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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
SEAMAN TWISDALE
WAS AT

Aboard the Battleship USS New
York in the Pacific-(By MaiD-L.
{. TWisdale. seaman, second class,
Townsville, n. c. came through the
bottle for OkinaWa aboard this bat
tleship without a scratch, helping
fire moro than five million pounds
or shells at enemy targets. This tom
mage exceeds that fired by all ships
combined during the invasion bonn
NardmentS Of TaraWa or Maxim,
Rei-Namur or FniWetoW.
One Of II" grand old ladies Of the
fleet, the New York celebrated her
3lSt birthday during the battle. The
only capital ship to stay on the Job
without relief, she kept her l4-inch
ans fiVe-inch guns firing salVoS at
island targets steadily.
The men spent the equivalent of
two solid weeks at their air defense
stations during more than 200 air
raid alerts. One Jap plane made an
unsuccessful suicide run through a
hail OF antl-alrcraft fire. but crash
Cd harmIeSSly into the sea. Not one
Jap bomb, torpedo or artillery shell
found its mark on the ship, although
all We're tried.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16

and the wedding cake were served
by Miss Mamie SmItn, Miss Carolyn
PoiSton, Miss Dorothy Wester. Miss
Mary SlIls Petty. Miss Elizabeth
Jenkins and Mrs. Morrison Formy-
duvaI.
wis. G. W. Macon, Jr., said good
Dyes.
Immediately following the recep-
ton the bride and groom left for
unannoJnced points. For travelling
Mrs. Homer wore a beige Palm
Beach suit with brown blouse.
hro''-1 alligator shoes and bag and
a Wedding Ring brown and beige
straw hat.
Mrs. Horner is the youngest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wilson Macon, of EPSON. After
graduating from EPSON high school
she attended Peace Junior College
IN Raleigh. She is now employed
by the HENDERSON Cotton Mills in
the office personnel. She Is a popu-
lar member of the young set and
mas been extensively entertained
since the announcement of her en-
gagcmont.
The groom is the only son of Mrs.
Guy Homer and the late Nj. Homer
Of Henderson. After graduating from
the local schools and Riverside
Military Academy, he attended State
College in Raleigh before entering
the Maritime Service.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
SKIPPING CHILD.

A little girl with skipping rope
Is like a ripping song
Running through the ages
Where childhood ways belong
Little girl in pantaletteS,
Little girl in socks,
Ringlet curls-sWinging braids-
Short skirtS-WhIte ruliled frucks-
She viii skip while Springtimcs last
In the present, from the past,
On toward endless springs that wait
Her light skipping through times
gate
A little girl with skipping rope
Is our sweetest JOY and hope.
Lucy y. X, ACES
In Christian Science Monitor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
Ease Headaches
S0Othe Nerves

The ~quIck-act-
inglngredlentSl in
the Be Head
aCh POW q cr
formula work eX-
tra-faSt to ease
headaches and
SOOth nerves up
set by minor.
pains. Get Re
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
Richmond Visitor.

Nrs. c. F. T]unNcrsIcy, ST., Of
Richmond, Virginia, Is visiting
friends IN the city.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
Visiting in Norfolk.

Mrs. Il. a. Paschall, Of Middle
burg. is visiting her brother. Wiley
Beaslev, in Norfolk, Virginia., Tor
several weeks.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
PRAYER Band Meeting.

The Prayer Meeting Band Will
meet TUESDAY night al 8 o'clock At
the home of Mrs. Eva Robertson on
Chava>se avenue, with Clarence
Neathery as leader. it VAS announc-
cd today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16

in handy 10c or 25C sizes. Use only
as directed Consult a physician
when pains persist.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-07-16
Visiting in MOrehead.

Mrs. AndrcW J. Hams IS visiting
in Morehead City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Luzon Isle 
Rv HIGH CRUMPLER

Manila, June 28-(UP)-The best part of five crack American di- visions, including an airborne force, were free today for operations else where under Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur, commander for the invasion of Japan, after the complete libera- ton of Luzon.
 Probably not more than one or two divisions will be needed to com- plete the mopping up of the esti- mated 15,000 or 16,0O0 Japanese hiding in the hills of North Luzon. Macarthur used the 9th, 18th, 33rd and 37th Infantry and the 11th Airborne Divisions in the climactic drive which cracked the enemy's resistance.
 The end came when the 37th In- fantry and the 11th Airborne linked 5000 yards east of the tiny Cagayan valley village of Alcala at 12:35 p. m. Tuesday.
 The remaining Japanese were split into three main pockets with no communications among them. OllC WdS III t1IC Alil4S oOuo1lSdoo VI Bayombong in Neuva Vizcaya prov ince, the second was northeast of Tugusgarao or between highway five and east coast, and the third was in the Flanagan area on high way four north of Baguio.
 MacArthur's communique an- nouncing the end of the North Luzon campaign called it "one of the most savage and bitterly fought in American history. No terrain has ever presented greater logistical difficulties and none has ever pro- vided an adversary with more na- turally impregnable strongholds."
 The communique put enemy dead
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
TroIond Gets
 McEvoy'sJ Job From Baldwin

Hartford, Conn, June 0-(UP)- Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Troland, New London county Republican leader who recently was boomed for the U. s. senate, was Gov. Baldwin's choice today as the successor to the late Superior Court Judge Frank P. McENoy, Waterbury.
 The governor announced Tro- lands appointment, and that of House Minority Leader Rep. Philip J. Sullivan, D., enfield. to the com mon pleas court bench, along with eight country commissionerships be- fore leaving late last night for the governors conference at Mackinac Island, Mich.
 Sullivan will succeed Charles B. Waller, New London, who retires from the common pleas bench July %.
 Gen. Troland's appointment is until the rising of the 1947 general seembly He is a veteran of both world wars, and has been on active duty since 1941. It was announced by the Army Wednesday that he was being transferred July from the First to the Second Service Com- mand, to take charge of the Penn sylvania district. However, Gen. Troland said he would ask for a release from his military duties. He is native of New London, an at torney for 31 years, former New London corporation counsel and state legislator. He was captain in the first world war, and attain ed his present rank in the Ma tional Guard.
 Sullivan, also a lawyer, is editor and publisher of the Thompsonville Press, a veteran of the first world war, former judge and prosecutor of the Enfield town court, and . two-term legislator. His court ap- pointment is for an interim term, ending the sixth Wednesday of the 1947 legislative session.
 Five new county commissioners were appointed by the governor, who renamed three incumbents His appointments:
 Hartford county: Leland B. Gran ger, Republican, Windsor, succeed ing John T. Dunn, Jr., Republican, West Hartford, who recently was named member of the state liquor control commission.
 Middlesex county: Republican State Rep. Belle D. Russell, Had- dam, succeeding Joseph P. Brand field, Portland, Democrat.
 New London county: Maxim Pepin Jr., Griswold, Republican, as suc- cessor to Thomas L. Martin, New
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Resorts Seek Holiday Meat

Washington, June 28- UP) - Congressmen from resort states to- day awaited an answer from OPA to their request that packers be permitted to send more meat to holiday centers.
 About 50 senators and representa- tives conferred with OPA officials yesterday and hoped to receive an answer at another meeting sched- uled for 10 a. m. tomorrow in the office of Sen. Owen Brewster, R., Me, chairman of the group.
 Rep. Harold c. Hagen, R., Minn., chairman of House members of the group, said resorts like Atlantic City, N. J., whose population may increase by "as much as 800 per cent" in the holiday season, suffer shortages because of OPA alloca- tion methods
 These centers, he said, receive meat for the holiday months on the basis of their January February and March requirements, and so run short when vacationists arrive. Meanwhile, he added, the holiday makers hometowns have more meat than they need.
 The congressman asked OPA to permit packers to divert meat from places where demand has fallen to the resort towns where it has risen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
koi-shek
 Asks More U. s. Help

Chungking, June 28-(UP)-Gen- eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, in his first press conference since 1941, said today that the United States was not giving China enough eco homie help.
 Chiang also said that a Chinese soldier, given training and equip ment, can fight as well as any three soldiers from abroad, and that If it took foreign soldiers two years to defeat Japan, Chinese troops could do it in one year.
 The generalissimo complained that the United States had not paid enough attention to China's eco- homie difficulties. He said that he enjoyed the military and diplo- matic cooperation of It. Gen. AL bert c. Wedemeyer, American com- mander in China, but he urged that more American economic experts be sent to China.
 "The United States is giving us assistance, equipment and training as troops" said Chiang, "but not adequate attention to our econom- ic difficulties, and not adequate as- sistance to relieve them. If the eco- homie situation is not improved, it will be difi1cult to make full use of the military equipment"
 Speaking of the cooperation shown by American Ambassador Patrick Hurley and Wedemeyer, Cf1iang said:
 Tt is the first time In entire Chinese-American history that &C., tion and cooperation have been so satisfactory"
 The generalissimo urged that the Allies make greater use of Chinese forces. He pointed out it was more economical to train and equip Chi nese troops to fight the Japanese on the China mainland than to send troops here from abroad.
 Asked what he thought about Japan's collapse. Change said. Tt would be difficult to bring about the unconditional surrender of Japan, therefore the war can end only with the total defeat of Japan"
 Chiang said he believed a land ing on the China Coast would be necessary even if there was a land- ing on the Japanese mainland. He said the 100000 Chinese puppet troops fighting under the Japan csc might join the Allies in the event of a China invasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Liuchow Stotion
 Taken by Chinese

Chungking, June 28-(UP)-The Chinese high command announced today that Chinese troops had cap tured the southern railway station of Liuchow, former American air base, and had beaten off Japanese counter-a attack in southeastern Liu- chow.
 Japanese remnants were being mopped up at L,okmunyu, northeast of Liuchow, and at Santonyu, south east of the city, a communique said. / On the road north of Liuchow, the Chinese captured Tapuchen, north of Liucheng, and entered Sapu, six miles from Liucheng. An- other Chinese column reached a point two miles northeast of Lie- uheng.
 On the Chekiang coast, the Jap- anese evacuated Linhai, retreating to Nighai, 40 miles south of Ningpo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Ratification Speed Urged ByConnolIy
BY JOHN L. CUTTER

Washington, June 28. (UP)-The Senate received an impassioned plea today to speed ratification of the United Nations Security charter as Q spur to it's acceptance by the rest of the world.
 Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex, Of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a delegate to the San Frarrisco Conference which drafted the charter, opened one of the most momentous debates in U. s. his tory with a report on the success of his mission.
 He said that "the date of world peace may depend upon our deci- sion" He said the charter could not succeed without this nations participation.
 President Truman is scheduled to transmit the charter to the Sen- ate next Monday. Connally's speech opened an administration campaign to get 1t ratified by mid-August, possibly making this nation the first in the world formally to ap- prove 1t.
 "Earliy ratification here will stimulate and encourage ratifica- tion by other nations,' Connally said.
 '"The eyes of the entire world are centered on what we do here. Foreign nations know that the United Nations organization for peace and security will face failure and futility unless the United States is a member. We face high and solemn responsibility"
 Connally left no doubt that he fully expected the Senate to heed his plea. He said the agreement had the overwhelming support of the American people. S
 "The world charter for peace is knocking at the doors of the Sen ate," he declared. we shall not turn 1t away"
 He said war could be prevented by international cooperation.
 "In this charter we have en- deavored to construct the mechan- ism to create that cooperation for
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Reds Seek New Bases
BY PHIL AJJLT

London, June O. (UP)-RuSSla was reported today to be demanding military bases in the Dardanelles to safeguard passage of her mer- chant shipping and warships into the Eastern Mediterranean.
 Several reports said Turkey, who controls the Straits under the in- ternational Montreux agreement, has rejected the Russian demands and is seeking to throw the entire question upon the big three.
 The Turkish ambassador to Lon don called at the British foreign office yesterday and Foreign Min ister Hasan Saka was expected to stop of here on his way home from San Francisco to consult the British on Russia's demands.
 A British foreign office commenta- tor confirmed that Saka would visit London for consultations next month and well may discuss Russo-Turkish problems. Saka was travelling by ship and probably would not reach London before the big three con- ference in Berlin, however, he said.
 A Manchester Guardian dispatch from Istanbul said the Russians have presented four tentative con- ditions to Turkey for conclusion of a new Soviet Turkish friendship pact.
 They were:
 1.-Return to Russia of the Turkish districts of Kars and Arda- han.
 2.-Cession of bases in the Dar- danelles to enable Russia to defend them "in common with Turkey"
 3.-Revision of the Montreaux convention.
 4.-Acceptance by Turkey of cer- tain changes in the Balkans in favor of some of the smaller states.
 The dispatch said that Turkey has shown willingness to negotiate only on possible revision of the Mon- treux convention. It speculated that the proposed territorial changes may have included rectification of the Turkish frontier in favor of Bull garia or eventual territorial ad- justment at the expense of Greece.
 Britain was paying close attention to the Turkish desires, both in Lon
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28

The resignation of the old provi- sional government and formation of it's successor, as provided by the Yalta agreement and at the recent unity conference in Moscow, were announced in quick succession by the Warsaw radio.
 Mikolajczyk, peasant party lead CT who preceded Tomasz Arciszewsd as premier of the London govern ment, was named vice premier and minister of agriculture.
 A surprise addition to the unity was appointment of the N-year- old Vicenty Witos to the post Of foreign minister. Three times pre- mier of pre-war Poland, Witos was a member of Mikolajcyks peasant party and at one time was re- ported enormously as one of the Is Polish resistance leaders arrested by the Red army.
 Osubka-Morawski, the new pre- mier, presented his cabinet list to President Poleslaw Bierut, who in- structed him to form the govern ment.
 Along with Mikolajcz Wladis- law Gomolka was appointed vics premier.
 Other cabinet members included Marshal Michael Rola Zymierski war minister; Meczislaw Thugutd posts, telegraph and telephone: Jal Stanczyk, social welfare; Wladislay Kowalski, culture, and Stefan Matu szewski, propaganda and informa' tion.
 The Polish leaders returned t1 Warsaw this week after attending the Moscow conference.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Bailey Not
 Turning Job Over to Ryan

Hartford, Conn, June 28.-CUP)- State Statute Revision Commission CT John M. Bailey, Hartford Demo- crat, wrote Gov. Baldwin today that he had no intention of turning over his office to Elmer w. Ryan, New Haven Republican, whom the gov- ernor appointed as his successor effective July 1.
 In his letter, Bailey said, T think it is only proper for me to inform you at this timet hat I intend to exercise the duties of statute re- vision commissioner of this state until such time as my successor shall be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate of this state"
 Bailey contended that there was no vacancy of office inasmuch as | the Senate had failed to act on | the governors nomination of Ryan before the legislature adjourned on June 6.
 Gov. Baldwin left last night for Mackinac Island, Mich, to attend a governors conference, and was not expected to return for a week.
 The question immediately arose whether Lieut.-Gov. Wilbert Snow, a Democrat, would administer the cath of office to Ryan, although he has intimated he would keep clear of the involvement.
 Bailey was prepared to start quo warranto proceedings, such as was done by John T. Mccarthy hwen the governor replaced him with Col. El- mer s. Watson, Wethersfield. This case was reserved tot he supreme court which has not handed up an opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Dad dUphoIds Mrs. Stevens

Bridgeport, Conn, June 28-(UP) CJ. O. Dumas, Texas scout rang sr, after fearful reunion with his daughter, Mrs. Imogene Stevens, at county Jail today, declared that he believed she was justified and warranted, under the circumstances" tn fatally shooting 19-year-old AL bert Kovocs at the home of a New Canaan neighbor last Saturday night.
 Dumas, arriving from Pampa, Tex, to be at his daughters side greeted Mrs. Stevens affectionately as she was shown into the jail of- flee.
 Mrs. Stevens threw her arms around his neck and sobbed:
 "Oh, Daddy. Oh, Daddy" as he patted her on the shoulder and told her to dry her tears.
 Left alone in the office, they talk ed about an hour. Dumas then con- ferred with her lawyer, David Gold stein, and issued statement.
 T have travelled from Texas to see my daughter and to do every thing within my power to give her every possible assistance in her pres ent predicament," the statement said.
 After talking with my daughter I am convinced that the unfor- tunate incident resulting in the death of MT. Kovacs was not caused by any criminal conduct on the part of Imogene.
 Prom her youth my daughter has always been a truthful child and under no circumstances would she misrepresent the facts in any ease to me or any other person. I firmly believe that she was justi- fled and warranted in what she did under the circumstances. It is my opinion that jury or court after nearing all of the evidence will vim dicate my daughter completely.
 My family is composed of two poys and two girls and I have all ways taughtt hem to be truthful and law-abiding. My family back ground may be traced back for over period of 200 years in Texas and Arkansas and 1t will be found that 70 one connected with my family has ever been in any difficulty. Fms incident has indeed caused us ! great deal of distress, but know hat 1t was through no fault of Imo- iene."
 Dumas said that his wife was all tore up over this affair.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
1,8OO,OOO Idle By July l, 1946

Washington, June 28.-(UP)-The War Manpower Commission pre- dicted tooay that 1,800,00O persons will be unemployed by July 1, 1946.
 About 100000 people will lose their jobs or be discharged from the armed forces during the next 12 months-But 6,300,000 of them will be reemployed in an expanding civilian economy, WING said.
 By Jan. 1, 1946. WING said, unem- ployment will rise from the general wartime level of 100000 to 1900, 900. The additional unemployment of 500,000 will follow after that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Coscia Nervous When Probed Claims Honick

Domenic Coscia was nervous, somewhat belligerent, and impa- tient" when he was questioned by Coroner Stephen A. Homick at the inquest on the staying of Adolph Cyr, according to testimony given by Homick today in superior court on defense croSs-eXamination in Coscia's first degree murder trial.
 Coscia is on trial for his life, be- fore Judge John A. Cornell and a jury, for the staying which occurred last September 28, at 419 Washing ton avenue.
 O'Brien On Stand
 James E. O'Brien, mill superin- tendent at the J. E. Smith Lumber Company, followed Homick to the stand shortly after noon, and teSti- fled there had been no crack on the panel of the Cyr kitchen door be- fore it was broken by Coscia's gun.
 O'Brien, the states 18th rebuttal witness, was asked by States At torney William B. Fitzgerald, Did you examine the two pieces of board for the purpose of determining ing whether before these pieces of wood were broken out of the panel. there was any crack in the panel?"
 The witness, who was presented the two pieces of the broken panel, stated he had made an examination, and that there was no crack in the door. Defense Attorney Edward Mascolo conducted detailed cross examination following the witness brief direct testimony.
 Fitzgerald evidently called O'Brien to refute defense testimony that the Cyr door was cracked before Coscia's gun penetrated it.
 At one point in his croSs-exam- ination of Homick, who gave di- rect rebuttal testimony Tuesday Mascolo referred to an order giv- CT to Coscia to sit down during the inquest questioning by Homick.
 Was the accused in highly nervous state at the time the in- Jerpreter told him to sit down?" he asked Homick.
 He was quite excited and he stood up at the time," Coroner Homick replied.
 Reading from the transcript, at request by Mascolo, Homick quot ed Coscia as saying, Why do you ask so many questions? These are questions which are not necessary. ,
 The defense attorney asked if Coscia was in a highly nervous
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28

The President described Stet- tinius' new job as the biggest post in the gift of the government. When the Big Five and g other United Nations ratify the charter which was completed this week at San Francisco, the outgoing secretary of state will sit for the United States on the powerful World Security Council and at the same time head the American delegation to the world assembly.
 Appointment Next Week
 MT. Truman said he would name the new secretary of state Monday or Tuesday. It will be . man not now in the government, he added. Byrnes left the government shortly before President Roosevelt's death, when he resigned as War Mobiliz- ation and Reconversion chief.
 Now, 1t was clear, he Is returning to government service to which he has devoted most of his 65 years and probably will be back in his old slot e assistant president" as well as he occupant of the highest American cabinet post.
 It was learned that the resigna- tons of Undersecretary of State Jo- seph c. Grew and the six assistant secretaries who formed Stettinius' diplomatic high command are in MT. Tfumans hands. No action will be taken on them, however, until Dyrnes has chance to look over his new job.
 The most likely caualties were Assistant Secretary Nelson A. Rock sfe1lef, chief of Latin-American re- battons, and Archibald MacLeish, who quit as Librarian of Congress last December to fill the newly
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-28
Soldier Wants Custody
 OF Mrs. Steuens' Child

for divorce. He countered, both claiming custody of their daughter, Paula, now six, who lives with the Stevens in New Canaan.
 The court awarded Funderburg a divorce and custody of the child Nov. 2, 1943, but a month later, Funedrberg returned to camp and his former wife married George R.. Stevens, a paratroop major now in Germany.
 J. c. Dumas, Amarillo policeman and father of Mrs. tSevens, was enroute to Brigdeport, Conn, today. He carried legal papers from Fund erburg claiming the latter's court granted right to custody of Paula.