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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
New Years, 1946

Few New Years days have dawned on a world so con- petey uncertain of tse so baffed in contemplating its future as our world of today Courage is to be taken realization that while not be at peace we at least not at The unwecome arrival of the atomic bomb with all it's terrifying possibilities has produced men, tai insecurity shared by peoples all this universe The fighting has stopped and many homes are happier by req of the homecoming o loved ones yet the struggle TOT political and economic advantage among nations goes on
 with the horrd spectre of atomic lurking always in the background of national thinking always influencing the direction foreign policy takes.
 It is curousy contradictory that the nations which hold the of atomic bomb production should be most con cerned about it's misuse and abuse This nation than which there is peaceoving, finds itself controlling the greatest power for and the greatest power for war the world has yet known And so New Years Day, the time for fresh hope and optimism, has become time for troubled thinking and occasional despair.
 Granted that miasmal gloom lies all around us there entirely profound trust in the efficacy of prayer or confidence in the ultimate morality of Gods creature man.
 For all mankind is alert to the dangers around In that very realization lies best hope for continued peace and lasting happiness. America and her national half brother Great Britain making universal peace their prime concern Russia, whose attitude toward us and toward peace is improved it disturbing has recent H shown disposition to join with Britain and us to work for goal of Her realism which we are so apt offers that she is revocaby signed up team, she will be equally realistic about detecting and curbng towards preparations for the perennial bad boys of Europe notably Ger many
 ued into false sense of security Hadn't the war been fought end awars? Wasn't Germany crushed to earth so completely she could rise again? Later events have proved the blood and sweat and tears not alone of England but of the whole world, how foolish
 After this war; no such optimism prevails In it's stead there exists intelligent determination that world con- tacted to size by communications progress must con- duct itself that cannot The peoples of the world Oriental and Occidental Mohammedan and Christian black and white demand world peace their right Their lead CTS are coming realize the force and the usness of that demand.
 On appreciation of those two facts this New Years Day. justify facing the future with confidence that the world will not mad and destroy itself that right will prevail and that the brotherhood of mere myth For where such will to peace exists the warmonger will find small encouragement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Statistical Comeback

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has charged that 75000000 board feet of to build 75OOO to 100000 new houseswere exported this year under cense and at better prices than are obtainable under domestic OPA ceilings.
 The Foreign Economic Administration, which granted the export permits defended it's original export program of board feet by stating that the proposed ship ments represented only to per cent of lumber pro- ~uction That be the best TEA to date N Such comeback is, by now typical bureaucratic dodge Statistics frequently have way of telling only part of story, but these positively deceptive What the projected lumber production for the may have been there only ricke of it available for present housing needs.
 There are current strikes in the numbering industry that holding up production There is dearth of sea- soned wood There other factors that add up to lun Der and housing shortage now whatever the statistics The 1945 lumber exports be only small fraction of production in the last year of But those 900 board feet shipped abroad would have provided wood for from 15 to 20 per cent of the 5O000O housing units projected for 1946
 Lumber is not food. We may be the worlds biggest food producers capable of large exports without suffering any domestic hardship But not the only big lum- Der producers and housing shortage is growing ncreas ngy critical Comforting statistics and percentages are not sufficient answers to the present problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
By Peter EdsOn

potato beetle, clothes moth and few other insect ests Yt is no good against the Mexican bean beetle or the cotton boil weevi Something else VIII have 70 be discovered to end those menaces.
 Penicllin may prove to be as valuable Tn nsntne livestock diseases like masttis, as 1t hes been in combating human infections during the var. stuay # this problem is just beginning h
 Animal research of all kinds is due for wnneilev- ble developments Breeding hybrid strains or I've tock and poultry specimens like the hy- srid onion mentioned above, and Henry Wanaces ,:ybrid corn may work miracles
 For instance, in a three-way crossing of Angus bulls with shorthorn and Hereford cows. the oft- spring weighed more than purebred Hereford calves raised under identical conditions The hybrid calves also gained weight more rapidly in the feed lot aS less cost for feeding and brought higher prices Alter weaning however the croSs-bred animals don't com- pare SO we'll But research is just beginning
 Cross-breedng may also work wonders with piss. Inbred pig filters have been produced that welgne0 100 pounds more at six months than Ltters slreu " non-in-hred boars of the same line. When the de- sirabe characteristics have been obtained, cross breeding will be tried to develop vgor and more efIt- cient pork production may result.
 Cross-breeding of poultry to produce better eges is under way Lines of chickens have been pred eo lay eRes with stronger, less breakahle shells Not ony that but the shells less porous and therefore the eggs don't rot so fast One breed" of eggs VIII stay fresh for two weeks at 1OO-degree femperatue which Is near matching heat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

betWeen foWS or noEnlaI, HAls UInU1I' WIt!I VllIs love interest introduced the yield of these hybrid onions was from % to 50 per cent more per acre. And some of the children weighed as much as four pounds apiece.
 Also, ''Two-Four-D" will be ready for trial next year, and you may be hearing more about 1t than DOT. This Two-FoW-D Is a weed killer. If you want the full name, it's dichlorophenoxyacetic acid The stuff will actually kill broad-leaf pantain and dan- delions without harming blue grass and certain other lawn grasses The big research job ahead of the asricultural scientists is to see if Two-Four-D will clear pastures of unpalatabe weeds without harming the forage crops for sheep horse cattle grazing
 
 DOT, properly handled, now looks as if 1t would be useful in controlling the Japanese beetle Colorado
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Views of the Press
IT MIGHT BE RIDGEFIELD
(Hartford Times)

N@4sSs
 Ridgefield's enthusiasm over the possibility of becoming the head quarters of the United Nations Or ganization has increased in recent days. The definite elimination by the Preparations Committee in Lon- don of San Francisco, Washington and New York, and the announce ment that site near the eastern coast is desired, very much narrows the Committees range of choice and also the competition of communities.
 Ridgefield's case has been pre- scented by lady who prefers to de- scribe herself only as Sunny" Hut ton, who offered as a nucleus her estate in the western Connecticut town. Even Ridgefieldians did not take the offer seriously at first, but since 1t appears that the Committee has given the same serious consider ation to it as to other sites they have begun to wonder if their cYni- cism was wholly warranted.
 Ridgefield, of course, does not have the field to itself or anything like it. Massachusetts was early in the field and invites attention to numerous communities, such as Lexington and Concord with their historic associations and Lenox with its attractive setting and beautiful community in the heart of the BerkshireS.
 Connecticut also is not depending wholly upon Ridgefield's attractions but has sent word to London of the possibilities in and about Hartford
 At the outset it appeared that San Francisco was going to bt chosen, because Russia seemed tc favor that locality. However. tht European nations which had want ed a site on that continent seemed to have ganged up to bring it near CT to them even though 1t had tC be located in the United States. So little as We supposed 1t would hap. pen, sites in New England seem tC be getting serious attention.
 We should not wager any money yet upon Ridgefield, or upon Hart ford, or even upon the area north east of New York. More is needed than one beautiful estate. Estimate! of the community which will be thu UNO capital give 1t population oi 12,O00 to 10000. That's as big as Willimantic, with schools. churches theaters utilities, etc., and not jus something to be tucked away in tht corner of a small town.
 Still the chances are good for tht selection of site within a hundred miles of Hartford and perhaps much less. We are entirely willing to keep New England's hat in tho ring until the international body definitely losses 1t out. We'll concedt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
By Drsso Psdts0

Roosevelt ol being iiar-1spetialy on csn,tN ann But having been ln thls }oh 1cr a feW months naNA dent of the United states without ooctslenaly hsns a liaE." ~ Boss ok th0 Hronx I'd Flynn. nnMe friend ok Epn and former Democratic chairman. a n Io1 tough political sleddlng. Hard hitting ccngrsssnan Mayor EaCuerdlas victory, is out Co ftpfac1 Wynn as Democratic National Committeeman from New York nd rynn always moss X nsssss'se s.sss M m ss. ns COW this winter to zy patching up relations bstVeen the Kremlln and the Vatican. some SenRtots who backed cOrdell Hun In eusslng Sumner Wenss s masterful testimony before the Pearl hafbor Com- mlttee. The demagogue business must be paek~ ing up Gerald Winrod, race-nAlsing eul.oE ck 'The Defender" and under indictment for se1itlon, has moved from Q modest dwelling on North Green street to pretentous home on Broadvlew ste3t| he exclusive section of Wichita, Kans.
 Six General Motors executives arc listed hy tna Treasury Department as among the ig highest paid men In the U.s.A. though still under M.u2.N Louis B. Mayer, who gets eo0B070 General Mptcra Charlie wilson is next to Mayer with el5o.0Ai. Five other 0M executives among the ls highest paid indisieu- als in the U.S.A. are: Ormond F. Hunt eSoe6ae; Albert Bradley sS5oAs2; John Thomas smith 4soo,- Sio; Donaldson Brown, sSOeieO; and Charles r. Kettering. SsO6,li7. Roosevelts old pal, opv- ernor Bob Kerr of Oklahoma, is now lovey-dovey with Roosevelt's old enemy. E K. Gaylord ultra- reactlonary Oklahoma City publisher, They nave teamed up to get new radio station Gaylord alEeauy owns station wKY which, with two newspapers, gives him neat near news monopoly in the center of Oklahoma. To get new station, he figured ne needed New Dealer Kerrs support. Kerr plans to run against COP Senator Ed Moore in t0ao
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 If bunglIng John Snyder, the alleged Reconver- sion Czar was less convivia in the evening his re conversion ideas might not be so fcggy Mauxy Maverick, who had the Smaller War Plants Corpora- ton knocked out from under him while he was m the Far East, reports that Gen. MacArthur Is doing an Al job in Japan. . If the Russians want so make a hit with c. I. Joes they could loosen up their absurd policy of not permitting Korean coal
 from the Russian zone to be shipped to the American zone a few miles south. AS result. ships Wnlcn miQht be used for hauling G. Is, now carry coal to Korea. The State Department has had minor back-stage row with MacArthur over the censorang of State Department reports Mac demands that ctate Department officials in Japan send au their secret reports over his desk When George Atcheson pro- tested. Macarthur threatened to denote him. go Atchesons cables are st being subject to Army ce- sorship It's about oV-oV pee wLosnS. a 11 Pauley becomes Secretary of the Navy when James Forrestal resigns Truman wants to appoint niE pue is worried over the Senatorial rumpus sure 70 pe kicked up because of Pauley's oil connections. Pauley did good job on Japanese reparations'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
By Bill Cunningham

sxnored his possibilities under the CT Bill of Rghtss has tried the Veterans Placement Bureau ana the rect If he hasn't he should try to remember. too tat var didn't change the fact that "No Experience is still No Experience" But what sorts o1 answers are those to give Q man who stood fast at Bastosne in the Bulge and who 1Hs w,s s aa E DsDg Dt Isn h says his nation promised him everything, inciudng the promise of 60 million jobs: Where are theyf what do we stand ready to do about it9
 After serving on PIT boats for l6 months, the former members of Squadron IS PIT 22, have been hauled ashore in the Pacific and made permanent rrps They're burned Boats pour in here by the thousands" they state, 'but they can't spare them for even their own cooking and dishwashng. They're all earmarked for immediate assignment Nobody wants PIT men, We've done our job. The wars oyer We're washed tip, so we're washing pots and pans" This particular squadron holds the Presden- tial Unit Citation the Navy Unit Commentator and the Army Unit Commentator for heroic action diir- ing the Philippine invasion. It looks like an inglon~ ous end for glorious outfit.
 The OfficerS Club of Hammer Field lrssno. caln.. Is closing out And in this manner. member writes: "sociaI life here has hit a new high Ine club Is trying to spend its surplus funds and give everybody good time before the finale So all kinds of parties are on the books for this month Saturday night we had dance and booze party combined, with free cocktails, oar deryes and what have youa An- others coming up this Friday with q name band and extra trimmings. Christmas bFines an egg-neeg party. New Years Tom & Jerry bTaw1. There's bridge party every Wednesday with whiskey and champagne as prizes, bingo parties, ekc. II you've gained the impression that at least tnls part 0t lhe peacetime army ls composed Of bunch of drunag who have nothing to do but throw parties, gonkA probably correct ;"
 And from this Hanechow, China: fsrhe auestitn about this Civil War beats hell out of us. Recently pilots from this base were ordered to o to India aa pick up 47's SIS and 40s for the Chnese Air Force. weather no object It was SO bad at the time fnat even the birds were walking But ii pilots kGk0fneA mnst Of them walking. Ihe War uspf regrets ko inform you line duty. etc. etc Thiflf3n families loak the'r sons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Ridgefield 6 chance and hope that I we have one ourselves.
A NATURE LOVER RET1REs
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford Courantl
 If, as the poet has sung, "only God can make Q tree" trees are destroyed by mans intent or neg ligence. Their preservation or proper use has become an increasingly important and interesting field of human endeavor in the past few decades. To these worthy objectives few individuals have contributed more than Walter o. Filley, chief forester of the Connecticut Agricul- tural Experiment Station, who will retire on January after thirty four years of service.
 From that long period of active service Connecticut in particular and forestry in general have pros- pered to an immeaSIlrable degree. It is impossible to estimate how many of our beautiful woodlands have been spared from the soaring devastation of fire or the deaden- ing blights of disease because of MT. Filley's unf1agging efforts. AS a long and active member of the State Park and Forest Commission, he was a leader in establishing and maintaining the work from which the whole State has richly benefited. Perhaps through no other medium have those who seek the beauty and the inspiration of the great open spaces, unpenetrated and therefore unmarred by the hand of man, been so greatly rewarded. Countless thousands of others have also come to realize these imper- ishable values of our woodlands The healing recreational facilities of our State Forests that MT. Filley has done so much to popularize might well be further advanced as a memorial to his years of faith ful service, health-giving alike tc tree and forest, and through them to man.
 When MT. Filley lays aside the duties of his oftice, we are con- fident that ne will enjoy, as a true lover of nature his well-earned re. spite from its cares. For another poet has written:
 ITO him who in the love of Nature holds
 Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
 A various language -"
 The nature lover needs no man. made contraptions for his enter tainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

graduated from college in the year, 1s4l, and went straight into the service. put in four years and five months of honorable service, including six months of fighting, and came out as captain Of infantry, having been wounded and decorated. Dur- ing my Army service I, like thousands of others, got married and we now have . little one.
 Due to circumstances beyond my control (the war; of course), was unable to gain any experience in my chosen field or in any other feId except that of killing people. As result. now that am looking for a job, I'm automatically listed as No Experi- ence and Brother. have been given the royal run aroundi
 This grateful country and its noble citizens who fought the war out on the home front while promis- ing its warriors abroad so much when they came home now want to forget what 1t said, and let It's returning veterans shift for themselves. Lord knows don't want handoutl Ar want is chance at a good job with future in 1t, and an opportunity to prove my own ability. Instead, am going from office to office from desk to desk. fgom agency to agency, and each one passes the buck to someone else.
 sOh, could take job as . dishwasher at % per, or drive truck. bpt neither cs those jobs has much to offer as future. @And this is the America. with its wonderful way of life, fought 60 hard to meintaini America the land of golden opportunity DO you know good cor- ner where can set tp my apple siand7
 "A Discouraged Veteran of the 1oisf AYE uiVisIon.g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
HAIL, NEW YEAR!

I make my resolutions now, If circumstances will allow, And I will see that each one sticks, Throughout the year of '46. Forever Amber"-this I wiSt-- Won't be on my rereading list; I will refrain from parsnips ripe; I will not tackle shad or tripe. The lawnmower of my summers
 toll
 Will never be besmirched by oil While weeds, however gross and
 mean,
 Will always lie the rows between I will not beat my wife what times She questions me as make rhymes Except except, well, shall we say A meager dozen times day? I'll keep my wrinkles. Understood? It makes the other beaux look good I'll stick to Scotch, rye, gin and beer I think I'm going to like the year
 This publication, inaugurated with this issue, believes that the temper of the relations between the United States and the Soviet Union in large measure determines, and will increasingly determine, the worlds political weather" - From the Reporter on American Soviet Relations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

l046 ana GnereaxteG, put they ES true.
 For instance, there is Q new hybrid onion that has come riding like q strong-breathed Lochlnvar out of the west axld-wait till you hear.
 First the agricultural scien- tists in-bred onions til they had produced female onions. That is, onions with seed pods whose pole len was sterile end could not pol- Nnate themselves. Then they planted rows of this female onion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

about most of them that home and discharge won't fade, but what comes after that Is here to stay. It's part of the peace, the future, we've all been talking and dreaming and writing about. Un- less those in authority Can come up with some reasonably accepta- ble answer to this sort, get ready:
 T have a problem that is probably typical of thousands of others, for have several friends in exactly the same boat. Wcn- A .A.. A..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

It is only common everyday horse sense for US to retain the known proved naval advantage we so ia- boriously constructed until a bet ter substitute has been demonstrat- ed.
 Adm. Chester W. Nimitz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

headllne8, wlo, 10 matter what Als joh, whether 6 front line At- tack or wiplng engines below decks, went in and did lt. who took all sorts of punlehment. frum tropical mosquitoes Co snIpefs' bullets; who dld all these things for his country uncomplAlninsly--- but who now wants to come home,
 Nzrs. C. \. Joe-T1e heroine without headlines who moved her family In to live with the in-laws, went to work In Q war plant. asesfu~.u.nsn aaasars asus a saaRn4ea t4a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Take Elm Away

WASHINGTON, Jan. I-You may not believe some of the things the farm scientists of the 4e state experiment stations and the Department of Agricu- ture,s Research Administration are promising for l04S and thereafter. but they're true.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
ATOMIC NOTE

I hate to think Ot the worlds condition
 With everybody Going fission.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01

pendency allotment kept up her husbands morale at the front-but now wants that husband home.
 The Atomic soientlsts-Not 70 much for discov- ering the atomic bomb but for emerging from their ivory towers to wage an enlightened campaign on the benefits and evils of atomic science.
 Chester Bowles-Who has withstood all sorts of brickbats, dead cats. and kicls-in-the-pants- kept his hand in the dike of imitation, and without whom the American people would be suffering the greatest imitation flood in history.
 J. Edgar HOOver-Who, with his TBI, has sup- pressed enemies from within, kept foreign sabotage ct the level, and done t without disturbing the civil liberties of the nation.
 Senator Barkley-who despite very III wife has kept steady hand on the Senate throttle unflnch- ingy pushing through the program of his chief sometimes against tremendous opposition, but always with smile and Q sense ot humor
 Speaker Sam Rayburn--Who has been able to crack the whip over the most unruly conglomeration of potcoes gathered under one roof and by his charm, his sagacity, and his driving energy has largely made them behave
 Dr. Herbert Evatt-Foreign Minister of Australia, who has worked hand In glove with the U.S-A, and who more than any other one man won for the little nations real voice in the United Nations. Harry White-Who, as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury did so much to organize Breton Woods the first step toward the economic realization of Wendell Wilkies One World.
 The Government Cirls-The unsung heroes of Washington who came from the great open spaces to the cramped crowded Capital to pound the type writer seven days Q week, sometimes Tar into the night getting little credit but doing 90 much to speed the creaking machinery of government in wartime.
 The above, who has given much for their country and mankind, we salute!
 Busy Tom COrcoran the ex-Braintruster. has been promoting his law partner ex-Senator D. Worth clark of Idaho to replace Harold Ickes when and if the latter resigns as Secretary of the Interior Clark Q former die-hard isolationist is not likely to get the job An off-the-record quote from President Truman: "A lot of people used to accuse President
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Waterbury of the Past

15. i6 and s years ago the news was: Happy New Year." It's stu the same today Happy New xsaKl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Discouraged Vets

Ladies Q Gentlemen your B-Bag: Here's the sort of grtpe that can't be smiled off. Most of the rest concern temporary affictions Tough. stupid or un- fair as the situations they denounce may seem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-01
Merry-GO-R0und

wAMmNgrwoN ann f~Wilh thn heTlnnfnH of lol0 Ihe Washinglon Mory-0o- Round lekea pleas re n saiutns those who have lanoted &ok then lel- low men during the turbulent year Just closses