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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05


 On that day his troops were to launch their attack from Bulgaria toward Salonika. Simultaneously, other Nazi troops were to go through Jugoslavia. Mussolini was scheduled to fly to Albania to lead a charge against the Greeks, while the Italian navy was to sweep the Mediterranean.
 Shortly after this, the air blitz against England was to begin.
 However, when the Jugoslavs chucked their Axis pact out the window, Hitler was forced to re- arrange his tactics for attacking Salonika. And the Italian fleet was virtually destroyed.
 As . result Hitler was 90 be- side himself with rage that hc
 would mot speak to Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop for two days.
 NOTE - It was von Ribbentrop who had given him assurances that the Jugoslavs would go through with their Axis agree ment, and who now made Hitler a fool in the eyes of the world. PESsIMISTIC SIDE
 That is the optimistic side of the south European picture. Now let's look at the pessimistic side.
 Hitler is a man who nurses hatred, but who never lets his tantrums get the better of his military judgment. He fumed and ragged ct President Benes for nine months before he finally decided that the German armies were ready to invade Czechoslovakia. Several times he ate crow and waited rather than take chances on the military outcome.
 Therefore, 1t is certain that when Hitler does finally attack in the Balkans, his onslaught will be all the more ferocious because of the Jugoslav face-slap. Also his advance will be all the more care- fully prepared.
 Already 1t Is reported from Bulgaria that the German Gen eral Staff has left no detail to chance. Macadam roads are be- ing built behind the German army. Tons of supplies and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05

These pointed Jugoslav and Greek demands are undoubtedly the chief concern of Foreign Minister Anthony Eden and Gen. eral Sir John Dill in Athens. MEN YS REGENERATION
 The British position is com pletely understandable. Desper- ately short of airplanes, tanks, anti-aircraft guns, and all me- chanized equipment, they can- not spare 1t much more than the United States can spare 1t for our friends in Latin America. The British must help defend not only the Balkans, but also leave @ considerable number of men and munitions in Libya, where the Germans have now landed five divisions to bolster the Italians.
 British airplanes have been sent to Greece. but not in sufficient numbers to equal the huge con- centrations behind the Nazi lines, where Hitler is reported to have brought much of the air force previously used against Eng land.
 That, briefly, is what the Bri- tish, Greeks and Jugoslavs face in the Balkans. From the point of view of modern warfare 1t is not happy picture. But from the point of view of morale and man. power, 1t Is different. For the Jug0slav troops are among the most courageous in the world, the Greeks have. already demonstrated their mettle, and the Australian troops which Britain Is sending to Greece are dare-devils seasoned i'm North Africa.
 So 1t may be a test of morale and manpower versus modern mechanization.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Maxwell Brandwen, longtime legal lieutenant of Associate OPM Director Sidney Hillman, Is rated one of the best lawyers in the defense organization To get an inside picture of how govern ment clerks live, read Govern ment Girls" by Florence Kiper Frank in Household Magazine. Tn private life. Mrs. Frank is the wife of former SEC chairman Jerome Frank Picture of profound senatorial deliberation: Portly Senator Wiley of Wisconsin speak ing lengthily on taxation. Six sem ators present and not one paying a bit of attention to him.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05

Some means of rerouting traffic away from the Baldwin Street bridge during the months that the new structure will be under construction ought to be found by city officials. There could be some serious traffic problems presented by traffic diverging in different directions on each side of the bridge once the old one goes down, but if planned now ade- quate means of diverting traffic at some distance from the span could be devised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "He (or she) don't
 have to go"; say, "doesn't."

A. The regular difference be tween Greenwich Standard Time arc E. s. T. is five hours, but the Brit ish Isles have retained the summer daylight time schedule for the du- ration of the war, which makes an actual difference of six hours. Be- ginning May 6, 194l, until August 9, clocks in Great Britain will b set forward another hour.
 c. Is there 6 male heir to the British throne?
 A. The daughters of King George VI, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary and Princess Margaret Rose, are in the order of succession, and after the younger daughter comes the Duke of Gloucester; then the Duke of Kent and his children.
 e. How many beauty shops are in the United States in proportion to the population?
 A. The estimate is one beauty shop for every 1,250 persons.
 e. Did Finland default on he debt payment to the United State' due December IS, 1940?
 A. Finland deferred the paymen of an installment amounting t. $235, 1898, in accordance with tn, terms of a resolution passed by Con gresS June IS, 1940. The debt, how. ever, was not repudiated.
 e. What great New York news. paper editor was a candidate for president?
 A. The National Democrats rom- mated Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune, for president in 1872, and he was defeated by Gen. eral U. s. Grant. Tn 1904, William Randolph Hearst was a contender for the Democratic nomination foi president, but he was defeated in the convention.
 e. How many men were listed aa draft deserters in the United States during World War 1?
 A. 337,640.
 o. How many l6-inch guns will the new U. s. S5,000-ton battleshipa carry?
 A. Nine, each.
 e. Why was King Ferdinnad " of Castle nicknamed '"The Sum. moned"?
 A. From the tradition that hh two brothers, whom he had cruelty slainfi had summoned him to appear within thirty days to answer foi his crime at the judgment-seat ot God.
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Daily Almanac
s l:i6 a. m.

Moon sets l:i6 a. In
 Sun rises 5:3O a. m.: sets 6:2i D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 April often presents fairly reliable pat tern of the weather to follow. If the weave now being unrolled continues 1t will be, as predicted, ono of the incest springs we have enjoyed in many a year. But 1t must be mixed with some rain.
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Current Comment

We are now, for the first time. ape preaching quantity production in the sense that the term applied to the auto industry of many years ago.
 Richard W. Miller. president of Vultee Aircraft.
  The condition for democracy and for art are one and the same. John Hay whitney. president. New Works Museum of Mod ern Art.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05

i. Are there mosquitoes in Alas ka?
 2. What is the name of the bar Der in the opera Barber of &c., ville"?
 3. Which of these three cities Is the capital of Switzerland: Gee neva, Zurich or Berne?
 4. What is intrastate commerce?
 5. Will a light. placed in front of a mirror, produce twice its vol- ume of light?
 6. What is the ultimate Court oi Appeal in Great Britain?
 2. How many children has Henry Ford?
 8. Does age or rarity determine the philatelic value of postage stamps?
 O.. What is myopia?
 10. Where is the so-called Mel. lon Art Gallery?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05

less cults and
 "isms" W h ic h now flourish, be- speak the im- measurable con- hict by which the souls of nultituties are torn. M @ n y
 people seek es- cape in pleas
 ure. E m p t y laughter Is often the badge of @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05

OO0, 900 farm bill which the Sen- ate has just cooked up. It's the largest farm bill in history, of course.
 The b c c k. ground, youn remember, was this:
 Tn rnid-March, farm leaders W 0 n { to the President with Q p l c . for greater I Q r m aid in the way
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 e. How are soap powders n1ade2
 A. There are several methods of manufacture, but the one generally used is known as the continuous process" The soap is run hot from the kettle into a crutcher or mixer and mixed thoroughly with Q con- centrated solution of sodium car- bonate (soda ast1) or other build CTS. The mixture Is run over chill- ing rolls to chill the soap and crystalline the sodium carbonate. The product is scraped of the rolls and screened, the coarse particles zoe ing to a grinder and the finer por- ton being packed by machinery. Soap powders are also made by dis solving soap and sal soda or soda ash in water and spraying or "ato- mixing" the solution, which gives Q product that only requires screeri- ing to remove larger particles.
 e. Short wave broadcasts from London indicate six hours differ ence from Eastern Standard Time, instead of five hours. How do you account for the extra hour?
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Washington Merry Go-Round
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DREW PIE A R s o N
 ROBERT $. ALLEN

Hiter reaction the slap has been coming back Put the cchedued for atrdav Nfarch20
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A Thought for Today

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments and the statutes, and the judgments which l command thee this day, to do them.-Deuteron- omy 7:11.
 Obedience decks the Christian most.-Schil- Ter
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National Spotlight
BY HETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washingtsa Correspondent

Washington, April s - It will be interesting to see if the House ap- proves and if 1t does, if the Pres. ident approves or vetoes the 9l ,34O,.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
MAKING OUR WORLD NEW

Browning in one of his poems says, How soon a smile of God can change the world"
 People try everything in the world as a way out of their difiiculties before they try religion. The end-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-05
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10

xHE STORY so FARs muck Hart i
brother Of Sheriff Hart, n found with .
bullet in his back. A reputed rustler,
his friends blame the murder % the
big eattlemen. Someone 6res Shot ut
Cs1houn Terry from the RED Triangle
- q
Lane guessed. Jeff Brandt"
eyes. / told him / was going
with a handsomer man." Ellen
smiled at her father. $50 you
mustn't let me down."
81 WON'T" Lane answered. He
did not smile back at her. II hope
you're not going to-be interested in
Ia man like JEFF. I'm afraid he's
bad medicine, Nell"
''For girls?" she inquired.
eyes, and for others too. He's a
lawless young devil heading for
trouble. My guess is that he is
already a cattle thief. Don't be
more than civil to him."
She smiled reminiscently. HE
probably thinks I wasn't even that,
today"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10
BY VIRGINIA VALE

tReleased by Western Newspaper Union.>
WCAPTAINS of the Clouds"
~ Warner Bros,) brought
the war right home to Holly
wood. More than 100 pilots OF
the company who worked for
a month in Canada are now in
service overseas. James
Cagney, Alan Hale, George
Tobias and Dennis Morgan
now would rather talk about
the Royal Canadian Air force than
about anything else. They have so
many friends in it!
BY the time the picture is re-
leased, virtually every one Of the
Canadian fliers who appear in it
will be overseas.
B
Jean Phillips has finally taken ii
for granted that she'll have to
change the color of her hair for
each new picture. Naturally blonde,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10

EMAIL call sounds as sweet as
pay call when the folks back home
send a carton of cigarettes or a
tin of tobacco" This is the con-
census among men in all branches
of the service who have ranked
tobacco first in the gift line. Actual
sales records from service stores
in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
and Coast Guard-showing the IA
vorite cigarette is Camel. The
popular smoking tobacco is Prince
Albert. Local dealers have been
featuring cartons of Camels and
pound tins of Prince Albert as most
welcome gifts from the folks back
home to the boys in the service.
ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10
CHAPTER vi

Ellen drew up on the bluff at
the edge of Johnson's Prong. A
windmill on Sheriff Nate Hart's
place, near the upper end Of the
valley, caught the suns rays and
photographed them to her.
Her glance picked up a puff of
smoke, and a fraction of q second
later there came the sound of shot.
She dipped down into the Canyon,
following the steep trail winding
among the boulders.
She swung around a great boulder
and came face to face with a man.
Both Of them pulled up, taken COM
pletely by surprise. He was q lean,
bronzed man, broad of shoulder,
strongly built. A vague memory
stirred in her. She must have known
him when she lived here before 20
ing to school.
"Good morning" he said. "Did
you meet anybody as you came
down the canyon"
ssNo," she told him.
"Are you headed for Round Top?"
he said.
eyes"
Don't co." he replied CURLY.
Ellen sat little straighter on the
horse. Her chin set. "Why not?"
.'There has been some trouble. A
man has been killed"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10
/ INsTALLMENT THREE

No9&VUMs 4Ukky 0h1AMVuMtsp eo0D cA@S~o@
TO make him feel tine shot was fred BY
Lee Hart, brother Of the slain man,
also believed 10 be rustler. Terry II
manager Of the Diamond Reverse
ranch. Formerly . small rancher. he
q y y n 4 = y
Ellen echoed the last word.
''Killed?"
"Shot from ambush drygulched. !"
She stared at him, her eyes on
his. "Who was killed."
''Man named Tetlow. Lives on
Fisher Creek"
''Who did it,"
81 don't know. I heard someone
galloping away through the brush,
and a little later I came across the
body"
"Just before / started down the
canyon / heard a shot," Ellen said.
"Just one. Do you think they had
q quarrel?"
''No. Tetlow didn't have his gun
out. A bullet from rifle went
through the back Of his head"
Murder" The word fell from the
girls lips in a low, shocked voice.
"The second in a week. Are the big
cattlemen starting in to kill all the
settlers who are in their way?"
''No." He spoke sharply, instant
ly. "These men were both rustlers,
according to common report. They
lived violently and made enemies.
Maybe they quarreled among them
selves"
''One of them was my cousin"
Then, as her glance fell on the
rifle in its scabbard beside the sad
die, there jumped to her mind a
horrid thought. He might have done
it himself. Why was he carrying a
rifle in country where the almost
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10

universal custom was to wear only
revolvers?
Then you live in the hills here, "
he said.
) 'My name is Ellen Carey"
There jumped to his mind the pic
ture of thin, long-legged, harum-
scarum girl flying about the Black
Butte country on a pinto horse. 1t
was amazing that such a child could
have developed into such beauty.
LANE Carey's daughter"
eyes" She frowned at him, on
the verge of a discovery. "You are
Calhoun Terry" she said. 81 knew
I'd seen you before. You were a
friend of my father then"
Before / committed the crime of
trying to better myself honestly and
lawfully" he explained.
She knew those who looked at
what he had done from another an
gle, but she did not intend to dis
cuss it with him.
''What are you going to do with
=. the body?" she asked.
''I'n notify his friends where to
find it,
81 could tell the coroner while I'm
in town."
He shook his head. Better not
go to town this way, Miss Carey.
The killer may still be down there
in the fats somewhere"
Ellen looked at him, startled.
''You don't think he would hurt me,
do your"
mot unless he thought his safety
required it. I'll ride up the canyon
with you as far as the Hartman
place."
''It's not necessary. haven't seen
anybody coming up the canyon-ex-
cept YOU"
Grimly he smiled. '.Nobody-ex-
cept me. And / came direct from
the scene of the crime. carrying the
rifle that may have held the car
fridge. Maybe it is not safe for you
to ride up the gulch with me, since
you're the only eyewitness against
me-"
Their eyes met and held, search
ing for what lay beneath the sur
face. Into Ellen's consciousness
there beat an assurance that this
man was no assassin.
I'm as safe with you as would
be with my father" she said quietly.
He was q man mot easily moved,
but her words sent q little shock of
pleasure through him. He looked at
her.
"Some of your friends might not
say So" he answered dryly.
When they came out on the top of
Johnson's Prong the man moved for
ward and rode beside Ellen. He
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10

sold 10 the big outst, and Il hated b,
the small men for Il. Ellen Carey, back
from school, sees some cattle driven
hard one early morning, probably By
rustlers. One Of the men, she thinks,
II JeR Brand.
q 4 ia
looked across the North Fork VAL
ley, the creek winding through it q
ribbon Of silver, to the forests
marching up the huddled hills to the
blurred horizons edge. A snatch Of
Heber's missionary hymn jumped
again to his mind. He laughed sar-
donically.
The girl looked at him. "You are
amused?"
He quoted the verse:
.. every prospect pleases
and only man is vile."
Her eyes, judging him indignant
ly, refused to join his mockery. II
don't find murder funny" she said.
II wasn't thinking of murder, but
Of the man who turned his back on
his friends. suppose you would
call him a traitor"
ut isn't my business to call him
anything"
"You don't need to have anything
to do with him-after we reach the
fork in the road just ahead. That's
so. You can go back to your nice
good friends, who shoot at enemies
as they pass, through window"
That's not true!" she cried.
"My mistake. I should have said
cousin, not friend. The name il
Lee Hart"
when did he shoot at you-if he
did,"
"Wednesday a week ago, about
4 p. M, from the Red Triangle Sa-
LOOM" teE
She did not speak for moment,
and when she did it was to repudiate
Hart. she isn't really my cousin.
Only distant relative by marriage.
haven't spoken to him five times in
my life."
They had come to the trail fork.
The path to the left led to Black
Butte, the other eventually to the
Diamond Reverse B.
For days EHen's mind was full Of
this adventure.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-10

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Afectation Vulgar

Alteration Vulgar
The simpler and the more easy
and unconstrained your manners,
the more you will impress peo-
pie of your good breeding. Affecta-
ton is one of the brazen marks Of
vulgarity .-Etiquette for Ladies.
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CHAPTER v

Among the rolling hills to the
north Of the Diamond Reverse B
lay the empire of the Bartlett Land
& Cattle Company, Familiarity known
as No, BY Joe.
The manager, Clint Ellison, rode
in from watching beef cut to hold
a conference in his office with inn
portant guests.
He brought glasses and a bottle
Of whiskey from the cabinet, pitch
er Of water from tray on a side
board.
Help yourselves, gentlemen" he
invited.
John McFaddin, joint owner with
his brother Of the Flying v c, a very
large ranch far up on Elk Creek,
poured whiskey into glass and
drank it neat, after a perfunctory
"Here's howl"
Perry Gaines, manager Of the
Two Star Ranch, shook his head.
II never drink until I'm through my
days work.
The third guest reached for a
glass and the bottle. He was a
round, roly-poly man Of middle age,
rubicund countenance, and bright,
twinkling, merry eyes. II drink be-
fore begin it, during same, and
after l have Finished" he an
nounced. 'Here's to you, gentle
men. Happy days"
McFaddin thrust into words the
thought that was in his mind, that
had been present with all of them for
some days. $50 an accident hap
pened to one of the gents tSo free
with a rope and a running-iron near
your range, Clint"
Ellison passed a box of good CT
gars and took one himself. "Refer-
ring to Buck Hart, I take it,"
The foreman of the No, BY Joe
looked at the Flying v c man, no
expression whatever in his steely
eyes. "I'm told he was shot. With a
rife. In the early morning. By per-
son unknown
Slanting a grin at Ellison, the
plump, red-faced mamie was Tod
Collins, manager and part owner of
the Antelope Creek Ranch-offered
a chuckling suggestion. "Have to
call him Mr.. x, reckon, like they
do in these detective stories"
Ellison looked long time at his
cigar tip. Like the rest of you, I've
been milling this over night and day,
gentlemen. We represent four out of
the five biggest ranches in this part
of the territory. I didn't ask Cal
Terry to join us today because he
isn't in quite the same position as
we are. A few years ago he was a
little cattleman himself, and though
his old friends hate him like poison
now, he may still have scruples
against what have in mind. Later
wen have to take him in, but we
might as well make our plans first.
If we're going to protect our prop
critics from wholesale thieving we
must wipe the rustlers out enmasse."
Tod Collins grinned. s'The Ante
lope Creek rides to war with the
rest Of you. Cut loose with what's
on your mind, Clint"
Clint leaned forward and in low
voice began to outline the plan he
had in mind.
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The Ans.Ders

1. William H. Taft swore he
would maintain" the Constitution.
2. Stormy tracts of ocean be-
tween the fortieth and fiftieth de-
grees of latitude, north or south.
8. The Cullinan, found in 1905 in
South Africa.
4. Thirty-two.
S. States.
6. Woman suffrage.
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ASK ME- y
ANOTHER
A General Quiz
The Questions

1. What President of the United
States swore he would maintain
the Constitution instead of 'pro-
tect" it?
2. What is meant by the roar
ing forties?
3. What is the largest gem dia-
mond ever discovered?
4. How many U. S. senators are
elected every two years?
S. ALI battleships of the U. S.
navy are named for what?
6. What is the subject of the
Nineteenth amendment to the
u. S. Constitution?
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Planning, Financing Your Home

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