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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-23

The drinks were on the house when a beer truck. involved in an accident was forced to come to a halt Nt the side oG theeroad where spectators were in a position to flll their cups from several broken beer kogs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-23
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
ADD GAMBLERS

Girls aren't the only gabblers. "- Elizabeth Woodward in The Boston
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-23

Sensing they had Ickes in a trap Tydngs and other Democratic Senators licked their chops with anticipation They figured that at last they had the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-23

Charles Boyer, the great lever, of the films, received SPOT, 7,500 al his pay from Warner Brothers las year. We wouldn't take his jol for one ten-thousandth of that sal ary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-23

To have this come out regarding the formei Chairman of the Democratic National Commlttee was too much even for Tydings Democratic senators decided that Ickes had been right in censoring ni' own diary They asked him no more questions.
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LIPPMANN
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most intensely in those areas Of the
world where democratic capitalism
as we know it has never yet exist.
ed, and is not likely soon to be
established. Stain, as his speech
makes quite plain, is deeply aware
OF this fact. His argument was thai
the Communist system is superior
to ours in the politically and indus.
trlaHy backward parts Of the world
lie made no claims to its being q
superior system for the United
States or. in fact, in the advanced
countries Of the west. He knows
better. He was comparing the two
systems in eastern Europe and in
As1a-where there live under priro-
tive governments in a state of dire
poverty with massive illiteracy and
superstition, about two thirds OF the
human race.
: II the contest were laid in west
ern Europe and in North and South
America, there would be little doubt
about the outcome. There men have
known, as compared with Asia and
africa, liberty and the prospect of
plenty. and Communism has moth
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CHARLOTTE GIRL
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police commissioner said, by a
bundle Of clothes found in Miss
Johnson's possession, the clothes
talying with those described by
Charlotte police.
Both Miss johnson and the child
were brought to police headquar-
tiers shortly after 1880 p. m. when
they were found at the home Of
Navy Captain George Cameron
Seay, OF the Naval Acadeny's de-
partment of Electrical Engineer
ing, and Mrs. Seay.
Wife Suspicious
Captain Seay, Basil added, mott
field intelligence officers after his
wife suspected that the maid she
hired Wednesday under the name
Of Rosenarie McCabe was the girl
described in news dispatches from
Charlotte.
Basil said Naval Intelligence
notified police headquarters and
they went to the Seay home. Terry
was wearing a red candy striped
dress, black shoes, white socks
and appeared in perfect health and
mot frightened at ALL" Basil add
DR.. and Mrs. Andrew Taylor
were overjoyed when informed in
Charlotte that Terry had been
found safe. 'I'll bet she's dirty"
Mrs. Taylor said. "She's such a
little vagabond. I can't express
how happy am"
Rush to Police
DR.. and Mrs. Taylor rushed to
to police headquarters here after
being told by telephone that Terry
had been found in Annapolis. With
them there was a friend, Mrs.
David &. Welton. Terry had ex.
changed jackets while playing re.
Gently with Mrs. Welton's son and
it was through this jacket that
police were aided in making posi-.
tive Identification. The name
"Welton" was stitched into the blue
corduroy jacket which was found
with Terry.
''1'n be grateful to you for the
rest of my life for giving Terry
that jacket. I'll frame it," Mrs.
Taylor told Mrs. Welton.
Innocent Nursemaid
Speaking of the nursemaid, Mrs.
Taylor said "she was the most in
nocent young thing you ever saw
in your life"
Told that Terry had given her
name to Annapolis police, Mrs.
Taylor said: II knew Terry would
talk it she had the chance. She
talks very well for her age"
Il suppose next week when this
Is over I'll think it never happened
1t will be more like terrible
dream. I've just been drunk from
excitement the past three days, -
she said.
Search Three Days
DR.. Taylor, who has spent the
last three days searching in Vir.
glnla towns for Terry, arrived
here, Thursday night, only two
hours before news Ct her discov-
cry VT made known. He said he
and Mrs. Taylor planned to fly to
Baltimore early Friday morning
to get Terry.
Detective Captain Frank N. Lit
.lejohn Of the Charlotte police
planned to leave for Annapolis ny
Ear to return the nursemaid, wne
has been charged with kidnapping
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STRIFE
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rode into the ranks of demonstra-
tors and felled at least 20 with riot
clubs. Seventeen were arrested on
charges of melting to riot.
An estimated 5000 striking and
non-striking electrical union men
later threw solid line of marchers
around the city hall in what the
union described as protest
demonstration against police bru-
tality."
The outbreak followed a less
serious clash at the plant the day
before and Peter D. Bosch, inter-
national representative of the cleo
trical union, said 1--WE are going to
do the same thing Friday morn
ing" He called on union members
to take part.
Federal Troops
In Harrisburg, Governor Edward
NJ r tin declared Pennsylvania
state police and the state guard
were ready to maintain order it
they are called and 'if necessary
I will appeal to the federal govern
ment for troops
A CLIO Electrical Workers repre-
sentative in Cleveland said plans
were being made for mass demon
STATIONS at GE plants there in pro-
test against injunctions limiting the
number of pickets.
General Electric and Westing-
house plants have been closed
since the CLIO electrical workers
called a nationwide strike Jan. is
for a 81 daily wage increase.
No Basis
In the telephone dispute, Edgar
L. Warren, chief of the Federal
Cancellation service, said in Wash
ington the. government had been
unable so far to 'arrive at any
basis for warding off the threat
ened March 7 wa1kout by the Ma
tional Federation of Telephone
Workers unions. He added that by
Monday he hoped negotiations
could produce some developments.
c. F. Craig. A. T. & r. industrial
relations vice president, who con-
ferred with Warren and Secretary
of Labor Schwellenbach, said in re-
ply to questions from newsmen
that he believed the company
could handle emergency service in
event OF a strike. He said the
company was striving quite earn
estly" to avoid a nationwide tieup.
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if you were several centuries old
and your opponent was fresh our
Of high school?
We know, though, that the Ole
Dram Tree went down fighting
We know, even as its roots were
wrenched tendril by tendril from
the soil, that it never yielded in
its will to live.
REST IN PEACE - Rest in
peace, old stalwart. May the mem
DRY of ships and pirates and lovely
ladies always be with you, where
ever you may be. And the memory
OF all those bottles uncorked in
your honor.
Which reminds us - where is
that bottle Of 1872 Napoleon? We're
going to throw it in the river to
follow the Old Dram Tree out to
sea. =
OF course it's going to be empty.
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PLANNING BOARD
UPHOLDS REQUEST
FOR REMODELING

In a special meeting yesterday
in the city hall, the City Planning
board upheld and approved C. H
Spooner's request that he be al
lowed to remodel the first floor Of
a building in the rear of his prop.
erty on the northwest corner Of
Fifth and Orange streets and make
it into a beauty shop to be rur
by his wife.
A delegation of citizens Of the
'neighborhood protested Spooner'
proposal. The board, however
overruled their protest on The
grounds that Spooner's beauty shol
will constitute the practice Of {
legal profession by an owner OF
his own property.
The board ruled, however, tina
Spooner ust not erect any larg'
signs Or other advertisements o.
the building.
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proposal the council would be told
that the Franco regime is a menace
to world security and that the coun.
Gil act accordingly.
Veto Power
Britain, China, France, Russia
and the United States are perman.
ent members of the council. Any
one of them could block council
consideration of the French plan
by exercising its veto power.
Some observers doubted that the
United States or Britain would
support the suggestion, at least
until the U. S. proposal is tested
This suggests establishment of an
interim government which would
grant amnesty to political prison
ers in and outside of Spain and
arrange for the Spanish people is
choose their own form of perman.
ent government.
Britain and the United States are
opposed to actual intervention in
Spain's internal affairs.
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HOOVER
FROM PAGE ONE

There are 100 or 500 items" he
said, that would be In the cate
CORY but it is necessary for some.
body to take the leadership in a
program to get Americans to make
use of substitutes"
The waste which he referred to.
Hoover explained, was not in the
housewives kitchens but in the
food trays.
The former president interrupted
a Florida fishing trip to come here
for the conference at the summons
Of Mr.. Truman. Hoover stepped
from a Navy plane wearing a
brown tweed suit and a soft white
shirt instead of his usual stiff col.
lar and looking tanned and fit. He
plans to return to Florida after
the conference.
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ALONG THE CAPE FEAR
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engineers told us the whole bitter
story.
Back about 1912, when the ship.
yard was doing a lot of dredging,
a certain dredge, Cherokee" by
name, started sucking up the river
bottom where the shipyard apron
is now.
A dredge, in order to function
properly, must be fastened to
something. Yes-they fastened the
Cherokee to the Old Dram Tree.
We won't tell you what happen.
ed. We can't stand any more salt
in our wounds. You can guess,
anyway.
UNFAIR STRUGGLE - Ali we
want to say is that it was an un.
fair struggle, powerful Youth
against weakened Age.
Could you win a tug-of-war battle
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and impoverished nations nations.
No Territory Grabbing

| .tNo power has right to help
itself to alleged enemy properties
il liberated. or ex-sateAlte coun-
T. before a PREPARATIONS settle
roent Mas been agreed upon by the
Allies We have not and will not
agree to any one power deciding
for itself what it will take from
these countries.
5.-"We must not conduct a war
Of nerves to achieve strategic ends.
6.-.We do not want to stumble
and stagger into situations where
no power intends war, but no power
will be able to avert war.
1--WE must not regard the
drawing Of attention to situations
which might endanger the peace
as an affront to the nation or nat.
ions responsible for these situa.
TONS :.
Byrnes listed these must nots'
Immediately after saying that the
United States openly, gladly and
wholeheartedly Welcomed Russia
as great power second to none, =
and that the two nations could live
together as partners despite the
differences in our way Of life"
No Ganging Up
He told the world that 1--WE will
gang up against no state"
1--WE will no nothing" he said,
''to break the world into exclusive
blocs or spheres Of. influence. In tn
this atomic age, we will not seek te
divide world which Is one and
indivisible.
Again and again, Byrnes empha.
sized the need for the United States
to remain strong so it could back
up its words with action, if neces.
sary.
I'VE have joined with our Allies
in the United Nations to put ar
end to- war; Byrnes said. 1--WE
have convenanted not to use force
except in the defense Of law as EN-
bodied in the purposes and prin
ciples of the charter. We intend tt
live up to that covenant.
Then he added:
"But as great power and as {
permanent member Of the security
council we have a responsibility tt
use our influence to see that othel
powers live up to their covenant
And that responsibility we also in
tend to meet
He argued that the present powel
relationships of the great state.
preclude ''the domination Of tn;
world by any one Of them. Thes,
power relationships cannot be subs
tantially altered by the unilatera
action OF any one great state with
out profoundly disturbing the who'll
structure of the United Nations.
If We are to be a great power,
ne declared, I'VE must act as
great power, not only in order t.
ensure our own security but il
order to preserve the peace of tn,
world.'
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SECRETARY

FROM PAGE ONE

vance," he said, that we do in.
tend to act to prevent aggression,
making 1t clear at the same time
that we will not use force for any
other purpose"
Byrnes' remarks were made in a
speech prepared for delivery to
the Overseas Press club. The ad-
dress came one day after Senator
Vandenbtrg (R-MicN, a delegate
to the United Nations, called on the
United States to be as firm and
frank as Russia in the interest Of
mutual understanding.
Byrnes said that this country
could not "alone disarm,' and
that the United States must main
tain ''some form of universal mill
tary training"
s'Suspicion and Distrpst''
Openly acknowledging that "'all
around us is suspicion and dis
trust" He termed some of it un-
founded and unreasonable but said
sthe basis of some suspicious per-
sists and prompts me to make
some comment as to our position"
Without specifically mentioning
any individual power, he laid down
this seven point list Of must nots"
for great and small nations:
1--we will not and we cannot
stand a1oof if force or the threat
of force is used contrary to the
purposes and principles of the
charter.
2-..We have no right to hold
mir troops in the territories of
other sovereign states without
their approval and consent freely
given.
3.-.sWe must not unduly proloag
the mixing Of peace and continue
to impose our troops upon small
1
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accident, said that the car.
driven by Fred w. Smiley. So
Piney Woods, went into a skid
while travelling at 40 miles per
hour. Slowing off the highway.
the machine brought up against
an embankment 1875 feet awav
Smiley was examined for
possible chest injuries and re-
leased from the hospital last
night. A third passenger,
Thomas Skipper, 1912 Church
street suffered a broken right
leg and internal injuries, No
arrests have been made.
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pended. Chief Casteen said sus.
pensions would be for indefinite
periods, the time depending upon
the individual case.
In response to numerous COM
plants Of overcharging, made to
police by residents Of Forest Hill,
Lake Forest, and Sunset Park.
Chief Casteen laid a Saturday night
deadfall for the fare.boosting cab
bies.
Patrolmen Scout
Two patrolmen, J. L. Jackson
and Charlie Knowles, recently dis.
charged from the Navy, dressed as
sailors and hired cabs to carry
them t. a prearranged address.
At the designated address were
the chief and Patrolmen J. e.
Moore and B. M. Hail.. II the two
sailors" were overcharged they
flashed light signal to the chief.
The offending drivers were then
driven to the police station and
booked.
Drivers convicted included Ar.
chic M. Dali, ST., failure to dis
play operators license; William
King, Negro, and Jack Gurganious,
William T. Carney and Holt M.
Brill, failure to display operator
license and overcharging.
McKinly Waters, Thomas Boul-
ware and John w. Williams, all
Negroes, and Elwood c. Bradshaw,
John Roy Lamb, Thomas D.
Switzerland, Major r. Christmas,
Nathan H. jackson, James R.
Brock and r. Goodwin, overcharg
ing.
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PATTERSON URGES
ADEQUATE FORCES
Secretary OF War Reminds
Nation Military Hazards
Remain In World

NEW YORK, Feb. 28-R-
Secretary of War Patterson said
Thursday night the people Of the
United States must bear in mind
that while the war is over, peace
is not yet here and that through
out the world there are many
heavy military hazards"
Patterson urged maintenance Of
"a strong reserve of trained man.
power in the U. S., with a united
armed service, a well-trained Ma
tional Guard land a vigorous pro
gram Of scientific research and
development, to make sure that the
most effective weapons are avail
able if needed"
In a speech for deliv> to the
Overseas Writers club, the secre'
tary of war asserted: II know Of
no problem as important to the
nation as that Of its defense in the
times ahead.
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Pacific COMMAND
TO ship SURPLUS
Army, Navy Orders All
Goods Suitable For Civ.
liam Use Sent HONS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s-uJn
The Army and Navy have orderad
their Pacific commands to ssns
back to- the United States as sow u
as possible all surplus goods wbioI
can aid civilian reconversion. il
was disclosed Thursday night.
Orders went out last week ).
Gen. Douglas Macarthur at Tol,ro
to arrange for the transfer Of S,cS
material as is surplus to his oa
cupation needs. simultaneously III.
Navy department advised IFS D,
cific commands that it should NOV.
homeward "unneeded goods v,hic,
may be useful to the civil ponnI.
tons"
The orders were transmitted =.
the House Executive Expenditurs.
committee was continuing hearinas
into legislation aimed at speeds.
up the sale of surplus property ans
giving the discharged veteran 1'ls
No. 2 priority in its purchase.
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NO Time

NO Time n
In closing, he definitely confirm
ed the fact that despite the efforts
Of the crew to do SO, there was moi
time to gete the steam propelled
ship underway as a measure tc
avoid the collision.
It was not disclosed who was
charged with failure to exercise
due care and caution, by the of.
flee, but it was thought that the
seamansbip in the handling Of the
vessel was in question.
Locate Auto
Russell Allen, fire controlman,
1-c, in the Charleston Coast Guard
PRO. said that salvage operations
had been begun by the Salmon
Dredging company Of Charleston
and reported that Navy divers had
definitely located one automobile
under the waters of the Cooper but
had been& forced to discontinue
operations because Of the shifting
Of the structure underwater which
made diving hazardous.
Identity Established
CHARLESTON, S.. c., Feb. o.
R)-Relatives today accepted as a
TACT that five persons lost their
lives when their automobile plung.
ed into the Cooper river last Sun.
day Immediately after a 1o,00O-tor
freighter had smashed a 240-foot
breach in the huge John P. Grace
Memorial bridge.
The victims were listed as Ell
mer r. Lawson, SO, a Navy Yarc
electrician, his wife, their children
Robert, 2. and Diane, 2, and Law
sons mother, Mrs. Robert Law
son, Of New Britain, Conn.
No Further Hope
The 1atter's husband, RoberI
Lawson, accompanied by a son
Clinton, arrived here today, from
their Connecticut home. Both sale
they entertained no further hope!
that the family had escaped deaf,
First reports, after the Stearnel
Nicaragua Victory rarnmed the
two-nile long steel bridge, were
that 1t was uncertain whether an,
automobiles had run off the breach
ed span. Later some witnesses
said thew saw one, and perhaps
two, cars make the plunge.
Witnesses
Since Sunday, however, investi
gators have been told by number
OF witnesses that a green sedar
hurtled into the stream. Rober-
Ramos, the latest, identified the
Lawson family from snapshots a!
occupants of a car he saw on til,
bridge Immediately before the &C
ciderrt.
Apprehension for the Lawson
family's safety arose after the,
failed to return to their home her.
from a Sunday afternoon drive.
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COWLES DIES

DIES MONIES, Feb. %. -,s-
Gardner cowles, ST., publisher NJ
The Des Moines Register and Tr j.
bune, died at his home here Thurs.
day right on his 85th birthday.
Cowles began his career in IN.
daily newspaper field at the age a,
AZ. Previously he had been in IN.
investment and banking busine,,
for 20 years.
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ing to offer so attractive as these.
Only misgovernment and gross mis-
management producing crises and
catastrophe can ever make the
masses Of western men prefer the
totalitarian state. But the contest
is not laid in the west; it is laid in
the east, where men have not
known liberty but tyranny, caste
and exploitation, and where plenty,
except for the ruling classes is en-
tirely unknown.
The real contest is laid in those
parts Of the world which have had
wholly different historic expert
ence than that Of the western CAPT
talist-democracies. They have not
been much affected by the great
movements of the modern age
which have shaped western institu-
tons and western political habits
since the high middle ages. Now it
is very difficult to establish free In
stitutions among people who have
never known the struggle for con-
stitutional freedom, among people
among whom feuda1ism, hereditary
caste, tribal authority, are still a
reality in every day life. The tradi-
lions and habits Of our freedom
were not suddenly adopted; they
were evolved in the course Of sew
era1 centuries and by not one but
a whole series Of revolutionary
movements and gradual develop
ments.
The Russian revolution occurred
among people who had never before
had a revolution, and the real in
fluence of that revolution is great
est among peoples who also have
none of that revolutionary past
which is the heritage and back
ground Of British, French and
American liberty.
That is why the real contest is
not a simple. issue between the
Russian system and our own. In,
for example, eastern Europe there
is a wide belt of territory which
includes East Prussia, what was
eastern Poland, Hungary, and Ro'
man., where social order was a
remnant of fuedalism which had
been destroyed in the western
world by the end Of the eighteenth
century. This feuda1 regime was
weakened irreparab1y by the shock
of the Nazi occupation, and it has
been uprooted as the tide Of the
Red Army swept over it.
We must wish. and we mus
continue to hope, that this feudal
regime, which was as anti-demo
cratic as it was anti-Communist,
will eventually be replaced by some
sort Of liberal regime. But we mus
be very careful not to identity
that antiquated regime with oul
own, or, be beguiled by the propa.
ganda Of those who describe any
thing that is anti-Soviet as automa.
tically pro-democratic.
The theology of the west will be
deeply contaminated, and our NOR.
| al influence gravely impaired, il
we forget that in the contested re.
gions of eastern Europe and Asia
democracy, as we know it. is moi
the defense OF the status quo. 1t is
the weakness Of our position in the
contest with Communism that we
find in bed with US, pretending tt
be democratic, factions and force.
representing views as incompatible
with our own as are the views o.
the Communists.
/ We shall do well to ponder these
things, and to inquire into tn,
practical consequences-which ar.