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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14
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 LAST TIME TONIGHT GRAPES or WRATH
Women Invited 10
 Hear H. M. Baker
 Speak "Wednesday

The women of Juneau are invited to attend a meeting Wednesday afternoon, July 16, at 3 o'clock in the Methodist Church to hear Henry M. Baker, Assistant Manager of the National American Red Cross.
 The meeting is planned by the American Women's Voluntary Serv- ices, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Ernest Gruening.
 MT Baker is anxious to speak to all the women of Juneau, whether they belong to the A. w. V. s. and the Red Cross or not.
 The meeting will take the place of the regular monthly meeting of the A. w. V. s. and all members are urged to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14
SCOUTS POSTPONE
 CAMP IN DEFINITELY

Because of indictment weather, the Girl Scouts, who planned to leave today for four days of camp ing at the Scout Camp at Eagle River, have postponed their out ing indefinitely. The camp will start at some future date, to be decided upon later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14
Birthdays Honored dt
 Breakfast Yesterday

Twenty three women honored Mrs. Charles G. Warner and Mrs. M. D. Williams at a no-host break fast yesterday noon in the Iris Room at the Baranof Hotel. The party was to celebrate the birth days of the two Juneauites.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14
SALES RESISTANCE

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Sign on the front door of a Memphis home.
 T don't want any strawberries today and I think my yard looks fine.''
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14

TOM SELBY GOES SOUTH
 Tom Selby Is a passenger aboard the Prince George enroute to vir- ginia, Minnesota. and expects to be vacationing for several weeks. Mrs. Selby, now in the East, will return north with MT. Selby.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14

A New York catering establish ment once made wedding cake for sale at $l50
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-14
NOTICE TO DOG OWNERS

Dog licenses are now due and payable at Clerks office, Douglas City Hall. CHARLES TUCKETT, adv. City Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

little Japanese showed them-and infuriated them--for the average American soldier to whom I talked would rather be shown by anyone else on earth. For Nazism as O lsys. tenn he had nothing but loathing, but for the average German, Q cers tain sympathy. For the Jap, he had nothing but dislike, This was be- fore Pearl Harkor.
 Southerners and westerners are respectively especially violently atati- Hitler and anti-Japafese. Southern CTS feel endangered by eventual Naxi-Eascist aggression in Latin America; westerners, of Japanese air-seat attack. Fasteners feel threatened from Europe much more than they did in ioi7-Ie. ONLY FIGHTING MAN
 SQUAWKS ARE HEARD
 Now, the army has real squawks. One is too little equipment and ain- nunltion. But that's the gripe of q man who wants to fire his weapon, to be e fighting man, not the garage mechanic" one critic said most of
 
 our soldiers resembled. He forgot the modern uniform does not equal Q hotel doorman's, if only because we are building the most highly mechanized and motorized army in history. That accounts for what to the old A. D. '. eye appears to be sloppiness--that and the easier rules about salutirg-which are on their way out.
 They were part of on effort Co sugar-coat the conscription pill for supposedly queasy American youth. Recently Lieut.. Gen. Ben Lear--yes, of yoohoo fame-tightened up his mems saluting and nobody squawked. His men knew that to real soldiers the saluate Is just mutual courtesy between officers and men. All along the line the general stan will now "button 'em up," It S already beginning to smarten and toughen the army, to tighten
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

Japans infamous etabs At Ha- wall and the Philippines have cleansed the army of the last trace of morale sickness" Recent inves- tigation showed that this was Q minor aillnent, exaggerated by anna teur diognosticians who knew about soldiers because they had seen c movie or read c book.
 Last summer they bulletined: : Patient seriously ill. widespread discontent among soldiers. Favorite song is o-H-f-O-"Over the Hill in October"
 lover the hill" means desertion but october found an army so engrossed in training that the only hill it went over was some hill held by the enemy" The predicted epidemic didn't come off.
 Even before Pearl Harbor, the army's most violent complaint was at all the talk about morale" When I mentioned 1t to one platoon dur- ing the Carolina maneuvers, every man cursed or spat disgustedly.
 There was some silly morale" talk about the A. II. r. too, back in World War l, But did they fightp You know they did-and no A. E. r. vet doubts our new army will fight if he has seen them in the field, hiking, Juggling equipment, sleeping If at all--on the ground; playing the war game SO hard they fought one another with bayonets and rocks; swearing, sweating, yes, even smelling like soldiers And by much cheerful effort--in three weeks encountered one grouch--theY arc getting to be soldiers.
 "WhRt more c'n we do less'n they give us a war2" one southern ser- geant exploded. "fell, forget that morale stuffl"
 Consider 1t expunged, sergeant, Henceforth the word Is "spirit"--R more American word.
 The armyS spirit has leaped to Q clear and constant flame.
 They have 1t now. The tricky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

uuent transitional period which pre- ceded World War II, he said, iS that this country can no longer re- main isolated from the rest of the world. If we fall to learn this les- son, and to act upon 1t, the octogen- arian scholar added, we may some day face the prospect of World War TIT.
 Our own Civil war was raging ct the time MT. Taft was born in Cin- cinnati, the son of Atty. Gen. and Mrs. Alphonson Taft, and many oth- CT conflicts have occurred during the eight decades since = but from each of them, he pointed out last night, We have eventually emerged and recovered.
 Despite his advanced age, MT. Taft still retains his interest and activity in civic and world affairs. He said yesterday that he was only 6 "little bit older" now, "but we don't get old very fast. During his lifetime, MT. Taft has earned three scholas- tic degrees from Yale university, and more degrees from other col- leges as well: he founded the Taft school in Watertown and was for many years it's headmaster; and he has long been a student of history and of current events.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
INCREASED PRICES
 FOR TIRES, SMOKES
Waterburians Also Report. ed Paying More for
 Sugar

Most Waterhirlans were paving more for their cigarettes today as Q result of an increase in price order cd by manufacturers and passed on to jobbers, retailers and purchasers. The average price per pack, in many stores, was i8 cents, compared with 10 cents last week.
 Car owners are also already feel- Ing the impact of the war. With sale of new tires virtually forbidden, scores were seeking used, retreated or recapped tires, or were seeking to have old tires of their own re- treaded or recapped.
 Another effect of the early weeks of war has been an increase in the price Of sugar in some stores, des- pite government warnings that such increases are not necessary. In some stores also, the quantity of sugar being sold to Q customer was being limited.
 Cigarette wholesalers said they received word of an increase of ii cents a carton in the price of popu- lar brand cigarettes. This increase is passed along to the retailer.
 Tire shops equipped with retread- ing and recapping equipment have had hundreds of inquiries and scores of orders. Some tire dealers are worried about the availability of rubber for recapping purposes. Others wondered what they could do with quantities of odd-size tires, which they have on hand and which as federal regulations now stand, cannot be sold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
FOLKS BACK HOME
 MUST WAKE UP
Colonel NOvey Says 43rd Division Ready But De.
 plOres PubliC's Apathy

A capacity crowd of more than 200 heard Col, Ernest D. Novey commander of the i02nd infantry and high sheriff of Litchfleld coun. ty, pronounce the 2,600 officers and men of the regiment fit and ready for battle, ct Q testimonial dinner In his honor Saturday night In Torrington.
 Tho men under his command among whom are the personnel oi Waterbury'S second battalion, have become accustomed to the new way Of life, made necessary by the war in Camp Blandlng, Col. Novey said Tho morale Of the soldiers Is su. perb, the speaker said, and 1t only remains for civilians ct home to pitch in with their share Of the job.
 Other speakers were Mayor Will Ham A. patten of Torrlngton, Jos seph E, Talbot of Naugatuck, Res publican candidate for congress man from the fifth district, P, J, Fitzgerald, and Major William 0, Kennedy of the i02nd medical de- tachment, Acting aS toaStmaSter was Atty. David Cramer of Litch- field.
 Col. Novey end Maj. Kennedy, both of whom will shortly wind up furloughs, will leave for Camp Blandlng today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
CONTEST WINNERS
 TO BE AWARDED

The Fulton Improvement asSo- ciatlon of Bunker Eziii will distri- bute prizes to winners of It's door way decoration contest, held dar- ing the Christmas season, tomor- row.
 The association has announced the following winners of fts night time illuminated decorations cOEn- petition: Mrs. Elvtn Pierpcnt, 1l6 Mount Vernon avenue, first prize; Mrs. Clarence Bartlett, S7 Lee street, second prize: and MT. R. Henneqrin, 104 Delaware avenue, third prize.
 Awards will be made t0 the 1ol- lowing day-time decoration win- ners: Mrs. Joseph Lucas, 22 Ice street, first prize; Miss Mary HOEs- ly, 60 yvayland avenue, second prize, and Oscar Warner, ca Con- iston avenue, third prize.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
T0d0yS ANswOVs NN 0AEllVAA CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

questions on Comic Page
 1. First U. 8. destroyer sunk in World War II was the Reuben James, named for hero who saved life of Comm. stephen Desatur of Tripoli in early lO00's.
 2. U. 6. s. Greer was attacked, but not hit, and U. s. 8. Kearney WIS torpedoed oR Iceland in ir- cidents preceding sinking of the Reuben James.
 3. one U. s. destroyer, the Jacob Jones, was lost in World War I. It was sunk by U-boat in English Channel In December, 1917, after U. g. had entered war.
 {. Yes, German U.boats crossed the Atlantlc in 1918, sowed mines OH the U. g. coast, sinking several vessels, including Q U, 8. cruiser, the San Diego.
 6. The U. s. flagship Steel Sea- farer (Red Sea, Sept. 8 and City of Rayville( Pacific, of Australia Nov, Q, le4o), were not sunk in At. lantic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
Rev. N. E.. Honnald
 Watch Night Guest
Former Pastor Speaker at Grace Methodist Services
 Tomorrow Evening; Louis Williams hospitaIized
WAT ERVILLE
COrrespOndent-NlEa R W. slenlon. Telephone s.SaeD

Mir. and Mrs. Frederick Poud4m, Mir. and Mrs. George Caldwell, MT. and Mrs. Frank Carney, Mir. and Mrs. Edward Martin, Mir. and Mrs. Louis Dadario, MT. and Mrs. Harry Sizer, Mir. and Mrs. Harry Simpson, Mrs, deorRiana 0renler, Mrs. Joseph Davis, Mrs. William Broughton, Mrs. Anthony Turcotte, Mrs. Leo Du- nond, Andrew Bell, Frank Frazier and Emil Wilkie.
 Party Tonight
 The annual party of c Sunday school class of St. Paul's Episcopal church, organized In the year 1910, and has met each year at Christ. mas time, over since, with the ex. ception of 1921, will take place to- nAght, att he home of Mrs. Fred Ross, in Hamden. The first teacher was Miss Evelyn Pierpont, and the pastor of the church was Rev. W. P. Waterbury. Tho girls called them selves. "The Loyal Daughters" and although many have married and are away from Waterville, it has been the custom to gather at one of their homes once each year, be- tween Christmas and New Years. Last year, Mrs. Everett Cook of Stafford street was hostess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

Editor, Tall Tower Topics I send you the follow ing information concerning ynchngs for the year l941
 find according to the reports compiled In the Depart ynched in l94l This is less than the number for the wear 104O one more than the number for the year 1939
 less than the number for the year 1o38 and less than the number for the year 1887 One of the persons lynched was taken from the a There were 19 reports of instances in which officers of the law prevented lynch inps One of the reported instances in northern state and 18 of the reported instances were in southern states In 1s instances persons were removed or guards augmented or other precautions taken In case armed force was used total number of 2l persons-1 white man and 20 Negro men-were thus saved from the hands of mob All persons ynched were Negroes The of stealing 1; atercaton with white man, 1; working on job from which whites had been discharged l. The states In which lynchings occurred and the number in each state are as follows Florida l. Georgia + North Caro- lna l. South Carolina Very truly yours F. D. Patter- son, President Tuskegee Institute, Alabama
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

Lewis ,. Hart ls chairman Og . committee Of i've appointed to nominate officers Of Mattatuck Council, Boy Scouts Of America, prepafateFy t0 the councils an. nual meeting st Temple han, Feb. 12.
 Officers to be named are pFesl- dent, four vlcespresidentS, tFeas- urer, assistant treasures, scout commissioner, and HsenibeFssRts large on the executive board and on the council
 Other members of the nomlnat- ing committee gre John w. Hayes, William c. Cleveland, Harold Manning and James !. HennesSy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

Mir and Mrs Peter Dugay of East Dover Street have been purchasing ten cents defense stamp every day since December p when the Longegs Stork left them is the former Mary Panasc who worked for many years as waitress at the Lincoln Lunch and Terminal Bar
 Dr. and Mrs. August Reed of 360 West Main Street are enjoying deserved vacation at Bayard, Florida Mr. and Mrs. George Shove of 26 Eastwood Avenue eel ebrated their 37h wedding anniversary yesterday with their four sons Elmer Willard Ralph and Robert, and daughter, Mrs Ralph Cross. He's the former roller hockey star of note.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
TAFT OBSERVES
 BOTH BIRTHDAY
Predict Victory for United States After Long,
 Hard War

Looking back over the past four score years, Horace D. Taft of Wat ertown, celebrating his e0th birth- day yesterday, pointed to the num- Der of crisis which this country has successfully weathered, and pre- dicted that the United States will be victorious again in the present conflict, after . long, hard war.
 The principal lesson to be learned from World War l and the subse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
FIREMEN CHECK
 CHIMNEY BLAZE

Slight damage ensued when an overheated chimney caused Q fire Sunday in a two-story wooden home at 22 Fifth street.
 Highland and Sunnyside avenues were the scene Of brush fires which were extinguished yesterday by fixe- men on property owned by the City of Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

in history; the toughest, the dirt- fest. The coaches" know that though John W. Doughboy gets more money than many q Japanese officer, that doesn't make him Q better fight- ing man than the Japanese, who has learned soldering the hard way AMERICANS CAN PLAY
 ROUGH GAMES, TOO
 But also they know that American boys can learn, more quickly than others, how to play rough games to win. Already they are physically hard; Japar's treacherous blows have hammered them harder mem tally than could months of training. Now they know where they are go- ing, and why; and being Americans they want to go there--fast.
 Often I heard them around carnp-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

discipline. But it defines dicipline not as slavery, but as cooperation.
 Never has the army had such sympathetic relationship between officers and men. It wants to sus- tain that relationship, roofing out c few abuses like on occasional ofncer drinking with his men. Lax or over-age officers are now being transferred; the guard is emerging as e really national guard. The army, in short, is going to war. Which, in last analysis, is what armies are for.
 Before Pearl Harbor, army spirit was that of training army, e team of freshmen in early practice, willing but rather mystitied by the fact 1t had no game scheduled. But now there looms the biggest game
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
SEVEN SONS"

Seven presidents of the United States had last names ending in "son": Thomas Jeffersoin, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison and Woodrow Wilson.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
Swfs~~~ST ~ATTRnhTAm

The shortest railroad in th, United States, only one mile Long is at Westline, Pa, but it derives lts revenue from its switching service and freiGlat. The sortest railroad tO cary passengers and man runs be- tween Beaufort and Mcrehead City, N. C., and is 3.3 miles long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

aneSe WarSkllpSs or all type in, their troop transports close be- hind, and Japanese planes swarmed over the island.
 The two marine planes remaining went Up, the marine gunners and infantryimen took their posts, and garrison radioed:
 "Issue in doubt"
 Both marine planes were shot down after shooting down several Japanese planes. The ground guns grew hot as the marines fired but the issue was no longer ifi doubt. The last radio came, that the Jap- anese had landed troops from sev- eral ships and that the transports were starting to move in. Nothing has been heard since but the jubi- lant Japanese announcement Of their victory.
 Their victory over c handful of men cost them c cruiser, three de- stroyers and c submarine disabled or sunk, c transport badly damaged, i, many planes destroyed and un- counted men killed or wounded.
 The first attack was made on Wake Island at almost the moment Pearl Harbor here was attacked. Wake, however, is across the inter- national datelinc in the far Pacific, and 1t was Monday instead of Sum- day morning there.
 Five Days Before End
 Five days before the end, pracs tically every defense work on the island had been damaged or de- stroyed.
 Tn its statement of the fight the navy said:
 "Oficial reports indicate that probably no military force in Amer lean history, not even the defenders of the Alamo, ever fought against greater odds or with greater effect in view of those odds"
 As many as 40 planes at 6 time, some of them great -Ynotored flying boats, attacked the island.
 Eight marine planes were de- stroyed in the sneak attack of Dec. g. Another was lost soon afterward. Two more were lost Dec. 14 but one was patched up during the night. At no time did the marines have more than four planes in action, and these had to be patched in dark ness. During the closing days there were two planes.
 Twenty-Five men were killed and many wound d in the first raid.
 They Made Them Pay
 For three days the Japanese con- tented themselves with aerial at- tack. On the fourth day, they ate tackled with a fleet, and the marine guns sank light cruiser and a destroyer and shot down six planes.
 The Japanese were using 1and- based as well as aircraft carrier planes, the folir-motored bombers, two-motored bombers and swarms of fighters. It was believed the land planes might have been based on the Japanese mandated islands southward.
 There were so many Japanese planes in the final attack that they could not be counted. When the two remaining marine planes went down, the Japanese closed in. laying down a barrage behind which came their landing troops.
 "Even in the final phase, the bat- teries blasted away to great effect" 1" the navy said. 'aThe last phrase of the last message was the statement that two more enemy destroyers had been disabled"
 Dispatches sent from the island during the lz days stand said that after their first treacherous attack the Japanese gave Up l0w~aititude bombing and machine gunning for high level attaola.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

Editor Tall Tower TOpIcs-I ann writing this to let
 my Waterbury friends know that have not forgotten them just have been too busy to write. I'm here In Delaware doing duty "A hours day, seven days week you find space In your column would appreci- New Year Thanking you in advance, am, nlIltantly yours, Private N T. Doc GalIucci Co., E. 113th Infan try, 44th Div, Delaware.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

fires, questioning their officers; "Dld we lick those other guys today2 And how did we do to" And they meant how--all about it.. They are just as proud of their outfits as the 4. E. p. was: and--if their Dads will pardon me-fnore intelligent. They know that although lfostesses, mos vies and welfare" work generally are oil right, the spirit of a fighting soldier comes from showing hirn- self and has comrades that he can take 1t; endure hardship, make gacs rifices, be tough, and win out.
 That spirit the Army is now builds ing Tn short, people can stop wOr- rying about their soldiers; but they should never stop thinking about thena--as soldiers. For . soldier is c fighting Ylar-ard proud of t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
ICELAND LACKS HAAzBURGER

Portland, Ore.,-(UP)-What Ice- land needs is not good cigar-but a good hamburger stand. That's the opinicn Of Marine Pvt. James ! Smith, stationed on the frigld isle who says the food is fine but "a good American hamburger" would look aWfAtly good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
ANOTHER YEAR

Another moons gone down; Another star Is set Another light shines all around Since last we here have met. Another day has come: Another year has passed: Another task is done With pleasing thoughts at las, Another year is almost here; Another hope is given; Another wish for still more cheer And all that's best for which we're striven Another Roll Call day Again is here once more. It comes along this way When other days OCT. Another meeting day for all The many good people here. And now wisp a happy New Year, And the best oe all that's dear. So goodbye to all friends, As go part along the way, We wish goodbye to all T11 we meet some other day. And may tho God of Peace and Love watch OCT us and protect us wpsw taAazs mansions up above
 DANIEL cn1E1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
DULL WINTER DAYS

Dull winter days, Not too picturesque, When you settle down To clean up the desk. Dull winter daysl The cleanup repertory Means balancing budgets And taking inventory Dull winter daysi When we dash about, Doing odds and ends And strengthening out. Dull winter daySl Trying to remember Every little thing such as Tearing of December. Dull winter days, Children rarin' to 90, starting each day with I wish 1t would snow.
 --EM. EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29
Tho f.lrI oe tha f.oIAer Wes4

The Girl of the Golden West The older generation will recall this greatest hit of Blanche Bates who died last week in San Francisco at the age of 69 Miss Bates started acting in the lS0Os and ended her stage in the 103GS She had many successes such as Cigarette n "Under Two Flags" In "The Fa. nous Mrs. Fair" "The Witness for the Defense" and other popular shows of another day But her greatest hit and longest run was The Girl In 'The Girl of the Golden West" which was actually play proof and screen proof when 1t made the pictures It was quick trigger drama of the west and the great play of It's day It was even made into an opera.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-29

William J. Ryb of 23 Fern Street honors the Tower with very generous contribution of tinfoi William Baker Barry and Rose Harrgan, both of this city, married at the Methodist parsonage in WnSted Christ mas eve by Rev. Edwin A. Hartney Kenneth Owens, first lieutenant IS in command of Battery of the 208th Coast Artillery with the National Guards at Camp Banding . Sign on Scottish Golf Course: Members will please refrain from picking up lost balls until they have stopped rolling