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American Security Plan
May Aid World Program
Mexico City Conference Demonstrates Ability of
Nations Determined to Solve Problems
to Arrive at Agreement
By Garnen D. H0rner

|, ticipation of nearly half the United
Nations invited to San Francisco to set
up the world security organization, would
provide bulwark of strength for the
general international system.
They also hoped that the spirit of SOL
idarity and cooperative effort demon
strated by the American republics in
working together for their mutual ben
eft would set an example for the rest
of the world that might be more i'm
portant in the long run than any
specific actions taken.
Determined to Agree.
The Mexico City Conference was note
worthy for its manifestation of deter
mination by all the delegates to reach
agreement on common objectives, despite
natural differences of opinion on some
details. Suspicion of each others mo-
tives-particularly mistrust of the
United States by the Latin American
countries-seemed to have been eradi-
Gated.
There had been some fear among the
other American governments that the
United States was throwing overheard
its interest in inter- American affairs
because of growing absorption in world
politics as a result of the war and the
dimming of the isolationist sentiment
in this country.
Such feeling had been fostered in
part by the fact that none of the other
American nations were invited to par
ticipate in the Dumbarton Oaks con-
versations with Great Britain, Russia
and China here last summer that re-
suited in the proposals to be discussed
at San Francisco for creating an inter-
national peace organization, and by
the stress laid in Washington on rela-
tions between the big -Four" powers.
One of the tasks of the United States
delegation at the Mexico City Confer
ence was to convince the other delegates
that greater participation by this coun-
try in world affairs did not mean a
lessening of interest in inter- American
relationships and development of the
"good-neighbor" policy in the Western
Hemisphere.
The support given measures for
strengthening the inter American sys-
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give new international authority the
right to investigate the governments of
colonies and dependencies.
A French delegate protested that amy
direct contact between an author
ity and the Indo-C Chinese would lead to
undermining of the colonial administra-
ton"
Indo-Chinese who took refuge in
France during the war have voted to
demand full democratic rights"
Dutch delegates were just as irritated
when asked for timetable on their
program for full autonomy In the Dutch
East Indies, the source of much Neither
lander wealth. They pointed out Queen
Wilhelmina has called postwar empire
conference to create new Dutch COM
monwealth In which all portions of the
empire will be granted independence.
The British seemed to be in the most
advanced position.
About Burma, they stated they had
granted the nation home autonomy In
1887, including the collection Of tariffs,
and that they plan to grant the current
Burmese demand for the right to draw
up new constitution. with the hope
that Burma can move to the same in
fsee pART.EY PAGE C.al
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Slovaks Fight Nazis

The Czechoslovak Press Bureau re-
ports that a large Slovakian partisan
unit attacked the German garrison at
1avazna Poruba. After fight lasting
all night, the garrison was wiped out,
with 400 killed and Is wounded. Near
Banovce and Bebravou, q German mill
tary car was attacked and a colonel, q
major and two other officers were killed.
Military trains were wrecked on the raSa-
way line by Kysnucke Move Mesto, near
Ladice on the railway line of Zilina.
Bratislava and Ondrasova, near Liptov-
sky Svaty Mikulas. There were smaller
attacks carried out In many places, re-
sulting in the killing and wounding Of
Germans,
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(See SECURITY. Page C-3)
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Zee PARLEY, Page C-3.)
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.tSee WAR REVIEW, Page C-3.)
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stream flowed into the canal, which was
was drained and utilized. That it was
not a very inviting section for resi-
dental purposes is apparent, for few
and far between were the eligible places
for houses. These were off the lines of
the Avenue and on Tenth street north
of C street.
Indeed, with the run, which until
1903 was crossed by fording, but was
later spanned by a simple wooden
bridge, and with little improved road
way, there was not much to invite set
tlement and improvement until the
establishment of the Center, or Marsh,
Market in 1902. Before this was author
lied and when there was uncertainty of
the completion of the canal, which was
to supply drainage, a few optimistic
people had made homes for themselves.
And as the ground south was reclaimed
some dwellings and business places ap-
peared.
When in 1916 the canal was opened
to navigation much wood and produce
was brought here in boats. Schooners,
sloops and longboats were used in the
trade, and much of the adjacent ground
was given to wood yards"
Early Buildings
Mr.. Croggon notes the beginning of
business along Louisiana avenue, as
follows: ''On Louisiana avenue about
1850 one Of the dealers in fruits and
VEGETABLES in the market took store
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Nazi Atrocity
Continued from Page CA.

ordered us to leave-but no sooner had
We reached the threshold of the hall
than we were abruptly stopped by a
countercommand: Halt! We must have
Is more men! And the Is more men
were picked at random from amongst
us right there and then =. Einz. zwei,
drei Einz, zwei, drei. The five
groups of three, mercilessly claimed by
the chronometer of death, were taken
away while I, exhausted and utterly
spent, stumbled my way back home.
My head was swimming, my ears buzz
zing einz, zwei, drei -. einz, zwei,
drei
Everything Was Gone
II found my wife and child praying
and waiting for me, hoping against
hope that would return. As to them,
they had been taken to some barracks,
kept there few hours and then re-
leased. Everything was gone-money.
jewelry, linen, food, liquor, etc. The
entire neighborhood had been indis-
criminately pilfered during our alb
sence."
The next day, March "a, we heard
that some of the wounded Germans had
succumbed, and since 10 Italians were
doomed to pay with their lives for each
dead German, the SIS vultures stormed
the prisons of Rome in search of more
men to be added to the list of reprisals;
amongst the prisoners they picked up
were men who were serving 24-hour
sentence for disobeying curfew regula-
tionS."
Here he sighed. pointing to the
pretty young woman in black, "see this
poor widow? Her husband is among
the dead you saw this evening; she is
left alone in the world with three small
children to raise and support. And
take the old woman next door-she.
too, saw her four sons go and never
come back. And that harmless blind
man across the street.
The man stopped again to wipe the
sweat of his forehead. He looked tired,
old. He puffed feverishly on the
cigarette we offered him. He would
have gone on and on, no doubt. But we
had heard enough, we thought. and,
bidding the small pathetic group "buona
sera." we went on our way.
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he Germans. They will go east, II
necessary.
1t should also be noted that the
removal of Soviet industry from areas
of European Russia to the districts east
of the Urals in advance of the oncom-
ing Germans, moved them that much
nearer the area where the Russians face
Japan.
Clashes of the Past
Consider, now, the clashes of the re-
cent past.
The Russians have fought the Japa-
nese twice in full-dress battles, with
tanks, planes, guns and thousands OF
troops. And both times the Japanese
have been the losers.
The first time was in the summer OF
1888 at Chungkufeng Hill. The hill Is
Just so miles from Vladivostok in the
corner where Siberia, Manchuria and
Korea meet. On one side 1t commands
Posieta Bay, a potential Russian naval
base On the other it commands the
japanese port and naval base of Rashin
and the railway from Rashin through
Korea to Hsinking.
The japanese seized the hill. This
time the Russians struck back and struck
hard, for this was territory they had
claimed since the Russian Chinese
treaty of 1886.
Russian planes bombed the railway.
An Associated Press reporter observed
6-inch shells landing in japanese posi-
tions and said they removed all doubts
as to the accuracy of the Russian artil-
lery. Tanks went into action. Taking
the figures of each side as to its own
losses, $50 men were killed and 1,211
wounded.
Ended In Truce
The fighting ended in Aruce. But
the Russians were holding the crest Of
the hill of which the Japanese had only
the western slope.
The next little world war" started
in the spring of 1899 on the other side
of Manchuria along the border of Outer
Mongolia. The Mongol Peoples Repub-
lie had been organized there with Rus
sian influence paramount. There was
an army of 250,000 which the Russians
equipped with tanks, artillery, machine
guns and planes.
Japs Quit Fighting
Fighting ragged along a 9-mile front
southeast of Lake Bor. Soviet-Mongol
forces fought their way across the Khal-
ka River and occupied the heights on
the other side The start of the war
in Europe and the treatment the Japa-
nese were receiving persuaded the Japs
to end the fighting in mid-September of
1899.
Who won? The Japanese admitted
wryly the 'Mongol" forces were superior
in number and equipment and that
there had been $4,000 Japanese casu-
alties.
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Russia, Old Enemy Of the Japs, Holds Trump Card
BY Francis P. Douglas.

If Russia goes to war with Japan after
the defeat of the Germans is accom-
plished the Japanese are in for a hard
fight on front which extends to within
TOO miles of Tokyo.
There is no intention here to examine
the question whether the Russians will
90 to war with Japan. Instead, the
purpose Is to consider how effectively
the Russians can bring forces to bear
against the enemy If they do go to war.
The question can be approached from
two converging angles: What war poten-
tial the Russians have in Eastern
Siberia. What has happened in the
recent past when the Russians and
Japanese have fought.
On the basis of past performance the
Russians have had the best of it. But
first, examination should be made Of
the means the Russians have for waging
war the width of continent from their
capital.
Aimed at Heart of Japan
From the time of their revolution the
Russians have been extremely conscious
of the threat from Japan. The Japa-
nese have been accustomed to describe
Vladivostok as pistol aimed at the
heart of the empire" Similarly, they
used to speak of Korea as "a dagger
pointed at the heart of Japan" and what
they did to control that dagger" is we'll
known.
When Soviet Russia, after the revolu-
tion was able to turn her attention to
Siberia it was with the purpose of erect
ing there a self-sufficient military force
and, in the mean time, to steer clear Of
trouble with the japanese.
The Russians did nothing to oppose
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is 7lO1D Seventeenth street and
Constitution Avenue. From an
old draDing.
room and engaged in the commission
business, being the first of that now
numerous class. He was known as
French John at first, but later as Cheap
John, and he met with such success
that he surrendered his market stall
to other parties and stuck to his store.
Mr.. Moore built on Louisiana ave-
nue. near Tenth street two frame houses
conducting the bacon business in one.
These were, in June, 1840 destroyed
by fire and were replaced by brick
buildings, Mr.. Moore occupying one
and Mr.. Shaffers leather store the
other. On C street were the boarding
houses of Mrs Kicker, Mrs. Dom and
Mrs. Narden. which fourished, being
favorite stopping places for those en-
gagged in the market. Henry L. Dawson
should be Samuel C. Davison), long
a constable, and Mrs. s. j. Hutchins,
a dressnaker, lived on Tenth street,
and at the corner of Louisiana avenue
and that street was the American
Organ, published in the interest of the
native American, or Know-Nothing
party in the sos, with Vespasion Ellis
as editor.
About the center of Louisiana ave-
nue. was located a pump of spa water
which was regarded as of highly
medicinal quality, and it was carried
to all parts of the city. frequently
crowds of people waiting their turn"
Early Residents
The Henry L. Dawson that Mr..
Croggon here mentions was the writer's
maternal uncle His father, Samuel
Childs Dawson, then lived in the 500
block of Tenth street, and here the
writer's mother was married in 1856
to John Clagett Proctor, ST., then fore
man of the Daily American Organ, pub
lished from the northeast corner of
Tenth street and Louisiana avenue.
At this time some very nice people
live in this block, as the city directory
of that date diScloses. A member of
Congress occupied the adjoining house
to that of the Dawson home. A near
neighbor named Scott had daughter
called "Vic"-Victoria evidently being
her name-who once fell into the canal
at Tenth street, and the writer's
mother, then little Mary Dawson, fshed
'Vic" out and thus kept her from
drowning. Later "Vic'' married prom
inent Official of one of the Southern
railroads and lived to an old age, when
after returning to Washington from the
South the two principals met and
reminisced over the affair and of the
days of the old canal. Back in the
summer of 1928 part of the old canal
was brought to light when the area be-
tween Tenth and Twelfth streets, Con-
stitution and Pennsylvania avenues
was being excavated for the Internal
Revenue Building great number OF
wooden piles were unearthed down to-
ward the southeast end of that build
ing, and when the excavation was being
made for the National Archives Build
ing the course OF the old Tiber could be
easily seen.
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the industrial districts of European
Russia.
They Gould Go East
The site of the chief development is
the Kuzbas Basin, an area almost the
size of England. The capital is Novo-
sibirsk, which had a population of $4,000
in 1920 and about 100000 before 1910.
A traveller noted in 1912 that long be-
fore he reached the city the pail of
smoke overhanging it was visible.
In the region are rich mineral de-
posits and great quantities of coal. One
of the largest tractor plants in the
Soviet Union was established there.
From the area have come tanks. guns
and raw materials for the fight against
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the japanese steal of Manchuria, al
though that meant direct threat to
the Soviets. The Russians sold the
Chinese Eastern Railroad, which runs
across Manchuria, to the Japanese at
forced-sale price to avoid conflict.
They did not entirely avoid conflict.
however In the two and half years
to June, 1887, there were more than 400
border incidents" but they were kept
in the incident" classification.
Across the Border
In the meantime, the Russians were
busy. They colonized Eastern Siberia
and many thousands of peasants from
the Ukraine went east and began to till
farms far from their native districts.
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Towns grew up. Along the border, de-
fenses in depth were established, with
pillboxes and strong points. Airfields
were constructed and there are reports
of underground hangers. japanese esti-
mated at one time there were 100000
Russian troops across the border.
The Russians set to work to double
track the Trans-Siberian Railroad, but
they did more than merely lay another
set of tracks beside the first. If they
did that, one ariel bomb might inter-
rupt traffic in both directions. From
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pleted. One writer on Siberia says 1t Is
believed most of this second line was in
operation by 1941. Authorities here in
Washington are inclined to believe that
possibly only half the line has been
completed. The Russians, of course,
say nothing about this line which has
tremendous strategic Importance.
Industrial construction was likewise
in progress while railroad construction
was under way. This was chiefly in
Western Siberia, to be sure, but much
nearer the eastern danger zone than
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Lake Baikal eastward they constructed
the new track in most places at some
distance from the other The new track
took advantage of all opportunities for
concealment that offered.
Then the Soviets projected a second
line to the Pacific as part of the second
fve-year plan of 1882. This line starts
from the Trans-Siberian at Taishet. 1t
runs northeast and above Lake Baikal
and then, through forests and marshes,
the course is southeast to the Pacific at
Sovetskaya Gavan, or Soviet Harbor.
The Russians Say Nothing
The eastern end of the line, from
Komsomolsk, on the northward-f flowing
Amur River, to Soviet Harbor is COM
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-29
Jenks Scores ReoI Estate Prices Here
 Chief Assessor
 Explains New System

City Assessor Aldro Jenks yester- day told the members of the Xii wanis club that real-estate prices in Waterbury are excessive and ridiculous" MT. Jenks spoke at the weekly luncheon meeting of the local organization on the functions Of his office.
 Criticism of the methods of as- sessing Waterbury property in the past was made by the new assessor who claimed that many new home builders constructed dwellings in excess of the original building per- mits, thereby increasing their prop erty value but not their taxation.
 MT. Jenks was introduced to the gathering by City Corporation Counsel Maurice T. Healey who said Waterbury was fortunate in hav- ing as capable man to serve as assessor. T know of no other man more qualified than MT. Jenks," " he said.
 The chief assessor told of plans for readjuStments in his office by means of physical changes and the installation Of new office equip nent. He again emphasized that no assessments have been affected under the new revaluation system by means of any consideration for racial. religious, fraternal or poll- tical reasons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-29
Paper Drive Slated For December9 9
 North End Club
 Directing Collections

Richard Giacin. chairman of the paper drive committee of the North End Community Club, announces that a paper collection is to be held Sunday, Dec. 9.
 The end of the war does not mean the end of the need for waste paper. Whether we realize 1t or not there is still, and will be for some time to come, an acute shortage of this material. To throw out, tear or burn old papers is needless waste. In the past the residents of the North End have co-operated splen- didly in their paper drives-let thls one be no eXception-let's make this one the best of all.
 Save old papers and magazines, tie them neatly and place on the sidewalk before 10 a. m. Sunday, Dec. g, to be picked up by volunteer members of the club.
 A Christmas party for the North End youngsters will be financed with the proceeds from this drive. Let us all do our part-save paper and help give the children treat.
 If you live in the below-men- toned sections, take heed to our plea-give us paper-we'n do the rest to entertain your children:
 Cooke street, including all streets east to Berkley street; North Main street, from beginning to end; Chase avenue; Lakewood to Wolcott road; all streets south to Walnut avenue and High streets. We've quite a large section to canvass we're willing to do the work, ii you'll cooperate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-29
OBITUARY

DERBY-Mrs. Nellie Breedon Derby, widow of Edward F1tToy Derby, aged, 75 died early this morning at her home, 2 Colley Street. Mrs. Derby was born in Waterbury Oct. 12, 1870, daughter Of Francis Lewis and Charlotte Freedom Shepard. She was a life long resident of Waterbury, and a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church and a member of Lady Trumbull Council, Sons and Daugh- ters of Liberty.
 Mrs. Derby is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Holman; one grandson, Cpl. Edward D. Hol- man, U. s. Army; two granddaugh- ters, Miss Barbara and Grace Hol- man; two brothers, Charles l.. Shepard of Waterbury, and Fred erick c. Shepard of New Haven; two sisters, Mrs. Hiram Parrish ot this city and Mrs. Louis Evans ot Willimantic; also several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held at St. Johns Church Saturday morning at Il o'clock, Rev. Francis O. Ayers officiating. Burial will be in Old Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the Clark Funeral home, 20 State St., Friday from 3 to D and from ' to g.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-29
 Tribufe For MissFinnegon
 Store Executives,
 Association Attend
 Rites Today

Funeral services for Miss Margar- ct A. Finnegan, merchandise buyer for Rowland Hughes Co.,, were held this morning from the Mulyille Funeral Rome, 270 West Main street at SIS to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, where 6 solemn high Mass of requiem was celebrated at g by Rev. Philip Hus- sey, assisted by Rev. Donald O'Leary deacon, and Rev. Richard Phillips sub-deacol.. Professor Frederick P. Harmon was organist and soloist.
 An honorary delegation from Howland- Hughes included David Gibson, Herbert G. Partridge, Judd Minor; Mrs. Flora Mcdonald, Mrs. Ann Hartnett; also the Misses Meta Heitmann, Helen Hanley, Loretta Kelly, Grace Meyers, Iva Alexander, Helen Axtell, Beaulah Whiteman, Irene Reynolds, and Rose Matthews.
 The active bearers, all associates at Howland-Hughes, were Thomas Mccarthy, Arthur Harris, Fenton ConnorS, Vincent Dillane, John De- laney, and Adolph English.
 Burial was in old St. Joseph's cemetery, with committal prayers by Father O'Leary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-29
Settlement In ThreeActions
 Si0,000 Suit Against
 City Withdrawn

g $10,0O0 civil action brought by Elizabeth R. Mcdonald of Water bury against the City of Water bury and William M. Goss of Waterbury was withdrawn from the Superior Court docket today. The plaintiff claimed she was injured Dec. 18, 1914, in a fall in front of property owned by GosS on Columbia Boulevard.
 Also withdrawn from the Su- perior Court docket was the $5,000 suit brought by Roger Boucher of Waterbury through his mother, Sarah Boucher, against Marie Schlosser, also of this city. Injuries scustained May 10, 1944 when Rog- CT, who was then six years old, was struck by the defendants car were the basis of the suit. The accident occurred on Meadow street.
 Withdrawal papers were filed in Common Pleas Court in the $2,500 stirway fall suit brought by Cath erine Marinan of Waterbury against Katherine Lambert and Pauline Latham of New Haven, and the W.. T. Grant Go. of Waterbury. The fall allegedly occurred Aug. 30, 1943 at 169-173 Bank street.