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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
The Public Understands

A transcontinental tr n recently pulled into a Pacific coast city twelve hours late. Passengers missed connec- tions to many points. The last halliday on the train they had little or nothing to eat as the dining car ran out of food.
 You would have thought caustic re- marks about railroad service would have flown thick and fast. But traveller on that train said Not one word of criti- cism did I hear. For 20O0 miles we had been passing endless freight trains and troop trains. The travellers all seemed to realize that their affairs were secondary and that the railroads were doing Her culean job, in keeping that volume of war traffic moving on schedule, and at the same time meeting the needs of civ ilians"
 The failure to complain about the rail- roads was a demonstration of public un- derstanding and appreciation of the un- precedented difficulties the railroads are overcoming as they carry both the war and domestic traffic of the nation. Amer ican industries and American citizens meet emergencies when put to the test.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

enemy accounts and safe deposit 0oxes. ' Tine Porlugue5 refused, declaring such action would mean war with Germany.
 VANDENBERG's "CHINAMAN
 Senator Arthur Vandenberg IS working sincerely and energetlcal- ly at being statesman and bringing goodwill to the Allies. But hes not doing so well With the Chinese. The other day Vandenberg was asked some queS- ticns by newsmen about pro- posed amendments to the United Nations charter,
 They don't have Chinamans chance" was hls reply. Four Ch!- nose newsmen present were furl- ouS, said nothing.
 NOTE: The late Secretary ol the Navy Frank Knox got into the same kind of truoble right after Pearl Harbor when the Chinese ambassador called to express China's sorrow at Japans sneak attaci; on Pearl Harbor.
 We'll fix those yellow-belhed so and sos." exploded Knox in reply.
 BACKSTAGE AT FRISCO
 Here's the inside play-by play account of what happened at San Francisco when Foreign Minister Molotov skillfully used the vote for Argentina to his own adVan- tage to show how all the Am ericas lined up as bloc.
 Molo.ov argued for three fourths vote on all important issues. because the Unite d States and Great Britain had conclusiveIy demonstrated their ability to gang up on the Rus sians, and to block any Soviet proposals.
 The discussion was opened by Herbert Evatt, Australian Foreign Minister who urged that each committee and commission decide it's own voting rules.
 Moltov replied that the matter of voting procedure was extreme ly important to the Russians and that he favored a three-fourths vote Molotov also pointed out that the twenty votes of the American Republics and the Liberia and the Philippines would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

runs 500 miles from shasta Dam south to Bakersfield. It all lies with in this great state of California, yet the whole Central Valley Reclama- tion Project is so vast an under taking that many Californians don't appreciate it.
 Seventy-five years ago this Gen. tral Valley wasn't just War-torn as large parts of Europe and Asia are today it was desert of little good to anyone except the Indians and the prospectors, who didn't realize what real gold was there even when they looked right at it.
 When Central Valley wasn't desert it was flood land inundated and further laid waste when the winter snoWs melted and roared down the mountains through the Sacramento River from the north and the San Joaquin from the south, pouring into the sWamps and deltaS at the head of San Francis CO.'S bays.
 SCATTERED IRRIGATION
 IN '9O'S
 Fifty years ago much of this great Central Valley was still semi-arid. There were scattered irrigation pro- jects which pumped water out of the uncontrolled rivers when there was any and did dry-farming on big cattle and grain ranches the rest of the time.
 What the delegates from the war raVlshed countries would see if they left their wrestling with semi-colons for a few days and came up to these great open spaces is therefore the work Of less than a generation. The Central Valley Project as planned by the State or California and the U. s. Bureau of Reclamation is still far from completed. But if the moral of this thing would sink in on the consciousness of the statesmen who are in San Francisco to draft an United Nations Charter and so bring into being bright new world, the fact should register that this is what men can do in a generation if they stop playing the stupid old European and Asiatic games of power politics, intrigue and war
 There is no future in that, but most of the thick-headed states men entrusted with governing the nations of the world have not req lized it. Even at San Francisco the cry is heard on all sides that the United States armed forces will have to be kept in the old world to restore order, keep the peace and i,o mo tries no bigger than the State of California and even in countries as big as the whole United States.
 SEES FOREIGN INTERESTS
 FADING
 It is doubtful if the American people will long remain interested ln trying to establish it's liberties in odd corners of the world. Five wears from now the United States may be so thoroughly fed up with assorted factional wars in Asia Africa and Europe that the prevailing senti- ment will be to pull out and leave people who have not learned how to govern themselves to cut each others threats to extinction.
 But what the United States can do constructively is show the Old World politicians things like this Central Valley Project in California, With its big dams, it's hydro-electric power, its irrigation of arid unpro- ductive lands, it's multi-billion dol lars worth of diversified crops and resources. Then these statesmen could go home with the United Na- tlons Charter adopted at San Fran cisco and build on their own now desert-like ruins and desola ton other peaceful Central Valleys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

The springs been hard on early bloom ing shrubs and vegetation. It has also been hard on the bees, up states depury state entomologist at the Connecticut eX- pertinent Station. The weather in April and May has made it difficult for the bees to get their customary ration of pol len. At first early blooming was help ful, too helpful, but later the bees had to duck back into their hives, missing out on large store of their accustomed pol len This will reduce the honey crop this year and since honey is substitute sweet for sugar it will be considerable loss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

Canada does not seem to have that difficulty. As part of the Brl- tish Empire, Canada is still at war with Japan. It seems, however, that Canada could very well show her appreciation for the tremendous amount of supplies furnished Bri- tain by this country by sending some of her surplus meat and other commodities here under reverse lend-lease arrangement. It would be nice gesture of the good-neighbor policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
TURN ABOUT
(BoSton PoSt)

(BOSton PoSO
 Up in Canada, where there never has been a shortage of meat, or sugar, or many other edibles, res trictions have now been removed on the manufacture of a number of household appliances, such as wash ing machines, sewing machines, bi- cycles, and others. Of course, re- conversion has also started in this country, but only on limited scale because of the scarcity of materials.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Selected Poem
SONS OF THE SEA

felen Rowland Prcmmel in The New York Times) The mother sea is calling in Her blood and flesh and bone: The sea that spawned humanity Is taking back her own. Out of the briny ooze men came And struggled up the shore But being children of the sea They heed her voice once more. She singe an ancient lullaby In accents low and deep And rocks the broken crade-ships To lull her sons to sleep O restless sons of restless sea. How quietly you rest. Was death the only way to still The torment in your breast?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

So fast go the months and years that it seems only yesterday that the country was launching the First War Loan Drive. The first was not to be the last by any means though it is possible seven such drives were not anticipated at the start
 This week enthusiasm and patriotism marked the beginning of the Seventh War Loan Drive. It was given a splendid inn petus with the recent end of the war in Europe With high hopes of and end of the war with Japan the citizens of the country are buying bonds again, to put across the Seventh War Loan. Here in Waterbury it is hoped that the drive will be spirited and effective. Let's go, folks!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
AIRBERRIES
Christian Science Monitor

Good morning, Mrs. Jones. How would you like a box of fresh straw berries this morning? And we have some airshrimp, just in from Mo- bile"
 If the Midwest groces starts out this way some of these mornings, he's not trying to be funny. Chi cago and Southern Airlines has merely tackled a new name on some of the perishable food products 1t carries. It designates their move ment by air and guarantees their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Views Of The Press

freshness. We've been having grape- truck fruit for many years but never thought much about it. Will we now have cottage -diesel-cheese Or streamline cream? Perhaps. But never sun-ship oranges. We can't wait that long for our morning juice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

It is not enough to have secur. ity organization. We have to have the means for doing away with the conditions that make it easy for wars to start.
 British Deputy Prime Minis
 ter Clement Attlee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

greater good than to take a tWo-or- three = day t i p through Califor- nia's Central Val ley.
 T h i S Central Valley is about the size of Eng land or some of the other smaller nations. Tucked b e t W e 6 Il the coastal and Sierra Nevada ranges, it is less than 100
 niles wide and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at AS a. m. war time) Sun rises at 532 a. m, sets at 8 05 p, m. (War time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The Farmers Almanac says that now is the time to hang up dead crow in the garden. You know why.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Central Valley Offers Moral
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat-NEA Wash ington Correspondent

Shasta Dam, Calf. May 18 - Delegates to the United Nations Conference, with the future recon struction of their war-torn countries in mind, could do themselves no
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
BEHOLD, THE SNOB
y EARL L. DOUGLASS. DID.

Few things irk one any more than to come in contact with peo- pie who are naughty and ar rogant. Even the most saintly char acters are liable to be a bit riled when people look down upon them,
 Matthew Arnold rafarripu tn tho
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

8A quiet is underway get F1ahceS eAle Heiot invited unocaly to the perhaps oy HvaIo n
  4hd the S. to lead front
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per. sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclose Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform- ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News. paper Service. 320 West Madison Street, Chicago. III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Soys Trouble Expected When and Lovo Petan Goernq Musson Shot Because He Knew toe
 Much; Borueh Proposed Tumon Cut Cabinet Posts Gonden berg Unfortunate in Use of "Chinamon."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

Copyright, l945, by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-18

Prompted by a question answered here converting the notion that ova from one ovary can develop in- to children of one sex only, three readers report that since removal of one ovary they have borne both male and female babies. Now, folks, that's that.
 Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Col
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Oakland Hills
Club Map Party

WOMEN GOLFERS of the
Oakland Hills Country Club Will
have their annual Christmas
cocktail party at 4 p. m. Thurs
day at the DAG. A Santa Claus
and other entertainment fea-
lures are planned. Mrs. George
King is chairman in charge of
arrangements. assisted by Mrs
Walter s. Cummings, Mrs. r
r Rolph and Mrs. William Cart
wright.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Family 10 Rally al SIaden Home

DIR ND Mrs Drank r SI-tDENN NV FoI-o IN CI0-lo
Pone Viii he tho sl, holiday
tor All ttc family who scattered In tic "7r
Frank Jr, who has been discharged from the
army.
Former lieutenant and Mrs John Ho1Iant Nardvcl Cnn
Slsdcn VIII Baldwin L. have
finished dSmantinC their tmcnt...
Bsby John WadWCl Is with Dr and Mrs S9dcn
Rowland Lowe Ha..uutd recently q lieutenant colonel n
the USMC,on duty the Pactc..o being discharged
"a wife Catherine Sadcn Young Row
.rD Who had been living with Ir and Mrs Sladcn...
The Halls VIII stay until the NcV Year they VIII
Grand Rapids live.
Mrs Sadcns mother. MIS- Frank lothian Andrls...vln
be hem On ClrlStp D5\
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
To Gardeners S

MRS. A. w. SEMPLINER Will
Open her residence in Burns ave-
nuc this afternoon for a party
10 be given by the Village Gar
den Club.
An executive board meeting
AZ - 80 o'clock viii be followed
by Christmas songs by Mrs
Philip Baker and readings by
Mrs. J Lee Barrett, after which
Tea Will be served
Assistant hoStcSSCS include.
NcSdamcS Frank j Bohan.
Donald Melville. Herman i.
SCarnCy. and r c SChram.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Rehearsal Dinner
For Esther Behner
MR-ANp Mrs FREDERICK

MIR AND MRS FREDERICK
J. BEHNER JR. OF Monroe were
the hosts last evening A. the
rrhearSat drnncr gwen ut the
Whittier for Mr Bohncr.S
sister. Miss Esther Margaret
Behncr and her fIance, George
DlCkCy
Miss Behncr Is the daughter
Of tic RcN. and MIS- Frederick
q. Bchncr of Stockbrldce and
Mr.. Dlckcy rs the son OF Mrs
Mark r. DlckCy of Toledo and
the late Mr.. DICkcy.
They viii be- married tomor-
row afternoon in the Crosse
PoIntc Memorial Church
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Sgt. Knapp Arrives
10 Visit Mother

SGT JULIE DAVID KNAPP.
son Of Mrs. Bertha Bright
Knapp of the Alden Park
Manor, has arrived in Washing
ION and Will shortly be on
terminal leave. Sgt Knapp
served m Europe and China
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15

dine subscription fashion and
dance as a pre-ChrIStmas cele-
hration.
Those in the group VIII he Dr.
and Mrs STANLEY Smith Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer a. BENIN, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard J Martin Mr.. and
Mrs. r. C. Galloway, Mr. and
Mrs Paul Marco, Mr.. and Mrs.
F.. NJ. Brady, Mr. and Mrs,
Richard *. DcEcncr, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Thomas, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence G. Pccz, MIR and
Mrs. Otis Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
James Cope Mr.. and Mrs Lyle
Zlsler, and Mr.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene T. O'kCCic.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15

To arrange for carrier deliv-
cry Of The Detroit Times IN
your home, dial Cherry 1900
and ask for Home Delivery
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Miss Daron in Capital

MISS DONNA DARON of
Lawrence avenue is IN Washing
ton. H. G.. visiting her brother,
It. Don William Daron, prior
~ his rcInn 10 tuInnC.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Teenaqers TO Dance

The Junior Southeastern Com
muntiy Council today announced
plans for tCCnaCc Christmas
dance al 1O450 Mack, The night
of Dec 2l
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15


w hilp aS the
Driven Snow
end iu.i as Fresh-Iookn9 =.
our chri'+n''N~I d'f'
dress o' darling ~N4e rayon
esbs,dire -. ~.'h amber
color buttons.
Sizes 1910 IN
1900
SECOND FLOOR
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
rtis-Aun+er
Betrothal Told
MIR AND MRS FRANK ]

MR. AND MRS FRANK l.
CURTIS of LaSalle boulevard
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Helen JOY, TO
William J. Hunter, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph c. Hunter OF
Burllngame avenue.
The engagement was made
known at a recent dinner party
at the Detroit Yacht Club.
Miss Curtis was graduated
from Albion College, where she
was affiliated with Alpha Chi
Omega sorority.
Mr. Hunter was RECENTLY dis
charged from the u. S. Army
air forces. Prior 10 his service
overseas he attended the Wayne
University.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Sullivan Brothers 70 Visit Mother

SEAMAN |C~'CHJCk' StlITNAN-,,"Io has been in
China for
the holidays with his mother. Mrs Sullivan Scybun
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-15
Mrs. Sempfner Surtnons 10 Entertain
Opens Home Al Pre-Christmas Party

Mr. AND MRS JULIE R. sURTMAN viii entertain to-
cocktails Their residence Oxford
after which group the Crosse Ponte
Evening star., 1945-10-24
Private Flying Boom
Forecast by Geisse

Within the next 10 years there will
be 100000 to 100000 private air.
planes in the United States with
4,500 600 pilots to fly them. John H
Geisse, assistant civil aeronautics
administrator for private flying, told
the Alexandria Junior Chamber OF
Commerce at its aviation dinner in
the Penn Daw Hotel last night.
Mr.. Geisse said the primary need
for promotion of private flying is
accessibility of airports. He also
said the development of safer planes
is a need recognized by the aircraft
industry, since records show that sc
per cent of all fatal accidents have
been the result of stalls or spins.
Joseph T. Geuting, jr., manager OF
the Personal Aircraft Council of the
Aircraft Industries Association OF
America, said it is the responsibility
of all communities to provide land
ing facilities If aviation is to be a
vital factor in postwar living. Tc
date, he said, only 20 per cent of the
incorporated areas in the country
have such facilities.
He stressed the Importance OF
aviation education and pointed out
that civic groups can play an i'm
portant part in promoting a COM
munity interest In aviation ano
establishing the need for adequate
landing facilities.
The dinner was sponsored by the
chambers Aviation Committee
headed by DR.. Arthur Angelica, and
arranged by John Beuchert, CO.
chairman.
Evening star., 1945-10-24
LoureIMon, 53, Gets Year in Jail
Instead of LoshinWfe Beotinq
Judge Says Age
Of Defendant Saved
Him From Whip

Albert Nicholson, So, Laurel (Md.)
carpenter, today began serving 9
one-year sentence in the Maryland
House of Correction after he wa.
convicted yesterday in Prince
Georges County Circuit Court a,
Upper Marlboro of assaulting hi.
estranged wife, Eff1e, 46.
Judge Charles c. Marbury, who
heard the Nicholson case with Judge
John B. Gray, jr., said only the de.
fendant's age and the fact that he
is estranged from his wife saved hin
from the whipping post. The sen.
tence is the maximum for such an
offense. =.
1t was Judge Marbury who last
week invoked an 1882 statute tc
impose a sentence of 10 lashes on
Lloyd o. Busching, 80, Dillon Park
who was convicted of assaulting his
diminutive 25-year-old wife, Doro.
thy. The whipping was carried out
last Friday at the county Jail in
Upper Marlboro.
Mrs. Nicholson. one of IA witnesses
who testified in the case, said she
was attacked in the bedroom of he,
home at Laurel the night of April Is
Although she was unable to see
her assailant's face, Mrs. Nicholson
said she was positive it was hel
husband because I knew his erue
hands which had beaten anc
choked me before" AS a result OF
the attack, Mrs. Nicholson said she
spent II days at Leland Memoria
Hospital, RiverdaIe.
Mrs. Edna Saylor, Baltimore, 6
sister of Mrs. Nicholson. said she
Evening star., 1945-10-24
Alexandria AAUW Plans
Classes in Creative Arts

The Alexandria branch of tie
american Association of University
Women, through its Arts COMMITTEES
headed by Miss Lucie Landen, an
nounces classes in choral speaking
art and photography, with a class In
creative writing planned for the
near future.
These classes are open to non-
members, both men and women
at a fee of IS cents session, the
money to be used to purchase pic
lures for the sixth-grade rooms ir
the city's elementary schools. The
classes are held at the George
Washington High School.
The art class is under the Cirec-
ton of Miss Elizabeth Eisenberg
the choral speaking under DR.. Helen
K. Macintosh and the photogra.
ply class under Gerald Turner
Those interested are asked to con-
tact Miss Landen at Alexandria
6370.
Evening star., 1945-10-24
Three Navy Ships 10 Anchor
In Annapolis for Navy Day

Three Navy ships will anchor in
Annapolis roads this week to par
ticipate in the celebration of Navy
Day.
Five men from the Washington
areas are among the crews of the
ships-the Hayter, a high-speed
transport converted from a destroyer
escort; the submarine Bang and the
Furst, a new picket destroyer de-
signed to fight the kamikaze. The
local men are:
George De Paul, watertender SIC
1914 Morse street NE; Joseph P.
Miller, jr., seaman 1Ic, 3607 South
Dakota avenue NE, and Royce A.
Osborn, coxswain, lot E. Windsor
avenue, Alexandria, all on the
Hayter; 1t. Comdr Oliver w. Bagby,
U. S. N, native of Annapolis, Md,
and graduate of the Naval Acade-
my class of 1888, commanding officer
of the Bang, and James r. Bauers-
field, electricians mate 2ic, Chevy
Chase, Md. crewman on the sub
marine.
Evening star., 1945-10-24
L Street Shoe Shop
Heavily Damaged by Fire

A two-alarm fire which swept
through second and third floor
storerooms Of the building occupied
by the Star Rapid Shoe Repair Co.
625 E street NV, last night caused
damage estimated by the Fire De-
partment at several thousand dol
lars.
OF undetermined cause, the blaze
started in a stockroom and broke
through the roof Of the structure
Considerable damage was done to
repaired shoes in the first floor shop
and to leather, heels and other sup
plies in the store, according to the
Fire Department.
A passerby turned in the first
alarm at 8:16 pm. and second
alarm was sounded on arrival OF
f1remen.
Evening star., 1945-10-24
Bureau Of Standards
To Aid Army in New
Weapons Research

District scientists who pioneered
in radar and the proximity fuse
have been given new assignment
by the War Department with a
view to insuring continued Ameri-
can domination in new weapons.
The National Bureau of Stand
ards and the Army Ordnance De-
partment are cooperating in plan
dating from last october to devise
weapons and counterweapons de-
signed to protect this country
against attack through the develop
ment of electronics.
The Army is now building a $780,
600 ordnance laboratory on grounds
belonging to the bureau. This is
expected to be completed by No.
vember !. 1t is on the bureaus
large tract at Connecticut avenue
and Van Ness streets.
New Applications.
DR.. Lyman j. Briggs, director of
the bureau, announced that research
in the building will be concentrated
on "the application of new scien-
tific knowledge to war uses" and that
it also will undertake the study of
peacetime applications of the knowl-
edge gained in the development of
new weapons"
Industry will receive the benefits
of this research 80 far as this in
formation does not interfere with
the safety of the United States and
her allies"
Some of the results of the appli-
cation of war developments in elec-
tronics for peacetime use are new
radio tubes, miniature radio COM
ponents, tiny high-powered elec-
trical generators, mechanical and
electronic controls and new plas-
tics.
Bureaus Role Stressed.
Selection of the Bureau of Stand
ards for this work is based on its
role in the development of the radio
fuse, which caused havoc among
Japanese and German planes and
ground troops, and on its work on
other weapons still on the secret
list.
The new laboratory will centralize
the major effort of the ordnance
development division of the bureau
and will serve as the central elec-
tronics ordnance laboratory of Army
ordnance.
DR.. Harry Diamond will be in
charge of the work at the new lab
oratory. He will have staff of sew
eral hundred physicists, engineers
and technicians, including DR.. A.
V.(Astin, Wilbur S. Hinman, jr.: DR..
Robert D. Huntoon, DR.. Cledo Bru-
nettis DR.. c. H. Page, j. Rabinow,
Theodore B. Godfrey and A. S.
Clarke