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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Gotham TWU Opposes Sole
 Threaten Strike
 If Not Halted

New York, Jan. l8--UP)--Mike Quill, president of the Transport Workers Union of Greater New York, (CTO) said today that the TWU is prepared to call strike or 32,000 subway, bus, trolley and elev- ated railway workers throughout New York City to halt the sale of three city-owned power plants to the Consolidated Edisoi. Company.
 Quill said that TWU demands for $2-a-day overall pay increase and a maintenance of membership clause in the contract would be Jumped with the sale protest in the event of strike. He said that norm- ally these demands would be dis cussed by the union during the next six weeks but that if forced to t.--.e, the men would not return te work until these demands were met
 Quill said the strike would be called "48 hours after we have g clear indication that the board o1 transport is going to sell the proper= ties without a vote of the people. IT the board continu its present pace that indication may come within two weeks"
 The strike would tie up all subway lines, 30 percent of the bus lines, q elevated railways and all but qli trolley line in Manhattan, Brooklyn and queens. Quill said he had been informed by union men working on three independent bus lines that operation Of these lines would be physically impossible" if TWU strike were called.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Boosts Avert Two Regional Strike Plans
 WooIen, Telephone
 Workers Receive
 Woqe Increases

Boston, Jan 18.-(UP)-Labor and management called a truce to- day on two fronts of New England's hectic strike scene, but 52,S5o work CTS still remained on the picket lines or threatened to leave their jobs momentarily.
 Pay boosts averted walkouts in the woolen textile and telephone industries.
 More than 22,OO0 woolen workers abandoned plans for a strike vote Sunday when the American Woolen company granted a flat l5-cent hourly pay rise. The total tboost amounted to $6,000 annually. The agreement eliminated prolonged negotiations between the company and the Textile Workers Union of America (CTO), representing em- ployes of 16 New England mills.
 At the same time, 100 tele- phone operators. supervisors and other traffic persc&lnel will re- ceive increases ranging from g to $5 a week effective Sunday. The New England Telephone & Tele- graph company announced the ris- es would cost about $2,500,000 Though telephone service in New England was not disrupted by the recent walkout in other sections, em- ployeS here would have been in- volved in the proposed nationwide strike.
 While union heads hailed the in- creases as a cure-all for the regions labor ills, workers in the electrical, steel and meat-packing industries marked time as they watched de- velopments in Boston and Washing ton.
 A total of 50.70O were on strike in the six-state area. while another 1850 were ready to quit work un- less their wage demands were satis- fled.
 At Springfield's H. L. Handy com pany plant, picketed by 100 of New England's 1000 meat strikers. of- ficials were living in the factory with 1900 live hogs to protect the animals and an estimated 100000 pounds of meat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Truman Picks Panel in Meot Strike
 Ford Motor Near
 Wage Settlement
 With JAW Union
BY UNITED PRESS

Principals in the steel wage con- troversy were scheduled to reply today to President Truman's com- promise wage proposal, providing a possible formula for settling the nations growing reconversion ills.
 The President reportedly recom- mended a pay boost of 1872 cents an hour to 800 900 CIO steelworkers after negotiations between industry and union leaders ended in dead lock.
 Both parties took the proposal under advisement and agreed to re- port to the White House by noon (EST.
 Elsewhere in the current labor crisis-idling nearly a million work ers-there were these developments:
 1. A fact-finding board began an inquiry into three-day strike of packinghouse workers, which has brought the nation face-to- face with a meat famine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Nozis Aided Five DoiIies
 

Buenos Aires, Jan. l8- (UP - The United States embassy pre- sented photostatic evidence today that five Argentina newspapers were subsidized by Germany during the war.
 Copies of telegrams found in Germany were released by Charge D'Affaires John Moors Cabot along with a statement that described three Argentina papers now func- tioning as "anti-American."
 Cabot said two of the three papers were a continuation of two of the wartime group while the third was a recently founded paper which took over employees of some of the subsidized group.
 The papers described as "anti- American" were La Epoca, La Tri- buna and Democracia. all support CTS of Col. Juan D. Peron's presi- dential campaign.
 List Subsidized
 The five papers found to be sub- sidized were: Fl Pampero, Cabildo. Fl Pueblo, morning daily con- nected with the Catholic church. the picture magazine Ahora, and the German language daily Deitsche La Plata Zeitung. Cabot said in- formation showed La Epoca was a continuation of Fl Pampero and La Tribuna a contipuation of ca- bildo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Unit Denies Hyde Park 

Boston, Jan. is.-(uP)-The house-hunting committee of the united Nations Organization con- tinued looking at possible UNO headquarters sites in Massachusetts today after denying a report that Hyde Park, N. Y, was the most likely" spot for the permanent seat.
 Two members of the seven-man delegation expressed surprise at the report that French Foreign Minister George Bidault had said the Hyde Park home of the late President Roosevelt, likely would be chosen as the UNO permanent headquarters.
 Francois Briere, French member of the site-selecting group, told newsmen yesterday T do not un- derstand 1t. There has been no communication between this group and Paris and I'm very much sur- prised that he (BidaulD made such @ statement without consulting me"
 pr. Stoyan Gavrilovic of Yugo- slavia, delegation chairman, said the final choice would be up to the UNO General Assembly which would OAAOOoC AAOhA CAA ACSOhAAAACAAdabAOAAo submitted by his committee.
 Gavr1lovic said the committee has made no report to London of its activities in the United States where, in some community, the per- manent UNO seat will be located.
 The delegation spent most of yes- terday Investigating Greater Bos- ton Institutions and buildings which could be used as interim UNO fa- cllities pending the construction of a permanent site.
 Their day-long tour included visits to historic Symphony Hall and the Boston High School of Commerce, both of which could be used as temporary meeting places for various legislative bodies of the UNO.
 As possible lodging space for UNO officials and their families. the in- specting committee visited two Boston hotels which recently were vacated by the Army and Navy. Both hotels now are being reno- vated.
 The committees itinerary today included visits to Plymouth, Canton and Sharon in the Blue Hills area, and Whitman. These were of- fered as posibe sites for the perman- ent home.
 The touring delegation also includ- ed Dr. Shuhsi Hsu of China, Awny Fl Khalidi of Iraq, K. G. Younger of Great Britain, Don Julio A. Lacarte of Uruguay and Georgii Saksin of Russia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Court ReceSSeS To Douse Fire

Union, Jan. IS - (UP) = The Uunion justice court was suspended briefly while judge, law-breakers and spectators put out a fire.
 When Nelson Horton of Union Center looked from his barn and saw his kitchen in flames, he ran to the town hall for help. Court ad- journed speedily and the volunteers formed a bucket brigade after chop ping a hole in 6 frozen brook. They kept the fire under control until Staffordville firemen, summoned through a State Police cruiser radio, made the ten-mile trip to put 1t out.
 Damage was estimated at $2OO0. Bremen said the blaze apparently started at the base of a chimney in the kitchen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
". Vd.PooI CiDes Up Six Octopi

Thomas, W. Va, Jan. i8-CUpD
 Who put six octopi in Q Black Water River swimming hole, and were they maliciously left there alive or dumped in dead2
 Theories were a dime a dozen today in this excited mountain hamlet of i,44e persons.
 That they were genuine cepha- lopeds of the order of octopoda ape peared to be an established fact.
 But the big question was how and when and in what condition did they enter the Black Water River, and were there any more of them.
 The eight-armed devilfish were found yesterday by a group of high school students. The largest weighed 10 pounds and had a 4s- inch spread.
 It was caught by Teddy Peters, IS, who said he "lassoed" the octo- pls and had "to kill 1t" to get 1t loose from rocks to which 1t was clinging with its tentacles.
 Prof. L. H. Taylor of the Zoology department of West Virginia Uni- versity said 1t was unbelievable that an octopus, a salt water fish, could live in the fresh water of our mountain streams. You might sooner find a fish alive on @ moun- tain-top."
 There were many theories about how the fish got into the Black Water River. But for the most part residents of Thomas were divided into two groups.
 One group believed that they might have been shipped into the community in a consignment of frozen fish and discarded.
 The other believed that they were matched from eggs laid in sea- shells which had been sent to Thomas relatives by soldiers and tosSed into the river.
 Those who argued in support of this theory pointed out that Peters said the one he caught was alive. Opponents argued that 1t would take a long time for one to grow into a 70 pound specimen.
 At any rate, the fish were fresh when taken from the water. Stell- man Harper, Thomas high school principal, said. they "shriveled up" when placed in preservatives, indi- eating that they hadn't been "pickled" previously.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Revised Version .Of Bible Planned

Boston, Jan. IS - (UP) - 4 rec vised version of the New Testament written in a style adapted t0 easier silent and oral reading will be pub- lished next raonth, pr. Prank M. Singiser, executive secretary of the Massachusetts Bible Society, an- nounced today.
 The American standard version. published in 1901, contains many archisms" and is difiieult to read aloud. Dr. singiser said in explain ing the reason for the new version.
 "The American version was often regarded as too much of an inter- linear translation - accurate but awkward" he said.
 Since in the Bible we have the word of God. that word must be given in language that Is direct and nneaningful to the people of our day"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

NCOnLlnueQ rom Rage 1) flair market value," but is grossly excessive, dsiproportionate, and un- lawful"
 Assessments Excessive
 It is claimed further that the as- sessment twas manifestly excessive and could not have been arrived at except by disregarding the pro- visions of the statutes for determ- ing the value of such property"
 The papers in the litigation were drawn up by Attorneys Lawrence L. Lewis and William J. Secor.
 Accompanying the application for relief, were a notice of intent to appeal to the Board of Tax Re- view, and application for review of the assessment, and an appeal to the Board of Tax Review. The notices were drawn up for presen- tation to Tax ASsesSer Aldro Jenks.
 Leases Machines
 The court papers state that the plaintiff leases mechanical and electrical tabulating machines to various manufacturing concerns within the city.
 The tax assessors office on June 1, l945, was given @ tax form by the INC. which listed all of its local property, the papers point out.
 Using the information, the tax assessor listed the valuation of the property at $360. sos, the complain ing firm states.
 Papers Served
 Service of the papers was made on City Clerk Jeseph Shea by Dep- uty Sheriff Albert Francis. The litigation will be filed in court for return on the first Tuesday of next month.
 Mandamus and show cause pro- ceedings, planned for institution in Superior Court by Attorney William F. Wertheimer in behalf of a single property owner, have been held up by absence of the Mayor from the city, it was reported today.
 The attorney plans first to make demand upon the Mayor, tax as- sessor, and city corporation counsel to secure a fair and equitable as- sessment of local property. The att torney then intends to ask the court to issue an order directing the trio to come to court and show cause why a mandamus should not be is- sued compelling them to obtain fair assessment of local property. inc cluding industrial property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
FIoys Plans ToWipeOu Powers Veto
 lronion Delegates
 Discuss Methods
 To Present Dispute

London, Jan. lS-(UF)- Soviet Ambassador Andrei A.. Gromyko denounced propos- als to wipe out the big power veto in the United Nations Security Council today as Iran sought a way to force UNO consideration of its quarrel with Russia.
 Gromyko told the assembly that any revision of the UNO charter would be dangerous and might lead to serious consequences. He stressed the importance of the Security Council, particularly in controlling the proposed atomic energy commits sion, and condemned efforts to give the small nations equality with the big powers.
 Seyed Hassan Taqizedah. head of the Iranian delegation, conferred with UNO Executive Secretary Gladwyn Jebb on the Soviet-Iran- ian dispute just before Gromyko spoke.
 A UNO announcement said Ta- qizedah discussed technical ar- engagements in connection with a possible approach by the Iranian government to the United Nations on the subject of the situation in northwest Iran"
 The Iranian government has in- structed it's delegation to present the UNO with its first major con- troversy, which might involve Rus sia's use of the veto power.
 Prime Minister Peter Fraser Of New Zealand satd he would use every opportunity to seek elimina- tion of the veto power.
 Yugoslavia joined Iran in bring ing the first specific problems to the UNO Assembly. The Yugoslav delegate, Edward Kardelj, appealed to the UNO for support of Yugo- slayia's territorial claim on Italy. It involves the area around Trieste on the Adriatic. YugosIavia needs it he said, to guard against the re- appearance of remnants of Fascism on his country's frontiers.
 An Argentine issue also was dropped in the Assembly's lap by the International League for the Rights of Man. It charged in a memorandum to the UNO that the present Argentine government had no right to UNO membership be- cause it was "one of the most sin- ister type-Nazi-F Fascist.
 Faselsm Still Exists
 Both Russia and Yugoslavia em- phasized that the last vestiges of Fascism were not eradicated, and warned the UNO that wiping out of the remnants was one of its jobs. Both nations vigorously supported special privileges for the big powers.
 Gromyko iavishly praised the Se- curity Council as an instrument to maintain peace. But he ignored the Iranian issue. Russia is a per- manent member of the Security Council. and during the early stages of consideration of the Tran dispute, the Soviets would have to refrain from voting as one of the primary parties concerned.
 L. S. St. Laurent. the Canadian delegate, indirectly answered the Russian and Yugoslay opposition to charter changes. In an address prepared for later delivery he said:
 "The achievement of our aims may ere long require some amend- ment of the charter. Changes may be needed if We are to give effect in a changing world to the purposes and principles of the United Na- tons"
 Wants Minds Open
 He appAaled to the delegates to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Help to Edit Your Newspaper Comics Dominate Mail Response

Knoll street, writes that he con- siders Kerry Drake the papers best comic strip. The cartoonist is clever in presenting the action for the con- testant says when you read it you are always anxious to get the next paper for more excitement" At present, the writer is excitedly fol- lowing Meatballs hunt for the money Messie Bessie hid in her kitchen.
 Female contestants appear to lean in preference to Mary Worth's Family, Freckles and His Friends and Nancy. Mister Breger, Donald Duck and Henry captivate the male readers.
 Mary Haworth's Mail continues to pace the columniSts. One reader re- ports that because 1t deals with the problems of people we meet every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

Statements on comic strips and cartoons dominated yesterdays re- turns in the "Help to Edit Your Newspaper, contest now being sponsored by the publishers of The Democrat. This Comic and Feature Survey test will serve as this news papers meter on what articles to publish that will satiate readers de- sires.
 A Willow street contestant ex- presses that he is a rabid fan of Alley Cop. T have been reading Cop since it started about 10 years ago." the reader said" I find 1t the most amusing, the funniest, most interesting, most educational, most humorous. I could talk all day about Alley Cop"
 Another entrant, who lives on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

have heard the Japs don't like our boys, and he was probably offended by them. The President should de- mand a review of the case. No American boy should die for Jap"
 'sIt's My Opinion" 2 new fea. ture of the Waterbury Democrat, was inaugurated to bring to read CTS the opinions of people in this community on vital issues of the day and problems of human in- terest. "It's My Opinion" will ap- pear again in the new Waterbury Democrat on Monday. Five people selected at random will be asked the question.
 "ShOuId Federal Health Tnsur- ance be compulsory"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Two Strikes Are Averted
 Norwich, BronfOrd
 Plants Raise Woqes
BY UNIFIED PRESS

New wage agreements averted strikes today at Norwich and Bran- ford, but 30,000 workers in the "big three" brass industry were becoming impatient over delays in SettI eg their wage demands and reportedly were making walkout preparations.
 A contract between the American Woolen Co., and the CIO United Textile Workers, covering 22,000 workers in eight states, brought an overall pay boost of l7h percent to the firms 500 Norwich employees. The company said the new scale would amount to about $7,000,000 a year in all its plants.
 At the Malleable Iron Fittings Co.,, Branford, 600 workers benefited by a contract with the CIO United Steel Workers which gave them ten cents more an hour, and an overall increase of IS percent.
 Meanwhile, the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration, directed by the governor to use its full power and authority" moved in to the Yale & Towne strike at Stam- ford. The board called management and AFL International Association of Machinist representatives to- gether for a private conference to- day in an effort to obtain basis ot settlement of the strike which has idled $500 since Nov. '.
 Further attempts were to be made to mediate 6 dispute at the Pratt & Whitney division of Niles-Be- ment- Pond CO, at West Hartford where $500 threaten strike unless the company extends its contract with the CIO United Electrical, Ra- dio & Machine Workers for anoth- CT year. The situation now is in the hands of U. S. concilliator William GaSton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
NelU Thenter Plans
 Aw0it Official OK.

Waterbury will have a new movie theateg. Plans for the structure have been submitted to Building In- spector John T. Hartley for approv- al by Nicholas Mascola.
 The theater will be located on North Main street. opposite Division aleeot, and will be ls0 hy 70 feet with stores ln front and on each side. The architect is Charles Ab- ua NsW HaYan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
PHILLIPs FOR GOVERNOR

Stamford. Jan. ie V (UP) The candidacy of Alfred ". Phillips. Jr., for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination this summer was launched here today by a group of local Democrats. Phillips, former Congressman and three-time Stam- ford Mayor. is publisher of The Darien Review. Because Of illness, he did not attend last nights meet ing Of local Democrats backing hts candidacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
FRANCIS BOARDMAN, Truck Driver, East Hartford:

T think it's rotten. Speaking
 as 8 returned veteran, I think to court-martial a guy like that is uilcalled f O r. Those Japs no doubt provoked the fellow. There appears to be no justice in the case at all. I feel so strongly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

keep their minds open on the amendment question because future tasks of the UNO may well be on a scale which will necessitate some express abatement of the narrower conceptions of national sovereign ty."
 St. Laurent referred specifically to the big five veto. but reminded the delegates that the charter It. self was a firm pledge on which eacn one ok us can implicitly rely that the big powers will use their privileged position only as Q sacred trllst Cor the whole of mankind" "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

day, it appeals to me very much. By reading her mail, we can judge how we would act in a situation similar to someone else's problem anS try to act accordingly"
 A Waterbury youth finds the Bull letins on page one the best feature. Their conctseneSs and readability were offered as the Bulletins quail ties. That same reader shows an interest in suburb reports, especial ly from Watertown ane Thomaston. He says 1t is noteworthy of know ing what occurs in the boroughs.
 Sponsors of the ''Help to Edit Your Newspaper" contest are offer ing $85 in Victory Bonds and Stamps to the three top winners
 Continued on Page ID
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
Barn, Colleges LexeIed byFire

Darien. Jan. is-(uP)-A barn aud two cottages were destroyed by fire yesterday on the i0-acre Whit ford Estate in Noroton Heights. Bee lieved to have started in a hayloft, it caused estimated damage of &C., 600.
 A thousand chickens were de- strOyed, but klremen were able to saye two cows and two horses.
 sherman, Jan. l8-(UP)-A log- cabin studio owned by H. F. Heb- blem Was Ieveled by fire today at a l0ss ok 5000. Cause of the blaze was not determined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
State University Names Low Deon

Storrs, Jan. lS - kUP) - Uni" versity of Connecticut President A. bert N. Jorgensen announced the appointment of Dr. Bert Earl Hop kins, professor of law at Indiana University, as dean of school of law. His appointment becomes effective Feb. {.
 Hopkins, a graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, Yale Law School and Columbia University School of Law. served on the staff of the University of Idaho School of Law for IS years before going to Indiana last Fall. He will relieve Laurence J. Alderman, dean of the school of business administration and acting dean of the law school.
 The law school at Hartford has been operating Q night session only during the war and 1t recently was announced that the day session would be resumed with the opening of the new term.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

Boston, Jan. l8-(UP) In answer to a call that smoke was pouring from a window in a Roxbury Hotel. flremen yesterday burst into room only to find a woman taking bath in steaming water. Red-faced. they beat a haSty retreat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
ANGLEO COFAzzO, Trucker, PA Holland Street, Hartfnrl.

Before I got discharged re- gently, I spent 4S days in Jap an, and the CTS are pretty fine to the Japs. They even give them cigarettes against Army rules. Of course, some of the peo- pie are still scared of Amer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

T think the boy should not be sentenced to death. After all he had been trained to kill, was probably provoked, @ n d killed the Jap ai1ese before he had a chance to think twice. It is not unlikely he was suffering
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18
MISS LOUISE REUTER-
Factory Nurse, Frost Read:

q don't think the decision is fair. The Jap anese generals are getting a better show in their trial. I think that he should have a review. He's not the only Ameri- can boy who has Killed Japs. Look At the treacher-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-18

from battle fatigue or was a neuro- case. I have heard several people discuss this case and they feel the same as do"