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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

ciples to guide the surplus admins trator:
 Sell as much as possible as early as possible without unduly disrupt ing normal trade; listen to pressure groups but act in the national in- terest; no sales, no rentals to spec ulators; none to promoters; get fair market prices for the values: sell as lin a goldfish bowl' with data on sales open to public inspection; as far as practicable use the same reg ular channels of trade that private business would use; no government operation of surplus war plants in competition with private industry: no monopolies; scrap what must be scrapped without deliberately Ge- stroying useful property: and before selling surplus equipment abroad, assure Americas own productive ef- ficiency on which our high wages and high living standards rest.
 In concluding. the authors said that while America's wealth is being used to lift living standards of the world. our own must not be drag ged down to those of others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 19.-UP) Emil s. Liston, tournament direc- tor of the National Intercollegiate basketball tournament, said today that the sixth annual little school cage classic, scheduled for March l3-l8, had been cancelled.
 Liston explained that the Navy's 48-hour rule would prohibit enough
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

Apparently the WashingtOn's Birthday Dinner Committee of the Democratic State Central Com mittee is taking no chances. The list of speakers for next Tuesday night includes Senator Francis T. MalOney, ex.governOrs Wilbur L.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

Waterbury's tax rate during the past decade, all report to the con- trary, has been fairly constant. True it has gone as high as s mills (1939), but both the year previous and the following year 1t was several mills less than that Rack in 1884 there was a 32.25 mill tax rate, whereas today taxpayers are charged 30 mills. This figure was also In effect last year. Whether or not Waterbury will ever be able to bring its tax rate much lower than this depends to some extent on conditions. So long as the bonded debt remains as high as 1t has been for g good many years there isn't much chance of getting the tax rate much lower than 90 mills. And if there should be opportunities to do so, city officials might feel that the 30 mill rate was a good one to create annual surpluseS, from which could be diverted funds for capital improvements. In other words the 30 mill rate would actually include a mill or two that was being used solely to raise funds for capital and non- recurring expenses concession to cities and towns from the 1943 Legislature.
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And certainly the only father and sofi fighters in tankers who have GocG through Sicily together, made the Salerno landing together and presently are doing the Anzio Beachhead together"
 Loop, who came from Union, N. r.. near Binghamton, explained that he volunteered for the tank corps as soon as his son volunteered two years ago-"That was when Walter was only 18 and couldn't wait to get into this war;
 Were been lucky, though" he added. We've been together or rather almost together ever since. There's so much action on this beachhead, we just get a chance to wave hands as we pass by each other to and from the battlefields. We always are in different tanks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

Under the MOnagan administra- ton there has been a tendency to shy away from bond issues. There has been only one to date-a year ago the city issued S185, 900 in wa- ter bonds at the lowest interest rate in its municipal history. But when it comes time to plunge into such tremenduos projects as 2 sewage disposal plant, garbage and paper incinerator, new paving. new sidewalks, etc., there may be difficulty in financing them without recourse to the Ordin- ary methods that most cities adopt-short term borrowing or bonds. But Waterbury now is bet- ter able to face such a heavy-cost program than 1t ever has been. It has a postwar fund of S1OO, 900 in bonds; it has $175,00 of street and general improvement bond funds invested in U. s. Treasury certifi- cates bearing 7-8 interest; the same Is true of it's bridge bond funds in the amount of $25, 900. Even idle money in the revolving sewer fund has been similarly in- vested. A year from now the city will realize a profit on this invest ment and be able to put the funds to good use or reinvest them. So, it may be that bonds will only have to be issued as last resort.
 Members of the Waterbury Pen sion Retirement Commission are learning frcNl different sources that the existing pension systems here are generous ones as municipal sys- tems go. Practically every actuary or insurance man who has been in- formed of the existing pension set ups has said the same thing. The city has been generous in the past and if 1t is going to revise the sys- tenn, it can't expect to be any less generous in the future. In other words if Waterbury municipal em' ploveS are to get pension retire x40G plan 1t will be hard to give them one whose benefits are lower than those now in effect.
 Apparently the WashingtOn's Birthday Dinner Committee of the Democratic State Central Com
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19

tackled the docks at Castiglione, while night raiders attacked communica- tions north of Anzio last night.
 German planes flew only 10C Sorties during the corresponding pe- riod and three were shot down. One Allied plane was lost.
 On the Eighth Army front in east ern Italy, Allied patrols were ac- tive and Polish troops captured some German prisoners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Invasion
 Troops Push

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German Soldiers

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100000 Bucks

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Politics
 M Passing

Some discussion was heard this 9sst week as to the legality of the procedure in the Police Department whereby Chief Inspector Joseph Bender was promoted to his present sank, but was only given the pay of Q captain. which is about $7 less. There were those who maintained that this could not be done under Che city charter, because it stipulates what each grade of police officer is Co receive. However, this is not SO, as the charter makes no such stipu- lation and the Police Board has con- trol of departmental wage scales. A year ago an effort was made in the Legislature to freeze firemen's and policemens wages at current figures, which would have included the cost 0f-living adjustment, but even had this passed, (Which 1t didn't, the Board of Police Commissioners would still have had the power to say what wage scale should be paid Eo an officer of the repartment.
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Boruch Tells Views

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NICHOLsON--In this city, Feb. 18th 1914, Charles Nicholson, of 23 Chase Park Avenue.
 o'clock, from Mulville Funeral Home, 270 West Main Street Bur. ial in new Pine Grove cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-19
Legion Man
 Biomes Army

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DIED

KURTZ -I In this city, Feb 18th, 1944, William Kurtz, of 145 Chest nut Avenue.
 Funeral Monday afternoon at zoo o'clock, from Clark Funeral Home, 20 State Street. Burial in new Pine Grove cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21
RODGERS IN RACE.
STATE DECLARES

By word from the office of the
Attorney General in Raleigh, H.
Edmund Rodgers, local attorney,
is in the race for state senator
from the Ninth District.
Rodgers has filed as Republi-
can candidate for the post. BY vir-
tue of rotation agreement among
Democrats in the four counties Of
the district, Pender and Sampson
counties are entitled to run can
didates for the senate in the CON-
ing elections; through the agree
ment New Hanover and Dublin
would furnish the senators tor the
1947 term.
The letter attesting to the legiti-
macy Of Rodgers entry: Il as.
sumo that the Republican party
has not entered into rotation
agreement. Section 1918 of the
North Carolina General Statutes
provides for rotation agreements
Il am of the opinion that the
rotation agreement provided + r
under this section is binding only
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21

tries which cross International Dor
ders, the $50 delegates and ad-
Vlsors from 40 nations were told by
Carter Goodrich, U. S. Commits
sloner OF Labor and chairman of
the LILO governing body.
Goorlch spoke after President
roosevelt, in message by Secre-
tary OF Labor Perkins, said the lilo
must be the agency fo- decision
and for action on those economic
and social matters related to the
welfare of working people which
are practical for industry and de-
signed to enchance the oppor4u-
mites for a good life for peoples
the world over"
A request that any peace treaty
be registered with an appropriate
international authority" and re-
celve the full searchlight of pub
licity" through periodical reports
to an international assembly is
on the list of questions to come be-
fore the conference.
Goodrich, who expressed regret
that the Soviet Union did not send
delegates, said the conference sis
our opportunity to contribute to
the development of colonial peo-
ples.''
Unless their material and Gull
tural standards are improved" he
said, naming no nation, 1.-The peace
settlement may be threatened by
their discomfort. The proposals
must be directed against anti
social and unecanamic labor ex-
ploitation.
The convention agenda asserts
that critics of cartels believe they
"check technical progress, inhibit
new industrial development, pro-
tect inefficient vested interests and
enable monopoly profits to be 'ax-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21
Six Persons, Charged
Violating OPA Rules

At preliminary hearing before
U. S. Commissioner James B.
SWails, M. L. Harris, C. S. Carter,
Martin H. Shaw, Arlin Martin, w.
L. Bearfoot and A. R. Teachey
were charged with violation of reg
ulations of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration for alleged unlawful
dealing in gasoline ration coupons.
The six defendants were bound
over to the spring session of U.
S. District Court beginning here
Monday.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21
m PREPARING
TO TALK POLICY
ny SIGRID ARNE

o1r1 ADELPHIA, April 20 Up
characterized by President
.,ove]t as the agency for de-
Nv, ZION and for action on many
c+st ;ol and economic questions,
soI'I International Labor Organiza-
lne onened its 26th conference to-
l 5s,i prepared to debate a recon-
a. Oxidation that all cartel agree
l.. oats be given the full search
f is Of publicity;
NV 1--WE must find better ways to
orr. the needs of all the regions
81 ). tbe world and the great indus
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21
Try This for Sour
BILIOUS
INDIGESTION
Resulting From Constipation

urno,, yoe wake up mornings and
h" Talt SICK, headachy, with a stom-
~. .os that thai rete!s at food, tongue coated
6ad breath all because Te,s Of ID. delayed
van en- one teaspoonful of quick setting
,,l o,-t Salts in a glass of hot w; ter,
h f-i-s Is OF 20 minutes later follow
osllA' vour breakfast cup Of hot coffee
" e T9s . aa93 of u! Ksnsehe m,tn is
Jh0 5n,,r YOU get glorious relief and
a. ID begin to feel fine" bright and
ie- Ike only as directed. Try Kruschen
~ I DAYS for you can regulate
dose te bring about that easy ea movs-
r ~ KrIschen Salts TODAY at Saunders
3T,,a Store and ali drug stores.
- 0Ter PAS million bottles sold in the
~ 100 years- if must be good.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21
u. S. Now Holds Lease.
On Five British Isles

WASHINGTON, April 20. IT.
At the time the basesdestroyer
deal was made public officials an
nounced the United States would
receive 99-year leases on British
bases in these six places:
TRINIDAD, Jamaica, Antigua, st.
Lucia, British Guiana and the Ba-
hamas.
In addition leases on base sites
in Newfoundland and Bermuda
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21

upon the candidates Of the politi.
cal parties which have entered in.
to the rotation agreements. Since
the Republican party has not en-
tered into rotation agreement.
| am of the opinion that Mr.. Rod
gers has the legal right to file as
candidate from said district.
even though he is a resident Of
New Hanover county"
The communication was signed
by Hugh ]. Rhodes, assistant
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tracted at the expense of consum-
ers.''
Conference sources said they ex-
pected United States delages, and
probably those from large raw
material countries such as Latin
America nations and China, to
agree with cartel critics, with a
defense of cartels to come from
some European delegations.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21

Hunters added more than 200
million pounds of unrationed wild
meat to the nations food supply
in 1943.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21

In the tropical Japanese soldiers
generally wear rubber-soled can
vas boots with a division between
the big toes and the others.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-21

were given the United States ~
"a free gift
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Equal Pay for Equal Work

By direct inference, which in this in- stance applies to the specific, the Demo cratic party platform, as proclaimed at the recent Chicago convention, may be seen to enter the Waterbury scene. We refer to that minor, but nonetheless im- portant, plank of the national platform advocating the enactment of Legislation that provides for equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.
 AS will be remembered the local women school teachers have consistently appealed to local authorities for the establishment of such measure here as would apply to them. These women teachers of the local high schools, while performing exact same duties as the men teachers, receive $500 less within their annual salaries.
 The local case has, with little trouble, been proven by its proponents to be lop- sided condition prevailing only because of custom which has long been outmoded. Continuance of its existence has been termed an injustice" by those authori- ties who have the power to abolish it.
 It would seem to us that the advoca- ton of equalization of pay for Water bury's women teachers which is just what is advocated by the national plat form, literally nails down the issue once and for all-in favor of these teachers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Brazil's Contribution

Speaking of South American relations, the recent news from Brazil reaffirms the fact that dictatorship is not an opprobri- ous term to throw around at random. Certainly the government of President Vargas is dictatorial, with it's suspended constitution, dissolved Congress, and tightly controlled press But it has been Of tremendous help to us.
 Brazil rooted out the Axis listening posts within it's boundaries, provided the United States with air bases, and else where fully supported Allied aims in word and action. Now comes the news that Brazll has sent sizable military force to Italy to fight in the common cause.
 Dictatorship is a precarious form of government at best. American does not admire it. But surely President Vargas deserves credit for preserving much of the spirit of democracy His record lends confidence to his promise that constitu- tional government will be restored to Brazil after the war
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
CEMENT LUMBER
lNew York Timesl

iMeW kbFh kUHGsf
 4 discovery that may well have a nr0fOund influence on future con- stFucti0D Is Q secret process for man ufaetuFlng cement lumber Tels sounds like 2 eontFaditloD in terms, but the new type Of lumber IS made by mixing wood waste and other fiber Witb Q new kind Of cement, The product can be sawed like wood, anu with the same tools, into sizes or shapes as desired, Malls eaD DC driven into it, F'uFtbeFMoFe, the man,made boards have no knots oF other lmpeFfeetloDs, end wlll DO warp,
 Although the new product Is eK' peeted 10 revive the cement lndnsS try, nov operating at about 2e per cent of lts pTHwRP output, t VIII Rl first be made iD only one 0overD' ment- -fosteFed plant ln Alabama According t0 pr, Francis Cary, els' cover, of the process, the new type Of cement Is stronger and more epg. able than any heretofore made, sDd Is also less costly to produce, v eanS not he placed iD either the vege' table or mineral category but lt E said 10 combine the good qualities Of tree lumber and ordinary cement, AlthOugb Inventors take g rosy view Of thelr bTalD children, the fact that PeaaVal funds are being used to eel the first plant Into operation would seem 10 Indicate that tbls new pFo' duct will be worth watching,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Civil Service

The Civil Service system has been given quite a shaking-up in recent years, In the days before 1888 the Classified Civil Service had been arranged to protect enl- pIoyes of the Federal Government in their jobs, indefinitely, But the bars were lowered to aid the New Deal system jn putting its political fayoFites into good Government positions,
 The recently enacted sparDes'serng' ham law is intended to establish safe- guards for veterans in the Government especially against arbitrary dismissal by their Administration supeFloFs, Some of these bosses may not like the color Of a clerks hair or the way in which the pn' derling bows when n the presence Of hls majesty, Under the new regulations the Civil Service Clerk who is out Of step with the man at the top must be given thirty days printed notice stating Tall reasons, specifically and in detail" and a chance t0 answer charges and furnish affldaylts t0 show that there is no reason why he, OP she, should be booted out Of office with out cause
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
Subversive Literature

Congress in its wisdom has decreed that our soldiers must be protected from the harmful draft of cross-ventilated political opinion found in books. Under , strict interpretation of Congress new law, the War Department has banned such dangerous documents as Charles A. Boards "The Republic" Catherine Drinker Bowen's biography of Justice Holmes, the Atlantic Monthly and Harper's from the soldiers reading lists.
 This undoubtedly is the spirit of con- gressional intent. But if the strict inter pretation is to continue, the War Depart mient has a hard task ahead. For the threat of political controversy turks be- meath many an innocent book cover. So the whole field of literature must be cov- cred if thorough job is to be done. Here, for example, are a few bits of perilous propaganda that come immediately to mind. We pass them along to the War Department with best wishes:
 The Collected Works of Horatio Alger Jr. These, of course, are out-and-out notifications of free enterprise, a strong Republican selling point in 1924 The Novels of Charles Dickens-Full of sub- standard wage scales, long hours with no overtime, and other examples of exploita- ton: many Of these books attack capl- talists as powerfully as anything Henry Wallace ever wrote
 Robinson Crusoe"-Unblushin argu- ment for isolationism Browning's "Rab- bi Ben Ezra"-With its invitation to Grow old along with me-" and its state p,aanNf that 0YOllfh ShOWg bllt half" this poem is clearly a pro-Rooseyelt rebuttal fo charges of an aging administration, Jack and the Beanstalk "A subtle alle- goFy about the triumph of smaller and younger adversary over big. tough op.. ponent. strictly pro-Dewey. (Dayid ana Goliath will have to go too, of courseD And that song. "Fe-fi-fr-fum. smell the blood of an Englishman," is fiercely anti British.
 "MOther Goose"-These verses are particularly insidious. and must be thor, 0ughly purged "Old Mother Hubbard" play, up the food shortage; "Llttle Tommy Tucker" who sang for his sup, per and fared so badly. is thinly yelled prediction that similar fate awaits Tommy Dewey, One-time baritone; 'A Dlllar, a Dollar" and Little Boy Blue" emphasize absenteeism, are definitely anfi-labor. This list must be carried on and on if our seryicemen are to be lnSu' lated completely from all printed polltlcal opinion. The only alternative IS 10 change or repeal the law and treat the soldiers as if they were mature, thinking humans who did not lose all power ot ln' dependent judgment when they put on uniform.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
oneself in hand-t0-hand fight ing in the enemy trenches.

lNB tN tNg eWsWAy BSGttChces
 NOTE: Col. Egbert White re- gently resigned as Mediterranean director of the Stars and Stripes because he was not permitted by Secretary of War Stimson to pub- lish more extensive political news of the coming Presidential cam paign.
 The Army magazine Yank re- gently scored 8 victory by getting tke Army to abandon an order re. quiring U. s. soldiers to salute Nazi officer prisoners.
 JOHNSTON AND STALIN
 Erie Johnston is telling this story about his visit with Stalin in the Kremlin.
 Johnston says he had trouble getting Soviet officials to let him take American newspapermen in- to Siberia, so he finally appealed to Etalin after being turned down by the Russian Foreign Office.
 Marshal 6talin," he asked d. FeetIy 0g the man who runs Russia, do yOu have any 0b- jeeti0n to my taking feuF news
 papermen with me on my trip into 6ibeFia?"
 Ne" replied stain. "Rsne whatsoever"
 "De y0B think Foreign Cems missay MelOt0y will agree with thls daeislon2? He has already turned me down on this Ee' quest" said Johnston, staring at M0lOt0V, who was sitting 70 the room with ghe Soviet ebieg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
The Farmers Jeep

Postwar planning for the jeep has turned into quite lively discussion Tne Department Of Commerce has come out with the flat assertion that the little war vehicle will be no good for farming that It's cbasis is too low and lts gear ratio too high, Others have leaped to us defense as lf the jeep were old falthtul D0bbin instead Of a buggy almost untFled in agriculture,
 Nov comes a definitiye word from the lAep'g manufacturers, They've toned down earlier predictions tO the extent 0t admitting that the military ieep IS not the farmers perfect vehicle, but that there Wtlj be a postwar bantam with lower gear ration which ought to fill the bill
 And that probably ends the argument For even # the present jeeps were per- feetly fitted for farming, most 0t tDem will have taken an awful beating ID Dat, tle, Having Ieaped, bumped, slllbereg and Waded oyer all sorts Of terrain ana under all conditions, the GI jeep VII probably be ready for pasture, and WllllDg to let a new rural relative take oyer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-27
The Presidential Outlook

It seems very clear to people in Wash ington that the coming Presidential cam paign will resolve itself around the con- duct of the war, the New Deal. the "in- dlspensable man." or the inevitable man" meaning Roosevelt or Dewey.
 The supporters of the Administration insist that the must not be any change in the Presidency because of the danger of changing horses" in the middle of the stream. The Republicans are already trying to prove that there are no war issues, and that Republicans and Demo- crats share the same opinions about car- rying on the war to Victory.
 To what extent the issues fail to bal. anee is anybody's guess. The Democrats insist that there should not be any change at the White House. The New Deal is un- popular, but there is a question whether the dissatisfaction is widespread enough for the Democrats to lose the election,
 So the argument goes-on the porches Of homes and in places where all kinds of people meet in Washington. Out of every gathering, either large or small. there is a clash of opinion, Which means that the people in Washington don't know any more about what's going to happen than the people "back home"-in those homes everywhere, between the two oceans, and the northern and southern boundaries of the Nation,