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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
.Yomushito's StoyDrows .DisopprovoI
 Filipino Reaction
 Bitter Following
 Courts Decision

Manila. Dec. ie. UP)-Surprife and disappointment was apparent today in American and Filipino re- action io the U. 6. Supreme Court g stay Of execution for Gen. Tomoyoki Yamakhita. sentenced 10 be hanged for Philippines atrocities.
 Army quarters obviously were sur prlsed by the action but declined comment.
 u. Gen. W. D. ssyeT. Western Pacific commander who set up the U. s. commission which convicted Yamakhiia, said only two words: 'No comment" Col. Harry F. Clarke. chief Of Yafnnkhitas defense coun- sel also declined 10 comment. Pae But the FIliplnos, admittedly prejudiced. frankly decried the loss of time, money and effort over such a simple question"
 'Yamashiia should have been hanged without trial in the first place" one Senate employe said.
 Our Filipino ofiicial. on learning of the stay. said:
 "Ill be darned The trouble with the United States is they are too soft. Too much law.
 Another, however. pointed out that 1t showed the 'meticulous care of the United States in serving the ends of justice"
 It was a common remark among Filipinos in the street that 1t would be simpler for all concerned if they would turn Yamashita loose for few minutes in any Philippines main street"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
MkeWditS | |ForCr0sby

New York, Dec. i9 tUP)-Twelve- year-old Michael Lennon had a date to hear Bing Crosby sing Swinging on a star"
 It's a command performance, and Mike will be the only one to hear it.
 He and Bing fixed 1t up when the famous crooner visited Mike in his room at Bellevue Hospital yes- terday. Mikes been there since June, because he can't spend more than an hour at time outside his iron lung.
 Bing has been Mikes hero for a long time. Fortunately, he was enjoying one of his intervals out side the iron lung when Crosby walked in on him.
 The conversation went like this:
 "Hi-yah, Mike" Bing said.
 "Hi-yah, Bing," Mike said.
 How you doing, boy?" Bing asked.
 I'm doing fine" Mike said.
 Then Bing signed the Bronx
 
 boys boys guest book, admired his war trophies, and gave him three autographed ph ct ographs. One showed Bing with some of his ever losing horses, and two were on his dogs.
 Then came the question of a song. Mike wanted one but he was so ex- cited he couldn't think what he wanted, except that it was the one about mules and pigs and fish"
 Bing identified it, finally, gave out with a tentative bar or two about bringing 'rMoonbeams Home in a Jar" and then scheduled the command performance.
 "Ten you what I'll do." he told Mike. T won't sing now, but I'll come down again in 8 couple of days and sing you several songs, including that one"
 That suited Mike. He'll be wait ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Club Selects New Officers Mrs. Marguerite
 G!IhOoIey Chosen
 President

Members of the Democratic Wo- mems Club last night elected Mrs. Marguerite Gilhooley as president to succeed the late Mrs. Nellie Hayden, who died in September. Mrs. Eliza beth Sullivan has been acting pres ident.
 Other officers elected were:
 First president, Mrs. Helen Loy; second vice-president, Mrs. Sadie Bedore; secertary, Mrs. Helen Delaney; treasurer, Mrs. Pauline Conlon.
 Board of Directors: Mrs. Mary ODonnell, Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Wini- fred Mcdonald, Mrs. Anne Shea, Mrs. Josephine Bagley, Mrs Anna Egan, Miss Catherine V. Burns, Mrs. Josephine KlobedanZ.
 Mrs. Bedore was named scribe. The Ways and Means Committee in- cludes Mrs. Catherine Marinan, chairman; Mrs. Mary Mraz and Mrs. Marguerite Keaveney.
 Plans for the installation of off, cerS and a banquet to be held in January will be announced at later date.
 Mrs. Mary ODonnell was judge of the election assisted by Mrs. Margaret Sutton and Mrs. Marinan, tellers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Famous CeIIist
 We'll Fortified

New York, Dec. 19 - (UP) - Mischel Cherniavsky, famous cellist, was aboard the Queen Mary enroute to London today, taking with him almost ton of provisions to fortify him against the British Winter.
 Cherniavsky showed more interest in his food and fuel supply at sail ing time than he did in his $10,- 900 Guarneriu cello.
 The cellist said his cargo includ- ed 10 pounds of steak, six chickens, five yards of salami, numerous cans of gefulte-fish, smoked herring, noodle soup, chopped liver, lima beans, and dill pickles, A bottles of whiskey, 20 pints of gin and 12 bot | ties of Jamaica rum.
 There were packing cases con- taining matches and ladies under wear, and quarter ton of coal.
 I've got house in London" he said. Eleven rooms. My wife is there. My boys. ah-that lovely coal"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Security Payments 
 WaieFhuFlaRs Receive
 SAO,212 la Month

wa,efhurians receive the Hons share o. old-age and survivors in- surance benenis paid in this area every month. ts01733s of uae t5o.- sso7s monthly total h paid to rexi- dents Of this city. The benefit pay meniS are distributed aE follows.
 ses retired workers. age 6s or over. s2i.ii2ao.
 253 wives. age 6s or over. Of re- tired workers. Ss.T7i sf.
 ss5 children of deccaSed or retired workers. s6527is
 iss widows. 6s oF over. Of insured workers. sfie6.sf
 203 young WidogS with children. st. .s66T0.
 g aged dependent parents of de- ceased workers. SIPS 22
 The Waterbury ofiicc of the Social Security Board At i0s Bank street. which receives callms for benefits. is open from s:30 a. m. to 500 D. m. Monday through Friday. During the holiday season the ofiice will close Monday. December % and Monday, December 3i. It VIII be open instead on Saturday. December 29 and Sat- urday. January ,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Auchinleck Gets Divorce Decree

Lewes, England, Dec. 19-(UPl- Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, British ming commander-in-chief in India, held divorce decree today from Lady Jessie Auchinleck, naming as CO., respondent high RAF officer who served in India with "The Aux"
 The decree nisi, granted at Sus- sex Assizes yesterday, involved Air Chief Marshal Ser Richard Peirse 53, who commanded the RAF in Southeast Asia while Sir Claude led the Indian Army.
 Sir Claude was granted costs against Sir Richard. The suit was not defended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Winnie to Come ToU.S. Next Year

London, Dec. 19- (UP) Sources close to Winston Churchill said to- day that the wartime prime minister was planning to visit the United States early next year.
 Churchill himself denied publish ed reports that he would lecture or make other public addresses on the war and his relations with the late President Roosevelt.
 There is no foundation to reports that l will make a lecture tour of the United States" Churchill said in statement.
 While he himself did not confirm or deny reports that he would visit the United States in a position to know said he already was preparing for the trip.
 He has been invited recently to visit Australia and New Zealand, but was not expected to accept, at least for the time being.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
7th Army Corps Head Appointed

Washington, Dec. l - UP) - Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, commander of the 7th Army Corps in Europe has been appointed director Of in formation for the War Department. He succeeds Maj.-Gen. Alexander D. Surles.
 surles headed the War Depart ment bureau of public relations from Aug. 6, 1941, until last Sept. 28, when he became director of in formation. He has been assigned to special duty with the Office Of the Chief of Staff, ,,
 Collins will head all information services of the War Department These include the bureau of pub lie relations, the legislative and llal- son division and the information and education division.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

retailers favor continuing price controls, but that many of them are violating ceiling regulations, State OPA Director Stanley Crute said today.
 More than 20 per cent of the food and five per cent of clothing and household goods offered for sale in New Haven and Hartford is at more-than-celing prices. Crute said. Violations have bene referred to To- cal price panels for action. he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

prime minister's only son chafted at the bonds of >matrimony and seemed to prefer bachelor life.
 The former Pamlea Digby, who was married to Maj. Randolph Churchill in 1889, was awarded cuS- tody of their flve-year-old son.
 She told the court her husband preferred the company of his friends to the pleasures of home, and that when she demonstrated with him he told her he was fled up" and left.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Saltonstall, Hart Get Appointments

Washington, Dec. 19-UP)-Sen Leverett Saltonstall, (R. Mass.,) today was appointed member of the Senate Finance Committee. This was among 16 committee membership changes made by the Senate Republican Conference and approved by the Senate. The F- nance Committee handles tax bills. Saltonstall was moved from the Post Offices and Post Roads Con- mittee.
 Another Republican Committee signment was Sen. Thomas c. Hart, Conn, to Military Affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

a U. S. Commissioner after report edly refusing to do work assigned to him.
 Johnson had been at the hospital since October and was said to have objected to a change in the type of work he had been doing. His case has been turned over to the Selec- tive Service officials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Joseph K. Johnson Marks Birthday

Yesterday Joseph R. Johnson, Brooklyn, N. Y, and formerly of this city celebrated his 90th birth day. A resident of Waterbury and a member of the Masons for more than 50 years MT. Johnson has three children, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. His son Albert Johnson T. ides in New York and two daughters, Mrs. Lillian Crosse, A Linden street, this city and Mrs. Harry M. Sachs, Brook lyn. N. Y. with whom he lives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Fluffy Fuzz "
 Sets Air Record

Honolulu, Dec. 19-(UP)-The B-29 Fluffy Fuzz "" flew from Mather Field, Cal, to Hickam Field Sunday in nine hours and 25 min- utes, believed to be 8 record for the westward crossing, the Army disclosed last night
 The bomber averaged 320 miles an hour for the 2,489 mile flight despite strong head winds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
William, J. Roach
 Speaks af Kituar1is

At a meeting of the Kiwanis Club at The Elton this noon, Police Supt. William J. Roach was guest speaker. Supt. Roach spoke on his exper- fences in Europe as military police officer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Churchill's Son I.oosed of Bonds

London, Dec. 19 - (UP) = Mrs
 Randolph Churchill was granted an uncontested divorce decree on grounds of desertion yesterday after she testified that the former
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
War Conscientious Obiector Objects

Norwich, Dec. 19 - (UP) - Les- ter Johnson, 30 conscientious ob- jector assigned to Norwich State Hospital, was held by Federal au- thorities today for hearing before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

The Norwegians have followed the British trend akd voted for a Labor government. One of its first steps. no doubt, will be to find some other designation than capital" for Oslo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

When O H Sl1nW served as an adali GeAncugnt ca fhe aisle. a young aciruss asked him what he Ihourht os her ability shaw urrcd beg ic set inagfsod. have tNo shlldnrn. learn something about life then sse would he able fo act .... Shc folioWcd hls counsel f. Fixe years later she returned to the thf- ater and became one oi England s top performers ... Sybil Thorn alke.
 Pew politics pen thc.r oEn ora- togg: m0si speecbos are the work af ghost writers. Thls pTAclice even existed in the days of George Wakh- ugfun, Wh0se Farewell AdoftSs was written by Alexander Hamilton One oi thc top phantom-scnbhlefE EaS JuGson C. Wel1yer He started oui as a Capitol corresp poncent He turned oi7i majestic wordage fer Pres. Harding Later. as Pres. Cool iGees ghost. he used simple lAn- gusFe which vas more .n keeping glih Cooiidges character Q. We.- Liver was most delighted by edi-
 orials which conirasted the two Presidents by analyzing their "lit- erary" stylesi
 Writerx who complain they have too much to do make this column conductor g.gglel The French mas ter. Dumas had twelve hundred works publ shed in his namel Many contemporaries were aware of the assistants and ghoSt-writers he en- ployed.
 One day he asked a friend:
 Have you read my latest book?"
 No" was the topper, have you?"
 This Is probably the most amaz- ing scoop in journalistic history: When John Reed covered the Mexican War for the NY World he turned out yarn about big battle won by the rebel leader, Pancho Villa, after Reed drank too much ct a bar Editors of rival cor respondents demanded to know why they had been scooped. They promptly cabled that the battle never took place Reeds edl- tor then dSkeu U4lu tO PlOFC 4lA0 story. The reporter went to Villa and explained his predicament. The rebel leader was intrigued by the description of the battle, since the tactics were sound. He then ot- fered to get the newsboy out ot his jam. Villa gathered his army and engaged in battle following Reeds script His scoop was confirmed!
 Movie versions of newspaper man-hero usually depict him as winning a crusade and a beautiful girl while being treated like a con ouering hero by the adoring pubic
 But that isn't always the case in real life Some time ago re- porters on a St. Paul paper rlsked their lives by exposing and driving out of town Cor into hoosegoWs) the gangsters who made that city their base of operations The gazette saved the taxpayers com and made them more secure. And what was the pay-off? .. A short time later the paper went out o1 existence because 1t could not at- tract enough readers!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
State OPA Survey Shows Curb Wanted

Hartford, Dec. 1e.-(UP)-A State OPA survey shows tho " | whelming majority" of Connecticut
 Major Churchill, the testimony showed, wrote to his wife in 1942 that he considered their marriage a failure and that he was not going to live with her again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

Don Clark1 pei qRip about a ScTlbe deals satA tne o4Q-umeI Wau cae1 after oo{cgng ilFe neaogual- tcTS Most Cl EAs career. The G1lc- men sens a D-g floral p.ece To the funcra4 - la Inc shape oi "A nrt baoge lnScEloeo. .n huge lct- tcrx. were the woGas: Please Ao- mil Within Fire Lines"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

Drama critics aren't as tough as kbey are wise cracked up to be.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
5000 Americans Died
In Captivity On Luzon.

the first months. We ne,..
enough to eat and evsrvo VIZ. mad
weight but those who s,,ry Uns lost
first months had at least :'e n n.
chance. '' soond
Most OF us We're able 10 ,,,,.,.
ment our scanty rationx Nv y t'
ing food from the FiIlplnos - :,
ter f Our doctors did al I'm m
n1flcent job under the n,os. mag
cult conditions - lacki 5r'9Si ;, ottfi'
mems: medicines and sImo ,lsIu u,
facilities-and they un SJ,,Gs' all
saved scores of lives bv ,'q tha3.
votion to duty. '"elf DE-
---V--
u s. farmers know What l.
with WI money, when thew va, ,a 70 90 !,
They are buying their sb se. It,
war ponds and the farm 1870 ln4s o.
o az is now al the lowest na;s sas !:
81 years according 10 recent yg14' =, IN
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
HOLLY RIDGE CLUB
CREETS MEMBERS

HOLLY RIDGE, Feb. 10. The
Rotary Club of Holly Ridge elect
ed three members at their regular
meeting, Tuesday, February 10, it
was announced. Allen B. West fills
the classification of LaundryiNan;
James Porter Ward, Public Safe
ty; and Dewey D. Justice, kindred
fishing industry.
1t was proposed by Dave Cohen
that road markers reading wei
come to Holly Ridge and Camp
Davis be put on U. S. Highway II
at both entrances to Holly Ridge.
The committee composed of Col.
Adam Potts, Harold Jones and
Dave Cohen is carrying out the
suggestion.
Brief talks outlining the propos-
ed reactivating and disqualification
program now starting at Camp
Davis were given by guests Maj.
Donald S. Joyce, Maj. George C..
Burns and 1t. L.. A. Miller, all of
present Air Forces and station
complement. F. P. O'Crowley gave
a talk explaining to the new COM
mand the entire Wilmington-Holly
Ridge area was geared to accom-
modate the large influx of service
men returning from overseas duty.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
By FRANZ WEISSBLATT

MANILA, Feb. l8.-UP)-On the
basis of exhaustive and carefully
kept record 1 made durino more
than three years in Bilibid prison,
I estimate that approximately o.yu..
American prisoners of war died
in Japanese captivity ON Luzon
after the fall of Bataan.
This does not include American
prisoners who may have died in
camps on Formosa or Japan proper
or en- route to them. OF the ap
proximately 10000 transported
from the Philippines, 1 was unayle
to obtain any knowledge whatever,
and | do not believe there is de.
tailed information as to deaths
among them or conditions Of their
imprisonment.
My records were kept almost
from the beginning of my imprison-
ment after I was wounded and
captured January 7, 1912. I kept
them up to date as best / could by
information obtained from hun.
dreds of prisoners who passed
through Bilibid at various times
en- route to various destinations.
l talked at intervals with men
from every Jap prison camp in the
philippines, and carefully conceal.
ed my records. which contain
thousands of names. I am not per.
mltted now to repeal the names OF
those Who have died or who are
stlH prisoners, but my information
Is being turned over to the Army
for whatever use they are able to
make of it.
These records were hidden in a
niche in the wall of my cell, and ]
managed to keep them hidden
from the Jap guards during the rig
orous weekly inspections.
J. spent hundreds of hours at this
work; and in the first year of i'm
prisonment I had the sad task of
entering thousands of names Of
men on tbs list reported dead. Many
OF these were victims of the in
famous .Bataan Death March
and there were many others who
did not survive wounds or disease
they had incurred during their last
hopeless stand.
BY late 1912, I estimated con-
servatively that 5000 Americans
had died in Japanese hands in the
Philippines.
The death rate fell rapidly after
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
New japanese Party Seen
By7okyo; Regime Shaky

,o+ survive the American cap.
t tire of sai2an and Guam 1 tase
INV 1rI Koiso succeeded Toto july
%. DApc cono.
mittee to form the new parry
u1i11 include former members OF
the he both houses of the japanese pa 81
Diet Die representatives OF all SO,
cieties and leaders OF the ceh1ra a.
and district areas, the BROADCAST
said. j.. os.io,,
traps members in the hous OF
REPRESENTATIVES en- questioned tne
Koiso governments zeal ana I
enthusiasm" in conducting tne
war and urged formation OF a new
political party with victory pro-
Radio Rad reports from Tokyo later
said the TRAPS had announced
Koiso's support of a proposal to
form a new totalitarlan parry
c eo to really meet the
demands for the times. )"
Koiso also subsequently mace
some cabinet changes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
TODAY and TOMORROW
By WALTER LIPPMANN

maxim of rough justice and OF
rough calculation there is much
to be said for it.
Thus the Germans cannot claim
that the Allies owe them higher
standard of life than they them
selves accepted from Hitler. II,
say, only 40 per cent Of their re-
sources and effort were devoted to
civilian needs, then the so per cent
they devoted to war could justly
be claimed for Preparations. The
Allies would be treating them no
worse than Hitler treated them.
Actually, Of course, the German
economy will collapse and the
Germans will not be able to pro-
duce anything like what they have
produced during the war, Never
theless in deciding how to restore
the German economy, it may be
useful to have in mind the idea that
there is a relation between what
they have sacrificed to fight the
war and what they may fairly be
asked to sacrifice to make repara-
ton to their victims.
Copyright, 1915, New York Tri-
bune Inc.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
WILLIAMS FACES
RELIGION TEST

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. -W.H)-
Aubrey w. Williams sits down in
the witness chair before the Sen
ate Agriculture Committee tomor-
row to tell the members whether
he believes in the Divinity OF
Christ and whether he subscribes
to the tenets of either Socialism or
Communism. ...
Committee members want to
know the answers to these and
other questions before they vote,
probably late tomorrow, on mis-
nomination as chief Of the Rural
Electrification Administration.
They had planned to hear two
witnesses testify to Williams early
religious training at the expense
of the Presbyterian church. But
the witnesses, the Rev. Joser1
Broadly of Findlay, Ohio, and j. c.
Hodges, Birmingham, Ala, bust
nessman, will be unable to appear.
Invited by the committee to tell
what they know about Williams
religious beliefs, one is i'll and the
other has previous commitments.
But Chairman Elmer Thomas,
D-Okla.) said the committee
would go into Williams religious
beliefs irrespective of which wit
nesses showed up. The members
want to know, he said, more about
his political leanings and his re-
ligious persuasions.
He pointed out that the issue
appeared to be whether man
had to believe in Christ to hold a
Government office. If such were
the case, he said, the Nation would
have been deprived of former
President-William Howard Taft
and two present Senators from
Ohio-Robert A. Taft and Harold
H. Burton. President Taft was a
Unitarian, a denomination which
does not recognize the deity Of
Christ, he said, and the two Re-
publican senators are of the same
faith.
Under this ban, all Jews and
many Protestants would be ban
ned from working for the Gov
ernment," he said.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
Violin Snatcher Prefers
Jail To Wrath OF 81 CTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 1s.-tR)-
Pfc. Irving Fink stopped for a
cup of coffee today with 80 other
Army musicians on their way to
radio broadcast. Someone in
the restaurant walked off with
Finks 250-year-old violin
The 81 musicians instituted a
search which upset restaurant
patrons, alarmed pedestrians and
ended on a subway platform where
four of the soldiers, jumped on
a man carrying a violin case. One
soldier opened the case and iden-
titled Fink's violin while the 9TH
ers pummeled the man who said
he was Samuel Goodman, Boston.
THANK God you've come"
Goodman said to police when they
arrived. please take me to
Jail.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-02-19
RENT unit SEEKS
100 pc: CONTROL

With nearly 10000 residential
units registered with the local OPA
rent office, M. H. Moore, asso-
ciate director of the Wilmington
Defense Rental Area, yesterday
said that his office was attempt
ing to bring the registration as
near to 100 per cent as possible.
Speaking specifically of those
hime owners and tenants who rent
or sublet their places, Moore said,
"Just as soon as a person rents
or sublets his home or portion
thereof. he. become a landlord,
even though he himself is also a
rent payer"
'In such cases." Moore added,
"unless the person who rents or
sublets registers the rental with the
area rent office, he is in violation
of the OPA's rent regulations, and
subject to the penalties of the
Emergency Price Control Act
"Registration Of rental units, I"
the rent director said, ''is the key
note of the success of the rent
program. For effective control Of
the second largest item in the
average fanlily's budget-rent-We
must have a maximum legal rent
established for every unit in this
area"
Registrations forms are available
at the area rent office, 120 Princess
street, it was announced.