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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25
OLD NO. 6

sTm putting you on old No g.
 For twenty years she's been my mate She's always been faithful and true to me, And always responds to the touch of the key "Shss always ready and willing to work, you keep her going she'll never shrk: She sings as she goes her sweet mechanical song And keeps up its rhythm all night long, "xcuu always find her willing to do her task And do 1t as quick as you could ask: But treat her gently and use her fair, For she's always been used to the best of care $H anything goes wrong sheI let you know, Then don't grab the lever and force her to go But examine her closely, find the cause of her stop Then when you've fixed 1t sheu be on like c top sfm setting worn and old and i'll. And it may be I'll not return to the mi; If the Foreman on high should call 5O for me hope No, Q win receive good treatment from thee" Thus spoks the veteran with locks Of gray, Then totteEed and fef and passed away. With hand outstretcled clasping old No. O. pt And seeming last thought for his faithful old mate hand that helped to keep the world informed Had opened the gates of tho great beyond; Time had been called in the great chapel above go hnd sons to Join the union of love
 a. q ooss, Munss Ind, in Typographical Journal,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25

JEAN A. CRATES, former Iy staff correspondent of NEA Service and The Waterbury Democrat in Paris, fled from there just ahead of the swift German advance last June. Recently Graffis who now represents NEA in' Berlin, re- turned briefly to Paris. He is able, in the accompanying dispatch passed by the Ger man censors, to compare life in the conquered French me-
 tropOlis today with that of "Only yesterday"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25

George Scott insurancer, is lolling about on the S Shawnee Florida bound He expects to spend few cays at Palm Beach before returning to his annues MT. and Mrs. Lester Batdorf have selected Caroe Ann for the Christian name of their recent present from Longiegs Stork Helen SchauSter of Union Street was the center of attraction at birthday party Sunday
 night Paying respects to the honored guest were Lucy Russo Mr. and Mrs. Art Yadrola, Mr. and Mrs Ralph Mehmet Mir. and Mrs. Frying Honyotsk, Ernest Medhearst, Ralph and Leo Mehmet and John Joseph and Frying Hoyotski large neartshaped cake formed an attractive center piece the table, but it wasn't very attractive after Helen cut the first piece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25
WINGS WITH THE TOUCH or SNOW
sY THE MAN N THE TowER

WINGS WITH THE TOUCH or SNOW heard her sing. Only one sweet note had come to bring the towering promise of spring. As the pearly :, jewels of rain hung on the limb heard her call to him: he had come early too, perhaps, as he saw her rise and go high and far to the northp eagerly forth, with her warm wings feeling the touch of snow. heard . the note of the warm bird rise, emphatic and certain, brave and ecstat1c with the eternal green promise bird has always seen through and between whatever season, keeping, keeping & her faith in all that grows and sings through awaking or sleeping winters or springs. ~
 By Joseph Joel Keith,
 in The Christian Science Monitor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25
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Questions or, Comic Page

0USSsAO1ls U1h OUItA1C "BO 1. Dean dagger played Brigham Young. Tyrone Power starred in the picture but did not have the title role.
 ?. Paul Kelly played General Custer in Wyoming.
 3. Edward c. Robinson took the part of Reuter- in A Dispatch From Reuters.
 4. Jon Hall played Kit Carson. 5. Walter Brennan played Judge Roy Bean in The Westerner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25

Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Baltrush of Chambers Street are firm believers in the adage that one learns something new every day. They're on their annual two weeks vacation in Florida and one day last week in St. Petersburg they received the evening paper free of charge You see when the sun doesn't shine m that usually sunny cline you get the evening paper free Up here you and must pay for our late news every day and it's the chblains which are free. This "9unshne Offer' is made nowhere else in the world and has proven during almost 30 years St. Petersburgs claim to more snshiny days than any other place in the United States excepting only the arid regions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25
LITTLE GRAVITY PULL

If we lived on one of the tiny moons of the planet Mars, there would be so little gravity pull that we would be able to jump 1000 feet into the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25

Holden F. Wilson, switchboard operator for the Connecticut Light and Power Company is celebrating his twentieth anniversary this month. Wilson was in France for 16 months in the last war; with the Amer lean ExcpdtionaTy Forces He is now chairman of the Executive Committee for British War Relief in Water bury Married he and Mrs Wilson make their home at Second Avenue in Waterbury Wilson operates amateur radio station WHO .. Philomena Valauskas, Leayen Mt Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in New York City Phs parents reside in Great Neck L. H. while she has sister residing in Naugatuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-25

Discords. Never dull moment is the phrase freuentIy applied to an individual or place of tion But excitment is where you find it and you can usually find it if you go looking for it. It wasn't being cceded cautiously down Grand Street It was of the oper-type and the rear compartment contained one, upright piano. apparently resting sOlidly by virtue only of it's own weight Rounding Benzine Corner and swinging north into South Main Street the muscbOx Iurced once then twice With crash it catapulted the sdebOards of the truck and landed ker-plmk in the street When last seen it being hoisted back into place-a bit bent and battered, but still piano.
Evening star., 1941-04-08

ciflc. In the commissions long-range
building program the twin purposes
of commerce and defense, 1856 vessels
have been started. OF those, 102
have been launched and all but %
of those l02 completed, delivered
and now in operation.
These vessels are considered by
naval architects and marine experts
the finest of their type ever built
They have become we'll known
everywhere as the C-types, the C-1,
a small but efficient freighter; the
CO, medium sized fast freighter
with extraordinarily economical en-
gines, and the C-3, the large, fast
freight ship, which also has been
designed for carrying passengers.
Twenty-seven of these new vessels
built by the commission have al
ready become naval auxiliaries. They
have been acquired by the Navy for
such diverse purposes as ammuni-
ton carriers, seaplane tenders, sub
marine tenders and supply and re-
pair vessels. Among the finest of
the group are twelve 19-knot tankers,
the fastest of their kind in the world
today These ships were undertaken
by the commission at a time when
normal, commercial tanker speeds
were 10 to II knots. With the CO.
operation of the Standard Oil Co.
of New Jersey these IL ships were
built and every one Is now serving
our naval forces.
To a battle fleet, tankers are a
symbol of freedom of action They
mean that the fighting vessels will
not be tied to their land bases
These II tankers will carry more
than 100000 gallons of oil at a
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speed which will enable them to
keep up with the battle fleet. On
the basis of the rate of fuel con-
sumption of the battleship, they will
enable vessels of our fighting fleet
to steam a total of more than 800,-
600 nautical miles without putting in
at naval base.
Careful Planning Revealed.
The quickness with which these
vessels we're built and converted
into naval auxiliaries testify to the
careful planning of the Maritime
Commissions program. A complete
understanding was had with the
Navy Department from the incep-
ton of original building plans for
basis of cooperation. Fortunately
President Roosevelt appointed Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land, former
chief constructor of the Navy, as
chairman of the Maritime Commits
sion in 1888. That appointment has
been most fortunate one. Admiral
Land and his associates on the COM
mission are juStiying fully the con-
fidence placed in them.
Designs for vessels were made with
Navy needs in mind and were ap-
proved by the Navy. Gun locations,
accessibility of cargo space and COM
partmentation were all planned for
Navy use. The care which went
into this designing ana building is
proving itself entirely warranted.
Also the value and the necessity
of freighters and tankers to main
tain the foreign commerce of the
United States is beyond question.
This fact has been demonstrated
over and over again in normal
peaceful times. 1t is being doubly
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nese and tungsten, also other items
not generally realized as vital in the
national emergency as, for instance,
teakwood for the decks of naval YES
sells, tanning materials, pulpwood for
newsprint, sugar and coffee.
The amounts of these and other
important defense materials have
been totaled and for the year 194l
reach the astonishing figure of more
than $4,000 900 tons. On the basis
of the average capacity of freight
ship, this represents approximately
$500 shiploads of material which
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spects is as well equipped as any
other country to be sufficient.
Some commodities essential to us
must, however, be imported. No ma
ton has ever really thrived which
did not engage regularly in foreign
trade. No isolationist today is 60
ing to claim that we can forego for
eign trade without serious danger
of stagnation.
In addition to our heavy imports,
an important movement is in our
defense program. The Army has
advised the Maritime Commission
that more than 100000 tons of
supplies must be moved to Army
bases such as the Canal Zone, Puerto
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
The Navy lists more than 100000
tons to be transported to naval
bases. 1t is the job of our merchant
marine to see that all of these ma
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terials are carried and carried
quickly.
The Maritime Commission, which
is operating the preference or prior
ity system for ship cargoes, knows
what must be moved for the Army.
for the Navy and for the Office of
Production Management, which is
co-ordinating the needs of the de-
fense production program.
The Office of Production Manage
ment has determined the amount of
imports which must be made during
the calendar year 1941. Its list in
cludes such obvious items as manga
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proven at present when our AH19-
ican ships are bringing in load after
load of rubber, tin, manganese and
other raw materials which are being
converted into instrumentalities of
defense.
Fleet of 1000, 900 Tons.
AS chairman of the Merchant Ma
rine Committee of the Senate Com
merce Committee. I am in close
touch with developments in the
commissions building program. Re-
Gently the Commerce Committee of
the Senate reported favorably on
legislation which will further facili-
tate the building of f1rst-class naval
auxiliaries. That committee and
the Maritime Commission believe in
competitive bidding. However, the
Army and Navy now want the nego-
tiated bid system for quick deliver
les. The Maritime Commission has
asked for similar authority and will
doubtless get it, which will be used
only when competitive bidding is
apparently not feasible or sufficient
ly expeditions.
The United States is in a position
to make effective use of sea power.
Our battleships are supported by
one of the largest merchant fleets in
the world. This fleet aggregates
more than 100000 tons. More than
1900 ships are engaged largely in
domestic commerce. The American
people, more than any other people
in the world, use ships to transport
goods from one portion of their
country to another. The fleet of
American ships sailing in foreign
trade is also substantial More than
300 vessels of various types are car
rying the burdens of foreign COM
merce of the United States.
The United States in many re-
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must be brought In during the cal.

must be brought In during the call
endar year from overseas.
Although we are not conveying
our ships or sending them into war
areas, we are exporting many arti-
cles of various kinds to certain ma
tions, especially to Great Britain
and its allies, but these articles are
carried in ships other than those
belonging to the United States or its
citizens.
The scope of war activities, ever
broadening, is stressing the neces-
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Evening star., 1941-03-25

that" Senator Connally said. Il de-
Iiberately put it that way to get a
recruit, because this tax bill is going
to jerk some people out of their
boots. I am glad the Senator from
Ohio is not waiting to be drafted
that he is volunteering now to sup
port very, very heavy taxes"
Senator Wheeler was working to-
day on an itinerary for a forthcom-
ing speaking tour, in which he will
demand that the United States stay
out OF war. Senator Nye, RepubIi-
can, of North Dakota, another oppo-
nent of the British-aid program, an
nounced that he would start a tour
with an address in San Francisco
Saturday. Senator Nye will make
addresses in Palo Alto, Calf, Mon
day, and in Los Angeles and other
Southern California towns Tuesday,
wednesday and Thursday. On
April 6, 7 and 8 he will speak in
Portland and Seattle All the ad-
dresses will be under the auspices of
the America First Committee.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Students Give Safety Talks
On Streetcars and Buses

Some 225 boys and girls from
Washington schools are spreading
the gospel of traffic safety this week
on the city's streetcars and buses.
Wearing white arm bands bearing
American Automobile Association
insignia, the students board public
vehicles between 7 and am. and
from $50 to $50 pm. to give a
three-minute talk on traffic safety
to the passengers. The program be-
gan yesterday and will continue to-
morrow and Friday. 1t is being
sponsored by the motor club and the
Capital Transit Co., in cooperation
with the District schools.
Participating schools are Central.
Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and
Woodrow Wilson High Schools:
An costa Junior Senior High
School and Hine, Langley, Jefferson,
Mcfarland, Paul, Taft and Powell
Junior High Schools.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Directors Wife Names
Marion ToIIey in Suit

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, March 25.-Mrs
Natalie H. Scotto has filed divorce
suit against her Aim director hus-
band, Aubrey. charging he was in
innate with Marion Talley.
Mrs. Scotto, filing suit for di-
vorce, stated plaintiff has discov-
cred commission of acts of adultery
by"Scotto and the one time Met
ropolitan Opera singer.
Miss Talley's former husband,
Adolph Eckstrom, in filing suit re-
Gently for custody Of their daughter,
accused the singer Of intimacy with
several men prominent in Holly
wood and New York.
Mrs. Scotto's suit said that in their
13 years Of marriage her husband
spent $125.000 she inherited from
her father.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Largest Brisbane Crowd
Greets U. 5. Warships

b. the Associated Press.
BRISBANE, Australia, March
25.-The largest crowd in the city's
history turned out today to well
come officers and men of seven
warships of the United States naval
squadron now visiting Australian
waters.
Rear Admiral John H Newton.
commanding the squadron, told his
hosts, I'VE just dropped in to say
that we in America are not very
far away from Australia after all.
President Roosevelt's speech during
the lease-lend bill discussion re-
flected the friendly feelings of the
American people"
The day was declared a public
holiday and buildings were fes-
holiday with flags. Floodlights we're
installed for a night parade of the
$500 men of the vessels.
The warShips, which have visited
Sydney, are on a training cruise
Evening star., 1941-03-25
100000 Nazi Troops
Reported Poised for
Battle in Balkans
Men Fully Equipped and
Ready for Drive at
Once, London Hears
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 25.-Germany
has approximately 100000 troops
fully equipped for immediate battle
in the Balkans. to enforce the Ger
man drive toward the southeast and
guard the Soviet Russian frontier
reliable foreign source declared
today.
British quarters declined to COM
ment on this report and refused to
indicate whether it checked with
their intelligence.
Germany, the foreign source said,
has $4,000 men in Italy and Africa,
100000 in France, 100000 in Dem
mark and from 100000 to 100000 in
Germany, Poland, Norway and the
Low Countries or in, transit.
(ReportS were current in Bel
grade, Yugoslavia, that Germany
had sent 18 or 20 divisionS-per-
haps 240,000 men-to Italy to
prevent internal disorder and
forestall a separate Italian-Greek
peace
This disposition of troops, the
source said, was viewed by his
informants on the continent as
indicating that Germany had de-
cided Balkan offensive would
be easier than an immediate at
tempt to invade Britain.
Concentration of heavy forces in
Rumania facing Russia was re-
garded as an indication that Ger
many had been fully informed of
Soviet distrust of southeastern
drive and MoscoW's intention to
back Turkeys guardianship of the
Dardanelles.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Grand Jury |ndicts
7 Men on Charges
OF Misusing S26,7O0
Pair Accused Of Playing
Market With Securities
Intrusted to Them

Robert o. Spafford and Robert o.
Downs were indicted today by the
District grand jury in six separate
true bills, each charging larceny
after trust.
Spaftord was named individually
in another indictment. The Gov
ernment charged they played the
stock market with S26,700 securities
lntruSted to them by a Washington
resident and two Baltimore families.
A total of al indictments was re-
turned to Justice James w Morris.
The indictments are the culmina-
ton of Investigations conducted by
the Securities and Exchange Com
mission, postal inspectors and As
siStant United States Attorney
George E. Mcneil, who presented
the cases to the grand jury.
In one indictment, Spafford and
Downs are charged with taking
$4,000 from Margaret Miller Of Bal
timore; the indictment naming
Spafford alone accuses him of taking
s27OO from Richard M Mullett, Post
Office emplOye here Other indict-
ments charge the two men with
taking $1,000 from Mary S. Miller;
then Of $4,000 from Joseph NJ. Stro-
mer, $4,000 from John Strohmer,
$4,000 from Loretta Miller and $4,000
from Andrew Strohmer.
Phillip Fluid, colored, %, was IN
dlcted on charge of manslaughter
IN the death of Lawrence Robinson,
colored, %, known as "Lank," who
was fatally injured with a blackjack
and ice pick March l.
Alfred r. Schmidt, AZ. of Bradbury
Heights, Md, temporary rural mail
carrier and father of II children,
was indicted on charge of embez-
Element. Postal authorities said he
used for his own purpose money
given him to purchase money orders.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Robert Z. Deeter,
non-support of minor child; Wilson
Owens, housebreaking; Howard w.
! Green, Joseph L. King, Thomas
Peeler, William A. Rodtke, Paul j.
Braxton, Raymond Love. William
Hartman, Joseph Wroie, Howard j.
Gordon, housebreaking and larceny;
Frederick J. HeaZlit. Henry R. Benz
der, George H. SChaefer, Harvey L.
Jackson, and Odell A. Brookard, Joy
riding; Paul W. Yates, Leonard A.
| Barbour, Elmer Edwards and Joseph
L. Evans, robbery; George High
tower, assault with a dangerous
weapon; Arthur j. Bradley, assault
with a dangerous weapon and as
sault with intent to commit robbery;
Augusta C. Dematatis, Clarence L.
Ware, Bernard Clark and George H.
Frazier, violation of the numbers
act; Canada Rhone. receiving stolen
property; Harry A Tripplett, larceny
from the United States: Wilbert
Foster, incest, George w. Barrie
and Robert Lynn, passing a forged
Government check; John McGrann,
AZ. described as a soldier at Fort
Stedman, Petersburg, Va, sending
obscene matter through the mails,
and Joseph Siemski, forging a United
States postal money order and cash.
ing it.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Aid Fund Vote
Tally in Senote
On Appropriation
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The vote by which the Senate ap-
proved yesterday a 100000 900 ap-
preparation to carry out the British.
aid program:
FOR THE BILL-s,.
Democrats
AAS6RR AR6Raws hIGAS MALoNEy
BAILEY McTSPIA AMI
BANKHEAD MckkELAs MMckEAfLAsD
bbnEnLEf b1I Ind MURDOCK
BILBO MURRAY
BR9N BBRR9WN oMAHoNEY
BfRNES PEPPER
CARAWAY RADCIiFEE
CONNALLY RUSSELL
DOWNEY SCHWARTZ
EELLLENDER SHEPPARD
GEORGE sMATHERs
GERRY SMITH
GILLETTE STEWART
GLASS THOMAsi oL,
GREEN THOMAS, Utah
HERRING TUNNEL
IIId HILL TYDINGS
K{EaoRE kHEeaaS WHkIgRES XAN NgYs
LEE
AIKEN '"0t.SdR GURNEy
BALL Holman
BARRoUR McNARY
BREWSTER REED
BURTON vANpENBERo
CAPPER WHITE
DANAHER WILLIS
DAVIS
Independent.
AGAINST THE BILL-s.
Democrats.
CLARK. Idaho WHEELER
CLARK, Mo.
BUTLER '' sHIPsrEAp
LANCER THOMAS idaho
NYE
LA TOILETTE
Pairs were announced as follows:
Austin, Republican, for, and john
son of California, Republican,
against; Lodge, Republican, for, and
Wiley, Republican, against.
1t was announced that the follow
ing would have voted for the bill
had they been present:
Democrats.
WAGNER HARRISON
BONE HATCH
BUNKER JOHNSON Colo.
CHANDLER McCARRAN
GUFTEY MEAD
WALSH
Aesabheans.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Youth S Confession
In Staying Of Boy, 13,
Checked by Police
Sheriff Dissatisfied
With His Story, PIuns
Further Questioning
ax the Associated Press

- the Associated Press
MUSKEGON, Mich, March 25-
Glenn Arthur Brough, jr.. IA, and
his 1-year-old brother, Benny, of
Fruitport Township, faced further
questioning today by Sheriff Peter
Cardinal in connection with the
Staying of 13-year-old Jack Kelly,
whose body was found Sunday less
than a half-mile from their farm
home.
The two boys were returned here
last night by Deputy Sheriff John
Burcon, after they were picked up
by police at Lansing yesterday. Both
the deputy and Police Capt. John J.
Early of Lansing said the elder boy
admitted the killing last Saturday
morning.
I'VE got into a fight at my house
end Jack threatened to go home
and get his % rife, so l grabbed a
hatchet and beat him to DEATH" the
deputy quoted him as saying. The
two Of us then dragged his body
TO the swamp and covered it with
saplings and leaves"
Sheriff Cardinal said he was not
satisfied with the elder boys story
The hatchet, covered with blood
and hair, was found only 300 feet
from the body. and We have other
proof that the Staying took place
along the highway" he said Il am
satisfied we will get the true story
from the boys today"
Young Benny was abSolved of any
part in the Staying by his elder
brother, officers said. He helped
me drag the body to the swamp and
cover it. but he did not strike
Jackie" they quoted Glenn as saying.
The search for the Kelly boy be-
gan Saturday night, when he failed
to return home.
The hunt for the two Brough boys
began Sunday night after they ran
away from their father and another
brother. Marvin, near the swamp.
The father, Glenn Arthur Brough,
sr.. 40-year-old Grand Rapids plas-
terer, became suspicious and went
to the swamp, where he found the
battered and slashed body of the
missing Kelly boy.
Evening star., 1941-03-25
Two Murderers Begin
Prison Sentences

Two murderers today began serv-
ing prison terms given them yester-
day by Justice James w. Morris in
District Court.
Henry Smith, %, colored. was sem
fenced to 10 to 80 years for the slay-
ing of a white w. + A foreman.
while John Henry Williams, colored,
received a sentence of 7 to 81 years
as a wife slayer.
Smith was convicted of choking
Cornelius R. King. 38, Silver Hill,
Md, last September. Williams
pleaded guilty to a charge of fatally
cutting his wife with a razor last
November.