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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

and printed the text of them in The Post. President Wilson, either through ignorance" or a disinclina. ton to understand" denied any knowledge of their existence.
 Evid ence that we entered the last war "blindly is overwhelming" We must face the inevitable conse- quences of war, If 1t Is our intention to take part. And If our object Is merely the defeat of Hitler, then the peace that should follow war, will be forever lost.
 We face c most tremendous economic overturn," the speaker prophecied. We cannot end this situation. And unless we are aware of this, and alive to the sort of world wei i've In, we shall not be in Q state of mind that can plan judiciously the sort of peace we want If we win the war"
 John Festa, president of the chapter, presided.
 The policies of Senator John A., Danaher were approved in a resolu- ton adopted by the group
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
Waterbury Driver
 Kills Hamden Youth
John POOd0rO, S9, of Walnut Street Extension, Held
 Under $l,OOO Bond in Death of George Keich,9

Hamden, June l6.- George Reich, 9, of 446 Evergreen avenue was fatally injured at $40 yesterday aft- ernoon on Whitney avenue, in front of the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, when struck by an automobile driven by John Folklore, 59, of S4 Walnut street extension, Waterbury. The boy suffered Q fractured skull and died in Grace hospital o few hours later.
 According to Patrolman Thaddeus IT. HaSbrouck the Reich boy was on his way to church, in company with James Quinn, 10, also of 446 Evergreen avenue, and 1t was while the boy was crossing the street that he was hit by the north bound car driven by Polodoro.
 Folklore told Patrolman Has brouck he saw the two boys cross- ing the highway, with the Quinn boy holding the Reich boys hand, and as he neared them. the Reich boy attempted to run to the curb In front of the church and was struck by the handle of the door on the right side of the machine.
 Several other children standing in front of the church witnessed the accident. Patrolman Hasbrouck
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BOROUGH EXPENSES
 TWO MONTHS, $s7, ,460

Naugatuck, June is. - Expenses of the borough for the first two months of the fiscal year amounted to $s7,460.6i, the report of Borough Clerk Charles P. Daly showed. The total budget is $463,l77. There re- mains for the remaining 10 months $475, ,7l639,
 The detailed expenses are: gen. eral administration, $l24,000 appro- priated; s7,69332 spent; $il6,306,6S appropriated; $l4054,ll spent; $72,- 578.80 left; education, $2l4,075 ap- propriated; $4l,4io,65 spent; $l72,- 664.35 left; health and sanitation, $7oo0 appropriated; $l,34205 spent; S6,557o5 left; pnublic welfare, $So,- 900 appropriated; $7,662,95 spent; 42,337o5 left; public works, $75,00o appropriated; $l4,358i3 spent; $6o,- 64l.87 left; special appropriations, $4,9e9 spent; $33a5o spent; s4,' 830.50 left.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
Danaher's Policies
 Find Support Here
Local Chapter of America First Committee Holds Pub.
 lie Meeting-Villard Gives Principal Address
In thIs Tllmsy, Tobacco Road" shack in FajarO l
Ny NEA Service

A resolution endorsing the efforts of U. 6. Senator John A. Danaher to keep the United States from be- coming involved in foreign wars, and advocating complete prepared ness for this nation, was adopted last evening at 0 mass meeting held At tho central YMCA under the auspices of the Waterbury branch of America First Committee. The resolution was proposed by Edward ,, Ryan of Thomaston, who shared speaking honors with oswald Gar vison Willard, world famous authori- sy on international affairs, and for- ller editor of The Nation and the New York Post. Mir. Willard in out- lining his own plan for solution of world problems Of today asserted that America should not be domi- hated by motives of self-aggrandize- snent. Hc suggested 6 plan for equitable distribution Of power, in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

fluence and representation among the nations Of the world,
 Hegemony over the remainder of the world after the conclusion of the present war, Mr. Willard indl- cated, would only postpone an on. during peace, Even collaboration with England as junior partner" :" in an attempt to rule the world, would, in the long run prove, dis- astrouS.
 Proposals in MT. Villard's peace plan include the establishment of Q world organization, and the for. nation of an international police body to enforce It's laws, He further recommends the introduction of free trade between nations, and -dictatorial representation.
 Insisting that America is not morally, physically or economically in Q position to enter the war, MT. Willard added that strong elements of disunion are present In the na- ton. This condition will persist, he contended, so long as Americans fall to grasp what Is actually occurring, The demands made by the army and navy upon our resources predi- cate the collapse of our economic system. A prolongation of the war will mean the destruction of the worlds wealth.
 Speaking of the last war, MT. Vil- lard declared that secret treaties, of which this country had no knowl- edge, existed among the European countries. As editor of the New York Post, Mir. Willard had copies of these treaties sent to members Of Congress, and to President Wilson,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18

brought the injured boy to the of flee of pr. F. Ematrudo, who or. dered the child taken to Grace hos pital,
 Police said the Keich boy was an orphan, and with the quinn boy, had been staying at the home of William Flaherty at 466 Evergreen avenue. The boys were on their way to the weekly religious educa- ton class at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, when the accident occurred.
 At police headquarters last night Lieut.. Benedict J. Crosby reported the Coroner James Corragan or- dereta Folklore held under $l,00C bond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
OVERFLOW CROWD
 SEES GRADUATION
Caps and Gowns Worn by Public School Diploma
 Recipients Tuesday
WOLCOTT Mrs. (. Nelson Cole, Todd Road-Teleph0ne S09S9

Wolcott, June l8. - Graduation exercises of Wolcott Public schools was held In the town hall last night with not even standing room avail able. A background of green with the class motto, Success written with flowers was very effective. Glass colors were maroon and white. The graduates wore maroon col- ored caps and gowns. The class flower Is the bachelor button. Prizes for those who made the most progress In school work for the year were presented to Richard Warner and Julian De Mora. Mrs, Albert Affeldt was presented a gltt by the graduates and also a gift from the South School as this is her last year teaching at South School, The program was as follows: Processional-Graduates. nvocation--Rev. Gertrude Coe. Hymns "Praise Ye the Lord"-Lewandoski "Lord God, We Worship Thee,"-
 Bach
 Address of We!come-Richard War ner, class preSldent
 Graduation There:
 Living in the American Democ- racy"
 "What Has Been Accomplished"
 Corinne Bergen Songs
 Salute to the Flag"-Shuman "God Rest Our Glorious Land"
 Engel :. "What Is Our Contribution"
 Lawrence Pierpont.
 "What May We Expect of Young
 America" Margaret Ander-
 son and George Bridgee
 Song-"Happy Song"-Gaines Presentation of Diplomas by Ran. som Bronson, chairman of the Board of Education
 God Bless America"
 Golden Rod"-Instrumental En- semble
 Merry Widow Waltz"-Instrumental Group - Barbara Green, Alice Boynton and Ralph Warner Farewell Address Eleanor Cocca Benediction - Rev. Gertrude Coe Closing Song-"Parting Song Recessional-GraduateS
 Those receiving diplomas were Margaret Ethel Anderson, Marjorie Joyce Andrews, Corrinne Wilhelmina Babcock, Corinne Ruth Bergen, Richard Harry Bergen, George F. Bridgee, Jeanne Clement, Eleanor Rita Cocoa, Julian John DeMora, deorginanfla Di Giaconna, Florence Margaret Finkle, Violet Lillian Finkle, Myrtle Evelyn French, Ray mond Hunter Krewson, Timothy Joseph Moynihan, Betty Mae Par sons, Bernie Charles Pearson, Law renee Robert Pierpont, Richard Keith Warner, Charles Joseph Win. gertsman and Edna Marie Woodin'
 Thomaston Guests
 Miss Esther Bronson and Ransom Bronson attended the graduating exercises at Thomaston High school Thursday night. Their cousin, Luz ellie Gotsell, was one of the gradu' ates.
 MT, and Mrs. Harry Bergen of the Bound Line Road spent the week end in New York City
 MT. and Mrs. James Collins oi State street Waterbury announce the the engagement of their daughter, Jessie Collins to John Kruse, Jr.. son of MT. and Mrs. John Kruse Of the Woodtick Road.
 In New Jersey
 Mrs. Bella MacMillin of Center street is spending some time with the daughter In Clifton, N. J.
 Carlton Lockart of Bound Line Road is 8 patient ct Waterbury Hos pital,
 Walter 0arrigus is Q pneumonia patient at Waterbury Hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
BIG FISH EYEs-PooR SIGHT

Troy, N. Y. tu,PJ- Goldfish with the largest eyes have the poorest sight. That's the finding of Gardiner Bennett of Green Island, a senior biology student at Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute, who Is patiently weighing goldfish eyes, measuring their retinaS and counting their nerve fibers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
MOORE HOME ON
 1O.DAY FURLOUGH

Francis Moore, Pharmacists Mate, third class, of the U. s. Navy, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank Moore Of 302 Wilson street, is home on Q ten days furlough visiting his parents and relatives.
 Moore is attached to the Aviation SQuadon, No. 63, Quonsit Point, R. I. He enlisted through the Wa. terbury recruiting station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
FOOTBALL BOWS OUT

Rexburg, Ida. (U.P)-Little Kicks college, . Mormon school in the eastern Idaho city of Rexburg, has dropped intercollegiate football to aid the national defense effort Ofs ficIals said the football budget would be used for expansion ot the tra-inuraI rrcgraE1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-18
WAKE UP YOUR ' LIVER BILE -
WIshous CaIomsl-And You'll Jump Out of
 Ned ln the Morning Karin Co Go

The liver should pour g plnts Of bile juice into your bowels every day. If thIs bile % not flowing freely, your food may not di' gest, It may Just decay In the bowels. Then Ras ll0ats up your stomach. You get con: atlpated. You feel sour, sunk and the world
 it sskea those good, old Carter'e Little LIyeP Pills to get these plnts of bile How: Ine freely to make you feel 'up and up'," Get . package today. Take as directed. AnaglnR in making bIlo flow freely, Ahk foF CaFter's Little Liver Piilss i0e and 2bs'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
20 YEARS AGO fHE TIT EMPIRE
JANUARY IT, 1921

JANUARY ', 1921
 permits have been corporations connection with development Southeast Alaska according to information at office of Governor Riggs
 continuous residence in Juneau for eleven years William L. Dairy leave the City Of Seattle Tor the south. Joseph employee the Britt Drug Stores returned Liberty Wordn of the Juneau Seattle She had Visrg parents q Wrangel the holidays
 masquerade of O. 0 Moose Hall nterdeparmntal Board and Ce Office left Wash according telegraphic advs B the Land Office.
 Mrs P McQulen and children were to leave on Spokane
 Weather Highest 10; lowest, 10;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
ALUMINUM MONOPOLY

Independent producers charge that the zinc delay is caused by the same factor which has held up aluminium, namely-monopoly
 They assert that the big opera tors don't want new competitors in the field and operate under cover to bar them, through stra- logically placed influences in the Defense Commission. The indepen- dents allege that this is particu- larly true of aluminium, over which the Aluminium Corporation of Am erica has virtual monopoly
 The independents charge that the aluminium experts on the National Defense Commission are Aluminium Corporation men and that they are pooh-poohing shortage outcries in order to keep out rivals.
 Plane producers and Army Air Corps chiefs for months asked for increased aluminium supplies, but
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
MERRY-GO-ROUND

It may be news to isolationist leaders in and out of Congress, but Kathryn Lewis, daughter of John L. Lewis, is telling friends that her father is the one man" responsible for keeping the United States out of war .. Confidential reports from U s. trade agents n Mexico are that Nazi Germany is not only underselling American made surgical instruments but the money is being used to finance propaganda operations in the Unit ed States. Several big checks re- ceived by Dr. Manfred Zapp, head of the Nazi Trans-Ocean News Service, were drawn on "propagan- da credits" in Mexican banks :. When ex-heavyWeight champion Genes Tunney was being sworn in as Lieutenant Commander of the Naval Reserve, Major General Thomas Holcomb. Marine Comman- der wisecracked, Once a marine,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

ner in a hotel. Secret Service men virtually turn the place inside out
 If you should happen to be reg istered at the hotel, the Secret Service will find out all about you your business in the city, where you came from and where you are going Here is the procedure for guarding the President when he arrives:
 The day before he is to appear White House Secret Service Chief Edmund w. Startling carefully in- spects every foot of the route through the hotel and the chamber used for the meeting. Next the guest register is inspected. All guests whom hotel officials cant vouch for personally are quietly checked up by Starling's men. Ir addition. the management must submit complete information aboat all employees.
 If the President is attending ( dinner, and extra walters are need. ed, Secret Service agents get 2 line" on the ones employed Sleuths, dressed as guests, art strategically posted all over th: banquet hall. When the President enters and leaves an invisible cordon of guards surrounds him Nothing is left to chance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
ALASKA HOME DEFENSE

Not for more than 125 years has foreign in- vader set foot on American soil. 1t is something of shock to realize that part of this countrys de- fense preparations must include measures to repel any possible attack against the continental territory of the United States Alaska is part of that con- tinental territory and perfect jumping off place for an invader with designs on the States.
 We've thought for long time that as long as the American battle fleet commands the Pacific and the British Navy rules the Atlantic we need not fear invasion from any quarter But quite prop ery the Army is taking chances. We do not knew how long Britain can hold out and it will be five years before our projected two-ocean navy can be completed
 Defense preparations in New England an area comparable to Englands Midland manufacturing section include the establishment of new air bases, construction of new coastal defense forts and strengthening of established coast artillery units.
 Conversations are reported to be under way with Mexico that would permit American use of naval and air bases in Mexico in return for American fin ancia assistance in making these bases servceabe. Making these facilities available would further strengthen the Panama Canal defenSes
 In Alaska we see the Army and Navy building airplane and submarine bases with great speed We have a new National Guard and program to set up additional home defense units is just getting under way.
 These and other defense preparations nec- essary to American security but today the front line of battle is in the British Isles. British airmen and British sailors doing the fighting British soldiers stand ready to repel invasion and British civilians carrying in the face of terrific pun shment They constitute the front line of American defense.
 There should be question of priority as be- tween strengthening American coastal defenses and supplying arms and munitions to the troops in the front line It is well to establish home defense bases in they should be needed to keep foreign in- vaders away from these shores. But it is far more important that send to England every plane every gun and every round of ammunition we can spare in order that coast defenses will be called upon to go into action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
MaginOt Line Traduced?
(New York Times


 We know enough about what happened in France last spring to make the Maginot Line synonym for tragedy We do not know enough about that tragic May of l940 to justify peoples using Maginot Line Dean Russell of Teachers College warns American educators and students against passive attitude toward the problems of democracy American ideas are merely to be defended but to be perpeuated Education which is content to stand pat is little more than an educational Magnot Line"
 This is very sound position to take on the need of Americas developing good opinion of it. Line
 Catastrophe did not descend upon France last May because the French armies covered behind the protection of the Magnot Line, afraid to come out into the open The tragedy about just the other way. Chief among the specific reasons for the debacle that the French armies trcked into coming out into the open We know that the principal aim of the Nazi rush into Holland on May 10 was to lure the Allied troops out of their prepared positions
 The trick succeeded. British and French dashed north for the relief of Belgium and Holland and left thin line of defense on the Meuse-or no defense at all in some versions-through which the Germans smashed their way. The Maginot Line itself was not broken but turned. If the Line had been extended all the way from the Mouse to the Belgian coast there might have been another story to tell, in the face of Hitlers tanks and dive bombers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
CONGRESS OPENS WITHOUT
 PRAYER

It passed almost unnoticed, but for the first time in the memory of congressional veterans the House of Representatives opened the other day without prayer.
 This was due to confusion over the seating of the Speaker pro -em, Representative Bob Ramspeck f Georgia. The confusion was un- terstandable, for RamSpeck was filling in as the substitute of a ubstitute of a substitute Speaker a problem of succession that had parliamentary wizards going around in circles.
 Speaker Sam Rayburn; his desig nate, Majority Leader John Me 1oTmack; and the latter's stand n, Representative William P. Cole )f Maryland, all were out of town Ordinarily after the House is called to order the chaplain promptly leads i'll prayer. But this had tc )e postponed until Ramspeck read letter from Cole turning over the gavel to him Not until it was all over did veteran congressmer realize that a precedent had beer shattered.
 Then to complete the mixup, thf prayer was read by a substitute minister, Rev. C. Ellis Williams filing ill for the regular chaplain Rev. James Shera Montgomery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
FOREVER ENGLAND

We do not know the whole story of Britain under fire and shall not till the war is over But we can still read the amazing first page of The Times Of London devoid of headlines, devoted as in time gone by to births marriages, deaths and personals. We see that England still is England. London may be under fire but between maids, cooks general butler -yalets" and even gardeners are still being advertised for in the London area. Country schools will take London children, though the safety they can offer is merely reasonable" The "In Memo riam" column reflects the sobered grief of older war: Tn proud and loving memory of our only son, Captain w. A. P, lst Battn. The South Staf fordshre Regt, who died Nov. II, 1914 of wounds received in action near Ypres on Oct 3l.
 Wrenching the heart some of the quiet death notices of these present times. One comes on this:
 "Pearse: In Nov, l940 due to enemy action Jane Anne very beloved child of Capt and Mrs Denham N Pearse, age five months"
 Those who die "on active service" get section to themselves They crash in shattered planes, go down with submarines are reported missing, pre- sumed killed depart this life while prisoners in enemy hands
 Sorrow and danger are the portion of those who read The Thunderer, as they of those who Jane Anne Pearse dies in the West End of London, having barely tasted fife and other babies die in the East End Church towers fall, monuments crum ble into dust some bits of furniture, base, bed, a clock fireplace suspended in midar, tottering wall indicate what once an Englishman's home But read between the lines that the life of England goes on changing only as it is transformed by a passionate love of liberty. Jane Anne Pearse is dead. but gardeners will plant rose bushes which are no trouble and will give an abundance of bloom right through the Summer"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

the party to whom referred" Say, PERSON whom
 
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 stubborn, headsrong wiu  < a yours Let vocabulary Todays word CONCEPTION; understanding Have conception of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17

smelters and five So-called secon- diary smelters, which use scrap zinc instead of ore. Their com bined output is 450000 tons-far short of the American and British defense requirements already speci- fled
 Meanwhile our own shell needs and those of the British increase daily. To meet this, brass manu- lecturers are hurriedly expanding their rolling mill facilities and also adding machinery to turn out cas- .ngs. But all this will be useless unless they can get more smelted zine.
 Tn a belated move to deal with this menacing situation, the De- fense Commission several weeks ago granted a certificate of necessity to a large zinc smelter at Amaril- 10, Tex. for an addition to its plant. That will help-when the plant is finished. But even then it will be far from enough.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-17
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not compel"
SATURDAY, JANUARY 18

Benefic aspects today contend with adverse planetary influences. The morning is fortunate for ex- ecutives of all ranks. Good news for the nations business is prog nosticated.
 Heart and Home: Labor saving devices will be of special value as public service calls women of all ages. Food preparation will be studied with new interest as the care of undernourished children becomes imperative. While appeals from war victims engage sympathy, domestic problems should not oe forgotten. Tn this land of peace and plenty the disgrace of poverty should be eradicated, and the stars indicate that women will do much to help the unfortunate.
 Business Affairs: Government control of certain industries may be strongly advocated at this time. Unrest among workers will be en- couraged by agitators. Trade will continue brisk Benefits to many former importers who will gain in new channels Of commerce are prog nosticated. In the future the air plane is to displace many ocean, going ships War eXigencies win prove the possibilities of air-freight- ing on a large scale.
 National Issues: Coordination of work in dealing with menacing fifth-columr activities will be inn perative as sabotage is successful on the Pacific Coast. In schools and colleges intellectuals will Se- cretly spread subversive propagan-' da in the guise of liberal thinking Inasmuch as the social revolution has been spreading for number of years its results will become more and more apparent as war possibilities become more positive
 International Affairs: Threaten ing signs affecting the Philippines and the East Indies seem to pres age conflicts as well as earth quakes. China continues under planetary influences that indicate great suffering among her peo- pie. Famine and disease will kill more Chinese than Japanese bombs and bullets. There is sign read as indicating difficulties affecting hos pitals, prisons and other institu- tions. Communistic agitation in Delhi and other parts Of India is forecast.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of varied fortunes There will be eXtraordin- ary good luck and domestic happi- ness but losses and anxieties are probable.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be energetic and artistic These subjects of Capricorn may be inclined to worry, because of over conScientiousnesS.
 (COpyright, 194D