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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06
Blue Rotion Points Cut

(Contlnued from Page D ble, YyrneS listed these as the items that will take no points after sept i7: Canned asparagus, fresh nmS beans, corn, peas, pumpkin, squash niTed vegetables; baked beans, bahy foods, soups, tomato paste aailce. pulp and puree; and all Va- rieties of jams, jellies, and fruit but
 Ca,ly once before had Q major TO. tloning change been announced from the White House, That came in Jlly, ie4S, when President Roose- yelt revealed in an address to the nation that coffee would no longer be rationed.
 Ryrnes made the announcement after canvaSsing the entire food st. uation with economic stabillzer Fred N. Vinson, War Tod Administrator Marvin Jones and Acting Price Ad- minlstrator James F. BrowTllee. Jones submitted Q list of foods which could Do made point free be- cause of abundant supplies and to prevent spollage.
 'dThe action Is in accord with the policy of government to lift war; time restrictions aS quickly as pos- eihle," Byrnes said. "When the sup- ply of other foods makes possible their removal from the ration list, they will be promptly removed"
 He said the move was made poS- sible by the magnificent job" done by farmers and food processors. Allied Gratitude
 The Allied nations owe the Ain- erican farmer c debt of gratitude, :" he said. They have so expressed themselves.
 Despite the heavy requirements we have had to meet in supplying food to our armed forces and our Allies. the people at home will in 1894 consume about seven or eight per cent more food than they did In the pre.war ie35-90 period
 Jones, in letter to Byrnes, re- atarated that 1t was inevitable that the government would have huge surplus food stocks at the end of tho war but said this was the only way to insure against shortages that could Do created by sudden and un- expected demands.
 He said the WTA during the last year had purchased more than 98,. 100000 worth of food . day for ship Hnent abroad to the fighting forces and the Allies.
 The point values of canned veg etables have fluctuated widely since rAtloning began, sometimes being ing reduced to zero when storage facilities became overcrowded.
 Present point values on popular sixed cans of the affected veget- Ahles: asparagus, 10: lima beans, 26; corn, five and three (depending on type): peas, five, pumpkin, squash, iS.
 Baby foods have required one and two points Q can; soups, three and baked beans, l3. The fruit items range up to eoight points.
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Fear Retaliation

(Contlnued from Page D cern was the western front where, he said, British and American ma. terial advantages permits absolute iy Q comparison with our break through the Maginot Line and the push toward the mouth of the Somme which followed 1t in i940."
 Dlttmar Explains
 Dittmar's explanation was in con. traSt to the fact that the Germans have been able to find resources to hold the Russians in Poland and on the borders of East Prussia.
 This situation of letting one front fall while bolstering another was emphasized by one Russian ob- server. He said that while the Ger mans were collapSing ct Avranches, in Normandy, leading to the Falaise encirclement in one of the most complete defeats of the Wehr- macht'S history, they were moving i2 full tank divisions to the Warsaw area.
 Tt b obvious" he added, that even part of this huge array of tanks might have prevented Falaise or ct least saved part of the huge number of Germans taken prisoner"
 But Warsaw b not the only ex. ample. As their forces were being shattered in France, the Germans mounted violent counter.attackS on the east Russian border ct siauliai, in Lithuania, together with Tartu, in Estonia, and other Baltic crisis areas.
 The Nazis losses also were fantaS- ticaliy high in preventing an en- largement of the first Soviet bridge- head on the Vis1LAs yet they kept bringing Up more and more armor and transport-the lack of which on the western front cost them France,
 Air ForcO
 The German cir force is being handled similarly. Although the Nazi pilots hardly make an appearance even when the most vital targets are attacked by British or American planes, the air battle in Russia have never diminished, though the Sov- let's now have full superiority.
 Tn addition, the QermanS Tnain- tain about three times as many men on the Russian front aS they do on the west.
 Some observers believe Adolf Hit Ter has hopes of effecting Q Stale- mate along the eiegfried line, but if fails the war viii be over the Anglo Americans can pour through Ger many. They think 1t likely that the Germans will not quit on the Rus sian front until the British and Americans complete the occupation of Germany.
 One RiGsiaT1 observer said he thought the Germans were wrong if they ere basing any hope for the future on this plan.
 Russia Remembers
 'I believe the Angio- Americans will take Russia's views into account when the tins comes to occupy Ger inany," he explained. "AiI the world knows 0ermafly'S record ifi Russia. Millions Of Russians have been tore turad and slaughtered indiecrifn. lnatciy or driven to slave labor in Germany.
 elsussla will not forget Lublln's chafnel house. oE baby Vars th0us snnds Of corpses CT the declmation of nambefs Of villages, towns and ! even cities"
 Ailisd cDssEvsfs took the aams
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iN are eontensplated ao dlstributed

| 10 are contemplated, 90 distributed that the Army will be able to dis. charge soldiers close to their homes,
 The priority system, which will be used both in selecting surplus men for return to the United states and in selecting those to be discharged, was evolved by experts who went Into the field "to obtain Q cross-sec- ton of the sentiments Of enlisted men"
 After dermanys defeat, an ad. Justed service rating card will be is- sued to all enlisted personnel On it will Do scored four factors which will determine priority of separa. tien":
 "i. Service eredlt-based upon the total number Of months of army service since Sept, 10, i940.
 "2, Overseas credlt-based upon the number Of months served over. seas.
 a, Combat credit-based upon the first and each additional award to the individual of the medal of honor distinguished service cross, legion of merit, silver star, distinguished fly. ing cross, soldiers medal, bronze star medal, air medal purple heart, and bronze service stars (battle par ticipatlon stars.)
 "4. PArenthood credlt-which gives credit for each dependent child un. der iB years up to c limit of three children"
 Value of Points
 The value of the point credits will be announced after cessation of hos. tilitieS in Europe.
 The return of surplus men to the United States will depend on the number of ships available. A major. ity Of vessels going to Europe the War Department said, twill continue on to the Pacific laden with troops and supplies for that distant caEi- paign,"
 The "FeadJuStment and partial dc. mobilization" plan also will be ap- piled in active theaters, like the southwest Pacific, men from such thenters, picked on the same indiv- ldual basis, twill he returned to the United States as rapidly as replace. mentS of the same type become available and the military situation permits"
 The plan will apply similarly to troops stationed in the United States, although these troops will serve as the main reservoir of 70. placements for overseas duty be- cause, in general, their priority scores will Do lower than those of men who have had overseas and combat service.
 Offlcers
 In the case of officers, military necessity alone will determine which ones are nonessentiai, the War D. partmnt said. NoneSsential officers will be released "As they can Do spared
 The priority plan viii work In the same way for members Of the wotns ems army corps except that the WacS will be treated as a separate group. Moreover, . Wac whose huss band hes been discharged will bC released upon application.
 Even though found ilonessentlai under the plan, no man who wants to stay in the army will Do forced out" if he can Dc "usefully employ. ed."
 The demobilisation plan makes no distinction between men who en- listed and those inducted into the army. It was said ct the War Do. pertinent that the future status of men discharged under the plan would depend on circumstances, some possibly being disghafged otlt- right and others placed on Q reserve list subject to future army eail <
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view that Germany was afraid of Russian occupation,
 "No one can safely predict what steps Stalin will take," one Allied source said, except that in view of the misdeeds against his people, the Germans apparently believe he will repay them in kind"
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least half the total of anticipated postwar federal expenditures rang ing from $l6,o0o, ,00o, 900 to Sls,000,- 100000 (B) exclusive of social se- curity payments and debt retire. ment. The committee said It's plan would permit "sizable debt retire. ment" If the national income is maintained at Q level of $i40,000,- 000 900 (B) annually.
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7th Races To Join Allies
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broadcast, heard in London, claimed q major NaN tank formation has smashed on American tank group from the south near Pontarlier, fl miles northeast of LonS and 60 miles southwest of Belfort)
 (An NEG correspondent reported that Allied troops were driving up the Besancon- -Beifort road and were less than 90 miles from the gap. Besancon, juncture of the highwayl running from the south and west toward the German frontier, is ap. proximately 43 miles north of Lons)
 There were no reports of any def. nite German stand in the valley and the NazI forces apparently were withdrawing as quickly as possible to the famous paSgageway for inva. sionS and retreats before the Allied armies join.
 LOuhans Captured
 East of Lons, nearly midway to Sennecey. c second American salis ent captured the town of Louhai1s, strengthening the seventh Army line across the valley.
 Tn their drive on Chaion.sir. saone, the French apparently by. passed the town of TouFnus, two miles north of Le Villars AS highway six lies between the latter village and sennecey.
 The American forces, which occu- pied Lons . town of about l3,000 population, were moving northeast" ward toward the Swiss frontier above Lake Geneva. LoFiS is ap. proxiinately 90 miles northeast Of MontYevei. where the Americans broke through stubborn German stand several days ago, and . siiIls liar distance from Switzerland.
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PROFESSOR ROSS AT
 KIWANIS MEETING

Trends and Responsibilities ln Education, was the subject chosen by Professor Maurice Ross, super. visor of the Waterbury extension center of the University of Connec- tieut, when he spoke today before n1eFnbers Of the Kiwanis club ct t1slF weekly meeting held at the
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CContlnued from Page D standings, "certain types of per. sonnel can never become surplus as long as the war against Japan con- tinues."
 i tO 100000 Men
 The War Department did not say how many men would be returned to civilian life. Last month, however, Maj Gen. Lewis 3. Hershey, direct. or of selective service, estimated that 1000, 900 to 100000 men might be dropped from the armed forces between the time of 0ermany's dc. feat and the collapse of Japan.
 Present army strength Is 7,700, 900 with 4000,000 to 5000, 900 men over" seas, more than 100000 of them irl the Pacific.
 The size of the military establish |. ment that will be needed after tho defeat of Germany the War De-. paFtment said, "has been calculated with the same exactness as the size of the army needed up to now.
 "No soldier will be kept in the military service who Is not needed to fulfill these requirements, No soldier will be released who is need- ed."
 The House Military Affairs Com mittee was given c preview of the Army's 'readjustmef1t and partial demobilization plan" at q hearing yesterday. Chairman Andrew J. May, D. Kyp said the plan had been made solely and only with Q view to fair treatment" to oil coii- cerned, subject to military necessity With that, he said, "rhe Committee Agrees"
 Same Reduction
 The War Department said it's plan twill provide some reduction in the Army's ground forces and initlaily less in the Service forces and in the Air forces" The nature of war in the Pacific and the iIil- portance of supply, it was explained, will initiate against early discharge of many air and supply personnel.
 But "as repiacements become available from the Ground forces and from new inductions," the War Department promised, "the Air forces and the Service forces will discharge Q fair share of men pro. portiopate with the Ground forces"
 The reference to new inductions" made 1t plain that the ArFny's plans are being made on the assumption that selective Service will be con. tinued until the end of the war on both sides of the world.
 After the European war, some army units will have to be retained for occupation duty. Others will be sent directly to Japan. Still others will be transferred to other areas, FecrgaSlized and redesignated, some will Dc inactivAted.
 Briefly" the War Department said, "the plan for the return Of FoneSSentiai soldiers to civilian life will start with the assembly in the United States of men declared surs plus to the needs of each OveFseas theater and to the major commands in the United States Prom among these men some will be diBignated essential, and . substantial number viii be designated as rioneSsentisi t0 the new military needs Of the Army and will be returned to civilian life, according to certain prioFities."
 Separation Center
 DlseharReg will be through Army separation centeFs, five of which already nFe in operation. 4 total Of
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ton of at least 70 per cent.
 (. The opening shots in what promises to De c great senatorial de. bate on U. S. participation in q world peace organization. The major controversy is expected to hinge en the question Of whether the pFeeis dent Dhall have authority to commit American seFces to hostile action against asl aggTesgoT without prior congressional approval.
 But the fail Of Germany whenever it coEneB-aad it may Do deiayed-- will not mean the end Of the etrue- gle. As the War pepartfneFt's ail- nouncement put it:
 Tt must be borne in mind always that the war will not Do wor, nor the peace enjoyed, until Japan has been completely crushed"
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 eiRht per cent cutback in the indus. ffy would free enough facilities and haanpoWey to turn out instTumerlta at nFa-wnr levels. War caused ( i2- fald oxpeSlsien Of the industry.
 Other equally informed sources estlmhtsd that scEiae passenger cal 5I1anusacturers should Do in prcduc. ton ln lrefzi e0 to i20 deys after the and Of the war in Europe. It was emnhakised, however, that 6 crlfnp could be put in tho whole civilian nr6ductl0r program if any unex.. pscted shortages suddenly developed phlle the war against Japan was ID n1ogreSe.
 ft was the general belief in pro. auction circles that such Items as TegfieeFators and washing mieehlnea sh6uid be in process of uianuiactslfe within @ days after Germany Ialn hiih at would take three OF fotu montha moro to reach maximum
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NOT AN IDLE MOMENT

Drattleboro, vt. = (UP) - Brat tleboro's number one volunteer war worker is Aifonge Rate, . bank teller and World War I veteran, who works four hours every night In war plant and in his spare tline complies tho toWn'a service honor roll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-06
UNMENTTONABLg MIxUP

Camp Campbell, Ky. = (UP) - Tn . recent edition of the 18th Armored DiviSion's newspaper, Retreat to Taps" the following notice appeared. "If the Women'S Army Corps member who recently found 6 slight nix.up in her laun. dry viii leave her name, Pfc. I'd. ward J. Kiieen Of Company 4 will gladly exchange rtiimentlonabie for linnentionable'."
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necessary,

necessary,
 The is army separation centerS, either functioning or to be estah. nshed, include Fort Devens, Mas.
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Argentlna's leading automobile club is to make airplane landing strips available for private use,
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Australia expects its 1894 wool crop to seallse eooo.0oo,coo.
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WIPE To Ease Mfg. Curbs

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Priorities To Affect GI's

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Discharges VIII bo tnSou8n Army sepafation centefs, five of which already are in operation. A tctal Of
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SAH Rodioes Maxi Slaves

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22

The crop of eel grass and wild
celery in the lower Potomac and its
tributaries Is excellent. far surpass-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
Bon Jour, Ex-PIater,
Nears 100000 in
1914 Winnings
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
One of the turf's Cinderella horses
is Charles Turner's Bon Jour, win
ner Of the $4,000 Trenton Handi-
cap at Garden State. Bon Jour,
scheduled to run in the Washington
at Laurel on October %, was claimed
by Turner for $1,000 and this year
alone has won close to 100000.
In that same Washington, the
fans may get to see the Cinderella
horse matching strides with the
hard-luck horse of 1944-Millbrook S
Stables Alex Barth. The latter,
among the eligibles for the $25 900
IL mile test, has finished second
in five rich stakes this year, four
worth $4,000 each, and the other
$4,000.
Yankee Maid, winner of the 1914
Belmont - Harvard Square, $3.50;
Hawthorne - Happy Issue, $1,000;
Narragansett-Smart Bet, 1920; Bel
Reich, 50 go; Laurel-Legend Bearer,
$3.50: Bay Meadows - High Jour,
$11.60.
Yankee MaiG, winner Of the 1914
Hambletonian, pulled up lame after
one heat of 3-year-old trotting
stake at the Delaware, Ohio, Grand
Circuit meeting yesterday. Another
favorite to go lame was Scotland's
Comet.
Ted Atkinson, who won seven
straight races to wind up his chores
at Aqueduct, hasn't been astride q
victor in Is starts at Belmont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
OUTDOORS

Striped bass and trout are sur
facing in the mornings and eve
lings all over the Chesapeake. The
storm of last week seems to have
increased their activities. The trout
are right in or under the schools
IF rockfish and both are taking lures
wildly. Apparently every spot is
: favored one and We anticipate
one of the finest seasons for many
ears.
A record for striped bass taken
on a six thread line has just been
announced by the IGFA. Caught
in the surf off Narragansett, R. l.,
by Jerry Sylvester, it weighed 81
pounds, was SO inches long and 341a
inches in girth. The all-tackle rec
ord for striped bass still remains
with c. B. Church for his 73-
FOUNDER taken at Vineyard Sound,
Mass, in 1913. In Chesapeake Bay
authentic records show that not in
frequently rockf1sh weighing from
60 to 10 pounds have been caught
Fish of this size will average be-
tween 81 and IS years of age.
Those Of us who have pondered
re effect upon fish and crustacea
{ the continued experimentation
it'll high explosives in the Chesa-
AXE area, will be interested to
low that a study along this line
now being made by the Chesa-
cake Biological Laboratory in CO.
,eration with Navy officials. Gov
nment people and sea food op-
tors, as we'll as sportsmen, are
>,cerned in many aspects of this
oblem. In all probability the re-
rs of this investigation will not
known for some time.
The Potomac is clearing nicely
end black bass fishing is III the
S3cendency. The bronzebacks are
hitting surface plugs at night and
reports of fine catches are drifting
in from up-river points. The water
still is low in spite of heavy rain
fall, and the big fish continue wary.
Best fishing is to be had above the
mouth of the Monocacy. Large
mouth bass also are commencing to
pick up and take notice in the ponds
on the Eastern Shore and in South
ern Maryland. In the lower Poto-
mac nice catches of white perch with
occasional trout and spot are made
as far UP as Maryland Point Light.
Paul Mickey, Bee Prescott and your
scribe spent pleasant afternoon at
the Light on Sunday and brought
home a stable lot of fish. It Is
too early for the rockflsh this far
up the river.
The crop of eel grass and wild
celery in the lower Potomac and its
tributaries is excellent. far surpass-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-09-22
Ace Horses 10 Strive
For Honors in Show
Al Falls Church
BY LARRY LAWRENCE.

Well-filled classes will be the rule
at the first event of the American
Legion Horse Show, sponsored by
the Falls Church Post. No. 100, to
be held Sunday, starting at o'clock,
at the Fairfax County Fair Grounds.
Proceeds will 60 to the American
Legion welfare fund.
Mrs. M. E. Niz) Whitney. mis-
tress of the famous Llangollen
Stable of Upperville. who is general
chairman, reports that everything
points to one Of the most repre-
sentative entries of any Virginia
show this season.
Among the exhibitors and their
mounts that have already entered
are: Mrs. Robert Bassett's Kris
tine, Al Earnest's Dickey Boy, Laura
L. Shreve's Bubbles, Carl j. Baileys
Copper Queen. William p. Carrico's
On Parade, Capt. Victor Alenitch's
Miss Tweet and Helen B. Hutchin-
sons Flashlady.
Frances Grouse Is showing It.,
M. S. Morrison's Ponciana and DR..
Austin c. Linn's Flying King along
with her blue ribbon winner Hollejo.
Among others are John F. McCau-
ley's Maybell and Rascalite, Mrs.
Ralph Refers Misti Moran and
Anna Hagner's After Dark.
Among, famous stables that will
be represented are 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Herbert Bryant's string, with Ferry
Landing, the 1943 champion Swear
old, and their top fencer, Red Water,
which was reserve jumper champ
at the Maryland Hunter Show. Mrs
Liz Whitney will van large entry
from her Llangollen Stables, headed
by her f1ashy saddle horse Fashion
Parade. U. S. Randle is showing
his 11-time champion, Claws; Ran
dies Moy and Troop.
An extra feature will be an exhi-
bltion by Alice Siste and her trick
horse, Chopo. Alice, who was trick
riding champion of the Cheyenne
rodeo, rides side-saddle and among
other stunts will Jump her star
performer over an automobile.
A band from the Navy School of
Music will play.
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ST. Paul Gains Final
In Beating Toledo
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
st, Paul. fourth place finisher in
the American Association season.
kept up its miraculous pace last
night by sweeping into the playoff
final, defeating Toledo, TO, in the
odd game of the seven-game series.
Following the Saints triumph,
League President George M. Traut-
man announced that the final of the
playoff series will start tomorrow
night in Louisville.
st. Paul will be battling the third
place Colonies for the right to rep
resent the association in the Little
World Series with the International
League representative Louisville
gained the final round by beating
the pennant-winning Milwaukee
Brewers. a.
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West Coast Cleans Uu
In Softban Tourney

BY the Associated Press
CLEVELAND. Sept. 22.-West
Coast teams held the world anna
teur softball championship titles
today, with the Hammer Army Air
field Club from Fresno, Calf, re-
peating as mems division ruler and
the Lind & Pomeroy entry from
Portland, Greg, dominating the
women's bracket. '.'
Both clubs were forced into extra
innings last night to snare their
crowns and both teams won by
identical scores of l to O.
The soldiers disposed of the Fort
Wayne undD Zollner Pistons in the
final, while the Portland girls turned
back the Phoenix (Ariz.) Ramblers.