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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Rise of DarIan's Star Casts Ominous Light On Nazi Plans In Spain And Africa
s ELEVATIoN ADDs ANoT4ER PEcE To ARs JesAN PuzZLE
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON NEA Sarrinn NElIlfar.u Rritar.

NEA GSHVA1C NAAAAsSA&y W4AsGE er
 Washington, Aug. 2l. - Marshal petain's recent choice of Admiral Darlan for ViclIy Frances general issimo in Africa, helps explain the War Departments advocacy of steps like extending draft service.
 It makes significant the warning recently sounded by Secretary of War StirnSon. In explaining to men of the U. s. Army why 1t is neces- sary to hold them in service longer than at first planned, he pointed to South and Central America as most dangerous" avenues of attack on the U. S., particularly if the Nazis move into Dakar
 Also the Darlan choice points up General Marshall's recent warning to Congress not to let its minds eye lose sight of the Dark Conti- nent and Spain.
 Today official Washington is put ting together jigsaw puzzle from pieces like these:
 REPORT FROM FRANCE: Ger man engineers and French war pris- oners are working night and day on 8 new strategic railroad along the Bay of Biscay coast connecting with the Spanish frontier.
 REPORT FROM SPAIN: From the Spanish border at Hendaye, France, Germans have practically completed new steel and con- crete double-tr railroad and automobile bridge across the Bi- dassoa River to Irun, Spain. Armor- ed trains are crossing into Spain carrying 12-inch naval guns with German crews.
 REPORTS FROM FREE FRENCH: Strict postal censorship imposed on sailors of Vichy French Navy. Repair and other work is well along on battleships and cruisers that escaped the British.
 REPORT FROM TRAVELLERS NEWLY ARRIVED IN NEW YORK: French Foreign Legionnaires and civilian labor, ill-treated, have near ly finished 8 Moroccan link to a railroad across the shoulder of West Africa to Dakar where Germans are helping French improve harbor and Notifications.
 This jigsaw puzzle is sketchy, but makes no pretty picture for Ameri- cans. Heavy naval guns can help reduce Gibraltar. They might be aided by a French fleet still strong enough, if it got through Gibraltar, to weaken British naval supremacy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
FIREMEN TO HOLD STATE CONVENTION
Big Parade to Climax ssh Annual Meeting at Sayin
 Rock Saturday

The 58th annual Connecticut Firemen's convention and field day to be held at Savin Rock tomorrow and Saturday will be attended by 1o members from the local fire de. partment Host for the convention is. the Savin Rock Hose CO, No. {
 Firemen from Waterbury who ara to attend will be: Albert R. Per. riello, Engine No. I; Henry V. Fitzgerald, Engine No. 3; Richard H. Pickett, Engine No. 3; George B. Conlon, Engine No. 4; MauricG J. Altman, Engine No. 5: Captain John F. Ahearn, Engine No. 6; Thomas J. O'Connor, Engine No 2; Jeremiah c. Murphy. Engine No 8; Seth l.. Frederickson, Engine No g; stephen A. Kelley, Engine No 10, and Captain William 1T. Cor. cOrai1, Engine No. Il.
 Also, William J. Ciasby, TrucA No. 1; Thomas J. Bowen. Truck No. and Timothy c. Dowd. Truck No. 3. Clarence N. Claffey will represent the repair department while the fire alarm room dele. gates will be Michael F. McKenna John J. Mitchell, John F. Gra. ham. Michael F. Flaherty is the department members representa- tive. !.
 Fire companies of this state Massachusetts and New York wil take part in the parade on Satur. day afternoon. which is expected to include 7.000 men. 50 pices oi fire apparatus, so fife and drum corps. eight hands, six squad wag. ons and two. emergency trucks The parade will start at p. m Numerous prizes vii be awarded to the participants.
 Saturday night stage show VII be held at Donovan field, followet by fireworks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21


 ant on West Main street. The new slate of officers is headed by Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney of thiss city as chef de gare.
 Also to be installed are the fol- lowing: James DuBois, of New Ha- ven, chef de train; Noel La Mag dalene, of Meriden, garde de la porte; Harry Cooper, of North Ha- ven, conducteur; John Enright, of East Haven, commis voyageur; Arr thur Pfeffer, lalnpiste; David Fruin, of New Haven, grand cheminot; James Grant, of Naugatuck, alter nate grand cheminot; pr. Simeon Cohen, of Meriden, John Gilmar- tin, of Hamden, and John Clark. of Waterbury, cheminot voiture To- cale.
 County officers of the American Legion, state officers of the 40 and 8, and members of the 8 and 40 will be among the guests at the installation dinner.
 ,Mr. Mahaney has been elected chef de gare of the county group to succeed David Fruin, of New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

in the Atlantic. Or if it stayed in the Mediterranean, perhaps, in con- cert with the Italians, to upset it entirely. And then could come 8 German, perhaps German-French- Spanish, thrust by land through northern Africa, across to Dakar. JOIN THE ARMY
 AND LEARN PORTUGUESE
 That would give Germany Casa blanca, in Morocco, and Dakar, out lets to the South Atlantic that would endanger the sea lanes whereby supplies from the Western Hemi- sphere, from India and the Indies, reach the British Isles and Suez.
 Also it would cut the route where by American planes are now reach ing the Suez after landing in Bri- tish West Africa and flying through Free French Equatorial Africa.
 In another way, such a German success would involve us more deeply. It would so endanger the Azores, Cape Verdes, and Canaries Spanish and Portuguese islands
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Boards Must Decide
 All Classifications
Registants or Dependents Privileged to Appeal From
 Rulings of Local Officials, Col Averil Advises Public

local board has primary power aI jurisdiction.
 While both state and nations headquarters have sympathetic rel gard for each individual registraIt these headquarters obviously canl not consider the case of each regisl trant. This is the responsibility ol the local board. Its members havt that intimate knowledge of thu registrant, of his personal situation and of the national defense needs oi his community, that must be giveH primary consideration in any demo. cratic formula. The local borac must have classified 8 registrant fol selection or deferment before eithe, state or national headquarters car act upon his case" M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

by our town clerk. Reorgarliza- ton of patronage here is over due. ---G. -4.-..
 Just the other dsy we saw . hired man carrying his own gear down the reed seeking . new job. Our companion, . man of parts, said: 'T'hst guys WaItzlng AIa- tildn.". For awhile we Wola- dered where we had heard the phrsse before and then it came through the naists ee memory with . whasa. ''tEaltxlng Matilda" ig AuGtrallan folk music and it means carrying your sWag. Ban- % Fattefson wrote the song nf- ter . trip oat to Dagwofth eta- ten Am West 0ueemsinmG. 1mzi- se had em aye fer thc 1Mlusunf and an esg fer music. We heard it first nt Q border station fn Germany, where Australians and Xanks gathered in Q dim wine ye0na to swap experiences ef the first WorId var. We always fn- veFed AuslE4Ilnns sad WonesFed why they were content t1 asao- eiAse wlth the British. The ans eHeE {. theF WcleA'h
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

MT. and Mrs. David Brady, IT,, proud parents of
 baby boy, born Saturday night at St. Marys Hospital The daddy is the well-known letter carrier Neil Malaney Democrats associate editor is enjoying his two weeks vacation. Letters from Waterbury boys with the 43rd division n maneuverS in Louisiana report that the folks know nothing about real heat It's 100 in the shade day after day. they write Tommy these days result of his appointment city garbage supervisor. Winnie Coates, Woodbne Street resident week of nothing to do Winnie captains one of the teams in the sS Peter Paul Holy Name Society softba league
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
TodsYs Answers %
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Questions on Comic Page


 1. Cup and tee are found in golf; pitcher in baseball. Cups are given as trophies in many competitive sports.
 ?. Pockets are found in corners Of billiard tables; pins in bowling or croQuet.
 3. Mound is the pitchers box in baseball; shell is the boat used in crew racing.
 4. Blackboard is mounted behind basket in basketball; backstop is wooden or wire screen behind catcher in baseball. Both have com mon purpose of stopping the ball.
 5. Ring is found in boxing; post in horse racing, or in boxing, hold ing up ropes of the ring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

aged the fall of many a European statae. But the United States is Iie- gotiating with Brazil to replace the Axis line with an American col1l- pany. Brazil has also denied Vichy permission to operate Dakar-Rio- Buenos Aires-Santiago airline.
 Also Washington watches Mar unique closely, not only because of its well-advertised hoard of Vichy French gold, but also because of the unadvertised horde of Nad agents who come there by ship from Vichy, France, then proceed to French Guiana and Brazil. It is known that the Vichy secret service and the Gestapo are in contact.
 THREE
 POSSIBILITIES <.
 Since Petain gave pro-Nad Dar- Ian his head, some are urging. that there are only two ways to prevent an eventual Nazi attempt on Brazil, combining air-sea invasion from Africa with an uprising of the two million Germans in southern Brazil and the Plate Basin. One is for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

MT. and Mrs. Joseph sterniak of Prospect Street,
 augatuck, expect to drop note to their milkman to- morrow night advising him to skip their veranda Satur day and Sunday when they'll be in St. Abans L. using the guest towels of relatives Sylvia and Elsie Perilo of ant visit with their bCner Private Tulio, in Virginia Marion Fears and Peggy Derody of North Main Street, spent the weekend in New York City The Lezotte Twins of Baldwin Street. celebrated their 14th birthdays this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
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D. s. to drop vichy and recognizs and strongly aid the Free French who, in Africa, are already protect ing us by flanking Dakar. as the British in Gambia and Sierra Leone bracket it.
 The second proposed way to keep the Nazis at arms length is for us to send troops to Africa to rein force the British and help them keep the Germans out of Dakar. perhaps by our very presence, until Hitler decides to fight us
 Either method looks simpler and cheaper in money and lives than the third method which has been widely suggested that we go over and take Dakar ourselves from the Vichy French before the Germans get there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

Nancy Dwyer, of Edward Street, is telling her friends about the grand two-weeks vacation she had in New Hampshire. The crowd of sidewalk super intendents" at the site of the Baldwin Street bridge is increasing daily that the bridge is nearing completion It's due to be opened for traffic by Sept Is. . <. Vic MambrunO and Jimmy BiancO are busy young these days. They're cO-chairmen of the Italian Democratic club outing next Sunday at Lakewood Park. Former residents returning here for visit arc amazed at the scores of new houses built or being built in the last year or two.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
BLUEBERRIES

Up on the hill where the bircheS are black And the shouts of the bluejays keep coming back And the skirts of the blueberry pickers sail Over the gems in the bueberry pail, Away up there like bowls of sky The bushes drip their fruits like rain And nothing lives upon the earth Can duplicate the stain. Not the blue of the gentian sunk Low in the wood by the alder's trunk Nor the blue Of the chicory fresh and wild And gaudy on its spindle stile; Not the blue of the dawn or even The bluehlrd's wing that leaps at heaven, Nothing can copy the bveberry color Soft on the bush and lush as water And there's the smell in the blueberry glade Warm and sweet as if the sun Dipped its arms in the blueberry roots And rose Co grow es one. And there's the pleasure without word The thrill of the heart no word can fit When the mouth takes in Q buebcrry pearl And the tongue can copy the stain of it
 Elizabeth Jane Astiey In the
 Christian Science Monitor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Good Evening.
MT. TOM POND
alls BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

The girls have gone down for swim, They say 1t makes them feel anew And makes them full of vim, And I wonder is it true An hour age the sun shining, And now it's hidden in 8 haze. But 1t will surely come out again, And brighten all our days. The girls are back again for dinner, And am hungry, too; So very soon we'll have some eats, The best of wishes we give to you. am sitting at my woodland house, A-watching the sunset in the wood I can see the gold and silver, And the scene is really good. There are white and yellow trees Scattered all around. You can go whereer you please, There's nothing grander to be found But now the shades of night appear All round me where The scene is getting somewhat dread, It means time of rest for every man. The whip-por- will may come and sing That old familiar song We hear so many times in spring. He sings so very loud the woodland seems to ring.
 Daniel Gillette
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

John Red" Mulligan, of Cypress Street, is enjoy Patricia Marinan and Ann Coangelo Town Plot playground supervisors, and Margaret McGrath of Porter Street playground worked like beavers for the coIOrfuI pageant at Hamilton Park yesterday Betty Healey, of Rye Street, is earning weekly check at the U. S. Rubber Company in Naugatuck where she is employed in the Central Office Johnny SpadarO, of Baldwin Street is back his police beat after very pleasant vacation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
IMAHANEY NAMED
 CHEF DE CARE.
40 and 8" to Hold Formal Induction of County Off,
 fiCers at Silver Chalet

New officers of the New Haven county 70 and 8, funmaking affil- late of the American Legion, will be installed at a dinner meeting Sept. 28 at Patsy Browns restaur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

John S Monagan, youthful president of the Board of Aldermen in municipal court today and fellow attorneys and friends felicitated him his recent battle for the life when he hOvered for many weeks between life and death at St. Mary's Hospital. John his perennial exuberance which has made him of the most popular attorneys engaged in civic affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

Deyens to a. port of embarkation carrying tropOs and returning empty. It's a pleasure to see soldiers riding instead of walk ing. It's more of 8 pleasure to watch the march discipline of regulars on the move.
 The Methodist Church is being stripped. The last thing to go was the pews. Rumor has it that the pews are. to be used in arl- other church where a. fire had ruined the interior equipment.
 Romance again stalks unhin- dered in this valley. The gas shortage limits travel only B it- tie and rural knights are saving up enough to take their ladies to nearby dance spots and movie theatres. The news that Vtr- ginia ScOviLI has become interest ed in poultry will come as sOEnee thing of a surprise to local young sters of the All Club. Chickens have never been a popular crop at the ScOviIl farm. I'm the past, Ed ScOviII was a sawMill man and his associates were the stout men of the forest. His dairying was . sideline and his recrea- ton was auctions We've never known Ed to have more than a family flock of Plymouth Rocks, but if Miss Sc0yiil takes on 2 flock of 3000 birds, our bet is for satisfactory profits. Times are changing, when Pete Fleming Let's . foreigner hold an auction at an Irish- Yankee farmstead.
 Bill Kitney Is one EngliShman who doesn't think Britain can win this war with a typewriter. Bill is around again after trip to hospital and he gets so mad every time a radio commentator mouths foolistness that he walks away and leaves the man spout ing.
 41AAfAAA b494A 80lA-A8 " A9yW@ ~44Q trial of several souI-sayers before we sign on a new minister. Trials are free and we can got a line on what outside preachers are delivering to their listeners with out any considerable outlay. It win be economical to use this Enetana of filling cur pulpit and t.le bets are that we see many new faces at South Britain Con- gregational Church during the next few months.
 when q final choice is made lor the pafish, weiI-wisheFs hope that the newcomer will not be Q politician. We have too many of our older mon on tho waiting list for the General Assembly and the jury list. Appointments tD political office saould stem from the tax llsts. old aSe panslun applications ehQui6 he hendI4d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

E. Rowland Chase, chairman Dutton Noble, John F. Robinson and Leon H. French, representing the Central Cafeteria Committee calling the attention of all Red Triangle members to the newly decorated cafeteria The walls and ceiling have been repanted the familiar wall removed, and Currier and Ives framed pictures substituted New lighting fixtures offer better lightning at night and new Venetian blinds subdue the bright sunlight by day. The bright, cool roomy airy effects have been strengthened. The bold color changes with the contrasts between the heavy blue base, the grey walls and the bright lemon colored chairs make Frank Nakas eating emporium with the best atmosphere available.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

Reserach men in Germany have just reported that reducing the weight of an automobile lessens gasoline consumption more than does streamlining alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

warning! Out-of-towners have heard about our many success ful auctions. Just the other day, a Jewish gentleman staged an affair at Pete F1emings where,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

deSplN Gne g work of Vim Judson, sales were not im- pressive and bargains were few.
 Anyway, the ar my isn't short of gaso- line. During the past week. trucks of the First Division have shuttled back and forth from Cam D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
AnsIUers To
 Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on last page. l. True. 2. Virgil. 3. Montreal, Canada. 4. Pacific. 5. Kitchen police. 6. A small cap or hood. ]. Grandmother. 8. Sow. g. 'TvanhOe." 10. Yes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
NEW sgFATCHD ACr WORKS

Utica, IIl.-(UP)-I.awrence Mer tel invoked what he called thi Hatch" act to gain deierrmenl from service in the army. hfertel operator Of. . hatchery, pleaded that he couldn't 60 Into servics until newly matched chicks were ready to leave the broodog. Tn draft board agreed with him -- lr was deferred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

Brazil's Labor Ministry has rulel that c pcr4on under 90 years e agA f married. mutt hg ennsld1F@d q are and entitled kn vetHiF& f minimum salary fcF afu'Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20

Buy [. 6. Bonds and Save.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
One Of Accused
Trio Posts Bail

Harold Lochridge, II. one OF
three Tacoma youths who are
charged with assaulting two
elderly Fife brothers in an ex-
tortion attempt, pleaded not guilty
before Judge F. G. Remain In
Pierce county superior court FRI
day.
Lochridge posted 1000 bail
and was released from custody.
The other two youths - Ralph
Brown. II, and Robert Bredeson.
IS, were to be arraigned before
Judge Remain later in the after
noon, Prosecutor Thor Tollefson
said.
Following the attack on Phillip
and William Weinland at the
Weinland home In Fife, the youths
attempted to extort 5000 from the
two brothers. They obtained So
on the night of the attack. Brown
allegedly admitted striking Will
lam Weinland as he lay In bed.
Albert Memo, Is. apprehended as
an accomplice of Browns in a rob-
berry of the Weinland brothers last
February. also was to be arraigned
Friday afternoon. He is free on
1000 bail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
Driver Wasn'i Drunk,
But Love Intoxicated

SPOKANE Police Judge Frank
Yuse Friday defined love intoxi-
cation" II consists of attempting
to drive an automobile and EN-
brace your girl-at the same time
Canada Brigham, 21-year-old
army air corps mechanic. was ar
rested by state patrolman who
noticed his automobile weaving
along the highway. 1t appeared at
first TO be case of intoxication.
Yuse asked Brigham If the girl
were good looking. She was.
Then he asked II Brigham liked
the girl. He did.
The judge held that Brigham
was intoxicated by love" and
suspended 80 fine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20

GIG HARBOR-A new superin-
tendent of the recently CONSOLE
dated Peninsula school district No.
l0l was named Thursday evening
by the board OF directors.
Harrison Il. Phillips. present
principal Of the Buckley High
school. was chosen for the post.
1t is understood Phillips will
assume the new duties as soon as
his resignation Is accepted at
Buckley.
Appointment of a superintend-
ent was the FIRST action taken by
the new board of directors OF the
consolidated Peninsula school dis
trict.
Named also at the Thursday
evening meeting was new In
structor Of music for Gig Harbor
and Vaughn. Mrs. Alan Finstad
wife of Fife high school in
structor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
LIGHTS MISSING

A spot light with inside control,
4 gear shift knob. and seal beam
driving lights were stripped from
the car of Dorman Frederick. 222i
End ave-, N. E.. Puyallup. accord
ing to his report to police Friday.
He said the theft occurred be-
tween s p. m. Thursday and / a.
m. Friday in parking lot at 18th
and Court c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20

SEATTLE - Sen. Burton X.
Wheeler. D. Montana, viii sd-
dress a public mass meeting here
next Tuesday. and Charles A.
Lindbergh will appear later in the
fall. Clay Pugh. field representa-
tive Of the America First commit
tee. said Friday Wheeler viii
speak in Portland Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
Injuries Fatal To Edwin Perry

assisted BY Rev. Walter sadler.
viii officiate. Services will be fol-
lowed by cremation.
Perry had been q resident Of Ia
coma and Puyallup and the sur
rounding vicinity since 1889. He
was a member Of the Baptist
church.
He leaves one son, Stewart +.
Perry Of Puyallup: one sister. Mrs.
Julia p. Mather of Bellingham.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20

Edwin II. Perry. so. formerly
real estate man OF Tacoma and
Puyallup. died Thursday in an
Olympia hospital Of injuries re-
ceived when struck down by an
automobile IN that city more than
week ago.
Funeral service will be held
Saturday at ; p. m. from the
Wrigley A. Clements Funeral home
IN Puyaliup. Rev. A. b. Morris.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20

Members of the kiwanis club
listened to a Fair" program fol-
lowing their luncheon Thursday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
Wiedemonn Leaves
S. a. for Jopon

BUESos AIRES-Cspt Fritz
Wiedemann. former German con-
sui general in San Francisco,
sailed for Kobe. Japan. aboard the
japanese steamer Manila Maru
Friday after demonstrations had
been staged Thursday night in
front OF the German embassy here.
with whom ne made his home. and
one nephew, Horace S Mather OF
Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-09-20
U.-U. Club Elects
Officers Thursday

J. Corning Todd is unopposed for
president in the election to be held
Thursday By the University-Union
club. Five trustees viii Be chosen
from the following: Bonnie Cram.
James G. Dickson. z. r. Fetterof.
Walter ". FARMLAND. Fred c.
Hansen. Salem Nourse. Harold r
Pirret and Ed Richards.