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Evening star., 1939-09-09
Bedtime Stories
Ry THORNTON w. BURGESS.

BY THORNTON w. bUhULSS.
Hello! There's Seep Seep! I
haven't seen him since we were
together up north where his home
was not far from mine" exclaimed
Yank Yank the Nuthatch.
AS he spoke little brown bird
alighted at the foot Of the very next
tree. He was just a trif1e bigger
than Jenny Wren but not at all
like Jenny, for while Jenny's tall
usually is cooked up in the souciest
way, Seep Seep's tail is never cooked
up at all. In fact it bends down,
for Seep Seep uses his tail In climb
ing lust as the members OF the
Woodpecker family use theirs. He
was dressed in grayish- brown above
and grayish-white beneath. Across
each wing was little band OF buf1y-
white and his bill was curved down
just little.
When he alighted at the foot OF
that tree, Seep Seep didn't stop an
instant but started up, going round
and round it as he climbed, and
picking out things to eat under the
bark. His way of climbing that tree
was very like creeping and Peter
thought that Seep Seep was well
named the Brown Creeper. He
would have liked to gossip with
Seep Seep, but he knew that Seep
Seep would waste no time that way.
Round and round up the trunk
Of that tree went Seep Seep and
when he reached the top at once
flew down to the bottom Of the
next tree and without . pause,
started up that. He wasted no time
Evening star., 1939-09-09
Long-Ago Weddings
Validated at Lost

/. Natives crowded into the Native
Commissioner Court at Vryheid,
South Africa, recently to register
their marriages. In some cases the
marriages had taken place years
ago. Elderly men and women reg
istered their unions, and stood aside
to let their sons and daughters do
the same A grandfather and grand
mother recorded a wedding Of the
late 80s. Their son and his two
wives registered their union. Then
the old pairs grandson registered
his recent marriage. The registra-
tions had been requested BY the
commissioner.
Evening star., 1939-09-09
Bruno

letter from
column opposite
correctly
blouse.
o Yesterdays Letter-Out
Letter Out.
(E) IDLES-S1lD sipped
o. IDLERS1RIDES (most Of us take them often)
CD COIORED-COOLER so warm.
ELBOWS-BOWIS (he rolls.
(R) LAQUER-CLAQUE (hired applauders).
Evening star., 1939-09-09

Mother-"There are big blocks to
build with at kindergarten and ID
many things to do" CTo herself:
IT hope her hands will be so busy
that she will stop sucking her
thumb"
Evening star., 1939-09-09
Broin Twizzlers
BY PROF. J. D. FLINT.
.Suber.Siide

All! A trip to the big amusement
park. We want to be sure to see
and try the new super-slide, where
you sit on a piece Of canvas and
slide down the terrific incline. If it
sounds too strenuous to you, just
work it out on paper. If you use
your imagination it's just as much
fun anyway. All right, shut your
Evening star., 1939-09-09
jolly Polly
4 Little Chat on Etiquette
By JOSEPH J. FRISCH.

Dy JOSE1 n d UKOO1H'
N. C.-Etiquette books decree that
when the hand is not being used
during a meal it must rest in the
lap. Most of us, however, rest 1t
on the edge of the table. This Is
all right, so long as we do not go to
the extreme of embracing the plate,
as is sometimes done.
Send a self-addressed, stamped
envelope for the leaflet, Manners
at Table"
Evening star., 1939-09-09

Yank Yank shook his head. mo"
he replied. HE hunts for q tree
or an old stub with . piece OF loose
bark hanging to 1t. In behind this
he tucks his nest made Of twtgs,
strips Of bark and moss. Hes .
Evening star., 1939-09-09

funny little fellow and I don't know
of anyone in all the Great World
who more strictly attends to his
own business than does Seep Seep
the Brown Creeper. He's little but
he is mighty useful. b the way,
Evening star., 1939-09-09

job of getting all the insect eggs
and grubs on those trees. he could
not have been more industrious.
Does he build his nest In q
hole In q tree?" asked Peter Of
Yank Yauk the NuthAtch.
Evening star., 1939-09-09

exploring the branches. but kept to
the trunk. Once in . while he would
cry In q thin little wiry voice, "Seep!
Seepl" but never, paused to rest
or look around. II he had felt
that on him alone depended the
Evening star., 1939-09-09
-By Alfred AndrioIo
BY willard
.By Mormon Morsh
BY Bud Fisher

Peter, have you seen anything OF
Dotty the Tree Sparrow"
Not yet" replied Peter, but I
think he must be here. I'm glad
,ou reminded me Of him. III 60
.ook for him."
Evening star., 1939-09-09

eyes a minute. Now, see. here we
are. Boy, look at that slide. Some
hill! It's a long walk up, but the
ride down will be worth it. We
came up at the rate of two feet
second. Are you all set? Here we go!
Whew! What ride. We came at
the rate of 20 feet a second. The
round trip up and down took us one
minute. How long is the slide?
(Answer on Page BID
Evening star., 1939-09-09

1t seemed that flckle fortune had
marshaled her forces against Tarzan.
While Queen Ahtea Jared forth to thwart
the mutiny of slaves Ukah and D'Arnot
we're encountering series of mishaps that
threatened to foil their attempt to summon
aid for the ape-man
Evening star., 1939-09-09
Points for Parents

Breaking a bad habit BY putting a
good one in its place Is better than
truinc to break 1t through fear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
l5,OOO PLANES
 ORDERED HERE

tContinued iron, rage N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
ARSENAL OPEN TO
 BRITAIN, FRANCE

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
BROTHER OF HUGH
 ALCORN VERY ILL

Northampton, Mass, Nov. 3-(UR) William F. Alcorn, 72, of New TIa- ven, Conn.,, a World War officer of the famed Yankee Division, was re- ported criticaly i'll at U. s. Veterans hospital today
 Informed that his father was near death, a son Robert, U. s. Commis- sioner at New Haven, motored here last night.
 Alcorn was a major in the 102nd infantry which fought the battle of Seichprey, one of the first important engagements in which American troops participated. On his return, he was appointed . Lieutenant-C Col- onel in the Judge Advocates depart ment.
 A brother, Hugh M. Alcorn of Suffield, Con, is States Attorney for Hartford, Con-, County.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03

arrival to meet the City of Flint.
 It was understood that the City of Flint has reached the southern tip of Norway and Nazi quarters be- lieved thnt danger of British seizure of the vessel is over.
 It was believed that the City of Flint would follow Norwegian and Swedish territorial waters around the Skager Rak and Kattegat and then past Copenhagen into the Bal. tic. German quarters believed that the only danger now to the vessel is from mines as British warships seldom venture into the Skagerrak or Kattegat where Germany has conducted blockade since the out break of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03

but lt could not be definitely con- zirmed that she was attempting to establish contact with the City of Flint, which has the American crew of 41 under Captain Joseph A. Gain- ard aboard.
 German airplanes previously had been reported operating off Dem mark = where one was reported down at sea. Some observers be- lieved they might be trying to locate the American freighter.
 Two Norwegian destroyers trailed the City of Flint as she proceeded slowly down the coast, keeping within Norwegian territorial waters, on her blockade-running voyage from Murmansk to a German port, where the Nazis hope to turn her over to a prize court.
 As the freighter approached Haugesund, about 120 miles from the heart of the British blockade around the Skagerrak entrance to the Baltic Sea, the British cruiser appeared and began following par ailel course outside Norwegian ter- xNorial waters.
 S(In London, an admiralty state- Elsent said British light" naval rnits had sighted the City of Flint bat 1t was indicated that the Brit isi1 navy might make no effort to Intercept the vessel in order to aEoid possible complications with the United States or injury to the ctew in event the Nazis should try to destroy their prize rather than surrender it.)
 Britain Sights Her
 London, November 3. - CUP) - The British admiralty announced officially today that British light naval units had sighted the cap ttred American frieighter, City of Flint proceeding southward inside
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03

(Continued from Page D made in America. running into many hundreds of planes, because the ministry of supply is not responsible for plane production. Some of the larger types of planes may be flown across the Atlantic.
 The ministry of economic warfare, in contrast to the allied expectations of plentiful supplies. said that since the war began the allies had detain- ed large supplies of raw materials designed for use in the German war machine.
 Supplies Detained
 The ministry listed the following as detained by the British contra band control:
 Iron ore totaling 8l BOO tons; Steel scrap, 1,150 tons; molybdenum, 400 tons; wolframite, 160 tons; jute, l,- 800 tons. All of these materials 1t was pointed out, are used in manu- facture of guns, armor plate, shells and war stores.
 The ministry also said that 87,540 WILD VI PCWVASuAl PAVduSVo had been detained, including 12,00o,o00 gallons of gasoline; 38,500 tons of manganese ore and 2i,500 tons of aluminium and bauxite.
 In the last two weeks, the contra. band control has detained 7,500 tons of copper and copper ore; il,00o tons of lubricating oil and l0,600 tons of oil seeds.
 The ministry also listed detention of many thousand tons of fertilizers, fats, and food stuff for cattle.
 Official quarters said that hun- dreds of reconnaissance, fighting and light bomber land planes and big flying boats awaited shipment in New York and California.
 No Fear of Threats
 Well informed quarters said, re- garding German threats of @ ruth less submarine campaign against allied war shipments, that effective arrangements already had been made to start transportation as soon as the bill had been signed.
 It was intimated that the big flying boats which Britain and France expect to get in the United States would be flown directly to Europe, via Canada and Newfound- land.
 Among planes already ordered, and understood to be ready for de- livery, were 90 two-motored Lock- heed reconnaissance bombers for Britain. One hundred two-motored Douglas bonbers and 250 Glen Mar tin bombers were on order for France.
 Future British orders, experts fore cast, probably would be chiefly for long range reconnaissance land planes and big flying boats. France was expected to buy fighter planes and light reconnaissance bombers,
 It was understood that American manufacturers had shown their readiness to turn out unlimited quantities of fighting aircraft con- ditional only on British and French ability to buy and transport.
 Reliable sources reported that un. limited American dollar exchange had been provided to insure imme- diate, and continued, shipments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
72 Are Indicted lin
 $2O,O0O, ,OOO Lottery
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Earl Howard 45, Fitchburg, Mass.
 Ven D. Huard Lawrence, Mass, described as the distributor for northeastern Massachusetts.
 Paul E. Johnston 45, Pittsburgh, Pa.
 Edward Kavarsick, 40, Dearborn, Mich.
 Morris Konn, 32, Minneapolis Minn.
 Ray Stevens s2, Schenectady, N. Y.
 Morris Latker, 40, Chicago, alleged operator of one of the printing plants.
 Cliff Margolis 35, Canton, O. P. J. McNIahon, Middleboro, Mass.
 Charles Mesner, 48, Reading. Pa.
 John F. Minter A, Ellwood City, Pa.
 Michael F. Nichols, oBston.
 Patrick O'Neil, 39, Manchester, N. -I., listed as state distributor.
 Lee Shapiro 37, Pittsburgh prin- cipal distributor for Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
 Henry Charles Peters 37, Pitts burgh, Chapiro's assistant. Ford J. Rogerio, 28, Pittsburgh, an associatee of Shapiro and Peters.
 Frank Washak, 51, Erie, Pa.
 Louis G. Raymond, A, Pittsfield, Mass.
 David Rice, g, Chicago, listed as zimmerman's contact man with the, printers.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Rice, 30, Rice's wife and & nurse at Will Rogers Memo- rial hospital who allegedly handled mail inquiries concerning a charity fund raised in the hospitals name.
 William J. Roper, Needham, Mass. Miss Frances Schedrow, 30, Brook lyn, N. Y.
 Phil Schoenberg, 345, Brooklyn, an associate of Zimmerman.
 John J. Seravalli, 25, Union City, N. J.
 Charles shayne, 30, Chicago, zim- merman's chief assistant.
 George Shayne 28, his brother.
 Thomas J. Shehan, 45, Chicago.
 Frank Spitzler, 45, Union City, N. J, manager of the organizations eastern distribution center inn that city.
 Albert Spooler, 34, Milwaukee, Wis.
 Lester Sprague, 45, Fitchburg, Mass.
 William Thoma, 56, Cleveland, O., described as secretary of the Ma chinists union of that city.
 Vernon c. Tobias, A, Fremont, O.
 James H. Van Natta, 65, Chicago, retired police lieutenant.
 William Vallon, 48, New Haven, Conn, listed as the principal Con- necticut distributor.
 Carlton Werley, 28, Allentown, Pa.
 Willard L. Werley, 26, his brother, post office substitute in that city.
 Charles L. Whiteley, 41, Youngs- town, O., listed as a principal Ohio distributor.
 W. 0. Carr, Worcester, Mass, de- scribed as Burnstein's principal New England distributor. William L. Wilson, Cleveland, o.
 Julius zweig, St. Louis, Mo, listed as one of zimmerman's principal as- sociates from 1929 to 1884.
 Ralph Labbee, Lewiston, Me. Herbert V. Nelly, Pittsburg, Pa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
City Of Flint Still
 Believed On Course
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Norwegian territorial waters.
 It was added that the ship, in charge of a German prize crew, might remain inside Norwegian and Swedish territorial waters until lC entered the Baltic.
 This was interpreted in some quarters that the City of Flint might reach German port without moles- tation, barring some unforeseen de- yelopment which would take 1t out to sea.
 In any event, there have been in- timations that the British were un- likely to do anything to endanger the American crew.
 In formal communique the ad- miralty said:
 "The City of Flint has been sighted by our light forces proceed ing southward inside Norwegian territorial waters.
 Tt is possible for the City of Flint to remain inside Swedish and Nor wegian territorial waters until 1t entered the Baltic"
 The ship had last been reported steaming down the Norwegian west coast, approaching the tip of the coast and the Skager Rak and the Kattegat, the entrances to the Baltic.
 Berlin, Nov. 3.-UP) .-Respon- sible German quarters said today that it is most likely that the Am erican steamer City of Flint will be taken to Stettin, where it will ar rive sometime after Saturday night.
 Stettin is a German Baltic port up the Estuary of the River Oder.
 It was also possible, 1t was said, however, that the City of Flint would go to Rostock or Kiel but Stettin remained the most likely destination.
 It was learned that a party of American newspapermen would be officially conducted to the port of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03

Continued from rage D great numbers of American planes reach the fighting zones.
 No Comment Before Bill
 Until the neutrality act revision has been signed by President Roose- yelt, the aircraft companies said they would make no comment oficially. One representative, however, said Q tremendous surge of orders was indi- cated from foreign military missions already in the country awaiting the embargo repeal.
 He estimated the factories would hire between 2,000 and 10000 addi- tional skilled airplane craftsmen.
 Most of the plants already are working at above normal capacity. British and French planes completed are in storage awaiting the lifting of the embargo.
 Lockheed has two out of possible three shifts working on the remain ing 100 of a' British order for 250 bombers which had not been deliv- cred before the embargo was de- clared. The twin-motored ships have been stored at local airports and flown secretly across country to New ark.
 It was not known what means England would use to deliver them.
 Belong To England
 "They're Englands planes now." said Lockheed representative. It's up to them to decide how they want to get them home"
 It was said, however, that the bombers cannot carry Q load of gaso- line large enough to permit them to be flown across the Atlantic from Canada to England. Hence 1t was be- lieved they would be crated and shipped subject to submarine perils.
 Lockheed, in addition to the $27,. 100000 British order, had 8 $6,000, 900 British contract for Australia which has not yet beep started.
 A $l4,000,000 British order for 400 single -engined trainers is being fin- ished by North American Aviation, Inc, a General Motors subsidiary. This plant also has ITS similar planes for France. Many of them are crated and in storage at Los An- geles or New York.
 At the big Douglas plant produc- ton is just getting underway on an order for 700 French twin-engined attack bombers, capable of $50 miles an hour, and originally built for the U. s. Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
SHIPS HASTEN
 FROM NEW YORK
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(Continued from Page D great outpouring of airplanes, guns and ammunition to the Allied coun- tries. Several hundred airplanes, already ordered by Great Britain and France before the embargo was clamped down at the outbreak of the war, are ready to go. It has been estimated that the Allies would take $1,000, 100000 worth of fighting equipment from this country in a few weeks after the embargo was lifted.
 At the time of the embargo, Brit ain and France had orders standing for $100,000,000 worth of American airplanes-1, ,490 planes of various types. Only 6l0 were delivered be- fore the embargo was enforced and the other 880 are reported ready to go. Of the total, Britain ordered 7l5 Lockheed Reconnaissance bomb- CTS and North American Harvard trainers, and France ITS Curtiss pursuit planes, Douglas attack bombers, Martin medium bombers, Vought-Sikorsky scout dive bombers and North American trainers.
 Great Fleets Of Planes
 The standing orders are expected to be augmented immediately with cash purchases of great fleets of airplanes and some British sources have envisioned squadrons of these American planes flying directly across the Atlantic to go into ac- ton.
 To supply these orders, it is es- timated that three airplane factor ies in Los Angeles could turn out 700 planes a month. running at capacity. The North American Aviation Company's Los Angeles plant is equipped to turn out 300 of assorted types q month; the Doug- las plant 250 twin-motored bombers Q month, and the Lockheed plant, 150 e month.
 Airplane and other munitions or ders are also expected from neutral European nations, including Sweden, Belgium and Holland. And if Ger man ehipa ere able @ break the F+f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-03
President Will Sign
 Bill Today, Saturday
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in the law a ban on the export Of arms and ammunition, lifting only the restriction against shipping commercial airplanes.. That vote was 2i4 to i73, differing by l03 votes from yesterdays result. But in the meantime war had broken out m Europe.
 25 Who Voted For War
 There are 25 members now in the house who were among those who voted In April, 1917, on United States entry into the World War. One of them was Speaker William B. Bankhead; another was Majority Leader Sam Rayburn, D., Tex.
 Both of them recalled that pre- vious vote when they pleaded with the house yesterday for lifting of the embargo. They compared the embargo vote to the declaration of war in importance, but they main tained that America Is in no danger of getting into the present conflict by reason of embargo repeal.
 Tn addition to repeating the enl- bargo and banning the use of Amer ican ships for transportation Of goods to belligerents, the neutrality bill puts the United States back on the -and-carry war policy under which 1t operated from 1885 to May l, 1889.
 Other important provisions of the bill include:
 An exception to the ban on Amer ican ships trading with belligerents in the case of countries far removed from the war zone such as Austra- lia, New Zealand, South Africa and countries or possessions in the At- lantic from Bermuda southward. Such exempted trade, however, ap- plies only to general cargoes, not to munitions.
 American ships may not carry passengers to belligerent ports, and American citizens are forbidden to travel on the ships of warning coun- tries.
 The president is authorized to de- fine combat areas" into which American ships and planes cannot go.
 The president is authorized to make regulations governing the use of U. s. ports by belligerent vessels.
 The bill does not apply to any American republic at war with pon-A American country.
 President Comments
 Washington, Nov. 3 = (U.P0 - President Roosevelt said today that the neutrality bill on which congress is about to complete action restores the historic position of United States neutrality.
 Authorizing direct quotation of his remarks at a press conference, MT Roosevelt said:
 T am very glad that the bill has restored the historic position of neu- trality of the United States"
 The President expressed grati1ca- tion at the @ vote margin by which the house yesterday approved repeal of the embargo on arms. MT. Roosevelt's comment was made as six senators and i've repre- sentatives met in the senate foreign relations committee room to put into final form the administration's cash-and-carry bill permitting ex- port or arms and munitions. Anticipating quick completion of congressional action on the meas ure, Mir. Roosevelt said enactment of the bill will be followed bg his Issuance of proclamations required hQ the new measure