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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
NEW ARMIsTIcE DAY
tsprlngtleld Nvenlng Union)

(Springheid Evening Unlon)
 What day will the Nation choose to celebrate the victory over Japan2 It goes without saying that the end of World War II deserves -- and VIII get-the tribute of Q national hell- day that will take It's place beside oil the other holidays, military or otherwise, on which Americans close up shop and memorabilia great oe. easlons,
 Senator MeFaFland of Arizona and Representative Springer Of III" rois provide bipartisan sponsorship for Q bill written by the American Legion which would designate Aug- uS6 i4 as the Armbtlee Day of the war just ended. Certainly the skye splitting joy Of the United States on August i4, ie4b, showed clearly that, where the people were con. cerned, that was the day the war
 President Truman dld not ds- clare August i4 as the official date Of termination, however, There waS Q lot to do before the war really ended; the japs had to surrender They surrendered on Sunday, seps tember 2, and the Presldent pros claimed that date as the oifielal Vel Day.
 But ofaeial designations do not necessarily encompass reality, We think it's safe to say that the Fealu ity in most minds Is that on Aug uSt i4 the shooting stopped, for al practical purposes, and the war end. cd. Hence, logic recommends the disregard of teehnieaiities and the designation Of August i4 as the day on which we recall end Of hostilities with festal or solemn observance, according to our individual inellna- tiofls, H
 one more thing initiates against September q; it would come too close to Labor Day and might even faii on that holiday. All In ali, we like August i4, and trust that Con- gross will pass the bill making the popular date of wars end tho official date for future obseFVAnees Of the anniversary,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
Unanswered Questions By Btu Cunningham,

Of her experiences before various organizations but her public descriptions and comments were kept carefully free from the dynamite she'd pass out in private conversations. She said she'd been warned to keep her mouth shut in public by Army Intelligence.
 The gISt Of her charges was that the while thing must have been deliberately framed because of series of major concldences that simply couldn't have been coincdences She said Gen. Short had to spend the night of Dec in jai to keep him from being ynched by his own troops, and that t was the first time in the history of the American Army that any- thing such as that ever had happened to @ conl| mandeF. I'd like to know if that part about Gen. Short k tFue and I've never found anybody able to answer.
 I'd like to know what was sunk. and how iar at sea- the time the dead and wounded from some naval action were landed ct Provincetown. For writing story describing and landing the great performance of the Cape civilian Defense groups when this major emergency was dumped in their laps, was plunged in hot water and that ilustrous beacon of journal. sE the Providence Bulletin, did It's editorial best to have me drowned in 1t. The local end of the dry land Navy snorted and pufed because there couldn't possibly have been survivors unless something had been sunk, and they hadn't got around to announc- iag that anything has been. That pale afternoon appendage to the Providence publishing monopoly, screamed that should be tried for my professional life Well wasn't, told all bands to go Co Beel- Eebubs bailiwick and, so far know they did for haven't heard, nor seen anything Of any or 'em since
 What don't know, is what was really sunk Of Provincetown that night and how far on. The Navy said whatever 1t was happened far, far at sea- They seemed to want boby to believe that 1t halfway to Spain. Natives oowp tnat way sAlo tnGy pMlny heard the firing. The Navy said they might have heard gun practice. I don't know yet what 1t was I'd like to know what and who was, on that big German submartne that surrendered ct sea a few days after V.E day and was brought into Ports- mouth, N H. The stories said some Jape aboard committed suicide at sea. Who were theyp Some Oermans including some civilians, didn't They were blanketed in secrecy and rushed away. Who were they? The sub said to be filled with bales of plans blue-prints and such evidently considered very important and very secret. Can't 1t be told now what they wereS
 I've got a few more of these. Whatre youTs9 Maybe we can find the answers to some of them. In one way or another, hope Co get my own ques~ tlon marks hammered down to periods in time I'm a man who likes to set the whole story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
By DresO RsassOsl

under soe sort of trusteeshp arTaneemenh ptolotQv came onk for an individual Russian trMtessnR oyss Tripon and he frankly admitted that Ens.e ossksa & sphere oe Influence in tno MouleeEtunv~1s IVY Bevin and Byrnes naty refused.
 Moiokov hinted broadly that no was prepared to make certain concessions in the balkAns ..s 0 s.e British and Americans n excnrnse a,s ht lS svrnss rs esised to do any horso-trading Instead, ne ps4an hammefing at the way the Russians were o0'n'nAs their Balkan satellites the question of the Dardanelles which look, ,, ses Russans up In the Black Seq. Byrnes sed tne & v. S, and Rfltain were against the harsh terms wnagAa MY Moiotov sought to impose upon Turkey 70 secuEo OO" lrol over tho pardanelleS. 4S
 NsoloAav reul,ed that Russla must have complete and free access to tho Dardaneles both in VT an0 peace But Bevin and Byrnes remained Aoaman~
 Whereupon MoEotov said, How about elscusSlhB the sies Cnnai ana our relationship to itS"
 Thls made Foreign Minister BevIn furious. suy Molotov proceeded to add fuel to the flames HSEn"s to Byrnes, he said; ~.
 "Well let's discuss the Panama canal an0 "S reIationship to the United states" .E1
 rhls enraead nyrnes who indicated to Molotov that the Panama Canal was none Of NusMas ua"n business. .a.,1
 To this Molotov replied that if the sue, Gsnsl l,l and tho Panama Canal were none Of Eussias pusls noss then tho Dardaneles were none Of the uniEeu Staten and Great Hritains business,
 Fais.way through the conference Molotov meuo Byrnes lvld with rage by walking into 0ne ,S. SS te aTd demanding that Russia be given tne Figns g. v0 participate in Gen. MacArthurs control ol ssa Sspsn at high level Molotov did not critcise . . actions contrary to some reports He saio tnet sns Russians had helped win the war m tne s,.asS md expected adequate representation m tne Que'' tions arising from Japans defeat
 Ryrnes became SO angry that no aelNeEsa ,a e seorchlng Sosminute speech 60 hot that at one pOs Mootov stood up to walk out Noting thh, syrneS stopped and the meeting cooled down.
 In the course of later discussions on JGpAn, Ayrnes explained this countrys great neea oi Cnas of island bases In the Pacific for security puEpO"eS against Japan. r..
 Molotov laughed. He hinted strongly that a,. Nns. sia feit the united States wanted the DaSes soey for defense against the Soviet Union "Ok no s ss.o ',youve Rot your naval bases in the Pacific, An.n we want PaFamushiro. If you're going to nave SOus ring of steel, we'll have ours"
 Tragic result of the threO-week sesslen WY ~, definite sotback to world peace The American uss. S gation came woefully unprepared, was uhAvi0s " meet Moiotov's sharp attacks With anytning puS du defense our cause seriously suffered MsSnwno ,.s ftaiy was left hanging on limb and notnns WaS ancompished towards improving the cooperate SsVu" ation in RusSias satellite Balkan counuieS A A.
 It l,take some very statesnanllke dipomauy so repair the damage dono by the Big F1ve 0onIeEsnSs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09


 cd and didn't know how to get t, American dipo- mats were content to play oetensive game. Ine British knew what they wanted put were Mrs,o .rasa they tried to act as modators keeping friendly With both the U, 8, and tho D. 8. g. R, and coming olI fairly well except for clustering Foreign Mnistet Bevin, who lost his temper repeatedly, Preaident Truman after Potsdayn, described Bevin @ "the rudest man ever met"
 The Russians knew what they wanted, and came prepared to sabotage and obstruct until they got ' nroposed thNt Russia play Q part in governing the Panama Canal-lf the United States refused to let Russia have It's way in the Dardanelles Near the end of the conference Mootoy saEcsstCa,y Fe. push democracy In. the Balkans to see how t works there before he tries 1t in the state os South caro- hna"
 Trouble began right off the bat over procedure At PotsdAm t had been definitely deeloea tnat tne London Conference was to concern ltseH ony Wssh pence treaties for Italy, Bulgaria and Romania- ln that order, However the Russians came prepared to discuss problems all over the world And when MoiotoV opened up on other subjects, byrnes ano ReVn brought him up With sharp remlhueE VI We Potsdam Agreement,
 But, eountered Molotov, the Yalta and Moscow Conference Agreements also called for regular meet' ngs of the foreign ministers 70 discuss s matseE .S Ss proposed discussing other questions at London
 Finally, however, they began with Italy, NO great, difficulty arose. They reached the quesMon of Italian fepafhtionS Tnen ktubshtl9 seAe wanted the Italians to pay eeo0000,000. The British ehmed In, said they also wanted large reparations from tho Italians At this point Byrnes cracked down. said that the LISA would be footing the bill in the long run and flatly refused to 60 along.
 AS Q result oil separations plans for Italy were left unsettled, except that the u' s. Britain ana Russia agreed to retain for the time being tnose portiona of the Italian fleet and merchant marine which they had seized during the war,
 First big blow-up came when the Russians tried to do some horse-trad!ng on Italian colonies After nyrneA had suggested the Italian colonies Do put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
FUTURE pEFENsE

(New Haven JeuFnal-C CourieF)
 ft will be interesting and iliumln' atlRg to watch the result of the vol. untary enlistment bill recently pass. cd by the United States Senate and previously passed by the House. tt was framed to ailew for 6 period as short as six months, and so may DO accepted more eheerfuiiy than the recent wartime periods would be. But there might develop 6 state Of mind hostile or indifferent to en' listment,
 Any thing Of that sort would Dc very unfortunate The present war Is over, but there is no assurance against new wars breaking out tt would De 6 great pity, and also Q peril, # fiVs or ten or twenty years from now our nation should find it- self obliged to start ell over again and spend 6 lot of precious time In preparation for facing Q new foe'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
LTPsTTCK.IN.THE.MUD


 The mouth with kisses on It's brink, Tn AliEarin Crimson, seems As nice as Alabaster Pink Could make 1t, If it fairly screams A song from Carmine, I suppose That it would do ct could Do
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 And why not take the nadder rose, Instead of one that's merely nad9 How red the violet can bel When kisses set It's hue afire It lacks It's old propensity To take 0 powder and retire, Oh, sweet the mouth that knows the stick
 That cosmetlelafls do contriVe; It's difficult to take your pick From turing coioFS and alive. And yet, though I may be alone, A horse- -arid-buggy bird, in fine, I like 0 mouth that's on It's own, Albeit 1t may Do on mine.
 Mr. Truman has called on the world Co make the atomic bomb an outlaw. However, most of Us still have the sneaklng conviction that, entirely Co the contrary, It will Dc an Iislaw--aIid here for Q long stay.
 Russia wants 0 share in the con. trol of Japan, according to 6 report from London as the big conference broke Up. Of course, she's working on the theory that to the vietofS be. long the spoiled.
 Hank Borowy really found himself in the first game of the series. He found himself fiiispronouneed by nine announcerB out Of ten,
 General Patton promises to carry Out his chiefs orders with "vlg0r and loyalty" now that hs has been deplOyed Co . desk. Let's just settle for loyalty, one or two more eases Of Patt0n0nian WgOF and the linOs type will run Of asteFisks.
 Apparently the United States Is going to Do the permanent seat Of the new organization for world se- cuFlty. At this writing, they haven't picked tho exact location, We, too are undecided but would prefer Bliss, Nebraska, Alliance, North CaF- ollna, or Pray, Montana, rather than Bluff, Arkansas, Carp, Nevada, or Lost Nation, New Hampshire.
 The Rio conference scheduled for October 20 has been postponed aS c rebuke to Argentina, which persists in cheering for the visiting team after it has lost.
 Mir. Truman wants to FeorganiSe the executive department. MeSSrs. gtsttinius, WiekaFd, DiddlO, Madam Perkins, ct ai,, probably wonder what he thinks no has been doing In the past few months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

They thFeW Q GutktHE pHFty uHu press conference Thursday after aoon to celebrate the grand open. ing. Or as the man said: "A lits ele houseswarming party, As you Americans would call it here"
 The man was MT. AhTnad shu. gaiFy of Acre and Jerusalem. Anys ,ody expecting to seo the head Of Inc Arab efsiee dressed up like hose Saudi Arabian princes were At San Francisco, oil ready to hop or 6 camel and hump it across the desert, would have been disap"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
AUTUMN RAIN
(New York 1'imeS)

Fal rain b full of weary leaves and october chill and the feeling Of work done and changing season. it has the smell of stubbie fields and woodsmoke and autumn blowing, and the feel Of frost not fer ahead, Thet roadside streams it raises gre filtered with the eastsoR gaFb Of Q summer gone, and the ponds it fills arc brown as the eattalis on their fnarshy margins.
 Fail rains come and settle down for c while, as though at one vlsitas ton to restore the whole late suTi1s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
NETdHB0RLY MAN
(Doston Post)


 Not since the days Of Calvin Coolidge has the White Heuse had 2 man who enjoys the simple ways Of American iifs as much as does Harry Truman. As e guest Of the Methe. dist Womens Missionary Society at CaFTutheFsville, Mo- the other day th0 man who has the worlds most important job earned his chicken and cranberry supper by playing 2 plane solo, It wasn't 6 stunt. MT, Truman enjoyed himself hugely as he always does when no makes these neighbeFly excursions during his travels. It Is a refreshing diHeFs eTlee from the important pose which 50 many men assume when they set into public efice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
Hollywood Among The Atoms

According to a confident communque from Hollywood the Crosby Research Foundation which Bng helped 70 for has simple ar-tight and fooproo method of de- feating the atomic bomb.
 The news came from BIngs brother Larry, who heads the foundation which Is described as sort of clearing house for inventions we do not intend tc dlyge our Information to anyone Larry quoted as saying unless we are utterly certain 1t will be used for purpose only to compel other nations to play fair with Uncle Sam"
 Seriously 1t seemed that the Crosby boys are taking on an undue international responsibility If they really al1 safely turn 1t over to Uncle Sam It's quite likely that the President and the Army be trusted to use 1t wisely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

0f these stories, SoiI1e Of which were printed, and some of which weFen'ti
 When Col, DeveFeaux, the hero of Wake Island, was liberated finally from that Jap prison camp, practically his first words denied, and with seeming vehes mence, that he had ever sent that historic message, "9end Us more Japs," That story was featured in every newspaper in America, and t Steeled the fighting heart Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

troublo. ThNY never hAu Q sillHIb profitable session during the three weeks they met, At times the atmosphere became 30 ragged that both Jimmy Byrnes and Ernest nevln threatened to walk out, Toward the end, issues be- oamo SO bofogged that these men, supposed to Do the top statesmen of the United Nations, engaged In wild, irresponsible statements.
 AS usual Rt recent Allied con- feronoes, the American delegation m ...... Aln. n-aiaAA AA naANAA.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

WASHINGTON, Oct. O.-Well, tho Arabs have come to town and pitched their tent In the high' class WardInan Park Hotel, That Is to say on Arab office has been opened there
 You won't And them eamped out on the lawn or in the lobby but in c modern hot and cold running Water quito of their own after it gotS Fedoeorated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09


 was needed. If the colonel didn't say t, who did? And # nobody did, who manufactured t and released it to the press2 Was 1t straight newspaper fake, or deliberate propaganda9
 And thinking back to those early hours, what were the true facts Of the death Of Capt Colin Kely7 The nation was told that he deliberately gave his life to sink Japanese battleShip flying prac- t!GA!ly Aews sts Sisioke5tAck i | straight suicide dive The ship the Haruna, was named It was cert- fled sunk Months later 1t appeared from dispatches that the ship hadn't been sunk, that t was in fact, in action, It likewise appeared that while the young West Pointer died heFo'g death without any ques- ton it was not the one 50 widely publicized
 Instead of . single scatter carrying bcmb-K there was any such piane-as the pubciged version led reader to believe he was driving heavy bomber with full crew aboard. The bombadier who aimed the missile that either did or did not sink the HaFtna was c Sgt. Meyer Levin.
 The Kelly plane, instead of crash-diying the Haruna, came out of the action badly damaged and tried to make its home field Kelly ordered the rest of the crew to bail out, which 1t did, and he was killed in an effort to land the smashed craft That was heroic enough for even part of plane was worth American lives in those terrible days in the Philippines, and Kelly gambled his own life to save otherg-and lost So why the original stoTy9 Was It the product of the general confusion, or was it, like "eend us more Japs of deliberate manufacturer Who did these things and why?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

Automobiles may come and automobiles may go but
 enc scenery goes forever So the travellers are discover ne seeing again the Smoky Range, the Shenandoah Val. sy and our Connecticut and New England hills and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
A Thought for Today

whosOsvsr nndh thing and Obaneth favor oe Che Lord-PrOverbs 10:22
 business to get married as soon possible and unmarried he canGeorge Bernard shaw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

We oil must have some questions left over from the war, Here are samples from my own unFequted and purely personal curiosity. Just as 6 newspaper readeF not as contributor I'd like to know the rest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
.Merry-GO-ROun

WASHINGTON, ooE s--The Inside story Of what happened behind closed dOors at the Big Five oon- ference Ia now leaking out Actually, from tho moment the five foreign ministers sat down, they were ir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

The Surplus Property Board was noticeably absent from that academic discussion of the authority by which President Truman gave Geneda de Qaule de luxe C-O4 tranSpcrt We suspect the Surplus Property boys were somewhere on the sdelnes cheering, and happy in the
 knowledge that they had less leftover arpane to dis pose of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
Waterbury Of The Past
26 Years Ago

26 Years Ago The election of officers of the Senior class at Crosby High School was getting underway.
 The records were showing that there was c decrease in general automobile fatalities over the previs ous year.
 IS Years Ago
 A Hanover street man was being arrested for running through Wa terviiie Park naked,
 A local judge was charging that the youth of Waterbury "are being allowed to ruin wild. and viii end lip bad citizens f the practice cctis tinues."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
IS Years Ago
s Years Ago

WateFbuTy's Defense" factories were being awarded many new Cofls
 tracts, but they were also feeling a shortage of labor in the skilled field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Tn colorS of Alabaster Pink, Ali- Zarian Crimson, Red Violet, CAr- mine, Rose Madder, to mention 6 few."-Trom c lipstiek ad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

There was q very peTSonable lady around these parts for awhile who said she was in Pearl HarDor at the time Of the dlsasteF, and who evidently was telling tho truth. Her proof looked gt edged and, 90 faF as know ie Was. She spoke upon the subject
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

A girl was bitten by three dogs on Highiane avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09

Mfr. Truman wants to TeorganiEe the executive department. MeSSrs. gtettinius, WiekaFd, DiddlO, Madam Perkins, et al,, probably wonder what he thinks no has been doing In the past ieW fl1onthA,
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