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Evening star., 1945-12-02

He became aware of someone standing be-
side him "a stocky man who wore snap
brim fedora, generously-cu flannel suit and
an expression of near beligerency. From one
hand dangled news camera.
The man nodded curtly. Bud gave him a
friendly wink. then let his eyes roam once
more over the fertile pastures of fellowship.
His tolerant inspection graduated back to
the news photographer. From somewhere the
man had acquired a companion. Bud regarded
them with frank interest. this time. for the
sight of American girls still had freshening
impact on him.
She was slender, with honey-oolored hair
under small but efficient hat, and her tweed
suit pleasantly failed to conceal the proper
contours She had nice chin and generous
mouth, and an almost devilishly impertinent
tilt to her nose. She was tapping large alli-
gator skin handbag against her skirt,
The photographers frown had deepened.
As they exchanged glances, the man cleared
his throat and gestured impatiently. I'VE
haven't got all day. y'know We got other
stuff to do" He sounded panied.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Bud regarded him politely. Things are
rough all over"
The photographer balanced his camera on
his hip. well " where is she?"
you got me, Mac Who're you expecting?"
The girl, the GIRL" came the brittle ex-
planation "We're from the Daily Globe"
HIS companion sighed. He enters con-
versation," she said, like he was blowing a
bank vault I'm Linda Spencer. and this is
Sid Tetmuller. Sid likes to take the natural.
candid type of picture, and he thought if we
waited little while we'd get it."
My name is Chapman" Bud said Get
WHAT"
The girl smiled - and suddenly everything
was all right, even if they were recruiting for
suicide squads. Bud didn't stop to analyze
this feeling - he just relaxed and enjoyed it,
''If you don't mind she said. we're here
to get Homecoming picture. You know -
Soldier returns from the wars. :. . Girl greets
him. -. Big kiss. . Sweetness and light.
Just the thing Morgan said. to liven up the
paper little "
Evening star., 1945-12-02

sSWell, it was nice to have met
you. Cood-by,'' said the strange
girl who had just kissed Bud -.
A Short Story
TINE porter accepted his tip. Norman J.
Il Chapman. whose friends called him Bud
and who wore grin almost too large for his
plain-featured, freckled face, bestowed upon
the man this profound observance: Il am
being born at the age of twenty-six"
The porter touched his cap in thanks.
Careful. Corporal" he cautioned YEARLY.
this town is full of MP's"
Bud laughed as though he loved all the
world, even MP's, and ambled into the wait
ing room. With an almost proprietary inter
est. now that he had his discharge papers,
he surveyed the busting inhabitants of his
reclaimed world. People were scurrying,
somewhere a hollow-toned announcer pre-
dicted train times, and Union Station looked
just as it had looked three years earlier.
Bud inhaled. A deep one. ''Hah." he noted.
Civilian air. Now we're livin'."
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Human interest" grunted Tetmuller.
''Morgan's the boss
''You don't mean to photograph me9" Bud
shook his head resignedly. Il haven't got
girl"
Jaw now, don't give us that" ordered
Tetmuller. "A nice lookin' guy like you.
Whatre you tryin' to -"
sid, please, won't you ever forget you're
no longer on police beat?" Linda turned to
Bud. Her sympathy was genuine. I'm sorry
about the girl -"
Its gettin late" Tctmuler said with
evaporation. Nobody else around here
seems to be gettin' greeted. No sense just
stayin' here spinning our wheels. Only
Morgan isn't gonna like this" he predicted
gloomily He isn't happy when he's unhappy.
An not dom what he says to do makes
him ="
Unhappy" Bud guessed with simple fore
sight. Look, people, Id really like to help.
But" he spread his hands. Its true, me no
got girl. -. . stayed away too long"
LINDA hestated, then cooked her head to
one side and inspected him critically. She
pursed her lips. Bud watched her with halt
smile. She took breath and nodded decl-
sively. We'll shoot it anyway, Sid"
Tetmuler gazed at her warily, then
shrugged. Bud inclined his head with approval
Always like woman of action. I'm not only
with you; I'm way ahead Fire at will"
Don't overdo it," she warned him. and
stepped in close Sid slipped behind her and
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

Continued from Page D more on the pro side. The opposition suppose, can be sampled best m the oratory of Representative John s. Wood of Georgia.
 He said he didn't see what all the | shooting was about. He said he thought $10,000 was a pretty good wage. And what if a chunk of that did go into income taxes?
 We voted those taxes ourselves, didn't we?" he asked. We oughtn't to be granting ourselves any allow anceS to make up for 'em. Further more I think were taken care of pretty well already. We get free office space and desks and type writers and money for clerk hire. Our mail costs us nothing and we get $65 extra year for air mail. A federal fund takes care of our tele- grams.
 T don't need this extra money. l don't know what I would do with it. Living expenses have gone up, but this $2,500 is not for house rent. At least the bill doesn't say it is and I think the whole thing smacks of subterfuge.'
 That word 'subterfuge' brought on battle and it took some time before Wood managed to conclude his statement with these words:
 Let us first amend the laws for the benefit of the men who sweep the streets and the women who clean the cuspidors before We go voting ourselves any more money"
 There were numerous speeches along that line, too Then Repre- sentative Rich, who'd been fidgeting all afternoon, leaped up with phoney dollar bill, the size of funny paper.
 T know he yelled, waving it above his head, that this is the kind of dollar you want
 He pulled out a second, or rub Der dollar, stretched it until he nearly shot himself in the eye, and But this is the kind of dollar you're going to get"
 Then came the vote and nobody Knew who voted how because the boys used ayes and hayes The ayes were the loudest. Brother, can you spare a dime?
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Local CDO Officials
 Plan Cost Reduction
Presidents Proclamation Prompts Action Oq Possible
 Change in Budget Staffs to Be Retained

cer; Dr T. J. Condon, school super intendent; City Controller Neil F. Maloney, chief property custodian; City Budget Director Arnold E. Fur long, report Center Director; John P. FitZmaurice.
 Last year maintenance of the city's four report centers and simi- lar activities cost of the city the sum of $l. 922 46. It is this expendi- ture which will be analysed today for possible reduction. The Centers have not been used in a year.
 AS reported here last week, MT Curtin in praising the efforts of all volunteers requested that they con- sider their present status as un- changed so that the city will be fully prepared for any exigency. The Civilian Defense system provided not only for emergency measures re- sulting from enemy attack but also those brought on by such disasters as flood, explosions, etc.
 Retention of the administrative staff is being made in accordance with the request of state author itieS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
SMITH ELECTED BY
 BAR ASSOCIATION
Succeeds Attorney Healey as President; COmmit=
 tees to Be Named

Assistant States Attorney Walter W. Smyth was unanimously electe president of the Waterbury Bar as- sociation at meeting tnB morning in the third floor courtroom att h. county courthouse building on Ken drick avenue. He succeeds Corpo;- ation Counsel Maurice T Iea'sy, who had served as president for the past year.
 Other officers named are: Vice. president, States Attorney William B. Fitzgerald; secretary, SupeIor Court Clerk James E. Mcknight; treasurer, Common Pleas Court Clerk Andrew D. Dawson.
 The slate of officers was pre- sented by a nominating committee composed of Attorneys Walter Tor rance, John Membrino, and Harry Spellman. A single ballot for the officers was cast by the association secretary on a motion from mem berS.
 Attorney Healey thanked the members for cooperation received during his term of office, in part ing message before Attorney Smyth took over duties as head.
 The new president announced he would name a committee within few days to make arrangement for the annual outing of the lawyers.
 A treasurers report was read by MT Dawson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

NCOllluueQ rom Page l) lay down their arms in line with Germany's unconditional surrender.
 Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner, former commander of all German forces on the eastern and finally southeastern front, was command ing two of the holdout groups and a General Wehner, a third.
 The fury of the Russian attacks threw some sectors of the last German front in Europe into dis order and more than 63, 800 enemy troops surrendered yesterday.
 The First, Second and Fourth Ukrainian Armies captured at least 40 Czechoslovak towns and villages in their speedy, converging advanc- es. Among them were Reichenberg, capital of Sudetenland, and the beer city of Budweis, 70 miles south of Prague
 The Third Ukrainian Army link ed up with British troops from Northern Italy at point west of Graz in Austria. More than 23,OOO Germans surrendered in disorder to the Third Army.
 The Third Army also was expect ed to link up soon with Marshal Tito's forces in Austria. Tito's Yu- goslav Partisans broke a German defense line in the Drava River Valley of Austria and pushed on in pursuit of the fleeing enemy.
 Elsewhere in central and eastern Europe, the Germans were surrend- ering to the Russians by the tens of thousands.
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open discussion.
 Attitude Stiffens

open discussion.
 Attitude Stiffens
 There are unmistakable indica- tions that the attitude of the Soviet government toward solution by ne- gotiation is stiffening considerably" " the Daily Mail said.
 The News Chronicle said Stalin denied to MT. Truman and Churchill that the Russians had invited the 16 Poles to political discussions. The western Allies had maintined that the Poles were seized when they re- sponded to Soviet invitation to discuss a new Polish coalition gov ernment.
 Stalin expressed surprise that the American and British governments considered some of the arrested men suitable for the coalition regime recommended by the Crimean con- ference, the dispatch said.
 Stalin also was said to have ob- jected to the expressions of grave concern over the arrests voiced by U. s. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinils and British Foreign Sec retary Anthony Eden at San Fran cisco last week
 The News Chronicle said the Sta lin note repeated previous charges of anti-Russian activities against the arrested men, The western Allies evidently were unaware of deep changes the Polish people have un- dergone and the new trends at the present inspiring them.
 The influential London Weekly magazine The Economist attacked the British policy of what it called conciliation and compromise toward Russia and suggested that hard bar gaining might produce better re- suits.
 Tt is this policy of conciliation and compromise that has brought the British government slowly and unwillingly to the tragedy of Po- land" The Economist said.
 They find themselves not only helpless to assist an ally for whom the war was begun, but directly im- plicated in the handing over to their jailers the Democratic Polish leaders"
 The Economist said Russia might be mistaking Britain's willingness to compromise in the interests of wider agreement for mere weakness and inability to stand firm.
 Hard Bargain Urged
 Perhaps the best way to win their respect is to drive as hard a bargain as they do themselves" it said.
 The American and British bar gaining position is strengthened by their command of food supplies and transport, the economist said.
 At the same time, however, the article emphasized Russia's friend ship must be held for the sake of peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
MORE GASOLINE
 FOR EAST AREA
End Discrimination Urges General Manager of
 Legal Unit

In . telegram sent today to Office of Defense Transportation Director J. M. Johnson, Philip c. T'hibodeau, General Manager of the A. L. A., requested that gasoline rations throughout the country be equalized to give the East Coast the benefits and advantages the rest of the country has been enjoying since gas rationing began.
 '"The need for discrimination against the East Coast telegraphed MT. Tihbodeau, collapsed with the unconditional surrender of Ger many. The only reason for allowing a maximum B ration on the East Coast, of only 325 miles per month, while the Midwest enjoyed ATS miles per month was because of the transportation problem. It is no longer necessary to transport large supplies of military gasoline to the east coast and such transportation facilities can now be used to per- init B ration holders the same ra- tion allowed the rest of the country.
 Tt should be borne in mind" continued MT. Thibodeau, that the east coast was rigidly rationed long before there were any controls whatever placed upon the rest of the country, and since gasoline ra- tioning became nation-W wide the east coast motorists have consistently received smaller rations than those enjoyed by the rest of the country.
 "It Is assumed" said MT. Thi- bodeau, that there will be nation wide increase for A ration users"
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.MochineryOn
 Point System
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placement is available.
 If military necessity should en- tail the immediate transfer of a certain unit to the Pacific, there may conceivably be no time to apply the plan to men of that unit be- fore the emergency transfer is made. Consideration will be given these men when they arrive in the new theater.
 ''The active units needed against Japan will now be shipped to the Pacific. T'hosle units required for occupation duty will be sent to their stations The surplus units will be returned to the United States as quickly as possible.
 Tn the U. s. the men of these surplus units will revert back to surplus pool in the ground, air or service forces. These surplus pools will include surplus men from all overseas theaters and surplus men from the continental U. s.
 Tt is from these surplus pools l4loG tlIC JldllllCO 4COuCllOll O1 idIl- ous types of Army personnel will be made.
 However, the rate of return of surplus men from overseas will de- pend upon the number of ships that can be spared over and above the thousands of ships required to sup ply our fighting theater in the Pa cific. The Pacific theater is num- Der ooe priority. All else must wait"
 In the Pacific, men eligible for discharge on points will, in most cases, have to wait arrival of new men to fill their places before they can be sent home for discharge.
 The basis on which discharge credits will be allowed is as fol- lows: 12 points for each dependent child under Is up to three, five each for battle stars, wound and decorations, one for each month of service since Sept. 16, 1940, and one for each month of overseas service in the same periods.
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|
 "The inland sea is polluted with mines and Tokyo and Nagoya har- bors are filled with missiles the announcement said The bomber command must be alert constantly to keep them so. Constant areial re- connaissance keeps the staff ln- formed as to the status of the blockade and tells when it is time to go back with another load
 The mines are parachuted into the Japanese waters while the big planes are making runs under l0,- 900 feet. Each bomber can carry ap- proximately 10 tons of mines which are planted by standardization with precision instruments.
 NavigatorS on the superforts act as bombardiers. ParachuteS six to nine feet in diameter are used to ease the mines into the water, thus preventing damage to delicate fir ing mechanisms.
 As soon as the mine hits the water, it was explained, the para chute is released and the explosive charge sinks to the bottom. The comes close to the firing mechanism. Announcement of the mining operations recalled the sinking of the superbattleship Yamato and it's escort ships II days after the pro- gram was begun. It is believed the mining of Shikmoneseki straits forced the Yamato task force to make its run out of the inland sea and into the range of American carrier planes.
 Davies Directs Plan
 Brig. Gen. John H. Davies, Pied mont, Cal, commander of Tinian- based B-29s, led the first mining attack March 27. He has directed the activities since.
 The announcement of the min- ing action said 1t is aimed at ham, pering Japanese attempts to scat ter industry throughout the home islands and he mainland.
 "AS the enemy attempts dispersal of his industries as result of strategic bombing, his transpOrta- tion requirements will increase" the announcement said. This must largely be effected by sea trans portation since his railroads and motor facilities are already strained to the maximum.
 Furthermore, destruction of his stockpile requires transfer of raw materials between different re- gions. In particular transfer of his fuel supplies will be greatly dis organized"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

Civilian Defense authorities will meet this afternoon at p. m. to discuss possible budgetary reduc- tions as a result of the recent de- cree of President Truman abolish ing the office of CDO. in June. As reported here recently, Waterbury plans a retention of it's defense staffs but will likely attempt to reduce the technical phase of the system, such as the report centerS and their numerous phones.
 The meeting this afternoon is scheduled for the office of the mayor and will be attended by the follow ing; Police Supt. Daniel J, Carson, Fire Chief Thomas Cavanaugh, Frank Green. executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; James J. Curtin, chief air-raid warden; Dr. E. J. Godfrey, city health off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
HARTFORD DRIVER
 GETS CONTINUANCE
Truck Loaded With Glass 0vertmns on ThOmastOn
 Ave. Following Smash

Joseph Schwartz, 43, IA Deryen street, Hartford, was given a con- tinuance to May p on reckless driv- ing charges after his case was called before Judge Charles R. Summa in city court this morning.
 Prosecutor Albert w. Hummel said Schwartz was notified for court by Motor Patrolman John Walsh after his truck, loaded with glass, collided with an automobile driven by Ann M. Danaher, 45 Howard street, at the intersection of Thom- aston avenue and Homer street. yes terday afternoon and turned on it's side.
 Louis A. Turcott, 40. 38 Woodward avenue, forfeited a S15 cash bond when he failed to appear to an swer to charges of driving without an operators license.
 Gelsmenca Terenzi, 52, 45 Walnut street and William Darn, 40, PA Morse avenue, charged with viola tions of the parking ordinances, each forfeited $5 cash bond.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
SPEAKERS EXPLAIN
 VETERANS RIGHTS

Members of the Industrial Fore mens club last night heard four speakers review themes of previous talks given on the subject Returned Veterans in Industry" at meet ing in the CL&P auditorium.
 The speakers were Paul Parsons, manager of the U. S. Employment Office; Raymond Hagedorn, vet erans advisor of New Departure di- vision of General Motors Inc; Sgt. George E. Houghton, state selectiVe service representative and Paul M. Andrews, assistant personnel direc- tor of Corbin Screw Co.,, Bristol, Conn. Cyril F. Cross club, presi- dent, presided.
 Subjects of the discussion included the veterans right to his former job or one of it's equivalent, the handling of veterans problems by a uniform plan based on understand ing and human approach and other pertinent factors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

tCOntlnued from Page D and more of the top delegates Q leaving, or plan to leave soon. Bli- tlsh Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will be flying back to London early next week.
 The conference work continues in secret committee meetings while the top conference officials admit little or no progress on the re- maining major unsolved problems trusteeships regional arrangements and the world court.
 American and British delegates were beginning to show concern about the lack of formula for fit- ting the Pan-American system into the world organization-an 'ssue or which the 20-vote Latin American block has some very strong convic- tions. Eden admitted that no solu- tion is in sight but wanted to see one based on this principle-"re- gional pacts are valuable in streng- thening the world organization but they can't replace it."
 Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg. R., Mich, appeared before special conference subcommittee on re- gional arrangements last night and old Latin American representative that the United States would pre- sent compromise proposal "as soon as possible.
 There were better signs of an early solution of the truSteeship problem with reports that Russia, China and France are supporting plans almost identical with that os the United States. They differ from the British plan by provid- ing for placing certain strategic areas or strategic parts trustee. ships under control of the seculi / council rather than under the as- sembly.
 The Russian Plan was understood to place Speciai emphasis in its gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

the bridge was delayed slightly by two Japanese soldiers who ap- preached the span and blew them selves up.
 Limited gains also were made elsewhere along the 10th army line stretching within 1,500 yards of the inland town of Shuri and the east coast port of Yonabaru.
 Carrier and marine land-based planes had field day. They sealed caves with 5O0-pound bombs and bombed and strafed groups of up to l50 enemy troops moving north to- ward the American lines.
 Gunfire from ships offshore also broke up number of enemy troop concentrations and destroyed pill boxes, gun emplacements and mo- tor transport.
 Central and Northern Okinawa was given over to the control of the islands military commander, Mai. Gen. F G. Wallace, May 4. About 135,OOO Japanese civilians were under American jurisdiction May 8.
 Navy search aircraft damaged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

troops at the approaches to Balete Pass.
 On Mindanao, the 24th Division continued clearing the area around Davao, although front reports said they were meeting renewed resist ance in the hills including artillery fire described as heavier than three inch"
 Australian troops on Tarakan, under steady air support, broke into the southern edge of the Djoeata oilfelds, three miles north of Tara kan airfield.
 Borneo's airfields and port install lations were hit again by strategic bombing forces, which sank another freighter and a number of barges along the shore.
 Nine more Japanese ships were sunk or damaged in the South Seas blockade Tuesday, including five ranging from 1000 to 5000 tons at the Soerabaya Naval Base in East Java.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11

ticai affairs and protect American interests, finance division to ham, dle currency and finance, trans port division and separations di- vision.
 Dissolving the notorious Nazi la bor front and laying the ground work for Democratic labor organ izations will be the work of man. power division which will be in charge of all labor problems.
 Aside from this divisional setup there will be the overall intelligence section charged with supervising the disqualification program" All l2 divisions will join in this program.
 Finally there will be public re- lations sectoin to deal with the press of the outside world. Stimson prom ised that censorship in the Ameri- can zone would be solely Oil the basis of military necessity"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-11
ALBANIANS SEEK
 RELIEF SUPPLIES

Mehmet Tosun, local Mohamme- dan leader, has been informed the State Department is considering the possibility of getting relief sup plies into Albania. MT. Tosun re- gently sent a telegram inquiring about the Albanian relief situation.
 The chief of the division of southern European affairs has noti- fled MT. Tosun that relief now sup piled by military authorities is eX- pected to be turned over for ad- ministration by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Adminis- tration shortly.
 Conditions preliminary to resump- ton of diplomatic relations with AL bania will be investigated soon, the local man was told.