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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-04
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We act as though we could pre- serve our democracy by putting 1t in cold storage. --Dr. Daniel L. Marsh, president,
 Boston University.
 If city wage earners were organ- i7ed comparatively now as farm co-operatives are, we probably would not need government price control legislation.
 Senator George w. Norris of
 Nebraska.
 The enemy undoubtedly won't readily recognize defeat, and the Anglo-Saxon struggle will be most fierce.
 Mario Appelius. editor. Popolo
 dTtalia.
 Leg art attracts an average of 60 per cent of men readers. But here's the payoff. It attracts 67 per cent of the women readers. John w. Barndollar, In address
 to Advertising Federation of &1&&EAEAs
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from President Roosevelt just before leaving Washington"
 After 6 few drinks, AriaS be. came chummy.
 "One of the great virtues of champagne, gentlemen" he beamed, "is that it takes peOs ple's minds efG of problems and makes them happy. Happy pe0. pie dent start revolutions. We have plenty Of champagne In Panama, SO we have ne fears Os . FevolutloB."
 Ten days later. Arlas was ouSted by 6 bloodleas revolt against his pro.NaA regime.
 MERRY .0O.ROUND
 Senator Gerald Nye, co-autiloF of the isolationistspacked movie probe, would be given Q taste of his own medicine # some 0f his North Dakota constituents had their way. State Senator Harry O,Brien, among others, is circuiats ing 6 petition asking the Senate to investigate Yves isoiationist operations and connections with the Steuben Society" Up in the north woods Of Wisconsin, where 0-Man J. Edgar Hoover successfully solved the famous Ross Kidnapping eases in ie30, they say Of him: T hear tell this man Hoover was 0 gecondsrate Presi- dent, but he sure makes c firsts rate investigator" Recently this column revealed that certain minor moguls of the Lend- Lease Administration were taking themselves-and red tape-so seris ously that they were delaying the shipment Of vitaliy needed war supplies for weeks. We can now disclose that Lend-Lease Adminis- trator Ed 6tettinius is quietly cleaning up this situation. He has summoned Q crack executive of the U. 8. Steel Corporation, stet. tinius' former company, to re. organize the administrative Setup of LILA and also to shelve the 0b- Structive wouId-be big shots.
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Selected Poem
THUNDERSTORM

CT. H. K. in the Poets Column Hartford Courant) She heard the clubbing hoofbeats in the barn, And saw the shuddering load of hay drawn in. The kitten, frisking with the ball of yarn About her feet, forgot their feminine Pre-occupation when her minstress ran From room to room to make the place secure Against destruction measureless to man As mans determination to endure.
 Q . The rain came down in torrents, and the wind Attacked the farmhouse with demoniac Intensity the trees were disciplined With sound and fury: when the scudding rack Had cleared away she heard old xerxes roar. <. The COWS were safe-and life was good once moreI
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e. What Is the origin Of the woEs
 4. rhe name Of these lOns course, slender cigars is Q contrae ton of Conestoga, Q type of freighl wagon formerly used petweeh wheeling md Pittsburgh, the dry. CTS of which smoked this type cE cigar.
 e. When and why was The Northern Securities Company dw' soived2
 A, The corporation was chartered in New Jerney ln 1901, coapining the Northern Pacific and 0Eeas Northern RailWays It's legality waa attacked by the Federal Govern. ment under the Sherman Anustrusl Act and i1 1903 the U. 6. Court oi Appeais decided that it was illegA and operated in restraint of trade. This declsion was BustNined by the U, s. Supreme Court in F'ebFGary
 c. What are the principal sub Stit,itaS for siik In the manufacture If womcn,s fullsfashioned hosieFyS
 A. Nylcn, rayon, and highscouw cotton yarn.
 EDITORS NOTEi If yOu are AesIroue of securing this weeks hookIet, BIBLE FACTS" address F, M. Kirby, Dept B.Iee, WatsFs bury Democrat Service Bureau l0i3 thirteenth Bt., Washington D. C., with ten cents Q cover pese' ages
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Daily Almanac
Lses 5:2a b. m.

Moon rises 5:26 D. m.
 Sun rises 6:59 a. m; sets 4:25 D. m. @ All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 These are the short days of the year. There Is Q veTitable minimum of sunlight in this climate. However once the first of the year is by, the lengthening day is more and more apparent, although the cold may also strengthen.
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The fall is well advanced and no word has yet reached us from Rome that bomb ing attempts have endangered the Vati- can City. It may be recalled that news dispatches claimed the Pope had appealed to President Roosevelt to urge the British not to bambard Rome. Whether or not this was true was never revealed, but the fact remains the city sill is undamaged.
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gage f0s ehe e0sWefU,
 1. Is c pearl Q mineral or an Ani' nal product2
 2. Which contains . larger nuElas Der Of naval units: Q fleet, Q siotilla, or Q squadFon7
 3. Tn which country Is the vols canIc mountain, Vesuvius?
 {. What is the name for c young goat?
 6. Four of the Great Lakes are eu- perIoE, Huron, Erie, and Michigan Name the fifth.
 6. Who wrote Diana of the Cross ways"7
 !, Bunker Fill is In Boston, Phil- adelphia, or Providence?
 Q. Augnentatlve lS the antoryE1 of d--nstsse9
 Q. What substance from milk iG used to make glue, sizing and plas- tics?
 10. Give the popular name for ths most prominent portion of the con- stellation UTsa Major.
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TODAY's COMMON KRR0R Kind og and sort ef nrs pegs FmlaalblO expressions als though they gro eollo4ulai, but they should not eenlasn on aPtlele. as That klna e psrsOn will 60 far" ines shae kind of s peFson)s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-04
e NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
BX THOMAS w. JOHNSON NKA Service AEilltaxy writer

Washineton. Dec. A--This @ the only world capital where the writer is censored only by what discretion God gave him or what conscience he himself has developed. Here ore some resultss
 There is no formal censorship yet, and there may never be, ale though Q government agency quietly keeps tab on what is printed and broadcast here, and with what ef- feet in Berlin, Rome and Tokyo. Careful compilations are said to show that c growing share of to- talltarian propaganda comes from Americans - not anti-interventions ists alone but also from objective writers and commentators on our defense eafort and politics. They supply Goenhels with ganbitS and Hitler with histrionicS, and the German military and naval tntelh- gepce services with information worth many spies,
 But 90 do government agencies. For instance, there is the Maris time Commissions public invitation to Na1 submarines to lurk off Bos~ ton and sink our supply ships head- cd for Russia. ReaSons1 Most Americans either don't understand war or don't understand we are in this one, which, all things consid- cred, Is not Surprislng. Crack downq Censorshipa Not yet-maybe never, but lt's hotter this time than in lolT-l0. Then the government was only running Q war, not, as now, trying to run Q social and econ- omic revolution ct the same time, (Not my explanation, but that of Q notable government public relations expert)
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Washington Merry Go Round
Secret Jop "A Is Being Formed in U s. Senator Finds;
 Threots Are Used Compel "Ensments" in Fifth Column.
DREW PEARS 0 N ROBERT s. ALLEN

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VNaterbury, Dec. 9. l0Al.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

and without nails, fashioned benches
to keep us of the greasy decks.
For days the Dresden did not get
under way. Conserving precious
fuel, she lay tossing and pitching
forever it seemed in the great cape
rollers" of that latitude. After
eight endless days the raider re-
turned.
She obviously had been hunting
for another victim, and she came
back empty handed.
Nazis Help Wounded.
A few of us were permitted to 60
over to see the wounded.
Uncle Ned Laughinghouse looked
worse, much worse. He was in a
coma and it seemed doubtful if he
recognized the boys. A shell splinter
had fractured his skull, and the
raiders physician. it was said, had
removed a frontal section of bone
He still was clad in the pajamas and
dressing gown he wore when he was
hit. Some of the boys thought the
Germans had left these bloody gar
ments on him, but I was sure they
laundered them and returned them
to show they were doing what they
could.
AS for Vicovari. he seemed little
better. He was trussed up in trac-
ton splints, and doing his best to
be cheerful. AS We said good-by
something told US we wouldn't be
seeing the raider again. Both ships
were getting ready to depart for
unknown destinations.
We know now where the Dresden
went, but who knows where the
raider went with Uncle Ned and
Vicovari?
It's quite possible that not even
the German Navy knows.
Editors note-The Berlin gov
ernment yesterday reported to the
State Department that the two men
were still aboard the raider, whose
whereabouts were not discloSed)
tTo be continued tomorrow
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Benefit Pound Party
Committees Appointed

To help raise funds needed for ex-
tenslye alterations at the welfare
home of the Little Sisters of the
Poor, plans are being made for the
18th annual pound party, to be held
November Is, under auspices of the
Washington General Assembly
Knights of Columbus.
Harold F. Jones, faithful naviga-
tor, appointed Alfred A. McGar-
raghy, past district deputy, as gen.
eral chairman of the Arrangements
Committee.
Alterations to the home were rec
commended after a recent inspection
by D. c. building inspectors. Little
Sisters of the Poor do not belong tc
the Community Chest, but depend
solely on the generosity of the pub
lie.
General Chairman McGarraghy
has appointed the following chair.
men: Special gifts, James E. Coli
flower; church solicitation, James c
Naughton; publicity, John j. Buck
ley; transportation, John Allen; en-
tertainment, Alfred p Neff; recep-
ton, James Kehoe, Col Thomas r
Carlin and Harold F. Jones; choir
Arthur McCreight; ushers, Chester
Healy; food and clothing, J. P
Moriarty and Felix M. Moriarty.
Others working on the committee
include DR.. Don Hector David Cas-
tro, Minister of El Salvador; William
H. Collins, DR.. George r. Ellis
Thomas Trodden, Roy M. Perry
Francis j. Raftery, Percy Saffel
Harry P. Somerville, Joseph B. Nc
Cam, Joseph M. McKenna and En-
manuel F.. Zalesak.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

vessel. There were not enough life
boats. We we're trapped in a deep
hold, five decks down. Only one
person at a time could mount the
steep ladder. What if We were tor
pedoed or shelled? There were
scarcely enough life boats for the
Germans. even if we could get on
deck. And knew something in ad-
dition.
We were huddled next to the raid
er's powder magazine. Nosing
about, I had discovered that earlier.
1 kept the knowledge to myself.
Hear Alarm Bells.
In the darkness of that midnight
something happened to bring all
the fear and uncertainty of the
crowded hold to sharp focus. Alarm
bells rang through the raider, and
we could hear the heavy feet OF
sailors on deck running to their
battle stations. We were shut into
that black hold. The prisoners
seemed gripped by mass claus
trophobia, with death from fire or
water preferable to the threat of
suffocation. It's a real tribute to
the courage of the prisoners that
panic didn't sweep them like Wild
fire.
We lived through an age until
the hatch was opened. A sailor
told us the alarm was over. The
ship sighted from the raider was
their supply vessel-the Dresden, we
learned later
We were transferred in motor
boats the next day-all, that is,
but Vicovari, Uncle" Ned Laugh
inghouSe and DR.. Sterling, an
Englishman, who were too badly
wounded to be moved. Those Of
our outfit who could manage, told
them good-by. We never expected
to see them again.
Our morale didn't improve when
we went aboard the Dresden, truly q
filthy ship by the raiders stand
ards.
The decks were greasy and lit
tered, and the crew, compared with
the Tamesis'. looked like the dregs
of some German water front.
We thought of our wounded as We
watched the raider drop over the
horizon to the west.
Kept Sense of Humor.
We were crowded into a hold and
given sleeping bags to fill with cot
ton from a bale opened for us,
Some of the passengers had their
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Henderson Promises
Sympathy 10 Trade
Il Made Price Gar
, Frowns on Setting Wage
Levels in Control Bill
At House Hearing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Leon Henderson, price admins
traitor, assured House committee
yesterday that he would be sympa-
thetic to the problems of business
In event q price-control law was
enacted and he was appointed to
enforce it.
Representative Clifford, Republi-
can of Massachusetts,, had raised the
question of Mr.. Henderson's attitude
toward businessmen, asserting that
the price chief heretofore had been
engaged in hunting them down
like foxes" as a member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Temporary National Eco
nomic Committee.
In addition to telling the House
Banking Committee that he would
be sympathetic to the problems of
business, Mr.. Henderson declared
that the administration proposed
price-control legislation contained
many more standards designed to
safeguard the rights of individuals
and businessmen than were re-
quired in the so-called priorities bill
already approved by Congress.
Mr.. Henderson agreed with Rep
resentative Clifford that no price
control law could be effective unless
there was general acceptance" OF
1t in the community at large.
Price schedules in Japan and
Germany break down for many rea-
sons" he said, although there are
harsh penalties"
When Representative Clifford in
quired as to whether there would
be mass shootings" If it were found
that there were widespread viola
tions of the law in a particular
industry, Mr.. Henderson replied:
DO you know what I would dc
II 1 found that all 1900 cotton mills
were violating an order of mine:
I'd fire every damn man connected
with the drafting of that order
because I'd know it was wrong"
He assured the Congressman, how.
ever, that such a situation woulc
never be allowed to develop.
In response to questions, Mr.. Hen
derson reiterated that it was very
necessary that there be mo inordi
nate increases" in wages but ais
repeated his belief that mo pro
visions for wage control should b,
incorporated in the price-contro
bill.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

we didn't have to examine before
swallowing was the ersatz tea.
Our guards carried rifles with
fixed bayonets and German potato
masher" hand grenades in their
belts. But they did not mistreat us.
1 guess they did the best they could
for the prisoners under the cir
cumStances. Capt. Jager of the
Dresden had spent most of World
War I in an Australian prison camp.
He made our lot as easy as pos
sible, but managed to avoid telling
us the truth at any time.
Allowed on Deck All Day.
The crew was put in separate
hold. We Americans, British and
Canadians determined to keep ours
clean-at any cost.
Capt. Jager, on inspection, found
our hold neat. He complimented us
on its condition. and exclaimed ir
disgust the crews quarters was a
"pigpen." He was inclined to favor
| us in several ways after that, al
though we did not ask for special
| privileges.
We were allowed on deck from
sunup to sundown. With ingenu-
ity and patience. our amateur car
penters, working with lumber scraps
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Three From This Area
In Plane Detector Class

Three men from the Washington
area are among the 81 newly COM
missioned lieutenants of the Army
Signal Corps Reserve who will start
training tomorrow at Fort Mon
mouth, N. j., in connection with
new secret radio devices to warn OF
the approach of hostile bombers.
The class at Fort Monmouth will
constitute the vanguard of 500 vol
unteers sought by the Army from
men experienced in radio engineer
ing and electronics to operate the
devices and serve as detector posts.
Eventually the plane detectors will
be operating "a hours day along
the coasts and at overseas bases.
Second 1t. w. E. Yost, Jr., OF 1l5
w. Woodbine street, Chevy Chase,
Md, and Second Its. Clifford K.
Poarch and Harold w. Kelley, both
of 2027 Park road, are the local
members of the first class. They
viii undergo three weeks of training.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Ugly Duck|ing' Boats
Expected 10 Receive
Warp|ane Protection
Designs Are Changed to
Provide CotopuIts for
Launching Aircraft
BY WILLIAM ]. WHEATLEY.

Alrplane equipment is expected to
provide the necessary protection for
the ugly duckling type of ship being
built by the Maritime Commission
as a part of its bridge of vessels
between the United States and
Europe. These vessels are slow be-
cause of their reciprocating engines,
and thus easy prey to submarines,
but they are expected to be able to
overcome this by having their
courses cleared of the undersea
raiders by small planes.
1t was disclosed at the commits
sion that the designs of the vessels
have been changed to provide for
installation of catapults for launch
ing planes. With each ship carrying
plane, it was said the size of the
protective air squadron would be
limited only by the number of ships
assigned to each convoy.
When in submarine infested wa
ters, it was pointed out, the planes
would provide better protection for
the ships than could be furnished by
other means, including destroyer es-
corts, because the planes flying low
in the vicinity of the conveys would
be able to observe the submarines
and get to them quicker than a
destroyer.
AT the same time, the commits
sion made it known that it was look
ing into means of ship construction
that would obviate the use of steel.
Although it was pointed out there is
no immediate shortage of steel for
ships already planned, including the
556 additional ships for which Presi-
cent Roosevelt asked Congress for
funds a short time ago, neverthe-
less 1t is admitted that steel ship
construction may be problem
later on.
One substitute possibility was con-
sldered by the commission last week
when officials met with cement con-
Struction experts, contractors and
ship operating men to discuss the
feasibility of constructing barges of
reinforced concrete. Some concrete
shlps OF this type were constructed
during the last war, and it was said
That barges constructed at that time
are still operating on the Missis-
sippi River
The concrete barges, it was said.
would be about as large as many of
the cargo-carrying vessels now be-
ing constructed.
The proposed concrete barpes
would have to be towed by large
sea-golng tugs, with powerful en-
gines. But it was explained that
one power plant in this case would
serve for several barges, depending
on weather conditions.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-The an
nual August meteor shower, the
Tears of st. Lawrence or Perseio
meteors. is due Monday night.
These are the meteors which
never have failed to appear for
lilo years straight. They prob
ably were visible in midsummer long
before that, but were recorded first
in scientific records in $50 AID.
Before midnight, look to the
northeast to see them; after MD
night right overhead. They fall at
a rate of about 80 an hour. Occa-
sionally, lucky spectator sees doz-
ems in less than an hour.
They are shaped like tear drops,
which is the reason the Irish long
ago named them after st. Law
rence's tears. They are the safest,
as well as the surest, of all meteor
displays.
They are grains OF dust, but trav-
cling at about 40 miles second
they flash brilliantly as they are
consumed by the friction of the up
per air. They burn at about go
miles altitude.
These bits of dust circle the sun
in an ellipse so vast that the meteors
take 108 years for single circuit.
They are supposed to be contin-
uous stream of meteor dust, whose
width is estimated variously from
5000, 900 to $4,000 900 miles.
The earth sees the Perseids only
In midsummer because their orbit
around the sun almost stands on
its head. The earth cuts through
the stream at almost the angle OF
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Transfer Still AbIaze;
Bodies Of 7 Dead Found
az the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Aug. 9-Flames still
leaped high tonight from the crum-
pied hulk of the Canadian tanker
Transfer as Federal and local agen-
cies continued inquiries into the
blast which ripped the vessel open
last night with a loss of two lives.
Nearly "a hours after the explo-
sion set ablaze the Transmiters
900, 1000 gallon cargo of gasoline
there was no official indication of
sabotage as cause of the blast.
Separate inquiries were being
made by the Federal Bureau OF
Investigat, n, the Marine Inspec-
ton and Navigation Bureau of the
Department of Commerce and
Wayne County officers.
The bodies of Roger Frechette
24-year-old crew member, and Mrs
Rodolphe Tremblay, wife OF the
Transfers captain, were recovered
by harbor masters police today
from the Rouge River near the
scene of the explosion at the Wa
bash Railroad draWbridge. Two
crew members remained at hos
pital for treatment of burns, while
six others were released.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Navy Warns About Mine
Siuhfed in South Atlantic

The Navy's photographic Office
reported yesterday the sighting of
a four horned mine in the South
Atlantic.
Position of the mine, calculated
to be about 300 miles south OF Rio
de Janeiro, was given as latitude
26 degrees 80 minutes s., and
longitude As degrees 80 minutes w.
No further description or explana-
ton of the mine was offered by the
Navy.
In the same bulletin, attention
was called to submarine mine prac-
tice operations of the Navy in the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay. Un-
loaded mines will be used in an
area south of the main ship channel.
The bulletin also called attention
to gun firing from Fort Monroe
from August II to Is.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Perseid Meteors to Sparkle
In Skies Tomorrow Night

a trick auto diving through hoop
Of flames.
Their origin Is unknown. The
astronomical guess is that they are
what is left of some ancient comet
which disintegrated and during
countless years spread its dust In
a continuous stream around the
sun.
Some of them always are visible
the night before and the night after
August II. More are seen after
midnight than before. They are
visible, in clear weather, everywhere
in the world.