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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-09-06
Mississippi Negro Voters
Helm Defeat COnRressma

JACKSON, Miss. (NNPA) - In
a district where three fiery crosses
have been burned in two weeks, Ne
gro voters last Tuesday contributed
to the defeat Of Representative Dan
r. McGehee, who for ~ years has
represented the Seventh Congress-
ionRl district Of Mississippi in Con-
gresB.
John Bell Williams, 27-year-old
One-armed war veteran, defeated
the 61-year-old McGehee In q run
of primary, equivalent TO election
in Mississippi.
One Negro leader, who asked
anonymity, commented that the
burning Of the crosses was an eff
fort TO "intimidate and cover" Ne
groes for their political activity.
But q number Of Negro voters cast
ballots in a peaceful atmosphere,
last Tuesday.
Nearly three million ducks were
shot In Minnesota in 1915, an av-
erage Of 21.74 per duck stamp
sold. Mallards lead in casualties,
then teal, bluebill, and pintail.
WNWNnfN ~ IN eVAm
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-09-06
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to offer our sincere thanks and
appreciation TO the Grand Chapter. o. Il.
s., for their help given US in our recent
fire loss Of Aug. 20, and also to our many
friends for their kind words of encourage
ment
Mr.. and Mrs. James Watson,
IT'S St Anthony Ave
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-09-06
Card on APPRFCTATTON

CARD OF APPRECIATION
/ would like to express my sincere thanks
to the many friends and neighbors for
their kindness and effectiveness during my
recent illness. Best wishes to all
Mrs. William Betty Cassius
glg w Central Ava
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Nazis Plotted Rock Seizure

Nuremberg, July 11-(UP)-Reichs- marshal Herman Goering planned to neutralize and eventually seize Gibraltar by the heaviest artillery siege ever laid to such a fortress, according to secret German records revealed today.
 The largest gun ever built was to be used in the assault on the fort, Allied investigators disclosed.
 Guns were prepared and maSsed on >le Spanish border in the Win ter of 1940-41 for the attack.
 Goering was within hours Of bang ready to move through Spain and besiege Gibraltar as the first step of plan for a gigantic pineers on Suez and the entire Mediterranean
 But Adolf Hitler choose instead to attack Russia.
 Goering had already reported to Hitler that the Gibraltar task force" was ready on the Spanish border.
 The force included 600 9o-milli- meter guns. In addition, there were advance elements of an infantry force of l5 divisions, including two paratroop divisions.
 (An 80-centimeter gun would
 fire shell nearly a yard in di-
 ameter and as tall as man
 twice the size of the Germans
 long-range tranS-channel shells.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
 Lombo s Bid
 Includes Hamilton
 Heiqhts Projects

The Lambo Construction Con- pany's bid of S44 4,99950 was today accepted by the Board of Works as low bid for construction work on the proposed veterans housing center at the Hamilton Heights project.
 The Board, in a special meeting held at noon accepted the recom- mendations of the city engineers department that the Lambo con- pany be awarded the contract.
 The bid proposes to install wa ter and sewer pipes from the street and connections into the houses, landscaping and grading and other necessary work of this type.
 The government plans construc- tion of 200 housing units at the Hamilton Heights project, now the scene of a Federal Housing Author ity project. These new units will be for veterans and their families only. Under terms of recent contract entered into between the city and the government the for mer will have jurisdiction of all such projects by supervision of the Waterbury Housing Authority.
 Other bidders on the proposed site were: Naugatuck Valley Con- tracting Company, Waterbury; Charter Oak Construction Company, Hartford; Seminole Construction Company, Hartford and the firm of DiMarco & Chiccone, Inc, White Plains, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

The United States delegation tenta- lively planned to leave for home Saturday and the Russians Satur- day or Sunday.
 James F. Byrnes' first goal was to persuade V. M. Molotov to agree to a proposal-already accepted by Ernest Bevin and Georges Bidault ito appoint special deputies to be- gin detailed examination of the German problem.
 Molotov, in presenting Russia $ first statement of policy with re- gard to Germany's future, proposed a special meeting of the foreign ministers this Fall to be devoted ex- clusively to Germany. He opposed establishing a special deputies committee in the interim. Confer ence quarters figured the probabil- ity was strong that the special meeting would be scheduled after the European peace conference.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
CordeII Hull Backs Loan

Washington, July 11-(UP)-For- mer Secretary of State Cordel Hull today appealed for House approval of the s3,75o,Oo0,00o British loan with warning that the world faced a choice of cooperation for peace or drifting into discord and possibly another world war"
 The elder statesman's appeal was contained in letter to House Speak CT Sam Rayburn, (D.-Tex0, as the House prepared to swing into the third day of debate on the contro- versial loan.
 Meanwhile, Rayburn said flatly that the Senate-approved measure would pass the House by an over whelming majority" Hitherto, Ray burn has predicted approval by a close vote.
 RayburnS optimism apparently was based on assurances that enough absent members will return to give the loan added support.
 Hull told Rayburn that the loan is "a crucial test for uS.''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Among 50 Protestants
 Rabbi Polish Picketed
 Before British Consulate

Rabbi David Polish, of Temple Israel, was among 50 Reform Rabbis who picketed the British Consulate in Chicago in protest against the seizure of the members of the eX- ecutive committee of the Jewish Agency in Palestine.
 The Rabbis, who were attending a convention of the Central Confer ence of American Rabbis, demon strated in front of the consular of fees after they had heard of the at tack by British soldiers upon the Jewish Agency officials.
 The Central Conference of Amer ican Rabbis in convention assembled issued the following resolution after hearing of the rarest of the mem- bers of the Jewish Agency for Pal eStine:
 "The Central Conference of Amer ican Rabbis in Convention assembled in Chicago, H., has just learned the shocking news of the unconscionable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
May Quit This Weekend
 Big 4 Begin Windup; Talks on Germany Drag

Paris, July 11-(UP)-The Big 4" foreign ministers began winding up their Paris meeting today for a breather before the July 29 peace conference and probably on it's heels a special ministerial conclave on the future of Germany.
 Confronted by Russias blueprint for an industrially strong single German state, with many years to pass before a peace treaty is signed, the ministers agreed that the way to an agreement on Germany looked long and rocky.
 The council meets late today to continue the strictly preliminary discussion of Germany. It was a shadow-boxing discussion for the clarifying of policy on the part of the big four, and the serious work was left for future gatherings. ! The likelihood was strong that the meeting would end atlis week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Hillmon Rites Set Tomorrow

New York, July 11-CUP)-Fu- neral services will be held Friday for Sidney Hillman, chairman of the CLOS National Political Ac- tion Committee, who died yester- day
 Services will be conducted in Car negie Hall by Dr. Stephen s. Wise, of the Free Synagogue. Burial will be in the Westchester Hills ceme- tery, Hastings, N. Y.
 Hillman, pioneer American labor leader, died of heart attack at his home in Point Lookout, l.. I.
 His body will be taken to Carne- gie Hall today where it will lie in state until the funeral at II A. M. tomorrow After the services it will be carried at the head of a process sion through the clothing manufac- turing district where the majority of the members of his Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union are en- ployed.
 Although he was one of the most controversial figures in American politics, Hillman's death was mourned by Government leaders, labor chiefs and industrialists alike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
LoundryMork May Identify
 Body of Man

Local police and police of Spring field, Mass, tried today to identify a man found dead in boxcar in that city this morning.
 Inspector Joseph R. Bender said the man wore shirt that was bought from the local firm of J. J. Johnson and Sons. formerly Of Bank Street. The shirt also contained laundry marks.
 A check Of the laundry marks by Detective Sgt. Charles McWeeney disclosed that two local persons might possibly have been the own CTS of the shirt. One party said he gave several shirts to a rummage sale recently. Neither person knew of anyone in the family missing.
 Detective McWeeney said the man was about 50, five feet nine inches tall, weighed about 160 pounds and wore gray suit and brown shoes, suit and hat.
 The train, the officers said, did not go through Waterbury but came from New Haven to Springfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Provda Writer Rops Bitterly
 Times Reporter

Moscow, July II CUP) - Da- vid zaslavsky, vitriolic commentator of the Communist Party newspaper Pravda, today attacked Brooks Att kinson, former New York Times cor respondent in Moscow, as "a savage, depraved soul-a spaWn-a cvook and bandit of the pen, dangerous, despicable.'
 laslavsky's ire was aroused by a series of three dispatches written by Atkinson on his return to the United States in which he expressed severe criticism of Soviet policies and attitudes.
 "Only a man who is mercenary to the marrow of his bones, wrote zaSlavsky, can write in such a way about the French Communists. A product of the stock exchange and the black market, Atkinson can sell himself to anyone and judges every thing throughout the world by him. self"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Grace Methodists Appoint Leonard

Waterville, July 1.-The Grace Methodist Sunday School Board met Tuesday evening in the home of Vincent Leonard in Plymouth. MT Leonard was appointed acting superintendent of the school. He takes over his duties in the Fall when Sunday School reopens. Other business included possible appointments of new teachers to fill vacancies, Rally Day on Sept. 8, and activities of the Home Department.
 Those present at the meeting were MT. and Mrs. Vincent Leonard, Mrs Fred Zaugg, Miss Eleanor zaugg, George Kraft, Mrs. S M Butcher, Miss Peggy zaugg, Miss Bernice. zaugg and Rev. Richard Mutt. The next meeting will be an afternoon session with supper fol- lowing, on Aug. 24.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
POW SIoyers Found Guilty At Dochou
 73 Nozis Violated
 Rules of Wor When
 Fighting on Bulge

Dacf1au, July 11.-CUP) - An American military court today found all 73 Nazi officers and men charged with the atrocity murder of American prisoners in and near Malmedy, Belgium, during the Bat tie of the Bulge guilty of violating the rules of war.
 The court is expected to announce the sentences for the Germans to- morrow.
 There were "A defendants when the trial started but charges were withdrawn against Marcel Boltz.
 The defendants were headed by Col. Gen. Sepp Dietrich, comman- der of the Adilf Hitler division which carried out the atrocities.
 Defense counsel for the SS men accused of murdering the American prisoners said the defendants were still fearful of the prosecution staff because of treatment before the trial.
 Chief Defense Counsel Col. Willia Everett, Atlanta, Ga., told the tri- bunal he cut short his case and discontinued the appearance of de- fendants on the witness stand be cause the fear of prosecution still fingers in their minds after months of solitary confinement"
 Referring to the alleged treatment of defendants by prosecution inter- rogators, Everett said "tfle complete picture of these tricks, ruses and beatings would have been shown except for my decision.
 Does the Army of the United States generally conduct its affairs in this manner? You and I know the answer. Our army is hard but fair"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
HordyFiIes May s ToIk

Washington, July 11-CUP)-A recorded telephone conversation placed before the Senate War h. vestigating Committee today dis closed that Rep. Andrew J. May, CD.-Ky), requested Army Ord nance in May, 1945, to give a con- tract for a new-type chemical bomb to Batavia Metal Products, Inc.
 The recorded conversation was introduced during testimony by Brig. Gen. Roswell Hardy, ordnance officer.
 Batavia Metal Products is one of the Is Midwest munitions firms whose alleged war profteering is being investigated by the commit tee. May has been identified as Kentucky representative for a sub sidiary concern in the group.
 The conversation was between May and Hardy on May T. 1945. It disclosed that May urged the Army to give the bomb contract to Ba- tavia enough though Dr. Henry M. Carson, key man in the munitions empire, had not planned originally to ask for it himself.
 As read by Committee Counsel George Meader. the conversation disclosed that May told Hardy he had recently seen Dr. Carson.
 He is a friend of mine" the House Military Affairs Chairman said. T am not interested in the company at all but he is a friend of mine. T am sure you are doing what is right Gin cutting back the firms contract for shells) =. but haven't you got a new chemical bomb coming upi"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
US. roops QueII Riots InTrieste
 Pro-SIovs Smash
 Italian Markets
 In Wild Fighting

Trieste, July II. (UP)-American troops in full war kit and riding in armored cars moved in to aid police in quelling riots by 10000 pro- Slovenes who were menaced by Italian crowds threatening counter action today.
 Rioters smashed the Italian pub lie markets in wild morning $ fighting during which police wounded at least 10 persons.
 Police arrested 50 persons in futile attempts to quell the street. fighting.
 Slovenes Drift Into City
 The pro-Slovene crowd began to American troops appeared but the gathering of glowering Italians in nearby piazzas brought them to- gether again.
 Hundreds of Slovenes were re- ported drifting into Trieste from the surrounding countryside.
 Italian police said that Slovene elements mined and blew up the Udine-Trieste Railroad, an Allied SNHPAJ AOuCS, poOdy, T Cul llllliCo were believed to have been used at the small village of Pieris, where previous attacks have occurred.
 Italian residents told the chief of police today that unless they could be assured of protection they would take our personal protection into our own hands"
 City Paralyized
 The Slovene crowds attacks para lyzed Trieste, forcing all trans portation to halt.
 Electric power for street car lines was cut off in one section of Trieste by an explosion which destroyed power lines.
 The new demonstrations followed an outbreak in the Piazza Goldoni last night in which street cars were attacked.
 Trieste police broke up the dem- onstration. They mauled the con- batants with the butts of their guns, but no one was injured seriously.
 The British cruiser Ajax joined the half dozen Allied warships in the Trieste harbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Half Ton of Hot Beef
 Consigned to City Seized

Following tip received from Meriden, city health authorities seized 12S4 pounds of dressed meat sent here from the Jack Levine slaughter house in that city.
 It consigned to the Impero Market on South Main Street.
 Health Officer Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, inspecting the 'hot beef" condemned it as unfit for human sumption and ordered it destroyed.
 Three still born calves shipped here from Torring ton and intended for the New York Meat Market were also seized.
 warrant will be issued for the Torrington party responsible.
 There were no local arrests in either case
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Buyers Picket US. Markets
tBy United Press

'Buyers strikes to protest rising prices cropped up in several U. s. cities today.
 Consumer demonstrations were proposed or already under way in New York, Washington, Philadel- phia, St. Louis, and Quincy Mass. High-priced items were going beg glng in some other communities, al- though there were no organized protests.
 But in many cities-among them Minneapolis, Omaha and Salt Lake City-price increases were held to a minimum and retailers reported that business was normal.
 At Washington, D. C., the Citizens Price Defense Organization staged a one-day buyers strike Consum- CTS were urged to stay away from the stores and to respect picket lines set Up by the organization.
 An announcement from the Citi- zenS Organization said this is protest to Congress that the people want a good and workable price control act. Imitation must be stop ped
 Among the strikes sponsors were the wives of Sen. Glenn Taylor O., Ida, Reps. Mike Maroney D., Okla), and Annie J. Forand O., R. L., ana columnists Marquis Childs and Thomas L. Stokes.
 The Consumers Federation of St. Louis began a buyers strike against several stores singled out because of high prices. Tickets carried signs protesting the high cost of living and urging restoration of the OPA.
 Five CI.O. unions prepared pick eted the huge terminal market at Philadelphia.
 The CIO United Auto Workers union urged it's locals to stage demonstrations on nationwide basis July Is. The union authorized members to leave their jobs for no more than two hours on any shift to take part in the demonstrations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
GirIto Get Air Medal

Ten-year- Jean Hall MacNiv- en, a student at Bunker Hill School, will receive a posthumous award of the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster for her father, Cpl. Donald w. MacNiven, tomor- row morning at the Army Recruit ing Station, Maj. Stanley E, Lease, commanding officer of the station, announced today.
 The child will be accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Florence E. Mac Niven of 50 Over Street. Corporal MacNiven, who was killed April IA, 1914. while in a Japanese prison camp near Tokyo is the son of MT, and Mrs. Clarence w. MacNiven, of Woodbury Road, Watertown.
 Entering the service in March, 1943, Corporal MacNiven trained as central f1re-control gunner on a B-29 at Shepherd Field, Texas, Loury Field, Denver, Colo, and Pratt, Kansas. He shipped over seas to the Pacific theater in Jan uary, 1914, and was stationed on Guam.
 During flight over Kawaksaki on the island of Honshu, Japan, his plane caught fire. The crew members parachuted to safety and were taken prisoner on May 26, 1914. He was placed in a prison camp in an area being bombed by American planes and was prob ably killed during a bombing raid by United States planes.
 A graduate of Crosby High School, Corporal MacNiven was employed by the U. s. Time Corporation prior to entering the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Meat SaIesmen h Circulation

An excited butcher in the Brooklyn district called up all his friends this morning to tell them the news.
 Hey, a meat salesman was in to see me, and even asked me what meats I'd like delivered next week. After four years of begging them fr anything at all, now they're coming around to see ME again"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

arrest of members of the Executive of the Jewish Agency in Palestine and of thousands of other Jews; and of ather acts of violence and terror tantamount to the inauguration of war by the British authorities on the Jews of Palestine. We are out roged even further by the manifest ly deliberate descreation of the Jew ish Sabbath, by this wanton viola tion of one of the basic elements of religious freedom and which repre- sents reverSion to the barbaric practices of ancient Syria and Rome.
 This Conference of 400 American Rabbis is unable to express ade- quately in words it's grief and it's horror at these unprecedented, un- just Gestapo acts.
 Tn the bitter struggle of the forces of right against the powers of evil, the Jews of the world play Continued Page 7-tRABBD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Rent Controls Tackled;
 Many Ceilings Strapped
Buyers Find Prices 
 Complaints Filed
 With State OPA;
 Few Stores Listed

Complaints of excessive prices charged in some Waterbury stores have been received by State OPA headquarters in Hartford, it was learned today. The complaints re- late principally to prices charged for meat and butter.
 Only a few stores have been list ed in the complaints, and most are still maintaining a firm price policy. The local complaints are similar to those received from about the State, with charges as high as S1 a pound for hamburger and pot roast being reported.
 Despite the lapse of the price con- trol law, the OPA is still empowered to act on violations which took place before July l. Reports on an investigation of pre-July l "black market" operations here are still under study at Hartford and the cases have definitely not been dropped
 Complaints Decrease
 Reports on rent increases effected since July are still dropping steadily in number. The local to- tai listed with the OPA is now somewhat over 200, but there is no means of computing how many in- creaSes have not been reported.
 Prices of wholesale fruit and pro- duce have declined since the end of the OPA. it is reported by Edward V. Randall. president of Lewis & Randall, Incorporated. Most items, he said, are below former ceiling prices.
 Meat was reported fairly plentiful again today in some stores, though the large packing firms do not ex- pect to receive sizeable shipments until next week. The major firms say they will add only the amount of Federal subsidies, now withdrawn, to the former ceiling prices.
 Young Refutes Charge
 Chairman Lester E. Young of the Waterbury Housing Authority said yesterday that State O.P.A. Director Stanley Crute had been unfair to the vast majority of the states lapdlords' in testimony before the Legislative Council Tuesday. MT. Crute said that of 30 rent increases reported Monday, the average in- crease had been 35 percent.
 T am sorry MT. Young misunder- stood my statement said MT. Crute. T did not say. and certainly did not mean, that 35 percent of the land lords in the state had raised their rents. Of the rent increases report ed, 35 percent is the average amount of increase over OP.A. levels"
 MT. Young countered today with the statement that he had not mis- understood MT Crute but that he objected to basing the percentage of increase on a sanlpling of only 30 cases.