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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
A.B.C. Sides ConferAeoin
 Moy Hove Replies
 To Two ProposoIs

MdHdBeHlenC ana unlOn neBOCla. tors in the American Brass Com pany strike entered their ninth successive day of parleys at The Elton this morning, with indica- tions that each side would today present replies to proposals and counter-proposals advanced by the other .sss l ..s; ..sl 5 '----, .ssy-
 At yesterdays meeting, in ses- sion from 2:3O to 6:3O P. M, both sides were in separate meetings throughout, this giving rise to a be- lief that they were studying def mite proposals incorporating most or all of the contract provisions advanced previously.
 A report on the status of nego- tions in the Y-day old strike will be given to union members in Wa 4erbury, Torrington and Arsonia tomorrow by the bargaining com- mittee. The local A. B. c. unit will meet in Garden Hall at P. M. The Torrington local will meet at 10 A. M. and the Ansonia local at 4 F. M.
 It was believed this morning that both sides hoped to have com pleted action on most or all of the major points in dispute in time for submission at the union meet ings tomorrow. Should full con- tract be negotiated today, it will be submitted to the membership for approval or rejection tomorrow.
 Commissioner Maggiolo and the disputants continued to remain silent on the progress of negotia- tions. No official report on the status of the contract bargaining has been issued since the manage ment and union representatives be- gan their parleys 8 week ago yes- terday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
ARC. Second Longest Strike

Settlement of the Westing- house strike leaves the Amer ican Brass Company walkOut as the second longest major strike still in progress in the nation. The longest current strike is that in the copper mines in the West.
 American Brass plants in Waterbury, TOrringtOn, Am sonia and Buffalo have been idle since Feb. 4, when em- plOyes went on strike for higher wages and contract The A.B.C. strike extended to Detroit in March.
 One of the major acOpper producers affected by the miners strike is the Kenne- colt Copper Corporation, of which the Chase Brass & Cop per Company is . subsidiary. Copper miners have been on strike since late January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
Not Official
 City's Validating Act Wins ApprouaL

The Validating Act submitted by the city administration to the Gen. eral Assembly Tuesday was ap- proved by the joint Finance Com mittee yesterday during an execu- tive session. The bill is reported to be scheduled for minor changes by the committee before it is entered into the Senate and House next Tuesday when the Legislature re- convenes.
 It was not known today what
 actual minor changes will be
 effected in the city's bill. Re-
 wording and changed phrase
 OlOgy may be enacted as well
 as providing specifically for
 certain taxpayers to receive
 proper hearings before the
 Board of Tax Review during
 the latter's special session this
 Summer.
 Sen. Patrick Wallace CD, Water bury) today would neither confirm nor deny the report that the ad- ministration's bill was accepted by the committee. The local senator is clerk of the same committee. When informed that Hartford source had made known the decision Sen- ator Wallace said that he was not at liberty to discuss the action"
 'It was voted by the commit
 tee yesterday, "he said, ''tO re-
 lease no information on the
 matter except through the
 chairman, Sen. Nicholas Spell
 man (D-NOrwich). He had
 planned to make known the de-
 cision on Monday, it is my be-
 lief. That is all I can say at
 this time."
 Sen. Spellman, Registrar of Vot- CTS for the Town of Norwich, could not be contacted today for verifica- tion of the Hartford source.
 The fact the committee took upon itself to vote not to release the inc formation after yesterdays meeting is strong and almost certain indi- cation that some definite action was taken.
 The administration's bill seeks
 V@AAAa@~AVM VA COGV0kAe ACGAUAAO OA
 the assessor and establishes
 special time for session of the
 Board of Tax Review this Sum-
 mer. Its principal theme is to
 validate the 1945 revaIuated as-
 SeSsmentS.
 The Community Clubs bill sought the validation of the 1924 assess ment to the extent that any 1945 revaluated assessments exceeding their individual 1914 assessments would be lowered to meet the for mer level. Any revaluated assess ments lower than their 1944 level, however, would remain the same. It also sought a longer extension of the Tax Review session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
Woman Browns Sons in Brook;
 Tokes Own Life

Wilslow, Me, May 1l--CuP)--A verdict of double murder and suicide was returned today after the bodies of Mrs. Cora Romeo Gould, 4S, and her sons James, g, and Eugene. 6. all of Albion. were recovered from Mile Brook.
 Authorities said Mrs. Gould. in a fit of mental depression drowned James. then locking Eugene in iaer arms plunged into the brook where they also drowned.
 Last seen Tuesday when she left to go shopping at Waterville, Mrs. Gould left note for her husband Stanley. a dairy farmer. in which she said she planned to take her own life and the lives of her chil- dren so that he could be free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
IRA Leader Fails
 McCaughy's Fast Ends With Death

The Government had refused to accept his demands despite strong public pressure, includ- ing . mass demonstration around the automobile of Presi- dent Sean O'Kelly.
 In Belfast another IRA pris- oner. David Fleming, lay near death in the 52d day of his hunger strike. He broke his fast briefly 22 days ago, but hasn't touched food or liquids since.
 McCaughY's sister and brother were called to his prison cell late last night when he suffered a sinking spell and were at his bedside when he died.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

lieve they are prepared for any, thing that is necessary to prevent another catastrophe
 Messersmith said the recent war thrust the United States into position of world responsibility.
 The significant thing is the peo- pie at home realize our position and know their responsibility he said
 There are many of us who see in what Is developing today parallel to what happened in 1888 to 1888. But there is stu time to act" he said,
 Messersmith said that at the time of his assignment to Berlin after the First World War II thoueh1 then there would he no more wala.
 T am not resting under any suck .'llsione now he added,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
DaredeDil Offers To Ride Rocket

Boston, May 11-(UP)-Mark Ridge, 40, Dorchester daredevil, volunteered to ride the German V-2 rocket which fired 75 miles skyward in New Mexico yester- day, it was learned today.
 The Army's reply, however, was "No thanks"
 Even the fact that there was no known means of escaping alive from the proposed experi- ment did not deter Ridge from making his offer in the inter estS of science.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

vealed the full import of the flor gotten food report" That was the report which was submitted to the Quartermaster General by nine- man Investigating committee of food experts headed by John l.. Hennessy in installments starting last September and which Pater- son released only in a drastically boiled-down hand-out on April 29. NEW REPORTS MADE
 From California to MaSsachu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

Dublin, May 11-(UP)-Sean McCaughy, . fiery and stubborn IRA leader. died of thirst and starvation in Maryborough prison today after . 23-day hunger strike. He had not taken liquids for 13 days.
 McCaughy's futile bid for freedom or recognition as a political prisoner ended at 1:35 A. M. He had known for days that he was about to die but refused pleas from his mother to break his fast after his cause appeared lost.
 News of McCaughy's death caused much excitement in Fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

S4lu U0day tklaC under the oruer AG will be the responsibility of custom CTS to turn off advertising and dis- play signs for the duration of the coal emergency.
 Ernest H. Green, office manager for the company, said he expected full cooperation from commercial users of electric current. The com missions order curtails the use of electricity for advertising and orna- mental lighting, window displays and comfort air conditioning. In- terior lighting is to be reduced to the necessary safety minimum.
 Under another order issued by the commission, the utility company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

early next week will appeal to its customers to reduce the use of il- luminating gas as much as possible while the coal crisis continues. Dis continuance of use of gas for heat ing purposes wherever possible will be asked. An appeal will be made to all commercial and domestic cus- toners to use gas as sparingly as possible.
 The Public Utilities Commission authorized electric and gas com- panies to cut off electric current and gas for those guilty of repeated violations of the ''brownout" restric- tions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

And many of them-distrusting the likelihood that Army brass" will ever change It's methods ex- cept4 under public pressure-de- mand that Congress investigate reports that hundreds of tons of food are being spoiled or wasted through failure of the service to assign trained personnel to the feeding of troops.
 Their voice has risen in cres- cendo since publication of an ex- elusive NEA dispatch which re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

sets come new reports of Army food waste by letter, postcard and telephone. Some correspondents as- sert inefficient handling is stiN wasting vast quantities of food. Writes an angry peacetime draftee:
 That report about the Army wasting tons of food during the war didn't say anything about the way they're still doing it. A bunch of us were put to cleaning up warehouses. We saw mountains of potatoes in sacks that had been chewed by rats and all kinds of spoiled food filtered over the ware house.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
Today;s Forecast

Local: This afternoon cloudy with showers, moderate south erly winds. Tonight light rain and mild, moderate sOutherly winds. Sunday, showers ending in morning followed by slow clear in", bseH17ing much cooler m af' nnoI, fresh tO strong nOrth- erly winds.
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Change by Brass Doubted
Change by Brass Doubted
 Soldiers Demand Action on Food Wasting Scandal tn Army Centers

. New York, May 11-Solders and former soldiers from buck pvates to chicken colonesare demanding today that the Army do something about wasefu practices which threaten to become scandal in huno1v world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
PARTIAL
Conlpany Permitted To Cut Current
 To All NoEators

The partial "brownout" ordered by the State Public Utilities Commission will go into effect here Monday voluntary basis The Connecticut Light Power Company
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11

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The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

ests by legislation authorizing them
exclusively to administer group
plans for medical care. He de-
clared that such legislation places
a temptation before otherwise sin
cere and able professional men to
exploit this strange and undemo-
cratic monopoly for personal gain
at the expense of patients. He as
serted that the temptation is dra-
matically documented by the high
cost of such plans and the made
quacy of their coverage.
DR.. rockingham emphasized the
Committees concurrence in that
part of the Conference resolution
which said that no state which re-
stricts the free development of con
sumner sponsored medical service
plans should be allowed to parti-
cipate in any national health in
surance plan.
Our system Of national health
insurance must guarantee the peo-
pie full freedom of choice in the
selection of physicians and hospi-
tails. Members of the medical pro-
fession as individuals and groups
must be guaranteed the right to
accept or reject patients, said Dr..
rockingham. These guarantees
car be given only by legislation
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

chairman urged Omahans tc vote
as early as possible on November
8 in view Of the large number Of
ballots which must be marked. not
only in respect to the Improvement
program but on regular political
issues.
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

which protects the right of consul
mers to organize medical service
plans of their own, and which also
makes it possible for consumer
groups to benefit from a national
health insurance plan.
DR.. rockingham congratulated
the Conference on the decision to
form the Cooperative Health Fe-
deration of America.
The Conference at Two Harbors
was attended by 200 delegates, fra
ternal delegates and visitors, re-
presenting consumer cooperative
medical care plans, farm, labor and
other cooperating organizations.
The Committee for the Nations
Health, Of which DIR. rockingham
an eminent Boston physician and a
Fellow of the American Medical
Association, is national chairman,
has headquarters in New York and
offices in Washington. Among 9TH
er nationally prominent members
are Gerard Swope, retired indust-
r1alist; David Sarnoff Of the Radio
CORPORATION of America: President
William Green of the AFL of l.:
President Phillip Murray Of the
Clio; A w. Dent. president of Dill
lard University, New Orleans; and
DR.. j. V. Lawrence of the Labor
Health Institute, st. Louis.
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14
Support Pledged
Consumer Medical
Care Groups Drive

The Committee for the Nations
Health. spearheading the drive for
national health insurance, has
pledged itself today to fight for
free development Of consumer
sponsored medical health service
organizations. The pledge was
made today in a message from DR..
rockingham, National Chairman,
to DR.. Michael Shadid, Temporary
Chairman of the Cooperative Heal
tn Federation of America.
DR.. Frothingham's message also
carried the Committees endorse
ment of a resolution adopted by
the National Conference on Coop
erative Health Plans during its re-
cent meeting at Two Harbors. MINI
approving the administrations plan
for a system of national health
insurance for America. 1t was at
this conference that formation of
the Federation was voted.
Support of the Committee also
was pledged to the Conferences
demand that there be majority or
equal representation from organi-
zed consumer groups on the adj
ministrative and policy making bo-
dies of the national health plan at
all levels.
In his message DR.. rockingham
charged that some of u states
have handed over the health of
their people to professional inter
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14
BY CARL HELM

r NEW YORK-The thing a home
town man misses most in this big
gest burg in the world is a real old
hometown barbershop.
Here the tonsorial parlors, with
their glazing white tile walls and
~fuorescent lights, their chromium
trimmings and speckless floors, are
about as warm and CHEEKY as a hos
pital ward. The BARRIERS are white
shocked like surgeons; you expect
al appendectomy instead Of a trim.
They're about as friendly and in
formal as a levee in Buckingham
Palace. "A butler-like turnkey nails
you at the door, frisks you Of your
coat and hat, briskly brushes them
off asi If you'd brought contamination
into the operating room, and hands
you a ticket bearing your waiting
number. (He repeats this rite in re
verse as you leave, and it's a two-bit
tip or he'll make you feel like a heel.)
Instead of a folksy you're nexti"
you respond to your called number,
and the barber Immediately starts
treating you like a charity patient
from the other side of the tracks-if
you don't order up, at once, a $3.50
plus-tips job that includes a mas
sage, violet-ray for your dandruff, a
sun-tan lamp, shampoo and tonic,
manicure and shine, when all you
want is a shave. If you don't play the
snob, they make you feel like a slob.
Personally I'm growing a beard.
and getting a violin!
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14
Boystown Open Football Season
Against North Platte Squad

Box offices at Creighton stadium
will be open at Gas pm. and fans
are urged to get their tickets early
for the game. Admission will be
the standard inter-city high school
prices 80 cents for adults, and 40
cents for students with activity
cards.
The probable starting line-ups
are: Boys Town: Jake Williams,
left end; Joe Ortega, left tackle;
Walt Cunnel, left guard; Dick Pu-
chinski, center; Marty Schmidt,
right guard; Laverne Busch, right
tackle; Harold Popp. right end;
Tom. Caroline quarterback; Jim
Mitchell, left halfback; Jerry Ho-
ward, right halfback; and Leonard
Knoll. fullback.
North Platte: Don Cakes, left
end; Ronald Rose, left tackle; Du-
anne Miller, left guard; Ken Tay-
lor. center; Wendell Wingett, right
guard; Gene Ellis, right tackle;
Dick Hutchinson right end; Bob
Easter, quarterback; Jack Tillman
left halfback; Bob Flora, right half
back; and Bob Wilson. fullback.
In the Boys Town starting line
I'D are two colored lads, namely,
Tom Caroline, quarterback and
Jake Williams, left end.
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14
NAM NOTABLES PRESENT

The 1916 Nebraska prep football
season will have a gala opening
Friday at s pm. at Creighton sta
dunn when Coach Skip Palrang's
Boys Town high school eleven tan
giles with the North Platte high
school Bulldogs coached by Ros-
coe folly. The game is being play
ed under the sponsorship Of the
Omaha Junior Chamber of Com
merce and is expected to draw a
record attendance.
Boys Town is the defending 1915
co-state champions. Coach Skip
Palrang has IA lettermen on hand
at Boys Town this year around
which to build his aggregation.
The West Dodge street boys are
expected to put ar all veteran IL
on the field at kickoff time for
their opener with North Platte.
North Platte, likewise, is bless
ed with a large number of return
ing veterans and is aided by the
return to the North Platte high
school Of Bob Easter, sensational
triple threat star who would have
been captain of the Wentworth
Military School football elevn this
fall, had he returned there to fin
ish his high school education. Ea-
ster won all conference recogni-
ton at Wentworth last year and
is expected to bolster the North
Platte Bulldogs stock highly dur
ing the coming gridiron campaign.
North Platte will have a slight
edge in weight over Boys Town in
their Friday night encounter. The
two lines r approximately even
ly matched from a weight stand
point, but the Boys Town back
field will be o~utWeighed six to 8
pounds per man.
1--WE expect one of the largest
prep turn-outs in the history Of
Omaha high school sport in the
Boys Town-North Platte game,
Tohn Swanson. co-chairman of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
charge of the game said Thursday.
Much interest in the game has been
generated for this game in view
of the rugged battle the two teams
had last year at North Platte.
North Platte fans have chartered
a special train to bring a large
group of North Platte football
rooters to Omaha for the game.
Included will be the seventy piece
North Platte high school band that
will perform at half time. The Boys
Town band will strut their stuff at
4 pre-game ceremony at 7:45.
Among the notables who will be
present at the game will be Mayor
Mcfarland of North Platte, Mayor
Leeman of Omaha, Bernie Master
son, Nebraska university football
coach and members of his coach
ing staff, and DR.. Harry Burke.
newly appointed superintendent of
Omaha public schools. =
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

order that no voter need be cor
fused when he steps behind the
curtain Of the polling booth.
First of all, it must be empha-
sized that the voter need vote only
for those projects which he per
sonally wants.
Second, since there are 16 bal
lots pertaining to the Omaha inn
provement program each project
must be voted upon separately.
There's no such thing as voting
a straight ticket where the pro-
Ject program is concerned.
There will be a separate ballot
for each Of the IA projects, Mr..
Agee pointed out. Two additional
ballots nicer the creation Of spe
cial commissions to handle the
more important projects.
The idea behind the setting up
of these commissions, declared Mr..
Agee, is to see that the urgent
projects are taken out of the realm
Of politics and to have behind them
a driving force to see that they
are carried to completion as ap-
proved and recommended by the
Mayors city-wide planning COM
mittee.
The general chairman explained
that n ballot puts up to the vo-
ter the creation of special comm
issions to carry out these four pro
jects: Airports; auditoriums; re-
creation parks, Fairgrounds and
sanitation.
Another ballot will propose the
creation of an overall commission
to be called the Omaha Improve
ment Commission. This body is to
consist of Is members who shall
serve without pay during such time
as may be necessary to carry to
completion the recommendations
Of the Mayors city-wide planning
committee. Their duty is to sup
ervise the whole job. to see that
work is actively carried out as
provided by the terms of the bond
issue.
This board and the four special
commissions are to be entirely non
partisan and non-political so that
no change in the local political
situation can affect the carrying
out the will Of the people as indi-
Gated by their votes on the several
bond issues, said Mr.. Agee.
The Importance Of the November
5 election was emphasized by Mr..
Agee, who pointed out that Oma-
ha must either go forward or back
ward, that it cannot stand still.
Omaha's vision is your decision.
said Mr.. Agee, quoting the slogan
of the improvement campaign.
At the same time the general
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

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iais about tolerance and the prac-
tice Of democracy, MIR. Picott re-
ferred to the leadership now ex-
ercized by the state teachers pro-
fessiolal organization as a hope Of
better social living.
Said MI. Picott, a functional pro
gram of education is the only kind
suitable for tn echallenge of these
atomic days. Continuing, he decl-
AIRED that the more teaching of the
3 RS or even Of Latin has not
and will not solve our problems Of
living. A realistic approach in our
classrooms that will lead pupils
to fight for local, national and for
world democracy is the sort Of
school curriculum we need and
want.
The Omaha guide., 1946-09-14

ground of present day living and
pointed out the tensions between
Russia and the United States as
indicative of the kind of teaching
needed for the development Of bro
therhood at home and abroad if
we are to avoid another armed
conflict.
Mr.. Picott pointed to the grow
ing recognition by colored people
of the strength which they can
exert by being united as the be-
ginning Of the fight which racial
groups must engage in to maintain
their positions as citizens.
Stating that the first phase of
a comprehensive program for bet
ter social living lies in the presen-
tation of suitable classroom mater