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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

Women Marines in history of corps. =. Women
have frequently sought service in the u S. Navy Ma
Corps but there few cases record where they
have been successful The World War OF tWenty-odd
years ago noteworthy exception. During the last
few months of that struggle several hundred Of the gent
Ter sex were enrolled the seagong branches of the
service Many of them proved to be highly efficient and
to the higher grades of enlisted service These f
male buejacketS and marines assigned to clerical
work. thus releasing men for active service ashore or
afoat On military forms and muster rolls their names
always followed by the parenthetcal O to denote
their and to prevent their assignment to strictly mas
cune tasks This the only occasion that our gov
eminent has freely admitted into the naval Serv
ice far the records show but there several in
stances where have actually served either SOL
dierS sailors marines 1t is recorded in colonial records
OF 1745 that wman Smuggled herself aboard the u s.
Schooner Castor and Polux, apparently with view to
joining the When she identified all she received
for her patriotism duckng at the end of long rope
stretched from the yardarm, followed by coat OF tar
During the Revolutionary War the u S. Schooner Revenge
captured by the British prvaeer Belle Poole and its
crew taken to Portsmouth, England where one OF the
gentlemen sailors" discovered to be woman "Gen-
temen sailors of the terms given to marines OF
those days Nearly everyone has heard of Mary Ludwig
Hays, the "Moy Pitcher" of the Battle of Monmouth,
fought in June, 1778 Her husband assigned to the
thus winning her Soubrique When her husband fell she
took his place helping to load aim and fire the cannon
until the battle ended Srangest of all is the of Lucy
Brewer who succeeded in disgusting her while she
served for three years u S. Marine aboard Od Iron
sides" during the War of 1872 Later she wrote book
sells participation in several battles Following her
adventures as soldier of the sea- Miss Brewer alias
George Brown married and became Mrs West Her story
is welauthencated and woodcut of her is among the
treasures In the archives of the American Antiquarian
Society OF Massachusetts-Log OF the U. S. Marines
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navy would have to expand its per-
sonnet very considerably. The rea-
son is that--in addition to manning
new vessels now under construction,
whose completion would presumably
be rushed If war came-a great
number of auxiliary vessels would
be pressed into service.
In the World War, for instance,
the navy took over many merchant
ships for various kinds of service.
1t furnished gun crews for a great
many other merchant vessels. 1t
manned about two-score of the eagle
boats built at the Ford plant, built
many more 110-foot submarine
chasers, and set up whole feet of
converted pleasure craft as coastal
patrols. Altogether, it jumped its
enlisted strength from about 10000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
to 214,000, and used upwards Of
100000 reserves as well.

to 2l4,000, and used upwards of
$1,000 reserves as well.
Something of the same sort would
be done again in case of war, un-
doubtedly. To meet these extra de-
mands, the navy would have to re-
cruit large numbers of men. It has
the plant and the instructors to
handle the increase, in its four
training stations at Great Lakes,
ILL.,, Newport, r. T., Norfolk, Va, and
San Diego, Calf.
There would not, however, be any
thing like the expansion of the Of
ficer corps which was seen in the
last war. Counting regulars and re-
serves together, the navy today has
approximately 24,600 officers, as
compared with $1,000 at the end of
the last war. Annapolis is grad
uating around 450 men each year; in
case of war, the Annapolis course
would probably be cut from four to
three years. A number of enlisted
men would doubtless get temporary
commissions, and the three-month
course at Annapolis which was used
in the last war might be repeated.
FOUR ADMIRALS
LEAD SEA FORCES
Top command of the navy is rep
resented by the sc rear admirals
now on active duty. The temporary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

Clipped and pasted .. The many friends OF Louise
Menzee will be glad to hear that she is back home from
New Haven Hospital enjoying much-needed two weeks
vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs Nicholas Men
zee of Camp Street And pleasant vacation, Louise.
Mr. and Mrs. James Mclean, Geraldine Beck, and
George Mclean reported all sorts of stiff necks after
gazing at the many beautiful sights of the Worlds Fair
which they enjoyed thoroughly Tuesday. With Mrs
Drsco exhibiting Bill Driscoll's handsome young cocker
pup took second place in the to months division OF this
species at the summer match held by the Nutmeg Dog
Club at Cherry Park Avon this past Sunday Bill shoves
the lever up and down of the Democrat noypes
out of the local station enjoying vacation trip to far
away California
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
|CAPTAINCY FOR
N. CAvANAUCH
Veteran Fireman Given
Promotion; Police Board
Approves Meter Plan

The police board wednesday rec
commended parking meters for the
city and the fire board purchased
an emergency wagon from the Ford
Motor company. The fire board also
promoted Lieut.. Michael Cavanaugh,
Of the Town Plot station, to the
rank Of captain.
Although the police board ap-
proved the parking meters, they did
not select the type to be used. 1t
will probably take a month to de-
eide. The board also asked the cor
poration counsel for an opinion on
the legality of installing the me-
tiers.
The rescue wagon was pur-
chased by the fire board at cost
of $88997. The truck will be equipped
later with rescue apparatus.
Captain Cavanaugh's promotion
took effect Immediately. The cap
tain has been member of the
department for IS years and lieu
tenant for 20 years.
In regard to parking meters, the
police board has seen demonstra-
tons of about ten types in the past
months, but has given no indica-
ton of the type 1t prefers. The
number Of machines to be installed
will probably be more than 1000.
The fire board granted permission
to Chief Thomas F. Cavanaugh to
attend the international convention
of chiefs at Spokane, Wash, begin
ming August 5. The, chief was also
given leave of absence from July
q to August 20.
The Waterbury Button company
reminding the fire board Of a re-
cent story about the purchase OF
badges for 81 each for the commits
sioners, wrote saying taht it could
make satisfactory badges at So each
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except for IS World War destroyers,
which will be brought back into
service in the near future.
Men now on the rolls are not
sufficient to man all of the navy's
vessels 100 per cent. A number Of
ships today are operated with as
low as IS per cent of their wartime
complement. The navy could quickly
90 to 100 per cent status on all its
existing vessels, however, by calling
in it's reserves-14,226 officers and
40, 240 enlisted men. These men
have had sufficient training so that
they could fit into the picture at
once.
READY FOR
EXPANSION
Nevertheless, in case of war the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

Mr. and Mrs Samuel Sirica celebrated a year of
matrimonial bliss yesterday Mrs Sirica is the former
Rose PirrO Jim and Jack Miller of Shelley Street
dropped in Wednesday afternoon with generous con-
tribution of tinfoi The boys left Wednesday night
for Portsmouth, Va, where they will spend the remain
der of their school vacations. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
KrumhoItz of Cheshire want the world to know that
the stork made his initial visit to their domicile
recently 1t was pound, three ounce daughter
Judith to you Poppa X. heads the well known adver-
Using agency which bears his name
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ON FURLOUCH

Landon J. White, coxswain, U. g.
Navy, is home on leave from duty
with the Asiatic Fleet. He Is the
son OF Harry White OF Tuckering
Road. Wolcott.
He will probably be assigned 10
one OF the newly constructed YES
sells when he returns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
TIE GREAT HERMANN
REBunfED

New Observation-Disclosures A.
HERMANN. once-knewn as Hermann
the Great" 10 the lovers Of magic
has had his dying wish fulfilled -
70 be buried IN csalmette National
cemetery. Hermann, q resident Of
New Orleans for many years, died
IN November. 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

Anita Smith and Helen Brown are roughing-it for
two weeks at Lake George. They've been learning
how 10 ride horses from couple Of dudes at the Hidden
Valley Dude Ranch at Lake Luzerne and can hardly
walt 70 get home to strut their stuff . Tina Ca
parassO and Dolores Paolln celebrated birthdays To-
gether this week at the Sweet Brars Sorority cottage
a. Myrtle Beach. Among the members who padded
them were Berthe Pa0lln, Rae Bsc0nti, Marie Leon
Connie Morea, Angie Tartaglla. Anna PaIonics Polly
puzzo, Jennie Morea and Ida Yannetti.
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BANGl
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good evening.

Yesterday was the day
fvr fun and noise
And great excitement
For girls and boys.
A little noise
A little fun may bring,
But too much noise
Is a dangerous thing.
To the very young
There's appeal in the bang
OF popping tirecrackers,
But cause a pang
To the old and Sedate
Who Jump at the noise
So gloated over by
Little girls and boys.
In the early morn
Before it is light
The noise starts in
And lasts till night.
independence Day often
Produces nervous wreck,
But the young ones say,
Bang, bang! what the heck!
EN-. EN-.
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Decu reVcdlcu NY
our military ex-
perts in tn e
ARMY. 1t would
be S tupid to
deny these facts,
or to attempt to
con ce al them.
The supr e m e
question b e fore
the A m e r lean
people today is,
W h a t an b e
done quickly, to
build a defense
against war that
will make this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
Gate -Crasher
Quincy
BY DREW PEARSON AND
ROBERT 8. ALLEN
CO. authors Of Washington Merry
GO.ROund"


Go-Round"
Washington-A short, boyish-
looking chap, putting a cigarette.
made his way through swarm OF
Capitol sightseers around a door to
the House of Representatives and
started to enter. Eagle-eyed Door
keeper Vincent Murphy, spotting
him, snapped:
"Just minute, young man!
You're not allowed in there. You're
not member of the House"
you're half right" replied the
'gate-crasher," grinning. I'm not
a member Of the House, but I'm
allowed in there"
"Well-who are you, then?"
my names Quincy. Senator
Chan Quincy of South Dakota"
Note A first termer elecetd in
1888, chiefly through his fathers
boosting over the Quincy radio
station, the 44-year-old Senator
looks like 30-year-old clerk in q
government bureau. He is short,
parts his hair in the middle ana
has a baby face.
Copyright, 1910. by United Featur
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
Community Sing

A Community Sing has been plan
ned for tonight at the park for z
o'clock, and an invitation is ex-
tended to both old and young to
join in the affair. Track practice
took place this morning at 10 o'clock,
and handcraft class was held this
afternoon at 2 p. m. under the d.
rection of Rose Martone.
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BY BRUCE CATION


Washington 5-The United States Navy from
a footing practically overnight
includes 049 officers and 135125 enlisted
due to rise 10000 presently result Of
new congressional appropriation Of ships
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You and Your Nations Affairs
CONGRESS AND PREPAREDNESS
BY GUS w. DYER
of Economics Sociology Vanderbilt University
BY GUS w. DYE

This country is in deplorable
and an inexcusable condition of I'M
preparedness. The facts with refer
ence to our unpreparedness have
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Quiet Observance Of
Fourth Noted In Vile
Many Residents on Vacations-Reguar Hours al
Library TOday-C Community Sing Tonight
w At VILE
Correspondent-Mrs. II. W. Henon Telephone 3-s46s

$50 a. m. and will include morning
prayer and sermon, with Rev. Roberl
Beecher in charge. The early Com
munion Services will be discontin'
ued for the summer months.
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New York city has the larges
acreage OF public parks. but Chi
cago leads all American cities I
the per capita acreage Of parks.
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O ANSWERS TO
CRANIUMc CRACKERS
Questions ON Comic Page.

l. Constitution of the United
States, preamble.
2. Lincoln's Gettysburg address.
8. Washington's Farewell adj
dress.
4. Declaration of independence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
Doll Show

A doll show wasHheld Wednesday
afternoon at the Waterville Play
ground, which attracted many
youngsters. Dolls Of all sizes and
shapes were displayed by proud
owners. The group included, Carol
Faber, Caroline Bird. Carolyn Nc
Quarrie, Merlyn Grenier, Betty
johnson Shirley Steele. Beatrice
Smart, Joan Marie Dubois, Dolores
Guerrero, Ruth Stevens, June Clark,
Lucille Miclette, Margaret Dickens,
Frances Simolis and Merlyn Arm
strong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
Choir Rehearsal

Choir Rehearsal
Choir rehearsal of the Grace
Methodist Church will take place tol
night, 7:30 p. m, with Charles Prof
bert directing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

United States equipped to train the demanded
defense program? This is the third OF four articles
giving the real
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

The Fourth of July holiday came
and went without very much notice,
as far as the residents Of Water
vile who remained at home could
observe. A few flags were on dis
play at various houses, making one
realize 1t wa sa National holiday,
however, the flagpole at the park
remained without flag.
No activities whatever had been
planned in the community, and with
a large share of the residents away
on vacation, due to the week shut
down of the factories, the town
looked deserted. Frecrackers sput-
tered throughout the day, but other
wise there was no indication Of the
holiday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05
One Service Sunday

One Service Sunday
There will be only one service on
Sunday, July 7th, at st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, and that will be at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

Vacation In Maine
Mrs. Douglas Stevens and daughi
ter, of Manville street, are vacation1
ing in Eastport, Maine.
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Regular Hours

Regular Hours
Due to the closing OF the Water
Vile Branch Of the Bronson Library
yesterday, the regular hours will be
observed today, and the library will
be open from 3 to 6 O'Clock, and
from Z until this evening.
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Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-05

tween the ages Of eighteen and
twenty five; out of school; and I'M
employed. It Is no longer necessary
that applicants meet a relief stand
ard. A need for employment, how
ever, must be proven.
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up and Down.
the
Street

We saw the height of some
thing or other Saturday as we
were driving down the road and
passed a hitchhiker. As we
neared him he lifted his thumb
in true hitchhiker fashion, but
as we passed him without stop
ping he placed the digit firmly
against his prObOscis and waved
his other fingers viciously.
We went up on the Cooke City
road to see the snow last week
end and wound up by going
through Yellowstone Park and
out the Gardner entrance. We
were the second car to enter the
park from the Silver Gate en-
trance for the 1910 season. We
would have been the first, but
a fellow from California crowd
ed US into a snow bank near
Cooke City, darn him. We ar
ried the official word to the
Gardner ranger that the High
Road was open. We passed
through about one hour after
the snow pillow had opened the
road.
There we're plenty of wild an
finals, with the exception of
bear, to be seen in the park.
We counted % moose and hun
dreds of elk and deer. Due to
foreign entanglements park Of
ficials are expecting a boom
year in Yellowstone.
Wonder what happened r.
the olans for a tennis court in
Hardin? There was some none
raised late last summer fc~ N"
project, but we have heard no
thing about it this spring.
Well, the fishing season got
under way this week with a few
anglers taking to the streams.
Several good catches vert re-
prOted by local sportsmen who
fished in this vicinity. Sunday
will probably see fishermen on
the streams as thick as In
dams in a political candidates
office.
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Pryor News

Word was received by Emer-
son Green Saturday that his
infant daughter, VINO was at the
home of Mrs. Les Collins In
tromberg, had been taken to q
Billings hospital to have a pin
removed from her throat. Inc
baby had swallowed a small
closed PIN, which lodged abou,
halfway down the wind pipe
When Mr.. Green, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Phelps
and children of Fromberg, ar
rived in Billings, he found the
doctors ready to extract the
pin. The operation was conclu-
ded successfully, but the cnlId
was left at Billings for obser-
walton for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Glenn, Jr.,
and several friends of Crow Ag-
ency attended a picnic in Pryor
gap sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. John Orser and
family, Mrs. Annie Orser, Biz
OrSer and daughter, were din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Orser Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nyce OF
Billings were weekend guests
at he home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark Green. MIR. Nyce is dl-
visional forester Of the Indian
department, in charge of the
western part of the United
States.
A. E. Ayers visited in Edgar
Tuesday at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. George Humi-
ston. Mi. Humiston motored
him home that afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lance and
family, who have been assisting
Louis Ragyle through lambing,
returned to their home in Pryor
Saturday.
One sure sign of spring is
Art Sweeney OF Hardin coming
around with his big book"
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hamil-
ton and children were Billings
guests Saturday at the home of
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Hamilton's
mother.
Hannah Russell received word
Sunday of the death of her mo-
ther. She had been i'll several
months in Lodge Grass.
Jimmy Kirby visited friends
in Worden Sunday evening. The
Orser boys returned to Worden
with him, after spending the
weekend in PRYOR
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lande
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Glenn
were dinner guests at the home
of MI and Mrs. William Cos
grove Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jones
motored to Billings Sunday to
spend the day as guests of MIR.
Jones mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Phelps
and daughter, Verba, and Mrs,
Alec MaSterson attended a pic
mic On Pryor creek Sunday.
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Young, Iva Young, and Mr.. Ay-
ers, all of Joliet, and Mrs. Walt
Siegel and children of Cody,
Wyo.
The members of the Sun
shine club held their regular
meeting at the Foster hall last
Thursday afternoon. Guests OF
the afternoon were Mrs. Chap
man, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Koch,
and Mrs. Taylor Elder. The next
meeting of the club will be
held at the home of Mrs. H. A
Williams, Thursday, May 30.
Henry Kray, Jr., visited Jot
Olenik and Mrs. Harry Herbe
Wednesday.
The students riding on Mr.
Hollands bus held their an
nual bus picnic in the Mehling
yard last Friday.
B. B. Tate spent Tuesday and
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North Valley News

Mrs. Del Robbins of Hardin
spent Tuesday night with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. B.
Tate, at Fairview. Mr.. Robbins
and Mrs. Tate attended the
Commencement exercises t
Custer.
Mr.. and MIS-. Charlie Green
and daughter, Margie, and son
Henry, visited Mr.. and Mrs
John Williams Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Young
were hosts at a dinner honor
ing Mothers Day. Those pres
emit were Mr.. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Young, I. Laughery, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Weller and
daghter, Betty Lou, Mrs. Hattie
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With wholesale murder abroad ond strain ana tension
among ourselves, many of us find ourselves confused IN nllo
so much thut we wonder if there is any Ideal TO winch we
con pin our fohh.
It seems to us that in spite Of everything which Is &C,
CURING, we can still concentrate on the goal OF being gooo
Americans.
To be patriotic citizens OF this great country OF ours whlcn
seems now to be the last stronghold Of democracy. means q
great many things. First and foremost we must cling TO our
way Of living against oil threats ond all lsms.' 10 DO ms
we must know in our own minds what democracy redHY
means. We must consider carefully Gnd think clearly.
1t would be well, too, to remember all OF our American
traditions and the reason for their being omd to ogoin OF the
stories of the accomplishments OF our heros whose dctlons
were pdrticulrlY American.
A week from today is Memorial Day. What better time
could there be to set our own minds in order? For on this
ddy, set aside for the honor Of our dead who proved them
selves to be true Americans, we hold thdt we could pay them
no better homage thoa to try to preserve the notion for which
they gave their lives.
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IT; WANEA, ENNWA, NEA
SWA, Lots l and 2, Sec. 20,
T. 8 S., R. 80 E., (413.29) acres
and EANEA, NhSEA, SWA
SEA, Sec. 20; NV Lot
l, NEANWA, Sec. 20, T.. 9 s.,
r. 80 E. April Is, 1910.
Warranty deed - Earl Lettow
ct ux and Cecil c. Lettow ct
ux to Grace Lettow, Sh Sec. IS,
T. 2 NJ, R.. 80 E., 800 acres, APP
ril 26, 1910.
Warranty deed - Charles H.
Wilson ct ux to State of Mon
tana, 2.75 acres in the metes
and bounds of EkNEA, Sec.
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81, T. l NJ, R. 80 E. April 20,

81, T. l N, R.. 80 E. April 20,
1910.
Patent - United States to
Erny r. Hardwick, ITO acres in
Sec. 8, T. l N, r. 81 E. May 2.
Patent - United States TO
heirs of Mary Elizabeth Gard
ner SWA Sec. "a, T. 6 s., r.
80 E., 160 acres. May 2, 1910.
Patent - u. S. to Fate Ham
ilton, NWA, Sec. Is, T. 6 s.,
r. SO E., 100 acres.
Patent - U. S. to Arthur R.
Garrigus, 100 acres within the
metes and bounds Of Sec. 8, T..
3 S., R. 80 E. May 2, 1910.