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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
COUPLE SOON TO
 WED INJURED

Boston, October F. - CUP) - a young couple who were to have been married today were injured, the prospective bride critically, in an early-morning auto crash.
 Miss Dorothy Brown, 27. of Bel mont, was hospitalized with pos sible skull fracture and other in- juries, while her fiance, Alvin L. Vose, 27, of Waterville, Me, was less seriously hurt.
 Police said the ar driven by Vose was in collision with a trailer truck in Brighton, turned over twice and landed almost on top of parked auto. The truck driver, Eli Der geron, 27, of (67 Newbury street) West Springfield, escaped injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

for one years trainin g. Of course, in all such cases, the final say is up to the local draft boards and the district appeal boards, but the regulations now issued assure a very h u m a n e treatment of cir cumstances.
 he W hol e purpose of the "tops" in the draft machine ic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

postponed on the vacancy in Dis trict A.
 The committee voted to meet again next Friday night. Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney was authorized to. name a finance committee. Campaign plans were discussed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

Farmers of Argentina have do. mated ever lD00 head Of cattle and eao0o0 in cash to the British oovs ernnlent this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
Answering Your Questions About CONSCRIPTION
Officials To Hear Humor, Pathos When Draftees Tell Their Stories
BY MILTON BRONNER

Manager Information
 confessional and oldfashioned coun probably the only people who get more secret stories local draft boards will hear this
 letters requiring information Oct 16 wide of human con1edv and.tr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

Pitiful side is when anxious wives, with three or four little children, write in asking for positive assur- ance that the breadwinner hus- band will not be taken into the army
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12

Latin America bought nearly $1.- GOO, ,O0O worth of rubber products in month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-12
Noticeable Decline
 Of Past Several Years
 Reportedas Checked
I,5l5 Births Recorded in Waterbury During Past Year-HeaIth Officers Report Includes Causes
 of Death in Community

during the year. Health department laboratory service was also extended. pr. Godfrey's report speaks of communicable diseases as follows:
 Communicable Diseases
Evening star., 1940-12-19

ject to air attacks and, maybe, later to
invasion. Even turning over-under
protest-certain ports to England would
make her, technically, a bellgerent-at
least-for Hitler.
A tie-up with the Germans is unthink-
able. Right now German assistance
would not be available, thus permitting
the British forcibly to take the small
state over. Size-26,00O square miles
equal to one-half of Greece. Pop
ulation-3 million Oess than half of
Greece. Military equipment negligible.
Not going into too many details: If the
war continues-even with America
sharing in the slaughter-Eire seems to
be destined to become battlefield. In
the final outcome she'll remain "as is"
If Britain wins and if she fights on
Britain's side. The latter would hardly
hand over the unwilling north even to
q friendly Fire.
And if the great totalisator" prevails?
Why, another "protectorate," another
"Westmark." OF course, there is always
the possibility of a heroic do-and-die
last-ditch fight against any invader
something to provide thrills to the
newspaper readers in the stay-at-
home countries. But despite the Greeks
remarkable showing right now such at
tempts usually wind up like Queen
Zenobia's ill-fated defense of Palmyra
Tin 270 ADJ. The Roman Caesars
military might won out. All this nat
urally. is Irelands business And so
here we are: Neutral she may not remain,
And no matter where she lines up she'll
become a battlefield.
This is as it appears to an inglorious
bystander who does not know much of
anything. But can tell blood on the
moon" when see it. FRED VETTER.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
An UnsoIved Problem

President Roosevelt's veto of the
Logan-Walter bill, and the House vote
sustaining that action, eliminate
this particular piece of legislation
from further consideration, but the
evils that the bill was designed to
correct remain with us.
The still unsolved problem pre-
sented by the phenomenal growth Of
administrative agencies is thorny
one, and substantial adjustments
certainly will have to be made. But it
does not follow by any means that
these agencies, functioning in their
proper sphere, should be subjected to
Gripping legislative controls. The
volume of administrative business of
the Government has increased enor-
mously in recent years, and it has
been altogether necessary to set up
some machinery to handle this work.
The administrative agency, exercising
broad powers under general delega-
ton of authority from Congress, was
the instrument chosen, and not even
the most severe critic of this system
has been able to devise a more
promising substitute.
1t seems rather obvious that the
problem is one of adjustment. Some
where between the old legal forms,
which the President so unrestrain-
edly condemns, and the so-called
system of substantial justice"-a
system which often has resulted in
incredible miscarriages of Justice
lies a middle ground on which COM
promise must be reached. When the
new Congress assemblies this matter
undoubtedly will receive careful
attention.
Helpful recommendations may be
forthcoming from the Attorney Gen.
erals committee on administrative
law, which, according to Mr.. Roose-
welt, will submit it's report in few
weeks. This committee has been at
work for more than a year and
should have arrived at valuable con-
clusions. There have been reports,
however, that the committee is in
hopeless disagreement. If that is
true, Congress will be left with no
alternative except to work out its
own solution. This may come in the
form of broad legislation in the
nature of perfected Logan Walter
bill, or it may be done through in
dividual amendment of statutes
creating the administrative agencies.
But the particular form of the
remedy is less important than the
imperative need for some satisfactory
solution. On that point all are
agreed-Mr. Roosevelt, his Attorney
General and both Houses of Congress.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

announced his. support Of the policy
Of extending "every possible aid, short
of war, to Great Britain in her gallant
stand against the forces of evil"
From that language it seems evident
that Mr.. Green understands that our
present peaceful status is not neces-
sarily permanent-that the defeat of
Britain might quickly plunge us into
war. If that is the case, and If it
may be assumed that our armament
production would increase If we
should adopt a war economy-an
assumption which can hardly be dis
puted-it is difficult to understand
why one who, in other respects,
reveals such a thorough understand
ing Of our defense problem should
urge continued operation Of industry
on peacetime basis-an effort which
already has resulted in downward
revision of production schedules to
the very serious detriment of the
British.
Evening star., 1940-12-19

The dilemma Of the mule between two
equally attractive bales Of hay was as
nothing to that Of Quincy, the yellow
cat, when faced suddenly by two platters,
one holding liver and the other oysters.
II there is anything in the world which
Quincy likes better than oysters 1t is
liver. II there is any food he prefers
to oysters, 1t is liver.
He has lived many years now with
but one aim in life, to eat. Some people
are that way. too. Eating Is Quincy's
sport. recreation, business.
Mainly his diet consists of beef, with
salmon on alternate days. He does not
Chicken and turkey and veal loaf are
favorites.
All these have his approval, but life
suddenly picks up when he shifts liver.
And how he can sniff it! It is impossible
to get 1t out of bag and into the
refrigerator without the big yellow cat
smelling it.
He can smell liver at any distance.
Oysters he must see to smell. At least.
that Is the way it,impresses an observer.
Not SO with liver. He may be in an
other part Of the house, but pretty soon
after the arrival of the liver he will be
found down at the ice box, looking up
and meowing If any human is near.
k*+
We suspect that both liver and oysters
are to him but tidbits, not regular food.
He is able to put away half dozen
oysters after full meal of other foods
liked by house cats.
Which does he prefer?
That was the subject of the scientific
experiment now to be discussed Let us
say at this point that the scientific mind
is not thing of test tubes alone 1t is
more the desire to find out. So many
persons go through life without wanting
to find out things. Maybe they don't
dare. They are afraid of what they may
find. Or maybe they are satisfied.
Most persons will not experiment even
with so simple thing as toilet soap.
They select some soap, through chance
or the advice of friend, and then they
stick to that for the rest of their lives.
1t is possible to be scientist, in little,
with so everyday thing as soap. if you
will try one after the other, and really
attempt to find their good and bad
qualities No two soaps are alike in
their effect on the skin, lathering ability,
and so on.
The scientific experiment under dis
cussion has not to do with saponaceous
qualities but rather cats preference.
Would old Quincy, connoisseur, eat
liver first or oysters?
Or would he stand in amazement be-
tween the two dishes. utterly unable to
decide which to eat first?
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Loss of Temper

A radio broadcast from Rome the
other day said, in part: "The Italian
is lighthearted until aroused. Some
times what he needs is just a little
slap; then he stands up and fights
to a finish. The more blows, the
more dangerous he becomes. The
British ought to remember this"
1t is sporting indeed for them to
warn Britain against the perils of
the Latin temper. Unless notified
that they were approaching the
danger point Of peevishness, the
British and Greeks might have gone
on indefinitely pasting the eternal
dsylights out Of them in Egypt and
Albania, without a thought of the
dire consequences. The whole busi-
ness constitutes a delicate problem
in psychology, and adds immeasur-
ably to the difficulty. Britain and
Greece evidently have no tempera-
ment spies in Italy to tell them how
far they may safely 60. To date
they have driven the Fascists out of
all Egypt ard quarter Of Albania,
taken over 10000 prisoners and sunk
part of their fleet, all without getting
their dander up too much. Now,
before going further, they ought to
take time out to weigh carefully the
awesome consequences of any more
teasing. For this momentous de-
cision, they should. consume all of
three seconds.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Tires for Jupun

The disclosure that large numbers
Of truck tires recently have been
shipped from this country to Japan
again directs attention to the fact
that Nippon still looks to the United
States for materials needed in carry
ing on her war against China. In
August, according to Department Of
Commerce figures, this country sup
piled Japan with two tires, and for a
long period preceding that month,
tire exports were Of negligible volume.
In September more than 5000 tires
were shipped to Japan. and approxi-
mately the same number were ex-
ported in October to Kwantung, an
area under control of Japan. Export
figures for November have not yet
been released.
Japan is largely dependent on
foreign sources for her supplies of
rubber, a vital strategic material.
Practically all the tires shipped in
September and October were of the
type used by trucks. Inasmuch as
large fleet Of trucks is required to
supply Japan's widely scattered mill
tary forces in China, the assumption
is logical that these tires were either
purchased for the army or bought by
Japan for transhipment to Germany,
over the trans-Siberian railway.
American exports to Japan for the
first nine months of 1910 we're valued
at $165,275, 900, as compared with
$155, 1853, 900 during the correspond
ing period of 1899. Though ship
ments of scrap iron, lead, aluminium
and automotive products declined,
exports of raw cotton, iron and
steel bars, steel ingots, wood pulp
and tinplate registered large gains.
The United States, therefore, has
continued to be an important
supplier of war materials to Japan.
The United States Government
has already made some war ma
terials, such as iron and steel scrap,
and aviation gasoline, subject to ex-
port licenses. BY refusing licenses
for the shipment of these goods, the
State Department has reduced the
amount of material assistance which
Japan is receiving from the United
States. =
The recent large shipments of
tires, however, seem to indicate the
need for further extension of the
export licensing system, as a means
Of making more effective our policy
OF aid to China and Great Britain.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Lubor's Viewpoint

William Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Philip Murray, head of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, have put
themselves on record with respect to
their conception of labor's role in the
defense program.
Mr.. Murray had little to offer Of a
constructive nature. He evidently
regards the defense program pri-
marily as great unemployment
project with labor absolved of any
and all responsibility for the lag in
production, the blame being placed
by Mr.. Murray on industry and the
rather stupid" method of distribut-
ing and administering the program.
On the subject Of strikes, he had
this to say: 1T is not the intent nor
has it ever been the purpose OF our
c. I. o. organizations to impede,
hamper or restrain the continuity of
operations or the constant flow Of
production where collective bargain
ing agreements are in existence"
What that statement may imply as
to c. I. o. policy in the case of de-
Tense plants where contracts have
not been signed is left to the
imagination.
Mr.. Green enunciated a much more
cooperative policy, to which he said
his organization would adhere. Ad-
dressing himself to this Government,
he said: SHOW us what you want us
to do and we will do 1t. If any sacri-
fees are necessary, show us why they
are necessary and we will cheerfully
agree to them. We are with you to
the finish" In this connection he
specifically recognized a Solemn
duty" to avoid strikes unless par
ticular conditions become completely
unbearable." |
In only one particular is there room
for serious dissent from the position
taken by Mr.. Green-when he de-
clared that I'VE must not be stam-
peded into forcing a war economy
upon q Nation in peacetime."
Prior to that statement Mr.. Green
had recognized the danger to us in
the spread Of aggression and had
Evening star., 1940-12-19
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdce1DeN.

Knowing Quincy as we do. we felt
sure that his yellow head would not long
hesitate to try one or the other.
It had been quiet day. The old cat
was asleep In the best chair In the living
room. It was impossible to blame him.
Outside it was gray. dismal day. No
rain had fallen, but the skies looked as
If they would let it loose at almost any
moment.
Surely any human who suddenly
happened to be turned into q cat would
curl up Immediately in the softest chair
in sight. Quincy has sampled them all
by this time. He knew the best one.
Suddenly, into his sleeping world, came
a delicious Whit.
The liver, mind you, was still in the
bag. But it takes more than paper bags
to keep the divine aroma of liver from
q cats nose.
Salmon, despite its pungency, is not SO
quick to make an imprint.
Humans in household will get the
scent of salmon before the household
cat will. but when it comes to liver, the
cat wins nose down every time.
Today was no exception. Quincy raised
his head, then jumped out of the chair
and ran as fast as his fat body would
permit him.
He smelled liver.
There was no doubt in his mind. It
was liver, that best of deserts. Not food,
mind YOU Beef would do for the main
course, but liver was excellent to finish
q meal.
There on the floor beneath the sink
were two plates.
Quincy knew what was in one, but
what was this in the other?
oysters, as sure as he was alive!
He turned and regarded us with look
of amazement. Cats can do it, you know,
whey they want to.
What is this?" he seemed to say. II
knew it was liver, but how did these
oysters get here?"
Quickly he licked the liver, then
| jumped at once to the oysters. These,
| too, he sampled by preliminary licking.
Every now and then he would turn
around to stare. This was problem of
the first water. Few cats, his look de-
| clared, were ever faced by such a
| problem.
X
Suddenly he made up his mind.
| He took the liver
So that is settled, as far as Quincy
| the yellow cat, is concerned.
He ate all the liver before turning to
the oysters.
These require a different technique
When Quincy is eating oysters, you can
hear him all over the house.
Eight oysters and platter of liver
Not a bad meal for a cat We said
| Quincy was a pig.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Princess JuIiunu

The gracious heir apparent to the
crown of The Netherlands has been
given cordial greeting by the city
Of Washington. Crowds of friendly
people awaited her arrival at Union
Station and at the White House yes
terday afternoon, and she was ac-
corded an ovation at the National
Symphony Orchestra concert at Con-
stitution Hall last evening. With
memories of these demonstrations in
her mind, Princess Juliana needs no
further assurance of the good will of
residents of the Capital of the United
States.
Yet it is a pleasure as we'll as a
valued privilege to say to the next
lawful ruler of the Dutch Kingdom
that America is profoundly sympa-
thetic toward Holland in its present
plight. President Roosevelt expressed
the instinct of a vast majority Of
the citizens of this country when, on
April IS, 1889, he begged the Chancel-
lor Of the German Reich to give
assurance that Nazi armad forces
would not attack nor invade,the ter
ritory and possessions of l0Ise list
of nations in which The Netherlands
was included. Within a fortnight
thereafter Adolf Hitler, in a formal
address to specially summoned
session Of the Reichstag, acknowl-
edged the desire of Queen Wilhel-
mina's government for absolute
neutrality" Nothing had been sug-
gested, he insisted, that was incom-
patible with the sovereignty and
integrity" of Germany's neighbors.
These nations, according to Der
Fuehrer, had indicated that they
were not alarmed. In return, "all
states bordering on Germany have
received much more binding assur-
ances" than those for which the
accredited spokesman of American
democracy had appealed.
Such was the pledge of the German
dictator. That his promise never was
intended to be fulfilled is now a
matter of proven history. The viola
ton of Denmark, Norway, Belgium
and Holland by Nazi forces in April
and May, 1910, forever will stand
against Hitlers claim to the tolerance
Of posterity. His mistreatment of the
small societies of Northwestern Eu-
rope demonstrates the hypocrisy Of
his contention that he is not unjust
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Advocates Feeding Of
European Children.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
I wonder how many Of your readers
are concerned about the fate OF Euro
pean children? A few can be brought
to this country and thus escape the
bombs and other perils Of war. But
how about the millions, both in England
and on the continent, who are going
hungry this winter? Why shouldn't we
in the United States help to make the
future world better one by seeing that
today's children grow up sound in body
and mind?
Surely neither side needs to insist
upon the starvation Of innocent children
in non-belligerent nations as a means
for accomplishing its war aims. In the
last war it proved perfectly feasible to
feed neutral civilians under guarantees
from both belligerents. It has been
shown that not more than two weeks
supply of food need be in Europe at any
one time and that this would be but q
drop in the bucket even II either side
should violate its pledge by selling the
food intended for non-belligerent civil
ians. Further shipments, Of course, could
be stopped in such an eventuality.
We are particularly fortunate in hav-
ing available the experience which Her
bert Hoover had in such an undertaking
during the first World War. He has
assured us that the project is perfectly
feasible. Who should know better?
What is holding us up? Why are we
I delaying while the future world citizens
become stunted and twisted from NAL
nutrtuon7 KENNETH EELLA.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
New British Offensive?

CAdCG1y 1Ou1 lIlOIlI1IS dkO VOOdy, OIl
August 10, Britain withdrew from
Berbera, chief city and port Of
British Somaliland, after a fortnight
of resistance against much
stronger Italian army attacking
from Italian Somaliland and Eth
opia. The evacuation was hailed as
a major victory designed to enable
Fascist control of a sector along the
Gulf of Alden, through which the
British life line passes from the In
dian Ocean to the Red Sea and the
Suez Canal. Rome spoke of Berbera
as another Dunkirk" and acclaimed
the conquest as perhaps the most
important loss of British territory
in more than century. It was also
hailed as a terrific blow to Britain's
prestige throughout Africa and the
Near East, with corresponding glory
for II Duce, the self-proclaimed
grand protector of Islam"
Much has happened since then.
The Italians have been driven from
Egypt and are now in ignominious
retreat before victorious British
forces one hundred and fifty miles
within the border Of Libya, leaving
behind tens of thousands of pris-
oners and enormous quantities of
military equipment and supplies. AS
General Wavell pursues Marshal
Graziani's routed army across the
Libyan desert and is isolating it's
main coastal base at Bardia, British
troops have launched an offensive
against Italian Somaliland from
Kenya. Early accounts speak only
of raids" by a strong British force
including "armored fighting vehicles
and artillery" But the base at Ell
Wax, in the Jubaland territory which
Britain ceded to Italy in 1925, was
attacked on a scale sufficient to
yield a considerable quantity of
prisoners, guns, ammunition and
stores.
Possibly of minor Importance in
itself, from the standpoint of i'm
mediate results achieved, British
action in the East African theater
may be the forerunner of events
rivaling in significance those now in
progress in Libya. The Italians still
hold Buna, in Kenya, some fifty miles
south of the Ethiopian frontier,
which they captured September 3.
Mussolini doubtless occupies British
Somaliland in considerable force and
also has his nearby Ethiopian gar
rison to draw upon, in case there is
FULL -fledged invasion of "Somalia
Italiana," preliminary to attempted
recovery Of the adjacent British ter
ritory taken by the Fascists in Au-
gust. Units drawn from widely
separated parts of Britain's African
empire, including land and air de-
tachments from South Africa and
black troops from the Gold Coast in
the west, are participating in these
new operations.
The penetration of Italian Somali-
land in any event is evidence to
Rome that Britain's regained initia-
tive in Africa is wide-ranging and
capable of disarranging axis plans
both east and west of the Suez.
There is certainly nothing in the
news from the Indian Oceon area to
bolster shattered Italian morale.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
in his campaign to glorify and ag-
grandize the Reich.

in his campaign to glorify and ag-
grandize the Reich.
- In relation to the present sufferings
of her country, Princess Juliana
represents certain values Of Christian
civilization dear to the hearts Of
lovers of honorable freedom every
where. She is a member of a house
which has served the Dutch nation
with distinction; she symbolizes con-
stitutionalism in The Netherlands;
she was born to succeed her mother,
has been educated to the duties Of
that position and is qualified for the
performance Of them. Her cause,
then, is righteous and may be ex-
pected for that reason to prevail.
Meanwhile, the people of Washington
desire their royal guest to understand
that she is truly welcome.