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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

well known. MT. Hague I recog- nize as the Democratic leader of the State of New Jersey and l am the Democratic State Chairman" is his only comment.
 Regarding the Political Action Committee of the CIO, which sup ported him during the last cam paign, he says: "The PAC did some good work during the recent cam paign. As far as I know onw, it did nothing that could be called un- American"
 Hart says he has met Philip Mur- ray, CIO president, once or twice, but doesn't know him personally. He says he is q good friend of William Green, AFL president. His record shows him to Dc staunch supper ter of labor.
 In explaining why he voted against establishing a permanent body to investigate un-American activities when it's creation was yot- cd on after cagey parliamentary move by Representative Rankin tD., MisSD at the opening of the 79th Congress he says: T merely voted against it's permarency. We cer- tainly need such body now, but after the war l am confident the country will be so unified un-Amer- ican activities will be negligible"
 Representative Harts' record in Congress shows he has closely fol-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

A conference and school of in- struction for the volunteer child welfare and rehabilitation chair man and committee sof The Ameri- can Legion and American Legion Auxiliary throughout the depart meY1t of Connecticut, will be held at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, on Saturday, January 20.
 The child welfare session will open at 10 a. m. with Mrs. Frank Kelly of Bridgeport, department child welfare chairman of the auxiliary, and Morgan E. Holcomb of Hart ford, department chairman of the legion, presiding.
 Speakers and discussion leaders at the morning session vii be Staff ford A. Lindsay, Andover, Massa- chusetts, presenting the legion'S -Four Year Plan for Child Vel fare"; Dr. Elizabeth Wells speak ing on Emergency Maternity and Infant Care; and Mrs. Howard Mitchell of New Britain, auxiliary chairman for the education of or phans of veterans.
 Rehabilitation
 The veteran rehabilitation pro- gram of the American Legion and Auxiliary will be the subject of the afternoon session, under the chair manship of Mrs. Malley O'Connor, Middlebury, for the auxiliary, and John L. Connors, Hartford, for the legion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
SUGAR RACKETEER
 SUSPECT ARRESTED
10000 Pounds Illegally Diverted Charges OPA;
 New Haven Man Held

Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 18-(UP)- With the arrest of Augustine De Gennaro, New Haven truck driver, the OPA claimed today to have un- covered the biggest sugar black market of the war, into which 10000 pounds had been diverted in recent months.
 De Gennaro, arrested after sur rendering alleged counterfeit No. 32 coupons for 15,000 pounds at local wholesale warehouse, was held in $500 bond pending hearing before U. s. Commissioner William J. Who lean. He was charged with acquiring, possessing and controlling counter felt coupons worth 55,000 pounds.
 At OPA headquarters it was said an investigation would be pressed to determine how many others might be connected with the illegal opera tions. They charged the sugar was being sold for as much as five times the ceiling price.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BRIEF SESSIONS

Hartford Conn, Jan. 18-(UP)- The general assembly was slated for another brief session today before adjourning over the week end.
 There was little the legislators could do until committees sifted the numerous bills being introduced daily, assigned them for public hear ings and reported them out to the Senate and House.
 The first of such hearings will be held next Wednesday or Thursday, when the governors renomination of IS court judges will be considered This will be the first time a public hearing will be held on judgeShip nominations, and the procedure was adopted upon recommendation of the special commission created to study the states judicial system
 Whether this same procedure would be extended to nominations to the minor courts, however, was uncertain. These appointments are made by the general assembly with out advice from the governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
THREE BUS STOPS
 SOUGHT BY NET.
Traffic Committee of Police Board Take Request Un=
 der Consideration

The North East Transportation Go. which operates a bus line along North Main and East Farm St. into the northeast section of Waterbury, yesterday petitioned the police board for the addition of three new bus stops.
 The new stops requested by the company would be: somewhere along the north side of the Green between the crosswalk to the Elton and the northeast corner of the Green; another on the south side of East Farm street and the first entrance to the Chase plant on that street; and one at the june ton of Walnut and East Farm streets.
 The company stated as reasons for the new stops: that it wished to avoid having passengers sprint along the Green to catch buses; that peo- pie wait for buses at the junction of Walnut and East Farm, which was once the old north terminal of the company; and the increase in population.
 The board referred the matter to its traffic committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
FORMER ITALIAN
 SUBJECTS LEAD
123 of 24O Newly Made Citizens Listed as of
 Italian Descent

More than half of the group Of persons admitted as citizens at a naturalization session of superior court yesterday were of Italian de- scent, it was disclosed by Wilfred E.. Diamond, naturalization examiner from Hartford. Of the 240 candi- dates admitted at the morning and afternoon sessions, 123 were Ital- ia1ls.
 Judge Frank P McEvoy, who ad- dressed class of 120 new citizens 1n the morning, extended greetings to another group of the same number in the afternoon. The oath of al- legiance was administered by Super for Court Clerk James E. Mcknight
 The group was composed of 129 men and III women, who repre- sented IT different countries.
 The nationalities were as follows: Canadian, 26; English, four; Scotch, three; Austrian, two; CZechoSlovak- ian one; Finnish, one; French, one; German, six; Italian 123; Lithuan- ian, IA; Romanian, one; Polish, 23; Portuguese, five; Russian, 15; Span- ish, one; Swiss, one; Syrian one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
China Diplomatic Front Faced Tests With Russia And U. s. In "A
Second dispatches describing conditions China at stra
By GEORGE WANG United Press Staff Correspondent

18UP)ChinaS National Government during relations with powethe liberal to efficiency
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
New Dies Committee Head Urges
 Sane, Sober, Impartial Hearings

lowed the New Deal. He is an able orator and extemporaneous speaker and we'll liked personally by both Republicans and Democrats. Most of his activities on the hill have been in connection with his mem- bership on the committee of Mer- chant Marine and Fisheries. His No. l interest, he claims, however, is to see that the cities are ade- quately paid for the land and facil- ities taken rom them by the U. s. Government during the war.
 LOOKS TO FUTURE
 Tt is not for me to dwell on what has been done by the former Dies Committee" he commented. We will study and evaluate it's files and records, and make use of such ma terial as we see fit, but now am looking to the future"
 Following his Jersey City gram mar school days Hart attended St. Peters prep school and college and and received a law degree from Georgetown University Law School in Washington, D. c.
 First job after law school was sec- retary of the Excise Commission in Washington. He left that to be- come chief field representative of the Internal Revenue Bureau. His last official act in that job, he re- lates, was to check the receipts of the Dempsey Carpenter fight.
 After brief spell of practicing law he became Assistat Corpora tiontion Cuonsel of Jersey City. He entered Congress in 1885 with the support of Mayor Frank Hague's or ganization. He is married but has no children.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington, Jan. l2--First job of the House of Representatives Com mittee on Un- American activities is to decide on just what constitutes "un- American Activities is to decide from there, says it's new chairman, Democratic Representative Edward J. Hart of New Jersey.
 The genial, 51-year-old, heavy set Congressman with almoSt-gone red hair took the ever-present cigar from his mouth and said: Just be- cause something is dcne or said that doesn't exactly agree with what I think, isn't going to make it un-American. That's for the committee, acting as a whole to de- eide. Sanity, soberness and abSo- lute impartiality will be our watch words as we get into this problem. We will try to operate in dlgnl- fled, thorough manner.
 He promises that procedure in hearings will be conducted as close ly as possible to actual court pro ceedings. with the accused given ample time to prepare defense and present it.
 Each member of the committee, he promises, will be urged to make no references or revelations of the committees activities until complet- ed reports are released. These re- ports, he says, will always include full statements of persons involved. The principle that an accused per son is innocent until proved other wise will be strictly adhered to, he promises.
 SUPPORTS LABOR
 Native and citizen of Jersey City, his friendship with Mayor Hague IS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
School Of Instruction
 ForLegion Committees
Conference of Executives Special Discussions to Take
 Place at Hotel Bond Saturday

Speaking on the afternoon pro- gram will be Major Thomas E. Pres ton, chief medical officer of the Vet erans hospital at Newington. on "Hospitalization" Manager Myer Schwolsky of the Newington hospi- tai, on Functions of the Veterans administration" It. Col. James F. Daly, explaining Claims and Pro- cedure"; Col. Raymond F Gates, commandant of the State Veterans Home at Rocky Hill, on Veterans Home Commission Benefits; E. P. Armstrong, state treasurer of the American Legion, discussing the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Fund.-: It. William A. Jameson of the Old Farms Convalescent hospi- tai, who will tell of the Army'S pro- gram for the blind; John L. Con- nors, area rehabilitation chairman of the American Legion, speaking on Vocational Rehabilitation" and Col. Clarence c. Scarborough, the American Legion service officer;
 Department Leaders
 Department commander of the American Legion, Herbert L. Eman- uelson of New Haven, and depart ment president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. William Kashman of Hartford, will address the conference.
 The chairman have announced that anyone interested in the chilo welfare or rehabilitation programs serving with other organizations ol associations, are welcome to at- tend the conference sessions.
 Reservations for the luncheon tc be served at 12:30 o'clock are to bf made with Mrs. Samuel Putnam o1 Wethersfield, member of the Ameri. can Legion Auxiliary department rehabilitation committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Skipper RecoIIs Cole

Washington, Jan. 18-(P)-Lt Cmdr. James Alex Marks, skipper O the destroyer Hull which went down in the recent Pacific typhoon, said today that he would rather make a torpedo attack on Japanese battleship" than go through such a storm again.
 Winds of no knots and moun- tainous seas blew the ship over on it's side, Marks said. He said he and his men shook hands with each other and said "so long, just be- fore they went into the water.
 T didn't think anyone would live through it." Marks said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
FJREMEN GET HOME WORK

New Albany, Ind. CUP)-A paint CT working on house next to Gen. tral fire station encountered a sparrow'S nest under the caves and set fire to it rather than take chances with lice ProXinit" rf ',7 fire station held the resulting loss on the house to only $2UG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

There has been an uIdelcaler and unknown conflict for more than a year between Kazaks and i Chinese provincial troops in the northwestern corner of the Chi nese Republic, but only quasi-ofti- cial circles in Russia admitted 1t, and only once did similar circles in China mention 1t.
 Moscow Broke Story While this unknown war has been going on since November 1943, the first indication in the press came only in April, 1914 when the Russian news agency, Tass, carried a dispatch from its Outer Mongolia correspondent at Ulanbator (Urga.
 Sinkiang provincial troops were said to have oppressed Kazaks Gone of Sinkiang'S provincial tribes) and forced them to Outer Mongolia. The "airforce of Outer Mongolia" the dispatch said Jas well as Outer Mongolia troops retaliated by bombing Sinkiang troops who "trespansed the border into Outer Mongolia"
 The press section of Chungk1ng immediately issued . one-l1ne de- nial of the story.
 Vice Prenident Henry Wallace oi the United States came to China via Siberia and Sinkiang in June 1944, and stated in Chungkiane that the boundary between China and Russia sweeps along for some 5000 miles from the Pacific tc Central Asia (andD should be like the frontier between t he United States and Canada-not one of separation but one of joining friends together"
 Gen. Sheng Ousted
 Wallace stayed four weeks ln Siberia and two weeks in China and it was generally believed he did his utmost to join friends together
 In August, Chungking removed the governor of Sinkiang, Shengu Shih-tsai, who had been absolute ruler for the past 12 years.
 Chungkings censors permitted me to cable that Gen. Sheng was removed 'in order to improve rela- tions with Russia, since Shene failed to maintain Sino-Sovlet cor diality (andD command of all Sinkiang troops was shifted to the central government"
 China experienced her seconc diplomatic shock during 1944 wher Gen. Joseph w. Stilwell was re- called and American Ambassador Clarence Gauss resigned. The break was described by one Unite6 Press correspondent as the "cli' max of deep cleavage between high Washington officials ant Generalissimo Chinag Kai-sheE over past and future conduct ol the war in the Far East" This Sino-American storm, however was more shortlived than eX- pected.
 United in One Team
 The new chief of staff to the Gissimo, Maj Gen. A. c. Wede- meyer, told correspondents. rye no interest in the political sltua- tion here. Our one job is to Kill Japanese, and my job is to CO ordinate and facilitate the 1ulles' cooperation of the Allied forces to that end'
 The new U. s. Ambassador tt Chunkking, Maj. Gen. FatricE Hurley, said, "The Generalissimo U s. forces in China and this em- bassy are united in one team, anc we have only one common ob1ec- tive - the defeat of Japan. Oul conferences with the Generalissimt have always been direct and cordial The Generalissimo, Gen. Wedemeyel and I have not only become friends but have established degree ol comradeship."
 While Hurley and Wedemeyel have almost daily conferences witt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
SCHIAVONE'S NAME
 TO BE PRESENTED

Albert Schiavone, member of tire Waterbury Young Republican Re- publican club has been placed III nomination for the presidency Of the New Haven county chapter oi the club, following a meeting last night of the latter group held III Seymour.
 Among those attending last nights session were Harold Hadley, treas urer of the local group and former president, Mrs. Viola Amelung and Eugene Migliaro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
MANY NEVER SUSPECT CAUSE OF BACKACHES
This Old Treatment Often
 Brings Happy Relief

Many sufferers relieve nagsing backache quickly, once they discover that the real cause of their trouble may be tired kidneys
 The lidneye are Natures chief way of talk ing the excess acids and waste out of the blood. They help most people pass about3 pints day. poisonous matter to remain in your blood, it may cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, get- ting up nights. swelling, pufEiness under tho eyes, headaches and dizziness. Frequent or scanty passages with smarting and burning sometimes shows there is something wrong with your kidneys or bladder
 Don't watl Ask your druggist for Doan Pills, u3cd successfully by millions for over 40 years, They give happy relief and will help the l5 miles of kidney tubes flush out poisonous waste from your blood. Get Doan's PillA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

Chiang and the new war minister, Gen. Chen Cheng, and with the American generals, praiSing Chen Cheng as 'vrey fine and efficient general" this correspondent has failed to dig up any single trace left of any diplomat imbro3lio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

Ray Millands eye was photo- graphed for the closest closeup for a scene in Paramount's The Lost Weekend" The camera lenSe was only nine inches from tEe eye.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
WIEHE OUTLINES PR0BLEMSfACIkG
 LIQUOR INDUSTRY
Grain First Need 10 Get Back fo Normal, Sthen-
 ley Official Says

The entire liquor industry is now facing a condition of getting back to normal That statement was made here today by Col Theo. Wiehe, Vice-President of Schenley Distillers, Inc, Americas largest liquor firm.
 Col. Wiehe, who is also President of Schenley Import Corporation, companion companies, is renewing his already firm acquaintance with Alaska. T am an Alaska booster, 9 he said. Col Wiehe arrived here by PA plane from Seattle yester- day and was to leave today or to- morrow on a flying trip to An chorage. He will again stop off in Juneau on his way south, he said.
 On several previous trips, the last of which was in 1942, Col. Wiehe has been in almost every part of the Territory, even to Point Barrow. Accompanied by J. W. Gucker, Schenley Alaska Distributor, he called upon several business and personal friends here yesterday. As head of Schenley's export division, Alaska is a prime concern of Col. Wiehe's and he plans many more trips here from his New York office. Right now he is to follow his Alaska trip with a journey to Hawaii, then will go to Europe Mir Gucker will accompany him to An chorage and will remain there for a time
 The return to normal" for the liquor industry depends, he said, on two main considerations:
 1-The availability of grain, par ticularly corn. He believes there should be a good corn crop this fall, and, as the liquor industry normally uses not more than one per cent of the total grain supply, good crop should furnish the industry without cutting into food needs-which no one in the busi- ness has any desire to do.
 2-On OPAs begging prices to reflect new costs and so that the old familiar brands can again be put on the market without loss. Fair prices are needed to get back to normal" he said.
 Concerning imported liquors, the OPA already has removed ceilings on imported wines and spirits, ex- cept Scotch whiskies. Supplies of these products are now available and the shipping situation should soon improve. All this will help
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
SEALING ON
 5URRENDERiNG
Allied Southeast Asia Com mand Gets No Action
 from Japanese

RANGOON, Aug 24-The Allied Southeast Asia Command still was awaiting today preliminary indica- tions of surrender by the Japanese Singapore Command under Gen Seishiro Itagaki, head of the Seventh Area Army and a former Minister of War at Tokyo.
 If Itagaki persists in holding out it was believed here that he might be returned to Japan by the Im- perial General Staff and replaced by military chief willing to capi- tulate
 Elsewhere throughout Southeast Asia, Japanese forces from the Com m an der of the Southern Armies, Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi at Saigon, down to monsoon bound privates have laid down their arms and even are re- verting to pre-war shows of polite ness.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
ARMY, NAVY PAY
 DIEFERENTIALS
 TO BE RESTORED
Cost of Living Studies fo Decide Federal Wage
 Policy in Alaska

Gov.s Ernest Gruening announced today the receipt of a wire from Mary Lee Council, Secretary to Dele gate Bartlett, saying that MT. George J. Schceneman, Administrative Assistant to the President, had made public letters to the Secretary of War and Navy suggesting the desir- ability of their returning as of July 1 to the differential policy in effect before July l. The telegram likewise indicated that President Truman has approved immediate cost of living studies to be made by the Civil Ser vice and the Bureau of Labor Sta tistics of the U. s. Department of Labor, and that policy, as a result of that study, will be binding on all departments.
 Gov. Gruening said, My assump- tion is that this will result in com plete victory of our contention all Federal employees in Alaska should continue to receive the g per cent differential which the War and Navy Departments proposed to withdraw from Alaskan Federal employees, while giving it to employees recruited in the States for work in Alaska. This policy originated in some of the tropical possessions of the United States, and was, in my judgment, in- appropriately applied to all the Terri tories. As l am fully convinced that statistical studies will demonstrate that the cost of living in Alaska is net merely 25 per cent higher, but substantially in excess of that amount above the cost of living in the States, I am confident, there fore, that our fight has been won
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
Gangsierism Wave Strikes Seattle as
 Liquor Gets 5horf

SEATTLE, Aug. 24 Deputy Prosecutor John J. Bennett planes a shortage of good liquor in state stores and high prices charged for inferior brands for what he terms a recent wave of gangsterism in Seattle.
 Bennett declares the situation is an inducement to the criminal ele- ment, which sees big money in the bootlegging of good whiskey
 According to Bennett, high quality liquor is obtained at low enough prices outside the state to allow a big profit on its resale to speakeasies. And he says liquor shipments from the east to Alaska, ordered by bootleggers, never get farther than Portland or Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-08-24
JUNEAUITE5 SAIL
 ON ALEUTIAN FOR
 WINTER IN SOUTH

Passengers for Seattle aboard the Aleutian will include Mrs. Florine Housel and Mrs. Esther Metzgar and her daughter, Kay.
 Mrs. Housel will be joined in Seattle by herN son-in-law and daughter, Major and Mrs. Gerald Mclaughlin and their small daugh- ter, who have been in Mississippi
 Young Kay Metzgar will attend Annie Wright Seminary in Ia coma and her mother will return to Juneau about the first of the year.
 Mrs. Housel and Mrs. Metzgar have been widely entertained as departing travellers.