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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06
WHAT ARM1sT1cE DAY, 1885, MEANS TO THE ARMY
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WHAT ARMISTICE DAY 1898, MEANS TO THE ARMY
The following to The Star by Louis johnson
Assistant Secretary of War;
Twenty years ago. greeted the dawn Armce with
paans OF JOY We honestly believed witnessed not onv
ne END OF uantc struggle between nations only the last
war of our lifetime perhaps of the final curtain
on all international conflicts faith we proceeded
deliberately and Systematically eegate Army an inferior
position We skeetonized its men We used up its
reserves munitions The possibility very doubtful
Inc need Tor an to defend appeared quite remote
While we apparently lived in blessed rest of the
world eethed with discomfort Perpetual and
revolution intolerance jealousy greed lust
mperialist designs selfish ambitions rampant The proms
ing dawn of the of November November 1888
has the appearance of disappointing mirage despair
Rudey awakened from false shocking
events OF the last few prepare to be on guard
Today more than must realize that
defense the most certain of nstu
tons and of life.
National absolute term 1t must change
with world conditions What adequate yesterday may not be
today What protect tomorrow NAV prove
insufficient Yesterday buwarks civilization against
still stood fast in the world and felt Today many
of them have toppled
planes of every type skilled onerato Nv
them them experienced mechanics
to maintain them efficient equipment ample
TO house them We
guns We manufacturing shoulder rifle
strengthen denses against invading sea and
air armadas but we lack anti aircraft
infantry and cavalry divisions munitions and above all
else, money for national defense be forthcoming
I'VE are co-ordnating plans between industry
duction We making every facilitating mass
the ability industry needs however is to educate our
factories right in manufacturing necessary for
have bolenecks but we still have many
among Not until eliminate all satisfied
with our mobilization projects We must
DEVELOPMENTS.
courageousy and resouey
Amistce Day toward against dangers
of war"
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half of World War veterans-com-
pensation, insurance, disqualification
and the ike-already has reached
the vast sum of more than $685.
100000.
Furthermore. there are many mil
lions in adjusted service certificates
which have not yet been turned into
cash. And the peak of World War
veteran disqualification will not be
reached until 1948, or the 30th
anniversary of the signing of the
armiStice.
The significance of Armistic Day
in our national life is perhaps best
emphasized by the fact that, by act
of the last session of Congress, it
has been accorded the very rare
status of legal holiday throughout
the country.
Unlike many other countries, the
United States has been remarkably
Sparing in the designation of ma
tional legal holidays. For example,
not even Columbus Day. in honor
of the discoverer of the New World
we inhabit, is marked nationally as
legal holiday, although it, along
with great many other days, is
holiday in certain States.
However, Armistice Day for the
first time this year joins a select
list of national legal holidays, and
the entire Nation will turn from
workaday tasks to recall the sacri-
fees of 1917-18.
The only other days which the
whole country marks as legal holi-
days are New Year, George Wash
ington's Birthday. Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and
Christmas.
For the greater portion of the
20 years which have elapsed since
the first Armistic Day in 1918, the
American people chung hopefully
to the belief-a feeling which was
translated into national policy-that
the war was to prove a lasting lesson
to all nations, that the permanent
limitation of ornaments interna-
tionally was possible, and that the
day of power politics was finished.
This feeling, which had been
largely shared by other democratic
nations, now is completely dissipated
by the force of recent events which
have shocked the American people
to a greater extent than ever before.
On previous Armistice Days, and
especially the first IS, the prevailing
note had been that the sacrifices
of 1917-18 must not be repeated
under any circumstances, and that
the way to achieve the lasting peace
for which America entered that
struggle was to set an example by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

Twenty years ago this week. on
November II. 1918, the Armistice
was signed, ending the World War.
When the end came, as Foch re-
ceived the German emissaries in
a railroad car near a gloomy forest
village, more than 100000 Amer
lean soldiers were under arms on
both sides of the Atlantic.
The goth anniversary of the
armistice also exactly marks the
end of an era, and with it the virtual
scrapping of the entire structure
set up by the allied armies and
statesmen. BY significant coinci-
dence, this tremendously important
anniversary of the signing of the
armistice is the first time that the
United States will observe November
II as a legal holiday everywhere
throughout the country.
And perhaps the most telling COM
mentary upon the results of the
years which have interviewed is to
be found in the fact that on the
goth anniversary of the armistice
the United States is pushing with
the greatest speed and energy
the largest rearmament program in
Its history, covering every branch
of the service-on land, on sea, and
In the air.
But what of those more than
100000 American soldiers who,
on the Goth anniversary, will
recall more wildly than any others
In our country, the stirring days
of 1918?
Twenty years ago, they were young
and many of them still are youth
full and vigorous. And still, 20
years do make a difference, and now
the average age of World War
veterans is pushing through the
40s to so. Waistlines are heavier,
facial lines are more deeply etched,
hair is thinning and grazing.
Every day, one learns from the
Veterans Administration at Wash
ington, approximately SO men who
were under arms on November II,
1918, join the Unknown Soldier in
death.
In the more than 80 hospitals and
homes which Uncle Sam maintains
for his war veterans throughout the
land, IS 900 World War soldiers are
being cared for. Many of these men
will never recover from the mental
or physical pain visited upon them
in the war
OF all the nations engaged in the
World War, the United States has
been the most generous by far in
Its treatment of the men who were
called to the colors.
A recapitulation shows that total
expenditures by Uncle Sam in be-
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establishing and maintaining mini
mum national defense requirements.
On this Goth anniversary, however,
there is very different national
attitude, and one which has been
adopted not primarily by the will of
the American people, but by self
evident necessity.
Now. as at no other time since
that epochal November II of two
decades ago, the United States is
rearming and doing so with the
wholehearted approval of almost
every citizen.
For on the Goth anniversary of
the armistice that ended the war
which was to have ended all wars
Uncle Sam finds that he must be
prepared actively to defend his peo-
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ton of Armistice Day this year will
be the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
in Arlington National Cemetery,
Virginia, across the stored Potomac
from Washington.
Here the highest officers of the
Government. hundreds of his former
comrades in arms and thousands
upon thousands of citizens will
gather this week to renew their
homage to the Nameless One who
symbolizes the sacrifices and the
CORY of all those Americans who
died in the World War.
In every city, town and hamlet
in the country similar commemora-
tive rites will be held in the most
widespread observance since the
days of frenzied happiness 20 years
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pie, his possessions, and his ma
tional institutions In a world in
which force apparently is the one
common denomination, Uncle Sam
has at last seen the unwisdom of
going about unarmed.
In Washington this week every
agency concerned in the Nations
defense is pushing ahead on plans
which will give the country and its
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selves to the largest peacetime ma
tional defense program in history.
Nevertheless, despite this activity
there are many who believe that
world conditions demand that the
work OF upbuilding the national de-
Tense must be given still further
and greater impetus.
1T is becoming increasingly clear
that peace by fear has no higher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

ago when the first reports of ar
armistice were received.
1t is fair to say that Armistice Day
this year will be marked with an
unprecedented depth of feeling, in
duced by the vivid recollection of
recent and current events, and, per-
haps, by the gathering shapes of
things to come,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

uniform 20 years ago. They know
the dangers of unpreparedness.
They long have been convinced that
adequate preparations for war are
the best insurance for peace.
After 20 years the American peo-
pie as whole are ready to agree
with them.
Fittingly, the focal point of the
national exercises in commemora-
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or more enduring quality than
peace by the sword" said President
Roosevelt in Navy Day radio
broadcast. I'VE must arm to meet
with success any application of force
against US"
And to the forefront of these are
the men who wore their country's
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nationals complete protection. The
Navy is growing steadily, the Army is
concentrating on still further in
creasing the efficiency of men and
materiel, the air forces are forging
ahead rapidly. Responsible au-
thorities in the National Capital
have definitely committed them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

IN center an army tank running through bombed sections
OF the territory during the United uht
Weight tank held at Fort George Meade Md
month, demonstrating hon. Mould aduance through
enemy lines in the event OF In these the
showed its fitness should to the CONT
nent AboUe dV1ng the United States
Army plane flying at the speed of 200 miles hour shovn
laying a smoke screen to "coUer" advancing tanks
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

CHEMICAL WARFARE PRACTICE lat top officer students
0oLng without masks through harmless smoke
a,a doson to sho densty Of during
9onough OF the Nays destroyers puges throuqh
'leaOy sea during feet maneuuers in the Pacific
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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-13
HERE AND THE RE
Your Job and Mine


cracy was to have appeared in this
column this week, but it now appears
advisable to this wri ter tln~ he and
all others who cheri sh Freedom and
Demo cracy turn their attent ion to their
own country.
There is little doubt but that due
to the tranglo-hold Of Bri til sh Tory
ism the British Government and the
hopeless disorgani cation Of British
Democra tic forces the British nation
is to sink even deeper into the morass
of European powor politics, wi tn q fair
possibilit Of disappearing altogether
into It's sinking depths. With this in
mind let us be alert to every thr eat
to the rights Of Democracy whi CHI VIC as
American have not yet allowed to be
usurped by power stolen by night.
One Of the most serious threats to
our Democracy is revealed in q peculiar
psychology or state Of mind remini cent
Of the Churc Oh n the Mi id lie Ages. Wi tn
each recession this psy chology gains
firmer grip on the mind Of the Ano ri can
worker be he viii COLLAR or black. 1t
was most clearly revealed to me by ar
adver Using man last week: representa- tive
Of one Of the most noxious forms Of
economic porasi tism that our society has
bred; one Of the ever increasing number
Of the prophets Of Profit however,
are not to blame this individual for
blaming individual Is has mover served the
world and only makes evil notorious).
This man thus apologized for his
existence: my employer gives work,
does he not? Therefore I my con-
tinued existence, i.e., my life, to my
employer" This crawling slave
psychology is the first serious symptom
Of q people being groomed for the Labor
Camp or the concentra tion Camp. The
former, to the acquie cent the latter,
to the protostan please let me
live! I shall gra tut t0usly deny my own
existence but spare my job" Alas,
far cry from the Ameri can Revolution and
the sturdy Pioneer! AND the prelude to
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-04-13
Gus TER'S LAST STAND

Volume l Number
The mother lowered onxiously over
the doctor he opened his grip and
SGT about examining her son.
What con be the ma ttor wi tn him.
Doctor?"
"We'll soc, Mrs. Jones; we'll soe.n
"Ishould have called you before,
7 know. Johnny's been sickly for a
long time now, but never like this.
Oh, Doctor, what can VIC do?"
The doctor gave his attenti on to
her at last.
"You scy he has been sickly for
some time. Have you boon giving him
any modicino?"
"Only dose Of Zilpo Zach day,
Doctor. That all right, wa sn't
it?"
To the contrary, madam, that
all wrong. 2ilpo contains phonol-
phthaloin. PEcrolphthaloin is very
strong purgCCive whic CHI is seldom
prescribed by doctors. 1T should
not bo used habit lallY, nor in any
CO SC wi thCuG proHossi nal advice. 1t
often causes chronic mites final
ca tarrhal condition. This is ovident-
ly: what IS rro.1g wi tn your SON."
"But Doctor, the advor tt semonts
praise ZIlpo s. highly. Surely they
wouldn't d1ro Ia2l~o all those claims
for it and rcsn il thoy 90, if it
is harmful cs yor say. Hhy, the
government wouldr't S tand for it,"
"Unfor tuna to ly> madam, that is not
the case"
Howard C. Gus tor:
We respectfully call your attontion to
the leading Ro togravure in last Sundays
issue Of the Washington Star, enti tiled:
"Scvo the dogwood Spare its beauty to
the woodland whore it belongs".
your job. BUSINESS discovered Anori-
ca, not chri topher Columbus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
WANT SEN, POPE
 TO RUN ANYWAY

Boise, Ida, Aug. 12-(UP)-Sen. James P. Pope, New Dealer defeated for renomination in the Democratic primary, was told by friends today that additional support probably would be forthcoming from the Ma tional administration if he would run in the general election as an Independent candidate.
 Pope, loser by 4,000 votes to Rep. D. Worth Clark in Tuesdays pri- mary, asked to be given three or four days" to study the matter. He said he did not want to jeopardize further prestige of the New Deal in Idaho by suffering a second defeat.
 The plan to have Pope oppose Clark, conservative Democrat, and Don Callahan, Republican, in the general election was presented to the senator by two federal officials, one a judge. and other Democratic friends. They called themselves his board of strategy"
 Under Idaho law Pope could not get his name on the ballot. Voters could write it in, however.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
wished to take no action.
 Wife Didn't Hear Shot

i WbIleQ IO Idke no dCUlUIl. Wife Didn't Hear Shot
 Mrs. Scott today continued to maintain that she did not hear any shot fired yesterday. All she heard she said, was a thump, and when she went to the kitchen she found her husband lying wounded on the floor.
 Dr. Kirschbaum, in his report said there were no powder marks or burns around the wound in Scott's temple. Such marks would have been present, he said, had the shot been fired at close range. This report apparently definitely preclud- ed theory of suicide.
 Discrepancies In Story
 Chief Inspector Stevens said that several important discrepancies have appeared in the stories told by Mrs Scott. She first told police that her husband must have fallen against the kitchen stove. Later she turned over to them the .32 caliber gun which had inflicted the fatal wound, explaining that she picked it up in her panic at seeing her husband lying wounded. She put the gun in dresser drawer in an adjoining room.
 1 Mrs. Scott claims that hole in the kitchen wall was there for a year or more. Detectives, however, removing the plaster around the hole, found .32 caliber bullet be- hind a clapboard. Two shots had been fired from the gun given police by Mrs. Scott She said the weapon was owned by her husbands brother and had been kept in the attic.
 Fingerprints Developed
 Fingerprints were taken at the Scott home by Capt John V. Leary and were being developed today. Prints of Scott's fingers were taken at the hospital. The gun was also examined for fingerprints.
 The second bullet, still unexplained, was found by Detective~Lieutenants William Foley and Edward McElli- gott. It had been noticed by Patrol man Henry Hayes and other police men at the Scott home yesterday morning.
 Tenant Didn't Hear Shots
 Mrs. Michael c. Killeeh, who lives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
Victim of Shooting

and came to this section as a child about Is years ago. She had since lived in Waterbury and Thomaston they said. MT. and Mrs. Scott were married about five years ago.
 Scott Was Caretaker
 Scott was employed as care taker at the laboratory of the Chase Metal Works, in Waterville. He was favorably known in the vile and had many friends. He was born in Naugatuck June g, 1902, the son of Walter and Cora Gum Scott.
 Besides his wife, Mrs. Thursa (GranU Scott, and his mother, he is survived by four brothers, Har- old, of Bristol, Kenneth, of Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., Walter of Orange, two sisters, Mrs. James Dumas and Mrs. Albert Corby both of this city.
 The body was removed to the Alderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, where services will be held at time to be announced.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
MRS DEbISSCH0P
 SUCCUMBS AT S1
Prominent Resident of Eastern Section Dies at
 St. Mary's Hospital

Mrs. Celestine DeBisschop of 81 Stillson road for many years a well known and widely respect ed resident of Waterbury died this morning at St. Mary's hospi- tai. She was 81 years of age, the widow of Charles DeBisschop, who was prominently known here some years ago. Mrs. DeBisschop, na- tive of France, came to this city over fifty years ago and made her home in the eastern section of the city.
 She is survived by one son, Rob- ert; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Faber, Baltimore, Md; Mrs. Rich ard Dressell of Waterbury and Mrs. William Tyrrell of Wolcott; Il grandsons; four granddaughters and three great grandchildren; also one brother, Joseph of Newark, N. J., and one sister, Mrs. Edward Shan non.
 She was a member of Mad River and Pomona Oranges, also of the state and national grange and an honorary member of the Juvenile Mad River Grange.
 The funeral will be held Monday afternoon from the Alderson funeral home, with Rev. Samuel Budde, of- ficiating. Burial will be in old Pine Grove cemetery.
 Friends may call Saturday evening from to 9 p. m. Sunday after noon from to and Sunday eve- ming, to g.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
Officiel Analysis Confirms Suspicion
 Of Local Authorities
Children Attacked By FeIines Now Under Medical Care-Eealth Officer Dr. Edward J. Godfrey Warns
 Parents About Adopting Homeless Cats for Pets

from fondling stray cats or bring ing the cats into their homes.
 Two Waterbury children have been bitten by these stray cats re- gently, one in the Pennington ave- nue section," he explained. This -year-old girl is still under medical care"
 Immediately after report of the attack on the children, the cats were killed by Dog Warden Coleman Loughlin, who took the heads of the animals to Hartford. There the laboratory technicians have been making exhaustive examination to learn whether the animals had rabies.
 With the positive report today, Dr. Godfrey urged that special pre- cautions be taken in respect to children picking up stray cats. Wa terbury has had no rabies cases for some time but precautions are talk en by the health department on every occasion where either a cat or a dog bites child, he said.
 The fact that both of the cats in the recent cases of attack had rab- ies might indicate that they had in- fected other animals, it was re- ported. Thus, the only safe pro- cedure is to bar all such strays from the homes, the health officer indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
FAIRFIELD COP.
 MADE PRECEDENT

Fairfield, Conn, Aug. 12 - GU. p - The Republican town com- mittee set precedent today by in- serting an advertisement to offer suggestions for picking delegates to the state, senatorial, congressional and shrievalty conventions.
 we fell that the citizens of Fair field who have supported the local administration should have full op- portunity to make their wishes and ideas known" the advertisement said.
 Asserting Fairfield residents rep resents an accurate cross-section of the people of Connecticut, the com mittee explained interest taken in the eelction of committee members and delegates to the conventions will be to the greatest good, not only to the Republican party, but to the town"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-12
CORP. COUNSEL IS
 UPHELD BY BOARD
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(Continued from Page D seems no problem about where te get it." Aldermanic President Pa trick M. Perriello interpolated al this point. |.
 "All that has to be done is te credit the tax collector with the amount from the general fund.- Commissioner Goss told the con- troller and Purcell.
 Surplus Resources
 The controller reported on the condition of the surplus resource sinking fund, on order of the board at the special meeting Monday, and this showed receipts of $358,919, in- cluding July's- $31 ,336.70. The total includes balance of $71,000 from last year but the average receipts for the current year, as figured by Commissioner Harley w. Tripp treasurer of the fund, show $41,- 022.13 monthly.
 Figuring the cash deficit as $357,- 900 and including payment of about $12O,0OO in 1887 bills. the controller reported a balance" of the leash deficit as $129,105. The surplus resource sinking fund is expected by the finance board to prove the major medium for balancing of the 1888 budget. Nearly $500,O00 would be paid into the fund on the pres ent average but the board expects increased receipts this month and the rest of the year from sale of properties for taxes as well as tax returns now enlarged by a cam paign for collection.
 Further information was sought by the Boston bond firm on the status of the park and pumping station issues that were authorized but not sold by the city in other years. The matter was referred to Griffenhagen & Associates.
 The registrars of voters reported that 128 ballot boxes must be pur- chased for primaries this year and $467 was recommended transferred in the department.
 Tax Collector William A. Ennis reported that the city had taken over the property of the American Ring company for taxes, 46,0O0 due, excepting taxes due May this year, about $4,000.