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Bradley beam., 1945-05-26
PICTURE JOURNEY OF AIR
 TRANSPORT

PICTURE JOURNEY OF AK :* TRANSPORT
 Ivan Dmitri, ace photographer for the Saturday Evening Post, spent months flying 35,000 miles of ATC routes with his cameras and equipment, his trained, observing eye, and his fresh curiosity. He saw at first hand the dramatic feats= and heroic accomplishments of ATC in it's urgent work of ferrying bombers, flying men and materiel to combat areas, and es- tablishing bases around the world. His story, in vivid text and in mag nifcent photographs, is told in "Flight to Everywhere. Here, with Dmitri, you travel to South America, to lonely Ascension Island, to the Gold Coast; thence you cross equatorial Africa and Arabia to India, and on over the hump" into Free China. Then back to Cairo and across the desert to the Libyan base of the IXth Bomber Command. And there you visit thousands of our airmen and fly with them on a mission over enemy targets. Palermo, just freed by the Seventh Army; Algiers and Tunis; the Atlas range, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Labrador-all exciting ports of call. It is story you will all be interested in, one that some of you may recognize as your own. The photographs alone make the book one you will turn to again and again.
 MEN AGAINST THE NORTH
 Ernest Gam, himself an ATC flyer, has written novel based on a true experience. His "Island in the Sky" tells the story of an air plane, the Corsair, of the Army Transport Command, and her crew of five. Forced to land in an un- known lake country of northern Canada, the crew awaits rescue by their comrades. The terror, the courage, and the emotions of the men are all pictured during that anxious time. The novel tells, in terms of the air age, of the TO- nance formerly associated with ships and the sea. Wings have re- placed sails, winds have replaced the currents, and motion is reck- oned in minutes instead of days. Only creature with the earth clinging instincts of ground hog could fail to be stirred by this novel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
MEMORIAL DAY
 PLANS ADOPTED
Gold Star Mothers of Two World Wars to Be
 Guests of Honor

The Memoriad Day committee an nounced last night that tn. annual Memorial day exercises including the parade will be held Sunday, May 27.
 Details on the line of march will be completed by the committee at its session next Friday night. The Spanish American War Veterans will stage memorial services at o'clock at the Freight St. bridge. A platoon of police and flremen and state guardsmen will march also.
 Maj. Clarence Marsella is parade marshal.
 A dinner for the Gold Star Moth CTS will be served at The Elton at noon, Mrs. Adele Edmond re- ported All persons who have of- fered the use of their cars are asked to be at The Elton at o'clock to transport the mothers to the parade and honor roll ceremony.
 Col. William J. Shanahan, chair man of the essay contest, announces that this competition is scheduled for the city courtroom Saturday af- ternoon, May 26, at o'clock. All public and parochial schools have been notified to this effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

tConllnued rom Page l and Darbed wire There are thous sanda 0f permanent prisoners here Russian French and Indian, ln ad' dltl0n 10 uansleniS from the vest rrn front
 We are packed Into Y log'cell- lnged barracks room aDoul 100 by DO feet where lb7 British and Amer loan officers are existing 70 ihree' tered wooden buBks damned on both SlGes 0f central aisle % e0nE dltlons Of Squalor and confusion impossible lo describe
 Most Of lhe bunka lack even straw mailIfssrs and the occupants are sleeping 0n wooden boards
 Everyone eraSls over everyone else most ol lhe lime and the damp dark place Is ieslooned ln smoke from ihe lilile stoves on which we allempl la cook our small portions Ci food
 ha food b isfnbls, even judged by prison slannafds, staple articles oi dlfl are soup from eelRrass, q sort ol a thick mess made from sue gar beels and rllabagas, aDd "purs pie passion . lurld brew Of water and red cabbage
 Col Paul Pop Good who was captured ln Normandy just after DDay R tfylng constantly i0 get some degfDt living facilities for the prlsonefs
 iie takes an hour Or so 0ut Of hls daily eh0fe Of trying Co make sense out Of the oerman camp commans aant % play game 0f ihreesehlp limit poker Twenty chips gre good for one Clgafetl high stakes for prisoners,
 Good spent 23 days lD \ boscar between France and Llmbnrg and once Was about t0 be shot with other senior officers because 10 Amerleans escaped through hole hacked in the slee Of the ear
 Other prisoners have pleasant stories of continual kifailng by Al. lied aircraft
 They say the Russians here are treated h0rriblby and many de.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

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 powers seek 10 eliminate any pos sibilily of a big power yetolns se- eurty council recommendations for peaceful settlements. Although all Of the big four are committed 10 support the voting formula agreed upon at the Yalta conference, Great Britain is known 10 give moral sup- port to the other powers on this particular issue.
 The conference committee eonsid- ering the voting tomula devoted three hours 10 debate on It's last night. When it adjourned at mid night, delegates said the evening had been wasted With a lot of talk, Al the last mumenl, q sub-eommil- tee composed Of the Big Pour plus France, Egypt, and the Netherlands, Cuba and Fl Salvador was named to interpret the voting procedure and to elarlfy specifically whether the veto applies 10 the early stages of a dispute when peaceful setIle- ment Is the Issue,
 The U, S interpretation has been that nig Five power has q veto over any action or decision Of Inc security council peaceful settle ment or enforcement acton - eK- cept that il valves the veto right ln the peaceful phase Of the dispute II it IS a party,
 Meanwhile conference ofnelaA continued attempts 10 expedite the work here and point the delegates toward relatively early closing date for lhe conference,
 But there were some outstanding problems very controversial ones which siill may eomplleaIe the best speedup plans prepared by the leaders,
 The most outstanding one Is fail. ufe Of Russia thus far 10 reveal iis position on the American com. promise formula for fitting the ln- ters American Security system into the world organization, It has been week since the Soviet delegation eabled Moscow for Instructions
 There is also the question Of inde, pendenee over which the United States Is being subjected 10 even greater embarrassment, II Is in the difficult position of supporting the great colonial powers against those who want To make eventual lndes pendenee Of all peoples specific objective of the new world organ lzatlon,
 This trouble Is in the committee on irusieeshlps. American embarass. ment springs from the fact that the United States has always considered itself the champion Of the under. dog and major advocate Of indepen- denee, But now it finds itself aligned with Great Britain and France, who are willing to advocate only eyentu- al "self government" for dependent peoples. against Russia and China, who want 10 advocate "indepen- dence or self-government."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

Harbor gap while the basic shelter under the east wing Of the White House was being completed
 The gunners stationed on the up- per portions of all sections of the executive mansion were relieved from duty late last summer. Since Pearl Harbor they had occupied posts which would have made 1t possible 10 swep almost every cor ner Of the expansive White House grounds with their machine guns.
 The presidents home at Hyde Park, N. Y, was protected with equally elaborate care, except that his old house was never equipped with an air raid shelter.
 Army planes, however, were kept on constant alert at nearby air fields to protect him should enemy planes ever break through coastal Gefenses. Small, but speedy and well-armed coast guard craft pa- trolled the Hudson River in front Of hts estate when he was there
 A battalion of military police was quartered on property adjoining his and they maintained constant pa trol throughout the Roosevelt pro- perty
 Electric Eye systems
 To augment these facilities there were elaborate scientific devices scattered heavily through the Hyde Park estate. These included elec- trie eye systems, intricate flood lighting and large-scale alarm ar rangements synchronized so that 1t was next 10 impossible for any un- authorized person to approach the Roosevelt home without notice,
 The cessation of the war in Eu- rope and the accompanying relax atlon Of the censorship code makes possible these disclosures, primarily because he safety measures are no longer needed, They probably vii! not be used unless the east coast Of this nation is menaced again by an enemy
 Removal Of the elaborate protee- ton system rom Hyde Park has occupied service personnel almost continuously since MT Roosevelt died,
 The large military police estab- llshmenl next 70 his estate has been abolished The coast guard patrol craft have been sent back 10 their base in New York,
 The only remaining evidence oi the wartime precautions are lone senlFies working on shifts, patrol ling the late presidents grave n the rose garden near his home,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
OBITUARY

held from the Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main street, Monday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock to the Sacred Heart church at 10 where a solemn high Mass of requiem will be cele- brated. Burial will be in new St Joseph's cemetery. Friends may cal at the funeral home this evening and tomorrow afternoon and eve ming.
 FENWICK - Lamont Fenwick Of 594 New Haven avenue, Milford father of a son and daughter in thh city, died at the Milford hospital yesterday.
 He was employed by the U. s. Motors in Milford and was mem Der of the odd Fellows of Milford. He was born in Shelton.
 Surviving are two sons, Kenneth Waterbury, and Earl R., with the U. s. Navy; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Carbon, Waterbury; a sister, Mrs. Franklin Semon; niece, Mrs. Richard Johnson, both of Hunting ton Park, Calf, and five grand children.
 The funeral will be held Sunday at D. m. from the funeral home Of George J. Smith and Son. 135 Broad street, Milford. Interment will take place Monday in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 KILMARTIN Miss Gertrude Mary Kilmartin, daughter of the late Jamb; and Gertrude Kane) Kilmartin died at her home, 191 Hillside avenue, yesterday morning after a lingering illness. A native of Waterbury, Miss Kilmartin at- tended schools here and graduated from the Notre Dame Academy.
 Surviving are an aunt, Miss Katherine Kilmartin, two sisters, Mrs. William K. Schofield and MT. John c. Rick, Jr., and Sev- eral nieces and nephews.
 The funeral will be held from the Bergin funeral home, 290 East Main street, Monday at 8:30 a. m. to St. Margaret's church for a solemn high Mass Of re- quiem at g. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home today and tomorrow afternoon and eve ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
FUNERALS

The funeral of FlaYio Rosatl Of l6 Colley street vii! be held Mon day at 8i5 a. m. from the Maza!ka Funeral Home, 10 Porter street. to the Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes at 9l5. Burial will be in the family plot, Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today and Sunday from ? to 10 D, m.
 The funeral Of FIsd Joseph Rose Of 22 William street will be held Monday at from the LaPorta Funeral Home. CT Holmes avenue, 10 the Church Of the Sacred Heart at 9, Burial VIII be in Calvary cem- etery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home today from ' to 10 D. m.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Flor enoe Bishop, Highland Ave, Meri- den, mother of Mrs. Paul KeLs- ling, 85 Robbins St, will be held at the FlatoW Funeral Parlors, Cooke Ave, Meriden, today al 230 D. m Burial will be in walnut Grove cemetery, Meriden,
 Funeral services for Mrs, Bertha Matilda Hummel Kurtz, 47 wife Of Earl D, kurtz 1T Marion road, Cheshire will be held today at D. m, from the Clark Funeral Home, 20 State St, with Rev. John J. Snayely Of the Pirst Methodist church officiating, Burial will be in Hillside cemetery, Cheshire
 Funeral services for hnSsio .Juc.a 7a, 42 Sprlng St. were held today at 9,35 a m, rom the Maiorano Funeral Home, e6 Willow St, with solemn high Mass at Our Lady Of Lourees church at 10 a, m. Burial was In Calvary cemetery
 Funeral services Tor Mrs. Har- rlet Gallup delaney, b2 Pine street were held today at II a, m, at the First Church with Rev. B, Kenneth Anthony officiating Com initial services were held at 3 D, m. at MahelSe cemetery, Great Barr ringtoD, Mas
 
 The funeral Of Mrs Vlneenzo kareiso, 349 chipman St Ext, wak held today al 8a, m, from the Maio- raDo Funeral Home, e5 Willow St, to the Church of Our Lady Of Mount sarmel at 9, Burial was m Calvary cemetery,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
NOTICE

DISTRICT Of WATERBURY, Ss.
 PROBATE COURT, May lslh, 4.
 D lplb ESTATE of JOSEPH
 kEBlol,o, late of Waterbury, in sald District, desoassd,
 l'pnn ihs application of MAR GAHET kEblOlO, praying ihnt letters 0f administration may be granted on said Estate, AS per ap' pllehtlon on fla more fully appears, ll ia
 ORDERED, That said application bs heard and doiermlnsd at the Probate 0fnea in Waterbury, in said bielrlel, on The 2snd day of MaS A. D, l9f5, at sil5 o'eioek m tbe forenoon, Easern War Tlme, and that notice be given of ihe pendeney of said application, and Inc time and place of hearing there. on by publishing the same one time in some newspaper having 4 eir' nuisiion in said District, Rifo on or before the 18th dsy of May i9tb.
 JOHN ,. HOWARD, b-t9-it Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

(Continued from Page D vance information about time and place of launching merchant ships,
 8. Information may now be pub lished freely about shipyards.
 g. No further restrictions on news about diplomatic exchange ships.
 10. Restrictions removed on air plane movements, except in the Pacific -Asiatic zone.
 II. Location of bomb shelters may be revealed.
 l2. No restrictions on informa ton about production rates, except regarding material for specialized military operations.
 l3. Any data may be published on exports, imports and stockpiles Of strategic materials.
 IA No restrictions on informa- ton about prisoners of war, except Japanese.
 IS. No restrictions on informa- ton about enemy aliens and in- terneeS.
 l6. No restrictions on location of art treasures and archives.
 r. Movements Of the President may be freely reported except un- authorized advance information on his exact route, time, and method of travel.
 l8, No restrictions on movements Of diplomatic missions.
 l9 Movements Of ranking mili- tary officers may be reported, ex- cept to, from or within the Pacific Asiatic area.
 20. Restrictions or use of maps and photographs reduced in con- formance with the new provisions regarding news.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
WILEY STUDENTS
 NEARING QUOTA
Sale of OBnds, Stamps During Week Amount to
 $I,95S; S;$5,342 to Date

Wilby hgih school students have already raised $5.342.l5 of their s6000 quota for the seventh war loan. Sales at Wilby during the past week came to $l,958.45 to top the other local high schools and raise Wilby's grand total since Sep- tember to S29,3l9.30.
 High room at Wilby last week was 308 with $ll33.85. Room Ills leads to date with $3002.90. One hundred per cent rooms last week were Miss Page, Miss Garren. Miss Hazen. Miss Clark, Miss Martin, Miss Eaton, Miss Powers, Mir Skehan, MT. Murnane, Miss Healey MT Pronovost, Miss Altieri, Mir. Grady, Miss Moore, Miss Marron, Miss Baird, MT. Membrino, Miss McNiff, Miss Schmidt. Miss Killelea, Miss Leeney, Mir. Mambruno, MT Craig, MT. Fitzpatrick.
 Purchases at Crosby last week came to Sl,28440. High room was J. F. Roland with $l5005. One hundred per cent rooms were Miss Ccnnor, Miss Fitzgerald, Miss Goudy, Miss K. Hayes, Mir. Murphy, Mir. Smith, MT. Tappin, Mir. Tim berlake.
 Lcavenworth purchases came to s797.05. Leading room was MT. Smithies with $l22. One hundred per cent rooms were MT. Dillon, Miss Hart, MT. DeBonis, Miss Con- nor, MT. Smithies, Mir Coleman, MT. bannon, MT. Rieger Miss Casey, Miss Gemmill, Miss Manganaro, Miss Barry. Miss Bowes, Miss Shana- han, Miss Healey, MT. Rourke Miss OBrien, Miss Mulcahy, MT. Wood- lock, MT. Meyers, MT Shanahan, MT. J. Tangney, Miss Battle, MT. MacNiven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

Severely damaged Nippon Ves hiele Mannfaclurlng company, Dalr do Electric Stfel rompauY MlNaml Plant, Osaka Maehlne@ Works li0aoku Machinery company kas sadera Plant Daldo Machinery agnpany, T0kushu Light MelaA ,anlpany, Otsula Plant 'i1sal Eleolrode Company, kaeoya No 2 plant Hati0rl Cotton Mllli Okns lAato Apefafl WoGksi Onada cft menl plant, oknma Iron Works, haRlno plant, Rlken Alunlle plant dara SHE NH,
 Damaged Mllsublshl Areiait Ens sine Works four small bulldlnea MllauDlsbi Aircraft Works, about 70 per cent Of plan newly daDs aged Dald0 Eleelllc Steel company Tsuklja plant Aagoya repair shops Alehl Aircraft W0rks, tltQsu and 1sUk'll planis Dal hlppon es,lo' phanf plant, nbQul 90 per eenl des sUosed fahlgl Steel planl about % per cent destroyed hnmltome llght MesalS company abqul l2 small buildlngs destroyed haeoya hAlbof listed as . slngle lafRep Nllhus Dlshl tleetl Mfe Co, Okuma Iron Works Ok0Dl plant fobyoda Mas chlDery Mlg ce one nnldtnllilfg shipYald, sumllomo LlRbl Metals company, sepefate plaDl about 30 per cent deslloyedi one unldens filled faet0lY,
 Thls brought ibe total afea des sll0ysd or damaged by supeIlof' lfeAs fire raids on klA JapaDese cities lO ag Db square miles
 Navy search plans Of fleet AT Wlne No ] sank small ffelsbtef a0uth of Korea ADd damaged TWO frelshteIsif transports and An olief 70 lhe same area yesterday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

to the south slopes of Flattop Hill i 200 yards northeast of Shuri.
 On the east coast, battalion from the Seth Division went over the top of Conical Hill above Yon- abaru at 8:30 a. m. yesterday and drove 200 yards south along Sugar Ridge against heavy enemy fire. American tanks firing from the coastal plain supported the advance.
 Counter-attacking Japanese were revealed to have stormed to the crest of Conical Hill itself Wednes- day night, but they were driven of after an hour-long grenade battle.
 The Japanese were using every trick in the book to defend their positions, even rolling hand gre nades down hills into American foxholes
 New Airstrip Used
 Front dispatchas reported that a new American built airstrip has been placed in operation on Okin- ava 325 miles from Japan proper. Hacked from the islands coral, 1t was completed within l5 days after the aviation engineers landed.
 This gave the Americans three op- erational fields, with two others captured still to be placed in use, The last two still were under Jap anese fire.
 The 3i8th Army Fighter Group had joined the Second Marine Air craft Wing on the island.
 A few enemy planes were over the Okinawa area late Thursday and early Friday, but no damage was re- ported.
 "A Japanese Domei dispatch re- corded by the FCC claimed Japan csc planes had sunk TO heavily dam aged five Allied warcraft yesterday and today in the Okinawa sectorJ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19
Underground Set
 For White House
tContinued from Page D

When the shelter was built short ly after Pearl Harbor large wooden fences were erected around the construction work to cut off public view. Hundreds of newspaper re- porters knew about 1t at the time but were prevented from publishing the fact under the voluntary cen- sorship code.
 The underground chambers made available for the President under the treasury and under the White House had ample facilities for stor- age Of food and water They were never completely furnished, how ever. because Of the rapid decrease in chancs that Washington would be bombed or Shelled
 Provision was made for extensive communication facilities in the shelters. In the event of heavy air raid MT, Roosevelt would have been in position 10 keep in con- stant touch with the nerve eenters of the government.
 Other shelter facilities were pro- yided for lesser White House per- sonnel, Reporters for the three press associations had special tele- phones in a basement room-heay- fly protected by thick concrete walls under the west wing Of the White House.
 These press telephones never were used except for occasional checks during practice air raid alarms. Virtually all White House personnel were issued gas masks, Employes who would have to be in the open during a raid, particularly Secret agents and White House po- lice were equipped with steel hel- mets
 Masks for Reporters
 Reporters regularly assigned 10 the White House received gas masks which they tested and fitted for individual size in tar gas chamber at a nearby Army install latlan.
 MT Rooseylets principal shelter was directly under the White House movie projection room and oiheei occupied by the head Of the White House police, the U $ Secret SerN- ice Presidential Adviser Harry l. Hopkins and Admiral William Dan Leahy ehlel Of stan 10 the presl- dent
 The deep vault under the treasury connected with the White House by a heavily reinforced tunnel Sas more Of an immediate posl-Pearl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

corps. One is the 22nd under Maj. Gen. Ernest N. Gravel Voice Har- mon, who led the First or Second Armored Divisions in almost every major campaign since the North African landings. The other is the 23rd under Maj Gen. Hugh J Gafey. former commander Of the fabulous Fourth Armored Division known 10 the Germans as "Roose- yelts Butchers"
 In addition. the 94th and 2Stn Infantry Divisions, the l7th Air borne Division, and various non- divisional units Of all branches are attached 10 the 18th Army. They include infantry augmented by 70 field artillery battslions whose guns are parked. The artillerymen have been converted into iniantrymen and military police.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-19

The action in the House this week of putting the Waterbury charter pill down at the end Of the calen- dar is being followed out in the case of Hartford and New Haven, too. both of which communities have Democratic administrations, Any large cities or towns which havF Democratic administrations will be so treated with respect to measures introduced by public ot- ficials regardless of approval by the COP, which Is true in Waterbury's instance No one has said anything about whether this stopper will al- so be applied to the Bridgeport bills of Mayor McIeyy, However, reliable sources state that eyentu- ally the bills will be acted upon favorably.