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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Wateryille, May 3i--Jean Cald"
we'll daughter OF Mr., and Mrs
George Caldwell, OF Huntingdon
avenue, was guest OF honor 81 O
party Wednesday afternoon In OBJ
serVance OF her 10th birthday
Games were played and prizes won
by Robert Ferris and Ralph Bates
A luncheon was served. A color
scheme OF red, white and blue, with
American flags, was used for table
decorations,
Those attending were Joyce Bry.
ant, Carolyn McQuarrle, james and
Roger Cennor, Carolyn MeCue
Celia PocoSki Gregory Kelly, Lois
Plat, Joan Sonier, Robert Ferris
Barbara Brown, Lcona Barker
Frederick Tullar, James Mcmahon
Betty Craw, Mary Dowd, Gordon
McKennefney, Nancy Sturtevailt,
Ralph Bates, Mary Kelly, Lois
Rasmussen, Robert Armstrong, Lois
LaBonnc and Betty Veronica,
Miss Ruth Martin VIII not con-
duct her dancing classes tomor.
row. having held most OF them to-
day,
Impressive Memorial Day exer-
ciscs were conducted yesterday
morning, by the Sgt, Casper 8,
Davis, Jr.. Post, No. 1870, American
Legion, Nv the flagpolo In the Wa
torville Park. The program began
at 1915, and was ~ follows;
introductory remarkS--Comman-
der Andrew Bell,
Invocation
Recitation Flanders Field" by
Jane Mcbride.
Song America the entire as
sembly.
Recitation-"Li ncoln8 Gettysburg
address by James Wilcox.
Song-"dod Bless America" by the
Watfrville Girl Scouts.
Memorial T,ay Address--by Rev
Robert Beecher, rector OF 81
Paul's Episcopal Church.
Song-"Star SpanBled Banner" by
entire assembly. Boy Scouts rails.
ed flag on pole from half 10 full
staff.
Benediciton
Taps
The members OF the Post, Aux
Hilary and Junior Auxiliary, pre-
vious to the exercises, met at Fra
ternity Hall and marched with the
Drum Corps TO a position In front
OF the speakers stand.
Immediately following the exer-
cises, the parade was formed In the
street running through the Park
and proceeded, under the direction
OF Parade Marshall Past Comman.
der, Edward Martin, 10 the Water
vile Cemetery, where q Memorial
service was conducted under the
direction OF Post Commander An
drew Bell. Clifford d. N0rthrop was
general chairman OF ceremonies.
Service Postponed
The memorial. service planned by
the Auxiliary, 20 take place We'd
Ilcsday night was postponed until
The monthly business meeting, June
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

ditionS or eX-
treme poverty
In the rural sec
tionS acquired
the habit Of cat
Ing dirt. The
repulsive habit.
OF course, I'M
paired the nat
ural functions OF
tho body and ar
rested norm q
growth and de-
velopmont, The
supposed "diri
eater here un.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Capltulatlon 10 the Germans
clImaxes n long series Of TRACE
dies for Leopold, Belgian king.
Milton Bronner, dean Of Euro
peRn correspondents, writes
LeOpold's story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Some years ago, II was not un.
usual 10 hear someone speak OF
dirt eaters" II was claimed that
certain children living under con.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

Miss Ruth Martin will not con.
duct her dancing classes t0nof.
row, having held most OF them to-
day.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Yesterday l spoke OF rice as the
main food of the people of Java.
1t does hold that place, but the
island produces foods of many other
kinds.
Sweet potatoes, sugar cane, CO.
conuts and corn grow we'll. Pine
apples, bananas, mangoS and GUS
tard apples are among the i'm
portant fruits.
Tea, cocoa and coffee are pro-
duced in Java. Java coffee has be-
come world famous. We hear Of it
when people speak of Mocha and
Java" as two kinds of high grade
coffee.
Java is very nearly ION the other
side of the world" from us. 1t is
below the equator, about half way
between Australia and Asia.
If you wished to 60 there, the
best way in these days would be
from Pacific port. You could sail
southwestward clear across the
Pacific, past Borneo to Java.
Very likely you would land at
Batavia, the leading city. 1t has
grown rapidly during the present
century, and now has close to half
a million people.
Java is owned by Holland, and
Evening star., 1940-05-22


Dictionaries are vague as to how
the curious spelling, "hiccough,"
originated. But they do tell us that
earlier forms were "hickup, hicket,
hickock." Most authorities now
prefer the phonetic spelling "hiccup."
However spelled, the word should
not be pronounced "HEE-kup" or
"HEE-kaWf."
The word "hiccough" reminds us
again that English spelling can sell
dom safely guide us to the proper
pronunciation of even the most
familiar words.
For example, when we consider
these famous Cor infamous) words
ending in ough, bough, cough, dough,
nough pronounced "hock'9, through,
tough, the lovely triplets bomb
comb-tomb, -move-rove, and
bone -done-gone, and such mon
strous twins as COW and low, maid
and said, go and to, bead and dead,
dew and sew, it is plain to see that
in English one spells words and not
sounds.
Correctly pronounced the word
Evening star., 1940-05-22

hiccough rhymes with "kick up"
Correct pronunciation: Hick-up.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented.
For a personal answer to your
questions about words, send a
stamped g cent?, sef-addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care The
Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
Modern Puzzles
BY GERALD l.. KAUFMAN.
Blood and Gold

There are 10 familiar substances
In varying amounts.
You have been taken before
cruel dictator who tells you to list
them in order Of weight, placing
the lightest at the top and the
heaviest at the bottom.
Blood is the easiest to place, but
II you put it in the wrong place you
must pay in kind.
Y Gold is the hardest to guess right
but if you place it properly you will
have it as your reward.
A peck of potatoes; a bushel of
barley; a barrel of beef; a gallon
of water; sack of flour; a gall
lon of blood; a bushel of lime; a
pint Of gold dust; gallon of earth;
q bushel Of oats.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
Jungle Tigers Leopurds

have something-during a visit
to make you think of home. Most
of the trees, however, are new to
a person from North America.
In the Java forests or jungles,
you could find tigers, musk-deer,
bantengs, leopards, apes, anteatels
and one-horned rhinos.
Among the birds are green pea
cocks, red jungle fowls, pink head
ed doves and crimson orioles. Along
with these are hundreds of kinds
Of butterflies.
Most of the people of Java are
of the brown-skinned Malay race.
The island contains only about
10000 whites, or less than one
half of l per cent of the total
population.
(For Travel section Of your scrapbook. }
If you want free copy Of the
illustrated leaflet STAMPS and
Stamp Collecting" send me q 3
cent stamped, self addressed en-
velope in care of The Evening
Star.
n~eA Rad
Tomorrow: Island OF Borneo.
Evening star., 1940-05-22

If one hasn't acquired the desir-
able knack of taking food on the
fork without assistance, one may
resort to the use of bit of bread
or the knife as a "pusher."
Evening star., 1940-05-22
SOLUTION TOMORROW:

Solution to problem of May 81,
linked bull's-eye: Reading clock
wise from the left horizontal the
words defined are: Afflux, vortex,
prefix, implex, duplex, climax,
matrix, reflex. The fifth ring spells
Formulae, a short cut to solving
problems.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
The three men in 1Dhite, fes-type
hats are public officers of Japa.

good words have been spoken about
the way the Dutch have handled
1t. 1t is "the jewel" of the Dutch
Empire.
More than 5000 kinds of trees
and other plants grow in Java
The trees include oaks, elms.
naples and chestnuts. so yo,, wo,,ld
Evening star., 1940-05-22
Points for Parents
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

A child's behavior may be no 1Uorse
when guests are present; Ue may
simply be looking at him ioith more
critical cues.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
This

Mother: Eyes, you may show Mrs.
Jones how you can turn a somer-
sault, just once, and then you must
go into the other room and play
while we visit"
Evening star., 1940-05-22

Turkey is standardizing the size
and quality of filberts.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
Not This

Mother: do quit showing off,
Johnnie. Mrs. Jones doesn't enjoy
watching you turn somersaults. Why
are you always so bad when I have
a guest?"
Evening star., 1940-05-22

Small industrial establishments
In Japan are being sent to Man
Churia.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
JOLLY POLLY
A Little Chat on Etiquette
By JOS. 7. FRISCH

T. T. T.-The fingers are never
used to push food upon the fork.
Evening star., 1940-05-22
Don't Take Ny
Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Hiceough

Noun. A spasmodic contraction OF
the diaphragm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

leave Manchester. N. H.. tomor-
row for San Francisco. The flight
from the West Coast to Hawaii
will be made In the four-engined
patrol flagship plane assigned to
Rear Admiral A. B. Cooke, COM
mander of the Aircraft Scouting
Force. Admiral Cooke will accom-
pany Secretary Knox to Pearl Har-
Dor and return.
Friday the Secretary will inspect
the shore facilities and the follow
ing Monday he will join the fleet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

The payments have increased each
month since May, 1910, when Col.
Fleming issued an order making
restitution and the task Of COM
putting it the responsibility Of the
employee, with the Wage and Hour
Division merely assisting.
This is clear proof" declared Col.
Fleming, shat a liberal policy re-
suits in definite advantages in terms
of dollars and cents, to both en-
ployers and employees"
Restitution payments from Feb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

for manenvers at sea. While with
the feet he expects to visit various
types Of ships. September Is he
intends to fly from Pearl Harbor
to San Diego, Calf. where he will
He is scheduled to fly to Washington
September IS.
He will be accompanied on the
trip by Col. William j. Donovan,
who recently returned from a special
mission to Europe for Mr.. Knox;
Capt. M. L. Deyo, aide to the Sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
| S2,616,617 Discussed
| In Back Pay, Overtime

A total OF $2,616,6l7 in restitution
payments for back wages and over
time has been disbursed to workers
in the United States under the
wage-hour law, Col. Philip B. Flem-
ing, administrator of the Wage and
Hour Division of the Labor Depart
ment, announced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Knox viii Fly 10 Hawaii
To See Fleet Maneuvers

In line with his policy of per-
sonally inspecting the naval estab-
nshment, Secretary of the Navy
Knox revealed today that during
the next two weeks he will visit the
fleet In Hawaii and make a flying
trip along the West Coast.
Travelling by Navy plane, he will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
ItuIy Stores Coal

Italy has decreed that all Its coke
and gas-producing plants irstist
maintain stocks of coal equal to
their normal consumption require
ments for three months. As Italy
must get 80 per cent of its coal
supply from foreign countries 1t is
believed in Rome that the govern
ment has taken this measure to
force safeguarding against the pos
sibility of interrupted coal imports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

ruary to July inclusive were nearly
four times those collected by work.
men up to January 81, 1910, being
$2,o61 ,47o, as compared with $685.
lat. Largest single months collec-
tons were in July, when the total
reached $474, 466. The law became
effective in October, 1888.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Rotary. and John OKeefe, special
assistant to the Secretary. Mr.. Knox
left Washington last week end for
New Hampshire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
England Ships Cars

Automobile manufacturers of
Britain shipped more cars to other
countries in September, October and
November than in any previous
three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Trains were snowbound and all
communication stopped for over "a
hours in Natal in May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Furniture steel utility
closets; ) adjustable shelves.
LOWERS on door for ventils-
ton. White or tWo-tOne
green and ivory enameled
finish. 6Sx1SxI2 In.
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::S9:9c

Reg. 69c rubber
covered dish drain
ers. silver ba sket.
Family size. Red,
green or white.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

SLID Family size
metal vegetable bins.
Well ventilated. Open
style. Enameled, dec
GRATED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Easy to raise or lower.
$50 feet of drying space
with heavy clothes line.
Rustproof metal parts
Complete with ground box.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

-S1.49 Ena m eled
metal kitchen chairs;
rubber crutch legs;
strongly braced; back
rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Furniture steel double
door wardrobes with hat
shelf, 66x24x2O. Holds up
to 20 garments. Moth pre-
ventive receptacle. Wal
nut fniShi
Evening star., 1940-06-14
By BURTON HAWKINS.
Star STAFF Correspondent.

DETROIT. June 14-Aside from
such trivialities as playing three
games and anticipating alteration
maneuvers by Manager Bucky Har-
rls, the Mats are awaiting with in
terest other developments that may
materialize before midnight tomor-
row, which happens to constitute
the deadline for deals.
Arriving here early this morning
for 4-game series with the Tigers.
who will be faced in single games
today and Sunday and a double
header tomorrow, the club may be
subjected to face lifting today or
tomorrow. Such a situation is felt
to hinge largely on how Detroit
bosses are inclined to regard Wash
ington's Cecil Travis.
Mr.. Travis, who during the past
two years has provided a torrid topic
OF conversation for Detroit officials
and Clark Griffith in the discus
sion of possible deals, represents
fellow the Tigers would relish pos
Sessing.
Detroit, while still regarded as a
long shot to snatch the American
League pennant, nevertheless, is
sticking among the leaders. The
Tigers weak link> and they have
made no attempt to conceal it, is
Third Baseman Pinky Higgins. al
though many observers feel Short
stop Dick Bartell will represent the
big flaw as the season ages.
Higgins has been blamed for
everything except the European
war. He is hitting .270 and his
elding hasn't elected glowing no.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Dodger-Red SET
Has Brooklyn
Fans Raving
National Loop Flag
Is Seen in Series;.
Tribe Nips Tigers
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer

The baseball spotlight will be
focused this week end on the four
game collision of the Cincinnati
Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers at
Ebbetts Field, Brooklyn, in the
hope that the violent struggle there
will indicate the eventual National
League champion.
Whether it will is open to question,
but there never will be a more dra-
matte setting for test of power be-
tween two strong teams that virtu-
ally are deadlocked for the lead.
The ball park, seating approx
mately $4,000 persons, has been sold
out for today, tomorrow and Sunday
and police reserves had to be sum-
moned in Brooklyn yesterday to
clear away thousands of fans clam
oring for tickets in front of the
Dodger Offices.
The pennant fever Cincinnati
developed last summer has been re-
duced to insignificance in the face
of the ardor of Flatbush fans. who
believe that the reinforcement by
outfielder Joe Medwick and Pitcher
Curt Davis will enable Brooklyn t.
crush all other contenders.
Medwick Gets In Lineup.
Medwick was to take his place in
the Dodger lineup today at left
field, batting cleanup Manager
Leo Durocher had Tex Carleton.
the no-hit nemisis of the Reds.
groomed for the first pitching as
signment against the champions.
Bill McKechnie countered with
Gene Thompson. the young right
handler. who has won eight games
this spring.
Both leagues swung into action on
new fronts today. the National
League in the Eastern sector and
the American in the West.
The Cleveland Indians and De-
troit Tigers staged a red-hot inter-
lude yesterday while the other clubs
were travelling and the Indians
eventually triumphed 80 in 10 in
nings
The victory lifted the Tribe back
into second place and gave Lefty Al
Smith his sixth victory against one
defeat, although he gave up 13 hits
to the 10 collected by Cleveland
Gehringer's Error Hurts.
Detroit's ragged efforts caught up
with them in this one. Charley
Gehringer hit a home run in the
first and the Tigers got another run
in the second. They had scoring
chances in almost every inning
thereafter and loaded the bases
with none out in the 10th.
Then Cleveland came to bat and
Roy Bell doubled With two out
Ben Chapman. who previously had
tripled, doubled and singled. raped
an inconsequential grounder to
Gehringer who made two separate
errors on the same play and let in
run.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Wn'zzer White Declared Slated for Pro Grid Giants
Sanders Columbus Sally Runs BERG Bo Shoots Double Eooe

Here's another of the golfing
Bergs heard from. Herman
Patty's kid brother) came up
with the only double eagle ever
scored by an amateur in the Min
neapolis district.
Trainer Hirsch Jacobs is all
set for a racing blitzkreig on the
chicago tracks this summer. He'll
have chute" squad of six run
ners at Arlington and will turn
his stukas, tanks and big guns
loose at Washington Park.
Todays guest star. Halsey Hall.
Minneapolis Star journal: oscar
Witt has cut down hitting practice
for the Indians from 40 to 30
minutes. When Mr.. Feller pitches
the other teams cut it out al
together"
Hype Igoe, ght critic of the New
York Journal-American, says Joe
Louis is not within 80 per cent
OF the Bomber who belted out
Max Baer and sent Max
Schmeling to the hospital. When
the Bradley racing string of II
was unloaded at Suffolk Downs
IN pouring rain, only the star
Evening star., 1940-06-14
BY EDDIE BRETT.
Associated Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, June 14.-Extra!
Don't fall off your chair if
Whizzer White, the football star,
bobs up in a New York Giant
uniform next fall. THE Whiz"
doesn't want to play in Pitts
burgh and Owner Art Rooney has
told the Giants to 60 ahead and
try to sign him. Billy South
worth sure got a cheerful well
come to st. Louis. Day he was
named manager, Pepper Martin
wired him: Morale of club at
lowest ebb in history" Rumors
flying around Acqueduct say
Challedon, No. l horse of 1899,
will not return to the races until
late in the season. Very uncer-
tain if he'll start in the Brooklyn
Handicap June %.
War communique. If Gen. Bill
McKechnie would issue a state
ment on the Medwick situation,
it probably would read something
like this: "The Rhineland faces
its gravest crisis in history. If
necessary, We'll fight it out in the
streets of Cincinnati. We feel
just like France did when Italy
hoped in with Germany"
When more and better runs
are batted in, leave it to chap
named Sanders with Columbus
(Ga0 in the Sally League. So
far he's knocked in "A in so
games. Joe Medwick and the
war news were $3.50 In Brooklyn
front page space yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Mats Eye Benton, Hutchinson,
HurIers, as Deal for Travis
With Tigers Bobs Up Again

tees. Bartell, whose hitting has
been timely despite his lowly .240
average. is playing on a pair of
risky legs which may not stand the
strain.
That is where Travis enters the
scene. Cecil, who has played a
brilliant third base and an accept
able shorStop this season, is
humping at a respectable .33l clip.
He could inherit Higgins job and
improve Detroit's outfit or. in the
event Bartell wits, he could plug
that gap neatly.
Harris has found no occasion to
criticize Higgins labor and feels
Bartell ultimately will prove the
weakest member of Detroit's lightly
regarded infleld. Bucky has fancied
the pitching of the Tigers towering
Al Benton and he also is aching for
an opportunity to handle Freddie
Hutchinson, the expensive youthful
pitcher who twice has failed and
been farmed.
Seemingly improving the pros
poets Tor Travis trade is the spurt
OF st. Louis Harlond Cliff. who has
been mentioned frequently as the
third baseman the Tigers would OBJ
tain to replace Higgins. Cliff re-
Gently accumulated string of Is
games in which he hit safely and
the Browns now may be more re-
luctant to lose him.
Meanwhile the Mats are visioning
the hard-hitting Jake Early as their
regular catcher. Lacking the finesse
OF Rick Ferrell. Jake is offsetting his
shortcomings behind the plate with
a brand of batting that can't be
ignored.
Superstitious to the point of re-
Evening star., 1940-06-14
Phyllis Otto Aiming
For Another Upset
In Trans-Miss.
Golfer, IS, Is Playing
Betty jameson Today;
Putty Berg FIoshy
BY HENRY b. JAMESON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

ST. LOUIS, June 14.-Phyllis Otto.
the Atlantic, Iowa, youngster whose
mother wanted her to play golf for
the experience, bobbed up In the
spotlight today as she squared off
against Betty Jameson, womens
national champion. in the semifnals
of the Trans Mississippi Tourna-
ment.
The hefty 15-year-old sensation
turned her third advance into a
and upset over Kay Pearson,
high ranking Houston, Tex, star.
1t was only three weeks ago that
Kay tumbled Miss Jameson out of
the Southern Golf Association tour
ney in close quarter finals match,
which makes Phyllis stunning VIC
tory yesterday look ever more i'm
preSsive.
Her Second Major Tourney.
Although holder of the State high
school title, Miss Otto has played
in only one other major tourna-
ment, the Trans Mississippi last
YEAR She was beaten early.
Il was scared to death then"
Phyllis said but I am over all that
now and I am no more afraid
of Miss Jameson than any other
player"
The national champion. who was
tournament medalist with a record
73. had only praise for the newcomer
before their match.
1T will take the best I have to
win" Betty commented.
Phyllis qualified Monday with a
two-under-par IS, and stands exactly
even with par for her last Ill holes
over the contrary Glen Echo course.
Jameson. Berg Are Impressive.
Miss Jameson, although not as
steady as usual. shattered par for II
holes yesterday to come in with a
3 and victory over Marion Milev
of Lexington, KY, 1856 winner of
the event
Sailing along into the semifnals
without much trouble also was Patty
Berg, the defending champion. Over
a 15-hole route she fired II pars
and two brides at Mrs. David Ser
rett and Hutchinson, Kans., to win
and 3.
Today Patty met a plenty stiff
opponent, however, in Mrs. Russell
Mann. Milwaukee veteran and pres
ent Wisconsin State champion, who
eliminated Shirley Ann johnson,
Chicago, 5 and a. Mrs. Mann, men,
Der of the Curtis Cup team in 1884,
has been rocking par consistently
and was one under for the IA holes
her last match required.
Evening star., 1940-06-14

fusing to pose for photographers lest
his hitting touch vanish with the
click of shutter, Early henceforth
is destined to be the No. l guy of
the Washington catching staff.
Barring a change of mind by Har-
ris, the veteran Sammy West was
to continue playing center field to-
day, with Second Baseman Buddy
Myer to be installed in the lineup
for the first time this season in one
of tomorrow's games. Buddys only
service to the Mats thus far in the
campaign has been infrequent use
as pinch-hitter.
Walter Masterson, 19-year-old
right-hander, was to open against
the Tigers today, opposing John
Corsica or Harold Newhouser, with
Dutch Leonard and Sid Hudson
slated to toll for the Mats in to-
morrows twin bill