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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Police Gold Medal
Won By PVT. Rulison;
Other Awards Listed

The District Commissioners Gold
Medal for police heroisn In 1914
has been awarded to Pvt. Spencer
r. Rulison Of No. 10 precinct, It was
announced today.
Pvt. Rulison arrested IN armed
naAn In front Of : cafe In the 1900
block of Fourteenth street NV. last
March II and brought him In, al
though the ofIicer WAS attacked by
two other men. The person ar
rested had wounded two men In
the cafe.
Pvt. Thomas Z. williams OF No.
IL precinct was awarded the Silver
Medal. He was shot while ques-
tioning two colored men during an
investigation Of an assault. but
managed to arrest one Of the men.
The second man was arrested later
BY other precinct officers.
Awarded Bronse bar.
The Bronze Bar was awarded to
Pvt. Walter B. Bowman Of No. 3
precinct, who climbed out on the
l2th-foor ledge Of the Shoreham
Building in July to drag 4 naval
ofncer to safety. Fellow officers
talked to the naval man-who was
apparently about to jump or fall
-sS Pvt. Bowman moved toward
him.
The Silver Medal for the Fire
Department was awarded to Pvt.
Harry J. Gresham Of No. 9 Engine
Co., who rescued q woman from q
burning apartment while on duty.
Pvt. Gresham then re-entered the
apartment and rescued part of the
furniture and extinguished q burn
ing rug.
Rescued Four Persons.
The Bronze Bar was awarded to
Pvt. Raphael A. Smith OF No.
Engine Co. During . IRE December
n Pvt. Smith and another fireman
aided In the rescue Of four persons
trapped In their home.
No Gold Medal was awarded in
the Fire Department this year.
Honorable mention In the Fire
Department went to Pvt. Jessie M.
Carter. retired, Of No. 4 Engine Co.,
who performed rescue work with
Pvt. Smith; Pvts. James G. Balder-
son, George I. Rhine, Herman r.
Zones. George A. CLARK and Thomas
p. Newman. all Of No. Truck Co.
Honorable mention went to Po-
lice Sergt. Charles L. Van Meter
and Pvt. Patrick s. OBrien, both
OF No. 3 precinct, who aided the
rescue at the Shoreham Building,
and Pvt. John E. O'Neal Of No. 9
precinct.
The committee Of awards is COM
posed Of Robert v. Fleming, chair
man; Luther II. Reichelderfer, Ed
ward B. Gookin, Mai. Edward J.
Kelly, superintendent Of police, and
Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter. The
awards will be presented ut the
April meeting of the Board OF Trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Booker T. Washington $
Son Dies in Chieoqo

~ tie Associated Press.
TUSKEGEE. Ala. Feb. 6.-The
death OF Booker T. Washington, jr..
son Of the late colored leader, In
Chicago, was announced by oncials
Of Tuskegee Institute.
He died yesterday after . heart
attack. Funeral services viii be
held here, the announcement said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
ABA President 5sYs
Business Faces Fight
To Retain Democracy
~ the sAssociaisd Press.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Asserting
that the attrttion Of democracy
In the United States has been go
Ing on for q, long time. w. RAM
dolph Burgess, president OF the
American Bankers Association, said
yesterday that next to winning the
war survival Of the democratic way
Of life was the most serious prat-
tical problem bankers and business
men faced In the future.
I FOR the moment" Mr.. Burgess
said In paper prepared for. the
midwinter I'm print" conference
OF the trust division Of the asso-
ciation, Aour whole objective Is to
carry through and win the war, but
We must give sober thought to the
direction in which We shall be NOV
ing when the war closes" s.
The trust conference was cam
celed ut the request Of Waf Mobil-
tzation Director Byrnes and the
papers prepared for 1t are being
mailed to the members Of the 1850
citation.
Postwar Problems Gambler.
'aThe postwar problems vill be-
complex and We are already COM
mitted in advance to many corr
trolls" Mr.. Burgess said. "Both
parties In the autumn election
committed themselves to. a floor
under agricultural prices. Certain
OF the imitation price controls and
certain types Of rationing will con-
tlnue at least Tor . time. National
ana international controls over the
prices and production Of some basic
commodities are planned.
we are pretty well committed to
the control OF interest rates ut low
aeven. Rises IN interest rates used
70 oe one OF the natural checks to
overexpansion OF credit. II rates
are nxeo ny Government, and that
seems naro TO avoid IN view OF the
SIC OF tne dept. tnere are likely to
pc otner cont1ps, such as the con-
1.nuance OF control over consumer
,a aau over security ana otner
.os.le. w snaA linus nave M
''s 1850 instrumentation OF creon.
~ .u.iuamen'ai prooleM Wnicn
~. =. IL. asee ~ .Iie postwar perloo Is
t t,.s n..'u :. oo.clnment .no coun.
, NY we van. Inc oanger Is mat
aooloc.ousay ana oy the force OF
.n nSe ,. we snan DC lnnu-
49, $500. ~ aocsps 'lle xlno OF s'ov-
g 'ien' VIC ooa feaAy want.
Already Under Controls.
We may as well confess that the
banker Is already to . considerable
extent IN the hands Of the Govern
ment. More than half his assets
are IN Government securities. 9th
er assets are guaranteed by the
Government, such as v and VT
loans: cCc loans and FILA mort
cages. $50
These forms Of guaranteed
credit are attractive because they
remove the risk from banking and
1t would be easy for each OF us to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

began arguing over admission of
evidence of third witness, ques-
toned by defense counsel along the
self-defense line.
Male sat quietly. apparently UNI
concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Home on the Automatic Range


A promised postwar gadget called the
Selector will, it is claimed, turn the radio
on in the morning, start the coffee brew
ing, regulate the oven, defroSt the re-
frigeratOr, switch lights on and off, do
variety of household jobs and, we pre-
sumo, put out the cat after turning off
the radio for the night.
The vision of this miraculous machine
calls forth another vision. 1t is of bride
of say 1880, in the first week of her mar
ried life. The groom comes home to din
ner and finds her in the kitchen, sitting
dejectedly before the nerve center of the
modern household, q panel of switches,
dialS and indicators slightly more COM
plicated than the present BIG dash
board.
The young husband notes with dismay
that his bride is weeping. He takes the
crumpled, pathetic little thing in his
arms, wipes away her tears, and tries to
comfort her. What, he asks, is the
matter?
ooh, DEAR" she SobS, "I1l just never
learn to cook. The roast is ruined and
the potatoes are burned black - and it's
all Mama's fault for coddling me. She
never showed me thing about thermo-
stats" She looks up at him through
tear-beaded laSheS. 81 was afraid to tell
you this for fear you wouldn't marry me
but-oh, darling, can't even change
fuse plug!"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

The question of judgeships is certainly
a complicated one. Through the efforts
of the Democratic majority in the Senate
a bill was passed this week creating dis
trict courts throughout the state in place
of the present minor courts. This is
measure of long standing and is part OF
the judicial reform that has been pro-
posed for decade or more. But the very
next day Democrats on the Judiciary
Committee held up the ratification OF
appointment by the governor of two Re-
publicans to the Superior Court, one OF
them Attorney General Francis A. Pal
lotti Obviously there will be ultimate
approval of these appointees, but right
now the Democrats want certain patron
age matters Strengthened out, so are using
their committee strength as wedge It's
all part of the legislative picture.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Sick Europe

Incomplete information from Europe
analysed by Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company experts, indicates that among
that continents worst postwar problems
will be the rehabilitation of public health.
tuberculosis is rampant. In Germany
it is up at least third, in Paris and
Brussels about a half, in the Netherlands
even more, and in Rome tuberculosis
deaths last year were over twice those OF
1910. The disease is epidemic in Greece.
Typhus, cerebro-spinal meningitis and
scarlet fever are high in Germany; per-
haps 70 per cent of the Greeks have
malaria; diphtheria in Germany is up
about so per cent and throughout west
ern Europe it is at peak levels.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Twilight of the Gods

Since the invasion of Germany there
have been good many newspapers ana
radio references to the twilight of the
gods" policy to which Hitler has commit
ted himself and his country. The allu-
sion may be little vague to people who
haven't the opportunity or inclination to
see the Wagner operas or whose reading
taste doesn't lead them to an evening
curled up with the libretto of Wagner's
four-part Ring of the Nibelungs." So it
might not be out of place to note that the
allusion is becoming appallingly literal.
1.-THE Twilight of the Gods, last OF the
cycle of Ring" operas, ends with the
destruction by fire of Valhalla, dwelling
place of the Teutonic gods. The confla-
grafton starts modestly enough from the
funeral pyre of the hero Siegfried. But
soon the flames rise from earth and en-
velop the gods domain. Since the gods
are murderous, greedy and generally
disreputable lot, nobody in the audience
feels too sorry about it.
The fire which now consumes Germany
started modestly enough, too. First Hit
Ter burned the Reichstag, in defiance OF
truth and democratic government. Then
he burned the books, in defiance OF free
dom of thought and spirit When the
1ld1l1CO SlCW AAOIVC4 lac PuV WIZ With w
Warsaw and Rotterdam, until finally the
fire famed on the shores of the Arctic
and the Mediterranean, and on the banks
Of the Volga.
Now the fires that Hitler kindled are
consuming his own country and his own
people. It is within his power to quench
them. But Hitler is as empty OF con-
science or compassion as were the Wag-
merriam gods he worships. He and his fol-
lowers have made their choice: If they
cannot conquer they will drag their coun-
try and their people down with them.
Hitler and his mouthpiece Goebbels
have now forgotten the superior" Ger
man culture which they ranted about so
long. They do not lift voice or hand
to preserve the remaining cultural mon
uments" that they used to whine and
SWIVEL over in the early days of Allied
bombings.
They are sacrificing German ANTIGUA
inhuman contempt which they showed
ties and their defenders with the same
for the pitiful inmates Of their prison
camps. The leaders Of Nazism' have
finally shown themselves to be as remote
from any consideration OF feeling for
humankind as were the gods of Valhalla.
Even to the Germans, their occasional
rantings of victory can only be the hol-
lowest Of echoes.
EItler and his henchmen, knowing
lheelgss dooined - satisfyine fheix
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Selected Poem

CLOUDS
(Howard Ensign Evans in The Poets Corner,
Hartford Times)
Drifting. drifting, lightly shifting,
Moulding unfolding, white and high,
Whimsically sitting, plunging, lifting,
Professions Of clouds in the well-trodden sky.
Now like strange giants in garments Of silk,
Now as fresh cotton In blue fields apple,
Now all disorder, spilling OF milk,
Now boldly marching in militant file.
wonder what children with minds still unweighted
Are watching the pale ships and beasts In the blue
And asking what fingers unseen have created
Such manifold shapes out Of nothing but dew.
Nothing but dew in the monochrome blue
But on what enchantment, what stories untold,
And oh what bright-hearted shutdown can do
With light dash Of red and a tinting Of gold.
Gay Clouds drift ye on my childhood Is gone
Like cloud that Is drowned in the sunsets deep
wine.
Though more may be born in the flush Of the
dawn
Not one will be mins.-not one viii be mine. ..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

The heavy rains this week brought
back memories of flood control for the
Naugatuck Valley. Little has been heard
of the proposal to dam the Naugatuck
River above Thomaston OF recent days.
Last winter it was pretty hot issue; to.
day it's as dead as a doornail. All OF
which doesn't mean that the project mas
been set aside. One OF these Gays
Thomaston will probably awake to flnd
engineers camped on their doorsteps ana
a major operation being performed IN
the township.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

; This Is the toughest beach I have
ever seen, and I have made IS
landings. Tarawa was q hell Of q
lot easier.
Capt. c. Z. Anderson, UaNR. at
Two.
We want q world that Is free
from DULLES going around and
beating people up and taking
things away from them, or maxi
ing them do what they want them
to do. Our foreign policy n to
make that kind of q world.
Assistant Secretary Of State eDan
Acheson.
There was a systematic retrench-
ment in fod distribution after the
first bombing raid last September.
There was slash Of almost 80 per
cent In quality and quantity.
~SeylmOur Schechter, Manila b1sl-
80 @An ri ~ -. 1lsnaA =
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Postwar Education

One gets the impression that the
announcement of the survey of public
schools throughout Connecticut, made
by the State Department of Education,
was made to command attention of post
war planners. Certainly no better project
could be recommended to the city planner
than revamping of the physical assets
of community'S educational system.
The result of the survey is probably
about what most officials with real
knowledge of their communities already
knew. Certainly it should not have
caused too much surprise in local circles
to learn that certain schools were out
NODDED and that others would become so
in the next ten years.
Waterbury hasn't been idle in this
respect, though. If the records of ex-
penditures for the School Department
were examined they would reveal that in
the last few years there has been con-
siderable emphasis on repairs to buildings,
school grounds, etc. Only few days ago
the Department of Education announced
healthy program which entails major
improvements to some of our school
buildings. The postwar period, too, will
see the school replacement program oc-
cupying conspicuous spot in all local
plans.
Bridgeport was said to have more OBJ
Solete buildings than Waterbury, eight
down there being put into this class,
with ten listed for replacement within
ten years. There is one obvious fault
with the state departments plan for
bringing the local educational plants up
to date. There is a constant shift in
school population today. One section
may be up today; tomorrow it is down.
All you have to do is to examine the
School Department records to find this
out. In short ten years from now there
may be less need for one school than for
another. So such sweeping renovations
are pointed out as necessary by the state
may dwindle away in few years time
Tie local concept of what has to be done
is much more pertinent.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

tiers Renan: His brain was like q
cathedral no longer used for divine
service, containing wood, trllsses of
straw, and miscellaneous articles,
yet retaining its religious architec-
ture." Renan was the descendant Of
generations Of piolls peasants. BY
inheritance he was the beneficiary
OF many fine elements Of character
which his pious forebears had built
up. There was q general religious
architecture to his life, yet within
this building was housed every sort
Of secular interest.
The moral values which ali men
prize come from religion. Many o
decent-living citizen today VIII o
never crosses q threshold Of o
church has religion to thank for the
fact that he Is q decent citizen. For
his character is largely what the
fidelity OF some ancestor predestin-
ed 1t to be. His uprightness Of life
Is not particularly O credit to him
but to his forebears and their de-
votiop 70 revealed religion,
AL Rights Observation-Disclosures !.
soNaaaaR AwAaiRAA4 ii.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
WHEN WOMEN DIFFER

NV husband and I have been
married for some time CWeHs
Ma'am, that is quite regular, notn-
ing wrong about it, so far rs
can see) and are now expecting our
first baby in October. AS an
past thirty years Of age am alra1o
that it will 60 hard with me. 30
I would appreciate 1t
(CMrS. A. L. DeH).
Now this poor girls education mas
been sadly neglected : shame ON
benighted taxpayers and the back"
ward school authorities Of her COM
munity-and I do wish our readers
the dumb ones. mean-coulo geC
it through their thick heaoS tnaC
when deplore or ridicule 1gnor"
ance I mean ignorance o. pny"
siology and hygiene.
In the same mail with this quaint
query came this wholesome COM
ment.
I was 80 when my first baby was
born, and in q way am not sorry
I started 50 late, because II mao
been younger my husband ana +!
might not have appreciated what
wonderful happiness we nave IN
these three boys that God gave uS
to raise for Him. OF course tney
make plenty Of work and they try
our patience at times. But we think
of our grandparents raising their
large families with none OF the
modern labor-saving convenienceS
and we wonder what they would
think of married folk today who re-
gard the rearing Of one or TWO
children as tremendous burden
4! We know Of any number or
young couples who spend enough
money on weekend parties" nignt
clubs, etc., to support Adequately q
fair-size family. Yet they are the
very ones who Just can't see their
way to having children now.
W." (Mrs. E. c. r.
Mrs. Deli. and other young PEG"
pie who contemplate the great mir
acle of life may find preparing
for Maternity" a useful primer to
study. For a copy send ten cents
and stamped envelope bearing your
address. It is for prospective 1atn-
ers as well as for prospective moth
ers. Unlike the mouse, the rat or
the nincompoop, man who Is a
prospective father will be as inter-
ested and will study as carefully
as his wife everything that pretains
to the welfare and happines OF
mother and the little stranger. One
chapter in the primer is about the
woman who has her first baby at
forty. After all, it seems absurd for
Mrs. Dell. to regard herself as old.
That is, If she can roll somer-
sault and come up on her feet
smiling.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Views Of The Press
PA CORBIN
Hartford Times)

N11oA vAOi0 4AHCo)
The qualities which led the mem
bers of the Yale football team Of
1888 to make William H. Corbin
their captain were characteristics
of his later life, as he continued
to hold mems confidence. and their
regard and to be accepted as a
leader. Thus for more than a half
century he held posts Of command
AS a school principal in his carrier
years, as Tax Commissioner OF the
State for more than a dozen years,
school district chairman, in the
field of business. In the Hartford
Chamber OF Commerce Of which he
was both executive vice-president
and president. and as president OF
the Hartford Public Library, In
which post he was vigorously ae-
uve until the day Of his death.
NicknAmed PA" IN his youth.
possibly because Of the towering
stature whdch stood him out among
his fellows, and his readiness to
take initiative, the familiar cogno-
men remained with him throughout
his life. He was better known by 1t
than by his formal name. Instead
Of finding It disagreeable, ne &C.
copied 1t and usedit freely himself,
TO identify himself. Physically, as
we'll as because Of his robust and
hearty personality he stood out in
amy company. In his football days
he must have been q powerful fig-
ure indeed, for even at 30 he gave
the impression Of great physical
strength. Despite q slight stoop in
his mature years he stood well over
six fest and his frame, his features
and lAs rumbling voice matched his
stature.
The country Is nlled with men
who played on or captained their
college elevens aid whose athletic
prestige rs forgotten, but the fame
Of MIR. Corbin's career ct Yale, his
captaincy Of the team which scored
the greatest number Of points In
college history and which was never
scored on surrounded him to the
end.
He had q fine career as State
Tax Commissioner, becoming an
outstanding expert in that field,
Connecticut was Just emerging from
q simply organized State to the
more complex governmental entity
Of today. Mr.. Corbin devised ta1
laws and policies to suit the chang
ing times which are the framework
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

Quilted by one OF the worst fires
In history, hopeless San Fran
cisco bounced back to become one
of our great American cities and
host to a conference which seeks
to restore hope to hopeless
world-the world today, Quilted
and wartorn, Is no worse of than
San Francisco after the earth
quake in 1906. Yet it came back
Europe and Asia, if they take a
lesson from the City of the Col
den Gate, can do the same-there
is a zippy atmosphere here which
inspires diplomatic energy. None
of the stodgy defeatism Of Cen
eva, Versailles or Paris. Even
Washington is getting too blase,
too old worldish for as uccessful
international conference.
Delegates take on the spirit
Of the city which surrounds
them. The pressure of newspa-
pers, the radio, the local well
coming committees, even the
taxi drivers and hotel people can
help to spur success. When
delegates know that an eager
anxious city plus an eager
anxious nation Is watching
them, depending on them, they
think twice before going home
empty-handed.
Latin Americans have word
for 1t "ambiente" or atmosphere
that Is why the Russian delega-
ton Is making things tough.
Language Is one barrier be-
tween the Russwies and contagi-
Gus atmosphere of San Francisco.
Another barrier Is the way The
Russkies remain isolated. They
won't expose themselves to COLI
tagion. They are shutting up i'll
hotel suites unexposed to the
hustling, contagious. "never say
no ambiente" Of this town which
raised itself from ashes.
The British got off to the
best conference start - with
the help Of the Dominions. Elder
Statesman Jan SHUTS of South
Africa, who has seen more con-
ferences come and 80 than any
man since Aristide BRAND. had
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

last ambition. like tie gods who looked
on the ashes Of valhalla, they win Be
able 70 see q burned, hlackened and de-
Stroyed Germany Is they turn for q last
look from their own path to destruction
and oblivion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 0:01 p. m. (war time)
Sun rises 5:55 q. m; sets 7:45 D. m. war
time)
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Victory gardeners who have held up their
planting until May aren't feeling too bad
these days. The last half Of April has pro-
duced bad growing weather and flowers and
plants already started are not apt to DO -
good ~ that planted ct this later date.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-04-28

he was chairman of a commit
tee investigating forest grazing
permits. the future of fishing
placer mining claims, conserva'
ton of wildlife, and crowding Of
ranges and various subjects which
took him-at government expense
back to the vicinity of Nevada.
SO now, that the future of fish
ing has been worked to the bone
as source of investigation, Sen.
McCarron will investigate the
diplomats and what they do at
San Francisco. Wonder what
names McCarran and lMcKellar
will call now. 1t will be hard to
think Of any new ones.
Copyright, 1915, by
The Bell Syndicate, Incl
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By Dr.. william Brady

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