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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
George Beach 
 Ex-PoIice Chief
 Guest at Party

Former Superintendent of Water bury Police, George M. Beach Of Watertown, celebrated his 88th natal day Monday of this week at the home of his son, Arthur, i04 Main street, Watertown. A party was held in honor of the event and which also marked the l4th birth- day of his greta grandson, Richard Beach, son of Mir. and Mrs. Lewis Beach of Woodbridge.
 The former local police chief re. sided here for GO years and took Up residence in Watertown 20 years ago. HIS wife has been dead i2 years. They had been married 64 years.
 MT, Beach's family includes his two sons, Arthur and George; five grandSons, It. George Beach with the Army intelligence ir Germany; Capt. Arthur Beach who has seen much overseas service with the Air Corps and is now stationed in Mon- tana; Prince Beach, adopted son of George Beach. now with the Army ct Memphis, Tenn: Hugh Beahc of Rumson, N. J.. and Lewis of Wood- h61dge.
 Also Q granddaughter, Mrs. Hew- ~; great grandson, Richard, and ehree great granddaushters: Georgia of RunSon, N. J.; Margo of WatervIlle, Maine; and Sue Of Woodbridge.
 Four generations were present ct the party: MT. Beachs two sons, George |. Beach of New Bedford, Mass, and Arthur Beach, with whom he makes his home; his granddaughter, Mrs. John 0. Hewitt of Watertown, and three great grandchildren, Richard and Sue Beach of Woodbridge and Margo Beach, waterville, Maine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Date Of Trial Set By Court

John McGuire, 37, pleaded not guilty to charges of breach of peace and assault in Common Pleas Court today, and Judge Vine R. Parmelee set trial by court for Sept. % at 10 a. m. A plea of guilty entered yes- terday by John Savage, 1e. on sim- liar counts arising from the same incident, will stand, his counsel told the court today.
 Indications were Savage will be called as Q states witness against Mcduire, with whom he was ar- rested last April 9 following Q fracas, which started ct the Anchor Grill and ended in c Phoenix avenue parking lot. The two accused are charged with attacking Ralph so- Jury, who sustained Q broken ankle. SaVage's case was continued un- til the completion of Mcduire's trial. Both are appealing from City Court dispositions. Savage had been fined eT6 and given Q two-month Jail sentence, while McGuire had been fined SIS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

Congressman Joseph E. Talbot announced today that Jack Henry, plant protection manager of the U. s. Time Corp, was returning to Washington, D. O., this week to resume his former position as secretary. MT. Henry was asso- ciated with the congressman in Q secretarial capacity in 1942 and part of l943. He resigned to en- ter the service of the FBI. He later entered the service of the U. s. Time corporation to super wise it's protection system as the company was engaged in highly essential war contracts.
 Prior to being appointed con- gressional secretary, MT. Henry was a member of the staff of Sta ton VERY,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Kin, Priests Leeotees In Will Proboted
 MaryL. SuIIivon
 Lists Benefieioriss
 Of Estate

The will of Mary L. Sullivan, l8 Central avenue, who died August 9 in this city was today admitted to probate. Thomas F. Mc0rath was named as executor.
 Under the provisions of the will, Gladys Matthew will receive 4i i,000 and the deceaSed's household furni- ture, while Anna Wheelahan has also been bequeathed $l,000 and Q large cluster ring.
 Kathleen Durham and William and Kathleen Sullivan, children of Durham Sullivan, will receive $500 each.
 The sum of S60o Is also bequeathed to the Immaculate Conception church for maintenance and upkeep of the main altar. Rev. Lawrence skelly, chaplain of St. Mary's 3aoSpi- tai will receive Si00 and Rev. Philip Hussey, Immaculate Conception church, will receive S600 for the prayers to be offered for the repose of the soul of the deceased.
 An inventory of the estate hal not as yet been filed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
ChGnse Stolen from Gasoline Station

Chief Inspector Joseph R. Hend- Ter, reported Q break today at the Central Parking Station, 14 Ken- drick avenue in which $30 in change was taken. Thieves removed c board from c broken window in making their enterance, Inspector Bender stated. The break Is being investi- gated by Detective Sgt. Charles McWeeney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Club Notes

The ladies of St. Cecilia's church will hold Q social entertainment Thursday afternoon ct 2:l6 sharp in the parish hall on scovill street
 The first fall meeting of the SS. Peter and Paul Mothers Club will be held at 0:i6 tonight in the school hali. Mrs. Margaret Young, presi- dent, will preside.
 Division s, Ladies Auxiliary, Hiberiniars, will meet Thursday night at e:l6 at Mechanics hall.
 Mrs. Eleanor Rhinehart was iTl- stalled aS president of the wilson Post Auxiliary ct c recent ceremony held ct the post rooms, e7 Bishop street. Other officers are: vice. presidents, Daisy Stevens and Mrs, Jessie Mitchell; secretary, Mrs. Laura Scott; Chaplain, Mrs. Edith 0atiing: treasurer, Mrs. Henrietta Watcher; and sergeant -at-arms, Miss Della Wade. Convention dele- gates appointed are: Mrs Ida Allen. Miss Wade, Mrs. Elsie Mum and Mrs. Scott.
 Miss Mary wiedeman, noble
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

grand, will preside at the first fall meeting of the Winona Rebekah lodge, No. 8, I. o. o. F., at odd Eel. lows hall. Mrs. Margaret Cooper. vice noble grand, will ofiiciate in comforting the renew obligation on all members attending.
 The Junior Division of Waterbury Council of Catholic Women will hold Q meeting of the Study Club this evening at 8 o'clock at the Di. oceSan Bureau of Social Service, SC Church street.
 The Concordia Ladies Auxiliary will hold the regular Monday eve- ming meeting on Friday, September l4th, at 8 o'clock in Concordia hall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Dr. Helen s. Mitchell To Address Society

Clinical Implications of Recent Nutrition Research" will Dc the suh- ject of c talk by pr. Helen s. Nit. chell at the monthly meeting of the Waterbury Medical association to- morrow at e:30 ct the association building on Central avenue. A din ner has been scheduled for [ ?. m. at the Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Late Bulletins
9O,OOO ON STRIKE

Labor disputes idIed almost 9OOOO American workers today .,,
 waIkOut of 5000 office workers in six Westinghouse plants threatened to throw another 75OOO operating plOyes out of work Already than $500 production workers had been forced to put down their tools their last shift -"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Rotion Boord Plans Soturdov CIosino

The ration board headquarters on West Main street will be closed on Saturdays instead of Wednesdays aS in the past, Aaron Paur, board office manager, announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

Washington Sept. 12-CUP)-A 63-year old Pitts burgh commercial artist slipped into France four months before the Allied invasion in June l944 and successfully lodged the Nag: gesapo while smuggling in radio equip ment and maintaining contact with the French under ground, it was revealed today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

Grant B. Cooper, for eight years assistant Los Angeles district att torney under Burton Fitts and the late John Dockweiler, is technical advisor at M-G-M on the court scenes for Lana Tlrner-John Gar field starrer The Postman Always Rings Twice"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Bremen Summoned
 To RestouT0nf Firm

Firenien os Engine Company ], responded to call ct the Star ktnch, 440-461 North Main street li1ls morning ct S:46 tc extinguIsh c Ire caused by hot grease spilling on | eoncrete floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
ORDER N. Y. STRIKE

New York; Sept l2-(UP)-Ten thousand New York members of the Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators AFL have been ordered to strike tomorrow morning. the union announced today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
14 HURT I'M WRECK

Bucyrus, O., Sept. 12-(UP)-The Pennsylvania rail. roads west-bOund Red Arrow limited struck stalled mobile at crossing today and deraed at To O. northeast of here, injurfng IA persons. Ns -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
MARINE DISCHARGES

Washington, Sept. l2-(UP)-The Marine Corps an. nOunccd today that effective immediately all male officers and 35 with 70 discharge points will be eligible for release.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
PRESIDENT GOES HOME

Washington, Sept 12-(UP)-President and Mrs Trl will spend the next week end at their home in Indt pendence, Mo-, the White House announced today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Servieemen's Group In Meetinq Tonight

Waterbury Servicemen'B Commit tee will meet this evening in the Probate Court room at 9 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
REDUCE GAS PRICE

Washington, Sept. 12-(UP)-Retal gasoline and fuel oil ceiling prices will be reduced the eastern seaboard Sept IT. the Office of Price Administration announced today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

British sea bathers are warned to still watch out for Coating mines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

MiSs Mary wisdsman, noble
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18

Above the telephone were in
structions. Someone with an eye
for sinplification had written,
'Raise the received and ask for
Chief of Operations"
/. I complied and was immediate
ly connected with a lanquid voice,
as of a child who had adapted
herself easily to our age of vio-
lence.
''Is this heah a crash call?" she
drawled with a minimum of in
terest.
mo, it isn't. want to get
the Chief of Operations"
That's all you-all can get from
heah," she said sadly. "Ah CANT
ring anyone else. Not allowed"
Cali you do is ring the Chief of
Operations?' I asked, a little ap-
palled by such speciality.
mot allowed to ring anything
else," she said drowsily.
ooh, that's too bad"
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of the technical improvements,
such as a comfortable pitch pro-
pellpeller, radio equipment, flaps
and tabs, and one low wing. All
this bric-a-brac had to be handled
with some degree of competence,
for the Vultee was much more
sensitive creature than the blousy
"Yellow Peril" If you neglected
the check-off list, a compact set
of commandments to facilitate
landing and take-offs, and deter
mined on a high pitch when it
should have been low, and rolled
your flaps up instead of down,
you entered upon a course of
wild, uncertain adventure. When
this happened, plane ostensibly
poised to take off would be seen
to speed happily into the Texas
plain as if afflicted with desert
madness. Then the. radio con-
troll tower, judging from the mad
cap performance that the Ameri-
can Dream was being willfully
betrayed, would screech formal
invectives, and a well-intentioned
badly coordinated lad from South
Dakota would hear himself de-
nounced as an idiot, a blockhead,
and an obstruction to the war eff
fort.
After some preliminary instruc-
ton which attempted to develop
a classical restraint in my land
ings, started to use up the al
lotted solo periods.
"Practice those landings" the
instructor advised. I had hab-
it of coming thirty feet over the
runway, and dropping on it from
that height like a plummeting
hawk.
''More swoop," said the in
StructOr.
One morning I was dutifully
practicing my scales on an outly-
ing field when the weather,
which had been cloudless and
bright since dawn, turned gen.
timely vile. The ceiling fell be-
low two hundred feet as an en-
veloping fog swept in off the bay.
1t was the 'unpredistable" in the
flesh. While there still was room
and time, I dove down and exc
cuted rough but harmless land
ing. In another minute the CELL
ing fell to zero.
On a corner of the field was a
telephone shack. Unlocking the
controls, I scrambled over to no
tify the authorities of my doings.
That was what a wise old hand
always did in such circumstances.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18

"You squirm under"
There is no friend like an old
friend.
''Now you finish by running
two hundred yards to the Off
Ger of the Days shack and an
nouncing yourself"
'"The hell I do!' I painted, out
ragged by a false paradise. II
might send him a singing tele-
gram, or send up smoke signals,
but I could not move another
inch"
'sYou got an important message
with you, you gotta get through"
he coaxed cunningly. "Others
are counting on you"
'When they get to ten they'll
STOP" I groaned, groveling on the
ground.
He bent down to me and whis-
Ipered, "What will Cincus do?
What will Comminch think?"
I looked the wretch squarely in
his watery eyes, made final des-
perate effort, and tottered drunk
emily to the finish line.
What bearing the mission had
on the tempestuous course OF
events is' difficult to assess, but,
at any rate, my conscience is
clear.
The next stage of training was
called basic and regarded by
those who handled it as a finish
ing process.
''You boys have completed pri-
mary and you are supposed to
know how to fly" the flight COM
mander explained, without any
great conviction. 'Here you will
improve your technique, learn
how to handle yourself in the I'M
practicable, develop a style of
your own"
Civilly, it had it's counterpart
in a semester at charm school.
Much specious talk was devoted
to the ''unpredictable," a lively,
elusive topic, discussed in the
most abstract terms. The best
minds in the squadron were I'M
able to corner, capture, and pig
eon-hole the "unpredictable." 1t
might be a COW on the runway, a
snowstorm in June, but whatever
form the "unpredictable" took,
the well-trained cadet was sup
posed never to turn hair. We
were taught to milf the "unpre-
dictable."
Another feature of basic train
ing was an introduction to serv-
ice-type aircraft was a Vultee in
termediate trainer, an all-metal
contraption, equipped with some
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18
CHAPTER VIII

The others from Anacostia had
arrived before me. All were I'M
pressed by the stations vastness,
its organization and smartness.
Geographically, the new location
had such a heavy effect upon
Tim Carpenter that he continual
ly gazed at the Gulf and mutter-
ed rapturously, "Jeez, we're in
the Horse Latitudes!
The Navy functioned, to do it
credit, just as it did in the Tenn
perate Zone. We were assembled,
greeted, and told that the first
week was another stretch of in
doctrination. For a cadet indoc-
trination is a recurrent holy peri
cd in which he humbles himself
for seven days before one novel
tv after the other. This had in
oculative powers, and by gradu-
alton we had all attained the
sang-froid of the hardened be-
fore whom the world stretches
like an old sock.
The prime object of indoctrin-
alton here was to acquaint one
self with the tangled jargon of
the public-address system which
controlled the entire day.
s'There it goes again." cried
Red Run in the terror of ignor-
ance.
We watched a group, for whom
this esoteric pealing held special
meaning, take up their belong
ings and move crisply to sched-
uled activity.
It's like 'Finnegan's Wake,'" ]
said in evaporation.
Finally, the riddle solved it.
self in symphonic form. It all
originated in the battalion office.
At six o'clock in the morning a
bugle opened the movement with
a strong presentation of the ever
endearing reveille. This gave
way to the brassy Fall out for
chow" After breakfast the low
moan of a stricken thing was
eerily reproduced as the wood
winds took up the theme and an
nounced "sick call" For the
next twelve hours the merry din
of ''bells, bells, BELLS told OF
ground school, athletics, drill
study period and sundry musters
a routine varied only by a male
solo interrupting in robust bass
with the charming aria entitled
evil Cadet Mason call Amber
5000 and ask for Miss Rose"
The third movement was tinged
by experimentation. The psy-
chiatrist on the base had succeed
ed with the theory that music
improves digestion and had ar
ranged to have every evening
meal formation concluded with
some celebrated selection. Mil,
itary factors decreed that the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18
OTIS CARNEY

modern ballad softened the It's
sues of fighting men and deter
mined instead on John Philip
Sousa. Here, thought the COM
position failed miserably. After
dinner is the last time to remind
a volunteer warrior of his trade.
Any practicing specialist who be-
lieves a gastric juice is hoodwink-
ed into working overtime by the
demoniac strains of The Black
Horse Troop March should have
his license suspended.
AT ten-fifteen the opus ended
on the appealing note of taps.
Whatever it's shortcomings might
have been, the entire program
was free from the cancer of adj
vertising. In my bunk I often
conjured up the dreadful posi-
bility. of younger generations
marching off to squadron through
the courtesy of Princess Pout
Bath Salts. That must never
happen here.
I Admittedly, a pilot must be in
prize physical condition. The
athletic period that induced this
state of being was a model of
Spartan severity. Most of the
program was drawn from the
Inquisition, and that part of the
day when everything stopped for
muscles was glumly anticipated
like a plague year.
Charged with the ''toughening-
up" process was commissioned
Apollo of large and lovely pro-
portions, which he marvelously
maintained without doing the ex-
ercises. Wear and tear strikes a
gym master most frequently in
the larynx, and our Legree, by
long and faithful service, had lit
orally blown his lungs out. His
assistant, a Junior grade lieuten-
ont, and a blueprint for the strong
silent type, strolled among the
toilers watching to see that no
sinew tagged. He spoke on an
average Of once every three days
When the company was reduced
by exertion to gasps and groans
he made very real contribution
by snarling:
'Pipe down over there"
After the hell of calisthenics we
were run over to the commando
course, designed by some twisted
mind to produce in a short time
in small space, on a large num-
Der, the effect of crossing the Sa-
hara on roller skates. First there
was a short address by Apollo.
sThe beauty of this thing izzat
it's PRACTICAL" he beamed. ENC
empty theory. Frinstance, let's
take you there as an example
He motioned me out of ranks.
''Let's suppose your plane has
crashed" he said fancifully
"You're twenty miles from camp
and hunert Japs are racin' ur
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18
LOVE AFFfRST FLIGHT
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the beach. You got one chance.
You make a break for the jungle
in the direction of your lines. Git
goin'," he ordered.
"And camp only twenty miles
away" I breathed.
The course curved and doubled
back so that no matter how fast l
ran he could always keep apace
by walking across the different
legs. When I got to the first OBJ
stacle he was there with instruc-
tons.
"First you come upon a log four
feet high. You hoidle il"
''You never go around it?' l
asked.
"You hoidle it," he said.
I Nodded and went on.
SHOW you stumble on a huge
piece of pipe"
"How did that get here?" I
asked unevenly, experiencing
some difficulty in breathing.
missionaries, I guess. You
crawl troo it," he said.
I crawled and raced ahead.
"Here you discover a shallow
stream eighteen feet wide. You
leap across it."
"You never wade?" I heaved,
trying to catch second wind.
"You always leap"
Back in the clear again, stun
bled blindly ahead until a cargo
net stretching eighty feet in the
air made progress overland i'm
practical.
Mango trees" said the travel
guide colemnly. ''You climb ur
hand over hand. Wild country
isn't it,"
"What did we come this way
for?" I complained brokenly
"Route AZ is clear all the way"
"Git goin'. The Japs are gain
in all the time"
"How about your" I asked
as if I cared.
"Don't worry about me. I'll
make it all right"
I knew he would.
I swayed weakly in the hemp
My legs shook and I fell the las
twenty feet.
"Down at the bend there is {
barricade. You gotta hurry. The
enemy is right behind" he re-
vealed.
"Where are the Marines?"
whispered inaudibly, unable tt
speak.
When I got to the barricade, my
lungs were bursting, everything
was black, and Roman candle!
were going off just behind my
eyes.
Everything is all right now
sang an angel voice. ''These are
your old friends. This is camp
"Good," I croaked. 'Tell the
beggars there's a stranger at the
door suffering from shock anc
exposure"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-01-18

Pvt. ]. C. Krider, Qeft), and Pvt William F. Krider,
(rgh) the of Mr. and Mrs Fred Krder of Todd
c. whos with the infantry duty
where in the European theaer of William is with the
Army Air Corps stationed at Long Island He recently
spent a furOugh with his wife and parents.
Evening star., 1945-06-21
FOR VETO
Commander harold (. Stasseu
(fsrmsr esvsrAsf q Minasssta)

The unsd Nat'ens break vp the rock of tn, veto
question and with your hopes for world peace The
proposed World Charter gives any of the Big nations
U.s. Britain Russia, France China right to veto decision.
OF the entire World Organization Some say this very veto
makes the San Francisco pay empty gesture
M to line up with of the big Defenders of
the veto claim that it's just common sense to nlace the ~
responsibility in the hands Of the five big nations most able to
keep peace Listen tonight when Americas Town Meeting dis
cuses Should the Big Have the Power Veto Desons?s
Hear Commander Stassen and MARQUIS Child. fanthor
argue for it. Hear Kenneth Crawford associate Editor of News
week. and Senator Styles Bridges uphold the negative Get bo
ndes tonight AMs 1svH Assao apessorsd lv TIE esse
Deas. e'3A WMAL
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WT0P. 9:00-6eneyievs Rowe sings.
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Evening star., 1945-06-21

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Evening star., 1945-03-26
British Armored Unit
Takes Burma Junction
Ey the Associated Press.


CALCUTTA. Mar. 26.-British
Goth Division armored troops, push
ing northWard along a railway from
Kume, have captured Myittha, an
important rail and road junction in
Central Burma.
Frontline reports said today the
appearance of British armor took
the japanese by surprise and about
500 of the enemy were killed
South of Kume in the vicinity of
Meiktila, japanese troops were Suf-
fering heavy casualties in a futile
effort to check the flow of supplies
to Allied forces in the area. The
British 14th Army is now killing
more than 500 Japanese daily. Since
January, $500 enemy dead have
been counted.
Chinese forces pushing west from
Lashio have linked up with other
Chinese troops moving eastward
from Hsipaw, clearing the Lashio-
HSipaW section OF the Burma road
Northwest of Meiktila in the
Taungtha- -Myingyam area the jap
anese were offering bitter resistance.
Frontline reports said that in the
last few weeks the japanese had lost
$50 field pieces in the fighting south
of Mandalay and were now believed
to have less than 100 field guns in
the 14th Army area.