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Walter Wfnchell
In San Francisco
MEETING ALL COMERS IN A
FREE-FOR-ALL
"The Best Is Yet, ’ one of the new
best-sellers by noted ban titer 11.
Ernst, is chockful of exciting brevi
tics dealing with greats in the capi
ta. of the nation and sev ral who
think they are . . . But the autnoi
neglected to include one of his very
best ... It concerns th» time Ur
dcr-Sec’.v of State Sumnei Welles
was demoted (after a series of tiffs
with Mr Hull! and Mr. Ernst was
concerned that Mr. Welles would
•suffer from melancholia . So the
famous champion of civil liberties
huiriedly gathered 40 of Mi Wales'
intimates at a Waldorf suite where
a dinner was attended by the well
knowns, who assured Mr. Welles
they would continue fighting for
him.
Seated next to Welles was tne
publisher of a famed New York
newspaper . . During the dinner i.e
said: "Why don't you write pieces
for my paper?” . . . Thank you.
said the discharged statesm: n, but
I couldn’t write for it so long as
So-and-so writes for it" .
Mr. Welles, it appears, blamed a
columnist tor most of his unhap
piness while serving the State Dep t.
The chit-chat between *he pub
lisher and Mr. Welles was duly re
corded in this coi’m la hours later
. . . Tire publisher was indignant
... He phoned author Ernst and
said: "Now I am convinc'd Jial
Walter Winchcll is what T have
heard he is—irresponsible. It never
happened! How do you imagine he
gut such bunk?” . . . Hast E' list was
flabbergasted and embarrassed . .
He said he’d try to trace t!i source
of “the misinformation'' and he
tried hard.
Next day he phoned the publish
er: ”1 have been thinking. After
the party we all went to ’21, as
you know. We later dropped them at
their homes. Nobody went to the
Stork Club where WincneU lives,
•so I am as puzzled as you are. f
am very sorry Wincheli is ao care
less; I know’ how you feel.”
The publisher was not appeased
. . . He pressed the matter . . He
was going to find out. by go! I.. now
such an erroneous thing could get
into print . . . He finally tele
phoned Sumner Welles a"d s.iici:
"Did you see that silly thing in
Winchell's column? Morris and all
the others swear they didn't say
it. and you know it never happened.
It makes me angry!" . . . 'But,”
butted Mr. Welles, “don't you re
member? You did offer me a job
writing for your newspaper at the
dinner table? I do not know Win
cheli and I didn't tell it to any
one, either. I am very sorry you
are upset, but Mr. Wincheli had it
word for word."
A current picture mag continues
the war against the column with
a caption that, distorts the facts
... It charges that our coverage
of tiie SF Pro-and-Conference was
awful; that we fell for rumors hook
line and stinker; that we "erron
eously reported Pres. Truman was
flying to visit Churchill and Stalin
etc." . . But we didn't say the
President WAS flying . . . The story
was clearly described as rumor and
said that he might be persuaded
to do so to keep the conference
from failure . . The magazine de
liberately overlooks a few “firsts"
from our typewriter, and you can't
blame It, since we accepted its dec
laration of war.
The above “rumor," incidentally,
came from a former war correspon
dent for the nations most respected
newspaper, who now is covering the
conference for a syndicate.
He has also served our present
critic . . . The infuriated caption
writers do not mention several of
our scoops in SP. including the con
firmation that Molotov would re
turn to Russia (Eden to England)
“so that Molotov wouldn't have to
meet the delegates from Argentina,
etc."
Perhaps the reason our critics
didn't mention any “beats" is that
they didn't hear us use some over
the microphones on the “Headline
Edition’’ program heard in the East
at 1p.m.... We went on daily for
two weeks . . . Nearly all those
broadcasts contained one or more
exclusive bits of news concerning
delegates, the conference, and what
might happen weeks hence
Frixample, the following came
over the Blue Network's news tele
types from one of the big news
services on May 4: “The Americans
are demanding international trus
teeships only in non-strategic areas
and demand the right to all cap
tured Japanese Island in the Pacific
indefinitely” . . . J. Johnstone, news
chief for "the Blue (and in charge
of the network's reporters at SF(
hand it to us. On it he memo'd in
fountain pen: “Confirmation on
May 4 of a W. W. exclusive of a
week earlier!"
Oh. we could bore you stiff list
ing some others.
We submitted all of the broad
cast '‘exclusives" to our boss in San
Francisco before we went on the
j air. Whether all or any part of
them were used we do not know yet
. . . We were assigned to cover the
conference . . . The Molotov-leav
ing-for-Russia exclusive (incident
ally) was given to an editor 30
hours before other papers broke it on
front pages. But he later said: “I
never saw it” . . . Ivan Paul of the
S. F. Examiner is our only witness.
He sat beside us as we wrote it.
So wot? So nothing . . . Perhaps
\ the mag editors decided to "do a
I job on Winchell” since they had to
] stop their weekly “confidential let
] ter from Washington" to all staffers
... It seems that some of the secret
j info tin these documents! managed
to appear in our space two days be
j fore they could print it . . . They
j felt we had our Gestapo Dep t theft
I ing it. which isn't true. We jus.
happened to encounter some of
their exclusive items, judge, honest!
. . . Tennyrate. they hired a detec
tive to trace the leaks, suspecting
we had planted a louse in then
clothes. O. dear.
Mebee we did get a sour one at
SF . . . But we got several that
were confirmed, too . . . We got
V-E Day Map Of Europe
MILES
NORWAY
FINLAND
WEDEN
Stockholm
North Sea
< Germans under
| or mi in final
i hours m Europe
cv
DENMARK
openhogert gf
Homburg
■NETH
2—Berlin token
Berlin* I
GERMANY
• Worsow
POLAND
Mcy 4—-,Natis give up
in Denmark, Holland,
Northwestern Germany
Breslau
May 7—Breslau taken,
ending 84-day siege
May 5 Surrender in j V
Bavaria, West Austria Munich
[CZECHO.
FRANCE
# iT^ »udopest
.V.enna • HUNGARY
AUSTRIA
SWITZ
ITALY
ROMANIA
Zagreb
Bucharest
Mhv 2—■North
Italy falls
UGOSLAVIA
Belgrade
FOLDUPIN
EUROPE
(NEA Telephoto)
Here is the final deployment of German armies when unconditional
surrender ejided the long war in Europe. Last 10 days of electrifying
events in Europe are indicated in boxes.
them by staying away from “press,
conferences." after attending the;
first one where Mr. Stettinius told
the big press crowd: "Now you may
ask questions." and when they asked
them, he smiled and replied: "Sorry,
can't answer that yet." He said it
all during the confab . . . We never
considered "handouts” or "releases"
news. Not when everybody gets
the same story . . . We got our
pieces by personal contact or via
other channels . . . Many others
unable to get news exclusively filled
their daily space criticising newspa
permen who were, shali we say,
luckier? Yes, let’s.
At any rate, the following past
script was ink'd by the ad agency
which pays us a phone-number sal
ary every week, and so long as your
boss thinks you are earning your
) wages what else matters? ....
' Wrote Bob Orr tof Lennen and Mit
; chell) for our sponsor: ' Dear Wal
ter: The consensus in New York is
that you are doing one outstanding
piece of reporting and commentary
on the conference.”
SLIDING DOORS COME BACK
Chicago — <U.P.) — The sliding
I dors that used to be in grandma's
parlor will return in postwar
homes, according to the publica
tion, Practical Builder. The new
dors are streamlined to slide silent
ly with a minimum of effort—but
with the same purpose of saving
space.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
WORLD WAR II
A YEAR AGO
(Bv United Press)
Mere than 4,000 Allied war
planes attack at least 22 import
ant rail centers in the war's great
est assault on western Europe’s
rail communications; daylight and
dusk bombers attack the French
coast, the Pas-de-Calais area and
the German airfields.
In "Italy, German artillery on
the Anzia beachhead lays down a
thundering barrage, raking Allied
positions on the central sector
with 4.000 pounds of all calibers.
Japanese troops capture entire
length of the Hankow-Peiping
railway in China.
In Burma, Allied troops brought
Kamaing within artillery range
from two sides.
In the mid-Pacific, U. S. aircraft
raids Wake Island, Truk, Ponape
Oroluk and Woleai.
COLLEGE PRESIDENT AT S7
Bozeman Mont. — (U.P.i —■ One
of the youngest college presidents in
the United States officially took
office here recently when Dr. R. R.
Denne was officially installed by
Governor Sam C. Ford as president
of Montana State College. Dr. Ren
ne has been president since 1943. He
was 37 years old when he took office
AN IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
FOR
OFFICE and CLERICAL WORKERS
IN WATERBURY INDUSTRY
In response to many requests from
“white collar” employes working in the in
dustries of this area, the International Un
ion of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, CIO,
in the very near future will begin a cam
paign to organize this group. The cam
1 paign also will be conducted in the Tor
rington and Ansonia areas.
The many advantages and benefits of
union membership are at present enjoyed
! almost exclusively by production and main
tenance workers, etc. The campaign among
office and clerical employes will extend to
this group the opportunity to obtain these
same advantages and benefits for them
selves.
OFFICE AND CLERICAL WORKERS
HAVE NEVER FARED VERY WELL. IN
RECENT YEARS, THEIR SUB-STAND
ARD POSITION HAS BECOME PAR
TICULARLY APPARENT — EVEN PAIN
FULLY SO. THEY HAVE BEEN KEEN
LY AWARE OF THEIR OWN SERIOUS
PLIGHT AND HAVE THEMSELVES
FELT THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE
I DONE TO REMEDY A SITUATION
GROWING MORE OPPRESSIVE WITH
EACH NEW PAY DAY.
It is the opinion of the International
: Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
that the “white collar” employes of this
area have decided it is time to call an end
to the period of patient suffering. Out of
this belief has come the union’s decision
to conduct an organizing campaign which
will give every office and clerical worker
the chance to translate his or her desire
for improvement, into a program of action
for actual achievement.
The organizing campaign will be con
ducted in a sound, business - like manner.
There will be no special fanfare and no
dramatics. But there will be earnest work
and hard effort'on the part of union organ
izers and officers and already organized
members to bring the opportunity for union
affiliation to all “white collar” employes
desiring such affiliation, who are employed
by companies under Mine, Mill & Smelter
Worker jurisdiction.
One of the first steps in the campaign
will be the calling of meetings. “White
collar” groups will have their own units,
separate from the already established units
of production workers. Meetings will be
called on that basis and advance notice of
time and place will be given.
If in the meantime you desire further
information write or telephone a Mine, Mill
& Smelter Union office. All inquiries will
be confidential.
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF MINE, MILL Cr SMELTER WORKERS, CIO.
District Office: 95 North Main St., Waterbury, Conn.
Telephone: 5-1166
— LOCAL UNION OFFICES —
Scovill Brass Workers' ,
L'nion, Local 569
21 Grand St., YVatorburv, Conn.
Tel. S-68t4
l
Water bury Brass Workers’
L'nion, Local 251
95 Bank St„ Waterbury, Conn.
Tel. 4-3197
Chase Brass & Copper Workers'
Union. Local 565
T7 Bank St„ Waterburv. Conn.
Tel. 4-3«l
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Nazis Had Victory Within Grasp
After Race To Channel In 1940
By MALCOLM MUIR, JR.
United Press Staff Correspondent
II
By May, 1940, the collapse of Norway had set the stage for an all-out
German offensive against western Europe. The Blitzkrieg, powerfully
armed and smartly generaled, did it again.
Motorized German spearheads struck swiftly into Holland on the
morning of May 10, seizing control of the country's vaunted water de
fenses within a few’ hours. Fifth columnists and paratroopers took ever
communications centers and key bridges much as they had done in Poland
and Norway.
converging ground columns ciosea
rapidly on the Hague, Rotterdam
and Amsterdam. They received lit
tle fight. The Netherlands armies,
separated and surrounded, capitu
lated after four days.
In Belgium, a large body of Brit
ish and French troops ' advanced
some 50 miles north of the border
in an attempt to cut off German
detachments pouring across the
Albert Canal, 100 miles to the
northeast, and driving coastward
toward Brussels .and Antwerp. The
French were relying on a Belgian
division in the Ardennes Forest near
the Luxembourg border to cover
their right flank.
Striking with speed and auda
city, a crack German armored
column under Gen. Erwin Rommel
dispersed the Belgian division and
emerged from the forest on May
13. Then Rommel began an appar
ently insane maneuver. He turned
westward and raced along behind
the Allied lines upto the valley of
the Somme, reaching the English
Channel near Abbeville.
His supply line was stretched
a precarious 150 miles, but the
speed of the Nazi follow-up assured
the success of Rommel's tactic. Tank
units, motorized troops and blocks
of infantry streamed swiftly through
the gap to build up the German
salient. By May 23, the Maginot
Line was effectively flanked and
the Allied forces to the north cut
! off and surrounded.
‘Miracle’ at Dunkirk
The main French armies started
a belated rescue drive from the
south, but eft May 28, King Leo
pold suddenly surrendered the en
tire Belgian army. The remaining
Allied divisions in the trap were
facing surrender or ar.nhilation.
Then help arrived from an un
looked-for quarter.
Steaming miraculously to the res
cue at that critical moment came a
strange procession — a vast nonde
script relief fleet of vessels hastily
recruited from England’s coastal
towns and villages. It included an
cient transports pleasure steamers,
destroyers, fishing craft, tugboats
and dainty racing vessels. Standing
in perilously close to shore, they be
gan the seemingly impossible task of
removing the trapped troops from
Dunkirk’s crowded beaches.
For four days and nights under a
hellish rain of bombs and shrapnel,
the motley fleet shuttled back and
forth across the Channel. Scores of
vessels were sunk but the rest came
back for more. When the ordeal
finally ended, some 330,000 British
and French soldiers—roughly three
fourth of those left after the Bel
gian surrender — had been taken
back to England.
It was then the Nazis did—in the
words of Neville Chamberlain—‘‘miss
the bus.” England lay ripe for
invasion across a 21-mile strait. The
British army compelled to leave its
heavy equipment on the Continent,
was tired and disorganized.
The British braced for assault.
Home Guards with bayonets on
poles drilled to aid the army. Prime
Minister Churchill squared his
shoulders before a microphone and
promised the world that the British
would “fight on the beaches, on
the landing grounds, in the fields,
in the streets and on the hills.”
In that dark hour the American
government, eschewing legalities,
hurriedly shipped to England 1,000,
000 old Springfield rifles and many
French 75’s of World War I vintage.
These, Churchill later revealed in
an address to the U. S. Congress,
were virtually all the arms Britain
had with which to defend herself.
Nazis Strike South
The world may never know what
quirk In the German mind halted
their gray-green armips at the
Channel and turned them south
upon France.
On that day, when the war seemed
as good as won for the the Axis. Be
nito Mussolini announced Italy’s
entry into the conflict.
The triumphant Nazis rolled into
Paris on June 14. Three days later
the aged Marshal Henri Petain, once
toasted as the hero of Verddun,
asked for honorable terms of sur
render.
Petain got his terms. They were
harsh, not honorable. In June 22.
in the same armistice ca rat Com
piegne in which the first world war
had ended, the Nazis announced
they were taking half of France and
demobilizing all French military,
naval and air forces. The Italian’s
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Cooler Weather
Sunday, Monday
Boston, May 11—(UP)—The ex
tended weather forecast for New
England:
The temperature during the next
five days, Saturday through Wed
nesday, will average near the sea
sonal normal. Moderate tempera
tures Saturday will be followed by
cooler weather Sunday and Monday
and rising temperatures Tuesday
and Wednesday.
A few normals for this period are:
Boston 56; Burlington, Vt„ 56: New
Haven, Conn., 57; Nantucket, Mass.
52; Concord, N. H., 54; Portland
Me., 53; Greenville and Presque Isle
Me., 50; Eastport, Me.. 47.
Rainfall will total less than 1-;
inch occurring as light showers Sa:
urday night and again late Mondaj
or Monday night.
COPS RENEGE
Butler, Pa. — (U.P.) — City police
always try to be of what help they
can, but they refused one request
believing it was out of their juris
diction. They were called to a
home by a woman who wanted
them to make her husband take a
bath.
obtained disarmament of France's
North African colonies.
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