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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-24
Three State Roads
 Providing Detours
Windhan1, Wilton, and Orange Closed for Construc=
 tion-Fence at Wigwam Reservoir Planned

Constructor in force in the State of Connecticut announced by the Connecticut Highway department January p, for the week ending February 1. This report does not include the Wilbur Cross Parkway, which is being constructed on new location.
 Closed fer ConstructiOn-DetOur
 Provided Old Route No. 32-
 Windham. Reinforced con crete box culvert at Oewebetuck River. Route No. SS-
 Wilton. Constructing grade cross ing elimination and bridge over Norwalk river on the Ridgefield road, near the Wilton Railroad station. Traffic must use south Y branch for Route 33. Road is open to railroad station only.
 Route No. 121-
 Orange. Wilbur Cross Parkway. Reinforced concrete twin T-beam bridge on Grassy Hill road.
 Construction-Traffic Maintained Route No. U. s. l.
 East Haven. Wood curb around park area at intersection of Route U. s. 1 and cutoff.
 Fairfield. F mile of pavement widening on Southport cutoff.
 Norwalk. 700 feet of reinforced concrete pavement on Westport ave- nue.
 Route No. U. s. B.
 Berlin and Meriden. Wilbur Cross Parkway. 18,075 feet of concrete pavement.
 Berlin and Newington. 5 miles oi rolled gravel surface on Berlin turnpike.
 East Hartford. Main street and Ellington road. IF miles of reinforce ed concrete pavement.
 South Windsor and East Windsor 4 mile of reinforced concrete pave ment on the Hartford Springfield road. Temporary bridge provided. Route No. U. S. G.
 Hampton. Drainage system or approximately F mile of Route U S. 6 at Hampton Hill. Route No. U. S. 7E
 North Canaan. Conhtructine bridge over Blackberry River, about 800 feet south of junction of Routes U. s. and U. s. A. Route No. g.
 Granby. Three-span rolled bean bridge over North Branch of Sal mon Brook and approaches on Tariffville- Granby road. Route No. 15-
 Stafford. Drainage system on ap- proximately F mile of Route No 45 at Police Barrocks Hill. Route No. 25-
 Washington. WaShout repairs at Shepaug River. No interference to traffic.
 Route No. 34-
 Orange. Derby avenue. Twin concrete arch bridge at Wilbur Cross Parkway and approaches. Route No. U. s. A.
 New Hartford. Constructing one mile of reinforced concrete pavement through New Hartford village. A short section of one-way traffic is necessary.
 North Canaan. Eliminating rail- road tnderpaSS about l mile east of the village of Canaan. No inter- ference with traffic. Winchester. Constructing miles of reinforced concrete pavement on the Winsted- -Norwolk road from the village of Norfolk easterly. Route No. 63- Naugatuck. Elimination of under pass.
 Route No. 67- Woodbridge. Installation of drain- age of Arnity Hill. Route No. 91- Woodstock. Ctllvert replacements on South Woodstock-West Wood- stock road.
 Route No. 97-
 Sprague. Three-span deck girder bridge and approaches at Shetucket River in Battle. Route No. 109-
 ThomaSton. Constructing fence along Wigwam Reservoir on Thonl- aston East Morris road. Route No. 119-
 North Stonington. Bridge and Gull vert at Assekonk brook. Route No. 125-
 Trumbull. IA mile of storm sewer and bituminous gutter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-24

Route No. 132-
 Bethlehem. Constructing 2 miles of bituminous macadam from south end of present improved section. Route No. 149-
 East Haddam. Culvert replacement approximately 2 1-2 miles north of its intersection with Route No. 82. Route No. 158-
 West Haven. Side drainage on Campbell avenue. Route No. 162-
 West Haven. Side drainage on Jones Hill road. Route No. 203-
 Windham. Culvert replacement on the South Windham- Windham Center road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-24
PRAYER BOOK YIELDS $50

Seattle, Wash. (UP)-Mrs. Ralph s. Fleming prayed for the recovery of her 5-year-old daugh- ter, Eddylou, from a critical illness. The child recovered and Mrs. Elem ing found in the prayer book an old $50 bill she had hidden there 30 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-24
Coming Events
YANTIARY

JANUARY
 January A - Sheridan Council, K. of c. concert, Women's Club. January 25 - St. Stanislaus Corps show, Temple hall.
 January 26 - Victor Coty, lec- turer, Second Church Forum. January 29 - Dr. J. Anton De Haas, talk, at Women's Club. January 31 - Tau Phi Sorority dinner dance, Waverly Inn. Feb. '. Dinner Dance by Semper Fidelis Sorority, Waverly Inn.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
cUrsT-splToRIAL
ne Joy Of Gardening
BETTY E. JOHN
.contoe& chaismon
MOUNT CLEMENS GARDEN CLUB

spr1onY MOTE, The isl.sw.s timely ss.s%sn Of
~" SSe.sf Clemens 0srdea Ciub TIE nxn IN ..ti.ss
Ss~s.s1 ~ nfsraave and evtc-sesermen' ,iy
a The ritter may nsS necessAr''
ssi.si1s vIeh thsse Of this aswspsper.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

ress to the club. Every week circuIors
from seediholses come. Anew blossom
may intrigue you. So look them over
carefully and select something to add
ooiety or spice or new color to your
BORDEN. Who doesn't thrill to the ever
returning beauty OF lilocs in full bloom?
Of Forsythio ond Japanese Ounce, the
lovely pink Towering olnond-the crob
and the deep rose Of the Judas tree. A
new syrnoio is out this year with lor9-
er and IoveIier blosson-we all know
and love their fragrance. The South
land hos been famous for its ozoleos-
but their growth is being encouraged
here in the North, and with proper
planting and core. and our miIder win
tiers they ore doing very nicely. No one
can deny the exquisite beauty OF ozo-
leos.
Soon our fruit trees will be shedding
:heir glory over the Landscapes for rich
end poor oIike to enjoy. A lovely new
perennial this year is the Pink Bobys
Breoth" called "FIomineo." The new
Pentstemon called "lornet" with its
deIicote beIl-Iike flowers. BoddIeios-
that lovely name for q lovely flower
that is used so much by our florists in
mixed bouquets, comes in three glori-
Gus shades besides white. The blue
coIIed "Concord," the light rose called
"Chormine" and "Dubonnet," which is
the deep rose. could go on telling
about the beauty we may creote tor
ourselves but it is an endless ond
deothIess quest. To work in 9ordens
ourselves and to encourage our chill
dren to learn about them and work with
US, is surely doing what our Creator in
tended US to do when He gave them to
us. Our heorts grow calm, our minds re-
loxed and just stondine still in garden
filling our bodies with its fragrance
bothine our eyes in its beouty-is like
talking with God.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
ALL QUIET
ALONG THE SEINE3

We can only guess at what goes on
in the countries which lie beneath the
German yoke; we ore not allowed to
find out the whole truth. Little scraps
Of information must be pieced together
to form the best picture we can draw.
Here is such q scrop: From Vichy
comes word that Paris police have is
sued warrants oeoinst 600 house own
ers. business men, and jonitors because
the wolIs of their buildings have been
pIoeorded with onti-Gernon and pro-
Free French slogans and propaganda.
49, First, note the severity Of the meos-
ures. II you have onythine to do with
control Of q house, you ore held respon-
sible for what somebody sones and
points on it the night. Second, 800
houses Is q lot Of houses. Somebody, q
lot Of sorebodies, must still be octive in
Rofis. for the eouse of Free Eronce..
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
WALKING PAPERS"

Rarely has diplomatic language
more thinly cIooked blunt get out"
than does Secretary HuIFs in request
ina recall of the Italian Naval Attoche
in Washington. His note to the ltoIion
Ambassador goes into no details. But
rhe statement that various focts and
circumstances" connect Admiral A.
berto Lois with "octs in violation Of the
laws Of The United Stotes" hos clear
reference to the simultaneous sabotage
which p.eeipitoted seizure Of Italian
ships in American horbors q few Days
ogo.
At thot time stories we're published
about some Of the ships officers soy
ing they had had official orders to dis
able their vessels. The Government op-
porentIy has further information which
lmpIicotes the Naval Attoche. He was
probably only transmitting orders
from Rome. And Rome was doubtless
merely passing along orders fro m
Berlin.
Indeed, the incident coils for no
outburst of American ire against Ad-
mrol Lois or against Italians. Someone
hos cynIcoIly sold that ENJOYS enjoy
diplomatic immunity SO they can work
within country oeoinst its interests.
Even as it is seen that the Admiral was
carrying out orders, it should be recoe-
nized that the Italian people ore pri-
soners of the Nozi war machine even
more clearly than ore the German peo-
pie.
The uncensored disclosures now be-
ing made by The Christian Science
Monitors Rome correspondent tell
what unwilling prisoners the Italians
ore, and disclose how complete is Nozi
control Of ItoIy through the Gestopo
ind the tokine over of key posts These
stories xindle feelings Of sympathy
rather than hotred for the toIion peo-
pIe The more we know the palmer it is
that they have resisted the ienobIe war
effort to the GermonophiIe wing Of the
Fascist Party. Eventually thot resist
once may become as worthy Of encour-
ooerent as is the resistance to Nozi-
oom in Norwoy and the Low Countries.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
|. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

basic lyrics, to which de Paul
writes the front strain. So far,
there hasn't been q single COM
plant from the neighbors, who
evidently appreciate better boo
gle.
Another routine question Is
whats the difference between
ordinary music and boogie?" and
as simply as they can explain,
it has eight definite, prominent
beats to the bar; swing has a
steady four-beat, jazz had only
two to the bar.
Getting into the subject, they'll
tell you that people usually think
b. 6. is all bass. 1t isn't. The left
hand should be completely indie
pendent of the right, which
needs lots of imagination to en-
broider nimbly on the theme.
1T wasn't until I got into boo
gle that really appreciated
Bach" said de Paul. II mean,
the time I spent studying him,
because Bach's written for
separate, independent hands.
And you can't play good boogie
if your right is initiating or re-
peating your left"
DADDY DIDN'T
BEAT HIM
De Paul grew up in New
York's tough Little Italy section
and got his first piano lesson
from his father. Gene loafed
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

from one teacher to another,
earned his first money at Is.
Papa de Paul shook his head
in disbelief-who was crazy en-
oush to pay so cents to hear
anybody play the piano? He
didn't change his mind when
Gene got bigger pay, in theater
bands and orchestras, and has
quit listening now to the silly
stories about movie salaries and
record and sheet-music royalties.
Lyricist Don Raye's father
never thought much Of his sons
profession, either, until he got
into boogie woogie! Next week
he'll receive recording of I'm
the Navy" which Raye Jr. hopes
he'll like. Actually, he's DON
aid McRae Wilhoite, Jr., son of
Lieutenant Commander Will
hottie. The family arrived at
Jamestown on the l607-boat and
has been around Virginia ever
since.
Don grew up at Norfolk but
lost all navy notions when he
won a state Charleston contest.
The prize money took him to
New York, where he got into
vaudeville and night club work.
The first hit he wrote was "Well,
All Right" popularized by An
drews Sisters.
The Ray-de Paul team was
formed three years ago, when
their publisher introduced them,
suggested they work together.
Newest type of eight-beat
they've composed is "Hula-ba-
luau" (Hawaiian boogie) but
they're working on "cow boogie"
for the next film, with the come
-a-ti-yi's sung by q ranch hand
whom, the lyrics say, has "a
knocked-out western accent
with a Harlem touch"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE
each hand. Below is the commit
tees par on Hand No. /.

each hand. Below Is the commit
tees par on Hand No. /.
Declarer counts that even If he
wins four diamonds, plus two
hearts and two spades. he will
still need q club trick for game.
It looks best to try to set up the
club suit entire, so that he will
not need so many tricks in the
red suits.
The first or second spade Is
won by the king, and q low club
is led away from the king. 1t is
not necessary for the first club
lead to be made from the North
hand. Either defender wins the
club and continues spades.
North wins and leads his remain
ing club, forcing out the ace on
this or the next round.
Numerous variations of de-
Tense are now possible, but de-
clarer can make game whatever
happens. II West wins the fourth
round of spades and leads a
heart, declarer must 90 up with
the ace. II the finesse Is taken
and loses. game Is lost.
The better chance Is to rely on
the double chance Of picking up
tho diamond queen or Of getting
. squeeze. When South Is put in
with the king Of diamonds to
cash the clubs, on which North
discards the queen Of hearts and
one diamond, the squeeze Of East
actually develops.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS

TT S. postal authorities are con-
~ sidering a "Home Defense"
series Of stamps picturins the ac-
tivities Of agriculture, industry,
labor, in the national defense pro-
gram.
Finland honors the late Presi.
dent Kyosti Kallio with q new
portrait stamp. A semi-postai for
soldiers who served in the Russo
Finnish war has also been an.
nounced. Finland is to issue two
high value stamps soon for trans
Atlantic mail.
The Canadian government has
a request for q stamp honorinG
Sir Frederick Banting. discoverer
of insulin, who was killed In .
plane crash in Newfoundland. Sir
Frederick was a noted philatelist.
Manchukuo has announced its
first semi postal issue TO pay part
of costs OF night airmail between
large cities. Two stamps calling
attention TO Manchukuo's new re.
cruiting law. will be released
May 2.
France adds two semi.postals 10
swell national relief funds. One
value pictures men pushing .
wheat cart: the second, Q feminine
Rgure encouraging . worker.
Frederic Mistral. winner Of the
1904 Nobel Prize for literature 10
introduced TO philately IN . new
French valua.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
. FROM. ::
THE MONITOR
FILES
FIVE YEARS AGO TO-DAY

FIVE xEANS AOO AOOAx
1886
An ordinance making the
buying, selling, or sale of nom
transferable railway tickets pun
ishable by fine and jail SEN
tence was presented to the city
commission this week by Henry
A. Roach, manager of the Rail-
way Ticket Protective Bureau.
The Utica-Kalamazoo Canal,
enters its Tooth year of service.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
The county's first race for
midget cars( Austins) is to be
held at the race track on North
River road on May II.
Jerome A. Priest of lay town.
ship is elected chairman Of the
board Of supervisors.
IS Years Ago Today
1905
Philips and McCreedy are
putting machinery into their
new bustboat. The boat will be
able to run about IL miles per
hour, and should be the fastest
thing on the water.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale,
chaplain of the senate, has OBJ
served his 84th birthday.
40 YEARS AGO TODAY
1901
Martin J. Hackett, of New
York, the famous apartment
house architect, is staying at
Cameron's.
The annual tax sale will be-
gin May 7th, the county treas.
urer announced this morning.
50 YEARS AGO TODAY
1891
Milton H. Butler died last
night 1t IL o'clock. He was four
times married, and . widow and
four children survive.
The governor issues IN adj
mirabl lie proclamation fixing
April 500 rs Arbor Day.
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1851
Conrad Gies, last week kicked
by q horse, Is slowly improving.
p. p. Creiner will have his
sale q livery stock on Tuesday
o. next week. He has several hne
bloedsd horses and some good
vehicles.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
. HiehIiehts From
The Latest Books .

"All in a Lifetime" Mcbride:
$2.75) is Bring EN- Back
Alive" Frank Bucks life story
froh his days as a Texas
youth to his present fame as
probably World Wild Animal
Collector No. 1. It is pre-
cisely the sort of ABSTRACTION
reading you would expect.
How q tapir nearly ended
Bucks career is told in the
following representative bit:
It was in my compound at
Katong that / went into q tapir's
pen to minister to a badly bark
ed, sore back which had happen
ed during the animals capture.
This one, weighing 600 pounds,
turned on me in . flash, charg-
ed, buried its head in my stom-
ach, and sent me sprawling on
my back inside the pen. had
no sooner hit the ground before
this "meekest" of animals was
on my chest with his ponderous
front feet, leaning down with all
his weight.
looked straight down the
pink throat of the painting brute
above me. It was not q pleas
ant sight. / knew that tapir
could crush my face and skull
with one furious bite. To stop
him I got my right knee under
his jaw, and I grabbed one of
his ears with each of my hands.
He shook himself like a ship in
a gale trying to break my hold.
"Ali! Ali! Ali" / called my
Malay.
He came on q run just as my
hold on the tapir's ears was fail
ing. He took one look at my
predicament, then grabbed up q
piece Of lumber that had been
left over from the building Of
q cage and started beating the
tapir over the head with II.
This had scant effect on the
big animal and Ali could see II.
This tspir needed something to
bite on beside my face. So Ali
ceased his beating and with rare
presence Of mind for q Malay
thrust his timber into the huge,
open mouth.
This did the trick. The tapir
crunched down on IL and I could
hear the wood splintsring like
Q walnut she'll. II was enough
for ne, and apparently . sotis-
factory victory for ths taplr.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
By LUCE NEVILLE

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
! HOLLYWOOD-To make the
very best boogie-woogie you mix
equal amounts of Little Italy
and F. F. w., throw in q left
handful of Bach, a dash of Har-
lem jigaboo, and beat thorough
ly-eight to the bar.
So it's crazy, but that's the
combination that has made the
most successful team of boogie
song-writers in the country, the
one that turned out most of the
recent hot and dark tunes:
m-Boogie, Boogie Woogie
Bugle Boy 100000 records sold
in one month";, Beat Me Daddy,
and Scrub Me Mama. And
there's more cooking.
These high priests of eight
beat are in Hollywood now,
writing the numbers for anoth-
er Abbott and Costello movie.
They're q couple of youngsters
named Don Raye lyrics, 20 and
blond) and Gene de Paul (mu-
sic, Latin and 2l), as opposite in
temperament and background as
you'd ever fnd.
1T WORKS
LIKE THIS
For abbott and Costello in
the Navy" they were told to
whip out a number that mustn't
be patriotic, but it must be
Navy, and have a chip on its
shoulder" Another was for
four guys. like the Three Mus
keteers, only four of 'em; make
it q one-for- all and-all-for-o
song, but light and with belly
laughs" With this sort of mad
request, the team usually starts
with the words. Raye writes Is
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
" pgTgR eDsok
Dolly Mealtos sshiRetes


Cosvoopo00oNt
WASHINGTON 49, This be-
ina spring, whsn no one wants
to talk about unpleasant SUBJ
jects, you might core to spend
q few moments on next yeor's
toxes inosmuah as everyone
else will b talking about them
when Congress gets around to
considering whot II will do on
the motter.
Right now, the Washington
DIR Is full Of tax butterflies /.
evosive, insubstontiol things
that fit from office to office.
coming from you know not
where.
The tax research boys in the
Treasury have been collecting
all the information they can,
getting It rsody for the House
Woys and Means Committee,
which must droft the bill. Ev-
cry possible new source Of rev.
enue is being considered, with
the hopeless assurance that all
won't produce enough, no mat
ter how high the rote, or how
low the level reached. The
problem Is to roise additional
toxes for defense - set your
figure at from one to five Bill
lions-in the least objectionoI
way possible.
FUN
At HOME
Thee ore plenty Of miscon-
ceptions about the amount Of
revenue that might be roised
from some Of the tricky new
suggestions that hove been
mode. II you go in for moth-
emoticoI evenings at home.
there is much indoor sport to
be derived from taking q cock
ed hat and knocking some OF
these dizzy tax proposals into
it.
Confiscotion Of all individ-
uoI income above $4,000 q
year is one Of the most fire.
quently heard suggestions. Il
would roise only 300 million.
incidentally only q couple Of
people have paid the very high
est tax rote since the schedule
wos changed o few years oeo
Repeal Of all income taxes,
and substitution Of q general
manufacturers soIes tox is on.
other pet. Well. since oil man.
ufocturers' soles now totol SIS
billion q year, the general sole:
tax rote would have to be sew.
en- cents on the dollar if the
SIS billions now roised from
income taxes we're equoled
and how would you like thot:
Finding " h ere taxes hi
hardest is another nice game
the Treasury experts m US
ploy. foxes on cieorets, for in.
stance, don't necessarily hi
the same people who pay es.
tote taxes. And people with in.
comes Of $1,000 q year pay {
smoller percentage Of theiI
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
: BEHIND THE. SCENES
m WASHlNG TON :

SSss"ss8S w to%eS tItOSu P0OPsS
who moke less or people who
moke more.
In the cose Of q soles tax at
the retail level. people Of low
income would .poy relatively
more than people Of higher in
come unless such things as
food, rent, clothing and drugs
were exempt. Determining
whot exemptions to make from
any tax Is O touchy problem,
ond the frequently odvoneed
ideo Of o general flat tax on
all income without exemption
is. therefore, cieor out Of the
question.
Simpiifieotion Of the tox law
is onother reform that hosn't
worked. As you may have no.
ticed, income tax laws become
more rother than less compii-
coted and the reason is simply
thot an effort hos been mode
to distribute the tax burden
more equitobly. by odded ex-
emptions and impositions.
TWO SIDES
TO THIS
Whot effect taxes have on
savings, consumption and the
general economy must be tax
en- into consideration and here
you con start q fight. One side
oroues q tax on savings would
discourage investment Of SOW
ines funds in new industries.
The other argues that since
savings ore now at the highest
levels q tax on sovings would
force this money into circuIo-
tion and thus improve busi-
ness.
Up that same oIIey there
hos been advanced os q de-
tense measure the ideo that
taxes can be used to control
prices and prevent inflotion. II
aluminium is scarce, for exom-
pie, q tax on aluminium goods
would roise the price and force
people to buy less expensive
substitutes.
Another idea is that as the
defense effort increases pros
perity by putting more people
to work at better woees. de-
mond for consumers goods
will increase. With the produce
tive effort tied up on defense
work, however, there will be q
shortage of consumers goods,
and therefore prices will 90 up.
Toxine out Of existence the
added income Of the workers,
just to keep prices down, is
one proposed cure, ord as you
con see it's only slightly worse
than costof oil.
The woekiest proposal Of all
is the ideo Of FLEXIBLE" taxes.
They would be changed from
month to month in on effort
to control the economic foctors
and Initiation mentioned above.
II you haven't had q heod-
ache In q long time. and want
one, come on down to Wosh-
ington and help write the new
tox bill.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18

The tenth annual Worl d
Bridge Olympic was he d
throughout the world last night.
The World Bridge Olympic COM
mittee selects 16 hands from the
hundreds submitted to them. On
some hands the bidding and the
opening lead are directed. The
committee establishes a par on
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-04-18
. SO THEY SAY

Back of war is the wrong kind
of politics; back of that Is the
wrong kind of economics; back
of that is the wrong kind of NOR
al standards; and back of that
is unbelief. - Rev. Samuel
Shoemaker, Calvary Episcopal
Church, New York.