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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
CANCER RATE IN
STATE GAINING
Upward Trend Among the
Male Residents of State
Object Of Study

Continuation at the persent rate
of cancer mortality in Connecticut
may result during the near future
in more deaths from cancer among
males than among females, the week.
ly bulletin of the State Department
of Health reports. A graph deal
ing with the total deaths from all
types of cancer during the last nine
teen years indicates that the upward
trend for males is sleeper than that
for females and the trend for fe-
males has tended to level off some-
what since 1888. The female death
rate from cancer has increased
from approximately lis per 100000
population in 1920 to 140 in 1889;
the male rate for this same period
shows a rise from about 80 to 1872
per 100000 population.
Adequate facilities for the dag
nosis and treatment of cancer are
now established throughout Connec-
ticut, and information concerning
the disease and these available ia
cilities is being widely disseminated
to the public, according to the bulle-
tin. In 1888 a Tumor Committee of
the State Medical society was APP
pointed to investigate cancer and
to establish control program. The
Division of Cancer Research was or
ganized in the State Department
of Health in 1885, and the two groups
have cooperated closely in pro-
mitigating such program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
London Can Take 1t"
BY QUENTIN REYNOLDS
War Correspondent of Golfers Weekly

London The good doctor is alb
solutely right. Today, the morale
of the people is higher than ever
before. They are fused together
not by fear but by surging spirit
of courage the like of which the
world has never known. They
know that thousands of them will
debut they would rather stand
W and face death than kneel
down and face the kind of exist
ence the conqueror would impose
upon them. And they know too,
and are comforted by the thought,
that England is not taking its
beating lying down. They are
guarding the frontiers of freedom
1t is hard to see five centuries of
labor destroyed in five seconds,
but London is fighting back.
am a neutral reporter. 1 have
watched the people of London live
and die ever since death in its
most CHASTITY garb began to come
here as nightly visitor five weeks
ago. have watched them stand
by their honest have seen them
made homeless-I have seen them
move to new homes, and I can as
sure you there is no panic, no
fear, no despair in London-To
There is nothing but determine
ton, confidence and high courage
among the people of Churchill's
island. And they know that every
night the Raj bombers fly deep
into the heart of Germany, bomb
ing munition works, airplane fac
tories, canals, cutting the arteries
which keep the heart OF Germany
alive.
1t is true that the Nazis will be
over again tomorrow highland
the night after that-and every
night. They will drop thou
sands of bombs, and they'll de-
stroy hundreds of buildings. and
they'll kill thousands of people
but a bomb has its limitations!
1t can only destroy buildings and
kill people 1t cannot kill the
unconquerable spirit and courage
OF the people of London.
London can take It'll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01

Britain, Italy, Greece
Have Plane Fights
CONTINUED From Page u

said was escorted by 20 British de-
stroyers and a number of subma-
rines indicating that it brought
particularly valuable cargoes to
England"
The German planes took advan-
tage of weather conditions for a
surprise attack, the agency added.
JusOslavs Hopeful
Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Nov. l.
(UP)-The Jugoslav government to-
day expressed hope that peace in
the Balkans still could be saved and
regret that war had broken out
between Italy and Greece.
A communique issued by the gov
eminent recalled that at the OUT
break of war in 1889 Jugoslavia pro-
claimed her neutrality on condition
that her territorial integrity and
independence would be respected by
all belligerents.
Regretting extension OF conflict to
the Balkans, the communique said
that Jugoslavia was on most friend
ly terms with both Italy and
Greece.
In hope that Balkan peace still
could be saved, the communicate
said, Jugoslavia is watching the
Italo-G Greek situation very closely.
Big Scale Offensive
London, Nov. 1-(UP)-The au-
thoritative press associations naval
correspondent limited today at an
imminent, big-scale British naval
offensive in the Mediterranean.
The moment appears to be ap-
preaching when one might expect
powerful moves against Italian
strength with the British Mediter-
ranean fleet passing from the pres
ent phase of activity to a large
scale offensive" the correspondent
said
The British press association
often is regarded as speaking for Of
fetal sources.
Italian Planes Strike
Belgrade, Jugoslavia, Nov. l.
CUP -Well-informed Greek sources
here said that Italian planes bomb
ed the Greek port of Salonika at
noon today. They said the raid was
"a complete failure but that no de-
tails were available Immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
GREYHOUND BUS
STRIKE STILL ON

New York, Nov. 1-(UP) A strike
of $50 Greyhound bus drivers and
ticket takers entered its second day
today with the service disrupted on
18 round trips between New York and
Boston.
The striking employees are men,
bers of local 1905, Boston, and local
1902, New York, of the AFL affiliated
Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees of America. They assigned
pickets to Greyhound terminals in
both cities.
Sam B. Berrong, member of unions
general executive board, said the
strike was called mainly because OF
layoffs resulting from a merger Of
Greyhound and New England Trail
ways lines.
Jay L. Sheperd, a regional man
ager of the Greyhound New England
division, said the unions contract
expires December /. Both sides, he
said, have requested department OF
labor mediation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
MASS. GETS MORE
OF GREEN MONEY

Boston, Nov. 1-(UP)-The Com
monwealth OF Massachusetts uneX-
pectedly has been enriched by a
$685., 100 excess over the estimated
inheritance tax on the $37 ,000 900
estate of the late Col. Edward II. P.
Green, according TO State Tax Com
missioner Henry F. Long.
The estate, subject to four state
battle for taxes, was left entirely to
Green's sister, Mrs. Hetty Sylvia
Ann Rowland Green Wilks of New
York. The U. S. supreme court, de-
nying the claims of New York, Flor
ida and Texas, ruled in 1889 that
only Massachusetts as Green's domi-
cile could levy an inheritance tax,
originally estimated at about $5,000,-
900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
Transactions Cross
Million Share Mark
Two SteeIs Made New Peaks for Year-Ealf of Gains
Were Erased By Profit Taking Entrance

Lockheed, and American Can.
Shipping shares were firm and
active. American Airlines rose
nearly 2 points. Copper shares held
part of early gains ranging to near
ly a point. Noblitt-Sparks rose more
than points and Coca Cola up 2
points.
Bonds were higher Wheat closed
unchanged to off 3-8 cent. Corn
made small gains. Cotton futures
were mixed.
Demand for steel shares was trac-
ed to the Bethlehem report, which
showed a record backlog Of orders
amounting to more than billion
dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01

A Russian Democratic Rally will
be held on Sunday afternoon,
November 3, at Turner Hall on
North Main street.
Ely CulbertsOn, internationally
famous bridge expert and author
ity on foreign affairs, will be one
of the principal speakers. Robert
A. Hurley, Democratic candidate
for Governor and other leading
candidates on the State Demo-
cratic ticket have been invited
Other speakers will include Con-
gresham J. Joseph Smith, Judge
Patrick Healey, Alderman John
w. KOpcha and local candidates
fer state senators and state rep
reSentativeS.
Stephen A. HOmick will act as
master of ceremonies, John w.
Kcpcha is chairman of arrange
mentS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
WOOL MARKET

Boston, Nov. 1-UP)-Business
in greasy shorn domestic woods in
Boston was very slow today, the U.
s. Agriculture department reported.
An occasional call was received for
fine original bag territory woods,
good French combing length fine
territory woods in original bags
brought $103 to $105 secured basis.
Graded combings three eighths and
one quarter blood bright fleeces had
very scattered demands at as to At
cents in the grease. Fine and half
blood South American woods were
receiving fair demand at steady
to firm prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
RULE ON VOTING
AT CLOSE or POLLS

Hartford, Conn, Nov. l.-UP)-
The attorney general today made
an important ruling concerning the
privilege OF voting after the polls
officially close at 6 p. m. Tuesday.
He said; only those who are
within the voting place and have
had their names checked at the
time of closing may vote, but not
those who are on the outside at said
time" The ruling was announced
in view of reports from some places
that all persons within the voting
places would be permitted to cast
their ballots, regardless OF whether
their names had been checked on
the lists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01

first Royal Air Force aGCack OH
Naples, far down toward the ankle
of the italian boot.
Convoy of Ships Hit
Folkestone, England, Nov. 1-(UP)
German dive-bombers attacked a
convoy of ships off the coast Of Eng
land tonight, setting one afire and
damaging others.
The Stuka planes dived at the
small craft as they tried to slip
along the coast below the high cliffs.
Great columns of water spouted into
the air, hiding the ships.
One vessel caught fire and two
others went to aid it. A traWler was
seen to go down about two miles of
shore.
German war planes lodged
through terrific anti-aircraft fire in
attacks on the Folkestone area, but
a squadron of italian planes was
turned back from the coast.
A German Dornier, escorted by
fighting planes, ran the gauntlet OF
anti-aircraft fire, in which machine
guns joined, an descaped without
visible damage.
Later group of italian fighter
planes crossed the coast but turned
back to sea as soon as ground bat
teries opened up.
Britain Tells Of Raid
London, Nov. 1-(UP)-The air
ministry said tonight that the Royal
Air Force last night attacked Naples
for three-quarters OF an hour,
bombing oil refineries, storage tanks
and railway junction.
The ministry said that three waves
OF British bombers made the assault
which was the first that the Raj
ever had directed against detectives
in southern Italy
The first wave of bombers concen-
trated on an oil refinery and storage
tank at Poggio Reale in the southern
part of the city. Heavy bombs were
dropped causing explosions ana
fires. Little ground opposition was
encountered.
The second wave attackedIa sta
ton and railroad junction. The Brit
ish bombers dropped down to below
1000 feet to release their bomb car
goes. The third wave blasted at an
ti-aircraft guns and it was claimed
that a Searchlight battery was put
out OF commission.
One flight leader was quoted by
the ministry as saying:
1T was the most interesting raid
I have undertaken. The idea OF
competing with the volcano tMt.
VeSuvius) appealed to us all as we
came from the north and saw the
Island of Ishia to the starboard and
the bulk of Vesuvius behind the
city.
I'VE made several runs to ensure
that we were dead on the target
before we unloaded our bombs"
The ministry said that the weather
varied enroute but that over Naples
the raiders were able to "pinpoint'
the targets without difficulty.
The ministry did not say whether
the bombers flew from British OF
Greek bases.
German Air Raids
Berlin, Nov. 1-CUP)-German air
fleets, including Stuka dive bomb
ers, battered at British targets on
land and sea today, sinking nine
merchant ships and scoring 10 hits
on o destroyer and three merchant
men, the official news agency said.
The agency said that one German
bomber attacked strongly escorted
convoy off Great Yarmouth while
dive bombers attacked another con-
voy off the southeast coast of Eng
land, near Sheerness.
In the Shreeness attack, it was
claimed, nine ships totalling 27000
tons we're sunk.
The attack off Great Yarmouth
was on a convoy that the agency
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
SCOUTMASTER YET
TO BE APPOINTED

Delegates to represent the First
Baptist church at conference OF
workers and officers at New Haven
Nov. 10 were named at a business
meeting in the church parlors last
night. Plans for the 1941 budget
were discussed
A committee was also named to
interview a candidate for scoutmas-
ter. A prayer service followed the
meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
REPORTS TONIGHT
ON ARMISTICE DAY

Reports on the Armistice day Gel
ebration Nov. 10 will be given at
meeting of the Armistice Day Com
mittee at o'clock tonight in the
city hall.
Michcael Giordano, chairman, will
preside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
10 CHILDREN IN DRAFT

Coldwater, Mich, Nov. 1-CUP)--
Thirteen of the % children of Mr.
ard Mrs. Harvey Price, North Adj
ans, Mich, are registered for Sc
lective military service. Draft board
officials said today they believed
this was a record.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
ATTORNEY JACOBS DIES

New Haven, Conn. Nov. 1.-(UP)
Il. Erwin Jacobs, IL, an attorney,
lecturer and traveller, died last
night after an illness of less than
two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01
OLD LADY KILLED

New Haven. Conn, Nov, l. -
(UP)-Mrs. Josephine M. Robbins
SO, was killed by an automobile last
night while crossing thorough
fare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01

first Royal Air Force attack on
Naples, far down toward the ankle
of the italian boot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-01

DOW JONES AVERAGES
Evening star., 1940-04-21

he writes. 1T had seemed so SIM
pie 20 years before. The world needed
only to hear of the simple teachings
of Jesus--love, tolerance. forgive
ness and mercy. Let people believe
any creed they wished, so long as
they endeavored to make the world
happier" But time brought dis
illusionment. often in the 20
years." he adds, II had smiled at
the naive youth who had thought
it would be even possible to make
people follow such simple ethical
teaching"
He has not lost his faith, how
ever. IF there is any hope at all
that the church can regain its lost
influence" he concludes, 1T lies in
the hope that it will give the world
the spirit which, was that of its
Founder. To date, the church has
said everything about Christ which
can be said-told us all to believe
in Him. Perhaps they will some
Aoy oe6AA w Sdy we oiiouiu Wy aiI0
base the church, not upon theories
of His life or work, but upon His
lasting principles of love-"
The book is enlivened by accounts
of stimulating conversations with
such leaders of thought as Clarence
Darrow and Bertrand Russell, and
of those numberless incidents of
comedy and of tragedy that touch
the life of any minister.
GARNETT D. HORNER.
Evening star., 1940-04-21

:McFee, who lately has been trying
to be Joseph Conrad, writing ter
rible novels, and doing himself q
grievous wrong thereby.
How splendidly does he redeem
himself here! Lay his book down be-
fore you finish it, if you can. The re-
viewer issues the challenge with the
understanding that any one meeting
it is to submit to being called some
hard name. For herself, she has
been engaging in the kind of rejoice
ing which the old-time religionists
associated with the rescue of q
stray black lamb. For Mr.. McFee,
until he created that Frankenstein
of loquacity, Mr.. Spenlove, and set
the creature up as a hero, plot,
! raison d'etre and villain of several
novels, was writer to think Of
with beatitude.
There were some, to be sure, who
always spoke of him as the author of
Great Books About The Sea. But
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Watch Below
BIZ William McFee. Ne1D York:
Random House.

~ W1LtlGm McFee. Ne1o YOTE:
Random House.
There are two kinds of books which
can be written by men who have an
experts knowledge of some sub
ject-the best and the worst. Of the
latter kind, it is one of those Curl
osities in nature that a human be-
ing may know all there is to know
about a matter and yet be unable
to convey to his fellows any particle
of his knowledge, except in language
so dull as to be downright terrifying
Yet 1t often happens. Any one who
has tried to read the average military
experts statements Of his craft will
know what the reviewer means; for
some reason, the warriors Of the
world are perculiarly muscle-bound
as regards the use of the pen. Per-
haps they unconsciously venerate
Charlemagne, who, history tells us
could only make his mark. There
are other specialists, however, who
are just as deadly. A scientist may
engage for lifetime in pursuit OF
some agile germ, going through, in
the process, adventures Of the ut
most beauty and Imagination. When
he comes to write his story, he will
nine times out of ten, handle it Sc
as to put his readers in a coma on
Page 2. It will take some facile
penman who knows nothing at all
about science to get him his proper
Immortality. And so it is along the
line Of men-who- -do-they are sell
dom men-who-write. But when you
ind that rare one who can explain
himself-then, indeed. you have
something. Such . one u william
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Brief Reviews

INOtClSs
MRS. SKEFFINGTON. BY Eliza
beth. New York: Doubleday, Do
ran g. Co.
Typical sweet Elizabeth" stuff
about a lady getting used to the
loss of her beauty.
DARK MEMORY. BY Jonathan
Latimer. New York: Doubleday
Doran & Co.
Story of beautiful young woman
mixed up in explorers expedition
in the Belgian Congo.
RETURN TO SPRING. BY Elinor
Mordaunt. New York: Grey
stone Press.
One of those tales in which q
young married woman battles
against her husbands relatives.
KING COBRA. BY Frank Dudley
New York: Carrick e. Evans.
Story of a masked organization
its growth and rise to power.
PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH. BY
Margaret Marchand. New York
Thomas Y. Crowell e. Co.
Story of steel mill Irish in q
Pennsylvania town.
THE WINDS OF SPRING. BY
Walter Havighurst. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
A novel of the prairie pioneer
school, the hardships of the Wis
consin frontier and how man
found his soul (as it were) after
repeated failures on the land
Worthy.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Saints and Sinners
By Charles J. Dutton. Neu
York: Dodd, Mead & Co.


A keen minded man who spent 20
years as a liberal minister trying
to spread the simple teachings of
Christ takes his hair down in this
mentally exciting book to tell why
he thinks the churches of today
do not WELD the influence for good
that they should.
He brings to the telling of his
personal story the facility for writing
in interest-compelling fashion that
made him a successful author of
detective stories, so that there Is not
a dull page in this account of ex-
periences that led him to conclude
there is little difference between the
people known to the church as saints
and sinners.
Mr.. Dutton was a minister of the
Unitarian Church, one Of the liberal
creedless denominations free of
much Of the theological conventions
that circumScribe most sects. But
he was not orthodox" enough to
please all his colleagues, and finally
resigned in revolt against what he
considered petty intolerances. Many
readers will not agree with all he
writes, but it at least should give
any one something to think about
II had entered the church be-
cause of some inner compulSion,
Evening star., 1940-04-21
The Strange Lives of One
Man
By Ely Culbertson. Philadel-
phi1:: The John G. Winston Co

AS far as the reviewer knows, there
are two good reasons why an au-
TOPOGRAPHY should be written. One
is that the author of such a work
has acquired such prominence be-
fore the world that his personal his
tory becomes thing of general
interest. The other is that some
one may have lived so interesting
a life that, though it has brought
its owner no fame, its experiences
cannot but have significance to the
public. In either case. a man or
woman has right to take the world
into confidence about personal mat
tiers. Lacking either justification,
however, book which pours out
its authors intimate history for
everyone to see is simply an error
OF taste. That, unhappily, is the
case with Mr.. Culbertson's story of
himself. There seems to be no rea-
son for it whatsoever. NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Best Sellers

The following list Of best SELL
ers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in WASH
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance.
Fiction.
kitty Foyle." Christopher
Morley; "How Green Was My
Valley" Richard Llewellyn;
"The Nazarene," Sholem Asch;
Native Son." Richard Wright;
Bethel Merriday," Sinclair
Lewis; "Chad Hanna" Walter
Edmonds; Mrs. Skeffington,"
Elizabeth: "The Hamlet" Will
liam Faulkner; "a Sea Island
Lady," Francis Griswold; Show
Me a Land" Clark McMeekin.
Non-Fiction.
"A Smattering Of Ignorance"
Oscar Levant; Since Yester-
day." Frederick Lewis Allen;
How to Read a Book" Morti-
mer Adler; wind, Sand and
Stars" Antoine de st. Exupery;
THE Art Of Living" Andre
Maurois; Days of Our Years."
Pierre van Paassen; oscar
Wilde and the Yellow Nineties,"
Frances WinWar; The Good
Old Days" David Cohn; Land
Below the Wind" Agnes Keith;
"Three's a Crew." Kathrene
Pinkerton.
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Public Library Books Are
Helpful to Young People

ly interesting are Geoffrey House.
holds Rogue Male" a detective
story in reverse of an English sports
man who stalks a dictator; Howard
Pease's wind in the Rigging" a
modern sea story combining snug
Cling and mutiny with murder and
international intrigue; Beat to
Quarters" by c. S. Forester. in
which Capt. Horatio Hornblow of
the Queens Navee" emerges tri-
umphant over superior French
forces; II Wanted to Be an Actress" t"
by Katherine Cornell. who tells of
the public and private life of one
of Americas leading actresses;
Madame Curie," .oy her younger
daughter Eve, who tells the love
story of two great scientists; Arthur
Hertzler's Horse and Buggy Doctor" +"
a lively and somewhat rough-and-
ready depletion Of the country doc
tors experience in general and DR..
Hertzler's in particular.
With thousands about to be
graduated this June, there is, of
course, considerable interest in
books dealing with careers. Beirne
Lay has given true picture of the
struggle of one young man to be-
come an Army pilot in Il Wanted
Wings" For girls interested in de-
partment stores and advertising,
Estelle Hamburger has shown the
development of fashion advertising
in tits Woman's Business" Per-
sonal History" is the record of For
eign Correspondent Vincent Sheean,
who took part in and wrote about
some of the worlds most exciting
events from 1918 to 1885. Corinne
Kern, in her Nursing Through the
Years." has given a fascinating ac-
count of the trials and tribulations
of a nurse,
Evening star., 1940-04-21
Barber Shop Ballads
By Sigmund Spaeth.
York: Prentice Hall.

Hot on the heels of a report that
barber shop quartet singing is again
sweeping the country comes Music
Authority Sigmund Spaeth with a
treatise in one hand and sheet music
in the other to tell Mr. Everyday
Citizen how and why. 1t certainly
is a surprise to find that Mr.. Spaeth
has discarded the portly role of con-
cert music appraiser for the unusual
chore of analyzing 'SweetA Adeline"
and the like. But that's what he
has done and without cracking a
smile.
In the first place, he is a stanch
believer in the permanency of this
type of vocal mayhem. Like the
automobile and radio, barber shop
harmony is here to stay" contends
Mr.. Spaeth. More than a few per-
sons will castigate the author for
being an alarmist. Then again, no
less than many will pat his shoulder.
"A prophet" they will saY-and re-
double their efforts to perfect the
last quavering note of Aunt Dinah's
Quilting Party"
Mr.. Spaeth is thorough in his in
structions on singing the old ditties.
Aside from the musical scores of
many pieces included, the author
details certain passages of interest,
pointing out the best effects obtain
able in harmonies and progressions
or what have you. A preliminary
chapter discusses barber-shopping in
general. If this type of vocalizing
develops into landslide, we can be
assured that, next to the S. p. E. B.
S. @. S. A. (Society for the Preserva-
ton and Encouragement of Barber
Shop Quartet Singing in America ,
Sigmund Spaeth will be the party
most responsible. j. w. STEPP.