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Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23

way l0l as the army truck. loaded
with soldiers coming from Pa5o
Robes, made a left turn into Gate
No. 2 and was hit broadside BY
aemi-truck and trailer driven oT
-eG E. Gibson. Of Glendale. Cal.
Gibson apparently thought the
army truck would stop. The truck
Gibson was driving belonged to L.
c and R. E. Robertson C Los An
gelcs.
The injured were taken Camp
Roberts hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
L)OWnPd
l., 4 -
Ships Sunk Damaged Total
FATHER. DAUGHTER LEAP
TO DEATH FROM BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO, July %. CUPt
"A San Francisco elevator repair
man persuaded his -year-old
daughter to plunge 10 her death
from the Golden Gate bridge Mon
day and then followed her in 220-
foot suicide leap, two witnesses re-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
Strike Ties Up
Utah Steel Plant

PROVO. UTAH, July %. up
Plate production was halted at the
huge $500, 900 Geneva Steel CO.
plant here today by a 40c-man A.
F. of L. union strike that also threat
ened to stop all remaining opera
tions.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
Petuin Defends
All Acts as
rial ConveneS

PARIS, July %. CUP)-
Marshal HcntI Philippe Pc
tain told the French high
court If justice trying him for
treason Monday that he signcd the
1910 armistico with Germany in
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
Big Three Wait
Trumon's Call
70 Finish Jops
President Speeds Potsdam Farley as
Final Decisions Begin Forming;
ParIey May Close Before Midweek

POTNDAM, July 23. (UP),-Thc Big Three cOnferces
were reported moving swiftly Monday toward decisive
ton ON the probI of peace in Europe and in the
Pacific, under urgent pressure from President Truman to
wind mp the conference by mid-Weck.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
Here S HoIsev's
Score on Japs
= l. A \ r 5

Guam Monday, July 23 fUPII the vii
liam F. Halsey6 Japan:
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23

5 II I p S
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
WEATHER

Maximum sunday 1914, minimum
Monday 70; ; am. Monday 80, hu-
midity 81; noon Monday 10l. humid
ity Sc; pm. sun. 100, humidity AZ.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-07-23
Tokyo. July 10

TOTAL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
A Memorial Biz With Potentialities

The new William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information at the University of Kansas is a
 most unique memorial in that 1t seeks to preserve and project the life and words of great man. "
 The White School is unique because it's aim will De to interpret his methods and principles to future students in the school Coming generations of students will learn how master of English made his great gift of expression to stamp his high civic ideals and homely tolerant wisdom the nation and the world. There too, they will be trained in the great media of public inforas ton, the radio and the motion pictures
 The establishment of this school by his Alma Mater should give great satisfaction to every citizen of the coun try who is concerned with the preservation of that which is best in our national life. For William Allen White preached and lived gorgeous Anercanism. His prt- ciples anchored to the best in past while his open mind courageously faced todays change and to- to take whatever cones that he mot afraid of to- morrow for have seen yesterday and live today"
 It most appropriate that his native state through US University will seek through the White School to produce truly educated men and women In the whole gamut or public affairs; equally importantly 1t will train men ana women for positions of leadership in all fields which deal with the dissemination of information At the same time it will inevitably help raise the standards of the press the radio and the motion pictures
 Such service would be truly remarkable one. This highly fitting for its inspiration comes from the life Of truly remarkable the editor of small country town newspaper the circulation of which never exceeded 80OO who because of his character brance and auda- city became distinguished leader in national even in- ternational thinking. The school which bears Will liam Allen Whites is big with plan and potenal- ties which befit the name it so proudly bears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
A Poor Start

The Republican mayoralty candidate, hand picked by
 special slow process of selectWty the legend of the Republican heirarchy would have us believe got off to rather fatering start His initial campaign utterance impressive only in its naivete
 He would be the first to admit his total inexperience in municipal affairs yet his advisors start him off throw ing sptballs of criticism about matters on which he is obviously uninformed or mSnformed
 He would make friends and votes (far be 1t from us to bedevl him with added amateur advce) platform which promised to inquire into facts and situations first and then correct faults he has proved to his own sas faction at least.
 His charges of "do nothing" levelled at the present administration unfounded and childish We all re- member the restrictions employment and materials Neither Rome nor Waterbury was built in day. Tax payers often prefer administrators who do less rather than too much.
 Mr. Snyder who undoubtedly is sincere must get his feet on the ground and his facts strengthened out lest his campaign become complete farce as the primary convention and adournments which finally got around to tapping him for Bones"
 Honest and constructive criticism works for the public benefit; groundesS statements and generattteS no useful purpose They repe rather than win sup port An admission of lack of knowledge and experi ence in municipal affairs uttered in frank humility would be far effective than gratutous claim to sudden Omniscence acquired overnight with the mantle Of can didacy.
 The Republicans sorry lack of genuine issue seems to have led their backroo Strategsts into trottng out fantastic campaign statements and charges. Wemean- ing canddaes evolved from highly farcical convention process should be spared the further shame of posing before their fellow citizens the authors or promoters of such unfounded allegations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
Washington Notebook By Peter Edson

work week to the minePs basic 20 hours or even to a hours, without reduction of the new 4O.pour pay levels.
 Such drive would be based on the assumption that technclcgca advances have increased the pro- ductvity of woTmen to such an extent that they can now turn out as much work in 90 hours they used to do in 90 or O.
 Back of all labor programs ttefe s, of course the drive for the guaranteed annual wage Coupled with increased social security, M al sounds like something out Of the millennium Labor regards it aS minimum protection against depression. Take your pick.
 Secretary of state Byrnss, on the eve of depart- ure for the London meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers ccnfided to correspondents that he thought he was through with compromising when he left the Senate. But he found that he wasn't.
 Bynes has his own plan for London meeting procedure. but may have to give ground on t. His Idea to lot the technical experts work up data on the Italian situation, Germany, the Balkans and other questions, finding ali the points they can agree on. The points of disagreement can then DO submit ted to the foreign ministers for decison.
 Such a program, # adopted would lot the London conference wind up in short order Trying Co solve the whole European problem as one big issue might make the conference .drAg. on for months. Montana Sen. James E. MurrAys Small Business Committee now has . staff of nearly 50 economists and may be expected to come ID with any number Of proposals for yeconversion planning.
 M sweeping report On reorganization Of the alums mum industry is ready for submission to Congress For months Murray's experts have been digging into the construction industry situation. hoping to find staff b Dr. Dewey Anderson, former secretary of the Temporary National Economic Committee, who has been mentioned as candidate for Congress from California in i046.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
By BilI Cunningham,

here Is that he was diatory in delousng his region of former Nass and that he defended their use with ridiculous statement to the effect that "Nax" and fantl.Nasl" didn't mean much more than "Democrats and Republicans"
 have some information. from source I'd gam ble ali by my very last breath on, straight from Bavaria, and straight from Patton, although he didn't send it. and doesn't know that have t, which tells an entirely different story As wild as sesnis: my information s that Patton, instead of being fired for doing bad job and making dumb statements deiib. erateiy created this situation in order to be relieved s He wanted out of the Job because hs was thor oughiy disglUted with the lack of policy plan and purpose of our relations over there, including OUT relations with the Rusaans Right or wrong he feels that the time has positively come to tell the Rus slams that fun is fun we're pals and we. .did great tob together, but that isS tim: to quit showing
 The Senate FerslgH Affairs Committee k cur- rently meeting in fuI dress esetet session o hear from Secretary of State Dyrnss what happened at London-why the London ccnference broke down.
 suggest that that same committee ask Gen. Patton Aiif0T Se;i s1 sSAass, sss41r oath what their celebrated break was really about. I'd like tc see them asked us: two ausstionS ti) T. into or flee into the hands Of the .. S. occupation sorces are permitted to select their future homes all Russians, including white Russians, and anti- Communist Russians who fled Russia years ago, mlDt--by one Of these secret agTeements inter im- pleinented by orders from Washington--be turned over to the Red Army where. to the best Of the '. g. ArmyS information, they are shot?
 @, EIs t true. that such prisoners have tssr- them to certain death and that at least once when
 group cf them broke for liberty, five were shot by
 If tne answsrs to these questions are .Yes." and
 my information says that they ere, the o. G. soldier, traditional defender of personal freedom and political liberty, has heen vitiated into subsidy of the 00PU roundins ID political prisoners for the Red Asmys
 understand that even the tough stomach of old Blood and 0uts couldn't take t. He couldn't De changed, 50 he deCiacd 10 get out The Naz.antiNaM business was as good on excuse as any. know ths sounds sensational and viii bring lct Of screams, but that's the way get the story and I think we ought to know
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
Views Of The Press

of sufacient stature aside from MT. spellacy who, if he had followed advice concerning his own personal welfare, would have declined to run. A similar situation exists in the Republican party where cur- rently Q contest between former Mayor Batterson and Cornelius J. Moyian still remains undecided.
 The political pot has been boil. ing, to be sure. but the stew that is being browed is not palatable. Aside from those who make their living in politics and those who have something personal to gain from it, there ig little genuine inc terest in which one political clique or the other gains ascendancy. The average taxpayer, the man who owns his little home and who Is trying to bring up his children decently, is much more concerned about having efnclent an deconoEni- cal government. The average little husifesEisan is interested in Hart lords welfare, too, because his bread and butter depends upon 1t.
 Yet, unfortunately these citizens, who are among the best, are far removed from the hurly-burly of caucuses and elections. Tn one re. spect they are to blame, for their abstinence inevitably plays into the hands of those who make politics . business. If one considers only the welfare of Hartford and all it's citizens there Is no sound conclus sion other than that of hiring c competent person well versed in governmental administration and letting him run the city much as any other business is run. Such a desirable state of affairs can be achieved through the city.man- ager form of government. Then Hartford will have the means of assuring itself continuous manage. ment by competent hands, without the recurring turmoil that iS in. evitable under the present system. Forms of government. like autorllo. piles, can become outmoded. It is plain that the present system in Hartford is not adapted to the present day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13

Back in private life, Nelson Rockefeller is expect cd to make some connection that will enable him to continue work in improving Latin- American under standing, in which he b sincerely interested. Truth is that he would have liked 1t if Secretary of State Hyrnes had asked him to stay on as assistant Secre. tary in charge of Latin- American affairs.
 Just before his resignation was accepted, CIO official came to Rockefeller, told him the CLIO. lead. ership thought he was doing good job, and asked he wanted to stay in government. Assured that he did the CI.O. sent an emissary to Byrnes to rec. onend Rockefellers retention in his reorganization of the State Department.
 It was c bad political move. and it may have sealed RockefellerS fate The CIO. Political Action Committee alone, had been responsible for stopping Byrnes as vice-presidental candidate ct Chicago in i044.
 John L. Lewis statement before sen. Wagner's Banking Committee suggesting reduction of the work week as one method of spreading jobs e to obtain full employment may indicate the line postwar labor demands may be expected to take.
 The present demand b to increase basic wage rates to give the wartime 48-hours pay for the O. hour week. Next logical step would be to reduce the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
They're All Human

The bulky literature how to treat the returning vet eran has recently been augmented by an analysis by Gen turn to civilian life in better shape than when they left it, and that should all avoid cautious kindly and con- descending attitudes" in dealing with them.
 With all respect for this distinguished commander, 1t would appear that he has added just one more misead- ing generality to the general confusion on the sunJect
 Ills sweeping assurance seems over-simplifed as the earlier opposite prediction that every veteran was potential or actual psychoneurotic
 1t should be apparent by that servcemen are not apart They just as dissimlar group of hu- man beings as when they went off to war That is not to say that there have been changes Some have been injured physically mentally spiritually Others are enotonally unharmed It's obviously impossible to lump them Into class And stay-at-hoes who try to do 80,
 d attempt to mold their attitudes and behavior accord ma to somebody's general prescription will surely be do- ng disservce to some veterans of their acquaintance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13

Mny Rhlpif Nb ln6uSht was going to bring pesce. lA ths nezt hzsath the general knocks the greet iOOboO-pouhd tocieE which can he guided acfog the oeean to hit kactores and Ctias and, Of coufse men. Wat would those rockets do to 2 helpless mass 0f 9D0QlO0O men2 The angwer k obvi- cus. but t doesnE mako for cheerful morning.
 
 October can be about the most beautiful month n ths yssr cdnarily you gss ". bursting T wtn n: the @ os 3 Ts eSnass sns so1 @ 0p ps Ss atcna.hcmb scientists with another cheerful warning. The atom bomb. they say iS sure to Do diaccvered by other countries Russia tEeGuetly g ssr ahead @ os us Joy now runneth over . But that isn't oil. The chief living German specAiist on atom energy Werner A S.r a dos 1s enoT o won @ US H' v
 noSsS rs'G atomic energy to blow up tho siN Of Nsw York can be smugeled into this country in loaf of bread. Once inside 1t could be made into bomb with the machinery used in an ordinary bicycle shop. Tn other words, an enemy wouldn't need to use the iong. distance rockets Gen. Marshall and Gen. Arnold have been warming us about And how could an Army in New York stop the explosion?
 On the heels of ail this comes Jimmy Byrnes, an able statesman and usualiyan optimistic one, bringing us the most doleful report ever enanatng from an was about the most important the world has seen. Yet 1t was the worlds greatest diplomatic failure
 Maybe. however, there Is one small ray of hope on this dreary October horizon. Maybe because the weapons Of war have reached sucn 2 etate Cs perfection, maybe becaube we have reached the all. time low in international Encouragement we will wake up and revolutionize our tactics. Maybe we will wake up to the futility of old.fAshioned diplomacy ana the nopelessness or plg eEnlieS, ano put our faith in friendship. . Tn other words, everything else having failed, might finally come around to practlcing the Sermon on the Mount It has worked with our good neghbors in Latin Amer lea. Maybe 1t would work in Europe and ASia-where turks the greatest danger.
 Why not, for instance, really begin working at the job of getting along with other nations and people? Why not for instance, establish Depart Inent of Peace. n for instance, we spent small fraction of the amount we spent for war on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
THE CT BE DAMNED'
(New York world Tslegran,)

(New York World Telegrar1)
 Despite the moral rights of the public welfare, the striking long. shoremen's legal right to continue their tieup of New York's port can- not be questioned.
 However, we question the intel- ligence of those responsible for the strikers deliberate sabotage of the Armys redeployment program by Q continued refusal to handle military cargoes.
 The strikers are showing Q sur. prising stupidity in clinging to . policy that has held up ships and 50 already has delayed from . week to 10 days the return home of thousands of American boys In the ETO. Tuesday they exhibited . shocking insolence toward the SeTv. iceSnen by hissing and boolng Army labor troops called in to unload the Queen Eiizabeth after she had brought back 14,eS0 veterans.
 The Army is being forced to send cargo. transport ships back in ballast while 5000 tons of peTishable meat and some 30,000 tons of other cargo, not to mention 76,000 tons of re. lief supplies badly needed in hun. gry Europe, pile up on the docks.
 All of which give rise to the re. flection that those union leaders who are accusing others of trying to pit seyvicenien against labor might do better to turn their attention to plaques in their own houses. They might suggest to their union per. sonnel that labor's present public be damned" attitude should not be too speedily extended to the re. turning or, who still remembers those wartime waikouts.
 Old John c. Public, who first heard that attitude expressed many years ago by Q leader of another kind of monopoly. will absorb quite Q bit of kicking around before hit. ing back. However, his sons may not be 50 forbearing once they shed their uniforms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13

Cunningham You're in here as conqterors not as tourists You want to look like soldiers You want to impress upon these people that they've been badly whipped. Be fair to them. but stern with them The way they've been brought up they expect. and re. spect nothing else If you show them anything else they'll interpret it as weakness"
 But got an idea that 1t was like the Marines that the men would cuss and crab about it's being the hardest most thankless, teSeS1s1SeSt, toughest ai1 generally 50i-1A155t thing to belong to- but that given their choice they wouldn't belong to anything else. Patton was tough but they were pattons men, and therefore they were just little tougher, which meant better than any body elses men,
 So 1t wouldn't astound me particularly to hear that emotion weled Up in more than one gullet as the Old Man thanked them, expressed his pride in them, recommended their new commander to them. and stepped down-fired. Yeah, he slapped the guy, he popped off too much he dressed # the war were Hollywood rodeo he kept them playing soldier. blocking roads, stopping krauts to see their papers, aFresting jeep jockeys and truck drivers who hit bets ter than 3O on that MunCh- -eaizburg autobahn. He made efn wear helmet liners and neckties and kept their belts bleac1ed white.
 But when he stepped from the stage Of that big German gymnasium, they knew they were seeing one of the fightlngest generals this nation ever bred walking his last mile into oblivion. They knew he didn't like t. but they sew him take t like soldier
 History is very likely to syaishten out that scene Already Patton has the reputation Of having talked too mach whereas the truth Of the natter that he seems tO have talked too lte in this aGt particular instance. Too little ef what he really talked about fllteEsd through e tg land into print The picture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
OUR LAST MAYOR
(FEartford Courant)

(Hartford CourenC
 Whether 1t be Thomas J. spellacy or the individual selected by the Republican party to run for Mayor of Hartford, there are many citi. zens who fervently hope the next incumbent will be the last Mayor of Hartford. If there have been any doubts about the need for drastic reform in the machinery of govern ment in Hartford, these have been resolved by recent events.
 whether through poverty in hue man material or because of the in. willingness of outstanding men to submit to the tortures of c political campaign, the fact remains that the Democratic party had no candidate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
DEMILYTARIZING
tRoston Post,

IBUBtUn FOBW
 This month w:ii see some i6,000 army officers and their families moving out of Washington because of discharges or transfers. Many of the men involved have been in the capital city since just after Pearl Harbor. Through the war they were an integral part of Washington's everyday life. Their leaving under. scores the rapid changes the entire country Is making from c status in which the military predominated to one in which the days of peace and peaceful pursuits are in order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13

those QI'S, either. They were cfAbs hing Patton's discipline and even Patton when l was there. He made 'em keep shined to the hines, and wear their helmet liners. They had to salute and keep their buttons polished and present 6 tough front to the krauts.
 The war was over, they said, and so why keep playing goldier7 Why ail this chicken, which is half the CT name for overdone discipline? Patton had said,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13

WPPA, in case you don't recognize the initial designation, stands for West Point Protective Association. Neither Gen. George Q. Marshall
 nor Lt.-0en. Walter Q. Short, who was in command ct Hawai- when the Japs struck, is . West Pointer. Marshail was graduated from Vif. sinia Military Institute. Short was appointed . second lieutenant from civilian life, after his graduation from the University of Illinois in 1901.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-13
Statistical Story

The Navys complete list of United States war ves- es lost in the European and Pacific tels in It's sta- ktlcai tables rather interesting story of the decline and fall of the Jap battle fleet. ls
 Of the 606 vessels lost only 4 sunk by the fire n Japanese surface ships And from October l04S until LIE end of the war; the guns of Jap surface craft accounted MI only 12 American Vesselsone escort carrier two dC lrcyefs and destroyer escort one submarine chaser, EfSe RT boals three kcIs and en LCs.