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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04

gradually halt production of other of our lines.
 Rail transportation will be greatly reduced. This will reduce our ability to ship, and will stop necessary supplies from reaching the plant.
 In other words, we expect some necessary reduction in employ ment rather soon with more and more decrease as the coal strike is prolonged.
 This is not a happy situation. Our future economic health de- bends upon uninterrupted and increased production in order that the cost of items be as low as possible so that prices can be held down and sales kept up. A prolonged coal strike Is bound to skyrocket costs of all available goods.
 This situation is caused by a labor monopoly under the leader ship of John L. Lewis who feels in a position to hold up the coun- try until his demands are met. The laws prevent monopolies by corporations. For the protection of the American way of life and the Constitutional Rights of all of us, 1t is clear that the laws must be amended to get us out from under such a situation as this coal holdup.
 Unions have their place but they should be on the same plane Of responsibility and control as other organizations.
 We are not prepared to live under dictators either industrial, union, or governmental or any combinations of the three such as Hitler and Stalin.
 Very truly yours,
 SCOVILL MANUFACTURING
 COMPANY
 L. P. Sperry, President.
 The text of MT. Spery'S addition al statement today:
 Our letter of yesterday to Scovil employees is essent ally correct a this time. However, the embargl on rail shipments which We thei anticipated is now a fact. Ship ment of all of our output and al Of our incoming material and sup plies except fuel oil and coal tha move by rail are now ordered stopped tomorrow night.
 While economy would dictate | rapid reduction of operations VI VII not see our employees let out ol work as long as We can keep run ming. Therefore, 1t is and will bl our policy to keep every poSsibl' employe busy SO long as We haVI material and supplies to continul his job. We VII store all of ow products that cannot be shipped a long as We have suitable space tS do so."
 Freight shipments into Southerr New England have already begun to be affected by the coal strike according to Howard s. Palmer trustee and president Of the NeW Haven Railroad.
 During the last two days freighl received at our Maybrook Termin. al one of the gateways through which freight from the west ane south Is sent into New Englanc nae dropped to an extent ong freight train between Maybrook and Boston and one freight train be, tween Maybrook and Hartford have been discontinued" Mir. Pal, mer stated.
 "AS the strike continues and in. dustry is curtailed We expect { continued decrease in freight ship. n1ents. This will automaticail, cause curtailment in freight service operated by the EaiIroads 1" 1ar Palmer added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
Title Clearance
 Action Recorded

4 title clearance action was filed in Superior Court today by Charles W. Tapley and Renaud Leyesque, both of Prospect. against the heirs and creditors of the late LeveFett M. Smith of Prospect. Property on Bronson Road. Prospect. is involved. Smith was recorded as owner of the land in le26.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
State Commissioner ApproUes AgreemenI

Com D en atIo Q CoEnnaissIonef Harry Kresow today approved an agreement which provides for pay- ment of ei7.4s weekly during dis- ability to Harry ?. stoecksrt. Jr., of Torrington. who sustained an in- jury to his right foot while em- ployed by the Torrington Scrap Iron Company of Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
Blaze Touches Of Sprinkler System

A short circuit caused by painters at the American Brass Company branch at 72l Bank Street this morning, started c slight blaze which in turn caused a sprinkler system to go into operation.
 Ten pieces of apparatus responded to a box alarm at the factory at o:5e A. M.
 Fireme also extinguished a brush fire at i2:0I q. M. at % Moran Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
RETRIEVE GRANTED

Montpelier, vt.. Dec. 4-(UP)-A 2s-day reprieve was granted today to Ronald Watson, 2i-year-old New foundland farm laborer was was scheduled to die this week in ver- mont's electric chair for the beer bottle murder last Christmas Eve of Q taxlcab driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
Young Girl Hit
 By Automobile

Six-year-old Gayle Thomas of 89 Pearl Lake Road was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital shortly be- fore i:30 P. Nj today after being struck by a car near l473 Baldwin Street.
 The child, reported to be in good condition, sustained lacerations. bruises and abrasions of the face and head.
 The name Of the driver was not available at press time. Police are still investigating.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04

Boston (UP) A pack of cards was needed when the War Assets Administration sold 3y000.O00 pounds of surplus wool here. On 20 of the nearly 40o sales, cards were cut to determine which of the high bidders would receive the property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
DIED
CARRnLI-

CARROLIs-In this city. Dec. 4th,
 l9f6, Mrs. Katherine (CoughlanD Carroll, Of 909 Baldwin Street. Funeral Saturday morning, at s:SO o'clock. from Lunny Funeral Home,
 25 Central Avenue, to St. Francis Aavier's Church at $500. Burial in New St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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The Republican., 1946-05-09
Remember Aou4 Mother, She RemembeA Hou!

hearts, kind Nom
the and take much her
understanding, her and ehhsnes Sunday
to Mothers
from
m and that will do credit
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Maj. Hugh A. Allen
Dies al Walter Reed

Maj. Hugh A. Allen, 10, U. s. A..
retired, veteran OF the Spanish
American and World Wars, died
yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital
He lived at 2o1 East Glebe road
Alexandria.
Maj. Allen retired from the Army
in 1884 after serving with the Geor-
gia Volunteer Field Artillery dur
fng the war with Spain and in the
Quartermaster Corps during the
World War. Later, for several years
he was a civilian employe in the
Quartermaster Depot at Cameron
Va.
A native of Atlanta, Maj. Allen
moved to Arlington in 1920 and was
one of the organizers of the JEFF
ferson Civic League, Jefferson Dis
trict Fire Department and the Nellie
Gusts School PTA. He moved to
Alexandria in 1912.
Maj. Allen was a member of the
Washington Chapter, No. 8. of the
National Sojourners and the George
Washington Camp Heroes of '76.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Col
lis H. Allen; a daughter, Mrs. Coils
A. Mckee, Washington; son, 1t
Col. Hugh A. Allen, jr., Fort Bragg
N. c.; four brothers, Col. Richard
Allen, Seattle, Wash; Scott w. and
Will Allen, Atlanta, and Tom Allen
Selma, Ala. and two sisters. Mrs
t. Serber and Mrs. Louise Thorn
ason, Atlanta.
Funeral services with military
honors will be held at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
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Rites for Col. Fairfield
Al Fort Myer Chapel Today

Funeral services for 1t. Col. Ech-
lard M. Fairfield, Army Air Force Of
ficer who died Saturday at Walter
Reed Hospital, were to be held this
afternoon at the Fort Myer Chapel.
Burial was to be in Arlington Gene
terry.
A veteran of the World War, Col.
Fairfield was graduate Of the Com
mand and General Staff School at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans. During
World War II, he served as COM
handing officer of the Birmingham
(Ala.) Army Air Base and Morris
Field, Charlotte, N. c. His last post
was Moody Field, Ga, where he was
deputy commanding officer.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mae
Fairfield; his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Fairfield, Belmont, Mass, and
a brother, Sterling D. Fairfield,
Claremont, N. H
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Mrs. Adams -Beede Rites
Set for Massachusetts,

Private funeral services for Mrs.
Ieulis Adams-Beede, So, who died
Sunday at Emergency Hospital OF
pneumonia, will be held in Cam
bridge, Mass, with burial in Mount
Auburn Cemetery there. She lived
at 1921 Eleventh street NV.
Mrs. Adams -Beede was the grand
daughter of Isaac Adams, who i'm
proved printing presses of his time
and in 1860 invented thinking
press. Models Of his invention are
on exhibition at the Smithsonian
Institution.
A native of New Hampshire, Mrs
Adams-Beede was graduate OF
Wellesley College and taught high
school in Cambridge before coming
to the District.
Surviving is a daughter, Miss
Nephele Adams Beede,
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AIoysius J. FeaIy, 81,
Native Of District, Dies

Aloysius J. Fealy, 81, native of
Washington, died today at his home
$500 Twenty-fourth street NE. He
had been i'll since last December.
For many years Mr.. Fealy oper-
ated heating business under his
own name, and for the last five
years had been employed as a
steamfitter by several District con-
tractors.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anne E. Fealy; five daughters, Mrs.
Agnes Burrell, Mrs. Sally O'Boyle,
Mrs. Betty Wintrich and Miss Mary
Fealy, all of Washington, and Mrs.
Margaret Dugan, Chicago: two
brothers, Francis I. Fealy, Washing
ton, and Vincent E. Fealy, Yonkers,
N. Y, and sister, Mrs. Margaret
Anglers, Springfield, Mass.
Requiem high mass. will be sung
at am. Thursday at st. Francis
De Sales Church, following services
at his residence. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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James A. Foley Dies;
.Spurned High Posts 10
SfayonNewYork Court
By IN. AssoeH,.d Pres.

NEW YORK, Feb. 12.-Surrogate
James A. Foley, So, member OF
New York County Surrogate's Court
since 1920, died yesterday.
During his years on the bench Mr.
Foley won a Nationwide reputation
for his knowledge of the law, was
quoted in case after case, and pre-
sided over many that kept the news
paper headlines for months. Because
he said he had no desire to leave the
Surrogate's Court, he turned down
membership on the Court of Appeals
the leadership of Tammany Hall,
and nominations as Governor, mayor
of New York and United States Sem
ator.
/. Aided Social Reforms.
In earlier years as a member of
the State Senate, he was the second
member Of the famous triumvirate
of Foley, Alfred E. Smith and Rob-
ert F. Wagner, who brought New
York State into the vanguard in
social reform. He was a leading
member of the group backing Gov.
Smith for the presidential nominal
ton in 1924 and for day actually
was leader of Tammany Hall before
resigning because he had had "a
complete nervous collapse"
He was a member of the State
reconstruction Commission. which
made the recommendations on
which Gov. Smith based his reor-
ganization of the State government.
In 1928 Mr.. Foley was mentioned as
possibility for the nomination for
Governor to aid Gov. Smiths presi-
Dental ticket, but indications were
that he would not have accepted the
nomination.
Kept Post in Troubled Years.
When in 1888 former Gov. Smith
feared that Tammany Hall might
turn Surrogate Foley down for re-
nomination because of the fight
within the hall that had been going
on since 1929, he publicly demanded
Mr.. Foley's denomination and it
came from all parties.
Among the cases which Mr.. Foley
handled were the Ella Won E. Wen
del will case, making the decision
permitting the sale of the New
York World and the Evening World
to Scripps- Howard, despite an ex-
plicit injunction in the will of the
late Joseph Pulitzer. He also han
died the Ida Wood and Ridley will
cases and the Gloria Vanderbilt
custody fight and is credited with
improving New York State in
heritance laws to protect widows.
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Chinese Commander Hurt
In Cuba Plane Crash

SANTIAGO. Cuba, Feb. 12.-An
American Army transport plane,
carrying Chinese Commander Lin
Tsun and an American crew of
three, crashed on a hillside near
here last night, injuring all four
occupants.
The plane, which left Havana at
4 pm, was en- route to the American
naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba,
when it attempted forced landing
10 miles northeast of here.
First reports said Lin, 38, COM
mander of Chinese squadron Of
eight small warships now in Guam
tanamo Bay, received slight head
injuries. He was returning from
Havana after a two-day visit to
Chinese Minister ii Tsun-H.
Also hospitalized here were Air
Forces 1t. F. MacKnight, with
possible fractured back; Ensign r.
l.. Tyrrell, slight Commissions, and
Ensign r. L. Young, 81, bruises and
cuts.
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Alfred AniksdaIe Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Alfred Aniks-
dale, 66, formerly of Washington
who died last Wednesday at Miami,
Fla, will be held at pm. tomorrow
at Fort Myer Chapel. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Aniksdale was in the real
estate business here and had worked
for the Agriculture Department be-
fore moving to Florida IL years ago.
He was a veteran of World War /
and a member of the American
Legion.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs. Jessie
White Aniksdale, formerly of
Chatham, Va and Washington
She arrived today from Miami and
is staying with sister, Mrs. Russell
Wallace, 4724 Alton place NV.
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Maine Police Question
Man in Degnan Case

PORTLAND, Me, Feb. IA So
year-old former Chicago bootblack
was detained by police last night
for questioning in the investiga-
ton of the kidnap Staying Of g.
year-old Suzanne Degnan in Chi
cago January 7.
Police Capt. Harold K. Mcguire
said the man was taken into custody
at a shoe repairing shop after a
woman telephoned a tip to head
quarters.
The man denied all knowledge of
the Degnan Staying, asserting he
had not even read news accounts of
the case, Capt. Mcguire said.
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over, Germany, and went to Wiscon-
sin with his parents when he
was years old. His father
taught him bookbinding and
as a binder he came to the Gov
eminent Printing Office in 1902
Working nights, he studied dem
tistry at Georgetown University
where he was graduated in 1922
He later taught dentistry at
Georgetown. At AZ he began what
was to become an extensive practice
DR.. Arends is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Bertha Arends; a son
Capt. Theodore G. Arends, stationed
at Fort Dix, N. j.; daughter, Mrs
Andrew Kovat, a teacher at Langley
Junior High School; two brothers
Herman and Walter, and three sis
tiers, Mrs. Ida Janeush, Mrs. Amelia
La Roche and Mrs. Marie Hartwig
The brothers and sisters are resi-
dents Of Detroit, Mich.
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MucArthurs Chief Returning

TOKYO, Feb. II tP.-Maj. Gen.
r. J. Marshall, Montgomery. Ala,
Gen. MacArthur's chief of staff, is
going home on leave, headquarters
announced today. Maj. Gen. S. j.
Chamberlain, Roanoke, Va, just re-
turned from home, was named act
ing chief of staff.
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Pullman Executive Dies

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb. "a
W.-Robert Loudon Gordon, II, ex-
ecutive vice president of the Pull
man Co., died early today. His home
was in Bronxville, N. Y.
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Thursday at 80
pm. from the
residence, 4418
Thirteenth place
NE, with the
Rev. Edwin Pie
pillow of Trinity
L u t, h e r a n
Church, Mount
Rainier, omcia-
ting, assisted by
the Rev. Hugo
Hennig. Burial
will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
DR.. Ar e n d S
was 66. He was
horf, in Han.
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Darn nf Thanka

. C0LsToN; BENJAMIN +. The family of
thank relatives and friends who sent How
ers. expressions Of sympathy and performed
many deeds Of kindness during its recent
Bereavement. THE FAMILY ~
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DR.. Frederick Arends,
D. {. Dentist, Dies

Funeral services for DR.. Frederick
L. Arends, Washington dentist who
died yesterday at Doctors Hospital
following a brief illness, will be held
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I, ANNIE. The officers and mem
bers of Queen of Sheba Chap
ter, No. ,, o. E. s., are re-
ouested to attend the funeral of
= Sister ANNIE MASON on Thurs
day. February IA, 1916, at l
pm, at the Frazier funeral
home, $3.50 Rhode Island ave.
R. ALBERTA PHILLIPS, W. M.
HAMPTON T. GASKINS, w. P.
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ruary 9, 1916, CLARA c. ADAMS, beloved
mother OF Francis S. HUH. Services ct
Chambers funeral home, 517 18th st. Sc,
dnterment George Washington Memorial
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-10
The G.I.'s Speak Their Mind

For many months now students of international politics as well those of the military whose responsibility is to handle occupation of territories have been cerned with the speed of demoblzaon with its panying dsnegaon of effective forces in all branches of service That has been translated into changed plan for demobzaton which Secretary of War Patterson has just announced plan which has met with violent protest on the part of our CHS abroad.
 While The Democrat doesn't condone what is virtual revolt among military cannot deny the justification their resentment Their protest is not much against continued service if that really needed but against the pettifoggng bungng tactics of the hghup Army author ties who break what accepted by the CHS promises change their minds frequently and without notice on matters involving them.
 of goods to high school students couple of years When teenagers for it. they suddenly found the whole plan changed action which excusabe perhaps at the time but didn't justify the arbitrary assignments of the students Army units regardless of their training pref
 
 The whole demobilizaton program has smeled to high heaven of bungng inefficient handling in altogether too casual of the interests of G who feel that with the war ended, they deserve some consideration.
 Navy Day celebrations held at the price of delaying the return of troops who eligible for discharge proved an irritation Delays like that of which the held at Le Havre beyond two promised sailing dates the rule rather than the exception We know of one G eligible for discharge who transferred to two diff ferent divisions and finally back to his original in the process of determining with what outfit he to return to the States.
 dictates stable plan than the Army has seemed able devise Decent consideration for the feelings and wFoughup intense planning of the Joes abroad their folks back home warrants their being given frank, un equivoca statement of where they stand statement which the Army brass prepared to through without apology or recrimination.
 Common decency entities the GIs to this consideration and unless they get it, they hardly be blamed for n duging in behavior which would in less democratic countries the summary treatment it deserves here under circumstances which are ordinary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-10

the prophets are about evenly divided as to whether this new arrangement, plus a Big Four Allied Coun- cil in Tokyo will stop MacArthur's progress or whether 1t won't Nobody really knows.
 When the United States entered into the four power arrangement for governing Germany, many people predicted that the Russians would lot of trouble The way it has worked out, the Russians have been the soul of cooperation It is the French who have messed up the German situation.
 But some objections inevitable from repre- sentatives of some of the II nations sitting on the Far Eastern Commission in Washington to make future Japanese policy or from the representative of one or more of the four nations sitting on the Allied Council in Tokyo to oversee the execution Of those policies.
 One thing that has confused good many people on this situation has been the impression that Mac Arthur has been making all these policies himself and that he now has two new international commis- sons sitting over him. That isn't quite the case The orders which Macarthur has given the Japs have been the result of directves given him by the U S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-10
New Deal for Japan
By Peter EdsOn

State and War Departments, working together. Mae Arthur's job has been merely to decide how thesa directves should be executed.
 His job for the future will be merely to decide how he shall carry out other directives that may be issued later. They will sti be prepared by the U S. State and War Departments, after the new ll-nation Far Eastern Commission, sitting in Washington, has decided what the directives shall be- So perhaps the worst that can happen now is that the process of giving new directiveS to MacArthur will be slowed down.
 At the present time there aren't a lot of new drectives to give MacArthur. In the normal course of events, the policy for the next few months VII be to let the Japs digest and do something about the S0-odd orders they have already been fed.
 They have been ordered to abolish their army. navy, war materials production and military pension systems. complete reform of the land-owning Sys- tenn has been ordered so as to distribute farms to impoverished tenants Freedom of speech, thought. press and civil liberties have been ordered. Shinto- ism state religion and emperor worship have been abolished Tax reform has been ordered Japans biggest banks and all her foreign holdings are being liquidated And there are many others.
 For any country to change its life and standards of living SO completely in less than five months with out civil war is absolutely historic. But issuing series of 70 directives for peaceful revolution IS only about 10 per cent of the job Seeing that 1t IS carried out is the other 90 per cent and that IS MacArthur's big job from now on.
 The important thing is that this and all the other Jap reform jobs are going to pc oone Onoer the new Moscow communique set-up they may not be done as expeditiously if the whole job were un- der sole U S. control. A little patience-which tS hard thing to ask for and harder thing to get may be required from here in judging results in Japan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-10

course paves the way for the return of Senators sons football players, and anyone with political pull provided they make themselves sufficiently non-es senital.
 c. Is were quick to see the significance of this. In addition to resentment there was immediate de- termination to make themselves just as non-essentia as possible. In other words, the Army now puts 8 job has to stay on. The man who does poor job and is non-essential can come home.
 Secretary Pattersons tumble regarding the point system convinced lot of people that Patterson was letting the brass hats run the show and didn't know what they were doing Once before, he aroused c. I. football star Charles Tripp at the request of two Georgia Senators-despte the fact that Trippi was
 owpoint typis and typists are classified as essen- tial.
 President Truman added to the conviction that his Administration is blindly letting the brass hats run things when he attended Saturday night party thrown by Gen. Hap Arnold at the Boiling Field Of- ficerS Club Officers who had planned dates several days in advance arrived with girl friends only to find the club barred. Without advance notice, General Arnold had taken over both floors and every room alegedy security to protect the life of the Prest- dent.
 Those who know Harry Trumans habit of min- gling with folks say that he never would have con- count if he had known about it, and that the brass hats must have put over on him.
 NOTE-Arny claim that its fast discharge Of men makes for nefficiency doesn't bear close scrutiny as for instance, the Brooke Hospital Center at San Antonio. It handled 10000 patients at its peak, but now is down to less than 260o yet its staff continues at 75 per cent of the peak period There are scores of similar cases.
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