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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28

That doesn't bother the officers They are accepted socially by the local German colony, especially by wealthy plantation owners like Count Tatenbach and Prince Sigismund.
 But the sailors, many of them boys of 16 and IT, don't make the grade socially. So they must turn to the local working classes, who aren't much interested, seeing that the boys are broke.
 MONOTONY IS
 DEPRESSING
 It's the monotony, week after week with literally nothing to do, that blows the men down. The German colony at the capital, San Jose, has had them as guests at the German club in that city for a vacation ' But mostly they just sit and swelter
 Sometimes they sail around the harbor in their lifeboats, and fish Sometimes they stroll through the dusty streets. A few are believed chance of meeting 8 British cruiser and of having to scuttle the ship in the prevalent German style.
 At Curacao, for instance, eight German freighters lie side by side in the roadstead. At Montevideo. Buenes Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Para, Bahia, Vera Cruz, Tampico, Puerto Mexico, Man zanilla, more or less the same scenes are being enacted. The freighters swing laMly at their anchors, the rust creeps up, the barnacles thicken, and the men turn by imperceptible
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28
WAR VET uEEHEBT

The surprising results, when . dlseil-hocked var veteran returned unexpectedly to his Enslish country home, bring about the tense drama Of RKO Radios "A Bin of Divorce ment," featuring Mnureen oUnrn, Adolphe Menj0u and others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28
By JOHN RICE

By JOHN hACE
 (NEA Service staa Correspondent
 Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Feb. B. Stranded for the war on a sunny tropic beachi Sounds better than short rations in Germany, doesn't itP
 Maybe it is-but not much bet ter. Around 100 Germans, stranded here since the beginning of the war, will testify that it's no bed of roses. Their money long since exhausted, living of the bounty of the small German population of Costa Rica, all they can do is wait week after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28

Mr. and Mrs Joseph Trumfie royalty entertained Joes cousin Lewis Caraciola of New Jersey and his classmate Richard DeMott of Winterhaven, Florida, the past weekend. Lew and Dick students of the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York. The New Jerseyite has been cast in the play Pride and Prejudice and will also portray leading roles in "Sat- urdays Children" and Stage Door" which will soon run in New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28
Human DereIictS of War|
 Life Without Work Beats Down Stranded Nazi Sailors

This ls the last Of two stories by John Rice, NEA stan eorre- spOndent, who is on . tour around CentaIu America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28

Editor Tall Tower Topics. .. We recently had the delightful pleasure of attending of Ben Berne's broadcass We also got front row view of the screen beauty, Dorothy Lamour. We also had the pleasure of seeing Lew Lehr of MOvietOne News with Bernie ... Carolyn and Mary CapuanO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28
SNOW AND SNOW
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evening.

SNOW AND SNOW
 Repeat from Another Snow Age) Snow in the city can be very ugly All covered with soot and grime; While out in the country it gleams in the sun, Fields of it in the bright sunshine The vast panorama is a study in white, Witt occasionally broken line, The landscape colored here and there By the green of the stately pine It's nice to look on fields of snow Left lying where it fell, And through the clearing in the woods lovely sight as well. Snow in the city is very ugly And I'm wishing very hard, Before another month has passed It will be gone from my back yard
 FEM EM
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weary week and watch their ships, the Weser and the Eisenach, rust at anchor.
 EVEN GIRLS ARE INDIFFERENT
 Food is nothing to brag about, turnips, potatoes and onions and then onions, turnipS and potatoes for variety. With less than four dollars a month ot spend officers get little more-the stranded Germans can't even get far with the girls. A dozen of them came aboard the ships one night, but Costa Rican gIr1s are like any girls, they like pockets that jingle. They didn't come back.
 Food isn't the only problem. After all an occasinonal fish caught over the side varies the diet, and the A can be stretched to cover beer, soap and cigarets. The worst thing is to try to find something to do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-28

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Evening star., 1940-12-15
FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE
Contin mod FINN four

ner. when we've eaten and I've
cleared away. I'd like to 60, please.
Kent. Will you get my wardrobe suit
case up from the storage room?"
Their goodby was curiously like
other goodbys on her own porch steps.
when Kent had brought her home
from football games, from the beach,
from the movies. Thanks for the nice
part of it all, Kent" she said in a
funny. suffocated little voice. "And
lots of luck, always -"
Only this goodby was final. She let
him put her in a taxi and direct the
man to take her to Penn Station, but
she wouldn't allow him to come along.
'I'd rather see Mother and Dad
alone," she explained. "I'll write to
you later. when have any plans"
"Jeanie," he made last. desperate
appeal. "You can't walk out of my
life like this. Whatever I've done to
you. it isn't like you to bear malice. to
strike back at fellow -"
'I'm not striking back. You'll be all
right, Kent. You have your business
and it's doing we'll, better than you
hoped, even. Your clean shirts are in
the middle drawer. Kent, and left
note for the milkman."
The taxi began moving slowly into
the traffic stream. Kent stood looking
after it until it was yellow bug.
blocks and blocks away. Then he went
back into the apartment, which Jeanie
had cleaned and polished till it shone,
and switched on the radio for the COM
fort of hearing human voice.
"Six hundred enemy planes" de-
clared the announcer crisply.
"swooped down on Britain today. The
courage and resourcefulness of the
R.A.F. stood them in good -"
Kent swore softly under his breath
and switched off the radio. He put his
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Continued from poss four

be the main thing you do want tt
should think you'd see the necessity
of preserving the one country where
success is possible; where the air you
breathe is free and a man can rise to
the height of his own powers"
The flush died away in Kent's face.
II never thought of it quite like that"
he said.
I'm sure you didn't, Kent. And
I've read articles commenting on GER
tain selfish young Americans who pro-
test being called up for years train
ing; only never believed them until
now
He WINGED. Il don't quite know how
to explain it to you, Jeanie -"
Don't try. please"
Il can't let you think -"
She held up small finger she tried
to keep from shaking. please. The
less we say to each other now. the
better. We must think of this - this
month together as a sort of interlude
in our lives. Perhaps there was some
purpose in it perhaps in some way
we'll be the richer - or the wiser. -
"Jeanie," he said in a low. brusque
voice, you're crying!'
SHE brushed the back of her hand
over her eyes. What if am? 1t
doesn't matter. doubt if I'm the only
girl in America this has happened to.
Kent"
He lifted her pale little oval of
face. "Oh, Jeanie, what have l done?
She drew away from him. Nothing,
Kent. You simply - aren't the knight
on the white charger. He never
existed except in my imagination.
Someday l would have had to dis
cover that"
She went back to the kitchenette
and finished shelling the peas for din
Evening star., 1940-12-15

be happy again?' He took her hands.
She shook her head.
Living on make-believe love would
be like living on borrowed money"
But it's real, tell you. Perhaps l
wasn't actually in love with you when
married you - or didn't know was.
l love you now. And you're my wife -
nothing can change that"
Eyes, l can change it." she said
with a deadly calm. II can 60 away
oh, very quietly. No one need know
I've left you. The apartment will still
be Mr.. and Mrs. Kent Talbot's, sup
posedly. so my absence won't matter
to your safety, your immunity
"Jeanie," he pleaded, "it isn't
matter of safety. I'm not coward.
I'd gladly fight for this country if we
were at war. But this is peacetime and
I'm young. l have a right to my
chance to get somewhere in life"
Jeanie averted her eyes. Kent had
been sort of god to her too long. She
couldn't bear to see him as man,
little man.
Haven't l, Jeanie?" he demanded
of her.
you're twenty-seven," she said as
if she we're thinking aloud. land bril-
liant, capable. You've been clever
enough to set yourself up in business
which is succeeding, to persuade other
people to invest in it. You've even had
the forethought to marry in order to
insure your success. All of that takes
shrewdness and nerve. The United
States needs men with exactly those
qualities, Kent.
80 I'd say no. you hadn't the right
to be selfish, to put your own good
before the good of millions of other
people," She saw the flush of anger in
his face, and went steadily on. "1f
you want success - and it seems to
Evening star., 1940-12-15

terly unhappy. She wanted to be so
tired at night that she'd 60 to sleep
without thinking She wanted the days
to march by in quick procession until
that distant future day when she
would have a sudden realization of
ebbing of pain; when she could say to
herself, truthfully and clearheadedly.
"It's over. I've forgotten him!'
Then, in the midst of arranging her
life to that end, Kent came home.
She was in her room when he drove
up in his car with his luggage. Her
frightened eyes peered from behind
the curtain, watching him carry suit
cases into the house next door "a
lamp they had had in the apartment
- an electric toaster and waffle iron.
"He can't come here to live. l
couldn't bear it," The sound of her
whisper startled her.
She was alone in the house. Her
mother was out shopping and her
father was working. 1t was mid
afternoon. Why wasn't Kent working?
He and his precious business. the air
conditioning contracts he'd sacrificed
Jeanie and his own integrity to save.
She waited for him to come over and
make explanations, but he didn't
emerge from the house. She stared at
the sagging screen door till her eyes
ached. but he didn't open it.
The afternoon, then the evening,
passed. She couldn't eat her dinner in
the dread of facing Kent again, going
over old ground. opening old wounds.
Her parents kept up a conversation of
sorts; they must know by now. People
in suburban communities always know
their neighbors' doings. Everyone
along this street, she thought sharply,
would be aware that Kent Talbot was
home again - and they'd wonder at
his nerve, with his wife living just
next door. Jeanie wanted to scream.
What would happen - what would
Kent do if she let the scream out?
Everything about that evening was
horrible and strange. She followed her
parents to the chairs on the front
veranda after dinner. 1t was Indian
Summer and you could sit outside
still. Kent made no move to join her,
though she could hear the creak of
the swing on the porch next door and
the drone of voices, his own and his
mothers, quietly talking.
1t was nine o. clock before Kent took
any action at all; then he behaved
exactly as if nothing had ever hap
(Continvsd on pogo 15)
Evening star., 1940-12-15

blond head down on his hands: "Oh,
my Godw 1t wasn't swearing; it was
more like prayer 80.
There were moments when Jeanie
felt she might have been wrong. but
she recognized them as moments ct
weakness. She had made certain
promises, that was true - "for richer.
for poorer, for better, for worse, in
sickness and in health" she had made
them in good faith. but to man she
believed loved her. Since Kent had not
married her for love, she was absolved.
Or wasn't she?
She fought the battle of her emo
tions versus her reason over and over
again. Naturally. if Kent were ill or
needed her But he didn't. He was
a thoroughly independent person and
had been so for years. His mother,
who was widow, had Dragged with
justifiable pride that Kent had cost
her scarcely a cent since he was seven
teen. He'd won scholarships through
college and engineering school.
Like father, like son." little Mrs.
Talbot usually finished. Kent's father
had died young man, but he had left
his wife and child comfortably pro-
vided for. There was an annuity
which would last during her lifetime.
''Kent's always said, Spend every
penny of it, Nom; you deserve to. I'll
stand on my own feet And he hasr'
IT was awkward seeing kent's
mother muddling about her garden or
sitting on her porch every day. She
didn't ask questions once Jeanie told
her that she and Kent simply hadn't
hit it off and were better apart; but
her wistful blue eyes were always seek
ing out Jeanie's. Her only comment
had been. But always hoped you
two children -" and Jeanie had an
swered hastily, Eyes. hoped that,
too. But was wrong. you see. was
wrong from the beginning"
Jeanie had asked her own mother
and father - with youthful earnest
ness that struck at their hearts - to
pretend, if they could, that she d never
married or gone away.
after ALL" she reminded them, 1T
was only one month. Not as long,
even, as a term at boarding school.
Wen all forget it; We must!"
She hurled herself into Red Cross
work. If it had seemed necessary to
give of her time and strength because
she was so terribly happy, it was even
more necessary now that she was bit
Evening star., 1940-12-15
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

wealth of night shots to which the
foregoing also applies snow-clad build
ings and statues; frozen fountains in
the park; the usual range of street
scenes; moonlit "snowscapes" in the
city park or the country, especially if
you can get water in them Qrozen
or otherwise). With ordinary film you
can do flood-ighted buildings or fairly
well-illuminated street views with ex-
posures of one to two minutes at ! 6.3.
For genuine moonlight shots, however,
you will need exposures of from eight
to ten minutes at the same lens stop,
because moonlight is not nearly as
bright to your film as it seems to your
eye. A few of these shots belong in
every album, however, because they
have a charm of their own. So try
some of your own house with light
in every window or the church when
IT'S lighted up on Sunday evening.
Color ond Action
WINTER sports are another obvious
field for the snapshooter, extending all
the way from the kids coasting to the
crack ski jumpers in exhibitions or
contests. For the former, especially,
you want to try some color snapshots
to get the full value of those red caps
and blue snowsuits. For the latter,
don't forget that you are dealing with
very fast action and, therefore, want
the jumpers coming pretty nearly
head-on toward the camera or at least
obliquely across the view finder so
your shutter can stop the motion.
Sports suggest another interesting
range of night subjects such as crowd
skating or a toboggan or bobsled
party. There is usually a bonfire at
such gathering, and few shots can
always be made with flash bulbs.
When you take your camera out in
daytime snow, however, watch your
light carefully. The best snow shots
are made with slanting light. that is,
with the sun coming from the right
or left rather than from directly be-
hind you. You'll like your results
more. too, if you try to do as much
snapshooting as possible early or late
in the day when the shadows are
lengthening. Allow two or three times
as much exposure time as you nor
mally would, and you'll get pictures
that will make your earlier efforts look
sick.
Broken snow is also help in scenic
shots: wagon ruts, tire tracks, foot
prints - all serve to break up the
monotony and to turn up more broken
crystals to glisten in the sun. In
pinch you can always walk in and out
of a picture area yourself before
shooting, if nobody else has already
accommodated you with tracks.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
winter c|o.e-vps opt be better than long .hot
WHEN THE Snow FLIES
Ewing Galloway

take on an added glamor under a
snow blanket But the city dweller's
best bet will be the parks.
Wherever you live, however, don't
let yourself get so intent in the search
for sweeping vistas and dramatic land
scapes that you overlook the smaller
details that often make even better
pictures. Snow in vast reaches usually
loses its character whereas moderate
close-ups, properly handled, make it
needless to explain: This was taken
in the wintertime.'
Don't Skip the Eomiiios
WATCH, therefore. for the nearby
homely things: the simple but graphic
shadow of picket fence on the snow;
the snow-capped gateposts flanking
the line of fresh footprints; the frozen
fountain; the glittering icicles hanging
from broken leader; the dropping
branch of a fir tree, heavy-laden -
there are a hundred commonplace
things that become romantically trans
formed by snow if you will but see
them as you hurry by.
If you haven't much time available
for daylight work, don't forget the
Evening star., 1940-12-15
! o

Get out your camera.
Fine pictures can be
yours for the taking
bYFulton Williams
z A HEN the snow flies, so should
Y" the snapshooters, for there's
w nothing that peps up an
album as much as an assortment of
good winter scenes. Unfortunately,
however, snow pictures produce a
much higher proportion of flops than
any other conventional subject, so
perhaps few words of wisdom may
not be amiss.
Smart photographers get number
of likely spots picked in advance and
HE themselves right to those places as
soon as the snow stops falling. A
blanket of snow, as such, may last
long time. But pictorial snow" is
soon gone after melt and freeze.
Ifyou live in the country, you'll have
no dearth of objectives; even city
dwellers can find plenty of camera
fodder in familiar street scenes that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-02
VIEW. UNITS in
COUNCIL SESSION
Memorial Services to Be
Held Following County
Meetings

Representatives of the various V.
F. w. posts and auxiliary units OF
the New Haven County will gather
here tomorrow afternoon for reg
ular council session. Following a
meeting of the posts in Mechanics
Hall and the auXiliaries in Speed
we'll hall, memorial services will be
held in memory of late members OF
both organizations. Chaplain Anna
Candida will officiate at the spe-
cial services. Wheeler Young Post
and Lieutenant Shea Auxiliary will
be the official hosts tomorrow.
President Alma McElroy OF Der
by will preside at the county coun.
ell meeting. Other officers expected
10 be In attendance are first vice"
president. Sadie Carroll, Derby;
second yice-president, Dora Sulli-
van OF West Haven: Secretary, Lucy
Edwards, Derby; chaplain, Anna
Candida. southbury; treasurer, Mae
Dempsey. Derby: Conduetress. Beth
Peters, Waterbury: assistant con-
ductFess. Mae ct. Pierre. SouthbnFy;
patriotic instructor, Martha Houie,
Derby; color bearers. Viola Co.'S
settle OF West Haven. Elsie Shane OF
Ans0nia. Agnes Mcdonald OF West
Haven and Maud Lewis OF Nauga'
tuck: historian. HELEN Donlon, Maui
gatuck: sololst for memorial sery.
Ices. Viola Tiernan OF West Haven;
speaker. Department Chaplain, Mary
Murphy Of New London. flag beat
or. Mae Grove. Waterbury. banner
bearer. Helen tBrophy, Waterbury. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-02
wATCHTOWER STUDY

Who Is The chief opposer OF the
truth. and the one who K eeps the
people In ignorance thereof? The
Scriptures answer that Satan the
Devil, the prince Of darkness. the god
or invisible ruler OF this world. he Il
Is that blinds the people 10 the truth
lest the light OF truth from Gods
word through Christ Jesus should
shine unto them ~ Corinthians
1870. Study starts At 4 o'clock. A.
7 o'clock there viii also be q public
lecture entitled Religion as q World
Remedy" The evidence In support
thereof viii be given. Admission Is
free. No collection Jehoyah's Wit.
nesses. 100 East Main street. Garden
building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-02
Guild For Blind
Sponsors Retreat

Many local blind men will attend
the retreat for blind men which is
being sponsored by the waterbury
Chapter of the Catholic Guild at
Passionate monastery, West Spring.
field, Mass. The group left Wa
terbury by automobile this morning
at 10 o'clock and Joined men from
various parts of the state at the
retreat.
Plans for the two-day retreat
were completed last night at a
meeting of the waterbury chapter
in Diocesan hall on Church street.
Mrs. Edward F. Conlan presided.
Arrangements were also made for
bingo party to be held at tbs
p. m. Thursday In the Knights Of
Columbus rooms, 10 North Main
street. Miss Marion Keane will be
in charge of arrangements, and
proceeds will be turned over to- the
chapters Christmas charity.
Tentative plans were announced
for a Christmas party to be held
Sunday, December %. Mrs. T. F.
Lynch was named chairman.
Any blind persons In waterbury
or vincinity who has not yet been
visited by representatives of the
local chapter are asked to call
Mrs. Conlan at 4-5053.