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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Evans accepting con- gratulations today their third wedding anniversary Mrs Joe is the former Estele Vitkus. Mary Frank, Jean KOrkin, Sadie Franken and Sydell Willner are postcardng friends for Lake George. Y where they are vacatiOning this week. Marcus BOyles of the Massachusetts Boyles is visiting relatives here ndef nteIy and likes it much would like to make it his permanent address, Esther Marcuk of Hillside Ave nue has chosen Happy Acres in Middlefeld for a week of vacation excitement this week Breakfast in bed is her motto these days.
 Heard in passing . :. . MT. and Mrs. c. L. Clark of Autumn Street are enjoying months vacation at Marc nacook Lake Winthrop, Maine. George Trosky, r who finishing his first hitch with the Navy writes home from San Pedro Calif., announcing his contem- plated arrival in the Brass City this week. George claims there isn't better boss than Uncle Sam and plans to reenlst. MT and Mrs Francis Ryan were recent vis- itors at Ocean Beach Louis Del Russo, Joe Aenskas and Babe Calabosnia all a-twtter about their tempated vacation at Lake Wnnemaug. Louis losses mean soda at the Walnut Pharmacy. Frances Crawley, of Ives Street. the Scarlet Oara of the Walnut Hill region is home after enjoyable vacation spent at Myrtle Beach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-24

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Evening star., 1940-09-12
Undounted Britain

There was no mincing of words
no evasion of unpalatable fact-in
Prime Minister Churchill'S warning
yesterday to air-besieged Britain
that the crucial hour of her fate may
now be at hand. With grim detail
he outlined Germany's plans for
invasion, as he told of the hundreds
of Self-propelled barges and conveys
OF larger ships made ready all the
way from Norway to the French
coast for transport to English, Scot
tish or Irish shores of forces con-
centrated for a landing on British
soil. But he bade his people to be
of stout heart. The island fortress
is ready. Her people and its guard
ians-the intrepid Royal Air Force,
the navy and the army-await in
confidence the worst that Hitler can
hurl against them.
No American who heard Mr..
Churchill's stirring broadcast could
fail to be impressed by the unim-
paired calm, the stern determination
which it breathed. With full justice
1t might have been devoted to a
glorifcation of the deeds of valor,
both on the offense and the defense,
performed during the last week by
Britain's airmen. The Prime Min
lister was content to refer to their
Evening star., 1940-09-12

achievements by remarking, almost
casually, that the Nazi squadrons
raiding London almost necessarily
"are met by our fighters and nearly
always broken up" Their losses, Mr..
Churchill said, average three to one
in machines and six to one in pilots"
At no point did he as much as men,
ton the raids which the r. A. F. has
carried out over Berlin and other
German cities or the widespread
devastation these have caused.
1t is on the invincible and sacri-
fetal spirit in which Britons are
enduring the ordeal of savage air
attack that MIR. Churchill laid most
stress and to which he paid deserved
tribute. What Hitler has DONE" the
Prime Minister observed, in a passage
of surprising eloquence, sis to kindle
a fire in British hearts, here and all
over the world, which will burn with
a steady and consuming flame until
the last vestiges of Nazi tyranny
have been burnt out of Europe, until
the Old World and the New can Join
hands to rebuild the temple of mans
freedom and mans honor upon foun-
dations which will not soon or easily
be overthrown"
The battle of Britain is not over.
Mr.. Churchill clearly intimates it
may not yet even have approximated
the zenith of its ferocity. He only
suggests that if invasion is to be
tried it must come soon, because of
weather conditions and the constant
bombardment to which British guns
are subjecting the German vessels
prepared to serve as transports. The
next week, the Prime Minister warns,
may tell the story.
Meantime, as the zero hour ap-
proaches, Britain's friends and we'll
wishers beyond her homeland seas
are fortified afresh in their faith
that she faces with unyielding
resolve and unbroken hope whatever
the fortunes Of war may yet hold
for her.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
ARLINGTON, Va.

Dear Sir:
Your talk about squirrels, in The Star,
interested me very much, particularly in
regard to one losing its tail, how that
would affect its balance in climoing.
when small girl on plantation IN
Georgia I had a pet squirrel. Frolic
slept always in the pocket of an old pair
of trousers of my fathers hanging in a
back entry.
"One morning this squirrel was in the
dining room having his breakfast Of
bread and milk, of which he was very
fond, when with large and dripping
piece he jumped on fathers shoulder.
Naturally father grabbed for Frolic
and finally caught his tail, which he
Jerked. Horrors, the outer covering of
skin came all off leaving the bare bone
the whole length of it!
my mother, being resourceful, slipped
the skin like glove on finger. then
sewed it on.
"Frolic seemed all right for several
days, then one evening we heard MIN
crying. On looking in his pocket-bed
we found he had bitten his tail off, bone
and all. I suppose it itched.
I'VE always left one window open
for him to go and come as he pleased.
THE next evening he didn't come IN,
SO next morning we went searching and
finally found him dead, under a hickory
tree.
I'VE buried him there and planted a
white petunia on his grave.
$50 you see he couldn't maintain his
balance having lost his tail
VERY truly, J. F. B."
This melancholy tale of tail leads to
the triumphant thought of the happiness
of mankind to be without them.
At one time. in the countless centuries
ago, man probably had tail
But we do not recall ever having read
any description of this human caudal
appendage, and of course it is impossible
that there ever was any picture of it.
For one thing. humanity, not being
proud of its plain animal connections,
would have refused to picture it.
The best we can find is the long tail
ascribed by medieval authors ond
painters to the devil, Satan.
Old Satan always was given a most
handsome, and particularly long tail,
often with a barbed end This vas
believed to be the best and most pointed
way to show just exactly how devilish
he was.
There is rudimentary tail in man,
but 1t is so extremely rudimentary that
it does not count, being a mere indica-
ton which disappears before birth.
Just why man, of all the creatures, was
permitted to drop his tail is prob
lematical.
Probably he no longer needed it when
he came down out of the trees.
His nearest relatives, the present great
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Kings House

Buckingham Palace is a famous
place. Christopher Robin went there
with Alice to see the changing of the
guard. The King did not attend.
He was much too busy, signing
things" But everybody felt his pres
ence, even though he did not appear
in person. The atmosphere is royal.
All the standard guide books refer
to the Palace as "the Kings resi-
dence." Originally, however, it was
the home of John Sheffield, who was
Duke of Buckingham at the start Of
the eighteenth century. George III
bought the property in 1851, and he
occasionally occupied it during the
period when his troubles with the
revolted colonies and other aggrava-
tions were making life so miserable
for him that he found no rest any,
where. George w thought that he
would like the house better if it were
improved in certain of its arrange
mentS. To that end he summoned
the architect John Nash in 1925. But
the remodeled structure remained
untenanted until 1887, when Queen
Victoria attained the throne. She
made it what it has been during the
past seven or eight decades-a regal
dwelling without parallel on earth.
The present occupants-King
George VI, his gracious consort and
their children-probably would pre-
fer to reside at Sandringham or at
Windsor or elsewhere in the country.
But, like humber folk, they must
make their home near to their work;
and their duty, especially in time of
war, holds them to the capital of the
empire. They realize that they are
in danger. Because of the peril Of
their position they do not run away.
If that seems contradictory, the
axiom "noblesse oblige" may be cited.
The dwelling of the King is not
exempt from the fate of his country
nor of the people who are encouraged
by the report that his flag still waves
over his gate. Christopher Robin is
grown up now. Probably he is in
uniform, and Alice has married one
of the guard whose life, allegedly, is
terrible hard" If they come to call,
His Majesty must be "on the job" as
usual, still signing things" still
symbolizing the human amalgam of
the imperial state. One bomb will
not wreck Buckingham Palace.
Neither will any quantity of metal
dropped from the sky destroy that
for which it stands.
Evening star., 1940-09-12

Senator Ashurst is chairman of the
Judiciary Committee. He has sup
ported many administration meas
ures, including President Roosevelt'S
court reorganization bill in 1887.
During the primary campaign Just
ended his opponent assailed Senator
Ashurst for his stand against the
compulsory military service bill and
charged that he had not returned
to Arizona often enough to learn the
needs and wishes of the people of the
State. That his opposition to con-
scription hurt Senator Ashurst in his
bid for denomination seems clear,
even though it may not have been
the only factor contributing to his
defeat.
In Minnesota, Senator Henrik
Shipstead, who announced this sum-
mer that he would run for re-elec-
tion as a Republican after 18 years
in the Senate as a Farmer-Laborite
won the contest for the G. o. P.
senatorial nomination. II Senator
ShipStead's victory this week en-
courages a substantial number of
Farmer-Laborites to support the Re-
publican national ticket, and this
seems altogether likely, Wendell L.
Willkie would seem to have an ex-
cellent chance of securing the
electoral votes of Minnesota. Cover
nor Harold E. Stassen, keynoter at
the Republican National Convention
at Philadelphia, showed that he is
still popular figure in achieving
denomination by a large majority
over his rivals.
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of
Michigan coasted to easy victory in
Tuesdays balloting. Long a ma
tional leader of the Republican party,
the Michigan Senator, in 1886 and
1910, had strong backing for the
presidential nomination. His eight
to-one margin over his opponent at
tests his popularity in the State, and
his name on the ticket will enhance
the G. o. P.'s prospects of carrying
the State in November. That the
accent in politics is not always on
youth is evidenced in the renomina-
tion of eighty -one-year-old Cover
nor Luren D. Dickinson, who took the
measure of six younger men in the
Republican gubernatorial race.
The reform movement that
smashed the old political machine
of Huey P. Long in Louisiana earlier
this year won another victory on
Tuesday. Governor Sam H. Jones,
who captained the fight against the
Long organizations, asked for the
retirement into private life of the
entire delegation in Congress. AS
result of Tuesdays primaries at
least four of these appear to have
been defeated in their campaigns
for denomination.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Links Germany and Japan
As Criminal Powers.

To the Editor Of The Star.
Your Sunday editorial. Horror in
Pictures" describes the destruction of
Rotterdam on May IA. This, as you say.
was a crime; but what does a mass
murderer think about crime? He prob
ably regards it as Attila and the van
dals did in the 5th century.
We read of gas and water mains being
damaged by bombs which the Germans
sent down upon London. Surely, hell
has broken loose over England.
What a name Germany is making for
herself! Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Bel
GUM, Hollsnd-these nations never will
forget Germany. England is developing
a memory which will endure through
future ages.
The military power Of Japan evidently
is of the same brand as that of Ger
many-2 900 900 Chinese killed, 100000
homeless.
A few days ago The Star gave notice
of the arrest and imprisonment Of Toy
ohika Kagawa, called "the worlds great
est Christian" l have read his life,
heard how he lived and suffered with
the poor. denied himself every comfort
for the sake of his fellows. Such man
Japan imprisons!
If Japan were ruled by such men as
Kagawa, she would be the greatest ma
ton on esrth-yes, the greatest that
ever has existed in this wicked world.
Bethesda, Md. H. B. BRADFORD.
September 8.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
On Eating Ones Cake
And Having 1t.

To the Editor Of The Star:
If the great American, Patrick Henry,
should return to earth as a member Of
the Senate of the United States and
should rise and take the floor to ad-
dress the Senate, and should declare
with flashing eyes and vibrant voice,
Give me liberty or give me DEATH" the
isolationists and pacifists would fall
out Of their seats, and as they were
being carried from the Senate chamber
would say in fainting voices: That
means war"
The course that the isolationists
would have this country follow is the
direction that President Harding gave
to the Nation in 1928 few months
after he was inaugurated President, Mr.
Harding declared, The League Of
Nations is now dead" He did not say:
War is now dead" but the League,
the only hope ever offered mankind of
obtaining world peace, is dead" Then
President Harding proceeded to sink
many battleships which we are now
frantically striving to replace.
Manifestly, the way of isolation, as
taught and practiced by President
Harding and re-enacted by his followers
today, is to destroy peace, but refuse at
the same time to prepare for war,
which is made inevitable. 1t would ap-
pear that the motto, on an international
scale, of the isolationists is to "eat your
cake and have it, too"
WILLIAM H. HARGROVE.
Martin City, Mo.
Septenber
Evening star., 1940-09-12
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. TrdceUeH.

apes, have long, handsome and extremely
useful ones, but they are still in the trees.
Squirrels, arboreal rodents still have
their tails, and very fine, fluffy ones,
which not only are necessary as
balancers, but, as our correspondent
points out, have an extremely close con-
nection with their health and very life
Certainly it was fortunate for man
that tails disappeared before clothes be-
came an established fact.
Tails would have complicated clothing
considerably.
If we still had tails, what would we do
with them?
Would they be carried concealed, or
carefully wound around as belt2
The probable thing is that there would
be great deal of surgery done.
Hamlet's question, then, would have
to be revised. Not whether to be, or
not to be, would be the question, but
whether to keep ones tail or not.
Any one who watches a cat with SYM
pathy knows how expressive is its tail
All that lashing in anger is as nothing
in comparison with the day-by day good
the creature gets out of the gentle
waving to and fro of its fine long tail.
Indeed, the Greeks had name for
this too. the very name of the cat
meaning tail waver" Those Greeks
seemed to have name for everything.
A cat gets great satisfaction out of
dreamy waving, while in anger the
terrible lashing no doubt tends to intim-
idate the foe.
The opponent must think, if he stops
to think, which he probably doesn't, that
any creature which can do such prodi-
gious job of wigwagging must have
even more threatening claws and teeth.
**
Certainly our dogs would be less dog
than they are if they did not have 'em.
Nothing could make up for the loss of
that frantic wiggle when they spot the
home folks coming in the front door.
Bright eyes, expectant bark, leapirg
and moist tongue-none of these can
supplant that plant waggle from side TO
side which is the standard hello" of all
dogs the world around.
1t is just as we'll that man does not
have tails, perhaps.
He has enough trouble as it is. 1t is
but necessary to look around the world,
and note what this fellow is doing to
himself and others.
First of all, to himself; for it has been
said that he who takes up the sword
shall perish by the sword.
The innocent animals must look on
with amazement at what is going on.
They kill to eat. but what does man
kill for? Nobody knows, really, although
books are filled with explanations.
| All we know Is that the animals, with
tails, are comparatively good, whereas
man, without tail, is vile. Maybe we dc
need tails, after all.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Neutrality Viewed
As Cowardly.
To the Editor of The Sta,

To the Editor of The Star.
1t seems to me the greatest farce In
history has been the declaring of Ger
tain countries to be neutral.
No individual, no nation can be neu-
trail One must be either for or against,
must take sides with the issue that he
thinks right. 1t is fear that keeps him
from expressing himself in words or &C
ton. Neutrality is cowardly.
If all democracies, if all God-fearing
people of the world had stood together
and emphatically told the totaItarian
powers to behave themselves and stay
within their own boundaries-or else
Italy would not have dared attack
Ethiopia, Russia would not have dared
to pounce upon little Finland, and even
the bloodthirsty fanatics of Germany
would have weighed their chances Of
conquering nation after nation as they
have done.
Neutrality has been their greatest aid,
and oh. the ghastly failure of it to the
countries which have depended upon it
to save them from the horrors of war
Why cannot we of America free our
selves of neutrality and help England
with all possible resources? Here is one
nation brave enough to stand alone be-
fore the onslaughts of the ruthless Huns,
the whole world seemingly at her throat,
while neutrality keeps the Western Hem
isphere from going to her rescue.
August 81. E. NH.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Destroyer Transfer Held
Dictatorial Act.

To the Editor Of The Star.
Of course, it is no doubt presunptuous
on the part of an ordinary citizen and
taxpayer TO question the actions and
motives of the omniscient political pow
ers that be, especially since we are no
longer operating under democracy but
have taken our place alongside the other
unfortunate nations whose destinies are
determined by the constituencies whims
and caprices of dictators. Yet if we are
to salvage the last vestige of what we
once proudly called our liberty and in
alienable rights, some one must speak
out in the wilderness, some one must
raise a voice in opposition to the blind
and fanatical stampede toward totali-
tarianism and disaster.
The recent release of so destroyers to
a belligerent nation demonstrates beyond
question the fact that the people no
longer have voice in the affairs of their
Government. This, in effect, was an act
of war, and yet not even the peoples
representatives in Congress were con-
suited, in spite of the fact that the same
Congress had passed legislation in 1917
which unequivocally prohibited the
transfer of war vessels to a belligerent
power or to any agent thereof. The
wisdom of depicting the strength of our
Navy at a time when billions are being
appropriated for the purpose of strength
ening it need not be considered. And
the fact that this act of war may turn
the tide in favor of Great Britain is
entirely beside the issue. What should
turn the stomach of every lover Of
liberty and democracy is the incon-
trovertible fact that the President Of
these United States committed this act
of war without the sanction of Congress
and without legal authority.
1t may be too late for the people to
become aroused. The nauseating spec
tacle at the Chicago convention may be
evidence that this country is ready for
a dictator. And. certainly, If this latest
dictatorial act on the part of Mr.. Roose-
welt goes unchallenged by the citizens.
then no hope for democracy is left. We
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Cross-Roud

Here, perhaps, they paused to kiss,
Strolling through q country lane,
Country lovers long ere this
Cross-road parted grass and grain.
In the shade of summer boughs,
Dark upon that meadow-side,
Long ago they spoke their vows,
Pledged the love that would abide.
Grim with age and green with moss
Stumps Of sycamores now stand
Where the super highways cross
Brook and bank and meadowland.
East and west and up and down,
Signposts pointing night and day
Tell the miles to every town.
But they have not walked this way.
Since the stump was leaf and stem,
And no bridge bestrode the brook.
Nothing here remembers them
Nor which lane those lovers took.
BRANSON BLAKE.
Evening star., 1940-09-12
Results of the Primaries

Though they throw little light on
the probable outcome of the presi-
dental election, the results in several
of the eight States which held pri-
maries on Tuesday command ma
tional interest. In Arizona, Senator
Henry Fountain Ashurst. who has
represented his State in the upper
chamber since it's admission to the
Union in 1912, was defeated for the
Democratic senatorial nomination
by Judge Ernest w. Mcfarland. One
of the best orators in the Senate
and a colorful figure in American
politics for a quarter of a century,