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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Paul Porter Leaves OPA

Washington, Nov. 30 - (UPl - Paul A. Porter, who headed OPA m It's death throes, prepared to leave Government service today. report edly to take a $5O.O0O-a-year radio job. trators, resigned last night. etiec- tive Dec.
 John D. Small, head of the Civil- ian Production Administration, was expected to follow suit soon. Both OPA and SPA are about finished. Their remaining functions are to be absorbed by q new liquidation agency.
 In his letter of resignation to President Truman. Porter said per- sonal reasons made it imperative that he cut all connections with the Government. Although his resigna- ton as oPA chief had been expect- ed for some time, there were reports he would stay in the Government to reclaim his old job as chairman Of the Federal Communications Com mission.
 Although Porter said he had no plans beyond taking rest, 1t was reported he will join Broadcast Music, Inc, which is said to have offered him $50. 1000 a year. The FCC post carries a 9l5.000 salary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
61-Yeor-OId Man 12th Citv Car FotuIity
 F. C. Wiedieke Dies;
 Edword Rush, 69,
 Fiit ot Crossing

Within 15.minutes of each other, two pedestrians were struck by cars early last evening, one fatally.
 Listed as the city's 18th automo- bile fatality of the year, 6i-year old Fritz Christian Wiedicke of 60 Merlden Road died at st. Mary's Hospital three hours after being struck by a car at East Main Street and Meriden Road at 5:30 P. Nj.
 Tn the other accident. Edward Rush, So, of 76 Pennington Avenue, sustained a possible fractured spine when struck by a car at 5:15 P. M. while crossing Central Avenue at West Main Street.
 Rush in Fair Condition
 Rush, takaa to St. Mary's Hos- pital in the police ambulance, was reported to be in a fair condition today.
 Driver of the car in the fatal accident, Ellsworth Julian, 2l. of go Woodward Avenue, was released under $1,000 bond as a coroners prisoner.
 Coroner William F. Jones. Jr., bee gan a preliminary investigation last night and scheduled an inquest for today.
 Motor Patrolman Philip Teta said wiedicke was crossing East Main Street when he was struck. The man was carried to the sidewalk by Martin Macary of S6 Dixie Ave- nue. manager of a nearby service station. Patrolman Teta and Ma- cary administered first aid until the arrival of the police ambulance.
 Skull Fractured
 Medical Examiner Dr. Edward Kirschbaum said the man died as the result of a fractured skull.
 Driver of the car in the other ace cident. Louis E. Lougee, 6l, of l62 West Main Street, was scheduled to appear in City Court today to ans wer a charge of failure to grant the right of way. Lougee, said Motor Patrolman Joseph Murphy, was making a right turn into Central Avenue when the right front fender of the vehicle struck the man who was crossing to the west side of the street.
 MT. Wiedicke, born in Germany March T, 1885, the son of the late Christian and Henrietta (Huldal Wiedicke, came to this country and Waterbury in 1922.
 He was employed for the past 20- years as a toolmaker at the U. s. Time Corporation. He was also a member of the Workmen's Benefit Society.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mari- anne (Boroch) Wiedicke. of Water bury; a son, Martin of Germany; a daughter, Mrs. Samuel Boroch of Waterbury, and brother. Robert of 7 Germany.
 Funeral services will be private Friends may call at the Alderson Funeral Home at 70 Central Avenue tomorrow from 3 to P. M.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Trio Drown In Plunge
 Three Worcester
 Residents Decd

Wayland. Mass, Nov. 30. CUP)- At least three Worcester residents drowned today when their auto- mobile careened off the old Bos- ton Post Road on a curve here, crashed through a wooden guard rail and plunged into about l2 feet of water in the Sudbury River.
 Three bodies were recovered by State Police who continued their operations in belief a fourth per- son also was in the car.
 The dead were identified as Ernest Miles, Doris E. Armstrong, and Louis E. Malo.
 sThe bodies were taken to the Gibbs Funeral Home here pending the arrival of relatives and police said they believed another woman was in the tonneau of the light sedan.
 The tragedy was discovered about T A. M. by a passing motorist who noticed the shattered rail at the roadside and a small portion of the car protruding from the river.
 State police said that they be- lieved the group was enroute home from Boston. Skid marks on the highway indicated that the car was speeding and failed to regulate the sharp curve where the road swings onto 6 bridge that crosses the river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Byrnes Lines .UpWith Reds On WorBiIIs
FovoFs Decrease For BuIsorio and Hike for Italy

New York, Nov. S0.-Cup)--sec retary of state James F. Byrnes lined up with Russia against Bri- tain on a major peace treaty issue for the first time today, urging Q sealing down of BUlgaria's war fep. aratlof1s bill and on increase in ftaly'e.
 ft was a complete reversal of the general policy pursued by Byrnes at Paris. There he joined the British in keeping 1taly's separations as small as possible in the face of huge Yugoslav demands and in opposing strong Soviet demands for only token payments by Bulgaria.
 The new Byrnes' position on rep- aratlons was the result of his secret conference with Soviet Foreign Minister viacheslav Nj. Molotov early this week and apparently the price" of more important Soviet concessions on Trieste and the Dafl- iibe.
 Molotov Compromise
 Tn addition, on Byrnes' ca sdtt side, was Molotov's final agreement that YugoslAvia and Greece should receive the same amount of repara- tons. Previously Molotov had iri- sisted upon Yugoslavia getting twice as much as Greece.
 But the new Byrnes' policy did not please blunt-spoken British fore eign minister Ernest Bevin. He denounced one of Byrnes' formu- las as entirely unjust" and adam antly opposed any juggling of rep- arations figures which would reduce Greeces' total take" from Italy and Bulgaria to less than Sl62, 500 900 the figure recommended at Paris.
 More than a half dozen forinu- las for juggling Italian and Bulgar- ian reparations were tossed out last night, but Bevin was the only one who stood firmly on the Paris figures.
 Byrnes made two proposals, but the substance of each was an in- crease in the total amount Italy would pay and a decrease in Bul- garia's bill. His first proposal would A0sC Cu6 SACCSSo OfCAun tdhC from $l62.500, 900 to Sl45, ,o0O, 900. But after Bevin's denunciation he pro- posed another plan which would retain the Paris figure for Greece.
 Other Formulae Offers
 The Paris Conference recommend ed that Italy pay Yugoslavia and Greece SlOO,0O0,OO each and that Bulgaria pay them s62,500, 900 each.
 Byrnes' first proposal yesterday was that Italy pay Yugoslavia sl25,- OOO,0 900 and Greece $lO0,000. 900 and that Bulgariais reparations be near ly halved with S20.O00,O for Yugo- slavia and s45,00O0O for Greece. But Bepin vetoed that as "entireiy untust."
 Byrnes second proposal was to keep separations for Greece as at Paris-Italy to pay Yugoslavia si25,- 900. 900 and Greece SlOO, ,OO0, 900; Bull garia to pay Yugoslavia s37, 7,500. 900 lhalf the Paris figure) and Greece $62,5O,O0O.
 French delegate Maurice Couve de Murville meanwhile offered the following formula-Italy to pay Yu- goslavia Si2S.O0O,OO and Greece $l05. .000, 900; Bulgaria to pay Yugo- slavia $30.O0O.OOO and Greece $5,- O0,OOO.
 Molotov's formula was a slight variation of the French. He would keep the French figures for Italian separations but reduce Bulgaria. s so she would pay Yugoslavia only SIS, 100000 and Greece $S5. 5.OOO, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
TsoIdoris ToAskAid

Athens. Nov. 30 - UP) - Pre- mier Constantin Tsaldaris an- nounced today that he would leave for New York Sunday fo appear be- fore the United Nations Security Council in connection with armed clashes along the Greek frontier.
 Tsaldaris made the announce ment at the close of a three-hour emergency cabinet meeting called to discuss the rapidly developing Greek political crisis. His statement was interpreted by some observers as an indication that the rebellion among Populist deputies had quiet ed dewn for the time being.
 During a scheduled To-day stay in New York. Tsaldaris is expected to defend Greek claims concerning Al- hania and Bulgaria before the Big Four foreign ministers He was also expected to discuss economic aid to Greece with American authorities.
 Tsaldaris said his petition to the LIN Security Council would call for an investigation to determine res possibility for recent elashes on the Greek frontier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Maxi Generals Found Guilty

Rome. Nov. 30--(UP)-Nazi Col.- Gen. Eberhard Won Mackensen and Lt.-Gen. Kurt Maeltzer were con- victed of war criminality today in the Ardeatine Caves massacre of 335 Romans in reprisal for the kill- ing of 32 Germans here two years ago.
 A British military tribunal brought in a verdict of guilty soon after it received the case. The trial closed with blackveiled widows of the massacre victims crying death" and "hang them"
 Most of the screaming. hysterical women were relatives of those who died in the massacre.
 The two German commanders were charged with carrying out Adolf Hitler's order for reprisal kill- ings after S2 German soldiers Were killed by .a partisan-thrown bomb in Macrh, 1924. Both of the Nazi generals pleaded innocent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
ScreuUbGu Moran PrOUes
 Abstract Painting PhOney

fancy showings. sat down and dreamed up the worst thing I could think of.
 'I always knew this long -ha1red art racket was a phoney. If those snooty judges will go for something like this. that proves it. :
 Miss Helen Wurdemann. director of the association, admitted that "Noromji's work" wasn't one cf the best in the show. which inclnded entries by well-known distractions ists including O. Fischinger. Helen Lundeberg and S. Macdonald Wright.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Retail Store Deery Strike Folk
 Employees LoeoI
 Continues PIons
 For Mess Meeting

A committee representing resalA store employees agreed two weeks ago to wait until after the holidays for a decision by the Merchants Bu- reau on closing of stores on Mon- days, A member of the merchants committee which has been dealing with the employees said today. He expressed amazemcnt at reports that retail employees are discussing strike action to enforce their de- mands for a five-day week.
 Several meetings with an em- ployes' committee have been held since the workers first submitted their petition for a five-day week last summer, said the merchants representative. Two weeks ago, he said, the clerks committee received a report that a satisfactory plan was being worked out and would be presented after the first of the year. The workers group was told, said the merchants spokesman, that any change in store schedules would have to be preceded by an exten- sive educational campagin to pre- pare the public.
 The merchants committee mem- Der expressed strong doubt that there will be any strike. ''The clerks committee accepted our re- port and agreed to it," he pointed out.
 Local 282. United Retail, Whole sale & Department Store Employees of America, 0. l. O., is proceeding with plans for mass meeting of all store workers next week. The union has not taken any stand on the strike proposal.
 The union, which represents efn- ployes of one large locally owned store and a half-dozen chain stores, began arrangements for the meet ing to allow a general discussion of the whole store-hour question. Plans f. the meeting were being made before any strike talk was heard.
 No strike threats have been made by the. union but leaders admit they have heard considerable talk of strike plans by non-organized store employees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
TrioI of Six Risdon Cases Opens Todoy
 Lengthy Session
 Expected to Lost
 For Entire Dcy

Trial of six cases arising out of the Risdon Manufacturing Com. pany strike was opened before Judge John L. Gaffney in City Court this morning. A lengthy court session, lasting perhaps all day, was in pros- pect.
 A plea of not guilty was entered by Lester LaChance, 90. of 53 Man. vile Street, @ non-striking employe charged with assault by automobile and reckless driving. Immediately following his plea. court was re. cessed while a stenographer. was sought. The quest for a stenUgra- pher to make a written record of the testimony indicates plans for appeals if necessary.
 Attorney Michael v. Blansfield appeared for LaChance, and also represents another defendant, Wi. liam Falcigno, 37. of New Haven charged with reckless driving. Lac Chance and Falcigno are both acc cused of injur1ng union members while driving vehicles through C.I.o. picket lines at the South Main Street factory.
 Attorney Edward Mascolo and Attorney Margaret Connors Driscoll appeared for four C.1.O. members: Armand Fiorelli. 8. president of Local 25l, and Leon Curz, g, a member of the Chase Brass Workers Union, both charged with assault and breach of the peace; Ovide Garceau, 38, union international representative, and Elmer Gaylord, a Risdon striker, both charged with breach of the peace.
 The cases were originally sci down for trial last Wednesday but were continued until this mornine at the request of union counssL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Radio Federation Averts WoIkout

New York, Nov. 30. (UP)-The American Federation of Radio Artists, A.FL., removed a strike threat from the four major net works today following the an- nouncement that workable solu- ton" had been found for principal issues of the dispute.
 A.F.RA. had scheduled a walk out of leading radio stars unless the networks agreed not to pipe in" programs to stations which re- fused to negotiate with the union. A joint statement issued by the union and the networks last night said negotiations for a new two- year contract would continue until matters till in issue are settled"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Russio Cuts Reich Forces 40 Percent
 Re-depIoyment
 Expected to End
 About Jun I

Berlin, Nov. 90. CUP)-Reliable Allied sources estimated today that 70 percent of the Russian troops in Germany were being sent home or transferred to Soviet garrisons out side the Reich. e.
 Three Russian infantry divisions and four artillery divisions report edly passed through Potsdam earlier this week. Reliable sources said the troops were headed. east toward the Russian border.
 (Radio Moscow said ''thou-
 sandsv of older age soldiers
 were being demobllized and re-
 turned to the Soviet Union. The
 broadcast said the first train-
 load already had arrived in
 Moscow from Berlin and that
 others were on the wayl Soviet Army trucks have evacu- ated l,500 troops from the Stahns- dorf military area since the be- ginning of the week. Another l.OOO men are due to leave before Sunday. There was no indication, however, that the 6,OOO-man Stahnsdorf gar- rison would be evacuated complete ly.
 Most of the troops being with drawn from Stahnsdorf are NKVD security forces which have made their headquarters in the Berlin suburb, 1t was learned. Two lines of l7 Soviet Army trucks were seen moving into Stahnsdorf Thursday
 Marshal Vastly D. Sokolovsky, Soviet commander in Germany, in- dicated recently that large-scale re- deployment of Russian troops was being planned. He informed Gen. ,Joseph IT. McNarney, the American commander, that American cor respondents would be barred from inc Soviet zone until troop move ments" were completed, prooaniy around Jan. l.
 Most of the evacuations have oc. cured late at night and in the early morning. The heavy Soviet Army trucks rumble eastward across the Oder River and out of cer- many.
 Some responsible Allied sources suggested the evacuations might mean Russia was preparing to join the United States and Britain m treating the three zones of Ger many as an economic unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Pit Owners Sound Lewis for Accord
Pueblo, Colo, Rdtions Coal

Pueblo, Colo, Nov. 90. tupl-. A compulsory, city-controlled rationing program was ir1augur. rated in Pueblo today to cof1- serve the city's TOO tons of coal
 The city council ordered oil stocks of retail dealers seized after officials estimated there were only 300 tons of domestic fuel and 400 tons of industrial slack coal fin Pueblo, a city of 5000 population.
 City Coupncil President Bert L. Beaty said city workers { would be ordered to cut down ali dead trees on city-owred property for kindling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Bethel Man Dies In Jeep Collision

Bethel, Nov. 30 - (UP) - Ken- meth Macleod, s9. was dead today, the victim of a collision between a jeep and a heavily~laden ten-wheel trailer truck.
 Macleod an dhis wife, Myrtle. were in the jeep when 1t reportedly swerved into the truck on Route 202. The jeep was demolished and Macleod was trapped in the wreck age until extricated by residents near the scene. Mrs. Macleod. thrown clear. suffered minor hurts.
 Two tires on the truck were de- Hated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
AII-Volley Grid
 Eleven Selected

Seven local high school feot- ball stars won positions on The Waterbury Democrats l9l6 edition of the Ail-Nauga- tuck Valley first eleven. The selections were compiled by Win Maloney, JF. scholastic sports reporter for the paper.
 Leavenworth placed three players on the first team to lead the Valley schools. CFos- by's city champions won two spots as did the WiIby team. Torrington and Ansonia ath- letes took the rewaining posi- tiOns.
 Names. pictures and in- formation on. the le46 Ail-Nau- gatuck Valley Football seIec- tlon appears today on The Democrats vsperts pages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
BUDGET REQUESTS MADE

Harttord, Nov. 3O-(UPl-Hudge requests of the State Welfare De- partment. the Agriculture Experl- ment Station, and the Veterans Home were heard today by Gov.- Elect James L. McConaughy ct the State Capitol. McConaughy and several budget experts of the State government discussed the requests for funds for the next two years with the heads of the agencies 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
HEARING sCHEDULED

New Haven, Nov. sO-(UP)-The State Public Utilities Commission announced today that it would hear a proposal Dec. 10 by the New Ha- ven Gas Light Company, to add a fuel adjustment clause to it's rate schedules for consumers using more than 5000 cubic feet of gas a month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30
Civic Orchestra To Begin Season

The first symphony concert of the season takes place fo- morrow night ct the Wilby High school For the arsf fame iB It's history the Civic 0rehes- tra win plRy 'a major concert in this auditorium. Mario ai Ceee0 wflI conduct and azlz1 Gertrude RibIa, dramatic so~ prane, of New York Cisy, wiil be soIoist. The concert starts ai SIS.
 The major work hs the aF~ eheslra HiIl he the Heethovee Nc. 6 lRastoFaiD 63lnn ony zn F nzajar. Two Grieg pieces aEe aIaa lneluded. as vel ns sse ~Gypsy Dnnoss fEom s- men
 Tn noceEannse wifh 6 n procedure adgniea ftlss 91NNen fhe concert will he npen1H by the Junior D'FfsIeu z4 iesbnEy Council nE Dass WonHn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30

Hollywood. Nov. 30 - (UP) - The staid Los Angeles Art Association probably doesn't know it yet, but one of its most 'prized abstract" pictures was slapped together with nail polish and chalk by pros fessional screwban Jim Moran. who said he did it to prove that ''long- haired art" was phoney.
 The picture. depicting fish. blood shot eyes encireled with purple bags and parts of a feminine torso clipped fro ma magazine. was painter in only few hours. Mo- ran said today.
 He said 1t was spretty awful"
 Fakes Name
 The picture was submitted under the name Naromji--Moran spelled backwards wit ha "Ji" for good measure-Sor the associations an- nual abstract exhibit. The judges, believing they had a work of art by an Oriental genius, excepted 1t readily. Now they are trying to sell 1t for si!O0o.
 Moran said this was his first ex- cursion into the field of art. Re- gently he went into the incubator business by matching an egg for a lazy mother ostrich. and once he changed horses in mid-streain just to prove it could be done. Now, he said. he wants the public ot know what he thinks of modern art. He named the picture after hair restorer just to prove how he felt.
 Abstract art makes me want to tear my hair out" he said. 80 ! figured the name of a remedy for bald heads would be appropriate. Dislikes Abstract Art T hate abstract paintings. when reed in the paper the art aes0cia- ton was going to hold one ok ila
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-30

CHURCHILL "a TO-DAY London. Nov. 90. (UPl-Wlnston Churchill observed his T2nd birth day today at his country home. Chartwell, in Kent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
Symphony Fund Lacks
S15,4O0 Of Quota

Need for continued contributions
to the 1867 National Symphony
sustaining fund has been stressed
by E. r. Finkenstaedt, president Of
the Board of Directors, in pointing
out that the fund still lacks SIS, 400
toward its $150.000 goal.
While describing the last season
as the most successful in the Or
chestra's 15-year history, he report
ed net deficit of $512.38. The an
nual budget for the 1867 fiscal
year, he reported, is $356, $50, which
will cover a 24-week winter season, a
six-week Watergate season and
against which sustaining fund Of
$50, 900 is necessary.
Mr.. Finkenstaedt was reelected
president of the Board of Directors
for third year at the meeting.
Other officers elected are Frank r.
Jelleff, first vice president; George
A. Garrett, second vice president;
David B. Karrick, secretary; Milton
w. King, treasurer; Mrs. Willis
Fisk, assistant secretary, and Ed
ward Burling, jr., assistant treasurer.
Nine members of the board whose
terms expired this year, have been
reelected for three-year terms.
They are Mrs David S. Barry, Mrs.
Robert Woods Bliss, Lee D. Butler,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, William
j. Flather, jr.;; Mrs. C. C. Glover,
jr., Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker and Mrs. Edwin M.
Watson.
Two new directors are Mrs. Carl
A. Spaatz and Harold N. Marsh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
Selected Stocks Up,
But Many Leaders
Decline Further
By Victor Eubonk


NEW YORK, May 17.-An assort-
ment of special issues continued to
monopolize the bidding in today's
stock market while many leaders
languished in the minus column.
Dividends, earnings and sphtups
remained as the principal buying
incentives. Rejection of the Presi-
dents arbitration proposal in the
coal controversy and the imminent
railway strike served to restrain
bullish ENTHUSIASM which revived
somewhat Thursday. Hopes for
labor legislation kept liquidation at
a minimum.
Dealings slowed appreciably after
midday and the price direction was
far from clear near the close. While
jumps of as much as 2 or more
points were well distributed, numer-
GUS losers persisted. Transfers ran
to around 100000 shares.
Regular. increased or extra dis
bursements lifted Industrial Rayon
American Sumatra Tobacco and
Erie.
Laggards included United States
Steel, Chrysler, General Motors,
Baltimore 81 Ohio, Sears Roebuck.
Boeing, Beech Aircraft, Columbia
Gas, American Water Works, Kenne-
colt, Union Carbide, Texas Co.. Pub
ticker Industries and Hiram Walker
Bonds were irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-17
President Sees Hone
Of Unity in China

The United States has not given
up hope of unity between Chinese
central government and Commun-
list forces.
President Truman made this clear
by telling questioners at news con-
ference late yesterday that Gen.
George c. Marshall will remain in
China as long as there is a chance
of uniting the contending factions.
Gen. Marshall succeeded lin OBJ
tanning an agreement between Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek's CEN
trail government and the Chinese
Communist forces looking toward
unity, which has been upset by
fighting in Manchuria. He is using
proposed $500, 1000 900 loan to
China as one lever in efforts to
achieve settlement, holding UP
the credit Temporarily.