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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-15

NCOnLlnueu IEOn FhBe II roses on 1t, is two floors up in the labor committee room. It was es- tablished in a hurry by the ladies of the Consumers Council to prove that Bowles and Co., are the saviors of the nation.
 Closes Eyes to Pick
 You shuts your eyes and you takes your pick. I mean I do. l don't know about the Congressmen on the committee of Rep. Howard w. Smith of Virginia. They've look ed over the stocks of the rival storekeeperS and they're not talk ing. I don't blame 'efn.
 Let us be gallant and consider first the ladies, such as Mrs. W. J. Mara of Newport, Ky, and two blue feathers on her hat to match the gleam in her eyes. She brought two house dresses, OPA price $5.40 each, to prove that you still can buy such things at a reasonable price.
 There must have been 150 ladies on hand, mostly from New York and, mostly wearing banners across their bosoms, saying: Stop inflat- ion" Their tables of shoes, cooking pots, corn flakes, night gowns, and baby clothes all carried signs say ing that such things cost no more today than they did before the war.
 Thank God for the OPA," said Mrs. Jeannette Turner, secretary of the New York ladies,
 Now let us go two floors down.
 ''The OPA is going to make us go naked" said Robert A. Seidel, standing in the middle of the dry goods merchants drygoods. Right today fat ladies in general are out of luck. Why? Because of the OPA."
 Seidel, vice-president of a chain of department stores catering to ladies on the plump side, came down from New York to open the display for Congressional viewing. It is stocked with clothes for ladies and gents, dresses, suits, handker- chiefs, shirts, pants and panties. The place smells of starch and fresh cotton as in any drygoods store.
 Seidels exhibits show a fine pair of pink panties, for instance, which used to sell for $2250 a dozen, wholesale. The maker went out of business, the sign said, because he couldn't produce 'em at that price So another maker (another sign said) set himself up in the pantie business and got an OPA ceiling of $39 a dozen for poor quality white panties decorated with second-rate lace.
 And so on, throughout everything SeidePs department store. AS for the fat ladies he asked how can you expect dress manufacturer to make size 42 frocks when he can get the same money for size 34? His company even imported cloth from Mexico and lost money on it, trying to clothe the portly ones. The CPA. he said, is to blame.
 AS for the Congressmen, poor de- wills, they're not smiling. They've got to decide which one of these department stores is giving 'em the business. They can't both be right and if you'll excuse me now I'm going to hide out in my private cave.
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Continued from Page D ted Japanese diplomatic messages were released ns the Congressional committee began public hearings. The pamphlet covered messages be- tween the Japanese government and its diplomats in Washington and throughout the world from July l, 194l, to Dec. 8, l941.
 Report on Negotiations
 There were voluminous reports on diplomatic negotiations between Tokyo and Washington. These led almost up to the moment when Japanese diplomats were meeting with former Secretary of State Cor dell Hull while Japanese planes rained bombs on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor.
 The messages left no doubt that the Japanese government was ready to 30 to war if necessary to carry out its program of Asiatic expan- sion. They showed that the Nazi government of Germany was being kept informed of the situation as to Jap-Russian developments.
 For example, there was an ur- gent message from Tokyo to Berlin on Dec. 6, 1941, discussing Amer lean supplies to Russia, which was at war against Germany, and what would happen in the event that Eve (the JapaneSe) start our war with the United States
 Ready to Seize Ships
 The Tokyo-Berlin message stressed that Japan would like to avoid any situation likely to result in an armed clash with Soviet Russia until stra- tegic circumstances permit it." Il said the American materials being shipped to Russia through Japanese waters were neither of high quality nor of large quantity.
 But, the message added:
 Tn case we start our war with the United States we will capture all American ships destined for So- viet Russia"
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Continued from Page D
 T do not come here as any rep resentative of the War department"
 Remarking that he held certain and definite views based on my experience as commander in the field" Eisenhower added that he considered the question of universal training national problem and mot political in any sense" He told the Military Affairs com mittee that such astounding ad- vances" in the science of destruc- ton as the atomic bomb and elec- tronic warfare will make 1t impos- sible for the United States to pre- pare for World War III after the fact.
 If war comes to us again." he said, the fact seems unacceptable that we will not have time to train units before we are faced with the final issue of defeat or victory.
 Americans Challenged
 Eisenhower said he was sure mo true American would be willing to take on his own shoulders the awful responsibility for actively prohibit ing all training and thus leaving our country defenseless and naked before future enemy armed with weapons of today
 The proposed bill calls for one year of military training for all able bodied youth starting at IS or upon graduation from high school, whichever is later.
 Tn this connection, Eisenhower said the nations fate in a future war will depend on its younger men
 They are more readily adaptable to combat conditions and possess more vigor and dash," he said. Certainly, the technical services must comprehend high proportion of younger man wtlo are capable Of mastering tbe radically new tech- nique of future warfare.'
 Sacrifices Criminal
 The alternative to universal mill tary training, Eisenhower said, is the "r' minal sacrifice of untrained young men, or calling on unfair
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Limb Makers Are Indicted
Continued from Page D

to make better product.
 Explains Drawbacks
 The indictment charged that the Association of Limb Manufacturers of America and the manufacturers agreed to fix minimum prices for sales to the public and to give iden- tical and non-competitive prices on bids submitted to the U. s. Vet erans Administration and state agencies.
 IL was also agreed. the indictment said, that suppliers of parts for art ificial limbs would refuse to sell to government agencies, charitable in- stitutions or any institutions which supplied artificial limbs to amputees free of charge.
 Wendell Berge, assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust pros cautions, said artificial limbs are worn by about 900, 900 persons in the United States, including "a substan- tial number" of war veterans.
 Hanger Indicted
 According to the indictment, the industry's total annual sales volume is about $10,000,00O divided among about 250 limb manufacturers whose output ranges from 15 to 1,500 limbs year
 The indictment named the Asso- citation of Limb Manufacturers of America and it's president, Chester c. Haddan.
 Haddan is also president of the Gaines Orthopedic Appliances, Inc, Denver, Colo.
 Other major defendants included Hugh H. Hanger, owner of the J. E. Hanger Co.,, Philadelphia, with branches in Boston, Atlanta, Ga, Chicago, Washington, D. o.; Birm- ingham, Ala; Indianapolis, Ind, St. Louis, Mo-; Pittsburgh, Dallas, and Richmond, Va.
 The Hanger company is the larg- est supplier of artificial limbs and parts in the country. Mccarthy Hanger, president of the J. E. Hang CT, Inc, of Missouri, also was in- dividually charged.
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hue we don't know or claim to. All we know-if you must be technical lis that apparently one of the sev- en planets of the Ptolemaic system was absent-meaning the sun.
 Apparently too (and now we real ly are showing ofD Its horizontal parallex of 880 must have been re- duced to 195 or some such for 8.80 is supposed to be the normal some thing or other and Lord knows few things have been normal since about last Thursday.
 Anyway something went out of Whack
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proportions of older men who have already done their duty"
 Eisenhower prefaced his testi- mony with the statement that he appeared before the committee as citizen and soldier" He said his command in Europe had given him peculiar opportunity" to study the greatest effort ever made by our izen-soldiery.'
 T do not" Eisenhower said, "see how we can escape the memorable logic of the fact that if we are to attain and maintain peace we must have trained reserve of citizens in being.
 This means that we must train them in peacetime."
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(Continued from Page D your best friends tell you? Well, don't worry. It can all be chalked up to the weather.
 Today a certain zany, fey and loose sort of cheerfulness was notice able among the citi0enry. There was ample reason, too, for they crowded together in five by five spots of sunlight. The only ones who weren't affected were the old die-hards who pride themselves on their iron will powers which can't be affected by the weather-or even baby's smile for that matter.
 What happened the past week to bring on that drizzle and murky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-15

The more than 5000 officers and men aboard one of the Navys lar gest aircraft carriers wear out 100 pairs of shoes each week reports Ships magazine. On the ship is completely equipped cobbler's shop to repair them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-15

It is predicted that fine precision watches of tomorrow will have tiny anti-friction steel bearings replac- ing the conventional quartz type jewels to provide greater resistance to shock and vibration.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26

1905 I worked In the Post Once
in Sarasota, Fla, during summer
vacations. I worked at the general
delivery window, and the criminals
the Government wanted most at
that time were the d'Autremont
brothers.
Five times in one summer spotted
Hugh d'Autremont, and alerted the
postmaster, to whom I had promised
half the reward when I nailed Hugh.
Each time the postmaster, gun on
hip, charged into the lobby. The
first Hugh" we nabbed was a
prominent dentist. A week later we
collared a real estate salesman.
When we put the handouts on the
Baptist minister, there was a slight
bit of trouble, and I spent the rest
of the summer behind the counter Of
a grocery store.
Years later I had a letter from
Hugh d'Autremont. He was editor
of prison newspaper and wanted
"a contribution from me. 1t made
me so mad to think that Hugh was
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l1571s pounds fif he isn't on diet)
looks at you with blue eyes tif he
hasn't dyed theml, has large thick
lips Cif he hasn't trimmed them)
and at times wears a small waxed
mustache (if he hasn't let 1t grow
and unwaxed IT'D. He Is sometimes
known as Arthur George Thurman,
just plain George Thurman and
George Miller. The poster also says
that he probably will be selling
securities, oil royalties or cemetery
lots.
I'm a haunted man now. Every
body I see looks as II he might be
Emmett Ritke, and II not Emmett
Ritke he might be Lou Bjorness,
who is inclined to absconding, out
door sports and who was last seen
in 1910 driving a green, four-door
sedan. There are pretty substan-
tial rewards for the apprehension
Of these men, but I'll be satisfied
to get either one of them, though
both would be nicer.
Taps Man on Shoulder.
The other day while standing in
line. man right in front of me
turned his profile and, quickly COM
pairing it with the profile Of Ritke,
I thought I had my man. tapped
him on the shoulder and said:
II am interested in buying some
securities, some oil royalties and a
couple of dozen cemetery lots"
I watched for his reactions. I got
1t.
Aren't you that McLen1ore fellow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. How large is Japan's largest
submarine?-R. S. L.
A. During the war the japanese
used a submarine which United
States naval officers have termed
the largest in the world. It is the
1-400, vessel of $500 tons which
has cruising range of $4,000 miles
and carries crew of 81 officers and
160 men.
@. How long did it take to build
the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris?
F. w. F.
A. 1t was begun in 1853 and COM
pleted in 1904. The spires which
were originally to have surmounted
the twin towers were never added.
@. What is the population of the
Texas town which recently was
named in honor of President Tru-
man?-F r. N.
A. Truman, Tex. formerly Mes
quite Tap, has population of 200.
The new name was adopted on No
vember 81, 1945, making this the
first town in the country to be
named for President Truman.
@. Was Governors Island in
New York Harbor bought from the
Indians?-D. OF.
A. In 1887 the island was pur-
chased from the Indians for $1.65 by
Wouter Van Twil1er, Governor of
New Netherland, and his council.
@. Why do wine bottles have
raised bottoms?-L. L.
A. The purpose of the raised bot
tom is to allow the. sediment to
settle in such a. way that the wine
can be decanted without disturbing
1t. This type of bottle probably
originated in France.
@. What will be done with the
armed guard now that the war is
over?-J. H. K.
A. Armed guard personnel are
being assigned to other duties or
discharged if they have sufficient
points.
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who writes q column" he asked.
nodded. You're Just as nuts as
! thought you were," he said.
At that moment green four door
sedan drew up in front Of the post
office. I jumped nimbly out of line
and beat 1t to the street. An elderly
woman was behind the wheel.
poked my head in the window and
asked:
you aren't Lou Bjorness in wom-
ans clothing by any chance, are
your"
I was still quizzing her about her
interest in outdoor sports and in
quiring whether she had owned this
same car in 1910 when the gentle
man I had spoken to in the line
came out and got In the car.
Mother, don't speak to that man.
He's that crazy newspapernan," he
said. They drove away.
Ritke and Bjorness will bother
me for week or two until their
faces fade from my memory and
quit being an amateur FBI man.
Interest Not New.
This streak of interest in criminals
is not new. Back in the middle
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careful study and a final, end.of.
season vote.
The men who make up this ALL
American team, named and pic
tured in this weeks Post, are the
real who's who" among the ma.
tons players, as selected by the
who's who" among the men best
qualified to Judge.
Again the Post pioneers in a
sports venture of interest to mil.
lions of fans. Don't miss the Amer
lean Football Coaches Association,
1915 All-American Team in this
weeks Saturday Evening Post.
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The Great ameof Politics
Recovery of Financial Equilibrium
Held Major Test for Postwar u. S.

saving can be anticipated from the
reorganization bill. which he had
just signed, asserting that substan-
tial reduction In Government costs
can only come from reductions in
the Government programs them
selves.
Leadership Is Needed.
AS the new year approaches 1t
becomes clearer than before that
we have not developed yet in the
White House, in the Treasury or in
Congress the kind of financial lead
ership for which the situation so
loudly calls.
The President. his Secretary of
the Treasury. Mr.. Vinson, and the
heads of the financial committees
in Congress all agree about the
horrors of imitation and the urgency
OF economy and budget balancing.
Yet not one has struck service
able blow for the imitation
cause
Early in January, Mr.. Truman
must present his budget for the
new fiscal year. This will reveal
to the country how deeply in earnest
are his efforts to guard against
what everybody, including himself,
comedies to be the greatest national
peril. Better than anything else,
this budget will disclose what kind
OF President he is. But this, too,
must be said-no matter how sin
cere he proves himself in this, his
first fiscal message, he cannot do
very much unless Congress follows
along.
The point is made that Congress
will follow along If the President
puts up real fight-because If his
fight is real and not phony he will
have public support that Congress
cannot resist.
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THE TRAGEDY OF GREECE. Locked hopelessIy In
deadly civil war, Communists fight Royalists and
Greece lives in fear hotreds, terrorism. EuRoPE'S
MOST FRIGHTENED COUNTRY by Ernest Q. Havssr.
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the criminals pictures, I got to
know every one of them.
Take Emmett Ritke, for example.
l know exactly how he looks. He is
Al years of age, stands 5 feet TIA
inches, has dark brown hair, a me-
dunn dark complexion, weighs
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descriptions OF
t he criminals
who are wanted
by the Govern
ment. But ]
never complete
ly succeed. Out
Of the corner Of
my eye I always
m a n a g e to
memoriZe one of
the faces, and
during the week
before Christ
m as. when I
stood in line
every day, cheek
by jowl with
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them now. Why
Q h o uld they?
Since 1882, thou
sands of econo-
m / S t S, editorial
writers, p u b II C
officials, political
candidates a n d
private citizens
have pointed out
t h e d a n G e r S,
dwelt upon the
disastrous effects
and besought US
to stop before 1t
was too late.
In our time, the
yoto Ero,,Elir n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26

Here, at last, is the All.American
football team selected by the men
best qualified to judge-the foot.
ball coaches Of the nation.
It's the first time in the history
of college football that any publ
cation has been privileged to an
nounce selection from the top
authorities in the game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-26
BY Frank X. Kent

In the last Is years, so many dire
warnings of imitation have been
issued that it is not surprising people
generally pay very little attention to
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Mclennore
Hunt for Criminals
Often Goes Astruy
By Henry McLemore

Whenever I go to the post office
I do my level best to walk right
out without stopping to study the
posters displaying the pictures and
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to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact By writing The Evening
NE. Washington Q, d. C, Please in
close cents for return postage.
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was the meanest thing could think
of to do.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc,
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behind the bars, without my getting
the reward, that I sent him con-
tribution for his newspaper which
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MILITARY SETBAcKS. political intrigue and
notorious assassination were some Of the things
that troubled General Ike ond the Allied Hiah
Command during The early days Of The African,
compoisn. MY THREE YEARS WITH ElsENHo lower,
BY cops Harry {. Butcher, USNR. 4
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at the Baptist church at IL a. m.
Everybody is invited to attend.
Notice: Anyone having scrap pa
per is asked to leave the same on
the porch of the Legion Hall, north
of the public library. This will be
taken to Libby on Saturday. Your
cooperation will be appreciated.
Beatrice Clark, daughter of DIR.
c. A. Clark, had the misfortune to
break the fourth finger on her left
hand while playing volley ball with
a basketball Saturday in her yard.
Mrs. w. S. Gibbons and son Jim
went to Spokane Friday to spend
the weekend with her son John
Gibbons, H. A. 2/c at Farragut Mrs.
Gibbons will 60 on to Seattle to
visit her sister, and Jim will return
home.
T/Sgt. and Mrs. ]. E. Bergseiker
and son, Theodore James, left April
"a for Spokane Mrs Bergsieker is
the former Enid Buhmiller.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. N. Dais and two
sons of Butte spent the weekend
with Mr.. Dais's sister, Mrs. Burr
Alverson
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Mrs. John Cook IL paying m ex-
tended visit with her mother, Mrs.
ed Kelley M Cook works At the
air base in Great Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Brown re-
turned from Canistota, S. D., where
he received medical treatment. On
the way they visited their daughter.
Regular meeting of the Guild was
held Friday afternoon at the home
OF Mrs. George McGlenn. Delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess, Mrs. MoGlenn. Twelve
members were pre1knt. Devotionals
were led by Mrs. Hunsinger. Bus
mess meeting conducted by Mrs.
Marie Mosby. Since Mrs. Gibbons
was unable to be there, for the
program, Mrs. Culver read a paper
presenting the 81 points OF the Dunn
barton Oaks proposal which was
taken from the National Education
Journal. Discussion followed. In
closing, Mrs. Cora Waller offered
a prayer for World Peace and for
the success of the San Francisco
conference.
Turn to Page 81
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Eureka Nuggets
Mr.. and Mrs. Oak Knapp of Rex
ford and Winton Weydemeyer of
Fortlne attended the Red Cross
meeting Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Roe. Corene
and Virginia motored to Kalispell
Saturday.
Alfred Peltier was business Wis
itor IN kalispell Saturday.
Joe Militaire has sold his place in
East Eureka to Mrs. Manual Kautz-
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Militaire have
moved to Harlem.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zook spent Sunday
at their Glen Lake cabin, making It
ready for the season.
Mrs. C.. N. Voorhees, has been i'll
at her home for the past week. We
are happy to report that she is now
up and around and feeling much
better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Coombs and
Mrs. Marie Mosby were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Riley
Saturday.
Mrs Marie Mosby just received
letter from her son, A. j. Mosby
OF Missoula, Accredited Representa-
tive OF Radio, who is now in San
Francisco attending the Peace Con-
ference to report in behalf of Radio.
He writes about how impressive
the opening of the conference was,
and that he sat among reporters
from all over the world His letter
was stamped with the new Toward
United Nations stamp which was
recently issued in commemoration
OF the late President, Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
DR.. Clark will conclude his talk
on Science and Religion Sunday
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Track and Field Meet
Eureka Nav q

All arrangements are in order for
the annual Lincoln county track
and Field Meet to be held at Eu-
reka, Friday, May 4. The program
OF the day starts at $50 a. m, with
the contestants Of Commercial SUBJ
jects competing for winning places
in Bookkeeping, Shorthand and
Tipping.
The Track and Field Meet will
get under way at 200 D. m. Fol
lowing the meet at $50 D. M, a
banquet is to be held at the Grange
hall. All winning contestants will
receive their ribbons while the cap
tains Of the winning teams will
receive the trophies at the banquet.
To make the day complete a
dance will be held at the high
school gym. The dance will be open
to the public.
Ralph Tate, principal Of the
Whitefish High school, will be the
official starter of the track meet
and the speaker at the banquet.
Supt. A. A. Wood of Libby will act
as POSTMASTER at the banquet.
Everything points to a good day
and with the Weatherman on our
side, the track meet will be a sue
cess.