Montpelier Evening Argus from Montpelier, Vermont • 2

PAGE TWO MONTPELIER EVENING ARGUS DECEMBER 20 1945 Consider Disposition Of Carlan Case After Is Found Norwich President Lauds Gen Wing Mourns Loss to Vt Claims Rise Rapidly Women To Act As Counsellors Limited Assistance Available For Some Items Parts Of Southern New England Are Buried In 6 to 16 Inches of Snow HOUSING CAI LED BEAL EMERGENCY AT CONFERENCE Speed Keynote of Any Solution Jacking of Rents Is Condemned It was announced today at the of the Smaller War Plants Cor- Acting Manager Charles Jacobs of the administration cen- ter at White River Junction announc- i poration that while the civilian pro- (Special to the Argus) NORTIIFIELD Dec 20 the death of Maj Gen Leonard Wing Norwich University has lost one of its most loyal trustees and friends' President Homer Dodge commented when he learned of the death of No 1 war hero Dr Dodge recalled that only last month the Norwich trustees had voted to confer on master of military science Gen Wing the honorary degree of Wing was an honorary alumnus holding the degree of master of science conferred in President Dodge said "At the last meeting of the trustees it was voted to confer upon him the degree of master of military science in recognition of his great achievements in World War II and this would have been done at an appropriate time during the coming Dr Dodge paid tribute to Gen Wing in the following language: Wing has exemplified the highest ideals of Norwich in that he has combined a successful civilian career with outstanding service as soldier In all of his activities there has been a dominant element of public service Vermont can ill afford to lose the contributions to its welfare that he would have Vt and New York Agree On Uniform Set of Route Nos Route numbers of highways in both Vermont and New York state will be changed at once to provide a uniformly numbered route running from New York city to Route 7 in Ver-1 gennes The change was suggested by the Vermont highway department and concurred in by the New York i department of public works accord- ing to an announcement made yester-day afternoon by Commissioner of Highways Hubert Sargent The new route number in both stat- es will be 22-A Sargent stated that New York state has had a route 22 i starling in New York city and run- i ning along the west side of Iake Champlain to the Canadian border The newly designated 22-A leaves New York route 22 near Granville runs through Fair Haven Vt ami along the east side of Lake Cham- plain to Vergennes where it joins I 7 Formerly this route in New York was No 286 and at the Vermont line i it joined 286 and continued as such to Fair Haven The road i from Fair Haven to Vermont was formerly No 30-A Sargent explained that the old route markers would be retained throughout the next year along with the new 22-A markers so as to agree with highway maps already published for 1946 Markings of highways has long been standard among the 48 states to aid travelers In Vermont the highway department assigns numbers to all state highways and to important connecting links in the state aid system The state installs and maintains all traffic signs and markings on these numbered highways The design of the signs and the method of using them conforms with national standards adopted by the American Association of Highway Officials: BOSTON Dec 20 (A) A ga'e swept northeaster today buried sections of southern New England under six to 16 inches of traffic-crippling snow which demoralized rail highway and air transportation The blinding storm caused two deaths grounded all aircraft in th? area delayed trains of all roads ir: and out of Boston from one to se era! hours kept the fishing fleet in port and made many highways Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island impassable The weather bureau said that the blow would abate today with northerly winds of 39 to 35 miles an hour prevailing along the coast from Eastport Me to Block Island I Hartford Conn and Boston with 16 and 10 inches respectively had the heaviest precipitation yesterday Nine inches fell in Nantucket and eight in Chatham on Cape Cod The depth ranged from six to seven inches in other southern areas Most sections of Maine New Hampshire and Vermont escaped with comparatively light covers Hardest hit in those three states were Durham with six inches and Concord and Portland Me with five and four inches respectively Thousands of Christmas shoppers were deluyed for hours by interruption of bus street car and train service Railroads and the Boston Elevated Railway were obliged to send out radio appeals for snow shovelers to dear blocked lines The dead were listpd as Patrick CHELSEA Mass Dec 20 (AV-District Judge John McLeod called a hearing today to consider disposition of a murder charge against Mrs Rose Carlan 23 after a coroner reported is no evidence of in the death of her six-months-old son The infant Ronald was found dead last Friday under a built-in cabinet in the family home ending a 16-day hunt inspired by the alarm on Nov 28 that he had been kidnaped Medical Examiner William Brickley reported yesterday to Suffolk county District Attorney William Folev that the baby died of and acute respiratory He said the child had suffered three attacks of bronchial pneumonia before the one that gripped him just before he died baby definitely was dead' he added "when placed in the spot where he was found by police Thor? is no evidence of any act of violence thus far The baby was placed where he was found shortly after The coroner said that the tet could have smothered by turning over face down in his mother was in the upstairs flat of her mother-in-law attending a party on the night of Nov 24 James Carlan sailor husband of the woman buoyed by the medical preliminary announcement said always knew the way it was I need a medical report to believe Rose 1 knew she was telling the Judge McLeod advanced the hearing date originally set for next Monday when informed of the initial decision "while duction general policy indicated the discontinuance of priorities assistance for non-military purposes ratings might be extended for limited assistance when required for essential civilian or export needs The local headquarters of SWP has been advised by the civilian production administration that priorities regulation 28 provides for assistance in obtaining critical items SWP will supply any firm desiring copies of the regulation and forms The text of statement follows: a result of the drastic reduction in military procurement the supply of materials for non-military use is expected to increase rapidly so as to be adequate to meet all demands There is consequently no further need for general priorities assistance for assential non-military needs and the A A rating system and controlled materials plan were terminated at the end of September It is the civilian production general policy not to grant further priorities assistance for non-military purposes However a civilian commodity rating which is ordinarily non-extend-able may be assigned for limited priorities assistance where required in individual cases to assist reconversion or insure the continued fulfillment of This includes preference ratings for essential civilian or export needs all purposes other than military procurement including production construction capital equipment maintenance repair operating supplies and 'export materials Smaller War Plants Corporation located at 84 State street Montpelier states that according to information received from CPA priorities regulation 28 gives assistance in obtaining bottle neck items They have a supply of the regulation and proper forms which will be given any business upon ed today that pension claims and applications for on-the-job training from Vermont World War II veterans increased appreciably during the months of October and November This increase is expected to continue as more and more service men arrive home after discharge Nine hundred twenty-six pension claims were received during October and November making a total of 3-707 through November 30 Of this total 2216 have been allowed 804 were disallowed 21 have been terminated and 576 are pending During the same two months 180 veterans with service connected disabilities applied for training which would enable them to work despite their injuries and 440 applied for on-the-job or apprentice training in various industries One hundred forty of the dsabled veterans have been placed in positions where they can be trained and 150 of the others are receiving training Jacobs emphasized that all ahl' discharged veterans desiring training should take advantage of the veterans administration vocational and guidance sen-ice Letters addressed to the vocational rehabilitation division veterans administration White River Junction will receive an immediate reply Suggested Information Jacobs suggests that the following information be included in letters to expedite processing: name and address be written legibly in every letter number be included in letters on pensions compensation rehabilitation or training inclusion of serial number of policy on letters regarding insurance number be included in letters regarding deceased veterans Jacobs also stated that the veterans administration in accord with Gen recently announced policy will employ women counsellors for female veterans Positions will be available in a number of fields with preference being given to women veterans widows and wives Those interested should contact the nearest veterans administration or civil service representative Bolivia has no coastline Latin America has a population of 130000000 The present housing shortage in Montpelier and elsewhere was termed an at Mayor Harry housing conference at the city council chamber last evening It was brought out that steps must be taken to meet the emergency and that any solution must be one which can speedily meet the situation rather than one which might accomplish more desirable results after a longer time The worst period so far as housing is concerned is expected to occur in late January and early February when the discharge of men from the Armed Forces will reach its peak Every community must make provisions to accommodate many returning service men at that time or there is a possibility of real suffering Four Possible Solutions Four methods of solving the problem were discussed ranged in the order of their desirability from the standpoint of time required to effect relief: doubling up filling existing houses to capacity and arranging for the opening of homes now empty conversion and renovation the adapting of buildings now unsuited for habitation for living quarters and the repair of houses now not suitable for occupancy provision of temporary shelter possibly by bringing in small houses of the type from areas where they are no longer needed and last construction of permanent houses or apartment buildings The last method was regarded as impractical because of the long time which would be required to carry out the construction The present material shortages and the lack of a large supply of labor are expected to continue for some time so that erection of any number of houses would be altogether too slow to give any appreciable aid in the present emergency Brattleboro Purchased 50 Houses It was brought out in the discussion that Brattleboro had purchased 50 small duplex houses from the Federal Housing Administration and wars now engaged in the task of setting them up and getting them ready for occupancy St Albans is considering similar action Burlington too has given thought to this solution and a Burlington city Walsh who slipped 10 feet down a Boston stairway and Samuel Miller 62 of Worcester who was stricken by a heart attack MISS CARLSON ENGAGED NOTICE TO All advertising changes for edition of the Argus must he at the shop by Friday afternoon tomorrow All stores wishing a Merry Christmas advertisement please call 315 Friday and give the space desired ARGUS MANAGEMENT Mr and Mrs Carl Carlson of I Wheelock street announce the engage-! ment of their oldest daughter Miss i Christine Carlson to SSgt Stuart Milne of 17 Cable street Barre SSgt Milne who has been in the service for the past four years the past three years in Saipan is en route to the United States The wed- ding is to take place in the near TREASURY BALANCE WASHINGTON Dec 20 (A) The position of the Treasury Dee 18: Receipts $47188251279 Balance $2670000664608 Customs receipts for month Catholic Masses Will Be Held In Plot Churches BRADFORD Vt Dec 20 Catholic Christmas masses with sermons on the text "There was no room for them in the will be celebrated in three Protestant-ownc-d Vermont hostel ries a Redemptorist priest announced today The Rev Joseph Scannell SS pastor of a new 1000-square mile parish in the heart of the Green mountains said he had received permission for the services from the Most Rev Edward Ryan bishop of Burlington Construction of a church and four chapels for the new parish will begin in the spring inn owners all non-Catholics housing committee a making a sur-1 generously offerMj accommodations vey of that area with a view to find- ff)r th Christmas sald ing structures which can be made Fathpr Scannel a dynamic young man who began his missionary career in the of Matto Grosso Brazil The first service will be midnight mass at Bradford Inn owned by Mr and Mrs Frank Mertins The Christ mas day masses will he at Mrs Frances Wright Norwich and River tructures which can be made suitable for habitation The bility of taking over buildings at Fort Eihan Allen has given encouragement to the residents of the Burlington-Winooski area "Rent Cited One observer stressed the fact that some property owners in this region were taking advantage of the present hostelry Norwich and Mr by rents beyond Mrs John Wells emergency any reasonable increase to meet pre-j nn Wells River sent increased operating costs An Assisting vather Scannell will instance was cited of a returned ser- his curate the Rev Joseph man whose home which his fam- e'oau SS who also will cel? ily had occupied for three years was brate a ChristmaR day mass at th? sold and the new owner arbitrarily he atholic haradia fam told him that his rent was to be raised from $18 to $50 per month and that if he could not pay it to get out as others had offered that much for it This question gave rise to several comments It was brought out that many servicemen returning to Montpelier were finding it altogether impossible to find houses at rents which they could pay Some were reported as hesitating to return to Montpelier on that account and others are known to have moved away because of it Many returning service men are actively considering a move to request the OPA to establish rent ceilings in this region if the tendency continues The consensus of the meeting wns that the city should have a committee to work with Gov Mortimer state housing committee and with committees in other municipal 150 Cases of Influenza Reported In Poult ney The town of Poultney reported 150 cases of influenza during the week ending December 15th leading the state by a large margin No other cases appear on that week's morbidity report There were 63 cases of chicken pox (9 in Washington county) 39 of mumps (6 in Washington county) 2 Oof whooping cough 10 of scarlet fever (2 in Washington county) 6 of measles 5 of German measles 2 in Washington county 1 of polio and 1 of undulant fever MUNICIPAL COURT The following men appeared in i city court yesterday morning John i Chenette and Daniel McGrogan both toe con sing again a Ofy eace on earth goob toill totoarb Lichts will twinkle gaily this Christinas Eve in millions of windows all over the world Hearts will be overflowing with gladness as families reunited toast the Yuletide Season Even those with loved ones still far away will be joyous in the knowledge of tbeir safety And once again on this the first Christmas of world peace in so many grim years Seagram's Fine Whiskies will play a proud and time-honored part in the festivities itu-s on the problem Mnyor Sheri- pleaded gul tv to intoxirat on and dun stated at the adjournment of the 1 were released upon payment of meeting that he would unnounce the costs Peter Newton 62 of Barre pleaded guilty to intoxication and his ense was eontinued for two weeks so that he can make arrangements to pay the fine nnd costs Robert Pratt appeared before Judge Arthur Theriault yesterday afternoon nnd pleaded nolo to careless and negligent driving and was fined $15 and costs of $770 Pratt was represented by Attorney Raymond Dan- iris Dilliam Brown a woodsman of this city pleaded guilty to intoxication and was sentenced to spend 10 days in I jail Brown was arrested by the sheriff's department Everett King 35 resident of Barre pleaded nolo to a charge of careless and negligent driving and was fined $1000 and rout of $770 King was ordered into court this morning by 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