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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Saddle Soap Softens
Footgear of Troops
"Old Army Trick" Averts Epidemic of "Sore
Doggies" Among c. N. G. Article of War Curbs
Festive Spirit of Rockies" - "You're in the
Army Now!"

camp, but at CCC camp nearby.
However, most Of them are back
on light duty today.
The principal innovation in this
years maneuvers is the increased
demand for speed in all operations.
both offensive and defensive. This
is NATURAL development, in the
light q the growing cult of the
lightning war. Every effort is be-
ing made by the high command to
eliminate all red tape and to OBJ
tain results in the shortest possible
time. Two-way radio communica-
ton is being used between the
commanders and their troops II
| the field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
JAPAN HOPES FOR
OTHERS TO LEAVE
Departure of British Sol
diers From China Pleas
ing to japanese
BY ROBERT BELLAIRE
UNITED Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

NOAASCW 1ACSS 0bdA SUIkCSpVHUChtJ
Shanghai, Aug. 9(UP)-We ex-
pect and hope that other troops will
withdraw" a Japanese embassy
spokesman said today when in
formed that Great Britain had Or
dered withdrawal Of its troops from
Shanghai and Northern China.
The spokesman made his state
ment after saying that he had mo
special reaction" as regards the Brit
iSh announcement.
He pointed out that at the start of
the European war Japan had asked
that troops of belligerents be with
drawn from Japanese occupied terri
tory because Of danger of some Incl
dent which might involve Japan.
It was believed that British troops
withdrawn would be sent to Hong
Kong or Singapore.
It was estimated here that there
were about 1900 British troops in
Shanghai, about $50 at Tientsin, and
about 100 at Peiping.
London put the number at about
$500 at Shanghai and one company,
between $50 and 300 men perhaps, at
TientSin)
Makeup Of Troops
Here are the second battalion Of
the East Surrey regiment and the
first battalion Of the Seaforth High
landers, with corps which includes
eight branches Of the other services
such as royal engineers, ordnance
corps, signal corps and medical
corps.
At Tentsin there are some men OF
the East Surrey regiment, who re-
placed a battalion Of the Durhams
last December, and the men at Pei
ping were Of the East Surrey regi-
ment, attached to the British en-
baSSy in the legation quarter.
Announcement of the withdrawal
was made by British army headquar-
tiers in identical terms with the war
Office announcement at London.
British troops had been having a
quiet time recently, while American
marines have had angry incidents
with the Japanese.
The Japanese had protested when
the marines arrested armed plain
clothes operatives of the Japanese
army, who entered their defense sec
tor Of the International Settlement
in violation Of an agreement, and
had complained later of assaults on
japanese by marines.
Under Suspicion
Tokyo, Aug. 9-(UP)-The Japan
Rotary club with AZ afflliates in
Japan and Manchukuo, has been un-
der official surveillance since the ar
rest of numerous prominent Britons
on suspicion Of espionage, it was un-
derstood today.
Usually well informed quarters re-
ported that the entire organization
was likely to be drastically reorga-
nized, If not dissolved, at its annual
joint meeting Aug. IA.
The newspaper Hochi said that the
Shizuoka branch Of the club had
voted its own dissolution yesterday
In order to avoid suspicion that it
was "a hot bed of espionage" It in
cludes some foreign business men of
long residence in Japan.
Hochi said that Rotary headquar-
tiers here has been shocked by the
clubs dissolution.
The Right Wing East Asia associa-
ton presented resolutions to Prince
Fumimaro Konoye, premier; Foreign
Minister YoSuke MatSuoka, Gen. Eiki
TOTO, war minister, and Adm. zengo
Yoshida, navy minister, today de-
mand immediate declaration Of war
against Britain.
The demand was based on the "re-
taliatory" arrests Of Japanese SUBJ
jects in the British empire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
LOCAL LADS JOIN
U.S.. MARINE CORPS

Two local boys have been &C
cepted and enlisted in the United
States Marines, according to in
formation received today from Ser
geant George Beck, local recruiter.
John Marcus Fox of So Harvard
street has been accepted and trans
ferred to the Marine barracks at
Paris Island, s. c., for training. He
is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Fox.
Louis ]. Lavallee, Of Williams
street was accepted Professionally at
the local recruiting Office, in the
post Office building, and later &C
cepted at Springfield, where he had
his final examination. He too has
been transferred to the barracks at
Paris Island for a six-weeks train
ing period, after which he will go
to Quantico, Virginia for the final
training.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Waterbury mill
tia. LaChance
was In McCar-
thy's Store on
Saturday eve
ming sing ing
The Caisson
Song and, al
though he wore
. blue hatc0rd,
we all figured
he was out Of
c h 3 r a c t e r.
Where that SOL
der belongs Is
with The Right
NJ the Tine and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Especial to The Democracy

Ogdensburg, N. Y, Aug. 8.-The
farsightedness of the commanders
of the 43rd division in preparing
for the possibility of mobilization
by wedding out nearly all the mar
ried men who had been enrolled IN
the guard, as well as those who
were not physically fit for a year OF
intensive training became more than
ever apparent today, with the grow
ing conviction that the mobiliza-
ton bill will pass. In some OF
the other units here, the amend
ment to the bill allowing guards
men 20 days to resign after the call
to duty meant that a large percent
age of the personnel would take
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
South Britain Briefs

head, according - village scouis
We've never heard Of copper
heads ON Georges Hin before, but
the black smokes grow chunky and
lengthy. r. c. Mitchell bad the
misfortune TO lose . horse tha
other day, and that y genuine
loss during haying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
"FrsHERMAws LUCK" ON ROAD

worland, Wyo-UP)-The term
"fisherman's luck" apparently was
designed for such anglers as Lloyd
Heron, bank cashier. IN route on q
Sunday 1ishing excursion, Heron
spIed creel on the highway. Stop
ping his automobile. he opened the
basket and found Il 10 contain II
big, freshiy-caught mountain trout.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Artillery. Anyway, South Britain
will be represented at the war
games.
Oliver Gilbert went bullheading
at Pennsylvania Pond the other
evening and got a pretty fair mess.
OId-timers were talking about
business the other evening and
the conversation got around to
railroading, especially railroading
as known along the Shepaug. The
Shepaug Line still runs but it sell
dom enjoys the burst Of business
handled during the elevation Of
the railway tracks in Bridgeport
when all the stone came from
Mine Hill. The Shepaug was .
big-time outfit those days, Orton
Post Office at Roxbury Falls was
open, the silica mills were grind
ing and the garnet mines worked
overtime. We heard about one
sawmill that sold $500 hemlock
railroad ties to the New Haven
road that winter before the in
spectOrs discovered that hemlOck
doesn't hold spikes like hardwood
or chestnut.
HALEY Miller has bought new
safety razor and has started to
shave regularly.
Our sympathy is extended to
two leading citizens. Mr.. Heinze,
the music teacher at Georges Hill,
had his dog bitten by . copper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

It's funny about place names.
Currituck is q stretch Of country
over Newtown way, and It's also
the name Of q village, . sound,
and q sandy beach on the Caro-
lima coast. Who says that YAM
KEGS never sailed around? Some
day we're going to find out which
was named first, Currituck on the
Atlantic or Currituck on the old
HouSatonic river.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Said to be George O,Brien's most
exciting screen vehicle in years,
"Stage to Chino" deals with the ex-
ploits Of a young postal inspector in
Arizona during the eighties. and q
fight to have a stage line for its
feminine owner, Virginia Vale, hero
inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
By BILL GARRIGUs

Jim Fleming's collie attended
the church supper at the Con-
gregational church the other eve
ming.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Johnny LaChance, respIendent
In new olive drab, shipped for
Pine Camp, New York, with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09
Building
Permits

The following permits have been
issued at the ONCE Of Building
Inspector John T. Hartley:
Albert Cestare, to erect garage
ut 474 Lakeview street, $500.
Domenic Castelano, to erect
one-famiIy dwelling ON Corona
drive, 5000.
James A. Miller, to erect one-
family dwelling ut Baldwin and
Raymond streets. $500.
Miss Edna BonkeF, 10 erect one
family dwelling on Moran street,
L0ndons Water Board used D.00(
miles Of pipe 10 supply consumer
h London and vicinity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

The largest white oak trees In
SOuthbury are IN q woods behind
the Elsie Human Denny Place not
far from that portion Of town
known as White Oak. These trees
are cOrkers. During the first
World War, . local sawmiIl man
offered $1,000 for them on the
stump, and when a Yankee bids
a thousand bucks fen anything IL
has to be good.
A twisted, wind-warped white
oak on Rockhouse Hill below
Quaker. Farms. measures. stout
around the girth and looks like
the old pictures OF the Charter
Oak. Another giant white oak
stands near Kate Clancy's on the
Purchase Hill road.
A summer resident from Scot
land got in q jam the other day
and needed help. A neighbours
wife obliged and helped her start
her stranded auto. Later, We
heard that the Scotch lady re-
marked that american women
are resourceful." OF course they
are, and that goes double for the
American women Of South Brit
ain. They have to be res0urceful
to survive. Whether it's baking
beans or making venison hash, our
women can do better job quicker
than almost any women Of any
nationality on earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Nearly Is miles Of the equeduct
being built to increase Rome's water
supply has been opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

HALEY Miller has bought a new
safety razor and has started to
shave regularly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-09

Pride Of the Army, the U. S. Field
Artillery. Anyway, South Britain
will be represented at the war
games.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
!. Three Merchantmen
Are Sunk by Planes,
Germans Contend
Destroyer, Cruiser and
Four Other Trade Ships
Declared Damaged
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 15.-Three British
merchantmen totaling 1900 tons
were sunk, and a destroyer, an aux
iliary cruiser and four other mer-
chant ships were damaged yesterday
by German bombers which raided
conveys in the English Channel, the
German high command declared to-
day.
During the night of July 14-15
British planes dropped bombs aim
lessly" in Northern and Western
Germany, causing slight property
damage, the communique said.
Faversham Declared Hit.
Two British planes were reported
shot down by anti-aircraft fire while
German fighting planes accounted
for another.
The high command spoke of raids
on port facilities. airports and arma-
ment industries in Southern England
which caused fires and explosions,
particularly at Faversham.
In frequent air fights" said the
communique, four British Hurricane
pursuit planes and two German
planes were shot down.
Sea Raiders in Action.
Germany's sea raiders, whose op-
erations against merchant shipping
have not been reported officially
since the scuttling of the pocket bat
tleship Admiral Graf Spec last De-
cember, are in action again.
The high command announced in
Its communique yesterday that
single warship had sunk 1880 tons
of enemy merchant shipping in
overseas waters"
No further details were given. But
Germans assumed the raiders,
modern counterparts of the World
War Emden and karlsruhe, would
be more active now that German
ships can operate from bases all
along the Atlantic coast from South
ern France to the Arctic Circle.
Claim Is Planes Destroyed.
In week end aerial operations the
Germans claimed Is British planes
destroyed against three German
planes lost. Ten of the British air.
craft were said to have been downed
while seeking to guard conveys in
the English Channel and five more
In raids over Northern and Western
Germany Saturday night.
The German wireless said one per-
son was killed and two were injured
when British planes dropped bombs
tn the Cologne district during the
week end.
DNB, official German news agency,
reported the return to Germany of
s, 400 German civilians who were
|lnterned In France. The agency
said / 200 others still were in French
colonies.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Stowe
CONTINUED From First Paee.)

with Hitler, 1t is believed Sir Samuel
would be more than willing.
4. Nazi sources are now limiting
significantly that NaI Germany
does not necessarily desire to destroy
Or appropriate the entire British
neet-and with equal significance
they stress their main goal as re-
moval Of all British influence from
continental Europe.
Yesterdays Bukarester Tageblatt,
which is an accurate voice of Berlin,
printed this Illuminating statement: !:
'"The British islands-people must
get out of Europe finally and for
ever" Then followed a second state
ment: What they do otherwise does
mot interest us"
Worried About Japan.
This seems tantamount to de-
claring Britain can retain her en-
pire providing she accepts the rank
of purely secondary power in
Europe and If she establishes an
acceptable" regime in London.
The fact cannot be overlooked that
some diplomats who are closest tc
tho Nazis are now stressing the
chances Of a Nazi-British peace set
tlement. They seem to think such q
settlement would depend chiefly or
whether the British government o.
q reshufded British cabinet /.
willing to listen to reason" These
persons usually echo what Hitler.
Balkan emissaries are saying. Right
now they insist that Berlin Is wor.
ried about Japan's getting a free
hand to dominate all of the Far
Evening star., 1940-07-15

ment with London. Whether Hitler
himself and his most intimate as
sociates are Of the same mind re-
mains to be seen, but the fact seems
eloquent that an offensive which
could have been started two weeks
ago is still hanging fire.
Nevertheless, when Nazi publi-
cation declares that what the Brit.
ish do outside of Europe docs not
interest us" 1t seems pretty clear
that Germany has a basis for an
understanding" with Great Britain
pretty we'll elaborated and at the
present time. Efforts to get Ger
many's main peace conditions un.
der the consideration Of some Of the
most experienced compromisers in
British life have almost certainly
been made, it is believed by some of
the best qualified observers here.
Unless the promised Nazi offensive
against England is launched very
soon, more developments are ex-
pected in the direction Of q realistic
peace settlement.
(Copyright 1910. By Chieaso Daily News.
1nc.)
Evening star., 1940-07-15
East, notably Indo-C China and the
Netherlands. Indies.

A'tsoos AAOe0OAy AAOOeAIl4ll6 anu LlS
Netherlands, Indies.
simultaneously, they explain that
Britain, If she makes peace soon.
might be able to make a satisfactory
arrangement with Berlin for the
preservation Of most of the British
fleet.
The line of argument runs in this
fashion and seems to have origin
ated, IN considerable measure, from
private conversations with Nazi
spokesmen. The British fleet, it is
said, is essential for the preservation
OF world balance of power--espe-
cially as a check upon the threat
ened tremendous expansion of Japan
in the Far East. Nazi Germany
can not afford to permit the Japa-
nese to control the Netherlands In
dies with their vast riches in tin,
rubber and oil, but only the British
or American fleet can hold the jap
anese In check for some years to
come.
Opportunity for Japan.
1t is further claimed that Berlin
recognizes that a terrific assault on
Britain would destroy or cripple a
large part Of the British fleet. BY
the same blow most Of the American
Fleet would be drawn into the At
Jantic Ocean for protection against
q triumphant Nazi Germany and
thereby Hitler would have given
Japan a fatal opportunity to Or
ganize a powerful hegemony over
all the brown and yellow races.
Moreover, it is argued that Nazi
Germany might conquer the British
1sles-but at the price of the eternal
hatred Of all Englishmen and most
Americans who would never forgive
the aerial destruction rained upon
the cradle Of the Anglo-Saxon world.
Then comes the final question
would it not be wiser for Nazi Ger.
many to negotiate an acceptance"
peace than to kindle the lifelong
enmity of Britain and the United
States while creating q yellow
giant" in the Far East? It cannot
be doubted that some Nazis today
would infinitely prefer what they
would regard as q reasonable settle
Evening star., 1940-07-15

Tonnage Of unidentified Italian destroyer unknown
Losses BY nations dncudes naval vessels):
Britain, 33
Netherlands s Denmark So italy a. Finland IS BEL
gum o. Estonia Lhuana
Argentina Rumana l. Japan Spain Total 7o4
Evening star., 1940-07-15
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON MONDAY, JULY M 1eo
Losses in War at Sea

The following ox
the 45th week Of the inclusive:
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Emery Estate Blaze,
Believed Started by
Arsonist, Probed
Arrests Expected Soon
In Two-Aiorm Fire at
Oakland Apartments

Police today began an investiga-
ton of fire last night on the old
Emery estate which they suspect was
Of incendiary origin. At the same
time, detectives announced that sew
eral arrests may be expected within
"the next 48 hours" in connection
with the two-alarm fire Monday
morning in the Oakland Apartments,
2006 Columbia road.
Last nights fire centered in a
small barn and two stables on the
estate at Georgia and Concord ave-
nues where the last Mayor of the
District, Matthew Gault Emery, lived
many years ago.
The fact that the fire appeared to
have broken out in three structures
about 80 feet apart-at the same
time led police to believe it had been
set by firebug. Damage was slight
and the fire did not spread to the
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Swedes Deny Firms
Passage 10 Assist
Defense Of Norway
Germans Appear to.
Impose Control Of
Nation Bit by Bit
BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER,

BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
PARIS, April 25.-The Swedish
government is refusing passage to
Finnish volunteers coming to the
defense of stricken Norway.
This piece of news drew the COM
ment from one neutral: THE
Swedes are simply incurable."
1t will be remembered that the
Swedes limited the passage of vol
unteers to help Finland.
The Swedes, it is generally ad-
mitted, will fight If attacked. But
if the Germans simply impose one
small demand after another upon
them, the Swedish government, in
its terror of war, may consent to
all of them and ultimately find
itself entirely under German con-
troll.
Isolated From World.
The Germans are making the
Swedes feel this control. Sweden
isolated from the entire world, re-
Gently sent a mission to Berlin to
try to negotiate transit through Ger
man territory for Swedish goods
The results were entirely negative
and the Swedes remain isolated
with Germany holding the doors and
able to allow the passage of Swedish
goods upon its own terms.
Meanwhile, by troop concentra-
tions at Koenigsberg and Memel, the
Germans are threatening Sweden in
its vital northern half. True to the
practice followed in the first World
War, the Germans at Trondheim are
sheltering behind the civilian popu-
lation. The allies realize that to take
Trondheim they must, perhaps, de.
stroy the city. They have urged the
inhabitants to leave. The Germans
not only refuse to allow the approx
imately 10000 persons to quit their
homes for the hills, but have moored
their warships within 100 feet of the
nearest houses and installed their
guns in the dwellings themselves.
Mussolini Is Dissatisfied.
Meanwhile, certain shifts in thu
attitude of Russia seem to have
vitally affected the development o1
the war in the near future. Premier
Benito Mussolini is apparently dis.
satisfied with what seems to be the
increasing Russian interest in thu
Balkans. For Russian influence ir
such states as Rumania and Yugo.
slavia is exactly what Mussolini like!
the least and, without German help
cannot apparently prevent. But HI
will hardly fight to help the Rus
slams extend their influence.
This revelation of the real Ger
man-Russian position was hastened
it is believed here, by the breakdown
of the British-Russian commercial
negotiations. Once the Russian
saw that the British would not per
NIT the re-export from Russia tt
Germany of British iron and Goa
they lost interest in the proceedings
For this, and a number of othe
reasons, military opinion here still
believes that some new fare-up O.
the war is likely in a very near fu
ture.
Copyright 1910. by Chicago Daily
News, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-04-25
q. u. Students to Heur
g. HowIund Shaw

G. Rowland Shaw, chief of the
Division Of Foreign Service Person.
mel Of the State Department, will
address group Of Georgetown Uni
versity students at $50 o'clock to-
night in the Coplsy Lounge ON the
campus.
He will discuss the qualificat tions
and work Of American career diplo-
mats. The meeting Is under the
Evening star., 1940-04-25
| Woman, Thrown by Horse,
Believed Seriously Hurt

Mrs. Dorothy Brooke, 80, Of $40
Jenifer street NV, was in serious
condition in Walter Reed Hospital
today with a possible skull fracture
suffered when she was thrown from
a horse yesterday In Rock Creek
Park.
The accident occurred about three
quarters of a mile south of Sheriff.
drive. The spill was witnessed by two
men. Alexander B. Cecil and Warren
McKenney, both of Arlington, Va,
said by police to have been with Mrs.
Brooke.
She was thrown when her gallop-
ing horse swerved around tree in
the middle OF the bride path and her
head struck the tree. She taken to
the hospital in police car.
Evening star., 1940-04-25

other building on the untenanted
estate.
The announcement that arrests
were expected in the Oakland Apart
ments fire was made this morning
by Chief Of Detectives Bernard w.
Thompson.
He indicated that investigation
OF the fire, which police declare was
OF incendiary origin, had taken on a
new aspect. Police yesterday said
they expected to make an imme-
date arrest, but Inspector Thomp-
son said no one was in custody yet.
The fire routed about 100 residents
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Yueoslovic Program Set

The Duquesne University Tam
buritza Orchestra will present a
program of Yugoslavic classical and
folk music tomorrow night, begin
ming at 8 o'clock, in the Knights of
Columbus Hall, 920 Tenth street
NV. The program will be given in
costume under sponsorship of the
Washington Chapter, Yugoslavic
American Association, of which
Martha Ferrich is concert chairman.
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Oyster Roust Sundoy

Members Of the Young Democrats
OF Southern Maryland, Inc, will
attend an oyster roast beginning at
q pm. Sunday at Griffith Farms, on
the Marlboro pike near Forestville,
Md. Elmer Pumphrey of Suitland
Is in charge Of ARRANGEMENTS.
Evening star., 1940-04-25

from the building In the early-morn-
ing hours and did extensive dam
age. Evidence was found to show
that the blaze broke out in two sep
arated spots about the same time.
Evening star., 1940-04-25
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Brazil is sending mail to Europe
only on Brazilian and Italian ships