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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
FRANCIS PLOURDE

Pfc. Francis Plourde of 95 Sco- will street is expected to leave Eng land Friday on the Queen Mary. He is a veteran of the 120th In- fantry Regiment, 30th "Old Hick- ory" Division. He wears the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Belgium Before entering the service in September, 1943. he was employed by the Scovill Mfg. CO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

Some g per cent of those re- placing the 22,500 expressmen now in the armed services are women filling such positions as receiving clerks, sheet writers, terminal men, and drivers of pickup" and delivery trucks. In order to train these new recruits regular courses of instruction are now being given to the 80,000 employees of the Rail- way Express Agency in all parts of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
Redeployment Timetable

Paris, Aug. IA = (UP) - Today s re-deployment schedule:
 30th Division and 18th Regiment on high seas; remainder sched- uled to leave Southampton on Queen Mary Friday; both shipments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
LAPS SEEK OFFICIAL

Bern, Aug. 14-CUP)-The Japanese legation said today it probably would ask for an appointment with Swiss For eign Minister Dr. Walther Stucki at 8 p. m. @ a. m. EWT).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

American, Inc, the Scovill Mfg. O., Plume and Atwood Mfg. O., and the Lea Mfg. Co, during the pendency of the action. and also restrains those concerns from trans fsrring any certificates of stock standing in the name of the de- fen6ant.
 Atty. Edward F. Sweeney appears as counsel for the plaintiff. The writ, now on the court docket, has been made returnable for Sept. {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
LAPS CONTACT SHIPS
(By United PreSS)

Nby OIIIVCU AVSSV
 Japanese radio stations have begun to contact all Jap anese ships at sea, American Broadcasting company mon- itors reported today.
 Enemy stations broadcast the call letters "NAM'', moni- tors said. The EGG said the letters customarily were used by the Japanese government to contact ships at sea in emergencies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
R. F. Carroll Comes Home
 Officer Has l20
 Combat Missions

A veteran of l2O combat missions over Japanese-held territory in the Pacific, First It. Roger F. Carroll arrived in Waterbury yesterday to spend a 30-day leave with his par ents, MT. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll, l3l South Elm street. He is pilot oYi a P-47 fighter plane. It. Car
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
DONALD c. sLATOR

Donald c. Slator, aviation ordin- ance mate, 3/c, USNR, lost his life on Okinawa on Aug. 6, it was learned last night. He was the son of Maj. William J. Slator, now stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md, and Mrs. Helen Cam- eron Slator of California. Maj. slator was for many years city editor of the Republican. His moth- CT also worked on various Connec- tlcut papers several years ago.
 Donald was born in Waterbury and had lived here most of. his life. He attended Kingsbury school, was graduate of Wooster school, Danbury, and was a student at Syracuse university when he en- listed. He was stationed at an Air Force base on Okinawa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
SGT. KENNETH CARTER

Sgt. Kenneth M. Carter, husband of Lorraine M. Carter of 31 Hew- lett street, who has been with the public relations division at Hartford district headquarters of the Marine Corps, will be honorably discharged from service tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
PETER J. TROIsI

Veteran of IS months duty aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, Peter J. Troisi. PO/3c, has been transferred to Yerba Buena, Calf. He recently spent a 15-day leave with his parents, MT. and Mrs Giacomo Troisi of 27 Orange street. He wears nine battle stars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
DISCOvERER-DESTROYER

A cat, on Stephen Island. near New Zealand, is credited with both discovering and destroying a species of wren. All specimens of the bird ever seen by man were brought in by the cast, and every living wren on the island is thought to have become its victim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

Camps built in England for the evacuation of children in 1899 are to be rented to educational authori- ties for use as schools. or vacation centers, or both.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
JAPANESE FLASH

Washington, Aug. IA - (UP)-Domei, Japan's official news agency, flashed to the world at 1:49 a. m., EWT to- day a statement that the Im- perial government would ac- cept the stern and uncondi- tional surrender demands of the Potsdam ultimatum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
BRITISH CABINET MEETS

London, Aug. 14-UP)- Prime Minister Attlee presid- ed over a meeting of the Brit ish cabinet at 10 Downing street this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
Bulletins
SWISS REPORT

London, Aug. 14-UP)- A Swiss broadcast said today that Japan had accepted the Allied surrender terms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

roll has been in the service for three years, receiving his commits sicn at Spence Field. Moultrie, Ga, in October, l943. He is former employe of the Southern New Eng land Telephone Go.
 His brother, It. William Carroll arrived in the Pacific three weeks ago. He is a navigator on a B-24. He enlisted in the service three years ago while student at Ohio university and received his com- mission Nov. Il, 1944, at Hondo Air field Hondo, Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
PorIeySet By Baldwin Thursday

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 14.-CUP)- Anticipating the speedy end of the war, Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin called a meeting of labor and in- dustrial leaders of the state for Thursday to tackle the postwar and reconversion problems.
 we've got to go over these prob lems with the hope of solving them as fast as we can so that we can maintain full employment in Con- necticut," the governor said. Our industries which have been accel- erated for war must now put the finishing touches on their prepara- tions for peacetime employment. We must do all We can to get speedily into peacetime production.
 Statement
 "Just as management, labor and government have worked together to prosecute the war successfully, we must continue to work harmoni- ously SO that our industries and business may go ahead and provide workers with peacetime jobs"
 The governor conferred today with acting Deputy Labor Commissioner John Ready. and acting Unemploy- ment Compensation System Director James Graham concerning addi- tional employees to handle expected increases in the number of job- less benefit applications.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

By means of portable ports" coded as Mulbsrries, more than 2,500,0o0 men were put ashore dur ing the first 109 days of the Euro- pean invasion, says Ships Magazine. Over 1000, ,00 ship tons of material reached shore during the same time.
 Estimated Navy procurement re- quirements for canned fruits rose from IS million pounds in 1922, to 2S6 million rounds in 194A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

Two youths from the Waterbury area were sworn into the Marine Corps the past week: They are Pvt. Robert P. Lecko, 443 East Main street, Tfiomaston, and Pvt. John Deming Botelle, 223 Buckingham street, Oakville.
 Pvt Botelle attended Watertown high school and played soccer, baseball and track and was cap- tain of the basketball team in 1945.
 Pvt. Lecko attended Thomaston high school, and was employed by Scovill Mfg. Co.,, prior to entering the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

Dr. Charles Edlin of this city was one of three appointed Mon- day by Governor Baldwin to state commissions. Dr. Edlin, who was reappointed to a five-year term as member of the State Board of Examiners for Physio- -therapy Technicians practices at "A Gen. tral avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
NILS G. MATTSON

T/Sgt. Nils G. Mattson, husband of Mrs. Alma K. Mattson of 408 Syl- van avenue, has arrived in the Phil- ippines after Is months service in Europe. He entered service June 10, 1943, and went overseas in March, 1944, serving with the Third Army A former employe of the Oscar Mattson Building Co.,, TlSgt. Matt son is with the Ermy Engineers. JOHN F. LEARY
 Pfc. John P. Leary of 329 Cooke street, husband of the former Mar garet Bonaker, is expected to leave England Friday on the Queen Mary. He has been in the service one year and overseas six months. He wears the Combat Infantryman's badge and the Purple Heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
MAURICE GAGNON

Maurice Gagnon, seaman, 1st class, USN, is stationed with a Sea- bee maintenance unit base in the Marianas.
 Maurice works in the parts and stores section which has charted parts, tools. and supplies such as lumber. so they can be spotted di- rectly from the supply dept's wall maps.
 Previous to its work here, the unit served in the New Hebrides Islands 18 months.
 He worked in the Polishing Dept. of the Benrun Company before join- ing the colors and was graduate of Technical high schook Provi- dence, R. 1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14

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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
We Are Still At War

After an extensive survey, the magazine
NeWSWeek reports that price control efforts
of the OPA are gradually losing ground
largely becausesof public indifference. In
the battle against initiation is declares that
the OPA is the rear guard, fighting de
laying action until the day when mass pro-
duction and normal distribution of civilian
goods can catch up with the unSatiSfied
demands of the last three years 49,"
Perhaps one of the reasons why price
control is slipping is the growing tendency
of price regulations to look upon such regu-
lation as more or less permanent institu-
ton On this basis it does not deserve
public support and probably will not get
it. However, as long as we are at war,
price and wage control should continue to
receive the fullest public cooperation. Every
government official should seek this cooper
alton with a clear-cut pledge that the OPA
and all the dictatorial administrative evils
it stands for are purely emergency war
measures = nothing more = to be borne
cheerfully as long as the dependents of serv-
icemen and war production must be pro-
tected against the inflationary dangers of
wartime With these considerations fore
most in mind the people should and will
back the OPA. This goes also for tens Of
thousands of retail merchants who live most
intimately with wartime regulations.
Price and wage control in war is one
thing Similar control in peacetime is quite
another thing. During the war it may mean
the difference between victory and defeat.
In peacetime it becomes merely tool to
protect a profligate government and to
destroy the freedom of the people, and
should not be condoned AS the New York
Times says, "The burden of proof should
be placed on those who wish to continue
wartime wage and price control in whole
or in major part, when peacetime comes,
rather than on those who wish to terminate
it."
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
Are We Peculiar Too?

The people of Germany are looked upon
IN this country as peculiar because they
have an inherent tendency to follow strong
Ieader-one whom they think has all the
answers to all problems But are they alone
in this popularity? There are plenty of
people right here in the United States who
think government is super wise and that
government officials are somehow smarter
than the rest of us. We have already let
these officials lead us far along the path
toward control over our lives. Nearly every
activity, directly or indirectly, has check
relnS upon it that lead straight to Wash
1ngton. These check reins were accepted
willingly as war measures, but many of
them threaten to become permanent be-
cause of the foolish notion (the Germans
had it, too) that officialism is the seat of
wisdom.
Listen to the words of prominent spokes-
man for the medical profession: Some peo-
pie believe that in bureaucracys vast pool
OF master minds, there are individuals fully
qualified to tell farmers what and how much
they can SOW and when and how to reap;
other individuals competent to tell the oil
wildcatter the size of the pipe and depth
to which he is permitted to drill; and yet
others with capacity to tell the newspaper
editor what he can print and how he shall
treat and headline his dispatches.
mo sane person can believe that any
bureaucrat can direct the rendering of
medical care without actual suicidal deteri-
Grafton in the quality and effectiveness of
the service that is provided"
No clearer illustration of the genius" of
bureaucrats can be seen than in the shock
ingly poor care being received by veterans
in the veterans hospitals where patient and
doctor alike are under the administration
of "all wise" government officials.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07

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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
Clean Up The City

A returning serviceman was recently
heard to say, "Biddle avenue still looks the
same. 1t is still dirty"
Truer words were never spoken. The
business district of this city is always lit
tered with paper and dirt Wyandotters,
who have waded through the debris year
in and year out are getting fed up with the
Fulton fish market atmosphere that per-
vadeS our main stem.
Where it all comes from we are at
loss to say. We only know it is there, day
In and day out
The Wyandotte Merchants Association has
a Civic Affairs Committee. Perhaps it
would be well for that group to conduct an
investigation; find out where all the mess
comes from and then crack down on the
offenders.
The name Wyandotte has been spread
from coast to coast, with lot of compli-
mentary things said about our community.
So, if people are talking about us let them
also recall that we take a bath once in
awhile.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
Michigan Mirror
by gene alleman

The homeward return of Michi-
gan war workers TO small towns and
rural communities is now under
way.
Announcement of the closing
June Is of the boom-time Willow
Run bomber plant. owned by the
federal government and operated
by Ford Motor company. is one OF
numerous straws in the wind.
Long awaited We Day brought
scattered cutbacks in war produt-
ton. Others will come slowly in
1945. for the army is continuing its
policy of creating huge StockpileS
of surplus war goods on the mill
tary theory that wars are won by
SURPRISES and lost by deficits.
We Day was a signal to the pub
lie for reduction in spending AS
Louis M. Minis, state revenue COM
missioner phrased it, The pinch
is on!" Sales tax collections drop
ped approximately s1.OOOOOO in
May.
Thus the war boom has started
to deflate. And with it, the tiGe
of population will be revcrsed-back
to the small towns.
A REALISTIC PICTURE of
what's ahead for Michigan was
given a few days ago by C. c. Carl
ton, vice-president of the Motor
WIZ Corr CratlCn, Lansing, ana
chairman CT ne Michigan Comm
tee for EConcnic Development -
members Of the Michigan state
planning comiSSion Of which Dr.
Eugene B. Elliott is the chairman
and Don Weeks the dir 'or.
Cancellations by July viii to-
only 10 Per cent, he emphasized
BY Sep, Der I, how'-;er 120,ytA
layoffs in netroit alone ny be 4x-
pected Net until the end of 1919
when a third 100000 war workers
are due 20 be let off VIII an en-
ployment condition exist in Michi-
gan, he predicted.
Where are these wa- workers 60
ing?
A recent survey at Willow Run
revealed 81 per cent of workers
laid off had disappeared from the
area within two weeks. They had
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
The Course Of
True Love .

Not ALL but most, of the newspaper and
radio commentators on the proceedings at
San Francisco have taken what seems to us
a strange attitude. Whenever, on any point
there is disagreement between Russia and
the United States, or between Britain and
Belgium, they appear to think the thunder
of doom has begun to roll and we might
as well give up.
Yet thiSis country where the one thing
you can be sure of when there is meeting
of City Council or State Legislature or
the National Congress, is that somebody
is going to disagree with somebody else, and
disagree good. You would suppose that our
journalists and radio pundits would have
learned by now that chronic disagreements
and violent arguments are essential ingre-
dients of the democratic process. For many
years they have been reporting clashes of
interests and personalities and sections of
the country in the Capitol at Washington
without resorting to dire and dismal hints
that the Farm Bloc may secede from the
Union next Tuesday or that poor little
Vermont had better start getting ready for
war with mighty Pennsylvania.
Reading or hearing their comments and
analyses, you might think they expected the
San Francisco Conference to demonstrate
that all nations and all peoples feel exactly
the same way about everything on earth
If they did, no conference would have been
necessary. BY all means let the disagree
ments be reported and discussed, but spare
us the dark intimations that every time
Molotov raises his brows at a suggestion
from Stettinius the date of war with Rus
STA is three months closer
Even on the assumption that the world is
at last animated by true admittedly
a large one-how is it that the course of
true love never does run? Smooth.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07

taken employment with the under
standing that the job was tempo
rary, for war purposes only. Family
savings in many instances were
substantial thanks to war bonds
and savings stamps. Many workers
were returning to their former
homes in Michigan and other states
- Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Missouri, for example-with money
to pay off indebtedness on their
farms or homes.
TO SPEED UP THE TREK of
returning war workers, the Michi-
gan Unemployment Compensation
Commission is considering a ruling
whereby unemployment benefits
could be mailed to eligible persons
after their removal from Michigan.
Carlton said he had been "spankeG"
by the Detroit Real Estate Boa,d
for advocating this change for the
purpose of encouraging an exodus
of migrant war workers.
The state legislature recently
amended the unemployment conf
pensation act to provide So depend
ents' allowance for each dependent
child with a maximum of S28 for
a family with four children. As
this provision affects 35 to 40 per
cent of the claimants, it may add
as much as $20,0OOOOO benefits dur
ing reconverSion.
President Truman has asked con-
gress to revise unemployment COM
pneSation to permit maximum pay
entS of SIS week for Is weeks.
Michigan's schedule calls for $40 a
week for 20 weeks. The additional
amount would be paid by federal
government. The state commission
early in 1915 advocated SIS a week
for 26 weeks. but the legislature
decided to wait until the situation
cleared up before making the
change.
Governor Kelly has assured labor
leaders he will call a special session
of the Legislature if the needs arise
for additional unemployment bene-
fits during the change-over from
war to peace-time manufacturing.
Continued on Page I'D
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07

side of the troopship. slamming in
TO the men on the ladders. The
trick was to drop away from the
ladder as soon as the boat came
up to meet you, and scramble AVA
from the ladders before the scat
dropped back down into he next
trough. Several men got some nasty
bumps from these ship to landing
craft transfers. but most OF u
weathered the excitement without
any serious miShap.
Some Of the amphibious training
was just plain fun, and some of Il
was sheer work, but it all added up
to make these particular soldiers
better prepared for the job ahead
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07
Russia In The Pacific

RuSSias future role in the Pacific war
may still be unpredictable, but until now
her policy of benevolent neutrality has been
consistent with Allied overall strategy
Some Americans have been disappointed
and resentful because we have not had Rus
SiaS active participation in the war against
Japan, or at least the use of Russian air
bases in Siberia But this viewpoint has
never been expressed officially in Wash
ington, and there are many reasons for be-
ieving it never represented the wishes of
our high command.
What many Americans wanted most of
Russia in the Pacific was the use of Soviet
air bases in Siberia. A one-way look at the
map showed these bases were only 600 to
1000 miles from Tokyo, which would have
been fine if it had been the full story But
it wasn't Because some of Japan's strong
est air bases are only 100 miles from these
same Soviet bases! Vladivostok, for exam
pie, was not only subject to terrific mass
attacks from nearby Japanse air fields in
Korea and Manchuria, but could have been
isolated and perhaps eventually captured,
by japanese land march of less than $50
miles.
The fact that our use of Russian bases
against Japan would have inevitably opened
a new fighting front hundreds of miles in
length, far from Allied sources of supply,
and conveniently near to Japan's, is the
best argument in favor of Russia's past
policy. Our military strategy from the out
set of the war was to defeat Germany first,
which meant bringing every possible ounce
of Allied strength-British, American, and
;Russian-to bear in Europe first. 1t meant
concentrating our strength on as few fronts
as possible, so that our forces would not
: be diSSipated and Intellectual everywhere.
And. it is inconceivable that the war with
Germany would be over today if we had
openeds6 new front against Japan in Siberia
Millions of additional Allied troops would
1--we been required merely to hold that
front. Supplying them would have been
an almost impossible undertaking when the
Allied supply problem on all fronts was
desperate. And we would have been de-
prived of those men and weapons in Europe
when they were needed to turn the tide
against Germany.
BY waging merely war of nerves against
Japan, Russia has accomplished for the
Allies all that could have been accomplished
under the circumstances. BY never making
it clear whether she intended to move
against Japan before Germany's defeat,
Russia forced Japan to concentrate millions
Of her best troops along the Siberian frontier
where they were unable to interfere with
our 5000 mile march back across the Pacific
Those Japanese armies still are intact, but
with or without Russia, we are now in
position to deal with them with a mighty
club In each hand
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-06-07

a good ventilation system kept the
air from becoming too foul. And We
we're above decks or out in landing
craft making practice landings
every day. so it wasn't really too
bad.
A rough sea one day made the
transfer from the troopship to the
landing craft a dangerous opera
ton, and provided experience that
may come in handy at some later
date. When the troops would
Chamber down the rope nets and
Jacobs ladder to the landing craft
that was moored alongside, a wave
would suddenly lift the landing
craft twenty or thirty feet up the