The Waterbury Democrat. [volume], May 08, 1945, Page FIVE, Image 5

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Walter Winchell
In San Francisco
BUREAU OF MISSING
INVESTIGATIONS
The fury and agony of war has
been accompanied by the tinkle of
goid in Basle, Switzerland. The
Bank of International Settlement
is located there ... A few years
ago the bank made public a post
war economic plan which wac
greeted with delighted whoops by
the Berlin press. That isn't sur
piising, since the Nazis control 12
per cent of the bank's voting stock
. • . What is shocking is that this
outfit’s board of directors is com
posed of Jap, Nazi, British and
Amercian dollar signs. The war
hasn’t disturbed their association
• • • On March 26, 1943, Cong. Jerry
Voorhis introduced a resolution urg
ing Congress to investigate tne
bank. The resolution was promptly
pigeon-holed . . . Why?
Flans to probe the Ku Klux
Kiunks are wrapped in a shroud,
feuch plans usually grab newspaper
space and then die of neglc'-l . . .
The Klan ostensibly disbanded a
year ago, but the hooded hoodlums
have been popping up again dis
guised with new names . u^n't
delude yourself with the idea that
the Klan is as dead as it should
be. Remember that when the Klan
crawled underground Klan chief
James A. Colescott stated: “I am
still the leader of the Klan. The
other officials still retain trteir titles
We have authority to meet and
reincarnate at any time” . . . Oh.
well, every soandso to ills own
racket.
No vaudeville magician has been
able to match the hocus-pocus which
causes investigations to vanish. Not
so long ago a Washington Grand
Jury announced it was probing Ham
Fish's alleged connections with Nazi
sympathizers. Fish prompt!? stum
bled into his shopworn routine of
denying the charges, instead of dis
proving them . . . But suddenly the
investigation vanished. The public
has a right to know what abracada
bra caused its disappearance.
Then there was the time Sen.
W'heeler climbed to the top of his
voice and shrieked threats at the
author of "Under Cover" and this
newsboy. Wheeler roared, ranted
and raved that the best-selled was
a smear against Congress and pa
triotic Americans. He threatened
to disprove the tome's facts via an
investigation . . . Both the author
of "Under Cover” and this reporter
publicly stated they were ready to
face any kind of " a probe. But
when Wheeler's bluff was called, he
dropped his planned investigation
. . . The whole thing died after it
was a few headlines young.
T!he public should sue tome of
our officials for breach of promised
probes. Take the case of the skirl
ed Swastikas: These female storm
troopers have never ceased their
rabble-rousing. Today they are
more active and dangerous tnan ever
. . . Federal Grand Juries have
started investigations of their activi
—and then what Happen.-?
You've guessed it! Absolutelv noth
ing.
Three years ago this month, a
woman suggested that our late be
loved President "ought to be killed",
Hei name is Agnes Waters. She is
still around and still spreading
piopaganda poison . . . Her latest
stunt is sending out in franaed Con
gressional envelopes—which means
pottage free—official War Depart
ment casualty lists . . . Weeks ago
this reporter brought the case to
the attention of Federal au-i.erjiies
But so far, apparently, no one has
found out how the Swastikutie got
hold of official casualty lists and I
Congressional envelopes . . . Whyin
hell is that?
The Detroit race riots left an in- ;
delible blot on America. In the |
wake of that tragedy came evidence
revealing that various Detroit HU- !
lerooting outfits helped incite the j
riots with the venomous propa
ganda . . . Detroit officials proposed
probes to get at the roots of the
poison. Then, after public indigna
tion cooled off — the investigations
were given the cold shoulder. Some
of those hate-spreading groups are
still operating there . . . Some pub
lic servants have short memories be- j
cause they believe the public forgets
easily . . . That's the reason this
member of the public writes this
colyum.
Newspaper files are loaded with
unexploded dynamite. Many edi
tions ago it was revealed . Iiat La
val’s personal fortune was safe in
United States banks. He manages
to bank the coin with the aid of
various American citizens who
, served as his agents ... At that
time it was stated that an investi
gation would be made and some
thing would be done about Ame: -
leans who were playing ball witn!
him ... At this point in the colyum 1
you can write your own conclusion I
to this paragraph.
Some time ago a Federal Granu
Jury probing Nazi activities inves
tigated Ralph Townsend, lie wrote
ior the defunct isolationist mag,
Scribner's Commentator. Il was re
vealed that Townsend compiled a
master mailing list from t.re mail
received by various ostrich legisla
tors. The probe promised io spot
light headline events . . . The pe
culiar activities of Scribner's Com
mentator have been exposed by many
newspapermen. However, the in
vestigation suddenly withered. The
tombstone plact'd on that probe
remains a stumbling block in Amer
ica's struggle to win the war and
peace.
The Dies Committee’s record is
fiiied with examples of promised
probes that never started. And in
vestigations that were stai ted—but
were never finished ... The new
sommittee to probe subversives can
*e of a great service to the nation
fcy taking a hand in probes that
tn Dies Committee found too hot
to handle.
Eight years ago Joseph P Kamp
wormed his way into control of a
native propaganda outf t—“The
Constitutional Educational ' eague.
Quicker than you could sav “Mein
ttampf," the League began to spev
ill kinds of peculiar "educational
literature . . One series of pam
phlets bore the misleading title, “De
partment of Justice Memo ’ with a
tub-title which claimed that tlic
“strictly confidential” consent was
"from th# secret files of the FB*
Of course the Justice Dept nailed
the He . . . Another Kamp o-.mph.ei
was entitled “The Hell witn G. r.
. . V i :
0
... .
Joe.’ (Nice, huh?) . . . When Con
gressional investigators subpoenaed
the outfit’s books and records, kamp
defied the request and was promptly
indicted by a Federal Grand Jury.
That was five months ago. Notoing
has been heard of the matter since.
Howcum?
A short time after Pearl Harboi.
the Senate Patent Committee began
probing cartels and patent mon
opolies. After making public some
important evidence about thr cartel
menace, the committee hell secret
sessions, and the investigation was
called off . . . The public was never
toid why the committee ceased its
activities ... It looks like some of
our investigators should be inves
igated.
DELEGATES CHOSEN
BY BAPTIST UNITS
41st Annual Convention of
Missionary Society in
Hartford Tomorrow
Waterbury will be represented by
26 delegates from the Zion Baptist
and Grace Baptist churches at the
41st annual convention of the Con
necticut Baptist Missionary Union
and the 36th annual session of the
young people’s department in
Shiloh Baptist church in Hartford
tomorrow through Friday.
Attending from the Zion Baptist
church will be: Valdoris Watts,
Laura Ward. Rosalie Herndon. Mrs.
Georgia Franklyn, Stanley Ralph,
Mrs. Clyde Smith, Mrs. Anna Stur
divant. Mrs. Eleanor Parks. Those
from the training union are Mrs.
Lucy Elbert. Martha Vann, Ledonia
Watts, Rev. Robert Harrell, Rev.
B. W. Crowder. Mrs. Mablc Ward.
Those who wil lattend from the
Grace Baptist Church school are
Emma Cross, Mrs. Florence Per
kins, Arthur Rhinehart, Mr. and
The Homeward Trek Will Be Long—And Slow
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TERM OVERSEAS
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Now that the European war is over, there'll be no speeding homeward of whole divisions or regi
ments for discharge and return to civilian life. The reasons :(1) men and materials headed for the Pacific
have first call on shipping; (2) almost all personnel of Air Forces and services of supply will be needed for
war cn Japs, as will majority of ground force combat veterans. Men who will be demobilized will be graded by
points for discharge priority on basic factors illustrated above as follows: Credit for length of service, dating
from first draft, September, lf)40; those longest overseas will get preference; time in combat brings extra
credit with additional “discharge” points to men who wear battle stars and other decorations; great consid
eration will be given to candidate’s family status, with credit for each dependent child under 18. This rating
system applies to officers as well as men. No Navy men will be demobilized until the war with Japan is
over.
Mrs. R. A. McKinney, Mrs. Laura ■
Scott, Thomas Clapp. Rev. Jona- 1
than Lee and Gertrude McKinney, j
Mrs. Shirley Hard. Beth Antrom;
and Agnes Reynolds,will repn
the training union.
POPULAR NEWCOMER
More than a half-dozen requests i
to borrow Joan Caulfield have re- j
suited from pre-release screenings I
of "Miss Susie Slagle,” in which the I
22-year-old Broadway star makes
her film bow. Her studio, Para
mount, has declined all requests,
having further plans of its own for
the young star.
SURVEY SHOWS
MOVIES, V-MAIL
GRIPE SAILORS
Washington, May 5.—(UP)—A
Navy survey of morale conditions in
the Pacific revealed two chief gripes
among naval men — bad movies
and V-mail
They prefer airmail to V-mail
"any day in the week” and would
rather have older but higher grade
films than some they now are get
ting, according to Charles S.
Thomas, Los Angeles business ex
ecutive, who made the survey.
Thomas, who is resigning as spe
cial assistant to Secretary of Navy
James Porrestal. to return to his
business, covered 25 bases and flew
more than 30,000 miies.
Morale throughout the Pacific,
he said, was “simply superb”. Never
theless, Thomas said, he is mak
ing a number of recommendations
to improve some of the morale
factors that cause the greatest
amount of squawks.
Among these will be:
A full-size newspaper to be pub
lished at Guam because "our men
don't like their news condensed.’
The manufacturer cf simple, in
expensive small radio sets for salt
(o the men so that they can sit in
their quarters and listen to the
armed forces radio broadcasts.
The sale of magazines in ship's
stores because the publication;
coming through under individual
subscription are battered in ship
ment.
MIXED QUARTET IN
ANNUAL RECITAL
The evening department of the
Second Congregational church will
conduct a recital by a mixed quar
tet tonight at 8 o’clock in Daven
port hall in observance of National
Music Week.
Betty MacDonald, soprano; Ar
lene Bauder, contralto; C. Russell
Sumpf, tenor, and Robert K. Guf
fie, baritone, members of the quar
I tet will present sclos as well as
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' The program is being arranged by
Mrs. Donald MacDonald. The re
cital will follow a supper and busi
ness meeting of the Evening De
partment.
betty’s McCarthy act
One of Betty Hutton's four songs
in Paramount’s "Cross My Heart"
will be a trick number in which she
shares honors with a ventriloquist's
dummy astride her knee.
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5 lb. can .$2.39
3 oz. hang up . . 21c
12 oz. hang up . .. 59c
1 pt. spray ..... 59c
1 qt. spray . 89c
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1 pt . 79c
1 qt. $1.19
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1 gal.$2.69
NO MOTH REEFER
Solid . 79c
Refill . 69c
Spray, pt. 85c
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PERMA MOTH
1 qt.$1.19
l/2 gal. ... $1.79
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3 garments. 29c
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