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Laurel outlook., 1946-04-10
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends
and neighbors for their numerous
expressions of sympathy occasioned
by the death of our husband and
father, j. E. Thorne.
Mrs. j. E. Thorne and family.
Laurel outlook., 1946-04-10
EN-

Friday, April IL
All Saints Episcopal guild will
meet with Mrs. Grace White at her
home at 8 p. m.
Monday, April Is
The Laurel Woman's club will
meet in the afternoon at the home
of Mrs. A. P. Johnston and close
the drive for the clothing relief
box.
Evergreen Rebekah lodge will
meet at 8 p. m. Members are ask
ed to bring canned food for relief.
Mrs. Russell Barr will be host
ess to the Laurel Federated club
in the evening. The program en-
door Gardening, will be in charge
of Mrs. j. Melvin Williams and
plants will be exchanged.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Operation Restores Sight
'0f Girl Once Totally Blind
Rx fhs Assoeiated Press


BALTIMORE, Aug. 17.-Peggy
Haymaker, IL, of Norfolk, Va, ha.
emerged from a world of deer
shadow to almost complete vision
after delicate eye operation per-
formed at John Hopkins Hospital,
her mother disclosed yesterday.
Mrs. c. Howard Haymaker said
DR.. Jack Guyton, assistant director
of the Wilmer Institute. accom-
plished the successful transfer of a
cornea from a mans eye to the left
eye of her daughter.
Peggy was 4 when she fell out of
bed and injured the optical nerves
of both eyes, causing the corneas to
cloud over.
After one years total blindness
she slowly recovered partial sight
from the edge of each cornea.
Last July Is, DR.. Guyton replaced
the damaged cornea from Peggy's
left eye with new one, furnished
by an anonymous donor who had
his eye removed
Three days later an emergency
operation was necessary when it was
discovered the cornea had slipped
Peggy will be back at Hopkins some
day to fix up her right eye, her
mother said.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
six 10 Face Hearing
On Taxi Vice Ring
Operation Charges

Hearings for six men who. police
say, are members of a vice ring
which has been operating here In
taxicabs for the past three weeks
were scheduled for August 30 by
United States Commissioner Need
ham c. Turnage yesterday.
1t. Roy E. Blick of the police vice
SQUAD said two white women, aged
% and %, who are not charged,
have made full statements to police
about prostitution activities. The
six men, five hackers and a bell
hop. are charged with violations of
the pandering statutes, and one is
accused also of violating the Mann
Act.
Bond was fixed at 81 500 each for
George Tiantafillos, 20, of the $500
block Of Alden place NE Leroy
Nelson. colored, 26, of the 1900
block of Nash place NE; Grady
Brooks! colored, 33, of the 500 block
Of Kenyon street NV; William M
Evening star., 1946-08-17
PIon to Rebuild Towns
Hit by Quokes Disclosed
BY the Associofed Presx

The Red Cross reported yester-
day that plans have been drawn up
to rebuild the three towns worst hit
in the recent earthquake tidal wave
disaster in the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican Government, it
said, will rebuild the towns of Ma
tanzas, Cabrera. and an adjoining
village half mile back of their orr
Rinal location. on higher ground.
According to H. Edward Russell
Red Cross agent on disaster assign
ment to the island, a plane load of
cots, blankets and cotton shipped
by the American Red Cross is ex-
pected to arrive at the stricken area
by nightfall The remainder of the
15-ton emergency shipment has left
the American Red Gross warehouse
at Jersey City by ship.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Veteran Files Suit
To Buy Surplus Planes
CONSIGNED 10 Air|ines

George w. Tompkins of San
Francisco, former lieutenant COM
mander in the Navy, yesterday after
noon filed suit in District Court
seeking an injunction against War
Assets Administrator Robert M.
Littlejohn and four others to pre-
vent the sale of 38 surplus airplanes
to air lines designated by the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
Mr.. Tompkins said he has a vet
Grams preference certificate for nine
of the type of planes to be sold,
C-54s, which he says he needs in
his business and expresses the be-
lief that if they are sold to carriers
the supply of that type of plane will
be exhausted.
The suit expresses the view that
this is contrary to the law provid-
ing for veterans preference to pur-
chase surplus material. Mr.. Tomp-
kins was a transport pilot in the
Navy.
The directive. according to the
suit, was written Wednesday by j.
Joseph Whelan, recording secretary
and branch chief of the Civil Pro-
duction Administration, directing
the War Assets Administration to
sell the planes to carriers designated
by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Be-
sides Mr.. Littlejohn and Mr.. Whelan,
the suit names as defendants Brig.
Gen. James A. Mollison, deputy ad-
ministrator of War Assets Admins
tration: DR.. John R. Steelman, Re-
conversion Director, and j. D.
Small, administrator of the Civil
Production Administration.
Shortly after the suit was filed,
Justice F. Dickinson Let's of Dis
trict Court signed an order for the
several defendants to show cause"
five days after being served with
a copy of the suit as to why an in
junction should not be issued.
Mr.. Tompkins' attorney, Coates
Lear, said his client wants the
planes to use for hauling cargo on
a. nonschedule contract basis. He
said his client obtained one plane,
but that he has tried unsuccessfully
up to now to obtain nine others for
which he has veterans preference.
The copy Of the directive said a
shortage in the supply of CONNER
cial aircraft has been intensified by
the recent grounding of all Con-
stellation aircraft"
Evening star., 1946-08-17

Douglas, colored. %, Of the 1000
block of N street NV. and John
Thomas Foggie, 80, colored, of the
400 block of School street S,W., the
bell hop
A $4,000 bond was set for Wilbur
Lee Walker, colored. 30, of the
1900 block of Fifteenth street NV.
who is charged also under the Mann
Act.
1t. Blick said other arrests may
be made.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Veterans Employment
Talks Slated Mondoy

Employment problems facing dis
abled veterans will be discussed on
special program, Are We Giving
Disabled Veterans a Fair Chance"
at 1880 pm. Monday over Station
WWDC.
Sponsored by the Veterans En-
ployment Service, participants in
the broadcast will be K. V. Banta,
chief of the services Disabled Vet
erans' Section: Max D. Kossoris,
chief Of the Industrial Hazards Di-
vision OF the Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics, and Miss Betty Wason, COM
mentator and foreign correspondent.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
IS Million in Machinery
Put on WAA Scrup Pile
By the Associated Press

~ NV NsSocFufed FfesS
The War Assets Administration
last night authorized the scrapping
OF 75,000,0 900 worth of special Gov
ernment-owned war machinery for
which no commercial market can be
found.
WAA said the equipment is for
such specialized types-most of it
intended for the making of small
arms munitions-that there is scant
possibility of finding any peacetime
use.
Evening star., 1946-08-17

stoned by decision of the High
way Department to begin resurfac
ing Twentieth street between Penn
sylvania and New Hampshire ave
nues a week later than expected
The change in routing for Glover
Park-Trinidad and Connecticut ave
nue. buses announced yesterday vii
be effective August 26 instead O
next Tuesday, the transit eompan,
said.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Lip-Reodinq Glasses Open

Registrations are being taken for
free classes in lip reading for adults
at the Washington Society for the
Hard of Hearing, 2431 Fourteenth
street NV, Miss Frances H. Downes,
Education chairman, announced to-
day
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Hearing on Bus Rerouting
Postponed 10 AUGUST 26

Temporary rerouting of Capital
Transit Co. buses using Twentieth
street NV. scheduled for next
Tuesday, has been postponed until
Tuesday, August 26, the transit
company announced today.
The postponement was occa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
Educational  $2,252,24l
 Printed Budget Estimotes Now
 AvoiIobIe

The City of Waterbury has ap- propriated s2,252,24i.si for educa- tional purposes in io47, according to the summary of the General Fund which appears in the printed estimates ok the budget to be studied at Gpublic hearing before the Board of Aldermen this eve ming in the aidermanic chambers. City Hall. This is the largest ex- penditure. according to govern mental function.
 Also to be expended in the el,- 100000 class are items comprising those devoted to public safety, the amount of which Is s1.349, ,7e3. 3.e4. This comprises the budgets of the Police and Fire Departments, In- spector of Weights and Measures. Dog Warden, Building and Electri- cal Inspector.
 General financial appropriations total sl,0e0, ,O40.75 and consists of various forms of taxation. bonded debt, pensions. fund transfers, con- tingencies. and miscellaneous.
 For conservation of health Che city proposes to spend siO7 .42O.4f; streets. sanitation and waste re. moval. o24.9i975: charities. s30s,- 637.2s; recreation, s350.6i5.6l; h- bzrary, Sse.4S23l.
 In percentage and mill rates these appropriations are as follows: gen. eral government, 6.5i% and l.o37 mills; public safety. l7.S7% and 5.3l6 mills: health. 1928 and .A22 mills; sanitation and waste removal. l2.25% and s.645 mills; charities. 4Oo% and l.2i7 mills; recreation. 4.e4% and 1880 mills; library, i.i7% and .34S mills; schools,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
60 Percent .of Budget
 In SoIories

Salaries, wages, fees. and the 10 percent temporary cost of living ad- justment will comprise more than 60 percent of the i947 budget, according to the Resources. Appropriations. and Tax Rate available in printed form at the office of City Clerk Jo- seph M. Shea this week. The Board of Aldermen will hold a public hear ing on the same this evening, at which time 1t will be decided wheti1- CT or not to accept the budget as sent to the Aldermen by the Board of Finance.
 The printed estimates show that M.i8i ,86i .s8 will 60 towards salaries, wages and fees next year, while S4il .045.O6 Is allotted to the cost of living adjustment. Tn mills of the tax rate these above amounts are equiv- alent to ie.0s, which represents three-quarters of the entire tax rate.
 The pension contribution by the city, which amounts to S404, 4,4S8, rep resents 6.35 percent or i.502 mills. Bond redemption and interest total $S72, ,sSS.75 or ii.56 percent and S.43 mills. The relief appropriations of sl07 $50 are 2.e2 percent of the total budget or .77e mills.
 Capital outlays for l9lT amount to elle,04a or l.Ss percent and gro mills. State and county taxes are set at s27S, ,250. which Is 3.e2 percent of the budget and represents i.077 in mills cf the tax rate. Total mis- cellaneous appropriations come to si22.6i4. which is l.62 percent of the budget and represents .As2 mills of tax rate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
 In Benefit. Program
 Funds Go Ald
 Relief Proepom
 OveFgaoa
VIC FH Hm 0I

The Conoordla Singing Society Will stage c popular oonoert pres gram ln their hall, laS Bank Street, tomorrow evening for the benefit ol the American Friends Service CuEn- mieeee (GuAkers). The funds wlll 70 given directly Co the American Relief for 0ornAny, fno. Rroun of prominent Watefhurlans of Ger. man descent who are anxious to send rellek Co Germany and various nations m Central Europe.
 The local committee has been operating for several months and fron time Co time has recelvd the assistance of local German socie. ties. Tomorrow nlalt the Concor- dias will do their blt and owing Co the prestige and influence Of the oceeninAtion . suhstAntiai sum is anticipated.
 George Rundqulst oe Phlladel. phia. representative og the Ameri- can Friends Service Committee. will address th gathring and explain the work oe the orgafilRAtion. He win also be present So answer any uues. ald.
 The concert program will be in Keeping with the high standards os the OuncordiaA A special commit tee cf arrangements will be in charge of this event including, John Borchardt, chairman, William Mueskes, Ernest Mueller Chester haude. Emil Mark, Frances Besen- bruch and Marjorie lEealey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
MeIHein Pro
 Football Star GuestSpeoker

Schenectady, N. Y., Dec. 6 - Alumni of Union College from all parts of Connecticut will convene at Hartford Wednesday for a din- ner at the University Club at ! P. N. Mel Hein, head football coach, and J. Harold Wittner, director of athletics, will be principal speakers
 Hein, 'tron-man" of professional football who spent his first season on the bench this fall after 23 years as a player, directed the Garnet eleven to victories over two of their major opponents and a one point loss to the third this season. Season record was three wins and five losses.
 Gordon Bennett of West Hart ford, secretary of the Connecticut Alumni Association, is general chairman of the meeting. Kingsbury Dyke of Woodbury, hresideut of the association Eill be toastmaster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
City's Benk BoIunces
 Increased

An increase of ee22.6 2.645 in bank balances credited to the city as of November. ie46. Is noted over the same period of two years ago, wAile the amount is an increase of e4a2,- A00 over ioA5. City Treasurer Serge 4. Relanger yesterday reported to the Board of Finance. Total cash on hand ct the close of last month was ez.0ia.S02.Se.
 Mfr. Belanger said he felt the notable Increase was due in great measure to the efforts of Mayor John 6. Monagan and City Comp troller Neil ?. Maloney,"
 Gross available cash ct the end of last month was eS.so0. .4et.02 with net deposits credited at Ss02.T2s and disbursements at eTTs.l0i.
 Total general and operating ace counts totaled a. a1S .B0l. Bond funds equaled e220. .0s2. The capital reserve fund was listed ct eiee.A7o and taxes in advance of levy at SS7a for Q total amount on deposlt of eaBIs' 'seaso. nER. neleneeg'a report noted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
Two Ansonio MenAwoifino  Bridgeport Panel
 Given Staying Case
 Of StrotFoFd Cop

Bridgeport Dec. 6. CUP)-Two of the three Ansonia men indicted on nrst degree murder eharges in con- nectton with the slaying of Strat. ford Police oeacer A William F Schrieber last July. may know by nighaall whether the State win exact the supreme penalty--death In the electric chair
 A Superior Court fury was given the eases of Edward Comcowich. 2l, and Joseph .. oabachuskl, 2s, this morning after hearing the prosecu- tion demand that they be convicted as charged.
 The third accursed, John P. Pan- talone. g. ls being given . separate trial after turning states evidence.
 States Attorney Lorln ". willis told the fury that Comcowich had shot the ofiicer with less regard than you or I would have if we had to kill Q sick dog"
 Although willis asked for the death sentence for Comcowich, he left it up to the jury to decide the degree of guilt Of 0abachushi How ever, Assistant Prosecutor Otto J. Sanr asked the jury to return first degree convictions against goth of the men.
 Pantalone testified at the trial that he and Comcowich broke into e Stratford grill the night of the shOoting. leaving 0arachuski on guard in a getaway car. He said that he saw the handle of a gun protrudang from Cosncowich's poe. ket. It was the first knowledge he had that his companion was armed he said.
 Counsel for Comcowich referred to Pantalone as "that rat. ignorant lrrespcnsible and unscrnpulous."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
Three Bishops In lnvestiture

The Most Rev. Matthew F. Brady, Bishop of Manchester, N. H., a native of Waterbury, and the Most Rev Francis P. Keough. Bish- op of Providence, R. l., will take part in the investiture Sunday in Hartford of the Right Rev. Msgr. Bernard Donnelly. pastor of the Immaculate Conception Church in Hartford, who was recently ap- pointed domestic prelate.
 Bishop O'Brien will deliver the sermon. and Bishop Keough will Invest Monsignor Donnelly. The Rev. George M. Grady. director of Diocesan Charities, will offer Bene- dlction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
Church Prspaviag
 For Eanak .Sun1uH

The Feast Of the rmmacnlAte Conception wiil ha ohserpea Sunday ln the Catholie churches throo4h- out tlle elly. ne geeel, a holg day ol obligation, fAiline thls yoar on Sunday, Masses wi1 ee ca tn4 Fes~ nlar Sunday schedule.
 The dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined hg rope Pias TX Dec. & iseA and h sab-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
News of Organized Labor - By Raymond J. Fitzpatrick -

The ninth annual convention of the Connecticut Industrial Union Council opens ct o:3o tomorrow morning ct the Hotel Bond, Hart ford. A busy two-day. program has been arranged for the delegates.
 Among the principal speakers at the first days sessions of the cI.o. gatheging. will be Allan 6. Haywood, director of organization for the ma. tional CI.o, and Rep. Chase Going Woodhosase.
 The convention will be addressed Sunday by Walter P. Reuther, pres ,ident of the United Auto Workers. Also listed for convention addresses are CI.O. Regional Director Edward McCrone, William Patterson of Che U. 6. Apprentice Training Service, and Chairman Meyer Bernstein of the CLOS veterans committee.
 Reelection of Ddward ]. Lavery as president and John ]. Driscoil as secretazy-treasirer is expected.
 unioa voiee. publioAtion of Che Connecticut Union Of Telephone Workers, devele@ two fuil pages of lts latest issue e nsw officers elected by locab aboua the state.
 The following officers arc listed for Waterbury lecais;
 Traffic Divasaon. Leeal 2s-AGaxy c. Sullivan, president; Margaret Shorth vice-president; Alice M. Calvin, secretary-txeaSurer; Mary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

stance aaaam WaA sanM Na m& muna ol ooAcapAaoA tnN Nls4ea a1oaler ol cd Wes oEa tgee from the stain C eslslnAl 4,A
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

c. Sullivan, general representa-
 tive.
 Commercial Division, Local s.
 Henry Swift presidents Rita Mill erick, vice.pfesident and secre-
 tary- treasurer; Julia Meehasi, gen-
 erai representative.
 Plant, Local se--James McCee,
 presadena; Johm smiithwiek, vice.
 president; FredeFick VI. O'Connog,
 secretary. treasurer; James McGee,
 general representative.
 Local anti-administration leaders in the C1.O. Mine, Mil 6 Shelter Workers Union had apparently de- cided today to withhold any fur ther action against President Reid Robinson until after the c&nvassing committee now tallying the official vote count in last months election makes it's report.
 Banning of Joseph P. Falcone of Waterbury from attending the can- wasting committee sessions as an impartial observer was met by an- gry denunciations on the part oi the anti-Robinson group here. Mir Falcone, after journeying to Chi- cago to attend the meetings as an observer for the Committee for Unity and Progress, was refused ad- mittance by c 6-3 vote of the Rob irison-controlled committee.
 John ]. Mankowski, member of the unions executive board, said the refusal to allow Mir. Falcone to observe the vote tally was a viola ton of union precedent and can not be justified on any sound trade union basis
 John J. Driscoll, state C.I.O. Sec- retary, said that Mir. Robinson's ban was reminiscent of a totali- tartan plebiscite."
 Connecticut members twill not take this lying down." said Mfr. Fal- cone. "They believe in the CI.O. and honest trade unionisrh but they will never follow a dictatorship in any form"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
GANGRENE CAUSE HUNTED

Bloomington. Ind. tUP)-Profes- sor L. s. McClung of the Indiana University department of bacterio- logy has been awarded a grant of A.5O0 for study of organisms caus- ing gangrens in man and animal diseases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

THRsR ARR SKY WAGON DAHs
 Portland, Me. CUPD-When Frank O. Berry and his family moved to California, it was Q fer cry from the covered wagon dayA The fam. lly borrowed q two-engine cargo plane, loaded their household fure lnlshlnes aboard and arrived at thsif newhoIne ln e4 hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

70 ralue eunas fur ola-aee psn- saons Switzerland may incgea1e taxa on domestic soeesce ene ln- ported cAsaretteA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06
m WAs LOADED

Indianapolis (UPl-A i7-year-old youth was killed twirling a revolver on his finger in cowboy fashion. George Warfield thought the gun was unloaded because he had re- moRed' four cartridges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

eoMg end sees mills, general a. nancial, 2a.es% and esis nills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

Peru's newest law provides IS days retirement pay for each month of service with private business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

The Barnes Act, which Massa- chusetts voters approved last month over union opposition. went into effect today, It sets up financial ac- countability for unions and requires detailed reports on operations.
 All Bay State unions are required to submit. today or earlier. state- ments listing aims and objectives, scales of dues. fees. fines and as- sessments. names of all officers, and salaries paid. Within a year the unions must file thoroughly de- tailed reports on collections and payments of all kinds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

Employes of the Bridgeport Gas Light Company, belonging to John L, Lewis District 80. United Mine Workers, A.F.L., yesterday voted support for the striking soft coal miners. After first voting to walk out immediately in sympathy with the miners, the gas workers later voided this vote when told that sym pathy strikes are not desired.
 The Park City union. Local i229e, voted to start negotiations for a new contract to replace the present one, expiring Dec. 3i.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

Timothy N. Collins. president of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, has been appointed tc . national advisory committee Of the Community Chests and Councils, Inc. He will serve on the labor-smploye partleipa- ton committee.
 Mir. Collins. who is secretary Of Waterbury Leeal ST, Inter national Brotherhood of Tteam- sters, A. F. L., is one of three A. F. L., Is enc Of three A. Y. l.. members of the committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

Proposed new wage scales for beauty shop empl0yes will be the subject of . public hearing at the State Capitol next Tuesday. Under the new schedule, recommended by the beauty shop wage board and approved by State Labor Csmmissioner John ,. Egan, raises of s7.5o to SIC weekly would be placed in effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-06

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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-28
VISITING HERE

G. A. Turby, of Lakeland,
Florida, is visiting his sister,
Mrs. J. F. Silva, at 814 North
Fifth street.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-28
REDS CHINA TRUCE
FACING REJECTION
Approved By U. S. Ambas.
sador, Offer Opposed
By Government

NANKING, July 27.-P)-A new
communist-proposed unconditional
truce for China, which apparently
carried the blessing of U. S. Am
bassador j. Leighton Stuart, faced
flat rejection today by the national
government.
The government will reject I'M
conditional cessation of hostilities
unless an agreement for reorganiz-
ing China's armies and restoring
railroad communications is effect
ed at the same time, minister of
information Peng Hsueh-Pei told
a press conference in Shanghai.
The spokesman's statement came
shortly after Ambassador Stuart
had declared it useless to discuss
unification of China and other poll
teal questions until we are able to
end the fighting"
Stuart, who said he had his Town
IDEAS on breaking the civil war
deadlock, was prepared to fly to
Kuling, Chang Kai-Shek' summer
capital, for weekend conferences
with the generalissimo and U. S.
General George Marshall, special
envoy of President Truman.
While Stuart was hopeful OF
cracking the deadlock after con-
ferring last night with the chief
communist negotiator, G e a ]
Chou-En-Lai, he said results would
depend on the reaction he received
from Chang. Stuart is a close and
trusted friend of the generalissimo.
Reports from the field continued
to be anything but optimistic how
ever. Associated Press correspon-
dent Tom Masterson in Peiping re-
ported that both communist and
government military commanders
in Manchuria had failed to respond
to an American proposal that rival
armies be withdrawn 20 miles from
areas of conflict.