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The daily monitor leader., 1945-05-08
Boy. IS. Cets
IS to 40 Year
Prison Term

BIG RAPIDS, Mich, May g.
(R - Sixteen-year old James
Smiley was given q Is to 40
year sentence yesterday q few
hours after telling how he shot
his foster mother in her sleep on
April 2l.
The youth displayed little
emotion as Circuit Court Judge
Earl G. Pugsley pronounced the
sentence after Smiley pleaded
guilty to a second degree MUIR
der charge.
I'm anxsious to get going"
the youthful defendant told
Sheriff Judd Arnold as they left
the courtroom enroute to South
ern Michigan State Prison at
Jackson. Arnold said Smiley
would remain there q few days
for reclassification and would
probably" be sent to the State
Reformatory at Ionia.
Smiley was extremely nerv.
Gus at his appearance on the
witness stand, during which he
detailed the events that led up
to the Staying Of Mrs. Edna
Smiley, As.
He testified that Mrs. Smiley
rebuked him when he arrived
home about l am. on April Fl.
Smiley said he went to bed and,
after arising in the morning
went to the yard of their Echo
Lake cottage to do some work.
II returned to the house and
found Mother asleep. I decided
it was a good time to end the
quarreling," the youth said rs
he told of getting his ~ caliber
rifle and firing one shot at her.
He said that he "fussed about
the cottage" for q while before
going to Big Rapids where he
and a friend attended q show.
Then Smiley caught q bus to
Chicago and there boarded an
eastbound train. He got off the
train 100 miles from Baltimore
and hitch-hiked to that city.
There he sought overnight
shelter in a police station and
officials, after questioning him,
drew an admission that he was
wanted in connection with the
shooting of Mrs. Smiley. He
waived extradition and was re-
turned here for trial.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-05-08
Mt. Clemens Girl Enroute
Home from jap Captivity

Safe again In the United
States after three years in Jap
internment camp. Mrs. Margaret
Mary Boguslav, %, wired her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bruel of Market street, that she
will be home as soon as formali-
ties of her re-entry at San Fran
cisco can be completed.
The only child of the Bruels,
Mrs. Boguslav was brought from
Manila on a hospital ship which
docked in San Francisco Sun
day. She has been hospitalized
in the Philippines since her lib
Grafton from Santo Tomas in
Manila in early February.
Her husband, city editor of
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and keep Amer'So sore from
harm.
Then he finds himself home
again without q uniform
and with nothing but q little
bronze button on his civilian
coat to reveal to those who may
notice 1t that he also served.
He doesn't want any heroics,
but his spirit yearns to get back
into "the swing Of things"
Like to do q little bowling, may.
be play third base for some soft
ball team try q little fish
ing In Lake st. Clair, or 60 bird
hunting in the fall.
But the contacts he used to
have are scattered, and the
fellows he used to chum
around with are maybe still
In the armed forces, or wound.
ed or else they won't be
coming back. That's
"when . TELLER needs friend"
We were talking to q World
War I veteran the other day
about this very thing, and he
offered some interesting sugges-
tions which might form the basis
for an interesting public forum
II only you folks would
write 4 letter once In q while.
This veteran suggested that
each community have . mum.
Der Of welcoming commit.
tees" composed Of young and
older men mixed. Men
who are veterans Of this war
and the other war men
who are well-acquainted with
sports, recreation, clubs and
such matters Of interest to .
young man who must get
back into the swim.
There should be q half f-dozen
such committees In each COM
munity .. representative Of the
varied interests and they
should take turns meeting and
greeting the returned veteran
after the first thrill Of his home
coming has worn off. That's the
time he needs q handshake with
4 GOOD warm heart behind Il.
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These committees could
work through the Selective
Service board TO which . vet
eran must bring his discharge
papers They could get .
list Of returned men and call
on them at their homes
offering any comfort possible,
and At least letting the veteran
know he's welcome In his
community.
Scarcely q veteran returns to
the strange ways of our life
without being faced with some
problem Of adjustment Sure,
there are quasiofficial offices
to help him with mat
tiers of pension. employment, etc.
. But too often he hesitates to
seek out such help, or is not fully
aware of its availability.
"Welcoming committees"
for veterans would help break
the Ice They would smooth
the way for . mans comfor-
table and satisfactory return
to the life he turned his back
on when the flags were un-
furled and the band began to
play.
WE GOT HOME from work
yesterday q little early, in order
to free the very-young squir7
rels that the boys had captured
and enclosed in an inverted
bushel basket f. with the idea
of making pets of them. After
explaining that squirrels must
have freedom to roam, and II
treated with kindness will make
their home with you we
released the two little fellows d.
who were just about old enough
to walk and didn't know
what to do with the hard-sheiied
nuts the boys had been offering
them. They headed for nearest
tree and awkwardly climbed the
trunk ).
But they were shining up
the wrong tree for Mr.. and
Mrs. Blue.Jay have been nest
inR there. Il was then that Ike
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the Manila Tribune remained In
the Philippines at his work, on
the paper, publication of which
was resumed when the city was
freed by American forces He
had been interned with his wife
and hundreds of other American
civilians in 194l, when the Japs
invaded the islands.
Mrs. Boguslav was evidently
unable to telephone her parents,
as they had asked her through
the Red Cross TO do when she
arrived In this country Her
message stated she is feeling
better every day" Her anxious
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and Mike SQUIRREL got their
first taste Of dive bombing . II
nature The blue-jays took
young squirrels, and taking .
sharp peck at them as they
swooped around the tree
trunk. The little fellows doged
around to the shelter side Of
the trunk, but were NO match
for the sharp-beaked whirring
blu e-j Jays. Repeatedly the
squirrels were driven down. ..
while papa and mama blue
jay perched on low limbs
awaiting the next ascent -.
and there were several
Finally we carried the squir-
.rels to another tree and
all was peace for the time be-
ing.
PVT. ROY CHAMPION, of
this city, who has been busy with
the 9th Army in Germany, knew
his luck couldn't last indefinite
ly. OF eight men in his group of
friends, who had gone through
training etc. together, Roy was
the only one left unscathed. Two
of them. Henry Walsh, of Mount
Clemens, and Robert Chandler,
Of Memphis, were killed at Lux
embourg and in Germany re-
spectively. The rest were wound
ed or hospitalized for trench
foot or frost bite during the Bat
tie of the Bulge. That left Roy
as the lucky one =. until he was
walking down a German city
street a week ago. A shrapnel
shell burst nearby, and Champ
ion got pieces in his right arm.
both legs and his neck -. but
not too serious.
Who says dogs don't remem-
Der? When 1t. c. Ray Cope
land came home to Mount
Clemens the other day after
80 months continuous service
In the Pacific his faithful
bird-dog peaches" looked
with disdain at the sun.tanned
khaki-clad figure approaching
her. There was not . sign Of
recognition until Peaches"
shifted her old pals scent and
came closer. Then occurred one
of the most touching reunions
anyone ever witnessed, they
tell US with that loving dog
literally paving and licking
Ray until he could scarcely
get q breath.
AFTER TWO YEARS with the
Seabees in the Pacific when ac-
ton was plentiful, Bill Fink
came home early last summer
with q medical discharge :.
and before long was helping his
dad put out war stuff at the
Ex-Cello corporation. But Bill,
now 20, tired of civilian life {.
50 this week he sailed from an
Eastern port with the Merchant
Marine, headed for Europe. And
now that the war over there is
at It's conclusion, we under
stand young Bill Is going to do
ell possible to get into the Pacific.
He may run into his brother.
Fireman lie Jimmie Fink, who
has been on active Pacific serv-
ice about 10 months.
The daily monitor leader., 1945-05-08
Pfc. l.. Lempke
Dies i'm Action

NEW acknowledging
Lempke, "a year old New Balti-
more soldier, died from wounds
March Is received on Luzon,
the War Department announced
this week.
His death brought to six the
number Of New Baltimore serv-
icemen to die In action In the
present war.
Pfc. Lempke was the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. August Lempke.
He enlisted In the Army Dec.
21, 1912 and went overseas in
July of the same year.
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parents are uncertain how long
it will be before she is released
from San Francisco, but they
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4s-Min in IT,. 0ax
n u. A.
D ID. ~.

After the first thrill Of homecoming off, the soldier
soor returned from the experiences definite let
down in spirits
The band playing and the flags wovne when he
went owoy. He listed in the hometown Of
those willing to slosh the ties that bind him to home
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expect that once In Mount Cloup
ems, she will remain here until
the end of the Pacific war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Cadet Nurses Receive Caps At Ceremony
 Complete Course of
 Troining ot Woter-
 bury Hospital

Nineteen girls, including five Wa terbury girls, marked the competitor of six months of their training in the Cadet Nurse Corps at Waterbury hospital in capping ceremonies at the nurses home.
 Miss Leonore Tobins, superintend- ent of nurses at the hospital. urged the class to strive to meet the quail ities of true nursehood. The class was capped by Miss Mary Ryan, su- pervisor, and Miss Helen Sherwin, educational director. pr. Lawrence Beauchamp, interne and Army Med- ical Corps lieutenant, administered the pledge, and Rev. Edward R. Hance, Naugatuck, delivered the in- vocation.
 Waterbury girls capped were Marion Greenblatt, Mary Leone, Adrienne Luria, Norine Straw and Grace Stoka.
 Others who were capped were: Genevieve Mangini, Naugatuck; i; Gloria Anthony, West Wilmington; Sadie Avenia, Torrington: Shirley Bachand, New Britain; Lorraine Fischer, Middletown; Anita Gatcur- as, Bristol; Dorothy Johnson, Beth lehem; Lois Law, New Haven; Bar bara Loeb, New York; Irene Martin, Marion; Arlyn Matthews, New York; Therese Sanschagrin, Bristol; Enid Searle, Elmwood, and Patricia Wahl, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Continuance GiUen On EDasion Charge
 Condition of l3-Yeor-old Lad Reported Improved; Hearing Assigned Sept. 5;
 Other Cases in Docket

brought by Edmund Power, 147C Baldwin street, after dispute over ownership of an automobile Judge Gaffney asked Atty. George Lynch to use his good office in set ting the dispute.
 Other cases: George Skyrie, 34 Mixville road, West Cheshire, driv- ing while under suspension, con- tinued to Aug. g; Anthony Savickas, Jr., B, 333 wilson street, negligent homicide, continued to Aug. 8; Willie Goodson, 27, 110 Bishop street, intoxication and breach of the peace, nolled; Cora Goodson, 20 i1c Bishop street, intoxication and breach of the peace, nolled; Philip Clarkin, 52, 1O1 Fuller street, breach | of the peace, continued to Sept. 5; Raymond Brouillett, B, 132 River street, intoxication, non-support, setting fire, nolled; Frank Valero, 45, 32 Willow street, parking viola tion nolled; Timothy Cough1in, 26, 380 West Main street, parking vio- lation, $10 bond called; Oscar Stro- berg, 57, 1903 Watertown avenue. parking violation, $5 bond called; ; Nathan Chinitz, 37, IT Holmes ave- nue. parking violation, nolled for $5;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08

George Hassnger, 6S, ITS Scott road, alleged hit-run driver who left 13-year-old William Aubertin, 28 Harker avenue, lying unconscious on East Main street late Monday night, was given continuance to Sept. after he was arraigned be- fore Judge John L. Gaffney in City Court this morning on chrages of reckless driving and evading re- sponsibility.
 Prosecutor Frederick w. Palomba requested the continuance, stating that 1t would be some time before the boy could testify. Young Au- Eertin was reported doing well at St. Maryis hospital today.
 John Began, 37, 87 Jadson Circle, was sentenced to five months in jail on charges of intoxication and breach of the peace brought by neighbors in the Warner Gardens Housing Project who testified that he made a disturbance when he mistook vacant apartment for his own Saturday night and broke the door down.
 John Savage, 18, 3 Denny street, was given a continuance to Aug. 2 on charge of embezzlement
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
New Bomb Revolutionizes
 Future Wars
Danger of This Bomb to Future Civilization Is
 Practically Beyond Human Belief.
By DREW PEARSON Author of The Washington "Merry- Go Round


 the bomb was in the process of be- ing developed, trusted workmen had to sign an oath that they would work in the secret desert bases without visiting their families. The danger of the bomb to fu- ture civilization is almost beyond belief, once the secret becomes known. For instance, it is estim- ated that a bomb hidden in safe deposit vault in a New York bank could explode 24 hours later with such terrific force that it would destroy most of the city.
 One complication is whether the bomb secret should be given to our other Allies. At Teheran it is un- 6erstood that preliminary arrange ments were made for Russian en- trance into the war against Japan and that in return the United States was to give Russia know ledge of all our secret weapons.
 Now, many military men, believ- ing the war with Japan can be ter minated relatively soon, doubt the feasibility of handing over this new and revolutionary secret to the Rus sians. Others believe, however, that an invention of this kind is sure to leak out, just as every military weapon sooner or later becomes known.
 Copyright, 1945. by The Bell
 Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08

Priority" card holders, such as disabled veterans of both world wars and blind people, can make good money outside stations. Their cards enable them to move up to the top of any line, whether 1t is for bus, food or tickets. As was to be expect ed, sharp-witted compatriots were ready to make use of them. Obvi- ously the priority" travellers could only visit one station a day. But there are four major Parisian term- inals, and at $10 ticket the game is worth while. Moreover, blind person, for example, can claim a second ticket for the person accom- panying him or her.
 The vacationist's trials are not over when and if he acquires the precious ticket which will take him to his own particular Eden. Trains now operating in France us- ually seat about 300. Seven hundred of these places can be booked. The remainder are left for the wounded, the halt, the lame and the blind, for prisoners and deportees unable to stand in line, and for last-minute passengers to whom it is a life-or- death matter to make that train.
 AS in every other country, Frances railways are working at a fifth of their pre-war capacity. Heavy military needs still have to be met. Many bridges are still under repair. How to cope with the passenger problem is some thing the railway homogeneous are practically unable to solve.
 TOO MANY TRAVELLERS
 Never in the history of the rail- ways have so many French people wanted to travel" declared a high official. Thousands of pre-war mo- toriSts now have to use trains. In the first two weeks of July, 103, 900 vacationers left the Care de Lyon in 157 trains as against 10,300 in 683 trains in 1939. Trains with seating room for 800 leave with dou-. ble that number.
 It is evident, however, that the cost in physical and nervous ex- haustion which Parisians have to pay in order to spend their first free" vacations away from the city must be worth it, as evil denced by the long, patient lines outside the stations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Civic Theatre Selects Plays

Guest Tn The House" will be the initial presentation of the Wa terbury Civic Theater when it opens the season at the Waterbury Women's Club Oct. 25 and 26.
 At a meeting this week of the directors of the Waterbury play CTS, Guest" psychological hair raiser, which had long run re- gently on Broadway. was chosen from a list of shows presented by the play-reading committee. Miri- am Hurlburt will direct the pro- duction. Casting for the play will be held during the second week in September.
 Scheduled for early in December Is light comedy of the Gay Nine ties, aDamask Cheek" which, as the second effort of the theater group. promises to be good enter .tainment, several plays for the spring season are under considera- tiOn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
timers In Bond Drive Still Missing
 Only 32 of TO
 Lucky Ticket Hold
 CTS Claim Awords

Of the 11O persons awarded prizes, at the recent War Bond drawing. only g have claimed their awards. Two more winners have, according to the War Finance committee. shown up to claim their prizes. They are:
 Mrs. Wilfred Bernier, 12S Baldwin street, winner of the Ford automo- bile; and Mrs. Thomas s. Cochard, East street, Wolcott, winner of the electric kitchen.
 Frank J. Green, member of the bond committee, said last night that persons holding the lucky stubs have until Sept. to present the stubs in exchange for their winnings, which amount to $15,0OO.
 A check this morning showed that the following winners have as yet failed to put in an appearance:
 James T. Kilbride, 35 Frederick street, winner of the Piper Cub air. plane; George Brennan, Naugatuck, awarded 8 Chevrolet car, and Fran- cis Valerie, 831 North Main street, 8 speedboat winner. 4AACoC RGA OOAAO dAC bAAC 4GA4AAAkAAllS winners of the main prizes who have not claimed them.
 The War Finance committee, 48 Leavenworth street, announces that winners have a choice of a certifi- cate which will enable them to re- ceive the award when it is available on the market, or they may take War Ro11dS in thn Ynat1Iritv vaI,,c equivalent to the retail value of the article awarded.
 MT. Green said that certificates are exchangeable for War Bonds up to August 2, 1946.
 The 110 winners have been otified by mail, and the War Finance coin- mittee said today that many of the winners are expected to call this afternoon. The $15,O0O award was sponsored by the Retail division of the Waterbury War Finance com- mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08

back on. They have to do it them selves or pay somebody to do it for them.
 This has led to new racket = standing in train lines, for a con- sideration. The charge for a days waiting is $5, double that amount for 24 hours. Old war pensioners, unemployed men and women, and even old ladies have been raking in 8 tidy sum of
 money at the game.
 The scene outside the principal Paris railway stations is pictur- esque, to say the least. Most 24,- hour walters bring folding chairs or stools as well as food and drink. Some play cards. The older women knit or mend until the light fades. Hawkers come around with sand wiches, fruit, and soft drinks, which they sell at top prices. Fifty cents is the minimum price for anything and they do 8 brisk trade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08

Washington, Aug. 8EWith Presi- dent Truman'S announcement re- garding the new atomic bomb, some of the background behind the na-
 tion's most carefully kept secret can now be told.
 | If the Nazis had known the de- tails of this secret and developed it before VIE Day, the results of this war might have been just the opposite. As it was, there is reason to believe that the Nazis knew we were working on such an invention, because the eight Nazi saboteurs under croSs-examination, admitted that they were instructed to find out what they could about this ex- pertinent.
 Those who have studied the new bomb say that its discovery is just as revolutionary as the Chinese in- vention of gunpowder. It will not only revolutionize warfare, but might wipe out civilization if na- tions continue to resort to war. One new atomic bomb, if dropped on New York City by transatlantic rocket. would wipe out the city completely.
 Actually, the inventors of the bomb are not entirely certain what it's future strength may be. While the details are still highly secret, it is reported that the effect on atmospheric pressure is such that the bombs destructive force travels in waves in the atmosphere sur rounding it. It is also reported that, if dropped in a bay or confined body of water, the bomb could start tidal wave capable of 1nundating whole cities.
 Part of the experimentation for the bomb was performed at the University of Chicago: part also by prftisf scientists at Oxford. While
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
By ROSETTE HARGROvE NEA Staff Correspondent

Paris, Aug. 8 = Vacation starved Parisians are enduring terrible or deals in their efforts to escape from the city's burning pavements. Most people go through something akin to purgartory to get to whatever haven they have chosen for their first "free'' vacation since the oc- cupation of France.
 They wait in line IS, 24, and even 36 hours just to secure a travel per- init which in turn will give them the right - four days later = to buy their railroad tickets and make reservations on a train. But it hap pens time and again that when they go to make their reservations, the quota is already full. That means another trip to the station. Families sweat out" reservations in relays, but there are hundreds of travellers who have no family to fall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
HUNTS STOLEN SON

Chicago. (UP)- still hopeful that her son, missing year, will be re- turned, Mrs. Margaret Harding, 29, continues the search. The child, 10 weeks old at the time, disappeared June 30, 1914. Mrs. Harding says two Negro girls took it t.from a buggy while she carried groceries into her home.
 Mrs. Harding, wife of a service- man stationed at Bradley ield, Conn, is an interviewer with the U. E. Employment Service here, and the holder of a Ph.D. degree from Loyola University. Her great est fear is that she will not recog- nize her son if she sees him again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
COMFORT FOR MOTORISTS

Chicago -(UP)- Postwar tourist camps and motor courts will offer American vacationists the utmost in safety and comfort, according to Henry J. Schwein. general man. ager of the Gypsum association. Schwein predicted that American motorists would find rest and re- taxation in motor courts offering comfort, cleanliness, and convent ence never attained in pre-war camps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
Compensation Agreements

John J. O'Connell today approved the following agreements for weekly payments during disability:
 Polly Anna Wheelis of Forest vile against Cooper Oven Ther- n1ometer Co. of Pequabuck. $18.20 Beginning June 20, crushed left thumb.
 Nathan Kelly of New Milford against Hansen and Sons of New Milford. $11.81 beginning July 6. burns to soles of both feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
sAFE IN MILWAUKEE

Chicago, (UP)-Milwaukee has been awarded top honors as the country's safest large city for pe- 6estrians, the Public Administra- tion Clearing House has an- rounced. The city won the Nation- al Pedestrian Safety Contest de- spite a national increase of two per cent in pedestrian fatalities in 1944. Milwaukee had 8 reduction of 39 per cent in tn number of pedestrian deaths recarded the previous year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-08
TYPICAL HOME

Chicago, (UP)-The typical home being bought by MT. and Mrs. America today Is a 17-year old one story frame house with five rooms and a bath. This home costs about $6.6O5. e518 less than ib would cost to build at today's prices. according to 2 survey conducted by the National Association Of Real