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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

istence scared the French into
building the Dunkerque and the
strasbourg with l3-inch guns and
great speed and they alone, with the
British Repulse, Renown and Hood,
were thought to be able to end the
German vessels careers as COM
merce raiders.
BRITISHERS TOO
SPEEDY FOR SPEC
Then along came the battle of
Uruguay. And behold-the six IL
inch guns could not fire from their
two turrets In enough directions and
with enough effectiveness to knock
out more than one cruiser at once,
even though only one cruiser had
8-inch guns, the two others, 6-inch
guns. And the Admiral Graf Specs
four SO inch gun broadside could
not make up the difference.
Nor could the Specs 20 knots get
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
Janet Brodie Guest
At Surprise Social
Thomaston Ave. Girl Celebrates 18th Birthday-An"
drew Bell Turns Santa Claus at Legion's Party
W At ERV
H. w. Corespondens-ss briggs st-TeL s-Sass

tomorrow afternoon 2:so o'clock, In
the church parlors. The hostesses
will be Mrs. George Hornbecker,
Mrs. Joseph Caron, Mrs. Ackland
Wright. Each lady Is asked to bring
a gift, also some food fr a basket
to be given TO a needy family.
Musicians Sought
Positions In the Casper Davis
Drum corps are now open for
buglers, flfers and drummers, and
any young man sixteen years or over,
wishing TO Join the corps is asked
to attend the meeting tonight, 7:3o
o'clock, at the club rooms on Thorn
aston avenue.
Two teams or the Foresters bowl
Ing league held their regular bowl
ing match Friday night, which re-
suited In a score OF liz points, for
single string, by A. Keith.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
5LEACUE AT
CHURCH OPENS
st. Margaret's Unit to
Start Play Tonight;
Good Contests

st. Margaret's As league will open
It's season this evening with two
contests which promise to be most
interesting. -Four teams are IN line
for play for the season with the
captains being Timothy Callahan,
Patrick Cream, James Kilbride and
Patrick Troy. Many Of the players
participated In several Of the close
" contested matches Of last year
and most successful season 10
anticipated. Rev. Peter DAILY Is SUE
pervisor Of the playing and James
J. Carr is director OF games.
Tonight's session will bring to-
gether the Cream and Kilbride teams
while the Callahan team viii enc
gage In battle with the Troy war.
riors.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON

BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON
NEA Service Stair Correspondent
Are the famous German pocket
battleships pocketed2 Has the Brit
ish Navy got the number of those
mystery vessels which only Ave AL
lied capital ships were supposed 10
have been capable Of dealing with?
To answer those questions, there
had to be q battle. Now there has
been one, whose results are highly
interesting,
This battle ranged pocket bat
tleship not against Allied capital
ships, but against cruisers.
A pocket battleship has nearly q
cruisers speed and carries nearly a
battleship's guns. Supposedly her
ll-inchers could hit q cruiser before
the cruisers SIS or 8's could reach
the Nazi,
The pocket battleships' very ex-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

her away from the British cruisers;
the Achilles could do 80 and the
other Britishers over 30 knots. And
when they caugh tup with the Spec
they found her armor light, not bat
tleship's, but cruisers.
ALLIED NAvIES HAVE
WEIGHT OF NUMBERS
Now, Britain has full 40 cruisers
In the FIRST line, backed by % more
over-age but still serviceable-a TO-
tai Of 100000 tons. And France has
$4,000 more, total Of 100000 tons
with almost q third as much coming
up In new construction to counter
balance two German pocket battle
ships now being built.
OF course, not all the Allied
cruisers can be dispatched In small
groups to gang up on the pocket
battleships, but-flgure It out.
1t looks rather like another "men-
ace" un-menaced.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
STATE OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
Daughters OF Isabella Hold
COlOrful lnvestiture at
Hartford

Hartford, Dec, 10 In the presence
OF national and state leaders OF their
organization, officers OF Hartford
Circle, Daughters Of Isabella, were
Installed Sunday afternoon by Mrs,
Margaret Ready OF windsor Locks
state regent, in ceremonies at the
Hotel Bond
Visiting national and state offie-
crs, who spoke briefly at q dinner
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

seemed particularly welcome guest
at the White House, and the aSser-
lions OF some OF his hackers that he
was getting the blessing Of the inner
circle at least went undenied,
Then lckes spilled the beans,
saying bluntly that the liberal and
progressive elements" In the admin
istration weren't for McNutt,
one explanation for all Of this
offered here for what It may be
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
FIRE DEPT. HAD
ONE TOUGH TIME

Poquonock Center, Conn.,, Dec. 10
-(UP)-Louis Chorches' tire repair
shop was on fire and the fire de-
partment had a pretty tough time
extinguishing the blaze.
The first piece Of apparatus that
answered the alarm cracked up in a
collision.
The second engine got there all
high but couldn't get enough water
pressure.
The fire damage: $500.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

the competition.
The points 10 be considered will
be distinction, originality, stlita-
bility and proportions. DO not use
material on the state conservation
list which we are asked to protect,
which includes laurel, princess pine,
black alder with red berries, holly,
stag horn, partridge berries, winter
green or other forest ground cover.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

Waterville, Dec. ia group Of
young people gathered at the home
OF Miss Janet Hrodie, 1855 Thomas
ton avenue, Saturday night, TO honor
her eighteenth birthday. The party
was o complete surprise to Miss
Brodie. Games and dancing were
enjoyed by those present, who were,
the Misses Dorothy Cook, Dorothy
Anterior, Francis Lane, Peggy
zaugg, Janet Brodie, Merton Horn
becker, Laurence Vibbert Raymond
Wilson, Earl Wooster, Norman john
son, Barry Brown Sherman Brown,
Ebert Black, John Twelves, Allison
Hughson, also Mr., and Mrs, James
Brodie.
Baked Bean Supper
A holiday party for members OF
the Casper s. Davis, American Le-
gion post and auxiliary, was held
Saturday night at Fraternity hail.
Christmas decorations Of laurel,
holly, poinsettias, together with red
table cloths and red sandles, gave
the hall O festive atmosphere. A
supper was served which consisted
Of baked beans and brown bread, q
great variety OF salads, cold meats,
dessert and coffee,
Commander Andrew Bell imper-
sonated Santa Claus, and carried O
pack, from which he gave O gift TO
everyone present.
Music was furnished for dancing
by the Waterville Hill Bibles, men,
bers OF which are John Moriarty,
Daniel Perillo, and Frank Almeida.
Jack Scanlon was prompter for the
square sets. Games OF bridge and
pinochle were also played, and o
good time was had by oil attending
who we're:
Andrew W. Bell, commander OF
the post, Mrs, May Smith, president
OF the auxiliary, Mr.. and Mrs. Ev-
erett Cook, Mr.. and Mrs. william
Rooney, Mrs. David Grenier, Chester
Brickett, Mr., and Mrs, George Cald-
WELL clifford Northrop, Mr.. and Mrs.
Patrick Moriarty, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick Poudim, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Goggin, Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Anterior, Mr.. and Mrs Rudolph
Hackbarth. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Byrnes and Robert Cosgriff.
An added feature OF the evening
was the gift Of q box Of cigars for
the men and q large box OF assorted
candy for the ladies, given by the
Davis family.
A business meeting OF the Pride
Of WEIGH Circle will be held Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock at Foresters' hall,
and on Wednesday evening a Christ
mas party viii take place. Mrs. Will
liam Moore will be general chair
lady. assisted by Mrs. william
Rooney, Mrs. Joseph McArdle. Mrs.
Francis Whalen and Mrs. william
Dunlavey. Santa Claus will make
his appearance, and all members
and their friends, attending, are
asked to bring grab bag gift.
Meeting Tonight
A workers melting OF the Every
mans Bible class Of Waterville will
be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock, at
the Grace Methodist church.
A Christmas party for the men,
bers Of the Ladies' Aid society of
Grace Methodist church will be held
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
STAR BANK OFFER

Within two weeks Joan Crawford
has received three offers to purchase
her horse, Secret. She was consider.
ably puzzled by the offers, as they
were the first made her since she
first acquired the horse and its
Ben. Then she read that
commissions from various foreign
governments have been In Los An
geles, buying up horses for cavalry
use. She Is more than ever determ-
ined now not 10 part with her steeds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

stock IN the MlR
about Paul v, Nc
Nuts being the
New, Deals, pet.
candidate for the
presidency.
Un Til lex s
made this remark
there had been
some rath hi I
strong indications
the inner circle
was looking on
McNutt with O
good deal Of favor,
The Hoosler made
several very New
Dealish speeches
IA November And
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
BALLET FAvoRITE

As star of the Russian ballet. Trina
Baronova Is not only . Continental
favorite but has appeared In 40
cities IN the Uniter States and Cam
ada.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
BIGGEST MIRROR

The mirror used In the Begin
the Beguine" number In Broadway
Melody OF 1910" Is the largest In the
world, measuring "a feet square.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
BY BRUCE CATION
waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

washington, Dec. ls-There may
have been more than met the eye
behind Secretary Ickes' recent as
sertlon that he wasn't taking any
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18
FIRST GANGsTERs ROLE

A student OF criminology. Robert
Montgomery portrays gangster for
the first time on the screen In THE
Earl OF Chicago"
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worth--ls that McNutt served as
an excellent counter-irritant while
the White House was having its
troubles with Postmaster General
Farley. Now, II Is said, Farley and
Roosevelt have come to a harmo-
NOUS understanding; hence It Is no
longer necessary TO present McNutt
as FDRs heir apparent
DEWEY RIDES AHEAD
ON GOOD VOICE
Although the New Dealers we're
quick TO criticize Thomas Z. Dewey's
Minneapolis speech, q number Of
them feel that Dewey has consider
able OF what II takes To- be O good
presidential candidate.
He has q first rate radio voice
and some the same talent for mimi
cry-call 1t acting ability, if.you like
which Roosevelt himself possesses
At a press conference here Dewey
got to telling about Fritz Kuhn's
trial, In his account of 1t he MINI
licked the Bund leader us witness;
held himself In the rigid posture OF
the Yorkville .fuehrer, spoke with his
accent, and oil In all put on O first-
rate one-minute show.
It's little thing, maybe but 1t
has been one OF the elements In
FDR'S effectiveness,
RELIEF CRISIS RAPS
AT GOVERNOR BRICKER
The speed with which the ad-
ministration accepted the opportun-
ity to blame the dlfiiculties Of the
Ohio relief tangle on Governor
Brieker Is not entirely disconnected
from the fact that Brioker has for
some time been considered the lead
Ing dark horse In the Republican
presidential race,
Late In the summer II became
known that Brioker was the favor
lite choice of some OF the most I'M.
portant hind-the-scenes Repub-
leans In the east, including the
wealthy Pennsylvania group which
Is ostenslbly backing Pennsylvania
Governor James Us o "fnvorite son."
Broker Is not an avowed cam
didate. He Is, on the contrary, pretty
definitely on the sidelines In favor
of the other Ohioan, Senator Robert
Taft,
Yet there were number Of Inn
portant Republicans who believed
that no candidate would come to the
next convention with q commanding
lead that deadlock would enSue
and that Brieker would then emerge
as the likeliest choice.
SO now, although full relief in
the meantime Is being restored by
the city, the Cleveland relief crisis
Is o political issue =, which Is okay
for most everybody except Cleve-
landers.
NEW DEAL CHANGES
IDEAS ON COMMUNISM
One OF the interesting political
twist OF the fall Is the way the New
Deal administration Is suddenly
emerging as q devoted anu-Com-
munist band,
Two months ago the administra-
ton was definitely on the defensive
aS far as Communism was con-
cerned The Dies committee was
making sensational charges about
Communist intlltration into the New
Deal,
Now the administration Is assail-
Ing Russia, giving aid TO Finland,
and-through Attorney General
Murphy--opening o sweeping grand
Jury Investigation OF Communist
areTtS IN this country
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Christmas Books About War
Make It Less OF a Puzzle

This weird Is 1t "phoney"-or q TO Europe
zaon perhaps to ors' Everyone trying 70 tell US the
newspapers, radio magazines columns like this
advice Save yourself time and headache by reading such Of
strike your fancy:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-12-18

Report McNutt ''Ditched"
AS Farley, F. r. Make Up

worth--ls that McNutt served as
an excellent counter irrltant while
the White House was having its
troubles with Postmaster General
Farley, Now, It Is said, Farley and
Roosevelt have come to q harmo-
NOUS understanding; hence It Is no
longer necessary to present McNutt
as FDR'S heir apparent,
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
NEW TYPE VACCINE
GIVEN FOR HORSES

College Station, Raleigh, May l.
A new type of vaccine prOceSsed
from fertile hen eggs is available to
combat sleeping sickness in horses,
a disease which last year attacked
10000 work animals in the United
States and resulted in considerable
losses in North Carolina, it was an
nounced today by DR.. C. D. Grin
nells, veterinarian of the State Col
lege Animal Industry Department.
The so-called "chick' vaccine has
been distributed to veterinarians of
the State by biological laboratories
licensed by the Bureau Of Animal
Industry of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, and DR.. Grinnells said
owners of Workstock should consult
their local veterinarian about Civ
ing the preventive to horses and
mules.
The State College veterinarian said
the vaccine is administered in two
doses, at seven to ten-day intervals,
and is supposed to provide almost
complete immunity for at least six
months. Dr. Grinnelss warned farm
ers to beware of so-called "cure-alls"
for sleeping sickness.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01

New York, May coleman w.
Roberts, executive commissioner Of
the North Carolina Worlds Fair eX-
hibit, pressed a button during the
opening ceremonies of the Worlds
Fair Sunday which will illuminate
scenes from the history Of the first
English colonies on Roanoke Island
for the six-month duration of this
international attraction.
The scenes are three etchings on
indirectly Illuminated plaster glass
representing highlights of pre-colo-
NAL history: the landing of Sir
Walter Raleigh's colonists on Roam
oke Island in 1858; the baptism of
Virginia Dare, first English child
born on American soil; and Cover
nor COhn Whites discovery of the
cryptic word "Croatoan" carved on
a tree in his search for the Lost
Colony
In creating these etchings, the
artist made extensive use of photo
graphs from Paul Greene's histori-
cal drama "The Lost Colony" which
immortalizes the heroic adventures
of the first colonists in their at
tempt to found a permanent settle
ment in the New World This ex-
citing drama is being repeated by
popular demand for a third sum-
ner season on Roanoke Island, be-
ginning July l
The Lost Colony exhibit, enclosed
in Seven-foot by seven Illuminated
cabinet, is only one of the highlights
of the Tar Heel State historical fea-
ture, which includes four-foot re-
plica of the Wright Brothers plane
which made the first sustained flight
in aviation history at Kill Devil Hill
in 1903, and a large blow-up of an
original photograph of the same
historic flight
Commissioner Roberts was assist
ed in the opening day exercises by
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
ARMY MAJOR FLIES
TO WARREN HOME

Warrenton, y1.-Maj. Sam Mar
tin Cornell was guest of his mother
Mrs w. A. Cornell, and other War
renton relatives last week. He land
ed at the Warrenton airport in the
largest plane ever to settle on the
government field just outside the
city. The big ship was equipped to
drop bombs. Powered by three mo-
tors, it carries a crew of seven, in
Guiding pilot, co-pilot, bomber,
machine gunner, and radio operator.
A number of Warrenton people saw
the giant flying fortress.
Only week or so before a Chinese
avatriX headed for Raleigh and
Chapel Hill on a mission of mercy
had been forced down on the same
field And before that a crowd had
come out to see grounded small fly
ing craft going to and coming from
races in Miami.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
State School Board
To Meet Thursday
At The University

Chapel Hill, May 1.-The third
annual meeting of the North Caro-
lima State School Board Association
to be held at the University of North
Carolina next Thursday in Hill Music
hall will feature addresses by Dr.
Julian Miller, editor of the Charlotte
Observer. State Superintendent Clyde
A. Erwin, and Prof. Guy B. Phillips
of the University Department of Ed
ucation.
Administrative Dean r. B. House
of the University will extend a well
come at the opening session Thurs
day morning, and DR.. j. Henry High
smith, president of the North Caro-
lima Education Association, will re-
Spond.
Following the greetings, H. E.
Stacy, of Lumberton, president of
the School Board Association, will
speak on Responsibility of the
School Board Members for Educa-
tiOnal leadership"
DR.. Miller and Professor Phillips
will discuss during the afternoon the
report of the Governors Commission
on Education of which they are
chairman and secretary, respectively
and superintendent Erwin will fol-
low with an address on Recent Leg
islation, and Education Prospects for
the Next Biennium."
A discussion on Future Activities
of the Association" under the lead
erShip of B. M. Watkins, of Durham.
will also feature the afternoon SEES
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
Capital City !
Election Hot
Dally Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Wolff ~

ndlelgn, May 1.-Voters Of tho
capltal city will today decide the ;eN
sue Oh control Of the city hall for tho
next TWO years, in the election If =
commissioner Of public safety Tho
mayor and the commissioner Of NH
nc works are also to be elected h,,+
the recent primary eliminated Ill
candidates except one for each offico
Inc only contest today is between
incumbent T. K Fountain and can
dldate Il. c. (Bob) Powell Powell
well known hotel man. led q field of
live candidates in the primary nm,
ming about 900 votes ahead of Eo1t,
LII put lacking little more than
zOO OF clear majority.
Inc Fountain-Powell campaign has
become personal during the last two
or three days. Waged from the start
on an issue of claw enforcement"
as claimed by Fountain, and "waste-
Iul extravaganza" as charged bv
POWELL, personalities have entered
the campaign and open charges of
gambler support for Powell have
been made. Feeling is much more in
tense than it was in the primary. and
predictions Sunday were that today's
vote would exceed the 1884 cast on
April II.
Interest in the Raleigh municipal
election is much more general than
IN other cities, because of the close
association of legislators and State
officials with the Raleigh govern
ment. For that reason, many in
quiries and expressions Of interest
are coming in from over the State
and the result is being watched
closely.
Not only will today's election de-
termine city hall control for two
years, because of the other two COM
one is new and one re-
elected, but it will quite likely de-
termine whether the city will next
fall adopt a city manager form of
If the majority at the
city hall is changed and a new adj
brings the promised re-
forms and savings in public money.
the present form of government is
much more apt to survive than if no
change is effected.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
Caswell To
Get Farm
Experiments

College Station, Raleigh, May l.
Coe0ell county has been selected for
cnrrial work in the land use plan
ninp program of the u. S. Depart
n,ant of Agriculture, it was an
mo,nced today by j. F. Criswell, of
fine State College Extension Service,
Who is directing this newest federal
r,l1n program in North Carolina. The
recommended program of land use
changes will be put into operation in
that county in 1910 by the various
federal, State and county agricul-
final agencies cooperating in the pro-
iert. CrisWell explained.
CasWell was selected by the State
Land Use Planning Committee be-
cause it is representative of a large
area of North Carolina in land use
problems, and because many of the
cooperating agencies are already OPP
Grating in that county.
CrisWell said that the first two
phases Of the prOgram-mapping and
classification-haVe been completed
i'm CasWell, and in Harnett, Greene,
CASTOR, Camden and Pennsylvania
counties. and that preliminary work
in the recommendations phase has
been done in CasWell The recon-
mendations phase will begin in Cam
den May 3, and 5; in Harnett the
week of May 8-13; and in CASTOR the
week of May 1920. The first two
phases Of the program will begin in
Rowan county on May %.
More than leo community and
county committees meetings have
been conducted by Criswell and his
aides-J. p. Quinerly of the Ex-
tension Service and r. T. Melvin and
W. II. Pierce of the Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Reconnaissance the pro-
gram was started in February.
CrisWell praised the cooperation
received from county farm and home
agents, and their assistants, and from
Of the related agen-
ces in the agricultural field. He also
paid tribute to the unselfiSh and
valuable counsel furnished by COM
munity and county committees of
farm men and women, who map,
classify and recommend land use
changes in their respective areas.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-05-01
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, May Lifted eyebrows
and quick change of subject greeted
most of the inquiries about reaction
to the governors appointment of A.
Hall Johnston, of Asheville, to be a
special superior court judge. State Of
ficials and more important clerical
workers are extremely reticent about
criticizing the actions of their big
chief, but it was quite evident over
the weekend that the Johnston APP
pOintment came as a surprise.
Judge Johnston had once before
been appointed judge by the COVER
nor to fill out the unexpired term
of Judge McElroy. In the subsequent
election, the voters of the district
replaced him with former Solicitor
Nettles. It is that situation which is
surprising. Older observers would
not say that it broke precedent, but
they could not recall another in
stance where a man repudiated by
the voters haf- been reappointed TO
the same position.