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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
AttIee Quiet On Palestine
 Connot Explain
 Current UprisinQ

London, June le.-(UP)-Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee told Commons today that the Govern ment was in close touch with the the United States government on the Palestine situation on whcih he was unable to make a. statement at present.
 The Palestine question came up in Commons when Conservative Oliver Stanley asked Attlee:
 "1n view of the very grave events in Palestine in the last 24 hours, would you not agree that 1t Is be- coming very urgent that the Gov- ernment should announce their de- cision and then give this house 6 chance of debeating it?"
 This matter is one in which we are in close contact with the gov. ernment of the United States, and cannot make a statement at pres- ent," Attlee replied.
 J. Silverman, Labor member, asked Attlee: Do you realize that of all the parties to this squabble lover the Palestine report) the only one that so far has not indicated it's attitude toward the commissions report Is his majestys governmental"
 T think" Attlee replied, that you will agree that this is a matter of very great importance and needs careful consideration"
 He said he regretted that he was not in a position to say anything further on Palestine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Oil IT anker
 round

Cleveland, June lS-(UP)-The Standard oil tanker Edward c. seubert s aground and taking wa ter in Lake Michigan between North Manitou Island and Leelanau County Peninsula, the Cleveland Coast Guard Station reported to- day.
 Coast Guard officials said the cutter Mackinaw had been dis patched to aid the tanker and would contact 1t about 11:45 A. M EDT. The Standard Oil tanker Beaumont Parks also was speeding to the aid of its sister ship and was due to arrive at about the same time as the Parks.
 Officials here said the Eeubert was not reported in a sinking con- dition but was fast aground arnid- ships and taking water forward. A northwest wind of about 25 miles an hour was believed to be driv- ing the ship harder aground. The Seubert reportedly carried a crew of 40.
 The life station crew at South Manitou, near Traverse City, was standing By. The tanker went aground shortly after midnight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Youth s Body Found AfIoot
 Seorch Closes
 In New Jersey

West Milford, M. J., June 16-CUP) -etate Police found the body of seven-year.old Larry Blossfeld, Tea neck, N. J., early today, lying in the water of Forest Hills Park Lane, a short distance from where he dis appeared while attending a Sunday school picnic last Saturday.
 The body was floating near one of the docks that border the artificial lake. PasSaic County Coroner George Surgent ordered it removed to a Riverdale funeral parlor.
 Sgt. Joseph Rutter, New Jersey state trooper in charge of the de- tail of police heading the search, said the body was found at 5:l5 A. M., just as the officers were start ing out to renew the search.
 The youth, the son of MT. and Mrs. Albert R. Blossfeld, had been the object of an intensive search by state police, bloodhounds and an army of volunteers.
 Police had dragged the lake for two days while scores of volunteers conlbed the woods around the park which is located in the rugged Ram apo mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
1,2OO Strike AfHomiIton
 Fest Hartford
 Moehinisfs Quit

East Hartford, June IS - (UP)- -The approximately 1,200 hourly rate employees of the Hamilton Standard Rropellers Division of United Aircraft Corp, left their jobs today in what the company called c violation of contract.
 The walkout was 6 result of Q mass meeting of ofilciais of Local 743, International Association of Machinists, AFL., last night held after union officers declared that negotiations for higher wages had definitely broken down."
 The company issued . statement in which 1t charged the strike was called without notice"
 The union declared that the cofT1- pany had reneged on an across-the- board IS percent increase, 10 per- cent of which was to be retroactive to April %. It charged the latest company offer was for raises from eight to i2 cents an hour to work CTS in five lower labor grades, where the increases are most need ed, and gives increases lip to 46 cents to the highest paid workers, many of whom are outside the bar. gaining unit, where the increases gre least needed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Wheat Stock AIIocotion
 Change Seen

Washington, June l8 - (UP) - Top Government food officials ex- pressed the belief today that Con- gressional proposals to lift price controls on meat, poultry and dairy products would necessitate over hauling the nations famine relief program.
 Although officially mum, many Agriculture Department experts conceded privately that the wheat program will have to be changed drastically If the final OPA bill lifts controls on meats, poultry and dairy products.
 A conference committee meets later this week to try to iron out differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill unless the section lifting food controls is eliminated.
 Agriculture Department experts pointed out that lifting price con- trols on meats, poultry and dairy products would destroy the present delicate balance between prices on livestock and on grain for human consumption.
 At present 1t Is more profitable to sell grain for humans than for live- stock because grain ceilings delib- erately have been hiked while live- stock prices remained steady. This discourages the feeding of grain to livestock, freeing 1t for export.
 If controls on meat and livestock were removed, however, 1t would be more profitable to feed livestock and pass the increased cost on to the consumer. This might squeeze the Government out of the picture and endanger the famine program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Reds Riot In Athens
 Tension Mounts
 On lobor Strike

Athens, June ls.-(UP)-Tension increased in Athens today as army troops and police stood by in prepar- ation for general strike called by the Confederation Of Labor.
 A, IAn Athens dispatch to the
 British Exchange Telegraph
 said the general strike had
 failed, and public services
 were functioning as usual. It
 said the Parliament, after an
 aL-night session, passed a bill
 granting the government special
 powers to maintain order.)
 Authorities feared more violence would follow last night rioting when police were compelled to fire rifle shots into the air to disperse the crowds. Sixty persons were injured yesterday in a series of attempts to hold Communist demonstrations.
 Shouting leftist slogans and carry- ing banners, the crowd surged into Constitution Square for a march on Parliament to protest against the draft of the security law now under debate.
 Parliament was suspended after sitting for one hour last night when a scuffle on the floor interrupted proceedings.
 Royalist member Papadopoulos dashed across the floor, vaulted a bench and scored glancing blow on VeniZelist liberal John Vassiliades. The latter had just spoken against a security bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Very Peculiar
Very Peculiar State Police Bamed By Filippone Case

Describing 1t as a "very peculiar case" State Police It. Robert Bundle of the Bethany Barracks said today investigation into the death of Angelone Filippone, 4l, of 344 Washington Avenue was contin- ling today.
 Questioning of a witness who ar- rived at the scene of the accident on the Bethany Road in Beacon Falls a few minutes after Filippone fell from Q rear door was expected today.
 Meanwhile Henry s. Boyle, 17, of 42 Bishop Street, was released on bonds of $l,500 pending the out- come of the State Police and Coun- ty coroner's investigations.
 Faces Two Charges
 Coroner Miles F. McNiff, Jr., said today he will begin his inquest at the end of the week. He said Boyle is charged with operating . motor vehicle without license and negligent homicide. He ex- plained that the latter charge was placed against the youth at the re- quest of the State Police.
 Capt. William L. Schatznlan VII heads the investigation, could not be reached for comment, but Lieu tenant Bundle said that Q girl who had left . Bethany home with FiIippone and Boyle refused to ride In the car. She was found walking several hundred yards from the scene of the accident when police arrived. She told investigators she refused to ride with Boyle because he drove too fast"
 The police investigation is cen- tered about the question of whether Filippone fell or was pushed from the rear seat of his car where he was riding. He and Boyle, police said, had just visited Filippone's brother -in.law in Bethany and were returning to Waterbury.
 When the mishap occurred Boyle stopped the car, he told police, and took the injured man back to the Bethany home. He and the broth- er-in-law then took Fiiippone to St. Mary's Hospital but the man was dead upon arrival.
 Skull Fractured
 Medical Examiner Dr. William E. Hill of Nauagatuck said death was due to a fractured skull. He said Filippone died enroute to St. MaTy's Hospital where he arrived at l:3O A. M.
 The funeral of MT. Filippone, will be held tomorrow at S:l5 A. M., from the Colasanto Funeral Home, 932 Bank Street, to the Church Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for a solemn high Mass at 9. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 10 P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
En.GL Opposes Niles in Primary Back Bay to Decide Tilt: Cpl. Vs. Gen.

Boston, June 18-(UP)-It Is cor- poral vs. general here today, but the battlefield will be purely poli- tical.
 Today found 36-year-old Cpl. A. Frank Poster, discharged, and -6S. year-old Maj.-Gen. sherman Miles, retired, fighting 1t out for the Re- publican nomination for State Rep resentative from the Back Bay dis trice. The winner will be picked from a five-man field in today'S Massachusetts primaries.
 Both the two-Star candidate and his ex-G1 opponent agree that rank has no place in politics.
 Ever hear the letters Rhip'?" Miles asked. well, they stand for rank has its privileges But that's one Army expression that doesn't apply to 6 political race"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18

butter, wheat, four, poultry, eggs, dried fruit and dried peas probably will be even more scarce in coming months than they are now. Per capita meat consumption in 1946-47, he said, will be about 10 pounds lower than during the past year.
 He added, however, that supplies of cheese, fats and oils, dry beans and canned and dried milk would remain about steady. And there should be more canned fruit and fruit juices as well as vegetables and vegetable juices.
 Must Cut On Diets
 The Agriculture Department has contended that the United States is consuming more food than 1t did before the war. The present large diets, however, will be trimmed somewhat, Department experts said
 He said changes in price struc. ture would affect food. He did not elaborate. But 1t was pointed out that if price controls were re- moved foods which now are hard " HIM uAASAL DCSO1ILS SSShuAlB1y abundant because buying power would fall and they would remain on grocers' shelves longer.
 Anderson said civilians, on the basis of tentative estimates, will get down l35-l40 pounds of meat per capita in 1040-47 compared with about i46.l50 pounds during the past year. This compares with Q pre-war average of l26 pounds.
 Animals Marketed Lighter
 "T1he reduction in meat output" |" he said, lis due chiefly to the fact that animals will 90 to market at lighter weight, ard c smaller. |. pig Crop. This is in line with the Governments program for conser- vation of food grains for direct hu- man consumption"
 Civilians will get about S70 to 38O eggs, A to 25 pounds of chicken and four pounds of turkey per capi- ta. This would mean fewer eggs than present, l2 percent cut in chicken and 16 percent drop in turkey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
'Big4' Sessions End In Hornnony
 MoIotov's Aid
 In Compromising
 Decided Help

Paris, June l8.-(UP)-The vest ern powers will learn today wa1eth- CT v. M. Molotov's aTniable and conciliatory manner will survive when the foreign ministers tackle their first controversial issue, the Italian reparations.
 Molotov's willingness to compro- n1ise on small issues helped carry the big four ministers through their first two sessions in c new-found spirit of harmony.
 If the Soviet Foreign Minister shows the same spirit when major questions of principle arise, the con- ference may achieve success. Repa- rations offer the first severe test. That was one issue over which the may conference broke down.
 Yielded
 Yesterday Molotov yielded several times when i1e found himself out voted by the three western powers on relatively lncontroversial eco- homie questions pertaining to the Italian treaty. Afterward he drank champagne and cfatted with James F. Byrnes, Ernest Bevin and Georges Bidault.
 On the agenda for today's plen- ary session at { P. M. (Il A. M. EDT) are reparations, restitution of Allied property by Italy, and econ- on1ic and financial clauses affecting territories formerly occupied by Italy which have been ceded to the Allies.
 Still looming ahead is the gigantic barrier of Trieste. Byrnes considers 1t the crux of the Italian treaty. It may make or break the conference. The MHshailovitch trial in Belgrade, with its testimony claiming that Britain at one time desired to see Marshal Tito's partisans eliminated, may strengthen the Soviet deter imitation to win Trieste and all of Venezia Giulia for Yugoslavia.
 The reparations question depends in large measure upon Molotov'S new instructions from Moscow. The last conference was deadlocked over Russias claim for $500, ,000, 900 repar- ations from Italy, to be divided $l00, 100000 each among Russia, Greece and Yugoslavia.
 Refuse To Agree
 ByrneS and Bevin refused to agree, saying 1t would ruin the Ital- ian economy. Byrnes said the United States was willing to finance Italian recovery, then have its investment siphoned off to Russia in repara- tionS payments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Reds Reject Chions Plan
 Refuse to Empower
 GeneroI MarshoII

Nanking, June l6 - (UP) -Com- munist leaders have rejected a Nationalist government proposal to give supreme power of arbitration to Gen. George c. Marshall, 1t was announced officially today.
 Exact nature of the proposal was not made public but 1t was thought the plan for the reorganization of the Communist armies and troop ratios in Manchuria were the prin- cipal obstacles to it's acceptance.
 Marshall's powe rwould be passed down to the American members of the executive headquarters and field teams.
 The Communists only sea route from the Shantung Peninsula to Manchuria was cut by Nationalist warships yesterday under orders of the China Northeast Command.
 Nationalist troops occupied the small but strategic Changshan archiepelago of eight islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Chil1li.
 Reliable sources said today the Kuomintang military clique was dee termined to control all of Man churia and communications vital to China's economy.
 Though willing to sign an agree ment with Marshall, they are said to be determined to fight for Man churia's communications, principal ly the Tsinan-Tsingtao railway on the Shantung Peninsula.
 As most of the Shantung projec- ton is held by the Communist forces, neutral observers say this will undoubtedly lead to a long, bloody war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Artists Life Frustrated Painters Union Stymies City Bremen

Just as they planned to start the union representative entered the scene and said Hands off" Local unionized painters should do the work, he contends, and insists.
 Today the firemen are stymied in their plans. They are not paint ing their own bed rooms even though they want to. How long they will last under the illustration hasn't yet been determined. There Is nothing worse than a frustrated artist. Perhaps their wives will suggest that they let off their steam on the walls at home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18

Foster figured that when a cor- poral bites a major-general-even figuratively-that's news. But" he added. T don't regard this contest as being corporal versus general. Today we're both civilians"
 Apparently moved by an anti pathy to braid, former GIs from many sections of the nation have wired or mailed their good wishes to Poster. Some even offered to come here and stump for him.
 Pearl Harbor Army Intelligence chief at the time of the Japanese attack, Miles later commanded the lst Service Command. He's . son of the late Gen. Nelson A. Miles, fan1Ad Indian fighter.
 A Boston attorney and former city councillor, Foster served 6S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18

week, there were no W1deSpreao bakery shutdowns.
 Most bakeries managed to stay open and turn out bread. In many cities, bakers were more concerned about shortages of sugar and other ingredients than they were about the scarcity of flour.
 Reach Crisis
 Harry A. Bulls, president of Gen. eral Mills, told 300 bakery managers at Chicago that their Short-term outlook was mot encouraging" But he added that "there is reason to hope we are near the darkest point today"
 Bulls believed that the speed with which the bread shortage could be ended depends on how much wheat will be made available from the new crop. and on whether the amount of wheat fed to live- stock can be cut.
 A city-by-city survey showed that only . handful of bakeries had closed. Of those that did, many could have stayed open on a cur- tailed basis but decided to close completely and grant employees a vacation.
 No ShutdOwns Scheduled
 Philadelphia, one of the cities hardest hit by the bread shortage reported that no immediate bakery shutdownS were scheduled, al- though leading bakeries were pro- ductng less bread.
 Pittsburgh bakeries were operat- ing at 76 percent of normal. A few small bakeries had closed for q week to two weeks because of laek of sugar, not flour.
 Sugar allotinents to bakers he'd been cut by the Government to en- courage production of bread instead of higher priced pastries. Bakers at both Philadelphia and Pits burgh, however, said 1t was 'Tm- possible" to make bread out of cake flour.
 Bakers elsewhere said the same thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
c.S.T.A. Picks WofertoWn Mon

Hartford, June I0 (UP) = The Connecticut State Teachers As- sociation will send nine delegates to the annual meeting of the Na- tional Education Association at Buffalo, N. Y., July 1-0, 1t was aHi- nounced today.
 The delegates are Wallace c. Bartlett, Watertown; Mrs. Margaret A. Cotton, Hartford; Miss Ida P. Mlndell, Bozrah; Miss Jane B. Ho- nan, Newtown; Miss Alice w. Pen- niman, Middletown: and Miss Eliz- abeth Cahill, New Britain.
 Mrs. Isabelle M. Pearson, Win- sted CS.T.A. president in i044-46, also is being sent in appreciation for her outstanding service to Con- necticut teachers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Gadget Created
 To Make Change

Burlington, Vt, June 1s- (UP)-The Bell Aircraft Corp. unveiled it's latest post-war pro- ject today-an automatic change maker.
 When attached to a vending machine, the gadget accepts a ten cent piece or a quarter for 8 nickel item-and returns the product and the proper change.
 The change -maker also rejects slugs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Additional Claims
 Paid by Rin1linS

Hartford, June IS = (UP) - Ad- ditional damage claims totaling $184, ,490.70, growing out of the disas- trous Ringing Brothers and Bar mum and Bailey Circus fire here July 6, 1914, were announced today by an arbitration board. The amount covered 90 injury cases.
 Approved awards include: Eugene J. Kopp of Philadelphia. $40,000; John W. Conlon, Jr., Elmwood, $20,- 60l; Mrs. Marion s. Fitzgerald, Hartford, S33, ,l83; Sacia Marcyoniak Westfleld, Mass, $2,5O0; Mrs. Helen B. Meehan, New Britain, $i0,905; Mrs. Edith B. Hollis, Baltimore, S9O0; Mrs. Grace o. Rondeau, New Britain, &S,OOO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18

For years Waterbury's firemen have been undertaking the decorat- ing of their respective quarters in the city's fire houses. They have planted flowers, hung curtains, rigged up recreation rooms-and painted their own bed-rooms.
 Deciding that headquarters rooms could stand a little improvement, the local firemen voluntarily ape preached city authorities with the proposition they would paint the walls, etc. providing the city fur- Tiisned the equipment. The deal was made and the equipment was furnished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18

Headquarters members Of Water- bury's Fire Department today were wistfuiiy stirring blended paints, fondling can1el-hair paint brushes and sadly thumbing through color charts.
 They are frustrated interior deco- ratorS. They have the paint, the brushes, step-ladders, the c0iot scI1eme-and the will to paint They haven't got perdaission to begin, i1owever. The Waterbury Paint CTS onion won't permit t. Won't permit them to paint their own slesptBg quarters at headquarters. ti1at isI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
CLIO. Unit Raps
 Restaurant Prices

Washington, June lS-(UP) The CLOS Cost of Living Committee today called for the resignation of OPA officials responsible for issu- ai1ce of 6 recent order authorizing increased restaurant prices.
 The committee protested in a let- ter to OPA Chief Paul Porter that the orders only effect would be to clear the decks for imitation.
 Tt will cause a real increase in the cost of living of the people who have to eat in restaurants and 1t will seriously injure the thousands of workers who eat in the plant" the committee said. Tt practically kills off price control"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
TornodoHits Outskirts Of Detroit
 20 Persons Killed:
 Conodion Cities
 HordesF Stricken

Detroit, June le-(UP)-Pollce, estimating that at least % persons were killed today directed scores of volunteers searching tornado. Tazed ruins of more than 100 homes on the outskirts of Detroit and Windsor, Ont.
 Fourteen bodies had been recover cd. Thirteen were in rnorgues on the Canadian side of the border, and power company linesman was killed by Q hot wire on the De- troit side. Police believed the toll would rise as the search for mis- sing continued.
 The Weather Bureau said the storm whipped itself out 90 minutes after 1t hit.
 Debris Carried Far
 The black funnel formed over the small community of Melvindale and swept eastward through River Rouge late yesterday as many farn- flies were sitting down to their evening meal. It moved across the Detroit River and circled Windsor, leaving a trail of destruction in Sur- rounding communities. River Rouge was the hardest hit on the Afa- erican side, but authorities said Q check showed no one killed in tl1er homes.
 Officials began a search of fields and vacant lots as well as chump- led homes at daybreak. The storm 1fted homes, people, automobiles, freight cars and outbuildings high in the air and hurled them to the ground hundreds of feet away.
 More than 100 houses were des- troyed and another 900 damaged on the Canadian side of the river, officials said.
 Hardest hit were the River Rouge and the Canadian border cities of OJibway, West Sandwich, East Sandwich, South Sandwich, South Windsor, Remington Park and Little River.
 Rain Hampers Rescue
 Rescue work was hampered by four inches Of rainfall that fell 0SVSA eAbS bO2AD0Os UsSbGD CSS&gG0 At daybreak, but the Weather Bureau predicted continued showers during the day.
 The tornado winds, accompan- led by rain, hail thunder and Nght- ening, hit first at 6:id P. M., EST, 1n River Rouge, then jumped across the bogder into Canada, lifting wa- ter sp0uts on the haif-nlile wide Detroit River.
 Among the victims were war veteran, lliS wife and child, which doctors worked feverisinly in Q eandle-Mghted hospital to save.
 Waldo Bear1an, Canadian ex- serviceman, was killed. Physicians performed Q caesarian section on his pregnant wife Joan, in an ef- fort to save her and the child, but bot'- died. The child lived an hour.