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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

The annual banquet of the Every mans Bible class took place Satur- day night in the parlors of the Grace Methodist church, attended by approximately 40 persons. The speaker was Rev. Louis E. Higgins, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist church, East Farm street, Water bury, and his subject was, Loyalty to the Church" Remarks were made by Rev. Ernest F. Weise, and a social hour followed. The Wo- mems Society for Christian Service assisted the Bible class serving the
 The first meeting of the fall sea- son for the class took place yester- day morning with Vincent Leon. ard, president, conducting. Rev. MT. Weise was the speaker, and Charles Probert led the song service, with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06
Tither's Supper Tonight

The annual business meeting of the Grace Methodist church will be held tonight with the Tither's supper at 6 o'clock. followed by Q meeting and the official board at 6 D. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

Dorothy Lamour has made six pictures in the past 13 months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-06

One of the most popular of the North Star blanketsI Lofty, deeply mapped .. made of fibered wools. Bound with rayon satin, six inches widel In rosedust, monte blue, rust, white. wine, green and ashes of rose.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Women's Short Course
To Hear Embassy Aide

T. L. Tsui. First Secretary at the
speaker at this afternoons session
of the 10Th rural women's short
Course, sponsored by the extension
service of the University of Mary
land.
Mrs. Georgette Ross Howard,
Washington lecturer. also was to
speak on current events.
Miss Venia M. Kellar. assistant
director of the extension service,
who is in charge of the short course,
will preside at this afternoons
session.
Miss Mary HaWorth, Washington
columnist, and Miss j. Ernestine
Becker, specialist in nutrition at the
Children's Bureau, Department of
Labor. were the speakers this
morning.
Mrs. Annie Harding of Ashton
Montgomery County, yesterday was
elected vice president of the State
Rural Womens Short Course Club.
Mrs. Cashell Nichols of Highland,
Howard County, was named secre-
tary The president and other
officers will be elected next year.
Mrs. Norman McCardell of Wash
lngton County was chosen vice presi-
dent of the State Council of Home
makers Clubs and Mrs. A. S. David,
Talbot County, was elected secre-
tary.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Arlington Man. S Father
Drops Dead in New York

A man who collapsed and died
Monday night at a midtown New
York street corner was identified as
former Representative Hubert Fred
erick Fisher, So. of Germantown,
Tenn, the Associated Press reported
The Identification was made by his
son Adrian, 81 of Arlington, Va,
who went to New York after a card
bearing his name was found in the
dead mans clothing.
Young Mr.. Fisher said his father
had been Representative from the
10th congressional district of Ten
nesSee from 1917 to 1927, when he
retired to enter the nursery business.
He had recently visited friends in
New Jersey, his son said, and more
recently had been staying in New
York City.
Death apparently resulted from
natural causes. the wire service
stated. The son said his fathers
body would be sent to Germantown
for burial today.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Dr.. H. M. Bowen Gets
Welfare Bourd Post

DR.. Harry M. Bowen of Aquasco
Prince Georges County CMd) Com
missioner, has been named by his
board to represent it on the county's
Public Welfare Board.
DR.. Bowen succeeds Leonard H.
Dyer as representative of the COM
miSsioners.
Erwin I. Main of Seat Pleasant
has been reelected chairman of the
welfare board and George Cook of
University Park, and Mrs. Charles
o. Appleman of College Park were
reappointed as members.
Other members are Francis E.
Summers Of Brandywine, Geary Ep-
pley Of College Park, and Mrs. G. w.
S. Musgrave, Laurel
Evening star., 1941-06-18

on force and terror in combination
with a deliberate effort to weaken
and undermine those countries
whose freedom they would destroy.
Paid Agents Lesser Peril.
ANY one who has watched the
cunning inroads of propaganda used
to destroy the will to act in the now
conquered democratic countries OF
the old world must be disturbed by
the similarity of technique evident
in this country today.
1T is not the paid agent that is
the great danger. 1t is the con-
fusion of honest people who unwit-
tingly aid and abet the most ruth
less war machine ever organized
to destroy nations which accept
democratic government
The one thing that is completely
clear to me is that the battle for
democracy has not been finally won
and that the safety of the United
States is again in jeopardy.
las I have said before, the ques-
ton is not if it is really necessary
for us to do more today. 1t is, what
more can we do today so that we
may have less to do and to sacrifice
tomorrow"
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Montgomery 10 Drop
Advance Ads on
Placing Stop Signs
Commissioners Also Set
July u for Heorine
On Roeort Rood Project
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

By a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. June 18.-An
ordinance to permit slop signs and
other traffic signals to he placed
without the necessity of advertising
such changes in advance was ap-
proved by the Montgomery County
Board of Commissioners yesterday
The ordinance will become effective
July and will be applicable to all
county roads.
The commissioners also set July
% as hearing date for proposed
front foot benefit project on Rogart
road in Fairway, Silver Spring.
which will include construction of
curbs, cutters and street surfacing,
The estimated cost is about S4.650.
Aides Named in Beetle Fight.
On recommendation of o. w.
Anderson, county agricultural agent.
the appointment of 10 boys to help
combat japanese beetles was voted.
The appointees are Joseph Freeman,
GaitherSburg; Reeves Graybill,
Spencerville; Jack Wolfe, Capital
View: Richard Cleveland Garrett
Park; James Davis, Kensington: Lee
Day, jr., Bethesda; Herbert Erhman,
Chevy Chase; George Alfred Wilson.
Rockville, Jack Cissel, Olney, and
Robert Inches, Laytonsville.
The board appointed Mrs. Ida
Wheeler of 213 Linden avenue,
Bethesda, as a full time nurse for
the Health Department, effective
July /. She now serves on part
time basis.
Safety Devices Asked.
At the suggestion of Thomas E.
Hampton, board president, the COM
missioners instructed their clerk,
Richard H. Lansdale, to write the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad request
ing adequate grade crossing protec-
ton devices at Lincoln Park and
Halpine.
A hearing will be held July l on
the request of Mrs. Pearl B. Bell
man, $3.50 Colesville road, to operate
a day nursery. Another hearing on
the same date will be on the request
of Rheese Longfellow Sewell to op-
crate a preparatory school in Edge
moor.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Relief Fund Slash
Due for Approval
OF Senate Group
Committee Expected to
Follow House Action
On Presidents PIeu
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's recommen-
dations for a reduction Of nearly
$500 900 900 in relief outlays was
expected to win approval today from
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee.
A subcommittee, after brief hear
ings, approved late yesterday an
1885 ,9O5 900 relief bill for the next
fiscal year. starting July l. The
same amount previously was voted
by the House
Senators said this fund should
provide w. P. A. Jobs for an esti-
mated 1,000,000 during the next
fiscal year, reduction Of about
al per cent below this year. Con-
gress provided $3.50 000,000 for re-
lief this fiscal year, but the House
and Senate committees both ap-
proved the reduced amounts asked
by the President
Awaiting Senate action was the
annual supply bill for the
Labor Department. Federal Security
Agency. Labor Board, National
Mediation Board, Railroad Retire.
ment Board and Employees Com
pensation Commission, totaling ST.
l89, ,298,500 This was s2,477 500 less
than the amount voted by the House
and s33.596,522 under the budget
estimates.
The Senate committee clipped
Sl0,984,000 from funds of the Ma
tional Youth Administration and
sl28,000 off salary funds Of the
Labor Board. Offsetting these re-
ductions were increases of s8,050 900
for the ONCE of Education for
training defense workers, s577 1920
for the Wage and Hour Admin
istration of the Department of
Labor and s7,780 for the National
Mediation Board.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Bank Freezes Fortune
Of U. 5. Woman Veteran
BY The Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 18-Mrs. Abby
Morrison Kicker, wealthy descendant
of two American bank presidents
and Revolutionary War hero, yes
terday found herself stranded with
81 by the presidential order freezing
Axis funds, because her last address
was in Italy.
Mrs. Kicker, who returned recent
ly by Clipper from Italy. where she
had been concert singer, said she
expected the bank would set things
right, but that in the meantime it
was inconvenient, to say the least,
to operate on a 81 bill, especially
when there were quite a few more
where it came from.
She said even the fact she was
the only woman wireless operator
in the United States Navy in the
World War couldn't convince the
bank she was one of it's all-Ameri-
can customers until it had time to
make sure with legal thoroughness
that she wasn't still in Italy.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
u. S. Delay to ProIong War, Winont Warns
Declaring Our Sofety in Jeopardy Ambassador Britain Says
Action Today Will Reduce Sacrifices Tomorrow
BY S. J. WOOLF.

The Stars Special News Service.
NEW YORK, June 18-In a New
York hotel room just about l mile
from where he was born 50 years
ago, the United States Ambassador
to the Court of St. James talked
solemnly of war on the eve of his
return to London.
1t was not the actual words of
John G. Winant that tinged his talk
with drama. He impressed me by
what he implied.
You have asked for news" he
said. In an aggressor country such
as Germany where neither a free
press nor free speech is permitted,
the whole force of its controlled
propaganda is used in support of its
military objectives. In a democracy
the task of informing the people and
controlling information so as not to
endanger effective preparedness pre-
sents problem of craftsmanship
that calls for united cooperation
between news agencies and govern
ment.
Il personally believe that in pro-
tecting the freedoms of democracy
in a world already half slave and
half free. a liberal society must not
consent to its own diSintegration in
order to prove that it is liberal.
Result of Consultation.
The entire English people realize
this. for this is a peoples war. No
group is more fully aware of its na-
ture than the working men and
working women of England. What
ever social advances have been sac
rifced in that country have been the
result of consultation and consent
through democratic processes.
On the other hand imprisonment
and death were the methods used
in obliterating trade unionism in
Germany and the conquered coun-
tries of Europe"
He went on to speak of conditions
that he had seen abroad.
They have not been as horrible
as they have been inspiring" he
said. There has been property
damage to public buildings and most
damage to small homes, but not the
damage to military objectives Or
dinarily assumed. But the blitzkrieg
has failed in its purpose to break
the morale of the people.
ANY one who has seen their gall
lantry under fire and their uncom-
planning acceptance of hardship and
sacrifice can not but respect these
citizen soldiers.
Not many Sundays ago bombs
destroyed the House of Commons
room of the Parliament and smashed
the altar of Westminster Abbey.
When I saw the damage, these hits
seemed to me to symbolic the OBJ
jectives Of the dictator and the
pagan.
Across the street Saint Gaudens'
statue of Abraham Lincoln was still
standing. Looking at the bowed
figure of the Great Emancipator I
could not help but remember that
he loved God, that he defined and
represented democratic government
and that he hated slavery.
Danger in Delay.
LAS an American l was proud that
he was there in all the wreckage as
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Page Raps Byrd Machine
In Race for Governorship
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, June l8.-Un-
limberlng a heavy oratory gun in
the campaign for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, State Sem
ator Vivian L. Page last night urged
the Virginia electorate to repudiate
the ruthless leadership" of the
Democratic reorganization" in the
August primary and to reject former
Representative c. w. Darden. whose
candidacy he said had the backing
of the Byrd machine"
Broadcasting over a state radio
hookup. Mr. Page accused the or
ganization' of opposition to the do
mestlc policies of President Roose-
welt and of constant attempts to
hamstring the administration of
Gov. Price.
He charged the organization, too.
with ungratefulness in giving the
nod" to Mr.. Darden while side
tracking" the gubernatorial aspira-
tions Of such experienced men as
Thomas w. Ozlin of the State Cor
poration Commission and Ashton
Dovell, retiring speaker of the House
of Delegates.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Alexandra and Arlington
Called for 139 SeIectees

Selective service boards in Alex
andria and Arlington County today
announced quota calls from State
headquarters in Richmond for 139
men-124 white and Is colored-by
July %.
A. Addison Slaymaker, chief clerk
of the Alexandria Board, said the
17th quota demanded induction of
IS white men on July IA and 10 COL
ored on July %. None of these men
has been named as yet.
Arlington County Board One said
Al men, all white, would be called
to report on July II. Board Two
will be required to supply SO white
selectees on July IA and five colored
on July %.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Agnes Jones,
chief clerk of Board Two, announced
her intention to resign her position,
effective July /. No successor to the
post has yet been named.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Cavalry Unit Of 100
Sets Recruiting Pace:
For Maryland Guard
Own Mounts Supplied by
Third Of BoItimore Men;
Nearby Drive Under Way
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 18.-Recruit-
ing for the Maryland State guard
gathered speed today as Brig. Gen
Dwight H. Mohr. commanding
officer, announced assembly of a
cavalry unit of 100 officers and men
already had begun.
More Baltimore volunteers we're
sworn in last night. Maj. Caesar
Aiello reported he was ready to
begin recruiting in Annapolis and
Mai E. Brooke Lee said he was
set to go in Montgomery County.
Capt. C. Eugene Mounts, named
cavalry commander by Gen. Mohr,
said his officers had been selected,
adding that more than 80 officers
and men already had volunteered
with their own horses Capt Mounts
said the unit would use the now
untenanted stables at the Pikesville
Armory.
Gen. Mohr said he eventually
planned a motorcycle unit of so to
IS men to operate out of headquar-
tiers here and a fully equipped air
observation squadron. Organization
of the separate units. he asserted,
would not be pressed until the main
body of new troops was whipped
into shape.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
FuII-Moon Planting
Returns Best Crop
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Pete Zarzoli
scoffed last year at the prognos-
tications of Prof. Cotton Whitaker,
an unofficial weather prophet of
note who believes crops planted in
the dark of the moon have greater
yields than those planted in the
light of the moon. A gardening
contest was arranged.
Zarzoli's crops, planted under a
full moon. proved clearly superior
to those of Whitaker, planted when
there was little, if any, moonlight.
In recognition of his ability, Ear
zoli was made foreman Of w. P. A.
truck farm of Is acres.
Evening star., 1941-06-18

a friend and sentinel of gallant days
that have gone by.
But he must not wait too long.
The longer the delay, the more pro-
tracted will be the war and the
greater the sacrifices which will be
required for victory-a victory which
may hinge on the wise use of the
navies of the world
"A kindly Providence" he contin-
ued at this time of stress and dan
ger has placed at the heads of the
two great English-speaking peoples
two men whose knowledge of the
sea Is probably greater than that of
any statesmen at any time. The
problems that are before them in
the defense of their countries are
not simple problems. In the contro-
versy that has arisen in regard to
sinkings of goods manufactured
here I hope the people of this corn-
try realize that a mere statement
of the sinking of ships does not tell
the whole story. 1t only proves as
does the successful transport of
troops to the Middle East, the pro-
tective power Of an adequate con-
voy."
The effectiveness of German di-
plomacy," he said, has been based
Evening star., 1941-06-18
By the Associated Press.

by tne hSSOClhtcu ftcSS'
The story of United States lease
lend aid to Great Britain is in a big
black book
You can't look in the book, be-
cause it has very exclusive cir
culation. There are only two copies,
to begin with. President Roosevelt
has one and Harry L. Hopkins, his
assistant in charge of lease-lend,
has the other.
You might find it dull reading,
anyway. 1t is packed so full of
figures that microfilm pictures of
the huge statistical tables were in
serted in the books to keep them
down to reasonable size.
Each book is a loose leaf binder,
about Is inches long, inches wide
and inches thick. More pages will
be added as the war continues.
But, after the war, the book will
have to get thorough airing be-
cause it is the record of what pre-
sumably must be paid back. Britain
is expected to pay back plane for
plane and tank for tank, under the
theory of the Lease-Lend Act, al
though payment in some other kind
of usable merchandise might also
! be considered.
Activities Very Secret.
Activities of the lease-lend ad-
ministration are so secret that
officials will say nothing about their
work. 1t took permission from the
White House TO obtain these few
| facts.
The "big, black book" was de-
scribed by Maj. Gen. James H.
Burns, executive officer of the office
of Defense Aid Reports" 0egal name
Of the lease-lend administration
and Philip Young, his chief assist
ant. Even Gen. Burns doesn't have
a copy, and all Mr.. Young has are
the rough worksheets and the micro
film negatives-all locked up in a
vault.
AS Mr.. Young explained it, what
we have here is really $1,000, 900 900
J general store dealing in everying
from eggs to tanks"
I oClls bul llo hltCI pOldlCo yCo' dllu
not long ago we filled British order
for rubber bands, pencils. writing
paper. ink and pens''-all needed
for a certain British Army head
quarters.
Records are V0luminous.
Besides the big, black book, "
other and much more voluminous
records of all sorts are being kept.
in compliance with a promise of
Budget Director Harold D. Smith
to Congress.
The procedure is still being ironed
out to simplify and expedite it.
Now. it takes on the average. about
10 days for British requistion to
60 through the mill. But in en-
ergencies. it has been speeded up
to a record, in one instance, of three
| hours.
The two men who attend to the
/ details-they have staff Of only
/ 35, one of the smallest in Washing
/ ton-are a contrast. Gen. Burns is
55, an iron-haired veteran of a life
time in the Army. He graduated
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Engineer Bill Veto
To Force Tax Rise,
Carson Declares
Heavy Extra Costs
For Prince Georges
Projects Forecast

Keen disappointment over Gov.
O'Conor's veto of the county en-
gineer bill passed by the last session
of the Maryland Legislature for
Prince Georges County was voiced
today by William A. Carson, presi-
dent of the Board of County Com
misSioners.
Gov. O'Connor vetoed the bill
which would have provided an en-
gineer to supervise housing stand
ards and road construction in the
county on May %.
Mr.. Carson declared the Gov
ernors action would require resi-
dents in special taxing areas created
by the Legislature to pay from
$4,000 to $4,000 in front foot bene-
fit charges to meet engineering
costs for the Improvements. In ad-
dition. he said, residents of the en-
tire Metropolitan Area probably will
have to pay additional taxes to meet
the sl6.000-to-s24,000 costs of OBJ
tanning engineering facilities for the
$500, 900 Improvements program, of
which $500, 900 is to be spent this
year.
Mr. Carson said that had an en-
gineer been appointed for the county
his stan would have been able to
handle the engineering problems
which are bound to arise out of both
programs. He said the sum re-
quired to maintain the county en-
gineer would have been far less than
the total cost of private engineering
services needed for both programs.
In vetoing the bill, Gov. O'Conor
said he was following the recommen-
dations of State Attorney General
William C. Walsh, who reported that
provision in the Prince Georges
County measure regarding punish
ment of building code violators was
inconsistent with State law.
Evening star., 1941-06-18
Church Head Asks War
Tax on His Followers
q, the Associated Press,

B, the Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md. June 18-The
Rev. DR.. Louis w. Goebel of Chi
cago proposes a one dollar war
emergency relief" assessment on
each member of the Evangelical
and Reformed Church, of which he
is president.
The combined church has approx
imately 725,000 members.
Listing unusual financial needs
brought about by war, DR.. Goebel
said:
I'VE should support Herbert Hoo
yer and his effort to feed the starv-
ing civilians in the subdued democ-
racies OF Europe.
THE church also has a respon-
sibility for conscientious objectors."
He made his proposal yesterday
at meeting of the Potomac Synod
attended by delegates from Mary
land, Virginia, the District of Co.
lumbia and Martinsburg, w. Va.