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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Couple Mark 5Oth Anniversary

Two hundred people last night at tended a fiftieth anniversary par ty for MT. and Mrs. John Visscher, 15O Woodside Avenue, at The FL ton last night. The affair was given by MT. Visscher's associates at the Oakville Company, Division of the Scovill Manufacturing Company.
 Among those present was MT. and Mrs. John Visscher, Jr., son and daughter -in-law of the couple, of Attleboro, Mass. and Miss Jan ice Visscher, their granddaughter.
 Officials from Scovill's who at tended the affair included Bonnet Bronson, vice-president of Scovill's and general manager of the Oak vile Division, and Mrs. Bronson; H. w. LeavenWorth, assistant gen. eral manager of the Oakville Div ision, and Mrs. LeavenWorth; Chalk ley Since, sales manager for the company, and Mrs. Since; Charles Doherty, secretary treasurer of the Oakville Division; Romaine c Chapman, assistant sales manager and Mrs Chapman.
 The Rev and Mrs. John c. Walk CT, of Prospect Street, have arrived in London, England. They will spend two months in Europe, visit ing Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Scotland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

her brother, Ralph L. Bradley, will wear a white slipper satin gown fashioned with a fitted bodice, long sleeves tapering to point at the wrist and a full skirt inserted with imported lace and terminating in a long train. Her full length veil of illusion will fall from a crown of beaded flowers and she will carry a shower bouquet of mixed flowers.
 Miss Frances Janeter will be maid of honor. She will be attlred in a pink taffeta gown styled with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice, and a bouffant skirt of net. Her costume will be completed with a large picture hat an she will carry a shower bouquet of mixed flowers. Raymond Pilloise, brother of the bridegroom, will be best man and Edwards Adams, and Alfred Hance- wicz, brother-in-law of the bride of New Hampshire, will be ushers.
 A reception will be held for friends and relatives in St Johns reception hall. Out of town guests will attend from Nashua, N. H. Groton, Mass, and NorWalk
 The couple will leave on we'd ding trip to an unannounced des- tination. The bride elect will wear a coral Palm Beach suit with white accessories. She is a graduate ot Wilby High School. MT. Pilloise E a graduate of Norwalk High School was recently discharged from the Army after four years of service with Patton's Third Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Jean K. Bauer BecOnes Bride |OfFrank Bailey

St. Peters Episcopal Church was the scene of the wedding Of Miss Jean Ruth Bauer, daughter or MT. and Mrs. Louis R. Bauer of Jack. sonville. Fla, and Frank H. Bailey, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank H. Bailey of Cherry Street, Milford. at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Palms and white gladioli decorated the church and the Rev. George A. Bar row officiated at the marriage ceremony.
 The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore an aqua marine jersey street length dress with lace yoke, lace peplum and full skirt. Her costume was corn- pleted with white feathered head piece with white veil and she carried an arm bouquet of garden1aS and white stock.
 Mrs. Robert Birks, of Woodmont, was matron of honor. She wore a white jersey dress with pink lowered headpieee with veil Donald H. Marsh, cousin of the bridegroom of this city, was best l lndl. FIdllk n. odIlCy O4 OOAi :" Q AA, cousin of the bridegroom and David P. Bauer, brother of the bride, of Jacksonville, Fla, were ushers.
 More than 100 guests attended a reception at the bridegroom's home. Mrs. Bauer wore an imported white batiste dress with lace trim and white accessories.
 The souple left on a wedding trip to Maine Mrs. Bailey wore wine and white suit with black access sories and a corsage of orchids. She is graduate of Milford High Schoo and Larson Junior College. MT Bailey, a graduate of Milford High School and New Haven Junior Col lege of Commerce was recently dis. charged from the Army after 3f months including g months in the European Theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Riefe-Da70son Bridal Held
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Watertown, July 1-Of interest to WatertoWn residents Is the an- nouneement of the marriage of Miss Rachel Dawson, daughter of MT. and Mrs. L. Clyde Dawson, Wood bury to Robert Harold Riefe, Water bury, son of MT. and Mrs. Bruno Riefe, of Waterbury, which took place at the brides home Saturday at P. M. The Rev Warren Vinton Murphy, pastor of the North Con- greeational Church officiated at the ceremony.
 Members of the bridal party n- eluded; Mrs. Edward Sturges, as matron of honor; Miss Marguerite Richards of Pomfret as maid of honor, Miss Vera Flaming of Wash ington, Conn, and Miss Betty Niger of Alexandria, Va, as bridesmaids.
 MT. Riefe, had as his best man his brother, Alan Riefe of Waterbury.
 A gown of white satin. designed on princesse lines was worn by the bride, who was presented in mar riage by her father. A long bridal veil Eld bouquet of white roses stephanotis and baby's breath con- pleted her costume.
 The matron of honor. goWned ln blue marquisette and the maid ot honor, in peach voile. carried bou- quets of variegated summer flowers Powered cnintz gowns were worn by the bridesmaids who also carried bouquets of variegated summer flowers.
 Following the ceremony recep- ton was held with guests present from Portsmouth, Va, Watervills Maine: Hartford, Waterbury. New Preston, Avon. Middlebury, Water. town and Woodbury.
 The brides mother wore a gre, crepe gown and pink rose corsage while the bridegroom's mother chos' gown of aqua. Her corsage wa also of pink roses.
 The bride is graduate of tn University of Connecticut. MT. Rief is an alunnus of Colby College, Wa terville. Maine. Upon their return : from their wedding trip, the eoupl will reside in Waterbury.
 The bride is the granddaughter o MT. and Mrs. Myron Hard, who re sided in Watertown for many year! Her mother, Mrs. L. Clyde DaWso is the former Miss Miriam Hard c WatertoWn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Margaret Kilb0rn Weds Earle P9IliOSe Suturuav

The Rev. Francis O. Ayers. rec tor of St. Johns Church. will of- flciate at the marriage of Miss Mar garet Anne Kilborn, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Albert P. Kilborn of West Main Street and Earle F. Pil- loise of Charles Street, son of the late Mir. and Mrs Charles A. Pil- loise Saturday at 2 P. M. The church will be decorated with palms and cut flowers and Myles Martin, organist and Miss Nancy Adams will present a musical program. Se- lections will include. "Oh Prom ise Me" and Because.
 The bride. given in marriage by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
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neckline. long sleeves that tapered to point at the wrist and full skirt Of net terminating lrl long train. Her dngertip veil of illusion fell from a heart shaped tiara of orange blossoms and she earned an arm bouquet of white roses and gardenias with streams of stepha- notis.
 Miss Viola Trumfio was maid ot honor. She wore a rose silk fallle gown styled with gathered skirt with cap sleeves and a fitted bodice. Her costume was complete With a tiara of fresh flowers and she car ried a matching bouquet of roses and delphiniums.
 Miss Mary Slavln and Miss Gloria Marciano were bridesmaids. They were attred in fuchsia nylon tai feta gowns with of off-the-shoulder effect necklines. fitted bodices and full skirts They wore long n1ittS, matching hats and carried arm bouquets of mixed flowers.
 Anthony Pietroniro of the U. s. Navy was best man. Carmine Del Gaizo, recently discharged from the Army, and Charles Clemente, brother Of the bride, recently discharged from the Marine Corps, were ushers.
 More than 500 attended a recep- ton at Green Street Hall. Out-of- town guests were from New York New Haven and New Jersey, Mrs Clemente received in an aqua dress with matching accessories ano was assisted by the bridegroom { mother who wore gray and vel low print dress with white acces- sorieS.
 The couple left on a wedding trir to an unannounced destination Mrs. Bellucci wore a white dres! made from silk brought home by tht bridegroom from Japan. He wa. recently discharged from the Arm! after duty in the Pacific theater.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis LaFlamme, ot 182 EdgeWood Avenue. are celebrat- ing their twenty-seventh anniver- sary on July 3rd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

carried bouquet of white roses, baby's breath and orchids
 The maid of honor wore a yellow gown fashioned with a cameha de- sign, high oval neckline, sheer yoke, with a dropped shoulder effect, and a gathered skirt. Her costume was completed with yellow lowered tiara and she carried an arm bouquet of talisman roses and babys breath. The bridesmaids were attlred i'll blue gowns fashioned similarly to the maid of honor's gown. They wore tiara of blue flowers and carried bouquet of yellow roses and baby's breath.
 Out of town guests from Bride port, Thomsvill Torrington and Chicago attended a reception at the brides home. Mrs. Jesulaitis recelv- ed and was assisted by the bride groom's mother.
 The couple left on a wedding l trip to Maine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Miss Lois Tin1n1S WedS Veteran

Miss Lois Mildred Timms, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Robert Timms, Watertown Avenue, and Archie Aitcheson, son of MT. and Mrs. Archie A. Aitcheson, of Wilson Street, were united in marriage at the Second Congregational Church at II o'clock on Saturday morning by the Rev. Conner R. Lewis, pastor of the Third Congreg ational Church.
 Escorted to the altar by her father. the bride was goWned in old English lace and net with a finger tip veil caught by crown Of or ange blossoms and carried a bou- ouet of gardenias and sweet peas,
 Attending the bride were Miss Charlotte FrizeH Miss Elizabeth Aitcheson, Miss Eunice Cashman and Miss Eleanor Fisher. Alex A Aitcheson served as best man, and Paul Hicock, William Marbinelli and Gennaro Fisher. were ushers.
 Fifty guests attended the recep- tion at the Turf Club
 Alter a WeQQl1lS UTtp to dii uli- announced destination. the couple will take up residence at Water town Avenue.
 For her traveling ensemble, the bride selected a beige dress with white accessories. The bridegroom is veteran of 38 months service with the Army Air Force, 10 months ot which was spent in Europe.
 Dr. and Mrs M. J. LaWlor O North Main Street, have gone tx Lake Sunapee, N. H., where they vii ! sr,e1ad the summer months
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
.J0Sebhiue CZemente Bride
 or Vincent BeZllcci, Today

Miss Josephine Mary Clemente, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank Clemente of Buckingham Street be- came the bride of Vincent Charles Belucci, son of MT and Mrs. Frank Bellucci of Lafayette Street this morning at Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Church. The Rev Paul Rivard, celebrated the nuptlal high Mass in a setting of palms and cut flowers. A musical program was presented with Winifred Gemln Selections included Ave Maria and 'fPanis Angelcus.
 The bride, given in marriage by her father. was attired in a white gown styled with a Spanish lace bodice with an off the-shouldel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Y WCA. WiU Hold JnmbOree

A iamboree for employed girls will be held at the Y.W.C.A. Tues day night at 7:30 P. M.
 The committee, comprising the Misses Tena Caporaso, Betty Bog gia and Doris Giamcetruzzi, are planning a jamboree of special games in the outdoors. In the event of rain, the program will be held inside.
 All employed girls are invited to attend. It is urged that comfort able clothes. playshoes or sport shoes be worn. A small fee to cover the costs of refreshments will be asked. Mrs. Alfred Finn and children of Willow Street have gone to Vest brook, Conn, to spend the summer months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Betty J. Gaunt Becomes Bride 0f B. " Marshall

The Rev. Michael Heating, pas tor, officiated al the double ring ceremony uniting Miss Betty Jane Gaunt, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Gaunt of Homestead Ave nue and Bernard William Marshall son of Mrs. Julia Marshall of South View Street on Saturday morning at A. M. j..
 The bride, given in marriage by her father, had as her attendants Miss Stella Marshall sister of the bridegroom, as maid of honor. Hen " Brozski, cousin of the bride groom was best man.
 Guests from New Jersey, New York, Long Island Winsted, Mer' iden. Torrington. Middletown, New Britain, Yalesville, Hamden, Say. brook, Watertown, Hartford anc Prospect attended the reception held at the Colonial Room of Tht Elton. '~--
 The couple left on a wedding triI to Lake Bonoseen, Vt. Mrs. Mar shall wore a blue and white Paln Beach suit with white accessorie and a corsage of orchids. She is graduate of Wilby High Schoo, The bridegroom is a graduate o Crosby High School. Upon their re turn they will reside at 486 Home stead Avenue. .....-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
Delegates Return From Red Cross Meet

Miss Nancy Moore of the Water bury Girls Club and Miss Florence Turnbull, girls physical director at Crosby High School, were delegates during the past week at the Red Cross National Aquatic School where they were Waterbury Chapt- CT delegates.
 Intensified work in swimming, diving, functional swimming, canoe ing, boating, life saving, first aid, and accident prevention comprised the acquatic school course at Camp Bonnie Brae, East Otis, Mass, J. O. P. Manhertz, chairman of water Safety for the Waterbury Chapter said.
 Members of the Red Cross North Atlantic area staff and other eX- perts chosen for their skill in special fields made up the faculty of the school.
 Miss Moore will be a waterfront instructor at the Girls Club camp Lake Quassapaug, this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

Mrs. Purdy Hoyt and son Robert of Suffern, N. Y, who have been visiting with MT. and Mrs. Cornelius F. Maloney of Montgomery Street returned to their home today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Woodlock, of Pennington Avenue, left today to spend the summer at Isle of Pines, Friendship, Me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
PETTITT-FISCHANG

The marriage of Frederick Fis- chang, brother of Albert Fischang, Cheshire Heights. and son of the late Mir and Mrs. A. B. Fischang, Kingston, N. Y, to Miss Elsie V. Pettitt, Saugerties, N. Y., was an event of June 12 at the parish house of the Third Congregational Church. Rev. Conner Lewis offici- ated.
 Attending were Miss Bertha Fis- chang, Henry Matheus.
 Following the reception held at The Elton, the couple left on their unannounced wedding trip. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

MT. and Mrs. Louis LaFlamme, of 182 EdgeWood Avenue. are celebrat- ing their twenty-seventh anniver- sary on July 3rd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01

Dr. and Mrs M. J. Lawlor of North Main Street, have gone to Lake Sunapee, N. H., where they will spend the summer months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Euatt Lauds Baruch
Atomic Energy Plan

NEW YORK, June 22.-P)-Dr.
Herbert V. Evatt, Australian mini
ster of external affairs and rep
re%sentative on the United Nations
atomic energy commission, said
tonight that Bernard Barracks pro-
posals on world control of atomic
energy ''offer a basis for discus
sion between the nations which
might well lead to the elimination
of atomic armament"
Evatt, in an address over the
Columbia b~roadcasting system,
said Baruch's ideas seem to me
to exhibit the combination of real
ism and idealism that made the
scientists, engineers and workers
of this great country so powerful
in war"
II hope they will be accepted
as a lead in the NV and epic
struggle for the future of human
! kind" he added.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
CT TELLS COURT
OF HARSH GUARDS
Says American Soldiers
Clothes Were Stripped
Off Before Beating

BAD NAUHEIM, Germany, June
22-P)-A witness in the court
martial of Col. James A. Kilian
testified today that he saw guards
at the Lichfield, Eng, prison bar
racks, where Kilian was in COM
mand, strip the clothing from one
American soldier and beat him
with a rubber hose.
The witness was Cpl. Robert O.,
Henney, Toledo, Ohio, whose COM
plants to the Toledo Blade in Janu-
airy, 1945, while he was home on
furlough, were believed to have
caused the first investigation OF
the Lichfield guardhouse.
Henney, who did temporary
guard duty at Lichfield, said the
guards took off the prisoners
clothes, threw a blanket over him
and one guard hit him while the
other held him."
Several uther witnesses in the
trial, in which the Highland Park,
Ill, officer is charged with respon-
sibility for cruelty to CT prisoners
at Lichfield, testified to seeing
beatings and mistreatment of
prisoners.
At one time during the proceed
ings Col. Hardin Sweeney, OF
Omaha, Neb., a member of the
court, demanded of Prosecutor
Maj. Joseph S. Robinson, of New
York city, 'is it your intention to
intimidate a member of this
court"
Certainly not" rejected Robin
SON.
Sweeney had objected to Robin
son referring to him by name in
an argument over admissability of
questions put to the prosecution
witness by the court official.
Sweeney said under court martial
rules members of the court should
not be referred to by name.
Cpl. Howard Jones, of Muskogee,
Okla, told the military court that
I'VE weren't allowed to write home
anything about what went on in the
guardhouse-they told us that was
censored as a security regula-
ton" Corporal Jones said he was
not related to Sgt. James M. Jones,
of Muskogee, convicted last March
of striking soldiers at Lichfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
HILL AND GEORGE
OPPOSE RAIL BILL
Southern Senators Express
Opposition To Bull
Wrinkle Bill

WASHINGTON, June 22-(P-
Tuo Southern senators expressed
onnosition today to the BulWinkle
hi which would exempt railroads
from antitrust laws in the fixing
If rates and fares by agreement
among themselves.
They we're Senators Hill DALAI
and George CD-Ga.)
Il am opposed to the BulWinkle
hill. and I shall vigorously oppose
# as long as freight rate discrimi-
nations exist against Alabama and
tbe South" Hill told a reporter.
Il certainly will resist anything
IN exempt railways from antitrust
laws at this time"
Senator George said he will not
snnoort'' the bill, but added that
az chairman of the Senate Finance
committee and acting chairman
nj Foreign relations he had been
too busy to study the measure
favorably reported this week by
tbe senate's Interstate Commerce
committee.
President Truman was quoted by
~ooponents of the measure as being
ready to veto it, if it came to him
as ii passed the house, and these
same sources contend that amend
ment; added by the senate give
the railroads even more freedom
10 do as they please"
Railroad spokesman deny this,
and point out that any agreements
reached under the Bulwinkle bill
must be approved by the Inter
state Commerce commission be-
fore becoming operative.
Gov. Ellis Arnall of Georgia and
the justice department opposed the
measure in Senate committee hear
ing. arguing that it would inval-
idate pending antitrust suits
against Eastern railroads by the
State and Federal governments.
Arnall charged that the nations
freight rate structure was "rigged''
through "a conspiracy" to keep
the South in economic bondage"
He said the will of Eastern car
riers was imposed upon Southern
railroad through the association of
American railroads, and accused
the AAR with threatening to boy
colt any line failing to follow its
suggestions.
The association denied Arnall's
charges in toto and said that only
through mutual agreements, ap-
proved by the ICC, could a national
rate and fare structure be main
tanned and "wasteful and disas-
trous competition'' avoided.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Aviation Engineers Say
New Power Plant To Be
Greatly Improved
BY JAMES ]. STREBIG
Associated Press Aviation Editor

SCHENECTADY, N. Y, June %
@(P-A jet propelled army fighter
rushed an airmail letter to Presi-
dent Truman today at an average
speed of 460 miles an hour while
an aviation engineer predicted
rapid movements in the new type
power plant.
A P-80 shooting star, in the first
delivery of U. S. airmail by a jet
plane, took off from Schenectady
at 1918 p. M, EDT), and ar
rived in Wa shington, a distance OF
$40 miles, 81 minutes later.
Another P-80 flew $40 miles via
Dayton to Chicago with an airmail
letter for Mayor Edward j. Kelly
in 2 hours, % minutes, including
a Commute stop in Dayton.
Reginald G.. Standerwick. who
directed engineering work on the
first flyable American jet engine,
meanwhile, said he expected fast
progress in improving the jets.
Standerwick declared in an in
terview during an air show, which
marked dedication of the Genera
Electric company's flight test
laboratory, that the United State
was abreast of Great Britain ir
efforts to adapt jet power for use
in commercial airliners.
This comment was prompted by
a question whether the British
announcement that they were de-
voting their efforts to gas turbine.
propeller and turbo-jet powered
transports meant that they were
ahead of the United States in that
field.
First commercial use of turbine
powered aircraft, he said, can be
expected on long flight services
such as transatlantic, because tina
would permit cruising at high alti
tude, where the jet is efficient
Short hops would not justify the
climb to altitude, he added.
A P-80 piloted by Capt. Martin
L. Smith flew the 1876 miles from
above the New York City hall tt
the State capitol in Albany in L
minutes. Aviation pioneer Gleer
Curtiss took 2 hours, 81 minute!
for the same flight in 1910 to wiz
a $40, 1000 prize.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-23
Gallup Poll
Opinion Shifts To COP
Attitude Toward Labor
Democrats Lose Ground On
Issue OF Methods Need
ed To Handle Strikes
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute Of
Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. j., June %
The Republican party in recent
months has gained ground steadily
with the public on the issue which
voters themselves consider the
Number One question of the COM
ing Congressional election cam
paign-reducing strikes and labor
troubles.
Eight months ago the weight of
opinion throughout the country
favored the Democrats as over the
Republicans in a ratio of 4-to-3 as
the party best able to handle the
strike situation and reduce the
number of work stoppages.
Today opinion has swung around
to the point where the Republican
party is favored over the Demo
cratic in a ratio of 4to-3 in han
ding this same problem.
The change in attitude is found
in all major occupation groups,
and even among labor union mem
bers. Among business and profess
sional people, white collar work
r and farmers the change in at
titude in the direction of the COP
may have been caused by the
strong support which Republicans
in congress gave to the Case anti
strike bill.
The reasons for a change in at
titude among union members are
matters for speculation. One fac
tor undoubtedly is that although
labor leaders give the impression
that the rank and file of union
members think as a cohesive unit
on public issues, actually the
movement contains a stable min
ority with opinions quite indie
pendent Of those of the union
bosses. This group is critical Of
strikes which hold up reconversion
and put people out of work, and
today's survey indicates that many
of them place the blame for the
situation on the shoulders Of the
Democratic party.
THE nations views were sought
on the following issue in coast-to-
coast interviewing by field report
ers for the Institute:
Gas you feel today, which poll
teal party-the Democratic or
Repubiican-can better handle the
problem of reducing strikes and
labor troub1e?"
The same question was put to the
public in two previous polls, in
February of this year and in Octo-
Der of last year. The trend among
those expressing an opinion fol-
lows: