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Evening star., 1945-12-25

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Evening star., 1945-12-25

don't mind because I keep hoping
that some Of that Boyer technique
will rub off on him.
But dancing with her wouldn't
work at all. George is the only man
I know who waltzes when an or
chestra plays "Chickery Chick" and
he's little awkward, too. If he
danced with our cook, I'd have to
take charge in the kitchen. She
wouldn't be able to walk for a week.
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Evening star., 1945-12-25
Py the Associated Press,

| Ey tne Associated STeSS.
A Christmas gift from President
Truman restored to full citizenship
today thousands of ex-convicts
who served in the Nations armed
forces during World War II.
In a blanket proclamation last
night, Mr.. Truman granted full
pardons to all persons who had lost
their civil, rights because of con-
victions for violating Federal laws
and who served honorably in uni
form for one year or more after
July 29, 1941.
| The date marked enactment OF
law permitting ex-convicts to en-
list. Attorney General Clark said
those who enlisted before that time
might have done so through mis-
representation, but he added that
meritorious cases not covered by the
proclamation would be dealt with
individually under established pro-
cedure."
The pardon does not apply to
men convicted of violating military
or State laws before their induction
or to men convicted after their
induction.
Now Able to Vote.
Mr.. Clark said more than 1000
Federal prisoners were paroled to
enter the Army and that several
thousand others were inducted after
completing their sentences. A large
number also served in the Navy,
Marines and Coast Guard, Mr. Clark
added. But he said there were no
exact figures on the number in
volved. -. ~....
Chief effect of the pardon proc
lamation is to restore voting priv.
ileges and the right to hold public
Office.
The tert OF the presidential
proclamation tollo1US:
BY the President of the United
/ States of America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas the Constitution of tht
United States provides that tht
President Shall have power te
grant reprieves and pardons for Of
fenses against the United States
except in cases of impeachment"
and
Whereas subsequent to July 20
1941, there were inducted and en-.
rolled in the armed forces of the
United States persons who had prior
to their entry, induction or enroll
ment been convicted of offenSes
against the laws of the United
States or the Territory of Alaska
other than the laws for the Gov.
ernment of the Army and Navy;
and
Full Pardon Granted.
Whereas it appears that such
convicted persons who have or shall
hereafter be honorably discharged
or separated from the armed forces
or separated with honor from ac-
tive service therein, after serving
in active status for not less than
one year, ought to have restored tc
them the political, civil and other
rights to which they were deprived
by reason of such conviction ane
which may not be restored to then,
unless they are pardoned:
i Now. therefore, I, Harry S. Tru.
man, President of the United State.
of America, do hereby grant a full
pardon to all persons convicted O.
violation of any law of the United
States or of the Territory of Alaska
except the laws for the government
Of the Army and the Navy, who OF
or after the 29th day of July, 1941
and prior to the date hereof, en-
tered, enrolled in or were inductet
into the armed forces of the Unitet
States and who after serving IL
active status for not less than on
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Show for Stranded els

SANTA ANA, Calf, Dec. Is (P).-
All the stars in Hollywood couldn' 7
substitute for Christmas at home
but Janet Blair, Margaret O'Brien
Kay Kyser, Jane Powell and James
Gleason planned to try today in a
show for 10000 stranded and lonely
seryicemen.
Evening star., 1945-12-25
Oracle Aliens
Comments

Well, see there was a big Christ
mas party at Buckingham Palace
and the King and Queen of England
danced with their buffers and cooks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
PLAN TO SELECT
 YWCA DIRECTORS
Meeting Tonight for Pre- liminary Action; l,450
 Apply for Membership

Membership in the proposed Y. W. c. A. has reached a total of l,450, nearly three times the goal of 500, it was disclosed by Miss Ann Mccarthy, membership chairman, at report meeting last night.
 Women who sign up petore Fri day will be listed as charter mem 5ers, Miss Mccarthy pointed out. Applications, however, will be &C., cepted indefinitely.
 Honorary junior memberships will be permitted for teen-age girls who wish to be listed in the char ter group flor sentimental 1ea- sons," it was decided at meeting of the executive committee yesterday afternoon. Names of those joining will appear on the charter mem bership roll.
 The nominating committee will meet tonight with the membership chairman to consider a list of pos sibie candidates for the board of directors. The group will examine the list of charter members.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
Old Churches Need
 New Life Walker
Second Congregational Pastor Says Freedom From
 Doubt Requisite for Durable Peace

"All our churches, at home and abroad, in Europe and in America, in the West and in the East, need new life and vision for the days that lie ahead stated Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, econd Congregational church pastor, Sunday morning in his sermon entitled, New Life in Old Churches
 He said in part:
 A great many churches here in America have ambitious postwar plans for building or for rebuilding as the case may be. We shall have to make our plans and I hope we can do something about them in the near future. The very fact that few of the churches have been able to make proper repairs during the last few years makes it certain that con- siderable sums must be spent on church plants and church property in the near future. The money we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
By JACK FLEISCHER

Obersalzberg, Germany, May a. fUP)-Adoh Hitler added to the worlds classic collection of famous last words when he said, Americans don't know how or why they fight"
 That was just before the start of the Ardennes offensive-which he obviously knew was his last hope was stopped by the Americans.
 Another gem he uttered at the time was: "Once we get behind their backs the Americans will run like scared rabbits"
 Gerhardt Herrgeselle, one of Hit ler's official stenographers, revealed today that the fuehrer personally addressed his army comma nders and officers at his headquarters near Bad Nauheim before the Ar dennes offensive and the later at tack in Alsace-Lorraine.
 The fact that he held three such pep meetings and the way he spoke showed Hitler knew the offensives were his last chance to regain the initiative and save Germany.
 Hitler addressed two meetings be- fore the Ardennes offensive, on December II and 12, and one on December 28 before the New Years Eve kickoff in the Hagenau sector north of Strasbourg.
 Herrgeseue said Hitler startled
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
By United Press

In Italy, Germans hurl F Nazi divisions into counter-attacks against the advancing Allied armies in western Italy and suc- ceed in pushing American van- guards out of Terracina, while flaming battles develop north ward along a 30-mile front; U. s. troops capture Mount San Biago.
 Flying Fortresses attack Ger man naval and submarine base at Kiel.
 Tokyo announces that U. s. naval task force blasted Marcus island May 20-21.
 In his second operational or der to underground armies of Europe, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- hover asks people to provide guides for his troops and to be- come completely familiar with all features of local terrain.
 Chinese forces recapture a fifth town on the Peiping -Hankow railroad in southern Honan prov ince, broadening the gap in the Japanese-held line to 60 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
WATERBURY BOYS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
Three Listed Among Suc= cessful Candidates at
 Taft School, Watertown

Watertown, May 22-Three boys from Waterbury and one from Wa tertown were named today as the successful candidates in the fifth annual competition for full day scholarships at the Taft School by Dr. Paul F. Cruikshank, headmas- ter of the school.
 The awards were made this year to Thomas F. Bane, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas F. Bane of Y Waterville street; Thomas L. Donahue, son of MT. and Mrs, Thomas M. Donahue of 35 Fair view street; and William I. Lam mers. son of MT. and Mrs. Irving H. Hammers of 43 Morningside avenue, all of Waterbury; and George E. Lewis, son of MT. and Mrs. Jeffrey s. Lewis of Steelebrook road, Watertown.
 These four boys were chosen from a group of forty-six applicants from fourteen different schools in the Waterbury, Watertown areas. The awards are based upon the re- suits in competitive examinations. recommendation of the school prin- cipals and personal interviews.
 Bane will be graduated from Saint Margaret's school next month, Don- ahue from the Driggs school, Lam mers from the Bunker Hill school and Lewis from the Baldwin school.
 In making these awards, Dr, Cruikshank said, "the school is gratified by the number of candi- dates for these scholarships as well as by the calibre of the work shown on the competitive examinations. All the schools should be proud of the record made by their students"
 Four members of the class of 1945 were the first recipients of this four year scholarship and the four boys selected this year will replace them to maintain at sixteen the number of full scholarship boys from Wa terbury and Watertown. One mem- Der of this years class, Robert Belfit, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert w. Belfit of Sunset avenue, Water town, received his diploma at the December graduation and has been in attendance at Dartmouth Col lege. The other three to be gradu- ated June 8 are James Conway, son of Judge and Mrs. Theobald Conway of Yates avenue; James M. Comcowich, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. James M. Comcowich of Frost road; and Thomas J. Mcdonald, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas J. Mcdonald of Westwood avenue all of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
Movies And The Classics
Picture Version of Dorian Gray" Revives Tremendous Interest and Demand for Oscar
 WiIde's Famous Novel of Years Ago.
Editorial from the Bridgeport Post.)

he might never have been heard of in this country if it had not been for his connection with the fla nous scandal of a half century ago. He was the bosom friend, and later the enemy of this talent- ed hedonist who during his life- time corrupted his talent and his name, dying in Paris, a miserable wreck.
 However, Wilde left in his best literary years, powerful imprint on the times. The novels and plays of the great egoist scared to great heights of imagination and Dorian Gray" has been long hailed as a true classic. The Nsualization of this highly sophis- ticated work is indeed an extraor- dinary step forward in the pro- gress of the movies in the classical field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

the officers in his first speech by saying he had started the war and then-after he noticed their reaction-saying he had not started the war. The stenographer did not have notes for the entire meeting but he was sure Hitler's speech began like this:
 Only rarely in centuries is q leader like myself given to the Ger man people and state, who unites in himself so much power and faith that he can begin such war"
 Hitler referred to the Americans as silly boys" who could not stand a sudden crisis. Herrgeselle said when he delivered the line about the Americans running like rab- bits, Hitler himself laughed and clapped his hands like a little boy Americans don't want to die, Hitler said, as he told his con- manders they must reach the Mouse the first day. When report came on the second day, Dec. IT, that 5000 American prisoners had been taken, Hitler and his staff felt the offensive would succeed
 "Mein fuehrer. you may rest as- sured we shall reach the Mouse tomorrow" said Field Marshal Will helm von Keitel, chief of the high command, on Dec. l8. But when the Germans didn't get there the next day, nor the day after that, everybody at Hitler's headquarters knew the offensive had failed, Herr geselle said.
 Then, according to the stenog- rapher, Hitler tried his last gam ble, an attack on the Allies south ern flank to begin on New Years Eve. The aim was to take Stras- bourg, overrun Alsace-Lorraine, and envelop the Allied forces to the north.
 In his Dec. 28 talk, Hitler said if Germany could fight her enemies one at a time, we'd beat them with a turn of the hand"
 Hitler reviewed the Ardennes of- fenSive, and disclosed that the Americans captured German off, cer with the Nazi plans in his pocket. Hitler said the weather for the offensive, which prevented AL lied aerial attacks in the opening days, was it's best factor. Bad weather also prevented a massacre when the Germans retreated.
 Hitler also said that his offen- sive had been aided by reports cir culated of his death.
 Speaking of the offensive to come Hitler said, For the American en- emy, whose divisions We must now rub out, New Years Eve will be an unpleasant disturbance. He doesn't celebrate Christmas, but New Years Eve. We cannot initi- ate the New Year better than through this blow"
 When Hitler finished, his com- mander in the west, Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt, promised ev- erything would be done to make the southern offensive a success, and added:
 "Mein fuehrer, during the first offensive we made mistakes, that we know, but We learned and profit ed from them"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
Catholic Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DONNELLY

| "Yes, in this respect the human beings of our sinking world are all equals. They have become poor, poor as only beggars can be poor. They stand in the streets, in end less and veritable migrations of na- tions; they go forth as refugees into the night and misery!"
 TRUMAN'S AIDE
 According to story in the Den- yer Register" Edward D. McKim, who has been appointed Chief Ad- ministrative Assistant to President Truman, is member of St. Marg- aret Mary's parish in Omaha, Neb., graduate of the Jesuits Rockhurst College in Kansas City and has long been prominent in Catholic lay cir cles. MT. McKim served as a first lieutenant under Captain Harry Truman in 129th Field Artillery in World War I and they have been close friends since.
 MUSSOLINI DIED
 UNREPENTANT
 Cardinal Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, during MuSsolini's last tragic days acted as intermediator between the one-time dictator and the lead CTS of the Committee of National Liberation. The meeting took place two days before his subsequent ex- ecution by Partisans in a village near Lake Como.
 The Cardinal told Cecil Sprigge of Reuters that: He was dejected and far from religious believe. It might have been possible to bring him to better frame of mind but time was lacking
 For me, Mussolini was a soul to save. We talked for more than an hour. Mussolini declared himself ready to dissolve the army and re- tire personally with 5000 retainers to Valtellina near the Swiss border. pointed out that this would only mean prolonged fighting. He made a gesture indicating that it would only be for short time He was utterly depressed
 TIME TO DECIDE
 Meeting in Paris week ago news paper correspondents in Europe fin- ally exploded at the Communist brand of freedom of the press" Lawerence Fairhall, correspondent of several English papers said: T think that we have had enough nonsense from our Russian Allies. We are not allowed in Vienna, Prague or Budapest. It's time some thing was done about it."
 The strange fact is that while So- vlet correspondents are given com plete freedom in territory occupied by Britain and the U. S., newspa- permen of the other Allied coun. tries are not allowed in Soviet oc- cupied territory, with the sole ex- ceptlon of a one-day tour on which nine of them were taken. But not only newspapermen have their trou- bles with the Soviet; officials of the Government are having their diffi- culties getting into territories which by agreement are to be jointly ad- minlstered by the Allied powers.
 It seems that 1t is time for force ful talking and bold understanding. Many signs have begun to temper our hope for the future. And a future without hope of peace and justice is too horrible to contem- plate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

have not spent on repairs has not been saved. We have simply post poned spending. Eventually I sup pose we shall have to spend more money on repairs for the very req son that we have been forced to neglect things meantime CT course we shall wish to try to make old things look like new and doubtless many of our churches will want to build anew
 All this being true the important thing is that we should have spirit ual rebirth, that we should be re- newed in the inner man and in the fellowship. Every generation needs to rethink the Gospel in terms of new knowledge and new conditions. Beyond all question we are living in one of the revolutionary ages of history. If the churches are to be spiritual mentors and guides in this day and age, if they are to furnish the vision without which the people perish, if they are to lead the way into the conscious acceptance of the oneness of our world we must rely on the promise that Christ man make all things new.
 One of our missionaries from China has brought back an appeal for Fifth Freedom. I was a little mystfied when I first heard refer ence to it. It has been called, Free dom from Doubt about the Inten- tions of Fellow-Nation." My in- stinctive question was, What na- tion or nations do they have in mind?" Well the Chinese Christians have answered the question in part at least by saying, We appeal for greater mutual confidence in the fundamental good faith of freedom loving nations. We sincerely believe that if we are to have durable peace the requisite in freedom from doubt about the intentions of a fel- low-nation We advocate in the name of the Living Christ that no people, no group of people has the right to rule over another"
 Now the Chinese Christians sense that new world is being born, must be born. They see that the churches must be worthy of the new age, the new day. We must believe that christ can make all things new Perhaps the best way to understand and appreciate the task of the church of our day is to think of it in terms of a story told by Dr. Sockman. It seems that traveller in the Swiss Alps who was spending the night high up on the mountain side in preparation for the norrow's was awakened very shortly after dawn by crashing and rumbling. He was alarmed and he asked the guide, What is happening?' It sounds as if the world were coming to an end" The guide was reassurring. No, what you hear Is not the end of the world but only the dawn of a new day. When the first rays of the sun touch the snow and ice on the mountain peak the warming rays cause the snow to loosen and the ice to crack. That is what you hear. Dawn is like that in the Alps"
 We live in times when some signs seem to point to the end of the world. But we do not believe that such is the case. We sense a new day dawning on our world and our faith is that the Christian fellow ship may be made equal to its new tasks by the power of Him who maketh all things new.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22


 amazing annals of history, the his- tory of the challenge that the fol- lowers of Christ placed before a hard, luxury-loving world, and which through unnumbered mar tyrs they carried to the destruction or pagan society and the estab- hShment of Christian culture.
 Through twenty centuries the Holy Spirit has stayed with the Church and guarded it safely through the troubled waters. Today It IS more powerful and more secure than in any age of its history. New heresles and a new barbarism are rife in our day, but God is with His Church and the history of the past Will be the history of the future service and suffering, and suffering and service.
 THE OLD EUROPE
 IS GONE FOREVER
 Far removed from the seat of the war the American people do not realize how terribly complete has been the destruction of Europe. ~e@@ StAot ehSVCl IotlS We think that the job of Europe's fu- ture is merely the rebuilding of it's shattered grandeur. But it does not occur to us that the cities of An cient Greece, famed as seats of cul- ture and art, never were rebuilt after a period of wars had ravaged that country.
 A recent Vatican broadcast was not reported at length in our coun- try. For many of us however, it might help to complete the picture of Europe's destruction, and in part 1t was as follows:
 We must mourn for the depopu- lated, deported Europe, the Europe bIed white, Europe the Pantheon of the world, the mother of Christian culture.
 The old Europe has gone for ever; the cities have been destroyed, the monuments of culture ruined. families torn asunder, consciences tortured.
 Economic systems, commerce trade, transport, are paralyzed; science is deprived of her masters in large fields, her institutions are largely reduced to ash and ruin, and human beings impoverished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

A few months ago an enterptis- ing reporter canvassed many Of the big bookstores in New York department stores and publishers, looking for copies of Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray" and found that ex- cept for rare editoins and copIes in expensive bindings, there were almost none available.
 Apparently there was heavy demand, not because of any nt- erary interest in Wilde who had been fairly well forgotten by the present generation, but because Of the announcement that his brilliant Picture of Dorian Gray was destined to reach the screen. Most people had heard of Wilde. wit. His famous epigrams had been so widely quoted through the years that thousands wanted to read, or re-read the famous classic.
 1I IS SUI dIl6c tlIt ullluSllCC 1ioV the movies have on literature. It is safe to say that If the absorb ing stories in Sir Walter Scott's Waverly Novels were screened, the book publishers would be forced to print millions of copies to keep up with the demand. Today, Dor ian Gray" is again in the book stores and is being read as never before. In this age of serial stores, magazines, and light" reading, few people are ordinarily concern ed with the eloquence of Oscar Wilde. Some colleges once made him required reading, but that is long, long ago.
 The passing of Alfred Lord Douglas at "A may also have Spurred this unusual interest in
 Dorian Cray. Poet and scholar,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
WILSON POST HOLDS
 SPECIAL EXERCISES

Joseph Hazel recited the Gettys. burg Address and Lester Jenkins past commander, spoke on "True Americanism" at the T Am An American" Day program held at Wilson Post, 67 Bishop street Sun- day. Mrs. Aileen Wooders paid tri. bute to Negro Gold Star Mothers.
 "The Rosvry" was sung by Mrs, Laura Scott. Instrumental solos were played by Norris and Arthur Rhinehart, and Stanle, and Ralph O'Neil
 Good citizenship was discussed by John o. Rhinehart.
 Luncheon was financed by W. J, Wilkins. Proceeds will be contribute ed to war bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22

Paraclete yet the Apostles n ev e T dreamed of the t r a n S formation they were about to undergo.
 Before P e n ta- cost they W e r e unlettered a n d afraid. After Pen- tacost they pos sessed the gift of tongues a n d a boldness that car- ried them to mar t y r d o m wi t h courage and joy. They started a work t h a t has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
Don't Want
 To Die-Hitler

In the following dispatch, United Press correspondent Jack Fleischer gives another in his series of revealing facts about Adolf Hitler's last days as dicta- tor. Fleischer, member of the United Press Berlin bureau before the war. obtained his information first hand from one of the official stenographers regularly assigned to Hitler's military conferences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
BAD BOY

Despite the fact that his parents wanted him to become an electri- clan, Jack Haley V ent on the stage and is now starring in Pine-Thom- as. big Paramount musical, People Are Funny"