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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Views of the Press

su. Combined-and effectively car- ried through-they should go far to undermine the military economic oligarchy which has kept the peo- pie in slavery and fostered aggres- sion.
 About 50 per cent of the Jap anese people have existed as tenant farmers, often paying excessive rents to absentee landlords. So many pol iticianS and militariStS even in the present Government mad vested in- terests in the system that all the Cabinet could offer by way of reform was wholly inadequate. So the Amer ican commander has laid down some specifications for new program and set March 15 as a deadline for &C., tion by the Government.
 So far, so good A good plan for reform is the necessary first step. But getting paper plan will be only the beginning. Many of the changes required will have to cut through tradition and ignorance among the people themselves as we'll as through greed and intrigue among their op- preSSors. We can applaud a new awareness that Japan's aggressive ness was built on a foundation of economic, social and ecclesiastical feudalism. We can welcome the Mac Arthur demand for reform. But we shall have to keep watch to see that reform really carries through.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
BEJEWELED AND BEWITCHING
(NeX York Sum

There never is time when Man hattans skyline is not impressive but seldom does it assume the al- most breathtaking beauty whict it gains in the early dusk of a clear winter evening. The vast majority of the millions who spend their busi- ness lives in skyscrapers have scant opportunity to enjoy the spectacle. At the hour when it is most striking most of them are hurrying home in subways or moving away from the buiness district in channels which provide little perspective. Rare indeed, however, is the one who commutes by ferry, who crosses one of the bridges or who, from the Brooklyn, Queens or New Jersey shores, has a view of the island who does not pause moment in his homeward journey to feast his eyes on the twinkling lights in mill lions of windows. Too often the vista is marred by haze. smog or low hung clouds. But on clear evenings the towers, silhouetted against the evening sky, appear as so many Brobdingnagian Christmas trees, rising from a jeweled setting. On Manhattan's rock man has erected one of the wonders of the modern world. In the winter dusk it is be- jeweled wonder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

pape-s ana the date of publication. Donald Doug las head oi Douglas Aircraft, mace an emphatic denial ana. on advice of attorneys, the story was killed
 Since then. like SO many other denals. it has become e matter Of official record that Douglas did sell the Dc-A. plus blueprnts. to Japan.
 Since then also a war has been fought with Japan during which thouands Of American lives were lost and during which the Dc-4 built by the Japs on the basis of bluepTints sold them by Doug las played a part in the loss of those lives.
 Since then finally, Jap files in the uS.A. have been seized and 1t Is now possible to give more de- tails Of the cooperation between Douglas Aircraft and Japan during the years before Pearl Harbor
 This writer now has before him the original bill of sale, the cablegrams between Tokyo, New York and Los Angeles and other correspondence rec garding the shipment Of the DC-4 by Douglas to Japan-despite Donald Douglass earlier emphatic denial
 The deal was handled largely by V. F. Ser trandias then vce-president Of Douglas, later made a major general in the U. s. Army. It was obvious not only from Donald Douglass denial but from other precautions that neither the Japs nor Douglas wanted this sale to be publiczed in the American press.
 In the first place the sale was camouflaged as one made to Japan Airways Ltd" This gave 1t the outward appearance Of commercial trailSac- ton, though, of course, Japan Airways Ltd. was controlled by the Japanese government and com mercial planes later be adapted for military purposes.
 Doubtless also Douglas didn't want to be in the public position of selling important brand of bomber to potential enemy of the US.Ap especially at a time when the Japs had been unmercifully bombing innocent civilians in China, and when Cor dell Hull had appealed to American plane manufac- turers not to sell to Japan.
 Most tell-tale evidence of how anxious the Japs and Douglas to camouflage the sale Is illus trated by letter addressed to Douglas Vice-PreSl- dent Bertrandias from s. Akaoane, New York repre- sentative of Nakajma Aircraft, which, with Mitsui were interested in the deal. The letter was dated Aug A. 1939 just after the Douglas people, follow ing one year of absolute secrecy finally decided that with the obtaining of export license the news hao to leak out Here is the letter showing how pleased the Japs were at the skillful way Douglas handled the news leak:
 Major V. E. Bertrandias,
 Douglas Aircraft Co,
 Santa Monica, Cal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

S94.73, cigarettes, $9UU-uOtal Sl5oSlU. ment for GIs none). This goes on. If 27 men, from as many different states hadn't signed the letter. I'd junk it for it crabs practically everything, but obviously either the morale the mentality of this particular outfit is below the danger point.
 Again, from Tsingtao, China, and signed with nine names Why we in China? To diSarm Japanese troops were told? Surely not because we stand guard daily with armed Japanese. To safeguard American lives and interests? Mo- The only Americans we have besides ourselves are the Red Cross personnel The only interests we've seen is one dilapidated Shell gasoline pump The military and political leaders may be able to shove that down civilian throats but not ours. We see what is hap pening out here Our sentries have been shot at by Chinese Communists Why should any more Amer ican lives be sacrificed by putting into something that is concern of ours, We sure as hell wouldn't like it if China sent troops to the United States forcefully to hold of our political parties in check Let the Chinese settle their own difficulties
 (Since that letter was written EM shot and killed his corhpaIfor on rabbit hunting expe- dition seriously wounded by Chinese natives believed to be Communists. They fled to village The vil- age ignored Marine demand for their surrender. The Marines thereupon shelled the village presumably
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Salting the Streets

Hartford pulled fast the other day. After the Monday night storm the streets generously deuged with salt Tuesday morning the streets clean the proverbial whistle
 We all know salt will melt ice and very often home dweers try this out their property But the wholesale dumping of salt it done in Hartford is something in and ice dissipation It's fine in every respect cept the cost $960 ton However is thought that will be saved because the of ordinary removal and labor for same is higher
 Whether this plan would work out in Waterbury is probematica. It has been tried to some extent The hy topography here is pretty bafng for most methods Digging out and blowing through in Waterbury consd erabe chores Cities like Hartford and New Haven here They wait for nature dsspate and ice For this it has often been observed in the past that Water bury took better of it's streets and highways winter than did some of these larger cities.
 lilly sections here present difficult problem for busses, racks privately owned cars and blows. The wholesale Jumping of salt that was tried in Hartford offers idea worthy of consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
SONG OF THE SHIRT

Oh, remember other days
 And, ah, the memory hurts
 When, for my sins, cursed the pins They used to put in shirts.
 The manufacturers, I held, Were impS by Malice picked
 For making sure that I'd endure My pinkieS getting pricked.
 I almost feared to buy shirt Or six, or twelve, in sum
 For pins that irked me where they
 lurked
 And then attacked by thumb.
 But now my skin unpunctured is, My temper does not flare; I cannot find my chosen kind. Or any, anywhere.
 Oh, Shirts! Come back to counters And fill my urgent need. I won't complain of you again And l will bleed and bleed! John l.. Lewis calls the Truman plan for curbing major strikes a 'fOul-smellin mess" John must be starting to mellow up a little; he is using far too many printableS.
 The Supreme Court has decided to 3, that it is unfair for an en- ployer to ask authority for raising his workers wages without dealing through their certified union which he does not recognize. We would like to hear a dissenting opinion written by bilked worker who be- lieves that gold is where you find 1t.
 They've got a big Christmas tree in Rockefeller Plaza that glows from invisible ultraviolet rays. We'd like to find something like that for the house--only it's pretzels to pence that we would discover some method of dropping beam and breaking it before the season ended. J. Edgar Hoover fears that this country is in for an orgy of crime. gangsterism and racketeering such as we. had during the .Twenties. Does that mean that the crime kings will again suffer punishment for that most heinOus of all of lenses, holding out on their income taxes?
 The Army and Navy are under taking joint test to determine the vulnerability of fleets to atomic bomb attack. Nonparticipating craft will kindly stay on nonparticipat- ing ocean until the all-clear sounds. Troop movements through Bos- ton will cease December 31. How time flies! Before you know it, we'll be seeing pictures of young ladies sitting on the rail again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

the ot1lcerS IreSH c1!oW1 Vz1 Barracks (38 to 40 men bunked in schoolrooms of IS 20 feet. with no showers or toilets), (3)
 Discipline (3O0 men broken. for no greater crime than being 10 or 15 minutes late checking in at night), (D Attitude of officers, (5) Officers parties (once week, recent layout for one being whiskey, $912; beer, $86.75; bran- dy, $3.2O; wine, $3 40; decorations, SHOOT; printing, $14.00; napkins, $15.OO; banners, 5000; food,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
PROGRESS IN JAPAN
Christian Science Monitor)

Christian Science Monitor)
 General Macarthur has really be- gun to chop at the roots of Japanese feudalism. The new order requiring agrarian reform comes on top of one for abolishing the army pension system and another for breaking up the industrial empire of the zaibat-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

cratS, taking tldC HUIIUI away from the Hon. Robert A. Taft by long odds.
 With middle name Of "Spicer" and the job of being COP. Whip" in the Senate, MT. Wherry has something to live up to, and he's working at it, over time.
 Where Whip Wherry really yields the lash is OPA. He was in prime form when Administra- tor Chester Bowles appeared be- fore the Senate Small Business
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

The DC-f, To Japan, together with certain blueprints whereby Japan gan duplicate the plane Carry ng four motors. this Is one of the incst boinbera ever constructed D
 The column also pointed out hat this sale was being made !cspite Secretary Of State Hull's appeal Co American airplane manufacturers to cease selling planes tO Japan"
 But curing the time which elapsed between the date the col- nm. n-ua Ala nIllnn In Mnn-L-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
5 Years Ago

A local musician, after playing with an orchestra in Bridgeport for twenty years, was fired when dur ing a performance the orchestra stopped playing while this character continued to "beat 1t out" on his base fiddle-there was no music coming from 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

Several civic minded citizens de- cided to start Q campaign to raise funds for a bus waiting station at the Green. Well-five years later and 1t still hasn't made its appear ance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Waterbury of the Past
25 Years Ago

Checks totalling $344, 4,123.5O in Christmas Club Savings, were ready for distribution at the West Side Savings Bank.
 The Board of Aldermen planned to place a tax of $25 on promoters who desired to stage boxing bouts in the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Odds and Ends

The Get It Off Your Chest Dept
 letter signed by 27 members of Hq Co.,, Hq En-, 9th Marine Division at Tsingtao, China. gripes ahout CD Food the EM it says here, gets rations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Merry Round

WASHINGTON. Dec. it-on July 10. iS3S this column sent out to tS subscribing newspapers a sensational disclosure that "thc Douglas Aircraft Company has recently sold lts latest flying fortress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
Major V. E. Bertrandlas. Douglas Aircraft Co.,, Santa Monica, Cal.

WASHINGTON Dec. 14-Nebraskas junior Sen Kenneth Spicer Wherry is rapidly becoming Public oain-in-the-Neck Number One to the Senate Demo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14
IS Years Ago

The heat in local theater was stopped due to furnace trouble so shivering patrons were served hot coffee as they sat through a double feature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

Another theater placed red warning lamp near a roped off hole in the aisle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-14

Troop movements through Bos- ton will cease December 31. How time flies! Before you know 1t we'll be seeing pictures of young ladies sitting on the rail again.
Evening star., 1945-09-12

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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
SOUTHERN NEGROES
IMPORTED TO KANSAS
AS "(hEAp LABOR"

WICHITA, Kan, June Is (ANP)
In the war swelled city of Wichi-
ia, hundreds of southern Negroes
have been shipped in" to relieve
labor shortages and to fill in as low
cost labor. Hub of the vital aircraft
industries, Wichita has suddenly
become the mecca for work-hungry
migrators from Georgia, MISSISSIPPI
pi, Texas and other southern states.
One huge concern hires Negro
labor at S1.60 per day in defiance of
state labor laws and as a result,
it is feared that labor prices will
shoot downward in the near future.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18

While aircraft industries have
hired hundreds of Negroes, the in
rush of cheap labor is a serious
threat to future employment.
Wichita itself, while in semi
prejudicial state has heretofore re-
fused to hire Negro labor on bus
lines and city transportation. It,
however has Negroes on the fire de-
partment and police force. One con-
Germ, the Colman Lamp Company,
a huge war industry while hiring
Negroes, Jim crows Negroes in its
cafeteria. Beech Aircraft Company
also employees Negroes but forces
them to eat by themselves in the
restaurant.
Large industries of Kansas are
shy at hiring cheap southern labor
but smaller business concerns jump
at the chance, and this is partly the
reason for the influx of the low
rate worker. The same situation is
in effect at Topeka, Newton, Well
ington and Kansas City.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
Army Plans

CONTINUED from page y
ing the courses to the college level.
Therefore, the important task that
lies ahead of us is apparent, and
without the cooperation of your in
stitution and other institutions
maintaining ROTC, the program
cannot be successfully carried out.
your institution will be offered
the opportunity to continue its af-
filiation with the war department in
this important phase of our military
preparedness, and the purpose of
this note is to allay any impressions
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
to the contrary.

W tIIC COlitI al y.
CAS- soon as details of the war de-
partment postwar plans, in this re-
spect, have been formulated, you
will be promptly advised and your
cooperation formally requested.
"(Signed) G. A. Marshall"
In response to the letter from the
chief of staff of the army, DR.. Wes-
ley announced Wilberforce's will
ingness to cooperate in any post
war plan of the war department in
the following letter:
Dear General Marshall:
81 was pleased to receive your
letter informing me that the ROTC
program is to be continued and that
Wilberforce university will have an
opportunity to continue this affilia-
tion with the war department in its
program of military preparedness.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18

81 am herewith advising that we
will be pleased to continue in the fu-
ture to cooperate with such pro-
gram as we have in the past. Here,
at Wilberforce, we are proud Of the
fact that we have the oldest mill
tary unit for the training of Negro
youth. This department was estab-
lished in 1894 in the administration
of President Grover Cleveland, and
we therefore have military ira
dition which we are desirous of pre-
serving"
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18

Dining set table, 6 chairs, buffet,
gas stove, triple mirror, living room
table, ice box, reasonable for quick
sale. AID 1891.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-06-18
CLASSIFIED ADS

FOR SALE: Electric Washer and
R.C.A. Combination Radio RA-
4797, H. Rabin, 1881 Grand Ave.
Evening star., 1945-02-21

Isnappy" campaign. Hs Expressed
the hope that the Metropolitan Area
quota might be reached even before
the end OF March.
Miss Boardman Speaks.
Another speaker was Miss Mabel
II. Boardman, secretary Of the Amer
lican National Red Cross and also
vice chairman OF the District
chapter.
I'VE should not hesitate for one
minute to do our part SO we can
show the same love Of country, pa
triotism and devotion as those who
eave fought and are now fighting,'
She said.
Daniel J. Callahan. jr., vice chair
man of the special gifts division
summarized the work OF over
Evening star., 1945-02-21

individual campaign units In this
area are a. follows:
Government, $l,1s1 900; general
business, $679. 500: city, $22s,5o0
residential, $290, 900; Alexandria,
$4,000; Arlington, $42,400: Fairfax,
$4,000: Montgomery. $83, 800; Prince
Georges, $49. 900; booths, $27, 600
and other sources, $45,500. The
goal OF the National American Red
Gross in the drive Is 5000, 900 600.
The major part of the meeting
was devoted to reports by leaders OF
the various units, on contributions
received to date.
Samuel H. Kaufman, l945 War
Fund chairman, who was general
business chairman last year, told
the audience he foresaw short and
Evening star., 1945-02-21

@. What are the three smallest
State capitals from the standpoint
of population?-H. H.
A. They are Carson City, New,
2,478; Pierre, S. OAK, 1922, and
Dover, Del. 5,517.
@. What is the derivation of the
word "gremlin McA.
A. The term has been used by the
Raj since 1923 and is said to have
originated in the fact that the first
of these little goblins reputedly
came out OF Fremlin beer bottle
@. Can a homestead entry be
made on land in the Matanuska
farming colony in Alaska?-E. L. H.
A. 1t cannot. This land is usually
acquired only by purchase. Informa-
ton concerning any available land
in the valley can be obtained from
the general manager. Alaska Rural
Rehabilitation Corp. at Palmer,
Alaska.
@. What is the fastest propeller
driven airplane?-T. K. K.
A. The Psi Mustang fighter. with
a new official speed record of $50
miles per hour, is probably the
worlds fastest propeller driven air
plane.
@. Who was the Patent Office Of
flcial who said that there was moth
ing left to invent?-T. T. G.
A. This is one of the legends Of
the Patent Office which cannot be
absolutely authenticated or ascribed
to any certain Official However,
reference may be to Commissioner of
Patents Ellsworth, who, in mis- re-
port to Congress dated January 81
1874, said: The advencements of
the arts from year to wear taxes our
credulity and seems to presage the
arrival of that period when human
Improvement must end"
@. If both husband and wife have
been in the service, can they obtain
joint loan guaranty up to $4,000
to buy home?-V. r. D.
A. Husband and wife may use the
guaranty jointly, but it may hot ex-
ceed so per cent of the face of he
obligation, or $4,000.
@. What should a lender do if a
veteran fails in his payments on a
home purchased under a Govern
ment loan guaranty?-H OR.
A. II the default continues for
three months lone month on a term
loan the lender may elect to file
his claim under the guaranty and
give notice thereof to tne Veterans
Administration. If default through
nonpayment of principal or interest
should continue for six months, the
lender is required to give notice of
such default.
Evening star., 1945-02-21

@. What is the derivation of the
word "gremlin McA.
A. The term has been used by the
Raj since 1928 and is said to have
originated in the fact that the first
of these little goblins reputedly
came out OF Fremlin beer bottle.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
$4,000 Contribution,
Made 10 Districts
Red Cross Fund Drive

A $35, 900 contribution to the 1915
District Red Cross War Fund cam
paign has been made by the Inter-
national Business Machines Corp,
it was announced yesterday at the
first Special Gift Committee lunch
eon-meeting In the Chamber of
Commerce Building.
In the drive, which will last
through March. the quota of the
Metropolitan Area is $2,700,900.
Quotas Announced.
AS announced by the Campaign
Executive Committee recently, the
quotas which will be sought by the
Evening star., 1945-02-21
Germans Now throwing
Baby Rocket al Yanks

By the Associated Press.
WITH UNITED STATES 9th
ARMY IN GERMANY, Feb. 10 (De-
Ilayed) The Germans have been
throwing toward American lines a
baby rocket four feet long and with
Evening star., 1945-02-21

@. What is the fastest propeller
driven airplane?-T. K. X.
A. The Psi Mustang fighter. with
new official speed record Of $50
miles per hour, is probably the
worlds fastest propeller-driven air
plane.
Evening star., 1945-02-21
The Great GameofP Politics
Communists Support Work Bill to Aid
Allied War Effort, Observer SAYS
observer Saws

that Of the combined military and
naval chiefs. It isn't easy to defend
them.
It is both curious and significant
that the only labor support which
this labor President can command
on a measure of extreme war
urgency comes not from the labor
factions which he has coddled for
IL years, with whom he is polit-
ically allied and who have pro-
claimed their answering and COM
plete loyalty, but from the seq
ment" whose support he has never
openly acknowledged, whose polit-
ical direction comes from another
country and whose activities and
positions usually are repugnant to
the great bulk of American people
Yet such is the indisuptable fact.