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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
By DrevC Pearson

hack from the white House one day later, also marked approved" and signed Harry B !Tumsn' It was obvious to them that the new PTesaent pe- lieved in speed, not consultation
 So to put another road block in front of the Navy. Assistant War Secretary McCloy suggested 70 nis co leagues that the entire question Of tne slanus Ds Navy Department committee TO this end he had
 memo mimeographed and started circulating it, when Admr. Edwards heard what was brewing.
 Edwards nearly had fit His neat Sootwork with the White House in August was peing compAeseV undermined.
 Finally, Under Naval Secretary Gates, former New York banker called Assistant War secretary McCloy and tried to pick up some pieces He suggess- ed that 1t would be better If the Army ana NaW worked things out between themselves without con- sulting the State Department Then they could sur" prise the other government agencies with an accom-" plished fact which couldn't be upset
 Simultaneously Secretary of the Navy Forrestal sent the White House a memo (sept. ID asking TIu- man whether he had approved permanent policy of putting the islands under the Navy as staved m his August memo to the Navy, or mere interim policy as stated in Trunaan's Sept. 10 memo 70 the Army.
 Forrestals memo came back from the White House Immediately marked approved as aHl interim proposition pending the findings of the state"War- Navy Departments"
 Meanwhile, Admr. Edwards shot . quicie radio- gram to Fleet Admr. Ninitz, containing ccmpie!e blueprint of the Navys postwar Pacific plan Edwarcs deliberately made one concession to the civilian agen- cies by eliminating Okinawa from the islands to pc ruled by the Navy, on the ground that Okinawa has too large a civilian population lover 100000 Tor naval government
 Ninitz has now OKd the Navys blueprint ana the adnairais have again rushed 1t to the white House, hoping they can get snap juogmens out OG Truman, making the Navy permanent boss or tne Pacific islands.
 However what both the Army and Navy may not know Is that the whole question of Pacific naval bases came up ct the London Big conference, During private sde-talks between Secretary ByrneS and Foreign Minister Hevin, the latter told Byrnes that he was worried over Permanent Q. g. Navy"con" trolled bases all over the Pacific.
 Hevin told 1yrnes that the Navys plan looked like Q sword pointed ct Russia, and tnaE tne Islands were to be Navy.ruled, 1t gave the EussanS
 powerful political excuse for getting island paseS m the Atlantic.
 It isn't being advertised, but already the Russians have asked for bases at spitSbergen, Bear 1sano and Iceland, supposedly for weather observaton' However such bases are near the Great Circle snort- cut to New York and London and could become secret rocket.launching or stom-launching bases. byrnes agreed to discuss the whole matter carefully with tne Navy and President Truman upon his return to Washington.
 Note-Meanwhile the Interior Department, hith" erto entrusted with governing U g. islands ana ter" rtores hes been kept completely in the dark py tne Army and Navy. =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
rNDrAlI SUMMERS SMILE

(New Haven Journals Courier)
 After several years of enforced abe stinence, Americans are once more free to enjoy that unlisted and un. official season known as Indian sum- mer. The origin of the term Is al- most as hay as the atmosphere about that time, but 1t is supposed to have come into being in western Pennsylvania about 1790. And the date of its arrival Is almost as indef- mite.
 One doesn't say on retiring: "When awake tomorrow Indian summer will be here" For while the other seasons are arbitrarily fixed in days, hours, and minutes, the best that meteorology, with all It's gadgets and long.range forecasts, can do is to set the period as com ing in October or November after the first frosts. On second thought. this is fitting, since the red man for whom the season IS named LOOK small account of time.
 But there are certain signs of In. dian summers coming. When the north wind rustles musically through the dry cornstalks, when lates lingering white butterflies move sluggishly through the air like over- laden bombers, and when dropping temperatures transform the land" scape overnight into kaleidoscope of color, and the equinoctial rains have fallen, Indian summer can't be far away.
 Somehow It's placid sunshine, It's mellow temperatures. will seem sym" bolic of Q world once more at peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
Views Of The Press

dicate need that the Legislature should now be in session, which 1t might be If the petition had been needed.
 That Is not to gairsay the possi- bility of a future condition of eTn. ergency. The Legislative Council takes more of that, and will meet c month hence to recanvasS the situa. ton. That Is e wise procedure and precaution.
 For the present, 1t Is far better to withhold attempts to apply Q legis- lative cure-all until we can be surer than we are today just what we are trying to cure, and what remedy seems appropriate. Or that there Is a condition which needs such drastic remedy aS new laws.
 In our opinion there Is no situa- ton in Hartford, or Connecticut, which could not be healed If orgaIl- ized labor would show more dispo. sition to try to find Q meeting ground with management than to insist on fighting Q pitched battle to enforce It's full demands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

governments on the islands, rather than civilian governments under the Interior Department such as now exist in the Philippines, Hawai-, Fuerto fCaco anu the Virgin Islands.
 To this end vice-Admr R. s. Edwards one of the Navy's top imperiasts, drafted cautious memo listing the major island bases the Navy proposed operating after the war This was zone wlSnouS Ven @ ing the Army which also has definite stake in tne islands or the Interior Department, which charged with running island governments
 The memo was sent to the White House, and much to Admr Edwards surprise came back one day later marked "approved" Below was President Tru- mans signature It was initialed also py TTunans naval aide, Rear Adrnr. James Varnaman' wno nao helped grease the ways.
 The Navy was amazed that Truman had made such ar important decision effecting vital D. g policy in the Pacific without consulting the state war or Interior Departments. But 1t was also delighted.
 A few days later Acting Secretary of the Interior As T O%s oysr sonfsr wS Assistant 5 tary of the Navy Sullivan and group of aomirals, and outlined the Interior Departments views or now to handle Pacific islands. He proposed that tne Navy and the Interior Department set up 2 joint committee to study the subject
 Sullivan and the admirals listened politely and with poker faces They knew that Truman nao OKd their memo making the Navy supreme over Pacific islands, but they never uttereo PeeP SVHV"S left knowing nothing.
 Meanwhile, Assistant Secretary of War Jack Mo. Cloy had been tipped off regarding the Navys quet rnaneuver as also were the Empire Builders Q! he AIT Forces The latter were especially furious at Tru-
 mans actions For the air boys consider these islands vital to B-29 and long range bomber operations Ano if the Navy gets control, the Army H hamstrung in exactly the same way the Navy would not let the Army planes patrol the waters around Hawai- nefore Pearl Harbor.
 So on Sept TO- Mccloy drafted one-page memo which his chief Secretary stson signed ana sent 70 the White House stimson pointed out that security is "intermeshed" regarding Pacific island bases and is joint problem for both the Army and Navy
 Tn conclusion, stinson said he assumed Truman had approved the Navy as an interim authority over the islands, not c permanent authority.
 Much to the Armys surprise this memo came
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 1t once on coast.to-coast network, and it's never been 6enied The world and this business, are over. Staffed with self.Starting, up.jumplng fiendishly gloating deners one assumes, therefore, that thB item is true.
 The general, thus and, with or without Bavaria, Is not just batte.happy truck driver on eunpow' der Jab
 I, personally can't quite see how he got in trouble in Bavaria. As understand 1t, and saw t. the Allied military government alone made the sorts of devi. sions Patton is charged with All through the war. we were told that especially picked men were being trained for these jobs of civil reorganization.
 But the story was that these were the gents who would move in practically on the heels of the fight. ing army and proceed to bring order out Of chaos And if they didn't. wasted lot of time listening and lot of space writing in Germany, for not even in pugiliSm have ever seen herd that was hotter for publicity. They told you how long or. rather, how short 1t took them to get the street cars running in Frankfurt, the lights turned on In Munich, the fire department renstailed, the hospitals open, sats: factory burgomeister. new police force operating
 Some fairly fancy and decidedly self.laudatory publications were beginning to make their appearance before bade farewell to Hters legacy to the loyal, but the very swelles of the ot the one that undoub- cdiy cost the American taxpayer the most, was whipped together by the AMd in Frankfurt. It had been prepared especially for the benefit Of score ot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
To The Ladies

Throughout the years, womens intuition has oc- casoned good many snde remarks by the superior male And since the began the subject of women in uniform has called forth disparagng comments Now along comes pretty young English whose exploits pre- sent unacceptable invitation for all these detractors to eat their words
 She is Flight Officer Constance Babington- Smith Of the British WAAF Tn the service of her country she was assigned to the Allied Central Photographic 1ntepreta- ton Unit at Supreme Allied Headquarters in London Her job was to study aerial reconnaissance pictures.
 In May of 1943 it was Miss Babington-Smths wo- manly intuition that led her to interpret curved sudge of black in one picture as ramp and croSSshaPed white blur as an arplane And because she and her Superors trusted her intuition the RAF went off to bomb the German city of Peenemuende.
 You know the rest of the story. The bombs smashed the Nazis VI experimental station They set the Nazi Timetable back six months delayed the first VI explosion in England until after D-Day and undoubtedly saved American cities from robot bombing All thanks to the sharp eyes and sharp intuition of pretty English girl in uniform. What do you say now, boys?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.


 and exercises can be played by chil- dren during their third piano lesson, says Celia Saloman, former head of the Greenwich House piano de- pertinent. Bigelow in the New York World-Telegram.
 APARTMENT-DWELLER BLUES When children's tender fingers Along the regimented keys, A minuet from Bach's @ hope From which I'd be delivered,
 please.
 I'll take the exercise and scale, Traditions of the practice hour, The notes that jell, the notes that
 fail, The tinkling true, the tiatted sour. The hands that stretch the primer
 chord
 And miss 1t nine times out of ten Should never tackle stuff that's For grownup womenfolk and men. I do not think ambitions sway Should ever, ever be applied To sulky tiny tots who play For Mothers joy and Fathers pride. For as 1t is, I must admit, With some exceptions, I'll allow, If driven by my friends to 1t, There are too many players now.
 Secretary of State Byrnes favors full public announcements on inter- national agreements. What the baffled and curious citizen wants right now Is full publicity on inter- national disagreements, however.
 The Beast of Belsen, according to the testimony of his wife, Is @ kind. hearted family man who worried because prisoners in his charge had to sleep on bare floors" No doubt he was sorry that he couldn't provide c nice, thick blanket of carpet tacks.
 Glare Hoothe Luce says that she IS "fed up With being tne laVor1te whipping boy of the C.I.O. in Con- necticut." But it's still PAC vobis- cum, Madam.
 The military Is planning to re-. lease more doctors from the armed service. Before long, the dis. charges Will be yearning for the good old days when they could sleep right through until reveille. Seven representatives of labor, government and management will tour Pacific bases to discuss home. front problems with soldiers. It's hard to say whether they're experts in the problems or tugitives from them.
 7O.year.old Western Union rnes- senger out in Chicago has left his job and started walking to New York. The Western Union people should do the right thing by an old employe and phone him in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

eVefybody TNn aFoUIlu II CIECIeB trying to figure out how to inter. pret Rule Number Six, The lack of on agenda and the blank spaces to be filled in later with the names of the chairman and sec. retary were perfectly understand. able. These missing parts simply meant that the committee on or. rangements hadn't been able to agree on the agenda and hadn't been able to get an acceptance from the man they wanted to preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

contest among olkIereng govern nient bureaus. If we admanistrate Okinawa, saipan, Guam, etc., the same haphasard way government agencies are fighting over them, wen be in for real trouble. Ale ready there have been repercus- slons in London and Moscow.
 Here is the inside story of the backstage feud.
 It began last August when the Navy quietly moved in to get con. trol of the Pacific islands. What
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

Public protests have caused Mex. leo to change It's methods of having all government employees vacations ct one time, to c staggered schedule SO that 90 per cent of the workers will be on the Job at all times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

belongs in the picture. At least, subject to correction, l assume there Is. one of his intimates in Washington once told me that the famed fiFe-eater doesn't take c cent of his salary aS general that, in fact, he never sees 1t and
 never has seen 1t. His pay check,
 oy his orders, Is made out and paid into Army Relief, c service charity that's % per cent CT. I've no way of checking the gentle. mans private business, but I've 1,,rlkkaVa that tts,ira and hrnaAaaaf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

Next to looking at pretty pcture-the kind you hang the wall-theres nothing more fascinating than look ing at pretty ad not to get too commercial about it. Apopos of ads the Cleveland (Oho) Press says Adver Using returns to it's main assignment goods and services For the good of America and for the jobs of millions may it perform its great task we'll"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
Waterbury of The Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 A rumble was being heard throughout the city and was being reported as an earthquake,
 A vaudeville actor at Polls was being arrested on 0 breach of the peace charge when he dropped a whiskey bottle from his hotel win. dow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

WASHINGTON, OCt 1S-secretary of Labor schwelenbach announced the rules of procedure for the forthcoming labor-manasement conference late Friday afternoon md for about an hour thereafter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

do not intend to discuss Gen. PattonS epIogue here In daily installments Tn fact, this is the final instament unless the story breaks out again.
 But there's another side to the man Patton that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

WASHINGTON, Oct 1B-The War and Navy De- partments are trying to hush It up but the whole question of D. g. naval bases on Jap-seissd Pacific islands, has developed into violent hair-pulling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

The postwar period is going to be one of Asconsruc- eion and rehabilitation, which is reassuring. The Res lave g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
s Years Ago

Many Waterbury men were talk ing of going to Canada to join the Canadian Royal Air Force: and some were actually doing it.
 Men were being warned Of the severe penalties for failure Co reg.
 istA for the draft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15
IS Years Ago

A Watervllle girl was being ae. claimed hero for rescuing four. year.old boy from the Naugatuck river.
 Two young men from the West End section were preparing to start c bike trip across the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-15

7O.year.old Western Union nes- senger out in Chicago has left his job and started walking to New York. The Western Union people should do the right thing by an old employe and phone him in.
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Best and
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Somerville OF
|Kensington have returned from
Parksville, N. Y, where they were
guests of Miss Lucille Appleby at
Hunters Lake.
Mrs. @. T. Wells has returned TO
her home here for the summer after
spending the winter and spring IN
Fort Lauderdale.
Mrs. Thomas Robertson Of Fort
Dix, N. j., Is with her mother, Mrs.
Laura Walker, for her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walther left
Friday for Coral Gables, where they
will visit their son-ir1-law and
daughter, Capt. and Mrs. William z.
Bageant.
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Manassas

Mrs. o. D. Waters and Mrs. Keith
Lyons are guests of Mr.. and Mrs
John Love Elliott at Wrightsville
Beach, N. c.
Miss Nancy Parrish and Miss
Bette Parrish have as their guest
Miss Eloise Haynes of Farmville,
who will accompany them to the
Eastern Shore the first of the week,
where they will attend a house party
given by Miss Lucille Upshur.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Gothwaite
have with them this week the for
mer's brother, Mr.. w. D. Gothwaite
Of Chicago.
Mr.. Raymond Gibson of Detroit
will arrive next week end to join
Mrs. Gibson and their sons, Monty
and Alexander, who have been Wis
Evening star., 1945-07-08

for some months, are the guests Of
Mrs. Clark's father, Maj. r. A
Mcintyre.
Pvt. Douglas Rathbone Smith has
arrived from Camp Blanding and
Joined Mrs. Smith at the home Of
her mother. Mrs. r. r. Barrett.
Mrs. Harrison Nesbit entertained
at luncheon Tuesday at the War
renton House In honor Of her niece
Mrs. William Hatch.
Mrs. Reginald Hall Of Laurel Il
visiting her sister, Mrs. @. 8. Hall
on Paradise Hill.
Mrs. George Lawrence Is the guest
of Mrs. Charles H. Lawrence In
Brookline, Mass.
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News Of Interest
In AIexandria

Mai. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Poarch
have as a guest Miss Mary Willard
Pickett, who has come from DAN
vile after being graduated from
Stratford College, where she won
the citizenship silver cup.
Mrs. L. A. Davis has arrived from
Hollywood, Calf, for visit with
her son and daughter-in-law, 1t.
and Mrs. Lowell A. Patterson. Early
in the week Mrs. Patterson returned
from an extended visit in Birming-
ham, Ala.
Capt. Albert L. Leary has re-
turned from duty overseas and has
arrived here with Mrs Leary, who
went to New Orleans to meet him.
Mrs. George Foley of Whittier,
Calf, who has been visiting in
Newport, has arrived here to spend
the summer with Maj. and Mrs.
George w. Tackabury.
Capt. and Mrs. James S. Smith
have as a guest Miss Helen Holt,
who is here for a visit after attend
Ing the United Nations Conference
In San Francisco. Capt. and Mrs.
Smiths young daughter, Sandra
Sue, will leave soon for visit in
Newport.
Comdr. and Mrs. ]. E. Hallinger
have arrived here from Long Beach,
Calf, and are occupying the former
home of Ensign and Mrs. N. E. Por-
ter, the latter having gone to the
West Coast to remain while Ensign
Porter is on duty.
Mr.. Edward H. F. West, who has
been in Paraguay for the past two
years, has rejoined Mrs. West at
their home here.
1t. and Mrs. Evald H. Gasstrom
have left for Massachusetts for
camping vacation near Worcester
Mrs. Donald G. Thomas will leave
the end of the week for Rochelle,
N. Y, and Pittsburg.
Mrs. Reece A. Gardner and her
daughter Ann left Sunday for Kan
sas City to spend the summer with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. McKeen.
Mrs. Wilson D. Sked and her son,
Philip, are visiting in Pennington,
N. j.
Mrs. Will Leonard Lowrie, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Boyle and their daughter, Miss
Fay Boyle, spent Thursday at
Thrurovin, her summer home at
Blue Ridge Summit. Later in the
month Mrs. Lowrie will go back to
spend the remainder Of the sum-
mer. Miss Boyle, who has been
vacationing with her parents at
their home in Mclean, will leave
soon for Mexico City to resume her
duties with the United States En-
baSsy there.
Mrs. Charles B. Skinner is in New
Orleans, where she will stay while
Capt. Skinner is on duty overseas.
Mrs. A. B. Poole and her sons,
Dick and Jim, left Wednesday to
spend month in indianapolis.
Mrs. Lyle Rosenberg has left for
Albuquerque, New Mex, to remain
while Col. Rosenberg is on duty in
the Pacific.
Maj. and Mrs. G. T. Ringe, jr.,
have moved to Quantico, where
Maj. Ringe is attending the Staff
Command School.
Mrs. w. A. Rigg and her son and
daughter, William Carroll and Mary
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Jeane, are vacationing at Beverly
Beach.
Mrs. Floyd x. Passmore has re-
turned after an extended visit to her
former home in Portland, Greg.
Mrs. Merle E. Parks has returned
from Peoria, Ill, where she has been
spending some time, and has been
joined by 1t. Col. Parks who re-
Gently returned from duty overseas.
Mrs. A. G. Thomas and her
nephew, William Brown, jr., of Tenn
pie, Tex, have returned from short
visit in New York.
Mrs. H. B. Nebecker Is back from
Corpus Christi and has been joined
by 1t. Nebecker, who has been visit
ing in Ogden, Utah.
Capt. and Mrs. John s. Talbot
have returned from a vacation visit
to their former home In Cincinnati.
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Southern MARYLAND

LEoNARDToWN. Nd, July t.
Mrs. Mary Hurry Hancock Of WASH
ington is spending this month with
her sister, Mrs. Emily Davis, at
Chaptico.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Wiggin-
ton and their family OF Washington
are spending July with Mrs. Wig
ginton's parents, Judge and Mrs
william M. Loker.
Pvt. william Morgan, recently lib
Grated from German prison camp
has arrived at the home OF hi
mother, Mrs. Carrie Morgan.
Mrs. Christine Roher Of Washing
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ton Is the guest Of DR.. and Mrs. Page
Jett In Prince Frederick.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. Morgan Knight
will entertain Tuesday evening In
honor OF their son, Mr.. O. Morgan
Knight, jr., In celebration of his
birthday anniversary.
Mrs. Don Smith Of Washington
has opened Charlesgift, her recently
purchased home on the Patuxent
and is in residence there for the
summer.
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iting Mrs. aibson's father, Mr.. c. =

| liting Mrs. Gibson's father, Mr.. c. r
l. M. Lewis at Rose Mount Farm.
Mrs. e. K. Evans entertained al
luncheon Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Edmondston
have with them their granddaughter
Miss Dorothy johnson Of Hampton
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall and their
son William are spending week
at Plum Point, where they are guests
of Mrs. Haydon's sister, Mrs. Nora
Moomaw.
Cadet Jack Woltz, who has been
stationed at Memphis, Tenn, Is
spending a week with his mother
Mrs. Irene Woltz.
Miss Barbara Leachman, who has
been at Virginia Beach for vaca-
Evening star., 1945-07-08

Mrs. Luther Chamberlain of New
York is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs
Alexander s. Hamilton.
Mrs. w. @. Hart Of Dendron, Va.
and Miss Jane Heath Hart Of Rich.
mond are guests Of Mrs. Gladys
Jones and Miss Anne Boiling Jones
DR.. and Mrs. w. @. Trow have al
their guest DR.. Trow's sister, Mrs
o. l.. Burnham Of Yakima, Wash
Maj. and Mrs. A. Ludlow Clark
who have been on the West Coas
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Gaithersbnrg

MIR. and Mrs. Ora Hostetter have
returned from a vacation spent with
his mother, Mrs. H. K. Hostetter, In
Lexington, Va.
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ton, Is with her mother, Mrs. J. p.
Leachman, for the remainder OF the
summer
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