, will have to have few bottles of Grade milk deevered daily to his back door, for his wife, the former Margaret Harrison presented him with twin sons Mothers Day, at St. Mary's Hospital Momma Travel graduate of St. Marys Hospital Train ing School for Nurses, and the newcomers coming along very nicely hTe Travels had previously been blessed with son, Jimmy named after his genial grand father, Jim Harrison of ScoviPs. |. Mr. and Mrs. John LaValee of 179 South Elm Street vacationing in Can ada. Mrs. Mary Cavanaugh of the same street, companied by her daughters, Marie and Eileen and son. Ray recently honoraby discharged from the Army after
 long siege of duties visited New York City last Sunday. The spent the day promenading around Times Square and catching the colossal show at Radio City while Ray at the Yankee Stadium roofing in vain for his New York Yankees to beat the Boston Red Sox Eddie Ragis of Congress Avenue who recently re- joined the White Cross after several years in Uncle Sams Army, will be year older next Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Coast Guard |'GoId-bruid' Criticized

Washington, May 15-(UP)-The House Appropriations Committee yesterday criticized the Coast Guard for returning to peace-time operations loaded down with gold braid" So it chopped almost S2O,- OO0, 900 from the guards fund re- quests for the next fiscal year.
 The committee recommended an appropriation of STA, ,166,O 900 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, the Coast Guards first full year of peacetime operations since l94l when it was taken over by the Navy. This represented a cut of $1e, ,734, 900 from budget estimates and a drop of $244.898,318 from the current 1946) fiscal year.
 In report to the House, the com- mittee pointed out that in 194O. the Coast Guard managed to get along with three rear admirals and 31 captains for an organization of 12,- 900 enlisted men. In the fiscal year 1947, they reported, the Coast Guard contemplates going on with one four-star admiral, IT rear ad- mirals, IS commodores and 138 cap- tains for an enlisted force of 10,- 900 men.
 Such number should be greatly reduced" the committee said.
 It cut $9,222, 900 from the budget estimate for pay and allowances for the service and told the Coast Guard if it trimmed its array of Sold-braid it would not have to re- duce the number of enlisted men materially. It also reduced the ap- propriation request for general ex- penses by $1O.512,OOO.
 The committee said in its report that despite the cut it did not treat the Coast Guard too harshly.
 Certain new activities growing largely out of wartime scientific de- velopments now are necessary func- tions of the Coast Guard and serve to increase materially the cost of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

very necessary functions (the com rittee) finds itself under the neces- sity of approving a budget which almost doubles the size of the or- ganization as compared with pre- war strength"
 The committee also recommended continuation of the present Coast Guard air strength of 226 aircraft, including 54 helicopters for use in coastal rescue work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Good Evening.

Boy Scouts in Bristol did excellent job in their one-day campaign to aid enlistments in the Regular Army last Saturday, Maj. Stanley E. Lease announced At time when they could have been out playing ball. they offered their services to the Army by distributing thousands of circulars posters describing the bene
 fits offered by Regular Army enistments They showed the true spirit of the boy Scouts by doing what they could to aid their country. Too young to make the most of the Armys advantages themselves, they did their best to show who were not too young, how their country could help them The major also praised Mayor Daniel Davis of Bristol for his cooperation in making the drive It is assistance of this kind that makes recruiting not only success as far the Army is concerned, but pleasure far as the recruiters concerned he added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Commercial .LinesM0y Use Robot

New York. May ls- CUP) WI liam A. Patterson, president oi United Air Lines, predicted today that commercial airlines eventually will use the Army-developed auto- matic pilot known as flight con- trol."
 This device, he told the first Hemispheric Insurance Conference sponored by the Chamber of 'Com- merce of the United States and the inter-American Council of Com- merce and Production, has been installed in an Army airplane and has proved itself as desirable as 1t Is successful.
 Patterson explained that by the mere pushing of a few buttons by a human pilot, an airplane with the device takes a predetermined course at predetermined altitude and fiieS to the destination desired. When 1t arrives over a special radio station at the destination, it lowers the landing-gear and flaps and makes a landing.
 The airlines aren't using this devises as yet" he said, but it seems reasonable that the day will come when ground facilities will permit its use and the inevitable bugs" will have been worked out of the instrument itself.
 When that day arrives, surely the commercial lines will avail themselves of such a mechanical brain in the interests of safety and regularity of schedule. For the lines have always been interested prim- arily in safety and every assist ance given the human pilot is con- sidered a step in the right direc- tion"
 Without . barber, Porthleyen,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

operation" it said.
 These activities include Loran stations, an entirely new use of radio waves to guide ships and air. planes at sea, weather stations on ships located strategically in the Atlantic and Pacific to furnish weather information necessary by the great increase in transoceanic air travel.
 "On account of these new and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Northeast AirIines
 [Hires SIkYrnaafers

Boston, May 15-(UP)-North Airlines, Inc, announced today that beginning today all Boston New York flights will be made by 60- passenger slkymasters- thus increas- ing passenger capacity by IS per cent.
 Skymasters are the largest pas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Editor Tall Tower Topics: It will be just too bad the State decides to have another investigation of our mental institutions and it turns out again to result little lasting improvement The investigation, they have it, may show up of the big faults but probably will miserable for patients Take these examples Norwich
 Flowers sent to patient but not delivered because the couldn't be bothered candy ef but received by the patient refusal perform simple acts of courtesy for those unable to for themselves Things like that hard to prove and they may rather unmportan but they go to make up the daily life of the patient We all know there too few and attendants at institutions, but it would that those have would want to exercise all possible kindness and consdera tion for the patients in their know they're human and bound make mistakes but there too many of these little" annoyances far too many-S. S. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Tall Tower
 Topics
IN MAY
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

In May we are kept busy
 Admiring this and that, The first hint of green,
 The most conspicuous hat. .. The fruit trees in blossom,
 The Towering quince, The snazzieSt in hairdoeS,
 The very newest rinse. In May it's delightful
 To get a whiff in the air Of the sweetness of lilacs,
 To buy oneself pair Of shoes that are heel-less,
 Toe-less as well, To see the grandeur of dogwood In woodland and dell. In May it's alluring
 To hem up new drapes, To admire the lovely scenery,
 The clouds in many shapes, To see an quaint farm house, An old fieldstone wall, To go out for some shopping
 And get nothing at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15
Allies Aim To Destroy
 Nozi Works

Berlin, May IS CUP)-AII German military memorials and NazI shrines win be subject to immediate des- tructicn May 20 along with billions of anti-Demoeratic Mad books and newspapers under terms of two AL lied directives aimed ct ending naiIi- taristic thinking in Germany.
 The co-ordinating committee of the Allied Control Council, in an- nouncing the directives, also placed an official four-power ban on Hit ler's -Mein Kanpf" for the first time.
 One of the orders decrees that all forms of Fascist, miiitarist. and anti-democratic ideas in Germany shall be suppressed by the confis- cation of Nazi- literature and pro- paganda to be turned over to the Allies for destruction.
 Every newspaper published in Germany between 1898 and 1045 is subject to seizure under the direc- tive, according to Miss Virginia Cox, assistant to the American member of the Military Directorate.
 A second order instructs zone commanders to: nquidate Germany military and Nazi memorials as 6 part of the drive to eradicate mili. tartistic ideas.
 Conflscated books and periodicals will be burned Miss Cox indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

senger planes in commercial serv- ice and previously had been used on a limited scale.
 President Paul F. Collins also am nounced increased service on the Newark, N. J., run from Portland, Me, via Lawrence and Worcester. One flight was added to the Bose tom Worcester Newark division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Without . barber, Porthleven, England, is seeking release from the Army of its former barber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

An English soldier could be hang ed, as late as 1872, for begging with out the permission of his superior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-15

Down the Farm. The Litchfield County Farm Bureau News, May number, has good advice rea- tive to the possibilities of food famine Among other things they advise farm folks to grow more, avoid waste, and to preserve everything possible. In the matter of waste the publication advises yo clean your pate lefOvers turn surplus fats into salvage and not to hoard scarce foods. Among other recOmmenda tOns to brO and bake instead of fry, to all drippngs, to vegetables generously, to omit bread stuffngs, and to potatoes instead of bread. And the farmer is advised to feed grain to livestock nomicay, to pasture and forage crops to cu
 all 0cks and herds severely and to raise for gran
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Secret Service Man Quits
To Begin Study for Ministry

Walter A. Haman of 1915 Second
road north, Arlington, Va, a Secret
Service man at the White House
announced today that he has re-
signed from the service to study for
the ministry. He is leaving the Dis
trtct soon to attend the summer
session Of Columbia Bible College at
Asheville, N. c., and will enter Kings
College at Newcastle, Del. in Sep
tember. Mr.. Haman will be ac-
companied by his wife and their
4-year-old son, Walter A. Haman, jr
"A native Of Philadelphia, Mr.
Haman was associated with his
father In the roofing sheet metal
business in his home city after he
was graduated from high school.
He Joined the Pennsylvania State
police in 1884, remaining with that
organization until 1910. He came to
Washington in that year to join the
Secret Service, being assigned in
April, 194l, to the White House de-
tail.
Mr.. Haman is a member of the
National Tabernacle at 6440 Piney
Branch road NV. He is also a
member of the National Committee
for Christian Leadership, the WASH
ington Christian Businessmen S
Committee and the Gideons Society
The Secret Service man said he
was wished the best of luck by Pres
ident Truman and by friends on the
White House detail with him.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Spring Valley Gets
Extra Police Guard

Extra police have been assigned to
the Spring Valley section in an
effort to stop series of housebreak-
ings harassing home owners there,
the Police Department reported to-
day.
The matter came to a climax
Thursday night when Delos G.
Smith, an attorney living at sips
Tilden street NV, went to the
eighth precinct to complain about
lack of police protection. While
Mr.. Smith was complaining, thieves
looted his home, but were frightened
off by his son, Robert, 18, who re-
turned in time to see two youths
flee from the house and escape with
two girls in an automobile.
A neighbor, 1t. Col. Earl w
McComas, $3.50 Tilden street NV.
whose house was ransacked last
Monday accompanied Mr.. Smith to
the police station to ask for more
protection.
On June the home of Walter
Bradshaw, 5100 Tilden street NV.
was entered. Mr.. Bradshaw told po-
lice a total of $4,000 in jewelry and
liquor was taken.
Last September Mr.. Smiths home
was broken into and several hundred
dollars worth of clothing was taken
The burglars Thursday took about
$50 in personal items from the Smith
home, according to police.
Evening star., 1946-06-22

The parade, which lasted half an
hour as the marchers circled the
field and lined up for inspection
on the opposite side from the
queen. was composed of military
detachments led by Brig. Gen. Harry
r. Kutz, United States Army; the
Almas Temple Shrine Band, the
American Legion Guard of Honor
Tall Cedars Drill Team, Metropoli-
tan PoliceBoy Band, Bethel March
ing Units, Jobs Daughters and
others.
Circus Presented.
Following the parade, the Frank
Wirth Shows set up its four-rine
circus, with clowns. tumbling acts
and trained dogs. Thrills were pro.
vided by Miss Myrtle Dunedin
riding a unicycle; the Karolis with
their hand balancing; Don Dorsey
on the trapeze. and many others
Bands of the evening included
the Washington Gas Light Co
Band and Goldman's 20-piece or.
chestra. under the direction oi
Norman Goldman.
Shortly after 1890, as 1t has
always been in the past, Taps
was sounded-ending another Night
OF. Thrills.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
painfefls Held ii. Deaik !
Of Manin Fist Eiqhf ......

Herbert Murphy, 81, OF the 800
block Of Kennedy street NV, a
painter, was ordered held for grand
jury action yesterday after a coro-
ners jury decided he delivered the
punch which caused the death of
Angelo Dell'Erba, 63, Of the 5000
block OF Illinois avenue NV.
According to testimony, Murphy,
his wife and Mr.. Dell 'Erba, who is
stonemason. were listening to the
Louis-Conn fight in a tavern on
Georgia avenue near Kennedy street
Wednesday night and the two men
became involved in an argument as
the broadcast ended. The argument
continued after they left the tavern,
testimony disclosed, and Mr.. Dell'-
Erba was struck while he was in
the 900 block Of Kennedy street
NV. His head hit the sidewalk
as he fell.
Detective Sergt. John Curtis testi-
fed that Murphy told him Mr.. DELI
Erba had been making advances
to my wife" during the broadcast.
MIR. Dell'Erba died of q fractured
skull Thursday in Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
$3.50 Basic Tax Rate
Continued for Year in
Montgomery County

Montgomery County's basic tax
rate of $1.50 on each 500 of assessed
value was continued for the next
fiscal year in the county levy signed
this morning by the County Com
missioners at the Rockville Court
house.
The Commissioners rejected
County Supervisor Willard F. Days
recommendation that the tax rate
be raised Is cents on each 500 of
assessed property value. The tax
rate adopted has been in effect for
the past nine years.
In a statement issued today by
County Commissioners Julius p.
Stadler. Richard H. Lansdale and
Harvey j. White, they emphasized
that they had provided all of the
funds in the new levy asked by the
county Board of Education for the
operation, maintenance and i'm
provement of the county's school
system, including s66,000 asked by
the Board of Education and rec
commended for removal from the
school budget by the county super
visor.
Teachers Salaries Raised.
The items provided include $685.
600 gross increase in school teach
ers' salaries and school bus driv-
ers, which is the amount that the
county teachers association request
ed, and the increase in janitors'
salaries asked by the Board of Edu-
cation.
The school budget also includes
a $4,000 appropriation to start a
Junior college in the county and
includes the increased operating
allowance requested by both the
Board of Education and the county
parent-teacher associations.
"We have further voted" they
continued, ito add the county levy
Of $1l, ,167 in welfare board salary
increases which are now being paid
but which the county supervisor
recommended be not included in
the levy"
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Federal Strike Curb
Placed in Navy Bill

A rider to the Navy Department
$4,100, 100000 appropriation bill pro-
hibiting employment of any one
belonging to a union asserting the
right to strike against the Govern
ment, has been added today by
both houses of Congress.
The same provision was tackled
on previous appropriation bills.
The Senate, however, discussed
the rider for the first time late
yesterday when it was questioned by
Senators Pepper of Florida and
Magnuson of Washington, both
Democrats. They were reminded
that the provision had been placed
in the supply bills for the State,
Justice and War Departments and in
deficiency bill. The clause pro-
hibits paying out any money for
hiring a worker belonging to a
union which claims the right to
strike.
Senator Ball, Republican, of Min
nesota, said the provision was aimed
at the United Public Workers of
America, CIO, which, he said, re-
served the privilege of striking.
Senator Pepper contended the rider
violated the civil rights of Govern
ment workers. The Senate accepted
it, however, after brief debate, The
House previously had approved it.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Congress Conferees
Will Discuss District
Budget Share Monday

House and Senate conferees on
the 79,400,000 District appropria-
tions bill for the new fiscal year
have been called to meet at 2 pm.
Monday, with indications they may
agree on most of the detailed points
OF difference at that time.
The main issue in conference is
the Senate proposal to raise the
Federal share of District expenses
from s6,000,000 to $10,000,000 for
the coming year. This issue, how
ever, will have to be taken back to
the House for a separate vote before
a final agreement is reached on the
bill.
In addition to the appropriations
bill, there may be action by the
Senate District Committee next
week on several important legisla-
tive matters, according to Acting
Chairman Hoey, Democrat, of North
Carolina.
The committee has already been
called to meet Thursday on the re-
appointment of James H. Flanagan
for another term on the Public Util-
tiles Commission Senator Hoey
said he hopes to complete before
that meeting a subcommittee study
authorized yesterday into the child
day-care center bill, already passed
by the House.
He said there also is possibility
proposed pay increases for teachers,
policemen and firemen may come up
Thursday.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Senate Votes Silver Price
Boost 10 90.3 Cents July |
by the Assoeioied Prsss

A boost in the price of silver from
Till to 90.3 cents an ounce on July
l and to $1.29 two years later won
approval Of the Senate yesterday as
a part of the annual appropriation
bill for the Treasury and Post Office
Departments.
1t went through without dissent.
ing vote as Senators who fought it
and lost in the Appropriations Com
mittee decided to pin their hopes son
the Houses refusing to accept it. sAs
1t came from the House, the bill pro-
vided for continuing the silver pr1cs
at I'LL cents for two years.
Under existing law, the Treasury
is required to buy all newly -miAed
domestic silver. It pays the pro.
ducer Till cents an ounce. It has
been permitted to sell surplus silver
to industrial users at the same price.
Silver that is minted or usedsas
backing for paper dollars by the
Treasury takes on monetary va1ue
of $129 an ounce. The difference
between that and the Till cents
paid for the silver is called seignipr-
age. Silver State Senator's long have
contended that 1t represented an IN.
fair profit to the Treasury.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Nonhousing Building
Cut by Two-Thirds
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Success in slashing the amount Of
nonresidential building was re-
ported last night by the Civilian
Production Administration.
ApprovalS of commercial and
other nonhousing construction prof.
ects dropped to $9,l29,00o daily in
the first two weeks of June, COM
pared with the mid-May rate Of
s29, 100000 daily, CPA Administrator
John D. Small said.
This reduced figure more than
meets the goal of a two thirds cut
in approvals," his announcement
said. The reduction was ordered
by Mr.. Small on May 20 after Hous-
ing Expediter Wilson Wyatt COM
planned that building materials
were being diverted from housing
into store, factory and other types
of building.
simultaneously the Federal Hous-
ing Administration announced it
would exert downward pressure"
on new-home prices by fixing new
and lower mortgage ceilings under
the renewed wartime little VI"
Housing prices will tend to remain
unnecessarily high, FHA Commits
sioner Raymond Foley said, as long
as inflated costs "can be financed
through being reflected in mort
gage borrowing"
The new ceilings, varying from
city to city, range from $1,000 to
So, 100 on three-bedroom houses in
cluding garage,
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Night of Thrills Draws Biggest
Gate as 10000 Attend

The first peacetime Night of
Thrills since 1941 drew perfect
weather and more than 10000 per-
sons at Grifith Stadium last night
to give the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home the largest gate receipts
since the annual affair first was
presented.
Queen of the evening, Miss Viola
Cooke, 49, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Cooke of zoos
Kearney street NE, was crowned
by Albert L. Cox shortly before
the grand parade began at $50
Miss Cooke, wearing white dress
with red ribbons, expressed her
appreciation on being chosen "to
reign as the Queen of Thrills for
1896"
Griffith Greets Crowd.
Among the queens princesses
were three former queens: Miss
Doris Rook, 1912; Miss Dorothy
Niedfeldt, 1943. and Miss Dorothy
Lewis. 1945, all of Bethel No. 2,
Jobs Daughters. Washington S
grand old man of baseball" Clark
Griffith, stood by Miss Cooke as
he greeted the crowd-reminiscent
of past years and past queens.
Evening star., 1946-06-22
Agricultural Mission
Is Flying to China
by the A.socioted Pr.ss

Eight agricultural specialists,
headed by DR.. Claude B. Hutchinson,
vice president and dean of agricul-
ture at the University of California
left washington yesterday by plane
on mission to China.
The mission, sponsored jointly by
the State and Agricultural Depart
ments, is intended to assist the Chi
nese in overcoming agricultural
problems caused by the war. Men,
bers will remain in China until Oc-
tober.
Those accompanying Dr.. Hutch
ison include DR.. Raymond T. Mover.
John Losing Buck and Harley l..
Crane OF the Agriculture Depart
ment.
Two members of the mission al
ready are in China. They are r. A.
Nesbit, College Park. Md, and B. L.
Hummel, Blacksburg, Va.