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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Bunker HiLL Church Names Wells Clerk William Platt Chosen Treasurer,
 Jesse PaIen Secretary at Annual
 Congregational Meeting

Election of officers featured the annual meeting of the Bunker Hill Congregational Church last night. Q. Judson wells was chosen clerk, william l. Piat,. treasurer. E. Her- bert Knuison. beneyolence treasur- CT: Teasie NJ. Palen. financial sec- retary; and Delphus Maynard. as- aistant financial secretary.
 Deacons elected to office whose term expires in l0i7 included Sam uei Bassett and Carl Probst; to the term expiring In i0i3. Thomas Pat- terson and Franklyn Scofield: term expiring in i94a. stephen Burns and c. Judson Wells.
 Junior deacons elected whose term ends in i947 were Charles Probst and Richard Dixon: term ending l04s. Robert Coleman and Wesley Reed: term ending i949, Carlton Young and Robert LaDow
 Mrs. Jared IaDow was elected deaconeSs for q term expiring in i047: Mrs. Leonard Welton. term expiring i048. Mrs. Thomas Patter- son. term expiring i94o.
 Norwood Webster. was elected to office of trustee. term expiring l947 Carl r. Heebner. term expiring i948: Jesse Burton. term expiring 1049
 Samuel Lincoln and Robert N Croft were named auditors.
 Earl N. Flower was named to post of Sunday School superintendent
 Other officers elected included Historian. Mrs. William T. Leggett assistant historian. Robert Kenne- dy: finance committee chairman George II. Schlough.
 Religious Education Committee term expiring i047. Thomas Patter- son: term expiring i94s. Miss Lillian Loeffler: term expiring i949. Edwin Wells. chairman. and Mrs. Earl Flower. with Mrs. Ella M. Doherty acting in an advisory capacity. Mrs Charles Burnes was elected to the Religious Education Committee for e term expiring 1850
 Missions committee. Mrs. J Chester Little. chairman: Mrs. Ja. red LaDow. Herbert KnutSon, Fred. eTick HOadley: Social Committee Mrs. Raymond Sage. chairman Mrs John EnSor. Mrs. William Tal. colt.
 Music Committee. Charles l. Duncan. chairman. Miss Ethe Kavaney. John Ensor. Mrs. JessG Burton. Mrs. Clarence Bartlett and Roland wardell
 Custodian of choir robes, Mis-. q. Judson Wells: Junior Choii Committee. Mrs. Earl Flower chairman. Mrs. Douglas LOring House Committee, Albert Loeffler chairman: William Curtis. William Talcott. Recreation Committee, Ed ward Stanley. chairman.
 Delegates tO the state conference i947. Mrs. Edward Rockwell: l94s Mrs. Charles L. Burnes: l949, Mrs Prank HOadley: alternates, Mrs William D. Talc0tt and Mrs. Harold Ford.
 Delegates to the Naugatuck Val Icy Association. l9a7. R. B. Hayes; l94a. Prank Hess; l949. N0rwooo Webster: alternates. Mrs. ROhert w. DenisOn and Gamaliel Bailey,
 Delegates to the Waterbury Con. gregati0nal Union. William Curtis and Leon French: alternate. Mrs Albert Loeffler.
 Delegates to the Waterbury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12

RnSsian-xpeak1nR amnouncers aEE being recruitea la Lanaoa for news broaacasts 1o Rnssia Ehsee times c day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Wild Spark Bursts Into Quick BIcze

A spark from smoke stack at the Waterbury Iron Works at li2 Porter Street was responsible short ly after ' o'clock last night for a blaze that damaged the roof Of the factory building. Fire Marshal Eugene Legge said.
 Efforts to extinguish the blaze with a water hose failed, the Mar shal, said, and the apparatus was called in at 7:i4 P. Nj
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Local Man Presides
 Af Lonn Meeting

Arthur W. Nicholas of Waterbury left today for Hartford, where he was scheduled to preside this after- noon at the 2sth annual conpen. ton of the Connecticut Savings and Loan League. The session will take place at the Hotel Bond. State Bank Commissioner Richard Rap- port will be among the guest speakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12

akuRkS are confined lo the United Rtnaas aWs ess-sss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Truck and Auto Crash; No Arrest

No arrest was made early lasi night when a truck and an automo- bile collided at South Main and Union Streets. Motor Patrolman James Sweeney reported.
 The officer said a car driven by James F. Lango Of 34 Railroad Hill Street, slipped its brakes and crashed into a truck operated by Benjamin Steiniield of POP Moran StTee.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Locul Soldier Has wrfnurwh sm Eeugv

F@t. Joseph Fusce. son of Azr ana Mrs. Michael Fusco. Ele Main Street. Oakville, recently spen4 c furlough at P0nBelandolfo. Ttaly. visiting relatives. shipping over seas several months ago. Private Fuso0 is stationed in Germany Gith an Army unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Pierpoaf Discharged After Long .SeExlice

Lnwrunce Pisswuna, sr. eaecasS- cianS mate %, san uG Ar. and AArs. Lawrence Paeapums. @ Dela- ware Aurmue. has @eHn cischazpec from aAae Navy aa garksunEalle, Faa. me recenAly returned 1rum cmtg absuaa an ISM. an Caribbean and South AmEw=cnn wmAHsS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Special Rotary
 Outline Planned

A R0H mach with the New Haven Club and l.adles' Night program Wednesday were planned by the Waterbury Rotary Club at . meeting yesterday al the Elton
 Reporting on the recent e0nven. ton ln Atlantic Guy, Oscar War ner president, said that a new rule was ad0plsd which permits discus. sion 0f political subjects at Rotary meetings, u general welfare 0t the community ls Involved, 4 report on the convention also was given by @ Arthur puhois, pgesIdens.elees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-12
Dovid HorF Mode Bank Director

David s. Hart. vice president oi the Patent Button Company, wHs elected a director uf the Colonial Trust Company yesterday. to suc- ceed his father, Lewis ,. Hart, who died March 5
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Two Texas Tornadoes
Kill Two, |njure Five
By the Associated Press

DENTON, Tex, May 1S.-Two
persons were killed in North Texas
tonight by two tornadoes and at
least five were injured Incomplete
reports showed at least nine homes,
Masonic hall. church, general
store and part of a school gym
naSium were demolished.
Joyce Hammond, II, was killed
instantly when a tornado hit at
Sanger, Tex, II miles from Denton,
and j. L. Howard, 80. was killed
when his home was demolished at
Stoneburg, Montague County.
Three other persons, including
Mrs. Charlie Hammond, mother of
Joyce, were injured at Sanger and
five houses were leyeled
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Truman Leaving Today
To Receive College Degree

President Truman is flying back
to Missouri this afternoon to see his
93-year-old mother and tomorrow
will accept an honorary degree in a
campus ceremony at William Jewell
College, Liberty, Mo-, and then re-
turn to the Capital.
The President is due to take off
from Boiling Field at l 80 pm. in the
Sacred Cow" and will land at Fair
fax Airport, in Kansas City, Kans.
The flight requires about 4 hours.
He is to 60 perhaps Immediately to
the Truman home at Grandview, to
greet his mother, Mrs. Martha Tru-
man, who was confined to bed with a
cold when he phoned her week ago
on Mothers Day. Mr.. Truman will
spend the night in Kansas City and
motor tomorrow to nearby Liberty
The college exercises are scheduled
about l pm.
Both Mr.. Truman's plane and an
accompanying press plane are taking
off from Boiling Field to avoid the
congestion at National Airport.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Excellent Visibility Is Promised
For Jet Planes Arrival Toduy

The Army Air Forces own
weatherman last night predicted
excellent visibility for the AAF's
open house at National Airport this
afternoon featuring Is jet-propelled
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Stars and
five Fairchild C-82 Packets.
Capt. Cleve Stauffer, Boiling Field
forecaster, saw rough weather for
the mass flight from Smyrna, Tenn,
before it appears over Washington
at HAS am, but partially cloud
ed sky should be good for the $4,000
or more spectators expected at the
airport when the show opens at 2
pm.
Washington thus will get more
than glimpse of the first mass
fight of jet aircraft, accompanied
by new, fast and large capacity
transport planes.
After brief talk by Maj Gen
Elwood r. Quesada. commanding
Evening star., 1946-05-19
I'd. {. Area Officers
Die in Army Plane
Crash in Michigan
Col. Rueben c. Moffot
Of Falls Church and
Cupt. E. D. Scott Victims

Col. Rueben C. Moffatt, 40, of
$40 East Broad street, Falls
Church, Va, and Capt. Ernest D.
Scott, jr., 26, formerly of 3549
Springland lane NV, were
among five men killed in the
crash of an Army CAS- transport
plane on a training flight in
Michigan yesterday, it was an
nounced at Boiling Field here
last night.
Tech. Sergt. Harry L. Widek, 81
whose wife lives at Coraopolis, Pa.
was the only other victim whose
identity was made public immedi-
ately. Boiling Field officials with
held the names of two sailors killed
in the crash until their next OF
kin can be notified.
The plane took off from Selfridge
Field at 11:47 am. for Boiling Field
and crashed a few minutes later
near Memphis, Mich, Is miles north
of Selfridge Field.
The Associated Press reported
that observers saw the plane hurtle
through an overcast and apparently
explode either in the air or as it
struck the ground. 1t did not catch
fire.
Brig. Gen. B. M. Hovey, jr., COM
&C., 6,D A CII Daoa "A 1c \
Evening star., 1946-05-19
pictures on Page A-15.)

Washington railroad facilities
went through all the confusion
Iof a strike plus the hubbub of
getting the trains rolling again
last night before trainmen would
believe the national Walkout had
been postponed.
1t was 8 p.m.-four hours after
the deadline postponement of the
Strike-before trains began operat-
ing at something akin to normal
at Union Station and the crowds
that had milled through the con-
course during the afternoon
thinned to the Saturday night av-
erage.
Delays up to nearly four hours
on departures of crack passenger
trains were recorded before all po-
tential strikers were convinced the
Walkout called by engineers and
trainmen had been postponed five
days.
In contrast to the confusion at
Union Station, the mammoth Po-
tomac Yards at Alexandria were
like a graveyard. When the strik-
ing hour of pm. arrived, the
normally teeming 10 miles of
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Truman Will Accept Changes
In Labor Laws, Capitol Hill Told
President Declared Opposed, However,
To Drastic Restrictions on Unions

would lay too heavy a hand on the
activities of unions. But they add
that thus far Mr.. Truman has not
said which of pending Senate pro-
posals he likes or which he dislikes.
The matter repeatedly was dis
cussed at some length at last weeks
meeting of legislative leaders at the
White House. Mr.. Truman was rep
resented as having listened atten-
lively while Majority Leader Bark
ley explained what is before the
Senate, but as having offered no
suggestions of his own.
Remarks by Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach at an Atlantic City
meeting of the CIO steelworkers
Friday were taken generally on
Capitol Hill as a clear-cut indi-
cation that the administration is
not weakening the political ties
it has maintained with labor unions.
Mr.. Schwellenbach urged the CIO
group to expand its already con-
siderable political activities, declar-
(See STRIKE CONTROL, P. A-40
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Massed Crowds in Essen
looting Food Trains Daily
BY the Associated Press

HEREFORD, Germany, May 49,
Wholesale looting of food trains by
massed crowds in the Essen area
involving number of clashes be-
tween German police and civilians
has taken place nearly every day
this month, ~tne British military
government disclosed today.
Crowds in some cases numbered
more than 500. More than 100
persons have been arrested in this
area since the beginning of the
month, it was announced.
The food trains concerned con-
tanned mainly potatoes. Normal ci-
william consumers in the Essen area
have received no potato ration for
four months and the official state
ment said that, Whatever counter
measures are employed by the po-
lice, the local population will seize
every opportunity to loot food
trains until the local food situation
becomes less acute and reverts to a
normal ration standard"
Evening star., 1946-05-19
By the kssocioted Press

President Truman was repre-
sented on Capitol Hill yesterday
as being willing for Congress to
make some changes in labor dis
putes laws but opposing any
drastic restrictions on unions.
Legislators who have discussed the
matter recently with Mr.. Truman
said he expressed the hope that any
action Congress takes will not be
such as to force him to veto the
resultant legislation.
Despite the difficulties the Presi-
dent has had in attempting to bring
about settlements in controversies
between management and unions in
major industries, none of his Capitol
Hill friends thinks he has altered the
friendly attitude he maintained
toward organized labor while in the
Senate.
For that reason, they say they
have no doubt that the President
would veto any restrictions he felt
Evening star., 1946-05-19
District Bread Output
To Be 25% Of Normal !;
Bakers Plan Strike
Union Wants More Work:
Flour Shortage to Shut
One Dealer Entirely

AS Washington housewives dis
covered it increasingly hard to
find bread in the stores, an
nouncement of the closing of one
District bakery next week, fur
ther curtailing of other bakeries
because of the wheat shortage
and the possibility of a bakers
union strike last night formed
threats to the District bread
supply.
Melvin Gutenberg of Gutenberg s
Bakery said he had enough wheat
for one weeks production land no
more in sight" He said the bakery
will close at the end of the week
after IS years of uninterrupted pro-
duction. Although the bakery spe-
cializeS in rye bread, some wheat
flour is necessary in its manufac-
ture, he said.
Most District bakeries will be re-
duced to approximately 25 per cent
OF their normal production next
week according to estimates OF
Lewis G. Graeves, president of the
Potomac States Bakers Association
which represents more than $50
bakers in the area.
Strike to Get Work"
Charles B. McClosky, business
agent of Local 118, Bakery and Con-
fectionery Workers International OF
America, said if the unions execu-
tive board and the union member
ship vote to strike next week lit
will be a strike for work"
He explained that the curtailment
of production had reduced dras-
tically the take-home pay of bakers
by eliminating overtime. Most bak-
ers are engaged in making rolls and
other products which are being
dropped by the bakeries, he said.
This cut in take-home pay was
confirmed by Mr.. Graeves. He esti-
mated the bakers had been reduced
from 10 to 20 per cent in wages be-
cause of the lesser production.
Usually the bakers work a six
day week of which one day is at
overtime pay. In addition they
usually work number of hours
other than that. With less produc-
ton we have no men working over
time he stated.
Mr.. Graeves explained that one
reason the local bakeries cannot get
enough flour is that for the past
three months -four mills have been
refusing to sign new contracts. I'VE
have to depend on spot shipments of
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Argentine Police Seize 100
In Clash With Labor GROUP
BY the Associoted Press

BUENOS AIRES, May 18.-
Several persons were injured and
more than 100 were arrested early
today during clash between po-
lice and Labor party demonstrators
in Cordoba.
The fighting started when police
sought to break up a meeting of
Labor party members who had been
demonstrating against Argentine
Auchter, the new governor of Cor
doba Province. Auchter took the
oath of office yesterday before the
supreme court after Labor members
refused to attend a legislative ses-
sion, making it impossible to hold
the customary Inauguration cere-
mony.
The Labor party supported
Auchter, member of the dissident
Radical party, in the February elec-
ton but later broke with him over
the distribution of patronage.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

general of the Tactical Air Com
mand, to explain the purpose of
the flight, the Shooting Stars and
huge transports will take to the air
for 45-minute demonstration over
the city.
Following the hour and twenty
minute program including the in
PRODUCTION of 1t. Gen. Ira c. Eaker
deputy AAF commander, and music
by the AAF band, the spectators
will be given close-range look at
the planes while crews stand by to
answer questions.
Capable of $50 miles an hour, the
jet planes are completing trans
continental fight begun at March
Field, Calf, May Is. The flight
is testing feasibility of long distance
movements accompanied by main
tenance crews.
Shooting Stars recently figured in
(See JET PLANES, Page A-6J
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Trains Leaving District Delayed
4 Hours in-Confusion at Station
Crews Refuse to Believe Strike Postponement;
Potomac Yards Deserted Before DeudIine

track was almost deserted as 1900
employees needed the walkout order.
1t was several hours before Martin
H. Miller, national legislative rep
resentative of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, could assure
all of them there was no strike.
Most of the n-delaying trouble
at Union Station was caused by the
hasty departure of 100 yard and
maintenance men responsible for 81
switch engines which make up trains
at the terminal.
1t was not until shortly after 4
pm. that Bernard F.. Tolson, ter
ninal manager, heard of the strike
postponement. By 4:l0 pm, when
the news was broadcast over the
station loud speakers to hundreds of
persons caught in the jam, it was
not easy to persuade workmen to
return.
Normal by 10 PM
But with the help of Mr. Miller,
who was running from place to
place carrying the unions back-to-
work order. most of the terminal
employees were on hand at pm.
and by 10 pm. the station looked
perfectly normal to the casual OBJ
server.
Size of the crowd at the adver-
(See TRAINS, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Commissioners Ready to Yield
In Fight for Welfare Control
Reported Willing to Give Up Jurisdiction
Except Over D. C. Pencil Institutions

strip the welfare board Of all ad-
ministrative power and make it
advisory to a welfare depar Cment
under the Commissioners.
House to Get Plan.
Under the substitute plan, ex-
pected to be disclosed formally at
a House District Subcommittee
hearing tomorrow, the Commission
ers would be stripped of their pres
ent powers of hiring and firing well
fare employees and retain only finan-
cial control similar to that they ex-
ercise over the Board of Education.
Commissioner Guy Mason said he
favors making up the nine-member
board of three members from the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
three from the Council of Social
and three from the public
See WELFARE BOARD, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Manhattan Rail SnarI
Is Worst Since II;
Thousands Held Up
Unions Receive Word
2 Hours, As Minutes
After Other Points
By the Askociofed Pres,

NEW YORK, May 18.-The Ma
tion's great railroads slowly
worked their way tonight out of
the worst transportation tieup
here since the strike in 1922 as
thousands of noisy, tired people
clamored for places in the cars.
Grand Central Terminal was
jammed with would-be travellers.
1t was with some difficulty that
those holding reservations got to
their trains. Some didn't.
The same conditions prevailed in
Pennsylvania Station.
The traffic snarl was occasioned
when union leaders waited for
official word that the strike set for
4 pm. had been postponed for five
days.
Word Received Late.
That word was received two hours
and As minutes after the announce
ment was made in Cleveland and
Washington.
AS crews were called to duty, once
the official word was received, the
untangling of the traffic situation
began.
Thomas J. Harkins, Eastern rep
resentative of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, estimated it
would be at last eight hours-some
time after midnight-before normal
passenger service was restored.
The situation presented great
difficulties for suburban residents
dependent on commuter trains to
get home from Manhattan. Only
few of the trains which daily
carry millions into Westchester
County, out to Long Island, and into
New Jersey. and Connecticut were
running hours after the strike was
postponed.
80 Trains Halted in N. &C.
An official of the New York Gen.
trail Railroad estimated that 80
trains. incoming and outgoing here,
were brought to stop during the
day and early evening. They
normally carry about $4,000 persons.
Delayed were such mainliners as
the Broadway Limited" Spirit of
st. Louis" THE Jeffersonian," "The
Red Arrow" Twentieth Century
Limited" "The Senator" and THE
Cincinnati Limited"
Before the trains began to run
again, bus lines were deluged with
pleas for transportation. Hotels,
already crowded, were swamped with
requests for rooms.
Coupled with it was a cancella-
ton Of airplane flights because of
bad weather.
Some unusual events attended the
travel today.
The New York State Conservation
a A a a
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Federal Control
Order Contingent
On Lewis Stand.
BY jones Y. Newton

The Government last night
faced the problem of seizing the
Nations soft coal mines as the
only apparent way of prevent
ing a new work stoppage when
John L. Lewis 15-day strike
truce expires Saturday.
But even that method of dealing
with the crisis depended on Mr.
Lewis acceptance of plans for Gov
ernment negotiation of work con-
tract now going forward.
Government labor officials said a
final attempt to settle the wide diff
ferences between the mine workers
and the coal operators probably
would be made before issuance of
last-ditch seizure order. 1t is
planned to call both sides into an
other conference which may be
held quietly at the White House.
Believe Talks Will be Futile.
The mine operators expressed the
belief that another meeting with
Mr.. Lewis would be futile and are
more or less resigned to Govern
ment seizure and negotiation of a
contract, at least for the period of
Federal operation just as was done
to end the 1943 strikes. Several
operators expressed the opinion that
the Government could make a bet
ter deal with Mr.. Lewis than they
could.
Operators received widespread re-
ports from the coal fields that Mr.
Lewis had summoned his 250-man
policy committee to a meeting here
this week A union spokesman said
such a move was considered al
though he denied the summons had
been issued.
Action by the Policy Committee
would not be necessary for a re-
newal of the costly mine strike. It's
presence here could only mean there
is possibility of extending the truce
or settling the whole contract con-
troversy.
U. S. Officials Reluctant.
Mr.. Lewis believes contract could
be worked out with the Govern
.nent within short time. But Fed
eral officials are reluctant to deal
with the more controversial Lewis
demands for union directed health
and welfare fund and unionization
Of mine supervisory and clerical en-
ployes.
Meanwhile Senator Connally,
Democrat, of Texas. just back from
the Paris foreign ministers meeting,
told a news conference he doesn't t
see why seizure of the coal mines
wouldn't work.
THE miners went back to work a
year ago when the Government took
over the mines" he said. Il think
they would remain on the job now
if the Government took over
Senator Connally is CO author
with Representative Smith, Demo-
crat of Virginia, of War Emergency
which permits the Gov
ernment to take over struck proper
ties and provides penalties for those
who advocate strikes in the face of
such action.