davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
By Dyeuc Ps0ssoA

q i,6oe sunointed bv truman to one of ths mt important courts in the country handled 2 even after his confirmation, on behalf 0k enc ~ W biz power companies He Is Judge Wilbur MiueEf 4 gently appointed to the Q. s. Court cE AppsH 4e the District of Columbia, which handles moLs t1. pcrtant test cases than any other appeels c0Aks M the nation.
 However, even after Miller was confirmed " M Senate, he appeared last week before tne Esas. Power Commission on behalf of the AensNS Natural Gas Co.,
 This makes f. unanimous. For both of the OtlleE two judges Truman appointed to this importans aps peals court ex-Sen. Bennett Clark oi Aassou.. .. Barrett Prettyman, also have been attosneys AoL - big power companies or have been ant-pupnc pyWets
 Note-Bennett Clark was defeated for the senate by the people of Missouri last year atter many 2lssk years of isoationist opposition to RooseveISS E policies However, he worked valauty TOT ful'.an nomination at Chicago.
 Last week galaxy of the most powerful m0guls of the movie world paid visit on Atty.-esen 49.s Clark. Probably no more high-priced men evsE s sn tered the attorney generals office at one Ce UeAo' in history The group included
 Barney Balaban head of Paramount; AlDsrr Warner of Warner Brothers; Nick Schenck or Assk0- Godwyn-Mayer spyros skouras, head or wn SUsn osn- tury Fox and Peter Rathbone, head of EkO.- ..
 They entered Clarks office, laid Drie1 on !tlS desk and departed The visit lasted exactly SIX mA'l utes. +ae ts-a
 Since the salaries of these movie noguls average around S2OOOOO year each without bonuses or st0ck dividends and since they were accompanied nys 1 battery of legal counsel probably drawing from $cOgOv to $1O0OOO annually each, it estimated that ts six-minute session, including travel time rom NeW York, cost $25yOO0.
 The brief they handed Clark opposed the govern- ments antitrust suit against movie industry
 
 In the White House about the same time, Donald Nelson, former WIPE boss, called on his old Irleno Harry Truman. Nelson now, represents the lnoepen- dent motion picture companies such outfits aS Wa1 Disney, Frank Capra Walter Wanger, Sam Qolawyns Dave Sexnick, who when they produce pactuFes. can't get them shown because the Big Five own ana control the theaters
 They claim that the Big Five have one cd the tghtest mcnopoes in the country the eqtivaent q a newspaper owning all the newstands in city so no other paper can be sold.
 Twice before, the Justice Department has started co break up the movie monopoly, but each time ous. side higher-upS in the persons of Jimmy RooeeveW and Harry Hopkins have intefvened.
 So Donald Nelson inquired of Truman just wner0 he stood the motion picture case, and whether tne compromise consent decree proposed by the movie moguls, which hushes the whole thing, was in con~ formity with Truman's past record on anti-trust.
 The President replied emphaticaly that t waq not In this case he seemed ready to go further than FDR. He said he wanted no compromises ti
 '"The case will go to trial" he said, Tor else"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
by Peter EdSOn

plaining about having to support 50 many strong healthy males in such luxury.
 Seriously the services are finding 1t necessary to adopt this new line to get any takers The Navy needs half million volunteers and the Army may need twice that number. Recruiting falls off after every war. Reform of Army and Navy life is neces- sary therefore, and the soldier sailor and marine have been vsiby elevated in the social scale over the past 30 yars
 When they get this war shaken down, there Is even talk of abolshng kitchen police and other such fatigue duties hiring civilian labor to do this dirty work the professional soldier and sailor may become gentlemen at arms
 Preventing the next war will be increasingly job for technicians in all grades to push the buttons and operate the gadgetS. That's why the appeal has to be made to higher type Of young man
 Whether all these blandishments will work, re- mains to be seen Plenty of people are skepcal Four and five years of lot of war and most men have had bellyful Yet a special campaign will be waged to secure enliStments from now in service Those who have put in five years have only 26 more to 90 before retirement
 They will be offered bonuses in mastering out pay, immediate furloughs home bonuses for length of service on re-enlistment reductions in rank, choice of branch of service in which to study and choice of country in which they wish to serve.
 If inducements such as these don't produce the required number of volunteers 1t will mean continu- ation of the draft So there's lot of every young mans life at stake in how successfully the recruiting sergeants and petty officers do their stuff
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
NYLONS
(Christian Science Monitor)

CChr1Stlan science Monltor) "
 The battle of the Nylons is, about to commence. Shinguards are de- cidedly in order for customers, and bodyguards for clerks. WIPE, choos- ing the line of least resistance, has declined to set a common date on which stores may recommence the sale of the coveted foot covering. Perhaps that is wise. The agency has come through the war bloody but unbowed, and one can see how 1t would hesitate to take on a major conflict at this stage. But, in stat. ing as a reason therefor the fact that it had not taken such action in the case of more essential scarci- ties, like refrigerators, the WIPE reveals its purely masculine make up. ..
 More essential scarcities indeed! When did lack of a refrigerator ever engender the heat caused by knee bags, ankle wrinkles, and twisted seams? WIPE officials prob ably wouldn't think of making such comparison in the case of those war-shortened mems shirts-but thereby hangs another tale.
 To get back to Nylon sales, which is the major objective of every de- partment and speciality store owner, the merchants will do well to get together on a release date them selves. Otherwise, if they attempt feminine enticement alone, they may find themselves out on limb, pre- cariously suspended over a honey pot surrounded by none-too-gentle e-bearS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

weapon another war would bring forth, with acc companyng wonderment as to whether civilization could survive the next lot
 Somebody-the talk was flying pretty fast with rocket bombs exploding and globa bonbers circling all over the room-said that the explosion of atomic energy might have to be taken into consideration in the next one that the speaker had heard read exactly) that we the British and the Germans were all working on that puzzle, that the last we knew before the war, we were all neck and neck and our side was fearful the Germans would crack the secret first The taik wh!zzed or. This was just half dozen sentences tossed into at least three hours of talk.
 sThree or four nights later, friend freshly 1 from Florida got on the general subject while discussing war gossip he'd picked up his voyage, and he said he heard some vacauoning gentlemen of obvious substance discussing production. ordnance and such things at a golf club One of these finally had said that most of all this would be obsolete in another war, because the atomic bomb probably would be developed by then This would be fearful thing. he said The first notice a potential victim would have he said would be when everything started to turn certain color-probobly green. This didn't ia- press me as being piece of ncws, but just another Jules Verne guess at the weapon of tomorrow
 mean was as innocent as vestal virgin when stood before mems club In a church hall few nights later and made purely passing reference to "the atomic bomb" My theme was the then coming United Nations Conference and its chances of pre- venting third world war said we had to prevent the war because the world probably couldn't stand t.
 ssOme two weeks later, ct the San Francisco Con- ference found notice under the door Of my hotel room to call Lk, so-and-so ot the v. s. Army. ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
Views Of The Press

 and care of disease and the creation of healthier and happier personal ities. Last year more than one fourth of the hospital care and more than trlree-fourths of the clinical aid was given free. But the future demands better equipment-mod- ernized hospitals, improved research facilities, better and more mostly service and equipment. War has released the materials. The labor is available. The money is needed, not for one institution or a series of institutions taken separately, but for a community building plan to bring the humane services of med ical and sociological science to all who can benefit by them.
 The magnitude of the sum sought is a thrilling challenge not only to the city's generosity but to its fore sight. Dollars investigated in Fed eration this fall will bring rich dividends in years to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
(New York Times)

N4NSW ObA AAASo/
 This city'S Federation of Jewish Philanthropies has chosen these first months of peace to embark upon "the largest and most significant project in communal planning in the history of private philanthropy" In money terms this means the raising of $30,000 ,000-$9, 900 900 for the hospitals and social service agencies which annually serve 3o0,- 900 persons; $21, 100000 to rebuild or modernize 1l6 medical and well fare institutions. The equivalent of $4-from every man, women and child in New York City will be needed to meet this quota. Yet, 1t is not extravagant. It is an invest ment in future health and future happiness for millions of New York CTS. No one of any religion or race will fail to benefit, directly or in- directly.
 Tn it's maintenance program Fed eration is caring for the sick, for the aged and for children and young people. With this care goes con- stant research into the prevention
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
FOOTBALL PATRIARCH

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 Footballs grand old man is un- doubtedly Alonzo A. Stagg, Yale '8s, who has just celebrated his s3rd birthday and is starting on his 56th , season as football coach. Only two years ago he was named Coach of the Year." II years after the Uni- varsity of Chicago, the scene of his greatest triumphs, had retired him because he had reached 70.
 His Al years at Chicago and IS at the College of the Pacific at Stockton, Cal, sum up Stagg's re- cord. It was Stagg Chicago team which broke Hurry Up" Yost's dominance in midwestern football. Stagg Chicago teams numbered such football immortals as Steffen and Eckersall.
 Evidently there Is no such thing as old age in sports. Only thinking makes 1t so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
ANNUAL SESSION
(NAw Britain Heraldl

NNSW 9EltdA1L 1AC1 dA0l .
 In our opinion, the opponents to annual sessions of the Legislature have the better of the argument; but that isn't saying we think the opponents will win. A spirit oi change is in the air and maybe many people will vote for annual sessions out of sheer desire for something different.
 There is no guarantee that the annoyances incident to the biennial sessions will be eliminated with arl- nual sessions; and there is the pos- sihility of spending more tax money at faster intervals.
 But some groups think annual sessions will give them an oppor- tunity to influence the legislators twice as much as now, and they love such opportunities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
Americas Free Press

The American press can scarcely be accused of i'm modesty if during the current observance of National Newspaper Week it says few good words for itself and for the system under which 1t operates.
 For almost four years newspapers and news ana picture services operated without their accustomed ana guaranteed freedom They accepted the wartime re. SponSbity of national security and the restrctloS o voluntary and imposed censorship With tne same good % the responsibility of free expression And in dong so hey again vndcaed that ancient grant of freedom ana assured its restoration.
 American coverage of the war certainly was fuller and farer than that of any other country At the front newsmen shared the fighting mans hardships ana ana dangers but without his training and weaponS) to Send back in words and pictures the factua tragic moVng' dayoday history of the war Thirty-one o those cor respondents lost their lives Others reported missing
 Here at home the press did efficient job of keep ing the people informed to the duties and restrictions of wartime living Newspapers conducted dre TOT scrap metal and scrap paper They encouraged bond buying and blood donation They kept readers abreast of the latest ratoning regulations Some printed overseas ed- tons for hometown boys in service All contributed vol untarily and in many ways to their communities vel fare and morale
 Now at last censorship has been lifted in this coun. ry and our armies restored truth to the peoples or the enemy nations But elsewhere in the world the story is less happy Among of the United Nations and neutral countries there continues suppression of truth and control of a matter of national policy.
 American dispatches are still censored In Russia ana in most of the countries under Russian influence There and in other countries such as Spain, Brazil Argentina and China domestic stories tightly controlled even though outgoing dispatches may be uncensoreo Ana long these conditions exist so long as government can dictate to it's press and spoofeed it's people, there can be no real world security
 The theme of this years National Newspaper Week is empty, rhetorical slogan controlled press is an in- dspensabe tool of dictatorship the history Of the AXIS shows free access to the truth IS prime requisite ol International understanding and lasting peace.
 American news executves-private leaders of Prl- vate industryare heading the movement for worldwide
 Freedom of the press Their task of immediate importance and great difficulty Let us hope that they may enlist an even stronger and insstent support of demo cratic governments and their peoples throughout the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
Atomic Bomb And By BM Cunningham,

was late decided to wait until morning Morning, to me, generally means around Il o'clock, but it didn't that morning. y
 Game a firm rap on the door at 2 o'clock and in walked It. so-and-so He introduced himself as member of the Army Intelligence, and he wanted to know if I'd made speech on a certain night at a certain church. said had. He wanted to know If I'd mentioned the atomic bomb. said did. Then he asked me what knew about the atomic bomb. I said Nothing" Where did hear anything of any sort about the atomic bomb, he wanted to know
 He said, granted there was any such thing--and he said he didn't know that there was--a directive had been issued on months-old date he quoted barring any public mention of the atomic bomb. While my infraction had been wel-meant he said, it was orders of Army Intelligence to track such things to their absolute origin. He wanted to know who I'd been talking with, he said, and then Army Intelligence would want to talk with them
 baked tried to argue that grilling of this sort, in this case at least was only ridiculous but cruel that knew these people but slightly personally, but all about them otherwise knew from their talk that they didn't know any more about the subject than did, that didn't want them to be submitted to this sort of grlling through piece of my stupid ity, and just what would happen if refused to give their names?
 "well. # that's ycur sSs~er," he said .thats your answer" As for the res he said he didn't know
 He went away, and 50 did I, in time, to Los door There were two of them this time They N were bigger and tougher. They pulled out their cars Yes know" said. whats the bad newsa"
 "The bad news is that Washington isn't satlsfisA with your answer, the one in front said Tt wanko the names of everybody you talked with
 tfSs st ...ha. HAysS
 sThls was it There was nothing to do but conrlly, although, they were nice enough to give me an aps precate break They agreed to postpone their Quisza until could get home and sort of be around, Co give solace and comfort to my friends, if possible
 They duly interviewed my friends and while they were very efficient they were very nice about it i didn't take much to convince them that my pecnle knew nothing they hadn't culled from Ren1rAl reading or ccnjectural gossip such as we'd swappsd that night. 1N t
 was in London when the atomic hc-rs rSs dropped On Hiroshima FR I
 T looked up from the headline Into the face I . for t seems had blufted at him, @weu | wiI|i 6s oanned.g 4 s 11
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
The Firing Line By D. N. T.

"A rich man has little chance to be faithful to his wife. Dorothy Dix in the Boston Globe.
 EXPLANATION The poor man has no houses, . No treasure haunts his life; The stead.est of spouses, He's faithful to his wife. Oh well, perhaps they picker, As, tell me, who does not? Though Cupid's flame may flicker, It still is rather hot. The poor man knows his life Is A round of toll and care; He's not alonc-his wife is Perpetually there. The wealthy man. however, To evil is exposed, Because his purse Is never, Or almost never, closed. His wife, wh:n he has signed her Allowance check, is through, And he can never find her To be faithful to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

rich" and so forth.
 Did you know, for instance, that young man of IS to 20 enlistng in the armed services today, retire after 30 years of service at the ripe young age of 4S 50 and live pension? If the recruit is reasonably smart and minds his spit and polish he can rise to the equivalent grade of master sergeant and retire on $14s month, which is clover and not hay. That's the equal of income from over $25 600 worth of matured, paid up life insurance.
 Next to this social security song the recruiters will be singing the endearing young charms of: 2- training for technical career 3-education through courses in the armed services extension university 4-travel It will look like life such rich men used to offer their -do-wel And when the Navy comes along with its old offer of girl in every port the line becomes positively sybaritic.
 First thing you know, the taxpayers will be com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

the war and 1t all seemed too silly to make the slightest begin- ming of sense.
 It began when my wife and I were invited to a dinner party on the sacred precincts of Beacon Hill. It was small but dis tinguished gathering.
 Talk was naturally of the war, and of the world that was to be, At one point, discussion got around to the terrible new weap. cns this war had produced, then nota innkiirn aa kn what sort of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

the land. But what difference there will be.
 Gone will be the call to the rough and ready life and high adventure. Iris is another age. And the Army and Navy and Marine Corps, and probably the Coast Guard too, will be offering the young man-of all things Social Security. Join the Marines and get social security. Join the Navy and zee your benefits pile up. Rewrite the words to the old bugle call. You're in the Army
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

attack in December, 1944, and urged that Gen, Eisenhower be put on guard. It was also revealed how this advice had been ignored with the result that American forces in the Ardennes Forest were caught off-guard and their thin line of defense wiped out, re- sulting in 60.O0O casualties and weeks of further warfare.
 An additional chapter to this tragic blunder can now be told.
 On Dec. 10, 1944, six days be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

Ck, Col B. Albert Dickson chief of intelligence for the Second Army wrote strong report to his superiors warning that German offensive was coming. His report, labelled "No 37" is in the files of the War Department and is available to any Senate Comnit- tee wanting to get the real truth regarding tbis blunder which cost so many American lives.
 Col Dickson reported that from interviewing cap- tured German prisoners, he convinced they were jubilant enthusiasm on the part of the Germans he interviewed, new determination to escape and go back to fight in the offensive He even reported that the Germans were training men to infiltrate behind American lines as American soldiers.
 It will be remembered that later, Nazi troops were found dressed in American uniforms behind our lines
 Col Dickson even prepared a map showing vil- lages where German reserves were bileted in prep- aration for tn Belgian Bulge attack. And he urged that they be bombed out immediately. This recom- story of tragic American losses would have been different
 Instead the 18th Army Group wrote a report on Dec F. refuting Col Dicksons report of Dec. 10. It replied that such an attack could not happen.
 Later, on Dec. IS, SHAEF, the headquarters of Gen. Eisenhower wrote G-2 appreciation" stating that German surprise attack could not happen. However Dec ,16, the date of this report, was the actual day it did happen.
 So later in the day, STIAEF hastily withdrew this appreciation" and substituted three other pages in its report The original report therefore may not be available to Congressional Committee. However, if
 
 Bulge battle it will find that it contains in black and white the story of how the Army was warned the NaN attack was coming, and was even urged to bomb the waiting German reserves, but completely ignored that warning
 Note-U s. casualties in the Bulge were 60O0O compared with less than 5000 at Pearl Harbor.
 How drasticalIy Harry Truman and Atty-Gen Tom Clark are deserting one Of Franklin Roosevelts principals was indicated by recent incident which few people noticed.
 One of the great battles Roosevelt fought was against the big utility companies But the other day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

All I know about the atomic bomb you could paint on sandwich board for flea, yet that little bit almost landed me in the clink some six months go It was my one time of being close to trouble in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
A Thought for Today

cursed from the earth which hath opened her mouth receive thy brothers blood from thy hand-Uene "
 As long regarded wicked will always have its fas- cnatons vulgar 1t will cease to be pop llar.-Oscar Wilde.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

No matter how thick thin you slice it the better fut of beef pork lamb and bacon will remain the ration lst for the time being but certain cuts will be availabls Nithout stamps goodly supply of meat is promised 8 October there you with honoys about even as what you will or will not get ration free.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
He-Man Sirens

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The recruiting sergeant and petty officer about to take their places again familiar fixtures court house squares throughout now you're net behind the blow. You're gonna get
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01

The housing situation is still critical here and else where Veterans in New York have had much dlffi- cuy and little that hundred of them asked permission to sleep in Central Park which request had o he refused Funny thing the old saying nowhere to go Aait home, has become obsolete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
|Merry-GO-Round

WASHINGTON, Oct. I--Last week this column revealed that two Military Intelligence cOlonels in Washington warned their supeHors that the Germans were about to launch the disastrous Belgian Bulge