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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
T run1on Gets
 Jewell Degree

Liberty, Mo-, May 20-(UP)-PreS- ident Truman came to this old vest ern Missouri college town today to receive an honorary degree at the 97th commencement of William Jewell College, his third such degree from Missouri schools since he en- tered the White House.
 The. town of 4,5O0 was set for 8 big day. Never before had Pres ident visited the 122-year-old town, settled by Southern Democrats and still a place where 8 Republican campaign placard is 8 rarity.
 MT. Truman spoke briefly and ex- teInporaneously following receipt of the degree and the commencement address by Judge Manley O. Hudson of Harvard University.
 Greetings to the President from the Senior class of 65 students were extended by Morgan Jones, blind student from Grandview, Mo-, home of the Presidents mother, 9S-year- old Mrs. Martha E. Truman. Jones was the only member of the class from Grandview, and student of high standing in his class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Well-LoDed by Americans Booth 7arkington Dies at 76

had no children of his own. His closest relatives were three nephewS, Booth T., John, and Lonald Janle- son, all of whom live here.
 Although confined to bed, Tark- ington dictated to his secretary. Last year tis Image of Josephine" was e Literary Guild best seller.
 TarkingtOn was one of the
 most prolific writers of his gen-
 eration., Often he worked from
 6 A. M. until evening. Beside
 his novels he wrote many plays.
 Twice he won the Pulitzer Prize . for literature and for his novels
 "The Magnificent AmlbeFSOns"
 and "Allce Adams" Among his best known works was seventeen. 'The Gentleman From Indiana" "Penrod," and Monsieur Beaucaire." His play The Man From Home" was Broadway suc- cess. Many of l1is books were made into nnoviess and Tarkington. who earned only @2250 in the first five years Of his career. became rich.
 Kn the late '1e's Tarking40n
 lost his sight, bat he bore the
 loss cheerfulIy and told friends
 that "real sight is in the mind"
 He regained his visi0n in 1881
 after an opsEatioA te- reaseve
 catarActs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20

Indianapolis May 2O-(UP)-A generation of Americans who grew i,n reading "Penrod" and seven. teen" mlourned today the death oi Booth Tarkington, one of the na- tion's best-loved novelists.
 Tarkington died last night at
 the age of 76 in his rambling
 tree-shaded shome just four
 miles from the scenes of his
 boyhood. He died of . broncniai
 obstruction.
 His wife, Susannah, was watn him. Friends and relatives Saao death was not unexpected. He he'd been i'll for almost two years ano spent the last two months in pea
 PriVate services will be held in the big, English-style TarMngton home Thursday, and burial will De in Crown Hill Cemetery here.
 Even In hls last illness, the !, aCsentIeman from Indiana" re-
 tained the sly wit and gentle
 sarcasm that made his novels
 among the most wideiy-read in
 American, literature. Before he
 died he had been writing 2 story
 C be published serialIy in the < Saturday Evening Post.
 Warrington, whose understanding and love of children was written isi- to "Renrod" and "Fenrod and sam,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Cardinal, 75,
 Dies in Rome

Rome, May 20. (UP)-Enrico Cardinal Gasparri, 75, Papal Nun cio in Brazil from 1916 to 1925, died early today of angina pectoris.
 He was. a nephew of Pietro Car dinal Gasparri who died in 1884 He had been Papal Secretary of State from 1914 to 1880.
 The death of GaSparri reduced the Sacred College of Cardinals to 66 members.
 Gasparri was the sub-dean of the Sacred College and signed the Laterno Accord with Benito Musso- lini in 1929.
 His death also reduced the num- Der of Italian Cardinals to 25, the first time in a century that the proportion of non-Italians has been so high.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
ronInvodes 
 Province Coils
 Up All Fighters

Teheran. May 20-(UP)-Radio Tabriz called upon the men women and children of Azebaijan Province today to repulse attacking Iranian government troops which, it said, began a frontier offensive toward Tabriz at 5 P. M. Sunday.
 ''Bloodshed has started" the
 Azerbafjan broadcast. said.
 'Azerbaijan troops and armed
 civilians have been instructed
 to defend the country to the
 last"
 Prince Mozaffar Firouz, Teheran government spokesman, denied that serious fighting had begun in Azer- bajaijan. He conceded that local clash might have occurred. Both Firouz and high army officers said Premier Ahmed Ghavam had or dered central government troops to refrain from starting fight. They suggested that A0erbaijan troops might have provoked incidents.
 Radio Tabriz said central
 government troops opened up
 mortar barrages against two
 Azerbaijan frontier posts at
 SOurate and BaghOhehneshin in
 Zanjan Province.
 The broadcast said other govern ment troops attacked Kurdish po- sitions in Kurdistan, mountainous province djoining Azerbaijan, three days ago. The central government troops were repulsed by the Kur- dish tribesmen, suffering casualties and losing 37 prisoners, it said.
 (LOndon press reports quoted
 the Tabriz radio as saying that
 15,OOO government troops have
 crossed the Azerbajan border.)
 There was no immediate Teheran confirmation of the attacks from the government of Premier Timed Ghavam Negotiations between Cha yam and Azerbaijan representatives led by Jaafar Pishevari broke down last week, and Gd1avam told the United Press he might find 1t ne- ceSsary to use force against the Azerbaijan regime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
K. of (. FIays Red FascisIll
State 1U' to Open Vets Branch Here
Franco Spain Is Defended
 Delegates Adopt
 Two Resolutions

Resolutions striking out vigorous ly at the attempted intervention of Red FasciSm in America and world wide affairs were adopted by deie- gates to the annual convention of the Connecticut Council, Knights of Columbus here today. Nearly 15O representatives of the various sl7 bordinate councils of the State were present at The Elton this morning when the session was formally opened by Judge Thomas J. Mailoy of Hartford, State deputy, and the official greetings of the City of Wa terbury were extended by Mayor John S. Monagan.
 The convention program will
 be concluded late this afternoon
 when supreme and State c0un-
 ell officers and delegates gath-
 CT for the customary banquet.
 Members of Sheridan Council
 of Waterbury were hosts at . re-
 ception for the visitors follow
 ing the adjournment of the con-
 ventiOn proper.
 Prior to the opening of the inn-l portant session and the discussion of the resolutions presented by St. AuguStine'S Council of Stamford, delegates attended a solemn high Mass in the Church of the Imma- ulate Conception. The Rev. George Reilley officiated as celebrant; the Rev. Frank McKenna, deacon; the Rev. Richard Phillips, sub-deacon and Rev. Philip Hussey, master of ceremonies. All. four priests are members of Sheridan Council. The Rev. M. Emerson Wilson of New HA- ven, State chaplain, occupied . seat within the sanctuary.
 The two resolutions demanded . jHst peace. peace haeed ub- on the Divine teaching that man is not . pawn on q ollasa-
 board of power politics CT . purely lnccls1nastie gritty but is
 being of essential dignity.
 made In the image And MkstA11s
 Of GOd!" and that the Umits1 States gOvernneilt and the Gen. eral Assembly of the United Ma tions should uphold the Nati0n- al integrity and right of eelR- government of Christian Spain and refuse to join with Gtl1eistic and materialistic forces of Red Fascism in any campaign of im- terventiOn i'm Spanish govern
 mental affaiFs".
 The full resolutions as represented by the Stamford knights are as fol- lows:
 RESOLUTION NO. 1 Whereas, the world has wit-
 messed and experienced the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Home Picket OutIowed

Hartford, May O-(UP)-Gov Raymond E. Baldwin and State Po- lice Commissioner Edward J. Hick- ey issued statement in corlnec- ton with the strike at Pratt 6, Whitney Division of Niles -Bement- Pond Company that picketing ot private homes was unlawful and cannot and will not be tolerated. '
 The statement said that i've
 intend to take appropriate
 action to stop it." and declared
 that decent and proper re-
 speCt for the security of indivi-
 dual citizens i'm their own homes
 must be observed"
 Both the Governor and Hickey aid it was reliably reported that his morning instructions were given from the strike Committee headquarters, opposite the Niles Benent-Pond Company in West Hartford, over the public address system for ten volunteers who would go and picket q private home"
 Neither the Governor nor Eick- " explained further what "appro- oriate action" would be taken if the practice continued.
 Shortly before the joint state- ment was issued, the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration met at the State Labor Department, but there was no company representa- tive present.
 Charles W. Deeds, president
 of the precision tool plant, said
 that no one from the firm
 would attend any arbitration
 conference because "the con-
 dItious under which the con-
 pany is willing to meet with
 the lniOn have not been ob- served.
 These conditions were understood to discontinuation of the picket ing of homes of officials and work CTS who have gone into the plant daily since last Monday when the factory was reopened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
A.B.C. Plants Will Reopen Tomorrow
 Mointenoncs Crews
 Prepare Machinery
 For Operations

A union- endorsed application for approval of the IS 1-2 cent wage increase provided in the new man. agement union contract was filed at the regional office of the Wage Stabilization Board in Boston to- day by the American Brass Con- pany. The application was brought to Boston by messenger.
 Preparations for fluff reopen
 ing of A.B.C. plants in Water
 bury, ,TorringtOn and Ansonia
 were rushed today as the cOm-
 pany announced plans for re-
 sumption of operations after
 the 1O5-day strike which elld-
 ed yesterday. Virtually all Ann
 erican Brass workers except
 those at the Metal Hose Branch
 were notified in newspaper ad-
 vertisments this afternoon to
 report for work at their usual
 time tomorrow. Metal Hose em-
 plOyes will be notified by tele-
 phone ON personal contact as to
 when they are to return to
 their jobs.
 Establishment of 40-hour work week was announced by the AB.C. management today in notices to employees. Prior to. Feb. 4, the date the strike began, the company fol- lowed 8 A to 50 hour week sched- ule. Z @ Official announcement of pay in- creases for saiaried employees, not in the union bargaining unit, was awaited. Company spokesmen were unavailable for comment
 Official end of the strike was voted yesterday by locals of the C.IO. Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers Union in the three cities
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20

Erection of pre-fabricated houses as @ means for alleviating the crtt- ical housing shortage for Water bury veterans will get under way soon, John T. Hartley, city building inspector, said today.
 "Three one-family, pre-fabricated houses have already been approved by my office" MT. Hartley added we expect more will be coming in soon."
 The inspector said that no re-
 taxation Of WaterbuFy's build ing codes was effected to permit this type construction. Referring
 to the plea of the Federal Hous-
 ing Agency that 'sNew England
 conamlnlties Co-0peFate <. In ire-examining zoning laws and
 building codes to provide for
 additional housing for veter-
 ans", Mfr. Hartley replied that
 the city already hes stripped its eoaes end laws te the nnin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
State Reports Two Suicides, Crash Deoth
(By United Pre0g)

Two suicides and third death in motorcycle crash were reported in Connecticut over the weekend.
 Anthony Cerrentifl, 50. Norwalks a patient at Fairfield State Hospital hanged himself with his pajamas. according to Medical Examiner Waldo r. Desmond.
 At Bethel, Mrs. Dorothy Newton. 26, was found dead in . eas-fiiled room of her home, while her two young children slept in the next room, unharmed. She was reported to have. been depressed for several weeks Medical Examiner Frank Moore gave suicide verdict:
 At Pomfret, Lewis I. Chase, 48. East Killingly, was killed when his motorcycle crashed into . fence. Medical Examiner Carl I. Philips said death was caused by Q frac- tured skull.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Attractive Blonde Held On orgery
 Continuance Given
 MufieI BurkhoIder
 Of Chester, Moss.

Pending further police investiga- ion, a continuance to Thursday was given attractive, 2O-year-old Muriel Burkholder of Chester, Mass when she was arraigned before City Court Judge Charles R. Sum- ma today on charges of forgery and obtaining money under false, pre- tenses. The blond girl, who claims bo be the wife of an Army officer stationed in Texas and the mother of Q two-year-old child, is being held under $500 bond.
 Inspector Joseph R. Bendler,
 head of the Detective Bureau, said that the girl, arrested Sat-
 urday night as she attempted
 tO-leave town, had cashed 8 $50 / check earlier in the day at retan store in Exchange Place. Inspector Bender said she ha6 gained the confidence of store em- ployes by purchasing articles. there previously. Saturday morning she entered the store, bought two dress es valued at $l5 and handed the clerk 3 cheek for $50 and took the change.
 The check was made out to
 Joan Gagnon, one of the many
 aliases used by the fOrger. It
 was drawn on the Phoenix
 State Bank of Hartford, police
 said, and bore the forged sigma. ture of . Hartford attorney.
 Following her arrest in Exchange Place as the car she planned tc leave town in was stopped by s a red light, police searched her down. town hotel room and discovered g book Of 12 other checks made out in various amounts, bearing the forged signatufes of prominent Hartford resid dents, and ready 10 bs cashed: All CiiecI iii the book, pOs lice said, were made out to Joar Gagnon.
 Lt. Exnest Rakml Sgt. Joseph
 NEcCarthy and Desective George
 NFcElli9Ott and POlicewonaan
 Mary NOrgrem, who made the
 arrest, ssid tlae girl told them
 she was connected with two
 men whom she was to meet
 later this week after playing
 Waterbury for what she could
 get"
 Inspector Bendler said a check is being made with police of Hartford and several Massachusetts cities where the girl said she had con- ducted similar activities. The de- tective told reporters that she has given several conflicting stories concerning her past escapades in check forging.
 Described by police as "a
 floater," the girl is believed to have been. alone in her activi- ties here. Police expressed the
 belief that the girls conflicting
 stories came from 2 desire to
 confuse investigators or from
 the fact that she was, as one
 detective put 1t, ''rather fright
 ened and nerved since her ar
 rest"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
|OPA Controls Fail Meat Black Market
 Wilder Than EUer'

Chicago. May 2O- CUP. The American meat institute charged today that the black, market IS running wilder than ever." ano that some packers last week report ed that beef production was the lowest on record.
 The Institute, representing packers, also charged that the Office of Price AdminiStra- tiOn's slaughter control order had failed completely.
 "The legitimate meat packing in dustry now is producing beef al about one-fourth of Its normal operating capacity although every effort has been made to increase production and still remain within OPA price cmopliance, ranges in the purchase of cattle" the 1nsti- tute said.
 "The black market now is wilder than ever and no relief for the average beef consumer is in sight" the report said. "The sooner all price and re- lated controls are removed from ness, the sooner the industry the livestock and meat busi- can restore order"
 The report said that 10 compan' ies which normally furnish beef tc millions of consumers dressed only 57, ,697 cattle during the week end inc May II. This is 48 percent leS' than figures for the same week las' year and GA percent less than the corresponding period of 1941.
 "One company operating a number of plants supplying beef to every state( dressed only l.l7O cattle last week. Normal production for the firm Is 21,7OO head weekly" the report said. "One Chicago company, with normal weekly production of 5,0Ol head, dressed only 400 cattle durint the week. A Kansas City plant witt a normal production of 4,00O dress ed only lS5 for the week."
 The Institute quoted figures from New York and Boston showing how supplies Of beef have been cat for consumers replying on beef produced In Icgitimate trade channels" New York packers In the metrOpOli- tan area sold % per cent less beef last week than they did In the corresponding week last year and Sl percent lass than sold in the same week in lSAl, the report said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
C.l.o.Mops White ColIor 
 Naugotuek Valley
 Plants to Receive
 Unions Attention
BY RAYMOND J. FITZGERALD


 Plans for new union organiZa- tional drive, with the dual aim of enrolling white collar workers in major plants and securing bar gaining rights in smaller Nauga- tuck Valley factories still morgan ized, were mapped at meeting of C.I.O. Mine. Mill & Shelter Work CTS Union leaders here today.
 The unions new campaign
 comes on the heels of the Amer
 ican Brass Company strike ending agreement, and follows
 settlements of other major strikes in this area and the granting of 1872 cent hourly
 pay increases i'm a number of ther plants where strikes were not necessary.
 John J. Driscoll. State C.1.O. sec- retary, confirmed that the MMS.W. will carry on an intensive campaign but declined to announce any de- tails of the new membership drives. He was in session with Naugatuck Valley International representa- tlVeS ana organizers at the uI@oIl district office, 95 North Main Street, this morning.
 The white collar" drive prob ably will be centered first on the American Brass Company. Office and clerical employees of NA.B.C. in AnsOnia have already { been organized and an NLRB election there is pending.
 Subsequently, the drive will be extended to cover office and clerical forces at the Scovill Manufacturing Company and the Chase Brass & Copper Company.
 COincidentally with the
 white collar drive, the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers will he driving intensively to secure
 bargaining rights in smaller
 plants in Waterbury and the
 Valley where there is now no
 union representation.
 As the union goes into its post
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Broddcasts at TOP. M.
brO0dc0stS ct 1VF. ". - By7nes Faces U. s. on Plea 

Washington, May O-(UP)- Secretary of State James F. Byrnes will call on the American people tonight to have patience in the difficult task of drafting peace itreaties@for the Axis and its satel- Iites.
 In a report to the nation, he
 will admit another failure in
 getting big power agreement on z peace treaties. He will not dis-
 count the wide-guR separating
 Soviet Russia and the western
 Allies. But he will express hope
 that the third try next month
 will succeed and his willingness
 to try several times again if it
 doesn't.
 Byrnes will speak over the two- nationwide radio networks (ABC and NBC) at 10 p. m., EDT. It has been his practice to so report to the people after each of the foreign ministers meetings.
 Sens. Tom COnnaIIy, D.-
 Tex.), and Arthur H. Vanden-
 berg, (R.-Mich.), will report to
 the Senate by mid-week. Both
 accompanied Byrnes as advisors
 on this trip.
 Vandenberg is expected to paint the darkest picture of the three. Connally has already expressed hopeful optimism that the sched- uled June IS foreign ministers meet ing may produce enough results to call a full-fledged peace confer erce.
 In addition to catching up on
 accumulated work and prepar- ing for the next meeting, ByrneS is faced with another
 major decision this mOnth-On
 American policy for interna-
 tional control of atomic energy.
 Bernard M. Baruch, U. s. dele- gate on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, is drafting a policy paper. He has been consulting officials for several days here and will have many conferences with Byrnes before the final draft and decisions are made. The LIN com- mission is scheduled to meet in New York one day before the for eign ministers reconvene in Paris. Byrnes, who returned from
 Paris by plane Saturday, con- ferred with President Truman, but has refrained from any pub-> lie comment yet. His associates
 said he was more optimistic
 about eventual success in fram-
 ing peace treaties than he was
 before going to Paris. Officials who accompanied him also revealed that he thinks there is better ahan an even chance that sufficient agreement will be reached inc Paris in mid-June to permit a peace conference this summer.
 Byrnes was described as feeling that the framing of peace treaties thke patience and lone-endurance.' 2 He is determined to be patient but firm, Hnd feels now that the United States can hold out as long as the Soviet Union, if the Russians want to continue to play a delaying game,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Population Rise Noted in Census

Washington, May 20-(UP)- Births h the United States Oc- cured ct the rate Of one every n 1-2 seconds last year. Deaths averaged one every 22 1-2 seconds.
 Marriages took place at the rate of one every % seconds.
 The Census Bureau, in . re- port issued today estimated last years births at 2,543, 300; deaths, 1,396.5OO; marriages, L000D000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Instructions Start in June
 800 Have Applied
 For Entronce

The University of Connecticut ex- tention branch for Waterbury vet erans will open at the Begnal Cram mar School building here in June.
 Mayor John s. MOnagan today
 received a letter from Dr. A. N. JOrgenSen, president of the Uni- versity, informing local author
 ities that plans have been made to transfer office, classroom and
 laboratory equipment from
 StOrrs buildings to the local site,
 SO that classes may get under
 way in June.
 The city is now completing re- pairs and renovations to the gram mar school building in preparation for the opening of the University branch.
 Over 800 veterans have al-
 ready applied for entrance here,
 The Democrat was informed to-
 day. by Professor Maurice Ross,
 director of the University exten-
 si6n courses. The preliminary aptitude test for entrance elig-.
 ibility was given these appli-
 cants last Saturday at the Y. M.
 c. A., under direction of PrOfes-
 s0r Ross.
 The curriculum of the local edu- cational center will offer the equiv- alent of the first two years of ac- credited university training. At the end of that period all students with sufficient scholastic standing will be eligible for transfer to the Univer- sity of Connecticut or any other in- stitution with similar standards.
 Applicants must have the
 equivalent of . high-schOl train-
 ing and must successfully pass
 the aptitude and entrance ex-
 aminations. They mast be war veterans and also must have the required var service to bc elig-
 ihIe for xeterams educational
 benefits. Stuaents may apply
 for entrance through Mrs. Louise
 Post, University extension course
 assistant, whose office. is lOcat-
 ed at the Waterbury Central Y.M.C.A. Information as to vet erans benefits may be acquired
 at the Veterans Administration
 office, 195 Grove Street.
 Plans for the faculty are now be- ing worked opt, Professor Ross said. No final determination of the needs will be known until the en- rollment' has been ascertained. The size also will De determined by the accepted standards of one faculty member to at least Is students. All
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
Waterbury Ready
 Pre-FabncatedH Housing To Get UnderDay Soon

imum to help relieve the satu'
 ation."
 John M. Dobbs, expediter for the FILA, pointed out that waterbury is one of 20 cities in New England with functioning housing commit- tees for aiding veterans. Mayor John s. Monagan organized s'lcA an advisory committee recently in addition to the Waterbury Hou ig Authority. headed by Lester \. Continued Page 14-(HOUSINOD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-20
RATE CUT URGED

Washington, May 20. (UP)- Chairman Arthur J. Altmeyer, of the Social Security Board. today urged Congress to reduce the percent Federal Unemployment Tax sats ted Dercent