The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-02

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 Furthermore, naval experts say all ship captains know how seri- ous it is to send such a message. They know the expense involved to other ships in turning back or speeding up to answer an sos. No captain would have sent out 8 faked message.
 Naval experts also point to the fact that since Franco's in- surgency, the Nazis have con- structed submarine bases in the Canary Islands. These are to prevent French troop movements from French Senegal, also to dis rupt commerce between Europe and South America in wartime.
 So the suspicion is that the Nazis were trying out some of their new submarine torpedoes on a lonely stretch of sea as an ob- jet lesson to the British. This, of course, never can pe proved. But it is significant that the Bri- tish Admiralty, which seeks no ir- ritation with Germany right now, was strangely silent. And naval experts now are sure it was a British ship.
 COMMUNIST EXPERT
 Solicitor General Bob Jackson amazed spectators during his re- cent presentation of the govern ment's case against Joseph George Strecker for deportation as an alleged alien Communist. Jackson knew all the qualifications re- garding Communism, had its en- tire philosophy on the tip of his tongue.
 Later it leaked out that he had "boned up" on Karl Max before the Supreme Court hearing by reading four volumes of the fa- mous Socialist writer.
 "I had to learn something
 about Communism in order to
 make an intelligent case" Jack
 son told friends, "so I went to
 one of its chief protagonists". UNDER THE DOME
 Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers pre- fers not to be called congress- woman. Her office staff speak of her as "the Congressman from Massachusetts" Congress- man Brewster of Maine is trying to persuade the King of England to make a special stop in the Pine Tree State to celebrate the centennial of the "blOodless battle of Aro0stook". We pr0mise," says Brewster, mot to dunk him in Boston harbor." State De- partment Counselor Walton Moore, 80 years old this week, still keeps his charm and virility When a Justice Department lawyers leaves town these days, his move- ments are kept a dark secret. h. tent on antitrust investigations, he is afraid that corporations, if they suspect a visit, will strip their files Of all the U. s. citizens who travelled abroad last year, the occupation most fre- quently listed was housewife IVA officials got a smile out of the announcement that Tennes- see Public Service company would hold its stockholders meeting in Maine. Recalling the Tennessee Public Service plaint that IVA was hurting the "wid0ws and Or- phans" who held its stock, IVA donders how many widows and or- phans will travel to Maine to take part in the meeting.
 WLW RULES THE WAVES
 Shortly after William J. Demp- sey became general counsel of the Federal Communications Commis- sion, with William 0. Koplovitz as his assistant, ugly rumors began to fly that they had been plant ed in this key spot by Charles Nicholson.
 Nicholson is the one-man Brain Trust of the Democratic National Committee, also receives a re- tainer from the giant Cincinnati radio station WLW. Nicholson is both too astute and too above board to operate that way, but ru- more had 1t that Dempsey and Koplovitz were this stooges.
 Back in 1884, WLW had been granted 500,000 watts of broad- casting power, making it the 1arg- est station in the USA.
 When its license came up for review recently, Commissioner George Henry Payne moved to reduce its power, was supported by Chairman McNinch. Thus WLW dropped from 500,00O to 50,O00 watts, still the largest wattage