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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Desert magic .. The desert nomads of Egypt and Libya speak in awed tones of "Bagnold" It's magic name in the world where shifting sands make travellng
 dangerous save those wo know these wastes and who cal fellow them from oasis to oasis Such hardy voyager prved to be Ralph Bagnd whose daring whose resource
 Cous value to the British troops in North Africa. Ralph Bagnod was commissioned in the Royal Engineers dur ing the first World War and service then as well as sporadcaly thereafter in various parts of the British Elm pre While statione dat Cairo he conceived the dea o eX
 plorng the desert via automobile It became fetish With him and soon inaccessible regionspaceS heard of in ma tive tales but never visited by white menwere being traced along crude maps that Bagnod and his friends made The famous KurfaFarafra camel route was found
 by Bagnod All this time desert travel by motor was be- ing improved by this argonaLt of the shifting sands so during this latest World War his expeditions and ms speclay-euupped motor cavalcadeS have proved their worth No one knows the Lbyan deserts any better than Bagnold no navigate them as easily and success.
 motor cars If the British ridding northern Africa of their foes give lot of credit to Ralph Bagnold the Eng
 shman who reduced desert travel to everyday routine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
LEGION OF DECENCY
 TO RENEW PLEDGE
Criticism of Current GarbO Picture Puts Emphasis
 on Premise

Current criticism by Catholic prelateS and organizations against tho Qreta darbo picture, "Two- Faced Woman, places much more than the usual emphasis on the fact that on Sunday, Dec. z, Q week from tomorrow, Catholics in Wat erbury and throughout the country will renew their pledges as mem. hers of tho Legion of Deceney.
 The pledge Is taken each year ct Masses on the Sunday nearest the Feast. of the Immaculate Concep. ton, Dec. 8. The pledge critieiSeS indecent pictures and those which glorify crime and criminals. It concludes:
 "I acknowledge my obligation to form right conscience about plc- lures that are dangerous to my moral lie, As c member Of the Legion of Decency I pledge myself to remain away from them. ] promise further to stay away alto. gether from places of amusement which show them as c matter Of policy"
 At Masses in Catholic churches here tomorrow, priests will read a letter from Most Reverend Maurice ?. McAuliffe, condemning the Garno film. The picture has been crlti. clzed by Archbishop Spellman of New York and other church lead- CTS and has been classified by the, Legion of Deoency as wholly obs jectionable.
 The campaign against "Two- Faced Woman" marks renewed drive by the Legion of Decency to force Hollywood to raise It's stand- ards, Catholic publications have protested In recent months that the movie makers have been veering more and more away from the de- cency code. When the Legion was formed, several years ago, 1t was able to force Hollywood to adopt standards governing pictures. The threat will be renewed again.
 Church leaders expect that the drive against the Garbo picture will serve as an impetus in the annual pledge-t taking a week from tomor- row.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

in shipping, and air transportation, Singer Sewing machine ard smaller industries.
 British investments fall below the American in Chile, totaling about $80,000,000 in the railroads, nitrate and scattered industries.
 Chile's army totals approximately 10000 men, of which l2,000 are brought in annually for one years service as conscripts. The Cara bineroS, or State Police, however, number l8,000 and are better trained and equipped than the army.
 Also they are responsible directly to the minister of interior, and In event of army trouble, the govern- ment has a nicely balanced counter force. To be 6 Carabinero Q man must first have served seven years in the army, and all of the men cf this organization are crack shots and expert horsemen.
 The army iA sadly lacking In equipment. The field artillery Is German, dates back to 1896. and there Is no ammunition for 1t, There Is some French mountain artillery,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

iy increasing pressure. Meantime, new faces appear around the Ameri- can Embassy as It's staff Is constant- iy expanded and Ambassador Claude c. Bowers Is kept busy explaining this angle and that angle of the blacklist as the inevitable protests pour in,
 The American business leaders keep . weather eye on the political sltuatlon-there have been lS cab- met changes in the last three years but find nothing disturbing in the sudden switch which brought Dr. Geronimo Mendez Into the job to which the late Aguirrc Cerda was elected,
 American investments in Chile total between $eo0, 100000 and $7oo,- 100000. This represents Interna- tionai Telephone and Telegraph, which operates the telephones, Elec- trio Bond and Share, which oper- ates the sctreet cars, and the light and power, and Anaconda Copper, Braden Kenneeott Copper, the Gug- genheIm nitrate interests. the Pan- American Airlines, the Grace Line
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

dating to 1908. m isSs some ligt~ anti aircraft equipment vase pun chased from the Cxecf1s and helgaeV for the army got through by spe cial dispensation.
 New equipment is nov expectei from the United States. and with 1 there Is hope that Q military missicl will be sent along to instruct tht Chilean officers and men. A German military mission was maintained in Chile for 40 years, and was with drawn only In 1885. That is why there is admiration for German military methods ir thr army.
 Juan Antonicn Rious, former Radical leader, Is said to be pcpu. lar with the army and may be its choice as successor to Aguire Cerdi, if there should be any further rec shuffling,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
Books for Christmas

Books for Christmas . The Christmas book list this year has some pums for the picking perhaps, too a few lemons included On the whole there are, we venture to say of the plums There will be great demand in the book shops for the socaed best sellers among the novels such as The Keys of the Kingdom A cronnl Saratoga Trunk (Edna EereerD The l sun Ellen chase, Botany Bay Nordhoff-HaD, The Strange Woman, (Ben Arnes Williams), Moro, voyager (Olive Higgins Prouty), All That Critters (Frances Parkinson Keyes), Between Two Autumns (Marks), Wild is the River Gouis gromheid), One Red Rose Forever (Mldred Jordan), and many), others written earlier n 1s41 and some from 194o that are still going strong In lighter vein, fantastic and humorous you will find My Friend Flicka Tapolas Brave Regiment Robert Nathan, Soap Behind the Ears (Cor- nea Otis Snner), Journey for Margaret W l. Whitel, H. l. Phillips Private Papers of Private Purkey, Walt Dsneys Bainb and on and so on The nonficton list is pretty tremendous but here few Inside Latin America John Gunther), the two very popular ones Berlin Diary and Revele in Washington; also France on Berlin Time Treasury of Gilbert and Sullivan, The new edition of Audubons Bird Book, Big Family books on the opera books the symphonies and the perennial Bartetts Familiar Quotations Most any of these books will be recommended to you when you barge in to the book shop book department and announce that you want to buy book
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
SECOND oF TWO ARTICLES --
Rehtists Few and Onceeo Communist Wave Hos Ebbed

Tn the big final parade, all of the South American and other lead- ing nations were represented by delegations. The Americans could muster only Q litle group of Catho- lies, headed by Cecil Lyon, of tho embassy but as they appeared behind their flag they were given on ova- ton throughout the long march up Avenido Eiercito.
 Tho German delegation numbered only about 100, although there are probably 10000 Catholic Germans in Chile. The Spanish delegation, in contrast, numbered about i,200 and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

the Elcharistic Congress which was held in Chile in early November. Even the most optimistic expected crowds of perhaps up to 10000 to turn out for the religious festival here in this center of Q Popular Front government. But the Popular Front itself .never--even at the height of the fervor which swept it Into power-a attracted such crowds to the streets as did the call of the Congress to prayer and communion
 Crowds which numbered first 100000, then 100000 and finally reached Q climax of s00,000,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Billy Pistone of the Armour office Staff who cee- brated his 2st birthday last Sunday is enjoying TO- day cruise to Florida and South Carolina He hopes to stop off at the latter state and visit of the Water bury boys in service FirSt-nightng in New Haven Thursday Harold Green, Harry Liebesknd, Henry Wesman, Jim Luddy and his mother, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Sugenheimer Mr. and Mrs Daniel T. Harrington, IT. Sigmund Romberg's Sunny River" the attrac- tion . Harry T. Woods of Brooklyn, N. Y, prominent Catholic ayan and K of C. official recently directed brilliant Fourth Degree initiation and banquet at Brook Iyn to the Seth anniversary of Columbian ism in New York. He is weknown in Waterbury where Ne has visited and spoken at Kacey gatherings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Friday was "Jim" McGrath'S birthday and the popular West End businessman was Showered with con-
 gratulatOry messages from friends galore. Henry Bowling was interested spectator at the Army Navy football game in Baltimore Saturday afternoon. Ernest CarOsella moved into his new home on Noble Avenue Friday and is quite proud of his house for which we can't blame him one bit Harriet Marl- nan of Walnut Avenue sets off that handsome new brown muSkrat coat in fine style and the coat also becomes Harriett end Ruth Kenney is bubbling with enthusiasm her new job at the office of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
Good Evening.
THEN AND NOW
T BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

DO you recall that sequestered cove Where last summer you swam and dover On a hot summers day it was delight, But in late November a lonely sight. DO you recall that wooded spot Where you pcnicked on days that were hotp The sun scarcely penetrated through the trees, If you camped there now you'd likely freeze Do you recall those mountain trails The view down below of streams and valesp Already the tops are covered with snow They look mighty different in a November blow, DO you recall your lovely garden space. Careful landscaping, everything in placer Where one season stops another begins, Summer blooming covers multitude of sins
 M ENG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

long glide from the richness that is the Argentine to the economic level of her sis- ter republic on the west coast.
 Against what Is almost Q glis- tening, but sub- stantial, sl Q e k- ness of all that Is Buenos Aires, Santiago presents street scenes of Ciilapidated street
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

the Italian 1000. The ambassadors representing oil countries, except Germany, appeared ct the principal functions during the week. Except for one appearance at the Cathedral the German ambassador was con- spieuous by his absence, and this was taken to mean that he dld not care to take a chance on the reception he might receive. The swasltka, however, Tapped in the breeze with the flags of other nations In the court Of the Plaza Bulnes.
 AMERICAN BUSINESS
 UNDER PRESSURE
 American business interests arc doing . job In Chile under conStant-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Mfr. and Mrs. Fred QuatranO of MorningSide Ave nue celebrated years of matrimonial bliss yeSer day. Richard, their fiveyear-Old son. didn't help to cut the cake but sure did help the consumption Mrs. ouafran0 is the former Alvina Srica of Franklin Street. Bill Dillon of South Elm Street. mixOI0gist af Francis Burns eateFy in WaterviIIe isn't telling how many candles his birthday cake today will sport . City Clerk Happy" Shea and Electrical Inspector Marty O10mle rode the goat Thursday night and now mre frM NedeeA members of the EIks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
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By FRED s. FERGUSON fPrnsiannt Of NEA SerYlcel

Santiago, Chile, Nov. 2o-It is Q long descent from the iR,000-foot height at which Panagra planes carry you across the Andes from Arr gentina to Chile, and 1t is also Q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

NecrolOgy. Waterbury members of the Holy Cross alumni were saddened this week to learn of the sudden death of "Clet" Wagner of Norwalk He was stricken with a heart attack in Grand Central Station, New York, Tuesday night and died almost immediately. He was graduate of Holy Cross In the class of 1920 Healey pr. Christopher F. Dwyer and James DOran of the Crosby High Faculty With brother, Paul, also IT, c. grad, he conducted an undertaking business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

CUT 45O,OOO CHRISTMAS TREES
 St. Paul, Minn, (UP)-Approxi- mately 450,o00 Christmas trees will be cut from state lands this year, according to state conservation de- partment estimates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29
TodWYS Anewers e@
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QuestIone on Comlc PaEe

Questions On Comic Page 1. Hop. skip and jump.
 2. Tyler, Polk, Taylor; euphoni- ous combination of presidents. 3. Executive, legislative. judi- cial; three branches of government 4. Groucho, Chico, Harpo: the three Marx brothers,
 5. Nina, Plnta. Santa Maria: Co., lumbus' thre ships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

telephones heavier burden in csrieo work For ompIe nearly 375000 ssporcs isngs will appsur in ele- phone books published in Ic4 Eosh carefully checked sicff of 56 trained and compile connsesievS directories as free from enOr os s hvmuny possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Good Nlght
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-29

Providing telephone service 10 e noticn on the olert brings increasing problems every doy. They are q challenoe to the skill and resovVeefvlness of telephone workers everywhere. How this ehnl- lenge Is being met is told with ex. 0mples in the picture story below.
Evening star., 1941-03-20
Gavagan Measure Asks
Food and Arms for Fire

Aid to Fire with food and military
equipment is provided in a resold-
ton introduced today by Represent
ative Gavagan, Democrat, of New
York.
He emphasized that the Prime
Minister of Fire, Eamon de Valera,
in recent broadcast to the Amer
lean people, stated that to make
possible a proper military defense
of the country from any invader,
arms and military equipment was
essential.
He also advised the American
people that there was grave danger
in Ireland from the shortage of the
bread supply, which threatened
grevious harm to the children and
the poor unless Ireland could i'm
port sufficient wheat to fill the gap"
Mr.. de Valera stated unequivocally
that Fire did not ask either a loan
or lease of these vital foods and
equipment, but was ready to pur-
chase them outright from the United
States.
The Gavagan resolution respect
fully requests the President to ex-
tend to the Government and people
of Fire every facility, means and
assistance necessary to enable Ire
land to procure through purchase,
loan or lease in the United States
these essential supplies.
Mr.. Gavagan explained that he
took this action because of the vast
powers granted the President to
deal with such world conditions and
because of Americas debt to Ireland
and her millions of descendants
here In the United States"
Evening star., 1941-03-20
Japan Strengthens
Control Of Nations
War Organization
Three Laws Establishing
Penalties for Economic
Crimes Become Effective
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, March 20.-The Japanese
government greatly strengthened
its control over the nations war
time organization today as three re-
Gently revised laws. establishing
heavy penalties for economic crimes,
became effective.
The recent session of the Diet,
seeking to throttle the growing num-
ber of violations of economic laws
and restrictions, added teeth to the
national general mobilization law,
the common and temporary exports
and imports disposal law and to
criminal law.
Hundreds of thousands of eco
nomic violations are reported an
nually and the revised legislation,
besides being aimed specifically at
these, extends the government s
supervision of business, industry,
transportation, agriculture and for
eign and domestic trade.
Parallel steps toward consolida-
ton of a "high-powered defense
state" are said to be imminent.
The groundwork was being COM
pleted for Inauguration, possibly in
April, of a series OF control organiza =
tions, under which plants producing
key wartime products would be
grouped under virtual economic die
tators appointed by businessmen but
responsible to the government.
The three revised laws, specifying
maximum punishments of 50,0O0-yen
fines (s11 1,7o0), 10 years imprison-
ment or both for economic crimes,
provide the background for the pro-
posed new industrial system, under
which industries would be formed
into groups, each with its own ap-
pointee as supervising chairman.
This man would assign production
quotas, dovetail the country's re-
quirementS in his own industry
group. control the partitioning of
raw materials, be responsible to a
supreme economic conference which
in turn would form liaison between
all industries and be responsible to
the government.
This scheme represents COM
promise of the governments first
plan, under which the government
would have named its own men as
managers of key industries.
The new proposal has no legal
basis, but is based on patriotism"
and the effectiveness of the three
revised laws.
Evening star., 1941-03-20
Defense Contractors
Entitled 10 Refund
On JobIess Taxes
Controller Makes Ruling
On CIcims Involving
Workers at BeIvoir

Defense contractors are entitled to
be reimbursed by the Government
for taxes paid under the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act, according
to a ruling by Controller General
Lindsay A. Warren. The tax,
amounting to per cent on the first
$1,000 on the wages of employees
finances the unemployment benefits
paid under joint arrangements by
the Federal and State governments.
Mr.. Warren's decision was rem
dered to the Army chief of finance
in connection with claims of refund
of $11, ,120.08 from the Charles H.
Tompkins Co. and Potts g. Gala
han Contracting Co.. Inc. covering
taxes paid to the Virginia Unem-
ployment Compensation Commits
sion for workmen engaged on can
tonment construction at Fort Bel
yoir, Va.
The issue of reimbursement was
raised by the quartermaster general
of the Army, who said his Office has
consistently held that State and
local taxes are not applicable to
transactions of -plus-fixed-fe
contractors and that there would
appear to be no legal basis on which
to draw a distinction between un-
employment compensation taxes and
any type of State and local tax for
the purpose of determining tax liza
bility of contractors He added, how
ever, that there might be a definite
policy favoring payment of unem-
ployment compensation taxes in
view ''of the gains to be made from
that type of social legislation.
The controller general pointed out
that defense contracts negotiated
under the July law bind contractors
to conform to Federal laws and that
the social security tax is one which
a contractor is required to pay and
for which reimbursement conse-
quently is authorized.
Evening star., 1941-03-20

matter might be checked to ths
Mediation Board.
Efforts continued to settle q G
I. 0. strike at the Harvill Aircraft
Die Casting Corp. Los Angeles. The
union is asking improved wages ano
working conditions. Representative
Dies, Democrat, of Texas charged ir
the House yesterday that the Com.
munist party had sent an emissary
to California to sabotage" defense
He said the emissary was leading
the Harvill strike. This brought q
spirited denial from the head Of the
local union which is on strike.
Mayor La Guardia of New York
appointed fact-finding board yes
terday to attempt to settle the bus
strike which has stalled 95 per cent
of Manhattan's surface transporta-
ton. C. I. o. transport workers
have asked for wage increases and
shorter hours.
Negotiations continued at New
York between major soft coal pro-
ducers and the c. I. O.-United Mine
Workers, whose $4,000 members in
the eight-State Appalachian area
seek new contract with increased
wages and. other concessions.
aluminium Strike Goes On.
At Edgewater, N j., c. l. 0.
strike against the Aluminium Co. of
America continued, although the
strikers during a one-day truce yes
terday moved six truckloads of alu-
minum parts from the plant for
the Navy. The strike, in effect a
week. concerned overtime pay.
A collective bargaining agreement
covering $4,000 clothing workers
and carrying an estimated s18,000,-
900 annual wage increase was
reached yesterday between the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America &C. I. o. and the Clothing
Manufacturers Association. The
contract granted wage increases of
10 to 13 per cent 1t was agreed,
also, to begin a study looking to
health and life insurance fund for
workers, to be introduced possibly
by next fall.
Evening star., 1941-03-20
Foreign Relief Group
Seeks 10 Coordinate
Work Of 800 Agencie,
First Task Is to Gather
All Facts for Report
To President
BY GARNETT d. HORNER.

A committee named by President
Roosevelt made plans today for a
speedy investigation looking toward
coordination OF the activities of
more than 300 agencies collecting
war-torn countries.
In formal statement the COM
mittee said its first task would be
to gather all the facts available as a
basis for a report to the President
and recommendation of any steps
necessary Ito maintain balance
between facilities available for for
eign. war relief and the necessities
arising under our national defense" !"
1t was understood that the COM
mittee hoped any action necessary
for coordination of the relief ac-
tivities could be carried out volun-
tarily. but it was recognized that
additional legislation might be nee
essary.
Davies Is Chairman.
Joseph E. Davies, former Ambas-
Sador to Russia and Belgium,
chairman of the committee, presided
at the first meeting of the commit
tee at the State Department today.
Other members are Charles P. Taft
and F. P. Keppel.
Questionnaires are being prepared
for mailing to all relief agencies as
the first part of the committees sur
vey. Offices are expected to be es-
tablished by the first of next week.
with Stanley Richardson, secretary
to Mr.. Davies, in executive charge.
Information gathered by the COM
mlttee will be made available to
the various relief agencies involved,
as well as to the President, Mr.. Da-
vies said. adding that he hoped this
information would help to make the
relief activities more effective.
In the field of foreign relief" he
said, many agencies now raise funds
without full knowledge of the relief
resources already in hand, the needs
which actually required relief, or
the shipping facilities available for
the transportation of relief ma
terials- Obviously. this situation re-
| 4o41 co IVA CSIlOii WIllCll Can Only De
secured through knowledge of the
facts covering the entire field"
Average Cost Held Creditable.
Mr. Davies pointed out that more
| than 300 relief organizations serving
foreign belligerent countries, which
are required by the Neutrality Act
to register with the State Depart
ment and make monthly reports,
have raised a total of S27 900 900 in
cash and goods. He said that in
most cases these funds were admin
istered "at an average cost which
reflects great credit on the ability
and character of these organiza-
tions."
Reports to the State Department
show the aggregate administrative
cost in handling the more than
S27 100000 collected since Septem-
Der l, 1889, amounted to slightly
more than $2,250,O00.
One of the objectives of the COM
mittee. in addition to helping to
increase the effectiveness of the
relief activities for the foreign
countries receiving aid, is to make
Evening star., 1941-03-20

sure that the activities do not drain
resources needed in connection with
the national defense program here.
1t was pointed out that some of the
need in foreign countries was re-
lieved by provisions of the lease
lend act.