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The sub., 1945-11-21

French civilian workers are re- claiming for the U. s. Army 10O,- 900 miles of German battlefield communications wire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Engineers Invited To Meeting
 Amerieon Society
 For MetoIs Host

Robert M Baker, Section Engine CT of the Industrial Eleetronics Di- vision, Westinghouse Electric Corp, Baltimore, Md, will address the opening meeting of the American Society for Metals season at the Connecticut Light & Power auditor lum on Thursday night Oct, 25 at 8 D. m,
 The subject Of MT. Bakers talk will be the Induction Heating Of Non- Ferrous Metals and Alloys" and will cover the field from an engine- ering and technical standpoint and will include the pre-. heating of non- ferrous materials prior to forging, His talk will be Illustrated by slides,
 Thomas J. Russell of the Vest inghouse Electric, of Bridgeport, will be technical chairman of the meet- ing. Prior to the meeting, dinner will be served at the Hotel Elton ct 6:30 p. m.
 Engineers and production men who are interested in the subject and who are not members of the society are invited to attend the lecture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

Pupils of four secondary schools in London are exchanging letters with the girls Of the CourS Comple- mentaire de Jeunes Files in Paris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Union,Woges To Be Theme OfAddress
Martin ). Welsh To Be Chief Speoker

There will be meeting Of the Connecticut Chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Manage ment on Thursday october 25, at ceriani'S Cafe Mellone, 204 Crown street, New Haven,
 The speaker Of the evening will be Martin J. Walsh, New England regional director, United Steel Workers organizing committee whose subject will be "The Union and Wages During Transition"
 Mir. Walsh was born and brought up in Boston and has spent most Of his working life in that area. In his earlier days he was a seaman, later becoming e member of the Boston Port commission in which capacity he was serving during the National Seamen's strike, i936.37. He has been active with the United Steel Workers since 1887 and during the var period was Q labor member Of the Regional War Labor board [, Boston.
 Recent government action re- moved wage ceilings and allowed wage increases as long as selling prices were not increased. With the wraps thus removed it becomes q matter Of general interest to under stand labor'S approach to the wage question.
 For reservations or further infor- nation, contact Ernest Rumberg at the ScoVill Manufacturing Co,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Atom Acid Victina Asks More Money
 Darling Given $2,048 To Dote
 Claims WoF Dept.
By JAMES A. NGacLEAN

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Seattle, Oct, 25,-(UP)--James w. Darling, lS. sought additional coTn- pensation today for leg injuries suffered in l94S at the Richland, Wash, Atomic Bomb plant, which he claimed disabled him permanent ly,
 Darlings attorney, J. A. Kavaney, said yesterday his client had been burned by Q mysterious liquid which caused all but the metal buckles of his overalls to evaporate, Kavaney charged that physicians had been unable to treat Darling because of the government secrecy on materials used at the plant,
 Government ohlcials said Darling had been burned by nothing more than common sulphuric acid fro ma bucket overturned by workmen mov- ing lathe.
 Dr w B Norwood, present super intendent at the Bomb Project Hos pital where Darling was treated for ~ days, said acid burns were treated like other burns.
 Ofhcials in Washington said that the accident on Nov. 29, l943, oc. cured before any of the ingredients of the atomic bomb were taken to the Richland plant.
 Deep" Charing
 Sulphuric acid, which is used in a diluted solution in storage batteries, will destroy cloth. pr. Norwood said that acid burns may prove to be worse than they first nnDear because of deep charing,"
 They often fool doctors" he said.
 Darling said today that he was pennileSs. He said his badly burned legs had refused to respond to treat ment by more than 20 doctors, and that he feared 1t would be neces- sary to amputate them, He said stoically that If 1t is necessary to remove his legs he would take the additional workmen'S compensation for loss of limbs and return to his family in Milwaukee, Wis.
 KaVaney Saio Darling was "un- able to stand the cold, wet pack treatment" the usual treatment for burns, and went to many doctors, including the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn., seeking to be cured, Each time the wet packs were applied, all the skin came ott his legs" Kavaney said,
 A War department spokesman said Darling had received $204s under the Washington State Workmen's s Compensation law. including $9oo for permanent partial disability,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Weak Defenses Early Ln War Endangered Vital Panana Canal
By S. BURTON HEATH MIA sirf q Cnrrasnnnnank


 Balboa, 0. O., Oct. 25.--Tt is pos sible now to reveal that the Axis powers missed the victory boat, about five years ago, by their tail- ure to 20 after the Panama Canal aggressively and belNgerently.
 From what I have learned here, 1t seems very probable that the Japanese could have put the Canal out of business in le4l If they had realized the weakness of its defenses. If they had been willing to gamble with that Sacri- ficial spirit that the kamikaZe pilots exhibited in the closing days of the war, they could have knocked out the Canal.
 Information as to what hap pened here during the war is very diffcult to obtain from oficial sources, even where no security angle IS claimed. But from sources of unuuestionable reliability cer- tain general facts appear.
 CHECK SABOTAGE
 Even before we got into the war, every possible precaution against sabotage was initiated. With the collaboration of neigh boring Latin American nations, a screen was set up so that, theo- reticelly, no person of whatever nationality could get within hun- dreds of miles of the Canal with out thorough inquiry into his background and his errand,
 Panamanians, whose country owns the Canal Zone that the United states administers, could not cross the Zone from one part of their contry to the other with out careful control
 Armed guards of sailors and marines rode through the Canal with some ll,000 ships during the war. watching for the slight est evidence of any attempt at sabotage,
 Every vessel that sailed the Caribbean, down to the tiniest fishing smack, had to carry identi- flcatlon markings recognizable from sea or air, for the benefit of protective patrols,
 The efileieney of these measures is attested by the fact that the Canal functioned uninterruptedly throughout the war. No would-be saboteur ever got within danger dis- tanee of the vital locks.
 But in the beginning the Canal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
War Veterans Get Diplomas
 Colgate Honors
 Three Yesterday

Hamilton, N. r., Oct, 26.-(UP)- Russia knows everything about the atom bomb except the trick of put ting 1t together, Dean Sidney j.. French of Colgate University said yesterday in advocating World Foundation of Science.
 The foundation must have "tlou- sands Of great scientists who will owe allegiance to no national goV- ornment." French said. Each ra. ton must provide It's best scientific brains and the foundation itself must have the authority to seek out. encourage and finance young men and women Of all nations. colorS and creed who show great promise in scientific work"
 Tn connection with the atomic bomb, he explained the foundation, as he sees it, would have e division concerned with all applications Of science to war and its results would be 'he sole property of the world organization.
 In addition to problems Of pure science. he said the foundation which iS essential to any iaterna- tional organization of peace" would work on scientific developments in agriculture. sanitation, medicine, industry and technology as c guide to private industry. research and in- dustrlal initiative,
 French said the first step for America is to get the great secret Of the atomic bomb off our cons science"
 We have somehow failed" he said. ito grasp the fact that in the atomic bomb. we are not dealing with another weapon of war. Rather we are dealing with whole war in single weapon
 Predicting that Russia at least would have her own atomic bomb within five years, French said there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
IdeoIist Defended By Seymour
 YoIe President
 Terms False
 Prophets Criminals

New Haven, Conn, Oct, 25,- CUP) Yale President Charles Seymour declared yesterday that false pro- phets" who try to influence others that there is no place for the ideallst Ina world dominated by scientific achievement, are the "worst Of war criminals"
 Speaking at Woolsey, Hall gradu- ating exercises, 'or. Seymour-who was . member of the American com. mi&iion to negotiate peace after the first World War--said that follow. ing the last war. the world was afflicted with the tauntS Of pseudo- lntelleetualS who made it their bust. ness to destroy every pedestal upon wkich the higher aspirations of men could Do enthroned If we allow our- selves to be fooled by the cynical scoffers we shall never prepare the conditions necessary to repair the damages Of this war"
 War, he said, "iS certain to leave In It's Pftermath, aS c reaction to the high spirit Of idealism which is a. Voked in wave of patriotism, q mood of eynicism that questions the very difference between right and wrong, Beware Of the man who tells you that you must make your choice between realism and idealIsm. The 'eaily educated person Is one who sees that realism and idealism are by no means opposing forces; that the realistic approach to Q problem is simply the beginning of e process which iS to be completed by an idealistic development.
 "He studies the facts, sees them as they are and not as he wishes they were, interpretS them accord- Ing to his idealistie standards. fav- orable or uffavoFable, good or bad, and then proceeds to the elimina. ton of the unfaVorahle and bad. to the fostering of the good and the favorablel"
 The chief responsibility Of the one coming generation, said Dr. Sey. mour. was the success or the fali- ure of the hopes that attend our present victory, Twenty-Five years ago my own generation faced 6 similar opportunity and failed. Our initial mistakes were bad enough, and they were multiplied aS the years vent on. IL is going to be your Job to correct these horrible mis- takes and to liquidate their even more ghaStly consequences. We fall cd; you must make good"
 He said that the awful rleceSsit- les of this war just ended have in- creased the dangers Of moral de- generation. Without attempting to argue the wisdom or ethics of the use Of atomic bomb, consider how terrible must Do Q situation when such . weapon can be Justified on any grounds. This was simply the Cuiminat' l Of q long parade Of thirty years exhibition of bad faith, aggression. and cruel misuse Of pofer, c period during which the conscience of humanity vent to sleep.
 pr, Seymour conferred B3 degrees at the exercises. at which about 90 members of the naval reserve offic- CTS training corps were commissions cd in the naval reserve by Cmdr. James P. Knowles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

Is no reason to exclude the posSibil- ity that Russia might develop c bet ter bomb"
 Russia knows everything about the bomb now except the very dan. gerouS trick Of putting charges to. eether and providing the mechan- ism to explode those charges. "She has smart scientists, plenty Of them, She will find the resources, the equipment, the labor and the fac- tories. too"
 If we insist on challenging Russia with the atomic bomb. he warned, i've will get nothing less than re. turn In greater kind"
 French spoke ct Colsate'S l2th commencement exercises since Pearl Harbor, Seven students received de. grees. including three war veterans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Cost Accountants Hold Study Club

At Q meeting Of the study club Of the Waterbury Chapter, National Association of Cost Accountants last night at The Elton, Development and Use Of Standards" was the topic for discussion.
 Chairman Of the group was Nor- man R. Reed, Chase Brass and Cop- per Go. accountant assisted by the committee for the siX-meeting Ser- ieS, Thomas E. Mclaughlin, Water bury Farrel Foundry and Machine Co.,, and Ellis R. AkinS, American Brass O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

and Lesser Antilles, permitted surface and air patrols that would have encountered any Nazi car- rier task force some ll50 miles east of Colon, and beyond the range of carrier-based bomhers,
 But on the Pacific side, until we fortified the Ecuadorean Gala pagos Islands, @ Jap force could have sneaked carriers within range at least as easily aS did the one responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor. Why that was not done, either simultaneously with the December 2 attack or inme- diately after, Is not readily ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Compensation Agreements

Compensation Commissioner John J. O'Connell today approved the following agreements for weekly payments during disability or for specific payment In case of permanent injury:
 Theophile Van Mieghan of 52 Cooke street against Ernest Van. aSse of 42 Spencer avenue, $27,50 beginning oct. i2, three broken ribs,
 James M. Hoey of 80 Fuller street against M. J. Daly & Sons of Waterbury, Sl9 beginning Sept, %, injury to left leg.
 Henry Dean of 70 William street against Scovlll Mfg Co.,, Sl7l2 for two weeks, Injury to left eye,
 William Bauba of Third avenue against Waterbury Farrel Foundry x Machine Co.,, $50 beginning June 27, laceration of scalp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

was highly vulnerable to the type of attack that neither Germans nor Japs tried to make.
 Neither guns, planes nor ships were available in sufficient num- hers to give adequate protection against a determined attack. And there was a period when the rela- lively few planes In the Zone did not have sufficient gasoline or am- munition for e prolonged defense against a strong, persistent enemy.
 On the Atlantic side the chain of bases that stretched from Cuba to Trinidad, through the Greater
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

plainable.
 Because 1t was not done, we were able to rush the Yorktown, the Hornet and the Wasp from Atlantic to Pacific after Pearl Harbor destroyed our Pacific Navy. We got at least Q skeleton force into action against the Japs three weeks sooner than other- wise would have been possible and the bare figure Of ll,000 ships guarded through the locks gives some idea, to those who remember the critical shortage of shipping during most of the war, how vital those locks were to victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Waterbury Youth At Sf. Lawrence

Thaomas Reyes, jr,. son of Mir and Mrs, Thomas Reyes of 72 Cham hers street, entered the freshman class at St, Lawrence university Canton, N, Yn today, A graduate of Crosby High school, he will study for Q Bachelor of Science degree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25

Hydroponics, the artificial culti- vation of fresh vegetables, has prov ed successful In preliminary experi. ments In Aruba, Netherlands west Indies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-25
Torrinston Brass Workers In Rally

John MankowSki, executive board members Of the Mine, Mill and Shelter Workers union, and John Driscoll state c. I. o. secretary, were among the speakers ct Q 0. I, o. rally yesterday at the Torrington City Hall, The unions position in the 30 percent wage -inerease Issue was explained to about 1000 workers who attended,
 A resolution urging congressmen and senators of Connecticut to Sup- port the unions demands for the increase was passed,
 Edward McCrone, state 0. l. O, director. and Mayor William A. Pat- ten addressed the gathering.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
Honor Medal Man Is Amone
1926 Returning Soldiers

BOSTON, June IL LP,.-A Worces-
ter lieutenant colonel who has 181
discharge points and a West Vir-
ginia holder of the Congressional
Medal of Honor who expects to sigr
with the St. Louis Cardinals as q
pitcher were among 1926 soldiers
who returned to this country last
night.
They arrived aboard the Marine
Devil, a few hours after 2,s52 othe,
men arrived on a sister ship, the
Marine Dragon.
1t. Col. George L. Jaques
Worcester, wasn't sure whether he'd
ask for his discharge.
S/Sergt. Junior j. Spurrier, Blue
field, w. Va, was too reticent to
tell about his winning the Congress.
sional Medal Of Honor, the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and other
awards.
He was more eager to talk about
letters he had from Manager Billy
Southworth and Owner Sam Brea-
don of the world champion Cardi.
mails. Sergt. Spurrier pitched fol
top service teams overseas and ir
Jamaica.
Evening star., 1945-06-12
New Car Rationinq
May End Next Year
By the Associated Press


CHICAGO, June 12.-Rationing
of new automobiles probably can be
lifted "some- time next year" and
production should reach 100000 a
month next January, Henry P Mel
son, WPB reconversion co-ordinator
for the automotive industry, said
last night.
Car production will not get fully
under way until October" although
the green light has been set for
July l, the Washington official said
in an address at the annual meet
ing of the Chicago Automobile
Trade Association.
"Rationing will continue this year,
but some time next year, when the
output of automobiles increases, 1t
should be possible to lift rationing
from a Government standpoint, "
Mr.. Nelson said. "It may, however,
continue in some form as an indus
try measure, because the manufac-
turers may be forced to ration
dealers
Mr.. Nelson said the total number
of automobiles produced for 1945
should be around 215,000 and
should hit 100000 a month begin
ming next January" He added that
the industry should attain a 2,000,-
900 car-a-year output beginning
July l, 1s46."
Mr.. Nelson estimated that wal
eutbacks for the present quarter
April through June, would run
close to 20 per cent, compared to
the WPB estimate made earlier oi
between and per cent" He said
contract cancellations were com.
ing through every Is minutes"
Evening star., 1945-06-12
High Court InvaIidates
2Portions Of Florida
Antiunion Legislation

Another setback for antiunion
legislation was chalked up in the
Supreme Court today, with two
major provisions of a Florida law
regulating labor organizations in
validated on the ground of conflict
with the National Labor Relations
Act.
Dividing To, the court yesterday
ruled out the regulations requiring
Cd, licensing of paid business
agents, and Cd, filing of certain
Identification data regarding in
dividual unions plus the payment
OF 81 filing fee, as a prerequisite
to their functioning in the State.
Speaking for the majority, JUS
tice Black said that the National
Labor Relations Act and the legis-
lation in question could not move
freely within the orbit of their re-
spective purposes without infring-
ing upon one another"
Justices Frankfuruer and Roberts
dissented on both counts. Chief
Justice Stone dissented from that
part of the opinion dealing with the
union registration requirements.
The court refused to pass on the
merits of similar case from Ala
bama, holding, in substance, that the
issues there must be thrashed out
by the State courts, before the
Supreme Court could deal with
them.
The labor decisions were handed
down as the court, delaying ad-
journment for at least another week,
disposed of IA cases in the busiest
day of the term.
A 5-4 decision reversed the con-
victim of Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze,
former head of the German
American Bund, and % associates,
who had been sentenced to five
years imprisonment for allegedly
conspiring to counsel evasion Of mil
itary service, in violation of the Sc
lective Service Act.
In other litigation decided by the
same narrow margin, the court up
held the right of Illinois to bar a
conscientious objector from prac-
ticing law and set aside orders of
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion requiring railroads in North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and
Alabama to raise intrastate pas
senger rates from 165 cents per mile
to the interstate rate of % cents.
In the bund case. the reversal set
aside convictions also of August
Klapprott and Herman Schwinn,
who, like Kunze, were among the
defendants in the famous local sedi-
ton trial
In upsetting the convictions which
had been obtained in Federal Dis
trict Court in New Your, Justice
Roberts said that the Government
had failed to prove that the de-
PENDANTS had counseled evasion of
military service. The men were &C
cused of taking part in conspiracy
that ran from January, 1910 to the
summer of 1e42 when they were
indicted.
Chief Justice Stone and Justices |
Reed, Douglas and jackson dis
Sented
Evening star., 1945-06-12

Swift to act as Japanese gre
made was hurled into their midst
Corpl. Bausell threw himself on the
deadly weapon, taking the full blast
Of the explosion and sacrificing his
own life to save his men"
Mrs. Bausell, her eyes brimminR
with tears, said: Il have another
son on ship in the Pacific. His
name is William. He Is a survivor
Of the Bristol. He has had only one
furlough in four years"
OF the possibility of q furlougl
for William Bausen Mr.. Forresta
said:
IF 1t can be done 1t shall be done
I'm doubly humble-I1l tell yol
that"
He shook hands with Mr.. Bausell
& makeup man on the Congressional
Record in the Government Printing
Office. You must come from flint
fighting stock" the Secretary said.
Also present were two of the he.
ro's sisters, Mrs Martha Wyman
wife of a Navy boatswain's mate
and 10-year-old Margaret Bausell
Mrs. William Bausell, wife of the
sailor for whom furlough was re-
quested, was there, as was Miss
Ruth Rainey, 2422 Second street
NE, whom Corpl. Bausell would
have married had he returned.
Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, command
ant OF the Marine Corps. was one
OF the officers looking on.
Evening star., 1945-06-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence X. Bau-
sell, 1923 Twelfth street NE. par
ents Of Marine corporal who gave
his life to save the men Of his squad,
accepted for him the posthumous
award of the Congressional Medal
of Honor yesterday afternoon from
Secretary Of the Navy Forrestal.
He was Corpl. Lewis K. Bausell
20. His citation, which Mr.. For
restal read to the parents, said
"valiantly placing himself at the
head of. his squad ION September
Is. 1914, on Peleliu) Corpl. Bausell
led the charge forward against a
hostile pillbox which was covering
vital sector of the beach and, as
the first to reach the emplacement,
Immediately started firing his auto
matte into the aperture while the
remainder of his men closed in on
the enemy.