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Evening star., 1945-05-06
War Crime Prosecutor

President Truman has made an
excellent choice in appointing JUS
tice Robert H. Jackson as chief
American counsel for the prosecu-
ton of the major Axis war criminals.
To this important task, Justice Jack
son will bring fine capacity for
work. and a mind that is capable of
functioning without passion or pref
udice. His presence is an assur-
ance that there will be determined
effort to conduct these proceedings
with dignity. and with the due re-
gard that must be had for the right
of the Allies to demand retribution,
and for the defendants, justice.
It is an unusual coincidence that
less than a month ago, in an address
here at the meeting of the American
Society of international Law, JUS
tice Jackson discussed at some
length the question of bringing Axis
criminals to trial. and expounded
his own views as to the principles
that should guide. If prosecution
were undertaken. Significantly. he
expressed no opinion as to the
course to be pursued with regard to
war criminals. whether high or
humble" That, he said in effect. is
for the policy makers to determine.
But if these people are to be
brought to trial. the jurist empha-
sized. I'VE must not use the forms of
judicial proceedings to carry out or
rationalize previously settled politi-
cal or military policy. You
must put no man on trial if you are
not willing to see him freed If not
proven guilty. If you are determined
to execute man in any case. there
is no occasion for a trial"
In his brief years on the Supreme
Court, that objective brand of phi
losophy has been reflected in the
jurist's judicial reasoning. Nowhere
is better Illustration than his opin-
ion two weeks ago in the Cramer
case when the court. dividing Ave
to-four, set aside the first treason
conviction on which it had ever
passed, on the ground that the con-
stitutional requirement for two wit
nesses to an overt act had not been
met.
The Government had contended
that little imagination" was re-
quired to establish the case against
the defendant
"The difficulty with this argument
is that the whole purpose of the
constitutional provision is to make
sure that the treason conviction
, shall rest on direct proof Of two
witnesses and not on even a little
imagination" said Justice Jackson
for the majority.
That is the sort of thinking that
must prevail when the war criminals
are brought to trial. To the guilty,
it is promise of just desserts. To
the world. this reasoned approach,
if permitted to prevail. will offer
new confidence in the integrity Of
the judicial process.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Many persons who until recently
have thought little about religious
matters, are now discovering that
prayer does possess efficacy; that
prayer is potent and practical. even
In extremities when hope lacks evi-
dence to support it. When one
pauses to note this, proofs Of the
efficacy Of prayer may be found
round about us, and it is most
Strengthening to acknowledge them.
Mankind needs to accept prayer
more generally as . natural and
practical activity rather than to
look to it as last resort.
Without doubt religious people
recognize prayer as, essential, and
Christian peoples acknowledge that
through the consecrated prayers Of
Christ Jesus the blind received their
sight, the sick were healed, the deaf
heard and the lame walked, lepers
were cleansed, hatred and evil were
cast out, the dead were raised to q
normal state Of being and wise guid-
ance was clearly manifested. Be-
cause these works Of Jesus demon
strated the truth Of his words, should
not men trust his teachings more
fully as capable of successful applica-
ton to the affairs Of men and ma
tions through all time? His precepts
are supported by the divine principle
that solves all problems. To better
understand the nature of prayer as
Jesus taught it is of utmost i'm
portance today.
The opening chapter of the Chris
tian Science textbook. Science and
Health With Key to the Scriptures
by Mary Baker Eddy, is devoted to
the subject Of prayer. It's very first
statement is as follows: "The prayer
that reforms the sinner and heals
the sick is an absolute faith that all
things are possible to Coda spirit
ual understanding Of Him, an I'M
selfed love-" In order to aid others
to acquire a more absolute faith in
God instead of mere belief, Mrs.
Eddy throughout her writings gives
many wonderful definitions Of God,
which set forth His character and
qualities, explanations that convey
a spiritual understanding Of Him
who, In the words Of the Psalmist,
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forgiveth all thine iniquities; who
healeth all thy diseases; who re-
deemeth thy life from destruction;
who crowneth thee with loving kind
ness and tender mercies" Psalms,
ciii.3, ~.
Toward the close Of his great
ministry, Christ Jesus promised that
the Comforter, "even the Spirit of
truth" would come and abide for
ever; and then he said, Peace
leave with you, My peace give unto
you" However, he cautioned: mot
as the world giveth, give unto you"
This priceless gift Of the Master Is
ours for the asking. If peace is
sought in Christ's name, it cannot
fail Of attainment. The time is past
when humanity can look to human
expediencies tor stable adjustments
OF its affairs, either national or in
ternational. As some one has aptly
put it: mo peace conference will
be of any avail unless those who
confer and decide momentous issues
are imbued with the divine spirit
Of love which Jesus expounded in
the Sermon on the Mount" &C. S.
Sentinel, vol. 46, p. 1880
Effective prayer for delverance
from war and strife and for guild
ance toward enduring peace among
nations should contain, then, the
essential elements Of praise. thanks
giving, and that absolute faith and
positive assurance which removes
mountains Of doubt, and fear and
wrong, as we'll as the affirmation
and acknowledgment that establishes
the clear realization of omnipresent
good and its operation in human
affairs.
Today, 1t IS heartening to realize
that there is a visible resurgence
Of faith in God among men Of good
will everywhere who realize that
there is but one solution, one means
for the eventual ending Of all war
fare and the establishment of a
righteous world order-that of prayer
for divine guidance and deliverance.
Christian Scientists throughout the
world are in the foremost ranks of
these who pray constantly, and their
prayers are ever going forth.
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habited by primitive head-hunting
tribes. japanese authority is pre-
sumably confined to disconnected
coastal strips, much as in New
Guinea, which can be isolated and
eliminated at leisure. The job will
probably be, in the main, an Anglo
Dutch enterprise. The spearhead OF
the present invasion is a division of
veteran Australians previously serv-
ing in the Middle East. There is as
yet no mention of American troops
engaged in this new theater of ac-
ton.
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OF modern times and liberal ideas" Eut
Mr.. Flagg conceded that his preference
did, indeed. owe something to "the
classic feeling" Of Greek conceptions
which could not be regarded as either
liberal or modern. Otherwise expressed,
he admitted an obligation to antiquity
reborn" A different philosophy even
tually prevailed.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Nuzi Defect Explained

| This is almost certainly the last
Sunday of the war in Europe. BY
every reasonable standard, on the
basis of all available reports, with
the few final pockets of resistance
collapsing everywhere from Norway
to Czechoslovakia, we may safely
assume that We day will be pro-
claimed before the new week is
over-perhaps tomorrow or the day
after, perhaps even before this day
ends.
But timing in this instance has
ceased to have any great signif1-
canoe, except in the sense that the
sooner the enemy lays down his
arms everywhere and we hear the
formal proclamation of victory in
Europe, the sooner will young men
stop dying and the sooner will man.
kind be able to get on with the
enormously difficult task of building
a decent peace in the western world.
Actually, for all practical pur-
poses, it may be said now that the
war in Europe is already ended.
After almost six years of the most
frightful battles in history, Ger
many has at last come face to face,
inescapably, with cataclysmic fln-
ish, and it seems somehow fitting
that we should be able to say this
on the day of the Lord, the day of
the Prince of Peace For what we
are seeing at this moment is not
merely a military triumph of un-
paralleled character, but the COM
plete, the absolute wreckage of a
power that had aligned itself on the
side of evil against the Christianity
of our western civilization, against
that way of life and conscience for
which the church bells ring out
Sunday after Sunday in the remotest
regions of the world.
Field Marshal Karl Gerd Won
Rundstedt, speaking in purely mill
tary terms, with the detached and
coldly scientific amorality of Prus-
sian officer, attributes the terrible
downfall of his country to Allied air
power, to the smashing of transpor-
tation, to the destruction of plants
producing war weapons, to the lack
of fuel, to our naval gunfire off Nor
mandy, to our excellent generalship
and to numerous other physical fac
tors, including overwhelming SUI
periority in material And unques-
tionably he is right as far as he goes.
Unquestionably our air power, to-
gether with the other elements of
strength that were brought to bear
against Germany, decided the issue,
but that is not all that decided it.
Behind the steel and fame and ex-
plosives were troops, and in the
: troops was spirit, and behind the
troops and their spirit were what
the late President Roosevelt once
called "the massed angered forces
Of common humanity"
Outraged moral feelings are in
tangible things. They cannot be
measured as a gun can or as the
effect of bomb can, but there is
probably nothing more powerful
and deadly, and it was this that
Germany called down upon itself
when it set forth to enslave Europe
and the world. Won Rundstedt does
not mention it, but when Hitler's
"thousand-year" Reich went to war
against all the accumulated de-
cencies of our western world-the
decencies which our churches extol
on this Sunday and indeed on every
Sunday and every day of every
week-it made morality militant and
set loose that force against itself
which leaves it now in appalling
ruins. The lesson should be remem-
bered for centuries.
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and agreeable but firm. From one point
Of view they ind it eaSier to do busi-
ness with him than with Litvinov. That
Is because they know that when Molotov
speaks. the voice they hear 10 his but
the words are those Of the all-powerful
Stain.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

The japanese, heavily punished by
our aircraft carriers, must feel some
what like man attacked by hornets
and then chased by the hornets nest.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

Chateaubriand said: 1.-THE most
disastrous times have produced the
greatest minds" We ought to be
just about overrun with geniuses,
then; but are we?
Evening star., 1945-05-06

It seems incredible, but it was
Shakespeare who started "Good-
Night. Ladies'" Look in the fourth
act Of Hamlet, and you'll find the
words, sure enough.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Deliveramce Through PRAYER
BIZ Arthur L, Hitchcock.

Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher,
Member First Church OF Christ Scientist, Washington
Evening star., 1945-05-06
By Joseph II. Baird

MoAoGoV, IleIl ~ years Old, was leader
OF the st. Petersburg Bolsheviks- having
returned to the capital secretly-and q
co-editor Of the newspaper Pravda.
When, later in the year, the Bolsheviks
took over from the faltering Kerensky
government. the future Foreign Minis
ter was in the small group Of leaders
which centered around Lenin, Trotsky
and Stain.
BY 1922 Molotov had become Stain 5
deputy on the powerful Politibureau and
in 1924 became a f,lll-ranking member
OF that body. From that time on he
enjoyed a steady but unspectacular rise
In power.
For many years before the war, Molo-
tov served as chairman of the Council
OF Peoples Commissars, a position paral-
leling that Of premier in capitalistic
governments. Although important deci-
sions Of policy were made In the Politi-
bureau, Communist party organization
dominated by Stain, Molotov was the
government oficial who carried them
out.
In 1889 when the failure of Maxim
Litvinov's policy Of building up q Euro
pean alliance to curb German NaM
power had become apparent and Stain
decided to sign nonaggression pact
with Berlin. the former Foreign Com
nissar was ousted and Molotov was Civ
en- the foreign ministry In addition to
the premiership. On the outbreak Of
war Stain himself became Premier and
Molotov retained only the title Of For
eign Minister.
Foreign diplomats regard him as urbane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

and treasurer of the Republican Club of Waterbury and for two years was a member of the Repub- lican Town Committee.
 MT. tackles social and fraternal affiliations are as follows: Liberty Lodge, No. 123, A. F. and A. M. Eureka Chapter, R. A. M, Sphinx Temple Shrine Club of Hartford Sprinx Temple Shrine Club of Wa terbury, Clark Commandery Knights Templar, No. ', 32nd degree Mason, Townsend Lodge, No. 89 I. O. o. F., Waterbury Club, Chase Country Club, Army Ordnance As- sociation and the Industrial Fore mems Association.
 Resides In City
 MT. Jackie resides with his wife, the former Grace M. Jerman, at 160 Columbia Boulevard. They have one daughter, Mrs. Robert F. Strohacker of Waterbury.
 Walter L. Smith, who succeeds MT. Jackie as works manager, was born in Setauket, Long Island and received his schooling at Setauket and Northport.
 He first entered the employ of the Chase Brass and Copper Co.,, in Aug. 25. 1915 starting as promise clerk. Working his way up to the position
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

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tempt at equitable adjustments.
 T took this position without any political influence and I intend to keep it that way.
 Declaration Supported
 q do not even know" he added "who are the owners of nay speci- fic pieces of property in Waterbury and I do not care. I don't care whether they be Jew or Gentle Catholic, Protestant or Hindu Democrat or Republican or any thing else. Such factors will have on hearing On this office while l am in charge"
 To support his declaration, MT Jenks disclosed that he had in- formed both Republican and Demo- cratic members of the office who worked at the polls on election day that such a procedure must never be repeated.
 Speaking in general terms about the anticipated increase in ,assess- ments, the chief assessor disclosed the following:
 personal owners of private dwell lings which are considered as new" dwellings may expect almost g. doubled assessment. Owners of older houses may expect decreases in nanw instances.
 In most instances, MT. Jenks de- clared, newer houses are at present undervalued. This was because pre- vious assessors used a schedule tol assessment which was inaccurate he claimed. Such schedule was comprised of placing a valuation upon the property at the time the building permit was issued and then computing 80 per cent of that valu- ation as the final assessed value.
 Adjustments Explained
 In many instances, sales values ir the area where these houses are located have increased, thus bear ing upon these dwellings as well All such inequalities will be ad- justed, MT. Jenks said.
 Older dwellings in some instances are over-valued and will also be adjusted. Houses in areas which at one time were considered the top level areas in the city are still sub | ject to the same assessments de- spite the fact the areas have de- preciated and the houses them selves have lost considerable mar ket value.
 In the case of mercantile pr4p- erty the downtown area of the city may expect large increases. This is because the shopping and bus mess area have migrated and beer established within the downtown area. Higher revenues and potentia. sales values have resulted for the property as result of this trend Since there is little "bare land" ir the downtown areas (that is, lanc without buildings located thereon determination of assessment gen. orally is arrived at through de- termination of the net revenue en- joyed by such property throuS'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26
Marriage
 Intentions

The following persons have filed marriage intentions with the bureau of vital statistics, town clerks office:
 William Jennings Cule, Stanley Hotel, New Britain, Connecticut, and Lorayne White Stout. PAP Fairview drive, Kensington, Conn.
 Francis J. Meier, Lincolnwood, H., and Lorraine Ayotte, A Laval street.
 Henry Joseph Hoard, 31 Orange street, and Doris Gladys Cash man, Austin road.
 Edward F. Morrissey, 68 South View street and Anna Mary Di- Domizio, 113 East Farm street.
 Santo Blancato, 145 East Liber- ty street, and Concetta Commen- datore, 1904 South Main street.
 Frank Joseph Ronalter, Jr., 116 Bunker Hill avenue, and Evelyn Eugenie Hardwick, 53 Starview avenue.
 Robert Marcus Anderson, Nor wich, Connecticut, and Lois Fred ericka Holcomb, Norwich, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

 Jews attracted from surrounding towns sat waiting.
 At dawn the village chief of Shefayim refused to give British a guarantee that the inhabitants would behave properly if troops entered the town. A military cur few was proclaimed by loudspeak- CT but the inhabitants refused to observe 1t.
 At 7:15 a. m. two formations of soldiers, one carrying sticks and the second bayonets, strode into the town. They rounded up men, wom- en and children in the streets who were disobeying the curfew and hearded them into barbed wire en- tanglements.
 Smoke Bomb Set
 Soldiers shot at one man trying to escape town, but missed
 A smoke bomb was set of, blan- keting the settlement, while two airplanes patrolled overhead.
 Hundreds more Jews had been gathering outside the village since dabreak. They broke through the military cordon in the village while the raid was in progress and swarmed through the streets.
 The cordon around Rishpon was lifted without incident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26


 this morning. The military donut factory on wheels-will delight devotees of the dunk until p. m. when it will be hauled to New Haven.
 The "Donutmobile" is reported to be the granddaddy of an over size edition of the famous American Red Cross Clubmobiles which turned out delectable doughnuts for fighting men at the front during the war. New York, Chicago, Phila- delphia and other cities-where bond buyers were treated to free donuts-report the massive ma- hcine has proved to be one of the most interesting features ever spon- sored by the Treasury department to boost the sale of bonds.
 The Polish Junior league is in charge of bond sales at Victory House today. Judwiga Chmielinski, chairman, is being assisted by Hen rietta Pasila, Vivian Obuchowski, Marion Reiser, and Frances May.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

ed that the Bertrand car was pro- ceeding down Baldwin street when it struck a parked car owned by Jerry Fusco, RED No. 2, Waterbury.
 Deeley said that the impact caused the Fusco vehicle to crash into another parked car owned by Thomas Daly, 18 Ayers street. The Daly car was brushed against an- other unidentified car, Deeley add ed.
 Deeley stated that all three cars were damaged and that the Ber-f trand and Fusco vehicles had to be toward from the scene.
 Police today continued their ifi- vestigation inot the crash on Meri- den road near Frost road Saturday evening, in which four persons were injured, two seriously, when the car in which they were riding, crashed into a tree.
 Fractures Reported
 Miss Lillian Pyzaw, 9, of 66 Arch street, New Britain, who suffered a possible fractured skull and severe lacerations of the afce; and John Suska, 21, Chicago, IL. a soldier, who sustained a possible fractured skull. were reported to be in poor condition today at St. Mary's Hos pital where their names are on the danger list.
 Mrs. Estelle Reardon, g, of 20 LaSalle street, New Britain, driver of the car and sister of Miss Pyzaw, who suffered fractured right leg; and her husband, John Reardon, 20, New Britain super numerary policeman, who suffered possible fractured skull and abra- sions of the face and head. were both reported to be in good condi- ton today.
 Police said that Mrs. Reardon crashed into the tree after she be- came blinded by lights while at tempting to pass another vehicle.
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Chase Elects V.President
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(Continued from Page 1) sitions, MT. Jackie was made general works manager in 1921. In the years between, MT. Jackie was elected a director of the Chase Brass and Copper Go.
 MT. tackles business affiliations also include the following: 1st vice. president and director of the Water bury Building and Loan Association; director of the Morris Plan Bank; corporator of the Thomaston Sav- ingS Bank and director of the A. J. Patton Go.
 He also has made his contribution to Waterbury's political history. having served as alderman for four years, on the Board of Public Works for two years, City Hall Commission three years and for two years was on the Law and Park committees of the Board of Aldermen and Board of Public Works. MT. Jackie also has served as secretary, president
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

T1HIs is your invitation to enjoy for \ the first time the worlds greatest musical event, the most spectacular and brilliant occasion of the year-the traditional opening of the Metropolitan Opera. It will also be the first time a complete Metropolitan Opera has ever been broadcast at night.
 Plans have been made for you to en- joy, along with the opera, all the glam- our and excitement of opening night at the s'Met." You will meet the stars backstage, hear the comments of celeb rites as they gather in the foyer and lobby during intermissions. It will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-26

the plot against Hitler's life in July, 1914.
 Schacht'S request for the witnesses for the first time indicated the line of defense he would take against prosecution charges that his f1nan- cial manipulations provided the money with which Hitler re-armed Germany on preparation for aggres- Sive war.
 Joachim von Ribbentrop was given permission to summon foreign of the associates to testify as to his relations with Hitler in an effort to refute charges that Ribbentrop joined Hitler in planning the war.
 Request Too Late
 Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel will be permitted to bring in wehr- macht legal authorities to testify on his claimed lack of responsibility for various high command orders.
 He also was given permission to summon Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the German counter-intelli- gence service, as to the necessity for various security measures. This request may prove difficult to fulfill since Canaris is reported to have been executed by the GeStapo last April g after evidence was discov- cred that he had been scheming