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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12
WAA Hits Surplus ChiseIers
 Vets Who Front
 For Civilians Cause
 Greatest Problem

Washington. Aug l2-(UPl-The War Assets Administration an nounced today that it was ready tc crack down on surplus property chiselers
 Spokesmen said the agency is tightening procedures and bolster ing it's enforcement staff to head off repetition of the too many irregular operations disclosed by re- cent investigations
 Officials said veterans who front for civilians-buying scarce surplus goods with high GI priorities, only to turn the goods over to others constintute the biggest problem.
 Reluctant To Prosecute Ex-GIs
 Joseph Carroll, compliance direc- tor, said the widespread veterans racket will be eombatted principal ly through tougher screening of CT applications to buy.
 There is a general reluctance to prosecute veterans. he said
 However, civilians who conspire with ex-servicemen to use their priority certificates can expect to be hailed into court. Thirty civ ilians already have been arrested for bogus surplus deals, and 26 of these have been indicted.
 Carroll, an eX-FBI agent, has set up enforcement offices at 2l key points over the country. Others will be opened rapidly.
 Majority Of Claim Unfounded
 In their busiest three months to date Carrolls men investigated l. 200 cases of alleged irregularity. fla voritism or criminal violation in the second quarter of l946
 While the majority of com plaints are unfoumded, in too many instances investiga ton has disclosed administrative or criminal irreg- ularities A report on their work said.
 Resulting indictments charged bribery, fraud, or theft of govern ment property.
 Alleged front operations by vet erans prompted 374 investigation. and a majority" of these cases have gone to the Justice Depart ment.
 However, no veteran has been ar- rested.
 43 Vets Probed
 War Assets last week halted sales of surplus aluminium pending a probe of purchases by 43 ex-GIs, allegedly for one aluminium con- cern. Officials said the veterans would not be prosecuted.
 Veterans under the law get pri- ority in surplus purchases second only to the Federal government. They bought 35 percent of all sur plus consumer goods sold in June.
 War Assets said that though a very small percentage of GI's were operating illegally, they are divert ing relatively large quantities of material from veterans who want surplus property for legitimate use in their own businesses.
 Other groups also are trying to chisel. Carols reports showed ln one month Is cases in which county or city governments, exercising their priority, bought cars ostenslbly for their own use but actually for re- sale to private citizens,
 Tn 8 recent offering of short item restricted to definite trade level" the agency reports, over 75 percent of the individuals or firms who submitted applications were found to have misrepresented their status and to be ineligible to purchase"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12
Drum Corps Meet
 WatervilIe Group
 Rehearses Tomorrow

Wateryille, Aug. 12 = The Casper $. Davis Drum Corps will meet to- morrow evening in their rooms in the rear of the postoffice at 8 o'clock.
 The Swedish Weaving Club will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. John w Platt, Jr., at Pat terson, with Mrs Ralph Benson act ing as hostess.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Tucker and daughters Marilyn and Irene have returned to their home on Sampson Street after two weeks vacation spent at the shore
 MT. and Mrs. Berukel of l94O Thomaston Avenue are entertaining guests from New York.
 John Wenzel, U. S. Marine Corps IS expected home tomorrow on fur tough after completing his basic training at the Marine Base at Par ris Island. He is the son of MT. and Mrs. Louis Wenzel of Radcliffe Avenue.
 Mrs. Alice Wright of Thomaston entered the Waterbury Hospital for an operation on her knee.
 MT. and Mrs. Manuel Botelho of 50 Fort Hill Avenue entertained relatives from Massachusetts over the week end.
 MT. and Mrs. Louis G. Willard of Terrace Avenue are vacationing in North Sebago, Me, for two weeks.
 MT and Mrs s. Gift Butcher of Byron Street are spending vaea- ton at Naples, Me.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Cook of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly Of Wa terbury, are visiting MT. Cook S brother and siSter-in-laW, MT. and Mrs. Leroy Cook of Faber Avenue for the month.
 h4oS MdI SdItl OleNeIS or C0apel Street IS spending vacation at As bury Park, New Jersey.
 Mrs. Olive Benedict and daughter Janet, of Winsted were Sunday guests of Mrs. Richard Lane.
 Robert Mellon, Is, of Huntingdon Avenue sustained a laceration of the right forearm Saturday night when he accidentally showed his hand through window while play ing tag at the YMCA. He was treated at Waterbury Hospital and discharged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12
Kin of Miss Fenton
 Is Drouninp Victim

A native Waterburian Pfc. Ed ward I. Fenton of New York City, drowned Aug. in Germany. He was attending Non- Commissioner Off, cers' School at Landsberg, Germany, He is a nephew of Miss Catherine Fenton of 36 Willow Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12
Empire Loan Drops .S4OO Vaughn Suit

A $400 civil suit brought by the Empire Loan Corporation against Frank Vaughn, Jr., and Muriel Vaughn of Waterbury was with drawn today from Common Pleas Court. The action was based on the unpaid balance of a promissory note for $280 dated April 26. l945.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12

Until about 100 years ago, there was d great natural sundial at Set tie, Yorkshire. England Numbered stones were placed 10 catch the shadows of a high pinnacle of .'ock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12

Drought followed by busA fires and then floods cost farmers of Tashmania $3.2OO0o0 in the last year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12
NATURAL SUNDIAL

Questions will be answered onl, in this space-Not by maill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12

Mrs. Olive Benedict and daughter Janet, of Winsted were Sunday guests of Mrs. Richard Lane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12

Waterville, Aug. 12 = The Casper $. Davis Drum Corps will meet to- morrow evening in their rooms in the rear of the postoffice at 8 o'clock
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-12

Miss Margaret Stevens of Chapel Street is spending vacation at As bury Park, New Jersey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
WHOLESALE
FROM PAGE ONE

The general index was 20.6 per
cent higher than before temporary
suspension of controls at the end
of June and 1856 above late Oc-
tober. 1t was 61.8 above the cor
responding week of 1887 and AIS
per cent over the October 1929 III
dex.
Retail Prices Down
In another report, the bureau Of
reported retail food prices in major
cities declined for the week ended
Oct. % largely due to lower prices
for meats, chicken, eggs and green
beans.
BIS noted declines ranging from
IL to 4 per cent in New York.
Washington, Chicago, Detroi: aao
Boston. It said there were some
increases in Los Angeles, Houston
and Denver while Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Kansas City and Savah-
nah showed little change.
Meats except bacon were readily
available in all cities with rounj
steak prices averaging declines ii
IA cents in Savannah. IL cents in
Washington ad 6 cents in Detrol1
and Los Angeles, BIS said. 1t add.
ed that butter remained uncnang.
ed at 81 a pound or more in 8 cit
les.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
TREES
FROM PAGE ONE

New England and New York city,
which had a high of 80. Portland,
Me-, also reported 80, which was
10 degrees above the previous Oct.
81 high, and Boston had a sizzling
81, breaking a 5O-year record.
Sprouting of bulbs and budding
of trees was noted in New England
and DR.. Paul Dempsey of Massa-
chusetts State college. said the
spell of warm weather was certain
to cause some damage.
In New York, where the Weather
bureau said this October was the
warmest in the 75-year history of
the office and also one of the
driest, gardeners found rose bushes
in bloom and many vegetable
plants thriving.
Fish Fooled
Even the fish in eastern waters
have been fooled. The New York
Fishery council said about 100
pounds of shad were caught recent
ly in fresh water streams along
the New Jersey coast, where the
fish ordinarily go to spawn only in
spring.
Far across the country in Utah,
the early nov made rescue of SO
snowbound persons difficult but all
were reported brought to safety
or in no immediate danger. At
Aberdeen, S. D., the mercury dip
ped to %. .
Missouri and Kansas had heavy
rains ranging up to $50 inches but
farmers in those states were hop
ing for a heavy frost, asserting
that the corn still was too wet for
cribbing.
Unusually warm weather also
prevailed in Southeastern states,
with Miami listing "a, Atlanta 80,
Charlotte, N. c., 70, New Orleans
81, and Memphis 70 at noon. The
normal mean temperature in At
lanta for the date is 81.
To Continue Mild
1.-THE weather man predicted
sharply cooler weather for New
York city today, with a maximum
reading of about 60. A cool air
mass entered upper New York
state yesterday, bringing some
showers.
i. However, the U. S. Weather bur-
eau said the wram spell in the
East, with temperatures of 10 to
Is above normal, probably would
continue for some time until the
much cooler air west of the Mis-
sissippi valley moved east to re-
place it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
RUSSIAN
FROM PAGE ONE

There was a brief furry after
the agenda was adopted. Austral-
las N. j. o. Maxim proposed that
items should be referred to COM
mittee only after debate in the as
sembly. The Assembly President,
Paul-Henri Spaak, and Philip Noel
Baker, of Britain, objected it would
take too much time and Maxim
withdrew his motion on Spaak's
urging.
An expected floor fight between
South Africa and India on the floor
over, India's complaint that South
Africa is m%istreating Indian ma
tionals failed to develop when
Spaak announced both sides had
agreed that the dispute should go
to the political and legal commit
tees for action.
The assembly took its first vote
when Cuba, o~bjecting to its veto
proposals going to the political
committee alone, suggested that
it be assigned to the political and
legal committees. The vote was
eleven for Cuba and eighteen
against, with Russia. Britain and
the United States voting against
Cuba.
Starts Today
The committee phase OF the as
sembly, which was expected to be-
gin Wednesday, will start Friday
when the northumberland
tural and the misunderstanding
getary committees meet at IL a.
m. E. S. T., at the Lake Success
headquarters of the United Ma
tons.
The economic-financial and the
trusteeship committees will meet
there at 3 p. m. E. S. T.
There will be no session at
Flushing Meadow, where only the
meetings on the full assembly and
of the steering committee are held.
The political committee, the most
important of the six, will meet
Saturday morning.
The assembly lost Roadway dur
ing speeches by 80 of the 81 dele
cations. Twelve small nations pass
ed up their opportunity. to be
heard in the lead-off general de-
bate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
FIELD
FROM PAGE ONE

pense of maintaining the local
boards was not justified.
To 81 Offices
Their duties will be transferred
to 81 OPA regional offices and
$50 area rent control offices which
are stated by paid workers.
"As price administrator, l cannot
stress too much the important part
these OPA volunteers played" Por-
ter said. They contributed sub
stantially to saving this country
about III billion dollars in the
cost OF the war alone, if prices
had risen to the same degree as in
World War 1. Their work helped
save the American people $85, 900,
GOO, 900 o ntheir living COSTS
He added that the government
is nov handing most of the price
control job back to American citi.
zens."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
NAILS
FROM PAGE ONE

Byrnes hedged when asked
whether he was aware of the exist
ence of a -Braden-Messersmith dis
pute. If he did know of it, Byrnes
said, he certainly would not give
more circulation to the story. He
always endeavored, he added, to
iron out any disputes between
State department officials.
Friends of Messersmith said re-
Gently the ambassador believed:
l. 1t is paramount that Argentina
should be brought back into the
American family of nations as soon
as possible.
Unity Necessary
2. The unity of the hemisphere
should be reestablished shortly for
its own sake and also in view of
tense relations between the United
States and Russia.
3. The U. S. should not demand
more from Argentina than from
other Latin American countries.
Braden's intimates. on the other
hand, said the assistant secretary
took this stand:
1. The U. S. should continue to
insist that nations live up to their
pledged word, otherwise the inter-
American system would become
a meaningless assembly of resolu-
lions and promises.
2. U. S.-Russian relations have
little or no bearing on the Argen-
tine problem.
Not All Favorable
3. 1t is true that some of the other
Latin American countries have not
complied as fully as desirable on
the extirpation of German influ-
ence. But since Nazi influence n
Argentina is more dangerous than
in other Latin American countries,
Argentina's compliance should be
very substantial and at least COM
pare not unfavorably with that of
the other hemisphere nations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
ZIONIST MEMBERS
ELECT OFFICERS
Rabbi Samuel A. Freedman
Addresses Dinner-Elec-
ton Meeting

Al an election-dinner held last
.;obt at the Congregation B'Nai
1 1.r Synagogue, Rabbi Samuel
freeman, who substituted for
1.ns De Meiss Tuffens, deliver
s IN interesting talk dealing with
7;onism in reference to Palestine.
rnffens, originally scheduled to
.asont the after-dinner talk, mott
"a the committee last night that
Nv u,ould be unable to attend due
TO an accident.
At the conclusion of the election,
na new officers for the coming
'oor were announced by Rabbi
T.ooman. He announced that
,5orv Neuwirth would assume the
N~rasident's chair, while Marcus
rpoldstein will serve as v%ice-presi-
dont and Moe Kotler as secretary
and treasurer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01

Murray announced he would seek
a ~"healthy" wage boost for his
600, 900 steel workers..
In Milwaukee, where a back to
work movement at the strlke-bounG
Allis-C Chalmers company mas been
marked by disturbances, the str:k-
ing CLIO auto workers called upon
Gov. Walter S. Goodland to request
the company to close its plant IN
order TO avoid any more Violence"
Extra police have been modified
to maintain order at the plant.
Seek New Meeting
In another phase of the 84.day
dispute, U. S. Conciliator Noel Fox
said in Washington after a confer
ence with Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach that the Labor de-
partment was making every eff
fort' to get negotiations resumed
between the union and manage
ment.
The executive board of the Go
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and
Allied Workers union announced in
Philadelphia that a nationwide
campaign has been launched 10
END s~ubstandard wages in the
food, tobacco and fiber industrlcs.'
In Washington, Secretary Schwel-
lenbach announced selection Of
George E. Strong, Washington at
torney, as impartial arbitrator in
the dispute between the Duquesne
Light and Power company at Pitts
burgh and the independent union
which recently was out on a u da:
strike.
The Maritime commission auth.
orized its general agent operators
on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts tt
put into effect on government own.
ed ships the terms of a settlement
between two maritime unions anc
ship owners on those coasts. Tie
commission did not extend its
authorization to its Pacific coas
ships where the strike still is ir
progress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
NATIONS
FROM PAGE ONE
Override Russia

Override Russia
After voting down Yutoslavia's
n,oa for action, and also defeating
similar request from Czecho-
slovakia, the council OVERRIDE
Russian opposition to instruct Lie
~ noll the seven countries regard
ing a conference.
The United States and Great
britain took the stand in the coun-
oil discussions that the Danube
should be made a free waterway
&c = prerequisite to releasing the
vessels and suggested the confer
once as a means of bringing about
tbis condition. Russia and the other
two directors argued that the traf-
fic was the concern only of the
riparian states.
in his telegram to the three af-
firmative states, Lie quoted the
French answer as follows:
THE French government ex-
presses interest resuming free
navigation on Danube and ready
participate conference but on con-
dition riparian states also partici-
pate therein"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01

college education will be as com
mon as a high school education
is today.
The college, he declared could
play three distinct roles in the
city:
% AS university preparation
for freshmen and sophmore stud
ent5.
Cd AS a training center for
semi-professional skills in which
thorough training could be given
over a two year period.
90 AS a general education, two
year college, which he said would
be an important agency for deve-
Looping good citizenship.
DR.. John A. Hoggard, chairman
of the Board of Education, pre-
sided. Seated on the platform be-
sides the speakers were Emsley
Laney, school board member; H.
M. Roland, superintendent of coun-
ty schools; R. B. Page, Star-News
publisher; W. K. Stewart, Jr, COM
mander of the local post of the
American Legion; and E C. Snead,
commander of James A. Manley
post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
INDUSTRY
FROM PAGE ONE

Stars Washington bureau said last
night.
The project will function on a
seven-day-week basis until all 500
of the ships scheduled for storage
in the lay-up basin have been pro-
cessed.
At top speed, the tripping pro-
cess will employ 120 men on six
ships to be tied up at N. c. Ships
three QUILTING piers.
Labor for the project will be
provided by the Carolina shipping
company, the commissions local
agent.
Farrell coupled his announce
ment of fresh effort at local
industrial expansion with the dis
closure that he had conferred per-
sonally with representatives of
three manufacturing firms study
ing the area in the last two days.
The interested companies includ-
ed a leather firm from Philadel-
phia, a steel and brass plant from
Baltimore, and a New York wom-
ems sportswear industry, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
STRIKE
FROM PAGE N

into the dispute "because Of the
fact the strike was interfering with
the operations of government"
Federal Mediator Frank P.
Douglas reported there lis some
hope of signing a formula for end
ing the II day strike of 1,400 ALL
Trans World Airlines pilots. If
agreement is reached, he added,
it probably would be through arbit-
ration rather than negotiation.
Lewis Prepares
3-As Lewis mustered statistics
to back up his new demands in a
conference with government repre-
sentatives today, the general opin-
ion prevailed that he would seek a
shorter work week with no reduc-
ton in pay. A major coal opera
tor said if this is done ana the
concession granted if small that
In itself should pose no obstacle to
subsequent restoration of the
mines to private ownership.
meanwhile, 3. G. Grace, chair
man OF Bethlehem Steel corp, said
the steel industry could not pay
increased wage rates on the pre-
sent price of steel.
Grace said if it was proved the
industry could afford to hike pay.
I'm for decreasing the price of
steel rather than raising wages.
This would be a sounder contriou-
ton to the national economy" He
expressed his opinion only a few
days after CLIO President Philip
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
LEADERS
FROM PAGE ONE

The parade in the Arab city OF
Nablus is expected to include a
review of 5000 uniformed troops
by Commander Renal Effendi
Arikat and speeches by Arab
leaders.
Authorities who expressed the
fear of Arab retaliation against
the Jews recalled that five Arabs
had died in the robbery of the
Ottoman bank at Jaffa recently
and said that Wednesdays VIOLENCE
heightened tension.
The police conducted an inten-
sive search for the participants
in the incidents, which included
killing of two British soldiers in
the mining. of a troop convoy
and another in the bombing of the
Jerusalem Central Railway sta
ton. Four Jews, including a girl,
we're nabbed in a taxicab shortly
after the bombs were placed.
More than IS Jewish men OF the
ancient Montefiore quarter in Je-
rusalem we're detained for quest
Joining.
Anonymous Call
Anonymous communications to
the Hebrew press said Irgun Zvai
Leumi acknowledged responsibility
for the planting of the bombs at
the railway station.
The Jewish agency spokesman
declared that zone cannot blink
at the fact that Wednesdays out
RACES added to the gravity of the
situation in the country" He view
ed the bombings as IAN attempt
to coerce the Jewish community
into the acceptance of politics and
methods which he has always op-
posed"
He said that Jewish agency was
not "a police institution and can
not assume such functions" but
added that all that it is possible
to do with our resources, fixed as
they are by the whole structure
OF u organization, is being DONE"
The Jewish agency represents
both Zionists and non Zionists in
all matters affecting the establish
ment of a Jewish national home in
Palestine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE o
COMMITTEE
FROM PAGE ONE

yet ready to discuss the contract
publicly yesterday.
A $54, 900 bid by the A. H. Guion
Co., of Charlotte was the lowest
submitted. The others ranged as
high as s75, 900.
The two projects bid on yester-
day were a 2300-foot main
on Central Boulevard and drains
on Chestnut Street from 10Th to
Kline, which form roughly ten per
cent of the overall city sewer ex-
tension program.
Contractors for the installation
job will be required to furnish
labor and equipment with the city
providing the material. Last July
80, the Guion company offered to
undertake the entire sewer extern
sion for the city with it's WI ma
terials for slightly over $500, 900.
Guion was low among three bid
ders at that time, and the council
rejected all three bids on the
ground that they were too high.
Since then, the city has assem-
bled the materials it needs for the
sewer extension from other sup
ply sources land seeks only labor
and equipment from the contract
ors.
At first glance yesterday, the
city's provision of materials for
the installation had done nothing
to lower contractors prices.
Yesterdays bidders were the
Towles-Kline construction company
of Wilmington; the V. P. Lofts
company of Charlotte, the Blythe
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
MORE ABOUT
ENGINEERS
FROM PAGE ONE

AS it's special meeting yesterday,
the council tabled a motion by
Harriss Newman that it go on rec
ord forthwith against any truck
route through the city. d.
The motion was tabled after City
Attorney w. B. Campbell had oh
served that it might be wise to
study the commissions report be-
fore rejecting it sight unseen.
Three members, Newman, J. E.
L. Wade and r. S. LeGwin, one
short of a council majority, declar-
ed Informally that they would not
vote for a through-city truck route
at the present time.
Belts said last night that ne had
no Knowledge of the body Of the
commission engineers report,
which is now under preparation in
Raleigh.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-01
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WHITE HOUSE
.
FROM PAGE ONE

If an unmarried woman should
go calling at 1900 Pennsylvania
avenue, she leaves two cards -
one for Mrs. Truman and one for
Margaret.
A bachelor leaves just one : for
The President.
Before the war cards were left
with the usher at the front door.
But now tn e y are left with the
uniformed guard at the gate, for
the general public is not admitted
to the grounds.