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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

1ut1Sln, u II II a
top ace-wearer- of the coveted Blue
Sky-White Sun medal and the Seven.
Star Cluster denoting seven planes
shot down-he will never forget the
close call he had when he parachuted
not long ago into the waters of what
the Chinese call Long Lake, near
Shasi, in Hupeh Province.
There the dashing fighter pilot
came nearer to falling into the hands
of the Japanese torturers than at any
time in his long and distinguished
military career. He was saved to
fight again for China only by the
quick wit and the courage of a pretty
peasant girl-at a sacrifice of what
some prudiSh observers might call
her modeSty.
Kao had led his formation Of
P-40's on that particular day in
dive-bombing attack that demolished
a Jap supply depot. Returning, he
an d his fellow flierS detoured to
strafe Jap highway traffic and Kao
Swooped so low that his plane was hit
by ground fire.
In last order over his radiophone,
the captain told his men to ny back
to their base. Then he set his crippled
ship into a long glide and jumped,
parachuting into Long Lake.
Swimming free of his sinking
chute, Kao saw a boat nearby. 1t
was filled with Chinese farmers on
their way to market.
Brothers," Kao shouted, 'T am
Chinese pilot. VIII you help me?"
The farmers quickly pulled him
aboard. They said they would be
glad to help but the region was
swarming with Jap riflemen who
would certainly be searching for the
downed flier and might appear be-
side the narrow lake at any minute
and compel them to put to shore for
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

all but ripped BZ
their crude old >NMy
boat apart, but they
found no fugitive pilot-only peace
full peasants, accompanied by two
young girls, one neatly dressed, the
other in rags.
Later, Capt. Yu-Hsin was set
ashore at a safe point and started
on the long road back to Free China.
But he had one more close call at
an inn where some Chinese puppet
troops, serving the Japs. identified
him through some American cigarets
that he absent-mindedly produced.
They swore they wouldn't betray him.
But the innkeeper's wife knew there
was a reward OF 100000 puppet dol
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-27

a check-up How could
they explain the presence
of a passenger who was 3
wearing pilots garb? p
Kao agreed that he had 4
put them in a dangerous
spot and announced he
was ready to swim ashore to face
almost certain capture. But a young
peasant woman spoke up.
Take off your uniform quickly
and throw it overheard" she said.
"You must wear my clothes so the
barbarians will think you are a girl"
And, without further ado, she be-
gan disrobing. Kao, too, undressed.
His helmet, goggles, jacket, boots and
trousers were weighted with stones
and tossed over the side. Then he
hurriedly wriggled into the girls
green trousers, blue cotton jacket and
cloth sandals and wrapped her tur-
ban about his head. The young
woman, blushing a little, clothed
herself in some old gunny sacks.
The switch Of clothing had hardly
been completed when bullets began
whiZZing overhead and the Chinese
farmers saw Jap soldiers on shore
beckoning. There was nothing to do
but land. The excited Nipponese
hurriedly looked the natives over and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
All At Once

There has been considerable discussion over the question of assigning the several Waterbury pension acts to the one legis- htive committee for public hearings. Right now two of the proposals are scheduled to be discussed on April 18th before the Committee on Public Person nel The third bill has been assigned to the Cities and Boroughs Committee with no date for hearing listed. Efforts are being made to have this latter measure brought up at the same time the others are and by the Public Personnel Commit tee. This would seem to be the logical way of handling them.
 There doesn't seem to be any good req son why the bills should be treated diff ferently. All are concerned with the sub- ject of providing pension system for the municipal employees of Waterbury. It should be the concern of one committee to determine which bill serves the best purpose of all concerned, both the en- ployes and the taxpayers. That is going to be difficult if two different committees hold hearings and make different reports. It does seem as if there could be meet ing of minds among legislators on this matter.
 As to the outcome of the public hear ing that is matter for conjecture. The bill of the retirment commission un- doubtedly has solid basis, for it was the outcome of year of work by six-man commission, which also made use of the services of an actuary skilled in this type of work and familiar with pension Sys- tems in effect throughout Connecticut. As a matter of fact it is only with feat ur6s, such as benefits, that there is diff ference of opinion. It remains to be seen what attitude the legislators will take on this matter, an important one, to be sure, to all concerned.
 A well-administered pension system is needed in Waterbury. We doubt if one can ever be provided that will satisfy all concerned. Local governmental em- ployes having sampled system that was not based on theory of providing re- serves against the day when maximum benefits would have been created are go- ing to find it hard to accept anything less than they have received. It's un- fortunate, too, that throughout the nation there is no uniformity in munich pal or state pension systems. But there is a gradual trend in this direction and it may be that Waterburys current pen sion movement will fall into the groove that is designed to accommodate all con- eerned in both the creation of the pen sions and receipt of the same.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
New Isolationisrn

The Moscow radio halls the meeting of the international security organization Tn the United States as proof of the defeat of American iSolationiSm. That is true but belated observation. American isola- tioniSm was defeated and for all practical purposes killed when Congress and both political parties formally diSavowed 1t some months ago.
 But with the defeat of American isola- tionism there have appeared some dis turbing tendencies toward new and international sort of iSolationlSm. It IS the isolationism of heads of governments and of statesmen from the people whose destinies they control to great extent.
 Such a tendency was revealed with the forced disclosure of secret agreement among the Big Three at Yalta. This agreement on RuSSia'S request for extra votes in the world assembly contradicted the intervening assurances of our State Department that there would be one vote for each nation.
 Decisions and compromises on organ ization for world peace ultimately affect the people, not the statesmen. Secrecy III these decisions and compromises natur- ally breed suspicion among the people that there may be other undiScloSed agreements which could have profound and tragic effect on their lives and for tunes.
 Premier Stalin is not directly account able to his people for the decisions that affect them. But Great Britain's Prime Minister and the President of the United States are. And in this country, more embarrassing disclosures of lack of frankness must inevitably revive and strengthen the isolationism that most Americans have repudiated, and which the Moscow radio has declared defeated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

Nomination of Attorney General Fran cis A. Pallotti to Superior Court judge ship may signal the opening of the 1945 appointive season by Governor Raymond E. Baldwin However, it's unlikely that Democrats will do any sniping at this appointment. Attorney General Pallotti is pretty popular throughout the state and Democrats probably will realize that his elevation to the Superior Court is natural one after his long years of service in both his present office and that of Secretary of State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Current Comment

The trouble with this Army $ that too many Sunday drivers go to sleep at the wheel. I don't see what they've got to wory about, just riding across the bridge. They ought to stand out here all morning. Corpora Thomas Kretchmar of
 Sioux City, Ia., directing Re-
 magen bridge traffic.
 Before the complete ruin of Ja- pan, these men Gin controD are al- most certain to make an attempt to save something from the wreckage. They would probably offer to with draw their troops from the occupied areas and return these areas to their former status. Let them sur- render internationally now! -Undersecretary of tSate Joseph
 o. Grew.
 It should be obvious to the Ger man people that their only choice is between unconditional surrender now or unconditional surrender a little later after much of the Reich has been destroyed, city by city. Secretary of War Henry L. Stim-
 son.
 One of the most interesting man. ifestations of their (German civil ians) sentiments is the way they laugh at us and make the equiva- lent of American .Wisecracks about what they consider our -ridiculoui lack of military pomp and fanfare Ut. Gordon W. Seims of Chicago
 ct Hamborn, Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

Elliott Roosevelt, Faye Emerson, gives some accurate glilnpSes ot what Berlin is like during the bomb raids Himmler ordered all cooking gas turned off in Berlin last week Berlin street cars are now used so much for military transportation that 1t takes a Gestapo pass to ride on them German bankers are deserting the Sinxing-ship. Hans Puhl, vice president of the Reichs- bank, is heading secret delcga- tion to Switzerland, trying to con- tact the Allies. Their sob story is: "The German bankers never agreed with Hitler, merely went along for the ride" Actually Puhl is chief Nazi operator for German Finance Minister, Hjal- mar Schcht.
 F SWORD WOUNDS
 Inside Japan-The Jap High Command ordered 15 divisions out of Siberia month ago to defend the Japanese homeland . But since the Russians denounced their neutrality pact, the Japs are frantically securing the coun- try for more troops to bolster the Russo-Japanese frontier :. During the Stalingrad battle, the Russian depleted the Red rmy in Siberia It was the CossacK Cavalry, rushed to Stalingrad, that saved it. Now the Red Army in the East is at about full strength again -. New Premier Suzuki of Japan was left for dead not the street when the young fascists of the Black Dragon sO- society murdered most of Japan's moderate leaders decade ago. He was carved up with seventeen sword wounds |. Today Suzuki is front man for Japanese big business which long has leaned toward a negotiated peace. So has the emperor-if they can get it.
 Copyright, 1945, by.
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

Democrats are more than taking credit for the passage this week of State Labor Act which is designed to allow workers in intra-state activities to enjoy bargain ing privileges. Regretting at the same time that their own party-sponsored measure wasn't accepted, nevertheless, Democratic leaders haven't missed a chance to point out and insist on taking the credit for passage of the final com promise bill, which also was acceptable to state labor organizations. It hasn't set too well with the Republicans and there have been howls of protest, but the Democrats got in the first claim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

The Housatonic Scenic Driveway con- tinues to bask in the light of favorable publicity. At hearing in Hartford this week there was considerable praise voiced for the suggestion by local and state officials. Even Mayor Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport thought the plan a fine way for the postwar period. And The Democrat believes that just as inn portant project in the postwar period should be creation of Naugatuck Valley would be practical as well as scenic It would link the industrial Naugatuck Valley Parkway. Whereas that in the Housa- tonic Valley is designed purely to aid in the scenic development of the region, similar route up the Naugatuck Valley all the way from Winsted and Torring- ton down to New Haven and Bridgeport. And it's aesthetic value is just as con- siderable as that of the Housatonic, once the river pollution evils have been corrected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

senators promoted to the courts are Balck of Alabama, Byrnes of South Carolina, Minton of In- diana, Bone of Washington, Schwallenbach of Washington, ant Duffy of Wisconsin.
 JESSE JONES' OLD JOB
 Backstage jOckeying has been terrific to fill Jesse Jones old Job of Federl Loan Administra- tor. Controlling the purse strings, it has become the key position in the postwar setup. :. For a time, crusading Bill Doug las let his name be put forward Chief sponsor was FDR's one-tihie favorite, Tom Corcoran. However, Douglas close Court friends, Hugo Black and Wiley Rutledge, canl1 to him at dinner, urged that it was his duty to remain on the Supreme Court. If he left, the Court conservatives would have a majority = especially if the Cor corcoran trade went through and Jimmy Byrnes was appointed to Douglas place So Douglas withdrew his name .. labamaS Senator Bankhead at first seemed strong for Aiabama's Cliff Durr as Federal Loan Administrator. Later the Southern utilities ap- peared to be making hay with Bankhead. Durr is too liberal for them F'DR's first choice for the loan job was incorruptible, efficient Budget Director Harold Smith, against whom the Senate could not object. The Senate has been fighting so many Roosevelt appointments recently that he watches the confirmation angle almost more than any other. This bars a lot of good men.
 Inside Germany-Hitler's Ges- tapo men have tough time during blackouts. They strut in the daytime, but at night when the underground are loose, they cover in corners :. Diplomats say that the new movie Hotel Berlin" starring the latest Mrs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
MEAT SURPLUS" IN CANADA
(Meriden JournaD

NAACk kAASAA OON@AANA| Before uttering wild cries about a meat surplus in Canada, intermin- gled with complaints that England is conniving to use the lend-leaSe system to get free meat while Amer jeans go without, certain Congress men should have made more thorough investigation of the facts.
 why doesn't England get the meat she needs from Canada?" ask these accusators, answering their question in the same breath,-"Be- cause she doesn't have to pay for it.
 To set the record straight, these matters should be noted. Canada'S meat consumption in 1944, without rationing was Al pounds per capita. Our per capita consumption. under rationing was 147 pounds.
 Canada has lend-lease arrange ment with the United Kingdom which is known as mutual aid. Value of these mutual aid ship ments t Britain is nearly $5,000,- 1000. The June 1944 value of Uni- ted States lend-lease shipments to Britain was nine and third billion dollars. Canada has about one- twelfth our population and one fifteenth our national income. Canada also has an arrangement to ship all surplus processed meat to England. At present shipping shortage has built up that surplus. but Canada authorities describe it as temporary.
 But why doesn't Canada send this temporary surplus to the States, for our own consumption or shipment overseas?
 For one reason, we have a tariH on proceSsed meat and quota on live animals from Canada. Canada also has placed an embargo on meat and cattle shipments to this coun- try. But 1t seems likely that Canada might be willing to Nit the embargo.
 At least Ca1ada,s Minister of Agriculture stated . few days ago
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Wrong Again

Appointment of General Macarthur and Admiral NinnitZ to top command in the Pacific theatre must have come as quite blow to several journalists who specialize in psychic predictions. These writers had lately been busy reshuffling the Pacific command in anticipation of VIE Day. It was their biggest reorgan- i1ation job since they predicted, several months before the Normandy invasion, that General Marshal would be kicked upstairs" into supreme command of the Allied invasion forces, and that General Somervell would become Chief of Staff with the assignment of organizing "a worldwide WPA."
 This time the psychic prognosticators again brought in the dignif1ed and dis tinguished figure of General Marshal as a sort of political football. He would get the supreme on-the-Spot command of all Pacific armies, they said, while General MacArthur would be stranded in the Philippines. Most of these predictions seem to come from people who, for some reason or other, have carried General shoulders almost since the day that war began.
 These people, including few members of Congress, have apparently sought to give the impression that only their con- stant vigilance has prevented the political appointment of top commanders in wholesale lots. And since there is no evil dence of any political consideration in the final appointments, they may receive some credit among the gullible. To that extent their activities are harmless. But the oblique aspersions they have cast upon the President, the Chiefs of Staff and the field commanders are neither admirable nor helpful In their ultimate implication, these aspersions charge the Commander Chief and the highest mil- Nary leaders with putting politics before lives.
 The brilliant record of the American command capably refutes any question of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Views Of The Press

that both Washington authorities ad St. Paul meat packers were ask ed last fall if they would take ship ments of live cattle to relieve con- gestion in Canadian stockyards And the minister said that he was told in Washington and in St. Paul that we would not be able to handle the shipments.
 Canadians do eat more beef than we do these war days. One reason is that Canada has few big cities with most of them core sntrated oa the east. Range cattle are fattened on eastern farms adjacent to these cities. Hence transportation isn't the problem that it is here.
 Canada has comparatively few restaurants. Most of it's beef goes into butcher shops and thence to homes.
 Suppose we asked Canada's H. 100000 people to reduce their meat consumption by 20 pounds per cap ita in 1S45, and give us the differ ence. This dividend, equally distri- buted would give every American for the whole year less than two ad- ditional pounds of meat.
 And that's what all the v!tupera- tive shouting's about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Selected Poem
GULLS INLAND

(Frederick Ebright in The New York Times) Banking in east wind, instinctively homeward, Strangers at noon ndfar from the sea- How came you here? If could I would ask you, For, voyagers, 1t was that way with me. Never the strong wind roars in the pine tops Never a hint of illusory salt in the air. But that am journeyng once more seaward, And wherever 1t is, want to be there. Fly, seabirds, fly, on whitesilver pinions; Maps and place names can mean nothing to you. But am anchored now to this country; It is only my heart that sails on the blue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

the proper diScernment and use of our generals and admirals' talents. And among the most brilliant records are those of General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. They were the logical men to entrust with the job of finishing Japan. They got the job. And we're extremely doubtful that the psychic prognoSticators' tears and eloquence had much to do with the final decision.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

the crops are m
 this fall, accord ing to the Omce of the Provost Marshal General Major = General Archer L. Lerch. Over 400, 900 will be Germans. Half of them will be employed on U. s. Army posts, re- lieving that many service troops for other duties. Per- haps 150, 900 will employed as con- f. r a r f. Ia OOr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 7:48 p. m. (war time)
 Sun rises 6:18 a. m; sets 7:28 p. m. (war time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 This has been wonderful spring for the peppers Their threats have swelled so much these warm nights that many of them must have burst. Such a small creature to pro- duce the volume of sound is one of natures miracles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

If men and materials were only avail able this would have been an ideal Spring for outdoor work on such things as streets, sidewalks, etc. There's always something, though, to interfere with ideal conditions. The time will come again when an orderly program of public i'm provement can be launched here in Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining te per- sonaI health and hygiene. not tc disease, diagnosis of treatment: will be answered by pr. Brady IT a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclose... Letters should be Orleh and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr' William Brady, National News paper Service. 32O West MaoisO" Street, Chicago, HI.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

Wabash, Ind. (UP)-Mrs. William Hartman was indeed surprised when two years after she had lost her purse containing $50,82, it waa turned into police by Paul Me0:N. his, farmer, who said he found 1t in some melted snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
A Thought for Today

! And the prayer of faith shall save the sick,
 and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
 James 5:15.
 Though am weak yet God when prayer, { Cannot withhold his conquering aid. Emerson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12

 SPOTLIGHT
German PW
 Problems In U. s.
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, April l2-End of the war in Germany will raise some in- triguing problems on the handling of German prisoners of war in the United States.
 There will be nearly 500,000 pris- oners of war in this country before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
BY DREW PEARSON
Washington Merry-Go-Rou
Drew Pearson Soys Armies 30oo0o Blankets Fronco Little Oil Companies Lose Shipping Subsidy Stom pede Jones' Federal Loan Job.

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-12
PURSE FOUND AFTER 3 YRS.

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