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Evening star., 1946-01-13

when he was sixteen, and come up the hard
way, until now the place was his, lock- stock
and barrel He was old-fashioned in many
ways, but / admired him. Even though I
hated to admit it, was fond of him.
He released his grip on the soup strainer.
and his light blue eyes glittered at me. Eyes
Carson" he said, I'D better handle this.
I'll be gone about week."
The fish might not be biting the first
couple of days." said.
He drew himself up. I'm going to Florida
on serious business - to speed reconversion.
But there's no reason why l shouldn't in
clude fishing rod in my luggage"
''Not at all" said. I'd just wanted him
to know he wasn't pulling any wool over my
eyes.
saw him off that night Then, tucking
Evening star., 1946-01-13

this was his customary CHEEKY salutation.
Good morning." crooned. Here's some
bad news, but have the situation well in
hand" l put the telegram on his deck.
Luckily. got Pullman cancellation for
tonight. I'll wire you details if it's serious"
He read the wire silently, then sneaked
look out of the window. In the yard, laborers
in heavy coats were trundling steel drums
into the factory. 1t was gray and bleak, and
the wind was from the north. Carson" he
said, tugging at his white mustaches, this
sounds urgent. Perhaps I'd better 60 myself.
We can't let these people down."
Silently said good-by to the palm trees
and bathing beauties. The Commodore could
handle the trouble, knew that. There was
nothing about the paint business he didn't
know. He'd started in this same company
Evening star., 1946-01-13

even looked wistful. But it was the caption
that got me:
LOCAL BUSINESS EXECUTIVE REscUEs
FLORIDA WOMAN FROM DROWNING
read the article with complete disbelief.
The Commodore feared neither man, beast,
nor Congressional Investigating Committee;
but he was definitely allergic to women. He
wouldn't even have female secretary before
the war; when it got so there was no other
kind, he chose one who couldn't spell but
had husband and four children; he figured
he was safe from her.
Id barely put down the paper when Mary
Case came in with wire.
II don't understand it" she said, ''but
checked with Western Union and this is
how it came in"
Come al once. Bring medical supplies. Am
TW-I-13-46
Evening star., 1946-01-13

ice formed again. l
make the parking lot
finally. and went in
the Office to perch on a
sizzling radiator and
thaw out. Twenty min-
utes later the wire ar
rived.
Our Miami custom
ers were having trou-
bic with the finish we
were supplying them.
They were switching
their plant over TO
making peacetime
gadgets, and wanted
quick action. As the
company troubleshOot-,
er, it was my dish. l
thought of palm trees
and bathing beauties
under a tropical sun.
Just thinking about it
helped the thawing-out
process.
/ WENT into the Com
modore's Office under a
full head of steam. The
Commodore is A. ].
Brister, pronounced
Blister" by most of
our competitors - and
some of the help as
well.
He glared at me.
"Humph," he said
Evening star., 1946-01-13
You're Fired, Carson
ny WILLARD Il. TEMPLE
By kar Barshak

Carson's job was to get his
boss away from a designing
woman. Look what happened
A Short Story
TINE wire from the Florida factory couldn't
i have come at more appropriate time.
It had taken me an hour and half to drive
the twelve miles to work that morning. I
drove hundred yards, stopped, got out and
scraped ice off the windshield, climbed back
in, frozen to the gizzard, and drove till the
Evening star., 1946-01-13

my chin down into my coat collar, went out
into forty-mile- le-an-hour gale, thinking hard
thoughts of the Blister.
We had three-day blizzard; then just
nasty cold SPELL had wire from the Com
modore saying the trouble was licked; so
that was that. pictured the old boy sitting
in a rowboat, an old hat on the back of his
head and pipe in his teeth. For most people
Florida means deep-sea fishing, but for him
it's large mouth black bass in an inland lake.
HE next morning l didn't open my paper
until reached the Office Then l took one
glance at the front page and fell off the chair.
Smack in the middle was picture of the
Commodore. The old boy was sight. His
clothes were plastered to him, and his mus
tache was wilted. His notorious X-ray eyes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Thefts Wave Strikes City

Thieves were busy last night as they broke into four business es- tablishmentS, a house and car and made off with cash and loot valued at about $200, and caused damage at one place of between $500 and $4O0
 Thieves broke into the DeAdunda Cleaning Store at BOA Watertown Avenue and destroyed 30 garments after they failed to find anything to steal, Inspector Joseph R.. Bend- Ter said. The entry, made through rear window, was discovered by Motor Patrolmen Vincent Begg and Peter Griffin. Detectives James Stack and Paul Moynihan said the 30 garments, valued at between $500 and $40o, were ripped and cut.
 In a theft from car. thieves stole an electric drill, a soldering iron and five pounds of solder val ued at $65. Lieutenant John Calvin Identified the car as owned by Fred Sweeney of 599 Hamilton Avenue.
 At the Three Decker Restaurant at 4O8 Watertown Avenue, three bars of candy were stolen after en- try was made through rear win- dow Also under investigation is the theft of $S in silver from a desk drawer of the Southern New Eng land Ice Company of "A Watertowp Avenue. Tn this burglary thieves broke 8 rear window to gain entry and ransacked the office.
 A side window was broken early this morning at Larrys Service Station at 1l55 South Main Street. About $95 in cash and car bat tery valued at SIS was stolen.
 Thieves entered the home of James Edmund of % Cliff Street while the occupant was out of town and ransacked the premises. Entry was affected through broken rear window. police said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30

The Board Issued @ warrant order ing Tax Collector Humbert E. Man. giIii to collect the levy during the prescribed two installment collec. ton periods due May 1 and Oct. l l9l6.
 The levy was determined by the l946 Grand List assessment total of $216,745,SsS, submitted by Chiei Assessor Aldro Jenks. Waterhury's tax rate is 28,76 mills,
 Far Above Budget
 The levy is $6l8,S48 In excess of the amount determined in the l946 budget for means of financing the fiscal term
 It also was voted by the board to permit the assessor to submit the keys to his office and files of prop erty records instead of formal bound abstract. Because of press of affairs, resulting from the re- valuation and It's highly controver- sial nature, the bound abstract was not prepared. The records con- tained in the files are said to be the equivalent of c formal abstract The board also voted to permit City Comptroller Neil P. Maloney and City Clerk Joseph Shea and others to destroy certain bond issues of the city now completely re' funded. The bonds were scheduled to be burned early this afternoon by permission of State authorities. . Vets Exemptions
 Breakdown of the annual report of Mir. Jenks shows real property
 
 Continued Page i4-FIRSTl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
ReOI Effort Made to End coolStrike
 Porleys Resumed; |;
 RoiIro0d Tie-up ThFeots Studied
My UNITED PRESS

Negotiations to end the soft coal strike continued today and rail- road and union representatives met at Chicago In an attempt to avert a nationwide rail tle.up set for May IS, A Nea,bt.
 John l.. Lewis and tho soft coal operators resumed contract talks after e0-ininute meeting yesterday in whish both sides were reported making real effort" to end the month long walkout,
 officials Of the nations major railroads and two big brotherhoods met behind closed doors for the sec- ond consecutive day In an effort to come to on agreement before Presi- dent Truman tntervenes, The unions previously had rejected as wholly inadequate" a fact-finding comInis- sion's recommendation for a i6- cents hourly raise.
 Meanwhile, some ll,600 Allis- Chalmers employees at West Allies Wis. walked off their jobs at mid night, boosting the nations strike tot to approximately 662,400 Workers In the company's Lacrosse Wis, plant were expected to follow suit.
 In other oevelopments
 1. The government relinquished control of the meat plants Of the Big Five" packers, which were seized Jan. % after a prolonged labor dispute.
 2. The Hudson Motor Car Com pany announced 1t was recalling $500 production workers laid off a month ago by a strike ct the Midland Steel Products Company, Cleveland, The Midland walkout ended Saturday.
 3. The U. s. Cancellation Service stepped into dispute between Portland, Ore, dockworkers and employers which has tied up wa terfront activities.
 {. Ford1 workers called on Ricli- ard T. Leonard U. A. W. vice.presi- dent to exert pressure for immed- fate payment of an l8-cent hour ly wage boost. The increase was incorporated in the unions new contract wib1 the company which has not yet been ratified by the membership. N
 5. Thousands of tons of food destined for Europe piled up on the waterfront at Galveston Tex. as longshoremen refused to cross picket lines set up by striking dock patrolmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Nation s Tox |Lows Evil

Providence, R. l., April 3o-(UP) -The nations tax laws make the Government the ally of inflatlon and depreSSion--"the two gangSters Of the modern world" Chairman H. E, Humphreys Jr,, of the U. s. Rubber Company's finance commit tee charged today,
 In speech prepared for 6 re- gional conference on government and finance sponsored by the Na- tional Association of Manufactur- CTS, Humphreys warned that the dangerous aspects of our general debt situation holds threats for all the people.
 Taxes and fiscal policy are one of the peoples fundamental re- aonsibilities," Humphreys said, They have shirked 1t and the Gov ernment has assumed it. The con- sequences follow the historic pat tern.
 Not written by the people through their elected representa- tives, our tax laws and fiscal poli- cies are not of the people nor for them he continued. They are of and for the Government. Under them, Government becomes the public enemy of the peoples initia- tive and thrift. It becomes the ally of imitation and depression, the two gangsters of the economic world.
 Humphreys charged that the Government is planning to spend four times as much in its next fis- cal year as it spent in the highest pre-war year despite the fact that the Federal debt on June 30 will total $275, 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Schocht Pleads Nozi Ignoronce

Nuremberg, April SO- (UPl -, White-haired Hjalmar Schacht told the War Crimes Court today that when the Nazis sold him on their program he saw no signs of "crim- inal intentions" in 1t, but instead approved many of It's objectives.
 Schachts turn to defend himself came after Julius Stre.cher's testi- mony was completed.
 The wizard of Nazi finance, cred- tied to a large degree with laying "a good part of the economic foun- dalton of Nazlsm, was blanched with prison pallor. His blue suit flopped loosely on his bent frame.
 He pictured himself asa business man drawn into the Nazi orbit by the good things he saw in Adolf Hitler's plans and blinded to the criminal potentialities of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
 ToMerge With PC.
 Means Expended
 Service to City
 If Port Is Built

Expansion of potential air serV- ice for Waterbury Is indicated py the proposed merger of the North east Airlines and the Pennsylvania Central Airlines at hearing n Washington before the Civil Aero rautics Board.
 The Northeast Airlines already holds a franchise to do business In Waterbury once local airport Is constructed, The city plans a $3, 100000, Glass 3 airport, tentative ly located in the WolcottIWater- bury area.
 Pennsylvania Central Airlines (also known as Capital Airlines) Is considered one of the largest east of the Mississippi. Its services are said to cover all phases of air travel and transportation. It B planned by the marger to make possible carrier service between S4e pairs of cities"
 win Bring More Planes
 Under the Northeast franchise Waterbury would be included on service routing through Boston, Worcester (ANaterburylr s'alld New York. Northeast now has Iilne transports servicing it's routes to which would be added, by the mer- ger. a total of the SO Capital Air. liners of the CP.A. and an addi. tional 4i poStwarstype planes planned for addition by next year.
 c. Becell Monroe. president of Capital Airlines, today told the CAB. in Washington that the Cont'd Page l4-(N0RTHEAST)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Still Wonder

Boston, April 30-- (uP) --Orson Welles, no longer a boy but still a wonder. has done 1t again.
 Not content with being the writer, director producer and performer in the new show Around the World, welles stepped into the lead last nielx only an hour after star Arthur Margetson had suffered q heart seizure.
 Welles. whose past feats won hinn the title Boy Wonder. not only ran through the long star part letter perfect but also played his original role Of the magician.
 When Marselson became ~. AnN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30

Under the eyes of American ma chinegunners mounting guard, ap- sproximately 1000 Jews marched to the camp gates shouting protests against the arrest of 20 comrades following Sundays riot at the camp.
 American -ESemitism Is worse than German anti-SemitisIn," they shouted. American democracy IS no better than NaNsm." Soldiers Derlde DPs
 Some American soldiers on trucks answered the throng with derisive yells. Several women wept hys- terically.
 "All 4,000 of us will not work or eat until our 20 comrades are re- leased from Landsberg prison where Hitler wrote Mein Kampf," a spokesman for the camp residents said.
 A group of small children marched to camp headquarters in double file and then into town, ask ing for release of the 20 prisoners. The prisoners began hunger strike yesterday.
 Germans in Landsberg for the most part are remaining in their homes. All the Germans employed in the camp. approximately SO have been dismissed.
 Jews Highly Emotional
 The Jews appeared in an emo- tional frenzy. One displaced per son who had urged moderation m an address to the crowd telephoned outside the camp. asked the Army to escort him safely out of town.
 At g a. h, 300 Jews threw a picket line around U.N.R.R.A. headquar- ters inside the camp. U.N.R.R.A headquarters were closed temporar' fly.
 The 20 imprisoned Jews went or a hunger strike yesterday. One ol them was arrested for his part IT the attack on German civiliani Sunday. and the other l0 were ar rested at their own request N share his imprisonment. They re- fused to eat until released.
 American troops supported by a least one tank guarded the peri meter of the camp against furshel disorders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30

day, possibly in return for conces- sions to the Soviet point of view.
 Foreign Minister V. M, Molotov, 1t was learned, has indicated to Secretary of State James F, Byrnes that he does not intend to oppose putting the American plan on the schedule for discussion
 However 1t was understood that he hoped to obtain some concessions for the Russian viewpoint in return. The nature of the concessions was not indicated.
 Let's See All--MolOtOV
 Molotov was said to take the view that all parties to the conference should lay their cards on the table as early as possible so that Congress will know just how many tough questions must be settled and what those questions are.
 He was said to believe that this would make 1t possible to tackle the easier questions while solution Of the more difficult problems Is being worked out.
 As an example of relatively simple problems Molotov was said to have cited the partition of the Italian fleet It had appeared earlier that the American proposal might go on the shelf temporarily because of Soviet objections.
 COngresS Sounded Out
 Byrnes. 1t was learned, sounded out some members of Congress on his 25-year treaty plan, including members of the Senate Military Af- fairs Committee, He told the Sena- tors about the plan at the time he testified tn support of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's program for nlaiIl- teuaree oE t strong A1neEieAn Iniii- |sbary s6stablishment
 The ministers today are expected to take up the question of Trieste and the Italian. .Yugoslav frontier,
 Foreign delegations are beginning to converge on Paris to lobby for their demands. Greek ambassadors from several European ,capitols are en route. Two Bulgarian observers are expected shortly and Romania Is also sending representatives,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
A.B.C. Must Alter Stond -Monkowski
 Exploins Factor
 To Union Renewal
 Of Neqotiotions
By RAYMOND ]. FITZPATRICK

By RAYMOND J. FITAPATkICk
 The American Brass Company must show a willingness to change It's position If the neeo'iating tom- mittee for It's strikers is to agree to renewal of direct negotiations, John Mankowski member of the executive board ol ths Mine, Mil & Shelter Workers Union, c. l. O., said today. U. S. Conciliator Walter A. Magglolo was due hero today to begin separate talks with management and union representa- tlves aS Q prelude to possible re- newal of direct negotiations late this week.
 The company will have to m- dicate some change In It's attitude ii we're to agree to meet said Mir MankowSki, There's no sense lr going into conferences and having the same thing thrown at you week after week. There no gain for any one in that"
 As the strike went into It's e6tll day, the unions Joint strategy coIn- Inittee held a meeting at the M. M, S, w. headquarters. 95 Bank Street Delegates from Waterbury, Torring- ton and Ansonia were present. Lead CTS of the Chase Local were also in attendance, having been invited ContiniiAd pape lAlA "a cl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Bare Plot on MArthur
Jap pYouth SetMurder
 Action to Occur
 At CeIebFotion
At Celebration

Tokyo, April 30-(UP)--A plot to assassinate Gen. Doug las MacArthur in a burst of hand grenades and pistol fire dur ing gigantic Communist May Day celebration has been discovered by Allied headquarters intelligence of hcers, 1t was announced officially today.
 Col. H. I. T. Creswell, command ing Supreme Allied headquarters civil intelligence section, said, how ever that there was no definite cons nection between the plot and the celebration except insofar as the celebration would have provided ali opportunity for the assassins.
 A headquarters announcement said U. s. and Japanese military poe lice were searching for the alleged ringleader, Hideo Takayarna, youth- ful member of the Japanese overseas police force, on tip from a fellow plotter whom Takayanla unsuccess- fully tried to poison.
 Typster Recovering
 They hoped to take him into clls- tody within AS hours, headquar- ters official said.
 Takayama would-be accomplice, now recovering in an American army hospital from tho effects of the poison, told Allied intelligence officers four days ago that Taxa yama had accumulated 104,000 yen (about $7,000) to finance the assas- Sination.
 The tipster, who was not other wise identified by Allied headquar- ters, said Takayama and fellow plotters had planned to kill Mac Arthur with hand grenades and pis- tols during the May Day celebra- tionS.
 He said Takayama planned to at tack the supreme Allied commander while the latter was enroute from his Headquarters to his home in the U. S. Embassy. He hoped to escape in the confusion of the May celehra- ton which is expected to attract 250,000 persons.
 To Seek Ringleader
 The tipster will be released and under the watcfful eyes of U, S. Military Police will circulate through the crowds tomorrow in an effort to locate Takayama.
 Other known plotters are still at large. but are being rounded up" headquarters announcement said. Continued Pape 1A-lJAPSl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Police Not AIerted May Day Is Expected To Be Mild, Peaceful

The Communist party of Water oury wanted to hold meeting on the Green tomorrow. but the Park Department several weeks back re- fused permission on the ground that newly planted grass would be inr jured. The party did not press its application further and police have given no permit for any May Day gathering whatever tomorrow.
 Tn the heyday of Rose Ross Carlo Tresca and other radical speakers. all available policemen were on duty each May Day. Spec iai squad were kept ct hs equaf- ter. r>ets with riot e. ls1r gas and other equipment. 70 answe' ri0t C
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30

which some dealers said was the worst since Pearl Harbor
 Some areas were entirely without meat, Others reported that retail CTS were getting only 20 to 26 per- cent of the normal supply. with the remainder going to the black mar ket
 The Federal Bureau of Investiga- ton entered the meat picture fol the first time today as the Govern ment stepped up Its drive. Gov ernment action included:
 l. Addition of 400 inveStiga-
 tors to the 450 already on the
 OPA meat enforcement staff to
 force compliance with the
 slaughter control order issued
 last week.
 g. The FBI began checking
 slaughterers' claims for Subsid-
 dies. The FBI agents will look
 primarily for fraud.
 Packing Plants Returned
 Major packing plants were re- turned last midnight to private management by the Government which seized them during the na- .tionwide packing house strike. Packers said. however, that they could not compete with black mar ket operators buying livestock above OPA ceilings.
 The drive by New York City po- lice and health department inSpec- tors against the black market was chewing results. Retail markets were barren of beef, but the De- partment of Agriculture said a near normal" supply was in whole sale channels ready for distribution. The current shortage of feed was expected to be the most powerful influence in relieving the present shortage.
 Continued Page 14-F. B. I.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Today,s Forecast

Boston; April 3O--- CUP) Weather forecast:
 Connecticut generally fair except for considerable fog development late tonight. Wednesday fair. Little change in temperature except slightly warmer in the interior on Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Seasonal Weather Forecast for Area

Boston, April S0-(UP) Normal seasonal weather for New England residents in the next four days with rising temperatures tomorrow and Thursday followed by cooler wealth CT Friday and Saturday was predict ed by the Weather Bureau in its ex- tended forecast today.
 Rain amounts will average no more than h inch occurring about Friday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
OtuU w OndeT
 Orson WelLes Takes Lead Of Play on Brief Notice

Was ordered Co bed by Q p1{EItlalll Welles stepped forward and polun- teered to play the role of Fnileas Fogg in the musical comedy satire of Jules verne's Around che World in Eighty Days"
 Weiles had only an bouFs notlst that he would 90 on in dasz els1a < place. He quickly ran tlgfQHh lines, learned the words 0t f4p a,'S and hurried to the theaief t@ a made up.
 0sf.elaia e sse sag h&gEH < eided whether WelIsn VIII ea'Nt hls marathon Aliia ! probably depend ca AaEse 4A s1a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30

May Day will be just another day in the year for Waterbury's police department tomorrow.
 Unlike years of not so long ago. there will be no full mobilization Of policemen from all shifts for pos sible riot duty. No leaves have been cancelled and no extra .bluecoats will be on duty. T
 Even up to the mid-sO's. all mem bers of the police force were sub Iect to special call on May 1 and no leaves were allowed. This was a preesution against the disorders Of May Day celebrations in the years after World War ! when there werv marehes on tho City Hall and pinInnk MNaarss1x tfatla.sa
 F+NFN-A~"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Rye Bread Up
 2 Cents Pound

Washington, April 30-(UP)- The O.P.A. today announced a price increase Of two cents a pound on rye bread.
 The increase will remain in effect until June 90.
 O.P.A. said the boost was nee esSary because rye bakers have been squeezed" between sharp ly advancing rye prices and rigid bread ceilings. Rye is the only grain not under price control at this time, but o.P.A. plans to put ceilings on the ls46 crop.