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The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20

years ago to raise money for na- tional defense and keep war mongers from profiteering on the misfortunes of other people.
 I am not criticizing the pur- poses of the act. America had to raise revenue quickly for defense, and right thinking people did not want to see a crop of war-lords enriched with blood-money. Just the same, there ought to be new act, worded to take effect on the day of victory, repeating certain provisions of tfe 194O tax law which are war measures, ruinous to any people at peace.
 Kills New Business
 The sense of the law is this: Add up all the profit firm made in four pre-war years, 1936-1939 inclusive; figure 25 per cent of the total and call it sample pre-war years profit. If a corporation earns more than that in any year of war, it must pay the govern ment 85 per cent of the difference in a special tax. It was effective for war ends, but how will 1t work in peace time?
 Small business concerns can't grow if the law stands. Really big corporations can escape being dew astated. Some will want to ex- pand further and can't, but they can stay big. Their competitive lead can never be overcome by ar ambitious rival. Here is why: by percentage, not much of a gian corporations business is ever new business; it's profits Choweve, big grow slowly. Small firms
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The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20
Friday, April 20, 1945
LAW AND THE MAN
Washington Post)

NWaSnlngtOn POSt)
 We are indebted to MT. Mark Sullivan for calling our attention to the speech of Senator Wayne L.. Morse on a subject to which in the past we have given considerable atten- ton. In our daily reading of the Congressional Rec ord we had somehow miss ed it. Senator Morse, in persuading the Senate to attack a provision for ap- peals courts against WMC sanctions to be appointed outside WING control, made these observations: =. There is agrowing up In this country a trend toward administration ot law by the executive pr a n ch of Government through administrative Off, flcers who, in my iudg- ment, do not have their opinions and views suffi- ciently checked hy other branches of Government. l think it Is a dangerous trend.
 It is proposed that the man whose regulations may be challenged by a citizen shall be given the power to set up his own tribunal to judge whether or not he, in fact, has been unreasonable in the exer- else of his duties under the act.
 1 think it is a very bad principle of government to give the power to pass upon regulations to a tribunal appointed by the administrator himself.
 As a result of my experi- ence with some of the ap- peal tribunals I have no illusion with regard to them, and 1 should like to prevent the repetition of such a mistake in this par ticular bill.
 We know how they would work in practice. We know that in practice the chairman of the War
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20
Service 10 Humanity

service 10 Humanity Thrifty little enterprises like you and I might form will be par alized. They can't expand because their dollars of increased profit will be split two ways, 15c to keep and 85c for the government. Many will die as losses on development of new products wipe out their meager capital. Huge firms, which lave no need for substantial growth, can develop new products with no risk to their strong posi- ton.
 A big company's losses on new developments can be used to re- duce taxes on profits from old business. In this way, government pays 85 per cent of such losses for big concerns. It must be remem- bered however, that big corpora tions are too few to solve the na- tion's postwar employment prob- lem. Small firms, companies that could double twice and still not be large, are the backbone of Amer ica's wealth.
 Small companies employ 85 per cent of the nations workers. They handle the lions share of our na- tional income. What their em- ployees eat makes farm prosper ity. If these little firms see chance to earn a profit, they will get ready for peace new busi- ness and new jobs in large num- bers. But if until V-Day they re- : main scared to expand, America is stymied and so is the world.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20

As far back as the third millen- nium, B.C., equinoxes and solsti- ces were determined in China by the stars.
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20
Alaska Quotas For The Seventh War Loan Drive

April g 10 July ,. ls4s
 Series E Total
 Quota Quota Anchorage
 Whittier $45O,OOO $S1o,oOO Fairbanks
 College 100000 630,OO0 Juneau-Douglas 225,000 425,OOO Ketchikan 100000 33O,OOO Seward 60,000 115,OOO Sitka 5O,OOO 77,OOO Petersburg 50,0OO 85,OOO Nome 5O,OOO 10000 Kodiak 45,000 60,OOO Cordova 40,O00 55,OOO Wrangell 25,000 45,000 Skagway 10000 23,0OO Valdez 15,000 10000
The Nome nugget., 1945-04-20

not so. What will be the net re- suit?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
SoIon Seeks  Revision

Washington, Sept. s.-(UP)- Chairman David l. Walsh of the senate naval affairs committee to- day ask the Navy to reorganizs It's discharge program to give e better break to combat veterans.
 Walsh tentatively suggested q point program which would credit naval personnel for decorations, combat participation stars, age, length Of service, length of sea serv- Ice and dependents. The Navy's present point system considers only age, length of service and depend- ents.
 Tn e letter to Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, Walsh suggested Ave points for each de- pendent up to three: two points for each medal or decoration; one point for each authorized battle star: one- half point for each year of age: one- half point for each month in active service: and one-half point for each month of "sea pay"
 The Navy now gives one.halt point for each year or age, one- half point for each month of active service and 10 points for dependents regardless of whether there are one or more.
 Walsh did not suggest how many points should be necessary for dis charge under his plan. .>
 He acknowledged Navy plans to modify its point system to give credit for overseas service but com plained that in the meantime a man with pre-war wife and four chil- dren gets no more credit than a recently-married man; and single man with three years of combat duty has no more points than re- cently-married man with 18 months of shore duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
|AirIiner's
 Victims

Florence. 8. O., Sept. e,-(UP)- Eastern Airlines officials sought today to identify the charred and broken bodies Of 22 persons killed when Miami- New York passenger transport crashed Into . swamp near here.
 The bodies were held In local fu- neral homes until individual identl- fication could Do determined,
 Capt, Eddie Rickenbacker, EAL president, announced in New York that an investigation of the crash was underway. The huge plane carving ie passengers and three crew members, crashed Q few min. utes after the pilot radioed the Florence Army Air base yesterday that he was "in serious troubie".
 Nine Military
 Nine military personnel were among the passengers. Their names were not disclosed. The civilian pas- Sengers were identified as Michael shinefleld, Paterson, N. J.; L. F Cockbur, Miami; W. D. Gray, Stand ard oil company, Miami; Robert Stevenson and his mother, Mrs. c c. R. Sharp, Kingston, Jamaica.
 Andre and Louisa Gerard, French citizens enroute to New York: MT, and Mrs. Oscar Figueredo, Caracas Venezuela, and w. E. Pierce, who boarded the plane at Jacksonville, Fla.
 The pilot was Capt. J. olin King 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
$76,Oo0 Civil Action Filed Locally
 Seven Plointifgs
 Toke Action
 Resulting from
 Accident

Arthur Davley, IT,, of Waterbury was named defendant in a e7o,00O civil action by seven plaintiffs in Superior Court today es the result of an automobile collision which oe- cured Sept. 2, io44 on Baldwin street near South Main street.
 The plaintiffs and the amounts of damages sought are as follows; Philomena, Charles, and Josephine Christolini, ell Of Waterbury. eie.s 900 each; Henry Ohristolini of Wa terhury, 9i,000; Phyllis Torsla ok Waterbury, Fastina Dodlgol of Live erpool, N. F.. and Caroline Capfia of Syracuse, N. F., Si0.000 each.
 Details
 Acco ding to the complaint, which was drawn up by Attorney Michael V. Biansfield. the plaintiffs car was reduced to- junk as the result Of the Impact in the head-on collision with the vehicle of the defendant.
 It is alleged that warning was given to the defendant by blowing of a horn when the plaintiffs noted the defendants car approachiua theirs over the center line oE the highwAy.
 Henry Christolini, who is listed as
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Citys s Heazth Record Among Nation s Best
Local Mortality Figures Remain Constont
Ry. DEITY RLANCHARD

The general health of Waterbury was considerably better than that in other sections Of the country dur Ing the war-time years despite limi- tatIons in the medical and nursing fields and shortages and rationing of foods.
 Though statistics reveal q slight upturn in the death rate through out the country during the war year of io43 mortality statistics for Wa. terbury compiled by the local Health Department, have remained the same since l94l, despite an in- crease In births and marriages dur ing the past four years.
 Longevity Record
 At the same time longevity here showed an increase. The highest death rate occurred in the age group extending from 63 years to 80 years. Records of the Health De- partment reveal that the span ot life has increased 20 years in this city since 1925, when the majority of deaths occurred among people just passed the 70 mark.
 Particularly heartening to health officials was the nominal number of deaths in child birth cases despite a cord-breaking birth rate during the war years. In l944. two deaths occurred in l,S45 childbirth cases;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Devise New P0yPTogron, For ScoviIIs
 Double-Time, Etc. Agreed Upon by
 Monosement-
 Union

New one-tine pay schedule, which provide for double pay on Sundays, have been devised at the Scovtll Mfg. Co, in cooperation with the c. I. O., lt was disclosed today by Robert WalkinShAw, 0. I, O. official. Adoption of the new schedule will mark the first time In the firms history that double pay will be given for Sunday work,
 Reopen Contract
 The old contract was re-opened to permit provision for the new sched- uleS, The contract now provides for time and Q half on Saturdays, dou. hle time on Sundays, and the follow. Ing holidays: New Years. Good Erie day, Memorial Day, Fourth ot July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving. n d Christmas.
 The lahor.mAnagement session, at which the agreement was reached, was attended by Alan CurtlSs. John D, Qoss, Jg., and John Hoben. aS represen ntatives of the firm, and MT. Walkinshaw, and Edward B!rmings. ham of the union: Ratification of the agreement was given by the union at c meeting last night.
 ABC Dispute
 Members of the C,r.0. of the Tor rlnston branch of the American Brass co. met ct 10 o'clock this morning ct the White Eagle hall in Torrlnston to consider Q "back- to.work" plea. aS locals of the con. cern's plants In Waterbury and An. sonia prepared for meetings tomor- row.
 The full membership sessions were called aS the result of c request by National War Labor Board Chair. man George Taylor for resumption of full production ct the American Brass O., pending decision on the compensatory bonus dispute from the national unit, A strike lnvolv. Ing more than 1000 employees Of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
IndictUnion
 For Prejudice

Washington. Sept. 8 - (UP) - The Presidents fair employment practice committee, in one of its first signs of life since 1t was whit tied down by Congress, today or dered a Seaman's Union to cease discriminating against Negroes.
 The union is the Seafarers' Inter- national Union of North America (AFL).
 The FEPC directed the union to 'revlee it's policies so that all needed and available seamen shall be hired or referred for employment on vessels of the Merchant Marine without regard to race. creed or color"
 Cease Order
 The union was told to cease speci- flying the race or color of seamen requested by it from the rotary hir- Ing list of the War Shipping Ad- ministration, and to discontinue its practice of refusing to accept be- cause of race or color men referred by the WSA's recruitment branch.
 The FEPC said it's decision was made as a result of complaints that the union refused during l942. l943 and l044 to use qualified Negro sea- men as cooks. bakers. oilers. ship carpenters and ordinary seamen. It said its investigators had verified the compalints by inspection of ships under contract with the union.
 The union had told the FEpC its white members would refuse Co work under 6 system where Negroes re- ~ -..aaa..a a...n....a ~ lanna.n mM AaLl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Mccain Rites

San Diego, Calf, Sept. s-CuP) The body of Vice Adm. John S. Mccain will be flown to Washing ton, D. ., today for the final tribute of a grateful country. Funeral serv- ices will be held Monday in the capital.
 The commander of famed Carrier Task Force 38 died suddenly Thurs day nightof a heart attack at his home in Coronado.
 Mccain, 6l, died less than 24 hours after he returned to San Diego after witnessing the suR- render of the Japanese. Doctors said he was exhausted by the strain of final battles.
 A Navy guard of honor will ac- company the body when 1t leaves here by plane today for memorial services in Washington and burial at Arlington National cemetery.
 McCains widow. Catherine, and 6 son, Gordon, of Pasadena, Calif., will attend the services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Occupy Canton

Chungking, Sept. g. (UP) - China's new First Army has form ally entered and occupied Canton, the Chinese Military Council an- nounced today.
 Hardy veterans of the early Burma campaigns commanded by Lt.-den. Sun M-Jen, moved into the famous walled river town which has 6 population of over o00,000- yesterday. the announcement said.
 Canton, also called Kwang- Chow Flu or Smuggling, meaning the Provincial City" Is situated on the North bank of the Canton or Pearl river approximately 30 miles from where it enters the China Sea.
 Sun M-Jen commanded the Chi nese 30th Division in the Burma fighting and has long been a bitter enemy of the Japanese.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
South American Nozis Ousted

BuenoS Aires, Sept. e-(UP)-Ar- genuine authorities moved swiftly today against German interests shortly after U. s. Ambassador Spruille Braden disclosed that For eign Minister Juan L. Cooke had assured hi nlsuch action would be taken.
 Two important German concerns, Siemens 4aunion. building con- tractors, and Siemens & Schuchkert electrical appliance distributors were forcibly seized after their own CTS refused to surrender them peacefully.
 Die zeitung. the German lan- guage newspaper, was closed down, while anti-Nazi La Otra Alemania was allowed to reappear after be- ing suspended for some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
 Finished?

Washington, Sept. s.-(Up)--pres= ident Truman is near the time when he'll have to roll up his sleeves and make enemies" Sem George o. Aiken, R.. Vt, predicted today.
 q only hope he makes the right kind" Aiken added.
 Aiken, a liberal Republican who votes far more often with the Demo> cratS than he does with his own party, said that partisan politics may appear in this session Of con- gress.
 However. he said. those who stars them will run the risk of irIcurrins public displeasure because the American people are intolerant 0e either side playing politics in the reconversion period"
 No Party Politics
 People don't want party politics in reconversion, Aiken said. 'sT'neV
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
|$lI6,45O In City
 Building

Construction In both the residen- tial and non.residentiai fields amounted to 9iie,A60 during the month of August. according to the monthly report filed by Building Inspector John T, Hartley.
 Permits
 Permits were issued during the past month for the erection of four one-family dwellings costing Si8, 500: two new factories amounting to $3S,00o; and iS garages at an esti. mated cost of $4,600. Motors. Inc. was also issued e permit for the erection of a new building costing Si7000.
 The construction of IS poultry houses totaled $i,62S. Alterations and repairs to both residential and business structures amounted to SS6, ,626.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Tokyo And Korea Occupied By Thousands Of Troops; Move Without Any Incident
Americans end
 Russicns in Joint Occupation Move; !; MoeAFthuF Leeds Into Jap Capitol
By WILLIAM 3. DICKINSON

By WILLIAM B. DICKINSON United Press stan CorrespondentD
 Tokyo, Sept. s-(uP)- Thousands of A m erica1. troops began the occupation of Tokyo and Korea today.
 Upwards of 15,000 troops from the First Cavalry Dl- vision and other army units rolled into Tokyo by Jeep and truck as Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur proudly unfurled the stars and stripes over the surrendered, bomb-wrecked capital.
 Some 725 miles to the west, Pacific veterans of the Sev- enth Division splashed ashore from landing craft at Incholl on the west coast of Korea preparatory to occupying the capital city of Keijo and all southern Korea.
 WarShips
 The big guns Of nearly SO war; ships Of Admiral Thomas O. Kiiia kaid's Seventh Fleet covered tho landings, but no resistance was cn- countered The troops were veters ans of battles on Attu, Klska, Kwav jalein. Leyte and 0kinawa.
 Russian forces are occupying northern Korea.
 American occupation of northern Japan also was imminent. More than 50 warships Of the powerful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
overl00,Ooo Workers Idle On Strike
lRY UnltAA PrNaal

Strikes over the nation idiOd morC than 100000 workers today aS in, dustry and labor wrestled oyer re- coiavorsion from warstliiae to peace. time production. rs.sl V ~ "A N 4 Hardest hit was Detroit. There | ib-day strike of 4,B00 ellipioyes at the Kelsey. Hayes Wheel O., c Fore Motor co, supplier, stopped work oi moro than So,000 on production oi Ford cars.
 Twenty.two thousand Ford work CTS were idel in Detroit, and 5000 others were affected at the firms plants In Buffalo, Chester, Pa.. Richmond, Calf, Dallas, Tex: Edgewater, N l., and Louisville, Kv.
 Resume Monday ' 4 company spokesman said work at the River Rouge plant and ell outlying assembly units would be resumed Monday Strike or no strike" The Highland Park Trae- tor division will remain closed, the company said.
 Hudson Motor Go. auto output also was halted ct Detroit after 500 toremen quit, idling 5000 produce ton workers. Seven thousand others were affected by minor Detroit. area strikes.
 At Orange, Tex. . baek-to.w o.work movement of iS,o0O strikers in the Consolidated shipyards failed to materiali1e.
 A threatened strike of 10000 steel workers ct the Jones & Laughlin steel plant, Pittsburgh, was averted last night. Sixty failroad yard workers voted to 90 back to their jobs Monday morning, when full
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
| Sailor Admits
 Murder

Belle Vernon, Pa. Sept. a-(UP)- A husky, freokle.taeed discharged sailor confessed today to the brutal Slaylng of pretty, i7.year-old Anna Elizabeth Dreyer tho Sunshine dirl" of Fayette City.
 Then iS-year-old Frederick I, (Red) HauseF, Q wounded veteran of South Pacific warfare, dropped off Into c deep sleep which even the flash of 6 photographers bulbs failed to disturb.
 Doesn't Know Why
 ''f don't know. why l did It." the tousles eshalred youth told district at- toFney Hs'yanca Cotton of FAvatte county in the old-red.hricked Tay- lor Manslon, which serves as the state police barracks here.
 Dirty and diSheveled after two days of hlde-and-seek with police, Hauser admitted that he beat Russ sett.haired Mss Dreyer Into uneon. seiousness with his fists when she reneged on promise to pet, then styangled her with a black leather belt she was wearing,
 The 'S0-pound girl. struggling for her life, put up such q terrific fight that she was stripped naked, but she was no match for her ie0.pound asSailant, accustomed to wrestling with heavy automobile parts in little shed-like garage he had oper. ated since hls medical discharge from the Navy last February.
 Hauser said he killed the girl early last Saturday morning after picking her up in Monessen, Pa, Hhen she finished her work as . waitress. The body, nude except for her red and blue pumps, was not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
Kissing Japs And Puppets Confuse Chinese

ing traffic, a khaki-clad Japanese military policeman and a green-clad Chungking M. P.
 The Chungking Central News Agency, the Japanese Domei News Agency, and the puppet Central Press News Agency are operating in the same building. They share the same telephone, the same gate, and same radio equipment.
 I telephoned the Domei office and asked them to send the head of their Nanking Bureau to see me. The Japanese agreed, but later asked me to come to their office instead. When I got there, l found the Domei correspondent had changed his mind and gone to see me. We never did get together.
 Domei's deputy director. lowing profusely and hissing through his false teeth. showed me through his offices. ! saw a number Of Domel men working in e hot. sunlit room.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
BY GEORGE WANG United Press Staff Correspondent

united Press Statf correspondent
 Nanking, Sept. g. (UP) = Over 100000 Japanese troops that in- vaded China were scheduled to sur- render to Generalissino Chiang Kai-shek's government tomorrow, but today in Nanking 1t was still difficult to determine who won the war.
 Allied, Japanese and sulky Chi- nese puppet troops were all jumbled together in one vast, bewildering melting pot.
 Example
 For instance. an American Army Signal Corps photographer attempt. ed to photograph some Japanese guards. A Japanese soldier pushed his bayonet against the camera mans chest. The American turned back without surrendering his camera. At every street corner three men Eioed sliouIder to shoulder vel. lcWeclad panpel policeman alsacts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-08
WiH Try 100000 Nazis On Criminal Charges
Gestopo, SS Troops VIII Be Judged Following TrioIs of Moior Noxis
By LYLE c. WILSON lah Prasa ctaep f,annns.nv.,

NOhAsou kross StAM CoEtespunueutD
 Washington, Sept. 8 - (Up) - Trial of SO0,000 to 900 900 Germans on charges of criminal wartime actions Is expected to follow the master trial of big shot criminals scheduled to begin in Nuremberg next month.
 The United Press was given that figure today by Q reliable and in- formed individual. Twenty.tour per- sons already have been named for the master trial which will he oon- ducted by commissioners and prose- cutors representing Great Britain. France, the Soviet Union and th6 United States.
 Major Criminals
 This group includes Hermann 0oerins, Rudolf Hess and other NaEi stars, Among charges to he included In the indictments is that the NaEi SS and destapo were criminal organizations. It iS expect- ed that this charge wll! be proved adequately during the Nuremberg proceedings.
 There after the trial of small fry members of those outlawed outfits would Do largely matters of sum- mary procedure, the United Press was informed, The SS and 0estapo members VII make up c large part of the 300,0o0 to 100000 persons whose trial and punishment is fore-
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