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Evening star., 1946-01-28
One Dies, 30vercome
As Coal Fumes Seen
Through Their Home
Locking Furnace Blamed;
Two Other Occupants
OF Residence Escape

One woman died and three
persons were overcome today
when coal fumes seeped through
a two-story frame house at 1904
Trinidad avenue NE.
Miss Theresa De Leo, 80, was pro-
nounced dead at the scene Her sis
ter. Miss Rose De Leo, 80, and two
occupants of the upstairs apartment.
James Strafella, 20. and Otto Mas
tervito, 36. were taken to Casualty
Hospital. where their condition was
said to be undetermined.
Two other persons in the house,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel Vasco, occu-
pants of the upstairs apartment,
escaped the effects of the fumes.
They credited their escape to the
fact that both their bedroom win
dows were open.
Escaped From Furnace.
Police said an investigation showed
the fumes escaped from a leaking
furnace in the basement of the
house, owned by the De Leo sisters.
Mr. Vasco said he awakened about
$50 am. and shortly afterward
found Mr.. Mastervito slumped on
the bathroom floor. Mr.. Vasco ran
for help next door at 1902 Trinidad
avenue and summoned Philip Lip
polls, "a.
Returning to the house, the men
found Mr.. Strafella unconscious in
his bedroom. Proceeding down.
stairs, Mr.. Vasco found Miss Theresa
De Leo lying unconscious across her
bed, and her sister, Miss Rose,
slumped on the kitchen floor.
Had Gotten Up.
Responding to the scene, the fire
rescue squad worked for nearly an
hour on Miss Theresa De Leo before
she was pronounced dead at GAS
am. After preliminary treatment,
(See ASPHYXIATION, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Mercury Dips 10 Il;
Rise Forecast Today
Pictures on Page BIZ

Sunny skies and temperatures in
the upper 30s were promised Wash
ington today by the Weather Bu-
reau after a morning during which
the mercury touched a new seasonal
low for the second time in six days.
The reading was II degrees at
7:10 am, two degrees below the
winters previous minimum, re-
corded last Wednesday. However
the mercury climbed to 81 degrees
by l pm.
Tonight will be clear, with low
of about "a degrees. the forecaster
said. and tomorrow will be some
what cloudy and warmer.
Most principal thoroughfares in
the Capital and adjacent counties
were free of Saturdays 6-inch
snowfall today, but ample shedding
opportunities on hillsides and side
streets remained. Maryland and
Virginia police reported traffic NOV
ing smoothly on all through routes
Most of the Nation was enjoying
clearing skies and moderate winter
Temperatures today, the Associated
Press reported.
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Delivery Of Meats
In Quantity 10 Shops
Is Due Wednesday
Receipts Rising Again
As Formers Resume
Market Shipments
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Jan. %. - Steaks
and chops were headed back to
Americas dinner tables today as
slaughtering was resumed in
packing plants where strikes
had halted production since jan
uary 16.
A Government spokesman said
apparently ALL the 248,000 AFL
and CIO meat industry workers had
returned to the 1874 packing plants
seized Saturday by the Agriculture
Department.
Although slaughtering resumed
today, carcasses must be hung"
"a to 48 hours, so deliveries in guam
tity to the country's butcher shops
probably will not start before
Wednesday. However, Government
managers Of some plants said deliv-
cries of meat taken from supplies on
hand would be resumed Immediately.
~ Farmers, who held back much Of
their livestock during the strike,
began shipping in quantity again.
Receipts of cattle at principal mar
kets today totaled 92,1OO compared
with 43,l00 week ago; sheep, AZ. 400
against 5000, and hogs, 10000 COM
pared with 53,045.
Overshipments Held Possible.
Ralph A. Walter. president of the
Chicago Livestock Exchange, said
farmers had cut their shipments of
livestock rs per cent during the
strike, and overshipments now were
possible. However, Mr.. Walter said.
I'VE can now handle. slight over
supply, and we are sure we can get
farmers to hold back later this week
if we find the market glutted."
New York's millions may not bene-
fit Immediately from the resumption
of meat production. An AFL team
sters union local official directed 200
meat company drivers not to return
to work, and said New York plants of
Swift, Armour and Wilson would be
picketed If attempts were made to
move meat from the plants. The
drivers are involved in a dispute
about overtime pay.
Before urging $4,000 CIO pack
inghouse workers to go to work for
the Government, Lewis J. Clark,
union president, received a pledge
from Secretary of Agriculture An
derson to apply Immediately" for
authority to put in effect any pay
raise recommended by fact-fnding
board studying the meat dispute.
AFL Truce Temporary.
officials of the AFL Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butchers Work.
men Union described their action
in sending 5000 members back to
work temporary truce" which
would last "at least until we know
what the Fact-Finding Commission
will recommend"
The fact-f1nders, who conducted
hearings in Chicago last week, have
returned to Washington, and DR..
Edwin E. White, board chairman,
said conclusion would be reached
in the shortest possible time"
The CIO union has offered to ac-
cept an increase of 171a cents an
hour and the AFL now is holding
out for Is cents.
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Social Security Credit
For Veterans Time
In Service Urged
Eight Other Mojor Points
For Broader Program
Listed in Boord's Report
the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
Expansion of the social secur-
ity program to provide veterans
with insurance credits for time
spent in uniform was recon-
mended by the Federal Security
Agency today.
This was urged as part of a broad
er national system of social in
Surance" outlined in the Social Sc
curity Boards 10th annual report to
Congress.
In addition to old age and sur
vivors insurance credits for veterans
for time spent in service, the board
recommended.
l, Federal insurance against med
ical care costs, including payments
to doctors and hospitals.
2. Establishment of a single ma
tional program OF unemployment in.
surance to replace existing Federal
State programs.
8. Extension of jobless benefit
rights to all employees in industries
currently covered and to as many
noncovered groups as is admin
istratively feasible"
4. Maximum weekly unemploy-
ment benefits of at least s25, payable
up to 26 weeks.
Expansion of Insurance.
S. Expansion of the old age anc
survivors insurance program to GOV.
er "all gainful workers. including
agricultural, domestic and public
service employees, as well as those
in business for themselves.
6. Liberalization of these benefits
particularly for low-paid workers.
Z. Benefit payments for both per.
manent and temporary disabilities
8. Expansion of Federal State pro.
grams of general public assistance
to cover "all needy persons 4
and SO that payments may be mors
adequate
Would Close Gaps.
In urging more comprehensive
national social security program. the
BOARD said:
1T would be designed to close ex-
lsting gaps in the coverage of both
persons and risks, and to remove
present inequities in the protection
OF workers and the financial burdens
of employers -
1T would greatly strengthen pro-
lection against want apd deponde,c,
at a minimum cost"
Under the old-age insurance pro.
gram the board urged that the
qualifying age for all women be sci
at so, rather than IS.
1t also called for an increase from
$4,000 to $500 year in the amount
OF earnings subject to contribution
and counted in the calculation O,
benefits.
Evening star., 1946-01-28

maintained principally for possible
use against Russia, Britain, France
or China.
"Is it not plain, too. that Russia
is maintaining her armed forces
for possible use against Britain OF
the United States or France or
Gilman"
Recalling that this country has
been or will be asked to make loans
to many nations, Senator Tydings
said that in the past these loans
had been used largely for rearma-
ment.
He predicted that other nationS
soon would be producing atomic
bombs.
But is the UNO and are all of
us centering our efforts on the pre-
vention of World War III?" he
asked. Frankly I do not believe
we are"
Senator Tydings said that in the
UNO Charter there is mo declara-
ton of purpose or principle. no
stated objective for eventual worlo
disarmament the UNO is
doomed to failure unless the mem
ber nations use it's services, rather
than the battlefield, for settlement
of their disputes"
The Senator pointed out this
country is planning its largest
g. TIDTN1~C
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Yamashita Appeal Deferred
Again by Supreme Court
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court again de-
ferred action today on an appeal
by Japanese Gen. Yamashita, under
death sentence for condoning atroc-
tiles in the Philippines.
The court heard arguments on
the appeal on January and g.
Yamashita contested the authority
of the American military commits
sion which tried him. Pending the
Supreme's Courts decision, the en-
emy general is held in a Manila
prison.
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Stocks Advance 81 10 Sc
On BRIGHTER Labor News
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. g. Buyers
sWarmed over the Stock Market to-
day and bid up leading issues 81 to
more than Sc a share as labor hopes
and imitation psychology revived
with the Ford -Chrysler wage set
Elements. The ticker tape was late
at intervals in the first hour when
blocks of 1000 to $4,000 shares
changed hands.
United States Steel was up 81 on
belated 3,000-share sale. Chyrs-
ler eventually appeared on $500
share block. up S625. Virtually all
departments participated.
Evening star., 1946-01-28
ID Grof Spec Crewmen
Flee Argentine Comp
By the Associated Press.

BY tHe ASSoclated Press.
BUENoS AIRES. Jan. 2S.-Santa
Fe police said today that IA former
crewmen of the German pocket bat
tleship Graf Spec escaped from q
camp at villa de Guadalupe where
they were interned with 66 others.
Several other interned Graf Spec
crewmen escaped two weeks ago
from camp in Mendoza province
and still are at liberty.
The creWmen have been interned
since the Graf Spec was scuttled at
the mouth of the Plata River in De-
cember, 1889, :
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Departure From Chungking
Is Delayed by Hartman

CHUNGKING, Jan. % tP).-W.
Averell Hartman, American Am
bassador to Russia, delayed his de-
parture from Chungking today after
a long conference with Gen. George
C. Marshall, President Truman's S
special envoy to China, and a BAN
quet at Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek's presidential villa.
Mr.. Hartman, who arrived from
Moscow en- rosie to the United
States yesterday-a day ahead of
schedule-had expected to leave for
Evening star., 1946-01-28
900 Pickets Surround
Western Union BuiIdino
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-Striking
members of the CIO American Com
munications Association threw 1000
pickets around the Western Union
building at go Hudson street today,
shouting at every one entering the
building in attempts to discourage
them from going to work.
Evening star., 1946-01-28
GIN Hearing 10 Study
Wage Raises Granted
By Other Producers
Figures to Be Offered
As Evidence in Unfair
Labor Practices Case
BULLETIN.

granted by other major pro-
ducerS' in the automobile in
dustry will be used as evi-
dence against General Motors
in the unfair labor practices
case against the corporation,
Harold A. Cranefeld, region
al attorney for the National
Labor Relations Board, an
nOunced as the hearing
opened here today.
By the Associated t'ress.
DETROIT, Jan. 28.-The CIO
United Auto Workers, their new
wage increases from the Ford
Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp.
arranged, today prepared to
plunge into a new phase of their
battle with General Motors ct. a
National Labor Relations Board
hearing against the corporation.
General Motors, only member of
the automotive industry's Big Three
with which the union has reached
no wage agreement despite 69-day
strike, faces NLRB charges of fail
ing to bargain in good faith. The
hearing will be conducted by Trial
Examiner Gerald K. Reilly.
Preparing to take the stand early
as an NLRB witnesses was Walter
Reuther, UAW vice president, who
Yesterday told GIN it must pay
higher wage increase than either
Ford or Chrysler" to compensate"
its striking employees.
Had Asked 30 Per Cent.
Wage increase settlements for an
18-cent hourly boost from Ford and
an 1872 cent raise from Chrysler
were announced Saturday by the
union and the two companies. The
UAW originally demanded a 80 per
cent increase, but scaled down de-
mands twice in the course of nego-
tiations
Mr.. Reuther, who led the UAW
group in General Motors negotia-
tions. set no specific figure to repre-
sent the current demand on GIN, but
insisted it would be the highest wage
settlement with any of the Big Three
because "the corporations rejection
of the Presidents fact-fnding COM
mittee's recommendation is respon-
sible for prolonging the strike and
has forced increased hardships upon
General Motors workers"
The union at one time agreed to
accept the committees compromise
proposal for a 1919 cent increase
but withdrew the offer a week ago
when no similar acceptance was
forthcoming from the corporation.
Wage boosts won at Ford and
Chrysler resulted, Reuther asserted
from "the determined stand of the
General Motors strikers supported
by the solidarity of other
workers"
GIN officials, who declined COM
ment on yesterdays UAW state
ment, offered an increase of 13h
cents an hour before the Fact-find-
ing Boards report and have de-
(See AITTO VyODVTDC noro
Evening star., 1946-01-28
US. Step 10 End
Steel StrikeDue
Within nFewDays
White House Will Call
New Conference,
Official indicates

RCA k-CENT RAISE spurs hopes
for end of electrical strikes.
Page A
Evening star., 1946-01-28

(See CHINAs Page A-5.J
Evening star., 1946-01-28

(See TYDINGS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-01-28

1See PEARL HARBOR, Pag
Evening star., 1946-01-28
Iran 'sDe|egate
Accuses Russia
beforeCounci|
Vishinsky Agrees to
Discuss Only Issue Of
Taking Jurisdiction
BULLETIN.

LONDON tR.-RusSia chal-
lenged the validity of Trans
appeal to the United Nations
Security Council today. An
drei Y. Vishinsky, the Soviet
Vice Commissar for Foreign
Affairs, told the Council the
Iranian charges were raised
by a government no longer in
power and the claims have
not sufficient grounds" for
action by the security group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
Bay State
 To Buy Meat

Boston, Oct. 3. -Massachu- sets and the city of Boston today checked the possibility of entering the cattle and meat industries as means of relieving shortages.
 Gov Maurice J. Tobin directed the State Agriculture Commissioner to survey all beef cattle in the State and determine whether they were available for purchase. The State then would consider buying the meat on the hoof to care for state institutions.
 Mayor James M. Curley of Bos- ton, meanwhile, considered the meat business. He said the city is authorized to purchase 138,000 of beef monthly and needs only 75,00O pounds. So he asked the law department to rule on the legality of his plan to have the city put the remainder on public sale
 The shortage remained critical. A Statewide investigation showed that only 4,555, ,403 pounds of pri- vately owned meat is stored in Massachusetts, about equal to pound per person. This included 100000 pounds in Boston, 359,839 pounds in Worcester and 195, 564 pounds in Springfield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
Credit Side of Economic Ledger Found Encouraging

Washington 3-UP-This accounting nations submitted 
 CREDIT Civilian aime including l0000O00 veterans. compared 27Oooo postwar peak 8OO000O August, nearly after unprecedented peak burdened than before.
  SIP 900 0000 highest in peaceime history.
  0O0Oo0,0OO year. billion the highest since the war-month, November1942 ndividuas-At 000 highest in history.
  continue high until naionary threat subsidies the three months following OPA act last June 30 than in the previous 38 months. WagesTakhome dropped between April 1945
  point largely Business rate $6500O00O0O ndefintely"-ands this speculative hoarding. MaterSMany commodities still including iron, steel aluminium in lead lumber rubber, plastc resins shortage will Winter. will continue inadequate months Clothing-Prices percent
  percent higher than in first months. servceabe freight botte-necks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
Look Out, Office Workers,
 Machines Are Taking OUer

tons No. 10 and and No. T, covering these subjects, and the machine does the asking.
 Most of the time the secretary probably doesn't even know what paragraph she's punching. In 20 minutes, she can do an entires days work as far as writing letters is concerned.
 Still Need Secretaries
 Edwin Tupper, manager of the show, said that business engineers still haven't solved the problem of doing away with secretaries entirely. But they're trying hard to develop a machine, or typewriter, that will transcribe direct dictation - elim- mating the middle man.
 And it isn't impossible" Tupper explained. They could do it now if everyone talked exactly alike by using certain sounds to repre- cent words, or groups of letters"
 It seems that while everyone in big business may say ives" to the boss-they all say it differently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
UMWLeoders 
 

Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 3-(UP) -Pronouncements of the United Mine Workers GA. F. L.) reflected alarm over the threat of legislative curbs on labor.
 U. M. w. leaders at the unions biennial convention appeared as concerned with combating that threat as they were with carrying on their fight against wage and price controls.
 Fear of labor legislation was voic- ed yesterday in the opening speech of Vice President John OLeary, pre- siding in the absence of President John L. Lewis, who was ill in Wash ington. The same fear was expres- sed in the officers report signed by Lewis, OJeary and Secretary Treasurer Thomas J. Kennedy. A. F. L. President William Green dwelt on the same issue late yesterday when he appeared before the con- vention for the first time since the split over the c. I. O. 10 years ago.
 The officers report singled out 12 senators and congressman who were described as leaders of a coalition hostile to labor. They were Sen. Joseph H. Ball, R., Minn, Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, Kenneth s. Wher- ry, R., Neb., Harry F. Byrd, D., Va., Carl Hatch, D., N. M; and Allen Ellender, D., La., and Reps. Howard Smith, D., Va, E. E. Cox, D., Ga, Andrew J. May, D., Ky, Charles A. Halleck, R., Ind, Leslie Arenda, R., H., and Clarence J. Brown, R., O.
 The report summoned the miners to the ballot box next November 5.
 Every union man and woman in America should scan carefully the voting record of each congressman and senator up for election this year." it said. Another reactionary congress, such as the 18th, will see the hands of your leaders tied and your rights unprotected.
 Every favorable labor law won through years of sacrifice and toll, will be emasculated. It behooves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
Democratic Unit Plans Party

Members of the Italian American Women's Democratic Club will be hosts shortly to representatives of local Democratic clubs, party can didates, municipal executives and friends on the occasion of their an- nual informal gathering. The event will be held as usual in the studio of Miss Doris Jacaruso, 199 Bank Street.
 Informal discussions of plans were held Tuesday evening and the task Of making necessary arrangements entrusted to a committee headed by Mrs. Julie Kennedy and Mrs Mary Travasano as co-chairmen. Others on the committee are; Mrs. Betty Morse, Mrs. Doris Charles, Mrs. Peg ge Dente, Miss Anna Dente, Mrs. Lena Perugini, Mrs. Earnie Costa, Mrs. Vera DiBiase and Mrs. Mar garet Walker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
By ROBERT RICHARDS

New York, Oct. 3-(UP)-Stenog- raphers, clerks, private secretaries: Run for your jobs. The machines are taking over.
 The National Business Show, now being held at Manhattan's Grand Central Palace, has just removed the wraps from five years of me- chanical progress. Here's part of the story:
 A typewriter that writes in any language, even Chinese. If you're writing in English and wish to switch to French, or Spanish, you push a button. A cylinder pops up, and you change the type-band and return to action within matter of seconds.
 Radio Typewriter Takes Messages
 A radio typewriter that takes down messages, letters, or news stor- ies from all over the world at 100 words a minute, or 5000 words an hour.
 An addressograph that starts out with a roll of blank paper, and ends up with your public utilities bill printed in three colors and on both sides of the paper.
 The machine cuts the paper to the proper size, punches holes for binding, and even figures up your bill.
 All that you need to do is pay up when you receive it.
 Then there's the sound scriber, a new-type dictaphone that looks like small radio-phonograph. The records are fiat and round, like those of a domestic Victoria, and made of unbreakable binylite. You can bounce them on the floor, file them away, or mail them.
 Never Lose Their Punch
 They never lose their punch" the demonstrator said. They catch every infection of your voice and keep it. You can give a man hell who is 5000 miles away, and he'll really feel it."
 The auto-typist on the other hand is two-faced machine de- signed to give you the feeling that an executive is writing you a per- sonal letter while the truth is that he probably doesn't even remember you.
 If the executive wants to ask you about your maiden aunt, or about the condition of your liver, he just tells his stenographer to punch but
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03

Slthough American farmers are harvesting the biggest crop in the country's history, Eve are plagued with shortages of some types of foods, and for some items the Ahort- ages will become worse this Win ter"
 This is especially true of meat" he added Fats and oils, and sugar, a substantial part of whichis pro- duced offshore, also will continue to be less than adequate to meet current demand for many months to come"
 Agricultural prices, production an. gross and net farm incomes will continue at their present high levels probably until well into 1947, he said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03
DEMOCRAT WAERBU RY CONN., THURSDAY OCTOBER 946
Passengers, Grew Listed

New York, Oct. 3 - (UP) - American Overseas Airlines an- nounced the following crew mem bers and passengers aboard the crashed plane: Crew:
 Capt. William Westerf1eld, pilot. Robert B. Lehr, co-pilot. John Tierney, navigation officer. Jerome Lewis, navigation officer. James M. Barry, radio officer. Mart Stellar, flight engineer. Herbert Ewing, purser. Margaret Burleigh, hostess. Passengers:
 Bound to Amsterdam
 John Snel, 121 Highcliff, San Gabriel, cal.
 Otto Stern, New York City. Albert B. Hits, New Rochelle, N. Y.
 Bound to Frankfurt, Germany Ethel Agnes Missler, Wichita, Kan.
 Harriet Vanhotel, YonkerS N. Y. Janice Vanhotten, same address (infant).
 Joseph Percy, Woodmere, N. Y. John Simmons, Richmond, Va. Claire Zane, Seattle, Wash. Rudolph Zane, same address. William Lotze, Burbank, Cal Ludwig Walk, Mateawan, N. Y. Benjamin R. Albert, New York City.
 Helen Kay Downing, Thompson, Ga.
 Laurie Downing, same address. Barbara Kay Downing, same ad- dress dnfant).
 Ava J. Marley, Long Beach, Cal. Dorothy Mccormick, Lebanon, Mo.
 Frank Schmidt, Kenosha, Wis. Ruth Schmidt, same address. Rudolph M. Goett, New Castle, Del. Aida B. Stabler, Bellwood, Pa. Bound to Berlin
 Virginia Bellanger, Kingston, NJ. Carolyn Crawford, 279 Station Hospital, APO 755, N. Y.
 Margot Crawford, same address, 3month-old child.
 Edward Steuber, Bronx, N. Y. Vera Hines, North Arlington, Va. Lucy Jane Hawkins, Marion, Mass.
 Elizabeth Hawkins, same address. Mary Jane Merrill, Pennington, Md.
 Horace Eastman Thompson, Phil adelphia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-03

More than 70 persons participat pated in tryouts held last night by the Waterbury Civic Theater for Junior Miss" it's first produc- tion of the season. w. Everett Moll, director, has announced that further readings for casting will De held tomorrow.
 A large number of those trying out for parts last night were high school students, who will be used to fill adolescent roles. Several older men are needed for the play, the director said.