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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Sugar Forms To Be Filed
 Restaurants, Hotels
 Must File Applications

Connecticut hotels, restaurants and institutions using sugar in serv- Ing food and refreshments must fiIc sugar allotmen, application Form R-i309 with the State oPA once. 55 Allyn street, Hartford (. between January and 18th. in order to obs tain sugar ration currency for the coming tw0-month period. OPA an- nounced Wednesday.
 Information given in this form must cover the period from Noyem- Der first through December 3ist, i945. and must include a statement Of dollar revenue and the number Of persons served during these two months. Copies of the proper form for the next application are regular ly included with each sugar ration issued. but applicants who have mis- laid their forms may get another copy by mail from the State OPA Office in Hartford
 Under OPA classification. institu- tional users include. besides restau- rants and hotels. hospitals. prisons, and school and factory cafeterias.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Insuronce Group To Beqin Jan. l

Hartford, Dec. 28-UP)-The Life Insurance Agency Management association, newly-formed by the merger of the Association of Life Agency Officers and the Life Insur- ance Sales Research bureau, will start to function here on Jan. l, it was announced today
 Wendell F. HanSelman, preSi- dent. stated that four divisional units have been created, headed by John Marshall Holcombe, Jr., act ing as interim director in addition to overall direction of the organiza- ton, pending selection of the new director for this division.
 Other divisional units and their directors are: Institutional Rela- tions division, Capt. Charles J. Zimmerman, USNR;; Company Re- lations division, Lewis w. S. Chap man; Administrative division, Miss Elizabeth c. Stevens.
 HanSelman said divisional opera tions are being projected as a means of implementing the new associa- tions' objectives, which, he said have been made an integral part of the new constitution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Check up of Vet Hospitals Asked

Washington, Dec. 28-CUP)-Rep 1 Marion T. Bennett (R.. Mo.), pro- posed today that the House Veter- ans committee be given the per- manent right to stage periodic sur prise "check-up" visits to veterans hospitals.
 Bennett said he had found evil dence of past beatings and mis- treatment of veteran-patients but that most of these abuses had been corrected. He said the possibility of surprise visits by a congressional committee would do much to pre- vent their recurrence.
 That would keep hospital admin istrators on their toes," he said.
 Bennett is a member of i've man veterans committee which i: now preparing a report on a year. long investigation of veterans hos pitals. The house authorized the inquiry after several newspapers and magazines charged that vet erans were being given third rate medical care
 Bennett said he intends to ask
 at his permanent "check-up" idea be included in the official report te he house.
 "No one can deny that the mere fact that the committee was inves- tigating the hospitals forced admin istrators to improve conditions ir them," he said. For this reason al least. the committee should be al. lowed to retain its powers of inves- tigation indefinitely"
 Under the present rules of tht house. the veterans committee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Wrong limitation
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN

Washington. Dec. 25. (UP)-The invitation said the entire Labor Department would De at the party. It said there would be music and jollity. It said Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach probably would sing Christmas carols.
 So, of course. I attended in my professional capacity of music critic. We critics have to be on the alert because you never can tell whether cabinet member will turn out to be Crosby (vocally speaking) or a moose.
 At 2:30 D. m. the laborers in the Labor Department stopped their labor, put on their overcoats and walked next door to the Federal Auditorium, where an Army band was tootling. Schwellenbach wore blue suit, eyeglasses and new hair cut. He found 8 gold seat on the stage. So did II of his top assistants.
 About 1,500 of his Iaborers and your music critic sat out front. The place looked bare and felt cold, but I figured the master -of-cere- monies, Daniel w. Tracy, the as sistant secretary, would get us in the old holiday spirit. He did. He said the band would play. It did.
 Waiting for Solo
 Then Miss Katherine Lenroot, a small, gray-haired lady in black dress, the chief of the Children'S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Christmos Thow Reduces Skiino

Boston, Dec. 28-(UP)--A Christi mas thaw has reduced skiing op- portunities in Southern New Eng land but five New Hampshire and Vermont resorts report that condi- tions will be favorable for weekend Winter sports enthusiasts, it was reported today.
 The Weather Bureau in it's spec ial Winter sports forecas prom ises light snow flurries in both the Green and White Mountains today and Sunday with tomorrow fair. Moderately cold and fair weather is expected in the Berkshires.
 Good skiing is reported at the Vermont points of Woodstock, Rut- land on Pico Peak and Stowe at Mt. Mansfield
 At the New Hampshire points of Pinkham Notch and Jackson skiing is good with powder over an 1s- inch base.
 Fair skiing is reported at the New Hampshire points of Cannon Noun tain, Intervale, Tamworth and North Conway. Poor conditions exist in the state of Canaan, Laconia, Lincoln, Monadnock, Ossipee and Sunapee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Wrong InDItdtIOn
 Critic Frustrated When Secretary Fails to Sing

Bureau, told of destitution she had seen in Europe. She urged the audi ence to contribute canned foods to feed the hungry. Mrs. Clara Byers, slightly larger lady in a black dress with blue trimmings the assistant director of the Bureau of Labor Standards, made a similar plea.
 Do not get the idea that I am criticizing the ladies. They spoke well and for good cause, but l was there to report on the Secre- tary'S singing.
 This. it looked like, was it. The master er-of-ceremonies said now was the time for the family of the Labor Department to hear the secretary The Secretary cleared his throat but it turned out he wanted first to make a speech.
 Applauded for Originality
 He said that whenever he made speech, somebody always wrote it and handed it to him shortly be- fore he opened his mouth. He said his Christmas speech was handed to him, but he refused to accept it (applause) He said let's give the band little hand. We did. He said when he took office six months ago 100 percent of his staff thought he had horns. He said he hoped he had convinced the staff that he did not.
 The Secretary said he could moi understand why everybody in Wash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
March Supports War ' roininQ

Washington. Dec. 28-(UP)-Gen Peyton c. March, Army chief of staff in World War I. expressed hope today that the country would heed the lesson of two world wars and adopt universal military train- ing.
 March, S1-year-old yesterday noted in an interview that the Administrations present plan for universal training was practically the same which he advocated after World War without success.
 He hoped members of Congress would discover that the country really wanted universal training, as many polls of opinion show.
 March said he was strongly op- posed to giving the atomic bomt secret to other countries.
 We should hold on to it." he said. "It is a tremendous military asset. We don't know what the other nations might do with it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
200 Mexican LaborerS Start Hon1euUard Trip
 New Haven Road Regretfully Parts
 With Wartime Workers; Many May
 Return as Immigrants

Two-hundiod- -and-one Mexican laborerS who have been "workin on the railroac Tor the past couple Of years are today heading back to their native Mexico. marking the end Of e two-yoar arrangement be- tween the governments of the two countries under which The New Haven Railroad has had the ser- vices os 1853 individual MexieanS for a total Of approximately B. 780.000 man hours.
 The arrangement has been mu- tuaily very satisfactory. according Co railroad officials. who say they are sorry to see the Mexicans leave. Most of the Mexicans, for their part. express sorrow at leaving and many express d desire to try to re- turn to the United States as reg ular immigrants as soon as this can be accomplished.
 Many of the men showed apti- tudes for better jobs. but under the contract arrangements they could be used only as laborers. They worked on tracks. in engine houses, and as freight house men.
 Shortly after V-J Day. the rail- road was notified that all Mexicans must be returned at the conclusion of current contracts. as the Depart ment of Labor considered that the emergency under which they were brought here had ceased.
 Eleven of tie group leaving to- day by special train are part of the original three hundred who ar- rived in the midst of a swirling snowstorm on January 3, l944. The various groups came under six months contracts, with the rail- road obliged to return them to Mexico at the end of that time Many. however, took advantage of the opportunity to renew their con- tracts for additional three of six months periods and the eleven mentioned renewed three times.
 No longer will the dining halls at the camps at Montowese. Guil- ford, Midway, and East Green
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Shdu Giues Manuscnpts To Ireland

London, Dec. 23-(UP)-GeoI. Bernard Shaw disclosed today that he had decided to give his early manuscripts to the Irish National Library for the Irish nation but he emphasized that he was not moti- vated by a Christmas spirit.
 What do you mean Christmas? he growled when asked if he was turning over the manuscripts as Christmas gift. T don't have any thing to do with Christmas. I am civilized human being"
 He said the library had written request to send his early manuscript' and "aS an Irishman I regarded tha request in the nature of a com mand."
 Poverty Manuscripts
 The 89-year-old playwright sai; there was not much work in his owr handwriting now as T write 1T shorthand and tear up the draft when they are typed by my secre- tary."
 "The stuff I am giving away" ht Sd1N Wdo WL4ttNAA "0o va unwanted failure and when J couldn't afford typewriter. Some fools-and a lot of intelligent people too-would pay me thousands O pounds for the manuscripts I aT giving away"
 The manuscripts of Shaw's earl plays, sketches and essays now a being bound and will be sent to D,' lin soon.
 Expounds Idea in Press
 Shaw used a full column in t London Times today to expound I pet idea of an enlarged English { phabet and simplified spelling.
 Pointing -out that the advent ( the atomic bomb had caused jour nalists to write its name hundref of times for many days, he said:
 '"The final letter B in bomb entirely senseless and not onl' wastes the writers time but suggest an absurd mispronounciation of tilr word exactly as if the word 'gur were spelled 'gung'."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28

ington, himself included, had colds. (This should have been the tip- of to your critic.)
 Schwellenbach said the workers were doing great job in trying period. He recited a poem which began, Tt matters not on what plane of life one labors .'
 It was good poem and he de- livered it wiGh feeling. T want to thank you very much for the chance to come and just talk to you this afternoon" he said. He sat down and crossed his legs.
 The master-of-ceremonies got up and said, you will please rise and sing the Star-Spangled Banner. '' Everybody rose and everybody sang, except the Secretary He was, ob- viously, conserving his voice for the carols to come.
 Tracy strode to the microphone. This he said, "ends the feStiv- ities." Everybody walked out, the Secretary included. Presumably they went back to work, all but your music critic.
 You know how feel? Frustrated
 U. s. sappers are constructing a 4,00O-foot railway bridge over the l Rhine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Pope Asks Humility
 OfGernans

Vatican City. Dee. 2s- tUP) -- Pope PiuF XII has issued a pastor al letter calling for a revival of Catholic action in Germany and charging the German people 10 ac- cept their present plight humbly as a direct consequence of the ''perverse doctrines Of Nazism, it was disclosed today.
 Informed Vatican quarters said the Papal letter was forwarded on Nov. to Cardinal Faulhaber. Archbishop of Munich. and other German Prelates
 Tn it. the Pontln deplored the unhappy events taking place in the Russian occupation zone oi Germany and the outrages which he said were being committed against German women and girls.
 But he urged the German people not Co oppose force with force and cautioned them that their hope for the future lies in humility.
 He instructed the clergy to re- double their efforts to safeguard the faith of Catholic workers and 10 abandon all political activities. avoiding above all dictatorship of any form
 "It is clear" he told the German prelates, that you torment your souls gazing upon the enormous ruins Of your fatherland. but we know that you all suffer greater sorrow considering the consequences of the perverse doctrines which, violating the Holy Gospel, aimed to place above all other things the rights of race, blood and pride"
 The Pontiff urged restoration Of German Catholic schools, youth centers and Catholic action organi- zations and promised that the Vatican would do all in its power to provide material help for the Ger man people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
Governor to Name Campaign Leader

The general state chairman of Connecticut's 1946 cancer campaign will be named by Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin at dinner-meeting at the Hartford Club January 8, it was an- nounced yesterday.
 The national goal is 12 million dollars. Connecticut leads all states ill the country in per capita con- tributionS this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
MILLIONAIRE DIES

New York, Dec. 28.-(UP)-Grant Fairbanks. 70, Haverhill. Mass, mil lionaire paper box company di- rector, died here yesterday in his hotel room.
 Fairbanks, here to attend board of directors meeting of the Rober. Gair Co.,, died of heart attack, the hotels physician said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
MORE CHICKENS IN 1945

Auburn, Ill. - (UP) - Alabama farmers have produced an estimated 14,375,00O young chickens during l945, an increase of eight per cent over the 13,310,000 raised in 1914 However, the number is l9 per cent short of the 1943 record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
MAN IS STRANGLED

Greenwich, Dec. 28-(UP)-Louis Nesturek, 58, died of strangulation while eating a raw meat sandwich at his home, police reported today.
 A neighbor noticed lights burn ing at the Nesturek home during the early morning hours and be- came alarmed. When police arrived they found Nesturek leaning over a table. a half-eaten sandwich in his hand. A wedge of meat had be- come lodged in his throat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28
State Reformatory Fugitives Caught

Portsmouth, N. H.. Dec. 28- (UP)-Three escaped inmates of : Meriden, Conn, reformatory schoo were in the custody of police toda after being recaptured while drivin' a stolen automobile here.
 The youths were seized shortly after they robbed William ant Daniel McGill of Dunston in Port. land, Me, of $1. Police said the triC offered to take the McGill boy skating in Portland and pushed them from the automobile near ; bridge.
 The youths, all teen-agerS, es capped from the Connecticut schoc Christmas night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-28

would lose this power at the end the year.
 Bennett said the subcommitte would probably submit its repor soon after the congress reconvene' Jan. IA.
Evening star., 1945-01-07
HendersonSe Sees longP Period
OF Supervision Of Reich
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Jan. 6.-Leon Henderson,
surveying schemes for economic
control of German heavy industry,
said tonight that comparatively
long period Of supervision was en-
visaged to prevent the Germans
from building another war machine
He refused to discuss his own
conclusions on what machinery
would be necessary or how it should
be used, but said he hoped to re-
port to the Foreign Economic Ad-
ministration in Washington within
the next 10 days.
He said he had learned during
his London visit that British plans
for the occupation and control of
postwar Germany already were
shaped. He said he had not dis
cussed the problem with either
French or Russian officials.
Evening star., 1945-01-07

cratic nation, power must be linked
with responsibility, and obliged to
defend and justify itself within the
framework OF the general good.
In our disillusionment after the
last war we gave up the hope of
achieving a better peace because
we had not the courage to fulfill our
responsibilities in an admittedly i'm
perfect world.
We must not let that happen
again or We shall follow the same
tragid road again-the road to a
third world war.
We can fulfill our responsibilities
for maintaining the security of our
own country only by exercising our
power and our influence to achieve
the principles in which we believe
and for which we have fought.
1t Is true that the statement of
principles in the Atlantic Charter
does not provide rules of easy appli-
cation to each and every one of the
tangled situations in this war-torn
world. But 1t is good and useful
thing-it Is an essential thing-to
have principles toward which we
can aim.
Atlantic Charter Still Stands.
And We shall not hesitate to use
our inf1uence-and to use it now
to secure so far as is humanity pos
sible the fulflllment of the principles
OF the Atlantic Charter. We have
not shrunk from the military re-
sponsibilities brought on by this
war. We cannot and will not shrink
from the political responsibilities
which follow in the wake of battle.
To do this we must be on our
guard not to exploit and exaggerate
the differences between us and our
Allies, particularly with reference
to the peoples who have been lib
Grated from Fascist tyranny. That
Is not the way to secure a better
Evening star., 1945-01-07

settlement of those differences, or
! to secure international machinery
which can rectify mistakes which
may be made.
must admit concern about many
situations-the Greek and Polish for
example. But those situations are
not as easy or as simple to deal
with as some spokeSmen, whose sin
cerity do not question, would have
us believe. We have obligations, not
necessarily legal, to the exiled gov
ernments, to the underground lead
ers, and to our major Allies who
came much nearer the shadows than
we did. sss
Choose Own Governments.
We and our Allies have declared
that 1t is our purpose to respect
the right of all peoples to choose
the form of government under
which they will live and to see SOW
ereign rights and self-government
restored to those who have been
forcibly deprived of them. But with
internal dissension, with many citi-
zens of liberated countries still pris-
oners of war or forced to labor in
Germany, it is difficult to guess the
kind of self-governmept the people
really want.
During the interim period, until
conditions permit a genuine ex-
preston Of the peoples will, we and
our Allies have duty, which we
cannot ignore, to use our influence
to the end that no temporary or
provisional authorities In the lib
Grated countries block the eventual
exercise Of the peoples right freely
to choose the government and insti-
tutions under which, as free men,
they are to live.
1t is our purpose to help the
| peace-loving peoples of Europe to
live together as good neighbors, to
recognize their common interests,
and not to nurse their traditional
grievances against one another.
Permanent Peace Machinery.
| But we must not permit the many
specific and immediate problems OF
adjustment connected with the lib
Grafton of Europe to delay the es-
tablishment Of permanent machin-
cry for the maintenance of peace
Under the threat Of common dam
ger, the United Nations joined to-
gether In war to preserve their
independence and their freedom
They must now join together to
make secure the independence and
freedom OF all loving states,
SO that never again shall tyranny
be able to divide and conquer.
International peace and we'll
being, like national peace and we'll
being, require constant alertness,
continuing cooperation, and Or
ganized effort.
| International peace and we'll
being, like national peace and we'll
being, can be secured only through
institutions capable of life and
growth.
One Of the most heartening
events of the year in the interna-
tional field has been the renaissance
OF the French people and the return
of the French nation to the ranks of
the United Nations. Far from hav-
ing been crushed by the terror of
Nazi domination, the French people
have emerged with stronger faith
than ever in the destiny of their
country and in the soundness of the
democratic ideals to which the
French nation has contributed so
greatly.
+ New Equipment for French.
Today French armies are again
on the German frontier and are
again fighting shoulder to shoulder
with our sons.
Since our landings in Africa we
have placed in French hands all the
Evening star., 1945-01-07

terms Of security. and human rights,
and religious freedom.
We Americans Of today, together
with our Allies, are making history
and I hope it will be better his
tory than ever has been made be-
fore.
We pray that we may be worthy
OF the unlimited opportunities that
God has given us.