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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Enlisted AmyMen, 40 Or Older, Eligible For Discharge On Their OlUn Application

bat veterans who have earned the right to discharge under the point system on the basis of long and ar uuous service"
 Through the inclusion of heav- ily-weighted factor for parenthood the point system provides indirect consideration for age," 1t said. Sta tistical surveys have indicated that the average age of fathers is several years above the average age for soldiers without children
 As heretofore, officers over 3S and younger officers not physically qualified for combat for whom no suitbale assignments exist may be discharged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Washington, May 21.-UP)- Army enlisted men aged 40 or older were made eligible today for dis charge on their own application.
 The ruling applies to all such men whose service record is honorable.
 This represents a lowering of the discharge age from AZ years, which became effective last April IT.
 The reduction of the age bracket affects about 30,O00 enlisted men in the 40 and 41-year age groups.
 When the military situation per- mi.s, a further reduction will be made in the age limit, the War De- partment disclosed.
 These discharges are separate from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

those made on the point system, which applies to all ages.
 The new policy also is applicable to enlisted WACS 40 and older who have served for one year or more. Eight thousand enlisted WACs are eligible to apply under this policy.
 Commanders will be permitted to retain for 90 days any eligible man who applies for discharge under this policy for whom replacement is not immediately available.
 The War Department said the dis charge age cannot be reduced be- low 40 "at this time without jeop- ardizing military operations or slowing down the release of com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Blum Married While Jailed

Paris, May 21. (UP)-Former French Premier Leon Blum was married while jailed by the Ger mans to a woman who fought her way to his side, he revealed in an interview today.
 After I was deported to Ger many, my wife gave the Germans no peace until they granted her permission to come join me- the white-haired socialist leader said. After her arrival they let us marry. My wife showed iron courage through and shared my lie of inter- ment."
 Blum's first wife died in 1885. His present wife formerly was married to Henri Torres, French lawyer now in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Ireland Bids For League Membership

Dublin, May 2l-(UP)-Premier Ramon De Valera has made his first postwar bid for Irish membership in the new League of Nations
 De Valera, who was president of the old league, spoke during mil tary parade yesterday and said:
 "As we were a loyal member of the old League of Nations. so we are prepared to become loyal member of any new league that might be formed for collective security if 1t promises to be an effective instru- ment of peace and guarantees to all nations full equality of right"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

WHAT HE LOVED, he tried to de- strOy! See THE PICTURE OF DORIAN CRAY" M. G. Ms sensa- tional suspenseful dramatization of Oscar Wilde's novel. Starts We'd nesday LOEW'S POLI.-Adv.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Register Now for Summer Term. Bulletin Free. Phone 4-S772. Post Jr. College, 24 Central Ave.
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Evening star., 1945-07-18

that rs q practical matter 1t would
have TO be one-man control.
He wanted q larger board, COM
posed of representatives OF agricul-
ture, labor and other elements Of
the national economy, to supervise
the Job of disposing Of an estimated
$l00, 900 ,000, 900 of surplus property.
Senator Ferguson, Republican, of
Michigan said he thought the diff
ficulty In the present boards oper-
ations had been due to restrictions
placed on 1t by the executive de-.
partment.
2 what Congress wanted was for
the board to be In complete
charge" he commented. "As 1t is,
1t has to go to other agencies under
what they call cooperation"
Maybank for One-Man Rule.
Senator Maybank, Democrat, OF
South Carolina, member of the
Military Affairs Committee, which
would handle the legislation, said
Certainly, ! am for one-man con-
troll" His comment was typical
of many others.
However, House leaders said the
matter probably would be deferred in
Evening star., 1945-07-18
One Man Surplus Rule
Favored in Congress
But Delay Seems Sure
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Congress evidenced generally
receptive mood today for President
Truman's recommendation that
surplus property disposal be placed
under one man,
However. despite presidential
warning that surpluses are mount
ing rapidly. there appeared little
likelihood of final action before
October.
The assumption of most legislators
is that the job will go to w. Stuart
Symington, st. Louis businessman
and Mr.. Truman's one appointee to
the present three-member board.
1t. Col. Edward Heller of Cali
fornia and former Gov. Robert A.
Hurley of Connecticut, the other
members, were appointed by the late
President Roosevelt.
ANY substantial opposition the
presidential proposal may run into
will be in the Senate. When the
surplus property law was enacted
last fall, the House voted for one
man administration, but the Senate
insisted on control by a board of
five. The three-member group
finally was agreed upon as a COM
promise.
Johnson Leans Toward Change.
Senator johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado, one of those who fought
hardest for the board idea, told
reporters he had about decided
Evening star., 1945-07-18


@. How accurate are Weather
Bureau forecasts?-L. r. c.
A. .Verification figures compiled
over period of many years indicate
that Weather Bureau forecasts aver
age IS to 90 per cent correct.
@. Have any scientific experiments
been made to determine how long a
dog can remember?-A. A.
A. James r. Kinney, v. M. D., in
his book, How To Raise a Dog"
says that scientists at Johns Hopkins
University have proved that the dog
can remember for a period of at
lease five years, and they assume
that his memory is even longer than
that.
@. How much money is spent an
nually on advertising2 Has the
amount fallen off since the war;
L. F. N.
A. 1t has been estimated that the
1945 expenditure for all advertising
will be approximately 10000 600.
This total is second only to the 1929
peak, which was $2,340, ,000,000
@. When and where was steel first
made?-M. S. T.
A. 1t is not known definitely when
and where the first steel was made.
Archeologists state that it was
known to the ancients. and 1t is
probable that the Assyrians were
the first people to use 1t in The
manufacture of tools and weapons.
@. According to present ruling,
must soldier have reached his
40th birthday by May Il, l945, IN
order to be eligible to Apply for a
discharge by reason of his sse?-
S. D. E.
A. The War Department says that
It's circular authorizing the dis
charge of enlisted men Of the Army
40 years of age or over, whose serv-
ice is honorable, on their own Gp-
plication, does not set any date as
to when the soldier must have at
tanned his 40th birthday.
j. @. What clothing is furnished
members of the Women's Army
Corps2-J. Y.
A. All necessary items of cloth
ing and equipment needed by en-
listed women are furnished free of
cost. Clothing or other items are
replaced when worn or no longer
serviceable An officer candidate
turns in all enlisted uniforms and
is given a $3.50 uniform allowance
to purchase officer uniforms.
@. Is the beneficiary of a National
Service life insurance policy ever
paid in full in one lump-sum pay
E. S.
A. The only method of payment
authorized is in specific monthly
No provision is made
for any lump-sum payment to a
beneficiary upon the death of the
insured.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
J Tronsitods Employees
Get Special Awurds

Seven employees of National Tran
sitads. Inc. today hold special
certificates honoring them for i've
years Of service with the organiza-
ton
The certificates were presented at
a luncheon attended by employees
from Baltimore, Richmond. Norfolk
and Washington. In commemora-
tion of the fifth anniversary Of the
Evening star., 1945-07-18
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. How accurate are Weather
Bureau forecasts?-L. r. c.
A. Verification figures compiled
over period of many years indicate
that Weather Bureau forecasts aver
age IS to 90 per cent correct.
Evening star., 1945-07-18

that chamber until after the recess
scheduled to start this week end.
The present boards policy making
has been marked by disagreements.
Former Senator Guy M. Gillette of
Iowa resigned as chairman when he
found himself unable to go along
with decisions by the other MEM
bers. Assistant Secretary of State
VIII L. Clayton. formerly In charge
of surplus sales, termed the board
set-up unavoidable.
Mr.. Truman told Congress yester-
day that "in a field which calls for
quick and decisive action, 1t is lin-
desirable to dilute responsibility for
the disposal of surplus property.
Administration by a multi-member
board has complicated day-to-day
operations"
Evening star., 1945-07-18
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Evening star., 1945-07-18
THE EVENING STAR washington, D. c. **A-l1
Ia.

organization. Ralph 8. Allen,
Washington manager, gave the cer-
tificates to Miss Louise Percy,
Baltimore; J. Edwin Wentz, WASH
ington; A. yinton Feete, Baltimore;
Maurice Asquith, Washington; Rob-
ert Welch, Washington; Guy Jacobs,
Baltimore, and Ralph s. Allen,
Washington.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
The Great GaneofP Politics
industrial Relations Advancing
Toward Crisis for IL Years. Says Kent

Germ that more votes can be lost
through subserviency to the labor
lobby than by independence of it.
At any rate, the professionals can
not count on this President using
the White House weight to block
the will of Congress in this field
as did the last President.
Evening star., 1945-07-18

nave peen WOrk-
in 6 toward a
crisis. Radical
forces in close
a alliance with the
m o st powerful
a d m inistration
politicians have
steadily built up
the strength of
the unions until
a ion of
dominance, n o t
at all in accord
with public
sentiment, h a S
aim ost b e EN-
achieved.
We NAV aS well
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Answers to
Questions

"A reader can get the answer to any
uaestion of fact by writing The Eve.
street NE, Washineton 2, D, c. Please
inclose cents for return postaee.
Evening star., 1945-07-18
Bv Frank r, Kenf

Most Thoughtful and informed men
know that at this moment the labor
industrial outlook, in the United
States Is very bad. For IL years we
Evening star., 1945-07-18

Panama has a new macadam road
Penonome and Cocle.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-15
PRIME QUESTION

WASHINGTON, July IA F1 -
Whether the affairs of Europe are
to be dominated by one power
alone or by all the nations under
joint big power leadership is
prime question confronting tn e
big three conference.
1t is considered here as a matter
President Truman, Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Premier Stain
must take Up at their Potsdam
meeting if they are to do anything
about establishing a firm basis for
peace on the continent.
1t is the same question for which
President Roosevelt sought an an
swer at Yalta early this year.
Mr.. Truman probably will try
to win concessions from Premier
Stain with respect to political and
economic developments in Eastern
and southeastern Europe where
Russia SO far has exercised abso-
Lutte control despite the agreement
reached at Yalta for Big Three
cooperation when necessary.
In actual practice the Yalta
agreement has been used only in
the case of Poland. And in that
situation, ir e C t negotiation be-
tween President Truman and Pre-
mier Stain was necessary.
Washington authorities say quite
frankly that If Europe is to be
prevented from becoming an area
Of conflicting pressures fr m the
great powers in the immediate fl
ture, machinery must be provided
which really will solve political
problems as they arise and on
basis of true cooperation among
Moscow, London and Washington.
1t is against this background
that Mr.. Truman is expected to
propose creation Of machinery for
handling of day-to-day political
problems.
Coincident with those discussions
the Big Three are expected to
consider development of Germa-
ny as military base from which
to police Europe. Such a plan
would mean from practical
standpoint that the Allied occupa-
ton forces in Germany would be
kept in readiness to put down trou-
BILE elsewhere when necessary.
Should President Truman be
able to achieve a new accord with
Stain and Churchill to supplement
the Yalta agreement. 1t would
strengthen the first-hand report he
is to make Immediately to con-
gress upon his retlln from the big
three conference.
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AUCUSTS NEARING
BELGIAN HARBOR
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an escort for the presidents ship
and the accompanying cruiser, the
Philadelphia, when they suddenly
appeared out of the mist that hung
over the English Channel at am,
They were to remain with the Pres
idents task force until it left Eng.
lish waters tonight.
The Presidents top-ranking par.
ty will be CHARTERED in a 30-room
residence only a ten-Ininute drive
from the former castle of ex-Kai.
ser Wilhelm where the conferences
will be held.
While the presidential quarters
will be guarded by American troop.
ers and secret service men under
command Of James Maloney, assis.
tant chief Of the service, and
Geroge Drescher, chief of the White
House detail, Russian troops will
guard the route from the residence
TO the palace.
The President slipped out OF
Washington the night Of July 6,
going by train to Newport News
where he boarded the Augusta the
next day. Unusually fine weather
has been the lot Of the party from
the start.
Standing on the deck Of this vet
eran warship, his cap over his
heart, President Truman acknowl-
edged today the honors paid him
by the British Men-of-War upon
their arrival as an official excort.
Two floating mines were sighted
near the convoy, reminders of the
European war whose aftermath is
a prime concern of the Potsdam
conference.
Mr.. Truman today finished his
study of the proposals he will sub
NIT to the other two leaders and the
proposals they have laid before
him.
1t is understood thar the Presi-
dent is ready to offer the services
of the United States in helping
Europe get back on its feet. In
return he wants assurances of
peaceful cooperation of European
countries, who twice in three de-
cades have seen the stare of world
wars on their continent.
. (Mr. Truman also is keeping an
eye on domestic affairs. The
White House at Washington releas-
ed an exchange of correspondence
tary of the treasury Morgenthau.
TIL disclosed that Morgenthau will
leave the cabinet sooner than had
been expected and that Mr.. Tru-
man will send the Senate the NOM
ination of Fred M. Vinson to sue
coed him promptly. 1t had been
planned to wait Until after the Big
Three Meeting, but the letters show
ed an agreement between Mr.. Tru-
man and Morgenthau that delay
would handicap Vinson).
1t was at 7 o'clock this morning
that the British welcoming ships
made their rendezvous with the Au-
gusta and Philadelphia. The sea
was calm but the air was misty.
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Negro Sues Railroads
For $1,000 In Damages

CHICAGO, July 14.-'R-Martin
Harvey, 35, an Atlanta, Ca, negro,
filed suit in Federal Court today
seeking damages totaling $4,000
from two railroads and the pull
man company.
Harvey alleged in the suit that
on July IS, 1943 while travelling
between Chicago and Atlanta on a
first-class pullman ticket he was
seized and struck with a smoking
stand by a conductor who said he
could not ride in a lounge car be-
cause of his color.
Harvey, who is Dean of Mean at
Southern University, Baton Rouge,
La, claimed in his suit his ticket
entitled him to be in the lounge
car. His Attorney, George W. Law
renee, said the incident occurred
south of Nashville, Tenn.
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COUNTY PASSES
e BOND QUOTA
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the purchase of men and women
from New Hanover in the armed
forces, both in this country and
abroad. Their purchases of $780,
448, credited to the county's total
in the last stages of the drive,
provided the necessary sales to
achieve the quota.
The quota set for New Hanover
county was the third largest in the
state exceeded only by Mecklen-
burg and Guilford county.
Sales in the state as a whole
ranked Gath in the nation, with a
state average Of 1854 in the sale OF
-" bonds. The nation as whole
made 1914 per cent of its $4,000, 00O,-
COO goal.
In the purchase of bonds of all
issue during the drive, New Han
over made almost 200 per cent
If its quota, with total sales
amounting to $10,059,434 against
its s.. 1871, 1000 allotment. Individual
sales in the county were 81, 692, 1884,
50.
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NAVY CHANGES AIR
LEADERS IN PACIFIC
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not a "shakeup," Forrestal said
but were normal shifts which &C.
cur periodically and by coincidence
these occurred simultaneously. He
sa.~ no changes were in conten-
plation for the higher combat COM
mands. However, he added, any
such change in the future might
be dictated by the physical liini-
tations" of the men involved.
mo matter how brilliantly
man has performed his duty"
Forrestal said, IF the doctors say
he has reached the limit, Of his
physical resources, we will replace
him. l say that now so that if
there is any change in the future
that will be the reason. We also
like to get experienced men down
here to help in the war planning.
While no announcement was
made, Vice Adm. Mitscher's new
assignment is expected to carry
with it the rank of full admiral.
And Rear Admiral Sherman is ex-
pected to be elevated to vice
Admiral
Vice Adm. Towers is the num-
Der one aviator on navy rolls
w:-ict now include more than So
900 fliers He was one of three
young officers whom Glenn Cur
tiss originally taught to fly in
return for the navy's promise to
buy three of his planes.
Rear Adm. Sherman. one on the
Nays toughest and ablest flying
adnnirals, has been in command of
carrier task group within the fast
carrier task force since last Aug
ust. He has seen the naval air war
through from the start, having
been skipper of the carrier Lex
ington when she was lost in the
battle of the coral sea.
Forrestal also announced assign
ment of Admiral Henry K. Hewitt.
Now a member of the general
board. To relieve Adm. Harold R.
Stark as commander of naval
forces in Europe. Adm. Stark will
retire for age after his return to
this country.
Vice Adm. Aubrey w. Fitch, be-
ing relieved by Vice Adm. Mitsch-
er as deputy chief of naval opera
tons for air, will become super
intendent of the naval academy
and commandment of the Severn
River naval command. He will be
the first vice admiral to hold that
post.
Rear Adm. John R. Beardall,
now academy superintendent, will
relive Rear Adm. Howard F. King
man as commandant of the 18th
Naval district and commander of
the Panama Sea frontier and south
east Pacific. Rear Adm. Kingman
will report to the Pacific fleet COM
mander in chief for his assign
ment.
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BIG THREE CONVERGE
ON BERLIN MEETING
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those aboard and their destination
were matters of secrecy. T h e
plane left almost Immediately.
Prime Minister Winston Church
i'll still was at Hendaye early Sat
urday, but dispatches from Berlin
during the day said ne was ex-
pected to arrive ''in the most i'm
minent future together with for
eign Secretary Anthony Eden and
Labor leader Clement Attlee.
Prime Minister T. V. Soong OF
China left Moscow for Chungking
at dawn Saturday after more thar
a week of discussions w i h Stain
and prominent Soviet leaders.
These discussions were only in
terrupted by the Big Three meet
ing, Moscow dispatches said, ano
will be resumed in about three
weeks. The British press specu
lated that Soong had asked Stair
to ioin China's Allies in the wa:
against Japan.
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SHIFT IN FOOD
COST PLANNED
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consumer ceiling prices on import
ant food items while at the same
time providing greater incentive for
farm production, and the so-called
'roll-back' subsidies set up in l943
when prices of some foods we're
reduced 10 per cent.
The plan calls for increases in
ceiling prices of the affected FOODS
to replace the subsidies.
Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son is leading inter-agency discus
sions on the plan. Friends say he
believes it could be accompanied
by an upward adjustment in in
dustrial wages, now controlled I'M
der the little steel' formula, with
out adding any new infationary
threat.
The contention that increases in
wages and prices would not be
inflationary is based upon the as
sumption that the war with Japan
will end next year and bring on
defationary factors incident to in
dustrial reconversion.
Elimination of the subsidies
would increase the nations total
food bill about per cent. Agric-
Clture department economists es-
innate. Consumers are buying food
at the rate of about $50, ,00O,-
900 a year.
Food items on which the gov
eminent is paying subsidies include
meats, butter, fluid milk and most
manufactured dairy products, flour
and, indirectly, bread and bakery
products, canned fruits and veg
sugar, dry bean, peanut
butter, lard and sybean products.
Supporting the subsidy abandon
ment idea are several major farm
and a strong bloc in
congress.
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American foundries must prod
nee more than 100000 tank track
shoes month to meet increased
tank schedule for 1915. The vital
tank shoe provides traction TO- ar
mored vehicles, and about $50 of
them are needed to equip and serv.
ice every medium tank produced
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BUFFERS RATION
VALUE IS REDUCED
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be increased to keep consumption
in line with the ALLEGATION.
The good news on butter came
as the agriculture department set
in motion it's plan to increase the
shipment of meat to shortage
areas. Under a new program eff
fective Monday, non-federally in
spected slaughterers will be allow
ed to move meat across state
lines. provided they meet sanitary
standards and certain other con-
ditions.
OPA slashed butter points after
New York merchants had recon-
mended an 8-point cut to prevent
spoilage.
The agency indicated a week
ago that the ration value would
be reduced, but the plan then
was not to do it until July %.
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Ten great National Parks, total
ing $500 square miles, one border
ing the ancient Roman wall, are
planned in England in honor o I
the British killed in World War H.
to be set aside for all time for the
use of the public and as wild NE
santuaries, according to the BRUSH
Railways.
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THREE KEY LUZON
POINTS CAPTURED
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Wherever he may be, fall of the
three Luzon mountain towns left
the japanese in northern Luzon
tho2oughly broken into small for
aging groups, with the largest esti-
mated to number no more than 500.
Eleven days ago the enemy was
estimated to have total of $4,000
remnants on the island.
The worlds largest cotton plan
tation is located at Scott, Miss,
and consist of 5000 acres in one
unit.