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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

ordered to return all orders for | tobacco parcels to senders. Families of American soldiers re- gently released from prison camps may receive announcements of lib- erat ion of prioners through the American Red Cross, under special arrangements made to supplement the Armys notification service. This service is available to those men re- questing it and full cost will be borne by the Red Cross.
 Liberated men who are awaiting transportation home will be have an opportunity to communicate with their families.
 Messages requesting information concerning the health and welfare of their relatives may be sent through the Red Cross and the Red Cross will accept replies for imme- dlate delivery overseas. Although delivery of the replies can not be guaranteed, because so many men Will be moving homeward, every ef- fort will be made by the Red Cross to speed the messages and national headquarters will make special tele- phone calls to home town chapters to check up on replies.
 Mrs. Fenton stresses the fact that families are asked to make no ef- fort to meet the liberated men on their arrival in the United States. and no inquiries should be made of the Red Cross or War Department.
 Identical service is being provided to liberated prisoners of Allied Na- tions having relatives in the United States.
 All American Red Cross prisoners Of War relief supplies now in Eu- rope including food parcels, medical Kits and clothing. are being distri- buted promptly to American and other Allied prisoners of war in CO., operation with SHAEF and large numbers of the food packages are now being furnished to liberated American and other Allied prisoners at assembly centers and embarka- ton ports along their homeward journey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
/ Soldiers Save Youth

Jesup, Ga, May 23-CUP)-Seven GI's were the heroes of CamA Stewart, Ga, today because of the secret blood transfusions they have given a -year-old boy for almost a year in an effort to save his life.
 Jesup hospital attaches disclosed that the boy, Raymond Garrison was kept alive by the block bank supplied by the seven soldiers. They gave the transfusions on condition their Identities not be disclosed.
 The men pledged Theron Garrison, the child's father to secrecy when they offered to supply the baby with blood Their secret was discov- cred on VIE day when hospital au- thorities called the camp because one of the men failed to show up for his regular donation. All soldiers were restricted to camp on that day.
 Hospital attaches said today the child, suffering from plasmic anemia, blood disease, has been given a chance to live.
 The seven enlisted men ap- preached the boys father when they feared about the child's critical ill., ness.
 Garrison is a civilian employe at the camp.
 The enlisted men began supply ing the boy with blood immediately. They formed rotation plan and che of the seven appeared regular ly for transfusions. Five of them are military policemen and two are medical corpsmen.
 They are Pfc John Pincus, Bronx, N. r.; Pfc Robert L. R. Metz, Mans field, O.; Pfc. Howard A. Harper, Monongahela, Pa; Pfc. Eric Stoer- ger, New York; Pfc. William E. Cathey, Anderson, S. G.; Pfc. Will liam Clements, Fayette, Ala, and Sgt. Oliver L. Radford, Glenville, Ga.
 When the commanding officer, Col. William V. Ochs, learned of the case, he said
 l am proud to have you under my command"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
ROOM FOR ONE MORE

Brockton, Mass. - (U.P0 - Even bus drivers are having a tough time getting seats in their own vehicles these days. Driver Fred Keith left his bus recently and when he re- turned he found it was jammed to the doors. He had to climb through a small window behind his seat to get in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
HAPPY ENDING

Houston, Tex - CU.PO-On sight of her neWly-born infant, Little Caesars mother kicked up her heels in disgust and abandoned him Little Caesar" probably the small est Shetland mule in the world, was son adopted by another mare and doesn't seem to miss his own mother bit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
Senior Girl Scout Hike

Members of Troop 3, Senior Girl Scouts, under the leadership of Mrs. Herbert Dayton and Mrs. Bronson Lockwood, held supper hike to the home of Mrs. F. N Meyer
 Northfield road Monday evening. The Scouts left the center at 5:30 o'clock and returned at 9:3O o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23
Returns to Naval Station

Donald Flynn s 1/c, U. s. N. R. who has been spending a leave with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Francis P. Flynn of Middlebury road has returned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-23

noon. The cast includes Clare Payne Gloria Lawson, Nancy Lynn, Louise Jessell and Ann Jessell. Fol lowing the play, the girls will be hostess at tea.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Churchill The War Leader
and Churchill, Politician

In England they tell story about Prime
Minister Churchill going to see some of
the damage inflicted on London by the
German V-bombs last year "This is just
like the good old days., the wonderful old
warrior exclaimed, as he gazed on newly
smashed buildings and rubble all around.
BritonS who revere Churchill as their in
comparable wartime leader often quote this
remark to show why they are opposed to
him as peacetime politician
For "the good old days" of Dunkirk and
the Blitz and the British retreat to victory"
in Africa and Asia were the great days of
Winston Churchill 1t was then that his
bulldog strength and fighting spirit SYM
bolized the unbeatable British people, battl-
ing for their very lives. No one of our gen.
Grafton can ever forget the picture of the
Prime Minister, boWler-hatted, cigar in
teeth, clutching tommy gun on the shores
of England, or his blood sweat and tears"
oratory which gave a new and thrilling
greatness to the English language. But now
that Britons are thinking of peace, of recon-
structlon, of necessary new ways of living
with themselves and the world, Churchill
already seems to belong to the past He
himself has recognized and said this in
many ways. He did not become the Kings
First Minister, he said belligerently to pre-
side over the liquidation of the Empire By
liquidation, of course, he meant changes
which would give real freedom to Britain's
subject peoples. And in his recent campaign
speeches he has revealed too clearly the
petty and petulant side of his nature-which
looks upon British reform at home as Com
muniSm" and "Sovietism".
No, ever since his dashing days as cor
respondent in the Boer War, Winston Chur-
chill has been an exciting and inspiring
figure in Britain's wars, and an effective
opponent of British progress in peace That
Is why there is deep and widespread and
genuine opposition to him in England to-
day, even though the war in Asia is still
unWon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Shall We Let
Japan off Easy

We are hearing occasionally that the word
unconditional" should be stricken out of
the term unconditional surrender" as ap-
piled to Japan.
Those who make this suggestion argue
that Japan should not be reduced to total
defeat, because then we should lose a valu-
able bulwark against growing China and
an ambitious Russia.
Why we should fear strong and pros
porous China is hard to understand. On the
contrary, our dreams of flour hundred mil
lion customers" cannot come true until
ChinaS standard of living has been raised
A developed, industrialized China may well
prove the worlds greatest market place, con-
tributing to the well-being of all, other
nations
AS for Russia, we do not know that she
will ever bother us. Japan has done SO. We
should be making a poor gamble in ex-
changing possible aggressor for "a certain
one.
Russia has no creed 1000 years old de-
handing that she conquer the earth Japan
has.
Russia has plenty of elbow room Japan
has not.
Russia has no bone to pick with the West.
Japan, after defeat, will be inflamed with
an abiding resentment. Her statesmen and
writer's are already propagandizing "hun-
dred years war"
10 rely upon a sworn enemy to help us
curb present and probable friend, one of
the three chief pillars of world security,
would seem to be the last word in folly.
But" say our businessmen who used to
trade with the Orient, Eve want Japan after
the war to be able to buy from US. If you
destroy Japan we will have no business"
How about business with the rest Of the
Orient? We must in the long run choose
between business with Japan and business
with Asia.
This is true because an unchecked Japan
would certainly resume her program of
monopolHing ASiatic trade American bust
ness was rapidly being squeezed out before
the war. There could be no objection to this
if it were based upon fair competition. But
Japan used wage slavery, government sub
Sidy and military force to achieve her ends.
To let Japan off easy would be to per-
petuate this system. Japan should have a
fair chance to make a decent living-but
there is no road to this goal except by way
of complete defeat and international control
maintained long enough to teach her how
to live and let live.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
BY James Preston

Leanish, farm-born Rep. Carter
Manasco of Alabama, who spent
seven years on Capitol Hill before
entering Congress in l941, is boast
ing a bill designed to cut expenses
and increase efficiency Of federal
agencies.
Secretary to the late Speaker
Bankhead, Manasco succeeded his
former boss, and is an ardent cam
paigner for governmental economy.
Adept at storytelling, enthusiastic
about sports as a morale builder,
he looks younger than his years,
partly because of dark hair over
his domed forehead and eyes that
twinkle behind spectacles. He was
born in 1902 in his great-great
grandfathers farm In Alabama.
AS chairman of the House Com
mittee on Executive Expenditures,
the Alabaman recently received
from President Truman a letter en-
dorsing the bill to strengthen Con-
gressional control over government
corporation finances and opera
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
In Same Boat

An encouraging indication that industry
as whole is taking a broader outlook on
the problems affecting any one industry, is
shown by an article in the April issue of
the National Grange Monthly, by Fred
Brenckman, national legislative representa-
tive of that organization, entitled, ITO Regu-
late Coal Industry" Mr. Brenckman said:
Farmers, together with other consumers
Of coal, both domestic and industrial have
a vital interest in several bills pending be-
fore the Ways and Means Committee of
the House of Representatives to reenact leg
iSlation for the regulation of prices in the
btuminous coal industry AS many diSln-
tereSted people view it, these proposals are
part and parcel of the movement for gov
eminent control of industry, as opposed to
our traditional system of free enterprise :.
If this legislation should be enacted, the pre-
cedent thus established for the coal indus
try would likely be extended to other indus
tries allegedly charged with a public in
tereSt."
Members of Congress who believe in our
American system of free enterprise will
find little difficulty in justifying themselves
for voting against such proposed legisla-
ton, because, as the Honorable Frank Carl
son of Kansas, SAYS: "The coal industry is
not a national monopoly any more than
farms or timber, and if Congress is to set
minimum prices based on cost of produc-
ton for this natural resource, would it not
be logical to do the same for petroleum,
farm products, and factory products? This,
of course, would lead to RECOMMENDATION and
a bureaucratic controlled domestic economy
We have just defeated German national So
cialism at an unparalleled sacrifice of blood
and treasure. Why support measure here
that leads down the road to serfdom?"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Take Your Place At
The Peace Table

"Take Your Place at the Peace Table" is
today'S war slogan. Constructive and demo-
cratic, it shows how long way we have
gone from the first war, when the slogans
were abstract, general and idealiStic. Make
the world safe for democracy" and "the war
to end all wars" left nothing for American
citizens to do, except lay down their lives
or their arms take Your Place at the
Peace Table" puts the responsibility for
making peaceful world right where it be-
longs in the hands of every U. S. citizen.
For the average citizen has realized al
ready that the peace he and his children
are going to get depend on him. He wanted
peace after the last war, just as he wanted
goodness and kindness. But he had no idea
that there was anything that he could do
about it. The machinery of diplomacy was
too powerful and remote for him to cope
with. He did not know that an intelligent
and enthusiastic individual is potentially
powerful enough to start a great movement.
So he did nothing. We won the war and
lost the peace.
The time is crucial now-right through
the San Francisco Conference. Delegates
will be strongly fortified if they have def
mite evidence that the public wants a just
and lasting peace. The period following the
San Francisco Conference will be just as
critical, for the proposals made there will
be put up to the Senate for adoption. The
Senate must be assured that the people of
this country want peace, because the Senate
gets its mandate from the people. The
people will be obeyed.
After the peace program is legally adopt
ed, the people Will have to maintain long
term policy of vigilance and action. The
fight to maintain peace will be as difficult
as the fight to get it. The people of the
country must be kept aware of the fact that
America is a member of a community of
nations, with an unshakable determination
to maintain peace.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Only The Free Eat Well

"Some of our more advanced thinkers"
says the Wall Street Journal, 'have had the
effrontery to put into so many words a
statement to the effect that freedom is all
right but you can't eat it.
swell, perhaps you can't eat freedom. But
note one thing. People who do not have
freedom are likely not to eat"
Proof of the latter statement becomes
more evident in the United States each day
Due to wartime restrictions, the people of
our country have given up many of their
freedoms, a principal one being the right
to produce and sell
We have accepted wartime rationing and
price control as essential to the distribution
of existing supplies. But as we have given
up our freedom to produce, supplies have
dwindled until the United States today faces
acute shortages of the essentials of life All
the alibis that are offered in the name of
"anti-inflation, will not supply the nations
needs when freedom to produce and sell
is gone.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19

be useful in and will aid the veter-
an to establish or maintain his own
small agricultural enterprise and
whether farming conditions and
other economic and geographic
factors affecting the locality with
in which the veteran maintains or
desires to establish such enterprise
render the success thereof reason
ably probable.
In selling surplus property to the
Smaller War Plants Corporation
for resale to a veteran, disposal
agencies shall comply with apple
able regulations of the Office Of
Price Administration, but in no case
shall charge price which is great
er than the cost of acquisition
thereof to the Government, less ap-
propriate allowances for deprecia-
ton, obselescence, wear and tear,
and such other factors as may re-
late to the condition or utility Of
the property. The Smaller War
Plants Corporation will charge the
veteran no greater price than the
price charged by the disposal agen-
cy; provided, however, that the
Smaller War Plants Corporation
may increase such price by the &C
tual cost of delivering the property
to the veteran if such cost is not
included in the disposal agency's
price.
Upon the request of the Smaller
War Plants Corporation, disposal
agencies shall forward directly to
the veteran property purchase here
under for resale to him. The Small
er War Plants Corporation shall
not purchase for resale to any one
veteran hereunder surplus property
in excess of $500 as determined by
the disposal agencies sales prices.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
u VS. OF The
lib OOk w OrId

It's customary among publishers
to assume that poetry will not have
a wide sale. One of the recent out
standing exceptions was Alice Duer
Miller's 1.-THE White Cliffs" a run
away best-seller. Alice Duer Miller
died about three years ago, at the
age of sixty-eight. In a file of her
manuscripts covering forty-three
years. only three completed stories
were found to have been rejected.
Among her best known works were
her long short stories, The Charm
School, and Come Out of the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19

Kitchen" both of which were dra-
matized, and Gowns by Roberta"
the basis for the musical comedy,
Roberta"
In "All Our Lives" Henry Wise
Miller, her husband, tells Mrs. Mil
ler'S life story 1t is the story Of a
reigning beauty in the hey-day of
New York Society. first-rate
mathematician, a famous hostess,
a scholar, and a most versatile
writer. In essence, however, 1t Is the
story of a remarkably happy mar
riage. The Millers were poor at
first-in Costa RIGA where Mr..
Miller tried unsuccessfully to make
money out of rubber. and after
wards in New York, where for a
time he worked as telephone
boy in Wall Street. They had plenty
later on, when he was a successful
stock broker and she gathered in
creasing royalties from her stories,
plays, and scenarios. Being poor
when you are young" comments
Mr.. Miller, has its advantages.
After being hard up. anything you
make in later life is so much
gravy"
Margo KurtZ, who is married to
the combat pilot. Col. Frank Kurtz,
tells the problems of being an Air
Force wife in MY Rival, the Sky"
Long distance telephone calls re-
lieyed her anxiety a little after
her husband went to the Pacific,
but prohibitive expense limited
these calls both in length and fire.
quency. Once, however, Frank tele-
phoned her from Java to say that
they could talk as long as they
wanted without worrying about the
cost. The call lasted for a wonder
full forty-five minutes, and he re-
peated there wouldn't be any bill
to pay because it was all on the
government. What she didn't know
was which government. Frank left
that bill for the enemy. When he
walked out of the phone booth, pri-
or to evacuation to Australia, the
Japs walked in.
The sun loses $50 billion tons in
weight every day, says Waldemar
Kaempffert in Science Today and
Tomorrow" But that needn't be any
immediate concern of ours, since
it is so large it will last some Is
billion years longer.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
GERMAN PLANT
TAKEN OVER

Germany'S a nous chemical
works, I. G.. Farben Company, has
been taken over for military use by
Company Engineers, U. S. Army,
and is now producing oxygen-for
use in construction welding-at the
rate of 1000 cylinders a day for
the army. Production of acetylene
will shortly begin. Although ap-
proximately IS per cent of its
buildings were destroyed by Allied
bombing only 80 per cent of the
operating machinery was lost, ac-
cording to the plants German di-
rectorS.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
FERRY SERVICE

FERRY SERVICE
From May l until May l9 the
309th Engineers, U. S. Army. oper-
ated a continuous ferry across the
lEbe River, transporting over 1O,5OO
eastern Europeans, Russians, Poles.
and Ukrainians to the east side Of
the river. About $500 nationals Of
France, Belgium, Holland and Italy
were brought from the Russian
side of the river to the American.
Including some $500 German pris-
oners and 600 liberated Allied PWs
the total passenger count on the
ferry for this period was 1900.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
AGRICULTURE

Any veteran desiring to exercise
the preference granted in the pur-
chase of surplus property useful to
establish or maintain his own small
agricultural enterprise shall file
with the War Food Administrator
and application therefor.
The War Food Administrator will
certify to the Smaller War Plants
Corporation for purchase by it for
resale to. the veteran such property
as the veteran may apply for as
in the judgment of the War Food
Administrator will foster and render
more secure family-type farming.
In forming such judgment the War
Food Administrator will take into
account whether the property will
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
XWASHlMGTON ~
. SkAl&AoTS ~

tons, somewhat as Manassas bill
provides executive control for fed
eral agencies.
81 heartily favor this proposal, -
the President wrote. 1T is q long
delayed forward step"
Manasco is devoting all his en-
ergy and knowledge acquired dur
ing IL years in Washington TO see
ing that this forward step, and sim
liar steps TO produce an orderly
system of government, are taken.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
IS YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

The body of the lightkeeper was
found in the river and, according
to police, the drowning was acct
dental. No inquest will be held.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES

The veterans own small business
or professional enterprise shall in
clude any commercial, industrial,
manufacturing, financial, service,
legal, medical, dental, or other
lawful enterprise (other than agri-
cuturaD having an invested capital
not in excess of $4,000 which a
veteran maintains or desires to
establish; Provided, That he is or
will be, directly or indirectly, the
sole proprietor thereof or that no
person or persons, other than other
veterans, have or will have any
proprietary interest in the enter
prise, singly or together, directly
or indirectly, in excess of so per
cent Of either the capital invested
in such enterprise or of the gross
profits or income thereof.
The veterans own small agricul-
tural enterprise shall include any
farming, fisheries, forestry, graz
ing, fruit-growing, livestock or poul-
try raising or other lawful enter
prise (other than a business or pro-
feSsional enterprise) having an in
vested capital not in excess of $25,-
600 which a veteran maintains or
desires to establish; Provided, that
he is, or will be, directly or indi-
rectly, the sole proprietor thereof
or that no person or persons, other
than other veterans, have or will
have any proprietary interest in
the enterprise. singly or together,
directly or indirectly, in excess of
so per cent of either the capital
invested in such enterprise or of
the gross profits or income thereof.
Surplus property does not include
real estate or aircraft and parts
peculiar to aircraft. 1t does not in
clude any property to be resold with
or without reproceSSing or refab-
rication.