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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Goodo.e Defense Makes Five PIeos For Evidence

Plymouth, Mass, Sept. 18-(UP)- A hearing will be held Oct. on five special pleas filed by defense counsel in an effort to gain access to evi- dence on which the state charges Charles R. Goodale, 25, of Onset with the rape staying of Ruth Mo- Gurk, 25, Cambridge vacationist.
 Atty. Matthew King of Boston, counsel for the accused Navy vet eran, filed the pleas in superior court yesterday.
 The pleas requested that the dis trict attorney be ordered to furnish the defense copies of any medical reports, the names and addresses of all witnesses who appeared before the grand jury which indicted Goodale, and copies of any state ments made by the defendant. The defense also requested the right to inspect any of Goodale's property or possessions held by the state.
 Miss McGurk disappeared from an Onset dance hall July N and her body was found Aug. 1 in a Carver Cranberry bog.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Rites Friday For pr. "A. J.'LowIor

The funeral of Dr. Michael Jo- seph Lawlor of 158 North Main Street, outstanding surgeon and leader in Waterbury medical circles for many years will be held Friday morning from his residence at 10:30 to the Immaculate Conception Church at Il o'clock for solemn high Mass of requiem.
 Burial will be in old St. Joseph's Cemetery and friends may call at the residence this evening and to- morrow afternoon and evening.
 The Waterbury Medical Associa- tion met at noon today at the Castle Memorial building, Central Avenue to discuss funeral repre- sentation.
 Members of the Naugatuck Valley Club of Holy Cross, of which alumni group Dr. Lawlor was president for many years, have been requested to meet at the corner of Spencer Avenue and North Main Street, ad- jacent to the Lawlor home at 8 o'clock, Thursday night, following which they will visit the home in body.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Carl Shemenske

Carl Shemenske of RED. No. 4, Bucks Hill, died this morning at the Waterbury Hospital. MT. She menske was born in Germany March 1884 and came to this city 37 years ago, residing here ever since He was employed during that time at the Chase Brass Company and was a member of the First Luth- eran Church. Survivors include, his wife, Meta (Yeska) Shemenske; two sons, Frederick Shemenske of Cleveland, Ohio, and Kurt Shemen- ske of this city; one daughter, Mrs Ronald Brown of this city and five grandchildren.
 The funeral will be held on Sat- urday at 2 P. M. from his home RED. No. 4, Bucks Hill with the Rev. Robert A. Heydenreich omciat- ing at the services. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the residence tomorrow after P. M. and Friday afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Services Planned For P. 5. Berqin

Funeral services for Patrick S. Bergin, 3o5 Willow Street, president and treasurer of Martin Bergin's s Sons, Inc, funeral directors, 29O East Main Street, will be held from the Bergin Funeral Home Friday morning at 9:30 to St. Margaret's Church at 10 for a solemn high Mass of requiem. Interment will be in old St. Joseph's Cemetery.
 Members of the Waterbury Flu neral Directors Association will meet in front of the Bergin Funeral Home tomorrow night at o'clock. Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow after noon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Industry Should Seu Itself To EmpIoyes Says Curtiss

entitled to as human beings. Be sure to recognize merit. Employees will respond to fair treatment. They will be unco-operative without 1t. Invite the discussion of employe troubles and do your best to settle them. Today we have outlived the antique concept of master and serv- ant. Our relationship with our em- ployes is that of man to man.
 By honest and continuing effort along the path outlined, I believe that increased productivity will re- suit directly from an Industrial Re- lations program"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
Third Battalion Veterans Organize

William J. Dillon, former com mander of Company G, Sd Batta- lion, State Guard, which was re- gently deactivated, was elected of- ficer-in-charge of the Sd Battalion, Veterans Association, at an or ganization meeting last ngiht in the Armory. The battalion was made up of Waterbury, Torrington and Ansonia personnel.
 Others elected were vice-chair- man, Douglas Little, former cap tain of Co. H, Torrington; secre- tary, Hubert M. Rigney, former plans and training officer of the battalion, Cheshire; treasurer, John Sargent, former sergeant in the medical detachment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
OokviIIe Mon Sent to Jail

Archie J. Laneville, 58, of Oak vile received two-month jail sen- tence in the Litchfield Superior Court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft. He was charged with taking fishing tackle from the garage of his son. in-law.
 A continuance was granted Ed win Cole, ST., of Beacon Falls, who was arraigned in the Waterbury Superior Court yesterday. He is charged in the Litchfield Court with theft in Woodbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18

comprising leaders in all walks of life.
 General Osborn win visit lz other key cities from coast to coast in the United States, including Phii- adelphia, Washington, St. Louis. Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco. Oakland, Los Angeles. Long Beach, Houston, Atlanta and Miami. He also will visit the West Indies, Central and South America on his 20.000- mile tour of the Western Heni- sphere. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
HELPED WAR EFFORT

Petrified trees in southern Utah buried in the cliffs for centuries helped to win the war. The ancient hearts of these stone trees yielded up to 50 percent uranium, used on luminous instrument dialS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18

Vast sums have been spent in searching for the fabled silver de- posits worked by Indians and early Spanish explorers at Silver Hill, in the Ozarks, but the land has failed to yield Welath.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18

The citrus industry of Arizona and California uses 200. .000, 900 board feet of lumber annually for boxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors, especially Stan of St. Johns Church and The Atwater Mfg. Co.,, for floral offerings and the expressions of sympathy and kindness shown us during our recent beeravementg the death of our beloved mother. MIR. and MRS. ALVAH A. PARSONS
 and FAMILY. MIR. and MRS. LLOYD C. PARSONS
 and FAMILY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18
MASSES

anniversary Mass of requiem will be celebrated Thursday morning, at 7,30 o'clock, at the St. Francis Xavier's Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Henry Hayden.
 anniversary Mass of requiem will be celebrated Friday morning, Sept. goth, at s:00 o'clock, at the Immaculate Conception Church, for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs. Bridget Curtin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-18


 Herbert Batchelor, John Cronin, H. G. Fontaine, Wilbur Trask and Robert Geiger.
 Funeral services for Miss Mary c. Sweeney of 89 Alma Street, an employee of the Scovill Mfg. Co.,, 25 years, will be held from the Bergin Funeral Home, 29O East Main Street Friday at 8:30 A. M. to SS. Peter and Paul Church where a high Mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's Cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow in the afternoon and evening. Funeral services for Harold w. Edwards, Il Starview Avenue were held today at 2 P. M. at the Alder son Funeral Home, TO Central Ave- nue, the Rev. Bruce Whittemore officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Southington.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Wright, 271 Grove Street, widow of William Henry Wright, were held today at 3:30 P. M. at the Alderson Funeral Home, 70 Central Avenue. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery. The funeral of Joseph P. Smith, Springfield, Mass, formerly of Wa terburdy, father of Mrs. Harold J. Beecher this city, was held this morning from the Sampson Funeral Home, Belmont Avenue, Springfield, with burial in that city.
 Funeral services for Ralph c. Vaughn, Jackson Heights, L. I. were held yesterday at the R. A. Skelton Funeral Chapel, Elmhurst. L. I. Burial was in Kew Gardens, L. I.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Author Of Hatch Act
Calls Law Failure,
Will Ask Revisions
Senator Says Statute
Has Failed to Curb
Excessive Outluys
BY the Associated Press

The author of the Hatch
"Clean Politics Act" said today
his six-year-old attempt to curb
excessive campaign spending by
law is a failure and should be
abandoned.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico, conceding that neither his
law nor any other has yet solved
the problem, told a reporter:
"I do not mean that they have
been willfully violated, but they have
been evaded and disregarded by all
parties"
Senator Hatch and Chairman
Green of the Senate's committee on
privileges and elections said they
were willing to join with Repub-
licans or any other members of
Congress in ripping out the present
dollar limits on campaign corfribu-
tions and expenditures.
Publicity Best Insurance.
In separate interviews, they said
they believed full publicity on cam
paign financing in advance of elec-
tions would do more to clean up
politics than any prohibition Con-
gress could devise.
"Al that is needed is to let the
voter know before he marks his
ballot how much is being expended
in behalf of any candidate and who
is supplying the money" Senator
Hatch said.
James S. Kemper, treasurer of
the Republican National Committee,
Evening star., 1946-12-07
TwoD. Couples
Tell Horrors of
Being Trapped
Gen. Boode Declares
Fire Was Worse Than
Anything Overseas
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ATLANTA, Dec. Mai. Gen.
P. w. Baade of Washington, D. c.,
spent 10 months on active duty
with the famed 35th Division
but said that the Winecof1 Hotei
fire, from which he and Mrs
Baade were rescued early today
was worse than anything over
there"
aAt least you felt you had
chance in lodging bullets, but you're
just helpless when you're trapped in
hotel room with roaring flames all
around you," he said.
Gen. and Mrs. Baade were taken
from their sixth floor room by fire.
men who ran a ladder up to their
window.
Corridor Full of Smoke.
The erect, gray-haired soldier and
his wife said that they were awak-
ened about $3.50 am. by people
screaming for help. He said hs
cracked the door to the hall slightly,
but knew they had no chance of
Evening star., 1946-12-07
III. Die, 100 Injured
InAtIontu Hotel Fire;
Many Killed in Leaps
BY the Assoeioied Press

ATLANTA, Dec IA mysterious pre-dawn fire, which
started in the upper floors today turned the History Wine
cof Hotel in downtown Atlanta into roaring inferno kill
ing at least Ia persons and injuring another 100
after the brought under control at
they bodies had been removed from the
building located Atanas famed Peachree street
in the heart of the theater district
There the death toll the 2S5 guests
might mount complete of the mortuaries
various of the city Already the toll
of the the Nations history
Many guests eaped to their deaths from the flaming
structure others burned fatally socaed check of
building untouched by the flames but
Femen belief lives would
had guests remained in these untouched
walls and floors of the building stood of the wood
work charred Some partitions destroyed
building recently been painted the inside and remen
aided the rapid spread of the
flames
of the trapped above the third floor where
believed about The brick
building constructed 1913 had outside
fire 1t classed fire resistant
Evening star., 1946-12-07
|ShunqhuiAre for Hours
By Chinese Arms Dump Blasts

!. Thousands of Chinese living near
the dump were driven in fear from
their homes.
Cause Of the explosions was not
determined, but Chinese authorities
presumably fearing sabotage
rushed truckloads Of heavily armed
|mIlitiamen to Gordon the area.
Others from nearby barracks were
on the scene early with steel he'll
NETS, rifles and hand grenades.
The explosions could be heard
Fthroughout, Shanghai. causing in
|stant fears that q civil war battle
might be developing. Today's explo-
|sions sounded sinister to residents
who were here when the Japanese
fought to the city's edge in 1882 and
again in 1887.
Thousands Of windows near the
dump were shattered and others
miles from the scene were ratified.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. IA large Chi
nese Army ammunition dump began
blowing up on the outskirts o1
Shanghai early this afternoon and
six hours later explosions still
rocked the area.
All personnel of the American Ali
Transport Command at nearby
Kiangwan Airfield were evacuated
from headquarters and other build
ings. Planes on the field earlier
were reported ,lndaniaged.
There was no indication how
many Chinese were killed or injured
but it was feared some must have
perished. Some Chinese, blood
streaming from their injuries, raced
from the walled compound inclosine
/ the dump shortly after the explo-
sions began.
Portions Of the walls collapsed.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
LEWIS CALLS OFF STRIKE
School Closing
Here Due for
Study Monday

Commissioner Guy Mason said
today he would seek a conference
Monday between the Commis-
sioners and the Board of Educa-
ton to discuss the advisability OF
closing the schools to conserve
coal.
The announcement followed a
denial by the Solid Fuels Admins
tration of the Districts request for
$4,000 tons of coal to tide over
essential users.
Anticipating crisis within two
weeks, the Board of Trade began
preparations for dealing with any
emergency and the Potomac Electric
Power Co. developed plans to operate
with fuel oil.
Mr.. Mason said he also would
recommend to the other Commis-
sioners Monday that they proclaim
a state of emergency to give the city
government heads added police
power to cope with the situation.
Meeting Suggested.
Commissioner Mason said he
would suggest the meeting with the
Board of Education to determine
whether the closing of schools would
be advisable. Any steam coal saved
through the closing would not be
used now, but conserved for ultimate
diversion to home consumers when
the situation became more critical,
he suggested.
In denying the District $4,000 tons
of coal for hospitals, laundries and
other essential users, STA said such
a request might lead to similar ones
from other communities that could
not be filed.
Instead, STA suggested that a
survey be made Of dealers and con-
sumers' bins.s Such information
would be passed along by the COM
missioners' Conservation COMMITTEES
and the STA would then supply coal
to consumers having less than 10
days supply, it was said.
Stockpiles Dwindlc.
AS dwindling stockpiles gave
warming of cold days ahead and the
Government further frightened its
belt for long siege, Board of Trade
President Joseph C. McGafrahy yes
terday called IL committee chair
man into emergency session.
They were told to call meetings
early next week to outline plans for
dealing with the situation as It
arises, then to report back In q
general meeting next Thursday
morning.
Mr.. McGarraghy said it has be-
come increasingly apparent that the
average citizen must learn the seri-
business of the situation and CO.
operate in every way to save coal
Among the committees repre-
sented at the meeting were those
on public health, employment and
security, public and private build
ings, public order, schools, sanitation
1See DIMOUT. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1946-12-07

getting out that way as the corri-
dor was full of smoke, flame ano
unbearable heat.
He closed and braced the door
he said, and he and his wife went
to the window to wait for help.
(Gen. Baade has lived in Wash
ington from time to time. The
35th Infantry Division he COM
manded was President Truman's
old division. 1t participated in
the capture of st. Lo and finish
ing the war on the Elbe River in
Germany. His last Washington
address was 140l Columbia road
N. W)
Aherns Weakened by Cries.
MIR. and Mrs. Hugh S. Ahern, alst
Of Washington, said they wert
awakened by horrible screams
shortly after $3.50 am. Firemen rar
q ladder up to their fifth-floor room
and took them out.
I'VE lost everything we had" Mrs
Ahern said, adding sobbingly "ever
the picture of my mother who JUS
passed away. wouldn't have taker
anything for It,"
Mr.. Ahern said he has just beer
transferred to Atlanta as informa-
tion representative OF the Commerce
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Man Dies After Auto
Strikes Him in Fall

Harold w. KERN, As, of 2420 North
Capitol street died early today when
he fell to the street and was run over
by an automobile at Fourteenth and
Irving streets NV.
An autopsy was to be performed
today to determine whether his
death was caused by injuries suf-
fered in the accident or by an illness
which may have caused his fall.
Police listed the driver Of the
automobile as Marvin Kaplan, IT,
Iof the 1400 block Of Floral street
NV. Mr.. KERN was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital, but was dead when
the ambulance reached there.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
French Sub Is Sunk;
Hope Given Up for q
BY the Associated Press

TOULON, France, Dec. Hope
was abandoned today for 23s men
trapped in the 250-ton French sub
marine 1926, believed sunk by a
floating mine off Toulon, a spokes-
man for the Ministry OF Armies
said.
French naval authorities said
three high-ranking officers were
aboard the craft, but names were
withheld pending notification OF
next Of kin.
A storm last night halted rescue
efforts, but attempts to locate the
submarine, two days overdue at
Toulon, were resumed at dawn by
naval and air craft. The submarine
formerly belonged to the German
Navy.
LONDON, Dec. I tR.-The Tru-
ant, an unnamed British subnla-
rine which had been sold for scrap,
drifted off Eddystone Light today
after being abandoned by q tug In
rough weather. Reporting the craft
q danger to navigation, the Adj
miralty sent nayalsvessels to search
for it.
The Truant, built in 1889, sank the
German cruiser karlsruhe In Oslo
Fjord in 1910 and gained q reputa-
ton as the adventure ship" during
q two-and-a-half-year cruise in
which she sent down more than 20
Axis ships.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Britain Calls on 0. n.
To Set Up Agency 10
Verify Troop Reports
Amendment I'd Proposed
Survey to Be Offered
To Assembly Session
. BY the Assoeiot.d pfsss

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Dec
7-Great Britain proposed today
that the United Nations Security
Council set up an Inspection
agency to verify reports SUBJ
mitted in connection with pro-
posed worldwide troop census
The British proposal was en-
bodied in an amendment which will
be offered at tonight's plenary
session of the General Assembly. II
called for creation of a supervisory
committee" before January Is, 1947
to make an "on-the-spot" check on
all troop data submitted.
The 54-nation Political Committee
of the Assembly defeated a similar
British proposal recently when II
approved a plan providing that all
members of the United Nations SUBJ
NIT figures on all their troops both
at home and abroad by January /
Both the United States and Russia
opposed the original British proposal
Council Meets Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the U. N. Security
Council last night scheduled meet
ing for pm. Tuesday to consider
a new Greek complaint that Yugo-
slavia, Albania and Bulgaria had
supported guerrilla warfare within
Greece and to take up Slams re-
submitted membership application
The Iranian question, which the
Security Council has been watching
for months, was revived yesterday
with Trans informative statement
that Russia through her Teheran
Ambassador had given friendly
admonition" that movement OF
Iranian troops into Azerbaijan tc
police elections starting today might
result in disturbances.
Meanwhile, subcommittee of the
powerful Political Comittee qsched-
uled three meetings today to discuss
world disarmament and Spain.
Toughest Section Hurdled.
There was general optimism that
the subcommittee on arms reduction
would approve the American pro-
|posals for disarmament. Delegates
believed that the toughest, section
of the proposals was hurdled yester-
7Coa n Al pace A.41
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Lute News
Bulletin
Col. Andrus Is Removed

Col. AndTuS Is Removed
FRANKFURT (R. - The
United States Army an
nounced today that Col. Bur-
ton C. Andrus had been re-
moved as commandant Of the
Nuremberg prison and that it
had revised security measures
at the famous jail preparatory
to the opening Of new war
crimes trials. Col. Andrus was
commandant Of the prison at
the time Hermann Goering
cheated the gallows by his
eleventh-hour suicide.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Sentenced GI Grabs
Gun, Kills Sergeant
BY the Assoeiossd Press

FRANKFURT, Dec. 7.-Thire
Army headquarters announced today
that Negro soldier who had just
been sentenced by a military court
at Mannheim grabbed a carbine
from his guard and killed his tor
sergeant, also colored, and wounded
two other colored sergeants.
The defendant, who was recap
tured after a gun battle, was identi-
fed by the provost marshal as Pvt
L. z. Henderson of San Antonio, Tex
He had been sentenced to six months
Imprisonment, when he seized the
gun and began wild outburst o1
shooting.
The Army announcement gave
this version of the affray:
Henderson rushed off in search o1
his first sergeant and his company
commander. Finding the first
sergeant, the defendant killed hin
with three shots. The name of the
first sergeant was withheld pending
notification of next OF kin.
Henderson opened fire on the two
other sergeants who tried to block
his way into the company COM
mander's Office. They were identi-
fed as Howard L. Dugger of Prince.
ton, N. j., and Russell Pickard o1
Reidsville, N. c. Both we're wounded
although not critically.
: The company commander boltee
his office door, so Henderson raI
outside and began firing wildly inte
the window. The captain was moi
hit.
Henderson commandeered near.
by. truck and crashed through bar
rier at the camp exit, firing his re-
naming shots at guards.
The guards escaped injury. anc
returned IL shots, wounding Hen
derson in both shoulders. He was
arrested when he stopped for med
ical attention.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Waller Johnson Reported
SINKING After Relapse

Walter Johnson-baseball's "Big
Train" appeared to be sinking
steadily this morning in his fight
for life at Georgetown Hospital
At $40 a.m.,s a hospital spokes-
man said the condition of the So
year -old former pitching star was
decidedly worse" than it had been
last night when the first report d
his latest relapse was issued. Hos
pital authorities said Mr. johnson
has been unconscious since yester-
day afternoon.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
BottIesbip Mississippi
Gets Navy Unit Citotion
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. For out
standing heroism In action against
enemy japanese forces In the Pa
|cific area. from October II, 1914, to
June 10, 1945, the 29-year-old battle
ship Mississippi was yesterday
awarded the Navy unit commenda-
Etion.
4 Rear Admiral r. p. Briscoe, COM
|mander Of the operation develop
|ment force, Atlantic Fleet, present.
ed the commendation to Capt. John
r. Grove, il, skipper Of the ship.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
(See RESCUES, Page A-2.
IA Persons Are Injured
In Kansas Train Wreck
~ m. A,,oeiot,d Press

WELLINGTON, Kans., Dec. TAT
least IA persons were injured, none
reported seriously, when the Rock
Island Railroads northbound Recket
was derailed near Riverdale, 4 MS,
before dawn today.
Chief of Police James M. h Tie
said six persons--three mail clerks,
q railway express agent, q porter
and one passenger-were taken by
ambulance to q hospital here where
doctors said their injuries were not
serious. Eight injured persons were
taken to q hospital at Wichita.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Mob Of 5000 Storms
Hungarian Parliament
By the Assoeioted Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. IA
mob of about 5000 most of them
slogan-shouting women, stormed the
Parliament building yesterday, broke
down the main doors and trampled
one another in an hour-long demon
stration against the shortage Of eggs,
potatoes and flour. Seven were in
iured. two of them seriously.
Evening star., 1946-12-07
Mild Week End Weather
Promised for District

Washington was promised mild
weekend weather today with the
Weather Bureau predicting little
change before Wednesday.
Today will be mostly cloudy. with
somewhat clearing skies tomorrow,
the forecaster said.