davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27
Belgium Life
 Pretty Tough
By HENRY TOSTI RUSSELL

Brussels, June N-(UP)-Living in Belgium today is like being a nudist at the North Pole-you've got to be pretty tough.
 There is plenty of everything for those with plenty of money. But otherwise you've got to live without most of life's essentials.
 Although things have improved since last winter and early spring, a host of necessities still are very scarce. Most Brussels housewives can't get cooking gas for more than couple of hours a day-even if they have something to cook.
 The rich don't have to eat cold meals, because they can buy black market coal for around $50 a ton or plug into an expensive electricity circuit to do their cooking. know of one wealthy family that acquired fictitious pharma- meutical company in order to get medical alcohol for fuel, various olls for use in salads, and sugar which they use to make jam in- stead of pills.
 The average housewife is like Mother Hubbard. Most of the time the grocery shelves are empty. She still Is trying to collect the rela- lively small quantities of rice and other foodstuffs to which her ra- tlon tickets entitle her. But most o1 the time her ration tickets expire before the storekeepers can get the food.
 Lots of Belgians went without butter, margarine, coffee, meat and coal last winter and spring. Many are owed as much as three to four months back rations which they never will collect because their tick cts expired or the goods just aren't available anywhere except on the black market.
 Stenographers and other white collar workers whose pay ranges LID to about $50 a month, are in a par t1cularly bad position. They're really up against it when they have to pay black market prices like more than dollar for a pound of sugar and $2 to $5 a pound for but ter-two dollars now, $5 last winter.
 The best part of life for the average stenographer is that she can live in the parental apartment for comparatively low rentals-as SlO month until the recent goy- ernment decree permitting a 40 per cent rent increase.
 Getting new clothes is about the toughest problem for Belgian girls, who pay seven to eight dollars for ersatz shoes with wodden soles- $1OO for real leather, $17.5O for an ersatz hat, and $125 pound for knitting wool that is obtainable only on the black market.
 Most girls solve their luncheon problem by taking slices of bread and margarine or jam to the office thus saving money and precious ration points.
 A few legally-priced meals are available in reStaurtnts at SIPS for a three-courSe meal, and there are plenty of five, ten and twenty dol- lar meals in the swanky black mar ket restaurants.
 The movies in Brussels all are pre-War films, except for the news reels.
 The movies don't cost much, run ming from 20 or 30 cents in the small neighborhood theaters to 40 to 60 cents in the best houses.
 Trolley cars are the only means of transportation available in Brus- Sels.
 Prospects for an improvement in the overall situation this winter are good, depending upon the tenn per and number of the coal miners who are pretty with out whom the nations industries will be pretty much at a standstill. !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent

Washington, June 27-Here are some questions from dependents of men in the service.
 Q. My husband is in the Sea Bees. He has been overseas for almost two years. He is almost A years old and has one child. Is he eligible for discharge and what steps could be taken to obtain it? He is in the Pa cific and has not seen any notices regarding this.
 A. Men over 42 with dependents can request discharge. He must make the request to his command ing officer.
 Q. In reference to the point sys- tenn, could you explain why widowed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27
Walter Winchell
 COnSt-tO-COaSt

at all the empty tables and in- toned: Tonight it's too big!" =. |. A movie producer convulsed several fathers last night with this one: My 17-year old daughter was in a mood and I scolded her. She snapped back: All you ever do for me is give me money!"
 Love and Kixxxxx: '"Tin Pan AL icy of the Air" (via NEG Satdee eves) Olga San Juan's Oscar prize-winner short: "Bombalera," a delight Louis Armstrong's al- bum of jazz classics :. Columbia's 1000 and One Nights" merry girl-show Herbert M. Clark'S remarkable first uncensored broad cast from Madrid for American Bcasting System .. Georgia Gibbs zingopation at Cafe Society Uptown :. Lena Horne and the Phil Moore Four toying with T Want Little Doggie" (Victor) "Mousie" Pow ellis song, Crazy Things" .. |. Scallions to the ruling Cat Camp Robinson, Ark) which gives 63 loaves of bread per 100 German prisoners of war and only 28 loaves to each 100 Americans there!
 Sounds in the Night: At the Col den Fiddle: "The mud in Okinawa seems to be almost as bad as that ir the New York Mayoralty fight!" At the Stork: Don't envy the guy who heads the radio ratings. The roof is the only place where the stairway leads down" At Ruby F'oo's Den: "FDR's enemies still hate him because he died a great man while they remain living nonentities" At the Metropole: He's made so many boners in Con- gress they now call him A Houses Neck At the St. Moritz Club Continental: 'To many civilians think they are helping the war ef- fort just by living through it" :. At Reuben's: He's the kind of guy you have to take with grain of morphine" . At the Onyx: New York bus drivers are accused Of staging deliberate showdown of LlACA1 bIoOOo. 41OW Iclll olly O11C lCll.
 Love Letter of the Week: Seattle, Washington: Dear Sir: Regarding your comment did it ever occur to you that the Supreme Court you are now criticizing (for freeing 9 Bund leaders, was hand picked by the same President you worked over time supporting and boosting dur ing the past dozen years? Enough said!-William Kirk Chilcott" Answer: I sure do. I trust you are now convinced of his integrity. He knew they had integrity, too. I didn't criticize the judges. deplored the reversal of their convictions.
 Boloney and Eggs (pancake style) E. L. Cord, the motor magnate, has purchased an entire block in H'Wood for more than million buX Bruce Cotton is the one who will help auth Donald Nelson's book They expect fireworks in Cuba soon-due to the meat shortage But Cuba has plenty of it! Exiles Gin the US) are suspected in back oi it to arouse the people there to overthrow President Martin .. Phil Siivers will get s7,500 at the Roxy Last time he appeared on the Big Street was in "Yokel Boy" at $50 per wk. SWeltering New York CTS are fee-you-ree-uss with coast> CTS who write about the Beverly Hills cool nights ttee-hee) ... A Westchester hospital which ca ters to odd kerrickters will make the headlines after a probe about the nose-candy" (cocaine) on its regular diet Six suits are pending on the rights to Rum and C-Ci
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27

cruiser in the Atlantic near Europe. Does the plan for dis charging men who have been in the European theater apply to him?
 A. No. The announced discharge plan applies only to men In the Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27
THE NEW YORK HOLLYWOOD
 EXPRESS

A<A1 AeA106
 The Big Parade: Ilona Massey sehearsing the song hit of MGM's Holiday in Mexico" The title; 'Vision." a contagious melody < Popular Gregory Peck of the moom- pitchers, refreshing fellow Roddy McDowell sharing coke with Anthony Demarco in the Roxy stage entrance Radio canary Bill Darnell chasing his tiny Mexi- can hairless pup down Park avenue and being outrun Miguel Ro- manoff at Sherman Fairchild's cocktail poddy-smothered in Pow CTS models. Wotta way to die!. Carol Stone, the talented leading lady of Dark of the Moon', whose holiday from the troupe is for an operation next week Al Davis (called the most spectacular sport ing gent since 190D, who is ready ing his autobiog for a movie stu dio. He is getting calls from some of his cast of kerrickters who want to be included out!
 Sallies in Our Alley: Horace Mac Mahon, a clever actor Cat liberty too long), was swamped by auto graph hunters after a CT benefit show . See" said well-wisher companion, the public doesn't for get!" "Yes," sighed Horace but the producers do' Fred Stones Paula offers a definition of an executive: A guy who lies awake al. night trying to figure out how to keep some people from sleep 1ng the next.
 Big Town Novelette,: Because of one of those unpredictable twists of fate, marriage which a mid- Westerner tried to save is on the rocks He gave up a good job in DeS Moines-followed his stage struck bride to Broadway and searched for any kind of work So he could pay the bills until she got "break" in the theater Ht didn't want any part of show busineSs-but they had to eat So he tried out for role in a USO show and, as simple as that, got the lead 7. The very same day his wife had been turned down for a bit role in a Guild show It wrecked their marriage. It was, ob- servers report, one of those hu- initiating coincidents that was too tough to bear
 Memos of Midnighter: Ambas- sador Gerards pals are booming him for the U. s. Embassy post at Mexico City Lillian Harvey has replaced two other lovelies in Bar 1ett O'Shea'S b1ond-rally De- votion to Nancy Carroll is why an ez-secy to former Premier Miko- la5czk turned down post in the Argentine Embassy - for hot-dog money in a Brooklyn war plant . Jean Crawford's next starring flick CT will be Elin Berlin's novel: Land Have chosen" :. The LS-MFT; ". R. Towards Dorothy Lamom) : expect their image on Santa Claus Day "Astor Hotel" will be the txg of new film - revolving about tfe famed stars of Broadway who Welled and rendezvous'd d there.
 Vignettes: His Honor, the Mayor Gin the same Polo Grounds box with Gen. Eisenhower, was good sport when Quentin Reynolds introduced Jimmy Walker to Ike this way: "General,I want to introduce you to Mavor Walker'' 'fGlad tp meet you. Mayor" said Ike :. A night club owner was showing his Lew place to pal, who said: You can't make money in this joint. It's top small" The owner looked
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27

One West Virginia municipality has two names Berkeley Springs is the post office, but the town is incorporated as Eye Town of Bath."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27
BOSTON vIES
 FOR PREMIER
 AIR TERMINAL

Boston, June 26-(UP)-Massa- chusetts is bidding to become the No. East Coast air terminal after the war.
 The state has authorized a $l5,- 000,0o0 bond issue to expand the Logan International Airport at East Boston into one of the greatest in the world" The ultimate cost ot the expansion, however, probably will be double this amount.
 According to present plans, the airport will be expanded from 300 to 2,000 acres. Three huge runWays, each more than mile and half long and 150 feet wide at the sur face, are expected to be constructed before December. These runways will be large enough to accommo- date the worlds largest planes. A new administration building and 20 air stations also will be built.
 The actual construction of addi- tions at the airport will result in changing the topography of East Boston. Governors Island, Apple Island and the Orient Heights Hill are to be leveled to fill in the ex- pansion site.
 Estimates of business passing through the renovated air terminal are staggering. In 10 years, it IS estimated thta 3,000,00O domestic air passengers per year will use the airport; 190,000 transoceanic air passengers; 112,000 tons of domes- tic air cargo; $500 tons of trans oceanic air cargo 100000 pounds of domestic air mail and 1,92O,00O pounds of transoceanic air mail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-27

Dizzy Dean, former ace pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, does not know where he was born. Some baseball record books list Arkansas as his birthplace, other Oklahoma and some say Texas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Trode Agreement
 Debote Tomorrow

Washington, May 2l-tUP)-Ad- ministration leaders were lining up votes in the house today in support of one of the main blanks in Pres ident Trumans foreign policy plat form-the reciprocal trade agree ment program
 They anticipate almost solid Re- publican opposition,
 The house begins debate tomor- TOW on bill to extend the trade agreement act for three years and give the State Department the right to reduce tariffs 50 per cent below it's present authority. The measure was introduced by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Robert l. Doughton, D, N. C., and approved by his committee last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

First It. Charles Martin, Pilot and co-pilot of B-l7 Liberator, stationed with the Eight Air Force in England, has been granted a 30- day furlough and is at present vis- iting his parents, MT. and Mrs Har- old Martin Cheshire road. His wife resides in Brockton, Calf.
 A member of the National Guard, It. Martin entered the service in 194l, and trained at Camp Bland ing, Fla, serving in the Pacific for over a year. Upon his return to this country he was reassigned to the Air Corps, and received his wings at Pecos, Texas. He arrived in the European theater in September, lG44. where he completed 35 mis- sions.
 The Waterbury AAF officer holds the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf clusters, the Bronze Star, the Good Conduct medal, and wears the pre- Pearl Harbor Asiatic Picific ribbon
 He worked in the training depart ment of the Scovill Mfg. co. before he was called to duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

would be treated in the postwar world but I turned that down em- phatically.
 A It. William Gosevich, who lived for years in Brooklyn, suggo,ted that I travel through Germany in order to tell the world the true story about the third Reich" That was the sort of proposal I had been watching for.
 There was an American woman and an American Naval officer here who went on a short sightseeing trip near the village or Wallendorf, Germany, and fell into a German trap.
 She is Mrs. Gertrude Legendre, of New York, a sister of Laddie Sandford, and the Navy officer is It. Cmdr. Robert Jennings Of Dal- las, Tex.
 The Germans have been strain ing their muscles to find something sinister in the incident but can't.
 Our trip to Berlin was luxury tour compared to some of the rides in boxcars through France.
 When we reached the city my two guards were taken aback when offered to lead them to the address in the Mauerstrasse where they were told to deliver me. They didn t know the city, so I went by an in direct route to see what damage had been caused
 l got sadistic thrill out of sec ing just how badly damaged the Reich capital was. Frankly, I was jubilant about 1t.
 At the propaganda ministry was confornted by four officials, includ- ing one from the foreign office. I had known them all in the pre- war days.
 The spokesman was a certain Dr. | Spuender1nann, while the foreign officer was Embassy Councillor von Strempel, who before the war was the No. man in the embassy at Washington.
 After about two minutes it turned out that joviality and not threats was to be the keynote of the interrogation. l could see the questioning was to be confined to the old familiar subjects of Russian Communism, American "interfer- ence' in Europe, and the other hackneyed themes.
 took the first opportunity to stave off any ideals they might have had of confronting me with foreign correspondents for a press conference. told them if that was tried l would either refuse to say word or else say a few things which obviously they would not like Suendermann assured me nothing Of the sort was intended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
Forts Gerry Out Mininq Sorties

Guam. May 2l-(UP)-Tokyo re- ported that 20 B-29 Superfortresses mined Kanmon strait between northern Kyushu and southern Honshu for two hours early today.
 The operation presumably was designed to interrupt shipping of vital war materials between the two main islands of southern Japan.
 Headquarters of the 2lst Bomber Command did not confirm the re- port, but Superfortresses were known to be carrying out frequent mining sorties over Japanese-c con- trolled waters.
 Many search planes sank medi- um freighter, probably sank two small freighters and damaged a number of landing craft of Korea Sunday. A picket boat also was sunk by Navy planes west of Ky ushu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Chief Inspector Joseph R. Bendler said Dixon had escaped two years ago from road gang at Montgom- cry, Alabama, after he had served year and a half of a two year sen terce for forgery. He said he had since joined the army and been hon. orably discharged and was arrested in Waterbury last week when women complained that he snatched her pocketbook. That charge was continued for one day pending negotiations with Alabama authori- tes for his return to that jurisdic- tion
 William Errico, 19, Green street, MiddletoWn, was fined $l00 with $55 remitted on charge of driving while under suspension. Prosecutor Albert w. Hummel said Errico was arrested after being stopped for a routine brake check last week when police found his right to drive had been suspended for illegal use of markers.
 Laurier Theriault, 33, sos South Main street, was given a continu- ance to June on charge of evad- ing responsibility. The prosecutor said he failed to stop after a minor accident on South Main street Sat- urday.
 Clarence Allen, 42, Winnemaug road, WatertoWn, was given con- tinuance to May 22 on charge of reckless driving. Motor Patro.men James Sweeney and Philip Teta said Aliens car struck William Best, a sailor stationed at New London, on East Main street early yesterday morning. The sailor was treated at St. Mary's hospital for face and chin lacerat!onS.
 Edward Sabulauskas, T, Union City paid S6 for nolle on road Jules charge Motor Patrolmen Mat thew Guarini and Christopher Luddy said his car struck car owned by Michael Constatino, 42 Bishop sueet in North Square carly this morning,
 Other caSse. Oscar R!ddick, IT, 254 Cherry street and Hewitt Webb Is, l33 North Elm street, breach of the peace, suspended sentence; John Siiica, 36. 356 Willow street, breach of ths peace, continued to May 25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
By EDWARD w. BEATTIE. JR.

By EDWARD w. BEATTIE. JR.
 Berlin-CUP) -- The damage to Berlin that I saw in few hours in the center of the city has con- vinced me that Warsaw, Rotter- dam and Belgrade have been re- venged
 In the faces of the Berlin people I saw the suffering, strain and blank dullness of despair that saw in the faces of millions of Europe s refugees fleeing the Germans in the past
 l saw the sorry wreck Of the Pots damer Platz. the gutted stores along the Leipzigerstrasse and the dam age to the government officers. The damage was appalling.
 We reached Berlin after a 14- hour trip in train that was so iammed it was impossible to leave the compartment.
 All along the route were blasted stations and recently filled bomb- holes. The train left hundreds Of would-be travellers clamoring at every big station.
 My stay in the Rhineland castle of Diez had been short. learned later that I had been taken there for preliminary questioning but only until Berlin officials had decided what to do with me.
 At Dietz I found an old friend, Capt. Henri De Vilmorin of the French army, whom I had met in 1885 in Ethiopia and had seen peri odically since. I also met It. Sel- wyn Goodman of New York.
 My first questioning at Diez be- gan shortly after my arrival there from Limburg, but it was short. Sonderfuehrer Won Sivers, cul- tured, soft-spoken German, told me I was being held for Berlin, but he ordered me released from solitary confinement and said I was to get plenty of cigarets and food. l smoked my fool head off.
 Before left, De Vilmorin and a few others of us founded the Diez club with a motto in mock Latin Ne illigitimi carborundum"-"D Don't let the buggards wear you down"
 Von Sivers once suggested I write out my ideas of the postwar world but l skated around that. He also wanted my ideas of how Germany
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
LATE REALTY NEWS

The following documents have been filed in the office of Town Clerk Mary (. I,ilmartin:
 WARRANTY DEEDS
 Anna Dibner to Maria D. DOn- narumma, land on KaytOnne ave- nue.
 Jean Adler to Earle V. Ball and Julia K. Ball, property on Grove street.
 MORTGAGE DEEDS
 Maria D. D0nnarumma to JO- seph A. Famigliotti, two pieces of property on Cooke street. Sl7,OO0. Earle V. Ball and Julia K. Ball to the Waterbury Building and Loan Association, Inc. property on Grove street, S6,5O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

toned in New Guinea with the l45th Anti-Aircraft Command.
 Of the original group, the men still with the band are Chief War rant Officer Michael w. Trenta- lange. 52l East Main street, conduc- tor; Tech. Sgt. Amedeo Pagano, 20 Englewcod avenue. clarinet; Cpl. Or lando L. DeRosa, IS Hill street Tech Knowles W. Richards, 525 Ellis street, tuba; Tech William F. Delfino. PIT Walnut street, string bass; Tech Joseph V. DeCorso. I'll Atwood avenue, clarinet; Tech Will liam A. Keidel. Quaker Inn, Water town road, French horn; Tech An gelo J. Siconolfi, 66l South Wilson street, drums: Tech Alfred A. Bene- vento. BIO West Main street: Tech George Doolittle, Platts Mills, and Tech Clifford G. Mertelmeyer, trumpet, Naugatuck.
 With the Tooth Division of the Seventh Army, Germany-T/5 Ed ward M. Lawson. l$5 Ridge street, Waterbury. Conn, has recently been promoted to his present grade while serving with the 800th Ord nance Company of the American Seventh Army in Germany. His wife, Mrs. Mary H. Lawson, resides at the above address.
 Headquarters, AAF Service Con- mand, MTO, Italy-Sergeant Ar thur H. Lewis, son of Roscoe F Lewis, Thomaston, Conn, recently graduated from the Cooks and Bakers school conducted by this headquarters. Lewis. who is now assigned to an Air Service Con- mand signal company somewhere in Italy. has been overseas since February. l944. Prior to entering the armed forces in February, l94l he was employed with the Dravc Construction Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21
BUILDING PERMITS

Building Inspector John T. Hartley has issued permits to the following:
 Mike and Nadalcna Capputto. 3O3 Tudor street, chicken coop. $l00.
 William Morton. alteration PA East Main street, S10O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-21

Aboard U. S. Destroyer Mine sweeper of Okinawa-(Delayed)- Bernard Madnick, seaman, second class, USNR, son of Mrs. Rose Mad nick l87 Lincoln street, Waterbury Conn. was aboard the first warship to enter Okinawa waters.
 He was there a week before the invasion of the island, at his battle station aboard this minesweeper as it cleared a path toward the beach for other units of the Pacific fleet.
 Before the giant battleShips hurl- cd their loads of destruction against the island defenses, before the other fire support groups. the cruisers and destroyers, and before the transports, supply vessels and land ing craft came, this little mine sweeper led a squadron of others into the backyard of Japan.
 With the Fifth Army Italy Corporal Jacob Maran, squad leader, son of Samuel Maran. "A Bishop street, Waterbury. Connecticut, has DteH C4ltQ Dy lIle oozllN 1HldHIIy Regiment of the Fifth Army's 9lst Powder River" Division and award- ed the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat against the enemy in Italy.
 With the 18th AAF in Italy Charles Snieckus, son of MT and Mrs. Joseph Snieckus of 4l5 Water vile street, Waterbury, Conn, was recently promoted to staff sergeant.
 An aerial gunner in the 460th heavy bombardment group of the 18th Air Force, he has already flown on many bombing missions against enemy installations in Ger many, northern Italy and the Bal kanS.
 Sgt. Snieckus wsa graduated from LeavenWorth high school in the class of 1884. Prior to entering the service, January 21, 1943, he was working for the American Brass Go.