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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Brownout Abolished
By JOSEPH LATIN

Washington, May 9CUP)-The nome front could look forward today to gradual return to the American standard of living as the nations industrial might-which has been producing half the worlds muni- tions-adjusted itself to turning out the weapons for single front.
 Bright lights on theater mar quees and shop fronts were turned on last night for the first time in three months as the nationwide brownout was lifted. This action was generally expected to spearhead relaxation of other emergency re- strictions, such as the horse rac- ing ban and midnight curfew on amusements.
 War Mobilization and Reconver- sion Director Fred M. VinSon will probably discuss them at a press conference today.
 Production controls, which have kept industry in a straitjacket since Pearl Harbor, will be scratched from the books at the rate of ten day until there remain only those need- ed to assure the manufacture of enough munitions to bring Japan to her knees.
 At this pace, it would take about three months before manufacturers would be free to make almost any kind of civilian goods. War Pro- auction Chief J. A. Krug has said that most consumer items will be back on the market within F months. The automobile industry expects to be making passenger cars before this year is out
 Civilian and military leaders, however, will attempt to hammer home Sn the next few weeks the need to produce S43,000,000 worth of munitions in the next l2 months to carry on the One-front war.
 Partial reconversion got off to flying start on VIE Day with an official nod to aircraft manufac- turerS to resume building commer- cial eirliners.
 Approval to make equipment for other types of war supporting ac- tivities is expected to follow quickly.
 Government officials are ap- preaching this problem cautiously in the light of possible encroach- ment on the reduced war produc- tion program. Authorizations have already been granted to 72 hand picked industries to spend upward of s1O2OOO,000 on preparations for a return to civilian production but it appears likely that some time may elapse before any of them are given the green light to resume peacetime work.
 Chief factors that will guide gov ernment officials on how soon these industries get the go-ahead are:
 1. Growing danger of imitation because of continued scarcity o1 civilian goods on which to spend money. :,
 ?. swelling unemployment as mil itary cutbacks begin to close down more and more factories.
 3. The effectiveness Of govern ment controls in keeping war work CTS at their jobs if peacetime pro- duction expands rapidly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
RAIN DISPLEASES
 MANY GARDENERS
Over=Supply During Past Two Weeks Has Dam=
 aged Many Plots

Rain in the right amount and at the right time is welcomed by the gardener, but too much rain often means he has garden repair Joos 10 do. , of
 Nature gave us an oversupply oi water during the last two weeks says A. E. Wilkinson, vegetable specialist of the Agricultural Ex- tension service, University Of Con- necticut. and it undoubtedly has washed all of the available nitrogen out of the soil. Consequently addi- tional fertilizers should be supplied, particularly those containing nltro- gen. Perhaps all that it needed IS an application of nitrate of soda at the rate of 300 to 400 pounds per acre, or one pound per 15O square feet of garden.
 Tn addition to the nitrogen loss, many gardens on sloping land may have suffered the loss of the finer particles of valuable top soil through erosion. If the soil has washed away, says Prof. Wilkinson, further losses can be checked either bV leaving Strlp or SOu tHroueii the garden at right angles to the slope. or by constructing small terraces extending across the gar den in the same direction. The ini- tai step to prevent erosion, he adds. is to plant the rows of vege- tables across the slope and not up and down as the latter method encourages washing during rainy weather.
 The rains of the last two weeks also may have uncovered or washed pr. many seeds. Recovering, ard :. many instances, replanting will be necessary.
 Several days of sunshine follow ine the recent wet weather may bake the soil, thus making it diffi- cult for small seedlings such as carrots and parsnips to force their way through the soil. Baking can be prevented, says Prof. Wilkinson by covering the rows with an eighth to a quarter of an inch of sand, or by covering them with a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
NEW HAVEN PASTOR
 TO SPEAK HERE
Orator to Address Memorial Association
 May 27
WOLCOTT Correspondent: Alma P. Co.,
 Tel 3-2803

Wolcott, May g - Rev. Alfred M. Eells president of the Wolcott Memorial Association announces tne selection of Rev. Oscar E. Mauret as the orator for the Sunday Mem orial service to be held Nay 2. Rev Maurer received the degrees of D. A., and DID. at Beloit College ana M. A., at Yale University. Dr. Maurer was pastor of the Center church of New Haven for 34 years During his pastorate he effected tne union of the Davenport church Wlth the Center church, established a popular social settlement and III connection with the tercentenary o1 the church and Town, delivered a series of historic sermons which ap- peared in the New Haven neWspa- pers and were later published III book form. He is also author ol several books. among which are 'The Brotherhood of the Burning Heart" Pilgrim Principals and A Puritan Church" He has also pro- duced numerous magazine articles, served as chaplain of the Governor $ Foot Guard and was in France dur- ing World War I. Since then he has been either the head or an eXecu- tive officer of over a dozen maJor church or other organizations and has travelled from Maine to Califor- mia in the interests of the causes he represents, Dr. Maurer is now re- turning from an extended vlslt to some of the Pacific Islands. That he will present an interesting ana timely address is certain.
 Hospitalized
 Joan Thibault, small daughter ol Private Anthony T'hibault and Mrs T'hibault of Faber avenue, Water vile, is a patient at the Waterbury hospital. Mrs. Thibault, the former Miss Lois Painter, is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. Herbert Painter of the Meriden road. Prl- vate Thibault is at Camp Croft South Carolina
 Mrs. Henry Norton of Spindle Hill road attended the regional meeting for Home Economies Com mittees of all Oranges in Excelsior Pomona at Middlebury Town Hall Friday. Mrs. Fife Davenport pre- sided.
 The Home Making Club will meet Friday at Beecher Memorial Hal at 1O:30 a. m. The final lesson or basic dresses will be given by Mis: Katherine Tingley, Clothing special. ist. Each one is to bring individua lunches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
Army's Point System Being Awaited

Washington, May g. .CUP) - American soldiers with long service records will learn details tomorrow of the point system under which 1,3OO,0OO of them will be chosen for discharge during the next 12 months.
 A total of 100000 men are to be dropped from Army rolls within a year but the remaining 700, 900 will be discharged for sickness. wounds or age.
 The War Department said 1t will announce details of the point sys- tenn, under which credit will be given for total service, length Of combat and overseas service s''d the number of dependent children Up to three.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09

Real Estate For Sale
Houses For Sale
CHESHIRE

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 MAPLE AVE. = Single, well con. structed home of g rooms 6 bed- rooms and bath) 2 porchesl oak floors; hot water heat. Fireproof roof. 2-car garage. Lot 100 400.
 EUSTTS 6 CUSHING Southington, Conn. Tel. 96S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09

BABY CHICKS-Barred Rock, Rock Crosses some Reds. Cockerels for broilers. Some of these started. Cyr's Poultry, West Cheshire, Conn. Tel. 706.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
THOMASTON
Announcements
Legal Notices
NOTICE

DISTRICT of WATERBURY, ss.
 PROBATE COURT, May 9th, A.
 D. 1945. ESTATE of ESTHER
 WINIKOFF, late of Waterbury in
 said District, deceased.
 The Administrator, having ex- hibited his account with said estate to this Court for allowance, ana made application for an order or distribution of said estate, 1t is :.
 ORDERED, That the 18th day or May, A. D. 1945, at 10 o'clock, Tn the forenoon, Eastern War Time at the Probate Office in Waterbury. be and the same is, assigned for a hearing on the allowance of sald account. and application and the Court directs the Administrator, to give notice thereof, by publishing this order in some newspaper hay ing a circulation in said District, and by leaving with, or by maillng in registered letters addressed to each of the persons interested, ana residing without the Probate DIS trict of Waterbury, copy or thls order. all at least five days before said day of hearing.
 JOHN J. HOWARD.
 o1+ Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09
30 Wanted To Rent

QUIET, ELDERLY COUPLE in need of four room rent. Near Scovill's. 1st or 2nd floor preferred. Call 3-8367.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-09

board until the seedlings come through.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-18

into one. How could they possibly
know anything about the hell we
caught? Let's speak for ourselves"
The need for community infor-
nation centers for veterans is
rapidly being met everywhere.
These centers save the returning
veterans lot of time and exaspefa-
tion in getting established. By the
way, is there one in your home
town? If there isn't, why not start
agitation for one?
Evidence that Negro veterans are
taking advantage Of the educational
grant Of the G.. |. Bill of Rights con-
tinues to pour. in. The new amend
ments to the bill will provide full
educational grants to all veterans,
regardless of age. Yes, let it be re-
peated, it's getting better and bet
ter all the time.
Go slowly in rushing into a busi-
ness venture. Prices on everything
are inflated and unless there is a
better than even chance for the
business to be successful, better for
get the whole idea. Operating a sue
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-18
Tvesdoy, December 1s, 1o45

cessful business requires research
and a thorough knowledge of funda-
mentals. Without this preparation,
success is highly improbable.
This column has repeatedly
stated that too few veterans know
the law as it relates to their bene-
fits. One of the very best ways to
acquire this knowledge first hand is
to send 15c to the u. S. Printing Of
flee, Washington, D. c., and request
Veterans administration Pamphlet
No. a., Veterans Benefits" This
valuable booklet is written in lay
mans language, and is carefully in
dexed for immediate reference.
Whenever some white person
speaks out in behalf of democracy
at home, Negro veterans should be
the very first to express their
praise. Such gestures on, our part
encourage more and more aggres-
sive action in behalf of human de-
cency. Take time out to drop line
or personally call, if convenient, to
express personal appreciation.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-18

A Negro veteran, former mess
sergeant in the Army, upon being
discharged was married to a girl to
whom he had been engaged during
his three-year tour of duty, most of
which had been spent overseas.
While apart, both had religiously
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-12-18
The Ne1enas4 Hi9hzho4t4e
BY Joseph Francis Albrigbt
BY Joseph Francis Albngbt

saved their money--she worked on
a war project-so that they had a
sufficient sum to pay down on a
home she had fortunately been able
to find.
The veteran returned to his po-
sition in the postal service, and the
new bride quit work and assumed
her household duties. But the vet
eran had developed liking for the
culinary arts while in the army, and
with his wife, who too liked to cook
and could, found a great deal of
pleasure in preparing together new
and exciting foods. In the course of
their experimentation, they hit
upon a successful receipt for a pie
in which the sweetening ingredient
was honey.
jealousy guarding the formula
and its processing, they invited
friends in to sample their discovery.
without exception the delectable
pastry met with unstinted praise.
Now the demand for the pie is
greater than the wife, who bakes
them for sale at home in her spare
time, can supply and the couple is
saving the revenue from the pie
sales to open bake shop as quickly
as they can get the necessary equip
ment. To date, they have saved
more than $3.50 toward their ven
ture.
AS predicted in this column sew
eral weeks ago, congress has taken
action to alleviate the shortage in
housing for veterans. The senate
has just passed a bill providing 16O
million to move war housing facili-
ties to shortage areas. Expect more
and more legislation on veterans
housing.
If the contents of correspondence
being received by this column can
be accepted as barometer, Negro
veterans are beginning to question
the sincerity of some of the loud
drum-beaters who are bowling in
their behalf, particularly some of
those people who all during the war
were comfortably seated in the side
lines. In this regard, one of the most
astute comments which have come
to this writer's attention todate is
included in a letter from a veteran
in New Jersey who says:
1--WE veterans will look some OF
these gift horses in the mouth
There is a growing feeling thai
some of them won't stand much in.
spection in the light of the sincerity
for us that they parade. know peo
pie running around crying what
veterans want who never saw the
inside of uniform, and did every
thing they could to dodge getting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19

northern coast Of New Guinea, while
the Nays 7th Fleet furnished the ships
and supported the landings which split
stroyed their bases.
Meanwhile as the power of the i'm
perial fleet was waning in the South
and Southwest Pacific under the ham
mer blows of the Navy, so was it waning
in the other quarters of that vast ocean.
The fast carrier task force, which was
later to become such a potent weapon
in the American arsenal, had already
had its beginning with strikes at the
Jap positions in the Marshalls, the
Gilberts, Wake, Marcus, Truk and Palau.
Perhaps the most destructive of these
raids so far as Jap ships were con-
cerned was the daring raid on March
10, 1943, by Navy flyers from the U. S. S.
Yorktown and U. S. S. Lexington across
the Owen Stanley Mountains of New
Guinea to strike at an enemy task
force deployed off Salamaua. This re-
suited in the certain sinking of five
transports or large cargo vessels, two
heavy cruisers, one light cruiser and
one destroyer, with serious damage to
other important light units of the
japanese Navy.
Neutralizing Jap Islands
1t should be borne in mind, however,
that while one mission of any Navy
in wartime is the destruction of the
enemy's seapower. there are various
ways of achieving this. In the Pacific,
where the Jap was inclined to think of
his island bases as unsuitable aircraft
carriers as well as fleet anchorages,
repair facilities. staging areas and COM
munications centers, it was as impor-
tant to sink" these unsuitable carriers
either by capture or by naturalization
as it was to sink actual floating car
riers
BY 1913 1t was the islands, far more
than the japanese fleet, which threat
ened to hamper our Nays free move
ment in the Central Pacific along the
most direct route to the Philippines
and Japan. Sped by American determi-
nation, fortified by American industrial
productivity, our feet. even then, was
more than q match for the units the
japanese were willing to risk piecemeal
against us. Soon we were to prove
that they were more than match for
the land-based japanese power, too.
We had more than q hint that this
was the case from the success Of our
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carrier strikes during 1912. when with
equal impunity Navy aircraft slashed
at newly won and long-fortifled Jap
anese bases from New Guinea to Mar
Gus Island. With these for background
and with the newly evolved system of
self sustaining task forces in operation
fueled by the fast tankers, stores end
ammunition replenished by fast tend
ers,, the Navy was ready to start its
full-scale offensive drive.
In the South Pacific and its adjoining
command area OF the Southwest Pa
cific the japanese had been driven
steadily and painfully back from their
Solomons, Admiralties and New Guinea
bases. Their great stronghold at Ra-
baul, coming more and more within
easy range of American planes taking
off from Marine captured Henderson
Field and others, was being converted
into a liability, graveyard for Jap
anese shipping which sought shelter
there.
Even more important as guide to
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These engagements, which perma-
nently derailed the Tokyo Express, y
were, for the most part, night surface
battles in which it was extremely diff
cult to estimate results exactly The
best estimates, however, show that the
japanese bled their navy severely in
their futile attempt to aid their ground
forces in the Solomons.
A conservative count of their losses
shows that at least battleships, ID
cruisers and 10 destroyers were sunk
or damaged in these actions. That
does not take into account the even
more serious losses they suffered in
landing barges, coasters and small
transports which were destroyed by
American PTS in their routine nightly
patrols.
Navy PTS Have Fine Record
The Navy PTS and Australian NILS
attached to General of the Army Mac
Arthur's command also compiled a
splendid record for harassing all enemy
efforts to supply and relieve his ground
forces by amphibious barge along the
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carrier task forces: II
could land troops wher-
ever the calculated risk
justified 1t. The effort
was to seize key points,
by = passing, isolating
and choking off enemy
strongholds in the pro-
cess. This was the pro-
gram in the South and
Central Pacific, where
the Sd and 5th Fleets
operated. 1t was the
program, too, in the
Southwest Pacific, where
the Nays 7th Fleet
under the overall area
command of General of
the Army Macarthur
operated. Inevitably OPP
erations in command
areas were correlated,
as the drives drew closer
and closer to the Phil
ippines and Japan itself.
Following the capture
of the Admiralties and
the clearing of resist
ance from the eastern
portion of New Guinea
by General of the Army
MacArthur's forces, the
Nays 5th Fleet neu-
traliZed the Western
Carolines with carrier
strikes and lombard
ment while the leapfrog
landings were made in
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The u Fleet Scored or Greatest Naval Record Defeating Japa
In three years and

In three years and
nine months of war the
United States Navy,
with whole hearted as
sistance from the avail
able naval forces of our
Allies, the Netherlands,
Great Britain, Austria
liza and New Zealand,
and from the Army Air
Force, reduced the I'M
perial japanese Navy
from a first-class sea-
power to a naval nom
entity.
Told statistically, this
meant the effective de-
struction of more than
800 warships-l8 battle
ships, IS aircraft car
riers, Sc cruisers. 1873
destroyers-to say MOTH
ing of thousands of
smaller craft, amphib-
ious barges, light coastal
units and submarines.
Hand in hand with this
destruction of combat
ant vessels has gone the
elimination of almost
all of Japan's 5,629,845
tons of merchant ship
ping. This is probably
the first time in history
that a major power has
lost her navy and mer-
chant marine during
the course of a war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-24
OLD TRAGEDY, STATE PRISON PRISON CAMP, OF MICHIGAN IS REVIVED "(upID CLUB"
Shocking MaIadminisira lion, Corruption Re-
 veaIed in Report

LANSING, Mich, Juy 24.-State's Attorney General John R. Dethmers charged today that the state prison of southern Michigan at Jackson was "veritable Cupid club for love- lorn inmates" He charged further that ring of "big-shot" convicts had wide control inside the prison and that the institution was torn with dissen- sicn, maladministration and cor ruption.
 Dethmers made the charges in the first of four reports he said he would make this week on the results of an investigation of the prison. Dethmers said the evidence show ed "the existence of ring exercis- ing serious and improper control in the prison =.
 He asserted that members of the ring or inmates favored by members were able to secure favorable assign ments and details outside the prison walls.
 He charged that women were im- ported into the prison or into prison officials quarters for the "solace' of big-shot criminals
 Some inmates Dethmers said, were permitted the solace of wives or sweethearts in screened hospital beds
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-24
Hyde Park Memorial May Gef Unfinished Roosevelt Portrait.

NEW YORK, July 24-The por- trait of the late President Roose- welt for which he was sitting when he collapsed and died April l2, was displayed to the public today at Gimbel Brothers, New York de- partment store.
 The portraits background is un- finished, but the face had been virtually completed The President was wearing his navy cape over 6 gray suit, with white shirt and dark red tie.
 At unveiling ceremonies yester- cay, the artist, Elizabeth Shouma- toff, said Mrs. Roosevelt had asked for the painting. and that it might be presented to the Roosevelt Me mcrial at Hyde Park.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-24
Filipino Prisoners Die by Thousands at Hands
 of Own Officers
Bg RUSSELL BRINES

MANILA, July 24.-The three year-old tragedy of Camp ODonnell prison was revived today in new melancholy light. Maj Gen. Bas- lilo J. Valdes, Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army, ordered an inn mediate investigation of reports that come Filipino prisoners of the Japa- nose hoarded and profiteered at expense of their fellow captives.
 Valdes told the Associated Press te believed that no Americans were involved, either as victims or cul- pits.
 At the end of the dolorous March Of Death" across Bataan in 1942, a total of 52,O0o Filipino prisoners were confined in ODonnell and strictly separated from American prisoners, Valdes said.
 When the imprisonment ended more than year later, 34,000 Flip inos had died of starvation and dis ease.
 Reports prompting the investiga- tion asserted the mortality rate was accelerated because small group of officers assertedly deprived the men of food and medicine.
 Valdes received letter charging that staff officers hoarded for their own use foodstuffs supplied by the Japanese and sent into the camp by civilians for the general welfare.
 Valdes said he had ordered com manders of all Philippine army camps to obtain testimony from off, Hcers and men who survived impris- ICnment and now are serving in the Army. He said it was not known whether the principal offenders also survived.
 However, if the charges are prov ed, Valdes said, they would be suffi- oient for immediate court martial of all involved.