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Evening star., 1945-12-24
Hirohito Will Order
Division Of Shintoism
And State Tomorrow
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
TOKYO, Dec. 24.-Emperor Hiro-
hito will put into effect tomorrow
Gen. MacArthur's directive separat-
ing religion and the state on the
anniversary of the death of the EN-
peror's father.
The Emperor will not be accom-
panied by members of the imperial
family and government officials
when he offers future personal pray
ers or observes imperial festive days
in the palace, Kyodo news agency
said.
There will be no further grand
festivals held by the Emperor to
report important state matters to
the imperial sanctuary, the imperial
ancestors shrine and the imperial
Imausoleum.
The imperial family alone will
observe festivals in the imperial
palace. and other festivals and feast
days under Shinto in the past
Ihenceforth will be holidays without
Shinto significance.
Gen. Macarthur today censured
the Japanese government for fail
ing to distribute large quantities
OF military and medical supplies to
civilian hospitals and doctors. He
ordered the installation and opera
ton of radio telegraph circuit
between Tokyo and Manila for off,
cial messages Of the occupation
forces.
At Yawata, American infantry
men destroyed $4,000 worth of ra-
dar equipment which had been used
to protect steel mills in that city.
Police arrested about 900 men and
100 women Saturday night as bur-
glary or petty theft suspects, Kyodo
news agency said in reporting an in
creaslng crime wave. Most Offend
ers were charged with petty Of
lenses, but some were accused of
armed robbery.
More than a year after American
Super Forts began bombing Japan,
the flre department of Tokyo's Po-
lice Board reported yesterday that
6O5,338 homes or buildings within
the metropolitan area were de-
stroyed by the raids.
The report said 1,128,00O persons
were made homeless, and it esti-
mated overall damage at 5,753. 900. =
900 yen ($383, ,533, ,333).
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Contempt Citation Asked
On Father Who Took Son

A motion was filed in District
Court today, asking that Wilbur E
Land, Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Official be cited in contempt of
court for allegedly taking his 49,
month-old son Wilbur, jr., from the
home of Mr.. Lands estranged wife
on December 81. The motion was
filed by Attorney Jack Politz, rep
resenting the boys mother, Mrs
Juanita R. Land, 1900 block OF
Eighteenth street NV.
On November 80 Justice Henry
A. Schweinhaut of District Court
awarded Mrs. Land temporary
maintenance of $3.50 month for
herself and child. The award was
made pending final determination
OF maintenance suit brought bv
Mrs. Land.
Attorney Politz claims the award
OF maintenance was a constructive
award Of custody and that the
father had no right to remove the
child.
The whereabouts of the father
and child are unknown to Mrs
Land, Mr.. Politz said.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

Will be upon him, even without
prayer.
Shint0 Lacks Code.
Shinto is religion which never
emerged from its primitive stage.
Naturally it has no ethical code, no
written text, nothing that even re-
motely resembles a Bible, Koran,
Sutra, or the Analects of Confucius.
Therefore, so-called Shinto teach
lngs and doctrines are but a mass
of interpretations or opinions pro-
pounded by Shinto scholars. particu-
larly those of the 18th and 10Th CEN
turies.
One such opinion is the dogma
that the Japanese are of divine
origin and that Japan lis infinitely
superior to other countries whose
head and chief it is" Yet even
while this divine-origin dogma was
being advanced by one scholar early
IN the 18th century another scholar
named Tatsumaro Ichikawa chal-
lenged it boldly. asserting that il
the ancestors of the Japanese were
not human beings they more likely
had been animals, or birds, than
gods.
The origin theory was
seized on by Japan's modern mill
tarists and expansionists and was
turned into a tool OF aggression in
their hands although the scholars
who propounded that theory simply
meant that Japan was morally. not
physically or militarily, dominant.
1t is well known that Hirohito
came home from his European tour
in 1921 imbued with admiration for
western civilization to such a de-
gree as to alarm conservatives. His
reported decision to become Chris
tian. then is not surprising.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
By the Associated Press.

BERLIN, Dec. 24.-The notice In
German public building said
"Cofins available only for those
who died of infectious disease. /"
Nearby was a cardboard angel pro-
claiming Merry Christmas-peace
on earth, good will toward men,"
Christmas in Berlin-once a
proud, gay capital echoing with mer-
riment and goose-stepping Nazi
legions on parade-is a sordid, de-
pressing sight of incredible ruins, of
sunken-eyed people thankful for
peace but overwhelmed with the
emptiness of the future.
From the Tiergarten comes a
weary procession of carts loaded
with twigs and branches for fire.
wood. The carts are pulled by old
men and women who pause by the
wayside to rest and eat dinner
black bread covered with lard.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
$4,000, 1000 Surplus
Sold in Pacific Area

Ey the Associated Press.
MANILA. Dec. 24.-Sale Of ST.
100000 in surplus American Army
and Navy materials in the Philip
pines and the Orient during its first
six weeks operations was announced
today by the Foreign Liquidations
Commissions Pacific office.
Food sales totaled sl1 900 900, hos
pitfalls and medical supplies, $780,
600, and aircraft and parts, ST.
500 600
Evening star., 1945-12-24
26 German Plants
Ready for Delivery
As War Reparations
gy the Associated Press.

Es tAe AssOCldteu FTebs, ..
Gen. Joseph r. McNarney said
yesterday 26 large plants In Ger
many have been made ready for
delivery as war reparations to the
countries which suffered at Nazi
hands, and So others have been
earmarked.
Gen. McNarney, Military Cover
nor of the United States Zone OF
Occupation, reported that many
more" of the plants in the American
Zone are being surveyed for inclu-
sion in the planned removal of
Germany's war potential. He spoke
from Germany on an NBC broad
cast.
Approximately 100000 Nazis now
are in custody as members Of or
CARNATIONS being tried by the in
ternational tribunal at Nuremberg.
Gen. McNarney said. Thousands of
Nazis have been removed from gov
ernment and industry and "denazi-
flcation is well advanced" the Gen.
eral added.
Maj. Gen. John H. Hilldring,
chief of the War Departments Civil
Affairs division, also a speaker on
the program, said that the four
power rule of Germany has been
exceedingly successful" and that
"our ability to get along with our
Allies is no longer an academic
n,Iestion-it's r,nsitiye and r,roveY,
fact"
Gen. Hilldring said he was con-
fident that the disagreement be-
tween France and the other allies
over Capitalization of administra-
ton will be argued out and settled"
The French, he said, want to hold
up Capitalization until we decide
what we're going to do with the
Rhineland and the Rhur"
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Conrad NoeeI Morries
Actress in New JERSEY
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT LEE, N. j., Dec. 24.-Con-
rad Nagel. 45-year-old screen and
radio actor, and Lynn Merrick, %
Hollywood actress, were married
Friday in the Fort Lee Municipal
Building by Municipal Judge I.
William Aronsohn, the judge dis
closed last night.
The two are honeymooning on
the estate of David Marx at Shrews-
bury, according to their attendants,
MI. and Mrs. Frank A. Infante of
Jersey City.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

Every man in the armed forces
was prepared to give his life for the
safety of his country. Your dollars
put into Victory Loan Bonds now
may restore health to a disabled
veteran.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
French to Recognize
Tito YugosIov Regime
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, Dec. "a. - The French
government has decided to recog-
hlze Marshal Tito's Yugoslav re-
glme, but formal recognition has not
yet been extended, the Ministry of
Information said today.
Evening star., 1945-12-24
Hirohito Can Become Christian
Without Renouncinq Shintoisn1

fMr. Ka,oakami ,Das for MANI
years Washington correspondent
tor Osaka Muinichi and Tokyo
Ntcht Nichi. He supported loy-
ally the Allied side during the
1Ddr.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

You don't have to be a financier
TO be an investor. The money YOU
put into Victory Loan Bonds CLASH
hes you as Blue Chip" investor.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

In war you bought bonds to back
the attack" Now you can Back
the Boys Who Made the Attack" by
buying Victory Loan Bonds.
Evening star., 1945-12-24

BEAGLE TYPE MALE DOG, smaII brown
and white. wearing collar; vic, Hunt ave
Chevy Chase. WI. 610S
brown head. Call Wo. CLOS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
Catholic Information But Doesn't the Catholic Church Add
 New Truths?

whether revealed by Holy Scrip ture or by living tradition have been safeguarded all these nineteen hnnr dred years since the coming Of the Holy Ghost on the first Penteeost Sunday Christ had promised the Spirit Of Truth to Ills Church and promised that this Spirit would abide with His church for all time, Not all truths however, were eA- pounded ln full Re lying precise ly on this divine promise that the Holy Ghost will iniallihly guide his teaching, any Pope, successor ta the ohlel ot the Apostles, can when necessity or just occasion arises, oi- iicially declare truths which have always belonged among the doe- trlnes Of chrlst'a Church but which have never heretofore been ex- pllellly set forth,
 Thus il became necessary three hundred years after the death Of Christ to declare the truth 0f Ills divinity because Of the spread Of q false teaching denying that Christ was truly God No one will say that this was new truth since the whole Christian religion was founded on that doctrine In like manner the Catholic of today bee lleveS the dogma oi the Immacu- late Conception. the dogma of Papal Infailibility not as new but as now clearly defined truths.
 If ir' anything Catholic, ask a Catholic, or write to Catholic In- formation, e2S Baldwin street. City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
' WE. THE WOMEN
We Need Encouragement; Not Scares

In just a few years and you've built up case thati $ pretty dis couraging
 Why bother to try to stick to few personal standards of right and wrong if everybody else is going to the dogs2 And if every body else is going-why not 90 along?
 How can any couple assume when they begin their marriage that they are married for life - the way Grandma and Grandpa assumed it-if they are constantly told that in 10 years four out of every 10 marriages will end in divorce?
 MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT
 Maybe the experts are right in their gloomy predictions. Maybe we are losing all sense of morality. Maybe our marriages haven't much of a chance of reaching a silver or golden anniversary.
 But why tell us beforehand We are going to fail? Why not use a little psychology on us, expect us to do better and better, instead of worse and worse?
 What we need today is encour- agement instead of scare advice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03

No, not a single new truth eYerl
 But how about the dogma Of the Immaculate Conception, de- elared only in 1854, ana the d0c- urine Of the infallibilily Of the Pope, declared only in l8702"
 Let ns answer with a story John Bangs, Of sterling reputation, was running for mayor. Ills opponents had nothing on him, bat one Of them said Bangs was married way back in 1877 Is there anyone living today who knows he was legally married9 Well then why not ,, z So rumor was craftily started and spread, as nlmors do spread lt became a story Of "laetsH il be- came political slogan, Illl some ol John Bangs friends began to believe lt
 Then Bangs acted. Tn big news paper advertisement, he reproduced hls duly signed marriage eertiii- cate. The witnesses were dead, but others certified to their signatures and 10 the fact that they knew all about tho Bangs marriage from the testimony Of those now dead wit- nesSes
 Had John Bangs added a new truth7 Had he not merely estab- lished and made clear truth which had existed since 1877?
 No Pore has ever added truth, Aubtracted q truth. or altered a truth Hn cannot heratiSe all divine truths necessary to mans salvation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
BY GAYNOR MADDOX (NEA Staff Writer

Mondays dinner can be interest ing without extra work. Use this combination of veal vegetables and noodles. all baked together in a casserole. Cuts down labor, runs up enthusiasm.
 Baked Squash Pudding
 Serves 4
 Two cups strained cooked squash or mashed sweet potatoes, 3 3-4 cup sugar, IA teaspoon ginger, 1-2 tea spoon sale, ? cups milk, table spoons butter or fortified margarine, IA teaspoon nutmeg. IA teaspoon allspice, beaten eggs, 1-2 cup dates cut in small pieces.
 Mix all ingredients together. Place in a greased baking dish, set in a pan of hot water and bake in a slow oven (250 to $50 degrees F) until the mixture is firm in the center.
 Veal Chop and Vegetable
 Casserole
 Serves Al
 Four veal chops. l2 teaspoons salt, IA teaspoon pepper, ? table spoons butter, 2 cups cooked noodles, 1-2 teaspoon marjoram, medium tomatoes, sliced or l cup cooked to" matoes, diced medium onion, 2 tablespoons diced green pepper. Sprinkle the veal chops with l-2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
Noon Club
 Bills Guests

The Sunday Noon Club of the Second Congregational Church, of which Herbert s. Smith is presi- dent, will hear an address tomorrow noon by Lawrence R. Duryee of the Connecticut Light and Power Com pany entitled. Atomic Power"
 Other speakers lined up for the following Sundays follow.
 Nov. llth - The Church of the Future, Dr. John Curry Walker.
 Nov l8th-The New Y. w. c. A, Miss Irene A. Walker.
 Nov. 25th-The Y. M. c. A. Looks Ahead, Earl M. Dinger
 Dec. 2nd-"60 100000 Jobs Book Review. Edward H. Davis.
 Dec. 9th-From Tunisia to Vic tory, Major Charles B Vsill.
 Dec. 16th-Jewish Customs and Holy Days Rabbi William B. Green field
 Dec. 23rd-Christmas Muse. Will liam B. Elwell.
 Other officers of the club are Joseph Sakalas, secretary; Henry s. Anderson, president; Charles Doescher, song leader; Robert w Ker, treasurer; and Miss Edith Thomas, pianist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
WE ARE RECOMMENDING

The prayerful billboards and the calls for divine aid are beginning to thin out. The noble references to courage that carried over into the hereafter, the reminders that there are some things dearer than life itself become sparse. We are re- turning to earth, once more. We are reconverting. The old division of capital and labor, which were able to work in such apparent harmony during the war, is plain ly evident. The victorious nations are staking out their claims, and taking strong measures to insure those claims. The spirit of world wide unity that the war brought is rapidly vanishing.
 We may rightly ask ourselves
 how it has come about that the
 deep and effective unity we boast
 ed during the war has so com
 pletely evapOrated Perhaps the answer is that the unity was the result, not of deep moral sense,
 but of fear. Once the cause of that fear is removed, the broth erhOOd disappears.
 This is inevitable, and logical, as lang as man is considered merely as an economic factor in society, The cost of labor is computed with the same hard-headed practically as the cost of steel or coal or raw material. The labor market IS watched with the same scrutiny as the stock market. Indeed, the stock market is the determining factor When the government was pouring outs it's billions for the business of war, all workers were welcome. We saw pictures of grand mothers of eighty riVeting and torg- ing Now there is great deal of questioning about age, Gray haW will become unfashionable again in the employment office Because the man of fifty-tiye will be a poorer risk, Now that we have reconyert- ed
 The structure of an empire Is outlined and maintained with the same brutal calculation, Is this particular strip of earth, with it's million, or twenty million or five hundred million people necessary for the economic well-being of the empirel Then it will be held at any cost, No foolish chatter now about freedom of this and freedom of that. No thought about the millions of native sweating and lahoring to keep the market mp, or down, or even, as the manipula- tors want it. No talk of there be- ing men involved; no talk of their rights and dignity
 Economic Man
 As lang as one group treats an-
 other as one would herd of cattle looking t0 them as an investment, instead of 50 many
 brothers made in the image of God, we shall not take one step
 toward the solution of our prob lems. Except that he may wear a morning coat with < flower in
 the lapel there Is no difference
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America'S Card Authority

Today's hand, sent me by Maurice Sackett. Mus. 2/c, was played in a team-of-fou- contest aboard the U. s. s. Ger. G. NJ. Randall Bid ding on the hand was varied, but in practically every case it was played at spaces. Some of the players went down three tricks, while others made it.
 When North's opening diamond lead holds, he can defeat the con- tract by shifting to a trump. If he continues with the six of dia- monds, South wins with the queen and returns the king. North can discard a heart and defeat the contract. However. if South leads the ace of clubs after winning the second diamond, dummy ruffs, cashes the ace and king of hearts and declarer can cross-ruff the hand out, making eight separate trump tricks and the two heart tricks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
WHAT GOOD IS AN ANTIsEPTICo

WHAT GOOD Is AN ANTISEPTICo
 Ant.septic means opposed to sep- sis or septic. Sepsis means a pois- oneo state caused hy absorption ol dlsease-produciag germs or their pFooucts rom region of in;cc- tion into the blood stream. Sep- ticemia means Scpsis n the blood means invaSion of the tissues ny disease-producing germs. Germi- eide means germ-killing. Disinfect- ant means removal of infection Sterilize means to free from all germs. Disinfection applies to wounds. say the first aid application of tincture of iodine to fresh wound, and to utensils or objects, say the disinfection of dishes with chlorine solution or disinfection of a clinical thermometer by washing it with cool water and soap or with alcohol or with any germicidal solu- ton.
 Most practical and reliable way to sterilize anything is by heat. say boiling water for five minutes, boil ing milk for five minutes, subject ing bandages and dressings to su- perheated steam under pressure, passing needle or other metal im- piement through blue flame. Iron ing anything that has been properly washed makes it practically sterile.
 If you are going to open a blister or pimple or boil CT try to dig a silver out of the skin or attempt any minor surgery such as pairing cornS you will be on the safe side, in my opinion Gas one-horse-and- buggy doctor). if you plunge the needle or knife blade into a cake of wet soap two or three times just before the operation begins, and of course paint the immediate field of operation with mild tincture of io- dine to disinfect the skin
 Plain soap, any make suitable for kitchen or toilet use, is perhaps the best all around disinfectant and antiseptic we have for most pur- poses where & good disinfectant or antiseptic is required
 To the best of my knowledge and belief the first aid application of o NAS1AAACNlcAAll OA dlllloGDllS LII bermincide to fresh would is the only justiiable or necessary use of germicide or antiseptic. Once a fresh wound has been disinfected the healing of the wound will pro- ceed more rapidly if no further applications of antiseptic or germi- cidal agents are made. The care the wound requires (aside from what ever surgical treatment the doctor giyes) after the first aid disinfecr tion is simply rest, protection and NO MEDDLING.
 It is childish to imagine any known antiseptic or germicide will make a wound heal faster than na- ture will heal it if you let it alone. But letting wound alone is an art which most laymen and some doctors do not understand. We'll chat about that some day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
ST. PAUL's EPISCOPAL
CWaterville)

Rev. Robert Beggs will be at St. Paul'S tomorrow morning for the service of Morning Prayer at 11:00 o'clock. Sunday school will meet at 9:45 o'clock.
 The flowers on the altar will be in memory of William Penfield Water bury.
 The Women of St. Paul will meet on Tuesday at 100 p. m.
 The annual Harvest Festival for the benefit of the building fund will be given this year on November 9th and 9th. On the 9th there will be turkey supper, sale, and enter tainment and dancing.
 The Young Peoples Fellowship will meet at D m. instead of at 5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
NEMS 9M UVIN5cS
FIRST CHURCH IN WATERBURY
 CuudaV SRrvfreS

Sunday Services
 Church school for fourth grade and older at 9:45: nursery through third grade at ll-during the church hour.
 Communion service at II. Medi- tation by Mir. Anthony: Am I My Brothers Keeper?"
 Comrades of the Way for young people meet at 5. Movies Of China followed by a social hour.
 Notices for the Week
 Earl Dinger. new YMCA general secretary will be the speaker at the supper meeteing of the Mems league on Monday at 6:30.
 Tuesday. Brownies. No. 68 meet in the scout house from 4-5 and Girl Scouts, Troop No. from 6-8.
 Wednesday afternoon at 3 Rev. Alfred Schmalz, pastor Of the Con- gregational church in Darien, Conn, will speak to the women of the First Church parish. His subject One World-or None. Before go- ing to Darien he was associate di- rector of the Council for Social Ac- tion Miss Ruth Sperry is in charge of the Tea afterwards,
 Boy Scouts. Troop No. p will meet in the scout house from : to 8.30 Wednesday.
 Friday, Boy Scouts, Troop No 25 in the scout house to g.
 Saturday evening the members of the Advisory, Service and Prudential Committees will have dessert meeting at the church with Dr. D. Brewer Eddy in the church parlors at 7:30 pr. Eddy, of Boston will preach in First Church Sunday morning, the llth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Left -HandednesS

Why is a child lefthanded?' Is it advisable to punish or correct the child? (R. V. J) Answer - Approximately one in every twenty-five children is born naturally left-handed. Why, I have no idea. It is better not to inter- fere in any way with the childs preference, in my opinion.
 No Shipping
 Son, IA months old, has a string Of flesh running from upper lip to gums between front upper teeth. Friends say this must be shipped out or else the second teeth will be too far apart. (Mrs. s. M Answer - It is probably normal. However, don't worry about what your friends think-ask your phy- sician or dentist about it.
 DictaphOne
 l am a stenographer. Dictaphones have been installed in our office. Is the use of these injurious to hearing? (H.F) Answer-No.
 Home Sanitation
 Dresser used by person who had Hodgkin's disease. How can it be sterilized or disinfected so that it would be safe to use?
 (Mrs. c. s. JO Ansker-Hodgkin's disease is not contagious or infectious. No mat ter what disease the former user may have had, ordinary soap and water washing is sufficient disinfec- ton to make the furniture perfectly safe for any one to use. Copyright l945 by John F, Dille Go
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03

Rev. John J. Snavely, D. D, pastor. Robert E. Willoughby, youth direc-
 tor
 Communion Service, Nov. Organ Prelude MaSsenet Hymn Responsives and Prayer Scripture Lesson Apostles Creed Offertory Anthem Reception of Members Communion Meditation Hymn Holy Communion:
 Communion Hymns Benediction Organ Postlude
 Church School: Worship at 1030. Younger classes at ll:05; Older classes at ll:35. Two classes for women and Woodruff Assembly for men. At 6 p. m. the Methodist Youth FelloVship will meet under the di- rection of the youth counselor, Rob. ert E. Willoughby