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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

out of orle corner of the mouth about the hardships of government wartime controls and restrictions they are yelling out of the other side whenever there is a move made ill Washington towards relaxing government controls that would give an advantage to competitor
 The result Is 8 reconversion babel that beats anything heard in the days of conversion, and 1t indicates that the country is in for a long spell of reverse headaches in get- ting back on the tracks of peace unless preventives are administered quickly, before invasion success makes cancellations of war con- tracts the rule instead of the rarity. TWO WAYS TO DO IT.
 BOTH DIFFICULT ,...
 There are two principal schools of thought on how to go about ending "War business as usual"
 The first is to set up some kind of agency in Washington to plan and boss the job. A somewhat fal- tering step in this direction was taken towards the end of May when War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson announced the naming of a new committee of Army Navy, Maritime Commission, Manpower and WIPE executives to make plans for reconversion on X- day-the date of Germany's col- lapse.
 Can WIPE do this job? Can any any agency of humans be set up that will be big enough or smart enough, to deal with all the prob lens of business reconversion by government control? For example, there Is still no place in Washington where any one can go to determine of what eff feet cancellation of any one prime contract will have. Nobody in Wash ington knows where all the Sub-con- tracts or the Sub-sub-s -sub- contracts are placed, and who will be thrown out of a job in Connecticut, Kansas or California when prime contract is cancelled in Portland, Me, or Portland, Ore. Nobody in Washing ton knows what the inventories of parts or stockpiles of raw materials are in all these sub-contracting plants, nor does anyone know to what each of these plants could be reconverted.
 THE FREE ENTERPRISE"
 THEORY
 The second theory on bringing an end to war business as uSual' was advanced as long ago as last Oc- tober by the Senate Truman Com mittee investigating the war pro- duction effort. It is that the govern- ment should not determine nor even strongly influence determination of what civilian goods are to be put back in production by whom, in what quantity, or when. In other words, remove restrictions on use of materials as fast as surpluses de- yelop, then cancel contracts as fast as possible and leave the rest to in- duStry.
 This is nothing more nor less than exercise of the free enterprise Sys- tenn that business has been yelling for. Maybe business doesn't want this freedom of enterprise as much as 1t lets on. The Brewster case would seem to indicate that labor as well as management wants gov- ernment controls left on. 4s-
 No recorlversion of one automobile company, for instance, until all can get back in the game war bus mess as usual" until all the selfish pressure groups have made sure that they are going to be taken care of, regardless of cost to the tax payer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Views Of The Press

return is the old, familiar world they left behind. Keep it so.
 Above all, keep the Sabbath in the good, old-fashioned way. And within the sanctuary of your faith, bow your head in prayer for peace on earth, and victory to men of good will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

The people who are perfectly free after this pattern are usually the victims of selfiSh- ness. bad mental habits. ard often tim es Of their grosser passions. To be free to do what one wants to do ct all times opens up oppor-
 tunities of indul-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

of the inner heart. 4 man Is free whcn his will power Is free: and no matter how free he may be in other ways, is he cannot exercise his will pot te do what he knows to be right. he is c dave.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
"NA','TEo
 SPOTLIGHT
Business As Usual Now War As Usual
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington se' z F.l GOrregpOndent .'

The big riirnpus over Navy's can- ,cellation of the Brewster Aeronau- tical Corporation contract brought forth a strange rallying cry that sounded a good bit like a plea to continue. Was as usual"
 Remember the old wall of "Bus mess as lstlall" back in the days before Pearl Harbor, when industry was reluctant to convert to all-out war production? ,
 was as llsuall", is the successor to Business as. usuall" It is in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Selected Poem
FOR THE END OF SPRING

FVW HkaE ENW VT HEWkEU
 lFTanees Frost in The New York TImes) Be not dismayed though canted apple trees Spill stem by stem bright freights of petai-snow Though the warmer winds turn buceaneer and seize Wild-cherTy bloom. This earlier hour must blow To scattered loyeliness before the fruit Is shaped among the leaves. and summer must Burn down to thistle blue before hang mute The full sweet globes above the grass and dust. Watch how q petal drifts into your hand. Watch how the weightleGs flake Of whiteness aims. sown with such ghosts Of spring lies the breathing
 land,
 But the fruit is swelling on the slanted limbs. And by q richer beauty at length waylaid And taken wiil be the heart that iS not dlsmayed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

other foreign nations, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean, for an "oil reserve for future wars," while right under our nose one of the richest oil reserves, controlled by the government, stands idle during this war. It would be hard to find better reason for keep ing government out of business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Your Health By.Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining t0 per- sonaI health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, win be answered by pr. Brady ik q staplped self-ad dressed envelope tis enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can Q. made to queries not con3orln- ing to instructions. Address LAr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street. Chicago. HI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

friends fight side by side-Jews end Christians, black and white, rich and poor. educated and conpara. lively uneducated-and, in team- work, seek the triumph of the right, may we at home do no less than they in ohliterating the arbitrary barriers which have been our cosin. tFy's weakness,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
TRUE AND FALSE IDEAS OF
 FREEDOM
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
What is freedomP

What IS IFeeuoIhT
 Most people would say that free- dom is the opportunity to do what one wants to do when one wants to do it. But freedom of this variety usually degenerates into seryitude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Washington Merry o-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

DR Long Novo Expert followed Invasion His Own Huge Mop U and British Leaders Agreed All but One Thing De Goule Roosevelt Firm Against Fenehmon Though Aides Urged Recognition Churchill Hes Boosted Him Only Since Tehean First SPurned Hin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac san rises at SEQ q. m. sets At e:2t ?. m. (waT tnle) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Copyright. 1944, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

Before the BrItish started to play up de 0aulle. they told the following story on him. When the French were retreating in June,
Kodiak mirror., 1944-09-02

"Cappy" Campbell was saved by the bell this week. He was down on the dock, all packed, ready to head south when a fellow came down and offered him a job in the ATS. "Cappy" took it.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-09-02

Miss Ruth Pratt, who ha sided here the past year W she has been employed as a ress, has gone to FalrbranksV she plans to locate permane She left by Alaska AirlineS day.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-09-02
Kodiok Diary
(continued from page 9

ants ran to the old man in fear and trembling. He took an image of the Blessed Virgin from the house of one of his wards, brought 1t to beach and placed it above the high water mark and then knelt down to pray. After the short prayer he turned to the as- Sembled people and said: Do not be afraid, the water will not rise beyond the spot where his holy image stands" The words of the old man came true.
 "I am sorry for you, my dear kum," said Father Herman to manager Kashevaroff for whose son he once stood sponsor, "I am sorry your transfer from Kodiak will be unpleasant" Two years later during the exchange of Managers Kashevaroff was talk en to Sitka in bonds.
 Once the forest on Spruce Is- land caught fire. The old man with his disciple Ignatius worked hard In the depths of the forest The old man made a line of the torn up moss all the way along After accomplishing this hard task he said: "Be calm, the fire will not go over this line.' The next day, according to the state ment of lgnatius, there did not appear any hope of stemming the fire. The flames with mad force reached the line of the torn up moss, ran along in parallel direction and stopped, did not scorch the trees on the opposite 5 side of the line.
 A year before the news reached Kodiak of the death of a Metro politan Tn Russia, (which one not known) Father Herman told the Aleuts that their great Spiritual Father died. Very often the old man said that America will have its own prelate, that was long before anyone thought of this and there dld not seem to be any hope of such a possibility, but thIs statement came to pass in good time,
 Many years vii! pass after my death," said Father Herman to his scholars, "but 1 will not be forgotteA, and the spot where l live will not be empty. A monk like me, who will leave behind him the emptiness and vanities of this world will come to live on Spruce Island and this place will not be unpopulated."
 "My dear," asked Father Her man of little twelve year old creole Constantine, Do you think that this little chapel that they are building is going up in vain?" "I do not know, Appa," said Constantine. "I do not un- derstand the question at the time," says Constantine, "but { the words are very strongly im- pressed on my mind." After al moments silence the old man continued, remember, my child,
Kodiak mirror., 1944-09-02
Cherie Morrison underwent an emergency appendectomy at the GM hospital Sunday.

Sprio Kabouris was dismissed after 6 months in the GM hos pital. His home is at Unga.
Kodiak mirror., 1944-09-02

|
 Ignatius at the time, Chow man similar to us in all respects
 could have known all these
 things so far ahead. However he
 was not an ordinary man. He knew our thoughts and infuenc- ed us to such a degree that we unwilIingly uncovered to him our thoughts and desires and always profted by it."
 "When I die," said the old man to his scholars, "bury me by the side of Father Joasaph. You will bury me by yourselves as you will not wait long enough for a priest to come here. Do not wash my body, lay it out on 8 board, fold my hands across my chest cover me with my mantle and cover my face with the ends of it, then put the cowl on my head. If any one will wish to of fer ne his last respects let him kiss the crucifx, do not let any 
 one see my face"
 The old mans span of life was coming to an end. One day he ordered his disciple Geraslm to light up the candles before the holy images and read the Acts of the Apostles. In a little while his face was lighted up by a smile and he said in a loud voice, "Glory to Thee, O Lord". Then he commanded the reading stop ped and announced that God willed to prolong his life for an- other week. A week later, again the candles were lit in obedience to his desire, the reading of Acts of the Apostles resumed. Quietly the old man inclined his head upon the breast of Gerasim, his face lit up as in happiness and Father Herman was no more. In this manner he died the death of a saint cn the 8lst year of his arduous life. The date vas the 18th day of December the year 1887.
 The messenger that was sent to Kodiak with this sad intelli- gence on his return to Elovoi said that the Manager of the Colony Kashevaroff forbids them to bury the old man until his ar rival that he had ordered a new casket made and he would bring a priest to say the funeral service over the remains. Shortly after strong wind sprang up, heavy rain came down in torrents and a frightful storm ragged that lasted for a whole month The distance from Elovoi to Kodiak is but two hours ride in a row boat, but no one dared venture out in the rag ing storm. During this whole month the remains of Father Herman lay in the hut unburied, yet there was no evidence of de composition. Finally the casket was brought over by an experi, enced mariner, Kosma Uchilis- chef. The body of the old man Iuoc iptarroJ h1, tho no t;,,oe, ,,,;4l
Evening star., 1944-07-31

plane would never lift. 1t. Barton
shook his head gravely.i Finally the
heavily-laden Monsoon parted with
the earth.
The hatch was pulled open and we
looked out. The Monsoon was bare
ly clearing the treetops One Of the
crew closed it, saying maybe If we
didn't look it would 60 away.
When the ship gained altitude,
Maj. Kingsbury called 1t. Barton
and me forward out of our positions.
We were skimming the Chinese
hills at minimum altitude when the
ior discovered he had lost three
Of his most important fight instru-
ments-the altimeter, the rate climb
gauge and the air-speed indicator.
For the rest Of the flight he. and
Co-pilot Brown worked from coun-
terparts of these instruments on the
panel.
GA delayed dispatch from the
Super Fortress base in Western
China said the Monsoon evi-
IDENTIFY had raked a tree top on
the take-off. since one part of
the plane projecting from the
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Submarines
Continued From First Page.)

hind schedule-in some instances,
months behind"
Strain on Shipping Mounts.
OF tankers, the department said
the farther west the war advances
in the Pacific, the greater the
strain on shipping, particularly on
tankers.
Production schedules for bom-
bardment ammunition has been in
creased more than 5000 per cent
since 1912, yet I'VE are barely keep
ing our nose above water"
The announcement said naval
ships had fired more than Al 1000
tons of shells into japanese and
German shore Notifications alone.
1t is impossible" to get too many
rockets. the department declared.
The Navy now procures about
500, 900 900 worth of ammunition q
month, and when the rocket pro-
gram reaches its peak that figure
will be doubled.
TIE 40 nm. guns are needed
aboard everything from landing
craft to battleships, with production
behind schedule.
The air arm needs high octane
gasoline because I'VE are literally
scraping the bottom of the barrel"
the statement said adding that pro-
duction has been good, but consump-
ton has been enormous,
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Sergt. Bronsdorf Enlisted
In Senior Year at M. u.
Separated From Forma ton.

Sergt. Bransdorf is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Bransdorf, 5612
Second place NV.
A native Of Washington, he at
tended Powell Junior High School
and Central High School. He was in
his senior year at the University of
Maryland, where he was majoring
in accounting when he enlisted Feb
ruary 10, l943. He was in advanced
|ROTC and would have received a
commission in the ground forces last
June if he had not enlisted In the
Air Forces.
Sergt. Bransdorf was a first string
catcher for baseball teams at each
school he attended as well as for the
local American Legion team. He
was on the football team while at
the University Of Maryland.
He has one brother, 1t. U.g)
Richard Bransdorf, U. s. N. r., 23,
who Is now overseas.
Sergt. BrauBdorf entered combat
service In April.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Chinese Admit Advance
Into Hengyang by laps
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING. July 3l.-The Chi
nese high command admitted to-
night that japanese forces have
broken into the city of Hengyang
proper 1t said brisk fighting was
in progress both in the city and its
outskirts.
The Chinese have been holding
the invaders on the rim of the en-
circled Canton-HankoW Railway
junction for weeks, while other Chi
nese forces fought the japanese
on an outer perimeter. For more
than month the japanese have
been storming the city desperately
In what by this time amounts to a
face-Saving drive.
The Human Province city has been
regarded as the most important goal
of the japanese since their capture
of Canton and Hankow in 1888, and
its &eizure would remove one of the
last stumbling blocks to their cam
paign to control 1000 miles of rail-
way from the north to the south
of China.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Henry
Continued From First pae,

his platoon, Pvt. Anthony Vietro of
New York City, whose sister. Mrs.
Ann T. Aruta, lives in Washington
at 35l1 Thirteenth street NV.
In Capt. Marks company the story
is told of a soldier-Leroy Baker Of
Hagerstown. Md-who jumped into
a foxhole the other day to escape
strafing. The burning fuselage of a
Junker SO landed directly on TOP of
his hole. The dazed doughboy
crawled through an opening and
came out with few minor burns.
The sudden change in the nature
of warfare in this sector is almost
unbelievable after nearly two
months Of advancing yard by yard
Iover fields and through demolished
cities.
Towns freed in the present drive
are almost unscatched and wildly
happy inhabitants come out to
cheer American forces. 1t all re-
sembles the liberation of Sicily.
The nondescript German forces
being taken prisoners include re-
bellious, impressed Poles, burly
paratroopers and beardless boys
drawn from German home defense
units. Enemy platoons supposedly
left behind as resistance pockets
gave up in large groups after brief
sniping as they found themselves
unable to rejoin comrades.
l accompanied one armored di-
vision most of the day from Cou-
tances to Serences, a few miles
from Brehal. Truckloads Of Ger
man prisoners crowded every cross
road.
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Tumuru Toumunovu
Weds Film Writer
By the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. July 3l.-Mar-
ried in the colorful 'old-world rite
of the Russian Orthodox Church,
Film Writer Casey Robinson, 20, and
Tamara Toumanova, 25-year-old
ballet dancer and actress, are
honeymooning tody at Santa Bar
bara.
Mr.. Robinson wrote the screen
play in which Miss Toumanova, for
merly Of the Ballet Russe de Monte
Carlo, recently appeared. He met
her in New York and brought her
to Hollywood under screen con-
tract.
The Rev. Gregory Prosor per-
formed the hour.lons wedding cers.
mony yesterday.
Evening star., 1944-07-31

addltlonal courses at George Wash
ington University,
Called into active service in 194l.
Capt. Smith was detailed with the
Quartermaster Corps Two years
later he transferred to the para
troops and received his wings in
the parachute infantry at Fort
Benning. Ga, in March. l943.
Capt. Smiths wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
j. Smith, and their year-old daugh-
ter, live with her parents in Balti-
more
Pvt. Dale H. Fleming, 10. son of
Mrs. Maude Fleming, $685. Eleventh
street NV. was reported missing
June 6 while serving with a para
troop outfit in Normandy.
Pvt. Fleming, born in Kossuth
County. Iowa, attended high school
IN Cumberland County, Va. He en-
tered service in March 1943 and
trained at Fort Benning, Ga, and
Fort Meade, Md, before going over
seas in January.
Sergt. Carroll d. Kendall, q, hus-
band OF Mrs. Josephine o. Kendall,
1886 Fourth street NE, was re-
ported missing over Europe June 20
He was turret gunner on a B-24
bomber.
Sergt. Kendall, who attended
Washington and Lee High School
in Arlington. entered service in
April 1943 and served at Fort Meade,
MP,, Atlantic City, N. j.; Denver
Colo; Harlingen. Tex: Salt Lake
City, Utah; Tucson, Ariz., and To-
peka, Kan, before going overseas
in May.
Pfc. Robert N. Shotton, 81, son of
Mrs. Ann G. Shotton, 2512 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, was reported miss
ing on D-day, June 6, while serv-
ing with a medical collection COM
pany in Normandy.
He went to Scranton tPaD High
School, Mercersburg PaD prep
school and Central High School.
He entered service two years ago
and served at Fort Myer, Va, and
Fort Bragg, NC, before going over
seas in April. He was manager of
Robbins store in Buckingham, Va,
before entering service.
Ensign John Franklin Mathers. %.
U. S. N. r., only child of Mrs. Ruth
Mathers, "a Girard street NE, is
missing in action after plane crash
July % in the North Pacific. a Navy
cha plain and later an official letter
have informed his mother.
Ensign Mathers, who mas been
overseas since March as a navigator
on patrol plane, crashed once
before month ago but was rescued
almost Immediately from a rubber
life raft. His mother learned of the
crash and rescue through an Asso-
ciated Press story carried IN The
Star June %. She is hoping for a
similar occurrence. she said. Noti-
fed Wednesday by chaplain, Mrs.
Mathers received letter from her
son the next day, dated July 20, two
days before the second crash.
Ensign Mathers attended McKin-
ley High School and enlisted in the
Navy flight training program five
years ago. He got his wings last
December.
First 1t. Richard S. C. Reid, son
Of George c. Reid, 106 East Thorn
apple street, Chevy Chase, Md, was
reported missing June 10 over
France. He was a Mustang fighter
pilot.
1t. Reid attended the University
of Maryland, where he spent four
years In the ROTC and was given a
commission on graduation in l94l.
He served at Fort Benning, Ga. !;
Camp Gordon, Tenn; Maxwell
Evening star., 1944-07-31
Years Liquor Supply
Planned by Disti||ers
In Holiday Output
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In the 81 days beginning to-
morrow, distillers plan to pro-
duce about as much whisky and
gin as are ordinarily made in q
full year.
This Is possible, liquor sources
said today, because distilleries will
be on q 24-hour basis and their
facilities have been vastly expanded
by their war production of alcohol.
In normal times they operated only
a few months Of the year.
About 40 600 900 gallons Of high
proof alcohol are expected from the
one-month holiday granted the dis
tilleries by the War Production
Board. Most of this will be blended
with stocks now aging.
Some distillers believe that the
release, after 70 months OF making
only war alcohol, will tide them
over until Germany's collapse, when
war demands will drop, or until q
possible second holiday can be ar
ranged in 1945.
"Reconversion" Is First.
The reconversion is the first to be
granted on an industry wide basis,
even for a limited period.
Rye whisky fanciers will be well
taken care Of, one distillery ON
cial predicted, and domestic gin will
be produced in quantities sufficient
to put that nearly unobtainable
liquor back onto store shelves.
Since the use Of corn is forbidden
no straight bourbon whisky will be
made. Some Southern distillers of
bourbon, unfamiliar with the pro-
duction of rye whisky, plan to pro-
duce only grain neutral spirits which
can be blended into gin. Perhaps
30 per cent of the total distillation
will be so used.
Liquor Shortage Eases.
A freer supply of liquor already
has resulted from the War Produc-
ton Boards announcement of the
August release Retailers in some
cities are advertising whisky sales
in case lots. Trade quarters at
tribute this in part to a desire of
distilleries to dispose OF whiskies
blended with cane and fruit spirits
before the arrival of preferred
blends which will contain only rye
or wheat spirits.
Some of the well-advertised whisky
blends, which have been almost
displaced by unfamiliar wartime
brands, will reappear to some ex-
tent. mainly to keep the brand
names before the public. However,
industry men said that these would
not be released IN the volume that
either producers or consumers would
like"