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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26
by Dre1e, Pearson

Company also gave him $1 200 The money was hand ed over in BAbos office in Washington.
 Pony No. 3-This was the biggest Bilbo windfan of al-totaing $25 OOO It was paid under interesting if not peculiar circumstances The highly profitable Keesler Field contract at Biloxi had been awarded to Bilbos friends June 13 1941 Their various oth CT cash payments and dream-house favors had come in the latter part of 1941 But meanwhile other contracts in the offing.
 so about one year later, on Sept. T. 1922 in the Royal Hotel in Jackson Miss, F T. Newton of the Newton-Glenn Company handed benefactor Bilbo four checks totalng $25,OO0
 Three checks were for 5000 each, with one for $10OOO all of them checks of the Newton Glenn Com pany, but drawn against four different banks where the company kept accounts On its books, the conn- pany charged this 900 expense to the cost of the war contracts which Senator Bibo had assisted the company in obtaining.
 Later however, the contractors apparently got scared and changed their books Twenty thousand dollars was charged to the drawing accounts of the two partners Newton and F. s. Glenn, as debt to Bibo The remaining 5000, however was charged directly to the cost of government contract.
 The war-contract activities of the Senator from Mississippi were so multitudnous and so varied that not all can be told here Another sensational chapter will be revealed by this coumnist on the radio to- morrow-aluof it going to show that the man who hurled foul names at minority Americans and who stymied important legislation by prolonged fbusters might better belong in jail than in the august Senate of the United States
 This in itself would appear to be evidence that Bilbo had violated the statute making it crime for a Senator to obtain money in connection with any Federal Government matter.
 When Internal Revenue agents questioned MT. Newton about this he refused to make any state ment His patner Glenn, however, said he had no knowledge of the payment until about two months after it was made when Newton told him it was contribution to the Wall Doxey Senatorial cam paign However, it is also illegal for corporation to contribute to any political campaign.
 Because of the 900 payment to Bilbo, Glenn later demanded dissolution of his partnership with Newton.
 After the checks for 25,O00 were handed to Bilbo in the Royal Hotel in Jackson Robert Candy one of Bilbo's henchmen, went out and cashed them, giv- ing the Senator the 900 in currency Later Candy said he thought the money spent in Doxeys pri- mary campaign. However both Doxey and his cam paign manager, Lee D. Hall together with Leland Speed, member of DoXey's campaign finance com mttee all said such amount was expended.
 Bilbo operating separate headquarters for Doxey but Ed Terry, Bilbo's former secretary, and A. B. Friend who had charge of these headquarters, state that not than $500 expended through that headquarters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26
by Th0n1as Stokes

The Senate seat being contested has been occu- )ied for the past year by Republican William Stan fill who was appointed by Republican Gov. Simeon s. Willis, to the vacancy created when Democratic senator Happy Chandler resigned to become the boss of professional baseball The term has two years run.
 Happy" has grudge stake in this It IT, Brown the Democratic candidate, who spilled the story about the swimming pool built by contractor friend on the present baseball cZarS place when he was Senator Whatever political influence Happy" still possesses is being exerted against MT. Brown in of those intra-party feuds
 Mr. Brown has the support of the United Mine Workers which is potent in the Ninth District an otherwise solidly Republican mountain district ir Southeastern Kentucky which now has the states only Republican House member Rep John RobSlon. Democrats hope their Senatorial candidate will be able to cut down. for himself the normal Republican majority, 300O0 which that district usually turns in.
 The Ninth District is part of the political formula lsed to dope out elections in the state To offset it, Democrats have in Western Kentucky the strongly Democratic first and second Congressional districts and for the margin of victory count upon the rest of the state. However, majorities have not been substantial in those two districts recently Democrats also have lost ground in the Third District embraced in Jefferson County in which this city is located, alectng a mayor the last time by only 221 votes
 Aside from Rep. Mays seat in the Seventh Dis trict, Republicans are pressing hard also in the Fourth, represented by Frank L. Chef, where they have the best chance to pick up a seat in the Fifth, where the seat now is held by Rep. Brent Spence. chairman of the House Banking Committee; he Eighth, represented by Rep Joe Bates, and the Third here in Louisville represented for many years y Emmet O'Neal.
 Here in the Third Republicans have an alert ggressve candidate in Thurston Morton, young bus nessman who is a veteran and is keeping close to the issues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26
No One-Man Job

The Southern Negro Congress, meeting in Columbia, G. has charged that Secretary of State Byrnes is unfit to represent the American people in the councils of the United Nations, and has asked that he begn to esab fish in his South Carolina something of that democracy which he has been recently loudly preaching to Russia
 The lack of democracy to which the Negro Congress ferred lamenabe it s cannot however be laid at Mr. Byrnes' door, The Secretary has 100000 fellow South Caronians who must share of the responsible ity He has, moreover 14O0OOOOO fellow Americans who cannot remain entirely indifferent to the deficiency
 Furthermore the lack of democracy in South Carolina closely bound up with American negotiations the Congress resolution suggests Mr. Byrnes has not been loudly preaching democracy to Russia for the Russians He has recently restated his conviction and the American conviction that the rights of others opinions feelings and ways of fe however ntoerabe to must be respected
 is be feared that the Southern Negro Congress may have fallen under the influence of Communists or Com munis sympathzers who by dragging etraneous issues have only confused and complicated the Southern Negroes struggle for equality of opportunity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26
Your Health
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.
BUT THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE

One patient made the very com mon mistake of going far from home to clinic" for examination and advice, because the credulous chap imagined he would find better doc tors working on the assembly line in such a large plant than he could find practicing under their own name right in his home community.
 When the head man in the clinic scanned all the reports the hired help turned in, he reached the con- clusion that the patients trouble was caused by focal infection-from a septic focus in the tonsils. It was too bad, but there was nothing any, body could do about it, because the patients heart was not in condition to stand an operation, tonSillecto- | my. So the patient should go back home and take things easy and three hundred fifty dollars. The patient returned home, read some squibs in the local paper by a certain quack, asked the quack for further information, finally sought
 the treatment the quack suggested -diathermy or electro -coagulation of the infected tonsil, at the hands of the physician the quack recom- mended, and few months later found himself practically as well as ever.
 Another patient, this one a mere youth, had had stormy experience trYyifh iF1fnnfin11c O f~fh fiC rheumatic fever His tonsils were badly infected. But his doctor judg- ed it was out of the question to con- sider tonsillectomy because the boys heart was affected. The patient went from bad to worse and finally suc- cumbed.
 Remember, I'm not an authority on thos or anything. But it does seem to me that even if the young mans heart was affected-aS it is in SO many cases of rheumatic fever-the doctor might have given the patient the benefit of disinfec- ton, destruction, sterilization, eradi- cation or pasteurization of the septic focus or infected portion of area of tonsil without in the slightest
 endangering or taxing the heart. Diathermy or e1ectro-coagula treatment is the alternative for the major operation in such cases.
 All I know is that tonsil dia- thermy, electro-c -coagulation, in the hands of a physician skilled in the difficult technique, is bloodless, safe, not so painful at any time as the usual after-effects of tonsillectomy, and at least as effective in remedy ing focal infection as tonsillectomy is.
 warn readers that not every doctor who proclaims to the pub
 lie that he employs this or any other method I recommend, is re-
 liable. In fact I warn the public that honest, reliable doctors never make such claims in the attempt to lure credulous customers. If a doc tor is fairly good his pleased pa tients tell their friends how good
 he is. If the doctor is no good he
 has to resort to other means of get ting new business.
 Incidentally warn the public,
 too, against the arbitrary assertions
 of doctors who know nothing about
 this method and are wholly without
 the technical skill tonsil diathermy
 requires, that the method is mo
 good" or that it has "been tried and
 found ineffective or that it is
 dangerous"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26
Views of the Press
how much safer it would be?

how much safer it would be?
 Whatever actually happened to cause the fire may never be known in detail. The sympathies of peo- pie throughout the neighborhood go to the father and son who sur- vive this holocaust, the lesson of which may not be followed by any considerable number of persons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26

Pony No. 2-In addition to the lake, dream house
 automobile and furniture, the two contractors also poned up 2,400 to Senator Bilbo Nov T. 1941. The money was split in two parts. F. T. Newton gave Bbo $1,20O while D. L. Knost of the Morrissy Knost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-26

Scotland Yard believes two wom- en well known in society are the "brail@' behind string of recent jewel robberies at homes of promi- nent London people.
Evening star., 1946-04-16

t n e M SON boris fieesoh'
Dixon line-only one who will not
cooperate in or initiate efforts to
purge them.
Two Official Errors.
This has reference to two official
errors for which Hannegan Is
blamed--one, the Democratic Digest
attack on the drastic Case anti
strike bill for which lot Democrats
voted as "a vote against the Amer
lean people" and second, letter
signed by Mr.. Hannegan in which
county chairmen were urged to con-
fer with party leaders about pro
gressive" candidates for Congress.
No personal word regarding their
outspoken demands for Hannegan's
head has come from the White
House. Richard Macy, Mr.. Hanne-
gan's man Friday here, in the course
of fevered attempts to stave of the
party caucus, assured the Southern
ers that the President was deeply
distressed" by the episode of the
letter. Macy sought to take full
blame for the letter himself but this
act of loyalty did not avail to take
the heat of.
The Southerners are in full cry
and the weekend efforts of Mr..
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are sure the party can only win
nationally by pursuing . progressive
policy and they have been working
on Congress accordingly. On foreign
policy they are all right, as the South,
with cotton to sell on the world
market, is international. But do
mestically Dixie has licked Mr..
Truman on every hand. His leaders
on Capitol Hill-both Southerners
have not been much help.
Congress is always handful prior
to an election, when the statesmen
make a determined effort to be on
all sides of every question. What
makes the Southerners so uneasy
about such episodes as the Digest
and the Hannegan letters is that in
their territory it is dangerous to
he accused of not being regular. "
They are not afraid OF progressive
opposition but they don't want any
question raised about their party
regularity.
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which will de-f1ea a dog in 10
minutes. Let him, admit that he is
bothered by smoking fireplace and
hundreds of chimney doctors will
send in cures for the most stubborn
cases of chimney smoking. There
is nothing a columnist can complain
of that won't draw helpful sugges-
tions from all over the country.
Only the other day I mentioned
that I never could be sure when to
use further" and when to use
farther" This inability to put the
two words to their proper use has
plagued me since I was in rompers,
and I was prepared to 60 to my
grave 'farthering" when I should be
"furthering," and vice versa.
Thanks, Mr.. Green.
But I reckoned without the help
full consideration of the American
people. In the past few days I have
received at least so letters explaining
how to overcome my little quirk.
They came from lawyers, doctors,
Indian chiefs. poultry raisers and
what have you. The one from
Clinton C. Green. instructor in the
school of education, Indiana Uni
versity, is typical. 1t read:
"A young man and his sweetheart
were returning from an afternoon
stroll and were discussing the mat
ter OF their approaching marriage.
They reached their destination be-
fore the topic of their conversation
had been exhausted. The young
man asked, Shall we walk on farther
and pursue the topic of our con-
versation further?' Remember this
little story and you need not be
confused as to their proper use.
Farther-tending to a greater dis
tance. Further-to a greater extent
or degree"
I will never forget that story, Mr.
Green. Thanks. 1t Is as sweet q
little tale as one will hear in a life
time. 1t has everything. Young
love, spring in the air, health, as
proved by the fact that the two
youngsters we're out for stroll, but
I wish you had finished the story
Did the young man and his sweet
heart get married? Are they happy?
Is he doing well at his job? Is she
good cook and housekeeper? Was
the union blessed by children, and
If so, how are the children doing?
Sounds Like q Fine Girl.
am going to have to admit, Mr.
Green, that I hope the pair did not
get married, for the girls sake. She
sounds like fine girl. but l don't
believe she could be happy with
well, let's call him Oscar Oscar
sounds a trifie stuffy. Reread the
story and see if you don't agree with
me. They were out for a lovers
walk 1t must have been a lovely
day, else they wouldn't have been
out for stroll, and they were dis
cussing their approaching marriage
Now what kind Of man, if his
heart were really overhowing with
love, would speak as Oscar did?
Shall we walk on farther and
pursue the topic of our conversation
further?"
That doesn't sound much like the
talk of man really in love. I have
a feeling that the girl had money
and that Oscar wanted to marry
her solely for the dough.
I'll even go farther-I mean fur
ther-and say that Oscar was a
bounder and a scoundrel and COM
rletely unworthy Of the love of that
girl.
Please let me have the rest of the
story, Mr.. Green. Inclosed you will
find self-addressed and stamped
envelope. Thanks for your trouble
Distributed by McNausht Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-04-16
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

~ AAAA AAfAOA1AN
@. What was the total number
of awards given to Army personnel
during World War II?-R. N. T.
A. Excluding the Purple Heart,
which was given to all men wounded
in action, the total number of dec
orations and awards was 1,725, ,344
from December 7, l941, through
November 80, 1945.
@. Has the United States Cavalry
a special song?-C. J.
A. There is no special song for
the United States Cavalry, but
Sousa march entitled Sabre and
Spurs" is often associated with it.
@. May a man who received a
dishonorable discharge re-enlist in
the Army.
A. The former soldier might ask
his local Selective Service Board to
apply to the Adjuant General, War
Department, Washington Is, D. c.,
for permission 70 induct him. If he
is lnducted into the Army and re-
ceives an honorable discharge from
that period of service, the last dis
charge will take precedence.
@. Have all mental patients in
the Army hospitals in the United
States been identifed?-R. A. P.
A. The War Department says that
all amnesia and mental cases in
Army hospitals have been identified.
Identity can be established without
any difficulty through flngerprints
or dental charts.
@. Where should a veteran of
World War II apply for a Victory
IMedal?-J. M.
A. When the World War II Vic
tory Medal becomes available the
method Of applying for it will be
announced. At present it is still
represented by the ribbon.
@. If the widow of veteran of
World War I forfeited her pension
by remarriage, may size apply for
the pension again if her marriage
is terminated by annulment or di-
vorce?-P. F. D.
A. A pension to a widow properly
terminated by her remarriage may
not later be reinstated. In the event
that the second marriage was an
nulled and not terminated by di-
vorce, the widow should apply to
the regional Office having the claim,
for reinstatement.
@. May serviceman take out
two insurance policies and name
different beneficiary in each one?
ID. M. H.
A. The insured man may name
two principal beneficiaries in the
permitted class clearly stating the
amount to be paid to each, or he
may make two policies naming diff
ferent principal benefciaries if the
sum OF the two policies does not
exceed $4,000
@. What is the monthly allowance
which a cadet nurse receives while
in training?-R. c. K.
A. All qualified candidates &C
cepted for nurses training as cadets
receive the following spending allow
ances: Pre-cadet (first nine months
Of training), SIS per month; Junior
cadet next 1921 months, $40 per
month; senior cadet (until gradua-
tion), $50 per month.
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other kind, are able to see that he
Is getting results.
I believe he will continue to do so,
that his stubborn sincerity will in
time wear down the opposition to
any of his policies that clearly
represent the desires of the Ameri-
can people. In proof of which, I'd
be happy to take off his hands the
bet he made with the reporter.
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Macy and Sam ONeal, publicity
director of the committee, to calm
them had no effect. They think
they have Mr.. Hannegan on the run
and they are determined to pursue
the advantage gained by the errors
for which the committee is so alb
jectly apologizing.
Actually, of course, the committee
mistakes. whether intentional or
otherwise, are only the excuse for
the conflict and not its underlying
cause. The Democratic party is an
uneasy stew of Southern conserva- =
tives and big -liberal-labor ma
chimes in the great pivotal States OF
the East and Midwest. With a
combination Of guile, vindictiveness
and a golden radio voice, Mr.. Roose-
welt kept the lid on. Mr.. Truman
can't seem to do it.
Messrs. Truman and Hannegan
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look much more successful than
seemed to be the case when the
appraisals were being written.
Fiscal Situation.
For one thing report on the
Governments fiscal situation, re-
leased at that same press confer
ence, revealed that it is seven billion
dollars healthier than had been
estimated back in January. The
budget is that much closer to being
In balance. For another thing, he
could have called attention to the
national budget, as distinguished
from the Government budget. There
is the present production of peace
time goods estimated at a new
annual rate of s150,O00, 900 900, the
highest in history. although re-
conversion is only getting under way
There is less than half the unem-
ployment that was generally pre-
dicted for the first postwar year
And wages are going up, not down
How much of all this can be
credited to the Presidents policies
Is hard to say. But it cannot be
doubted that he would be getting
more than his share of the blame
If the picture we're otherwise.
The President, however, may have
had other matters in mind when he
indicated his confidence that the
Army-Navy merger plan will work
out. Other plans that have been
close to his heart and that have
seemed in. danger of disaster are
now meeting with some degree OF
success. Housing, for one. Emer-
gency housing to take care of vet
Grams in the manner the administra-
ton has urged appears to be
assured, despite one of the toughest
battles that selfish private interests
ever have staged in Washington. A
long-term housing program, satis-
factory in most respects to every
element affected, appears sure OF
adoption by Congress.
Imitation Line Holds.
Efforts to wreck price control have
not yet succeeded and the line
against imitation is still pretty well
held.
A full employment bill, less specific
than the President had desired but
marking a great advance in social
and economic legislation, has been
enacted, contrary to common pre-
diction.
The difficulties in the way of OBJ
tanning an Army sufficient to carry
out our international commitments
are not all resolved, but the Senate
at least, seems reconciled to the
necessity of extending the draft.
Civilian control of the develop
ment of atomic energy has been
assured.
Presidential appointments, with
the il!-fated Pauley episode receding
into the past, are meeting approval
and, in some instances, applause.
And the President himself remains
the same-or little more so. Beat
en- for the time being on his 65-
cent minimum wage, on FEPC anc
on poll-tax repeal, he has not
given up the fight on any of these
issues. my apologies for fearing
he had in the case of the poll tax
Even his meanest critics won't deny
that day by day he does his damn.
dest and that he ducks no responsi.
bilities. And now his friendly
critics, who greatly outnumber the
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newspaper COL
umn for a while
and read the
mail that comes
to a columnist.
The letters and
postcards a r e
D a C k ed with
friendly advice.
Let the COL
unnist mention
that his dog is
bothered by heas
and people from
oregon to Ala
bana will take
time out to send
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quietly that he'd
take the bet.
Back of the
Presidents con-
fdence there is
q certain amount
OF recent his
tory. Things
have been work
ing out. "
With the type
hardly cold on
appraisals of his
first ar in
Office, a number
of things have
occurred to make
that fret Naar
Evening star., 1946-04-16

State Chair
man Paul Fitz-
patrick and Os-
car Ewing, cor
poration lawyer
a n d national
committee vice.
chairman - fig
ure in the talks
a b ou t possible
successors. The
Southerners de-
clare magnani-
mously that they
will not demand
a party head
from south of
4 he NJ q cnn
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Doris FIeeson
South in Full Cry
Reports Persist Hannegan Will Calm
Party Tumult BY Offering to Resign

Reports multiplying in Washington that the rebious
Southern faction about get the political head
Postmaster General Robert Hannegan free will offering
The grapevine has that of i'll health Hannegan
will calm the party tumult by resgnng national chairman
prior the which ssdens
He has expressed willingness to give the Craftsmanship
ever since Christmas when infection first began to impair
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McLennore-
Reckons Without
Help Of Readers
Bv Henry McLemore

NEW YORK.-Americans are the
most helpful folk in the world. If
any one doubts this, all he has to
do to be convinced is to write a
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Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question OF fact by writing The Evening
star Information Bureau. 316 I street
close cents for return postage
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LoweH MeIlen
On the Other Hand
Wherein Writer Offers to Take
A Bet Off the Presidents Hands
LoweU MeUetf

You probably the little exchange between the President
and the reporter weeks conference
the Navy active the plan merging
the forces The President in question:
indicated his dpeasure with what he termed and
lobbying naval people Asked then there would
in Department. said didn't think
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necessary, that he thought 1t would
work out"
"Bet you two to one," said the
reporter, under his breath.
The President grinned and said