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Evening star., 1938-10-09
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trash is the nesting place of spontaneous
ignition fire breeder and fire spreader
as WE'LL
That is why fIemen all over the country
this month will be offering householders the
privilege of a free fire inspection - with no
tickets" or violations involved. Originated.
by Chief Daniel B. Tierney. of Arlington
Mass, some fifteen years ago. this voluntary
dwelling inspection has reduced fire losses 50
effectively that more than 20 other cities have
since adopted the plan. Now sponsored by the
International Association of Fire Chiefs, the
hope this year is to make it universal. because
in every city where it has been tried. the net
result has been virtually so per cent reduc-
ton in the number of dwelling fires as we'll
as in the total damages done by such out
breaks throughout the year. Dallas. Tex, for
example, reduced its residential fires from 564
year to 3l9 after one inspection; Omaha.
Neb., dropped from 93l to 675 And so it
goes, all over the country.
This is no small ambition in nation which
has 1000 dwelling fires a day - which has
burned more than billion dollars worth of
homes in the last decade - which has seen
residential blazes increase 40 per cent since
1925
And inasmuch as Is per cent of our fire
deaths (half of them children) occur in dwell
ings every year. it does seem the better part of
to clean out the Hot Spots from our homes
Evening star., 1938-10-09

RF TWO firemen come tapping at your
kitchen door during the next week or two.
4 by allmeans let them in. They are visiting
you now in their spick- -and-span uniforms
simply because they want to avoid later
call in rubber coats and boots.
And even though you dislike having COM
pany catch you in that old house dress. it is
better than having them pop in some AM.
to find you in a nightgown and curriers',
shrieking yourself hoarse for help.
For that tap on the door is volunteer
effort on the part of your local fire chief to
anticipate a subsequent tap on the fire gong.
1t indicates that your city has joined the in
creasing number of communities in which
firemen are offering the courtesy of voluntary
dwelling inspection with an eye to eliminating
the more fragrant causes of trouble. Most of
them do it on their own time, without extra
pay; but they don't mind the additional bur
den because they have found that this is the
best way to cut in half the number of mid
night runs they will have to make to resi-
Dental blazes.
When the Cincinnati Fire Department in
augurated its voluntary home inspection
program few years ago, five truck loads of
combustible rubbish were carted away from
one house - fourteen truck loads from an
other.
In the first Providence campaign covering
six weeks, the municipal incinerator received
from householders lover and above the nor
Evening star., 1938-10-09

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ARE You INVITING A F,RE?. ?.............. 2
by PAUL w. kEARhEY
MRS. TUPpeR AND THE Best PEOpLE...... 4
BY EVERETT RHODES CASTLE
HIvsfrotsd BY Jomss Montgomery FIass
A HUSBANDS NIGHT In The kITcHEh..
BY MORRIS MARkeY
BY ANkEKe VAN ZIkDRAk
Hivstrofsd BY Leslie 1. Benson
The Duck CONES BACK ................ 9
BY CARL kULBERG
Is Your BAsY A Gooo SpoR1?. 10
by EMILY Posi-
GONG On SIX 10
BY CLIFFORD H. RAMsDELL
Hs CAN SLEEP FIVE YEARS. II
BY Roy CHAPMAN ANDREWS
Our EYES Fool U.s.. Us....................... I,
BY FABeR BlRREk
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JUSTICE Is A WOMAN. ~
BY lEhARD KAUFMAN
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A Poem BY ADA JAcKsON
NEVER SAY "HoLo lT!" T!".............. -
BY FULTON WILLIAMS
MAKING LIFE EASIER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -
BY HekklkG LAWRENCE
WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. -
by KATHLEEN MASTERSOk
MAYBE You ARE WEARING A MASK. -
BY GRACE TURNER
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Evening star., 1938-11-30
BY WILLIAM H. STONEMAN.

BY WILLIAM II. SIONEMAN.
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
LONDON.-Britain fleet was
never reader for clash than 1t
was in September, 1938-zero month
of the world war which never hap
pened.
Early in September. before most
people even guessed that war was
in the offing, the British home fleet
was steaming northward from Port
land, Portsmouth and its other
peacetime ports to the well-guarded
ports of Eastern Scotland for an
nual exercises" in the North Sea.
There followed a period of un-
certainty, during which the fleet
was reported at target practice OH
Invergordon and Rosyth. Then, as
the crisis reached its zenith, the
home fleet moved out of the Scot
tish ports and the Mediterranean
fleet steamed eastward from Malta
and Gibraltar. Before Munich the
home fleet was at Scapa FloW-its
impregnable war harbOr in the
Orkneys-and most of the Medi-
terranean fleet was at Alexandria.
Public Knew Fleet Was Busy.
Even as Mr.. Chamberlain talked to
Hitler at Godesberg wild reports
reached London to the effect that
British warships had already been
sighted off Hamburg. later to be
disproved. But everyone in Eng
land felt that the fleet was at work
and that this country's strongest
| arm of defense was living up to its
reputation. Mobilization of the fleet
on the night of September q gave
the population its only thrill Of
wise nervous and gloomy period.
What the fleet would have done
if war had come is fairly well
known.
The North Sea was already being
strewn with mines and the Ger
man coasts would have been block
AIDED by cruisers and trawlers just
as they we're during the World War.
Every German merchant ship on
the high seas would have been
seized. Those few warships which
were not in German ports would
have been sunk. All German mer-
chant and warships were spotted"
and some were being shadowed by
British men-of-war. The battle
ship Deutschland is reported to have
Evening star., 1938-11-30
Department Store
Row Brinos Arrest

A man who said he was James
J. Murphy, 38, Of the HOO block
of Morris street NE, was subdued
by Detective sergt. Guy Rome and
placed under arrest today after, the
sergeant said, he smashed furni-
ture and glass In the Offices of
an official of the Hecht Co. Depart
ment Store.
Company officials said the man
walked in about 1890 o'clock, sat
down on the floor and announced
he wanted to fight. When Office
employees demonstrated with him,
they said, he began to break glass
and furniture Sergt. Rome was
dispatched from headquarters and
subdued the man after Murphy was
said to have struck at him. Murphy
was treated at Casualty Hospital
Tor scalp wound.
Evening star., 1938-11-30

been chased far out into the Atlantic
by two British cruisers.
If Italy had been rash enough
to side with Germany the Suez
Canal and the Straits Of Gibraltar
would have been closed. The main
fleet would have remained based
OH Scapa Flow. ready to intercept
any Germany squadrons which
made their appearance. Because OF
the weakness Of the present-day
German fleet it is probable that
successful raids might have been
made on the Heligoland Blight and
other German waters. 1t is not i'm
possible that the feet would also
have been able to penetrate the
Baltic for action against Germany's
northern coast.
Figures Prove Important.
In the case of navies, figures are
more convincing than words and it
happens that the figures are avail
able in this case to show how i'm
potent Germany and her potential
allies would have been against
Britain and France.
The accompanying table has been
prepared from data given in the
British official publication. Fleets.
1t shows emphatically that at sea
Germany and Italy together were
in no position to deal with Britain
be assumed that Japan would have
allied herself with the Fascist coun-
tries of Europe in a war which was
Evening star., 1938-11-30

bound to be lost, then it can rea-
sonAbly be assumed that the United
States would have taken the oppor-
tunity to join the winning coalition.
The combined British and French
fleets make everything else in Eu-
rope and the Far East look petty.
The combined fleets Of Britain,
France and the United States make
everything else afloat look insignifi-
cant.
Here, at least, there was no ex-
cuse for inaction on the ground of
weakness.
(Copyright. 1898. by Chicago Daily News
Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-11-30
R. K. Mellon Appointed

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 80 R.-
DR.. Hugh Thomson Kerr, president
Of the Board Of Christian Education
Of the Presbyterian Church, yester-
day announced the appointment of
Richard King Mellon, president of
the Mellon National Bank, Pitts
burgh, as treasurer of a national
sesqui-centennial campaign to raise
SO 900 900 for the boards use in SO
Presbyterian colleges and So denomi-
national centers at State and inde-
pendent institutions.
Evening star., 1938-11-30
.Brituin|s Fleet Was Ready
70 Fiuht in World Crisis
Figures Prove Superiority Of EneIish-french
Nuvies Over Potential Foes

most controversial topics today the question OF
uhethe Britain could resisted German and Italian aggression
The London correspondent OF the
Daily made searching analysis OF this issue in series
OF articles OF whch this is the thtrdJ
Evening star., 1938-11-30
WHAT'S COMING
UNCLE Rays CORNER

As an aid to teachers who use Uncle Roy's
interesting articles in connection with their
classroom work, and to let boys and girls
know what to expect from this famous writer
during the next month, The Star presents
herewith q list Of the topics to be covered in
December.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

lamb or beef - with roast potatoes and
fresh vegetable. And for dessert she elects
sponge cake. However, she says, lone of the
best desserts know is the raisin pudding with
dark treacle sauce, as you get it at the British
Luncheon Club.
And love Christmas pudding in the win
ter season, she adds. Turkey is good then
too, but you should have ham with it: and
for vegetables, brussels sprouts and artichokes
seem to me the best of all with a meal like
this. And sometimes l like cranberry pie
instead of the pudding.
But you ask me for just an everyday menu.
Well, think this would be my first choice
I'd begin with grapefruit. Then Id have
soup or small serving of finely favored fish.
For the meat course any one of three things
would please me very much "a joint or
outlets or steak. There must, of course, be
green vegetable. And for dessert Id have
fruit pie - or if that should not be feasible, a
fruit compete"
That is the kind of meal Anna has when she
is at home in her little country house. 1T is
a dear little house." she says, but suspect
that you would not be very happy in it in
winter There is heating only downstairs.
Consequently, it is awfully cold to get up in
the morning and to go to bed at night. When
I've been visiting in the United States for
awhile, l always miss all your central heating
and unlimited hot water very much"
Anna likes the United States and it was
here that she learned how to forge ahead in
her chosen profession as an actress. She did
not start out originally to have stage career.
For six months after she left school, she
taught athletics But she did not like teaching
and she longed to go on the stage. Finally she
managed to get job in the chorus. The last
chorus job had was in Wake Up and Live, >"
she explains II was brought over to America
with that show, and came in contact with
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Anna Neas|e, the |ovab|e English screen
star, names numerous dishes we would all enjoy
and especially praises American Pie
by GRACE TURNER

American girls They amazed me by theil
determination to get ahead; and the inspira
ton of working with them made me realize
that must get out of the chorus. So did. |
Today, Anna Neagle is one of England
foremost actresses on the screen.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

A NINA NEAGLE, the gOlden-halred, young
~ British star of the screen whose per
formance in the picture, Victoria
the Great" won our American
hearts this fall, is radiant person both in
body and spirit. Physically this London-born
girl, of Scotch-Irish descent. is something
more than beautiful 1t is as if her young body
were most wholesome and, at the same time,
a very sensitive medium of translating the
spirit within. And that spirit is naturally
happy one. She has inherited the further grace
of Scottish good sense, coupled with Celtic
perceptiveness and imagination. Fortune has
been good to her - and she knows it. Appre
citation and loyalty are, in fact, two of her
most endearing qualities
Il come of lower middle class people" she
says, and used to help at home. You didn't
talk about things like that. when was a
little girl at school. You put on good front
for the neighbors, and didn't say that your
skirt was hand-me-down turned up to be
short enough for you, nor that you had to
wash dishes.
Il used to cook great deal," she goes on.
Mother was very good cook and learned
some things from her. Then we had special
course at school and was very fond of it.
remember my first pie, however, and the
humiliating failure it was. My father, who
was sea-captain, was due to come home on
leave wanted to cook a pie to surprise him,
but handled the pastry too much and, of
course, the pie couldn't be eaten at ALL
The childish interest in pies has not de-
serted Anna even to this day. II love lemon
pies and cranberry pies as you make them here
in America" she says. "In London there is
nothing like them. Our English pies are
mainly tarts with just dab of filling. Even
the plum pies and mince pies that we have at
high tea are like that. miss your good
American pies when am home in London.
And American ice-cream = adore it!
"You don't get American salads in London,
either" she adds. "And at all seasons of the
year, our corn-on-the-co comes out of cans.
1t is very good but - fresh corn, cooked and
served American fashion, is another of my
favorite foods. So is your Southern fried
chicken.
'Its always true that the typical dishes
of a country are the most delicious. In
Sweden l like smorgasbord. 1t is meal in
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Lemon Sponge Pie

Sometime when you want the family to
beg for more, give them this for dessert.
cup sugar
Dash of salt
tablespoon flour
3eggs, separated
Grated rind of lemon
Juice of 2 lemons
tablespoon melted butter
cup hot milk
Pastry
Combine sugar, salt and flour. Add to
egg yolks and beat until light. Add lemon
rind and juice and butter. Gradually stir
in milk. Fold in egg whites, beaten until
stiff Turn into pastry-lined pie pan.
Bake in moderately slow oven 1926 F.)
until pie is firm. Approximate yield:
(9-inch) pie.
Evening star., 1938-01-09

itself, just as our English high tea is. High
tea, you know, is ordinary tea made into
meal by the addition of a savory fish-dish or
a meat In Denmark, the thing to have is
Strawberries with which they give you big
glass jug of wonderful cream. In Vienna, veal
is the best food of all"
At home in England, Anna likes Joints -
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Wonderful Winter Pie,

Wonderful Winter Pie,
Every mother welcomes new ideos for
winter desserts. To get the pie recipes We
offsr, in addition TO recipes for other
dishes nomed on this poss, send three.
cent stamp Ito cover the cost Of moilins);
with this coupon or with letter, TO This
Week Mogozins, in core ofthis newspaper.
JT00Is
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Evening star., 1938-12-09

We've done it again! Bought you a
sale Of mems fine muffIers just in time
for Christmas gift giving. And uphold
ing our city-wide reputation for bring-
Ing you the right things. at the right
time . at the right price! Over 200
regularly $2.95 and $3.95 AII-wooI and
AII-siIk (25% weiehted) Muffers at
only $l.79.
. AN.yool, Hand.blocked Paisley and
FouIard Patterns!
. Silk Jacquard and Satin Plaids!
Plain Color. Fine Silk JacQaards!
. Plain SILK Crebes and Satin Stripes!
. All the Ne,cest Patterns and Coloyinfsl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
A Thought for Today
Greatest Modern Crime

At last the Hitler government mas So overreached itself in cruelty and rapaclty that the civilized world is turning agalliSC if. Regardless of race, polltlcs or SCH interest. normal men and women can Ilo 1onger look on with distant pollteneSS while the German Nazis perpetrate tlle greatest crime against a helpless minority that has occurred since the Middle Ages. Deliberate cruelty, shameless ropOelys unjust imprisonment and deprlVatlnoah na oo od all means of livelihood are driving 1uO,ooo German and Austrian Jews relentleSsly to starvation and suicide.
 The humane people who make up the majority of mankind have been asking for many months how long this growing wickedness must continue. Free democ- racies. most sensitive to such barbarlJy' have hesitated to speak and act, because of international courtesy. But the pa tience of nations ruled by civilized gov ernments is now at end.
 The United States ambassador to Der lin has been called home and may not return. There is rising roar ot protest in Britain, France and other free coun- tries of Europe. The American mood was clearly shown in the national broadcast last Monday evening by representative leaders of public opinion, without regard to party, class or religion.
 Herbert Hoover spoke of moral isola- tion from the entire world" brought upon Germany by the Nazi autocratS. Secre- tary of Interior Ickes warned Germany that mo nation can live unto itself alone" without the respect of it's felloW-men. Alfred M Landon pointed out the real danger of the growth of intolerance here in America" from such contagion. Lead ing clergymen, Protestant and Catholic, added their voices United States Sena- tor King of the Foreign Relations com- mittee, warned Germany that continued persecution would result in a severance of all diplomatic relations by other gov ernments, and suggested the official recall of our ambassador. Never since the World War has such sweeping de- nunciation of a foreign government been heard.
 Meanwhile many other American groups have joined in the indignant chorus Labor and racial organizations are taking action. The North American Hungarian Democratic Federation of 15O,000 members demands that both diplomatic and trade relations with Ger many be broken. If Congress were in session today, Capitol Hill would be roar ing condemnation. If all this cannot bring the infatuated Nazis to their senses, what will?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
Senper WPA

Economists and Republicans who have been laying heavy finger on the WPA and relief expenditures may grow red with indignation when they read that Harry L. Hopkins, National Works Prog gress Administrator, is in favor of having this governmental agency continued for at least 20 years. To those employed on the WPA, however, this may be bit encouraging, if by this time they are con- vinced that they prefer this type of relief work to securing position in private industry or other business. There is one stipulation MT. Hopkins makes; he would have the WPA continued under civil service.
 There is one bit of advice in the Hop- kins recital that is worth reading a sec- ond time. He hopes that the day will come when the WPA worker won't need to speak of his job in an apologetic man. ner. In short he sees the time coming when this will be as much governmental agency as those now existing = postal service, departmental employees, etc. That will be the day, of course, when a man won't apply for a WPA job simply because he can't find any other work, but because he thinks he can do that type of work best for which he is applying.
 We presume that MT. Hopkins can viS- ualize work program good for 20 years if he would continue the WPA that length of time. It might turn in several differ ent directions. We have seen how the CCC has become Simi-permanent organ ization in our midst with no end in sight to the number of tasks to which the youths enrolled in the camps all over the face of the nation may be applied The same probably holds true for the WPA.
 At any rate MT. Hopkins said, T am convinced that there is work in America to keep 100000 people busy twenty or thirty years. There is housing to be built to replace shacks unfit for human habita- ton, an enormous program of soil con- servation and of human conservation and, if our national policy demands it, the production of armamentS to protect this part of the world. :"
 The question of relief workers engag- ing in any governmental rearmament program has already been brought up and not liked too we'll MT. Hopkins may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18
"Our Homer" Out

Varied are the explanations given for the forthcoming resignation of Homer $. Cummings of Stamford as Attorney Gen. eral of the United States, the first Con- necticut citizen in good long while to hold down a place in the Presidents Cabinet. But it was good to note, too, that most of the newspapers that com mented upon this news from Washington were kindly disposed towards the dis tinguiShed Stamford lawyer. A good many of them thought that he would only be remembered as the author of the RooSe- welt court-packing plan, but others seemed inclined to overlook this and simply praise him for what he did while boss of the governments prosecution forces.
 Certainly the amiable Homer was not the failure in office that we heard he would be when it was first announced that President Franklin D. Roosevelt would name him to the Cabinet post planned for, offered to, and accepted by the late Thomas J. Walsh. The latter's untimely death brought Homer Cum mings into the Cabinet when it seemed sure that he might have had either an ambaSsadorial post or perhaps have been Governor General of the Philippines. The office of Attorney General is no sinecure these days. And certainly work was piled upon it under the New Deal.
 When he returns to private life here in Connecticut MT. Cummings will continue to enjoy the popularity and respect that long has been his He probably won't mix in local or state politics, but it's hard to conceive him as far outside the ranks. He has been such prominent member of the Democratic party that so long as he continues to make his home in this state and practices law here, he undoubt- edly will be consulted and sought for advice by state and local leaders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

Good news often comes in punches. It seemed to this week when we read almost simultaneously that both Hart ford and Waterbury finances were i'm proving. In Hartford Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy announced that the prospect of a 3-nill tax increase for the coming fiscal year was disappearing As a mat ter of fact the mayor doesn't think there will be any tax increase in Hartford. This is due to surpluses and economies. And the Board of Finance in our own city is now convinced that Waterbury's tax rate won't jump sky-high in 1889 as has been so often reported. A 3-nill tax rate will be high and most members of the board seemed to feel that if there was an increase in the rate the most it would amount to would be two mills. If the good work of bringing in back taxes con- tinues locally, who knows but what the rate will remain stationary which in Wa terbury is almost equivalent to a de- crease, if you can look at it in that light. Unfortunately most of the taxpayers can't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-18

Proof that the hurricane hasn't yet been forgotten comes from New London where public authorities are forced to keep warning property owners at Ocean Beach that they must clear away the debris from their land. Many fire haz- ards exist despite official warnings A recent inspection by an official of the Fire Department revealed that debris from 62 of the 168 buildings wrecked hadn't yet been touched; partial removal was noted in 23 instances; improper boarding up of cottages wasreported in 20 cases. Doubtless failure to comply fur ther will mean the city will be forced to do the work and might possibly be forced to coniScate.