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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30

you as being tops can bring iu S0k next mail a $50 Victory Bond.
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 Five judges nave been salee|ef rule on the entries. They sne'aN the Rev. Lawrence Gkelig. ebes|AA Of St. Mary's Hospital; Mlaa Barrett, librarian of N Library; Prank Green, ezEENz secretary Of the Waterbury H Der of commepce. Hazol6 editor of the cK0 VanaHa John r. Kinney. memeeE Crosby EIlRh HchooI GtaH of these judges V|I #
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
British JuiI 1900 Jews
 Troops Search
 For Hidden Arms

Jerusalem, Jan. 90 (UP) - Thirteen hundred suspected Jewish terrorists were arrested in Jerusa- lem and Jaffa and British troops searched Tel Aviv for hidden arms today in a surprise move to fore stall violence in tomorrow's Jewish protest strike.
 Palestine police, supported by British regulars, cordoned oil entire sections of Jerusalem and Jaffa early today, following news that Jewish leaders had ordered three hour strike for tomorrow in pro- test against Britain's policy.
 The raiders took 50 Jews from their homes in Jerusalem and an- other 300 in Jaffa. All the Jerusalem suspects were released after a lengthy police questioning. but an undisclosed number of those arrest ed at Jaffa were held.
 Units of the British 6th Airborne Division staged a house-by-house search for arms in the Jewish coastal colony of Tel Aviv.
 The British used automatic de- tector instruments in the search but there was no oflcial word whe- ther any weapons or ammunition were discovered.
 All work will cease for three he S.s tomorrow afternoon in Jew ish-oWued factories, workshops restaurants and shops. Protest meetings about immigration griey- ances will be held in Jewish towns and yi'Cges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Crash Probe To Continue L, NeuU York

"A Coroner Frank T.. Healey of Wa terbury and State PoAce Inspector Thomas Layden will attend the next session of inquiry into the Cheshire plane crash, scheduled to be held at the Hotel New Yorker, New York City, tomorrow.
 W. K. Andrews, chief investiga- tor for the Civil Aeronautics Board, Washington, said that tomorrow's session will be concerned chiefly with a report on the laboratory findings on parts of the Eastern Airlines transport that crashed Jan. l8 in Cheshire and resulted in death for IT persons.
 The wreckage was removed from the field last week, MT. Andrews said, and removed to undisclosed laboratories where extensive tests were made in an attempt to deter mine the cause of the crash. He said that each piece of the plane was ex- amined infinitely even before it was removed from the field for further examination.
 Eye-witnesses to the crash gen. orally agreed that the plane burst into flames before 1t crashed straight down where it burned, leav- ing a twisted mass of charred metal. Eye-witnesses were question ed last Saturday at the Cheshire Town Hall by Civil Aeronautics ofh- cials.
 MT. Andrews said that any one who has additional information that may be helpful, is invited to attend the hearing tomorrow. Other State and Federal officials are ex- pected to attend as well as ofhcials from the Eastern Airlines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
World Mour1s Hopkins; Leaders Praise Efforts

feel that a dear friend has passed from us. He cheered us in our darkest days. He spent himself in achieving victory of right over wrong. He was a great American but first and foremost a great human of whom 1t can be truly said that the world was his parish. All the United Nations will mourn him and 1t is difficult to express our deep feeling of loss now that he is gone. We send sincere condolences to you all"
 Edward R. 6tettinius, Jr., former Secretary of State and now a UNO delegate, said, I don't know any man who made a greater contribu' ton to the war effort l have never worked with anyone whom l admired more or respected more We have lost a great citizen"
 Prime Minister Mackenzie King Of Canada, called Hopkins ''one of the worlds great benefactors." He said. it would. be veW difficult to estimate the fine service that MT Hopkins rendered"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
.Anti-Strike
 BiUGainS .hSupport

Washington, Jan. 30 (UP) - House Republicans and Southern Democrats lined up today in support of a sweeping anti-strike bill intro- duced by Rep Francis Case, (R., s. D..
 The bill would make labor unions and employers equally liable under the law for violations of their con- tracts. It would also provide a 30- day no-strike cooling of period in major disputes and outlaw violence by union pickets.
 Case asked the Rules Committee to allow his bill to be offered on the House floor as a substitute for the Labor Committees weakened ver- sion of President Truman's fact finding bill. Rules Committee mem- bers believed his request would be granted, a move that would precipi- tate 8 bitter floor battle. - Mosher Offers Program
 Meanwhile, Chairman Ira Mosher of the National Association of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Strikers End Miller Dairy
 Company Goes
 Out of Business

New Canaan, Jan. 30 - CUP) - President William c. Miller. of the Miller Dairy Company, which has been strike-bound for three weeks, announced today he was going out of business.
 Tn a letter to AFL Teamsters Union President Frederick Conrad he said:
 You have won a brilliant victory. I applaud you, But what is that vic- tory? The golden goose is dead. the eggs no more"
 The company employed 20 drivers who struck for a five-day week al the same pay as six days. Miller said it would have meant a 50 percent wage increase. and an increase in commissions of more than 66 per. cent.
 Tn his letter he declared that one small business after another will go the way of our unless they. the peo- pie. do something about it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Ryon-BoiIey Action Slated
 Bottle in Court
 StoTts on Tuesday

Hartford Jan. 30. (UP)-The court battle for possession of the S7500- a-year Statute Revision Comrnis- sionership claimed by Republican Elmer W Ryan New Haven. and Democrat John M. Bailey, Hartford, today was slated to start Tuesday in Superior Court before Judge Ed ward J. Daly.
 Ryan filed quo warranto proceed ings against Bailey demanding that Bailey show by what right he had continued in office since Ryan's ap- pointmeht by Gov. R. Y. Baldwin last June. Bailey claimed that Ryan's appointment was invalid be- cause his nomination never was coEl- firmed by the Senate
 Bailey pointed to a recent Su- preme Court of Errors decision n a similar dispute over the Motor Vehicles commissio sionership as grounds for his holding over until the next session of the General As- sembly and until his successor should be duly appointed and qualified"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Rites Friday ForHopkins
 lnteTment Plans
 Still Incomplete

New York, Jan. 30 -CUP)- - Fu- neral services for Harry Hopkins, one of the late President Roose- velt's closest advisers, will be held at D. m. Friday at St. Bartholo- news Episcopal church.
 The Rev. George Paul T. Sargent will be in charge of The services. Burial plans have not yet been announced.
 Hopkins died yesterday at il:35 a. m. at Memorial Hospital. few hours after t was announced that his condition was serious but not critical. He was 55 years old.
 The hospital announced that the nature of his illness was obscure" and could not be determined until further examination. He had been under treatment for II weeks. Hop kins had suffered from stomach ulcers and other ailments for years.
 After President Roosevelt's death last April. Hopkins stayed on as presidential adviser to President Truman and made a trip abroad as a special diplomatic representative,
 He retired from the government in July and took the post as inl- partial chairman of the garment industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Zukouskus' Hearing Set For April 8
Board of PoFdons
 To Be Asked to Give Life imprisonment

Francis F. Zukauskas, condemned slayer of Mrs. Stephanie Plungis, will appear before the state Boa~d of Pardons two days before his scheduled execution to ask for cofn- mutation of the death penalty so life imprisonment.
 The state board, through Com mon Pleas Court Judge Vine R. Parmelee, its clerk, today notified Public Defender Edward T. Car. mody, counsel for the former sup ernumerary policeman, that 9 special hearing in the case will be held Monday, April 6, at 3 D m. at the hearing room in the Stale Prison at Wetherseld.
 zukauskas is under sentence to die in the electric chair April 10 at the prison.
 May Be Last Attempt
 Announcement by the pardons unit that 1t would consider the c0ll- victed slayer's application for clem- ency paved the way for what may be the last or next-to-the-last try of Zukauskas to save his life.
 His last resort would be an appeal to the U. s. Supreme Court in Washington on @ constitutional ls- sue.
 Tn setting the "last-minute" ses- sion, the state board rejected a request by the public defender for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Refuses Reelection
 Reasons for Action
 To Be CIeor in Time

Washington, Jan. 30-UP)-Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, (R.-Conn), aTl- nounced today that she is not q candidate for reelection in Novem- Der.
 Her statement said:
 Now I feel I must make it quite plain and definite to the people of Fairfield County, (Conn) That do not intend to be a candidate for re- election in l946.
 My good and sufficient reasons for this decision will become abun- dantly clear in time"
 It has been reported that Mrs. Luce is interested in running for the Senate seat now held by Sen. Thom- as c. Hart, who took office a year ago to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen. Francis Maloney.
 Mrs. Luce's office aides point out that she only recently announced she would support Connecticut's Re- publican Governor Raymond Bald win for the Senate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
U. S., Britain Oppose Reds
 Council to Take
 Port tn Dispute

London Jan. 30-(UP)-Russia tried to take her dispute with Iran out of the hands of the UNO Se- curity Council today and drew vigorous American and British pro- tests of violating a three-power treaty of 1922 guaranteeing Iranian sovereigney.
 The. Security Council took up the Soviet -Iganian wrangle for the third tine and harrage of charges and counter-charges started in which the United states and British delegations aligned themselves with Iran and against Russia.
 Iran offered to negotiate the dis pute directly with Russia, but in- sisted that the negotiations be con- ducted under the jurisdiction of the Security Council. Russia fired back a blunt mo-" charging that such procedure would make "a fiction" of the negotiations.
 Bevin made an eloquent appeal to the Soviets not to insist that the council wash its hands of the dispute, and thus leave little Iran to negotiate with big Russia, which still has thousands of troops on Iranian soil.
 Bevin told the Soviet spokesman, Andrei Vishinski, he was disturbed by Vishinsky's statement that the Soviet High Command had stopped Iranian security troops from enter ing the north Iranian province of Azerbaijan.
 That, he said, was violation of the Anglo o-Soviet-American treaty insuring Iranian sovereignty and pledging a hands-off policy with regard to Trans internal affairs, in- cluding the movement of security forces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Congress Asked
 TOApprOOe Loan

Washington, Jan. 30-- CUP) = President Truman asked Congress today to approve the $s,750, ,000, 900 loan to Great Britain to enable he r''to move side by side with the United States toward the common goal of expanded world trade"
 Such expanded world trade, the President told Congress in a long awaited message, means expand- ed production, consumption and employment and rising standards of living everywhere"
 The loan would provide Britain with a $3,750, ,OO0,000 "line of credit" on which she could draw until 1851 to finance purchases of American goods and fill other needs for dollars. Repayments would begin in 1851 and interest would be 2 percent. The interest, however, could be waived in years when Britain's exports did not provide her with enough dollars to meet the payments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
BiIbo Enters FEPC Fioht
 PIons to FiIibwsteF
 For Next 30 Dcys

Washington, Jan. 30-lUP)-Sen. Theodore c. (The Man) Bilbo, (D.- Miss.), added his oratory today to the Senate's Southern Democratic filibuster against FEFc.
 The pugnacious little Senator an- nouneed his topic as 'T'he F1libuster the History and Glory of It."
 He promised to talk for 90 days. if necessary. But 1t won't be neees- sary.
 Plenty of ellow-Southerners were ready to help carry on the taikfest which today rounded out two solid weeks. Their opponents were ale most ready to concede they could not win passage of the bill which would outlaw racial and religious discrimination through a perma- nent Fair Employment Practices Commission. Bilbo hoped he would be the last straw; his harrangue. the last speech.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
ChiLeLabor' 

Santiago, Chile. Jan. 30.-(UP) Police continued rounding up leaders of the powerful Chilean Federation of Labor today follow ing a riot which left six dead and v wounded and brought a gov- ernment decree Of a 60-day state of siege.
 Socialist and Communist legis- lators said the government, un- der the special siege powers, had ordered arrest of the entire feder- ation leadership.
 The appeals court subpoenaed IS of the leaders, including Sec retary General Bernardo Ibanez, for questioning about a 24-hour general strike which the federa- ton announced would start to- day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Church Aids Unionizotion
 Higgins Workers
 Go Co Polls Today

New Orleans, La, Jan. 30-(UP) Workers at Higgins Incustr8. Inc, went to the polls today. ad- monished by the Catholic Church to "unionize in justice to your selves"
 Some 2.000 workers were to de. eide whether the American Federa- tion of Labor will remain as their bargaining agent, or if the Congress of Industrial Organizations will take over.
 Supporting neither union specific ally, the New Orleans archdiocese of the Catholic Church urged the workers to vote for a union"
 Representing the Church's Coun- cil of Social Action. a priest yester- day bearded a cIO-owned launch to steam up the industrial canal past the Higgins plant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Strikes At Glance
Rv United Pressl

Strikes and shutdowns idied l,- 50O,OOO U. s. workers today. The major disputes:
 STEEL-Reports persisted that a break in the strike of 750.o00 CIO steel workers was imminent.
 AUTOMOTTVE - Government Mediator James P. Dewey arrang- ed a meeting between General Motors officials and representa~ tives of 75,O00 striking cIO Uni- ted Auto workers.
 MACHINERY - The Caterpil- lar Tractor Company. Peoria, H. ceased production when i3,5O0 CIO workers struck to enforce wage demands.
 UTILITIES - A utilities strike affecting Ohio and Northern West Virginia was postponed and conciliators worked to avert 2 similar strike in Kentucky ard Virginia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
NotionoI Bank Bids Lowest On CityL Loan
 $500, 900 obtoined
 On Tox Anticipation
 Notes for This YeoE

The Waterbury National bank to- day was declared low bidder on the city's $600,00O loan on its tax anti cipation notes of l946. The bids were opened at a special meeting held this noon in the office of City Controller Neil F. Mabney.
 The local bank is the first in the city's history to be named as low bidder on this type annual loan. It's nid was at par with an interest rate of 39 per cent. The controller will present his recommendation to the Board of Finance at its meeting today.
 Other bidders were the First Na- tional Bank of Boston with a bid of .45 percent and the combined bid of the Citizens & Manufacturers Bank of Waterbury and the Central Han- over Bank & Trust Go. of N. r. of 46 percent.
 Last years tax anticipation loan was for $e00, 900 and was awarded to the National City Bank of New York at an interest of 20 percent. The latter did not bid this year.
 The loan and interest is payable by the city in June. 1946. The loan is snade on the strength of tax rev- enues of the city which will become accruable May 1.
 Present at today's bid opening were Leroy Andrew of the Water bury National Bank; Thomas F. Moore of the Citizens & Manufac- turers Bank; Serge Belanger, city treasurer; John P. Eitzmaurice, ex- ecutive secretary to the mayor and Mir. Maloney.
 A degree of levity was present when it became known that MT. Maloney was the father of daugh- ter born last night. His family now consists. of four boys and daugh- ter.
 ,"You've gained on Bing Crosby" !" it was remarked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
CIO OInstructs All Strikers To Urge Pay
 Unemployment
 Offices to Receive
 Demonds Every DoY
(By United Pressl

Jobless benefits for strikers be- came the paramount issue of Con- necticut organized labor today as the CTO instructed all of its idle members more than 25,00O of the States 2oO00 involved in wage dis putes - to make daily demands up- on the Unemployment Compensa- ton offices.
 The strategy was designed to bring indirect pressure upon Gov. R. E. Baldwin to call 6 special ses- sion of the General Assembly to amend the Jobless Insurance Act.
 After the Governor told labor leaders yesterday that he would not summon a special session for this purpose, CIO State Counsel Miss Margaret Connor urged the daily registration to a crowd of 1000 demonstrators who massed on the lawn of the State Capitol.
 To Show People
 They can't understand figures" 1" she said, 50 we'll show them peo. pie"
 A carry-through of the plan would swamp virtually every one of the l8 off1ces throughout the state.
 Miss Connor declared that jobleSS pay for strikers was not unknown, that benefits were paid in New York, Rhode Island and Pennsyl- vania, and that the money for which the workers have worked should be theirs when they need it. !"
 The largest number of unemploy- ment compensation recipients since 1898, 72,978, was reported for the week ending Jan. 26. State La- bor Commissioner John J. Egan said the figure represented an in- crease of 4.7 percent over the prev ious week, and included 20,sl6 war veterans, 439 of whom were women.
 Meanwhile, as more than a dozen strikes marked time and at least another 3O,OOO workers prepared to answer strike calls, the State Board of Mediation prepared its report to the Governor on the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Company, controversy. The report was expect ed to take a pessimistic tone in view of tentative reports of concilia- tors that virtually no progress had been made in settling the wage dis pute.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
JAW Leaders Meet 
 Early Settlement
 Hopes Increasing
 In Auto Strike

Detroit, Jan. 30-(UP)-C. E. Wilson, president of Gen. eral Motors, personally enc tered direct negotiations for tho first time today with the United Automobile Workers (CTO).
 Hopes for an early settlement of the JAW strike against GM, now in its 10th week, rose as the big two" in the dispute agreed to meet Wilson and R. J. Thomas, JAW president.
 Final arrangements for the cons ference were to be made early to- day Sy James F. Dewey, special Government mediator sent here to remain until the strike of l75,O00 JAW members is ended. The cons ference was scheduled to start about 2 p. m. Once under way, it might last well into the night.
 Close Ties Reported
 Dewey. who has close ties with both JAW and GM officials, talked to Wilson twice yesterday at the General Motors offices. Across the street at JAW headquarters. hs conferred three times with Thomas
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Morgan to Carry
 On UNRAAW Work

Washington. Jan. 30.-(UP) -Bri- tish Lt.-Gen. Sir Frederick Mor- gan has been cleared Of charges of anti-semitism and will carry on as United Nations Relief and Re- nab litation chief in Central Ger many.
 UNRRA Director General Herbert F. Lehman announced last night that he bad Te-instated Morgan after long and searching" talks with him.
 UNRRA ordered Morgan's dlsmis. sal after he remarked at a Jan. 2 press conference that he believde there xAs "well-organized, positive plan" among the Jews Co get out of Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
lDy Unllea Pressl

The death of Harry Hopkins was called the "loss of a great Ameri- can" today by leaders throughout the world who praised his con- tribution to winning the war.
 Winston Churchill, yaeationing in Miami Beach. Fla, said, T am profoundly grieyed at the death Of Harry Hopkins, great American that has gone from us. 4 strong fiierce light has burnt out of frall body. Who knows better than I the services he rendered the world cause We do well to salute his memorA"
 Mss. Eleanor Roosevelt, in Lon. don as a U. 6. delegate to the UNO Assembly. said. 'f am deeply sorry to hear the news. He really served the country and my husband very well. It is a great grief to me and every other American"
 British ForG gn Secretary Ernest Bevin eshled ' Mrs. Hopkins, the dea3 q Harry Is a great blow. We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30

workers.
 Hopes remained high despite lack of encouragement from either the White House of the steel industry Neither indicated when a break might come, or whether the indus. try had received a more satisfAc- tory offer of price relief if 1t ac- cepts President Truman's proposal for a wage increase of IS l-2 cents an hour.
 Both Government and labor sources. however, believed that price relief was the subject of the TWO day exchange here between Ben- jamin P. Hairless, president of tke U. s. Steel CorPos Ation, and Re- conversion Director John w. Snyder Hairless left for New York .ast night, presumably to report to his steel associates.
 Meanwhile, the effect of the nine
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
FoIzone Case Brief Filed
 Plaintiffs Claim
 Error by Court

A claim that the Supreme Court based its decision in the Falzone fatality suit on 'an erroneous as- sumption" regarding a city ordi- nance, has been filed in Superior Court by counsel for the plaintiff. who originally won a $7,500 verdict and then lost it through the high courts decision.
 Attorneys John H. Cassidy and Walter w. Smyth made the claim in a brief filed on a defense motion to correct the pleadings by drop ping the references to the city ordi- nance on hallway lighting.
 The two lawyers, who represent Joseph Falzone as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Linda Falzone, say that the court should not elim- mate the ordinance issue with one stroke of the pen," but should let the plaintiff tell his story and make his claims in the manner he desires"
 Assumption Erroneous
 The brief states, "the Supreme Courts opinion that this ordinance was 'an abortiVe attempt is based on the erroneous assumption that the amendment to the city charter. which prevented the city from en- acting an ordinance on a. matter covered by Statute, pre-dated the enactment of this ordinance in question"
 The plaintiffs lawyers claim the ordinance pre-dated the charter prohibition and therefore is not affected by it. They state the ordi- nance "is not abortive but on the contrary very much in being"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-30
Shirts on Sale! For Export

New York. Jan. 30 - (UPl- More than 100000 mems white shirts go on sale today. but not for Americans.
 The shirts will be sold at S20.50 a dozen plus a 3 percent commission, William Beck, a wholesale dealer. gets for selling them for a Troy, N. Y. company. The shirts were made for the Navy. which now doesn't need them.
 The catch is that the shirts must be sold for export only.