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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
DOCTOR, 90, STILL PRACTICES

Montreal (UP)-Ninety years old and still hale and hearty, Dr. D.. Fraser Gurd is the oldest practic. ing physician in Montreal. He is the patriarch of e family well known in Montreal medical circles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02

Lewisburg, Pa. (UP)-Buckneli University professors say their big gest problem with the schools new course, "Courtship and Marriage" is how to keep down enrolment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02

YESTERDAYS HERO -- Bucky Walters, Reds bow-legged ace who for the second straight year snap ped q 0-game Brooklyn winning streak, beating the Dodgers, 2-l, in 1i-inninRS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02

'rOdny'S Games Boston at Cleveland. New York tt Chicago. Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Detroit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
FIGHT RESULTS

(By United Press) Burlington, Vt.--Eddie Ellis, 147, Huincy, Mass, decisioned Felix Gar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
DODGERS
REDS .... % 0O0tO 0 O 1--2 DODGERS % 0 ] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0,--I
By Art Krenz

n-Battod for COscarart in 11th. bsliatted for owen in lltli.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
DETROIT

Totals .,.,,'.; d2 Q lS 27 b-.- Bnttod for White in 9th. cs1lan for R0WG In 9th.
Evening star., 1941-11-28

for taking the bad taste out of
medicine. The bark itself used to
be sold in large amounts to those
who wished to make their own sassa-
fras tea for clearing the blood"
after heavy eating during the win
ter.
The leaves and twigs yield a mu-
cllaglnous substance that was once
IN demand in the South for adding
flavor and consistency to the famous
gumbo soups. Despite the fact that
these trees have so many by
products which make them COM
merclally important, their beauty
alone should be enough reason for
place on your lawn.
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Is no rule followed to show their
individuality in hue.
The fruit is the joy of travelling
birds in autumn. 1t is truly beauti-
full. Soft juicy blue jackets cover
the nutlet and these fruits swing
from thick scarlet stems.
Sassafras wood is valuable, as it
is light and tough and is excellent
for fishing rods, small boats, posts
and rails. BY this you see it is
durable in both soil and water, and
the wood has long been a favorite
for making fine barrels.
The bark, especially that on the
roots, is important because of the
amount of volatile oil in it, needed
Evening star., 1941-11-28

while trees in our. own garden.
Sassafras trees rarely reach higher
than so feet in the North, but some
Of the Southern ones have been
known to grow to be 100 feet high
with q trunk diameter of 6 to Z feet.
Rich. sandy loan along the bor-
ders of peaty swamps and woodlands
are the choice locations of sassafras.
This situation is found in Southern
Vermont, west through Michigan
and Iowa to Kansas, south to Flori-
da and Texas.
The sassafras is a father and
mother type of tree. That is, the
male flowers are borne on separate
| trees from the female flowers. You
Evening star., 1941-11-28

spring. Those of the leaves were
much more plump and very spicy
and made walk in the woods quite
fascinating, for the flavor of the
tender buds is most acceptable to
every nature lover we have met.
OF course, you have heard about
the queer little habit the Sassafras
has Of developing three different
shapes of leaves, and on the same
twig, too. Look at them. Some
reach length of inches. They
are dull yellow-green above and
pale beneath during early spring
and summer. In the autumn, any
one Of the trees may apparently
choose any color they wish, for there
Evening star., 1941-11-28
BY Lillian Cor 4fher

BY Lillian Coz 4fhey
Now that the autumn foliage has
lost its brilliance and most of the
trees are bare, we soon forget the
glory of the color display of the
handsome SasSafras trees. The
mingled purple, gold and red of the
leaves set these trees apart in the
Evening star., 1941-11-28
Natures Children
Sassafras
IS. saSsafraS)

woods. The hillsides blazed with
their brightness, and We again and
again exclaimed over their charm
and beauty as ornamental trees
either singly or in groups. But our
intense enjoyment would be of
longer duration if We would re-
member to plant one of these WORTH
Evening star., 1941-11-28

High soft back and
loose cushion reversible
spring seat, deeply up
holstered in choice cot
ton tapestry, complete
with large matching
ottoman.
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A lovely double tier table
in rich mahogany finish
on hardwood, Duncan
Phyfe brass-tipped base.
tipped base.
Evening star., 1941-07-05

travelled across Siberia to Canada,
where he enlisted with the British.
Evening star., 1941-07-05
Memorial 10 Catholic
Dauqhters Dedicated

With the dedication of memorial
to the Catholic Daughters of Ameri-
ca today at the new library of the
National Catholic School of Social
Service, 24O0 Nineteenth street NV,
preconvention activities of the 18th
biennial meeting got under way.
The convention will begin official
ly Monday with banquet in the
Mayflower Hotel and will continue
through Friday. A solemn pontifical
mass will be celebrated Tuesday
morning in st. Matthews Cathedral
and meetings will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday in the hotel
Officials of the organization yes
terday placed wreaths on the Tomb
of George Washington and the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Miss
Mary c. Duffy, supreme regent, ac-
companied by guard of honor, Of
ficiated. National officers and the
board of directors we're entertained
at tea later in the day by Miss
Florence Winter and Miss Ann
Doyle, members of the organization,
at their home, 5000 Sixteenth street
NV.
The convention closes Friday with
a luncheon in the Willard Hotel and
reception at the White House.
Evening star., 1941-07-05
Text of Presidents Address
Roosevelt Coils for Pledge of Lives,
If Necessary, to Defend Freedom

parts of the world and allow 1t to
survive in the United States alone.
But it has been that child-like fam
tasy itself-that misdirected faith
which has led nation after nation
to go about their peaceful tasks
relying on the thought, and even
the promise, that they and their
lives and their government would
be allowed to live when the jugger-
naut of force came their way.
1t is simple-I could almost say
simple -minded-for us Americans
to wave the flag. to reassert our be-
lief in the cause of freedom-and
to let 1t 60 at that.
Yet, all of us who lie awake at
night-all of us who study and
study again, know full well that in
these days We cannot save freedom
with pitchforks and muskets alone
after dictator combination has
gained control of the rest of the
world.
We know, too, that we cannot
save freedom in our own midst, in
our own land. If all around us-our
neignbor nations-have lost their
freedom.
That Is why We are engaged in q
serious, in mighty, in a unified
action in the cause of the defense
Evening star., 1941-07-05

FOLLOWING is the teTt OF PreSi-
dent RooseUelt's Fourth OF July
address to the Nation from Hyde
Park:
In 1776, on the fourth day of July
the representatives of the several
States in Congress assembled, de-
claring our independence, asserted
that a decent respect for the opin-
ion of mankind required that they
should declare the reasons for their
action. In this new crisis, we have
a like duty.
In 1776 We waged war in behalf of
the great principle that government
should derive its just powers from
the consent of the governed, in other
words, representatives. chosen in free
elections. In the century and half
that followed, this cause of human
freedom swept across the world.
But now, in our generation-in
the last few years-a new resistance,
in the form of several new practices
of tyranny, has been making such
headWay that the fundamentals of
ITS are being struck down abroad
and definitely threatened here.
1t is. indeed, fallacy, based on no
logic, for any Americans to suggest
that the rule of force can defeat
human freedom in all the other
Evening star., 1941-07-05

a patriotic rally in that nation s
capital that this world cannot live
in peace and security half demo-
cratic and half totalitarian."
At Kansas City, Milo j. Warner,
national commander of the Amer
ican Legion, said the soldiers of
1917-18 were ready to fight again, if
need be, to preserve America as we
know it and keep 1t free from Hit
Ter or dictator domination and
strangulation."
Speaking in Montreal, Jay Pierre
pOnt Moffat, United States Minister
to Canada, declared the people of
the United States stand united" be-
cause freedom is greater than life
itself"
In Bogota, Colombia, United
States Ambassador Spruille Braden
told Fourth of July picnic crowd
of American and British residents
of Bogota that 'it would be fool
hardy to think that the Unsuitable
assailants of other peace-loving
peoples do not covet the wealth of
this hemisphere"
Evening star., 1941-07-05
Bombers Start Big Fires
In Raids, Reich Says

BERLIN, July (P,.-German
bombers started large fires in raids
on Birmingham, in the Midlands,
Plymouth and other ports on the
southeast English coast last night,
the high command reported in q
communique today.
British planes were said 70 have
been defeated in an attempt to raid
the Channel coast yesterday. losing
13 planes TO two German planes
missing
The communique also said British
bombs destroyed the Canadian
World War monument at Brest in
attacks last night which caused
little other damage
The Germans said weak units
Of the r. A. F. also bombed West
ern Germany, but failed to cause
extensive damage. Altogether, they
said, six British planes were downed
during the night-three over Ger
many, one over Brest and two over
English airfields.
Evening star., 1941-07-05
Assurance Of Better
World Called Hone
Of American Youths
Speeches by Spokesman
Of CoIIeeions Wind Up
Institute Sessions
By the Associated Press.


CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
Sit. l.. H. Watson, 1941 graduate
of the United States Military Acad-
emy, told the closing session of the
University of Virginia Institute OF
Public Affairs yesterday that youth
wants to be assured that this is a
tight for a better world"
1t. Watson, Alan P. Grimes OF
Staten Island, N. Y, and Miss Sara
j. Brand of Cincinnati were the
final speakers on the institute pro-
gram as chosen spokesmen for q
group of representatives of % lead
ing colleges in the East, South and
Middle West.
Mr.. Grimes said the present young
generation had shown a greater
degree Of intellectual honesty than
some of the outspoken national
figures and declared that youth had
succeeded largely in reconstructing
its philosophy.
Miss Brand declared youth does
not want territorial advantages, but
youth does want to know that the
problems which give rise to inter-
national strife will be nearer solu-
ton after this war than they were
after the last.
H. Duncan Hall. former director
of the League of Nations Broadcast
ing Service now teaching at Har-
ward University, saw as the first
great danger to postwar readiust-
ment the possibility of wartime
collaboration between Great Britain
and America being swept away in
the reaction that might follow the
war.
He agreed with the spokesmen
for youth that the English speaking
nations must form a closer union
in order to be ready for the task
of reconstruction in the event of
a NaN collapse, which he predicted
might come with surprising sudden
ness.
Archduke Felix of Austria declared
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yesterday that 1t would be better
for the Allied nations to cease
fighting Immediately rather than
to avoid the responsibility of en-
forcing a workable peace as he said
they did in 1919.
Count r. N. Coudenhove- Kalergj,
president of the Pan-Europa Union
told the institute the main issue of
the war was the future Of europe
whether she joined America or
Asia.
Evening star., 1941-07-05

of the hemisphere and the free
dom of the seas.
We need not the loyalty and unity
alone, we need speed and efficiency
and toil-and an end to backbiting
and an end to the sabotage that
runs far deeper than the blowing up
of munitions plants.
tell the American people solem-
ly that the United States will never
survive as happy and fertile oasis
of liberty surrounded by a cruel
desert of dictatorship.
And so it is that when We repeat
the great pledge to our country and
to our flag, it must be our deep con-
viction that we pledged as well our
work, our will and. If 1t be neces-
sary, our very lives"
Evening star., 1941-07-05
Guardsmen Declared
Willing 10 Serve as
Long as Needed
Units Do Not Oppose
Service Extension,
Gen. WilIiums Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Maj. Gen. John F. Williams, chief
of the National Guard Bureau, re-
ported yesterday that he found on
an inspection trip of National
Guardsmen in the continental
United States and Alaska a loyal
willingness to continue in service
"as long as the Nation needs them
in the present emergency"
Gen. Williams said in a state
ment that protests had been re-
ceived in Washington on Secretary
Of War Stimson's recommendation
that the Guards service be extended
beyond the current single year, but
added that no such sentiment was
evident among the approximately
287 300 officers and men in the field
Describes Enthusiasm.
He said that at a mass meeting
of about $4,000 enlisted men. one of
the l8 National Guard divisions,
Unanimous enthusiasm and pro-
longed cheering" greeted the an
nouncement of Mr.. StimSon's rec
ommendation to President Roose-
welt.
Gen. Williams reported the Ma
tional Guard already had started
a process Of wedding out misfits, for
which the War Department has
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Raids
Continued From First Page. }

man raiders were shot down over
England.
At the same time. coastal COM
mand bombers raided the coast of
Southern Norway, the Air Ministry
said, setting fire to docks and ship
ping at Haugesund and to factory
and the water front at Kristiansand
Norwegian Scores Victory.
A 25-year Norwegian who
travelled around the world to Join
the Royal Air Force was credited
officially today with shooting down
German plane, thereby becoming
the first of his nationality to score
such victory with the British.
The Norwegian, a lieutenant and
a fighter pilot, was IN Finland
when his country was invaded by
the Germans in April, 1910. He
tried to get home but was stopped
at the frontier
Finally he went to Sweden, few
from there to Moscow and then
Evening star., 1941-07-05

JUNIORS AND CHILpREN's HOSIERY,
FOURTH FLOOR.
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Make These Your Trusty Comp
Shoes-comfy cool white elk
moccosins with rubber soIes.
Sizes 4 to o8-------S2o5
Girl Scouts oxfords in brown
elk with leather soles and rub
Der heels for hoppy hiking. Also
in white elk with composition
soIes. Sizes 3Nz to 9, $3.50
CH1LpREN's AND JUNIORS SHOES,
SECOND FLOOR.
New AnkIet Angle for YOU
take one pair deep cuff cIossic
cotton onklets-in white, yeI-
low, ecru, French Blue, red,
navy, brown, Resedo, wine, sod
die color, dusty pink-ond let US
clamp on your own initials (tiny
eoId-eoIor metal ones-woter
and rust resistont). Purely per-
sonoI and excitinely new. Sizes
8 to II. Pair onkIets with 8
initioIs 3oe
JUNIORS AND CHrLDREN's HOSIERY,
FOURTH FLOOR.
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asked authority to apply to all land
Saws Steps Are Being Taken.

asked authority to apply to all land
forces.
Says Steps Are Being Taken.
"In the stress and strain of this
huge training effort, it is apparent
that many individuals have been
found wanting and steps are being
taken to eliminate them or to as
sign them to duties more appro-
pirate to their capabilities than
those they are now performing,
Gen. Williams said. This is a con-
dition general in scope and not con-
fined to any class or rank of off,
GERS.
THE 18 divisions of the National
Guard form the greatest part Of
our organized fighting force today
and 1t is therefore apparent that
there should be some in those divi-
slonS unsuited to their tasks.
IF there is anything wrong with
the Army it is wrong with the Army
as whole. and the Army as a
whole Is doing its best to correct
its faults. This is training period.
Its purpose is precisely to correct
such faults"
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Home Work Poys

ONTARIA. Calf. P)-Although
he never attended a class. Walter
Mcmillan, 81, has graduated from
Chaffey High School. Confined to a
sanltarium all through high school
age, he studied the courses there.
Mcmillan had recovered sufficiently
to attend graduation exercises.
Evening star., 1941-07-05
8, 900 Swedes ExiIed

Sweden reports that at least 5000
of its native seamen are outside the
German and British blockade areas,
unable to get home without consid-
cradle difficulty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
70 YEARS AGO fMr tgiT EMPIRE

IA 1921
 whose appointment Governor of Alaska was con- arrive in Juneau on about July Thomas Riggs
 crew of Clare began work the completion expected be
 
 following Sunday Cashen returned on his hunting supply skins for southern Difficulty knning the sharks caused the project be abandoned.
 left Shakan where he will have charge of work for the Treadwe Company Mrs Macdonald accompanied him.
 Thomas Riggs of the appointment Northwestern Chamber of Commerce at Division the Territorial Commission which Mining Exposition to be held in Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
POLITICAL APPOINTEEv

The prohibitive clause is a very slick piece of axing On it's face 1t has no connection with the proposed civilian appointee It merely bars the expenditure of Navy funds flor any additional positions at a rate of compensation in excess of $5,OOO year The pay for an As sistant Navy Secretary is $8,000 a year.
 One of the leaders of this under cover lobby was Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, who would be subordi- mated if a civilian is appointed. Towe;s who knows his way around on Capitol Hill, buttonholed mem- bers of the House Appropriations Committee with this argument:
 "The job probably will be filled with political appointee. That might be dangerous in this extreme ly critical period. Besides, we're run ming our air force quite satisfactor- fly and we don't need any more ex- perts."
 Towers got his way in the House, but in the Senate he was thrown for loss. Administration leaders curt ly eliminated the obstructive proyis- ion and followed this up by private ly notifying House leaders that it was going to stay out.
 NOTE:-The political appointee" Towers was understood by House truster Tom Corcoran, whom Navy Under Secretary James Forrestal has been strongly urging for the avia- tion post.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
AMERICA FIRST SHADOWED?

The America First Committee has become increasingly fearful of being spied upon or having its wires tap ped So fearful that R. L. Bliss, one of the Committees chief officials. recently sent an inter-Office memo to all members of the staff which read as follows:
 T suggest that you conduct all your meeting in your office as quiet ly as possible, and that you do not discuss confidential business mat ters in the hall, or in going to and from the teletype. This will prevent visitors in the outer office from overhearing remarks. Let us keep our material and ideas to ourSeves.
 R. L. B.
 Postscript: I notice that there is also lot of loose talk in De Nets ever the tables where 90 per cent of us eat. Watch your discussions with in hearing of strangers.
 "PS: We will appreciate it if you will plan your lunch hours so there is always someone in your office during the day"
 NOTE:-The America First Con- mittee has sent it's branch office a list of speakers available to promote the cause, The list includes a great
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
LOOK and LEARN sy &y c. GORDON

l. n profession the divorce rate the highest? astronomer asrooger? slang "gat," meaning derived?
 office the President of the U. s, his formal inauguration at Washington? is principal of one-thrd of the world?
 ANSWERS:
 1 physicians.
  motions astrologer the affairs tht positions of the Calling used before the modern machine Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
MODERN ETIQUETTE 'y ROBERTA LEE

O. many bridesmaids attendants required a wedding?
 entirely the wishes of the bride and upon type of wedding wedding permits attendants wedding s considerably
 O girl applying position shouldn't dress in her outfit?
 A. clothes conservative cut and color
 Is proper or a girl to a a
 received the favor and therefore he wh 10 thanking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14

from the snow. They are yielding now to the red and pink tulips and the iris.
 There was a drought this month but it did more good than harm. It made the ground firm and pro- tected it against the invasion of the egg-rolling hordes on Easter Mon- day. The grass suffered less because the soil was not soft.
 They call it blue grass, but there's nothing blue about it now. Its color is a lustrous green, and all the spots that were bare last fall are richly covered again, even under the beech trees.
 Gardener William Reeves looks at the grass with pride. Last fall he waited until all the leaves had fallen from the beeches, then he raked them away, broke up the earth, and planted new grass seed. It has come 1 up in abundance.
 The front grounds are open to the public, and in contrast to certain famous residences in Berlin and Rome, anyone can walk through, right in front of the White House, as if it were a public park. Thou sands of government workers use the grounds as shortcut, going to work.
 l Gardener Reeves doesn't worry Let 'em enjoy it. he says.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

The Fairbanks, Nome Anchorage and Juneau Chambers of Commerce against it. The Ketchi- kan Chamber is for it, So is the Ketchikan Chroni- cle The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner thinks the plan is all wet The Wrangen Sentinel says it should have been put into effect long ago.
 Such is the division of opinion Delegate Dimonds pending bill H. R. 4379, to amend the Organic Act to give Alaskans representation in their Legislature the basis of population in- stead of the present system of two Senators and four Representatives for each Division irrespective of the number of people living in the Division.
 In brief, the bill would reallocate membership in the Legislature so that each Senator and each Representative would represent approximately 4ooO Alaskans. Without reducing the number of Legis- ators elected from each Division, the bill would increase the membership of the House from 16 to 18 and the membership of the Senate from eight to Is. Reapportionment would take place after each na- tional census to keep the representation as nearly equitable possible On the basis of the 1889 census, the First Division would have six in each house; the second, three in each house; the Third five in each house. and the Fourth four in each house.
 There are unavoidable faults inherent in such system, resolutions of the opposing Chambers of Commerce have pointed out In situation such that of the present, when population throughout Alaska is in state of flux the proportional scheme would be bound to get slightly out of whack between each census. But it would be difficult to imagine a situation in which the population center could shift drasticaly in ten years to give representa- ton basis so far from proportional that pre- vailing at present The Second Division, which the 1889 census showed to have SIT inhabitants and which certainly hasn't any now has six votes in the Legislature, exactly the number as the First Division which in 1889 had population of 25241 and which everyone admits has increased since
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-14
HEAVENLY VISITOR

The other day Captain Robert Pearce of the Capitol police spotted a bearded, saintly looking man perched on high ledge, just off the stone steps leading to the second floor of the Senate wing. He was waving his arms energetically.
 Hey, what are you doing there?" shouted Pearce.
 I'm getting ready to fly" was the reply.
 Pearce. used to handling odd char acters among the droves of spring time visitors, stalled for time until he could reach him. Where's your home" he inquired.
 Heaven. I'm about to fly back there"
 Instead he went to the psycho- pathic ward of hospital