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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-07-07

feet. Because the weather was fine
and the circus management wantea
to make quick getaway after The
performance that would have been
staged last night, the top Of the
menagerie tent had been left off.
Gargantua. the ape. nIid his wife,
Toto. an ape no prettier than he
were in their aforementioned cage
In which they never hear any out
side noise. Yet several hours later,
United Press Correspondent Mary
Harrington viewed them through the
plate glass Of their cage ard found
them in tears. The lions an dtig-
ers and other cats were winning. II
was assumed that the sensitive cats
had smelled burning flesh and re-
|sponded according 10 their emotional
natures.
The performers tent IL which the
hundreds of riders, aeriaiists. clowns
jugglers, put on and take OF their
tights and spangles, though only 20
feet behind the big top, wasn't
touched. Very few of them were
1HhtC Va tkAC uAohbDCH uAltdA ~ WhD
over. The Flying Wallandas" had
been scheduled for q 20 minute per-
Torrance and they got through only
seven minutes Of 1t.
In one of the hundred some odd
railroad cars OF the circus train
parked In the local railroads was
last years big top, all ready to
spread and use, but the loss OF most
Of the seats will force the circus
back to winter quarters. The seats
are mounted on stepped, right angle
frames SO that they rise In tiers.
They are made OF special lumber
and are hard to make. Lumber pri.
critics add q further difIiculty. Cir.
Gus ofilcials were not certain how
long 1t would take to replace them.
They knew only that they couldn't
be manufactured here.
Circus headquarters In Sarasota
said the big top had been treated to
resist IRE but, being canvas, could
not be made fiFe-proof. In Evans
ton, I'LL, Robert Ringing, president
Of the circus, declined 10 comment
on Mayor Mortensen's charge that II
had been treated with paraiiine, but
said the tent was supposed to have
been FIRE resistant.
Every test we put that tent
through showed that It would resist
IRE; . FIRE might endanger some Of
the equipment but would never en-
danger human llfe," he said.
Insurance Carried
Circus officials here said the tent
cost $4,000 and It's guys, ropes, and
poles were worth $4,000 more. Ex-
cept for the center poles, ell were
lost. II was understood that the cir.
Gus carries 100000 liability insiir.
Ailce and FIRE and storm insurance
on all its equipment.
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Baldwin Not
To Run Again
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does me the honor Of assuming that
I am one Of those who In some de-
gree recognize the imperative de-
mands laid upon US all by the
times" It Is because I do recognize
those demands that now make an
affirmative reply to your Sugges-
ton"
The disclosure today that Gov
Baldwin will not seek denomination
substantiates similar reports print
ed here the past few weeks, and
gives further credence to recent
statement here that Cong. Joseph
e. Talbot will be the party's choice
as gubernatorial candidate.
Others being mentioned for the
post are Mayor william Mortenson
Of Hartford and former Lieut. Gov.
James e. McConaughy. It seemed
likely, however, that Cong. Talbot
would receive preference Of the
party over Mayor Mortenson be-
cause Of the latters recent entrance
into the general political picture,
The possibility of former Lieut.. Gov.
McConaughy receiving the candidacy
did not seem too strong because Of
his lack Of personal following as
vote gctter.
Just what full effects will be felt
by the decision Of the two state fig
ures could not be accurately deter
mined today. It Is known that the
@. o. p. party has been somewhat
prepared for the possibility arising
of Gov. Baldwin declining renonin-
alton and to q certain extent had
prepared reserve ticket for the fall
elections.
Ex.- Coy. Hurieys decision to again
seek the candidacy Of the Democrs-
tic party Is likely to result in an In
ter-party dispute which will require
swift adjustment In the short time
lef. before the final alignment OF the
party's slate.
No comment was forthcoming
from democratic political leaders
this morning rs to the former gov
errors announcement and It SEEM
ed likely that there was the strong
possibility that an almost completed
party slate had already been drawn
up.
Sources stated today that In face
Of the fact that the ex-governor had
SO strongly sought the u. 8. sena'
tOrlal honors that 1t was possible
that he had concluded that the
candidacy was not open to him and
by today'e announcement was agar
seeking state honors.
II Is not known Just who part,
leaders favor a. O choice tor y. 8
senator as It Is known that pr0lili'
nent local residents, heretofore mol
active In politics, had been ap'
preached Is TO possibility Of candi'
dacy. Although Brien Mcmahon q
Norwalk has openly declared hi
candidacy for the federal post 1t Il
believed that former Secretary ol
State Frances Going W0odhousl
would be favored, In preference b,
| party leaders.
The possibility OF Cong. Talbot a
| gubernatorlaI choice OF the q. o. p
party emphasizes the story pFintes
here IN The Democrat some week
ago that state Senator Joseph r
| Nelll Of WATERFOWL would be tn
party choice 10 replace Talbot Al
congressional candidate from tn
| llfth district, A. result Of the skoF,
here, Senator MeiB stated that N
would be . candidate u the post Z
open,
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IS German
Planes Lost

London, July 7.-(UP)-Fleets Of
American heavy bombers estimated
at more than 1900 strong made
two-way attack on the heart Of
Germany today from bases In the
British Isles and italy today, set
ting off wild aerial battles In which
Eighth Air Force fighters destroyde
rs enemy planes.
More than 1000 American flying
fortresses and Liberators swept
across the English Channel to
strew 5000 tons or more demolition
and incendiary bombs on aircraft
assembly shops, component parts
plants and oil refinerieS at Mockau,
near Leipzig, Lutzendorff and on
other factories In central Germany.
Meanwhile, a fleet estimated at
up to 500 strong and including Lib.
orators and fortresses roared UP
from bases In italy to attack oil
installations at Odertal in German
Silesia, rs miles southeast OF Bres-
lau. They encountered intense
flax and some interceting planes.
but crewmen reported great fires
and explosions resulted from the
good pattern" of bombs they placed
on the installations.
In addition to the targets at
Mockau and Lutzendorff, the air
fleet from the British Isles struck
synthetic oil plant at Bohlen,
bomber assembly plants at Bern
berg and Halle, and bomber COM
onent parts plant at Aschsleben.
Six fighters were reported miss
ing. but the bomber losses and
other details had not yet bene tabu-
lated. Hundreds of enemy fight
ers rose to meet the bomber fleet
and early reports indicated that
the American raiders met their bit
terest opposition since D.Day.
The $50 Mustang, Lightning and
Thunderbolt fighters accompanying
the giant bombers, however, shot
down rs Of the desperate Nazi de-
tenders.
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pilots and prevented most Of them
from getting Thorough tot he bonn
ing formations, although some man.
aged to break In for q quick, whirl-
ing burst that usually ended If
death under the massed fire OF
the Liberator and fortress gunners
The U. 8. strategic airforce said
the raids by the Eigth Air Force
bombers and fighters weer carried
out with the targets In clear view.
The German DNB news agency
had reported several American
formations over Germany, One, 1t
said, was engaged In fierce air bat
ties over the Halle Dessau area,
near Leipzig, while the other drop
ped bombs on Hungarian Croatian
territory and continued flying, in.
dicsting q possible shuttle opera
ton.
Paris radio, meantime, announced
that the 500-plane raid on Toulon,
Wednesday, had razed the French
city, with the water, gas and cleo
tricity services completely destroyed.
During the night Mosquito bomb.
ers attacked industrial targets In
western Germany, following heavy
raids earlier in the evening by Lam
casters and Halifaxes on the fiying
bomb installations in northern
France. One bomber was lost in the
two operations.
The Raj assaults on the launch
ing bases completed a day OF ale
most the heaviest concentrations on
the robot bomb sites in the Pas De
Calais area. Prior to the British
raids, the heavy botnbers Of the
American Eight Air Force bombed
"a flying bomb bases during the
day, without loss.
Approximately 1000 Fortresses
and Liberators, with a strong escort
carried out the attacks, hitting Is
bomb sites In the morning and six
in the evening.
During the day. the Allied planes
made about 5000 sorties, meeting
occasional small-scale opposition
from German fighters as they con-
tinued the steady offensive on
enemy communications throughout
France.
Between midnight and dusk yes
terday, 80 German planes were shot
down at loss Of IA Allied aircraft.
Between 500 and $50 Liberators
and Flying Fortresses from italian
bases attacked eight oil, rail and In
dustrial targets In northern Italy
yesterday, and British bombers fol-
lowed up with a raid on the air.
drome at Feuersbrunn In Austria
last night.
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floodllghts. flashlights end lanterns
TO assist IN searching for the dead
and injured.
Many Of those hurt were treated
In clearings beside the roadbed. Jel-
licos only hospital was filled and
cots we're placed in Railways TO 80.
comodate the injured. Ambulances
and is near the Kentucky state line.
carried many 70 nearby towns for
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Over 100000 nEltiah Servlcemsn
have enrolled for correspondence
courses. costing e. In the last three
years.
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NOTICE

On and after this date. July Tth,
1874, ] viii not be responsible Tor
any bills contracted other than Nv
myself,
signed.
NM. ALFRED j. COTE
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Civil Aviation Is making rapid
strides IN Peru, and passengers are
being carried at the rate OF about
81 900 q year.
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and out Of the big top "cosed off an entire end Of the oval
obstructing exits"
so Bodies In Runway
Approximately go bodies were found jammed against
the runway he said
state Police Commissioner Edward j. Hickey conducted
third investigation independent Of but paraleng the
other two.
Leind refused to make public the evidence upon which
he based the charge Of mansaugher and under his ORDERS
police secretive Leind said the five being
'held at the police station The captain duty there
said he knew nothing about it. Officials Of the circus would
MT comment
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Moves Halted

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Evening star., 1944-02-24

OWL.'EM.OVER DUDS FROM
THE HECHT cos STUDENTS SHOP
strike" every time-whether you're striking up oe-
ouononee with eompu. queen chatting with the Dean
whether you sport slick covert sorb yourself in
sobordine. And Of course. you'll won't spore, ready
sport coat tho pile up points in favor
when teamed with your fovorte soeks So roll down
smooth alley Of foshon for the styles thot bowl
'em They're yours for just little moo'o for
duekpin money! Students Shop Second Floor The Heeh Co.
Evening star., 1944-12-29

World War German universities and
technical colleges placed no limit
on the number of students in the
learned professions and other spe-
cialized fields; that as result there
were at least twice as many gradu-
ates in these fields as were needed,
and that the consequent joblessness
among this group contributed much
to the restlessness that helped carry
Hitler to power.
The committees report makes clear
that the return of hundreds of thou
sands Of service people to our COL
leges can confer benefits upon the
Nation for generations to come" but
it emphasizes that special care must
be taken to guard against "the dis
astrously explosive character of an
educational program bearing no re-
lationship to the outlets for con-
structive use of the education pro-
vided." The veterans return to the
campus, in other words, should not
be a willy-nilly matter in which
momentary impulses or whims or
uninformed guesses - rather than
aptitudes govern the prospective
students decision to follow course
of study that may be neither cul-
turally nor financially beneficial to
him after graduation.
Accordingly, with proper guidance
thus an essential. the report recon-
mends that American colleges and
universities, together with the Vet
erans' Administration, which is re-
sponsible for the CT program, CO.
operate closely in working out an
enlightened and orderly approach
to the problem.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Veterans Education

Since the war has deprived them
Of about third of their normal
peacetime enrolment, it is under
-standable that Americas colleges
and universities should look forward
to the time when young men and
women now in service will be able to
take advantage of the "GI Bill of
Rights" and return to the campuses
by the hundreds of thousands But
though it will come as much-needed
relief, this flowback of students may
involve great deal of wasted human
effort unless wisely handled.
According to reliable estimates, at
least 650,000 veterans will capitalize
on the generous educational oppor-
tunities offered by the "GI Bill of
I Right" very large army requiring
more than little sound counsel if
profitable and satisfying courses OF
study are to be chosen. This is one of
the main points made in a report to
President Roosevelt by a committee
of distinguished experts appointed
two years ago to investigate the
whole problem. Just released by
the President, who has approved it
together with it's recommenda tions,
the report fatty warns that If the
program is allowed to function in a
slapdash manner, "it can be extraor-
dinarily costly both in human and
financial terms"
OF all the problems to be met in
connection with the program. the
most important is that of suitable
guidance to help the veterans enter
field of education that will be not
merely personally interesting but
productive as well. Failure in this
respect, says the committees report,
can do great harm both to the in
dividuals involved and to the Nation.
BY way Of illustration, the commit
tee points out that after the First
Evening star., 1944-12-29
From the Toronto TELEGRAM
THE SUGGESTION that there is


The suggestion that there Is, perhaps,
place for useless" war memorials is
not opposed to the creation of cultural
and recreational centers as such. It
implies merely that these municipal in,
stitutions should stand on their own feet
and should be provided as there is need
Tor them. 1t implies that simply calling
one of these necessary and useful activi-
ties memorial does not ndake it one.
''' There is something to be said for
useless" war memorials which fill the
community for all time with the fra
GRANGE of the patriotism of our fighting
men. Toronto has three Of them which
we should scarcely like to see removed. !.
There Is the Victorian monument to the
Northwest Field Force in Queens Park.
Allward's magnificent South African me-
mortal on University avenue and the
Cenotaph which has been the center of
Toronto's remembrance The great me.
mortal at Ottawa is by no means utili-
tartan, but it Is not to be despised as
useless
Evening star., 1944-12-29
On the Record
BY Dorothy Thompson

The fantastic new offensive Of the
Germans has astonished the world
and not only for military reasons. How
did the Germans marshal the morale
which made it possible? All the analysis
which has been made sums up to one
thing: The Himmler terror, which, it is
said, keeps Germany together. But
terror is defensive weapon, to pre-
clude revolt. 1t takes more than the
mere absence of revolt to drive armies
forward as these are driving.
The questioning of prisoners, as re-
ported from the front, has not revealed
a renaissance OF Naziism. Nor Is there
any indication that most Germans be-
lieve that there is chance of winning
the war A released American prisoner
quoted his jailers as saying: From Paris
consider his peace terms" There was
no suggestion they would dictate peace
terms to us And meanwhile Germany
is being bled completely white--and the
Germans know 1t.
A~HA
Now the peace terms are unconditional
surrender, and without criticizing the
formula I would like to suggest that the
ClICulllotdIlCCo VI IiiC wal IAAdhC ~ I'LL
possible-exactly impossible-to fulfill
this demand Surrender is an act from
the enemy toward ourselves. 1t is not
surrender If we beat him fiat on the
ground. army by army and city by city.
That is step-by-step conquest, but not
surrender.
There are preconditions for uncondi-
tional surrender In the German case
it involves giving up the nation-not
merely the armies-to something. From
the side of the United Nations it involves
creating something to which the nation
as such can surrender. When Lee sur
rendered his armies and the South sur
rendered the Confederacy they sur
rendered to the Union. When criminal
surrenders to the police he surrenders
himself to the law of the State. He
surrenders. that is to say, to an existing
society, able to deal with him as an
identity and an entity.
But there Is no identity to which
Evening star., 1944-12-29

Germany, as an identity, can surrender,
She cannot surrender as whole to
whole. She must surrender herself in
parts to other parts. Surrender there
fore involves the denial and destruction
Of her own existence-by herself. It
means self-imposed dissolution.
Germany's continuation of the war is
madness That Germans recognize it
as madness Is revealed in the way they
conduct this last offensive. piling mad
ness upon madness But madness is
preferable to nonexistence. They cry,
Germans. unite; you have nothing to
lose but your existence" which is true
cry and therefore powerful in its effect.
Goebbels has distributed to his troops
tens of thousands of copies of Church
ills speech on Poland, offering Poland
200 miles Of Baltic coast and not only
East Prussia, but whatever Poland wants
of Germany east of the Oder, the Ger
man population to be swept out.
Now it happens that in almost every
German troop unit there is some one
from this territory who becomes among
his compatriots fanatic propaganda.
LAC wy AAoAl CoA0o may udSC oC1 AOtAo
doubts about Goebbels' veracity, but he
believes Churchill If, in the west, he
and his troop surrender to the Anglo
Americans, he is not surrendering to
them, but surrendering his home and
his family to the Russians.
And similarly men in troops in the
east surrendering to the Russians are
not surrendering to them, but surrend-
ing their Cologne homes and families
to the British. They cannot even. as
human entities, as members of families
give themselves up to one victor. or one
program representing all victors.
Germany is to offer herself to the
Judgment of Solomon-without a Solo,
mon.
Therefore Germany will not sur.
render because Germany cannot sur.
render. There Is nowhere where Ger
many, as such, can 60, even to Civ,
herself up.
released By the Bell Syndicate, IncJ
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Four-Letter Word

Some military situations seem to
call for display of turgid rhetoric
on the part of a commander who,
taking his pen in hand midst shot
and shell, enters a bid for immor-
tality by addressing his words to pos
terity rather than to the GIs. Some
"orders of the day" in this war have
been dyed deep purple before
mimeographing and release to the
war correspondents and some of
them may find place in the history
books.
But seldom has one word encom-
passed greater variety of meanings
or more heroic sentiments than the
NUTS! with which the besieged
American commander at BaStOgne
replied to the German ultimatum to
surrender. And if it is the purpose
of such communications, as it some
times is, to stimulate tagging spirits
of friends as we'll as to diShearten
the enemy, what better word could
have been chosen? Here, wrapped in
these four letters, were defiance,
ridicule. heroism. confidence and a
fine arrogance. 1t is said of Major
Charles Whittlesey, commanding the
Lost Battalion" of the 77th Division
In the Argonne OF 1918, that he
replied to a warning note to surren-
der by shouting go to He'll" so that
his officers and men, If not the Ger
mans, could hear him. But somehow
the NUTS! typed out and under
lined by Brigadier General McAuliffe
at Bastogne seems to typify, more
than any other one word could, the
spirit Of the guys" who are fighting
this war.
Would that there were more dis
play here at home of that same
spirit. when our troops abroad -
fighting a real war and not debating
the theories of tactics - meet the
temporary setbacks which are part
of all wars. But instead of showing
the confident disdain for the enemy
of the surrounded men at Bastogne,
too many of us seem inclined to rush
to our typewriters, microphones,
press conferences or the floors of
Congress to attack the competency
Of our military leaders, to accuse
them of having fallen down in ade-
quate military intelligence, to sug-
gest that their own shortcomings,
rather than the desperate lunge of
cornered beast, are to blame for
German offensive and to promise
that somewhere, somehow, goat
among them will be found for public
sacrifice.
Until there is real evidence on
which to base our conclusions re-
garding the competency of the mill
tary men In the field. the proper
reply to the nervous fault finders
here at home has been suggested by
the commander at Bastogne.
Evening star., 1944-12-29
Pressure for Allied Unity
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

II In the midst Of great battle 1t
seems necessary to turn for moment
from the purely military analysis Of that
battles progress to what may be called
the politico-military side Of the picture
it is because the whole course. Of the
war is shaped by political decisions.
The soldier recognizes this need. Here
is what the Army's newspaper, Stars
and Stripes, had to say on the subject
in its editorial Of December 28, 1874:
"Unity and solidarity were strong
when the United Nations were militarily
weak and the war was in bad way.
Well, the bugles Of battle are heard
again above the pickering. For the holy
love Of God, let's listen to the dead.
Let's learn from the living. Let's join
ranks again against the foe and toward
the future"
1t is encouraging to observe that there
are signs that this need for. political
unity among the United Nations is not
only being recognized but that practical
steps are now under way to bring it
about.
During the past two weeks the press
throughout the country has done good
service in pointing out repeatedly and
with great emphasis the sharp contrast
between the unity Of. military policy
achieved by the combined chiefs of staff,
at least as between Great Britain and
the United States, and the lack of any
corresponding agency in the political
field. Now there are signs that we are
going to have such an agency.
The most hopeful suggestion that
has been oficially put forward along this
line comes from Britain's Foreign Sec
retary, Anthony Eden, who has sug-
gested that there should be meetings
OF the foreign ministers of the Big
Three every three months.
II this plan is agreed to, it will 60
long way toward solving the difficulties
that now arise from lack of continuous
consultation among the principal pow
ers Of the United Nations, because 1t
will be necessary to have what amounts
to a permanent organization to prepare
the agenda for these meetings, and to
carry out the decisions reached at each
meeting.
For example, 1t will certainly be neces-
sary for our State Department to detail
a responsible officer, assisted by suit
able staff, to prepare the proposals and
discussions, from the American point OF
view. which our Secretary Of State would
present to his colleagues when the frst