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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The pupils sold 7s5 peoples.
 First prize of $l.00 was awarded to Mary Edith Tooley, of Miss Parker's fifth grade, having sold GA peoples.
 Second prize of 50 cents went to Norman Miclette, of Miss Bannan's seventh grade, having sold 5S.
 The room selling the greatest number was Miss Parker's fifth grade, with i69 sold and the room selling the second greatest number was Miss Foley's fourth grade, hay. ing sold i3s.
 The Davis Post conducted It's GUS. tomary services Memorial Day at the Waterville Park, around the flag pole with:
 Assembly-by a bugler of the Casper Davis Drum Corps
 invocation-Rev. Ernest Weise, pas. tor of Grace Methodist church Logan's Orders-Read by Past Com
 mander 0. Arthur DuBois Memorial Day Prayer = Chaplain Frederick Hoadley
 Gettysburg Address"-By William Mccarthy, eighth grade student
 of Sprague school
 Salute to the Colors To The Colors"-played by bugler and flag on pole raised to full mast Flanders Fields" - By Rosemary Allneida-eighth grade pupil of Sprague school
 Memorial Day Address-By Major Max Traurig, R. o. c. Tribute to Deceased members-Post
 Commander Clifford Northrop Taps
 Benediction-Rev. Ernest Weise
 Immediately following the exer- cises, a parade was formed under the direction of Past Commander Frederick Seidel. marshal which pro ceeded up Thomaston avenue to the Waterville cemetery where brief srvices were held at the grave of Casper S. Davis, Jr.
 Tn the parade were members of the Drum Corps. the Post, and Aux Hilary, Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts. Game Tomorrow
 st. Mlchaels 0. Y. O. girlts soft ball team will play the Varsity Girls, tomorrow evening ct 6:30 o'clock at Fulton Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The record for fast talking held by Rosalind Russell for speech in His Girl Friday was broken this week Miss Hussey Is supposed to speak continuously and breathlessy in order to prevent Ellen Drew from asking Miss Hussey cocked by the sound department at 26l words for the minute Rosand Russes previous record 253 words Miss Husseys acquisition of the record is particularly notable because she naturally speaks very slowly and precisely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Mary C. Flahive has been named representative the Student Council of next years student class at maker is celebrating his goth anniversary as c. L.
 F. employe In 1921 he went to work for the company in Bristol Eight years later he transferred to the south gas plant here where he still earns a weekly stipend He has five children and three grandchildren and spends his evenings, most of them, busyng him. self in his attractive gardens on Woodtck Road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Mr. and Mrs. R. Ward Henion of Driggs street were united in matrimony 20 years ago yesterday morning Mary Mccormack and Grace Aherne used the guest towels of Mary Joyce of Cheshire recently Mir and Mrs. William Kieity of Driggs street spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in New York City MT. and Mrs Fred Harder excursioned to Times Square yesterday where they took in a major league baseball game Rain here failed to dampen their spirits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The official Vatican organ Osservatore Romano, to- day published special prayer composed by Pope Plus XII appeal for world peace The prayer dedicated to St. Eugene will be distributed throughout the Catho lie world to recitation today St. "Eugenes Feast Day. Eugene the pontiffs Christian name before he assumed the name Plus his elevation to the pom tficate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

MT. and Mrs Arthur Hayward of watertown cele- brated their silver anniversary Saturday night and were honored at surprise party at the home of Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Humiston, neighbors Ellsworth Cor coran, stationed at Camp Edwards, spent the week end at his Parker street home, Watervile Mrs Armand Brown of Sprague street recently underwent operation at the Waterbury hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Dr. Carroll Culhane forgot all about molars and bicuspids the other night and slipped costly en- Bowling. Congratulations! '. .. Joseph P. Ranaudo and Mary L. Mazzaupo will middle-isle-it next Sat- urday morning at g o'clock at St. Lucys church Mr. and Mrs Robert Brady of Fuller street will cee- brate their eighth wedding anniversary tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

It must be the millennium -. The end of 'To- bacco Road" was reached Saturday night The play that opened December 1888, closed with its 31SOth performance, al-time record for New York City, probably any place else too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

R. Stettinus IT, defense director of priorities re- gently announced an inventory control would be ap piled to l6 metals to prevent accumulation of excess stocks by any company wrote him asking why there has not been similar control of metals going out of the country Japan, for instance, got copper and scrap iron In vast quantities.
 If we ever have trouble with Japan, some of this stuff, of course will come back to us- in the shape of shells hurled against us."
 Here are some revealing official figures showing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
Daily Statistics
 on Auto Accidents

General Traffic Accident Data Total number of trafiic ac. cldents reported for last year as of this date. .74S0 Estimated number of traffic accidents caused SO far this year as of this date. ........W7O Total number of personal injuries caused last year as 0R thls date. ...,,.........,.44 .44Ts Estimated number of per. sonal injuries caused 50 far thlS year as of this date. ., 4o6S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The Senate engaged In a little "harmony" Saturday. Senator Michael V. Blansfleld informed the members that 1t was the birthday of Senator Floyd Bar. bour of Greenwich, and on his motion the solons sang Happy Birthday to You.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02
Legislative NeWs
tBy Democrat Legislative Reporter

tBy Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, June 2 The House Saturday passed c bill restoring forfeited rights to William IT. Leary of Waterbury. The measure comes up for action In tho Senate, where passage Is also expected.
 As adjournment day (Wcdnes. day) hears, the crowds of Specta. tors at tho Capitol continue to increase. The biggest crowd of the session is expected Wednes. day for the closing program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Adoption of . bill providing for the simpliflcatlon of tho paper ballots used in small towns was voted by the House Saturday, over the objections of Rep. Chauncey Hutchings of Harwlnton. He claimed the new ballots would confuse the voters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Senate and House leaders were to hold a conference on minor court patronage yesterday but several were unable to get to Hartford and the barley was post poned to this morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

Several Waterbury pension bills are still awaiting action In one !, chamber or the other. Efforts were underway today to get final action on them by Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

st. Michaei's 0. Y. O. girlts soft ball team will play the Varsity Girls, tomorrow evening ct 6:30 o'clock at Fulton Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

The Sprague Grammar School baseball team will play Woodrow Wilson, tomorrow afternoon ct { o'clock ct Waterville Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-02

-EM EM.
Evening star., 1941-09-04

per 1000 of population. The police
of these other cities do not have
year-round problems Of guarding
embassies and special missions, of
protecting special visitors of distinc-
ton and of dealing with organized
and unorganized groups converging
here because this is the seat of Gov
eminent. With the rapid increase in
the city's population during the past
year, due to defense activity, there
was a Is per cent jump in number
of felonies committed In Washington
last year. Studies have shown that
there is a direct relation between
crime rates and police strength. The
department. annual report provides
further potent arguments, if any
were needed, in support of the bill
now pending in the Senate for an
increase of 100 in police personnel.
Even with this addition, Washing
tons police force will be short Of
the ratio of police to population con-
sidered by many students of police
problems to be essential to effective
law enforcement in urban communi-
ties
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Idle Tank Cars

In appearing yesterday before the
Senate committee investigating the
petroleum situation, J. J. Pelley,
president Of the Association Of Amer
lean Railroads, expressed the view
that the gasoline shortage in the
Eastern Seaboard States could be
ended in two weeks by employing
10000 railroad tank cars now idle.
His statement seems to indicate that
the problem Of transporting oil to
the great consuming areas may be
near a solution, provided arrange
ments can be made to put these
cars to work. For the present short
age has been caused by the transfer
to Great Britain Of large number
of tankers that formerly carried gas
oline and other petroleum products
from the producing areas in the
Southwest to ports on the East Coast.
Once the transportation bottleneck
is eliminated, ample supplies of gaso-
line should be available to meet the
needs of the East.
Before these surplus tank cars can
be used it will be necessary to Sc
cure an agreement among the car
riers for a reduction in tank-car
rates, Mr.. Pelley pointed out. Trans
portation of oil in tank cars costs
sos cents gallon, as compared with
less than half a cent a gallon in
tankers. Higher costs were cited as
one reason why tank cars have not
been utilized heretofore to alleviate
the oil shortage in the Eastern
States. Even if the rail rates are re-
duced, the transportation costs will
probably still remain higher than by
tanker. This may mean, therefore,
that consumers will have to pay more
for gasoline shipped to the East by
rail. But If the average consumer
is to be given a choice. he undoubt-
edly would prefer to pay reasonable
premium for gasoline than to have
his gasoline rationed unnecessarily.
That the use of the 10000 tank
cars would go far toward ending the
oil shortage in the Eastern Seaboard
States seems evidenced by the fig
ures presented by Mr.. Pelley. The
shortage in the East is estimated at
174,000 barrels day. Within a week
the committee was told, the rail-
roads, by putting into service the
idle tank cars, could deliver 100000
barrels a day to Eastern cities.
In view of the serious problems
arising from the present shortage,
it is to be hoped that railroad traf-
hc executives and representatives
of oil companies, in their meeting
here today, will be able to work out
feasible plan for using this idle
equipment to help increase the flow
of oil to the East. Why this effort
to solve the shortage problem has
been so long delayed remains to be
explained.
Evening star., 1941-09-04
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles r. TrdceneH.

investigated these tulips were seldom
disappointed, provided they observed
planting conditions Most of these tulip
species came from Southern Europe and
Asia where they had dry sun-baked
locations. Probably some of these botan-
ical species can be obtained from bulbs
grown in this country. One of the
favorites has been the Kaufmanniana,
white and yellow. pink outside, often
called the water-lily tulip. 1t is only
inches high. and was said to be the
earliest of all tulips to flower. Another
species Of Kaufmanniana was named
Anton Bruckner, after the great but
neglected Austrian composer. The
flower of this one opened creamy yellow
with golden center, exterior deep red.
This Anton Bruckner species was
deeply rewarding, as is the music of
that neglected master. 1t is interesting
for phonograph owners to realize that
they have the opportunity of hearing four
OF the complete works Of this master.
Since these symphonies are seldom heard
in the concert hall, the owners of these
disks have something which few musi-
clans can command. 1t is true that the
dispute over this mans music goes on
today, just as it did when Brahms took
the palm away from him. But that was
due to sheer controversy, and unfortu-
nate editing of Bruckner's scores by
musical busybodies.
The recent cut in the price of phono-
graph records makes it possible for any
one truly interested to own the following
Bruckner symphonies: The 4th, 5th, 7th
and 9th. OF these, the fourth, or Ro-
mantle, will be the best one to start
with; it is we'll recorded and comes
nearest to resembling what most listen
ers today regard as "a symphony" But
the others, all very long, have their
good points, and will please all persons
who refuse to have their musical noses
kept in the Beethoven road alone.
All the narciSsi, from the poetaz 10
the poeticus, must be put in the ground
this fall
Then there is the humble crocus. and
the meadow saffron, and the hyacinths,
whose very names are CdreSSes, ana many
bulbs 10 be grown indoors.
Pansy seed is best planted early, and
f:left covered in the winter, so that they
come up early and bloom in early spring.
|. All of these bulbs produce the very
music of foWerdom. There is sometimes
j something very prosaic about flowers, at
|. best, but not about the blooms of these
4 things.
I After the famous winter Of our dis
{ content" the crocus and the tulip stand
for something undying in the nature Of
! man, as well as in nature.
They faunt their clear colors to the
clearest of skies. If we want to be sure
! of as many of them as we can have,
. let us plant as many as We can get
: this fall.
= Conditions have made 1t impossible
: for us to get many of them, so we should
s see to 1t that we secure what we can.
1 War should not be allowed to inter-
+ fere-yet. The e3uuon sense which our
correspondent calls for is very neces-
: sary ingredient, In peace as well as war.
Evening star., 1941-09-04
ALONG the Dunes

Built ard unbuilt By eUer-blo1riTg
sand,
The ragged dunes rise gray along
the sea
Like ruined rampdrts OF deSolats
land,
Unending waStes rhere not a HU-
ing tree
Gives shado,0y retu Here, be-
meath the feet,
Only The little yeIlOU SGndfolOer
gro1DS
A hardy bloom, Injured to cold or
heat;
And on the dunes, halt-buried
sedge grass blo1US.
Selt-eriled here upon the barren
shore,
Pursued By cares that t0iH not set
him free,
A man might ease the burden that
he bore,
Lulled By the long, losD thunder
Of the sea,
And find release IN pitting his dark
mood
Against the ssldness and ths so't-
tAde.
nsEz BARcbAx NER5T.
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Larger Police Force

The annual report of the Metro
politan Police Department, filed with
the Commissioners by Acting Police
Superintendent Kelly, reiterates with
emphasis the urgent need for more
policemen to keep pace with the
ever-increasing population of the
District of Columbia. While it is
true that Congress approved for the
current fiscal year an increment of
eighty officers, including four spe-
cial detectives, the statistics show
that nearly 800 men should be ap-
pointed if the force is to be brought
to the relative strength which pre-
vailed a decade ago. The report
recommends that the force be ex-
panded to 1900 men, which would
mean the addition to the present
authorized force of approximately
$50 patrolmen.
The second quarterly crime sta
tistics bulletin of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation shows that Wash
ington stands eighth among large
cities with respect to ratio of police
to population. Washington in 1910
had 2.29 police per 1000 residents,
as compared with Philadelphia's 241,
Detroit's 2.43, New York City's 2.59.
st. Louis 2.82, Newark's 292, Bos-
ton's $40 and Jersey City's 337 police
Evening star., 1941-09-04
ALABAMA AVENUE.

Dear Sir: ALABAMA AVENUE.
1T would be nice taing II you would
remind your readers that If they want
spring flowers next year they will have
to think about It Ehis fall.
my experience is that so many people
do not think of this until they see the
plants blooming in other peoples gar
dens and then it is much, much too late.
This autumn, above all other autumns,
ought to be one when everybody would
think of their gardens, because at the
rate things are going nobody can be
sure he will ever have enough money
again to buy. tulip and narcissus bulbs,
or even panSy seed!
"All the bright boys in and out Of the
Government are sitting around thinking
up plans for taking our money away
from us. One man wants to make
the personal contribution to the social
security program fiat per cent.
And then another man will think
up scheme for taking another or 4
per cent away, then another, and so on
down the line.
"All together, they bid fair to ruin
the people of the United States, unless
a little common sense is used by all
concerned.
$50 gardeners, it seems to me, ought
to make hay while the sun shines.
Very truly yours, z. L. S."
It isn't hay, of course, which concerns
our correspondent, but bulbs.
Most of the typical spring Towering
bulbs must be secured and put into the
ground this fall, if we want the flowers
in our borders next spring
AS our correspondent points out, next
spring is too late to be thinking about
the matter.
All gardeners have had the colored
catalogs Of the bulb firms in their hands
for many months If they put in their
orders last spring, the bulbs will be
shipped this fall.
The planting must be done between
September and November, usually, al
though some persons insist that it is
possible to plant tulips even after the
ground freezes.
Ex
Despite war conditions abroad, it is
possible to get many varieties Of Darwin
tulips breeder tulips, and cottage and
hybrid types. Many of them are grown
in this country in sections which approx
innate the climate and soil conditions Of
Holland.
Fantasy, the lacinated beauty, is being
advertised at 81 a dozen. Some persons
regard this as the loveliest tulip grown.
Its basic color is the same as that Of
| the old favorite, the Darwin tulip Clara
| Butt.
There are other species Of parrot tulips.
We do not know whether the Chinese
lantern tulips, so-called. are still to be
obtained or not. There used to be many
types available, including hly-fowering,
bizarres, bybloemen, to say nothing of
double and single early tulips, Rem
brandt. triumph and Mendel tulips.
In the class of botanical tulips and
species we're to be found some OF the
most rewarding tulips. Persons who
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Murder!

The scene was a New York radio
broadcasting studio. eve are going
to have good murder this evening""
said the manager to the sound
effects man, land we will need your
help" The S. E. man yawned; mur-
ders were no novelty to him, al
though he had never attained his
life's ambition of rubbing out a
comedian. 20. K, boss" he said.
How do you want him bumped off?
How about nice drowning? want
to try out our new gurgle machine"
NO." said the manager, "this will
be a hatchet murder. Do your best"
The sound effects man pondered.
Through his trained mind ran the
sound Of hatchet in action. Paus--
ing only to collect cash in advance
at the office, he went out and pur-
chased melons, half a dozen to play
safe. Tapped with stick, they gave
out a mellow murderous plunk quite
convincing to the unseen audience.
But alas for plans! The murderer,
+ the victim and all the innocent by
ISLANDERS and detectives in the sketch
could not resist te nptation. They
ate up the sound effects, all but the
rind. just five minutes before the
deadline, and disrupted the entire
murder schedule of the studio. Sadly,
and with tears in his eyes, the man
ager had to order the victim shot.
Evening star., 1941-09-04

plainly implies that this information
has not been at the disposal of those
directing the defense program, and
this despite the fact that we sup
posedly went all out for national
defense more than year ago. Ger
tainly, If complete, detailed and
accurate information as to needs and
supplies has not been available here
tofore, there is small reason for
wonder that the results to date have
been unsatisfactory.
Whether this obvious shortcoming
is to be corrected remains to be seen.
On the face of the comments made
by Donald NJ Nelson, the boards
executive director, it would seem that
at last the men in charge of the
defense program are getting down
to cases. This, at least, is the plain
import Of the assertion that every
available man and machine must"
be employed on defense work or
essential civilian work, and the warn
ing that the less essential things
must go.
But similar statements have been
made in the past. yet results were
not forthcoming. 1t seems clear now
that this failure was the result of
an unWillingness to vest real author
ity over the defense effort in a single
individual or in group capable
of acting in unison. Whether this
deficiency has been overcome by the
creation Of S. F. A. B. is yet to be
established. For the time being, at
any rate, the public attitude should
be one Of hopeful-but watchful-,
waiting.
Evening star., 1941-09-04
WutchfuI Wuitino

The statement by the new Supply
PrioritieS and ALLEGATIONS Board, fol-
lowing its initial meeting Tuesday,
is both an indictment of past de-
fense efforts and source of hope
for the future.
1t is disturbing, at this late date,
to have Vice President Wallace.
chairman of the board, announce
that the agency's first step will be
to assemble complete, detailed and
accurate" statements of military and
essential civilian needs, and to col
lect figures on the amount of exist
ing materials.
That Is An announcement which
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Protests Banks Charges
For Cashing Soldiers Checks.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
These days we hear and read so much
about the morale of our soldiers, the
generals are criticized about the harsh
punishments meted out to the boys and
civilians are urged to make contribu-
tions to the different organizations for
the soldiers welfare and what not
Today's incident takes the cake"
was in a bank standing in line behind
three soldiers who also had waited their
turn. AS the first soldier to approach
the cashier handed over his Government
pay check to be cashed, the cashier
asked him If he had an account in the
bank. When the soldier replied in the
negative, he was informed that there
would be a 10-cent service charge for
cashing the check.
Will you be good enough to bring this
matter to the attention of proper au-
thorities? r. D.
Evening star., 1941-09-04
of fatigue in the interests Of a higher

of fatigue in the interests of a higher
goal"
There is no question, the report says,
that the drug sometimes prevents hang
overs and that it has aroused patients
in alcoholic stupors. 1t has the effect
of reducing the sense of hunger, which
is one of its worst drawbacks for every
day use. This is likely to result in va
rious dietary deficiency diseases, as does
alcohol.
Experiments have shown, the report
says, that rats learn faster under the
effects of benzedrine Learned habits
which have become extinct through dis
use can be restored with a relatively
small dose. The learning, however, is
on a very low level and there is no way
of ascertaining that the effects would
bs the same on the higher orders Of
lAAsnkng SoalniRed q nm
Evening star., 1941-09-04
Commends Ideals
OF Present Administration.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Those people who are trying to hamper
Uncle Sans effort to make this a bet
ter world for humanity, and who are do
ing so under the guise of Christianity,
should read the gospel according TO St.
Matthew, xxi 1922.
Jesus was not worried about his life
when He uttered these words, as quoted
from James Moffatt's translation Of the
Bible: "Give Caesar what belongs to
Caesar, give God what belongs to God"
He was reminding the Pharisees Of their
obligation to the state. This administra-
ton on no occasion has denied any one
the right to worship God as he sees f1t.
These two areas of activities do not con-
f1ict. Let us all rally behind our duly
elected representatives and make this
country the place God wants her to be
a light to guide the rest of mankind.
LIONEL L. CROMWELL.