The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-28

Russians back on almost all
 Finnish morale is reported high) both as to troops and the Fin- ilish people. On the other hand, the Soviets show c weakness of staff work, plus poor preparedness. Red troops have not been at all ready for such cold weather.
 With the help of this weather and the supplies the Films al- ready have on hand or promised, they probably can hold out tifl- til February. after which they will need large quantities of airi- munition.
 NOTE-1ncidentally, there are some German pilots flying Fin- nish planes, as well as Italian. CAPITAL CHAFF
 Remarked 0 Wall Street moeul at the Monopoly Committee hear ings. when he noticed Mrs. Leon Henderson seated beside the wit- ness table, knitting: "Aha! They not only roll our heads in the sand, but there is Madame La- Fargo" .... Weirdest pair to bump into each other at the orid- iron Club dinner were Attorney General Frank Murphy and Moe Annenberg, who Murphy is pros. ecuting for S5,000,0oo income tax evasion Harold Ickes went over to the White House last week and demanded definitely and ca. tegorically that the President commit himself for the appoints ment Of Bob Jackson as attorney general, when Frank Murphy goes Up to the Supreme Court. FDR said OK ... Washington society is trying to fathom the WhyforS of Sumner Welles' stag dinner for Ambassador Joe Davies. It is Mrs. Davies, the former Marjorie Post Hutton, who is supposed to love dinner parties.
 ARMY vS NAVY
 Of all the bitter battles that have been fought between the U. S. Army and the U. S. Navy, none has been more Vitriolic than the quarrel on whether the Navy should be permitted to fly over the land and the Army permitted to fly over the sea.
 This row has now entered a unique and most confidential
 development = q development which old. .tlmers can scarcely believe. In fact, Admiral WI. liam A. Moffctt, flying naval hero who died in the wreck of the diriglble Akron, would turn oyer in his grave if he knew what was happening.
 For today Army planes gre flying 300 miles out to sea 10 help tife Navy patrol the Pan. American neutrality zone. Aiid believe 1t or not, the Navy has raised no objections.
 To get the significance of this you have to go back to tho days when the submarine first was iiis vented, at which time Major Gen. eral Arthur Murray, chief of artillery and proud of his outfit, demanded that the Coast Artil. iery take over aii submarines. His theory was that the Army was charged with protecting the coasts of the United States and submarines were only for coastal protection.
 Naturally the Navy kicked like 6 steer and kept It's submarines. But tho fight was renewed when General William Mitchell, stormy petrol of the Afr Corps, asked Congress to limit the Nays dus ties entirely to inc sea, and per- init no naval planes to operate ashore.
 ARMY BOMBING FTAgCO
 There was not the vaguest thought ct that time that the Army might ever 60 t0 sea. That came about ton years later, during the Hoover Administration, when the Army arranged to show it's ability to protect the coast Of the U. S. A. by bombing the Mount Shasta, aii old hulk set adrift by the Shipping Board 76 miles off the Virginia capes.
 But . crack army squadron, led by Major Herbert A. DFaeiie, got lest aflA diA not even sight the Mount shasta. On tfle see- 0nd trip, they sighted the b0at, but dropped of their bombs without . single hit. On the third tip they finally scored Ofie lAt in the watef along side, but she Ceast Guard had Q come in and sink the de-