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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-02

lister Paul Joseph Goebbels and
Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler
allegedly vanished from the scene
when Doenitz was elevated to
Fuehrer.
Only two days ago, in comment
ing on Goering's rumored execu-
ton, Leonid Leonov wrote in the
newspaper Izvestia that plastic
surgeons probably were working
hard On Hitler, Goebbels and other
Nazis to change their physical APP
pearance so they could escape.
The general feeling here was
that regardless of the truth of the
report, Hitler's death would not
materially affect the duration of
the war. The Soviets believe the
Wehrmacht has been decisively
crushed and its days Of continued
resistance numbered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-02
5000 Lond
On Torokon
BY RICHARD G. HARRIS

Manila, May 2.-(UP)-Tokyo ra-
dio reported today that about s.
600 Allied troops had landed Oil
Tarakan island off the east coast
OF Borneo in what may be the
second invasion of that area.
The enemy broadcast said the
troops landed at Lingkas on Tara
kan early Tuesday, ABOUT IL hours
after Allied assault forces were said
to have invaded Borneo itself.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur did not
confirm either of the reported lano-
ings although an official Australian
announcement yesterday said that
Australian troops had taken pa.t
in landing on the east coast If
Borneo, worlds third largest island.
Tokyo said the troops went ashore
on Tarakan, an important oil cen.
ter, at $50 a. m. yesterday afte.
three cruisers and Is destroyers had
bombarded the island consistently
since last Friday.
The broadcast claimed the jap
holding secure to their positions
holding secure tot heir positions
obstructing the enemys advance. .
There was no further Japanese COM
ment, however, on the reported
landing on Borneo in the Tarakau
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OCD Ended
By Truman

Washington, May 2-(UP)-Presi-
dent Truman today ordered the end
of the Office of Civilian Defense by
June 80.
Mr.. Truman sent a letter to Con-
gress withdrawing a S369,OO0 budget
request for OCD for the next fiscal
year.
He emphasized, however, the con-
tinued need for volunteer work in
states and communities.
Recent developments in the Eu-
ropean war and the efficient opera
ton of the volunteer forces in the
communities made possible the de-
cision that federal supervision Of
civilian defense is no longer neces-
sary," White House statement
said.
The president praised the volun-
teer members of the citizens defense
corps, civilian war services, and OCD
personnel.
State and local governments" he
said, "are fully aware of their con-
tinuing responsibilities, and I am
sure that we can depend upon their
(Cnofin1Iad ~, Dono
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-02
BY HENRY SHAPIRO

Moscow, May 2-(UP)-Reports of
Adolf Hitler's death were described
by the official Tass News Agency
today as a Nazi trick and it APP
peared the Russians were not likely
to accept the German radio an
nouncement with independent sup
porting evidence.
The Tass dispatch, published in
the newspaper Pravda, said the Ma
zis by disseminating news of Hitler's
death obviously hope to enable Hit
Ter to vanish from the scene and
assume an illegal underground posi-
ton"
1t charged that the appeal by Ad-
miral Karl Doenitz was the usual
fabrication of German propaganda
calculated to provoke discord among
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-02
UNCONDITIONAL
Terms SIGNED
LAST sunday
BY HERBERT C. KING
Representing the Combined
American Press

Royal Palace at Caserta
near Naples, May 2. - up
- The German armies OF
northern Italy and western
Austria formally surrendered
to the Allies today, effective
at 8 a. m, EWT.
The surrender affects be-
tween 100000 and 100000
men commanded by Col. Gen.
Heinrich Won Vietinghoff
and Gen. Karl Wolff, chief
OF police and security for
northern Italy and western
Austria.
Lieut.. Gen. w. D. Morgan Of the
British Army, who negotiated i'll be-
half of Field Marshal Sir Harold
r. l. G. Alexander, supreme CON-
manAer in the Mediterranean the
alter, said the terms sin effect are
complete and unconditional surren-
DER"
The documents were signed in the
Royal Palace here on Sunday ty
Norman and two German officers,
one Of whom represented Won Vie
inghoff and the other Wolff.
Russians See Signing
The surrender will permit the
Allies to make an unhindered adj
vance TO within 10 miles Of Adolf
Hitlers former country home at
Berchtesgaden. It also uncovers the
flank Of Colonel General Won Lehr,
commanding enemy troops in the
Trieste area.
The surrender documents were
signed in the presence of group
of Allied officers which included
Russians Secret negotiations for
the surrender have been going on
for several days.
The terms are the immediate i'm
mobilization and disarmament OF
enemy ground, sea and air forces.
The surrender imposes upon the
German commander-in-chief the
obligation to carry out any further
orders issued by Field Marshal Alex
ander.
Won vietinghoff's command in
cludes all of northern Italy to the
Isonzo river and the Austrian
provinces Of Voralberg, Tyrol, Salz-
burg and parts of Corinthia and
fOootin,fe6 on Pare ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-02

London, May 2(UP)-Minister
Of State Richard K. Law told Com
mons today that Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden had been unable to
ret from Soviet Foreign Commissar
v. M. Molotov any hint of the fate
OF IA Polish leaders reported to
have disappeared In Poland In
March.
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Shorthand Tipping Machines, Ac-
counting = Summer School, July 2.
Post Jr. College Of Commerce.
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Bradley beam., 1945-02-17
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TO OUR PAL Here's to our Sergeant A wit and a thinker Each one of us fellows Think he's just an old sweetheart. And what is so rare as a day in June? A drooling old poet once asked. More rare and helluva lot better, you goon Are the joys of threeday pass. All the WACs tote little cases Designed for making up their faces;
 I wish they had some other kinds Designed for making up their minds. A stork is one of the mystics And inhabits number of districts It doesn't yield plumes Or sing any tunes, But helps with the vital statistics A pretty young WAC named Brenda, Went out in a jeep on benda;
 After riding for miles
 She lost all her smiles, It seems that Brenda was tenda.
 Salesgirl "These are satin pan ties"
 Top Kicks Wife: Haven't you any that haven't been sat in ?"-
 The best way to get rid of a squeak in the rear of your car is to leave your wife at home. A cute little fapper named Bunny Got a pair of silk hose from her
 honey, Though the stockings were cheap She loved him heap So she gave him a run for his
 money.
 Divorce means simply that democracy has failed to work between two people!
 A lot of guys don't mind leading a dogs life, if they can get petted
  once in while.
Bradley beam., 1945-02-17

This Army is noted for taking its men from all walks of life and teaching them a new trade, but likeable Joe Iorii has made the transition from butcher in slaughter house to Flight Chief. He's been in the Service for almost three years and after attending AM School at Lincoln, Neb., and Engine School at Indianapolis, he arrived at Bradley to work Ion the line" The popular Flight Chief and his wife, Mary Agnes, live in Will minston, Del, where his six-months-old son, Joe III, is starting to crawl. Papa Joe, who was born on Valentines Day, turns to all seasonal sports for recreation, but prefers swimming as year round diversion. When he doffs his ops for the last time he wants to get into the building business on his own and never wants to see the insides ot plane again.
 All Official FAF Photos.
Bradley beam., 1945-02-17

PVT. LENA COPPARINI Back in April 1914 this Mansfield, Mass, gal stepped up to a WAC Recruiting table and signed up for service in the Women's Army Corps. She had been grinding flutes on taps in war industry but decided to be- come more actively connected in this coun- try's all-out effort against our enemies. Lena came to Bradley Field and was assigned to the Base Motor Pool as driver, at which duty she drives anything from a jeep to one e-and-a half-tonner." The boy to whom her heart is promised is now with the First Army somewhere in Germany" and she can hardly wait until she receives letter bear ing the postmark Berlin on the wrapper. When he comes home, she plans to marry and settle down to the less arduous tasks of being housewife and mother.
Bradley beam., 1945-02-17

O. AlNDNEW W AI DOONhL Andy has been an active member of this mans Army for some twenty months now and has just received his first set of stripes. This Semervile, N. J., lad is a mechanic on the Flight Line and darned good one Before he entered the service he did ac- counting work for large roofing concern. Unmarried, he plans to either become an undertaken or buy service station for him. self at the end of the war. He's dead seri- ons about becoming mortcian though and will probably wind up burying people in- stead of repairing their cars. He's great lover of most any sport but rather than ac- lively compete in them he gets his enjoy ment from the bleachers as a spectator. He's partial to football and being from the Gar c.en State. his favorites are Princeton and Rutgers.
Bradley beam., 1945-02-17


 After spending nineteen months in the South Pacific J. D. is very happy to be back in the States At the present time he is driving refueling truck just as he did on foreign soil He's been in the Army for al- most four years but does not aspire to be thirty-year man. He's keeping company with a Hartford gal to whom he is ALMOST en- gagged. When he is off duty and not in Hartford, he keeps in shape by trimming the rest of the men in his Squadron at pool Cpl McGee used to work in the oil fields in and around his native city of Shreveport La, and will return to his old job when the war is ended. At that time, too, he plans to move certain Hartford gal to warmer cline and settle down to real home life. Pass me the tobacco humidor, honey.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
Rowing Reporters

Some pieces in Der Ruff ac-
quire significance against the
background of Nazi intolerance
and aggression in which most of
the prisoners grew into matur-
ity. Such, for example. is that
on THE Right of Religious Free
DOM" One article discusses
peace Without Hatred - The
Meaning of the Papal Peace
Policy and says that I'm order
to establish a lasting peace be-
tween different countries a
nations must have the equal
right to life and freedom in a
world governed by the Christian
spirit. The right of racial and
religious minorities must be re-
spected."
GERMANIC NAMES
Many of the articles are signed
with Germans names. PING Of
ficers say that editors and con-
tributors include at least some
prisoners who were professional
writer's before the war. They
decline to identify these, or to
say whether names used are gen.
time or names de plume or to tell
what camp serves as editorial
headquarters. They explain that
any Identification might subject
prisoners or their relatives to
unpleasantness.
The fifth issue, dated May IS,
contained pictures from German
horror camps carrying simple,
factual outlines and captions
without comment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

of the hand we'll. He played low
to the openingrlead, letting North
win with the ten spot. II North
returns a diamond and gives
South a ruff, the contract Is
made.
But North returned a heart,
which the declarer won with the
king, then ruffed small spade.
The ace of hearts was cashed and
q small heart led.
Here North made a serious
mistake. He ruffed in with his
nine of clubs. OF course the de-
clarer over-ruffed with tn Z
queen, ruffed his other spade and
then cashed the ace Of clubs. He
discarded his losing diamond on
the queen of hearts.
North might have defeated the
contract had he kept that nine
OF clubs to ruff the queen of
hearts with.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-How many people pay in.
come taxes in the United States!
Aground 35.000,000.
Q-How much has Japan
spent on the war so far?
Am estimated $50, 900, 000,.
900.
Q-Does the Soviet use blood
plasma?
Ayes, now. The American
Red Cross donated four process.
ing units to its Russian counter.
part recently.
Q-Whi is Abigail to Hawaii.
ans?
A-Princess Kawananakoa
related by marriage to the Kal.
akana family, last reigning dyn.
aSty in Hawaii.
Q-What is Japan's second
city?
A-Osaka. population more
than 100000.
Q-What Is q Jap Betty ~?
"A medium bomber, 80 m,
p. h. faster than our BIS Mitch.
ell medium.
Q-What is Army's XB-1e-A?
"A new experimental
bomber: wingspan 2l2 feet (B.
29's is 14l feet).
Q-Does the W. gain or lose
momentum in flight?
Alt gains; thrust force 4.
constant, but as fuel Is used
weight is lessened and the force
has greater effect.
Q-What are the general di.
mansions of the northern, main
section at Luzon?
About $50 miles long; ur
to $50 miles wide.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06

H. L. Mencken discusses profanity in the Co.
Iurnbio University quarterly American Speech, with
the scholarship and enthusiasm which he typicolIy
bestows upon our language We find it little hard
to share his nostalgia regret Of the passing Of true
profanity since the Civil War; with only faint revivos
in the World Wars Of 1918 and today.
But we do share his concern at the substitutes
which are replacing words for purposes Of in
vective Mr.. Mencken lists such toes os plutocrot,
copito|ist. Communist, Fascist. radical, Rotorion so
lotionist onti-Semite. Nozi and New Dealer by way
of Illustration.
He is careful to coll these words 'intrnsicoIIy in
nocuous, which they ore. But in intent and eonnoto-
ton they can become exceedingly opprobrous. They
can accuse man Of anything from snnueness to
treoson
Used specifically. Of course, they are perfectly
good and necessary words. But they throw upon their
user the burden Of documentary proof This proof the
user is frequently unable to give and the listener is
too frequently unwilling to demand it,
General insult is preferable to particular oceuso-
ton And most Of US. If we had to choose would roth
Or be called damned fool than Communist or Fos-
cIst So il this new vogue for categorical coIumny
continues. We are going to join up with Mr. Mencken
in O movement to restore domns and bells to more
general use.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
HOME NURSE
By Iona L. TROTT
Assistant Director,
Red Cross Nursing Service

Written for NEA Service

For homemakers it Is suggest
ed that an emergency medicine
cabinet be set up in the kitchen.
for it is there that cuts and burns
are most likely to occur. You
will want an antiseptic to be
used in cases Of broken skin
from cuts or scratches. You will
want an application for burns, q
roll OF adhesive tape, a few ster.
lie. gauze bandages, or clean
white cotton bandages Of differ
ent widths, q pair of tweezers for
removing splinters, and q slim
ulant for fainting or shock.
Some home nurses have found
1t practical to partition off q sec.
ton of the kitchen cupboard for
first aid materials, but II q spec
ial cabinet can be obtained, It il
wiser to keep these things more
or less sacrosanct. The cabinet
should be we'll out Of the reach
OF toddlers, of course, or secure
ly locked. Iodine is very much
the same color as vanilla flavor
ing, and tragic mistakes have
been made because the bottles
were confused. The skull and
crossbones symbol on poisons
usually protects the user from
error, but no chances should be
taken. especially where there
are children In the home.
DON'T OVERSTOCE
In the bathroom medicine cab
met you may wsnt in addition
to the aforementioned articles,
a thermometer, q medicine glass,
a medicine dropper or two, q
tube of petroleum Jelly, . small
box Of absorbent cotton, and Z
laxative for occasional use
only. Don't overstock with
medical supplies. Some Of them
deteriorate with age. Unless you
are far from the drugstore, you
can get them % needed. Ask
some good physician to suggest
q list Of emergency medical sup
plies that you should keep on
hand. -----
Every home nurse should have
a special shelf or drawer where
the hot-water bottle, the ice bag.
the fountain syringe and the
small rubber ear syringe may b
kept. Be sure that these things
are always clean and dry. The
surfaces Of rubber articles should
be kept from sticking together
by inserting tissue paper or by
Initiating them with air and
keeping them stoppered.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
POSTWAR BUILDING

Ranking high among our citizens consuming
postwar DESIRES according to recent poll, ore the
vens for new home and car - the letter, no
doubt to enable them to stoy away from the new
home as much as possible
This information is naturally Of considerable in
terest to the auto makers and to the building and
allied industries and to the people who hope to get
Jobs with them otter the war.
The automobile people seem to know their pro-
duction copocity and their market SO we'll that oil
they need now is the signal to switch from Tanks and
bonnbers to sedons and couPes. But builders seem
q little at seq. judging from the conflicting 9uesses
and estinnotes that are floating around.
In foct, predictions on postwar house construc-
ton by contractors plumbers, pointers and other in
terested porties have rvoed in variety the debate
on so million Jobs But few have been so impressveIy
buttressed by focts and figures the speculation Of
j. E. Hones, an executive Of the MinneoPo|is-Honey-
we'll REGULATOR Co.. which we came upon recently.
Mr. Hoines Jumps off from the building cycle Of
lolo-lo35 He puts down the expenditure on new
non-form dwellings in those years and relates that
expenditure to the national income. 1t turns out that
in this period the countrys average annual outlay
for such construction was $40 billions, or 80 per
cent of the national income offer toxes.
Thus armed. he ventures into the realm Of con-
lecture He assumes that we can otton national
income Of $40 billions few years otter the war.
nd will have 500 billions left otter paying our toxes.
He oso assumes thot this high income will give q
ereoter share to the lower income groups than in
prewor years.
Mr.. Hoines figures budget Of BIS per cent Of
our spending money for new houses would be about
right. Then, with the help Of National Resources
Planning Board figures on income Distribution and
u S. Building and Loan Association statistics on the
rodo of income to property valuation, he produces
his estimate on how many postwar houses will be
built, and who will buy them 1t comes out like this:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
BY s. BURTON HEATH
NEA Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK-While German
prisoners of war wait for return
to their devastated homeland,
they are getting food for valu-
able thought from a new fort
nightly publication of their own.
1t is called Der Ruff.
Der Ruff describes itself as a
newspaper by, of and for the
German prisoners of war in this
country. 1t is edited and pub
lished with the consent and I'M
der supervision of the Provost
Marshal Generals office, and is
sold in camp canteens at five
cents a copy. Demand exceeds
the supply for which paper is
available.
THE Call" as a translation of
der Ruff does not seem to de-
scribe the publication as we'll as
THE Voice" might. 1t purports
to be, more than anything else,
an attempt on the part of the
prisoners to find and express a
common voice that seems not to
have coagulated yet. 1t attempts
to express something of what is
running through their minds in
captivity, to answer some of
their wonderment about the dis
aster which befell their home
land and about the country
which in defending its own
ideals has contributed so much
toward that disaster.
Throughout Der Ruff runs an
rfndercurrent of philosophical
abstraction expressed in essays,
"reminiscences, nostalgia, short
stories and verse. For the most
part, 1t suggests the quality Of
the typical college undergradu-
ate literary magazine.
DISCUSS JAPAN \
Probably the least objective
reference to the war found in
Der Ruff is in an article headed
"Japans Critical Hour" which
said in part: "Japans present
situation is the result of the poll
tical and military errors she
made. although before and dur
ing the war all japanese actions
had been prepared most care
fully Japan is fighting
merely her own war, which ulti-
mately is directed at all white
nations"
Each issue after the first con-
tains a page headed Die Verein-
igten Staten (The Unit e d
States) which features an article
on some phase of this country's
life. One discusses THE Econ
omic Structure of the South, /"
another "San Francisco-Gate-
way to the West" a third Model
T and Its Grandchildren" the
fourth THE Railroad System of
the United States" These pieces
are objective, factual, informa-
tive. Each issue now contains
also q profile of q noted Ameri-
can. Those discussed thus far
include Andrew Jackson, Pres
ident of the Little People" 10
3 Davidson, and Thomas Jeffer-
son.
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. SO THEY SAY

There are. only two things
that will affect the speed of de-
mobilization of the Army. One
is the military necessity of re-
tanning sufficient troops In serv-
ice to quickly and permanently
defeat Japan. The other is avail
able shipping. - Secretary of
War Henry l.. Stimson.
If I could have control of
G many for 10 years you
wouldn't be able to recognize it.
Captured German soldier.
quoting the only statement of
Hitler's he said he now believed.
am anxious to see our sta
Utilization policy continued for
the rest Of the war. If it is al
lowed to fail we lose the only
anchor we have against a spiral
of rising costs and prices.-Eric
A. Johnston, president u. S. c.
of G.
Preparedness does not incite
war any more than insurance in
vites fire.-Brig. Gen. John w.
Mahan.
We Day didn't mean much to
the boys in Italy. First of all, the
wars not over and, secondly,
the Germans gave up in Italy a
few days before the rest of them,
so it didn't stir us up much
Lieut.. John W. Buick, Monette.
Ark.
checkered career is that it's al
The greatest drawback to a
ways your move.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
. BARBS

Less and less meat means the
strict vegetarian can eat as much
of it as he did before - and
just about as much as the rest
of us.
Regardless of how much mon
ey you've turned over for War
Bonds, one good turn over de-
serves another.
The rat Nazis could be estab-
lished by checking their finger
prints with those on thousands
of civilian throats.
Congress is about to 60 home
and get away from a lot of
bills. We go home and run into
EN-.
There'll be so per cent less
Pullman space for civilians in
August. That ought to give you
a pretty good idea of where you
Gen. Patton says he's just q
are not going on your vacation.
"one-gun" man. But with plenty
of explosion and bang!
Old Glory has just passed its
168th birthday as the official
flag of the nation. Old enough to
know its way around the world.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-06
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

Today's hand came to me from
Mr.. D. Cameron Montgomery
Jr., a medical student at John.
Hopkins University, Baltimore,
Md.
In his letter he stated that his
bid of four no trump was intend
ed as q gigantic take-out double.
Well, I am afraid that do not
quite agree with that bid. Never
theleu. his partner did bid and
they got into q pretty good con.
tract.
] think East handled the play