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Evening star., 1947-04-19

are missing or "unreported and be-
lieved to be dead"
Rumors which persisted yesterday
that some survivors had been found
beneath the mountain of wreckage
that was the Monsanto plant were
Iunsubstantiated
At the Coast Guard hearing yes
terday, customs agent testified
there were 16 cases of ammunition
aboard the Grandcamp. William
T. Butler. technical advisor to the
board headed by Rear Admiral Cor
don T. Finlay. said such ammuni-
ton was not considered dangerous
cargo although nitrate, which also
was being loaded, was dangerous.
Edward Westerman. manager of
the E. S. Binnings Co., agents for
the French government-owned ship,
told investigators that longshore-
men had loaded approximately o.
300 tons of ammonium nitrate on
the ship on the day before the ex-
plosion
A trio of Coast Guard seamen
testified on trips they had made
aboard the High Flyer and Wilson
B. Keene, two other ships sunk. the
latter by the explosion of the High
Flyer early Thursday morning.
Tells of Boarding High Flyer.
Leo Falgut, "a, of New Orleans,
carpenters mate second class, told
of boarding the High Flyer with a
priest. He said they made a thor
ough inspection of the ship, shortly
after he had arrived at the scene of
the Grandcamp explosion on the
Coast Guard cutter Iris.
He said they found the engine
room taking water and fire in one
hold. He testified that he later
went on board the Keene and saw
what appeared to be grain smould-
ering.
The crew of the Iris passed up
many bodies of the dead on the
shore when they arrived at the
explosion scene, Mr., Falgut said,
because I'VE wanted to devote our
time to the living"
James MacCaauley, 28, of New
Orleans, electricians mate second
class, testified he made a trip aboard
the Keene. He said it looked like
a tin can might look if it were hit
with hammer" He said he heard
steam seeping.
Danny johnson. % of Cincinnati,
corroborated Mr.. MacCauleys story.
Admiral Finley made it clear that
the Coast Guard Board will not
fine or sentence any personnel" /"
but he said it was the power to
revoke seamen's licenses and will
do So If the evidence justifies such
action.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Army Given 5 Days 10 Reply
To Plea for Mrs. Duranf

Release of Mrs Kathleen Nash
Durant, former WAC captain, now
serving a ive-year sentence for
completely in the $1,500,00 Hesse
crown jewel theft, Is sought in q
petition for a writ of habeas corpus
filed yesterday afternoon in Dis
trict Court. Mrs. Durant is now in
Germany.
Mrs. Durant is the wife of Col.
Jack W. Durant, whose court mar
tial in the same case began in Ger
many. was transferred here, and
now has gone back to Germany.
After the petition was filled, Jus
tice David A. Pine signed show
cause" order requiring the War De-
partment to answer the petition
within five days after service.
The petition contends Mrs. Dur
ant was not within jurisdiction of
the Army for court martial, as
serting she was no longer in the
service when arrested last spring.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
By Roy (. Honno

Distributed by the Associated PresS)
GALVESTON, Tex, April 19.-So
rigid was the guarding of Monsan-
to's stricken area against entry
yesterday that I resorted to posing
as a litter bearer to pass the pro-
Ding eyes of Texas Rangers, State
highway patrolmen, police and SOL
diers, who were ordered to arrest
any newSmen inside the restricted
grounds where neWly-discoverec
bodies were being removed.
Correct news as to how recovery
of missing persons was progressing
and whether more bodies were to be
found in the smoking ruins was
made nearly impossible early yes
terday as John Hill, deputy te
Mayor j. C. Trahan, issued strict
orders that "any newsman, wire
service man or radio announcer OF
photographer found in the restrict
ed area would be Immediately ar
rested and made to leave the city.
Weary of misinformation and
false rumorS which circulated like
angry bees, I wanted to make 8
tour of inspection.
I made my way across a field il
which parts of the exploded ship:
could be seen half buried in ths
earth. Nearby was the small plane
in which two men were killed earl,
Wednesday. .s
A mule lay dead with huge piece
of steel through its neck. Three
geese waddled complacently from
under smashed automobile. A dog
howled mournfully from its shat
tered doghouse. 1t had been badly
hurt by flying fragments of stee
and looked as If it soon would die
I crossed the road in front oi
the Monsanto plant on which the
burned and twisted hulks of cars
were parked by the hundreds.
A large fuel tank on my left
which had been burning since the
first blast, continued to boil thick
greasy smoke which rolled back over
Texas City.
The Monsanto parking lot was
covered with black slime blown ur
from the harbor. Everywhere frag.
ments of wood. steel and glass were
sticking into the ground.
Found Body Under Rubble.
Continuing past the front Of the
Monsanto office building, where once
worked hundreds of men ane
women, I encountered six or eight
men searching the burning oil ane
broken rocks and the building fol
sight of a blackened and twistee
body.
Walking along mangled walls o.
the concrete slip, which had beer
chopped off below the ground by the
| girders, stones and machinery which
was exploded in all directions, I saw
the remains of fire. -blackened face
Shouting for a stretcher as three
stretcher bearers climbed over tht
rubble toward me, tried to remov
the steel reinforced concrete from
the body.
| The mans leg protruded from un'
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derneath a broken steam pipe and
was clad in green cowboy boots.
Straining together, we pushed the
masonry from the body.
A cry of "stretcher, over here!"
came from a smoke-b -blackened
searcher.. He had found less than
half of what was once a girl Office
worker.
Probe for; Other Bodies.
AS the fires burned themselves out,
weary men famed out and poked
bars and pipes under broken stones
in an attempt to locate other men
and women they knew were there.
Every few minutes the hollow
sounding stretcher cry would ring
out from the ruins and a man
would slowly, wearily detach himself
from the small knot of men and
cautiously climb over to where the
newly discovered body lay.
An oil-covered body, face down
bobbed gently in the filthy harbor
waters. No attempt was made to
reach the floating man.
Small green, white and blue pei
lets of plastic almost covered the
area They had been stacked in
bags by the hundred before the ex-
plosion.
| Carried Body 30 Minutes.
Grunting bulldozers and the
whine of Diesel motors from big
cranes straining at twisted metal
shouts of soldiers and civilians di-
recting work or asking for equip
ment rang out constantly.
/ Starting toward the slip in which
the High Flyer had been mooreo
/ before it blew up early Thursday,
encountered another body. With nc
one to aid me and thinking 1t might
not be rediscovered, I returned fol-
a stretcher. A volunteer went with
me and we carried the body for 3(
minutes before an ambulance coulC
be found to take it to one of the
makeshift norgues for classification
How many more bodies ant
pieces will be discovered after the
fires have died completely? I don't
know. Some will never be found.
The first locomotives to haul coal
5
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Labor
(Continued From First Pas

L C.J
dent failed to sign it, then I ven
ture to say that the next Gallup
poll would show Mr.. Truman's pop
ularity going down."
Taft Too Busy Now.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio,
who is chairman of both the Labor
and Senate Republican Policy Com
mittees, told neWsmen two days ago
he has been SO busy with labor legis-
lation he has not had time to think
about consulting Mr.. Truman.
House Majority Leader Halleck
has told the House he has no idea
what sort of bill the President
would favor.
$50 fas as I am concerned Mr..
Halleck said, "the only thing to do
lis TO go ahead as a member of the
Legislative body and write the best
bill 1 know how. That should be
the approach for all of u.s.
Organized labor is using strong
language to describe the House bill,
Nathan CoWan. legislative director
of the CIO, said in statement that
it is an conceived, badly con-
structed and probably unconsti-
tutional measure We will oppose it
at every step of the legislative proc
eSs and in the courts
AFL Also Attacks Bill.
Joseph A. Padway, general coun-
sci of the AFL, told reporter:
In my opinion it is unconstitu-
tional in its major provisions. The
cooling-off period is unconstitu-
tional, and the prohibition against
the closed shop, and numerous other
provisions. The AFL will certainly
contest these provisions
| Mr.. Padway said too: Its piece
Evening star., 1947-04-19
$1,000 Jews in Bucharest
Hold Rites for Gruner

BUCHAREST, April 18 delayed
R).-Sone $4,000 Bucharest Jews
filled the great temple today ano
an overflow crowd stopped traffic
outside, for a memorial service fol
Dov Bella Gruner, Jewish under
ground fighter hanged by the Brit.
ish in Palestine Wednesday.
Romania's chief rabbi, DR.. Alex
ander Safran. just back from :
three-month tour of the Unite
States, France and Britain, deplore
the British action and praised Grun,
er's sacrifice. Later a Zionist yout
representative, speaking from tn
balcony Of nearby house, pledgel
support to the Palestine revisionist;
and compared their struggle to the
Irish fight for freedom.
The meeting was called by the
Roman Zionist Revisionist Organi-
zatlon. During the afternoon, near.
ly all Bucharest's Jewish shops were
closed,
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Demonstrating Jews
Fire Camp in Cyprus

N1COS1A. Cyprus, April 19 tP).-
British guards killed one Jew and
wounded six others yesterday when
demonstrating inmates set fire to
the Caraolos Camp, where unau-
thorized immigrants to Palestine
are detained. :. u
Certain illegal immigrants due
for transfer to Palestine to await
release under the quota system re-
fused to embark unless the draft
was increased" communique said
Following the refusal to embark
there were demonstrations at Cara
olos Camp, where the illegal immi-
grants set fire to camp installations
and attempted to break out.
The guard was forced to open
fire. One illegal immigrant was
killed and six others were wounded
There we're no military casualties. "
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Explosion
Continued From First Page.

rescue worker said he believed only
two could be identified.
The slow process of recovery was
made more arduous by the mangleo
condition of the bodies.
I've been bringing out the pieces
all day. said John A. Rios, a Gal
weston longshoreman. Il guess they
add up to about two people. only
found one whole man and he was
burned black. don't see how any
thing could be worse than this"
A statement by Monsanto officials
at St. Louis said 201 of its employees
Evening star., 1947-04-19
British Zone Germons
Go to Polls Tomorrow
by The Associotsd Press

ESSEN, Germany, April 1s.-Both
British and German political OBJ
servers agreed today that the Conn
munists probably would score again
In the British zone state elections
tomorrow but saw little likelihood
that the party would finish better
than poor third in the final tally.
The Social Democratic Party and
the Christian Democratic Union are
expected to fight it out for first
place. There are seven smaller
parties
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Second Victim of Attack
In Palestine Dies

JERUSALEM. April ia con-
stable wounded in one of four at
tacks yesterday on British personnel
died In hospital during the night,
raising to two the death toll from
the first wave Of apparent reprisals
by Jewish underground extremists
for the hanging Wednesday of four
members of Irgun Zvai Leumi.
The constable had been felled by
q bomb blast which destroyed an
,armored car on busy Allenby road
in the all-Jewish city of Tel Aviv
A second officer was wounded Sc
verely. The two officers, firing after
their taxi-riding assailtants, killed
one civilian and wounded two.
The attacks seemed to have ceased
with sundown last night, beginning
of the Jewish Sabbath, after three
ambushes Of British police and mil
itary personnel and one raid on the
Natanya military leave center, where
a sentry was shot dead. Rigid Sc
curity measures were in force over
Palestine today.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
FIeo, TodpoIe, ETC.,
Troiners' Union, AFL,
Seeks Closed Shop
IBy HE Associated Pres,

HOLLYWOOD. April 19.--
The AFL fiea. tadpole, worm,
cockroach, rodent and bird
trainers are demanding closed
shop contract with the movie
studios.
The trainers and handlers
union local, with 70 members.
has asked the National Labor
Relations Board to certify it for
bargaining rights. The union
takes in trainers Of domestic
and wild animals and it seeks
$40 to $50 a day for its MEM
bers. depending on the type OF
animal handled.
Worms. of course, would bring.
only $40 q day.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

The first locomotives to haul coal
cars burned wood.
Evening star., 1947-04-19

of fascism. / don't think Hitler
did any worse toward the labor
union than this bill"
CIO President Philip Murray re-
Gently called both the House and
Senate measures "the first real step
toward fascism in the United
States
Evening star., 1947-04-19

Delhi University. India, will give
a diploma in tuberculosis training.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Scotland Yard Hunts
MademoiseIIe X in
London Bomb Scare
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, April 10 Scotland
Yard agents conducted an inten-
sive search of London hotels today
for "Mademoiselle X" the attrac-
tive young woman suspected of
planting a bomb in the Colonial
ONCE as reprisal for the hanging
of four convicted Jewish under
grounders in Palestine.
Many aliens were questioned
about their recent movements but
no arrests were reported. One tip
which the police were investigating
came as an anonymous telephone
call saying the woman sought was
Norwegian and giving details Of her
supposed movements.
The bomb was discovered early
Wednesday morning. 1t had been
set to explode about the time of
the Palestine executions but a de-
feet in the mechanism caused It to
r1fsf1re.
Evening star., 1947-04-19
Writer Poses as Litter Bearer
To Enter Restricted BIust Area

Troy E. Hanna, mainland edi-
tor for the Galueston Ne1Ds,
risked arrest to enter the re-
stricted area on the Teras City
mater front yesterday and re-
turned NTH this graphic story.)
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24

when you see stray Kangaroo roaming at large in OUR TOWN put an emergency call through to MT. Hutcnins of Old Mystic, telephone Mystic 135, and he will give you back your confidence in yourself by riding herd on the beast, dispelling any ideas that 1t might have been the last beer |.
 Quite a few of OUR TOWNS leading young Republicans were seen recently at the Connecticut Young Republicans Convention that was held at the hotel Mo hican, May 17 Senator Bald win, Rep. Horace Seely-Brown, and Gov. McGonaughy were there to stress the need of the younger Americans to take interest in the affairs of government.
 This week Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday, pre-School physical exams were given to child ren expecting to enter school in September. OUR ToWners who served as Roundup Chairmen were: Groton Heights, Mrs. M. A. Tuthill, 40 Slocum Terrace; Col. Ledyard, Mrs. Buonano, 466 Thames Street; Pleasant Valley, Mrs. Mil Ter St. Clair, 5 Mclean Street, Navy Heights; Center Groton, Mrs. M elville Bradley; Poquonock Bridge, Mrs Harold Branch, 19 Quincy Court; Fort Hill, Mrs. Edith Tayler, Principal of the Fort Hill School; Eastern Point, Mrs. Allen Newbury, Jupiter Point; Mystic Academy, Mrs. Yngve Soderberg, 51 Cliff St., Mystic; West Mystic, Mrs. J. R. Gilman, IS Maxson St., Willow Point; Noank, Mrs. Walter Palmer, Elm Street. {. Tough on the kiddies to have their summer vacation ruined by thoughts of Vn- pending school, but very necessary for the continued health of all of OUR TOWN children. These Round up Committee women deserve a word of praise and thanks for their sincere community in- | terest.
 And good news for worried pa rents in regards to the crowded class room situation in Poquonnock Bridge. s. B. Butler, Superin- tendent of Groton Schools has an- nounced that plans are afoot to relieve the congested classroom situation by building new four room school building or adding to the present school structure. ].
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24
BRIDES SOON

BAFFLED BRIDES 500 N LEARN that the first clue to good cooking is to follow recipe care fully. If you're new in the kitchen, this means constant thumbing of the cookbook, too often with floured hands. A trick to save you time, to add fillip to your meals and fun to your very own kitchen, is to COpyz basic recipes and inn portant reminders in India Ink on your kitchen window shade! A quick glance will tell you how much flour to put in the white sauce, what comes next with the Omelet, and what's the flavor HE likes so well in his French dress ing You can't forget how many teaspoons in a tablespoon and that one stick of butter is half cup with such vital kitchen statistics gaily emblazoned right on your window shade
 IT'S NOT JUST THE BRIDE who's bent on irradiating her looks at this season! And it's no secret that smooth glowing complexion is a real beauty asset. Your skin is bound to look lovlier if you treat 1t, quite regularly, to a "blush cleansing" This special method calls for only these items: a face cloth, pure, gentle cold cream, tissues, and the warm and cold water from your bathroom taps. First you dip your facecloth into warm water, wiring it out. and press against your face-make-up and all. Now, while your face is still warm and moist, apply your cold cream in little upward spirals from your jaw-line right out to your hair-line. Tissue off, and cream just as carefully again! Tis- sue off once more, and then splash on cold, cold water before you pat
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24

An unfavorable report has been brought in to the State General As- sembly on the annexation of Fish CTS Island, House bill No. 190 j. Residents of Fishers Island started the ball rolling back in 1944 by filing a petition with Gov. Bald win stating that Fishers Islands natural and economic ties were with Connecticut.
 Fishers Island was settled un- der the jurisdiction of Connecticut way back in 1641, but reverted to N. Y. in 1880 when the two states negotiated a new boundary line leaving Fishers Island in New York State. June 6, 1913 was tine date final action was taken that placed Connecticut voters under New York's jurisdiction Rep. Hagerty of OUR TOWN introduced the An nexation bill in this years legis- lative assembly at the behest of the late Governor And 50 Fishers Island once more fades into the fog of despond off OUR TOWNS shores. and now So Long, Neighbors, this is OUR TOWN signing off, but be listen- ing when once again OUR TOWN will bring you news and views of GROTON.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24
Strictly for inc Girls
 By AUNTIE DEE
By AUNTIE DEE

your face gently dry. You'll find this "blush cleansing just about the incest base you can give your most fetching makeup!
 PICNICS IN THE BACKYARD or on the bank of a river far from home, both mean lots of satisfying food, or fresh air makes hearty ap- petites. Picnic buns get the oven treatment at home, go forth to take the stellar role at picnics, hot or cold. Put two or three pieces of crisply fried bacon between halves of small enriched buns. Add slic- es of cheddar cheese Fasten halves together with toothpicks; pile buns on pie tins, and heat through in hot oven. No picnicker can re- sist seconds, and thirds are not un- common.
 A LITTLE COOL THINKING this summer can help keep you warm next winter. Home-planning foresight now means checking up on heat improvements and repairs, which are easiest to manage while the furnace isn't operating. If you use anthracite, you might consid- CT the wisdom of having controls to regulate drafts, maintain even temperatures, and save coal-as well as trips to the basement. Trouble saving and inexpensive, the thermostat was invented to regulate coal heating systems.
 MAGINE A BEAUTIFUL BLOUSE with a tag that says, "This cotton is so superior no washing instructions are neces- sary!' It's goodbye to coddling in bath towel and elbowtesting for wash water temperature when you wear Textron's new summer blouse in striped cotton. You can slosh this heavenly Lonsdale Rem shaw shirting in a bubbling brook, if you're vacationing in the great tub with equal abandon. Nothing outdoors, or toss it in a steaming hurts it's smooth, Sanforized beau ty. A convertible collar, clever, pearl buttoned "pen and pencil' pockets, and a deep pointed yoke above an inverted pleat for back interest are features of this short sleeved summer blouse, available in all good stores in white with stripes of blue and brown, lime grey, Or red and green.
 A SLEEPY HOLLOW" CHAIR in shiny aluminium tubing and col orful sailcloth gives you Rip Van Wrinkle comfort with dreamy mod ern beauty. Handsome enough for any home, the new aluminium Sleepy Hollow is weatherproofed so you can take it outdoors with out concern. Feather-light alumin- um makes it easy to move this chair wherever you need it, and low-priced aluminium give you armchair comfort at price in the teens. An important detail is the angle of the knee rest, specially designed for comfortable sitting and easy rising. Tufted, waterproof cushions are in gay California shades of blue, red, green, or vel low.
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24

ceived ----.-------.-.-----.-------.---- 48 Income tax ------------------------- 46 Review of discharges - A Emergency maternal infant
 care --------------------------------- DO Vocational rehabilitation --- 30 Building priorities ------- 34 Service back pay due ---- "A
 THE ITALIAN AMERICANS ARE NOW HOLDING A DRIVE TO RAISE FUNDS AND CLOTH ING AND FOOD TO AID their Italian Homeland where post War want, destitution, and hunger are walking hand in hand. pr. C. John Satti, Compensation Commissioner, is prominent on the Committee for Aid to Italy Dr. Satti and the rest of his committee with such leading New London women of Italian origin as Mrs. Mary Ro- mano are receiving the sincere aid of the members of both the GRO- TON and New London Italian American Clubs :. Center Gro l ton doesn't seem the same these days with HoWie Crowell working out of Town in Springfield for the BoillerMakers' L-614 of Groton l. John Ross Haley and his son Ross who is Chief of the Center Groton Fire Dept, who are close friends of Howie's perhaps miss him more than any of the other neighbors, though Howie does get ho1oon over Sunday
 Tuesday of this week, Harry A. Ashcraft, selectman of the Town of Groton, and prominent lay mem- Der of the Protestant Episcopal Church, represented the mission at the Annual convention of the dio- cese of Connecticut held at the Christ Church, Cathedral House in Hartford. Father Clarence R., Wagner, priest-in-charge of the | Bishop Seabury Memorial also at tended the Convention and dinner. Believe it or not, young lady of 03 years of age, and very deaf, who lives on Mitchell Street Ex- tension, OUR TOWN, recently de- clared after the fashion of all avid Radio Listeners that HER FAVOR TIE SONG IS HOW ARE THINGS IN GROTONORA?" SUB MARINE DAY, October 27th, a real event celebrated annually now in OUR TOWN, shares honors with Ex-President Theodore Roos- evelt, whose birth date it was. And did you know that October 27th, 1904 was the birth date ot the New York Subway system?
 OUR TOWN, although the best place in the world in which to live is sometimes as complicated sounding as a big city with its many Town Services.
 Glancing through OUR TOWNS ANNUAL REPORT FOR LAST YEAR we came across the HAY WARD OF GROTON Sure does sound like a title from mer- rie old England, but Leonard J. Hutchins is listed in the rostra of OUR TOWN officials as the HAY WARD. After asking anyone of po- litical and statistical importance in OUR TOWN just what the HAYWARD really meant, and get ting no satisfaction we called the head Se1ectman's office and his i gracious clerk, Vera Lamb, gave us the answer. It seems that the Hayward impounds all stray ani- mals EXCEPT DOGS! Therefore
Eastern Connecticut news., 1947-05-24

The U. s. federal park system covers more than 21,5O0,000 acres.