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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
CIerk,19, Murdered

Louisville, Ky, March i8-(UP)- Lack of a motive hampered police today in their investigation of the brutal murder of 6 preetty. i9-year. old dinae store clerk and bride oi one year.
 The scantily -clad body of the vic- tim, Mrs. Martha Frances Allison was found Saturday in her down. town apartment which bore eyi- dence of a terrific struggle.
 The girls husband, Dewey Alii- son. 24, an ex-serviceman, told pos lice he had not been home Friday night because he had made a round of tayeFns and his wife objected to his drinking.
 Police said Mrs. Allison had been struck on the head with a brick which was found under her bed. Her skull had been crushed by the blow and there were deep gashes on her neck and shoulders.
 Jefferson County Coroner Roy L. Carter said Mrs. Allison was dressed in Q black street fFoek. There was no evidence she had been raped, be said.
 Detective Sergeant Henry Rlebel said there was {. possibility the slay. ing was committed by a prowler who could have climbed the back stairs and entered the unlocked apart ment.
 Allison told police the only thing missing from the apartment was ei0 belonging Co his wife. There vas n0 evidelese that the apartment had been ransacked for valuabies. police said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Lack Of Butter Nylons
 Causes WAC to Re-enList

hitter that occasionally she had to stand in line flor chow" in the Army but that was different"
 Nobody was pushing and showing to get ahead and you didn't get to the front of the line and ind they were ali out of food-the way you do in the butter lines at home" she snapped.
 Down in Buna In New Guinea where she served Ave months be- hind a command post switchboard. Miss Lanard eontended there were plenty Of diseomfogts ''but we al- ways had stockings"
 'I never Nclly wanted to leave the W.A.C.6.." she said. "I realiz- cd that after rG been back ln csgl- Han life for two months. But | got Continued Page 2-lLACKl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18

Even 1T (feCIlluuy uuU COLnptSsS~ dominated Europe" he said, "be- cause of the smallness of It's fleet and It's lack of long range bombers, a threat to the American continent was never spoken of. Contrarily, we. always were afraid of danger from the other side"
 Testlfes Fifth Day
 The No. 2 Nazi, testifying for his fifth day In fight to save his life, said also that the NaziS had never prepared for an economic penetra- ton of South America.
 Smiling suavely, the portly Goer- Ing said that economic penetration of South America was impossible because Germany could never com pete or endanger the United States and British position there"
 "The mark was not the determin- ing factor there, but the dollar" he said.
 Goering defended German plan ming for future actions by citing alleged captured French d0cHnaents' He asserted that these documents disclosed British and French plans in the summer of l940 for wide. spread raids on neutral Soviet Baku and Romanian oilfieldS by flying over Turkey from Syria.
 He followed his whitewash tactics for his fellow defendants by minim- izing Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbontrop's role in Germany'S pre- war foreign policy.
 "Only the Fuehrer and could have conspired," Goering said. "No one else was concerned"
 Justice Robert H. Jackson, chief United States prosecutor, began cross-examination of Goering at l2:l5 p. m. The questioning opened under a battery of lights that gave the courtroom the atmosphere of a movie premiere.
 Goering clamped on his earphones and leaned forward eXpectantly as Jackson began. Tn the dock the other defendants sat upright, and spectators became alert.
 Upon coming to power you im- mediately abolished parliamentary government in Germany" Jackson began.
 Tt was no longer necessary" !" Goering replied. But we were in fact the strongest party"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
RoinchuSo Loses PIeo ToCut Bond
 Faces AssouIt
 Charge in City
 Court Tomorrow

A motion by defense attorney A. Henry WeiSman to have bonds of slp, 900 reduced for his client, John Rainchuso, 24, of 330 Anna Ave- nue, now at liberty pending his arraignment tomorrow in City Court on a charge of assault with intent to kill, was denied today by Judge John L. Gaffney in City Court.
 Abuses Doctors
 Bonds of $2,O0O which were set Saturday night for Frank D'Alesio, s, of sos North Main Street, who was shot by Rainchuso, were re- duced following a motion by Attor- ney Irving w. Pasternak. O'Alesio, who had been under treatment at Waterbury hospital for superficial wounds of the neck and cheek, was removed to a detention room at Po- lice Headquarters Saturday after hospital authorities reported the man became abusive to doctors and nurses.
 Inspector Bendler said D'Alesio was wounded about 1 8. m. Sat- urday by Ralnchuso, an attendant at the Hathaway Service Station on the former Randolph Gloves property on Bank Street. Inspec- Cont'd on Page 5-(RATNCHUSO1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
State Realty Assessment 
 The0ter Property
 Owner Appealing
 Tox Review RuIinq

Waterburys first appeal from Q ruling of the Board of Tax Review on the recent tax revaluation was filed in Common Pleas Court today by the State Realty Company, own CT of the State Theater and other East Main Street property, which asks for 0 reduction from an assess ment of $8l6,000.
 Although the action is the first based on decision of the tax board, 1t Is the fifth to be filed in local courts as a result of the new assess ments.
 Mrs. Stevens Counsel
 Drawn up by Attorney David Goldstein of Bridgeport, who gained nationwide prominence as counsel for Imogene Stevens In the Bridge port manslaughter case, the conn plaint charges that the property valuation, despite @ modification by the tax board, remains grossly ex- cessive, disproportionate, and un- lawful"
 The valuation was placed on property at l23-l67 East Main Street, which includes a parking lot, a storage building, stores, tene- ments and offices, as well as the theater.
 Originally set by the city tax as- sessor's office at $927 ,240, the total valuation was reduced to $sl6,000 by the tax board following an appeal hearing, the complaint points out.
 The city assessor had listed the value of the land at $%l9,5S0, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Stamford Sto oppoge Considered
 Demonstration
 To Hosten Strike
 End Planned
CBy United Pressl

The combined Stamford labor or- ganiEation, composed of both CIO. and A.F.L., will meet tonight to discuss the feasibility of another city-wide demonstration to hasten the end of the Yale & Towne Man ufacturing Company strike which now is in its 20th week.
 A demonstration was held in Jan- uary which brought about a stopa page of all industries for half 8 day. The labor groups. however, did not get the complete support of merchants, as planned.
 Congressional Action
 Also slated for discussion tonight was the probability of petitioning Congressional action to force the end of the walkout, or sending delegation to Washington to urge arbitration of the dispute which has kept $500 idle since November.
 AS State Deputy Labor Commis- sioner William c. Ennis hoped for another labor-management confer ence during the week, a union spokesman said:
 "It' is apparent that We cannot remain dormant any longer"
 Tn Connecticut'S newest strike, the walkout of 5000 workers at the Pratt & Whitney Division of Niles Bement-Pond Company, West Hart ford, picket lines were frightened to- day and all but outside mainte- nance personnel were barred from the plant. Originally the C.I.O. United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers Union approved admit ntance of plant maintenance per- sonnel. Company President 0. W. Deeds said that the plant would remain open, that ito close it might be construed as a lockout. "
 Ten thousand General Electric Company workers prepared to re- sume work at Bridgeport tomor- row, following ratification of Set- clement of its 60-day-old strike. an- other walkout, at Waterbury, threatened.
 S33S,OOO Loss
 Stamford, Conn, March l8-(UP) The Yale & Towne Manufactur- Cont'd on Page. 2-(STAMFORD)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
pr. Petiot's Murder TrioI Starts odoy
 Alleged BIuehe0Ed
 Charged With 26 i Poris Killings
By JOSEPH W. 0RIGG, JR.

By JOSEPH w. GRkGG, J&, XUnlted Press staff COrFespOndsnO
 Paris, March 1s-(UP)- Dr. Marcel Petiot, 49, a swarthy man with hypnotic eyes who claims he killed to help France, went on trial in the Paris Assize court today for at least 20 murders. He claimed credit to 02,
 A 04-page indictment was Teao charging that Petiot killed his vlc- tins in his fashionable Rue Le Sueur home during the German oc- cupatlon, then burned the bodies m a basement furnace or dumped them in quick-lime In the backyard sewer.
 10 Unidentified
 Sixteen victims have been tenta- lively identified, and 10 remain un- Identified. Petlot told police after his arrest that he had been Q mem Der of the French undergrouna movement, and as such had Killed 0S persons, all Germans or snIall-time 0estapo agents.
 The sVhVe SoukHb W WONS s petlot preyed on helpless Jews ana other fugitlves from the Germans promising them escape from Europe and then staying them for ther money and possessions In his siniS- ter villa,
 Among his alleged victims, the indictment said, were i4 Jews wno disappeared after he allegedly promised to help them escape to Argentina. Others included notorl. ous underworld characters ana prostitutes.
 The indictment described how Q re,ldent of the Rue Le Sueur tele- phoned police on the evening or March ii, 1924, to report that thicK clouds of evil smelling black smoke had been pouring for 24 hours from the chimney of No. 2l, PetioVs home.
 Police forced their way into the house and found 1t empty. Dust covered the furniture and books,
 Tn the cellar they found two small Cont'd Page 2-DR. PETIoTS)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
M0ssioIo And A.B.C Chiefs Meet
 ConciIiotor,
 Management
 In Elton Farley
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK

BY RAYMOND J. FITZPAThlCk
 officials of the American Brass Company, whose plants in Water bury, Torrington, AnSonia and Buff falo, N. r., have been Strike-bound since February { were in conference today in preparation for a confer ence tomorrow with 8 union negoti- ating committee. U. s. Conciliator Walter Maggiolo was due to confer with the management at 2 this afternoon. The management-union conference, marking the first direct negotiations between the opposing parties since the start of the strike, is scheduled for 10 a. m. tomorrow at The Elton.
 Clark S. Judd, chairman of the board at A.B,C., today declined to make any comment on the strike situation. He likewise refused to make any statement on whether or not the company would accept a union proposal, as reported in Sat- urday's Democrat, to arbitrate the compensatory bonus issue. This point has been regarded as stumb- ling block to any ABJC. settlement. It involves payment of from $l ,0O0,- 900 to $l, ,250,0 900 to more than 1900 swing shift workers, as ordered by the War Labor Board.
 In the Chase Brass & Copper Company strike, the company today expressed willingness to go into con- ference with the union again on points at issue. Rodney Chase, di- rector of industrial and public rela- tions for the company, said that management had not closed the door" on further discussions and was willing to take up settlement of the strike with the union conn mittee at any mutually convenient time, provided the U. 8. Concili- ation Service does not object.
 Truax III
 U. S. Conciliator William T'ruax, who helped effect the settlement of the Scovill Manufacturing Com pany strike, is i'll at his home in Stamford. Commissioner Truax, who got the Scovi1f parties together even while under orders to stay in bed, is now under a flat directive to rest for at least week and U. s. Cancellation Service Headquarters at Boston may have to appoint an- other conciliator as a substitute un- less the management and the union agree to meet without benefit of a federal mediator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
British Wor Brides Boby Succumbs
 I2 CoosF Guords
 GombIe Lives
 In Voin Flight
By H. ID. QUIGG

United Press Staff Correspondent New York, March Is-(UP)-The liner Queen Mary sarrived today with the body of Leigh Travis Smith, who died nine hours after a premature birth at sea despite a daring Coast Guard emergency flight in which a i2-man flying boat crew gambled their lives in an effort to save him.
 The baby. son of a British war bride and an American sergeant, was born yesterday while the trans port was more than 200 miles out of New York. He weighed only three pounds. The mother is Mrs, Russell D. smith. wife of a former staff sergeant of Coventry, Ver- mont.
 The ships doctors began an im- mediate struggle to keep the spark of life glowing. Early yesterday morning. Colonel William R. Bar nett Of NewbuFgh. ". F., troop com- mander on the transport, Fadioed for help.
 He asked for six tanks of oxygen immediately. They were to be of q special type which would fit onto an oxygen tent. The Coast Guard went into action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
UniOersaL Training FaOored
 To Aid U. 5. Foreign Policy

come critical if selectiye service were not extended beyond May IS. With meanlngful emphasis ByFnes said that in his capacity ah SeeFe- tary of State he urged enactment of a universal military training pros gram.
 ByFnes finds himself in the post. ton of a foreign policy spokesman who has been compelled 10 speak loudly in foreign affairs without the backing Of @ military force of pro- portions likely to Inspire respect abroad. When he says he is alarm cd. he means it.
 Byfnas is knoWn to fee1 that without a strong military eglaiiiah~ ment. it ls a waste of his time and Continued Page 2--lUNNERsAEl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
|Iranian Crisis to Reach Head Before UNO Meets
47 Dice Players
 N0bbed in Raid

Norwich, Conn, March 1s- (UP)-State and local police succeeded In passing an elab- crate array of guards and "se- cret, signals" to stage one of the biggest dice game raids in the state Sunday.
 They nabbed four alleged prOprletOrs, g frequenters and took $l,5O0 from . table while Q game was in play.
 State police said that one of the entrances to the third floor gambling room was barred by a steel door. How they succeeded in breaking down the secret signals, how ever, they declined to say.
 The four accused operators of the game, William SimOnel- II, Joseph Ruffo, Allen Church and Robert Stone, and the fre- quenterS, all posted bail bonds, which tOtaled S9,O25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Food Plan RidicuIed
BY JAMES F. DONOVAN Inited Press Staff COrrespOndenI

United Press SEatt COfFespvnoenS
 Washington, Mar. l8- (UP) - House Republicans today rldiculed attempts of the Democratic Nation- al Committee to restore unity to Democratic ranks in Congress with a harmony drought food" ea'n' paign.
 "There is a clash over basic goy' ernment philosophy within the Democratic. party that no amount of eating will cure" said one COP. leader. "It's going to take more than dinners to bring the factions to- gether.'
 The Democratic National Com. mittee has scheduled a series Of bufse. dinners for party members in the House and Senate. Cabinet members will attend the gatherings which House Democrats said were frankly designed to WOO afti-ad" mlnlstration Democrats back into the fold.
 Democratic party leaders are known to be deeply concerned over the consistency with which some southern Democrats side with Re. publlcans ln voting down some Of President TFuman's pet proposals.
 we've got an election coming up in November and if we expect to re. tain a majority in the House" said one Democrat, "weil have to pre- sent a harmonious front"
 A COP. leader said it would be difficult # not impossible for DeIn- oeratlc leaders Co heal the breach between Northerners and Southern CTS by election day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Street Light Costs Heovy Durine1945
 Sewer and Voter
 Budget Expenses
 Also Announced

Budget expenses of the combined street, sewer and water departments totaled $579,3l3.70 in l945, or $57,- 626,9l more than was expended in 1924. The total appropriation for the year was $654, ,977.6 SO resulting in surplus of $75,663.o0, Herbert Scott-Smith, superintendent of the combined departments, reports in his annual Statement submitted to Mayor John S. Monagan. Largest expenditures were for: street lighting, $lIi,4i5.82; repairs to bridges, $27, ,629.l5; highway ma- terials, $23, 3,992.59; construction of supply and storage sheds at the city yards, $l9,979.32 and replacement of equipment, $ls,292.
 More Work in 1946
 Plans for larger expenditures are set for l946, based on the hope ma terial and labor shortages will have lessened.
 A total of l56 streets, equaling 46.7 miles, were oiled during l945 the superintendent reports. The to- tai cost was $32,826.07. Over seven miles of streets were covered with stone Surfacing or armor coating,
 Other work undertaken included, resetting stone curbings; repairing concrete curbings; cinder walks; repairing asphalt walks; repairing and replacing concrete walks, re- pairing pavements; repairing gut ters; repairing guard fences; cut ting in driveway entrance.
 Extensive repairs also were made to the Washington Avenue bridge crossing the Naugatuck River at cost of $25,l77. Minor repairs total- ing $1 ,686 were made to the follow ing bridges: Huntingdon Avenue, Pennington Avenue, Moriarity Road, Dwight Street, Washington Avenue and Plank Road.
 Snow Removal
 Thousands of painted street signs were erected in the principal thor oughfares as time and material were made available during the year. This work was done each month. The city plans the erec- ton of brass street signs, having already approved the type sign con- sidered suitable.
 Snow and ice removal for the winter season of l945 cost $75, ,l64.24. A total fall of 86.l23 inches of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Pine Street  ArmyFIyer
 Joyne 0'DonneII,
 Lt. John Mills
 United in FIorido
Picture on Page 3

Miss Jayne Patricia ODonnell daughter of Mrs. Franklyn T. o. Donnell, of Pine Street, became the bride last Saturday of First It John Russell Mills, A.AF., son of MT. and Mrs. Robert J. Mills, Sioux Falls, s. D. and Minneapolis, Minn
 Chaplain OfIlCiates
 In a floral setting of palms and Easter lilies, the ceremony took place in the Flyers Chapel of the Biltmore Army Hospital, Coral Ga bles, Florida, with the chaplain Rev. Edward Ryan, officiating. The double ring ceremony was used
 The bride was escorted to the al- tar by Capt. Thomas Moran, A.A.F of Minneapolis, Minn. Her ensemble comprised a Hattie Carnegie suit of ice blue and silver lame and tiara of matching plumes. She car ried white orchids intersperSeo Oo,,ks,A,.ad oNa Dona E-(PVNEl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Farm Srike BreokAheod
 General Motors
 Issue Unsettled
(By UNITED PRESS)

Thousands of General Motors em- ployes continued their prolonged and costly walkout today, but in other industrial disputes San Francisco shipyard machinists voted to resume work and the first break appeared in the middlewest's farm machinery strikes.
 Tn the General Motors dispute, re- turns had been received from 34 local unions balloting on the new contract. Most of them approved the national contract, but l9 of the 34 voted to continue the walkout until local plant issues are se9led.
 The vote so far tabulated involved 89,500 strikers. There are plants in the General Motors system, each with it's local union.
 slO.OOO Idle
 Settlement of the San Francisco and Farm Machinery disputes re- duced to less than 3i0,000 the num- Der of workers idle in disputes across the nation. The major de- velopments:
 1. A strike of 10000 machinists, which had kept idle an estimated 45, 900 San Francisco bay shipyard workers, was settled. The walkout had closed i50 bay area shipyards and machine shops since October 20, le45.
 2, Strikes at two plants of the Oliver Corporation Farm Equipment Manufacturers, were ended. The strikes had crippled production at the company's South Bend. Ind. and Charles City, Ia, plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
BY LYLE c. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

Washington. March ie- (UP)- President Trumans advisers are telling him today that we must have universal military training and ex- tension of seleetlve service to insure safety and back up the nations for- eign policy.
 Chances og favorable congression- al action seem slight unless MT, Truman makes the fight of his life for action. Secretary Of States James P Byrnes told Q weekend New York audience that he and the President were alarmed by the pose elhllity that the armed forces may fall below required strength.
 ByFnes Backs Rian
 He said the situation would be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
Maxi External
 Assets Probed

Washington. March l8-CUP)- NsThe Western Allies began an all-out effort today so track down the INnulti-million dollar fortunes cached by Nazi bigwigs outside of Germany.
 American, French and British officials gathered for a series of negotiations with Swiss representa-. tives over German external assets in Switzerland, estimated at from s25O, 900, 900 to e750O00.O0O.
 State Department 'officiAls hoped the talks woAld put them definitely on the trail of the rainy day" for" tunes of such Maxi higher-ups as Herman GoeriAg. Joachim yon Ribbentrop and perhaps even Adolf Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
ChoseUnion Will Reopen 
 Direct Meeting
 Wednesday or LoteI
 In Week Probable
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK

bX kAxMONU J. FITZPATRICK
 Willingness to reopen negotiations that might end the six-weeks old strike against the Chase Brass & Copper Company was expressed this afternoon by spokesmen for both management and employees as fed- eral conciliator prepared for a man. agement-union conference tomorrow in the American Brass Company strike.
 Both Rodney Chase, director of industrial and public relations for the Chase Company, and John Driscoll, state CIO. secretary and spokesman for the negotiating com- mittee of the Chase Local, Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers Union, C.I.O., told The Democrat they are ready to meet again. With U. s. Conciliator William Truax i'll at his home in Stamford, it appeared as more than possible the disputants might agree to a direct meeting Wednesday or later in the week, even if the U. s. Consolidation Serv- ice has not apointed a substitute for Commissioner Truax by that time.
 Maggie Here
 Commissioner Walter Maggiolo arrived in Waterbury early this afternoon for a conference with A.B.C. officials scheduled for 2 p. m. He declined to elaborate on his pre-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
By HAROLD CLANCY

Dnse0 FFe@s stan CofeSpon@ems
 Medford, Mass. March ie-tUPl Butter and nylons-of rather the lack thereof-drove the first New England WAC. with overseas ser- vice back Into uniform today.
 Two months Of civilians was enough for me-" supttered 30-year- old Viola eLnard of MedfoFd who joined the WAC. ln July iel3 and worked her way up in the Pacific TheateF t0 acting sergeant.
 Everybody at home has gone crazy over luxuTles. They stana in line for hours and battle each other fos a pound of butter or a pair of nylons. Personally ! wouldn't stand ln line Ave minutes foe anything"
 Stood Fer Chow
 Russlan-born. Mas Lenard ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18
MAREL nOARDAfAN DTEs

Washington. March is-(UPl- Admirers throughout the world to- day mourned the death of Mabel ThoEp BoaTdman, who won inteTna- tlonal renown as a humanitarian through her long years as leader of the American Red Gross. Miss Boardman. who was 85. died at her home last night of coronary thromhosia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-18

Hartford. Conn. March le.(uPl Howard E, Hansman Of New nIl- tain, executive director of tAa Cone nectieut Employment Security pl- vision, returned today to. his job at the sttae capitol. Flo ia on EeF- minal leave as a captain, having served four years Ia the army. The iyislon handles unemployment eom- pensatlon.