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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
Britons Oppose "Soft Peace" Sentiment
Large Germany

watchful all the time" The organ ization, while favoring no political party, will work for defeat of any future candidate for Parliament who is suspected of appeasing tendencies. Public protests against any govern ment lenient toward Germany will be constantly educated concerning the German danger. Any attempt to minimize war guilt will be repu- diated.
 Vansittart and his helpers are Of almost German" thoroughnesS. Whatever their final success 20 and 30 years hence, which alone counts! German postwar propagandists ano apologists will have a tough time making England forget German atrocities, a task which they per- formed admirably after 1918 be. cause England wanted to forget ana there was no Vansittart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
HER GIFT DELAYED g YEARS

Ithaca, N. Y. CUP)-MiSs Inez J. Kisselburgh, Albany, made a gift to the alumni fund of oCrnell University through a bank draft in June, 1917, but for some reason the check did not reach the univer- sity. As a result of recent legal notice tn an Albany newspaper listing the credit to Sornell, the check was sent to the alumni fund at the university-arriving in the same mail as Miss Kisselburgh' $ 1944 gift to the fund
 MeXico's Federated Chambers o1 Commerce accuse crooked politicians for the present h.gh cost of living
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
EM EN.

The extreme courtesy and consideration of women passengers crowded East Main street ouS arouno the o'clock rush hour recently displayed by group of young boys from Sts. Peter and Paufs parocnlal school cannot go without recording Not only olo Cese exceptional youngsters offer ther seats 10 the We bt they also insisted that the other male passengers who were standing down the aisle inform woman hanging on strap in the forward part or the ouS there was a vacant seat toward the rear. woman nassenoer impressed with the scene, commented to her riend q haven't viewed such courtesy Tn years Whereupon lghthaired lad by the name ot Glnooiey stepped forward and said by way of eXplanaton were from Sts Peter and Paul'S school, madam
 The New Year brought Ed Esdon popular person mel advisor local war factory long aWalIea G''e from his son, Ed. Jr, who has been Ill the thIcK Ol battle since the opening guns fired on the NaM crOuched on of Africa It was the first e'er in eight months Ed has received from the young pesy officer serving destroyer, who informed ms 1aIe1 he had participated in the invasion Of Leyte m tne Philippines After completing the run to Casablanca' young Ed reassigned to the Pacific area where ne Served in the invasOns of the Marshall Islands, Guada- canal and the SOlOmOns. In the latter campaign, HIS ship tOrpedOed In his recent letter Ed aSAeo HIS father to continue to pray for him, adding, ! had close call yesterday and knew right then SOmeOneS prayers were being answered." His brother, Flc' NOrmand Elsdon, serving with the 6lst Armole@ +e fantry battalion under General Patton IS among ne American troops now stOrming the NaZi lines at the present time the Belgium German border
 The following lines were sent us by Private InomaS onnor in memory of Private John Lynch, his cousn who was killed in action The writer is resident o1 Washington Hill and says he found the enclosed ines III his camp library at Camp Banding Fla. the title Re- membrance of Soldier.
 his face again
 he S gone. loneliness mourn
 passing Ye not in Valn
 A fragile thing ransitory born
 In casual meeting. grew
 Swept toward union with loves sacred flame
 in remembrance though silent tears
 Fa speak his name
 I do upon what foreign shore
 spirit joined the mystic caravan ot Geatn
 he ; gGlor bore
 o defense of man
 When and rain protect there alone
 He forever as his own
 JOHN P WRIGHT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
LARGEST BEE KEEPER

Middlebury. Vt. (UP)-New Eng lands largest bee keeper is Charles Mraz of Middlebury, who has more than 800 bee colonies on his farm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
IT'S A HAT

Mary has a hat,
 Mary has a bonnet, Mary has snood
 Worth at least a sonnet. Mary has style,
 Mary's pretty fine, Mary's got poise,
 Mary has a line! Mary has a lid,
 She thinks it sort of nice, If you really want to see it,
 You've got to look twice. Mary has a bonnet,
 Not perky, but flat, You might call 1t funny,
 She calls it hat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
INFANTILE DELINQUENCY

You all remember Willy I suppose, Who popped his old man in the nose; Little Willys always up to tricks, Quite advanced, and only sixI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
BY CURT RIES Copyright, 1945, NEA Service, Incl

British soft peace" for Germany hardboed ling of the Germans There likelihood that public opinion in Great will of the United States in demand peace believes tenaciy generations maintaining
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
JOHN P. WRIGHT.

The Town Crer Tells There are inauguratiOns and inaugurations When the Governor Of Kansas was just sworn in for his second term the procedure was accompanied by cackles, crows and clucks Iherc was poultry show in the basement of the building Bantam Lake is frozen spots but skating IS nov recommended Winsted folks tell Us Highland Lake
 is also working itself into freeze. As for Quassapaug well, go out and have look yourselves It IS sus- gested, however that the merry skaters suck to the small ponds. Driving in from towns and little towns these dark, cold mornings, the hills partly snow covered, and the lights twinklng in the early hours present nice winter picture and the workers in indus trial plants get pleasant eyeul they gaze across the pleasant valley before going in for thelr elgnt hours . . It looks nice these days out Middlebury, Woodbury and SOuthbury way. Just enough snow to give that sparkling look in the monday sum- so the folks tell who come and go. The real Joy Oi summer is now, says Aunt Miranda Hawks out War ren way Lots of good vegetables to eat from the sum- mer crop canned and lined up in the store room; plenty of butter from the milk from the two cows homemade sausage. Oh, we'll get by, this winter she says you don't believe it, visit her cellar, cold ana preserve rooms
 Scene: The Buckingham Hall a number of years ago: it doesn't matter how many, but back when the hall had spck and span appearance, the organ intact etc. gracious lady steps out on the stage and tl2 lasted for minutes The lady is Madame Louise Homer one the great conrao5 o the day and age She sngS of her many programs heard in this nall She IS smiling anu lovely. Her costume neckS to stretch for she always dressed to perfection in the incest taste sometimes lovely pink gown, again white NO concert missed the favoiteS Mon soeuvre at ta vox" (My Heart at Thy Sweet Voce) from SaintSaens Samson at Dalia "Che faro senza Euridice" from Glucks "Orpheus and Eurdice", any number of the favorte songs of conratos then and All this is leading up to item appearing in the press this week that Mime. Homer and her husband Dr. Sidney Homer celebrated their 5Oh wedding anniversary at Winter Park, Fla, Tuesday Over $50 guests attended a wedding reception at the home of Dr. Hamilton Holt of Rollins College Many persons in the musical world sent messages of congratu!atlon to the couple The Homers the parents of six children and have fifteen grandchildren It will be recalled that daughters of Mime Homer attended Westover School, Middlebury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11

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Evening star., 1945-08-06

These recommendations were approved
by President Roosevelt and put into ef-
feet. Mai. Gen. Leslie r. Groves was
appointed by the Secretary of War to
take complete executive charge OF the
program and was made directly respon-
sible to him and the Chief of Staff. In
order to secure continuing consideration
to the military aspects of the program,
the Presidents general policy group ap-
pointed a Military Policy Committee
consisting of DR.. Bush as chairman with
DR.. Conant as his alternate, 1t. Gen.
Wilhelm D. Styer and Rear Admiral
William r. Purnell. This committee
was charged with the responsibility of
considering and planning military policy
relating to the program including the
development and manufacture of mate
rial, the production of atomic flssion
bombs, and their use as a weapon.
Although there were still numerous
unsolved problems concerning the sew
eral theoretically possible methods of
producing explosive material, neverthe-
less, in view of the tremendous pressure
of time it was decided in December, 1912,
to proceed with the construction OF
large-scale plants. Two of these are
located at the Clinton Engineer Works
in Tennessee and third is located at
the Hanford Engineer Works in the
State of Washington. The decision to
embark on large-scale production at
such an early stage was, of course, a
gamble, but as is SO necessary in war
calculated risk was taken and the risk
paid off.
The Clinton Engineer Works is To-
Gated on a Government reservation OF
some $1,000 acres Is miles west Of Knox
vile, Tenn. The large size and isolated
location of this site was made necessary
by the need for security and for safety
against possible, but then unknown,
hazards. A aforementioned and
operated city, named Oak Ridge, was
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Frunco's Reply

The Franco government may re-
ject as arbitrary and unjust" the
decision of the Big Three to exclude
Spain, under its present regime,
from membership in the United Ma
tions, but it is a pretty safe bet that
the Spanish generalissimo will be
unable to withstand this kind of
international pressure.
Francois political position was
seriously undermined by the recent
victory of the British Labor party.
Then came the Potsdam communi-
que with this language: 1.-The three
governments feel bound to make it
clear that they, for their part, would
not favor any application for mem
bership lin the United Nations) put
forward by the present Spanish
government, which, having been
founded with the support of the
Axis powers, does not, in view of its
origins, its nature, its record and its
close association with the aggressor
states, possess the qualifications
necessary to justify such member
ship"
Although this has been rejected"
by the Franco government, the re-
port that the generalissimo is pre-
paring to ask Britain and the
United States what economic boy
colts are contemplated and whether
the Big Three would be satisfied
with a -Falangist regency head
ed by Franco indicates that the
significance of diplomatic isolation
is we'll understood in Spain.
There may be room for doubt as
to the wisdom of Big Three inter-
ference with the domestic politics
of countries seeking membership In
the United Nations. And it may
be argued that there is precious
little democracy in some OF the
states which have already become
members. But no one will seriously
doubt that the United States,
Britain and Russia, if they want to
do so, can exclude Spain from the
new family of nations, and can
bring to bear sufficient pressure to
drive the Franco regime from power.
Evening star., 1945-08-06

nothing happened. The daimyo "sat
tight" in his castle and the Shotgun
at Yedo and the Mikado at Kyoto
"watchfully waited" for develop
ments-the former with growing
conviction that the foreigners could
not be defied with success indefi-
nitely and the latter with linger-
ing hope that they could. Matters
reached a climax on September S
and 6, 1854, when the allied fleets
eighteen war vessels in all-poured
metal into Shimonoseki as rapidly
and Systematically as they could
throw it. The effect must have been
convincing. In any case, the Jap
anese paid an indemnity of three
million dollars, the American por-
tion of which promptly was remitted.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Access to the Truth

If those sections of the PotSdam
communique dealing with freedom
to report the Polish elections and
the lifting of the news blackout in
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Finland mean what they seem to
say, this is one of the more hopeful
advances made at the Big Three
conference.
The section on Poland is unequiv-
ocal. Representatives of the Allied
press" it says, shall enjoy full free
dom to report to the world upon
developments in Poland before and
during the elections" With respect
to the other countries, the language
is somewhat less specific. "The three
governments" the communique
states, "have no doubt that, in view
of the changed conditions resulting
from the termination of the war in
Europe, representatives of the Al
lied press will enjoy full freedom
to report to the world upon develop
ments in Romania, Bulgaria, Hun
gary and Finland" If that is a
literal statement, if the heads Of the
three major powers have no doubt"
that there is to be full freedom to
report the news from the hitherto
blacked-out areas, then the chances
are that doubts which may develop
in other quarters will not be per-
mitted to interfere.
Should this prove to be the case,
the opening up of these areas, to-
gether with the opportunity to re-
port the facts of the promised Polish
elections, should have salutary
effect. The closing of countries un-
der Russian control to outside news
gatherers inevitably has given rise
to the belief that Russia was pur-
suing policies in those areas which
she was not willing to submit to
western scrutiny. Many of the
things which have been done there
may never come to light, and the
Potsdam decision will not remove
all of the suspicious which have
been created. But if the old policy
of clamping the lid on freedom of
information is to be reversed in the
future, that, at least, is clear gain,
and there is reason to believe that
President Truman played an in
fluential part in it's achievement.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
An Earlier Bomburdment

The recent bombardment of the
coasts of Japan by American war
ships was not the first proceeding
of its kind. More than eighty years
ago vessels belonging to the United
States fleet took part in an opera
ton against the chief seaport of
Choshu, in which ships flying flags
of Great Britain, France and Hol-
land also shared. The incident is
known to history as the Shimono-
seki affair, thus called after the
name of the town most notably
concerned.
A certain semi-independent dali
myo or feudal lord was responsible
for the trouble. Perhaps on secret
orders from the court at Kyoto he
undertook to close the straits leading
into the Inland Sea. His method
was to plant battery on tiny
sand-spit in the roadstead and take
pot shots at foreign boats coming
within range of his guns. During
June and July, 1853, he managed to
inflict damage on several merchant
men and to kill two persons aboard
them The Americans demanded
satisfaction from the Shotgun, and
their protests and claims were sup
ported by the French and the Dutch,
whose ships also had been injured,
and by the British representative,
"who deemed it essential for all the
Western powers to make common
cause in their dealings with Japan
in those days."
For thirteen months, however,
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Second Biggest BIunder
rom the London Daily Express.

From the London Daily Express
Hitler's biggest blunder was, of course.
to take on the Russians before he had
polished off the British. But one other
supreme fact will also emerge. There
was a time in 1943 when the Germans
decided to switch production inside their
war-making machine from piloted
planes to v weapons. 1t was fatal de-
cision. When the Germans decided that
vi and W. offered the best chance of
prolonging hostilities until the Allies
had reached exhaustion point they lost
the war. They had to effect a major
revolution in their production plant at
time when British and American
bombing was mounting toward it's Gre
scendo, when no factory above ground
could count itself safe from attack. The
project called for herculean effort, and
it was made. But the invading armies
first forced the Germans to fire of their
Wis before they were ready for the
mass onslaught, and then proceeded to
overrun the sites. The V-2 attack was
likewise smothered before it could get
into its stride.
Evening star., 1945-08-06

will not have to think in these terms.
But that time is not yet here. and
until 1t comes 1--WE must face the
fact" as General Arnold says, "that
a true love of peace is not enough
for decent peoples of the world to
count on. We must maintain the
strength to enforce that peace" For
its own sake, in short, and for
the sake of international security,
America must henceforth remain
second to none in the sky.
Evening star., 1945-08-06
The Air and Our Future

General Arnold's recent ao-
dress marking the 38th anniversary
of the founding of the United States
Army Air Forces was the most effec-
lively illustrated lecture of its kind
ever delivered. Almost at the very
moment he was warning the Nation
never again to neglect its position
in the sky. the tremendous actuan-
ties of aerial power-and the tre-
mendous potentialties as well-Were
being demonstrated by three por-
tentous new records scored within a
single day by American f1iers.
One of these records was estab-
lished by the Air Transport Com
mand flying Lockheed Constella-
ton nonstop $500 miles across the
Atlantic in IA hours and IL minutes.
The second was the 544-mile Day.
ton-to-New York flight of the jet
propelled Lockheed Shooting Star in
62 minutes. And the third was the
massive 6,0O0-ton attack carried out
against Japan by an armada OF 300
Super Fortresses - the mightiest
aerial blow ever struck in a single
mission, and one to be followed soon
by even more devastating assaults.
The point of General Arnold's ad-
dress was that ten, fifteen or twenty
wears from now records of this sort
may be far outclassed. Based on his
awareness of the possibilities ahead,
his solemn advice to the American
people is that they must never let
their air power become anything less
than what it is today-the best in
the world. If there should be an
other war, he says, time may not be
bought for us by the blood OF allies,
giving us a chance to plan and
build and train" Instead, we may
be the first target of attack, right
here at home-in our great cities,
not in some distant outpost. Ac-
cordingly, it is his judgment that we
must sedulously pursue a flve-point
aviation policy in the postwar pc
riod % We must keep in being
pre- eminent air forces to handle
any eventuality; (2) we must have
trained air personnel large enough
for rapid expansion; CD we must
maintain constant research and de-
velopment; (4 we must keep our
industry strong and equipped for
speedy conversion to war, and (5)
we must have strategic bases.
What General Arnold advocates
would not necessarily mean the
maintenance of huge and costly
air establishment. Much of what
he has in mind could be realized
through kind of cadre system and
through progressive promotion of
our commercial aviation. In the
latter field, for instance, the build
ing up of great fleet of profitable
passenger and cargo carriers - as
many as 4,500 is considered possible
by men like General George Of the
Air Transport Command-would un-
doubtedly go far toward preserving
our present aerial leadership.
In time our global society may be
% ordered that men and nations
Evening star., 1945-08-06
Focal Point

One gray house and t,po trees
Weathered by ioi,ad and sun
Prairie TAR as the eye can follotc
Rolling dtDdy from these
Out to the distant hills,
Out to the blue horizon.
With this house and its trees
Being the sum that mis-
This spot like hub lying
Center OF that great f0heel
Whose rim Is OF horizon,
Hills. and loiD clouds flying.
HELEN ROWLAND PROMMEL
Evening star., 1945-08-06
And Deserving to Stuy!

From the St Louis Post-Dspatch.
Well, it's going to be something Of a
novelty, having a cabinet all of whose
members. 1t Is rumored, are planning
to stay on.
Evening star., 1945-08-06

~
of the work have been reviewed from
time to time by eminently qualified
scientists and industrial leaders in order
to be certain that the expenditures were
warranted by the potentialities OF the
program.
The press and radio of the Nation,
as in so many other instances. have
complied Fundamentally with the re-
quests of the ONCE of Censorship that
publicity on any phase of this subject
be suppressed.
w.
In order to bring the project to
fruition as quickly as possible 1t was
decided in August 1943 to establish
Combined Policy Committee, with the
following membership: Secretary of War
Henry L. Stimson, DR.. Vannevar Bush
and DR.. James B. Conant for the United
States; Field Marshal Sir John Dill and
Col. ]. j. Llewellin for the United
Kingdom (Col Llewellin was replaced
by Sir Ronald I. Campbell in Decem-
Der, 1943, and the latter in turn, by the
Earl of Halifax. The late Field Mar
shall Sir John Dill was replaced by
Field Marshal Sir Henry Maitland VIII
son early in 1945), and Mr.. c. D. Howe
for Canada. The committee is respon-
sible for the broad direction of the
project as between the countries. Inter-
change of information has been pro-
vided for within certain limits. In the
field of scientific research and develop
ment full interchange is maintained
between those working in the same
sections of the field; in matters OF de-
sign, construction and operation Of
large-scale. plants information is ex-
changed only when such exchange will
hasten the completion of weapons for
use In the present war. All these ar
rangements are subject to the approval
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-18
Ford Rites Held
In Goodman

HAsfHaHA GILL; AZ &AHLH
/. Tho Rev. Edwin William Ford, 80,
one Of Mississippi's leading Presbyter-
ian ministers, who retired in July, l94l,
after 80 years in the ministry, died at
mis- home last week.
Services were held Monday afternoon
at $3.50 at the Goodman Presbyterian
Church with Rev. K. E. Hough, pastor
Of Central Presbyterian Church at
Jackson, officiating. =
P%allbearers were officers of the Pres
byterian Churches at Goodman, Pick
ems and West, which he served for 20
years. atss
The Rev. Mr.. Ford was graduated
from Southwestern Presbyterian Uni
versity at Clarksville, Tenn, and from
Union Theological Seminary. He for
merly served as president Of the board
Of trustees Of French Camp Academy
and was stated clerk Of the Central
Mississippi P~resbytery.
Born at Kosciusko on January 4, 1855,
he Rev. Mr.. Ford had celebrated his
s0th birthday three days before his
leath.
He is survived by his wife and seven
children, E.. C. Ford, New Orleans;
Mrs. J.. E. Maxwell, Pickens; &. h.
Ford and Miss Judith Ford, both OF
Jackson; Mrs. H. R. Barber, Gulfport;
Miss Edwina Ford, Memphis, n MRS
Leroy Donald, Goodman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-18
Holmes County Bank
ReeIects Officers
Dividend of Six
Per Cent Is
Declared "a

At the annual meeting OF the Doafo
Of Directors Of the Holmes County
Bank and Trust Company a dividend OF
six per cent was declared for 1914 at.
ter passing q sizeable sum to surplus
account and meeting all requirements
of the State Banking Department AND
the FDIC.
All officers were reelected as fol-
lows:
Chairman of Board. G.. H. Memoir
rough: President, W. R. Ellis; vice
president, w. r. Ellis, Jr.; vice-pres'
dent and manager of Goodman office,
D. K. Gulledge; vice-president and man
ager of West office, A. ]. Stevens;
cashier and trust officer, A. ]. Stevens
Jr.; Mrs. X. II. Ellis, assistant cashier;
Mrs. Eula Lee Stevens, assistant cash.
Ter.
Board Of Directors: Mr.. Marlborough
| Mr.. Ellis, Mr.. Ellis, Jr, Mr.. Stevens
| Mr.. Stevens, Jr., Mr.. Gulledge, W. o.
| Thompson, W. D. Wilson and J. Il
Williams.