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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
U.S.Approves Pocton Bases
 MiIitoTy AiTfieIds
 Open tO Commerce

Washington, Jan. 2e-(UP)-The Army and Navy have approved the Bermuda Air Conference Agreement to open the 99-year lease military bases in this hemisphere to com meTeiai aviation, it was learned to- day.
 At the same time it was reported that when Civil Aeronautics Board members of the U. S. Delegation return from the Angio-Ameriean conference, they will ask congress for authority 10 control rates charg- ed by our international airlines.
 The CAB, with the assured sup- port Of the State Department. be- lieves this authority is essential to prevent international rate conflicts like that which recently broke out between Pan-AmeFiean Alrways and the British Government.
 The bases concerned guard the eastern approaches to the Panama Canal and are an important part of the nations overall system of ontly- ing military airports. They were ob- tained from Britain for ee-years in return for so oyer-age destroyers.
 Those to be open to commercial use are at Bermuda, St. Lucia. Ans tiguA and British Guiana, t was said. AlteFnates, available in case Of necessity. are at Trinidad and Jamaica,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Man Held For Rape
 or Child

Detroit, Jan. 2e-(UP)-Frank Lobaldo, @, 6 neighborhood grocer previously convicted on sex charge, was held today for the rape and attempted murder of seven-1ear -old RoSalie Giganti.
 The child identified Lobaldo as the man who attacked her, slashed her throat and then draped her unconscious over a low gate near the rear of his East Side grocery today.
 Police said charges of rape and attempted murder would be filed against Lobaldo today. They also said he would be questioned aD1ut the kidnapping and murder of slx- year-old Suzanne Degnan in ChI- cago earlier this month.
 Seen By Neighbor
 Rosalie was seen by Miss Georgia Asterion, 20. as she was. climbing the stairs to the apartment above the Labaido store. She took the child into the apartment and call- ed police.
 Police arrested Lobaldo and took him three hours later to the side of Rosalie's hospital bed.
 The child was unable to speak
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GOUernOr Asks SurUey 

Hartford, Jan. 2s - CUP) - Cor R. E. Baldwin said today that he had asked all local communities which he previously requested to 6es up housing authorities. to imne- diately survey their needs and then make application for Federal teni~ porary housing.
 He said he wanted the cOinmanl~ ties to go over their zoning resula- tions, building codes and other res~ trictions to ''see how they can eouae into the Federal housing picture.
 We must do something for tiae returning veterans and for the thousands more whom we ferrentiy hope will soon be able to join their families" he said. T believe that local action. in those cities and towns where there is housing shortage, after careful study and planning, can do much toward the solution of this problem"
 The Governor said that his att tention had been called to an act passed by the isl5 General Assem- bly, which allows the State, or any of its political subdivisions, to enter into contracts with the Federal Government for the ''purchaee, lease or other acquisition of equip ment. supplies. materials CT ether properties"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
 Protest Low
 Woiters Bonded
 On 10 P. "A. Hour

Hartford, Jan. B. CUP) While waitresses planned a meeting here today to take action protesting en- forcement of law preventing them from working in restaurants after 10 p. m.. walters banded together to urge retention of the law.
 The walters asked for a court test of the lagality of the law.
 Mattresses claimed the ruling, recently revived by Gov. R. E. Bald. wins revocation of a war order suspending it during the war, would cost them their jobs and work a hardship on both them and their employers.
 The walters. in a letter to the Governor, declared women wait resses are working in a large num- Der of restaurants, grills and tayerns for wages as low as sl0 q week, and no man, especially with a family, can support his kin under such a handicap. Veterans in a great many cases, are unable to complete with women waitresses under such circumstances.
 We further believe that the place for a woman, after 10 o'clock at night, 1t at her home. and as a matter of fact. before the enact ment of the 18th amendment. wom- en were not allowed to venture into what was called in those days Q saloon. except in some cases where a women was accorded the priyil- ege of purchasing a can of beer by entering the side or rear door of a saloon"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Choice Meat Supply StiH
 Week Away

Chicago, Jan. 28-CUP)- Nearly 270,OOO AFL and CIO Westinghouse Workers went back to their jobs today to work for the Federal Gov- ernment.
 Officials of the Department of Agriculture, technically supervising operations in l34 seized plants, warned, however. that it would be nearly a week before steaks, roasts and chops begin reappearing on the nations meat counters.
 Tn the Chicago meat capital. workers streamed into the union stock yards and officials of the big four packers Swift, Armour, Will son and Cudahy--reported attend ance "even better than usual"
 Similar reports issued from Oma- ha, St. Paul, Minn., Des Moines, Kansas City, Kan, and other meat packing centers where operations were resumed after a l3-day shut down.
 New Workers however, were threatened with a prolonged meat shortage as AFL teamsters ordered 200 meat company drivers to re- main away from their jobs. Union officials explained the order was the result of long-standing dis- pute with the big four companies and had no relation to the meat strike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
State Dairy IndustryHit
 Strike Under Woy
 In New C0noOn

The weekend briught threats and disorders in the Connecticut dairy industry.
 State police guarded the plants of the Miller & Norman Dairies in New Canaan after an outbreak yesterday during which trucks were overturned, automobile tires stabbed with ice picks and tile company president and a helper were beaten up at LewisbOro, N. Y,
 The eomHotion resulted in arrest of two pickets on breach of peace charges. They were Salvatore caru- so, Greenwich, and Leo Farfaglia, Stamford, members of the AFL Teamsters Union. They reportedly tried to stop a woman who went to the Miller DaiFly to obtain milk fF her family.
 George Norman, son of the presis dent of the Norman Dairly. and a helper. complained that they were assaulted at Lewisboro where a truck was upset and l7 cans Of milk spilled into the road,
 Meanwhile, at Bridgeport, the AFL Teamsters Union announced 1t would call a strike of 300 drivers of the Mitchell Dairy plants at Bridgeport, West Haven. NorWalk, Ans0nia. Danbury and Middlet0wn. The drivers want a fiVe-day week. and the Walkout has been set Feb. i6. Abner ". Mitchell, president of the company which serves about 3O000families, declared the drivers nv were earning e56 for a six-day week and that the proposed new schedule was beyond reason"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Income Tax EUaders Due For Probe

Washington, Jan. 28.-UP)-The largest force of Treasury agents ever assembled WNs prfeparing today to crack down on income tax evaders who are chiseling the Government out of some $5.OO0. 600 900 a year.
 Considerable undercover work al- ready has bene completed and re- newed activity around Treasury en- forcement headquarters indicated that an intensified investigation would begin soon.
 The unprecedented drive will cov- CT Winter resors such as Miami, Fla, where thousands of suspected evaders were discovered among heavy spending vacationists last year.
 Treasury officials declined to re- veal the full scope of the inquiry. But it was reported that Govern ment operatives were, among other things, examining books of insur- ance companies to determine the source of funds which have .gone .nto unusually large paid-up an- nuities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Mayor May Askfor Cutin EvaluatiOns
Radio Folk Scheduled At7 Tonight
Two LoeoI Sections To Garry Speech i. On Taxes Dispute

Possibility of Mayor John s. Monagan recommending 8 graduated percentage reduc- tion of the currently proposed vale nations on Waterbury property iz foreseen for tonight when the Mayor will speak over both local radio stations at p. m, on the subject of assessments.
 When approached today the chief executive said he had mo corn- ment" at the time but would ana nounce a proposed plan for alievi. ating the revaluation problem dur ing tonight's address.
 It was definitely stated this morning that any proposal to set aside the proposed le45 valuations as compiled by the George B. Horan Company, would not be sanctioned by the Administration. The pro- posal had been to set aside the current valuations upon which are promised the lo46 budget and tax rate in favor of the le44 Grand List. This plan had been urged by the Community Clubs O. the city.
 May Urge 10 Percent Cut
 One report today stated that the Mayors proposal may urge an ap- proximate 10 percent reduction on private dwellings and possibly a s percent on some industrial and commercial properties. IL did not seem likely, under such a proposal, that any reductions would be rec. commended for the city,s industrial Big Three-American Brass Corn- pany, Sccvill Manufacturing Come pany, and the Chase Brass & Cop per Company.
 Aldro Jenks, chief assessor, said today that he is empowered to ef- feet percentage reduction if the latter should seem feasible and og- fertng of a solution.
 Under no circumstances, how ever, would urge the adoption or re-adoption of the l944 Grand List" the Assessor again enpha- sized.
 Can Make Reduction
 anu Au pOblJlon 70 ma&H percentage reduction because thesG valuations as set by the HoraE Horan Company are stiIi only esti. mates and not the actual Grand List" he said.
 Asked if he was familiar with the Mayors proposed plan, the Chief Assessor said he was not. but felt that the Mayor would sup port the consistency we have prac- ticed throughout the entire affair. Mir. Jenks returned yesterday from business trip to the University of Maryland where he will lecturg \ in July.
 Some speculative objections fk any proposed percentage reduction was heard this morning from vari- ous sources. It was pointed out thal the Town of Manchester, Conn. | Continued on Page B
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Hooks Wins Role

Hollywood, Jan. 28 (uP) - Thirty-two-yeaF-old ex-sgt. Har- old Russell lost both hands dur ing the war. today held a con- tract for a leading role in the film. Glory for Me"
 The veteran of 37 parachute jumps with the 18th Airborne Di- vision was signed by Goldwyn Studios to appear in the film with Frederic March and Dana An- drews.
 He has had the time and per- severance to conquer his loss of hands and his performance will be of tremendous benefit to all wounded veterans all over the world" said Gen. Omal Bradley, Veterans Administration chief.
 Russell's hands, blown off by a block of TNr. were replaced by hooks. After his hospitalixation, he entered Boston University. sold bonds and supervised q Sunday school in his hometown of Cam bridge. Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

ian independence,
 Seyed Hassan Taqnizadela. chief Iranian delegate, was called before the council with Russian consent to state his country's side of the quar- rel and ask formally for UNO in- teTvention.
 Taquizadeh reviewed the charges of Soviet interference in Trans in ternal affairs and pleaded with the council to ask Russia to abide by the three power declaration guar anteeing his country's freedom.
 Permitted Seat
 The Iranian delegate rose to speak after a preliminary discussion that ended with the II member na- tions of the Security Council, in- cluding Russia, voting unanimously to hear his charges.
 Taquizadeh was granted a seat at the council table with the stipula- ton that he would not be permit ted to vote on any decisions that might be taken.
 Before taking up the Iranian- Soviet issue, the council put Ale bania's application for UNO mem- bership on its agenda but deferred action on it until a later date.
 The Iranian delegation stil
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Both OUer 70
 Couple Who Met SO Years Ago Plan to Wed in West

ervation East. Robinson greeted his bride with q kiss and a bouquet upon her arrival. The last time he had seen her was nine years ago.
 I'm glad the trip is oyeF," Mrs, DuFgin said.
 Robinson. who formerly lived ln Denver, Colo. said he and Mrs. Durgin had decided to marry be- cause of their mutuel interest in literature and music. They met ln Ieee when Robinson was q mem- Der of the Tufts olee Club which presented the Gilbert and Sullivan opegetta Patience" ct Mrs DuT- gins church.
 Both married other mates, and each has a daughter named Dor 0th1. Mrs. Durgin's husband died % years ago. Robinson has been WldoWer k0f iIge geaFa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
25 Lives Lost  InFiveCities
 10 Buildings Burn
 In West ViVginio's
 $l,OOO, 900 BIoxe
By UNITED PREsB

At least 25 persons were dead to- da as a result of major fires wnicn swept through tenements and apart ment houses in New York, Kansas City, Chicago, st. Louis and Skowhe" gan, Me.
 Greatest loss of life was reported at Kansas City, Mo, where 10 per. sons died in a blaze that swept through a ramshackie, three-story roominR house. Five of the victims wera children.
 The fire, which injured 20 per- sons and made an additional oO homeless, started in a clothes closet and quickly spread through the building. trapping 10 of the victims on the third floor. It was Kansas city's worst fire disaster in 20 years.
 Old Grandmother Injured
 Two women were burned to death fin Chicago and a third, a 66-year- old grandmother was injured when she Jumped into 8 firemen's net to escape a fire that swept through their apartment building.
 Two middle-aged women ard a man were burned to death when fire broke out in tenement on the low CT East Side of New York City.
 Some 325 other persons escaped down fire ladders when the blaze spread to other buildings. The fire was started by a three-year-old boy playing with matches. police said.
 Five Missing in St. Louis
 A four -month-old Negro baby was burned to death when an oil stove exploded in a Harlem apartment, bringing the death toll from fires in New York City to four persons.
 Four other persons died and five others were believed missing in a 5000 fire that swept through the Alpine Hotel in downtown st. Louis.
 Thirty-flvs companies fought for six hours to bring under control the fire which swept through the three story, 50-room hotel.
 Fire Captain sueeumbs
 One Of the dead was Fire Captain Erwin 6chliesstein, who succumbed to a heart attack while fighting the blaze.
 Three men were suffocated when a fire. believed to have started from a burning cigarette, swept through a one-roOm cabin on the outskirts of Ekowhegan. Me. Police said all of the men were believed to have been asleep when they were overcome.
 Most spectacular fire was reported at Charleston, ". Va, where 10
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policies throughout the world.
 It accused Archbishop Francis J. Spellrnan of New York, one of four Americans designated, of being friendly with Franco's regime in Spain.
 Izvestia is the organ of the Praesidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union. The article, discussing the new Cardinals who will be named officially at a pub lie Consistory in February, was written by its commentator Dimitri Petrov.
 New OrientatiOn Charged
 "The new moves are part of a great political maneuver intended to improve the Vatican's position in the international arena" Izvestia said.
 Izvestia said the appointment of so many non-Italian Cardinals spells the Vatican's new orienta- ton in reactionaTy circles of other countries"
 '"rhe distribution of Cardinals among so many countries and their past activities indicate the new Card inals have a substantial record of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Nauy Officer Forecast Dec. 7Attack;
 Warned Kimn1eI Nine Months Before
Sunday Blow Predicted BvWitneSS
 Copt. Zoehorios
 Did Not Try to Set
 Exoct Dufe for lt

Washington, Jan. 2S-(UP) E. M. Zacharias, a specialist in Naval Intelli- gence, testified today that he fore cast the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor nine months before Dec. ., l04l.
 zacharias told the Pearl Harbor Investigating Committee that he warned Admiral Husband E. Kim mel in March, i04l. that if Japan started a war with the United States it likely would begin with @ Sunday morning air attack on the fleet in Pearl Harbor.
 He said he didn't try to predict the exact date that the attack would occur.
 Didn't Recall Prediction Kimmel recently told the commit tee he remembered talking to Zach arias in March, 104l, but. he didn't t recall the prediction.
 Zacharias was called as witness because the committee found an affidavit by him in Navy Depart ment files, written three months after the attack, concerning the prediction.
 Zacharias told the committee he could understand that Kimlael didn't recall details of the conver- sation because as commander-in- chief of the Pacific Fleet he was very busy man."
 Stan Chief Heard Talk
 He said he was sure, however that the. details were remembered by Vice Admiral W. W. Smith whc was then a captain and Kimmcl'' chief of stan. Smith is expected tc be called to corroborate zachariss testimony.
 ZachaEaas was commander of thl heavy cruiser Salt Lake CIty. al the time. He later became com. mander of the battleship New Mexico and at the close of the wal was engaged in psychological war. fare broadcasts in Japanese ian. guage at achieving unconditiona, surrender without an invasion oi the Japanese hose islands.
 Zacharias said he saw Kimme
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FiUe Doys Remain
FiUe Days Remain Mary Worth's Family
 Leads Comics SurDey

Mary worth's Family is leading survey of comics published in The Democrat, a weekend tabulati0n of the Help to Edit Your Newspaper" contest shows. Five days remain in which readers may submit their enc tries to compete for e8b in Victory Bonds Rud Stamps in the contest sponsored by tn publishers Of this newspaper.
 Nancy, almost very adults pest. ranks second in reader interest. aes e0rding ko the survey. Kerry Drake, tracking down Meatball and Coz, is running third. Fourth and fifth in the ratings are Boots and Her Bud. dies and Henfy. respectively.
 For entry in the Help to Edit Your Newspaper contest, readers are asked to seek a back Issue ol srhe Democrat to clip the list. or Co can ct Ihe Democrat 0llaee for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
May Take Of BWs
By United Press


 You can take off your red dhn- nels today, but it's not time yet to put them away in mothballs.
 The weatherman predicted gen. eTal rising temperatures throughout the upper half of the nation to- day. in the mid-fOrties over most of the Midwest and North CenIal states. The mercury will keep ris- ing today and tomorrow, he said. but will fall again by the middle of the week.
 The coldest spot in the nation during the night was the New Eng land region. feeling the tail end of a cold wave that chilled the rest of the country Friday and Saturday. Concord, N. H.. registered a low of i4 below zero.
 Residents in the Southern At- lantic and Gulf States suffered un- seaSonably cool temperatures. It was ie above at midnight in VickS- burg. Miss. and 20 at RirmsLg- ham, Ala, compared with a tenn. perature Of 2e degrees in ChieagG. A rapid rise was predicted for tc- day, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Boy's Flight Success

Guilf0rd, Jan. 2e-lUP)-Nine- year-old Stephen Paul Titus was re- ported in good condition" today at . New Haven Hospital after an ail- night flight through the woods after a fire in his home.
 The boy leaped from a bedroom window Saturday night and finally was found. thinly clad, by State po- lice Sunday morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28

QAobubGo WGAC tAAAAAga GA ACSeA9 " e-~O new contract agreements between the CTO United Auto Workers and the Ford and Chrysler Motor coFi1- panies calling for wage increases Of ie and ie l-2 cents an hour.
 The steel industry rejected Presi- dent Truman's recommendation for an 18 l-2 cent raise for the 750,000 striking CIO United Steel Workers, but offlcails believed the Ford and Chrysler agreements would alter the situation.
 May Spur End to GM Strike
 One high. offlcial said the industry had been divided from the first in rejecting of MT. .Truman's offer. The Ford-C -Chrysler contracts, he said, bolstered the position of com- panies which were ready to accept tEe presidents formula. Similarly, he said, the new auto contracts may spur a settlement in the 6o-day JAW strike against General Motors.
 Another bright note on the steel front came in reports that the in- dustry may return to the White House for negotiations looking to- ward a solution. The industry, 1t said, wants fuller assurances of
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Officials Notified
 Of Strike

Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and state of1lcials were notified to- day by the CTO of the scheduled brass strike here on Feb. {, and were urged to use whatever efforts they can to avert the strike action.
 The strike front as whole, meanwhile, was described as quiet" today by union officials, who are undergoing a period of "watchful waiting' to see if brass manage ment comes forth with concrete settlement proposals in time to avert the threatening walkouts.
 In an effort to be ready, however, when the strike cloud bursts, union officials made arrangements to meet Wednesday with the mayor, and representatives of the Welfare De- partment, Red Gross, and Commit nity Chest to set up relief pro- gram for striking brass workers.
 Final Conference Held
 CTO officials and American Brass management today went into a final conference with U. s. Concil- iator Walter Maggiolo in New York city on the bonus and wage issues,
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One Burned to Death, .2 Suffocate in Maine

skoWhsgan. Me. Jan. 2s-GuPl- Edward J. vigne. so. burned to death. and Ledgere Thibodeau. e0. and David Fountain, 65. suffecated yesterday when fire. believed to have started from Q cigarette. burned Vigue's bed as the three were sleeping in a oEe-Toom cabin.
 Police said Vlgue owned the cabin and the other two apparently went there iQ visit him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Vie Forbids Car

Boston, Jan. 2e-lUPl-singeF James Melton reports shat his wife has forbidden him to bring home the annual prize awarded by the Veteran Motor Car Ciub Of AmsTiea-a 1907 model Reo.
 Melton said he already has eel- Ieeted DS old automobiles on his WestpoFt, coBn., farm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-28
Strike Idle Is Reduced
 Return of Meet
 Cutters Complete
RY UnltAd Preasl

The nations labor picture im- proved today as meat plants re- stunned production, and two auto concerns reached wage agreements which may provide a pattern for settling similar disputes in other industries.
 Nearly 270.O00 CIO and AFL workers returned to Government seized packinghouses today, cutting the number of strike-idled workers to l,600. 900.
 In the major labor developments; :;
 1. Livestock experts predict ed that meat output would re- turn to normal by Thursday
 or Friday as CIO and AFL packinghouse workers went back to work for the government.
 2. Government officials pre- dicted that the wage agreements
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