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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17

1 the exact pattern of wage and other demands they will present industry early next year.
 The meetings. to be held separ- ately, followed an overall strategy conference between C.T.O. President Philip Murray, who also is president of the Steel Workers. Albert Fitz- gerald, president of the Electrical Workers, and Walter Reuther, president of the United Automobile Workers. The Electrical Workers executive board meets today and tomorrow. The steel unions execu- tive board meets today, while its wage-policy group meets tomorrow and Thursday.
 There was no indication the steel and electrical unions would adopt the same 23.5 cents an hour wage increase demand of the JAW. Murray said that it was up to each individual union to determine its own demands.
 Each Union Free To Act
 Tt is the privilege and problem of each international union to de- velop its own wage floor and ceil- ing" Murray said. The limitations in these matters would be deter mined by collective bargaining. Each union must exercise its own degree of freedom in these mat ters."
 Murray declined to discuss the wage demands of the steel workers OFs tho alaaAyina1 xr,ov.lrare Hu~a rk1ol workers already have filed suits to collect overtime pay and liquidated damages for portal to portal pay during the last six years. Fitzger- aid said the electrical workers planned similar action.
 The big three leaders, at their meeting yesterday, gave what Mur- ray said was mature consideration Of the various economic aspects of the over all situation" of new con- tracts and the ability of industry to pay.
 Look For Peaceful Solution
 Murray also said:
 Strikes can be avoided 'tif indus try rises to its responsibilities. It IS the firm resolve of these organi- zations to have constructive bar gaining and we are looking forward to 8 peaceful solution of the mani- fold problems to be discussed in the course of (wage) conferences"
 He said the CI.O. will oppose ex- orbitant price increases resulting from the wage hikes, but mo one has got to apply the rule of reason" 1" He said he would meet with Reuth- CT and Fitzgerald again when con- ditionS warrant"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Freezing Rain Coats Region

WaterhUry'e early morning workers today encountered the unexpected and unpleasant In the form of the first freeze of the winter season. A freezing rain coated most city streets during the early morning hours but he'd generally thawed by 8 A. M.
 The city Street Department had its sanding trucks out on the more dangerous streets. AL though some skiddlng was ex- peEaenced by motorists no acci- dents were reported. pedes. trians were wary following the first surprising encounters with the glazed front steps of their homes.
 At press time a change in temperature brought the ther- nlometer rising toward the for- ties, The temperature was exc pected to drop low again dur- ing the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Britons Get More Flour

London, Dec. l7-(UP) - Food Minister John Strachey told Com mons today that 36.OOO tons of American flour had been made available for purchase by Great Britain, in addition to a previous allocation of 68OOO tons of wheat and i6.O0O tons of other grains.
 The United States also promised to give railroad priority for the movement of additional quantities of Canadian wheat, Strachey told the house
 'Tf there are no further delays in transport, these quantities, to- gether with our existing supplies. should just suffice to avert a very grave emergency which we foresaw for the end of January" Strachey said.
 Strachey had scheduled q flight to Washington to seek an increased allocation of wheat in an effort to avoid a reduction in the British bread ration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
State Salaries
 Tox Is Boosted

Hartford, Dec. l7-(UP)-A State income tax on salaries exceeding $5,OOO was high on the list today of legislation to be pushed by labor leaders in the i046 session of the General Assembly.
 The income tax was said to be favored instead of sales tax which union officials said they thought would be unfair to low-wage earn erl.
 The proposal will be discussed at a joint legislative conference of Connecticut c. I. O., A. ?. L. and Railroad Brotherhoods representa- tives which will draft suggested bills The c. I. O.'s legislative pro- gram was said to call also for Stae- subsidized housing. expanded un- employment compensation, a stand ard minimum wage regulation and established of election primaries In towns with population of more than Cd AaA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Anti-AIcohoIics Group to Expond

Hartford, Dec. l7-(UP)-A great ly expanded program for combat ting alcoholism was contemplated today by the State Commission on Alcoholism which submitted its first annual report to Gov. R. E. Bald win.
 So far the commission has estab- lished out-patient clinics at Hart ford and New Haven which have handled a total of I05 cases since March. The work is financed by nine percent of fees collected by the State Liquor Control Commission for permits and licenses. This is expected to average about $l75.00O year.
 The commission urged that out- patient clinics be established in all major cities, and that some in- patient clinics be set up. Ultimate ly the commission hopes to have a center for long-term care and treat ment of chronic alcoholics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
BiIbo Owes $2,25ONote On AIimonv
 Attorney, Banker
 Took Up Shushon
 Debt for Senotor

Washinfton, Dec. H- (UP) "A Senate War Investigating Subcom- mittee received evidence today that Sen. Theodore c. Bilhn ID, -Niss.l. still owes s2,25O of 5000 he bor- rowed in 1888 to pay alimoney to his former wife.
 Bilbo's attorney, Forrest Jackson, testified that he and Mississippi Banker Robert M Newton together put up $2,250 to take up Bilbo's note to A. L. S1ushan, from whom the money was borrowed. He said the Senator had not repaid them.
 These new details of the so-called ''Shushan Note" went into the rec ord as the Senators pursued their inquiry into charges that Bilbo &C., cepted gratuities from war contrac- tors.
 Transacted In Driving Rain
 Shushan, short, cigar-smoking New Orleans wholesaler, testified yesterday that he met Bilbo in a driving rain at Pearl River, Miss, in 1888 to hand over the 5000 the Senator needed .o meet Mrs. Bilbo's alimony demands.
 Picking up the story today, Jack son told of an emergency lunch con conference called at a Jackson, Miss, hotel in July or August, io40. by Bilbo's then-Secretary. Edward Terry, to raise $3,0OO to pay off the note.
 Jackson testified that Terry said ShuShan was threatening" to dis close details of the note to "em- barrass" Bilbo in his senatorial campaign
 ShuShan denied yesterday that any such threats" ever were made by him. He testified that the note was paid in July, i94O.
 Testimony Complicated
 Jackson's inability to recall the exact date of the conference com- plicated today's testimony. If it was in July, his money evidently went directly to Shushan. If it was in August, the inference appeared to be that it went to pay of note that already had been paid of.
 Jackson earlier told the subcom- mittee that the Mississippi corrupt practices act is worthless as a limit on campaign expenditures.
 Sen. Homer Ferguson, (R.-Mich.) |, charged that if Jackson's interpre- tation of the law is correct, the law is "a fraud on the people of Mississippi"
 Jackson testified before a Senate Committee Investigating charges that Bilbo accepted gifts from war contractors whom he helped get government jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
J.F. Smith Rops Wyott's 
 Praises TPumon
 For Seroppins
 His PrOsrom

J. Francis Smith, Waterbury lumber dealer and builder, today as- sailed the now defunct wilson Wyatt housing program citing its only outstanding ability as one of propaganda" The Wyatt program was recently written of by order of President Truman and re- suited in the resignation of Wyatt as housing expediter.
 In statement released today to The Democrat, Mir Smith said that his only reason for attacking the program at this time was to over- come any attempts to portray the former program as now being one of perfection.
 Complimenting President Truman on his courage in ending the pro- graTn," the lumber dealer pointed out that the Chief Executives ac- ton is fin line with the recom- mendations of the American Legion and the report of the National Committee on Housing"
 The following is the full text of the statement:
 '"The late but not lamented Wyatt housing program goes out with further demonstration of its only outstanding ability. That is, in the line of propaganda rather than performance. I refer as an example to headline, Collapse Of Housing Drive Seen"
 This is one example among many of propaganda to the effect that a successful housing program is being strapped by President Truman. There is overwhelming evidence that the contrary is true. The OPA- Wyatt program was dishonest in its inception and it has been carried on with false and misleading propa- ganda and reports. It has been a complete failure and has retarded the solution of the housing Short- age problem by a full year.
 At the end of the war. controls on building and the sale of building materials were scrapped premature ly. Price controls grossly discrimin- ating against home building items were continued unchanged.
 Corrections Too Little, Too Late
 Tn spite of the obvious necessity for correction nothing was done until the OPA-Wyatt program could be launched with terrific fanfare as a veterans program
 MT. Wyatt did then make certain necessary corrections but too little and too late. It is important to mo- tice that drastic price changes were made both before and after the new OPA bill was passed in Congress in- dicating that obvious necessity rather than legislative changes re- quired these price adjustments.
 Tt was only last September that 25 percent increase was granted for millwork for homes. The need for this increase and for a higher price for shop" lumber, which is used to make millwork, was clear a full year before at the end of the war.
 These adjustments were the one effective contribution of the Wyatt program toward a home building program. And the Wyatt program Contd Page 7-(J. F. SMITH)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Firm Paid ToTokeUp Shipyurd
 Government Cove
 Awoy $4I,500, 900
 On West Coosf

Washington, Dec. l7 -(Up)- Counsel for the House Merchant Marine Committee charged today that the U. S. Maritime Commis- sion paid $2,500000 to the Califor- mia Shipbuilding Corporation, to take $39,000,0O0 worth of shipyard facilities and materials of its hands.
 Marvin Coles. committee counsel, made the charge at the opening of the committees public investiga- tion Of the Maritime Commission s disposal of Government-built ship yards.
 Coles said the Commission enter ed into a similar type of disposal transaction with Bethlehehm-Fair- field Shipyard at Baltimore. He did not give any figures about that case.
 No Competitive Bids Made
 Information developed by the committees staff," Coles said, "in- dicates that these transactions were consummated without any public advertising and without competitive bids being requested.
 "The justification given for these transactions was that under the terms of the lease (for the ship yard sites), the commission was ob- ligated to remove the shipyards and restore the land on which the yards were built to their original condi- ton and the purchasers assumed the obligation"
 Coles said the commission spent $500, ,00O,O for shipyards during the war, and disposal of the yards is one of the Governments major surplus problems.
 One of those disposed of is the California Shipbuilding Company yard" Coles said. The Government invested over $25 100000 in facilities and had on hand an estimated $l4,- 900 900 in surplus materials.
 Commissions Actions Questioned
 This yard was disposed of by paying the contractor $2,500,O0O to take the facilities and the surplus equipment.
 Coles said the committee was faced mot only with determining the reasonableness of the so-called sale of these yards. but also with deciding whether the commission had acted in the best interests of the taxpayer in leasing rather than condemning these sites and in erect ing facilities costing hundreds of millions of dollars on leased prop erty, knowing that the property owners could require its removal"
 He said that these lease agree ments were common in many yards throughout the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
.CPC-TELC  To ShurerS
 Stockholders
 Asked Go Vote
 On Proposal

Hartford, Dec, l7-(Up)-The Connecticut Power Company an. nounced today that a merger with the Torrington Electric Light Com. pany, he'd been proposed to the stockholders of both companies for approval and determination of ar effective date.
 The boards of directors have ap- proved the merger, 1t was said, fol- lowing prolonged study of the mn- taal advatages" involved.
 Both companies have been close ly associated for many years, and the CPC has supplied the Torring- ton Company with power since 1913 The late President Frank M. Travis of the Torrington Electric Light Company, was a director of the CPC
 The basis of the merger was the issuance of one and one-tentfl shares of CPC common stock, plus @ $50 bond, for each outstanding share of the Torrington Company stock, The TELC has 4S,000 shares of S25 par value outstanding. The CkC baS B62,79l shares of common $2S par value, and four bnod issues totaling SS,332, 900.
 As of Dec, 1, i945, the assets of the Torrington Company were S4,- 667, 7,l26 and of the CPC, $S7 ,222, ,S6o
 The proposed merger was outlined in a letter to stockholders of both concerns today. If approved, the merger plan must be submitted to the State Public Utilities Commis- sion. After complying with the nec- eSsary legal steps, the plan will go to the stockholders for their final acceptance.
 The C.P.C. now serves the follow ing communities: Thomaston, Nor folk, Canaan, New Hartford, Collins vile, Pennington, Manchester, Mid- dletown, New London and Stamford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Police Fear Girl In Pit
 Vermont Gravel
 Landslide Studied

Bennington, Vt, Dec. 17-(UP)- Fear that Paula Welden may be buried under a landslide in an abandoned gravel pit only 400 yards from Bennington College was voiced by authorities today as the search for the l8-year-old art student from Stamford, Conn, stretched into its l7th day.
 States Atty. William Travers Je- rome said the landslide had occur red "on or about December first, [" the day Miss Welden disappeared after allegedly telling her room- mate at the exclusive girls school that she was going for a walk on nearby Glastonbury Mountain.
 I'm arranging with a local con- tractor to dig out the gravel with a steam shovel" Jerome said. Its very possible Miss Welden may have attempted to climb up or down the pit and been buried when the earth gave way"
 Its. Robert Rundle and Dora Scoville of the Connecticut State Police said a Bennington gasoline filling station attendant, Daniel Pager. claimed to have seen the blonde, blue-eyed girl walking to- ward the 75-foot pit the day she dropped out of sight.
 Bundle and Miss Scoville were sent here by the Connecticut State Police to take charge of the inves- tigation at the request of Gov. Nor timer R. Proctor of Vermont.
 The missing girls Father w. Arr chibald Welden, a wealthy indus trial engineer, refused to comment on the new police theory
 T will say only what I have main- tained throughout the search" he told newsmen. T do not believe Paula disappeared intentionally-I am positive she met with an acci- dent or foul play"
 Meanwhile, five Vermont trappers reported mo luck" after a blood hound-guided search of the twisting Glastonbury Mountain trails.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
'BIock' Used Cor Dealers Tuxed

Hartford, Dec. 1T-(UP)- Hun dreds of alleged black market used car dealers in Connecticut may have to pay additional income taxes total ing as much as $4,000,000. accord ing to Collector of Internal Revenue Frank w. Kraemer.
 Now under consideration are 25 cases, Kraemer said, but "a good many of the really big dealers have not even been touched yet"
 He warned that used car dealers who "flagrantly circumvented the law" would be recommended to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Reconciliation
 Try Disastrous

New York, Dec. 1T-(UP)- Anna Milazzo, 24, accepted her husbands peace offering-a $450 fur jacket. She had dinner with him at a Manhattan hotel. Then they drove out in Brooklyn to the Lovers Lane where Tony had courted her three years be- fore.
 Please, said Tony, come back.
 I'm sorry, Tony" Anna said gently. I'm in love with some- body else"
 Tony frightened his hands around her throat. When she fell across his knees he bound her neck with the string which had tied his gift. Then he drove her home. His brother, Peter, called the police. Anna was dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
'Hishwoy Safety Asks for S6o.OOO

Hartford. Dec. l7-(UP)--An in- creased appropriation of &89.OOO. eI3.O00 more than it received for the i045-47 biennium. was sought today by the State Highway Safety Commission.
 Submitting its proposed budget for the next two years. the com- mission said 1t wants to expand its work in home, farm. school and recreational fields. It urged a more aggressive" program to curb drunk len driving,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
ReU. F. M. O'Shea's Condition Same

The Rev. Francis M. O'Shea, Per- manent Rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, re- mained seriously i'll at St. Mary's Hospital today. He was taken to the hospital Sunday night after be- ing stricken at the parish rectory on West Main Street.
 Father OiSheais condition this afternoon was described by the hos pital as unchanged. He Is being |.attended hv Dw. Andrew ,. Jackson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
Surprise for Santa

Newark, N. J., Dec. l7-CUP) Henry believes in Santa Claus.
 His letter was opened by the postofice, which opens all of Santa's mail. For himself. Henry asked only an air rifle. For his mother. he asked a fur coat. For his daddy:
 Please bring my daddy a shapely blonde about s feet, ? inches tall"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
CREDIT FIRE-FTGHrERs

Pearl Harbor. Dec. IT --(up)- Quick-thinking Navy fire-axhters. who poured tons of foamite osa flaming oil-covered water around two burning dockyards, were cre1s~ ted today with preventing tho flre from destroying the Pearl HarI3nr yard dock and other installations. All the flames were put out mitlsln an holAr and & haK psn~aay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
GTs FAMILIES ARRIVE

Yokohama. Dec. lT-(UP)-The s. S. Acadia docked here today with i28 families of occupation forces. One hundred of the 230 passengers were children. Seventy of the families plan to live in the Tokyo Yokohama metropolitan area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
LAW TO BREAK MONoPOLIEs

Berlin, Dec. l7-(UP)-A law de- signed to break up German bank ing monopolies in the American zone of Germany will become ef- fective Jan. 1, Lt.-Gen. Lucius D. Clay, deputy American military governor. announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
sCRNTTsT nRs

Cambridge, Mass, Dec. lT-(UP) Edward Laurens Mark, go, of Cambridge, former Harvard pro- lessor and noted zoologist, anatom- ist and biologist, died yesterday at his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-17
CO Unions DeUise Nelu Wage Patterns

Pittsburgh, Dec. 17-(UP)-The executive boards of the CLO United Steel Workers and the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers unions today determine
Evening star., 1946-08-01

films will be shown during the aft
ernoon at the post theater.
Gen. Carl Spaatz, commanding
general of the AAF, will be host at
IA dinner at 7 o'clock tonight in the
Presidential Room of the Hotel
Statler, climaxing the seth anniver-
|sary celebration.
The mobile demonstration on the
Monument Grounds will involve
runs by various types of tanks over
an obstacle course of pits, ramps
and log barriers. During the open
ing ceremonies, a helicopter will
settle on the grounds and roll into
line with the other air exhibits of
the ordnance show.
No Camera Restrictions.
The stationary exhibits of the
Ordnance Department will range in
size from the -mjllimeter Little
David" howitzer to the .30-caliber
carbine and smaller sidearms. A
German Tiger tank will be available
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Health Report Waited
On Mai. Boone S Boy

just how long 11-year-old Daniel
Boone will remain at the home of
his father, Maj. Daniel F. Boone,
1000 block of Sixteenth street NV,
or when he may be returned to the
custody of his mother, Mrs. Martha
l.. Boone of Tryon, N. c., today
hinged on report by a court-ap-
pointed physician as to the boys
health.
The boy, who was reported to
have returned here by bus late
Tuesday, after having left his moth
er last Friday when she stopped
with him and his 7-year-old sister
at a hamburger stand near Rich
mond, Va, while en- route to North
Carolina, was said to be suffering
from digestive ailment. The
mother recently had been awarded
custody of the children by District
Evening star., 1946-08-01
Army Exhibits Show
Latest Ordnance
And New Planes

Thousands of Washingtonians were
expected to attend the Army Ord
nance show at the Monument
Grounds and Air Forces day" at
Boiling Field today in "open house"
celebrations, displaying American
and enemy equipment used during
the war and some developed since
the war.
Secretary of War Patterson was
scheduled to open the six-week ord
nance exhibit at 4:30 pm, while
SKY parade" was to get the Air
Forces program under way at 3:15
pm.
Separate Air Forces "open house"
programs will be held during the
day by the 503d AAF Base Unit, Air
Transport Command, at the National
Airport, and in the afternoon at
Andrews Field, near Seat Pleasant,
Md.
Tactical demonstrations have been
arranged for both major shows. At
Boiling Field, soldiers In full kit of
the famed 82d Airborne Division
joint Air-Ground Forces operations.
The 62d Base Unit Air Rescue
Squadron will stage a Commute
demonstration of air rescue pro-
cedures, with 1t. Gordon Manuel of
Washington, who received aid from
an air-rescue unit during the Rabaul
campaign, participating. A helicop-
fnp hi
ton.
Mustangs to Stunt.
A fight of six Mustangs will en-
gage in stunt flying over the run
ways of the field and there will be
skywriting show by the only three
such specialists in the AAF-Maj.
Alexander M. Parrish, Capt. Eugene
w. Graham and 1t. William L.
Walker. The air armada of 63
planes, making the flight from
Mitchell Field, N. Y, to Langley
Field, Va, will include jet-propelled
P-S0 Shooting Stars, B-29 Super
fortresses, Psi Mustangs, AIS In
vaders, C-46 Commands, BPS
Mitchells and Pol Black Widows.
Boiling Field itsen is to be open
to the public from l to 6 pm, with
no passes required for admittance.
The ground display will include
various types of American planes
with mechanics and line chiefs on
hand to explain the mechanisms
to the public. Tours about the base
will be conducted and Air Forces
Evening star., 1946-08-01

Court after lengthy litigation in
which both parents sought custody
Of the children. Maj. and Mrs.
Boone have been estranged, but not
divorced.
Yesterday, following a conference
of counsel for both Maj. and Mrs.
Boone with Justice Alexander Holtz-
off of District Court, the justice
named DR.. S. Logan Owens, 1900
block of New Hampshire avenue
NV, to make an examination of
young Daniel. No order or ruling
by Justice Holtzoff was expected to
be made until he receives the physi-
clans report on the boys condition.
Attorneys Bernard Margolius and
Stanley Fischer represented Mai.
Boone during the conference with