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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-20
Walter MincheII On BrO0Gw,0y
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Regal Fifth Ave. shopwindows crOwTIed with luxuries-a fitting tri- bute for the Queen of Big Town streets .. The hams who are walk ing showcases for their own per- sonalities Garments arrayed on 10th Ave. clothes lines swaying to the tune of breezes humming by The sky coated with glowing twilight, exhibiting a visual wink which brings out the smile in any. body's spirit The enameled self. assurance of Main Stem movie ush- CTS who have all the dignity of gen. erals Flushed conversations which cushion the velvety atmo- sphere of the Sumptuous Music Hall lounge . A gay wind holding on tight to the dress of chlorine as 1t goes around her curves.
 Comely Travellers Aid ladies who greet strangers with bouquet of bright smiles .. The Hudson River cob-webbed with streaks of moon- light-a view that tattoeS itself into your memory Sunrise tinting the sky with Paradise of colors as the world hands people its most priceless gift: A new day The theater's best-dressed man: The ticket collector-garbed in tux A rustic of silk heralding the ap- preach of first-nighters coming down the aisle and leaving trail of perfume The Empire State building at noon-cellaphaned with sunshine . Midtown canyons at dawn filled to the brim with hush =. The Smell-binding arena of roasting coffee tickling nostrilS as you ride over the Brooklyn Bridge.
 Mountains of clouds cruising over the city and making mammoth buildings insignificant .. Headlines on newsstandS gleaming with bright war news which lights up the dim- out The Flying Fortress whizz- ing over the Statue of Liberty and dipping it's wings in salute to the grand lady who carries a torch for Uncle Sam Burly doWagerS (whose curves are now detours) en- tering a joynt-bosom first |. Train announcers' voices yawning out their remarks as if they wished they were elsewhere Workers gulping a quick breakfast of oran- juice, coffee and doughnuts-like bitter medicine they didn't want to taste Broadwayites straining talk through their cigars as they stand on street corners tossing away precious minu:es they can never hope to retrieve !. /. Movie stars rushing around town conveyed by a fleet of press agents.
 The slanty penmanship of rain scribbling its unruly signature on window panes Darkened sky scrapers putting shadows on stilts as they stand guard over the streets all through the night An un- easy serenity covering the Main Stem few hours after curfew time feeling as out of place as caviar in the BoWery Nightlifers, un. able to sleep, who spend the wee hours visiting the Central Park zoo. You probably meet a better class of animals!" Penny ante book ing agents transacting business" on the sidewalk. This is one of the most tragic aspects of show busi- ness, which is dedicated to mak- ing others happy The penny arcades that have coined fatter profits and lasted longer than most expensive night clubs.
 The sad sight of human etceteras greeting biggies-and getting their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-20
LITERARY CRITIC
 LECTURING HERE

pr. J. Shatzki, the eminent liter ary critic and lecturer, will make his first appearance locally, at the Waterbury Hebrew Institute, to- morrow evening, at 8:3O p. m. pr. Shatzki's lecture vii concern I. L.. Peretz, the classic Yiddish and He- brew writer and poet. Branch PAP, Jewish National Workers Alliance, is the sponsor.
 BUY WAR BONDS and STAMPS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-20
NEW YORK PICTURE
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POSTCARDS
 Crowds rushing away from the Main Stem after curfew as if il were a pal who could no longer dc any favors An all-night bean- eryis electric eye peering into the early ayem darkness-showing that one part of the town has insomnia ...,A ballet of March breezes danc- ing through the streets The parks trees sprouting tiny buds clenched like babys fist .. Tips of skyscraperS providing exclama- ton points for the city's exciting scenic story =. Torch-carriers suf- e~fertng from high h-blonde pressure .,s attempting to kill heartache with . hangover -. j. The sign in bar: az s.. Time Tells on Man-Especially a Good Time" .. The warm poetry of Broadway friendships which can turn into the cold prose of enmity overnight. An interesting and dis heartening phenomenon Dawn coming out into the sky to put the stars to sleep.
 The lady garbed in flowing white gown who stro1ls along Sixth Ave. distributing religious pam phlets. A decade ago she was a we'll known actress |. Mobs rushing to stores (where ciggies are being sold) . as if it were 8 gold rush |. Femi- nuisances chin deep in mink lolling in sWanky eateries where they turn the private lives of friends inside out . The hackrobaticS of cab- bies jeeping their way through traf- fic Table-sitting orators in cafes trying to breathe the life of an idea into a mouthful of dead words. They sound like a diction- ary which has sprung a leak The theatrical district at one ayem allowing silence to play the star role.
 The hysterotyed speeches of a Union Square sidewalk politico . Cops stationed in the Hobbies of tawdry hotels frisking guests with their eyes Park benches after midnight draped with romancers stranded on an island of their love. That is one amusement which cant, be curfewed .. Delicious sprays of laughter coming from the throata 4 of children as they bubble out of schools !. Most boring task in town: Operating the elevators be- tween the upper and lower levels at Grand Central Depot--one flight .. The polished architectural man. ners of Radio edifices. One of the burgs scenes which is always on itS best behavior.
 Among the towns little heroes: Civilian defense workers who are still carrying on their duties ... :. Gigantic fingers of silence gripping the city at dawn. So quiet you can hear the click of traffic lights as they switch colors The touching goodbyes between soldiers and their loved ones at depots. "Ill write you every day, honey!" Sabbath morning church-belloquence which seems to fit the silence rather than break 1t -. A scoop of afternoon sun being served on 8 platter of whipped cream clouds Broad wayites clogging al1-night cafeterias slipping coffee while nibbling on a side-dish of conversation Rocke- feller Center gal guides who are more arresting than any of the sights they point out Subway. ties surrounding themselves with newspaper, calmly reading the head lines with their eyebrows, oblivious to the excitement around them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-20
By STAFF SERGEANT ALVIN M. JOSEPHY, JR., Marine Corps Combat Correspondent
 Written fnr NEA Seruice

Two lima, March 20-(Delayed)- Behind the lines Of the Twenty first Marines Jap survivors of midnight unter-attack, concealed in a network of tunnels hewn from by passed rock formations Ma rneS called for their surrender. Shots answered them
 Tanks crawled to tunnel entrances, firing point plank Again the surrounded Japs refused surrender
 Now Marine flame throwers inched forward un- der cover of automatic fire. Smoke grenades burst along rocky walls to blind the enemy Demolition crews sealed first one, then another entrance
 Screams could be heard inside the caves screams and the untitled explosions of grenades as burning men destroyed themselves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

To emphasize Make Do and Mend" campaign, O. A. Kempe, of the British Ministry of Sup- ply, wore half-shirt and half- pajama when addressing women of Bigglesworth, England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
BRISTOL PARTIES
 NAMED IN ACTION
Attorney MascOlO Files $l5,OOO for Woman In=
 jured in Fall

Injuries sustained in fall on an allegedly icy and unsanded sidewalk in front of the Miss Bristol Diner in Bristol are the basis of a $15,00O suit instituted by Elizabeth McMas- ter of Bristol against the City of Bristol, Louis Rinaldi, owner of the diner. Grace M. O'Connell, John w. Murphy and Emma Murphy, all of Bristol, owners of the premises.
 The complaint which has been drawn up by Attorney Edward Mas colo and will be filed in the Hart ford Superior Court states the ac- cident occurred year ago today at the premises located at the corner of School and Main streets. The plain tiff fell when she stepped on a three foot square area which was covered with a coating of ice, the writ states
 Pointing out the city is required to keep public highways in good repair and in a condition that is reasonably safe for travel, the plain tiff charges the municipality with negligence for failure to remedy the condition.
 It is alleged the owner of the res taurant allowed water to drain from the property and accumulate on the walk, and that the property owners knew or should have known of the condition and should have corrected it. It is claimed the walk had not been Sanded.
 The plaintiff lists fracture o1 the right ankle back sprain and m- juries to the right wrist, face anc body. The writ will be returnable to the Hartford court April 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
100 TONS SET AS
 SUNDAYS QUOTA
l5O Volunteers to Aid in Paper Collection Cam-
 paign; 40 Trucks

Street Superintendent Herbert Scott-Smith will supervise Sundays canvassing activities when the city, wide salvage paper collection will be undertaken. Forty trucks, loaned by local industrialists, will be man. ned by crews totaling 150 volunteers who will strive toward the collec- tion of 100 ton minimum collection.
 Residents are urged to place their bundles of scrap salvage out on the sidewalks, securely tied, with plac- ing all loose paper such as bags, old envelopes, etc., in cardboard boxes. Bundles not tied should be weighed beforehand.
 If rain should intervene local radio stations will make announce ments of the cancellation.
 A volunteer group from the Bun- ker Hill section of the city will supervise the curb collection in that area, while the West Side Methodist church will handle West Side col lections
 William Dunlavey, city sealer of weights and measures and Sheriff Al Francis will be iIN charge of the state police scales on South Main street all day Sunday. Red Cross canteen workers will dispense coffee and doughnuts to all volunteer col lection crews.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Rev. Henry Leiper
 First Church Guest
Author of Four Books Lenten Speaker Tomorrow
 Authority On World Peace

as the Occident, which has equipped him as an interpreter of one part of the Christian world to another. He watched the Russian Revolution develope from the inside. He follow ed on the spot the early expansion of Japanese Continental ambitions He saw Hitlerism's rise and predict ed its attack upon the foundations of western civilization.
 Dr. Leiper has genius for friend ship and his personal acquaintance among leaders in many lands is sur prisingly large, including as 1t does scores of the worlds outstanding figures in governmental, educational and church circles. His background of world travel, international per- sonal contacts, and his comprehen- sive information on such subjects as world peace and racial and cultural relations make him a fascinating speaker.
 Dr. Leiper's ancestors came to America from Scotland among the first settlers. Numbered among them are the author of America" and the builder of the first American rail- way. After graduating from Am herSt, Union Theological Seminary | and Columbia, he served as a min- ister, a travelling secretary of the Y. M. c. A., war relief worker in S;- beria during World Var I, as educa- tor and relief worker in China, and | oc op editorial caorotoru for thn Cong'l Christian General Council in America. Before the war Dr. Leiper spent each summer in Europe keep | ing alive contacts with church lead CTS, preaching and featuring, and attending world church conferences l He was in Europe when the war broke out in 1889 and has been in England twice since that time.
 Dr. Leiper is the author of four books Blind Spots = Experiments in the Cure of Race Prejudice" The Ghost of Caesar Walks, "Christ's Way and the Worlds" and world Chaos or World Christianity
 Dr. Leiper's major responsibility is the World Council of Churches which now represents 85 churches il 29 countries. It includes practically all Christian churches save Rome and has it's principal office in Gen. eva. It brings into personal fellow ship and cooperation the outstand' ing leaders of the churches and acts as a clearing house for the work fol refugees, for prisoners of war, anc for Bible distribution in Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Three Million Tough Regulars Form Mainstay Of Continued German Fight

obeying the commands of officers is stronger than personal feelings.
 Morale of the troops has gradu- ally and constantly become worse since Stalingrad. There has been great number of assertions. From an impeccable source re- ceived news of the ever-growing numbers of executions of soldiers and the ever-growing size of con- centration camps for soldiers, into which they are sent for disobedience. These camps are supposed to be the most horrible ones in Germany.
 SPECULATION FUTILE
 Military observers advise against a nasty conclusion that the Nazis have collapsed. Though 1t isn't gen. erally known, army morale was in state of collapse once before. That was when the Germans had to re- treat speedily from France. Many units dissolved and tens of thousands of soldiers had only one thought. namely, to get home. That was in September and sources inside Ger many say that if the Allies had then risked everything, using the last drop of gasoline and the last bullet, the war might have been over.
 This is, of course, speculation. AS things were, the situation was saved by the speedy action of Himmler. He formed special SS units, posting them at intercepting stations on a certain line beyond which no soldier must escape. There the fleeing soldiers were re- organized into new battalions ana companies and sent back into the fight.
 It seems almost impossible that this German army or what is left of it may be capable of conducting even a normal at least occasional tactical offensives.
 The surprise of the Rhine cross ing at Remagen may have upset the entire German plan. If de- cisively so, the next few weeks will prove it. The fact that the bridge wasn't blown up can only be explained by sabotage con- mited by higher officers in the German army. Perhaps knowledge of this fact, which already is spreading within the German army on the right bank of the Rhine, will accelerate deteriora- tion of morale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
BOMBER CREW
 CAN'T BELIEVE OWN MOVIES
BY RUSSELL ANNABEL United Press War Correspondent

United Press War Correspondent
 Headquarters l1th AAF - (UP) - Some of the most dramatic mo- tion pictures ever filmed are being made with the gun cameras of bombers and fighter planes - can enthusiastically testify after seeing the pictures of a low-level strafing mission we recently carried out with Mitchells against Torishima Rett0 in the Kuriles.
 The strike itself was exciting enough, but the pictures We were shown afterward in intelligence hut were something to keep you on the edge of your seat and send shivers up your spine and make you sweat at the same time.
 Busy Time for Pilot
 When the planes went into their strafing run I sat between It. John Daugherty, pilot. Dadeville, Mo, and It. George s. Wampler, co-pilot, Long Beach, Cal, and I could look through the windshield and see the small snowy island shining against the gray sea. Then 8 cluster of unpainted huits quickly came into view; sanpanS pulled out on the beach; the gun pits, and the criss-crossed trails made in the snow by the enemy troops. Daughtrey had showed the Mitchells nose down and was working over his controls like an organist playing boogie-woogie- adjusting his throttles, his gum sight, his propeller pitch, his fuel mixture. He was watching his in- struments and listening to the bombardier and the flight leader and keeping the plane wing to wing with the ones on his right and left, and at the same time looking out for Japanese fighters which were known to be ill the vicinity. At the moment he was one of the busiest men on the planet.
 All Over in Seconds
 We went in fast, flashing over the island, with such hail ot tracers going in ahead of us that the outlines of the island were blurred by their eye-dazzling brightness. It was all over in a few seconds and the flight turned eastward into the long run home There hadn't been time to become really excited.
 But when intelligence showed us the pictures, everybody was ex- cited. Look out, Daughtrey, there's a gun in that pit," somebody said inyoluntarily as our pictures came on the screen showing the planes nose 50 feet above the Japanese garrison and the sleet of tracerS and the smoke pouring out of the bomb-torn buildings. Watch It boy.
 The kid sitting next to me, Cpl Albert Prosuk, engineer, South Or ange, N. J., had been completely calm during the mission, but now he mopped his forehead, with a handkerchief, and said, My gosh, was that us? I'm scared to look Did we get through all right?'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Cor Romeo Faces Jury
By PEGGY FINNERTY

San Francisco, March 21.-CUP)- A predominentally male jury today awaited a first person singular story of multiple matrimony from sad- eyed, balding Francis Van Vie, whose 30 years of marrying includ- ed no trips to the divorce court.
 The jurors-nine men and three women-wanted to know just how many women the 58-year-old trol- ley conductor actually did wed. The Ding Dong Daddy" is being tried on three counts of bigamy, but police estimates have given him 13 wives since 1904. Van Vie has admitted to eight.
 Prosecuting Attorney Norman Ellington brought four wives, four marriage certificates and small booklet entitled "A Token of Ow Wedding" into court yesterday.
 Mary Josephine Bergman Van Vie told the court she and the ex-lion tanner were married in an Easter afternoon ceremony last year by the Rev. Dr. Francis P. Foote, rec. tor of Burlingame, Calf, church Dr. Foote took the stand to identify Mary Josephine and Van Vie as the bride and groom.
 Mary Josephine, who according to an earlier statement by Van Vie was wife No. 2, said she and the carbarn Romeo lived at her hom' until October.
 He told me a former wife, Mabel was dead" she said. "On Oct. 1C he came and got some of his cloth. ing. After that I only saw him oc caSionally."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
Nora Not To Seek Decree
BY VIRGINIA MacPHERSON

Hollywood, March 21.-UP)- Nora Eddingon arrived from Mexico City today and said she was not planning to divorce movie star Er- rol Flynn.
 The red-haired former cigaret girl, who took job at court house cigar stand when Flynn went on trial on charges of statutory rape so she could see her hero every day, stepped off plane with her two-month-old daughter, Deirdri.
 T have nothing ot say. Nothing at all,' she repeated to the dozens of neWspapermen who had waited at the airport all night for her.
 All I want to do si find my lug gage and go home to bed"
 Miss Eddington-or maybe Mrs. Flynn-was met by her father and stepmother, MT. and Mrs. Jack Ed dington.
 Flynn, who arrived here couple of weeks ago, was home in bed.
 T can't meet her." he explained yesterday. 'I'v got malaria" Miss Eddington tossed her long mane and ducked out of camera range as often as she could while she waited for her luggage.
 T said all I have to say down in Mexico" she said.
 T denied divorce rumors then and I still do."
 She smiled slyly when someone asked her if she knew how the ru- more got started. i've got my own ideas she hinted. But I'm not going to tell you what they are"
 well, are you married to him or aren't you?" sighed a slepey-eyer reporter.
 I'm not saying" she insisted.
 The only thing she wanted to talk about was her baby daughter, born in the American-British hospital lr Mexico City last January 10. Nine days later the baby was registered as Deirdri Flynn Eddington-ac- cording to the old Spanish custom of tacking the mothers name or the end.
 The father, as listed on the rec ord, was Leslie Flynn, American cinema actor; home, Hollywood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21
By CURT RIEss

Copyright, 19l5, NEA Service, Incl
 Berne, Switzerland, March 2l.- Don't discount German chances of continuing the war through sum- mer, is the advice given by military observers here. Despite outward ap- pearances that the NaZi military sit- uation is utterly desperate. Allied hopes for a quick end of the war may be exaggerated. observers say.
 Basis for the belief that the Germans may hold out for several months, is the fact that the Wehr- macht still is larger than Allied countries believe.
 How many soldiers does Ger many have? My sources say 270 divisions. A German division to- day is made up of 1000 to 10000 men. Units which are not count ed as belonging to a division supply troops, artillery, intelli- gence, aircraft engineers-provide an additional 2800 to 4000 men. Altogether, Germany's regular armed forces are put at three hllAAAOAA OAOOPo'
 The High Command supposedly saved most of it's troops during the retreat in France and even now during the retreat across the Rhine. Estimates here put losses in regular troops during the French campaign at 50 to 60 di- visions. The Allies say that they have taken 100000 prisoners. The explanation here is that at least third were not regular fighting troops, but technical units, such as the Todt Organization.
 5,OOO,OOO FIGHTERS
 Together with the Volkssturm, the German fighting apparatus consists of an estimated 5,OO0,0O0 men. But it is readily admitted here that the fighting value of the Volkssturm is almost zero. This coincides with all information re- ceived by me lately from Ger many.
 Himmler hoped to change the war into a peoples war by creat- ing the Volkssturm. Goebbels spoke in the early fall of a two- and -a-half million VolksSturm army, but on November l the Volkssturm comprised hardly more than a million. Only during the emergency did it increase to two million. The Volkssturm has had only sketchy training and in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-21

Rev. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper, sec- retary of the World Councils Pro- visional Committee, will discuss The Way of the Cross in Tomorrows World at the First Church Lenten services tomorrow evening at o'clock.
 He is Executive Secretary of the American Committee of the World Council of Churches. He also serves as a Sec'y of the Federal Council of Churches in charge of relation with churches abroad.
 Having served as an ambassador from the American. churches to churches in many countries through out the world, Dr. Leiper has wide knowledge of Christian life and or- ganization in many parts of the world, including the Orient as well