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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
YOUR BROTHER,
DREW

he cal,haee Mains and it's dollars TO dead leaves
nat the help that moaned spirituals so souHuly IA
ne daytime could be found IN zoot SUITS az "le 0"
s. dog tracks evenings.
There's q lot of business in this place Most OF
. stons off for luncheon or for the night, on itS
xsy south or north. but there must pc some penn
nents or else Of the travellers are nveeeIs .
,ightseers One saw a lot OF them To-Day cfaNlnls
,rayly and automatically around the various points
If interest The standard sightseeing eQuppaee heie
( an old-fashioned surry drawn by morse OF q
pair and driven by an elderly coloreo Je,.a In. ,.r
ove-pipe hat Most OF these carriages are very gay
ne drivers adorn them with bouquets ana other trlh
lnRs Weaving flowers into the names OF the Seeeo"
dohng them up in fancy ny nets with tasseE es-
ecaIly around the ears.
One such passed sedately with load over "
ont Of the spanish fort this afternoon The eoloree
river was regaing his customers with al they
ee This was the "old town. There 5000 .le
rtlmbled remains Of the fort. over yonoer was a'e
dest school house" There, in front the Original s|
ties when the place was fortified town.
This Is the most sacred part OF the elty' tAe
on-hued cicerone intoned in a regular AnoIs~
own voice "Ah bawn right thean "neAi 81
ling station stands, just 81 yeahs ago
Eoo,ing around down here isn't just merely fool
II, n visitor from above really wants 70 IAKe mo-
s a matter of proved record that the sunilhe' N -
Z business in New England runs pretty true "
orm of winter tourist business IN TIolius .,ocSk
erver can tell pretty well from look at the stoSs
Gift shops and smart shops here in the winter VIVA
uilar shops in the north will be showing coh'e 0'''
eat in that quarter. -. -,
It's a little too early to go fully into mat Du'
,om the looks of this particular edge OF tie sun
ling belt there is powerful summer business ~
respect for the north especially as lhe
public starts to get automobiles AS Ior t 49,,
sports clothes and general giit-snop Iu 1c ="
IL doubtful that much can be guessed from whAt
On DISPLAY here The clothes. especially tne holeN
sports clothes look good Most Of the rest . "AS"
but then there's been war on
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
vAssAR's NEW PRESIDENT
Hartford Times)

Hartford Times)
Appointment Of Miss Sarah Glib
son Blanding to be president Of
Vassar College is a most interesting
departure from custom for that
womens institution. 1t puts, tor
the first time in VaSsar history, q
woman at the head of things, and
what's more. a woman trained in
social science. including physical
education and home economics.
Maybe that Is recognition by the
trustees that women are going to
play a larger part in the home in
future. and that they need not only
instruction III the classics but also
in how to take care of themselves
ard their families.
Miss Blandlng has had impress
Sive predecessors in the field OF col
iege administration. such as Mary
G. Wolley at Mt. Holyoke and Mil
dreo McAfee Horton ct wellesley,
among others. Women have DEM
onstrated their ability in depart
ment store management, la sculp-
ture, music, in almost every i'm
portant kind Of endeavor, and Of
course they have excelled at teach
ing Miss Blandings experience
not only as a teacher but as a
member OF organizations like the
New York State Emergency Food
Commission and as the only woman
member Of the Joint Army and
Navy Committee on Welfare and
Recreation. equip her with a thor
ough understanding OF her work
and demonstrate her ability to &C
it, No doubt Miss Blanding vii.
carry the VaSsar tradition for schol-
arship to even greater heights. The
student body should find new liz
spiration in the fact that at least
a woman heads that famous col
leee for women.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
A FREEDOM TO BE WON
New York Herald Tribune)

The American Society Of News
paper Editors has reminded the
United Nations Organization that
free access 70 the news Of the world
viii not be achieved without effort
and that the time TO make that Ell
fort is now. Through its standing
committee on freedom OF informa-
ton, the A. S. N. z. points out that
1.-THE cause Of freedom OF informa-
ton. despite worldwide publicity
and attention. has not been con-
Spicuously advanced since the END
Of the war Instead, there is a
growing list OF instances of news
suppression and distortion. which
are condoned, if not vigorously sup
ported. by the governments Of
many nations. The misunderstand-
ings and frictions arising from such
a trend surely warrants the legiti-
mate concern of the u. N. o.. and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
The Firing Line
By d. N. 7.
MOSTLY METEOROLOGICAL

Though even the atmoSpnere's
sitter than starch
And blizzards and howiers appear,
throw oft a note for the coming
OF March
The louSiest month OF the year.
The skis devotees are a rollickine
crew
Healthy and gay. as class:
1 wistfully saw, with a smatter OF
rue,
That I wish they would settle Tor
grass.
The beauty OF iclcles passes me
pen
OF the somewhat inadequate bard.
But if he attempts it, I'm praying
that then
One OF them falls on him hard
The winter is long and dark ana
cold
And the winter winds are cruel,
And I know of joke that Will be
told
on me on April Fuel.
How easily the massive drift
Responds TO the untlring hit
OF everybody that we see,
Perhaps excepting you and me.
The strike of telephone workers,
scheduled for the 9Th Of next month
by union heads. seems a little out
Of poetic balance. Obviously the
order should have been: March attn!
Great Britain has Offered to sign
a fifty-year friendship pact with
/ Soviet Russia. Let the chips fall
from the shoulders where they may
A friend OF ours thinks that spend
/ ing two billion bucks TO split the
atom was pretty expensive. AT that
price" he says. they should al leaSi
split a molecule'.
Now that the steel strike is set.
tied, everyone has an eye on JOhr
l.. Lewis and his mine workers. u
has been the experience Of the in
dustry that when contracts ruT
out, miners walk out.
II a man were proportlonately az
strong as q BEETLE, he could III
seventy tons. And he'd probably &c
into a nervous breakdown with al
those curious steam shovels watch
ing his work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

idea WHAT 2 IU-HlUIIIIIa IO"~"N'''
it was going TO be.
From January !. 1913. TO W.
Day-two years and eight months
-245 million tons OF war materi-
ais were moved. Ninety percent
was freight. The governments
transportation bill was over four
and a half billion dollars. Even a
/ percent overeharge would be
IS million dollars, but not one can
make any accurate estimate OF
how much excess freight Uncle
sam may have paid. The inYesti-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

An American knows nothing
about the true state of affairs IN
India. Only propaganda news
reaches him. Though it is claimed
that democracy is the rule OF the
day in America, actually there is
no voice OF the people at the helm
Of affairs.
Mrs. Pandit Nehu, wife OF In
dian leader
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

amused we all were over tne Dfatt
Boards instruction that he keep
his future whereabouts on file In
case he might be called again.
This. we thought, was big
Joke. After ell, we had Just COM
pleted long and gruellng war,
with the country Just getting
ready 10 settle down and enjoy
some well-earned years Of peace.
Yet the Draft Board clerk saids
wen call you n We need you
again"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

DY touring u CdfcldAAs' A"'
doesn't take long. Except for the
Spanish names. some moldering
ruins and a Spanish flavor to the
architecture of the hotels ano
public buildings, all Of which were
built in modern times. st. Angus
tine is a recognizable relative o;
Nantucket. Its general atmoSpherf
and temperature are about tina
Of Cape Cod.
As far as history goes, It he
more than. any place in Florida
Ponce de Leon did stop here
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
5 Years Ago

When he went 10 the home Of a
neighbor to claim a book he had
loaned several months before,
Charles Cole received a fractured
nose when the neighbor. in a hurry
to catch a bus. showed the book at
the man and caught him in the
nose with 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
WASHINGTON. Feb.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 27-When special com
mittee of three railroad rate experts was assignee
by the Budget Bureau 70 investigate the war De
oartment's freight bill only few people nae any
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
Waterbury
of the Past
Is Years Ago

An egotistic duck on Sheffield
Street, killed itself when after gaZ-
ing at its likeness in a cellar win
dow. charged the other quacker"
and fractured its neck.
A jewelry store clerk called police
when q man asked TO have some en-
grayed initials removed from a
watch. The watch was stolen the
night before from the clerks home,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
Is Years Ago

Charged with assault when he
beat Up a neighbor, a man on East
Main Street told City Court Judge
that he'd do II again If the same
thing occurred. Reason for the as
sault was that the neighbor always
listened in on telephone party-line
conversations
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
Fountain

ST. AUGUSTINE Fla, Feb. q -Unexpeeteoi
,a,.od IN this Shrine 10 Ponce de Leon have con-
,cientiousy endeavored to improve the shining nou
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

Frances Mccarthy. East Main
Street, and June Cunningham, Bun
ker Hill Avenue, Tetyrned to this
city after a vacation trip in New
Hampshire for the purpose OF ski
ing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
Mrs. Gordon LANCE
Swarthmore, Pa.


nv Dear Sisters -.
last October was ct your house when that TALL
handsome husband OF yours put his uniform Ia noth-
balls and went over TO The Draft Board 10 report that
ne was out OF the Army. And remember how
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

Local high school students called
of a proposed meeting TO protest
the ban on smoking during the re-
cess because one Of the leaders Of
the movement received a spanking
from irate parents when they heard
Of the scheme.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27
A Thought For Today

Then Pe,cr said gold but such as have
Eve thee, Christ Nazareth rise up and
wa And he the right hand and lifted him mp and
his feet and ankle bones received sreng-ihe "c
&c.,
rove Is the tyrant the heart 1t darkens
Reason, confounds discretion deaf to Counsel
It runs a headlong course TO desperate madness
--joh
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

II a man were proportionately as
strong as a BEETLE, he could lift
seventy tons. And he'd probably go
into a nervous breakdown with all
those curious steam shovels watch
ing his work.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

Now that the steel strike Is set
tied, everyone has an eye on John
l.. Lewis and his mine workers. II
has been the experience Of the in
dustry that when contracts run
out, miners walk out.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
House Votes Funds
For Veterans Center

Use of District funds to finance
the operation of the Veterans In.
formation Center, Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
throughout the next year, was ap.
proved today by the House.
At the request of Chairman
Mcmillan of the House District Com.
mittee, the House unanimously ap.
proved bill amending the Districts
Blackout Act for this purpose. This
bill now goes to the Senate.
The House also passed unani.
mously three other bills.
One of these authorizes the in
stallation of gasoline station pumps
which are measured according to
the. decimal system, instead of frac-
tlohal parts of pints, quarts and
gallons. This now goes to the
White House for signature.
The other bills, which need Sen
ate approval would name the New
Hampshire avenue viaduct over the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in honor
OF the late Charles A. Langley
who campaigned for quarter of a
century for this and other improve
ments; and exempt the American
Red Cross from payment of the
Districts inheritance tax on be-
quests to the organization for
charitable purposes.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Foley Named Treasury
Assistant Secretary
By the Associated Press

Edward H. Foley, jr., of New
York was nominated today to be
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury. He replaces Herbert E. CASTOR,
who resigned recently.
Mr.. Foley left a law practice in
New York in 1882 to join the legal
staff of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. The following year he went
with the Public Works Administra-
ton.
In 1887 he entered the legal divi-
sion of the Treasury and became
general counsel in May, 1939 He
held that post until July, 1912
when he entered the Army as q
lieutenant colonel to set up a legal
division in the quartermaster gen.
erals Office.
After release from the Army he
became general counsel of the
Office of Contracts Settlement here
in October, 1945, and kept that posi-
ton until a few weeks ago.
Mr.. Foley was born in Onondago
County, N. Y, on May %, 1905. He
is a graduate of Fordham Univer-
sity and its law school.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
u. S.-Soviet Commission
Continues Korea Talks
BY the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, April 8. - The
United States-Soviet Commission on
Korea issued it's fourth communi-
que today, again saying merely that
discussions would continue ION SUBJ
jects previously announced"
The commissions task is to chart
the country's rehabilitation and ar
range for the ablishment of sta
BILE government. The discussions
began in mid-March.
Complete liaison between 1t. Gen.
John R. Hodge, commander of
American troops in South Korea.
and Col. Gen. I. M. Chistiakov, COM
mander of Soviet troops in North
Korea, was established with arrival
in Seoul of two Russian majors. A
third Russian liaison officer will ar
rive next week. American liaison
men already are at the Russian
headquarters at Pyengkang.
Gen. Hodge left yesterday by
plane for Tokyo to confer with Gen
Macarthur.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Americans Report Arrest
Of Hit|er's Secretary
BY tn, Associated Press

FRANKFURT, April 9Th e
American = controlled Dana news
agency reported today that Frau
Marie-Thekla Weichelt, whom it de-
scribed as Adolf Hitler's private Sec
retary, had been arrested in Wuerz-
berg.
Frau Weichlet frequently helped
the Fuehrer draft his speeches, the
agency said.
Dana said Frau Weichelt was be-
lieved by the American Counterin-
telligence Corps to have been close
to Hitler until the surrender" al
though she said she had been the
Nazi leaders secretary only between
1884 and 1888.
She was arrested last Wednesday
in Uettingen, near Wuerzburg, by
local American investigators and
was turned over to the Counterin-
telligence Corps, Dana said. She
was said to have disguised her ap-
Ipearance and was living with her
IparentS in seclusion.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
|ChennouIt Forming Unit to Fly
|UNRRA Aid to Starving Chinese
Several Millions Reported Living on Grass
And Roots; Child Mortality Is Mounting

dren look like old men, with shrunk-
en-, emaciated bodies and swollen
stomachs"
The countryside looks as if it
had been shaved clean," Mr.. Ritten-
berg added. "All grass, weeds, To-
liage and bark from trees has been
grabbed for food.''
Among contributing factors in this
famine of almost unprecedented in
tensity are battle devastation,
drought, scorched-earth military
tactics, floods, locust plaques, lack
of fertilizer, shortages of farm i'm
plements and farm animals and the
demands on food by the Chinese
Army.
Seven million persons are re-
ported starving in Human Province
alone. Among the chief sufferers
are refugees making their way from
the south and west to Hankow,
where they hope to obtain trans
portation to their prewar homes
Most of them are travelling on foot,
carrying few personal belongings
(See FAMINE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1946-04-08
China Denies Asking Reds
To Delay Withdrawal
BY the Associated Press

CHUNGKING, April 8,-The
Chinese government today denied
a report that it had requested Rus
sia to delay withdrawal from certain
cities in Manchuria.
The report, published by the Com
munist New China Daily News un-
der a Yenan date line, said that
Gen. Tung Yen Ping, commander
of national forces in Manchuria.
had asked a delay.
The request was refused, the dis
patch said, because of the agree
ment by Russia to complete its
Manchmian evacuation by mid
April.
A foreign office spokesman said
that on receiving dates for Soviet
withdrawal from Manchurian cities
the ministry had Immediately re-
piled to Russian authorities def
nitely agreeing to the dates" set
by the Soviets. "A
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Ammunition Blows Up
AT Saigon, Rocking
City for Two Hours
TruckIouds of Wounded
Stream Into Hospitals;
Civilians Evacuated
BY the Associoted Press

SAIGON, Indo-China, April g.
A giant French ammunition
dump on the northern outskirts
of Saigon exploded this morning
and two hours later a shattering
series of explosions continued to
rock the city.
The French Army threw barri-
cades around the danger zone and
began the evacuation of all civilians
Truckloads of wounded, includ-
ing women, children and French
servicemen, were still streaming into
the hospitals at noon.
More than so wounded persons
officially were reported admitted to
hospitals in the half hour following
the first blast at 1890 am. Hospital
officials said they lost count after
that.
Communications Disrupted.
Henri Cedille, commissioner for
Cochin China, issued a special COM
munique saying that the explosion
was due to an accident and re-
quested the public to remain calm
Normal press communications
from the city were disrupted, since
the Saigon radio station was in
the explosion zone. The British
Army Signal Corps was furnishing
an emergency press service.
The sky was clouded with black
smoke and the smell OF gunpowder
pervaded the city.
Public Near Panic.
Refugees from within the ex-
ploSion area said that scores of
houses had been demolished by the
repeated blasts. The public was in
a state Of near panic and roads
were crowded with refugees leaving
town.
Windows and glassware were shat
tered for miles around the explo-
sion sector. Rue Catinat, the lead
ing shopping district, was Uttered
with rubble and glass fragments.
Military authorities refused every
one admittance to the northern part
of the section and said that a
number of 1900 pound bombs stored
in the dump still had not exploded.
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Iran Is Undecided
On Soviet Demands
To Drop U. N. Case
Agreement Gives Russia
Control Of Oil Company
For First rs Years
BY the Associated Press

TEHERAN, April 8.-The IRAN
ian government apparently had
not reached a decision this morn
ing as to its policy toward Soviet
demands that the Iranian case
be withdrawn from the United
Nations Security Council.
Prince Firouz, minister of propa-
ganda, when asked if Premier
Ahmed Qavam supported the Soviet
demand, said action on Mr.. Gromy-
kos request is entirely a Security
Council matter"
A cabinet member said privately
however, he believed lin view OF
the friendly relations existing be-
tween Persia and Russia" that Mr.
Qavam would agree to dropping the
case from the agenda.
Agreement on Problems.
After all, Our governments are
now in agreement on the problems
posed before the Security Council,
he said
On the other hand, the Teheran
radio, which is government operated
repeated a statement made to re-
porters by Mr.. Qavam yesterday that
the case would remain on the coun-
ellis docket until May 6. the date
the Russians have set for compile
ton OF their troop evacuation
"a Reuters dispatch from Tehe-
ran said Mr.. QaVam had ordered
troops to proceed immediately
to the Caspian seacoast province
of Mazanderan following reports
of an attempted coup d'etatD
simultaneously with the demand
of Ambassador Andrei Gromyko II
New York for the Council to dror
the case, it was stated here that the
agreement reached April 4 between
Russia and Iran calls for Joint
Russian-Iranian oil company ir
which Russia would be the majority
stockholder for the first Is years O.
the 50-year term. The agreemen,
is to be presented to the Iraniar
Parliament for approval.
Russia to Have Sic.
A'44 Sfsi t1Ill SclISi 1luSS4C3 NOulu COll
troll 81 per cent and Iran 49 pc
cent Of the stock for the first 2;
years.
I Translation of his statemen
showed the agreement provided TO
$3.50 control the second 25 years
One newspaper had quoted him a
saying Iran would have 81 per cen
the second so years.
! The Parliament to which tn
agreement will be presented will b
chosen in new elections followin
evacuation of the Russian force
from Iranian soil.
The translation also said tn
AzerbalJan government in that self
proclaimed autonomous province ha
selected certain prominent Aver
balJan citizens to confer with tn
lranian government" in Teheran OF
the proposed return of the provinc
to the national fold.
In response to a question as t,
whether these representatives woult
include followers of Premier" Jafa
Plshevari of the Azerbaijan regime
Premier Qavam said discussion
will be carried out with the peopl
Evening star., 1946-04-08
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, April 8.-Emer-
gency distribution of food by air
to China'S starving people is be-
ing organized by UNRRA in an
effort to combat a famine so Sc
we're that several millions are re-
ported eating grass, roots, the
bark of trees and even clay.
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault,
once head of the famed Flying
Tigers and former commanding gen.
eral of the 14th Air Force, disclosed
he is forming an air transport unit
to fly UNRRA relief to stricken
areas. Air transport is necessary
because of the difficulties posed BY
land and sea travel
Gen. Chennault is seeking former
members of his old American Vol
unteer Group to participate in the
flights.
Sidney Rittenberg of Charleston
S. c., UNRRA field representative
said famine is so critical, particu-
larly in Human Province, that chill
Evening star., 1946-04-08
Status of Quo Battles
u. N. Members When
He Misses Boat Ride
BY the Aesocioicd Press

NEW YORK, April 8.-The
exact status of Quo was a mys-
terry to the U. N. Security Coun-
Gil for about an hour yesterday
when delegates took a boat ride
around Manhattan.
DR.. Quo Tai-chi, Chinese
member and president of the
Security Council, left his hotel
to go along on the boat ride
and vanished. After a 45-min-
ute wait. the cruise took place
as scheduled
Up the Hudson at about 200th
street, a police launch puffed
up beside the delegates vessel,
and transferred DR.. Quo. Two
Wrong-way taxicab rides had
lost him temporarily in Lower
Manhattan.