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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18


 Bob Burns says that of all the stories about his Arkansas kinfolks he has told on the air in the past ten years, the most enduring has been that of his Grandpa Snazzy who was of such an inquiring mind In his earlier days.
 One time, says Bob, Grandpa went up into the hills and loosened huge boulder and started it roll ing down the mountainside. It smashed through trees and into Van Buren, ploughed through the livery stable, restaurant and two hitching posts and came to rest in the middle of the First National Bank. Grandpa tore down the hill after 1t and pushed his way through the crowd that had gathered. Lem mee pass, quickl' he ordered, and went up to the boulder and looked it over for several minutes. Then he stepped back, satisfied.
 Yep" he said, mo moss!"
 Duke Ellington, Americas Gen ius of Jazz," will guest star on Bing Crosbys Krafgt Music Hall tonight at 800 D. m. over NEG. Eugenie Baird, Bing's singing partner, will. be on hand for solo and duet with "The Groaner."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

"Once Upon A Time" dramatic highlight of the Fred Waring pro- gram vii feature American folk songs of the Erie Canal period in American life, tonight. The show starring Fred and his 69 Pennsyl- vcanians is aired regularly at 10:00 D. m. (EWT) over WATR and Blue network.
 That annual headache - income taxes gets Cass Daley in a stew and Frank Morgan's gallant assist ance doesn't help at all, on the all- out fest Maxwell House Coffee Time" program for tonight, NEG, 800 D. m, 8:30.
 The Victory Parade of Spotlight and Convalescent Hospital, Battle Bands visits Percy Jones General Creek, Michigan, tonight. Bobby Sherwood and his orchestra move into the featured spot at 9:30 p. m. over WATR and the Blue Network. Saturdays Gag of-the Day" - Meeting Luther Twitch, his dim-wit friend, walking hastily down Hcl- lywood Boulevard, singer Dick Haynes stopped and asked him why he was so excited. "Excited?" re- piled Luther. When a persons told he has only twelve months to live, he's got to do something about it."
 But you told me yesterday your doctor gave you only one month to live" said Haynes.
 T know, but I saw eleven other doctorsl"
 Queen of Morale" of the 4th Air Force will be the title bestowed on Joan Davis when she broadcastS her NEG program with Jack Haley from Lemoore Air Field tonight at 9:30 p. m.
 Joan and Jacks visit to the Field also will help celebrate the third
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Even The Experts Are Mystified By Reports Of Coal Shortages
BY s. BURTON HEATH NEA Staff Correspondent

New York, Jan. 18-Bituminous coal has joined cigarets, sugar, meat adj diaper cloth as prime source material for a What Happened To IT. mystery story. Ask the experts, What has happened to bituminous coal?" and you will get voluminous answers, but these would be much more satisfactory If they did not contradict one another violently and vociferously.
 In a recent article, this writer said that if there is a coal short age, then Solid Fuels Adminis- trator Harold Ickes must share in the blame, because the coal in- lustry in 1944 filled the quota set for it by MT. Ickes
 Now it develops that the indus try did not meet MT. Ickes' goal. It failed by six million tons, which is 90-10O of one per cent of the 626,- 00o00O tons for which the Solid Fuels Administration for War asked.
 Although the industry provided 1898 pounds for every ton asked of it, numerous protests have been made, of which the mildsSt and most gentlemanly was an informa- tive letter from MT Ickes' deputy, Dr. c. J. Potter. From his and other letters it appears:
 l. That there is a pressing, dan gerous shortage of coal, as result of which
 2. Bituminous deliveries of South ern Appalachian coal for household use have been cut by 10 per cent;
 3. Anthracite deliveries have been but by 1212 per cent,
 4. Industrial plants now are op- erating on hand-to-mouth basis and before the winter is over some may have to surtail operations or even shut down completely so that the most essential war plants can run to capacity.
 5 An Ohio operator reports emergency calls from all over the Middle West telling of schools closed down, apartment houses out of fuel and thousands of families with empty coal bins"
 6. This operator says that the big railroads he serves, including the New York Central, Pennsylvania, Erie, Nickel Plate and B. & O., are short of coal and are drawing on their storage piles.
 2. An Atlanta retail dealers or- ganization writes that there is "an acute shortage of coal in Atlanta" :" and Michigan editor, following up protests, found a fuel shortage in his community.
 These are highlights in the re- ports that have come from persons who apparently misinterpreted my
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

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 Metropolitan Opera artists Licia Albanese, soprano, and Francesca Valentino, baritone, duet in Meath the Southern Moon from Victor Herbert'S Naughty Marietta" on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
May Appeal l By DOUGLAS LARSEN
 NEA Staff COrrespOndent

Washington, Jan. 18 - Faster and improved procedure has been set up for appealing the discharge status of veteran by War Department in cooperation with Veterans Ad- ministration.
 Army has three basic types of discharge generally referred to as white" blue" and yellow" The those disabled in action, cts. Blue white" Is most desirable, given to Is honorable but given for such reasons as a man being emotional ly unsuited to Army life. Yellow" is dishonorable discharge and most of them were given by court mar tial.
 The CT Bill of Rights gives the right of appeal to all discharges except those given by a court mar tial. But thousands of men with "blue" discharges who thought they deserved a white" have hesitated to appeal because of the red tape.
 If you are in this group here is all you have to do to appeal:
 Go to the closest office of the Vetersn' Administration. Ask for Form 94. Fill it out and return 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
WAVELETS
BY BILL HARRINGTON

Folks, interested in a treasure hunt2 Tune in on Station WATR tonight at $40 o'clock and start with other eager contestants on the trail that leads to the greatest security in the world U. S. War Bondl It will be Of $l00 value. The fascination of the clues, the search and thrills will make it one of the most novel radio-sponsored events in years. Station WATR is sponsoring as prelude to the local appearance of Bob Hopes latest film success, The Princess and the Pirate You will get the details at $40 tonight and incl dently the first clue!
 (Thursday, Jan l8, Blue, 630 p. m., e. W. t)-What are we fight for? A quartet of leading Sena- tors will give their answers to that question, when they appear on Americas Town Meeting" in it's discussion. What Should Be Am erica's War and Peace Aims?' in the broadcast tonight, at 8:30 D. m, over Station WATR. Speakers will be Sen. Claude Pepper CD, Fla0 member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee; Sen. Charles w. Tobey (R., N. H., member of the Senate Naval Affairs commit tee; Sen. Dennis Chavez CD. N. HD, member of the Senate Appropria- tions committee and Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D., La.), member of the Senate Naval Affairs committed Because of the nature of the ques- tion, the speakers will not be divid- ed along affirmative and negative lines. However, Senators Pepper and Tobey have somewhat similar ideas on the subject, differing in many respects from the plans pro- posed by Senators Cravez and FL lender, George V. Denny, Jr., is moderator of the forum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

duction.
 Bunker use (for ships) runs around 1,500,000 tons ordinarily and can not account for much of the 30, 0,000 900 tons. It would be guess that the rest of the 24,000,000 tons estimated by Appalachian Goals but not by other sources represents ex- port.
 Actual export figures are war secret. There is no more way of determining the justification for this presumptive 23,0oo,0oO tons of export than of ascertaining what happened at Teheran.
 Whatever may be the inside of this minor mystery, the principal puzzle set up by the facts, as pre- sented, appears to be this:
 Since we produced mol coal in 1914 than we used in 1944, why is there a coal crisis at the beginning of 1945 worse than there was at the beginning of 1944?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

original article as a statement that there is no coal shortage.
 Taking these protests at face value, it seems that tr -e must be shortage-and that is the gen. sis of the Great Bituminous Coal Mys- tery Why is there such shortage?" WHERE IS SURPLUS?
 Production in 1944 reached 620,- 100000 tons, which was 6,000,000 tons below the quota but a mini mum of 6,OOO,0O0 tons above the best obtainable figures for 1944 use.
 Appalachian Goals, Inc, very large midwestern coal distributors organization, is quoted in the Dec. 13 issue of Fuel Digest as estimating 1944 use of bituminous coal at 614,- 000,000 tons. From informed trade sources comes an estimate that 1944 consumption, exclusive of export and bunker, amounted oonly 590,000,000 tons, which is 3O,0O0,OO0 under pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

| anniversary Of the 4th Ar tOrce. Helping them entertain officers and men at the field will be Penny (Sharon Douglas) Cartwright, Blos- som CVerna Felton) Blimp, and the village beauty expert, Scarlett O'Harrigan. The broadcast will find Joan attempting to locate a tract of land deeded her by a rela- tive.
 With the welcome Andrews Sis ters as musical guests and Monty Woolley, the man who came to din- ner and stayed, as his unwelcome , house guest, another edition of the trials and troubles of Rudy Vallee will be heard over NEG tonight at 10:30 p. m.
 In addition t. joining Vallee and Woolley in the comedy sketches, the Andrews Sisters will give out with their smart brand of harmon izing, and. with Frank De Vol con- ducting the orchestra, Rudy vii. sing song or two.
 You can't keep a good American from being homesick. AS soon as Morton Downey landed in London on his USO overseas trip to en- certain troops. He visited the satues of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to paw his re- spects to the great Americans.
 During his absence from the states, some of Mort's friends are appearing as guest artists on his regular Monday through Friday show (3:00 p. m) over the Blue Network. Felix Knight is the pinch hitter during the week of Jan. 2.
 Murder, an attempted Kidnapping, a prizefight and glass containing poisin are ingredients of the ex- citing adventure involving Colum- bias MT. Keen. Tracer of Lost Persons,' in "The Barber Shop Quartet" tale of dirty work in the sports world broadcast tonight, 7:3O -8:00 p. m.
 Kay Armen. popular singer, is the guest of Larry Louglas on Co., dumbia networks Here's To Ro- nance" tonight (WABC-CBS. 10:30 -11:00 p. m)
 Miss Armei features the songs, Begin the Beguine,' and "A Little On The Lonely Side" Douglas sings, "The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful" and T Dream of You"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

Have you found those bear traps I gave you for Christmas useful now that the meat shortage is so bad?" Bud Abbott asks his pudgy partner r-in-fun, Lou Costello on their fun session, tonight, at 10:00 D. m, over NEG stations. T don't know, Bud" retorts Lou. T baited those things with ten red ration stamps and I ain't caught a single bear yeti" Between chuckles, musi- cal highspots are offered by Connie Haines who sings Don't Ever Change" and Freddie Rich's or chestra, playing Every Time"
 Frank Sinatra quiets his singing down to an eerie hum, when he essays the role of an insane house. boy in ITO Find Help" on "Sus- pense," in the broadcast tonight, at 800 D. m, over CBS stations. Hired by an elderly woman-played by Agnes Moorehead to help her about the house, the servant, quiet and self-effacing, displays just two bothersome practices, humming weird tunes and constantly polish ing silver objects. A third bother some practice threatens to begin when he announces that he intends to kill his employer. Her efforts to get help before she is murdered lead to an exciting climax.
 Sammy Kayes Komics, with Americas newest ventriloquist, Paul Winchell, bring their show to the service men at Mitchell Field, Long Island, tonight, at 8:30 p. m. over MES Stations.
 On hand, too, will be Winchell's little sawdust pal, Jerry Mahoney, and Sammy Kaye's gargantuan Sec- retary, Totsie Potts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
Your G Rights '';';; S;;;:%: ;Es ss's''
Il Discharge Status

to the VA office. From there it goes immediately to the Adjutant I;el- erals Office. You will be Ict'fled when your case comes uo bcf're [, Q appeal board. You have the right to hire counsel to represent your case and appear with you before the board.
 It is the opinion of several vet erans' organizations that the army has been unnecessarily harsh in giving "blue' discharges, in many instances.
 Q. I can't afford to hire law yer but need the service of one badly. What can I do?
 A. Practically every city has a special fund provided by the Com munity Chest for paying for legal aid for veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN

Time was when the ticket seller
 Tossed you two tickets with smile; Saying with a nonchalant air.
 Here you are, Madame-tWo seats on Il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18
DON'T SNOW ME IN!

First it's hot, then it's cold
 That's the way with weather, so were told. Ice and snow, what treat!
 More today, for the love of Pete! If winter comes SO We begin, Let 1t come, but don't snow me in. Let me get out with minimum Of fuss So I can catch the early bus. I like, indeed, to shovel snow, But there's limit, that you know. First it's spring. then it's summer, Then the Autumn, an early conner, Then comes winter long and slow, When we long for the rake and the hoe, Instead of the shovel, and then we begin Snow beautiful snow, don't fence me in!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

Waterbury is very proud this week of native son. Most Rev. Matthew F. Brady who was installed as Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, N H., Wednes- day. Members of his family and friends and clergy from the city attended the ceremonies at St. Josephs Cathe Cral Bishop Brady's first act after being installed was to visit the hospital bedside of young nephew who had way from Pennsylvania to attend the ceremonies The nephew is John Brady, 13 of Reading, Penn. He was removed to the Sacred Heart Hospital for an emergency operation and his condition is reported satisfactory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

WOR- -Mutual's Treasure Hour of Song,' Thursday, (January l8), from 9:30 to 10 p. m.
 Miss Albanese sings Speaks Morning" and Hahn's Il 'Heure Exquisite' as her solos. Valentino isheard in the Largo Al Facto- tum" from Rossini's Barber of Seville" and Love, Here Is My Heart.''
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
Recruiters Map
Fast Finish in
Guard Enlistment

Members of the recruiting COM
mittee of the California State Guard
which is campaigning for $50 re-
cruits in Imperial county, are de-
termined to gain their objective and
to this end will make personal calls
upon eligible men in Ell Centro, ac-
cording to the plans of Herb FaW-
cett. chairman. The committee was
to have met Monday to complete
plans for the recruiting, but due to
rodeo activities the meeting was
postponed one week.
"The time may come any day
when Imperial county will sorely
need such an organization as the
State Guard" FaWcett said, ''and
we should be prepared. It would
not be complimentary to this county
if we are forced to abandon the
State Guard because of lack of sup
port. Men Is to 65 are eligible
and we ask only two hours of their
time each week."
Enlistments may be made at the
El Centre Chamber of Commerce or
in the basement of the Imperial
county court house.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
Future Farmers
Map Field Day
AT County Tract

El Centro chapter of Future Farm
ers of America Thursday will have
the first annual open field day at
the Imperial county farm south of
Ell Centric when they will welcome
farmers and other Imperial county
residents interested in what the
chapter has accomplished since TAX
ing over the farm two years ago.
The FLA operates the farm under
2 contract with the county board
Of supervisors, using it as a practice
ground and demonstration site for
agricultural projects.
Members of the chapter and Ell
wood Spencer, instructor will be at
the farm at l pm. Thursday to well
come visitors and show them over
the place The chapter will be as
sisted by the agricultural extension
service of the University of Califor-
MIA. Farm Advisor George Winright
will present Professor Woodbridge
Metcalf, extension specialist in for
estry, who will demonstrate meth
eds of treating fence posts.
During the afternoon the FLA
members will show fertiliza ton
trials on barley and alfalfa and
conduct visitors over the farm.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18

was the third straight day the
eighth air force had hit the target.
More than $50 Flying Fortresses
and Liberators bombed rail lines
in the corridor between the Allied
armies. The persistent bombing of
transport facilities in that area
was aimed at disrupting the flight
of the Nazis into the Bavarian Alps.
RAF Lancasters attacked railway
yards at Cham, 70 miles southeast
of Nuremberg and 10 miles from the
Czechoslovak border, before dawn in
direct support of the American Sew
enth Army.
British Mosquitoes attacked an air
field in Ingolstadt, south of Nuern-
berg and Electives in Berlin during
the night.
Allied planes destroyed 401 Ger
man aircraft on the ground and 80
in the air yesterday. A total OF
1OlS was destroyed Monday. Since
April l, the Allies have destroyed
400 German planes.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
WOMEN AT SAN FRANCISCO
christian Science Monitor)

(ChriStian Science Monitor)
The time is coming when the appoint
ment of women as delegates to great con-
ferences will no longer be news. In 1915
it is still news-but good news; and the
presence of at least eight women at San
Francisco will not pass without favorable
comment.
Those who feel that women's interests
need more representation in political at
fairs, national and international, may
we'll consider San Francisco as one more
triumph for their point of view. But
they may also note that the role of Wo-
men in conferences often transcends a
mere representation of womens ideas as
contrasted with those of men. Funda-
mentally there is no such division in out
look
In other words, women delegates go
to conferences with much the same IN
tellectual equipment as men take with
them. They often are as eXpert-and
SOMETIMES more so-on questions of
boundaries, political organization, econ
omic problems, as their male colleagues
And they talk the same language, though
sometimes so straight to the point as to
make it sound momentarily foreign to
the stuffier sections of the masculinity.
The women going to San Francisco are
all distinguished, not caue their
achievements are remarkable for wo-
men, but simply because they are re-
markable. These delegates go as public
leaders, not representing special in
terest of their sex, but fortunately TAX
ing with them the special mental quail
fications and qualities of their sex which
can add clarity and charity to the dis
.uSSionS
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
Mitchell Hospital
Wins Praise From
inspection Chief

MTG HE'LL CONVALESCENT
HOSPITAL, CAMPO, Calf, April
18-High praise for Mitchell Con-
valescent hospitals care and train
ing of returned casualties was given
by Mai. Gen. Howard NJ. C. Snyder
assistant inspector general, Wash
ington, who with party of seven
officers, yieited the installation
Tuesday.
After a tour of the occupational
theraphy and arts and crafts shops
he told Gel. Joseph E. Campbell
Mitchell commanding officer, that
this program was the most complete
of any he had seen at any GONZALES
cent hospital on this trip. He also
praised the hospitals location and
climate as particularly favorable to
helping restore battle casualties to
health.
The party is On nationwide tour
of picked army service forces and
army air forces general, convalescent
and regional hospitals, and hospi-
tails at ports Of embarkatiCn and
debarkation, making a study fer the
secretary CT war OF utilization of fa-
cilities and personnel and type of
care given patients, especially COM
bat ieturnees.
In the party, all from Washing
ton, were Col H. @. Lane, Inspec-
ter Generals Department; Col. Will
liam P. Ho.brook, NC, AAF, Rep
resenting the Air Surgeon; 1t. Col.
James j. Callahan, Orthopedic Con-
sultant, 4th Service Command, rep
resenting Surgeon Generals Office,
Wa hington; 1t. Col. C. A Dixon,
General Staff Corps, representing
CA Training; 1t. Col j. D. Nc
! Carthy. IGD, assistant tc General
Snyder; Maj. Kenneth w. Taber,
IGD. and Warrant Officer T. C.
Mellow, IGD.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
Reich Notables
Fall Prisoners

LONDON, April 18. tUP)-The
roster of big name Germans in Al
lied hands begins reading like a
Who's Who of the Imperial Reich
and included a mounting array of
topflight NaziS.
Now on the roll we're Empress
Hermine, widow of Kaiser Wilhelm
of World War I notoriety; Marshal
August Won Mackensen, 59year old
German army commander in that
war; Prince August Wilhelm of
Prussia, son of the Kaiser; and DR..
Manfred Zapp, chief Nazi propa-
gandist in the United States from
1886 to 1941.
They joined a company already
inclu'ing Baron Franz Won Papen,
ace diplomat and troubleshooter for
the Nazi regime.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE WOULD
FIX BEAUTY PARLOR PRICES

SACRAMENTO, April 13. up
The assembly public health commit
tee Wednesday recommended pas
sage of legislation for establishing
minimum beauty parlor prices.
Membership on the state board of
cosmetology would be reduced from
five to three, with the three men,
bers required to devote full time to
the board
The board would be authorized to
survey existing conditions in the
cosmetology industry, and adopt and
enforce a scale of minimum prices,
according to Thomas Doyle. Cd,
Los Angeles, author of the bill.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-18
WAR PRISONERS
{ San Diego Union)

lSdn Dl6SO OHlOllt
One of the handicaps encountered in
any discussion of the treatment of war
prisoners by this country and by the
Nazis lies in the fact that the United
States is a signatory to the Geneva con-
ject, while the Germans are not. Our
own policies, both as humane people
and a nation bound by the terms of the
convention, have been those of fairness
and decency. They have been based
largely on the principle of doing as we
would be done by. On the contrary, the
Nazis have been guilty of the most in
human treatment of captured Americans,
ranging all the way from execution of
captured alrmen to starvation and eX
posure of thousands of prisoners to the
point of death.
1t is human and natural for our citi-
zens to call for retaliation and demand
the same treatment for German prison.
erS as that accorded American prisoners
in Germany. Such retaliation does not
accord with the character of the Am
erican people. 1t would impossible, even
if we so desired, to find Americans who
would undertake the task of numbering,
torturing or otherwise brutally treating
German prisoners who are at our mercy.
if we so desired, to find Americans who
American prison camp officials and
guards to adopt a program of deliberate
starvation or malnutrition. 1t Just isn't
in our nature.
1t is an unfortunate and tragic fact
that we are dealing with a savage, heart
less foe. But We should gain nothing
for ourselves by sinking to the Nazi level
in dealing with war prisoners, and no
retaliation could undo the death and suf-
fering of our own soldiers at German
hands. We have always been scrupulous
in observing our international pledges.
Bitter though we may feel, we must abide
by our word and set the world an ex
ample of national decency and integrity.