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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

noon business In order that we might step over to his place for some luncheon.
 Occasionally somebody came in and sat down or got up and went out. It was something like doctors waiting room on a light day, but didn't know anybody, but I knew when my date was, so was deep in a copy of "Yank" and paying no attention when I heard a male voice say How do you do2" I didn't even look up. Mohndu finiirnd tn ha afAakinn fn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

liable causes Tor rejoicing, the lawyers in government are having Q tough job trying to decide wheth- CT the war is over and, If not, just when 1t will be. And, since there apparently will be no peace con- ference that the late enemies have anything to say about, 1t seems probable that Congress will have to pass a resolution setting some arbitrary date to make end of the war legal.
 You may not realize 1t, but 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

done by US. bombers to Germany.
 Under this high-sounding title, big-shot business executives have been committing back and forth across the Atlantic by plane at top priorities, while a thousand officers, enlisted men and civilians nave been browsing through Ger many doing relatively little.
 The stories collected by the Army photographers attached to this bombing survey are almost ..-a.oi4a,,a taNa I1,,k v,aa,a1y ae khaS1a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13
Army Pictures

was sitting Tn US. Ambassador John WinantS white ante-chamber in London waiting for the gen. tleman to finish an unexpected rush of Saturday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

Ecuador now grows good tonla- toes but has no canned tomato juice industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13
End Of The War

WASHINGTON, Sept 12-In spite of the last surrender of Japanese forces that two-day bnge in celebration of the end of the fighting President Tru- mans Y-J Day proclamaton and various other justi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13
|Merry-GO-ROu

WASHINGTON, Sept. lS-one of the Army's best boondoggng projects is about to get new lease life. It is the U s. Strategic Bombing Survey, sup
 posed to survey the damage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

An ail-tlme record tobacco crop ia forecast by Department of Agr!- culture experts. We'll bet nineteen cents, less the state tax, that that won't mean a drop in retail prices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

"what's in a nameP" asks Ed Pointer of the Boston Globe, point ing out that "there isn't single frog in the Frog Pond, there's no dock in Dock Square and Jamaica Plains ia full of hills" And Jim Curley is beginning to wonder If there IS a boss In Boston.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13
Waterbury Of The Past

25 Years Ago The End Anniversary of the Bat tie of St. Mihile was being cele- brated locally by those who had par" tlcipated in 1t.
 The Knights of Columbus was electing new officers, among whom was William T. Harrington.
 IS Years Ago l25 local residents were seeking to be naturalized.
 The Marx Brothers were playing in Animal Crackers" at the Fox Poli Palace.
 s Years Ago The Waterbury Medical Society aiemberS were holding their annual dinner at the club rooms. The ripping Up Of trolley tracka was being mentioned ag Q good pcs- aihliikv &fs aaran natal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

But I know of no poet who com pines so much that is careless and second-grade with the good."-FTom a review of Poems for Q Son With Wings" (Robert P, Tristram Cottin) py Sara Henderson Hay in the Sat- urday Review of Literature.
 AGREED
 Careful poets, men who take, Pride In what 1t Is they're Writing, Should be scrupulouS to make Sure of all that they're inoitins' They should ever skim the cream, Use the lean and valid meter Save the highlights of the dream For the song that's pure and sWeeter' They should edit shoddy stuff, Burn the straw and keep the clover If 1t isn't up to snuff
 They should always do 1t oVer Then they'll earn the wide acclaim with no barb for their defection; They will win the bay or fame' When they seek-and reach-per-
 lection;
 I agree with Sara Hay; Toward their task they shouio oe
 solemn,
 OedIcated q must say That they'll never write column"
 A pittsburgh man who drank DDl hv mistake said that 1t gave nm . hangoyer-llke feeling. It prooaply would take an autopsy to determine whether the stuff kills those mOr"- ing after butterflies. however
 General Wainwright has been hanoueted so often In the laSt rev days that his head must be ln a whirl A couple of months age he nrobably didn't think that he'o ever get too much chicken again either.
 Harold Laski declares that DE husiness In America must De per, suaded to accept Great Britain'S lull right to experiment With US owr life on It's own terms. It IS not e%- nected that he will go so Tar az to ask that we stop exporting those SU ",, harrass,nc @ bic stacks of green stuff from Washington.
 Maybe those CTS remaining m Berlin should take General Waih- wrIrht's words into consideration hefore they do any more trading wIth their Russian c0mrads. we said the general, must not abandon our watch"
 "What's In a namc?" asks Eo Pointer of the Boston Globe, point ing out that there isn't single frog in the Frog Pond, there's no dock in Dock Square and Jamaica Plains ia full of hills" And Jim CurleS is beginning to wonder If there IS a boss in Boston.
 An ail-time record tobacco cror iS forecast by Department of Agr!- culture experts. We'll bet nineteen cents, less the state tax, that that wor't vnean A drop in retail prices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

Maybe those GFs remaining Tn Berlin should take General Vain wright's words into consideration before they do any more traaing with their Russian Comrads. we. said the general, must not abandon our watch"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

General Wainwright has been h,na,ieted so often In the last few days that his head must be in a @ Whirl, A couple of months ago. he probably didn't think that ne e,S a ever get too much chicken again. either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

A pittsburgh man who drank DDL bv mistake said that 1t gave nm @ hangoyer-like feeling. It prooaply wouid take an autopsy to determine whether the stuff kills those morh' Ine-after butterflies, however
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-13

But I know of no poet who com pines so much that Is careless and second-grade with the good."-From a review of Poems for Q Son with Wings" (Rohert P, Tristram Cotan) by Sara Henderson Hay in the Sat- urday Review of Literature.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-11-16
offieiaI NAVY Photo
LIEUT.. lisl n. =. sATTERFTELr
Power Superintendent.
Public Works

When the lights vent off all
over civilian Key West during thu
QctubCr hurricane last year. whole
bouquets 81 orchids were subsc-
gueutly tossed ~ the MOB Public
Wurks Department for keeping
Navy lights blazing brightly
throughout the emergency
"A source IT w0ndcrment
special commentators Is due
wrote the Commanding Officer Of
"a Naval Ar Station
Co Of MAS Vas of course speak
lng 10 the entire Public Works
Department bur &c is a matter
of record that lights and power
are the responsibility of the
Power Superintendent who was.
and stiil BE- Lieut. uel n { Sat
terfield. d. CEC. USNR So Il
some of thp orchids of the storm
went directly o. ham i y ouldn
b. amlss.
Beside being Power Supcun-
tendent l1 charge oi utilities. IL
satltriisld also serves as Assist
ant Contract Superintendent.
handling Naval construction pfol-
ecis ln TINS area and up O. the
Florida mainland as far a. FLOR
ida C.iN. where the water pump
ing stsiiun 81 located The pump
ina station Itself also comes an
der bis supervision as a utilities
project
an told b. has handled 80 90.
600 worth az construction Gun
tracts since reporting 30 Key
West. Sept 8, 1913
Lieut. Sattclfirld, 3 native Of
Lexington. X Is graduate ~
the University uf Kentucky.
Nhsr. Le taok BS degree n
CUll Engineering he e. an as-
soCIste membt ~ the American
saelrty % Civil Engineers. and
o. licensed professional guAl-
ntlt IT, was employed as an
engineer Scr thc KOutu, rs Uti-
ties Company - Lexington before
receiving has commission as En-
fign in April 1913
Ills hrt staiIol Was Camp
PpsN 90 William 500. Va CB
training center IT, bIllst made
uu special demand "a ms eng.
u,Urs talents
AN I aId There De recalls
1855. ta EtD boai training to ..mp
5000 stabee- From Pear. 4
came directly q. keh West
Ilsui Sau. HeH d. ma.t
aHd Hsr- 0ftr Hte safe ana taa
children 90 p.rlI.na.
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THE WEATHER


~ WEI and vicinity: Con-
nlaer9blg cloadiness tins after
no0n. partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday. slightly walHier mod
efa8e O. fresh northeast % east
w3nas
Ftarbda. CeneFally fair this
af3ernoan. tonight and saturday.
eNnNpa considerable cloudincss
ama lght showers along In
msazzhemst eoasf. slowly rising
temperature
Jacksonville through FLORIDA
StxaafS. NoFfheasferly winds
naesaefafe over north portion and
areah over south potion. except
nexM.l0naily moderately strung
sn Straits fhts afternoon. veerinR
g. easieTly with little change IN
vslncltr fnnighi and Saturday
waVafiafT partly cloudV with scat
tNFaa iaRii showers IN south poT.
flun-
Ema1 Gull Moderate northeast
e. east Nlnds ans afternoon. to
nsNssf ana Satufday. except mod
crate 60 fresh over souih portion
wNntiaer Renerally fair
aaeksonyllle Go ApalaChicula
- snaaIl cFaf1 az storm warnings
haxe f@en iNEued
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REsENTs sUNPRovoKED
ATTACK on RED RAIDERS

Editor. The Citizen
THIS letter Is 10 reply % an an
provoked attack on myself and
the members 81 the baseball team.
thc Red Raiders. 81 whiCh / am
manaECr. a. published n yuur
column. Following Through oy
Pedro Agullag. ca NoyemBsr DO.
io43. The acrimuni0sis sastemcnts
IN this article NeIc q gr0ss ms
representation 81 facts
Under the CirCuTusta cts. We
trust thst in tbe DtCrUg al far
play yeu AL pubAsh tais ggply
81 myself and me memhers %
the Red Raiders. Who have been
So uriustly ma.lEucd n osdcT
that youT readers uat ne ac-
QuaInted Wlth aii ths fsCis.
To une. as g.H asFagfgfed
uith amateur sport, ass bong as /
have 1etn. craftsmanship Is o
sacred trust and not Co. b. im
pugncd IL IS rrgrrttable that
yClI uI.sspurltui e &c su..sr-
Isl mb. Ell ulth ets t Other
alst be- Wuul5 naf base .sunr~gd
personal attack aa..r fac s.lse
&C 'sport.Usr.
The 'oCaI nastnaI. i.4 sac. Vr.e1
got otf io % ~I.st eHg".rs. 30 g
enthusiastic starr h.e 1#tune iU.
beddgd ard retarded fr . mass af
individual dcfatHHaI attitudes
Cooperative ,pf smHng the
manager ard efiloa nf ire
league has neruue uan-eNl-fent
Co sequsrtiS tre .rHrt itself w
sufferinE from Iark 90 ufuper
saasAanss, shlls tl.s a"y aho
come cot 20 plan every swtfs
Jusi fH fht p... r....r
hasrhsil witra I' srv o. .aung g.
u0l Nhatspevgf s.t uaa,n..
moIe and mols discouraged
II Was bt a4@t $40 ut.t ga
doakuuag o. bn- .a.. ..t 20
chaos that th. Rea Ea t-
solved noi ta p.aN art H... m,.
until uaIe u.der.t .rf ...
ahle wethod uf .ar.. t.
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whether t BE- i.r 5 ,a... .. rpf
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pleasure 90 rlaNIns t.. gam. i7
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zaut until WD fc.d f.U ..ts.. r
IT, Citizen Tbs 90 Nsna.
u the mds fas' a..-..I af.
siudp o. which At rl.G hrvt
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strode away. A crowd gathered.
Policeman Chsrles Simmons. TAX
ing over. restrained anyone from
carrying oigt q suggestion that the
horse b. removed
Said Simmons: This man paid
has nickel "a hitch and others pay
theirs O. park"
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suited. nor the players. % ascer-
tam whether OF not they would
play that Sunday Goa any reason
whatsoever. IL other words they
we're told. through q newspaper
aTtlCiC by an unauthorized IN
dig.duaI whom they wcrg 10 play
end hen. without the consent
oi the players uT thcu manager
having bccn solicited. Il IS tins
o1lols attnlEde tliaa We are en-
deavorInE % eliminate IN order
that We may have a smoothly
and comparatively run baseball
league n kCy West fnr thc hene-
90 ~ our young men ard baseball
lans.
Zach team has a properly APP
roimtcd manager n h has dutS
60 maintain far PLAY on behalf
of hH PLAYERS and sce that they
receive pruper representation ~
a~v msttcr pertaining to them
selves and the league THIS IS
tlc sensible method ~ operation
as confusion would rCig' d no
decisions could IT, reached with
aal consulting every mcmbsT Il
,alh ttau o. IS consequently
obvious that every team manage
- Dutltlei lo the lDspecl and con
s.efatIon due has office regard
less of ans personal feelings So
81. .rn, Ans person Who. uIi
tHkIy coz others lse. attempts 90
u.dtEmlne such an officer IS do
ng an injustice % the league
the teau and THE players. as Well
g. I.opsrdixlng ths welfare 90 lo-
Ell baseball
] l4sl tha letter ALL Clarift
aud tfute grp statements ulaas .
ab8ui the Bed halaNEs Bnd a.
-e.f iu ftC ea.amn aboyc referred +
ts.
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Manage Red RaIdc
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MOUNT VEh.sON. In---An
equestrian refined IN his horse,
dlsm0unged. deposited . nickel In
q t0wn square parking meter and
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-11-16

Key West. Pa. Nov 10. 1888
On@RFwma4on taken ~ T30 am.
EaateFn Standard Timae
fC8fV Offtcal
Evening star., 1945-05-20
IS ,OOO- Ton Wisconsin
Revealed at Okinowo

GUAM, May 20. P,-A sleek, COM
parative newcomer to the fleet, the
battleship Wisconsin, has been deal
ing Furnishing blows to Japan.
Commissioned April 16, 1914, the
45,000-ton Wisconsin was at Two
Jima and Okinawa. After the lat
ter action, when a fast carrier task
force attacked Okinawa in February,
she retired temporarily from the
combat zone and her skipper, Capt.
(now commodore) Earl E. Stone,
native of Milwaukee, turned over
his command to Capt. John w.
Roper and became Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz's assistant chief of staff
for operations.
The Wisconsin participated pre-
viously in operations against Luzon,
Formosa.. the China coast and
Tokyo in December, January and
February
Evening star., 1945-05-20
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Like the little Dutch boy who
plugged a hole in the dixie and
saved his country, 1t. Comdr. Wayne
A. Parker of Oklahoma City plugged
hole in his ship and saved an in
vasion
His ship, the destroyer Binggold, is
still in operation, the Navy said yes
terday, because of the extraordinary
heroism" of Comdr. Parker, her
chief engineer, for which he won the
Navy Cross.
While bombarding Tarawa during
the assault and capture of that
island November 20. 1943, the Ring
gold was hit in the after engine
room below the water line by a shell
from a Japanese shore battery.
The destroyer was proceeding
through a narrow inlet and her
sinking not only would have made
rescue operations difficult, but DOS
Sibly would have blocked the entry
of other ships into the area, seri-
ously handicapping the entire
operation.
Comdr. Parker, then lieutenant,
Immediately plugged the hole with
his body" according to his Navy
Cross citation, preventing flood
ing until an emergency repair could
be made" Then he ordered all
hands clear of the area and per-
sonally disposed Of the enemy shell.
carrying it topside and jettisoning
it.
Comdr. Parker was All-Confer-
erence football center at the Univer.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Trade Boards First Shodboke
On Bay Since Ill Draws 500

leeward side. The fish had been
smeared with wet salt. The result
was delicious.
B. M. McKelway. president of the
Board of Trade, was host to the
organizations guests. Joseph r. Ne
bel, chairman of the shadbake, and
a large committee worked inces-
sanity throughout the day to in
sure an adequate supply Of food.
Four hundred prizes were given
away. A floor show with mistress
of ceremonies, dancing girls, strong
man and rope act filled the large
dining pavilion.
Businessmen later played horse
shoes and softball.
Representatives lie Fevre, Repub-
lican, of New York and Simpson.
Republican, of Illinois were guests of
the hoard
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Okinuwu
Continued From First Page.)

Thursday and Friday, blasting fuel
dumps and buildings on several
islands. Yank pilots destroyed five
enemy aircraft; probably destroyed
eight more.
Navy search liberators and priva-
teers wrecked a train on Southern
Honshu and attacked coastal in
stallations. They sank small cargo
ship and a trawler and damaged
much small shipping, including six
coastal vessels. Another Navy
search plane heavily damaged a
medium oiler south of Korea.
Far-Ranging Air Attacks.
Army Mustangs attacked Chichi
Jima in the Bonins and Marine
Corsairs and Hellcats struck the
Palaus, zap and the Marshalls in
other land-based aerial activity.
American artillery on Okinawa
wrought heavy slaughter in a jap
anese column of 1900 reinforcements
intended to help shake loose the
grip of the 9th Marines on Sugar
Loaf Hill overlooking Naha.
The Marines held their bridge
head on the Asato River in Naha.
capital of Okinawa and west coast
port, but confined their activities
within the main part of the ruined
city to patrol activities, front re-
ports said.
The japanese attempt to retake
Conical Hill was turned back by
the 10th Army's 96th Infantry Di-
vision.
May Break Resistance.
Gen. Shepherd, 9th Marine Divi-
sion commander, said saerificial
losses of the Japanese along the
present line may mean that resist
ance of the estimated 10000 Jap
anese soldiers may be broken be-
fore they can retire southwark.
Brunt of the fighting for Sugar
Loaf Hill was borne by the Marine
29th regiment. which charged UP
the northern slopes nine times be-
fore reaching the crest and staying
there.
The Devildogs made their final
Judgement on the hill Thursday, at
heavy cost. and at nightfall Friday
were still there despite japanese
Evening star., 1945-05-20
Yanks Battle Fierce|y
For Davao Airdrome,
Advance on Luzon
By tie Associated Press.

MANILA, Sunday, May 20-Ameri-
lean Doughboys fought sharp bat
tie for Sas airdrome in the Davao
sector of Mindanao Island Friday,
while on Luzon Yanks and guerril-
las carried on a bloody annihilation
campaign against large Japanese
force encircled east of Manila.
TWenty-fourth Division Americans
captured seven 6-inch enemy guns
at the southern fringe of Sas air.
drome, north of captured Davao
City. Other units seized three s.
inch naval guns on Samal Island in
Davao Gulf.
japanese infiltration was so wide
spread in the mainland Jungle
battlefield that an American burial
detail found itself cut off from the
cemetery and had to fight its way
through enemy lines to bury the
dead.
30 PillboXes Knocked Out.
1nfantrymen knocked out 80 pill
boxes and gun positions to take one
knob of Polomo-Libby Hill, long,
natural defense line.
In Central Mindanao the 3lst Di-
vision advanced along the Sayre
Highway 4 miles north of Valencia.
where two airdromes were captured
Thursday. American planes are op-
Grating already off these fields.
Heavy, medium and fighter
bombers raked Formosa from At
Suyama in the north to Takao in
the south, severely pounding air.
fields and factories. including alco-
hol and cement plants, a copper
works and the Shoka aircraft as
sembly center.
Considerable rolling stock was
wrecked and bridges and buildings
were demolished. Large fires and
explosions left thick smoke over the
target area
Three Freighters Destroyed.
Patrol bombers destroyed three
freighters offshore.
One American plane was reported
lost and another missing in Gen.
MacArthur's communique today.
Bombers sweeping the China Sea
and the mainland coast hit install
lations in the Yangtze River area in
particular. A salvage craft, a
freighter and two coastal ships
were sunk. Rail facilities and motor
traffic were harassed Large fires
were started in the Marking area.
Australian troops on Northeast
ern New Guinea captured Cape
Boram, f1anking Wewak Harbor and
Boram Bay.
Only minor clashes were reported
on Tarakan Island, off Borneo,
where the campaign is virtually con-
cluded.
Jap Force Trapped.
American 43d Division troops and
Filipino guerrillas drew tighter a
mountain trap on thousands of
Japanese in the Sierra Madre, east
of Manila, after capturing Ipo Dam.
source of third of the city's
water supply.
The japanese force is believed to
be the largest ever completely en-
circled in the campaign to liberate
the Philippines.
Officers reported the trap was
closed Thursday when the Dough-
boys and Filipinos secured the vital
dam intact. The japanese still held
part of the aqueduct from the dam
to Manila.
Farther south in rugged country,
the United States 38th Division
seized high ground $500 yards
northwest of Mount Bantang in a
Evening star., 1945-05-20
| Bomb Failed 10 Stop
III. 5. 5. New Mexico in
Lingayen Gulf Attack
BY the Associated Press.

~>S"~SA~tS~
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.-The
battleship New Mexico, hit Janu-
ary 6 by a Japanese atrial bomb,
which killed 80, including her skip
per, lived up to her nickname, 1.-THE
Queen" and continued her prein-
vasion bombardment of Lingayen
Gulf in the Philippines on sched-
ule, the 18th Naval District an
nounced today.
After repairs at Pearl Harbor she
is back in action.
The bomb hit on the navigation
bridge and killed her commander,
Capt. Robert w. Fleming; 1t. Gen.
Herbert Lumsden. British Royal Ma
rines observer, and Time Magazine
Correspondent William Chickering
of Honolulu and Piedmont, Calf.
Their deaths were first announced
shortly after the action, but the
ship was not identified. Capt Flem-
ing lived at 310 Virginia avenue,
Alexandria, Va.
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, COM
mander of the British Pacific Fleet,
aboard at the time, was uninjured.
Two antiaircraft guns were
knocked out by the bomb but others
continued their effective fire on
enemy planes.
Repair parties quickly put out the
fires and cleared the wreckage and
for the remainder of the day and
until the beaches were secured some
five days. later" the announcement
said, the New Mexico continued
her scheduled bombardment."
This was the first damage sus-
tanned by the 26-year-old 80, 400 ton
battleship, once flagship of the Pa
cific Fleet
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, "The
Queen" rejoined the Pacific Fleet
and took part in the Aleutians cam
paign. Thereafter she participated
in the Gilbert Islands, Marshall
Islands. Marianas and Philippines
Nofensives.
Evening star., 1945-05-20
| Radio Stotion
ION Okinuwu
Opens Today
he Associated Press,

OKINAWA, May 19.-The Okina-
wa radio, the newest addition to the
United States armed forces radio
service in the Pacific, goes on the
air tomorrow.
A dedicatory program will be held
in an improvised studio of floor and
sidewalks covered with canvas.
Broadcasting will be on a daily
schedule, with programs built
around the rebroadcast of American
radio show transcriptions.
Shortwave news reports will be
picked up from San Francisco and
rebroadcast.
The Okinawa station will 60 into
operation 40 days after the Easter
Sunday invasion landing by troops
of the 10th Army 1t Is 5O-watt.
semi-portable outfit.
A staff of one officer and five en-
listed men carried the equipment
ashore early in the invasion and
has been working since getting
ready for ID" Day on the air.
The station eventually will be
replaced by 1,000-watt transmitter
housed in prefabricated building.