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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
BRAVO! MAYOR MOYLAN!
(Hartford T1mes)

(Hartford T1mes)
 Declaring that it is his purpose to continue existing city services without increase in the tax rate, Mayor Moylan has said a courag- eous thing. Those words may yet come to plague him but they show the right spirit.
 He has yet to face the hard fact of a reduced grand list and mounting departmental requests in connection with the new budget on which pub lie hearings will soon begin.
 In speaking his mind at the out set, the Mayor has given city offi- cials and employees something to think about when they formulate their demands for salary and wage increases. Municipal personnel IS now unionized and is making no secret of the fact that requests will be made for salary and wage raises.
 Standing up to that demand with out cutting municipal services and without increasing the tax rate, will be a severe test of Mayor Moylan's leadership and will put to the chal- lenge his present declaration. Tax payers of Hartford hope he will stand his ground.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
AN ORCHID TO THE FBI
(Hartford Courant)


 Few agencies of government merit and receive the public ad- miration and respect that the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation en- joys. Even before the outbreak o1 war the term FBI meant efficiency intelligence and performance. It was a name that struck terror in the heart of the wrongdoer, and it was a solace to actual or potential vic- tims of gangsters and racketeers During the Second World War the FBI won additional laurels, and its record in prevention of sabotage and arresting of ,conspirators makes the American people more indebted than ever to MT. Hoover and his unequaled group of agents.
 The bare statistics are dull read ing compared with the actual cases, some of which were more thrilling than anything a novelist could con- jure. The story in capsule form can be told in one sentence: During the entire wartime emergency there was no single successful act of foreign directed sabotage. Technical sabo- tage was found in 2232 of the 19,466 complaints investigated. Most ot these violations were traced to spite or gross carelessness.
 Perhaps the most spectacular oi the FIBIs activities was the round- ing up of dangerous enemy aliens and spies. Some of the spy rings were so well under control that agents of the FBI actually directed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
By Peter EdSOn

parison to war costs Before VE-Day, the war was costing the United States 250 million dollars day. The S3 900 900 loan represents l5 days war cost Also the British may not need all of this sum. The total amount of lendease supplies given to the BTU ish to shoot at the Germans and JapS vas Va4ueo at IA billion dollars Settling that for mere 6oO million dollars may like good bargain for the British, and it is. But it is not new money that IS being loaned British and it is reduction in U S. war costs by that amount Selling these goods as sur pluses might not bring in any more
 The British say they do not need the money TOT reconstruction of wardamaged cities nor to run the government Those things they will finance at nome. The British do need the money to make up the differ ence between what their imports will have to be and what their fallen exports will probably be.
 Suppose the loan were not made. The Brltlsn could probably get by without it, but they coulo do so only by making trade agreements with otnet @ countries for the things they will buy from the United States or by putting in new British Elm pire preference agreement that would etfectVey freeze the United States out of trade With BrltHn dominions and colonies.
 By making the loan the United States stanos to gain trade with the whole British Empire, These changes in British trade practices aren't gong to be made overnight, but they will come in tune
 It may be argued that with the BritlSn laooI government now planning on nationallzng her Steel and coal industries the British adopting policy out trade with the United States. Top U s. govern ment officials who negotiated this new agreement with the British feel that the loan will put cheek on state trading and prevent breaking up Worlo trade into economic blocks
 If all goes we'll by the way the loan would be repaid in the year 2000 A. D., at the rate or apout $32,ooOOoO a year, principal and interest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

lin was a whip-craeker. perhaps give the wrong impression. George could and sometimes did crack the whip. But on the whole he was the mildest- hammered man ! ever knew Perhaps that the secret of his ability to get along with such motley assortment Of performers Westbrook PeRler. Pear son and Allen. Mrs Roosevelt, Haywood Broun Ernie Pyle. Raymond Clapper Marquis childs and Tom Stokes.
 Outsiders marveled at how one man could keep this circus of trained seals performing in one ring with no visible evidence of cannibalism. Yet he did He even kept Mrs Roosevelt happy. while Pegler in an adjoining column. holding her feet up to
 the hot coals almost every other day In fact George was the only man ever knew who could censor and edit the First Lady yet be invited to the White House continually.
 And on those annual occasions when the pub fishers gathered in New York Pegler and Mrs Roose- welt and the rest of us would stand side by side in the receiving line matter what one had written. about the other, to play host to the publishers-a because we loved George Carlin. For no one else would we have done it.
 lot of people wondered not only how George kept the peace among his performers but also how he stood the daily grind of running his far-flung syndicate For he handled comic strips and all sorts of other features The secret that George lived for his work The coumnists his children. They might be problem children, but they were his, and he loved them.
 Came the day when his children went off to other things ana George like many parents wilted Two of his greatest writers, Ernie Pyle and Ray Clapper were war casualties That zeStfu filter of lances Westbrook Pegier, had Roy Howard trouble (Roy George Carlin's overall ooSs on Onlteo Features) So did the Merry-Go-Round We went off to other booking agencies, had Haywood Broun before us.
 Gradually through no fault of his own, George Carlins performing circus disintegrated He took on new perforiners-top performers-though they didn't snarl so much at each other. Perhaps 1t was because they didn't cause him as much trouble as his earlier prma Ndonnas or perhaps 1t was because he loved his first children best anyway the excite ment, the turmoil, the hurly-burly passed out Of Georges life.
 And the other day he quietly passed on to another world where like to think of him with Ray Clapper, Ernie Pyle, and Haywood Broun, pounding out mas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Pep Up Pearl Harbor ByBiH Cunningham

Irish but as the Trojans drew close, the going got tougher and they were forced to surrender With short punt experty angled off the field
 Then the Rockne RamblerS really bowed thelr backs With bucks and spins and slants and reVerses they powdered the Trojan line and coMounoeo the secondary quick forward burned out b to 4o-yard line deep reverse sent flying Greenshlrt across midfield into Trojan territory. This was ball game
 The crowd was on it's feet. So was the veteran pastor, and all the people in his section Suooeny heard his stentoran voice ring above all the rest with the following startling pronouncement: God Is eao- ing them!"
 He stole gances to the left and right, but nobody seemed to have noticed so he reseaed hlmSeil WlIn a great show of dignity and you could practically see him assuring himself that he would keep hls emotions henceforth under sterner control
 The game rocked along Both offenses were lung ing but the defensves had Steadied and the car rers of both sides were being driven into the sod. Finally, however Notre Dame had the football again, and, after one clever feint they exploded perfect play through the Cafornians' left flank. The speed precise the timing perfection little substitute fullback named Bucky OConnor rocketed through it and raced some 30 yards up what amount ed to an empty field.
 That's when the heavens fell bedlam succeeded excitement, pandemonum took full charge But somehow above it all, those in the surrounding pews again heard the triumphant cry of the elderly clergyman. There he was on his feet again, his hat at arms length above his silvery locks. and his voice ringing like Big Ben's above all the roar, I tell you God is leading them!"
 This time, fresh looking Southern California kid sitting few rows down, turned around and yelled Yeah, Father, God may be leading 'em, but Rockne's driving em!"
 That's right my son." responded the old man, with the happiest of smiles all over his beautiful face land don't they make the glorious combnation!
 Instead of forgetting the war as merely hor- ribe orgy, why isn't 1t better to remember 1t as mighty accomplishment achieved by the glorious combination of home front that found what 1t could do and the armed forces who proved what fighting Americans can do?
 There are some things to forget, and the un- preparedness that led to Pearl Harbor Is one of them The state of mind that led to Pearl Harbor is another The lack of purpose os plan, internaton- ally then and now, is another. And yet forget ttt the word Remember is better. We should rernen- Der the faults in order to be certain of their cor rection, and once year on that date. we can yell afford to check in order to be sure sese ssrs#
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
CREMATORY OBJECTIONS
Christian Science Monitor

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 A question has peen arousing the town of Southington-whether to permit the erection and operation of a crematory. Today, in this vi- cinity, when bodies are cremated instead of being buried this is &C., complished in Springfield. As there are an increasing number of peo- pie who prefer cremation to burial, the need for more crematories be- comes manifest.
 But opposition crops up. People do not like to have either crema- tories or cemeteries started within even a reasonable distance of their homes. One would think that in a rural town the size of Southington that would be easy. But apparently it isn't. At least, there are objectors.
 It is an unfortunate fact of life that as the years pass we shall need more cemeteries. more crematories, more funeral directors, more hospi- tals, more doctors; and more of the other things we wish we didn't need. Objecting to the essentials of trade, industry or life can be taken too far; and in the end we'll need them anyhow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
The Firing Line By D. N. T.
GARDEN IN DECEMBER

This bleak expanse of vine and
 stalk,
 This brown and uninviting earth, Where crows on late forages Squawk, Is void of beauty and of worth. Where once I bent against the sun And shed my fertilizing sweat, The labor and the life are done, And everything is canned or ct. The withered bush, the trampled
 grass
 Are all the relics of the crops That to my growing annals pass, Recorded (but not writ as topS). No more the sugared ear of corn Will fall into the twisting hand, Nor carrots teem in Plenty's horn. With other jewels : the land. The winter breaks upon the hill, The sweets of toll may not be had, Alasl-No longer may till, And holy Moses. am glad!
 Leland Rawson, superintendent of the state package agency system, said individual purchases per week will be limited to a quart each of whisky, gin, rum and liquor" AP' The last, of course, to be used as a chaser.
 The Chinese Communists have been ordered to evacuate the area along the Manchurian railroad They don't seem to have friend in the world; even Papa Joe looks at them as though they were a strange boy selling soap orders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Realistic Proposals

The first reports that Russia had asked the United States and Great Britain submit the ArabJewish prob lem to Big Five conference apparently caused stenation to diplomatic circles There talk that the Soviet government trying to muscle in the Middle East that it's request rbuke to American and British proposals that the Big Three withdraw from Iran that it would ebarrass the recently Anglo American n quiry into the Jewish and Palestine situations and
 Perhaps all this is It typical of the diplomat suspicion that to know nationality boundary But leaving suspicion aside why would the Russian pro- posal not be a sensible solution?
 As the United Nations Organization is set up now the Big Five will be running the world anyway So why should they not begin to try to settle the worlds difficulties among themselves, if that's how it is going to be?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

It is important to correct the maladjustment of our economy that condemns millions of farm people to a standard of living below that of other Americans. This Is a na- tional responsibility and should be solved by the nation. The job is too big for farmers to handle by them selves.
 Wayne County, w. Va, News.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

fax and Lord Keynes began thelr hard luck story last September was a grant of six billion dollars. None of the American negotiators took the six billion dollar figure very seriously, but the British weren't fooling about wanting whatever they got as an outright gift.
 The British argument was that during the war the two countries had been equal part ners in production. British trade had been cut by 30 per cent dur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

American, instead, Should ever lastingly remember,
 The dangerous thing is the thing most of us would like to do-forget. AS quoted here before, I heard veteran general once say that war is like a terrible and protracted drunk an otherwise reasonably decent man has man. aged to survive. When it's over he doesn't want to look back on it. He doesn't want to hear what he did, or said, to try to remem- her what he thought. how he felt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

tne " DAys DC HAG htIptu 70 develop and went on 10 a more peaceful world.
 He was George Caflin, guid- lng genius oi the United Feature Syndicate, vho cracked the whip sveF the greatest conglomeration 4 star Syndicated columnlStS the world has even seen and who. for better or for worse, served as mid giie. patron saint and godfather 70 this column when C firSt start ed. is years ago today
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Saving the Shirt

WASHINGTON Dec. l3-Well, 1t appears that Uncle Sam didn't lose his shirt to the British in the big loan negotiations, after all.
 What the British wanted when the Earl of Hall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
IS Years Ago

Arthur Brisbane, Wyeidmere St., reported to police that he was threatened by two armed robbers as he entered his house late at night. The man said that the hold-up men threatened to "blast your guts out if you don't hand over your wallet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

The Madison Square Garden in New York is twenty old this week which surprises you in way in that the Garden socaed) to have been operating Indefinitely housing dogs horses hockey players and But W the other hand 1t but yesterday that you were aoifNkto the old Garden which closed inA1925.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Merry-G O-ROund

WASHINGTON Dee. IS-The other day In New York a man known to almost every newspaper editor ia the country. yet almost unknown to the general public. quietly departed the Merry Go Rounds and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

Pearl Harbor Day last week was dark, wet and somber in our part of the country. It was perfect setting for that dolorous anniversary which every American would like to forget, but which every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

Just five minutes before she died at St. Mary's hospital, Q local wo- man, famed for her Italian restau- rant, finished writing in weak hand, aEill which disposed of her 41E .0l1 nzkate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

Waterbury was visited by one of the most severe wind and rain storms of the season. A storm in which local grammar and high schools were closed for the day, postmen were given half holiday when officials decided the rain was too severe to deliver mail, and in which several stores were damaged when the high winds broke plate glass windows on the store fronts. A total "a nfall of 149 inches was recorded at the City Engineers of- flee, with .35 inches recorded be- tween the hour of Il a. m. to 12 noon.
 William Reilly, 322 Baldwin street was undergoing treatment at St.. Marys hospital after he was acci- ciently shot while out with several companions near the Scovill Dam in the eastern section of the city. It was reported that Reilly, 8 Crosby high student, was searching for Christmas trees with his com ranions and one of them carried 2. gun for protection against what vas not determined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
: Years Ago

Because they believed that under exist tng economic conditions there vas little possibility of controlling business cycles. the onset of which seemed to be unpredictable, several local authorities on unemployment ,aid that compulsory unemployment insurance was the keynote of any possible solution of involuntary un- employment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13

By posing as prospective tenants for a furnished room, man and a woman gained entrance to the home of a Welch street resident and after binding and gagging her, made off with $55 in cash, $50 diamond ring and $400 fur coat. The woman's 10-year old son dis covered his mothers plight when he returned from school an hour after the robbery. The woman was unable to furnish police with good aescriptoin of the couple.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04
Miles Reported Killed on Okina,Ua
Parents Receive Word Saturday of Local
Mans Death: Previously Reported Missing

Private Roy Miles, Jr., l9 years
old. previously listed as missing in
action. has been reported killed
In action in the battle of Okinawa
on May Is, according to War De-
partment telegram received Sat-
urday by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy E. Miles of 1927 Dee street.
A previous telegram received in
July stated that he was missing in
action
The last word received by his
parents from the serviceman was
a short V-man letter written from
the front lines on Okinawa on May
u.
Pvt. Miles was born in Nebraska.
He attended Washington, Lincoln
and Roosevelt schools here and was
a charter member of the Glenwood
Methodist church. Before entering
the Armed Service in September
1914. he was employed at the Fire
stone Rubber and Metal products
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04
Back To Civvies >.
WydndOtte Men
.GiUen DISCHARGE

Two more Wyandotte men are
returning to civilian status this
wick.
Cpl. Bernard F.. Clark is civilian
again following his discharge at
the Army separation point, McClel-
Ian field, California, after three and
one half years of service win the
Army Air Forces. Previous to en-
tering the armed forces, he was en-
ployed at the Michigan Alkali COM
pany for Is years. He is the son Of
John Clark, Seventh street.
1t. John S. Bingham has cleared
Grenier field, N. H., Air Force Sep
aration center and is now on ter
minal leave at the expiration Of
which he will return to civilian
life in an inactive military status.
A mechanical engineer in civilian
life, 1t. Bingham has served three
years and eight months in the Air
TOACC do q POoC CA5AACCA' nc 10 q
veteran of the Asiatic- Pacific thea
tire of Operations.
1t. Bingham is a graduate Of
Michigan State college and is mar
ried to Mrs. j. E. Bingham of 1912
Moore'S river. Dearborn. On his
return to civilian life. 1t. Bingham
plans TO return to Wyandotte md
resume his civilian occupation.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04

company. He received his basic
training at Camp Roberts, Califor-
MIA, and spent a short time at Oahu
island, Hawaii, where he received
jungle training. He was assigned to
a replacement division which as
Sembled at the Marianas and joined
the 77th Infantry at Okinawa on
May 10.
The only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles, ne is survived by four sis
tiers, Mrs. Clifford Surbrook, Mrs.
John Maybery, Mrs. William Lohr
and Mrs. Adam Czajkowski. all of
Wyandotte.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04
Blue Jacket Has Leave

Bluejacket Elmo RooS, S &c Of
633 North drive has completed his
recruit training at the naval train
ing center, Sampson, New York, on
the shores Of Seneca lake and has
been granted leave. Upon his re-
turn to Sampson, he will be eligible
for further assignment which may
qualify him for a petty officer rat
ing.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04
Service
Parade
McGraw On Europa

Petty Officer Marshall McGraw,
musician second class, arrived in
New York recently aboard the Ger
man luxury liner, Europa, which
is now being used as troop trans
port. He is a member Of the 23-
piece band stationed on that ship.
Marshall is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas McGraw Of Spruce
street and has been in the Navy
two years
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04

Cpl. Walter j. Hickey is now at a
Pacific base with the First Photo
Reconnaissance squadron. He was
formerly stationed at Salina. Kan
SaS.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04

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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04

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with sturd y machine
stitched hens. loosely wo-
ven soft. just the cloth
you want for dishes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-10-04
Kitchen Time- Saver!
VEGETABLE
BRUSH AND
POT CLEANER

Value Az
Al-metal pot cleaner
and hardy vegetable
brush.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-03-05
Drinking Wafer From the Sea

vised, but it left the sodium and,
while it was not as poisonous as
sea water, it was not perfect.
Finally Lieutenant Spealman,
Jr., found that all salt could be e
moved from sea water by the addi-
ton of uric acid, and that 712 vol
umes of potable water was pro-
duced for one volume of chemical
equipment, which is very econom-
ical. Then the Permutit method
was added so that in n end of u
bag a filter is placed and with the
aid of this and by n preciplta-
ton in the bag, drinkable water is
obtained.
The bag and a can Of chemical
equipment with a volume Of 700
&C. will yield 5000 &C. of potable
water, and this equipment will ex-
tend chances of survival six times
longer than the fresh water placed
in a can of the same space.
This account makes us reallze
that such successes are not the re-
suit of a single experiment by .
single genius, but several pieces
of work and trial and error to safe
Guard u men at sea.