The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-12

.Cluoo AAA1oSAAS<o' A~~AA berries are not to be confused in any way with huckleberries, blue berries, or black berries.
 Billberries are stubborn, rugged fruit that fatten robins, the farm help, and grandpa. Home folks make pies, puddings, and lot of stewed connections out of them, and they also wrestle up plenty of straight raw rations consisting of bread and milk with bill ber- ries. Food experts claim that bill berries will put new life into an oldster, making 8 baby gain weight, and furnish so much en- ergy for the hired man that he will never ask for a raise or join the c. I. o.
 Yankee Division Veterans throughout Connecticut are work ing their heads of for the nom- ination of Col. John H. (Machine Gun) Parker as a candidate for the United States Senate. Colonel Parker has no illusions about preparedness. He knows that America is not only unprepared but that most citizens are too busy worrying about possible con- scription to pay much attention to whether or not an American army will have enough rifles to go around. He thinks we are long overdue for some constructive military minds in Washington and the fellows who know him best think he has exactly what the doctor ordered. It's going to be mighty hard for John Henry to say NO" when the veterans of Connecticut say "Go ahead"
 It's certainly inspiring to see how far ahead of the rest of the United States this township is. As far back as November, 19S7, George A. Holmes quietly went about the business of organizing the United Americans, an organ izatiOn started to resist the inva- sion of the German-American Bund. The Bund never much more than got its deed to land here than George started work ing out a scheme to keep them from getting established. They gave it up as a bad job, and Southbury was spared the dam ger of subverSive infiitratiOn from that quarter.
 In 1899, Southbury veterans of Newton Post, No. 1907, Veterans of Foreign Wars, cited the fact that many members of the Com- munist Party were employed by WPA. Their protests were as voices in the wilderness but now, in 1940, persons employed by the WPA are required to swear that they are not members of the Bund or of the Communist Par ty. Our action here was not en- tirely the deciding factor in caus- ing this sudden shift in attitude on the part of the federal work dSCl1Cy, UQL tACAVAlC1 Wdo ~ WAoAA- out weight. (The world has been watching this township. Some people wonder if Adolph Hitler and Uncle Joe Stalin haven't made a red circle on their maps to indicate the location of this community)
 While the rest of the world was trying to appease the tough fel- lows in Europe by giving them chunks of territory everywhere. forehanded folks in Southbury started the organization of the Paradise Rife Company, an out- fit that now tallies about sixty five head. Before long, the Para disc Rifles will be firing for rec ord and we expect some high scores and plenty of enthusiasm. Already there are signs of hope fuIess among the sponsors and . lot Of interest outside the town ship has been noted. Watch the Paradise Rifiesi Within . few months. not even the Q. S. Ma- rines win have better marksmen.
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