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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-23
Views Of The Press

from that moment the days in this hemisphere will begin to grow shorter and the mercury rise in tor rid tempo.
 Much has been fruitlessly urged by restless and aspirant man re- garding various important reforms sucil as the adoption of the metric system, the installation of a single tax and single-term Presidents, and some system whereby frustrated citizens might get a larger glass of beer for IS cents. But no one has yet done thing about a much needed change in timing of the sol- stices and equinoxes.
 No less an authority on the Four Freedoms and the four seasons than President Roosevelt has lately told us that he has always considered June. July and August as summer months. And every one who has been in a condition of sunburn, precipitation, electric fans and Panama hats for the last three weeks will agree with our Comman- der in Chief. All citizens in favor of having summer arrive on June each year and spring not to be reckoned until lilac time are urged by us to contribute their farmers aimanacs to the waste paper sal.
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Inside story of what happened is that Bolivia's neighbors long had been getting restless because of the 'T-don't-Speak-tO-y poll icy. Earlier they agreed to snub Bolivia, but with more and more signs of Bolivian Allied coopera- tion. they failed to SC the req son for prolonging the cold shoul- der.
 Finally, Brazilian Foreign Min iSter Oswaldo Aranha, now fore- most, most fortnight Pan-Ameri- can leader, urged Secretary Hull to remove the ban. When Hull still delayed, Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela notified him that they would recognize Bolivia last Mon- day.
 This put the United States on a serious hOt-sp0t. Quickly, Hull wired his ambassadors to delay the Brazilian Colombian Venezuelan recognition to the weekend, with the promise that they would then all go along together.
 For ten years previously, it was the U. S. A. which took the Pan-American lead.
 POLITICS AND FACT
 POLITICS-Senator Gerald Nye, frantically running for re-nomina- ton, is telling North Dakota that by virtue of his powerful position as ranking minority member of the Senate Appropriations Com mittee. he brought many war projects to his State.
 FACT-Real truth is that North Dakota has received far less in war contracts than any other state in the Union. Of the 182 billion dollars in war contracts, North Dakota got only sll.O00,0 900. Next lowest State is Wyoming with $65, ,000, 900. South Dakota got s76, 900, Montana got $75,000.- 900, Nebraska got $966 900 900, and Minnesota got IF billion dollars.
 NOTE: Nye used his powerful position on the Appropriations Committee to fight against every national defense measure until af- ter Pearl Harbor.
 Copyright. 1924, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Veteran Legislation

The two Houses of Congress have passed what has been called the e. l. Bill of Rights"-an overall war veterans ben efits measure. estimated to cost the gov. ernment six billion dollars.
 The bill provides for Government fi- nanced education. guaranteed loans. as- sistance in finding employment, unem- pl0yment compensation, hospitallzation. The Government will pay as high as five hundred dollars annually for tuition and fees. and fifty dollars monthly subsist- ance allowance for veterans while they arc completing their schooling.
 The legislation also provides help for veterans to purchase homes, farms or
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them such a blast that he found himself in a concentration camp before sunset The underground managed to effect hts escape before the next Sunday. and to the amaze ment of all, including even the Nazl officials, he appeared in the pulpit and gave the FeuhreF and his gang another broadside. Thereafter he was not only sent to a concentration camp but a guard was placed over him all the time, individual guards being changed every eight hours.
 This French priest had been born and reared in Alsace and therefore knew German very well. With es. cape impossible and all his powers broken. he decided that the only thing he could do would be to pray earnestly in the pFekense Of these German guards and to pray in the German language which they uFl- derstood. This he does 6 number Of times each day. and particularly at the changing Of the guard. And it has had such an astounding effect upon the soldiers involved that the Nazs are at their wits end what Co do with this troublesome old man.
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and should not be given consid- eration."
 MIX-UP IN SENATORS
 Popplar Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois received a phone call the other day from the secretary of Senator Kenneth Wherry of Me- braska, informing him that Wherry had a $1,O00 contribution for Lu- cas- campaign.
 Senator Lucas is up for re-elec- ton this year, naturally is recep- tive to any help from friends. HtA1ever, he was surprised that he, Democrat and staunch Ad- nlinistration supporter, should get aid from Senator Wherry of Me- braska, a staunch Republican and bitter Roosevelt critic. Ever since Wherry replaced Senator George Norris, he has relentlessly gunned for Democrats.
 So when Lucas encountered Wherry later on the Senate floor, he went up to him and said:
 "Where's that thousand dol- lars you have for my cam- paign?"
 T don't have any thousand dollars for you," snapped Winery in amazement.
 "Why, your secretary called and said you had $l,OOO for my campaign" declared Lucas. Then, noting the Nebraskan's discomfiture, he added: "Are you holding out on mel"
 Flabbergasted, the Nebraska senator thought a moment and then cleared up the embarrassing mystery.
 "That secretary of mine!" he exclaimed. 'T told him to call up Rufus, meaning Rufus HOl- man (Senator from Oregon), and tell him I had Sl,000 for his campaign. He must have thought I said Lucas and called you by mistake"
 RECOGNITION OF BOLIVIA
 U. s. leadership in Latin Amer ica struck it's lowest ebb this week when 1t had to bow before other Pan-American countries and promise to recognize the govern ment of Bolivia. which Secretary Hull previously had ostracized.
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LITTLE ISLANDS
(New York Herald Tribune)

(NeW York Herald Trioune)
 The landing of French forces un- der Major General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny on the rocky island of Alba may not be af great strategic signigcance, but it docs stir the his- torical imagination. Another leader of French armies landed on Elba more than a century and quarter ago and tarried there for a brief space. But Napoleon, although an islander himself from neighboring Corsica across the channel. found Elba rather confining. So once again for a brief hundred days in the spring of 1915, he plunged his world in bloody war until the end came on that eighteenth of June at Water loo.
 Then they sent him to a tiny island in the South Atlantic. There on barren, desolate. forlorn St. Helena he lived for six years and there they buried him. Years later his remains were removed to Paris. but the chance visitor to the island grave. with it's unmarked gray. white slab. its rusty Iron fence and its stunted. wind-swept sentinel trees. stiil finds there the complete sermon on ambition. He under stands there the terrible verdict oi Napoleon's compatFiot: God wal bored with him." The little islands of the globe. sunny Elba and ever drab and bleak St. Helena. are tos good for men who seek to dominats world.
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 This argument, however, was settled once and for all by Major Gen. o. P. Echols of the Army Air Forces when he appeared be- fore the House Appropriations Committee.
 He was asked by Representative Case, South Dakota Republican, What is the current policy with regard to the procurement of parachute equipment?"
 General EchoIs replied: "The current policy is to procure the Single-point quick release
 Rep. Case: "Is the quick-release parachute regarded as having special value for flying over wa ter?"
 Gen. EchOls: Yes.
 Rep. Case: Tn other respects, is the other type of parachute re- garded as useful?'
 Gen. EchOls: '"The quick release single point, as I am now informed, has some advantages for para troopers. They can release it with one hand and carry equip- ment with the other hand. It took them quite some time to arrive at the conclusion"
 Most significant part of Gen. Echols' testimony, however, was regarding the Navy.
 "The Navy still has the policy of continuing procurement of the present conventional parachute" EchOls explained. "They do not like the quick release chute"
 "It would be assumed that more of the Navy flying is done over water than the Army" Case remarked.
 "Yes, sir" replied EchOls, and then explained that the Army had to break away from the Navy's policy of buying the old fashioned three-point-release 'chutes. "The Navy did not agree" he said. That had something to do with the slow ness with which we arrived at a decision"
 Questioned by Rep. Case regard ing comparative costs, Gen. Ech- ols replied: The single-release parachute is more costly. But am quite sure that the cost of the item itself. as compared with the importance of it, is very little
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS One for the Green Book

A year ago resented deeply your teachings about nervous people. I was an extreme neurotic and just couldn't understand how a presum- ably intelligent doctor could take your attitude more out of curi- osity sent for your booklet Nerves and Nutrition" feel owe 1t to you to say that. entirely through your help, am today a veritable specimen of perfect health.
 (P. R. A
 Answer-Thank you. Copy of the green book Nerves and Nutrition" mailed on request, if you inclose twenty-five cents and stamped self addressed envelope. Catch 'em early and 1t is a fifty-fifty chance we may at least keep 'em from becoming Glass B neurot1cs.
 Corn, Wart or Callus
 Years ago you gave formula for a corn cure. (D. H.
 Answer-Paint corn, wart or call Jus once daily with a solution of 30 grains of salicylic acid in one-half ounce of flexible collodion.
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THE FUTILE soLsTTcE
(New York Harold Tribune)

lNeW York Harold TrIbune)
 In ease you have not noticed It's portent on your thermometer or calendar, s:03 a. m. on June 2i Is the moment of the summer sol- stice. Then. although 1t may not be recorded in the slant of Broad way or a resemblance of the Em- pire state building to the Tower Of Pisa, the North Pole wili take its greatest tllt toward the sun, and
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old. One day. with a vigor which as-
 tonished his con- gre g a tion. h e stood up his pul- pit and, after de- nouncing the Al- lies for their many sins and shortcoming. he turned his atten-
 ton to Germany a n d the Nazi
 regime and gave
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all weapons to be put into action in this war.
 So intricate are its mecha n Is m s that the builders of the p l "a n e admit kly t h ere aren't a dozen men in the country who can answer all t h e questions t h a t might be asked about its innards and its workings. Nor are h ere words adequate to Aa1i about If ft1
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
B-29's OverShadow Anything In Air
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Army Air Forces having officially admitted that the Super-fortress = the big B-2o Boeing Bomber - has been in action against the Japanese the lid can be lifted. little, on the
 secrets of this most complicated or
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
WITNESSING IN PRISON

Yesterday I recounted the story of a brave Protestant pastor in France who talked back to an army officer. Let us look today at an even more spectacular picture of a brave Catholic priest.
 This priest is eighty -eight years
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Current Comment

America will be the only nation to emerge from the war un- scared. -Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler,
 president Columbia U.
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wage campaign and come out heat edly in favor of these natural and to be desired reforms.
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WASHINGTON parachute
 
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A Thought for Today

Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.- Proverbs 15:16.
 Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.-Ruffini
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Washington Merry-Go-R
BY DREW PEARSON

Gen. Eeho Confirms Ary Adoption of Poruehues But Tells consessmen Novy Still cnss the SowReIeoe TyPe COP Senator Just Escapes Donating Democratic Colleague US Losses of Leadership Latin America Seen Boos Case
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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-10-10
FLEET B0MBARDS
JAPS ON MARCUS

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct:
9.-lRAA day-long storm OF steel
from the guns Of Adm. William
F. Halsey's Third fleet. pounded
japanese defenders of Marcus is
land, i. 4 ortant enemy outpost H.
1875 miles southeast of Tokyo, Sum-
day GU. S. time), Adm. Chester
w. Nimitz, Pacific fleet comman-
der, announced today.
From Nimitz' report it was evil
dent that shells up to 16-inchers
were hurled at the japanese. THE
greater part of the coast defense
batteries were silenced and shore
defenses and installations badly
damaged, the communique said.
Tiny Marcus formerly was one
of Japan's most important naval
and air bases and PRESUMABLY still
is strategic observation post
and their farthest east except
Wake. ...-
Admiral Nimitz communique
made no mention of aerial action,
either American or Japanese. The
fact that Halsey's men-of-war
moved in five to Is miles offshore
apparently undetected indicate the
japanese are abandoning Marcus.
Admiral Nirnitz said the Ameri-
can gunfire was deliberate and
destructive' and buildings were
hit and set ablaze.
Americans have killed 1928
Japanese soldiers since the inva-
sion of the southern Palaus start
ed Sept. IA Gu. S. time), according
to Admiral Nimitz. On Peleliu
II, 1888 were killed, PA captured;
on Angaur, six miles to the south,
1,15O were killed, II captured.
Marines and soldiers continued
to advance against japanese rem
nants still clinging to Bloody
Nose ridge on Umorbrogol noun
tain. Peleliu.
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AT0LL BUSTERS
HOLD BIRTHDAY

"A 9TH AAF HEAVY BOMBER
BASE, Marianas Islands. Oct. 10.
|-P)-The 7th AAF ''atoll busters
celebrated their first combat birth
day today-3,200 miles closer to
Tokyo than they were year ago.
The Liberators of this Yank fly
ing force have a one-year record
of 43 enemy planes destroyed, 40
damaged, 20 probables;- - 5000 tons
of bombs and a half million rounds
of ammunition used on $500 sor-
ties. 4
The targets of the 'atoll busters
reads like a central Pacific island
directory-Mille. Vote, Kwajalein,
Jaluit, Taroa, Roi, Wake, Ponape.
Saipan, Guam, Two lima, Chichi
Jima and Marcus. They were the
first heavy bombers to hit those is
lands.
Tokyo Rose, woman radio broad
caster for the japanese, picked on
the "atoll busters" year ago
when they were based on Ellice is
lands south Of the Equator. She
would chuck1e as she told the
fliers their base would be raided
within a few hours by Japanese
planes.
The "atoll busters" still listen
to Rose.
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Edrnshaw Nous I'm Do1ur1
Whether Batters Or Japs

preserve commission as lieuten-
ant commander.
He took part in carrier strike
on the big Japanese base at Truk
or April 20 this year and his cita.
ton by h Pacific commander-in-
chief said:
For meritorious conduct in the
performance of outstanding service
as gunnery officer of a United
States aircraft carrier during op-
erations against the enemy at Truk
April 20, 1914. With exceptional
ability and judgment, and COM
mendahle calmness, he controlled
and directed effective antiaircraft
fire against three fast, low flying
enemy torpedo planes and contrib
uted directly in saving his ship
from serious damage"
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FOUR-DAY WEEK
IN THREE BELTS

RALEIGH, Oct. 9.-P)-Eastern
Middle and Old belt tobacco mar
kets VIII open tomorrow for q
four-day trial week to determine
whether short selling SEIZED
ule will relieve congestion in redry
ing plants and ease the labor shor
tage on markets.
Early last week the tobacco as
ISOLATION of the United States Con
trolling body in the auction sys.
tenn, ordered all markets now open
to close each Monday until con.
gestion in the warehouses and fac.
tories was allievated.
Growers and warehousemen OF
the three belts met with Gov
ernor Broughton here Saturday to
protest the order and asked for a
short sales holiday in which ito
catch up with work and Continual
ton of the five-day week selling
schedule.
Governor Broughton postponed a
decision on calling holiday until
it had been demonstrated whether
or no. the four-day week selling
schedule will relieve congestion
He urged the farmers to slow down
their grading operations during the
week, but said thai. if congestion
is still present by the middle of the
week he will confer with Governor
Colgate Darden Of Virginia on the
question of calling holiday. L. l..
Gravely of Rocky Mount, president
Of the TAUS, declared holiday
would be disastrous" under pres
ent labor conditions.
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1t Was A Great Fight
But Not In This War

u. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har-
Dor, Oct. 8. -P)- Adm. Ches-
ter w. Nimitz, with a sly grin,
startled assembled correspond
ents today and underlined a
talk on the Importance of wea-
Their in Pacific operations.
At the end of an h0ur-l0ng
press conference, he said:
"YOu might be interested in
this cOmmun1que:
Powerful Allied naval for
ces have attacked portions Of
the Japanese fleet lying at an
Choir near the entrance to Fusan
harbor on the southeast coast
of Korea. Twenty-six Of ap-
proximately 80 ships present in
the harbor were set afire and
the remainder dispersed.
" In a later engagement,
more than 70 Japanese vessels,
including warships and trans
ports, were encountered by the
Allied fleet and sunk The dew
astating blow has isolated en-
envy armies in Korea and cut
them off from their home bas-
es'."
The Admiral added that "this
communique, incidentally, is
dated late June, 1892"
ut shows the weather long
ago aided in the defense Of
Japan. Kublai Khan twice al
most invaded Japan, only to
have his ships destroyed by
gales.
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On The Campaign Front

advisory capacity if elected next
November.
Hull, while not specifically men.
tioning these reports, said he OBJ
jected to published statements
about his possible service in in
ternational affairs at a future peri
3D."
Dewey's running mate, Gov.
John W. Bricker of Ohio, kept up
his attack on the administration in
a serie of Montana speeches
charging that the executive branch
is "a patchwork of disorder and
confusion" Bricker called for more
authority for local agencies, as
sorting tn a t the administration
tries ''for absolute GENERALIZATION
of controls in Washington:
Gov. Everett Saltonstall of Mas
sachusetts, expressed a similar
view in an address for the Dewey
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BUTTER and MEAT
| SUPPLY DECREASES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9-tR-
There will be less meat and butter
availale for civilian use for the
remainder of this year and meat
will be generally lower in quality,
the Agriculture department said to-
day.
Other food supplies for civilians
will continue to be moderately
large" and about the same as dur
ing the last nine months, the Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics
predicted.
There will be seasonal increases
n poultry and citrus fruit sup
plies. Large amounts of fresh
vegetables, fluid milk, eggs and
grain products will be available.
The bureau reported that total
food costs had increased Al per
cent from 1889 to 1914, about one
half coming before Pearl Harbor.
The War Food administration an
nounced later that slightly less cam
ned citrus juices will be available
for civilian consumption this year
than from last years pack.
Announced it had directed cam
ners to set aside part of the 1944-45
pack to meet government require
ments for the military and lend
lease accounts, the VIA said it
was expected that 26,500,000 600
cases of juice will be available for
civilian consumption. This is ap-
proximately IS per cent Of the an
ticipated 40, 100000 case production
this wear.
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Mmitz Says 7yphoons FAVOR Japs
But Fleet Will Back Up Macarthur
Pacific Naval Commander
Tells Reporters How
Matters Stand

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 6
-R-Adm. Chester W. Nimitz to-
day disclosed that the typhoon
season is handicapping American
operations in the Pacific, particu.
la1ly at Palau, but reaffirmed that
the Pacific fleet will be at Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's disposal for
moves against the Philippines.
Speaking at a press conference
he added:
we must make landings on the
China coast in order to secure a
land mass close enough to the Jap
anese empire to enable us to en-
ploy the air forces which will be
at our disposal"
In an hour-long response to 81
written questions, the Pacific COM
mander told correspondents:
81 assure you that we are NOV
ing as rapidly as possible in the
Pacific area to extend our power
westward and in due time that
power will include the east Coast
of China.
$50 long as Fo-mosa is in the
hands Of the japanese, it will be
very strong point, as they can
continue to supply it with air pow
er.
China coast cities such as Foo
chow, menaced by the japanese,
have not been of much influence
ir this war yet, but the China stu
alton is serious.
To the extent chat the japanese
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20-MILE BREAK7HROUGH TO COLOGNE
TENED; AACHEN DEFENSE BREAKS;
RUSSIANS ; MILES FROM EAST PRUSSIA
GERMANS RUSH UP
REINF0RCEMENTS
Reds Continue Thrust In
Baltic Area And Drive
Ahead In South

LONDON, Tuesday, Oct. 10.
-P)-Russian troops yes
terday battered their way II
miles through western LII
tijuana, capturing points on
ly three miles from the Ger
man East Prussian frontier
and IL miles from the big
port of Memel, and sweeping
to within artillery range OF
the last Axis escape roads
out of the Baltic.
Moscow dispatches said the i'm
pending assault on East Prussia
would be one of the heaviest en-
gagements of the entire war be-
cause the Germans have been NOV
ing troops of all classes and ages
into the province, instructing them
to protect the gates to Berlin. :"
Hurting fresh forces against some
of the strongest German defenseS
in the east, the Russinas also drove
to within 30 miles southeast of the
Latvian Baltic port of Liepaja, and
were only % miles north of Tilsit.
big German rail center. A crossing
into east Prussia appeared to be
imminent.
Berlin said the Russians now
were using nearly 1000, 900 troops
in the double effort to seal off Is
Nazi divisions and break into Ger
many's easternmost province from
the north. <s-
In Hungary the Russians began
storming Szolnok, only so miles
southeast of Budapest, after cross
ing the Tisza river-last water bar
rier before the Hungarian capital,
broadcasts from Berlin and Mos
cow disclosed. The communique
itself announced the seizure OF Ra-
kotsi, six miles southeast of Sol
nok and Sc miles southeast of Bu-
dapest. At Rakotsi and another
Hungarian airdrome the Russians
captured 40 German planes, the
bulletin said.
Capturing a 25-mile stretch of
the Observation-Disclosures railway in
their powerful strides through the
country of the last big axis satel-
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