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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Shirley Temple Fauors
 Good Mouies for Youth

of educational value if we'd only use them" But a certain clique" of movie producers, she said, will not make more elevating movies or more educational shorts of its own free will.
 However, If enough of us write urging it." she said, they will
 Somebody asked her how the movies and newspapers could build character if their ''chief interest is in making money" x
 Its true,'' she said. that the movies and the papers are busi- nesses but they can still do a lot. Everybody has to have a business. Newspapers have to live, too.2
 ''Is think. it's possible for regular movie showings to be both educa- tional and entertaining, and think more special films should be made for the schools, showing the lives of great men and wdmezlss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
8o0,OO0 Now Are Eligible For Release
 10000 Personnel
 Of Army Medical
 Corps to Return

Washington, Dec. 1-UPls More than 800,000 addi- tional Army personnel, in cluding nearly 40,000 members of the Medical Corps, became eligible for discharge today as Congressmen renewed their demands for an im- mediate end of the draft.
 The War Department last night announced new point scores which will let out 15,000 doctors, 5000 den- tists, 4,000 medical administrative corps officers, 800 physiotherapists 300 dieticians. $50 sanitary corps and 400 veterinary corps officers.
 At the same time previously an nounced cuts in critical scores, age and service requirements, effective today. made another 783,000 Army officers and enlisted men and women eligible for immediate dis charge.
 In Congress. meanwhile, Sen. Chapman Revercomb, R., W. Va, 8. member of the Senate Military Af- fairs committee, said voluntary en- listments were running so high that no further draft was needed. He said 81 ,094 men enlisted in the Army during the first half of No- vember alone, whereas President Truman had said it was necessary to draft only 50,000 men month ito prevent any interference with the return of veterans
 To Work on Father Bill
 c{1 ed by Sens. Walter F. George, D.. Ga, Robert A. Taft, R., Ohio, and Milton R. Young, R., N. L. He said his resolution to stop drafting fath- CTS would be taken up by his com- mittee Tuesday and after that the committee will consider a proposal to end the draft.
 The release of added doctors and dentists followed Congressional claims that the Army was hoarding medical men badly needed in civil- ian life.
 Critical point scores for doctors and dentists were lowered from 30 to 70. Those 48 years old or oyer and those who have served A months or more now are eligible for discharge.
 There were few exceptions. Plastic surgeons, eye, ear and nose specialists, orthopedic surgeons and internal medicine specialists still re- qliire 80 points and continuous service since Pearl Harbor to get out. Seventy points or 45 months service are required for gastro-en- terologists. cardiologists, urologists, dermatologists, anaethetists, psy- chiatristS, general surgeons, physical therapy officers, radiologists and pathologists
 The poins score for nurses was cut from 35 to 25 and the discharge age from 35 to 30 Nurses with two
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01


 ing and science students, teachers and research workers.
 The request was made in mezn- orandum to local boards from ra- tional draft headquarters. here. 1t was prepared by a reconversipn working committee headed by re- conversion Director John w. Suy- der.
 The purpose of the new deferment program, according to Selective Service. is ito develop fully the technical and scientific slills which have been acquired and to provide adequate teaching facilities for re- turning veterans who desire to re. sume their studies in these fields..
 To Put Men On Campus
 The committee pointed out that it is in the Hong range national in- terest" to have men with high tech- nical and scientific qualifications back on the campus.
 It was made clear in the memor@ andum that final decision on defer- ments will be left to the local boards. Selective Service said, however, that local boards 'sare re- queSted to give serious considera- ton" to the occupational deferment of draft registrants specified in tho letter.
 Two general classifications of groups will be eligible for deferment under the new plan:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Probers Seek. Coding Facts
 Committee Tokes
 Weekend Recess

Washington, Dec. I--(Up) TaH Pearl Harbor Investigating Com- mittee is determined to find tho reason for the delay in decoding and translating Japanese messages 4z1@ tercepted before the Dec. '. 1e41s sneak attack
 The committee took a weekend recess today but expects to return to the question when hearings re- sume Monday. Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles, who was head of Army 1u@ telligence at the time, will return f@ the witness chair.
 Evidence before the commit EHH shows that some Japanese neS* sages on ship movements and 1eS fense installations at Pearl HaxN8z were intercepted before the akz2e but not decoded and trarsiat&4 z.ss~ til days later
 Miles sought to explain z6iHN the delay to the eof1Azitt&&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Tender Tun1n,y? And Why Not!

Houston, Tex, Dec. 1 - (UP) - pretty 19-year-old Robbie Coleman today asked doctors not to operate to remove pieces of three double edge rusty razor blades she swal- lowed in a suicide attempt after she quarreled with her boy friend.
 She ate the blades, broken and sprinkled on biscuit, police said. X-rays showed the biscuit had been digested but sharp pieces of blades remain in the stomach.
 Miss Coleman was described as mot, suffering too severely, but has a tender abdomen"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Wilson Asks Auto Purts Be Produced
 Work Resumption
 Proposed to JAW;
 Negotiations On

Detroit, Dec. 1-(UP)-Partial re- sumption of General Motors oper- ations to provide parts for other car makers was up to the United Auto mobile Workers union tCIO) today.
 The management proposed such 2 work resumption and expressed hope that negotiations with the JAW might lead to an end Of the GM strike now in it's 11th day.
 In letter to R. J. Thomas, head of the powerful union, Corp. Pres. c. E. Wilson offered to reopen GM parts and accessories divisions to work exclusively on material for other auto manufacturers. A union reply today was indicated by a spokesman for Thomas.
 At the same time, Harry w. An- derson, GM vice-president, said the resuming of talks yesterday with
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Couple S0ap Their Mates

Carson City, Nev., Dec. - (UP) Two Ally, N. J., families the Fausts and the Preislers-were get ting intimately acquainted today after swapping mates, children and homes.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Faust and Mrs. Mary Preisler recently decided to divorce their respective husbands. Both came to Carson City, shared the same cottage, and were granted divorces by the same judge on the same day.
 Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Faust became Mrs. Preisler and Mrs. Preis- Ter became Mrs. Faust in a double wedding ceremony performed by Judge Clark J. Guild, who granted the two wives their divorces day
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Ammunition Dump Blast Kills Ttuo

Seoul, Korea, Dec. 1 - (UP) = Two persons one of them an Amer ican Army captain, were killed and more than 325 persons, including 26 Americans, were injured when a Japanese ammunition dump blew up at Kunson yesterday, it was an- nounced today.
 The dump was the second Jap anese installation to explode in this area within three weeks. Kunson is 100 miles south of Seoul Cause of the explosion was not determined immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
ATGT Cuts Phone Rate
 Long Distonee
 Lines Affected

Washington, Dec. l. tUP) The Federal Communications Commis- sion announced today rate reduc- tions for Interstate services of the American Telephone & Telegraph totaling more than $20,000.00O an- nually, effective Feb. l.
 Long distance telephone rates fates were reduced about 17,500, GOO and other services about $2,700, 900. The telepehone reductions affected two groups of long distance calls those under 40 miles and those be- tween $40 and 2,140 miles. Walter s. Clifford, president of AT8zT, said the reductions were made possible by ending of pay ments to the company's employ ment stahilization fund. Earnings from long distance calls have been high he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Father Offers Aid In Sons Search

Chelsea, Mass, Dec. -1-(UP)- The sailor father of Kidnapped Rom ald Carlan-MM Sc James J. Car lan-offered to aid police today in the search for his six-month-old son whom he, has mayer seen.
 Arriving home son an emergency leave from his Oakland, Cal, sta ton last night, Carlan greeted his distraught wife, Mary, B, who had appealed to the Red Cross for her husbands leave shortly after the baby was stolen from his carriage while sun-hathing Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
British Arrest
 Ruhr Big1Uhigs

British Headquarters, Iserlohn, Ruhr, Dec. - (UP) - British Field Security attachments arrest ed 60 to TO directors of the Ruhr steel. industry in sudden raids on their homes early today.
 The arrested men were members Of one of the biggest armament car- tels in Europe including the Krupps.
 The arersts followed British action of three weeks ago when Hugo Stin- nes and other top officials in the German coal industry were arrested.
 Officials said the action was part of the policy of the Control com mission under the Potsdam Declara- tion that German militarism and Nazism must be wholly destroyed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Stote,City Roads Open
 Motor Mishops
 Limited in Area

State highways and all main city streets were reported open to traffic today following one of the worst storms to hit the city at this time of year. Some of the rural roads and out-of-the-way city streets were still in the process of digging out"
 High winds and predicted snow flurries were expected to hamper somewhat the clearing and opening of some streets today; but it was ex- pected that all facilities would be running on normal schedule by the beginning of the week.
 Police reported that careful driv- ing restricted motor mishaps to mere minimum, even though driving con- ditions were extremely hazardous due to hard packed snow and ice on the streets.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01

Manila, Dec. 1-(UP)-Maj. Gen. R. B. Reynolds, president of the military tribunal trying Gen. Tom oyuki Yamashita, demanded today that both sides complete rebuttal testimony quickly. It was indicated verdict might be reached within 8 week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Congressmen Renew Demands for End to Draft
WorCrimes Court Rules Hess Sane
Flight Was Made
 To Coax George VI To Reich for Peace

Nuremberg, Dec. 1-UP) war crimes tribunal ruled today that Rudolf Hess Is sane and ordered him to remain on trial beside his 19 NaI co-de- fendants, who were dumbfounded to learn that Hess has been fax ing loss of memory.
 Justices of the four nations ruled that there were mo grounds what soever for further examination of Hess after his melodramatic con- feSSion yesterday that he had been merely pretending to have amnesia.
 The United Press learned that Hess made his secret flight to Brit ain in 1941 to coax King George VI back to Germany with him in an effort to negotiate peace with Adolf Hitler before the Germans attacked Russia.
 Other Nazis Surprised
 Interrogators' reports disclosed that Hitler and the other Nazis were taken completely by surprise by the deputy fuehrer's flight and thought him mad.
 The 19 Nazi leaders in the Nuern- berg defendants box were complete
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
History Repeats For Bay Staters

Methuen, Mass, Dec. l = (UP) = Last February in a raging blizzard Mrs. Mary Turner traveied by to- hoggan, horseback and ambulance from her isolated home to a Law renee hospital where she gave birth to daughter, Ann.
 Yesterday, in another wild north- east storm, her husband, It. Condr. l5anles J. Turner, came home from Ahe Navy to see the baby for the &Tst time.
 Ills car became stuck in a snow- haz.k and he walked home over the
 Ene route his wife had taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Science and Engineering Classes to Be Deferred

Washington Dec. 1-(UP)-To meet the nations need for scientists in increasingly technical age Selecv Service today requested local draft boards to defer engineer
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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29

can do. For example, my personal
experience has been that those of
US who slip or are led into improper
public behavior will heed sugges-
tions without an argument when
properly approached. Consequently,
every person who regards himself
as his brothers keeper ought to
evolve some definite way of helping
out in this matter Of public conduct.
But warn you-be careful to make
your approach sympathetic and
persuasive. A reprimanding atti-
tude is dangerous except for min
listers.
Finally, it must be remembered
that when ones conduct interferes
with the comfort aand peace of
others, then one becomes a nuis-
ance. 1t is therefore very easy for
one to become a nuisance in a big
city, much easier than in the coun-
try or some small village. One
should never forget this, because
few people actually want to be a
nuisance, no one wants a nuisance
around.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Pittenqer's Lqme Excuse

Congressman William Pttenger his
for signing the FEPC discharge petition the rather startling
that the Minnesota delegation which visited Washington
behalf of the FEPC fellow travellers
the group
Thus, Ptenger resorng cheapest POLITICAL
hack tricks and attempting delegation
succeeded only mudgng the herring his
retrogressing tracks.
Pienger had investigate he would have
backed by section of the population composed
responsible affiliated with the three political parties
the The delegation included embracing religious
faiths and denominations Catholic Baptist Epcopaan Jewish,
Methodist and Unitarian opinion delegation
will take kindly Congressman Pengers suggestion they
Communists and fellow travellers. However, Pttenger
Congressional nothing delegates
his charge despicable falsehoOd.
ttenger would offer the of this the specous
because of delegation which suspected
fellow traveller MEMBERS would discount whole program
fair employment having merit worthy of
Were tenger charges would
his refusal FEPC legislation
ment Of his part platform and the the religious
ward thinking labor groups of Minnesota.
That representative from Minnesota would soOp the
redbaitng of public spirited citizens who carried letters
from the and council Capital City,
prominence plenty of evidence Pttenger
would have thought of him had simply
the FEPC better STILL Il believe Negroes Jews
and Catholics should have equal employment opportunities
Pttenger fraud, those labor leaders
minority who helped him
favored who fundamental
causes for which this nation has been fighting.
1t clear that Congressman ttenger Washington
too long.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Black Boy" In the News

Gunnar Myrdal, the distinguished
author of the American Dilemma"
once declared that the Negro needs
more publicity for his cause.
Happily, the Negro is getting it
more abundantly than formerly.
And we cannot avoid sharing the
view, also, that regardless of the
lack of immediate effectiveness of
more publicity for the Negroes fight
for first class citizenship-eventu-
ally it will come.
1t will come, because all progress
siVe Americans will be made more
aware of the plight and more artic-
ulate and responsive to the need for
an equitable extension of democ-
racy to all citizens. This aroused
energy will prevail against anti
democratic forces.
The June 4 issue of Life per-
formed a useful service and af-
forded an interesting portrayal in
copy and pictures of Richard
Wright's autobiography (years A.
~ related in his latest book,
"Black Boy"
Millions of people who would
never have otherwise come into con-
tact with Wright's plant against
the southern environment that
early blunted his outlook, were
made wildly aware of what it
means to be a Negro-growing up
or living in the South-thanks to
this publicity given to "Black Boy"
Of course, Wright's family life
may have been typical, nonethe-
less, his contacts and experiences
with whites in the South faithfully
depict what millions of Negroes
have felt but could not describe.
So Life, in spite of whatever tech
nical criticisms that might be Of
fered, has performed a beneficial
service in helping to draw the Ne
gro's plight closer to the heart and
consciousness of America. - Chi
cago Bee.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29

the Catholic Interracial Confer
ence; to Father McCann in Harlem,
who constantly takes a public
stand on any issue contrary to
Catholic principle regarding Negro
and minority rights" He told US
that in the United States there is
an order of priests called the Jose
phite Fathers whose entire life and
work is dedicated to the spiritual
uplift and material advancement
of the Negro.
When our host pointed out that
there are no barriers in the whole
of the diocese of Brooklyn in insti-
buttons of higher learning, we
asked him about jimcrow and bars
in other sections of the country.
He answered: Any Catholic educa-
tor who bars a student because of
color who can fulfill all scholastic
requirements, is acting in an illogi-
cal manner as regards Catholic
principle"
Father Leedie pointed out the
distinction where states force seq
regation by law. However, he re-
called that in spite of state laws on
segregation, in New Orleans,
Xavier and Tulane and billiard Uni
versities hold interracial meetings.
The state forbids Negro and whites
studying together.
To our question whether the Ne
gro priest commands the same re-
spect that a white priest receives,
he said, "In the Catholic Church
priest is a priest, regardless of
color" He pointed out that he is
assistant to a white priest in this
mixed parish, predominantly Ne
gro. He said that Father Grau, a
Negro priest now with the 92nd
Division in Italy, was formerly
stationed in the Cathedral in
Lackawanna, New York. While in
Lafayette, Louisiana, a Negro par
ish of 5000 was entirely manned by
Negro priests and nuns.
When asked why Catholic laymen
are less militant than members of
Protestant Churches, he said he was
not aware of any hesitancy on the
part of Catholics to participate
with organized action on race mat
tiers. He said the apparent mac
tivity was possibly due to the in
conspicuousness of Catholic Ne
groes, due to their fewness in num-
Der as compared to Protestant
Negroes. He said the fallacy of
Negro priests hesitancy to speak
out is due to their small numbers.
There are only seventeen Negro
priests in this country.
Father Leedie, ordained in 1941,
is a Yonkers, New York, boy. He
studied in the Yonkers parochial
schools; at Bay st. Louis, Miss;
and in East Troy, Wisconsin. He
has served in southern parishes,
and is in Asbury Park for the last
seven months.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Five Times the Graduates

There only miles from hall hall in the cities
Minneapolis and St. Paul. but the distance between what
students doing St. Paul high schools with
apois secondary schools S thousand miles apart.
With just about the Negro population in each city, St. Paul
high schools graduated 3 students this Minneapolis
The figures oneded that exploration Of the
behind the small number finishing high City
should be the of and civic organizations.
Certainly Minneapolis realize that boy girl without
least high school education equpped cope
pick problems of adult life.
There economic why ST. Paul
schools graduated times Negro
Minneapolis schools To that the
their children
while community project for Minneapolis.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Home Town GIs Want Home
Town Paper

Fl. Francis E. Warren, Wyo.
Editor: We are just four of many
lonely GI's who have been away
from home for a short period of
time, during which we have been
fortunate to have received, from
friends, a few copies of your news
paper.
While in civilian life we were at
tentive readers of your paper. Since
our induction into the armed forces,
We have found that the few copies
we have received have brought US
much closer to home. Believe US
when we say that in these trying
times we find that a little news
from home can be very uplifting.
We would like to secure the in
formation in regard to cost of a
subscription.
Having been away from home
while, we find it hard to recognize
the initials used in the gossip
columns. We would appreciate it if
it were possible for you to desig-
nate some one person to pencil in
full said initials. We hope that
won't put you to too much trouble
and We will appreciate your i'm
mediate response.
Thank you for your time and
effort because we realize you are
very busy and don't have much time
to devote to trivial matters.
Sincerely yours,
Pvt. Herbert F. Foster,
Pvt. Norman H. Rawlings,
Pvt. Claude E. Brown and
Pvt. Robert E. L. Simmons
Editors Note: Believe US when we say
we'd like to comply with the letter writer's
request for initials in the gossip columns
but that's more of a job than the soldier
writers realize. Maybe the column con-
ductors ought to stop using initials any
how
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
NEWS YOU GET FIRST IN
THIS COMMUNITY PAPER

Washington, D. c., the capital of
the Nation, rules the everyday life
of the citizen.
Decisions affecting each Of US are
made daily and hourly there. The
Washington bureau Of the NNPA
serves the Spokesman and Recorder
newspapers exclusively In this area.
Regular readers of this paper
will observe the prompt coverage
Of the "goings on" in Washington
brought to this paper by wire each
week.
The people Of this city also de-
serve and get the best in local news
coverage this newspaper can afford.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-06-29
Democracy in Action

In Local Union
Editor: Sunday, June Gath, l
witnessed an example of democracy
in action when Bill Heron was re-
elected vice-president and a men,
Der of the grievance committee of
Local No. 2742 CLIO. It was not
the fact that he had a 81 lead over
his opponent for vice-president that
made it remarkable, rather that
reactionary forces within the union
had had whole year in which to
campaign against him-not because
he wasn't qualified to hold office
but because he was a Negro and
Negroes shouldn't represent the
white majority. Sunday the liberal
and thinking majority repudiated
the fallacious reasoning of these
forces and gave an overwhelming
vote of confidence to a man who
had proven himself.
1t is interesting to note the para
doxical reasoning of these same
reactionary forces. While cam
paigning against him as vice-presi-
dent they were equally aware of
the wisdom of having him on the
grievance committee for he had
proven himself again and again as
fighter for all. Therefore, they
too cast their ballot for him to
make it unanimous.
point to this election because it
clearly shows the present day trend
among the working classes. An
individual is judged on ability-not
race, creed, or color. It shows that
unions are becoming more progress
sive and that they clearly realize
that to progress they must use eff
fectively the abilities of their men,
berships. 1t should serve as an in
spiration and challenge to all Ne
groes who are in unions. It shows
that union is for all people and