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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
By Peter EdSOn

which Is the Jap-controllsd half Of the saknaiin Island That's practically through the heart or Japan:
 Coming from between these islands, they entered the Sea Of Japan and then into VladiVostok 1T any part of the sea can be said to be Jap-conroed tns route is through that part. But the Russian snips were neutral as far the JapS were concerned ana went through unmoested
 The Japs may have guessed what the cargo waS' but If they did they decided against rsking immed' ate Russian entry into the war by attacking the ships. ... i. still military secret. But the Big Three must think that the Russians are now well enough supplied to put up a continuing fight To what extent the oec- laration was all part of the first atomic bomb astack is matter of speculation, but whether by chance or by plan It's effect couldn't have been better
 Of course. 1t is hoped that Japan will surrender immediately but all this planning necessarily was based on the assumption that the NipS would fight t out to the end ,,
 There are sS miles of frontier across the jolntly- owned island of Soviet Sakhaiin and Japanese Kara. futo vast eXpanse of Soviet land touches Japsheld Manchuria on the north and northeast, while pen" inSula of Red territory dips southward along tne coast of the Sea Of Japan touching an eisht'milc strip at the northeastern tip of Japanese Korea The boundary in all Is about 2000 miles long.
 The sibera. .Manchuria boundary is marked TOT nearly all of it's course by great rivers. Vulnerapy close to these rivers is the vital ns-Sberian Rail- way all.important connecting link with VladivoStok
 Estimate of the number of Jap troops which could be thrown against the Russians ranges from lOOOOO0 to b000000. It must be remembered that in this re- mote, innerAsia region of deserts and nomads the Russians defeated the Japs in i0S0 in an undeclared border war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
Living With The Atom

It is already evident that Americans are not going to be scared to death by the atomic bomb and by the way The Democrat starts page series Of IS articles entitled, "The Story of the Atom Maybe we ought to be sitting in angushed uneasness this earth which nas suddenly become powder keg Maybe should shudder at the thought that good which may come from the controlled creation of atomic son remove the threat of destruction than dealt the Japs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
 But Americans, by and large, are taking the atomic Age in their stride We to be accepting we ac- cpted Coueism echnocracy nah ong Mae West and the Donne qunupetS We are beginning to make jokes about 1t and exploit its commercial possibilities Puns are putting in appearance-punS of such nature as to make any hefrespecting eectron break loose from It's orbit and run for cover up and atom Eve the first Ato-smasher and so on, to the point where one has atomic ache.
 The atom will inevitably appear in popular song, 1t hasn't already Equally inevitable will be lot Of pictures C bathing beauties pp girls and other cury creatures captoned Anaomc BombS At least cafe has brought out the Atomic Bomb Cocktail price 75 cens and positive ly only one to @ customer
 The sober fact that atomic bomb is than suf- cen for 60000 customers Is beside the point For today the atom bomb Is catchword well terrifying myS- fyng result of mans wisdom It has caught the public fancy and so long as holds that fancy It will help sell merchandise from cocktails to adventure stories
 So what? It isn't that Americans even the pur1SerS and the promoters don't realize that the harnessng of atomic power no joke It isn't that completely r responsible and senSeess Rather 1t may be that we are showing realistic courage.
 The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the stiffest most sobering os that the world Of thinking men ever re- ceved Yet couple of weeks later Americans were ak ing jokes about It. And perhaps that is just as we'll
 Atomic power IS here to Stay for better or worse ana hes got to be lived with At It's worst is only another feat of death And live with that threat every day. as they have since the beginning of time.
 Men stand today on the threshold of what they nope W be better world To achieve t they need hope and courage aS well as wisdom And while wsecracks and pro- motion may not be the Ideal means of achieving those qua
 e they certainly preferable to utter Encouragement ena paralyzng fear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
THE HOTELS, TOO
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford Couran)
 Among the many suspicious changes to bre wrought on the home front by the wars end will be the return to prewar standards in the nations hotels Bulging as they have been since Pearl Harbor and before with service men and women, With travelling businessmen, Government officials, military bigWlgs and 0 multitude of other high-priorlty guests, the hotels have besn sorely beset to provide the most ineager service to the ordinary folk whom even reservations made well in ad- vance could not help, Plans the American Hotel Association has juSt announced for spending some S400 million replacing Wornpout equip" ment ana In making other improve. ments should, therefore, bring a smile of nostalgia Joy to the face of the prospective hotel-stayer,
 The agenda the hostelries have set for themselves include rehabili. tation and repair, remodeling, re- decoration and the adoption Of new service facilities to gladden. the hearts of travellers across the length and bdeadth of the land. Lohbies arc to be redesigned for greater ef- ficiency, coffee shops and lunch rooms added, new elevators and es- calatorS installed, and lighting !s to be improved. Hotel-wide air con- ditioning Anl installation of tele- viY!on setS in every room are plan- nea for the nlJ'3 diStanSt future.
 Hotels, when nave b:en conspic. uously Stafftd during the very years in which the occupancy rafe reached an unprecedented 9i per cent (some nal find 1t hard to be- lleVe the figure woS not l0l per cenD, except now to be able to re- cruit much -needed additional help. While occupancy is expected to corl- tinue high for many months more, the weary traveller will henceforth have 6 much better chance Of Sleep- Ing in 2 room rather than on a park bench. Ana at least as satisfying as oil the physical Improvements that will pc made for his comfort, pre- sumably, will be the changed atti- tude of the hotel employees. once again, the quest may find that It IS he who is always right,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

When 1t was decided Russia would fight Japan U. S. officials agreed the Reds would need more fighting equipment Deploying it over the vast rug. eed reaches of Russia from the distant western front for use against the Japs would be tough job. The quickest way would be to ship 1t from the West Coast of America directly across the Pacific to Russia This had It's many complications, too but here's how 1t was accomplished:
 For months almost ali available Russian ships have been arriving at Seattle and other West Coast ports They've been loaded with all kinds of war ma" terai and then sailed in almost a straight line 420O miiesto Vladvostok This port is the best place to unload for strategic distribution to equip and pre- pare Russian troops for the job ahead.
 The route the ships took is the amazing part of the whole plan They boldly sailed between Hokkaido upper island of the Jap home group, and Karafuto
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
European Censorship ByBu Cunningham

pected as the following: Tn Frankfurt on Main tho Colonel in charge of tho German gold and loot we have stored in the cellar of tho battered Rechss bank there, told of General Pattons terror at fnd' ing oil that treasure in that salt mine He said Patton was more frightened of tho money than no had @ 6een Eisenhower on the telephone and pleaded for some' body to come and play banker proten1. Ho didn't know much about gold, he said but 1t looked as If he'd captured al the gold in the world He needed his men for fighting, he didn't want such financial responsibility and for Gods sake couldn't they send somebody on the hot footp
 wrote that, and tried 10 make 1t humorous. which was the sense of the CoonelS description oI the event. He was explaining how Gen. Eisennower detailed him to go down and take the loot OH Pat. tons hands and how he'd had the responsibility Of 1t since. And quoted the Colonel and had him quoting the famed Two-0unner, and then went of somewhere for a long ride in . jeep. When got back, the censors had been looking all over for me-" the sergeant said The story hadn't been sent. It seemed that there was regulation to the effect that one mustn't quote general
 man lifting . strand of spaghetti from new Eed necktie with his wife's eyebrow tweezerS The regu- ationS were thus satisfied and the story moved.
 President Trumans smack at the French preas followed very shortly my report to the effect tnat there seems to be definite % Ssper , r m s sssr1tv to the needy Of that nation. There have been otner echo's of that widely circulated French newspaper lie to the effect that are burning our surplus food and supplies as we pull out over there. My story told how this had all been laid before Arnbassador Caffrey He must have passed it on to the President
 And from Hamburg, and my interview with Max scheling was able to report how he had petitoned thA British to let him 90 into the schoobook pubsh- Ing business. The schools were ready to reopen Dlit there were no books. The NaM primers had all been destroyed Now we hear that 6chmeling got his wish, and that hell head the schoobook business ct least in the British zone. N.
 schmeling looked and talked all right to me, but whoeverS handling 1t, should Do informed that he always was shrewd customer. and almighty hot for the dollar Whatever his sincerity he's hit upon practically the only way German can set ID new business. The war cleaned out the young nen we sports writers used to call The Black uhlan Of the Rhine" but t didn't take him long to figure out new start. He may De typical Of the naticn.
 (Distflbuted by United Feature Syndicate, xnc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
"We Shall Not Forget Pearl Harbor!"

These words of President Truman In announcing the formal surrender of Japan should be engraved in the hearts and minds of all Americans and the people of the world For as the President added-"No victory alone can bring to those whom death in this has hurt by taking loved cnes the faces they onged to Only the knowledge that the victory which these sacrifices have made possible sponsbity-ours the iving-o see to 1t that this victory shall be monument worthy of the dead who died to win it."
 Renewed consecraton of the principles of freedom and liberty with which accepted the enemys challenge at Pearl Harbor Is imperative for the years ahead we are to support the intrinsic of the Presidents words
 Unwarranted abuse of power and might by those pos sessng these physical assets must be shacked by the com mon purpose of mankind to rise up and decla such a- htons openly avowed criminal should be the greedy powerful cartes devised only for selfish dsproportonate profit Openly scorned immoral should be the weak, u- atruistic rationalzatons of statesmen.
 An honest world; an open world; a peaceful world These the only true monuments to the dead who have again given this opportunity to lift our heads without shame and to strive to mold life respectful of the dignity of mankind Any subordinate goal will prove but shabby mockery.
 we Must Not Forget Pearl Harbor"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
Views Of The Press

by the boards findings. On certi- flcation from the department, how ever, 1t will also hear and pass on controversies which might interrupt work supplying the military or in- terfere with effective transition to @ peacetime economy and whose disputants refuse the commitment cited. This Is Q far cry from the boards present procedure of order- ing disputants before 1t willy-nilly and of employing economic sanc- tions-such as the termination of priorlties and plant seizure-to en- fore its decreeS.
 The very wholesome object of the chage Is to encourage direct ne- gotiations between management and men and a return to normal col- lective bargaining. A collateral ob- ject IS to strengthen the role of the Labor Departments conciliation service in the settlement of dis. utes, in contrast with the more-or- less iron hand of the W. L. B. The step follows consistently the Presl- dents recent announcement on wage policy, authorizing the board to release voluntary wage agree- ments from the necessity of it's ap- proval, provided they do not re- quire c rise in prices.
 Meanwhile, the resident has cail- cd q labor management conference for next month to draw up Q char ter to guide industrial relations in the future. Assuming It's success he intends then, according to report, to liquidate the War Board Board and much, if not the whole syS- tenn, of war-tirne control of indus trial relations. His is c sensible ap- proach to restoring normality in this field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04


 Meanwhile many Congressmen have become con- vinced that Army brass hats haven't been playing fair with them regarding discharge figures. And junior officers who do the statistical work will tell you privately that this is true Army chiefs have been giving figures to Congress which completely off, base.
 For instance: Last June the Army told Congress that there were only l60000 men aged SS to So in the Army. This low figure was given to quiet the Congressional demand that men of this age be re- leased The Army claimed that Congress was being stampeded by a lobby of only a small number of men.
 But in August, the Army turned around and an. nounced that there were 300000 men aged Ss and Ss Congressmen point out that le0O00 doesn't equal 300 900 in any arithmetic book. And the number couldn't have increased between June and August because men over 30 were not being drafted
 
 Example No. 2-After the German war ended the Army announced It's s5-point system ana tne plan to discharge l,3s8,000 men under It. But now they have turned around and admitted to Congress- men that there are less than 50o0Oo men With 50 points in all war theaters Including the Us'A'
 
 Again Congressmen point out that 1,3Ss,O00 doesn't equal b00O00 and they suspect that the Army gave out the higher figure last May with no real intention of living up to It.
 Certainly the Army made no effort to reduce the sb-pont score between VE day and V-J day, despite its promise to do so. That promise was announced officially and publicly but apparently 1t was never meant For, on Aug. 2, Chief of Staff Gen. Marshall held press conference in which he stated most ems phatcay that the point score would remain "as is" and there would be no lowering 1t.
 Marshalls press conference was held just after the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, after peace feelers already had been received from Japan, and one day before Russia came into the war-Marshall knowing In advance that she was coming in. Yet the chief of staff spent at least half his press conference telling why the Army must keep 100000 men and denouncng Congress for wanting to have less
 Suggestion to the War Department
 Why not arrange system of furloughs for men marking time in U. S. camps, so they can go home
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

Cunningham brought back any startling rev- citations nor that I'm loaded with any Nov It Can Be Told" thrillerS, but even writing daily 1t was impossible to set down all saw and heard and cog itated We were still operating under censorship supposedly broad censorship but still censorship. haven't had time to go through all sent, what with trips to the doctor and all but as nearly as can see, they cracked down on me twice
 The connection with contemporaneous events was that the Germans didn't seem to be interested in our printing press marks, but were eager to trade anything from Leicas to love for butter bread choco late, or practically anything else to eat. Thus-not the officersbut the conglomeration of foreign free leaders who professed to be neWspapermen and woin' en, who by some weird and thoroughly unSanitary arrangement had managed to get themselves ace credited aS "U. S. War Correspondents" and thus were living high and free at the expense of the U S. taxpayer, were racketeerihg the victuals you were doing without in order that 1t might 90 to our men overseaS." I said ali that ought to be stopped by Congressional investigation, if necessary Well, 1t was stopped-but so was that part of the story.
 Officially, all censorship went off shortly before arrived, except for anything concerning secret weapons, the movement of troops in the occupation zones or toward Japan, anything of military or naval nature that could possibly give aid or comfort to the enemy"-lneaning by then the Japanese That left description, and economic and even political co- ment free although the French were reported trying to crowd n for supervision of any political copy sent from France, and they seemed about to make t just about the time left, President Trunans rebuke possibly sprang from part Of that but more oE that particular point lAteg.
 But, for all this frecdom--anA t was freedom you occasionally ran up againss something ns unex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
CANADIAN SHOES
Boston Post)

American vacationists and touri- istS to Canada are buying up boots and shoes at 6 rate that alarms dealers in cities like Montreal and Toronto. If the volume of Amer. ican purchases keeps Up for an- other month they fear the Domin- ion will know the greatest footwear shortage of the war. Canada has always appreciated the American tourists dollar. Right now she iF learning that In wartime 1t Is not necessarily c too profitable dollar. Yet, even If she is pinched in some hard-to-get items in the months ahead, she'll find the in- Vestment worth while in the end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

our atom bomb they decide to get in on the kill"
 Stories that the Russians knew nothing of the atomic bomb strengthened this idea, But re- gardless of whether the Reds were in on the bomb secret, their dec" laration of war on Japan Is the climax of q plan carefully worked out by the Big Three since the defeat of dermany-maybe long CT. It combined to deal one of the most crushing sone-two punches La Alan hInAnnsi Al KaaaAnntA Mn nfn rn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

marking time, waiting for the brass hats to let them go home.
 The storm of protest is ter- rife. So mulch so that the l946 Congressional elections, in fact the reelection of President Tru- man, may be won or lost in the next few weeks-all hinging on one thing:
 "Was Gov. Dewey right in his charge that the Democrats want ed to keep men in the Army and Navy after the war?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

before the contest. It LOOKS ehby, but it's an art all it's own, but that latter Is only a passing pro. nouneement.
 It's the unofficial part I'm thinking of as l proceed to report that I'll be rapping fungoes here for few days, maybe for the rest of the week, before picking Up the regulation lumber and endeavoring really to bear down on what I encountered abroad,
 I don't mean to imply that I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

What happened to that square, meal stomaeh?"-From a drug com pany advertisement,
 MISSING l wonder If the day is coming back When fred potatoes In a heaping
 mound And tenderloin or sirloln made 0
 snack, With pie oi anything that could be
 found, With midnight coffee, ivory with
 cream, Perhaps a Texas onion on the side, All taken with no Seinolanee of Q
 dream To haunt YOU after you wort Satis-
 fled. With spleioSt connections seeming
 mild, The signals of distresS were never
 flown You had the happy stomach Of
 child; Bicard could neyet claim you for It's
 own. The porE, the veal, the piping cut
 of beef. And oil of their concomitants were
 friends, From whom you never had to seek
 relief
  From sunary bouts with horrif ying
 bends, The Sauare-meal stomachI An,
 what memorieSl A sweet companion, undemarding,
 leal. Where is 1t noTP And while you're
 at it, please Find out whatever happened to the
 nie9l.
 Civilian needs wIH absorb all the wool production. released. by the Army and Navy, according to the American Wool Council. Its q good thing. too; we were looking over our OVerworKcL supply of wool sucks with q wGAthgi eve the other day, and couldn't tell where the darn left off and the alarmed things started. The Department of Agriculture reports thai the potato picsire 1 changing from scarcity to surplus. THat was to be rSpetted when they started putFing the corn bee' back lrto corn bee; hash.
 A new stamp honorlng the United States Army will 90 on sale in Wash- lngton, September 2s. dI'S coming back into civilian life will be sorry 10 hear it will have three cents' in the corner, instead of Free" Little people like little people and It Is not surprising that M many of US are paVtIal to the unSung heroes of the war. At the same time, lt Is still joyous news to hear about the Jap prisons dlsgOrging SO many or the sung heroes.
 More thai. l,b00,000 cigarets and thousandS of cigars were stolen from an American ship in AuStral- ia'B Sid icy harbor c couple Of weeks ago, The thieves, Of course, used Q lighter for their plunder'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
TO RESTORE COLLECTOR
 BARGAINING
(New York Herald Tribune )

Another step has been taken in the gradual relInquishment of the War Labor Boards authority over industrial relations. By joint de- cision of MT. schwellenbach, secre- tary Labor, and Chairman Taylor of the W. L. B., the board, during the interval of three months or so before 1t goes out Of existence, will take jurIdiction automatically only of labor disputes in which both parties agree in advance to abide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
VIRGINIA IS UNHoRsED

Hollywood-samuel doldwyn, who previously had grounded Vera-El- len, flying enthusiast, while film- ing of his new RKO Radio comedy, 'T'he Kid from Brooklyn" goes on, now also has grounded Virginia Mayo Virginia is not Q flyer but is "currazy" amout rodeos, has been riding in one almost every week. end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
Coup

EDITORS NOTE: Peter EdsOn Is On vacation during which time, DOUGLAS LARSEN, NEA correspondent will write his column.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. Lone of the first man on- the -street reactions to RussaS declaration of war on JapaD was:
 "Yen as soon as we've got the Japs licked with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Sept d-Members of Congress returning to work today are simply swamped with CT. mail It has been pouring in-particularly from returned veterans in the UsA. who have been kept
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

You won't find "fungo" In the average dictionary but you'll see 1t at any baseball game If you get there early enough Fungo hitting is the fine art Of hatting nraetice flies to q team warming up Just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
Waterbury Of The Past
26.Years Ago

Liauor permits were being denied ag there arc enough wholesalers to meet the requirements of doc. toFS,"
 Prohibition was making work for the courts "in more ways than oilc,' declared . local judge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
15.Years Ago

4 report that Postal Savings had doubled was being made by the Post Ofiice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04
6.Years Ago

John J. Kearney was declaring that local factories were not co- operating in training men for "de- s0nge" work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

The East End Community Club was demanding action on c pros posed sym at Anderson School.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

More thai. l,b00,000 cigarets and thousands of cigars were stolen from an American ship in AuStral- iaB Sid d.ley harbor couple Of weeks ago, The thieves, of course, used A lighter for their plunder.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

4 record crowd was expected at Hamilton Park for Jack Albln and his orchestra.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-04

Little people like little people and It Is not surprising that M many oF US are partIal to thC unsung heroes of the war. At the same time, lt Is still joyous news to hear about the Jap prisons dIsgOrgIng 50 many Of the sung heroes.