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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-18
Cendarmerie
Battling Big
Leftist Band
Violence In Northeast Is
Causing Government
Grave Concern
LINES THREATENED
Insurrectionists Shift New
Operations To Rich Plain
OF Thessaly

ATHENS, Sept. 17,-(Pc
An authoritative source said
Tuesday martial law might
be clamped down throughout
Greece because of mounting
violence in the Northeast
where the g~endarmerie is bat
Ting Leftist bands estimated
at more than 10000 strong.
The informant said the
cabinet has considered appli-
cation of martial law first in
the areas affected by the renewed
Leftist activity, and then, if neces.
sary, throughout the entire coun.
try.
Demetrius Partsalides, seer e
tary-general of the Communist
dominated Fam (National Liberia
ton 'front.', said there were more
than 10, 900 freedom fighters in the
free hills" who had been driven
there by "excesses Of the Mon
archo-Fascist government which is
controlled by Britain"
The principal theater Of action
at present is the rich plain Of
Thessaly, lying athwart main lines
OF communications between Athens
and Salonika.
Operations have shifted from
Marcedonia in the North, where re
Gently the governor general de
clared a guerrilla civil war" hae
been raging. The government ha'
exhibited growing concern ove1
possible rupture of the vital Ath
ens-Salonika communications.
Leftist bands, government re
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-18
.ut..CoI. Boyd Outlines
treas Potential Indus
trial Importance
AIRPORT CITED
IA For South American
Trade Stressed AT Capt.
tai Hearing
=. FRANK VAN DER LINDEN
wilmington Morning Star
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Sept. IL
Vimington's Importance as a
mtential air port of entry and
+, large customs collections,
,re key points in the argu-
nent which Lieut.. Col. H. E.
Bovd prepared Tuesday for
,resentation to the Civil
seronautics board in urging
APPROVAL of airline extensions
70 link Wilmington directly
With the Caribbean.
Colonel Boyd. traffic manager OF
me Wilmington Port Traffic as
miation. was the last speaker to
10 called from among the repre-
,sntatives of intervening cities, as
,phabetical order generally pre-
vailed.
Want Truck Line
"Our position in the matter is
4at we do not favor any particular
APPLICANT in this proceeding but de-
sire a trunk line air service be-
tueen New York and Latin Ameri-
can cities with Wilmington as an
rermediate stop. and, if possible
that this service be inaugurated
VIZ Washington, D. c." Colonel
Boyd said in his prepared argu-
nent.
Listing Bluethenthal airport's
facilities, ne said:
Wilmington is North Carolina
deep sea port, being in the South
Atlantic group, and is the second
largest petroleum and petroleum
products port on the Atlantic
Seaboard Industrially, Wilmington
is important in the manufacture
and production of ships, fertilizers,
creosoted products. lumber, cot.
ton goods, tobacco, hosiery and
petroleum products"
See CITY on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-18

wide average, since the ceilings
lapsed June 80. 1t held that this
rise was not unreasonable"
Chairman Roy L. Thompson re-
marked that "of that three cents,
nearly two cents vas necessary to
take up the slack when subsidies
were discontinued"
Unless the board, at meetings
starting Wednesday, finds that the
subsequent fraction Of a cent in
crease makes the price levels
Unreasonable" Now, milk will
continue free of controls, at least
temporarily. The new OPA act
prohibits dairy controls unless
See MILK on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-18
Today and Tomorrow
nv WALTER LIPPMANN

ing member of his cabinet make
a partisan political speech on the
gravest issues of foreign policy
When Mr.. Wallace showed him
that speech, the first question be-
fore Mr.. Truman was not whether
he agreed with it. 1t was whether
a member of his administration
should break the bipartisan poll
ical truce. The meeting in Madi-
son Square Garden was a political
rally. That was the worst place
and the last place to discuss issues
that have no relation to and
should have none, with the cleo
ton of a Governor and a Senator
in New York.
See LIPPMANN on Page Two
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-18

Wilmington n vicinity-Considerable
cloudiness. occasional light rain today:
little change in temperature.
Smyrna times., 1946-12-12
ATTENDANCE AT
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Teachers of Smyrna Schools
Submit Their Honor List
to the Superintendent
HONOR ROLL FOR MONTH

Smyrna Special School District,
George w. Wright, superintendent,
submits the following list of pu-
pills reported by the teachers of the
twelve grades who are entitled to
go on the perfect attendance honor
roll for the month of November:
Grade IL, Mr.. King, teacher
Ethel Bell, Carlton Carey, Palmer
Carter, Elzada Conley, Betty Jane
Griffin, Janet Hall, Francis Hitch
ems, Rosalie McClain, Peggy Joyce
McGrath, Dorothy Marker, Donald
Martin, Roland Mills, Doris Now
land, Thomas Oliphant, Winifred
Piper, John Simpson, Josephine
Smith, Doris Townsend, VioletWar-
rington.
Grade Ill, Mrs. O'Neill, teacher
Sally Bodley, Frances Burris,
Jeanette Chambers, Laura Belle
Downes, Marie FAIRIES, Catherine
Houtman, Marguerite Houtman,
Betty Regener.
Grade 11-2,Miss E. Smith, teach
er-Alice Jane Matthews, Mary
Rogers.
Grade 10-1, Miss Brown, teacher
Virginia Burchard, Helen Burge,
Carl Clough, Clifford Craig, Jane
Dukes, Thema Foxwell, Earl Har-
ris, Virginia Johnson, Edna Leiby,
Ruth Mitchell, Leonard Pleasanton,
Martin Moffitt.
Grade 1912, Mrs. McGill, teacher
Charles Anton, Donald Heinold,
Louis Oliphant, John Shetzler,
Smyrna times., 1946-12-12
THURSDAY

Smithers Snow, Robert Warner,
Jean Brown, Audrey Messick, Vir-
ginia Newcomb.
Grade 81, Miss johnson, teacher
Walton Smith, Henry Negen-
dank, Herbert Churchman, John
Gunter, Donald Luff, Charles Reed,
Blanche Kemp, Ralph Peters, Char
les Ruch, Joanne Deakyne, Myrtle
Jarman, Marian Price, Matilda
Robinson, Betty McClain,- Audrey
Ashton, Ethel Halliday.
Grade 90, Miss Webb, teacher
Harry Bodine, William David, Char
les Nabb, Samuel Slant, Barbara
Ballard, Jeannine Ballard, Betty
Lou Carrow, Hilda Daniels, Ellen
Gosch, Floan Kitchens, Antoninette
Kovats, Mary E. Moor, Ruth A.
Rees, Betty Lou Schweitzer, Janet
Smith, Vivian Smith, Virginia
Starkey, Jane Virden, Edith Zippe.
Grade SO, Miss Walker, teacher
Josephine Budd, Marietta Hor-
sey, Ethel Lane, Ruth Newnum,
Virginia Shockey.
Grade 81, Miss Petruska, teach
er-Bob Bamberger, Billy Bartlett,
Josephine Burris, Verna Smith,
Mary Vaughn.
Grade 80, Mr.. Osbon, teacher
Roland Daniels, Edward Drake,
James Pinder, Mary Caldwell, Jane
Conley, Jean Conley, Alice Nc
Smyrna times., 1946-12-12

Bride, Lorraine Stats, Doris Vir-
den.
Grade I'll, Miss Martin, teacher
Melvin Archer, Donald Attix,
Robert bigger, Charles Brown, Vic
tor Brown, Bernice Burris, Patsy
Dignan, William Drake, William
Doughten, Robert Green, Evelyn
Heinold, Roger Hudson, Gilbert
Johnson, Edith Kinsey, George E.
Luff, James McClain, Doris Nabb,
Doris Taylor.
Grade 7-2, Miss Cornelius, teach
er-Rodney Fox, Bobby Jones,
James Mood, John Tigner, Charles
Smyrna times., 1946-12-12

Wade, William Warner, Doris
Dukes, Janet Rash, Barbara Reed.
Anne Reed, Clara Robinson.
Grade 7-3, Miss Rupert, teacher
Kenneth Bessinger, Lee Moore,
Charles Newnum, Fred Slater.
Smyrna times., 1946-12-12

Grade 6-1, Miss B. c. Matthews,
teacher = Clara Attix, Josephine
Brown, Doris Cole, Doris Dignan,
Virginia Ennis, June Colder, Nancy
Knots, Allene Nowland, Jane
CONTINUED on Page Six)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
U. s. Steel Must Make Next M0Ue

Washington, Jan. 9.-(UP)-Gov- ernment labor officials waited to- day for a move from the U. s. Steel Corporation for price data which may ease the nations mounting inc dustrial crisis.
 Both the United Steel Workers (CIO) and President Truman's steel fact-finding board were awaiting the corporations next step. It has not yet responded the panels rec Dmmendation that 1t enter direct negotiations with the union on its demand for $2 daily wage increase.
 It was indicated that the panel might proceed with hearings unless a move toward collective bargaining was made today.
 While the steel panel marked time, the fact-finding panels handl- ing the General Motors and oil in- dustry disputes were preparing their reports. There was no pros- pect of settling the strike of 5000 United Automobile Workers (CIo) in General Motors plants until after the panel files its report which is expected tomorrow or Friday.
 The oil industry panel completed hearings yesterday on the dispute between the International oil Wor- kers Union (CIO) and 10 major re- fining companies, Chairman Frank P. Graham said the panel hoped to file it's report by Jan. IS but might have to ask for an extension of time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
12 WE Men L1 Waterbury Loi1, Strike

Twelve western Electric Conn- pany Workers, engaged for irstalla- ton of new dial equipment at the central office of the Southern New England Telephone Company in Waterbury, went on strike at 10 o. m. this morning.
 R. R. Pratt, Waterbury manager of the telephone company, said the men walked off peacefully and went home. Several foremen. who are not union members, remained on the job.
 Although the men were working on installation of new equipment in the main office, installation of tele- phones in homes stands to be dis rupted by the strike, called on na- tion-wide basis.
 Work Disrupted
 MT. Pratt said the equipment the men were installing was for the main office, but that installation of new telephones depends on the procure ment of new equipment at the cen- tral headquarters.
 All of the men working on install lation of telephones in homes are employees of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Co, and they are not Involved in the strike, but their work will be disrupted by the strike action at the Western Electric CO, 1t was disclosed.
 An official of the Southern New
 s-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
$500 Pratt
 Whitney Workers Quit

Hartford, Jan. D. (UP) - The $500 workers at Pratt & Whitney Division of NileS-Bement-Pond O., quit their jobs today as a company contract with the. United Electrical & Machine Workers, CIO, expired and they were told that they nc longer would have to belong to a union to retain their employment.
 The workers marched to Lyric Hall for a mass meeting, but the place was too small to hold the crowd and the union hired the State Theater which has accomoda- tions for about 5000.
 A company statement. announcing expiration of the contract, said that the firm continued to recognize the union as bargaining agency of the workers and that every effort would be made to secure a satisfactory contract at the earliest possible date"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Stamford Child May Walk, Play

Stamford, Jan. g - (UP) - Five year-old Rose Castelluzzo soon may be able to run around and play with other children.
 And part of the thanks for that will be due her fellow-kindergarten- CTS and teachers at Stevens Public School. They have contributed si0O to the 960O collected for the opera ton Sunday at John Hopkins Hos pital in Baltimore, Md. that may cure . heart ailment which prevents her blood from absorbing sufficient oxygen from the cir she breathes. Because Of heart condition. little Rose has never been able to walk.
 The Stamford Advocate. sponsor of the fund to finance tile operation, said today that Rose would leave Stamford Sunday morning in a spe- ciaiiy equipped ambulance, and taken to the Harrlett Lane home for Invalid children at the hospital.
 Monday she will be examined to determine whether she Is elegible for one of pr. Alfred Baalock's blue baby" operations.
 Rose ls the daughter of Mfr. and Mrs. Peter CasteHluzEo. Her father IFS lehorer for the Eapon division ef tho Atlas Powder Company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Urged to Aft0ck S0Uiet
 Von Ribbentrop Pledged Jnps Aid Against U. s.

Nuremberg, Jan. e-(uP)--Joachim Won Ribbentrop in ieai promised Japan aid against the United States and urged Japan to attack Russia. the War Crimes Tribunal was told today.
 The charge was made by Sir Dav- i'd Maxwell-Fyfe. British prosecutor, who asserted the NaA foreign nin- ister told the Japanese Ambassador Hlroshi Oshima that 1t was essent- ial ''that Japan effect her new or- der in the East without losing this opportunity"
 oshlma asked Ribbentrop in Noe vember, l0Al, whether a German American war was imminent. Max well-FyGe said. and the foreign min ister replied
 Roosevelt Is e fanatic SO 1t is iFn- possible to tell what he will dol"
 One hour after Germany learned of the Pearl Harbor attack. Rihhen- trop advised Osblmn that the Ger man Navy had been ordered to at tack American shipplng-f0ur days before the formal declaration of war.
 RibbeutrDp was described as haF~ ing drafted the laws for che oocupa- tion os Dzeehoal1eakla and Hcllaa4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

was dissected by the "cesSpool butcher" who took her from her bed.
 pr. Thomas Garter, coroner's phy- sician, said medical examination in- dicated that an attempt had been made to rape the child before kill- ing her.
 i The man held was Hector Ver- burgh, -reying, good-natured grand- father whose tenants backed up his protests of innocence. They pictured him as the friend of "all the kids in the block" where the pretty blonde girl was stolen from her bed Monday.
 Handcuffed To Bars
 Police reported this morning that Verburg had been handcutfed to his cell bars after he cursed his jaiiors and screamed: A't t'
 "What would I want with a six- year-old kidf" ss,
 Verburg, former gardener at Mount st. Mary,s Convent and Par. ochlaI School near st. Charles, Ml., and his wife. Mary, 6A, were seized last night after the ianitor walked into the basement where detectives found bits of flesh and blood in laundry tuhs. s.sr
 shortly after the arrest Of Ver- burgb. q native of Belgium, police took Into custody peseFe smet, S5'
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

death in the electric chair.
 The counsel for Zukauskas, who yesterday afternoon was re-sen- fenced to die April 10 at Wethers- field State Prison, said today that an application blank has been re- quested from the State Pardons Board, and that a communication of the death penalty to life imprison- ment will be sought.
 If that move fails, zukauskas' last recourse will be an appeal to the U. s. Supreme Court in washington on a constitutional issue.
 May Re Specially Assigned
 A hearing before the Pardons Board may be assigned specially, or else it may take place April 1 when the board is scheduled to hear peti- tions from another part of the State. The next regular board ses- sion for Waterbury. will not take place until May 6.
 zukauskas, dressed in an iu-fit- ting, borrowed, blue pencil-striped suit. was calm and showed no emo- tlOtl W1lC1l IAc WAS b4VASAAb WSAN4G the Superior Court bench at 3 p. m. yesterday.
 He stood at the side of the public defender when Judge Francis A, Palioth read the new judgment. His wife. Edna. stood at the rear of the crowded courtroom, near the door of the waiting room, when the death penalty was re-pronounced.
 Wife Is silent
 Mrs. Zukauskas was silent. Tbe sobs which pierced across the court room Feb. 8. l945. when the former supernumerary policeman was found guilty of first degree murder, were missing.
 When High Sheriff Edward ]. Slayin and Deputy Sheriff Dan Con- nors began to lead zukauskas across the courtroom after the brief pro- ceedings were over, he suddenly re- coiled just as he did on the day of his conviction.
 Sheriff Slavin evidently had whispered advice to zuknuskas. (Confinued on Rama a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
v H V State AFL Convention Is Opened
 Baldwin to Folk To 200 Delegates Tomorrow Morninc
Tomorrow Morning

About 200 delegates from all parts of the State arrived in Waterbury this morning for the 0Oth Annual State Convention of the American Federation of Labor, which opened at The Elton at 10 o'clock. The con- vention will continue for four days.
 Congressman James oeelan of the Sd District was scheduled to speak at session this afternoon at 2:30. Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin will be guest speaker tomorrow at II a. na., and Sen. Brien McAGahon will speak at session Friday morning.
 Annual reports were read at this mornings meeting by Timothy Col- lins, president of the Connecticut Federation. and Harold Feinmark. secretary-treasurer.
 The officers reports enumerated numerous successful undertakings of the organization, and covered ex- tensive activities in all parts of the state.
 John P. Fitnnaurice, executive secretary to the Mayor, ofhcially vel comed the representatives to the city today.
 Others who are scheduled to speak during the conference include: Jo- seph Tone, former state labor com- missioner and now with the V. &. Labor department: Thomas Bren- nan, president of the Waterbury Central Labor union; Abraham Blumsteln, executive director of the AFL Labor League for Human Rights; Waterbury Aldermanic President Patrick ?. Shea: and Wil- liam Ennis, deputy state labor coli- missioner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
SoLons Split
 OnMquiries OfGIGripes

Washington, Jan. 0.-(UP)-Con- gressional critics of demobilization continued to demand an investiga- ton to demand an investigation today despite President Truman's strong defense of the Army.
 Many CongresSmen still believed the discharge program should be checked, but others agreed with the President that the Army was doing a good job. They sympathized with homeSick CTS but thought mass demonstrations were carrying their gripes too far.
 Rep. James w. Wadsworth, (R.- N. Y.), said he saw no need for a Congressional investigation. He added that i've must not get hy- sterical about this thing"
 Blames Radical
 "Some radical got hold of those fellows in Manila and got them ex- cited" he said. They'll be all right and 1t won't be long until they will be home"
 The President said in a formal statement yesterday that this coun- try cannot step up the discharge of demonstrating CTS and still meet peace.
 Despite MT. Truman's reassur- ances, House Whip John J. Spark man, (D.-Ala.), predicted that the House Military Affairs Committed
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

for a monthly cut of 10 points lu the discharge scheme were sounde0 simultaneously today.
 Redeployment discontent. recrinai- nations and explanations spread t0 all of the main theaters in the Pacific.
 Col. Charles A. Mahoney, provost marshal, charged in Yokohama that a demonstration before Secretary of War Robert Patterson was foment- ed by Communists and Bolsheviks, among the troops.
 Shows Figures
 Lt.-Gen. Charles P. Hall, acting commander of the U. s. 9th Army in Japan, said 191, ,183 soldiers had been redeployed from Japan as or Dec. g, with only 53,973 reptacer ments arriving for the same periods He added:
 If this unequal percentage cons tinues, our forces in occupied ccun~ tries would be left in a precariouA position"
 Military police in the Philippines were investigating splurge of elzrs- fire-apparently aimed at nobody which followed the killing Of Negro soldier by a white sentry out. side Manila. Eighty Negro soldierA were in custody. The shooting was by Negro troops in protest againss the killing of the soldier.
 Place Before General
 A demand for a cut of 10 points each month in the discharge system was made at a rally of 2,50O troops here last night. It was placed be, fore Lt.-Gen. Robert c. Richardson Jr., for relay to Gems. Dwight Eisena hover and Douglas MacArthur.
 A second mass meeting, sAace tioned by Richardson, was called f01
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

of their jobs in support of their demands for wage increases.
 An hour before the deadline of n a. m. the installation workers, members of the Association of com irunications Equipment Workers (Tnd.) started leaving their jobs and the unions local headquarters said that the strike was "l00 per- cent effective"
 Ernest Weaver, ACEw president, said 14 of the unions IS locals were out and that the New York City local would strike at 2 p. m. after receiving assurance from other telephone unions not affil- iated with 1t that they would re- spect picket lines scheduled to be set up around telephone exchanges.
 The ACEw is an affiliate of the National Federation of Telephone workers, whose leaders have prom ised that it's 26O, 900 members would not cross picket lines, thus raising the threat of nationwide tele- hone tieup.
 First of the installation workers to strike walked off their jcbs in Illinois. New Jersey, Maryland, Vir- ginia, Ohio and Washington, D. O. and by II 8. m. All but the New York City local were reported out. -
 Workers. who Install telephone equipment said picket lines would be flung up around exchanges in 10 cities, if @ wage agreement had not been reached by Friday. Cities affected include Chicago, San Fran cicso, St. Louis. Cleveland, Detroit and Minneapolis.
 Would Isolate City
 A telephone strike would conn pletely isolate communication to and from New York City. where a strike by 700O Western Union employees
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Negro GLs .M ManiIa Hold Riot

Manila, Jan. g = CUP) - U. s. military police announced today that they were holding 80 Negro soldiers during investigation into 6 wild hour of gunfire which followed the fatal shooting of Negro soldier by white sentry.
 The riot occurred Monday night at the 10th QuartermaSter Depot in suburban Quezon City. An unidenti- fled Negro soldier from an adjacent camp broke into the QuarterInaster compound, emerged with a bundle, and was killed by the sentry after refusing to halt, Army Headquar- ters aSid.
 Negro troops from the dead mans camp seized weapons from their supply room and fired them for an hour as demonstration against his death.
 No One Else Killed
 Lt.-Col. T. R. Little, Cape Girar- dealrx, Mo, commander of the nili- tary police battalion which broke up the shooting fray, said nobody was killed except the man shot by the sentry. He said the Negroes ap- parently shot mostly into the air.
 "After shooting of a Negro sol- dier by white guard at the 10th Quartermaster Depot colored troops of the depot's 228th Salvage Com- pany broke into the supply room, took weapons mostly carbines- and ammunition and went out into the company area and started fir- ing" Little said.
 "ro the best of my knowledge, no real gun battle ensued," Little said. T wouldn't be surprised if the white guards fired, but think what every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
UNO Site Unit LeaUes for Tour

New York. Jan. 9- (UP) - A seven-rlan delegation of the United Nations Organization left today on a tour of three states to inspect pos- sihle sites for permanent headquar- ter of the world body.
 Eight specific areas will be visited on the tour, which will take three day. The areas are Kingston, the PoughkeN Npsie.Hyde Park region, northern Westchester County, Or ange County near Newburgh, and Long Island. all in New York: Ridgefield and Stamford, Conn. and the area around Princeton, N. J.
 Later the group will inspect pos- slble sites in the nosSan area.