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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
By Peter Edson

This rate has been going down steadily. He gives much credit for this decline of disease to the use o1 the insect spray, DDT.
 Two days after the landing at Okinawa he asked the Navy for the loan of two planes. They were loaded with DOT and for two days flew up and down the island spraying it with the insectcide As
 result he says, Ckinawa had less loss of men from disease than almost any other Pacific campaign
 The Army Medical Corps in its advance plan ming for the invasion made one small mistake. Their studies showed that there were many poisonous snakes the island. The invasion revealed there were only few snakes. and they weren't poisonous
 For the first tune in fighting against the Japs most of the wounds suffered by the men were from artillery and mortar shells. This meant the average man was wounded more seriously and bigger per- centage of aspirations resulted. It is this sort Of thing that was taken into consideration in plan- ming the rest of the in the Pacific. In spite of the serious nature of the wounds, only little more than 3 per cent of the men who were gotten to hospitals died.
 FIELD hospitals were kept close behind in lines, usually three four miles behind the artillery and, in several instances, in front of the artillery.
 General Maxwell was outspoken in his praise of the way whole blood kept available. He said its saved the lives of untold numbers of men. Never, during the, entire campaign, did they run short. A total of 40,000 pints of it was used.
 Also high on lis list to receive praise were the medical aid men who did such brave work Tn bringing the wounded back to hospitals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

up to date on the latest tricks they had discovered and lay plans for the Pacific campaign.
 Most of what they discussed aid decided was then top secret but many interesting things came to light.
 Incomplete figures announced to the assembled medical men re- vealed that, for the first time in the history of war in Europe, the American Army had more men admitted to its theater hos nitals for battle wounds than for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

Ice will be quick. to hail the fact that this should mean a quicker end of the war, thus bringing their lads home the faster.
 But there also are those who take very dim view of the de- velopment because the new power of Russia is not exactly an en- thusiasm of the average English man. I have not discussed the the matter exhaustively with the British man in the street, but I have talked it over at length x.tikh vay.oho hlxy haAka~ tHany1ln n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
Views Of The Press

Textiles? There were reserves of these at first, and of food, and leather for shoes. But war eats up reserves. Lumber, paper, steel have gone into its unsuitable nav.
 Patience and constructive effort are more needed now than ever. It's not quite cricket to bawl out all au- thorities for every shortage. Most of them are doing the best they can. War itself is to blame.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
Postwar England

NOTE: Today's column by Bill Cunningham was written in London before the Japanese sur- render, but because of the vital postwar subjects touched on in his column, it is well worth any ones time reading.
 LONDON-Aug. 16 What the average Britisher thinks of Russa's declaration of war on Japan is asier to guess than get The British of course are -hting the JapS. and those with men in the serY-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

picked to accompany Hirohito, then Crown Prince, on a trip to see the western world.
 Why Sawada, educated in a Quaker school in Tokyo, was chosen to accompany the young prince on his history -making-trip do not know, except that the Imperial Council of Education wanted a commoner of Hirohito's age who spoke English and French to travel with the future emperor.
 Never before had a ruler of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
STRICTLY PERSONAL

do not like to hear man Artlculating clearly, For I am not precision's fan, But opposite-or nearly. The man who sticks to every ing And fully rounds his phrases Is not the sort I like to sing; I cannot shout his praises. He always, somehow, seems uo
 strive,
 And I mean late or early, To make his lucubrations thrive Like those of J. M. Curley. He seems, in speaking clearly, to Imply that I'm a dope. for do not speak as others do A man there is no hope for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
|Merry-GO-Round

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Twenty- years ago, this writer visiting in Japan, got considerable first- hand infogmation about the Emperor from young Japanese quaker, Renso sawada, who had been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
Pacific Medicine

Peter Edson is on vacation during which time Douglas Larsen, NEA Washington correspondent will write his column.
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Several days ago the Army medical men from every theater of operation gathered here to swap experiences, bring each other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
5.Years Ago

An unknown donor was passing out gifts to city organizations. to the amount of tieo,0oo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

truly scorne his perfect tongue, His snide articulation; I like them who, or old or young, Amt got no education.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

 scarcely was the Emperor even seen by his subjects Some idea of his isolation can be gained from the fact that the word 'Mka" means "awful"; the word do" means "place'; and the name "Mkado" means "awful-place."
 In the old days, priests came to worship at the lawful place., but they never saw the Emperor whose other name even today is 'Tenno," meaning Son of Heaven" The Emperor is Synonymous with the sun and from this comes the Japanese flag, with sixteen spreading rays symbolic of the rising sun and the Emperor.
 In those days the Nikado was the theoretical owner of all the land and all the people and their possessions He was their god and protector. His lance and shield came from Anna, ''The Ancestral Region" Thus arose the cult of Shintoism which actually means Rule of the Superiors" or way of the Gods" Even the word for government in Jap- an, "Matusurigoto" means shrine visiting" or "re- ngion."
 Thus during most of Japanese history; in fact up until just after the arrival of Commander Perry in 1852, The Mkado was an ethereal spiritual being not ruler; and it came as definite shock to many Japanese that their Emperor-to-be should sail off tos England and France to absorb western culture.
 Tn fact some of the more intense patriots tualy threw themselves on the railroad tracks in front of the train carrying Hirohito to Yokahoma in protest against his departure.
 Naturally Hirohito may have changed lot during the 25 years since his trip Naturally also my friend Sawada prejudiced in his favor. How ever, the story of that voyage one of young man anxious to mingle with his fellowmen, who astounded the Emperor worshppers by wrestling on the deck with his aides, got bloody nose, and danced democraticaly with the servants of the Duke of Atholl in the same "barbaric" Scotland, which, according to Shinto priests is made from the mud and seafoam left after creation of the Heavenly Isles'-Japan
 Hirohito managed to deliver a public speech to the Lord Mayor of London; and no Emperor in all the history of Japan had ever delivered pulp lie speech before. In all Japanese history further more, no Emperor had purchased article of any shape, size or form In Paris however Hrohito in- sisted going out alone and buying necktie, and later pearl for his mother
 His greatest ambition, however, to ride on the Paris subway or metro" Before leaving Tokyo, Hirohtos staff had been strictly forbidden to let the heir to the throne ride any subway; but de- spite this, the Crown Prince bolted most of his staff and ventured underground. He insisted on buying the tickets himself and handed them to the fat lady guarding the gate
 But he handed them to her in a bunch, instead 0f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

FoFms f0r rosllteFins WaleFbuFy't aliens arrived ln town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
Waterbury Of The Past
25.Years Ago

No one WAS able to interpret new ordinance restricting jitney traffic in city's streets. Disciples of John Barleycorn keep city from becoming dry" said court judge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

President Truman hopes to visit Alaska some time later in the year Mrs. Truman continues to remain modestly apart from the public scene, raading of her husbands do- ings and figuring up the red points she must be saving.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16


 Mrs. Truman continues to remain modestly apart from the public scene, reading of her husbands dO- ings and figuring up the red points she must be saving. A moving picture actress recently was fined $20 for smoKIng in no smoking area out in Hollywood. We're glad to see them getting something on those curvaceous gals even if it's only the law. Hirohito had practically no say on the question of his country con- tinuing the fight or surrendering. He's merely the figurehaad on the ship of state, and not one to start the girls whistling either. American forces of occupation | searched every house in the Amer ican zone of Germany over the week end and made 80,000 arrests after Investigating approximately 15,000,- 900 people. We never before heard of a policing task of such propor- tions-slsort of the concerted attack on that arch criminal, the auto use tax dodger.
 They're talking about changing the curriculum over at Harvard. Seems some l0ng-lalired radical or other has come up with the idea that boys should go to college to get an education.
 We don't know much about Pe- tain's lawyers, but we wouldn't want to retain them, in any event. They used Pierre Laval as a character witness for their client. We can't say that we're sure about what 1t means to process" beef, though the word is one that we use glibly and frequently. All we do know is that in the process some thing is lost, and usually it is the beef.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16
15-Years Ago

15-Years Ago Waterbury's National Guard units were beginning to. return from two weeks at Camp Devens. William E. Fulton's will revealed Q s200.000 gift to the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-16

We don't know much about Pe- tain's lawyers, but We wouldn't want to retain them, in any event. They used Pierre Laval as character witness for their client.
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and levies ana assessed valuations
OF property subject to general and
selective property taxes for II cities
in 1s43. But commenting on 1t, the
report says that "for purposes Of
ascertaining the tax burden, table
8 has little or no value"
Revenues Analysed.
Table 10 lists = comparison Of pei
capita municipal revenues OF Wash
ington with corresponding data fol-
the other cities, in 1s43. This table
presents, for all cities except Wash
ington, data on the total and pei
capita general revenue set forth tr
table 2. For Washington, however
the revenue from typical State taxes
has been deducted from the tota
revenue, as has the 5000 900 pay.
ment received from the Fedora
Government. Washington's 1874;
general revenue before these deduc.
tions amounts to $71,819,O00 anc
afterward to 81, All 900.
"The $54.46 per capita makes
Washington rank sixth among tht
II cities being compared" says tht
report. "Sales taxes on motor fuel
gasoline taxes are rare among
cities; St. Louis is the only othel
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Higgins Favors Equa|izing
Wagner Act Provisions
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.-An-
drew j. Higgins, boat manufacturer
who closed his plants here after dis
putes with labor unions, today pro-
posed amendments to the Wagner
act which he said would put man
agement and labor ION an equal
footing in the eyes of the law"
The proposed changes would re-
quire a IS per cent vote of the en-
ployes covered by a labor agreement
before a closed shop provision could
be adopted; define refusal by a
union to carry on collective bar
gaining with an employer as an un-
fair labor practice; provide machin-
cry under which the National Labor
Relations Board could withdraw
bargaining recognition from unions
and make unions liable for back pay
to compensate employees for time
lost in strikes subsequently declared
unfair labor practice"
Mr.. Higgins also proposed writing
Into the law q definition of collec-
tive bargaining to include "the max
ing Of every reasonable effort to
settle matters in dispute by peace.
full and lawful negotiation, includ-
ing compliance with the provisions
Of existing agreements"
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Comparison
Continued From Page A-3)

in connection with access thorough
fares to serve wartime needs. much
Of this construction being financed
from Federal grants; also. the in
creased population required certain
hospital and school improvements
Municipal policy generally through
out the country in 1943 and other
war years has been to curtail cap
ital projects drastically."
Table 7 furnishes per capita sta
tistics for each governmental func-
ton for each of the IL cities. THE
most striking feature of this table
is that of the '12 cities show no
school expenditure at all and school
expenditure in two other cities rep
resents only the cost of special
schools.
I'm each Of these six cities schools
are financed by an overlying school
district, which is a governmental
unit. In Washington, however,
schools are financed as an integral
part of the city's government, and
the running expenses Of the schools
account for over a fourth of all
Washington's operation expenditure,
although the $500 per capita for
schools Is far less than the per cap
ita school expenditure by four of
the five other cities making such
expenditure.
Welfare Costs Vary.
"The next most striking feature
of the table is that the public vel
fare costs vary considerably from
city to city. In the cities under
consideration, this variation arises
chiefly from the fact that four (Bal-
timore. Washington, Boston and
San Francisco) of the six cities
which represent both city and
county government administer the
social security categories Of old-age
assistance and aid to dependent
children In addition to general re-
4ASA, "li2S1A 40 GU Uy CllC
majority of the cities of this group.
Such expenditure is partially Off
set by fiscal aid from the State,
which in turn is financed in part
by Federal grants. In st. Louis and
New Orleans, however, both general
relief and the social-security cate
gories are administered by the
State. In some Of the other seven
cities, the State or the county ad-
ministers all or part of public well
fare. For example, Pittsburghs ex-
penditure for welfare is low because
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
administers the bulk Of public well
fare, including even general relief
I'm Buffalo and Milwaukee the
bulk OF all public welfare, including
general relief, is taken care of by
Evening star., 1945-12-19

the county. Washington's welfare
expenditure includes the
cost of both general relief and all
social security categories. The lat
ter is partially Offset by Federal
grants made to the city in its role of
a State government. The 1891 per
capita is about the amount expected
in view of the unified responsible
ity in Washington and in view of
the continued prosperous times in
the Nations Capital.
Health Costs Highest.
1.-THE third most striking feature
of table 7, so far as Washington is
concerned, is the city's relatively
high per capita costs for health and
hospitals, 1927, which is the high
est of all the II cities. The main
explanation is the city's mainte-
nance of number Of hospitals that
would correspond elsewhere to
county or state institutions"
In table 8, showing interest paid
by general government and enter
prises in the II cities, Washington
Evening star., 1945-12-19

F-RAYON OR WOOL MUFFLERS.
Our extensive selection permits .
choice to satisfy any taste. Plaids,
checks, stripes, figures, multi-color
patterns and plain white. Many
WOODS are imported from Scotland,
$3.50 to $3.50
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Six Veterans Given
Medals Of Honor by
President Truman

(From Yesterdays Last EditionJ
President Truman today presented
the Congressional Medal of Honor
to three officers and three enlisted
men at White House ceremonies
watched by families and friends OF
the heroes and high-ranking Army
and Navy officers.
One officer and the enlisted men
won their honors in the European
theater; Marine and Navy officer
were decorated for gallantry In the
Pacific.
The President shook hands with
each recipient and congratulated the
men on their feats.
The Army men decorated we're
First 1t. Frank Burke of Jersey
City, Master Sergt. Veto r. Bertoldo
Decatur, Ill; S/Sergt. Vernon Nc
Garity, Model, Tenn, and Pfc. Mike
Colalillo, West Duluth, MINI.
The others: Capt. Robert H. Dun
lap of the Marines and 1t. Richard
Miles McCool of the Navy.
Killed Is Of Enemy.
Citations for the infantrymen
showed:
Pfc. Colallilo spearheaded an at
tack by his company, blasting his
way forward afoot and atop tank
and killing at least Is Germans in
an action near Untergriesheim, Ger
many, last April T.
Sergt. Bertoldo, indicted on linn
tied service basis because Army doc
tors found his eyesight faulty, saw
well enough to get his machinegur
sights on and kill at least 40 Ger.
mans fighting off attacks for II
hours and saving two battalion
posts last January in Hatten
France.
Sergt. mccarthy, although wound
ed, fought for two days in a vita
holding action near Krinkelt. Bel
GUM, last December. He destroyed
one enemy tank, turned back three
others, blasted an enemy flanking
position and gained time for the
Americans to bring up reserves. He
was captured, but was released a
few days later.
1t. Burke, transport officer
started out last April II to pick a
forward motor pool site at Neurn-
berg, Germany. He wound up duel
| ing NaZi-die-hard defenders with 9
light machinegun, killing II, wound.
ing and providing leadership ir
the killing or wounding of 20 others
Fought at Two Jima.
Capt. Dunlap, Is, was decorate<
for heroism in the seizure of Iwl
Jima. Taking a position 200 yard
ahead of his front lines, Capt. Dun
lap relayed information to support
ing artillery and naval gunfire unit
for two days and two nights to di
rect smashing bombardmen
against the Japanese positions. Tn
feat greatly accelerated the fina
defeat of Japanese countermeasure
in his sector, the citation read b,
President Truman said.
1t. McCool, who commanded al
ILCS at Okinawa, aided In evacuat
ing survivors of a sinking destroyer
although he was badly injured whel
a suicide plane crashed into tn,
coming tower Of his ship. The lieu
tenant went to the rescue Of som,
of his men trapped in a blazin,
compartment and carried one o
them to safety.
Secretary of War Paterson, Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Arm,
Chief of Staff, and Fleet Admira
Chester w. Ninitz, Chief Of Nava
Operations, were among the Arm.
and Navy officials present.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
-AP Photo.

is shown at the bottom of the list
with 16 cents per capita in 1943.
Washington Is by law prohibited
from issuing bonds" explains the
report, land hence has long main
tanned an uncommonly conservative
policy relative to debt. Several loans
from PWA, FWA and other Fed
eral'agencies have been negotiated,
but no bonds were issued to evil
dence the indebtedness incurred
With an abnormally low debt, the
annual interest costs are almost
negligible. Likewise. the annual
repayment of principal is slight"
Table 8 lists property tax rates
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Ships Sailed for us. Empty,
Homesick Marines Assert
b. the Associated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
Representative Delacy, Democrat,
of Washington inserted in the Con-
gressional Record yesterday a letter
from Is Marines of the 9Th Marine
Division asking why they could not
be sent home and asserting Is empty
transports sailed for home from
China November ID.
"Ihese ships would have been
more than enough to have taken
the entire 9Th Marine Division back
to the States" the letter continued.
"Last week we watched these ships
weigh anchor and sail for home
empty"
The men said they took part in
most Of the campaigns of the Pa
cific and the final battle on Oki-
nawa and that they had served II
to "a months.
The Marines said the Is ships
which sailed for home empty had
unloaded troops Of the Chinese 9th
Army at Tsingtao.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
Absences Due 10 Colds, Flu
Drop Slightly in District

The Health Department reported
yesterday that the number of alb
sences from colds and influenza in
industry and Government estab-
nshments here last week was some
what less than usual for this time
Of year, but warned that precau-
tions should be taken to prevent
the spread Of infections from respi-
ratory diseases.
A slight drop in absences last
week from the week before also was
reported.
The report indicated there was no
sign of an influenza epidemic here
at present, pointing out only three
cases were reported two weeks ago
and only 20 last week. During an
epidemic. 1t was said, physicians re-
port daily from so to 900 cases to
the department.
Evening star., 1945-12-19
THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c. : As


city Of this group to utilize this tax,
although some Of the others receive
aid from state gasoline taxes. II
the revenue from this tax Is also
excluded, the per capita drops to
5000, and Washington's rank drops
to seventh. Exclusion of all types
Of sales or gross receipts taxes does