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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Ickes Linked
In WrongIe
Continued from Page u

flourish attempt at forgery; one that
from the time read One Man
never made any sense to me-"
Briggs acknowledged that he did
write Sparks one letter, on Sept. 10,
1943, but that it had made no men,
ton of the alleged Hopkins--Lee
letter. He dismissed the remainder
of Langer'S statement as "a bunch
of Tommyrot."
Briggs, whose job in the interior
department Is to review mail which
passes through Ickes office, said
Langer's charges looked to him like
IAN attempt to involve Ickes by
dragging him in through these false
charges against me.
He said he had seen the docu-
ments that LANCER read TO the SEN
ate.
Most of them were unsigned or
signed merely with a "G"--presum-
ably for George and in general were
amateurism," he said.
The alleged Hopkins-Lee letter, as
published by Sparks, was written on
White House stationery Aug. II, l943
and read
Dear Umphrey: What has been
done in the (blot) matter? VIII you
write me please. What developments
in the other situation? Willkie is
going to be the man in my opinion
and ! can promise you good coopera-
ton from that quarter II you think
it would be helpful"
The "blot' according to Langer's
recitation, covered the word alamo
and the deletion was made at the
request Of Ickes on the ground that
it might prove Embarrassing to
friends in Texas.
Briggs obtained the letter Oct. IS,
1913. according to LANCER, from
Phillips whom LANCER described as
"a friend of secretary Ickes.' Lang
er said Briggs loaned the letter to
Ickes that same day. He quoted
; Briggs as writing to Sparks on that
, date:
THE Phillips letter came In Just
as the boss was leaving to take q
train to Chicago. He asked for per-
mission to take it with him. wanted
to show it to some one he expects
to see while away. He will return
the end of this week and will
then have it for you
Subsequent correspondence by
Briggs, LANCER said, indicated that
Ickes loaned the letter to some one
else and Briggs had a hard time
getting 1t back.
Ickes' alleged intervention to de-
lete the word Alamo came up in a
letter which LANCER said Briggs
wrote to Sparks Nov. Is, 1913.
LANCER quoted:
THE secretary has had word from
Texas, the burden of which Is that
the use of the word Alamo" will
be very embarrassing, and the boss
! has asked me that it be deleted.
! have told him that am sure it will
be agreeable. He says that II 1t is
: used he is afraid that DR.. Lee won't
stand up. He is working on that
now; also to get the letter itself
which, l think, will be made easier
as soon as you give me assurances
that Alamo will not be used"
Throughout the correspondence
read by LANCER ran pleas for Sparks
to extend financial assistance to
Briggs. One letter acknowledged re-
ceipt of 40 bucks" which was duly
welcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18

Probably 1t is In the realm Of
sexual desire that sublimation-
redirection to a higher ethical level
is talked about most and Under
stood least. Not all demands of the
human organism can be sublimated.
In satisfying physical hunger there
Is no substitute for food. When sex
Is thought Of in its narrowest sense
it belongs in this class. So long as
nature prepares boys and girls physi-
cally for marriage in their middle
teens, and society postponeS mar
riage until the middle twenties, there
Is bound to be q sexual problem, and
were this disparity between nature
and society removed, the problem
would still remain in multitudes Of
lives.
To the youth troubled by this
elemental biological need, many
sensible things can be said: that
chastity is not facilitating and
that sexual indulgence, Is not neceS-
Sary TO health; that distracted at
tention and absorbed interest In
competing concerns are good ther-
apy; that the general unrest accom-
panying unsatisfied sexual tension
can often be relieved by vigorous
action, fatiguing the whole body f:
that sexual desire Is natural and
right, to be accepted with gratitude
and good humor as part of our con-
stitutional equipment, and not sui
lied with morbid feelings OF guilt
at its presence; that nature, when
left to itself, has its own ways OF
relieving the specific tensions;
and that in difficult special cases
good psychiatrists and physicians
can often be Of help.
All the relationships Of the fam
ily-maternal, paternal, and 1llial-
are grounded in this larger meaning
of sex, all fine affection and friend
ship between brothers and sisters,
and men and women, and all ex-
tensions OF family-attitudes to So
ciety at large, as in the love and
care OF children.
When a mans life Is thus thought
of as a whole, with the pervasive
influence OF sex suffusing his entire
affectional and creative experience.
it is possible for him TO choose a
way OF living that will channel his
affections, devotions, and creative
energies into satisfying courses so
that his personality as a whole finds
contentment. even though specific
sexual desires are left unfulfilled.
So an unmarried woman, denied
motherhood, can discover In nurs-
ing. eaching or social service an
outlet for her maternal instincts
that brings to her personality an
migrating satisfaction. interviewer
with the sexual life are many OF
our major motives such as the de-
sire to be appreciated and loved, or
the need OF belonging to someone
and OF having someone belong to
us, and these drives can be elevated
and educated until, taken as whole,
we are gratifled by their satisfac-
ton even though for one reason
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
French Take
San EIio
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The u. s. 18th Air Forces Fly.l
Fortresses and LIBERIA :orS spearheeo
ed the daylight offensive. One for
nation Of fortresses and twin-taile
lightning fighters hit the Pontas =
sieve railroad yards. 10 miles ca
OF Florence, while q second battered
the junction town of Prato, on the
Florence Bologna Genoa railros &
line.
simultaneously, the Liberators
struck 40 miles southeast OF Flor
ence at the Arezzo railroad yards.
The triple blow was carried out
without loss and returning crewmen
reported that no enemy aerial OPP
position was encountered.
Supporting the heavy bomberS, U.
8. Marauder and Mitchell medium
raiders hammered German conmu-
nications In central Italy, striking
at Viterbo, Orte and Chiaravelle.
Allied fighter bombers also were
on the attack. Swarming over en-
envy positions before the 5th army's
offensive front. One group bombed
and strafed the docks Of Anzio, 25
miles southwest OF Rome, while
other raiders bombed Palo and
Tarquinia and bridges and troop
concentrations closer TO the battle
lines.
The hard-hitting fighter-bomberS
also raced across the Adrtatic 10
continue their almost-daily raids Oh
enemy shipping along the Jugoslay
coast. A camouflaged merchant ship
was hit and seen TO explode in ST.
benik harbor. while three other yes
sells were machine -gunned near the
Island Of Brac.
No Allied planes were lost in the
daylight operations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18


to the marshes and forests tha,
hamper troops farther north.
To the southeast, the Soviet high
command reported in its midnight
communique that the Germans were
counter-attacking with increasing
fury north Of Uman, on the ap.
proaches to the Bug and Dniestef
river above Bessarabia, despite prod.
igious losses.
Failure Of the communique for tn,
first time In q week TO mention Ger.
man counter attacks In the Vinnitsl
area IS miles northwest Of Umap
indicated the battles there were
nearing the decisive stage with the
likelihood that no further announce
nients would be made pending thei,
outcome.
More than 30 German tanks, 10
armored cars. six self propelled gun,
and 300 trucks were destroyed IL
yesterdays fighting north of Uman.
In one sector, the Germans advanc-
ed and occupied a village. but they
were surrounded and "liquidated, -
the Soviet communique said. Eight
hundred German dead and % wreck
ed tanks were said to have been
counted on the battlefield
The communique did not mention
Gen. Konstantin K. Rokossovsky' :
White Russian army, which at last
report was hopping up the rem
nants Of German forces seeking to
escape through the Pripet marshes
to Pink and Baranowicze.
One front report said Rokosscy-
sky's men had penetrated q densa
forest near the Pripet river snG
reached an important railway l..:e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Doto Assured
ByChurchiII
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Continued from Page y
a month ago a hushed house heard
the news that he had been stricken
with pneumonia for the second time
In less than a year.
There were no traces of the ILL.,
ness, however, as he addressed COM
mons. He appeared healthy and
exuberant and answered the long
string Of questions awaiting him
with typical Churchillian whimsi-
cality.
Asked by Capt. Leonard F. Plugge,
conservative, what steps he was TAX
ing to relieve himself OF some of
his official burdens with a view to
conserve his health, the 6o-year-
old Churchill said:
II am obliged to you for your
solicitude. but have no changes to
propose in my present routine"
Oliver Locker Lampson, conserva-
tive, wanted to know whether I'VE
can go of and drink a toast to the
death Of all dictators and the long
life OF all liberators, including the
prime minister"
TITS very early in the morning
-. began Churchill, but the re-
mainder Of his reply was drowned
in laughter.
Lady Astor, after listening to
Churchills reply to a question re-
garding the women,S services, in
terposed with, would It be too much
to ask the prime minister to make
q speech just telling what he really
does think about womenp"
IT addressed q meeting at Albert
Hall on this subject" Churchill
answered, and I gather there was
some criticism"
Churchill made his promise on a
future statement on the progress
Of the war in reply TO question
from Sir Herbert williams on:
"Is the Prime Minister aware
that some perturbation has been
caused because Of the optimism OF
q recent speech by Gen. Sir Bernard
L. Montgomery suggesting the early
capture Of Rome?"
! do not know II there has been
any false optimism, but there has
been lot Of bad weather" Churchill
said.
Churchill's arrival was q COM
plete surprise 70 Q majority q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Seumen Die
In Gas Tank

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Jan. a.
(UP)-A Detroit seaman gave his
life In futile attempt to save
comrade who was overcome by gaso-
line fumes last night while clean
ing an underground gasoline tank
at the Martha's Vineyard Auxiliary
air station, the Navy revealed to-
day.
The victims were william T. Ping.
a, seaman &c, USNR, (2626 Samp-
son avenue) Detroit and Richard J.
Holden, 81, water tender so (722
North Main street, Fall River.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Gene Tunney
In Pacific
BY Sergeant John F. Reilly
MARINE Corps Combat Core
spOndent)

spOndent)
Somewhere In the Pacific - (De-
layed) - 1t was a great day for
the Marines when Commander
Gene Tunney. USN. spoke recently
to the Leathernecks, sailors and
Seabees at this lonely outpost. The
former heavyweight champion talk
ed almost exclusively Of his Devil
Dog days in the last war and said
it took the Secretary Of the Navy
to get him into Navy uniform dur
ing this one.
He said that II anyone had tried
to tell him in 1910 that he would
ever be In a Navy uniform, he
would have thought the suggestion
crazy" He mentioned that, in
World War I, he entered the
Marine Corps a private and left 1t
two years later still private. But.
he said, ne never felt badly about
1t.
Commander Tunney was pleased
with morale at this station.
He closed his speech by urging
the Marines to continue to keep in
good physical condition. In
Marine Corps service" he said,
physical skill Is essential"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
sCORNs sHAKEsPEARE

Jack OaiEie today put aside every
comedians dream Of playing Ham
let.
In Rene Glars Gay Nineties III
Happened Tomorrow" Oakie reluct-
antly wears q small mustache ano
goatee. F
This u bad enough" says he
'ehakespeare's not for me. ThosE
guys wore full boards. / don't wanna
cheat audiences out Of seeing my
face.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Walter WirlCheII
In NezO York

shooting some Of them They
also charge that Frances ships are
carrying on a brisk ferry service
between South America (you can
bet where In S. A. and the sup
plieS-hungry NaEis AS usual, our
state Dept wouldn't know about
that. The Dept is too tickled with
our progress in spain. 1t seems
that Franco is letting the papers
print Allied communicates now &,
Goody, goody-thsy're printing our
communicates, the perfect darlingSl
But, brother, what we COULD give
them to print-if We Just worked
up the courage.
The reviews on "Lifeboat" were
a study. The film surveyors got
their dander up at writer John
Steinbeck and director Hitchcock
for depicting some Of the SCUM
mier Americans The nfeboat
is full of aesthetics who have paid
no mind to the war, look upon it
as a personal nuisance and don't
lift finger to help it along. They
land in a lifeboas under the super
vision of tough Nad who isn't
kidding. Cruelty is his racket, and
he works it on the American min
compoopS So the reviewers yell
tick" and shame" and ring in that
old one, "defeatist". In none of
the reviews we eyed did there APP
pear a denial that there are Ameri-
cans like that. oh, no. Just that
it isn't nice to talk about them.
It's a cinch that Steinbeck won't
be bothered with a bad press. He's
made career of reporting on
Americans one doesn't care to
know, and whatever your opinion
of his copy is, you can't accuse
him of not knowing what he's talk
ing about. He wouldn't have to
make that concession to some of his
hecklers,
1t all just goes to show that peo-
pie get indignant about only lin
tied number Of things. They see
red at absenteeism and strikes (me,
tool, but hold their tongues like
little ladies and gents when the
offense is on the slicker side =.
There have been several instances,
supported by convictions, of our
govt being rocked by this or that
firm. They peddle Shoddy ma
terial to Uncle Samson Trim
ming chump Is a popular pastime,
but when you sell your Uncle short
these days you're toying with lives.
A piece of bum steel may decide
to fall apart in mid-Atlantic (oh,
yes, some of the steel is like that,
shells can go dud and fail to stop
horse of Japs closing in on Ameri-
can soldiers r.. Still, these offenSes
are never high-lighted - the way
strikes and labor offenseS are g.
A cagey politician could bring some
of the cases into the spotlight dur
ing 49,. and get himself an office.
He'd deserve it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
News Of
Connecticut

Hartford, Conn, Jan, 18-(UP)-
Former state employees now in the
armed forces will be reinstated IN
their governmental jobs after mus
tering-out, Governor Baldwin said
today in disclosing that SO service
men already have been returned to
the state payroll.
In resuming their pre-service po-
sitions, the governor said they were
granted prevailing salary rates anc
cost-of-living increases all owec
since joining the armed forces.
Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 1S.-(UP)
There still Is room In essential
industry for pre-Pearl Harbor
ftahers not vet classified in la
and who wish to avoid army in.
duction scheduled to begin Feb.
l, william G. Ennis, War Man
power Commission area director,
said today.
According 10 Ennis, most Of the
1000 orders for essential work
ers on file at the beginning Of
the year Still are open, and criti-
cal labor shortages existed in the
aircraft and ball-bearing indus.
tries.
New Haven, Conn, Jan. l8-(UP)
Francis S. Hamilton, So, q men,
Der of the national committee Of the
Life Underwriters association, anc
former lieutenant governor Of the
New England District Of Civilians
died last night after an illness o.
several weeks.
His widow and two daughters sur.
vive. The funeral will be held Fri
day.
New Haven, Conn, Jan. lS-
(UP)-Funeral services will be
held Wednesday for Joseph p.
Wadhams, Sc, for many years an
investigator for the state public
utilities commission, who died
yesterday after brief illness. He
was an engineer at Torrington
and N0rwalk before joining the
commission more than rs years
ago. Surviving are his widow and
daughter.
Hartford, Conn, Jan. 18-tUP)-
Health education as affected b
changing wartime conditicrs was tn
principal topic before the state war
time school health conference whicl
opened today at Hartford publ
high school.
Mental health in schools, curricu
lum content of the school healtl
program, nutrition aducation, an
the introduction of social hygien
study were subjects to be considers
by specialized groups.
Speakers included DR.. George Ros
Wells, Hartford seminary founda
ton psychologist; Miss Elizabeth {
Nickerson, Director Of the Burea
of Public Health Education and M
triton, and Paul D. Collier, Direc
tor Of the Bureau of Youth Services
State Department OF Education.
Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. l8-(UP)
Chairman Arthur +. Ellis Of the
State Highway Safety Commission
said today that w. Burke Smith,
CenterbroOk. Director Of the Com
mission, was resigning Feb. 1 Ia
take an executive position with the
National Safety Council In New
York.
Smith had been director for
about three years. No action has
been taken toward appointing a
successor, Ellis said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18

New Mexico COW ponies had to be
broken" to gunflre so they could
be used in battle scenes for Warner
Brothers The Desert Song" which
was filmed there on location.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Full Weather Roper:

Boston. Jan. ~ (UP)-Wentber
forecasts
MAssACHUsETTS CONNECT
CUT and RHODE IsLAND-Ciear
sky tonight. not quite 80 cO'd iI
the interior, followed by increIs-
Ing high elOudiness an WedneSd''
M today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
HoIyoke Youths
Drown in CunoI

Holyoke. Mass, Jan. IS. (UP)-
Two youths drowned and third
was injured late last night when
their automobile crashed through
an iron railing and plunged into
the first level canal.
Police identified the two victims
today as Walter Popielerz, II, al
legged operator Of the car, and Rene
Savard, IT, both Of South Hadley
Falls.
The third youth, Girard Menard,
%, also Of South Hadley Falls, was
hospitalized after being thrown clear
Of the vehicle.
Every eight hours Army Ordnance
prepares nearly 1000 tons OF ammu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
Britain Irked
BY Red Yarn

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-18
james Wilson
n. 7. Suicide

Continued from Page u
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
POINT VALUES OF
VEGETABLES CUT
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higher values for popular sized
cans:
Peaches and pears up 10 points
to 43, pineapple and fruit cocktail
up Z to 43, apples up 6 to IL,
apple sauce up to rs, cherries,
except Maraschino,- up 9 to SO, and
figs up 9 to 30.
Tomato catsup goes up 5 points
to a new value of % points, while
tomato juice is hiked 8 points to a
new fatal of 6 for NO. 2 can.
Grapefruit juice, previously point
free to move out the old pack, is
assigned a one-pint value to "as-
sure better distribution of the new
pack coming to market. Orange
juice and blended citrus juices, re-
Questioned, by the armed forces
last year but now reappearing on
store shelves, are given 2-point
value for No. 2 cans, up from a
zero rating. Grape juice goes from
4 to 6 points for a pint.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Phillies Have Only
Is Men Under Contract
By Jack Sords

PHILADELPHIA, March 3. -
R)--With the start of spring train
ing two weeks away, the Philadel
phia Phillies have 10 men under
contract, General Manager Herb
Pennock said today.
The 10 include Manager Freddy
Fitsimmons, Coaches Mrvyn Shea
and Chuck Klein, and Pitchers
Bill Lee, Alverdel and Warren
(Moose) Fralick, all of whom were
signed before the present manage
ment took over. Lee recently was
reclassified Ia in the draft, Yer
del has a medical discharge from
the Army, and Fralick is At.
Others who have come to terms
are: Pitcher Ken Raffensberger
now ga; Catcher Andy Seminlck
4-F; Second Baseman Ford Null
.er, ga; Catcher Benny Culp, ga;
Pitcher Roger Mckee, under 10
and Outfielder Nick Goulish
Youngstown, Ohio, sandlotter, 4F
Bob Finley, the Pills othe,
catcher, is reported to have sign
ed, but Pennock said his contract
aas not been received.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
French To Get Ships

WASHINGTON, March 3.-tR-
A substantial number of French
merchant ships requisitioned by
the United States and Britain aft
er the fall of France will be
turned over to the French COM
mittee for national liberation for
service under the French flag.
The British American-Fren
agreement to this effect was an
nounced by the War Shipping Ad-
ministration today.
Crews will be supplied and paid
by the French committee in a step
toward revitalizing the French
merchant marine.
The VISA said the French group
would put "all its ocean going ton
mage at the disposition Of the Unit
ed Nations until the defeat of the
last Axis power"
The passenger and cargo ships
thus to be manned by French sail
ors include vessels which were
chartered to General Dwight D.
Eisenhower without crews by the
French North African authorities
after the Anglo-American invasion
of that continent.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
Bob Montgomery Beats Out
Observation-Disclosures
Sur, Again Giuen Edge
In Richest Horse Race

clean sweep on a better-than-fair
horse. which he booted to victory
this year in the Palm Beach hand
leap and guided to second place
two weeks ago in the $500 Nc
Lehman, the Widener prep won by
Sun Again.
The secondary favorite, and an
other reason why it'll be gam
BILE to plunge on Sun Again, is
the eight-year-old gelding Mar
riaee. A factor in any race for
which he is pointed, the Coward
and Dupuy campaigner triumphed
Feb. 10 in the New Orleans hand
leap, only other event Of the win
ter worth $25,
Townsend B. Martins entry of
Bolingbroke and Bankrupt will
have plenty OF supporters in a
crowd which promises to be the
biggest Of a high-betting season.
Boliagbroke. a great distance run
nee, has been brought along slow.
ly in preparation for the Widener,
and Bankrupt looked sharp in win
ming only Wednesday.
Hawthorne Stables feather
weighted Alques in at 109
pounds, rated consideration on a
winters record of three victories
in six starts.
Rolingb-oke is top : weighted at
IL pounds. Sun Again and Mar.
riage each was allotted 12O. Bank
rupt came in at ITO, and Four
Freedoms will bear only 107.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-04
u. S. PLANES MAKE
FIRST BERLIN RAID
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though some fighters previously
had come within sight of the cap
ital while cscorting bombers on
penetrations to Leipzig, about 100
miles to the southwest although
they were believed to have been
Mustangs, they could have been
twin-eigined Lightnings, which al.
so have the range.
The American heavies rose in
force for their daylight smash at
northwest Germany, but their op-
erations were impeded by cloud.
banks rising sometimes to a
height of six miles. A few packs
of Nazi fighters were observed
riding the top of the overcast but
with little inclination to challenge
the bombers' guns or those of es-
corting Thunderbolts, Lightnings
Mustangs and Spitfires.