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dual-laned highway between Meri- den and Hartford.
 That's quite an order, and MT Cox's estimate that 1t will take from thre to four, years to complete, and will cost about $10,O00, 900, seems reasonable.
 When the war came, stopping work on the parkway, 1t was an- nounced that it would be the first to be taken up when peacetime re- turned. Manpower is not yet suf- ficiently distributed to permit an immediate start-we must wait about three months until enough road experts show up for use on such projects.
 Sometimes we think the increase in car and truck travel will greatly outstrip the increase in modern highways.
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both of these sources the fore- cast is stormy weather.
 Cabbies in this town probably make more money than 90 per cent of the government employees and more than 95 per cent of the newspapermen. As result this lucrative occupation has attracted some pretty shrewd observers of humanity and current affairs. They have their finger on the pulse of the towns population. They know who's coming to town lAA
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orously or accepted with ostensi- ble good grace. I did not want to find myself in the situation of the man who was invited by eager hostess to come to dinner on a Monday.
 ''No," was the reply, T have an engagement for Monday eve ming"
 Lets make it Tuesday,"
 T am sorry, but l must be out of town on Tuesday"
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Out Of Pearl Harbor

Out of the of the Pearl Harbor report has one encouraging gem President Trunan's affirmation that he pubcizing tie report because the public has 5he right to know the facts"
 This is not the first indication MT. Truman has given of his intent to be peoples President keenly of the needs of the nation His open and aboveboard rackng of the countrys employment and reconverson problem has been equally as heartenng.
 Accusations and counter-denidls will be heard Throughout the nation that the Pearl Harbor facts being released Army Navy and government officials, All involved involved will each say their piece and so it should be.
 Pearl Harbor marked the beginning of the peoples War It s the President has declared their right to know" Let us review the facts calmly ana fairly.
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eXpTeSSdule Joy or geLLInB pacK JU ones own vine and fig tree. There's something little terri flying about getting home and measuring home and the home land against the memories of things so recently seen. ~
 Getting home is great, just the same.
 The trip home on the Queen Mary was as amazing an experi-, ence. and as tough regimen as ! encountered any time while
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Cunnmknam away They flew many or us postwar correspondents who elected it from Wash tngton to Paris. but they couldn't fly us back. By that time they had begun flying combat troops and and officers home and we sight-seers grounded That made sense. too They told me there were ways you could wangle it by pulling this string and that but couldn't find anybody who knew where the strings were located. didn't try too hard.
 One of the main things you learn from life with the Army is that everything is eventually going to turn out all right but in the meanwhile nothing will happen the way you expect signals will be changed on you Q half dozen times complete illustration is your inevitable companion, anjust you are ready to jump up and down and scream, things fall into some sort of acceptable pattern and you get what you're after or a reasonable facsimile thereof. So 1t waR with the General Black. the ship was first assigned to. She came earlier than expected. She turned around faster than expected. The Jap war was either over or 1t wasn't nobody seemed to know but the Navy suddenly decided to make the General Black the last Navy transport leaving Europe and packed her with all the spare brass left the conti nent. Instead of Monday. she sailed on Saturday, which Was no good for me.
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 ss from haxIns decided that the Queen Mary wee ehsoio4eIF no good for my puTroses Sfc sud -z-LZ ---1n.z Lz.- --z z.2z. -.1- z1-A Who z1---
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A Thought for Today

wilderness than with contentious and angry woman.-Proverbs 21:19
 Woman, tell microcosm and rightly to rule her. dures great talents to state Samuel Fooe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Washington Correspondent

t WASHINGTON, Aug 30 The two best news barometers in the nations capital are the morning collection of handouts" and the taxi drivers From
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30

One of the greatest trials of the housewife during the var years have been the cutting of of all deliveries from salt mackere to garbage cans The American system o
 delivery of all kinds of retail goods too good There fore it sad occasion when the housewife had to be- come truckhorse and devise ways of bringing home the bananas and the bacon Great the joy all the land that the truck delivery ban will be lifted November
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Back Home Again

four or five hours don't ask how it feels to be home. could write book on how it feels to be home. and not all of it would be lyrical with the in
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Waterbury of 7he Past
25.Years Ago

25. Years Ago
 The Strand Theatre was adver- tising. 1000 seats at matinees every day. l0c."
 Thirty-eight gamblers were be- ing arraigned in City Court as the police began a crusade fin earnest" against them.
 15-Years Ago
 Four local Democratic State Committeeman were being ment- toned for renomination.
 With the change of Leavenworth High School to new quarters on South Elm street. the Neon sign on Crosby High School was being re- moved.
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Go Round

EDITORS NOTE: Secretary of the Interior HAROLD ECKEs, in contributing guest column to Drew Pearson, sent him the following letter In typical 1ckes vein:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30

typical Ackes ye1n:
 'TEy dear Drew:
 'T am as willing as Q notwithstanding bur- row, but for reasons that appear in the timidly offered pieces herewith it is literally true that could hardly think of alarmed thing to say. tried first on Benjamin Franklin. It seemed to me to be somewhat Iabored and my very candid critic Jane Odrs Ickes). felt the same way about it. So took an entirely fresh start again with result of which am not at all proud.
 T am sending both efforts to you if only to prove that, even if unavailingly, have tried You may use either or neither. You may even splice them together in the bonds of unholy matrimony. have no pride of authorship. You are at liberty to cut, rearrange or discard altogether-in other words, you can use what you can and can what you can't
 s"If your subtle purpose was to discourage me from ever becoming columnist you have done better job than have. marvel how you turn out one day.
 Sincerely yours.
 "(signed) Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interi0r) WASHINGTON, Aug 3O-When was asked to contribute a colemn in order that Drew Pearson might have vacation, accepted in my most oblig- ing manner. It was one of those invitations that
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l5-Years Ago
5.Years Ago

Waterbury was being mentioned as one of the 10 leading cities in in the country showing outstanding business advances over the previous year.
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person writes in to New York newspaper complain
 markets accompanied by their dogs who nose around the ood in deporabe fashion He suggests forbidding dog Inside such storesand good suggestion which in way Violates the kindness to animals code We have noticed many distracted storekeeper look with pai if not dis taste ladies with dogs on leashes just following along
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one of the surprising things that Impressed dur <E fne war years the patience of the butcher, the <f and others who served; and Rot same token the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-30

Clafk Cable, Spencer Tracy Hs1y LaMarr ned Claudetss col- 11lI N1fn D'1<'nE |n Doom IoVu' q LHt zri' IE8I.11.
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As a young man of 19 Elfego Baca famous cowbo sherf of New Mexico who could pull out sx-shooters Inc drop of hat at the age of 80 ded law-abidng an respected citizen Though he killed nine men, Baca alway operated n the interests of law and order Among his vicar 6.z achievements stealing rifle from Rancho Villa
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se from having decided that the Queen Mary wee ehsoiu.fIe no good for my pufposes she sud- t&E|f 12t1n1 l1sl i1s thing. ! 1pn4 know who can.
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EDITORS NOTE: Peter Edson is on vacation, during which time DOUGLAS LARSEN, NEA correspondent, will write his column
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1915

Sergeant Rcnn's father. Mr.. Ike II
Rcnn, resides near Henderson. Norm
Carolina.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03

One man claims he has a trained
rooster that's so smart it never cro.r,
on a Sunday morning.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03

Sheetrock, Insulating board half
inch, tile board and beaver board.
Also insulating wool.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03
Hardware

Locks, Hinges, Shovels, Pitch Forks,
Handles, Saws, Hammers, Mauls,
Wedges, Cross Cut Saws, Well
Buckets, fifty-seven kinds Of Nails
and sizes, Heaters, Stove Pipe, Gar
bage Cans, Axes, etc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03

Poultry Wire, Hog Wire, Hardware
Cloth.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-09-03
Electrical Supplies

GE-Mazda Lamps, BX Cable, Out
side Wire, Switch Boxes, Connec-
tors, lnsulators, Outlet Boxes,
Switches, Covers, Service Heads,
Rosettes, Staples, etc.
Evening star., 1945-03-04

A headboard bearing the
Word "UnknoWn" instead OF
name and rank marks the
Craze of an unidentified
United States marine buried
in the I'd Marine DiDiSion
cemetery ON Saipan. What
type OF memorial 1DiH the No
ton build to the unkno1On
soldiers Who lie ON bdttlefeldS
in tarof places?
sports and SO acres for miscellaneous
minor sports. It would be located at
the end of East Capitol street.
For international Events
Washington, almost alone among the
worlds great capitals, says the Board
of Trade, lacks stadium adequate for
international events. The project could
accommodate the Olympic games, the
Army Navy football game and other
important events.
In Kansas City. which last time built
a 100000 monument-museum and
dedicated it in the presence of Gen.
Pershing, Marshal Foch and Admiral
Beatty, sentiment is practically unani-
nous now for stadium and sports
center.
But a go-slow note comes from Robert
B. Handy. adjutant general of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Personally
advocating Giving memorials" he cau-
Evening star., 1945-03-04
BY John Clagett Proctor. !,

One Of the most interesting places in
Washington, that came into existence
during the early part of the present CEN
tury, is the Walter Reed General Hos
pital, included in the Army Medical
Center. It's grounds, which are about 6
miles north of the White House, contain
1895 acres and lie between Georgia ave-
nue on the east and Sixteenth street and
Alaska avenue on the west. Its south
ern boundary is about on line with As
pen street, and Fern street marks its
northern boundary. 1t is a most beau
tiful site, attractively. dscaped
throughout with various species of trees,
and from early spring to late autumn,
beds Of choice roses and other bloom
ing plants give charm to the grounds
that must be seen to be appreciated.
OF course, the idea of grouping in a
single military reservation all the Dis
trict's indiscriminately housed medical
facilities did not originate with this In
stitution, but dates back to the Civil
War period, though it was not until
1892 that the idea began to take shape
and, even then it was not until the
Evening star., 1945-03-04

the Monocacy on July 9, 1854, naturally
the fears of the citizens and public Off
cials here were greatly intensified.
Wallace had not the remotest idea of
defeating Early He was sent merely to
retard his progress and hold him back
until Gen. Wright, with other parts
of the 9th Army Corps, could reach
Washington. This Wallace accomplished
most satisfactorily, and although he lost
123 killed and SOB wounded, he was able
to fall back with his army and put him.
self in position to protect Baltimore.
Wallace is said to have had, at the Mo-
nocacy, $3.50 men, and the estimates of
Early's forces run as high as $4,000.
The March of Washington
With Wallace out of the war Early
lost no time in advancing on Washing
ton, for although he did not leave the
Monocacy before noon on July 10, that
night some of his forces, at least, camped
only miles north of Rockville, having
marched nearly % miles that afternoon
and evening. The next day, at dawn,
he continued his march to Silver Spring.
where his advance arrived shortly after
noon, greatly fatigued from the dusty
roads and the hot July sun.
The authorities differ greatly as to
the casualties and the number of
troops engaged. A conservative esti-
mate puts the Union killed at not over
100, with 400 wounded, and of the Con-
federates, 600, which most naturally in
cluded killed, wounded and missing.
The lowest apparently conservative es-
innate of the number of troops with
Gen. Early is given as $4,000, while the
general said he had in all only about
5000 men.
A single instance of the severity of the
engagement can be judged by the loss
suffered by the Vermont brigade, for
many of its brave men, 1t is recorded,
who went with such alacrity into the
battle had fallen to rise no more, in
the orchard. in the road, about the
frame house and upon the summit
where the rebels had made so deter
mined resistance; their forms were
stretched upon the greensward and
dPOii bA1C duoty lOdOy Stlll anu COlQ.
Many more had come to the hospital
severely injured, manned for life or
mortally wounded.
THE little brigade, which numbered
only thousand men when it went into
action, had lost $50 of its number.
We gathered our dead comrades from
the field where they had fallen and
gave them the rude burial of the SOL
dier on the common near Fort Stevens.
No officer of state, no lady of wealth,
no citizen of Washington was there;
but we laid them in their graves within
sight of the Capitol, without coffins,
with only their CORY garments and their
blankets around them. With the rude
tenderness of soldiers, we covered them
in the earth, and marked their names
with our pencils on the little head
boards Of pine, and turned sadly away
to other scenes"
Evening star., 1945-03-04
The Army Medical Center
And Walter Reed Hospital

Not far from the Lay house and near
the Georgia avenue main entrance to
the hospital grounds was the sharp
shooters tree, the location of which Is
marked. Many versions have been given
as to how near President Lincoln came
to being shot in this engagement, some
of which are fantastic, to say the least.
AS may be recalled Gen. Horatio G.
Wright was in command of the troops
at Fort Stevens on July IL, 1854, and
1t was he who ordered Mr. Lincoln down
from the parapet. Gen. Wright lived
in Washington and died here early in
July, 1899, but several years before that
time William v. Cox, who then owned
the Fort Stevens grounds, got Gen.
Wright and group of representative
men to come to the fort so that the
general might relate just what hap
pened on the occasion, which has been
told in so many different ways, and
here is what Mr. Cox has written on
the subject as coming directly from
Gen. Wright:
-Four years ago, in company with the
old commander of the 9Th Corps and
his daughter, Mrs. Rosa Wright Smith;
Gen. D. S. Stanley, Capt. Thomas Will
Evening star., 1945-03-04
By Rosalind Shaffer,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

HOLLYWOOD-Blaz isn't the only
thing that burns Faye Emerson.
She is equally annoyed because her
studio didn't announce she was star
until after her marriage to Brig. Gen.
Elliott Roosevelt. And as for that air
plane riding dog-well, such fuss!
Faye says she had been made a star
prior to her entry into the Presidents
family; that in the showing of "The
Very Thought of You," her name ran
above the title of the picture, well ante
dating her December marriage. "Ths
studio was as much surprised as the
rest of the world when I married
Elliott" she says.
Blaze, the dog, is little in the dog
house at the Emerson Roosevelt menage.
He was so eager to come in out of the
patio that he put his foot in the win
dow, breaking the glass and pulling
down the curtain in shreds.
She's Quite a Person
In estimating Faye Emerson, 1t would
be a mistake to think of her in terms
of movie queen who married into a
prominent family. She's quite a person
herself, as her prior history discloses.
She says that Elliott, no movie fan,
never saw her on the screen until he
looked up 'The Mask Of Dimitrios' just
before their marriage. to see how his
bride photographed.
Faye is an informal and forceful per-
son. She likes people and talks well.
She recalls the Bohemian life at Carmel
when she was living on SIS week
salary, painting scenery, making cos
tunes and engaging in CAB sessions
with other dramatic students, as the
pleasantest of her life.
High School Days
In her Point Iona High School days
at San Diego, she was chosen the most
vivacious freshman and cheerleader
She retains that bubbling vigor. A year
Evening star., 1945-03-04

this engagement, one must take into
consideration the conditions existing in
the United States at that time.
The war had been going on for more
than three years. Gettysburg. had been
fought just one year before without any
apparent decisive results. Lincoln had
been but a month before renominated
by the Republicans at Baltimore, with
no certainty of his reelection. Indeed,
he himself had despaired of his own re-
election, and even went so far as to
write letter to his opponent, Gen.
George B. McClelland, imploring him
If elected to carry out his policies of the
war. Fortunately, circumstances did not
make it necessary to deliver this letter.
Formidable criticisms were hurled at
the administration from all quarters.
Even Horace Greeley used his powerful
New York Tribune to help Cuninten-
tionally, Of course) to "clog up the
works" Added to this. Salmon P. Chase
had but recently rendered his resigna-
ton. The country had gone enormously
in debt, owing nearly $4,000, 100000,
stupendous sum at that date Seven
and three-tenths per cent at par had
Evening star., 1945-03-04
War Memorials as Living Monuments
Favored by Most American Cities
BY Trudie McC cCullough,


A new type of memorial will honor
this wars dead.
Instead Of the traditional statue and
cannon on the courthouse lawn there
will be in most States and cities Giving
memorials" which viii serve q useful
function in community life.
Tentative plans, as disclosed by an
Associated Press survey range from a
metal-covered center shaped like B-29
bomber and housing an auditorium,
gymnasium and nine dining halls in
Baton Rouge, La. to memorial parks in
Chattanooga, Tenn, and Omaha, Nebr.;
community forests in New England, an
opera house in San Diego, an airport
in San Francisco and huge stadium
in the Capital.
Something Useful ~.
Prevailing sentiment perhaps is best
expressed by Frank w. Ziegler OF the
Nashville tTenn.) Chamber of Com
merce. He says: Lets have something
useful rather than hunk Of marble
which would be too high to sit on.8'
"A thought on the same line comes
from Dean Joseph Hudnut of Harvard
University. He mentions U. s. Grants
tomb on Riverside drive, New York,
and says, Gen. Grant gallantly over
came his enemies, but he will never
overcome his monument
To date stadiums Of one sort or an
other seem to be leading the field. Most
elaborate of these proposals is the ma
tional sports and civic center sponsored
by the Board of Trade and other orga-
nizations in Washington, ID. C.
AS proposed it would include sta
dium with 60,00o-80,000 seating capacity,
30-acre parade ground and sports
field, tennis bowl similar to Wimble-
don, England; swimming pool ITO
feet by 10, an 85-acre lake for water
Evening star., 1945-03-04
Stardom Came Before
Marriage, Says Faye

of drama work at San Diego State Col
lege later work at the San Diego Com
munity Theater and in the St. James
Repertory Co. in Carmel, developed
her into an able actress. She was signed
by studio scouts as sound dramatic
performer, they say, not as quick
sensation. Her progress to stardom in
four years at Warner Brothers has been
smooth and steady.
Her large, brown, animated eyes are
the center of attraction in her classic,
strongly sculptured face. Her blond
hair is worn in smooth pageboy bob,
usually in net or Snood or turban.
She likes tailored clothes, and slacks
for the right occasions. She showed me
her collection of classical recordings.
Ballet intrigues her, she dances little.
She paints and sketches well, she has
a self-portrait of which she's proud.
Modest Home
Her home, which is also Elliott's for
the duration, is simple, but charming.
= Up a winding canyon, it is an English
stucco, with heavy redwood shingles and
trim, pretty easement windows with
white criss-cross ruf1ed curtains. Banks
Of ivy and red berry bushes frame the
entrance. It could be the home OF any
one etof artistic tastes and modest income.
There are few pieces Of heirloom
silver, some nice paintings, good but not
lavish furniture, and an air of charm In
the booklined living room with its red
brick fireplace. The yard is small, with
lawn terraces set with few fruit trees,
where her young son, Scoop, William
Crawford, jr., 4, plays. His father is
Miss Emersons former husband, Ensign
william Crawford of the Naval Aviation
Branch. A plain black 1941 coupe Of
an inexpensive make is the family car.
Her friends say that politics have
always beenA of prime interest to Faye.
She's almost bursting these days. be-
cause she says she has SO much to say.
She would like to write some articles.
but feels she mustn't for fear of en-
barrassing her husbands family.
-
Evening star., 1945-03-04

Louisville, KY, which has the pre-
decent of a living memorial Civic
Auditorium-fro the last war, will stick
to the same idea this time: A memorial
park or forest in Jefferson County.
At Knoxville, Tenn, the American
Legion Post is planning drive to raise
$4,000 for conversion of recently pur-
chased building into clubhouse "for
all veterans"
In Colorado. prospective plans range
from rodeo grounds at Grand Junction
to Pueblos proposal that the best war
memorial would be jobs for veterans
and the city's s10,000,o0O civic improve
ments proposals to provide them.
Maryland Memorial
Most plans still are tentative and
subject to change as the committees
reveal their findings. But indicative of
the expected trend is Maryland. It's
Memorial Commission recommends con-
verting the World War I Memorial Plaza
in Baltimore into recreational area
somewhat similar to New Yorks Rookie
feller Plaza.
In New York City, the American In
stitute of Architecture appointed War
Memorials Committee to serve indi-
viduals or groups requesting advice, and
the committee will report this spring.
Philadelphia, likewise pondering the
most effective tribute, listened atten-
lively to a forum at which artists,
architects, city and municipal officials
and heads of veterans groups had their
say
Paul P. Cret, chairman of the War
Memorials Committee of the American
Institute of Architects, summed up one
side of the argument when he said tthe
whole purpose of the memorial is the
perpetuation or a memory . (which
should arouse the attention of way
farers for centuries to come Those who
advocate the creation of Fairgrounds
and swimming pools lose sight of this
fundamental purpose"
But Sydney E. Martin, president of
the Fairmont Park Art Association
complained that 'the trouble with most
existing war memorials is that they
glorify war. T would like to see .
something which would depict the hor-
rors of conflict - a memorial of this
type would be a constant reminder to
future generations to stay out Of war"