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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Pope Looking to US. For PostuUar Support
Supreme Pontiff Hopeful Western World Will Alleviate Humanity's Dire Need for Food
By HARRY FERGUSON

Dy AAAtHN1 EEkNNOSSN
 United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, l94e, in all countries by
 The United Press)
 Vatican City, April 22-Pope Plus today granted an audience to the United Press and my impression is that his Holiness is looking to the United States as a shining hope to lead the world out of postwar con- fusion and to help win the present desperate fight against the threat of famine in many lands.
 Seated in his Scarlet-walled lie brary before brown wooden desk covered with red felt, the Pope dts- cussed world problems frankly for twenty-seven minutes. His conver- sation moved easily between Eng fish and Italian.
 The Supreme PontIff appeared in perfect health and gave the inl- pression of having a thorough grasp of world problems. He was attired in white robes, a white skull cap and wore the pectoral cross.
 Generosity Lauded
 Paying warm tribute to the tra- ditional generosity of the American people, the Pope repeatedly ex- pressed hope that the Western World would continue to make a major contribution to alleviate hu- manity's present dire need for food.
 l believe that the Pontiff has con- fldence that South America, par ticularly Argentina--which the Holy Father singled out in discussion ot the famine threat-will help to res- cue great numbers of the human race who have insufficient bread,
 Participating in the audience were Virgil Pinkley, United Press vice-president for Europe and J. Edward Murray, Rome manager of the United Press. ..,
 We went through three rooms to the Pope's private apartments in each of which was stationed member of the Noble Guard who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
'chionsM Move to End
 Chino Strife
GeneroIissimo To Confer with General MorshoII

Chungking, April 22-(UP) Gen. George c. Marshall held a long conference with Communist Gen. Chou En-lai today and arranged to meet Generaissirno Chiang Kai-shek immediately after ward in a strenuous bid to end the Chinese strife.
 Marshall took notes for two hours and a half while General Chou outlined the Communist po- sition in Manchuria. He made no comment.
 The Communists feel themselves in a strong position, for they hold Changchun, the capital of Man. churia, and will win the northern metropolis of Harbin by default when the Russians evacuate 1t on Thursday. There are no govern ment troops in position to resist Communist troops surrounding the city.
 Investigation Sought
 Marshall asked General Chou to investigate Communist claims that American airplanes had strafed the Communist army at Szeping- kai, and that one plane containing the body of an American flier had been shot down. General Chou said he knew only what he had read in the Communist daily newspaper but had asked Yenan headquarters for details.
 U. s. Army and Marine Corps officers are Investigating the claim. for which there has been no cola- firmation from any source.
 The Communists were reported seeking an unconditional cease fire agreement while the conflict is going in their favor. Today's meeting was Marshall's first with General Chou since he returned from Washington.
 A Communist spokesman said the government was in no posi- ton to refuse the Communist de- mandS. The Communists have cap- tured Changchun. They virtually surround Harbin, to the north of Changchun, and will move in when the Russians evacuate the city on Thursday. There are no Continued Page 14-tcHIANG) |.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
ArmyPlone'. Sets Record
z9 Minutes Cut
 From Previous Mark

Washington, April 22-(UP)-An Army jet-propelled P-S0 Shooting Star" flew from New York to Wash ington yesterday in @ minutes and 16 seconds, beating by nearly half an hour the previous record for the 220 miles.
 Captain Martin L. Smith of Kid- der. Mo, and Wright Field, O., poilet of the propellerlesS fighter plane, took off from New York's LaGuardla Field at 3:59 p. m. (EST) and landed at Boiling Army Air Field here at 4:28:l5. This ave- rage speed was about 480 miles an hour.
 Smith sliced % minutes and 23 seconds from the present official record of 58 minutes and 3S seconds set by Maj. Alexander P. De Sever sky on May 18, 1888 in @ stripped down, gasoline-motored craft.
 Time Difference
 DeSeversky's record was beaten unofflcially last month when a VIVA Constellation made the New York Washington flight in 50 miTl- utes fiat.
 Ralph Cohen. official timer for the National Aeronautics Asocia- tion, clocked Smith in at % min utes and IS seconds, although Army Air Force officers said the flight took only 27 Ia minutes.
 Cohen said the MAS time would not be official until submitted to the organizations contest board. He said any adjustment made would be 'only a few seconds"
 Smith said his indicated top speed was 530 miles an hour. His time was gauged from his take-off to the first time he buzzed the Bol- Hing Field tower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Protestant Donates Saloon
 To Catholics for Serpices

Golden Valley. Minn.. April 22- (UP)-Where the cross should have been a sign said "Gluck's beer on tap" but there was no church Tor his new parish the Rev. Thomas J.. MacNamera conducted Easter serv- Ices in Q saloon.
 Father MacNanera, former Ro- man Catholic Army Chaplain who served ie months in Italy, smiled and told his parish yesterday that "alI beginnings are humble"
 "Our gathering here this morning Is just as much a church in the eyes of God as tic people belonging to the Baslliea. of st. Peters in Rome," he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Benrus to Make
 l8H Gents Offer

A wage offer of 1Sla cents an hOur," without strings" made by the Benrus Watch Manufacturing Company when 1t resumes negotiations with c 10. Mine., Mill & Shelter Workers Union tomorrow, an authoritative source said today.
 Company and union negO- tiatOrs will go into session at II a. m. tomorrow. The union has rejected an earlier com pany proposal giving an in- crease of 15 per cent for all members of the bargaining unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22

Washington, April 22-(UP)-- Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles predicted today that Congress would heed the stream of tele- grams and letters" from the public and extend O.P.A. without crippling amendments.
 He said the everyday people" Of America were alarmed at the spectre Of higher prices held out in the amendment-riddled exten- bill passed by the House. But he expressed confidence that Congress ultimately would reject all the "de- structlye" amendments and give o.P.A. an effective new lease on life.
 T have seen enough wires. Ist-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Lodge Seeks Senute Seat

Boston, April 22.-(UP)--A battle royal between two of Massachu- setts' greatest vote-getters was in prospect today after 4S-yearr 0la former U. s. Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., announced he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate seat long occupied by his lifetime friend David !. Walsh. 73-year old Democrat.
 Tn a long-anticipated statement issued at his Beverly home iazl night, Lodge said that he and Walsh "always have had courteous rela Y tionss but that s'the duties ul our two-party system must prevail over personal feelings"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
BowLes Predicts Congress
 WEI Offer OPA NeuU Lease

ters and newspaper editorials to convince me that during the next few weeks we will have the great- est demonstration of Democracy in action this country has even seen." he said in statement.
 Fight Just Begun
 "The out-and-out producers who are licking their chops In an antlc- ipation of an orgy of speculative gains" Bowies declared. should know now that the American peo- pie have just begun to fight"
 His statement was issued as the Banking Committee continued hear- ings on on Administration bill lc Continued Page i4-BOwLEsD
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tent of his injuries, however, was not aScertained, but 1t is believed he is not in serious condition.
 His wife, Mrs. Lottie Thibodeau, said she had not been informed he was in the accident. The first in- formation she had that her husband was injured came when a Democrat reporter informed her of the casual ty list.
 Mrs Thibodeau said her husband, Nnder treatment for Q rheumatic Cont'd Page I4-(COACHEs RAAE)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22

The service was the inauguration of his first parish. "the Church Of the Good Shepherd" But there is a shortage of building materials, so until a church can be erected the saloon will serve as a church on Sundays.
 obviously this Is not an ideal place" the priest said, but we held Mass in some pretty terrible places in the Army"
 Then he set up the portable altar and Mass kit he used on the battle- fields of Italy and conducted two Massea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
FALSE ALARMS COSTLY

Springfield, Mass, April 22.-CUP) Five Springfield youths between the ages of 16 and 20 were fined $1O0 each in district court today when they pleaded guilty to charges of ringing IS false fire alarms dur ing two-hour period starting last Saturday midnight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Waterbury Man Injured in Boston Train Wre
A.B.C. Offer Provides No Settlement Hope
Bulletins

NO OVERTIME FOR WORKING FOREMEN
 Boston, April 22-(UP)-In test case affecting over me claims totaing $6OOOOOO throughout the naOn Fed eraI Judge Francis J. w. Ford ruled today that working fOemen not entitled to overtime as provided by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
Coaches Rom He0d-on; Two Die, 5OHurt
AdeIore Thibodeou 5 .HospitoIized; Four Probes Bequn

One Waterbury man was Injured yesterday when the crack Hartford Boston train of the New Haven Railroad crashed near Hyde Park in Greater Boston taking two lives and hospitaliSine 50 persons.
 The man, 3O-year-old Adelore Thibodeau of 147 River Street father of two children, was in Bos- ton City Hospital today. The ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
TRANSPORT PLANE ATTACKED

Vienna, April 22-(UP)-Three fighter planes said tO have been poted by Russians today fired American CAY transport in for landing at Tuln Arfed today but the plane landed without damage casualties
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
VANDENBERG BACKS BRITISH LOAN

Washington, April 22-(UP)-Sen. Arthur H. Vanden berg RMc threw his support behind the British loan today with the reluctant but firm conviction that the loan for the continued webeng of the American people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22
4O,OOO FORD WORKERS BACK

4O,OOO FORD WORKERS BACK
 Detroit April 22-(UP)-MOre than 10000 workers re- turned to their jobs at Ford Motor Company plants through out the country today after threeday ayOff necessated by shortage of steel and component parts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-22

Steady Employment for Ma4ao&N phers and Bscre1arles. HAl'# #'E Ees Post 5r. College.
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Evening star., 1946-01-25
Dr.. Philips Speaks
|T0B. and p. Women

Presidents of approximately IS
women's organizations attended the
program sponsored last night by
the Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club of the District of Column
bia, when DR.. Lena Madesin Phil
lips, president of the International
Federation Of Business and Profess
sional Women, came to Washington
to tell of her recent experiences in
Europe.
Speaking at Pierce Hall. DR.. Phil
lips described her visits to London,
Paris, Rome and other European
centers where she was engaged in
reorganizing overseas clubs and fed
erations of business and professional
women for period Of five months.
A group OF outstanding members
of the club were invited to sit on
the platform. These included Miss
Charl o. Williams and Miss Earlene
White, both past presidents of the
National federation of B. and P
Clubs; Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, ma
tional chairman, Public Affairs;
Judge Lucy S. Howorth, chairman,
Liaison Committee with the Inter-
national Federation; DR.. Irma Gene
Nevins, national chairman, Health
and Safety Program; Miss Emma
Carr Bivans, legislative representa-
tive for the National Federation,
and club members, Miss Mary NJ
Cannon of the Inter american Com
mission of Women; DR.. Mary An
derson, former head of the Women's
Bureau, Department of Labor, and
Nav ThoropSon Eyons
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Gen. Romulo Urges Passage
of Bills to Aid PbiHbbimes

country is in ruins. We have suf-
fering more devastation, perhaps,
than any other United Nation in
the world"
The prestige of the United States
is now at stake throughout Asia with
regard to its assistance to the Fill
|pinos, Gen. Romulo continued.
1--WE need American help in
the form of understanding and
patience" he declared. "In the form
of technical advice and assistance,
in the form of trade and commerce,
in the form of compensation for
the war damages suffered by our
people under your sovereignty, in
the form of physical relief and
physical reconstruction"
Referring to the two bills now
before Congress, one asking author
ization for approximately $500 ,000,-
600 for Philippine relief and re-
habilitation, the other to provide for
future trade relations between the
United States and the Philippine
Islands, Gen. Romulo said, II hope
they will be acted upon immedi-
ately. Not only is our own future
bound up in these bills, but also the
very prestige of the United States
and perhaps the very peace Of the
Orient and of the world"
A large number of members en-.
tertained at the dinner preceding
the address by Gen. Romulo, who
was introduced by the club presi-
dent, Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

The necessity of favorable pas
sage of two bills now before Con-
gress designed to help the Philip
pine Islands In long-range re-
habilitation program was empha-
sized by Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Ro-
mulo, resident commissioner of the
Philippines, in an address last night
before the Washington Club.
The eyes of the Asiatic world are
turned with interest to the Philip
pines, the speaker declared, and to
the part which the United States
will play in restoring the war-rav-
aged lands of these Pacific islands.
Recalling with pride the partici-
patton of his countrymen in the
struggle against the Japanese, Gen.
Romulo said, elsewhere in Asia,
all Of the other brown peoples were
watching to see what would happen
to their kinfolk in the Philippines.
They were anxious to know what
would be the reward of the Fill
pinos-whether we would be cast
of as stepchildren once the need
for us was ended, or whether we
would receive the assistance we
need in order to rebuild our ravaged
land"
Citing the pledge given by Presi-
dent Roosevelt that the Philippines
would be freed and their independ-
ence established and protected, the
Philippine commissioner added, "To
us, liberation has meant destruc-
ton. Manila Is no more. Our
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Benefit Concert
B0xb0Lders

Washington society, led by Mrs.
Harry Truman, will climax a week
of brilliant events by attending the
Vivian Della Chiesa benefit concert
at Constitution Hall next Thursday
night, sponsored by the Goodwill
Guild to raise funds for handi-
capped workers.
Under the direction of Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge and Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
Guild president, the affair promises
to be an outstanding success with
most of social, diplomatic and pro-
fessional Washington expected to be
on hand to hear the young lyric
soprano.
Among the boxholders are Lady
Berendsen, Surgeon General and
Mrs. Thomas Parran, Mrs. Joseph
E. Davies, Mrs. Emil Hurja, Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss and a host of
others.
Despite the pressure of activities,
the committee has not spared itself
time and effort to make the concert
a complete success. Among the en-
thusiastic supporters are such wom-
en- as Mrs. j. Brent Clarke, Mrs. G..
T. Everett, Mrs. Harry Fulton, Miss
Luella. Chase, Miss Eleanor Herger,
Mrs. F. M. Goodwin, Mrs. william
B. Nicely, Mrs. r. A. Norris, Mrs.
Thilman Parks, Mrs. Elizabeth
Murray, Mrs. Fred Roger, Mrs.
Henry Ralph, Mrs. r. J. Taylor, Mrs.
J. c. Tribby and Mrs. Fred Wilson.
Also, Mrs. Willard Edwards, Mrs.
James T. Jardine, Mrs. w. H. Nc
Glaut1in, Mrs. Sidney L. Hechinger
and Mrs. Stanley O'Connor.
Among the additional boxholders
are the Countess of Halifax, Secre-
tary of the Treasury Fred Vinson,
Mrs. Clifford Folger, Senator Homer
Capehart, DR.. and Mrs. Thomas
Cajigas, Mrs. Will Clayton, Mrs.
Truxton Beale, Mrs. Walter Wyatt,
Mr.. Frank Russell and Mrs. E. F..
Eggart.
Tickets are on sale at Shows Con-
cert Bureau, 1108 G street NV.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Varied Activities Given,
Mrs. Truman Honor Guest

The Presidents wife yesterday was
the honor guest at another of the
series of luncheons given for her
by the cabinet hostesses. The host
ess was Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, wife
of the Secretary of the Interior, who
entertained at her place, Headwaters
Farm, near Olney, Md.
The Countess of Halifax and Nine.
Bonnet were among the diplomatic
hostesses at the affair, and others
invited to meet the Chief Execu-
tive's wife were Mrs. Clinton P. An
derson, wife of the Secretary of
Agriculture; Mrs. Joseph OMaho-
ney, Mrs. j. william Fulbright, Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies, who was accom-
panied by Mrs. Millard E. Tydings;
Mrs. Harold Smith, Mrs. E. Brooke
Lee and Miss E. Downes.
Later in the day Mrs. Truman
and her daughter, Miss Margaret
Truman, were guests at the tea
given by the Secretary Of Commerce
and Mrs. Henry A. Wallace to an.
nounce the engagement of Their
daughter, Miss Jean Wallace, to 1t
Leslie Douglas, q. S. N. r.
Nine. Wei, wife of the Chinese
Ambassador, was hostess to an in
tereSting group of friends at lunch
Evening star., 1946-01-25
IG0D. Martin Named
|As Lincoln Day
Dinner Speaker

Gov. Edward Martin of Pennsyl-
vania will be guest speaker at the
annual Lincoln day dinner on Feb
ruary Z, according to a joint an
nouncement made by Representative
Raymond Springer of Indiana,
chairman and toastmaster of the
dinner, and Mrs. william s. Culbert-
son, president Of the League of Re-
publican Women of the District.
The dinner, which is being spon-
sored by the Republican members
OF the United States Senate and
the House of Representatives, and
by the District League of Republican
Women, will be held in the Con-
gressional and Presidential Rooms
Of the Statler Hotel.
The dinner will begin at 7 o'clock.
Representative Joseph w. Martin,
jr., Of Massachusetts, will deliver
the address Of welcome. Represen-
tative Clare Boothe Luce, OF Con-
necticut also will speak, following
which Gov. Martin will deliver his
speech, which will be broadcast
over NBC on a Nation wide hookup.
In addition to the Republican
members of the Senate and House
and District League Of Republican
Women, the following executive
committee has been selected to aid
in the completion of arrangements
for the dinner:
Senator Chapman Revercomb,
West Virginia; Senator Kenneth
Wherry, Nebraska; Senator Ray
m ond Willis, Indiana; Senator
Homer Ferguson, Michigan; Repre-
sentative Wayland Brooks, Illinois;
Representative John M. Robson,
Kentucky; Representative Evan
Howell, Illinois; Representative
John Gwynne, Iowa; Representative
Ross Ridley, Oklahoma; Represen-
tative Daniel Reed, New York; Rep
resentative Dewey Short, Missouri;
Representative John Jennings, Ten
nessee; Representative Joseph Tall
b OF, Connecticut: Representative
Earl Michener, Michigan: Represen-
tative Ralph Gamble, New York;
Representative Louis Graham,
Pennsylvania, and Representative
Thomas Jenkins, Ohio.
Mr.. Gamble is general chairman
Of the ticket committee and Mrs.
Culbertson is chairman of the din
ner arrangements.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

con ut the Embassy yesterday
Sharing honors at the delightful af-
fair were Nine. Claburgh, who is the
house guest of Mrs. McCeney Werlich
and DR.. j. c. Yen, noted Chinese
scholar, who is prominent in the
mass education movement in China
Among the guests were Associate
Justice and Mrs. william o. Doug
las, the Chinese Charge d'Affaires
and Nine Tan, Representative ano
Mrs. Fritz G. Lanham, Mr.. and Mrs
Bernard j. Gallagher, Mrs. William
n. Davis, Mrs. L. M. Little, Mrs
Frederick Brooke, DR.. Mai, visiting
here from China; DR.. C. o. Arndt
and DR.. Galen Jones.
Among the dinner hosts last eve
ming were the Ambassador of Cuba
and Sonora de Belt, who entertained
at the Embassy. In the company
were the French Ambassador ane
Nine. Bonnet, the Colombian Am.
bassador and Sonora de Santamaria
the Swiss Minister and Nine. Brugg.
mann, also Senator and Mrs. Full.
bright, Assistant Secretary of Statt
and Mrs. Spruille Braden, Col. ant
Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Elliston and Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew ViSson.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
Miss Cotfey
Becomes Bride
|Of Diblomat

st. Matthew's Cathedral was the
scene last evening at 7:30 o'clock
Of the wedding Of Miss Germaine
Coffey to the Air Attache Of the
Czechoslovakian Embassy, Col. Alex
ander Hess. The Rev. John Argaut
of1iciated in the presence of men,
bers of the Czech Embassy stan and
close friends Of the bride. A re-
ception followed at the Carlton
Hotel.
The bride, who is the daughter
of DR.. E. r. Coffey of the United
States Public Health Service in New
York and Mrs. Coffey, was escort
ed by her. father. She wore be-
coming gown of pale-pink mar
quisette with ruffles forming a
hustle effect and edging the sweet
heart neckline and long sleeves. She
wore a wreath of gardenias and
carried a white prayer book COW
cred with similar blossoms.
Attending the lovely bride were
her sisters. Miss Mary Beverly Cof-
fey and Miss Barbara Ann Coffey.
They wore long dresses of pale
green brocade and carried old-fash-
ioned bouquets of pink roses.
Mr.. Emanuel Jan Hajny, Com
mercial Counselor of the Czech
Embassy, was the best man, and
the ushers were Ensign Richard
Coffey, brother of the bride, and
Maj. Jan Hajsman of the Embassy
staff.
The bridegroom, who has bril-
liant career as a flyer and has a
number of high decorations, will
take his bride to Prague, the couple
leaving this country about February
Is. The former Miss Coffey is a
graduate of American University
and has been residing in Washing
ton for some time.
Evening star., 1946-01-25
British Mission
.Abbointed/

The many friends in Washington
of Admiral Sir James Somerville
will be interested in hearing that
he has been appointed by His Maj
esty King George vi to be special
Ambassador to the Inauguration
of the new president of Brazil
which will take place on January
81. Admiral Somerville was the
British Navy's chief representative
in the United States until Decem-
ber of last year when he was sue
ceeded by Admiral Sir Henry r
Moore.
Other members of the British
mission to Brazil, who are well
known in Washington, include Capt
A. w. Laybourne, r. N, who served
here on Admiral Somerville's staff
and Maj. Gen. E. G. Beaumont Mes
bitt, former Military Attache at the
British Embassy, who later became
chairman of the Joint Liaison Com
mittee. The mission will leave
England for Rio de Janeiro by air
on January Is.
Evening star., 1946-01-25

Yesterday afternoon at the Ma
tional Memorial Baptist Church,
Mrs. Jacqueline Coder Mobley be-
came the bride of Mr.. Austin Cum
ningham of this city. DR.. Edward
B. Willingham oficiated at the
ceremony which was attended by
members of the immediate families
and few close friends. Mrs. Cum
ningham, a former resident of
Washington, is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Lanier Coder
Of Aledo, Tex. Her husband is the
son of Mrs. Austin Cunningham of
this city and the late Mr.. Cunning
ham. The brides only attendant
was Mrs. Brinckerhof w. Kendall
of Bethesda, and best man was 1t.
Donald Dent Webster, U. S. N. R., OF
Baltimore, cousin of the BRIDE
groom.
Mr.. Cunningham, who was re-
Gently discharged from the Army
Air Corps, attended George WASH
ington University and Harvard
Business School and is a graduate
Of the Department of Law of the
University of Virginia. After brief
wedding trip to New York, he and
his bride will make their home in
Stoneleigh Court Apartments.