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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

inaguruate the rationing of poultry, and to adopt universally New York s meatless Tuesday and Friday. He also proposed that restaurants and hotels be required to collect ration points from patrons for meat serv- ings.
 New York's outspoken mayor re- gently told Republican house group that 30 per cent of the meat sold in New York passed through black market channels.
 The War Food administration held out little hope for increased meat, poultry and egg supplies in the number one population center. It pointed out, however, that fish are coming into the market at the rate of 1000 900 day, 300, 900 above the normal supply"
 | Philadelphia newspapers quoted Arthur E. Dennis, attorney for sev- eral meat industry groups, as say ing that the city's meat supply was at its lowest ebb since the Civil War. Fifteen plants in the area already have warned the War Pro- duction Board that output would be slowed unless their cafet orias were given enough meat for Gt l2ast two or three luncheons week.
 Still another indication of the possible effect of the meat shortage on war production was registered in the soft coal fields of western Pennsylvania. John P. Busarello, president of District 5, United Mine Workers, said that the miners could not produce effectively without proper food.
 Unless they get meat Busarello warned, they'll not get any coal" ;"
 San Francisco's market shelves invariably were empty by noon. Not only do delegates to the United Nations Conference find few steaks on the menu, but they are more apt to dine on fish, which is plentiful or lamb, available in small amounts.
 Poultry along the west coast is as scarce as prime meat cuts and many dealers complained that they were unable to buy fowl except at black market prices.
 Despite increased supplies, fish prices, too, scared In the nations seafood capital of New Orleans, catfish was reported selling far above normal, Dealers who formerly paid $l90 bag" for oysters now must pay $3.99
 A Kansas City butcher reported he had seen no bacon for three weeks. Others echoed his state ments. adding that fish was plenti- ful but poultry as rare as meat.
 In Denver, lamb and commercial beef were available in small amounts But poultry houses were open only one day week Steaks were plentiful in night clubs and bars but almost non-existent in restaurants.
 Detroit OPA officials termed the city's meat supply the lowest of all time" They were considering licensing meat slaughterers in an effort to curb black market activi- ties.
 Retail Meat Merchants Association President Martin Bonkovich said that there's no such thing as poultry in Detroit"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

| grand multi of Jerusalem, wanted | for anti-JeWish activities. He and | his secretary were arrested in Ger many and will be handed over to British authorities.
 Baillie- Stewart probably will face charge of treason. He went to Germany in 1886 after serving five year sentence in the Tower of Lon don for giving British military sec- rets to German agent.
 "The friends I left in England were Snobs and mummies who did not know the meaning of the lighter side of life,' he said.
 Contending that he preceded Will liam Joyce as Lord Flaw Haw' in broadcasts from Germany, Baillie- Stewart said:
 T broadcast some wonderful rub biSh for them (the Germans), but despite my protests at this silly type of propaganda they refused to listen. Of course, the most fatuous piece of all was to sink the Ark Royal, which did regularly, broad cast after broadcast"
 The London Daily Mail after Arthur Seyss-Inquart, ruthless Ger man administrator of Holland, had been brought to England for safe keeping
 Radio Moscow broadcast dis patch from Montevideo claiming that two German spies and two Gestapo men recently had arrived in Argentina. It identified them as Count Carl Won Lukenburg, leader of the SPP gang; Richard Schreoer, close associate of Fuehrer Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. and Gestapo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
FIRE DEPARTMENT
 INSPECTION HELD
Mayor and Commissioners Give Men, Apparatus
 "Once Over"

The first complete inspection Of the Fire Department in 2o years took place at D. m. on Grand street yesterday. Mayor John s. Monagan and Fire Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh led the inspection party which included Commissioner Fin ton Phelan, chairman of the Fire Board; Lieutenant William Kinney, adjutant to the fire chief, and Fire Commissioners Peter Carroll, Cor don Somers, Archie Phillips and Edward Lasky.
 The firemen marched in squad formation, four abreast, from in front of fire headquarters on Field street, to Grand street, where they formed a single line along the street opposite the City Hall and stood at attention, facing north.
 Orders were issued and forma- tions were called for privates as they formed in front of the fire house and just before the inspection got under way by Lieutenant Tim othy F. Horgan, who was detailed as official aide to the chief. Deputy Chief Martin Campion gave the orders for officers of the depart ment.
 Proceeding the squad of tiremen were the color bearers, Privates Will liam Faulhaber and Leo Burlington, f1anked by Privates Thomas Reidy and John A. Burns, color guards.
 Eleven engines and the 85-foot aerial ladder and two 65-foot lad ders were lined up at angles from the curb in numerical order
 Private Thomas O'Dea explained the two types of inhalators used by the department. Captain George L. Holmes Of the Bureau of Automo- piles was in charge of arrangements and location of the fire apparatus for the inspection.
 Following the inspection, the mayor praised the men for their appearance, their skill in fighting fires, and the condition of their equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

tCOntlnueQ rom Page U ahead swiftly. Some spies tried to run when they were halted for questioning, and they were shot. Others died in futile attempts to ram their stolen cars through Amer ican road blocks. The rest, except for the ten who apparently got away, were caught tried and eX- ecuted.
 None of them ever got into Paris, where rumorS of an assassination plot against Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hover caused authorities to throw a security guard around the entire security guard around the entire city.
 Sheen repeated his previous de- nial that the Nazi spymaster, Lt. ! Gen. Otto Skorzeny, ever planned or tried to kill Eisenhower. The scar lfaced enemy agent did not accom- sspany his spies on the foray and his men were under orders to sabotage Allied rear areas and help spread confusion in the path of the attack { ing German army.
 Actually, they succeeded in blow ing up efw bridges and the entire operation was considered crushed by Dec. 23, one week after they started out, Sheen said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

sank all five ships in the convoy, 6 total of l7,o00 tons of enemy snip. ping. The biggest vessel, combi. nation freighter-transport of from $500 to 7,500 tons, went down burn ing after strafing set off a deckload of gasoline
 Australian dispatches reported that two thirds of Tarakan Island off Borneo now was held by Aus tralian and Dutch troops after IS days of fierce fighting. All impor- tant installations on the oil-rich island have been captured.
 In the fighting on Bougainville island Australian troops have gain- ed control of one third of the islanG and killed 3,900 Japanese since they took over from American forces in October. The Sixth Australian Division was reported within three and half miles of junction with other troops in the Wewak area which would give them complete control of the Wewak coast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
French Entertainers Moy Strike Tomorrow

Paris, May 2l-CUP) More than 36,000 workers in the French enter tainment industry have threatened to strike tomorrow in the latest of series of labor disturbances which have been sweeping France.
 Wage dissatisfact and the re- cent dismissal by minister of in- formation Pierre Henri Teitgen of Jean Painleve, director of the mo- tion picture industry caused the threat. Painleve was replaced by an accountancy expert said to be with out experience in entertainment.
 The entertainment workers de- manded complete revision of work ing conditions and organization of the industry. The walkout would close down theaters, motion picture houses and radio studios throughout the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

the Russian suggestions. The final wording was worked out at Big Five meeting last night in the pent- house apartment of Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius. Jr.
 A few minutes later, Stettinius announced that the obstacle had been hurdled and that the agree ment would go to committee today.
 Stettinius announced the original American proposal last Tuesday. The major change in the final ver- sion occurs in the section setting forth the inherent right of nation to act in self defense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
men Walter Waltonen and Willi

ShekenDach.
 Moscow dispatches reported that the Soviet Press unanimously re- jected Allied explanations that the Doenitz government was being used temporarily in connection with Ger many'S surrender.
 The Doenitz incident has grown into dangerous political game causing alarm in all countries" the government newspaper Izvestia sait.. Tt is pertinent to inquire who is whose captive. For victorious peo- pie, this is too unpleasant a gift the first few days after victory"
 The newspaper Pravda said public opinion called for immediate cessa- tion of collaboration with the Doc nitz "Ersatz government and swift punishment of the German general staff and other war criminals in accordance with the Crimean de- claration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
PETITION DISMISSED

Boston, May 2l-(UP)-The Ma tional Labor Relations board today
 announced dismissal of a petition for investigation of union repre-
 sentation at the American Hard
 ware Corp. plant in Hartford, Conn. The petition had been filed by the International Union of Operating
 Engineers (AFL).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

American 10th Army, opened the American radio station on Okinawa yesterday with a reminder that even Japanese leaders admitted that American conquest of the island would spell final defeat for Japan.
 He congratulated his men on systematically destroying the enemy garrison of Okinawa and de- veloping a base from which the death blow can be dealt to the Jap anese empire
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Chinese Take Hochih Again
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Continued from Page D encircled in the Shanmen area, 45 miles west of Paoching.
 A substantial Japanese force moving northwest toward the Sim ming area from the southeast by- passed Shining to reach a point six miles north and northwest of the city. Patrols clashed but no heavy engagements were reported.
 On the central Human front an- other Japanese force advanced against light opposition in the .yi- cinity of Chukoupu, 30 miles north west of Paoching
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ment.
 Congress has been shouting about economy for years. The word from the White House is that the time is just about right for the execu- tive and legislative branches to get together to strike blow for the taxpayer-not by cutting taxes but by cutting costs.
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Butchers Hit Black Market

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Allies Seize
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Tito Claims SIovs Ready

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Yonks Seize I'd AirfieId

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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10

there viii be another world war. or,
as the emotional extremist Mr..
Wallace, to contend that anyone who
Is against his tariff views is lad
vocating another world war"
Russia's excuse for at FIRST de-
ciding to send an inferior ranking
diplomat to this world conference
was never made public, but II was
passed privately and officially 10
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Stettinius.
The Kremlin pointed out to them
that Molotov was not only the for
eign minister in the Soviet setup
but the second man OF the Stain
government Stain said he could
not spare Molotov from his side
for so long a period just at the
critical time Of victory in Europe.
and because his government is des-
perately shorthanded on diplomatic
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
BY BAUKIAGE

SAN FRANCISCO. IF.-There
is something significant. believe,
IN the fact that this world confer
ence which hopes 70 plot happier
course for the future Of the world
IS being held al the Golden Gate.
can't help contrasting the atmos-
phere with that which cnveloped the
gathering on the banks Of the Seine
&c years ago, which l also covered
] think there is much more hope
for success for this gathering
than there was for the Paris con
ference two decades ago, although
most OF us who crowded into its
opening session on the Quai d'Orsay
in Paris on a sunny January day IN
1919, were well supplied with hope,
too
think the meeting place was well
chosen and Il the agenda becomes
unfinished business. II might well
be concluded on the same spot where
the clean fog sweeps in from the
Pacific whose wide waters unite the
east and the west
There Still fingers on California's
shores the memory OF its mulhfold
historical national contacts II was
here in brakes Bay" that the IA
nous English explorer is said 10
have stopped 10 repair his ship. !
say was brakes bay for later, Ger
memo. the Spaniard. on a voyage
from Manila in 1895, was ship
wrecked in the same body Of wa
ter and gave II its present name OF
San Francisco bay. The Franciscan
missionaries built missions a mule
days journey apart from southern
10 northern California. The sword
followed the cross and Portola's
Spanish soldiery fought their way
up 10 what is still called the Prae-
sidio. the very year the American
nation was born.
Less definite are the records Of the
ears explorers but the Russian
river" just north Of here remains
a flowing memento OF their early
visits.
Less distinguished Chinese and,
SapaiieJs thslifS .sS5s RAISED l,.aG
problems: great settlements OF Hin
dus remain in the state and colonies
OF Swiss and Italians toll among
vineyards reproducing the products
Of their homelands.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
THEY Say

Washington -- President Harry
Truman: "If l could give you
single watchword for the coming
months that word is-work, work,
work"
New York-Herrbert Hoover,
former president. Peace, pros
perity and freedom will not arise
from stunted minds and bodies"
Manila-General Douglas MacAr-
thur. with the help OF Almighty
God. we shall not fail.
London Prime N>lister Wins
ton Churchill "Eyhdoers are now
PROSTATE before, us
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
COrDses at Indian Stones

had telephoned State Police Head
quarters and left word that he
would like to see Capt. Wes Wick
man. Then he went in, tousled
Sarah's hair when she started TO
lecture him about being late. and
ate hungrily.
Sarah tried to get him to talk.
"Fine sort Of husband you'd make!
You'd come home to a poor, dear
wife who had spent q hard day in
the beauty salon and the depart
ment stores-and behave exactly as
If she were wallpaper"
"That reminds me. Beth mixed
your invitation to stay here"
Sarah studied him. well? The
details. Come clesnl"
His face was bland. Tncompati-
bility. I'm too wild for her. Some
thing"
81 heard" said Sarah, shat you
were out canoeing with her. Did
she propose? Notice carefully that
| didn't say, "Did you, propose ?"
"She had a stab at it. Told me
I was glamofous Talked herself
out Of it."
"A fine girl, Beth. She's warm,
intelligent, brave"
"Mmmm. Beautiful. Good fg-
ure. Fine dark hair. Well-educated.
Magnificent carriage. Spirit. Dash.
Good golfer and tennis player, ter
rife at table tennis, able swimmer
everything a man like me would
need il he had an extra life to give
to his country clubs"
Sarah chortled. AT least--Beth's
one female in your class that you
haven't run away from! That's
some progress-for me-"
Aggie looked at her with eyes
that were singularly penetrating.
IL know your game. Miss Plum he
said.
Sarah set down her coffee cup.
Honestly. believe you do! But
was Beth very disappointed"
Search me. She started talking
about Ralph. They we're thick when
| arrived here. They might thicken
up again"
When they left the dining room,
he took leather chair near the CEN
ter table and picked up the eve
ming paper.
Finally Aggie, after a rather long
silence, said: 1--WE have dozens Of
clues" he heard Wes Wickman's
step on the porch "and think
well have another, before much
longer But it's not enough. We
haven't let our minds-our imag-
inations-do sufficient work. We've
tried to consider everything by the
logic Of things" He leaned around
his chair. Hello, Wesi Come in
Bring that fox, out by the steps
will you?"
The trooper came in, carrying the
fox by the tail. He held Il toward
Sarah. "Your nephew's a smart
trapper. Sarah. I'd have given him
fifty to one he wouldn't have nailed
this"
bad bet," Aggie said. at was
tame. Well, | see you brought the
photos"
(To be continued)
Ceryright lSti. By Philip wylis
p'uiss..s ~ kins T..,srss sJsaissi.. Lea
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
Seek to Build
On Firm Ground

As l write these lines two things
appear as near certainties as GER
tainties exist in this kaleidoscope
world. The United Nations are sin
cere in the hope Of erecting some
sort OF structure which, II il is hu-
manly possible to do so, can pro-
vide a place for the shelter. care
and feeding Of the dove Of peace.
A shadowy and almost paradoxical
corollary Of this statement is the
frank acknowledgment that prob
ably one desideratum primum omi-
mum of only one of the great powers
is the international organization it.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
CHAPTER THIRTY.FIvE

Beth was still padding lacka-
daisically offshore. She pushed into
the shadows. He took her place and
she sat against the backrest.
She eventually broke his extend
ed silence. There is pollen on your
bathing trunks. By that l deduce
you've been walking in field.
There il only one field nearby-the
one around the gszebo. Did you find
out anything of sinister import ?"
Aggie smiled. Maybe"
But you're not telling?"
He shook his head.
II think" Beth said, in a differ
ent tone, 81 won't take up Sarah's
invitation TO be house guest. You're
quite right, Aggie. I'm not your
type. You're not mine" She
sighed. you tell Sarah, will you7"
Aggie was jolted from his alb
straction. WHAT"
She smiled. "Never mind. | will"
Beth added. later, Ralph is the
very right sort--after ALL sup
pose"
She was surprised when he looked
up Ralph! | want to ask about
Ralph. mean-what he's like ?"
"He owns an accounting firm. His
whole life is an open-ledger."
lie took care Of the accounting
end OF your fathers business"
"Some Of it," Beth replied. "The
honest part"
"He knows about the other part.
Remember the crack he made the
night Wes cross-examined the
whole club? What was it? About
Some people report their incomes
and others bury them Do you think
he knew about-the gold up here ?"
Beth looked thoughtfully into
Aggie's eyes. mo doubt he knew
Father had other accounts and 9TH
er funds. Ralph doesn't tell me
much about his business. Typically
American man-of f-affairs with his,
Don't bother your pretty little
head And he's right, Aggie. II
would bore me. Still"
"Still--what1"
"He's enormously ambitious.
Ralph likes money. ! know he's wor-
ried about my estate. Just his prac-
tical point Of view. Looked at
from your angle-it seems differ
ent. Ralph's ambition might turn
TO cupidity, his cupidity TO crime.
Still - it's hard 10 picture him -
standing over q victim-with q
dripping weapon-isn't it7"
Aggie thought that Beth was q
fairly detached person, on her own
account, inasmuch as the picture
connoted her own father in the role
Of victim. He said, "If IL were easy
to imagine a killer doing the deed,
it would be a cinch to catch them
all II asked you, What does q
murderer look like? p you'd be hard
put to make a successful answer" !"
That's right. A murderer -
might look like 81. me"
Aggie grinned. Let's hope not.
So-you have no idea that Ralph
was aware Of the stacked gold7"
~Not the foggiest."
Was he ever up here in the win
tsrl~
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-05-10
Sincerity Mark Peace
ParIey in San Francisco

self What Russia and Britain want,
first Of all, is an inner citadel grid
ed by strong mutually protective al
liances. The rest of the structure
is, for them, largely window dress
ing. Nevertheless, to obtain cooper
alton among the strong few. they
are willing 10 include the weaker
many.
The second thing which l think
even al this juncture can be pre-
dicted is that no matter how har-
monious the building OF this new
temple of hope may be, the Anal edi-
fee will be constructed on such a
broad foundation and with such wide
portals, that II will not confne its
tenants 10 any very strict restraint
OF action. There will be plenty Of
room 10 turn around in il. in case
some OF the occupants feel they
don't want TO go in exactly the same
direction as their fellows. This is
not a cynical conclusion-it is sim
ply the result Of a practical desire
not TO put anything in the way Of
getting something started. The
American delegation realizes that.
An agreement on major questions
which could be decided following the
meeting OF Stettinius, Molotov and
Eden was announced by the delega.
ton before we left Washington,
which meant that Senator Vanden.
berg was satisfied that the wording
Of the final agreement which the
Americans would accept contained
enough elasticity TO provide an ''es.
cape clause" This assures the sen.
ate and the American people that
this nation will not be bound. even
by implication, TO support iniustices
perpetrated by other nations. past
or present.
With Harry Truman in the White
House the position OF the delegation
has been strengthened by his an
nouncement that he would not attend
the meeting in person. but would
back up his delegates from his desk
where he belonged" There are
several other things that augur well
" harmony, The sy9ate knows that.
Mr.. Truman is not personally COM
mitted In any way to Britain or
Russia since he did not participate
in any OF the talks Of the Big
Three; they noted his remark that
Foreign Commissar Molotov when
he arrived In this country would pay
his respects TO the President Of the
United States "as he should" This
time the mountain had come TO Ma
homet. not the reverse.
Lastly, there is the. very potent
fact that President Truman was
Senator Truman for a long while.
He knows the legislative viewpoint
and, to know the legislative view
point, not academically as an out
side observer, but as longtime
possessor Of that viewpoint, Is OF
great practical importance. Remem-
Der the frequent controversies be.
tween the administration and con-
gress in the past few years Note.
likewise. two Of the outstanding sue