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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
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 The first peace Christmas" since l940 will find some of the pre-war items back in the stores and shops, which have been turned out in the factories able to weather the recon version storms without labor and price difficulties. But for many other much-sought articles, buyers will simply have to wait until the nations internal troubles can be remedied.
 A few months ago it was forecast there would be two and half mill lion radios available for Christmas trade. As a matter of fact, there will be only three or four hundred thousand in the nation. Home ap- pliances are behind schedule and such items as cameras and high grade jewelry are also scarce. Buy CTS already looking for mems wear, needn't be told of the shortages in that field.
 Still, the retail leaders believe that by careful selection, and the acceptance of second choices when the first are unavailable, buyers will be well taken care of and merchants will do tremendous business. We're certainly lot better of, all of us, merchants and customers, than at any time in the last five years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

same time One Of Dawes associates, Who hIlaIea pup tent with him in England throughout the North African campaign and virtually all of the Italian operation has written to me of Daye's love for the classics, and his hunger for them while the going toughest.
 Our son preferred swing, but when the chance came for him to go to a famous old opera house al Naples with my niece. over there as WAC, he ab- sorbed enough of 1t to induce him. once he struck Rome to visit the opera house there, not once, but several times.
 These are things that seem to count-these va grant moments in young fighters life when he can be permitted to forget the really tough moments when his pals go west and he hasn't the slightest idea when his own turn will come.
 Dave came home early last April, with case of battle fatigue that stems back to North Africa, and when you mentioned Jacques Singers eyes, which likewise got that look somewhere in slit trench vol of those boys.
 50 M is really heGrtenlng to learn that JseQusS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

ears to the ground and catch the rumblings They are dangerous, bitter rumblings And they come from officers as well as men-rnen who were willing to give all for their country when 1t was in danger, but hate oafing at the expense of the taxpayer in times of peace These rumbngs spell out the same lesson the French learned too late when they con scripted a huge peacetime army and kept 1t idling, rotting from the inside.
 Today U S. servicemen have become Army and Navy of etterwrters They are writing to every body-to their own service journals tc newspapers, to the White House, to commentators. Theirs are bitter, disillusioned, tragic etters-from men who write almost If they felt their uniform bore the croSs-stripes of prison garb instead of being the blue and khaki they once proud to wear
 Some of this is the inevitable disllusionment which follows But it is deep and so prevalent that something must be wrong at the core.
 The following cross-section of soldier mail IS published in the hope that the top of the Army and Navy-who otherwise would not see these let ters-will find out what the backbone Of the Army and Navy is thinking, and perhaps rectify whatever is wrong
 A corporal in Manila writes-"Sometimes Tn ashamed of myself for sounding off so much about the Army. And then I'm not. You and the USA. should be shown how dictatorial the Army is In wartime it must be No soldier says no But when the military start trying to run the lives of millions of civiliansolders in peacetme-watch out It's dic- tatorship."
 From a soldier in the Philippines-'This deliber- ate slowing up of sending men home is sinister Army scheme. Everybody here feels 1t, but We can't pin it down But just keep this in mind: If war is declared against Russia God forbdD, American troops thousands of them, away out here in the western Pacific. not far from RrssiaF
 Medical Corps major stationed in Germany They now have two colonels going all Germany and France trying find out where the doctors and nurses and how many. They claim that because of redepoynent they lost the records. But the truth is that VIE Day they tried to hide the doctors sta tioned in Paris, Brussels London etc, and shipped them all Hell and high water in order to dodge Senate Investigating committee. They didn't want the Senators to know how many surplus doctors we had So the docs got lost and they are trying to find them"
 An officer in Germany-"The whole thing (soT- ness in demobzaton) is matter of the rapes- Regular Army Protective Executive Association The regulars trying to hold rank long enough so that it will become permanent That's the key to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
THE AGRARIAN MACARTHUR
(New York Herald -Tribune)

general Douglas MacArthur's few mistakes in Japan have had considerable attention and it is only fair that he should receive credit for excellent achievements which counterbalance his errors. Praise IS due him, certainly, for the manner in which he has kept his interest centered on basic objectives. Dur ing the last few weeks he has at7 tackled with persistence the eco- homie causes of Japanese aggres- sion. He seems determined to con- tinue along this line, presumably in accordance with directive from Washington.
 In his latest statement the gen. eral announces that Japanese farmers and their families are to be liberated from condition ap- proximating slavery" Our corre- spondent Frank Kelley predicts that the general will destroy Japan's feudalistic share-croppiN system and replace it with a plan for legally controlled money rents. This one move will do much to bring to an end the vicious landlord-peas- ant economy of rural Japan. which has kept to a minimum the pur- chasing power of the Japanese people and thus has indicated Japa- nese induStrailists to seek other markets through military aggres- sion.
 The point might be made that America has its own share crop pers-as it does-but little exists in this country comparable to the oppression of the average Japanese peasant by the average Japanese landlord In striving to deal with the Japanese farm problem Gener- al Macarthur is using surgery on ore of the worst cancers in Japa- nese society. He also is removing one of the factors which brought about the Pacific war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
Idle Muscles, Idle Men

Labor-sayng machinery is being developed for every occupation and at rate that might be considered alarming if anyone interested in working
 One of the latest labor-saving devices mechanical sugar harvester The first experimental beet harvester put into three al Garden City, Kansas The machine has been improved and the second one m the world in farm near Garden City 1t tops Dees pulls them distributing the tops in wndrow and the beets in another It handles eight simultaneously and saves the labor of eleven One man operates it.
 Corn pckers, cotton pickers combines tractors multi pie farm implements and milking machines eliminating much of the muscular work from agricultural pursuits The farmer may still be the whofeeds them all but machin- reducing the namber of famers doing the feeding Hhieh n turn makes for idle men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
THE POSTWAR BOOM
Bridgeport Post)

Despite labor troubles in many lines, and shortages in practically all the desirable things, the Christ mas retail trade is expected to soar to new high records. Retail leaders in many fields, handicapped as they are in personnel and material, are buoyed up by the end of the war psy- chology.
 Millions are back from the armed forces, happy to be out of the Euro- pean and Pacific messes, eager and ready to spend. Practically every one has cash or other liquid funds, and the indications are that spend ing will be limited only by the short ages in the stores. The advertising columns in the newspapers reveal that even the luxury items are being
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

Were making progress" says Committee Chairman Charles A. Ialleck of Indiana, but we want get as broad cross section Of opinion as possible" It has been suggested that the platform be -eady for the COP National Com 'nittee meeting in Chicago early Il December.
 The congressman supposed to be doing the drafting aren't mak- ing any progress. may not come up with anything until after Jan. 1. if then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

LNfte aIlu a IldII ytdIh UI IV- through the foxholes of the Pa cific to the peak of Corregidor, has brought in many letters that glow with warmth. This one, from Q newspaper man in another city, the father of CT himself, can speak for them all.
 That Jacques Singer story is a honey I'm glad to know that there are men of his type who sought to serve the hard way, and give their associates somethinp truly beautiful at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

The New York Stock Exchange las raised the salary of it's boss, Emil Schram from S45,000 to Sl00,- GOO year. That's one labor prob- lem that should be solved before it 1t even starts-unless, of course. a iurisdictional dispute should arise with Mrs. Schram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

three hours reading SoIoierS' and sailors mail.
 Unfortunately, many Con- eressmen have turned their mall over to the War Department to be answered by WACs, while top Army generals are too busy with hieh-level problems to worry over what the CT. is thinking.
 But if the backbone of the American Army and Navy is their enlisted men-as this columnist believes-then the policy-formers A.I. -A.....N.l ....A Al.nla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

The Exchange of hot letters between the Sec retary of War, Robert Patterson, and Secretary of the Navy, James " Forrestal, on the subject of unifying the armed services throws an amusing side light on one of the stranges wartime friend ships in Washington.
 When the two mere undersecretaries in charge of procurement for Army and Navy they were bosom pals. Living each other in George town they spent many evenings together conspired to cut in Army and Navy purchases, in' stilled lot of unity between the services that had never been there before The fight" between them is pretty much window dressing.
 One principal reason for deterioration Of mill tary government in Germany is that the high point men of AMG-the experienced officers who are graduates of Charlottesville and other military government schoolsare coming home as fast as they can get here.
 Their replacements either low point men who lack experience in military government or else young combat officers planning to stay in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
Capital Notebook

WASHINGTON, Nov. T. = Republican congress men have been working nearly two months on National Chairman Herbert Brownells idea to pre- sent the country with COP president. So far, they haVaf.'t nrcSuced thing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

officers ejected a woman from the British House Of Commons the other day when she shouted: MT. BeI- nard Saw is Gods right hand man. She probably still has an nsulted Bernard Shaw to deal with, how
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
A Thought For Today

| looked on my right hand that cared for soul cried thee refuge and portion in the Iando of Inc iving-PsalmS I424-5
 Amidst the an silence, he knelt down
 Mghtiest solemn thanks
 And supplcaton,-Byant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
Waterbury Of The Past
25 Years Ago

The Public Utilities Commission ordered the trolley companies to continue its service,
 A Democrat headline: Booze King Passes Out Hooeh Without Stint or Quali,y'-Gt didn't sound oorny thenD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
RECIPROCITY

RECIPROCITY AuntS and uncles. nieces, cousins Nephews. mothers, fathers, friends Wives, recipients by the dozens Form a list that never ends. All require careful stalking For the gift to fill the bill Hours and hours and hours of walk
 ing.
 Always have and always will. BliSSes of the joyous Season- Now admit it-sometimes fade When the feet deny ones reason. Dragging through the aisleS of
 trade.
 Yuletide custom does demand 1t, We must walk and shop for wares, While the others understand it Ends in swapping ours for theirs, Nothing from this toll will free us, Though our bunions scream and
 burn;
 Would some gift the giftie give us, And not expect one in return.
 Reports from the labor manage ment talks at Washington continue to be pessimistic. Judging from the tone of the conference, as discern ible in the dispatches from the capital, someone must have Sneaked MolotOv in.
 The Journal of the American Medical Association reports suc- cessful seven-day cure for scarlet fever with penicillin. Pretty soon !t'll get so nothing but gunshot wounds will give Junior an approved reason for staying out of school.
 Electricity consumption in the av- craze American home has reached 100 kilowatt hours a month, ac- cording to c. w, Kellogg, president Of the Edison Electric Institute. At least part of the gain may be at- tributed to the hosts rumpus-roon iorgetfulness after he has sped the parting guests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
15 Years Ago

Burglars footed a Wolcott street home Of 2 radio, clothes. watches. sllverware, cash and other assorted articles valued at close to sl .0O0
 The Democrat was urged readers to Do your bit to ease the mem- ployment situation in your city"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
Jacques Singer

The story here the other day about Jacques Singer the talented young symphony orchestra con iuctor who turned down soft commission to soldier .he an enlisted man and who did soldier it-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

WASHINGTON, Nov. l5-Before Congress de- bates peacetime Conscription further, and before Generals Marshall and Eisenhower testify further
 t might be profitable if all concerned spent two or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
5 Years Ago

Jackie Cooper starred in the Polls presentation of Gallant Sons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

The big walking season is upon us hours and hours of walking, in Christmas shopping trek. .'-Rhoda Garland in the New York Sun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17
CIVIC NOTE

IL EtIIVI dIJtt0 IIU IUI
 That I've never been on jury
 Fixing the responsibility for th' disaster at Pearl HarbOr is becOm' ing more complicated all the time what with charges, counter charges claims. counter claims, and whatnOt We stubbornly cling to our first suspect-the Japs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

The Waterbury Indies wondered what happened when they were de- feated 20-0 by team from Torring- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-17

An officer in Germany-"The whole thing (sloT- ness in demobilization) is matter of the rapes- Regular Army Protective Executive Association. The regulars are trying to hold rank long enough that it will become permanent That's the key to the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
WRECK PRODUCES
STRANGE PARADOX

LUMBERTON, July 25-A para
dox in which Horace Britt, of the
Long Branch section, Route 2,
Lumberton, found himself involv-
ed early last Sunday morning,
could have proved fatal to the ex-
service man.
Britt was allegedly operating a
1871 Ford at a nigh rate of speed
on Highway "a, and failed to make
curve, where a Baptist church
is situated on one side a cemetry
on the other. Britt's automobile
struck the cemetary, cutting a
swath through the burial ground
and knocking three stones from
their bases. one double marker
was hurled some so feet into
a field, according to the church
congregation, which, Immediately
adjourned.
Britt was thrown out of the car
and landed alongside one of the
graves. The driver failed to think
this funny one bit, when he regain
ed consciousness later. He was
taken to a sanatorium at Lumber
ton, but was released Monday.
The automobile, coming to rest
with all four wheels in the air,
was almost completely wrecked.
No charges were preferred.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
WILMINGTON AREA
MAN SUSPENDED

William M. Holland, Route /, Will
mington, was among six Eastern
Carolina individuals suspend
ed from dealing in meat for al
legged violations of OPA regulations,
Theodore S. johnson, Raleigh dis
trict OPA director announced Mon
day.
The suspensions range from thir-
ty days to six months, active, dur
ing which period the respondents
cannot legally buy or sell or ne
gotiate the purchase or sale of
meat, johnson said. One man was
given a years suspension, all in
active, pending compliance, John
son said.
johnson said the violations in
Guided failure to make required re.
ports, buying and Or selling meat
without exchange of ration points,
failure to post point value charts
and failure to list point values on
displayed meat.
The suspensions were all effect
ed under consent. Hearings before
Judge Clement E. Sutton, of At
lanta, we're waived.
The parties involved and terms
of suspensions:
Preston H. Darden, Plymouth,
suspended six months, active;
Lurchy c. Brinkley, Corapeake,
suspended thirty days, active; Der
F. Walters, Tarboro, suspended one
year, all inactive; ]. P. Conway
Jr., Kinston, suspended sixty days,
active; William M. Holland, Route
l, Wilmington, suspended ninety
days, active and Paul L. Webb,
102 North Tenth street, Wilmington,
suspended thirty days, active.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
OPA Rules Relation
MqyEase Sugar Shortage

during this two month period
through the action of the War
Food Administration. The
OPA edict, issued in June,
provided that only SIS per cent
of the comparable months
supply in 1914 would be grant
ed this year; the announce
ment received from the
Savannah concern, however,
provides that &c % per cent
of the 1914 monthly supply
wiki be allowed during the
months of August and Sep
TENDER.
Meanwhile, the problem was
being attacked in Washington
by Senator Josiah w. Bailey,
who wrote in a letter to Wal
ter j. Cartier, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, that
the matter of the local sugar
shortage was being taken up
on that date with Chester
Bowles, OPA Administrator.
Senator Bailey, replying to
recent letter from Mr.. Car
tier representing wholesale
grocers, said that he planned
to ask Mr.. Bowles for an in
crease in the allotment for
this area and promised to do
what l can to secure relief
for you and will advise you at
the earliest possible mo-
ment."
Wholesale merchants in Will
mington, while grateful for the
action taken by the Savannah
concern, pointed out that the
measures was temporary, and
served simply to postpone the
evil day when sugar supplies
would again reach rock bot
tom. Permanent solution to
the chronic shortage will have
to come through the Office of
Price Administration in Wash
ington, through efforts COM
parable to those being under
taken by Senator Bailey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
Imitation Wine Sale
In State Will Stop
Early Next M onth

RALEIGH, July 25.-P)-Retail
Gales of standard and imitation
wines will end in North Carolina
nm Aug. 10, the State Alcoholic Bev-
erage control Board decided today
at a meeting with Governor Cher
ry.
All holders Of retail wine licenses
have been notified by letter and in
person by ABC officials that their
licenses to sell sub-standard and
imitation wines will be void after
that date, Governor Cherry said.
A 1945 legislative act outlawed
the sale Of all wines not approved
by the ABC Board as above STAN
dard, and authorized on-premises
retail sales only by Grade A hotels,
cafes, soda shops and restaurants.
The latter businesses must pass
inspection by the State Board Of
Health before retail on-premises
licenses will be issued.
A list of approved wines already
has been sent to retailers anc
wholesalers who have met sanitary
qualifications to sell them, Gov
ernor Cherry said.
One question arising at today
meeting concerned possible ex
tension of the deadline in order
that wholesalers and retailers who
have large stocks of so-called sub
standard and imitation wines coull
dispose of them. However, Cher
nv said later no extension was
contemplated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
State Exploitation
Men Take Pictures
In Wilmington Area

Sent here by the Department OF
Conservation and Development in
Raleigh for the postwar promo
ton Of North Carolina, William
Sharpe, director of News and Ad-
vertising for the department, and a
photographer yesterday took pic
lures Of scenes at Orion plantation,
Greenfield Lake and Southport,
Walter Cartier, executive secretary
Of the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce, announced, yesterday.
The pair had spent Monday at
Carolina Beach and Tuesday at
Wrightsville, Cartier said. A collec.
ton of the pictures made in this
area will be on display at the
Chamber of Commerce at a later
date, Cartier added.
The p lures OF Wilmington
scenes will be used in the state
vice program for the postwar pro-
motion of North Carolina as a re.
sort state and as a potential in
oustrial center
Mr.. Sharpe's visit marks the
first extensive picture taking Of
this area since the war. He plans
to return next spring to do a series
OF shots of Greenfield Lake when
the shrubs are in bloom there.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26
WILLETS PRAISES
WILMINGTON UNIT

1.-THE most outstanding company
of the BRIGADE is the way Major
Frederick Willets, battlion COM
mander. described the First Com
pany Wilmington unit in the
North Carolina State Guard which
has completed 10 days Of ardous
training at Fort Bragg.
Major Willets commands the
Second Battalion of which the First
Company is part. He praised
the work of Capt. Leo Sykes and
has completed 10 days Of arduous
pany.
He drew attention to the fact
thai the State Guard is now
equipped with the modern equip
ment used by the U. S. Army, and
said that the civilian-soldie COM
prising the State Guard are prob
ably better trained than any other
militia in the history of this
country.
Special services in the Bluethen-
thai Army Air Base chapel will
commemorate the 1700th anniver-
sary of the Army Chaplain Corps
Sunday.
Chaplain Albert E. Beasley will
deliver the anniversary sermon
while the services as a whole will
be conducted by Chaplain Morris
L. Hustled. All Wilmington
churches have been asked to have
a memorial service this weekend
for the men killed in this wa.
These services would commence
rae both the anniversary of the
Chaplains Corps and the coming
3oth anniversary on August l OF
the founding of the Army Air
forces.
The chaplains Corps now num-
bers about 5000 with two thirds
of its numbers serving at overseas
stations.
While the Chaplain Corps. as
such, was not established Until 1920
lllS COllS SoS VII 10 q SA1J
ITS granted the first formal recog-
milton of legal status for chap
lains in the Armed Forces.
Each chaplain upon entering the
service attends the Chaplain school
which is now located at Fort Dew
ons, Mass. There he is given cours-
es in Military Courtesy and Disci-
pine, Morale, Practical Duties,
against Chemical Warfare, Map
Reading, First Aid, Military Fun
erals, Army Organization and Ad-
m nistration, Military Sanitation,
Military Law, and Infantry drill.
AS of April 81, 1915, 50 chaplains
have been killed in battle or have
died of wounds during the present
war "a chaplains are listed as
detained by the enemy, and 100
chaplains have been wounded in
action. Three chaplains died of d.
seases while detained by the ene-
my. A total of 754 decorations
have been awarded to 602 chap
lains.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-26

The Savannah Sugar Rein
ing Corporation, supplier for
local merchants, revealed re-
Gently that temporary relief
from the acute sugar shortage
which exists in Wilmington,
is in sight as result of a slight
relaxation effective July % of
restrictions imposed recently
by the Office of Price Admin
istration.
The penalty invoked on To-
cal merchants for overdraft
of sugar supplies during May,
which made it impossible for
most of them to receive any
sugar until September, has
been cancelled to allow them
to draw on August and Sep
TENDER allOtmentS.
Additionally, the quota for
Wilmington has been boosted