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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

George Miller and Jimmy Mo- Mannamy reported that there was a very early sunrise Tuesday morn ing after they finished bowling their third game of bowling that was sup posed to finish sometime Monday night.
 Bill Weir, who was afraid that he would have to return to the farm up in Litchfield because of his poor bowling average is breath ing much easier now since Captain Jack Hanlon has announced he has taken up Weir's option for another five weeks.
 Winnie Mole, who is practicing his lone" slide and swing rhythmn on the allays has proven that he can take it while under pressure 'of the jeers of the spectators. The toher evening he bowled the magnificent total of 200 for three games.
 Father Cuniton announced that the number 100 is his nemies. In golf he can't get under it and in bowling he can't reach it.
 Haddad Joyce, Billy Cronin and Jackie Grout, stellar basketball play CTS have their numbers now and to be sure they are not telephone num- berS either.
 Clarence "DagwOod' Hamilton the parlor athlete of the club is living in dread of Sadie Haw- kins" day.
 Pen" McDonough had his choice to see either the Fordham- North Carolina, or Yale-Brown football games this Saturday but passed up both in order to strengthen his arm by swinging a paint brush up on the homestead.
 Dennis "the Duke" Hickey, croon- CT and piano tuner of note, who is also the Morton Downey of the church choir, has taken up lessons on How to play golf". These should knock off 30 strokes from the Dukes game which is around 100 for nine holes.
 Billy Doolan's diet of Irish tur- key, (corn beef and cabbage) cer- tainly has improved his bowling scores which have gone over 100 these last two weeks.
 Martin Crean, aquatic performer of beach fame, has been ordered by his physician to stay away from smoking so now Martin puffs on a pipe with 16-inch stem.
 Timmie Shea has been missing from his favorite seat at the pin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

second who travels about the nation handling fighters.
 "What the sport needs is more topnotch promoters and match makers.
 stars no longer get offers mak- ing it worth their while to travel The people of Detroit, Cleveland and elsewhere seldom see head liners.
 When they do get one, he is usually fed someone who is pretty soft, and the business bogs down.
 Managers are no longer look ing for new fields for their boys. Why, I recall Benny Leon- ard going to Kansas City for a savage fight with Ever Hammer just to open up new territory for himself.
 "There are too many house fighters, and they are protected too well for the good of the sport.
 New stars should be matched.
 Billy Conn and Al Mccoy drew $21 ,000 in Boston. Anton Chris toforidis, unknown there, and Jimmy Reeves did well in open ing the season in Cleveland.
 "Christoforidis, the Greek mid- dleweight who is willing to fight heavyweights, hung around New York for a year, and got nothing more than 8 couple of prelim- inaries in the Garden. He made tremendous hit in Cleveland in knocking out the highly regarded Reeves.
 Billy Soose was given the run around for a long while, but the Penn State kid beat both middle weight championship claimants, Overlin and Tony zale, at his first two big opportunities"
 ARCEL LISTS NEW
 STARS IN MAKING
 Asked to name some new head liners in the making, and of whom little as been heard, Arcel listed, offhand:
 Lee Oma of Detroit, Bill Vein berg of Boston, and Max Minnich of Cleveland, heavyweights.
 Tony Martin Cianciola of Mil waukee, and Tami Muriello of F'ordham, middleweights.
 Young Kid Mccoy of Detroit, Tony Ferrara of New York, and Jackie Donovan of Buffalo, well ters.
 Nick Castiglione of Chicago, Ray Lunny of San Francisco, Leonard (Boom Boom) Mancini of Youngs- town, Julie Kogon of New Haven, Terry Young of Brooklyn, and Georgie Toy of Cleveland, light weights.
 Mike Raffa, a feather, of Newell, w. Va.
 Ray Arcel, well versed in the dodge, says the fighters are there.
 And there is nothing wrong with boxing that a few good matches won't cure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
No Shortage of Boxers, Says ArceL;
 Game Needs Better Matchm akers
Stars Refuse to
 TroveI and New HeodIiners Should Fight One Another
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Service Sports Editor

New York, Oct. -Ceferino Gar cia, former champion, picks Steve Belloise ot lift the New York version of the middleweight championship from Ken Overlin at Madison Square Garden, Nov. 1.
 Garcia knows the pair well. It was to Overlin that he dropped the crown, and he found Belloise hard to hit squarely.
 Belloise has been boxing only little more than two years, which prompted someone, astonished at his rapid progress, to ask Ray Arcel why there were so few cap able fighters.
 SOOSE CASHED IN AT
 FIRST OPPORTUNITY
 'There are more good boys around the country than you sus- pect," replied Arcel, top trainer and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Garrett, .Rubenstein
 Head State Hoop Loop

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 31. (UP)- Bill Garrett, Bristol, was elected president of the Connecticut State Basketball League last night, al- though composition of the league still is in doubt. Herky Rubenstein, West Haven, was named vice-presi- dent.
 It is planed to have teams from New Britain, Bristol, Hartford, New London, Norwalk, and other places. Final plans were expected to be drafte dat a meeting here Nov. '.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
T'InsIey caught q in 1893.

Chicago su00rge MeAfee, Lbe Chis eAgb Sears sensational hall back recruit from Duke University, kicks with his left foot, passes With hls left hand and leans 10 the left when h0 watches 6 movie thriller 0F reads halFsFaislng stories, But when he writes. he takes tho pen Co his right hand,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

George Miller and Jimmy Mo Mannamy reported that there was a very early sunrise Tuesday morn ing after they finished bowling their third game of bowling that was sup posed to finish sometime Monday night.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
American u. Publications
Editors Are Selected

Walter Barkdull, jr., BOIL Foxhall
road NV, will head the American
University Eagle, student weekly,
during the coming year and Sarah
Stewart of 1414 Shepherd street
NV, will edit the Aucola, college
yearbook
The elections were announced last
night at the annual publications
banquet at the university.
Latimer Evans of 3100 Wisconsin
avenue NV, was made business
manager of the Eagle and Betty
Adams of 1714 Kilbourne place NV.
business manager of the yearbook
The banquet was sponsored by Pi
Delta Epsilon, national honorary
Journalistic fraternity, with Helen
Miller, president of the American
University Chapter, as toastmistress
Principal speaker was Richard Hol-
lander, managing editor of the
Washington Daily News.
In addition to the two new editors,
the following were tapped as new
members of the sponsoring fra
ternity: Frances Cruickshank. Sarah
Ann Rapp, Babette Lehman, Cor
don lowers, Robert Little, Daniel
Wentz, Margaret Ellison and Car
ter Edmonds.
The following fraternity members
were named to the honor roll for
their activities in journalism during
the year: William Adams, Marion
Mates, Virginia Goodwin and Mr..
Evans,
Evening star., 1940-04-16
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Dinner, Early Birds, Willard Hotel,
pm.
Dinner, Washington Printing
House Craftsmen, Annapolis Hotel,
$50 pm.
Dinner, National Press Club Post
20, American Legion, National Press
Club, $50 pm.
Social meeting, D. G. Chapter
Catholic Daughters of America, Will
lard Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Bridge party, Federal Bridge
League, Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, Sigma Delta Kappa
Fraternity, Carlton Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Collectors Club, Branch
5, S. P. A., Thomson Community
Center, pm.
Meeting, Georgia Avenue Busi-
nessmen's Association, $500 Georgia
avenue, $3.50 pm.
Dance, Wisconsin State Society,
Carlton Hotel, pm.
Dance, Arkansas State Society,
Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm.
TOMORROW.
Luncheon, Institute of Real Estate
Management, Ambassador Hotel
1890 pm.
Luncheon, Lions Club, Mayfower
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Rotary Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Insurance Club of
Washington, Willard Hotel, l2:30
pm.
Luncheon, Gyro Club, Willard
Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Soroptimist Club, Will
lard Hotel, pm.
Dinner dance, Connecticut Avenue
Association, Mayf1oWer Hotel, 7p.m,
Meeting, Washington Philatelic
Society, Mayflower Hotel, 7p.m.
Mems night program, Areme
Chapter, No. 10, o. E. S.. Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth and New York
avenue NV, 7:30 pm.
Dinner dance, Sigma Epsilon So
rority. Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Meeting, District of Columbia
Federal Employees, Willard Hotel, 8
pm.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Hitler Told Peace Aim 20 Doys
Before War, Burckhordt Says
fuehrer Is Quoted as Having
No Such ScrupIes as Wilhelm II

followed, those in the higher circles
OF the National Socialist regime lived
In the conviction that in view of the
arrangement with the u: s. S. r.
and after a rapid victory over Po-
land. the western powers would not
go so Tar as general armed con-
f1ict. Such was the opinion of Albert
Forster (Nazi district leader of
Danzig)."
DR.. Burckhardt's report was writ
ten December q. when it was SUBJ
mltted to Lord Halifax, British For
elgn Secretary, and reported to the
League OF Nations Danzig Commit
tee OF Three. It was returned by
Lord Halifax to the League February
IA. But it was not released to the
press or communicated to League
members until yesterday.
The report concluded September
l, the day Germany invaded Poland.
DR.. Burckhardt was warned, he
said, that the Nazis planned to de-
clare Danzig free from the League
and the Poles, and that night (Sep-
tember - he refused an invitation
to ball IN honor of German sailors
then in the port.
Confident of Aid.
"On that day." the report con-
cluded, lit only remained for the
high commissioner to protest
against the forcible measures which
put an end, de facto, both to the
existence of the Free City and to
the duties of the Leagues high
commissioner"
In his report DR.. Burckhardt
asked that he be relieved of his lob.
In the course of his report DR.
Burckhardt quoted Hitler as saying
that, compared TO England's air
force Of 1876, 1000 men and the French
force of $4,000 men, Il have 600 900
IN time of peace and million in
time OF war" DR.. Burckhardt also
said Hitler was sure he could rely
on Japanese and Italian alliances"
Evening star., 1940-04-16
MoIoney Winner Of c. U.
OrotoricoI Contest

Cornelius L. Maloney, jr., a senior
at Catholic University, last night
topped three rivals In the rector's
annual oratorical contest with an
address on the philosophy of patriot
ism.
He and James c. Turner, also a
senior, who took second, received
plaques from Bishop Joseph M. Cor
rlgan, the rector. Other partici-
pants were Robert F. Doran and
Robert c. Sullivan.
Judges were the Very Rev. Law
renee J. Shehan, director of chari-
ties for the Washington archdiocese:
Representative John M. Costello Of
California, and Harry c. Butcher,
vice president of the Columbia
Broadcasting Co.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

pointed for his estate. A CODY Of
the rule and the petition are to be
served upon him by April 20. A
copy OF the. proceedings are to be
served on the former publishers S
wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean
and their children, John r. Mel Lean,
II; Edward B. Mclean, jr., and
Evalyn Washington Mclean.
Attending a conference in Justice
Laws chambers yesterday were
Austin F. Canf1eld, Washington law
yer, who is guardian at law for
Mr.. Mclean, and Attorney Neil
Burkinshaw, temporary committee
here. Mr.. Mclean has been ad-
Indicated insane in Maryland but
such proceeding has never taken
place here.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Rumania Shuts Off
Wheat Exports for
Indefinite Period
Bon Falls Heaviest on
Germans, Who Expected
Major Part Of Surplus
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, April 16.-Ger-
many's chances of filling her gran
aries with Rumanian wheat ap-
peared doomed today by q govern
ment decree banning wheat exports
for an indefinite period, to avert a
domestic shortage.
The Rumanian Economic Council,
which announced the decree last
night, said that the severe winter,
followed by spring floods, had
threatened to cut the wheat harvest
below the amount needed for home
consumption.
The Reich had expected to obtain
major portion of the Rumanian
wheat surplus, normally a million
tons.
Local Transport Comes First.
Announcement also was made that
Rumania's military and transport
requirements for oil, wood and coal
would be given precedence over de-
liveries abroad.
Officials said, however, they did
not anticipate that this decision
would cause any serious interruption
in the flow of petroleum to the
Reich.
They said Rumanian oil output
greatly exceeds internal consump-
ton and added that assurance OF
adequate reserves for military pur-
poses could be arranged quickly.
This statement was interpreted as
meaning that the government in
tended to demand a larger share of
the production of foreign-owned oil
companies, which control high
percentage of the Rumanian petro-
leum industry.
Danube Patrols Strengthened.
Announcement of the new eco
nomic measures came on the heels
Of government action strengthening
Danube police patrols to protect
river shipping against sabotage"
The announcement indicated that
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Hungary
would cooperate in the protective
measures
The decree banning wheat exports
voided all foreign contracts until
further notice. Army mobilization,
Evening star., 1940-04-16

which took thousands Of peasants
from their farms, was said to have
added to the threat Of poor har-
vest.
Economic experts believed Ger
many probably would be hardest hit
by the decree. The Western allies,
normally obtaining some wheat from
Rumania, have other sources which
are not accessible to Germany, 1t
was pointed out.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
District Jury to Pass
On Sanity of Mclean

A District Court jury will be
called upon on May 20 to pass upon
the sanity of Edward B. Mclean
former Washington publisher, who
for several years has been confined
at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt
Hospital at Towson, Md.
Justice Bolitha J. Laws in Dis
trlct Court yesterday signed a rule
to show cause upon Mr.. Mclean
why a committee should not be ap-
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Nazis Decree Death
For Shippers in Oslo
Resisting Troops
New Germun Soldiers
And Food Supplies
Arriving Daily
0y the Associated fress.

BY the Associated fress.
OSLO, April Is Delayed The
death sentence has been proclaimed
for snipers in Oslo and several
groups of Norwegians are liable tc
this penalty for forming bands and
fighting German soldiers In the
streets of the capital
Most of them are young people
who, German authorities say, "be-
lieved they had the right to fight
the Germans.
government commission appointed
today as the first constitutional
authority in Oslo since the ministry
OF Premier Johan Nygaardsvold left
last Tuesday. 1t is composed Of:
Governor-Ingolf Elster Christen-
sen, 68-year-old former cabinet
minister, member of the Con-
servative party.
Gunnar Jah, manager of the Gov
ernment Statistical Department.
o. F. Harbeck, Justice.
R. Mork, president of the Farm
ers's Association.
Bache Wig, director of the Farm
ers Association.
A. DleSen, chief of the Oslo
Municipal Medicine Administration
Didrik Arup Seip, rector of Oslo
University.
Court Martial Proclaimed.
The occupation of Oslo was almost
without incident, although the Ger
man commander proclaimed a
court-martial to deal with cases in
which attempts were made to wreck
public communications and utilities
The Germans today handed over
to Norwegian police control of all
public communications. They said
they did this as sign of good will
Oslo and surrounding districts be-
leved, when the German troops
marched into Oslo last Tuesday, that
Norway had capitulated. The gen.
eral public was not aware that
King Haakcn and the Nygaardsvold
government had left.
President Berg of the high courts
today thanked Maj. Vidkun Quisling
head of the Norwegian Nazi party,
for stepping in and proclaiming
himself state chief after Premier
Nygaardsvold left. In a broadcast
Berk said Maj. Quisling had pre-
vented chaos"
Only Two Air Alarms.
Since the German occupation
there have been only two air alarms
in Oslo, both Wednesday forenoon.
Following the last alarm the rumor
spread that the entire population
had to leave the city immediately,
as battle was impending in the
harbor. Panic followed Thousands
remained in the woods all night,
and many still have not returned to
their homes.
Life now is as normal as possible
under existing conditions, with many
families removed to districts from
which it is at present impossible
for them to return because of mil
ttary operations.
New German troops and supplies
are arriving daily. German ships
are unloading food for the troops.
German soldiers are permitted to
use reichsmarks at the rate of one
mark to 166 kroner.
King Haakon's whereabouts are
unknown except to a few persons,
among them the German Minister,
who has twice made contact with
him for a settlement.
Evening star., 1940-04-16
Plumb to Speak

Tom Plumb. attorney in the ofiice
of the General Counsel of the Treas
ury, and author of articles on taxa
ton, will speak on "The Advisability
Of Illegally Obtained Evidence" at
luncheon of the Federal Bar As
sociation at 1890 pm. tomorrow at
the Army and Navy Club.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Q HIGHLIGHTS FR0M
 LATEST BOOKS

There's a certain convincing quality in Harry Harrison Kroll's novel, "The Keepers of the House" (Bobbs Merrill: $250). that makes the reader believe he has at last pictured the South as 1t actually was before the Civil War. Kroll's story of Lett Capers rings true from beginning to end.
 Carrying nc torch for either North or South, for slavery or abolition. Kroll weaveS a dra- matic story about the boy, Lett, born into a family of poor white trash" but in reality the son of the master of the plantation. It in this strain of good blood that keeps Lett fighting to attain posi- ton, to rise above the level of whites - not quite slaves, but in fact little better than the blac:;s they commanded.
 Let's life was a constant strug- glI. He admired and respected Bart Dowell, the high-born owner e Mount Vista; he hated Bart's son, Barty, with undyfng fervor; and he loved the planters daugh- ter, Rosalie, with slave-like de- votion.
 i Lett realized what slavery was doing to his fellow whites. But he laun ,hed no crusade for their benefit. He hoped some day to become quality folkS," to own slaves of his own, to have plan- tation. He even aspired to mar riage with RoSalie, before ne dis covered she was his half-sister.
 Bart Dowell had different ideas. He held that one must be born to the gentry, that no white could lift himself by his own bootstraps. It is the war that brings Lett his chnace for achieving his goal and his revenge upon the family that has looked down upon him. Sometimes spying for the South, sometimes for the North, he suc- ceeds 4l protecting Rosalie, sav- ing Barty for Let's sister, and finally seeing all that Monta Vista meant crumble into ruins.
 Kroll has done 8 masterful job 1, building up Let's character. in tracing the development of the boy to ,an, and in the amassing of wrongs that finally eliminate in Let's relentless fury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Questions
 andAnswers
RY rs.EDERIC M. KERBR

BY r:1SDERIC AA. KERBR
 Enclose ' three cent stamp for reuly when addressing any ques- lion of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at WashlngtOn. Legal and medical advice cannot be gtOen. nor can extended research be uns taken. Be sure an mall 6 ad. dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE Bu" REAU. 1918 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. 0.
 THE EDITOR O. What is the name of Admiral Byrd's ice pilot?
 A. Bendjk Johs nnsen (pro- nounced yo-hahnsen), 8 Norwegian, who was on the previous Byrd Ant arctic expedition. He has been able to take ship further into the ice fields than any other pilot.
 0. How wide is the mouth of the Amazon river?
 A. From Cabo do Norte to Punto Patijoca it is 207 miles.
 o. How many times has "Raffles" been filmed?
 A. Five times.
 c. Does a bullet, dropping near the end of its trajectory, strike the target at the angle of the trajectory curve, or horizontally?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Nebuchadnezzar Wasn't So Crazy

The story is told of old in the Book of Daniel how the mighty King Nebuchad- nezzar of Babylon was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds claws ." Most Bible readers have jumped to the con- clusion that Nebuchadnezzar had sud- denly turned up little crazy.
 But not so crazy, say modern dietetic experts of the Department of Agriculture. Eating grass for breakfast is the best way to get your daily vitamins, say they. True, ordinary green grass from your front yard is just touch tasteless and fibrouS. But scientists, those Daniels of the 2Oth century, are working even to overcome that. Soon, they say, we'll all be eating grass "as oxen. So nall Ne buchadneZZar, father ot tomorroWS breakfast food!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
District Disparity

More data supplied the state by the special commission appointed 10 lnVesIl- gate election laws throughout Connec- ticut bears out the claim SO often ad, yanced that our thirty-flve senatorial districts are not what they should be. Maybe the chorus of protests against the Q disparity in population size will be so loud by next January that the Leglsla- ture will feel obliged to recognize the 1acC that there is something wrong and actu- ally prod itself onto taking action.
 After all it is up to the Legislature to take the necessary steps to reapportlon the states voting districts, partlcularly congressional and senatorial. These two types of district are directly under the control of the General Assembly. But they are controlled in such a way that legislators cannot swing districts back and forth at their Whim Changes III districts can't be made at any time. They must be voted at the session following the decennial census.
 One such opportunity to fool around with senatorial and congressional dis tricts will be afforded the legislators next year. Whether or not they are aware or this fact doesn't enter into the present situation. They were aware Of the 1act that something should be done about evening up districts back in 1881, put that mattered little. The opportunity was at hand and promptly overlooked. We sincerely trust that public opinion will force definite and worthwhile action next year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
Forest Fire Season

State officials have been busy the last few days issuing warning to all corners or this fair state of ours. They are con- cerned with the well-being of thousands Of inhabitants of far-flung and remote sections of the state, as well as the good condition of thousands of acres ot Valu- able property. In short this is the sea- son of the wear when forest fires are com- mon. They occur, apparently, for no good reason, but before every last tiny blaze has been extinguished thousands or dollars of damage have been caused.
 Connecticut is not such big state that she can afford to have acres of timber land destroyed twice year through the carelessneSs of some property owner Wno wants to burn over meadow or SUD- blv wood-lot. It's too great loss m eX- pensive possessions to fool around Wltn brush and rubbish fires without taking the proper precautions to prevent thelr spread. Yet every day now ln some sec ton of the state there will be ire that gets beyond the control ot the person Starting it. Many will be subdued before doing damage; others will be dlsastrous.
 Yesterday was Fire Prevention Day ana Governor Raymond E. Baldwin pointed out that the goodness of the land IS ours in trust and our stewardship is 9 guardianship :" He also remarked fhat "it is now necessary that all hands be joined to protect the woodlands from further devastation which may come from fire. :" That's not an idle re- mark. It is necessary for all of us to join in any campaign to prevent forest fires. Let's make the season safe and secure one for all of us.