The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-12

little too harsh.
 Fishermen throughout the State are grumbling because the state Beard of Fisheries and Game planted legal- -sixed fish in Bolton Lake behind . dam constructed by the w. P. A. The dam went out and alI the fish went into Hop River. U. s. A was closed during the flood. Property damage is ex. Gesslve. Where those fish should have been planted k in the Pcmpcraug, where dams are Sub- stantially built by men who work for private industry. Our dams stand the gaR in flood and hur- rlcane; they don't falf on . cloud. less evening with the water far below the SpillwayS.
 We found Q naval reserve off, cer frothy over his beer and he gave tis the lowdown. That Brit iBh sub that came to Connecticut'S only submarine base was the Truant, 6 vessel that Hitler claim- cd ho sunk in the Mediterranean about six months ago. Far from being 6 ghost ship, this big boat was substantial enough to have moved Fishers Island over several inches to the north when she ran aground out there. The lime- juicer had been at sea B2 days and the skipper Was in such a hurry to get ashore that he tried to run in at night. He gave his crew liberty and the men man. aged to conduct themselves in such afi orderly manner that not . single Yankee could pick q scrap. Patched.up, full of fresh water and Yankee navy beans, the Tru- 4 ant pulled out for fresh con- quests about breakfast.time on Monday.
 It Just goes to show how little yeu can believe these days. Hlt- Ter claims that tke T'ruant Is in Davey Jones' locker and it ain't. The West Coast aviation unions clalm they're lathered to Q frazzle for the good of all labor and they turn out to be simply the tools of the Communists. Senator Wheel. CT comes to Connecticut heralded as . speII.binder and he talks like a First Selectman trying tO ex. plain ' town report that doesn't add Up. 1t pays to investigate all claims carefully. The war of nerves works In devious ways Co befuddle an already bcfuddled America.
 Smoky JenSon has Just returned from Canada with spot reports of what goes on just 10 the north of Us. MT. JenSon had heard that Canada was booming and ho thought he might find something to do Everywhere Smoky stopped, business was poor and the natives claimed that If there was any boom It was somewhere else.
 JenSon saw 5000 troops blessed at the Shrine of St. Joseph In old Montreal. The men were alert and serious. Smoky found an old. timer, . sergeant. .na tor, and talk. cd awhile with him. He learned that eli troop movements over. seas are about three weeks behind schedule. He discovered that no men are drafted in Canada but that lots of them gre enlisting because there doesn't seem to be much else to do. Fellows with unhappy domestic situations are especially quick to take the Kings shilling.
 The failure to post sentries near vital industries, canals, and bridges surprised our man. He ex- pccted to be challenged when he swung his Ford in on canal towpath and drove toward the locks After Smoky had driven about five miles, an old, bow legged fellow with @ gun came out Of a shack and said the road was closed. The steel mills had no guards at the gates and Smoky drove right into the yard and up to the door to see the billets re- duced. He says that Canadians aren't looking under every bed for an enemy agent the way they do here. If they've got an r. B. I. up there, Smoky figures they are busy with other things than witch hunts. Jenson found the friendly atmosphere around Mon- treal factories invigorating and refreshing. He liked the free and easy way they let you roam around, as If unafraid of sabotage. He got a thrill out of walking right into 8 shop without being challenged.
 After Smoky had surveyed the situation at Montreal, he visited Quebec. There he found almost everybody i'm uniform. He saw enc fellow that locked exactly like Hungry Crandall, another that was as fat as Dave Marshall. He saw . huge concentration camp where the British exiled Naxi prisoners but he failed to inc terview any of the Huns.
 The quebec natives were glad to see a Tank and. for once, Smoky made the rounds without having anyone try to sell him a hooked rug or some other worthless trinket. Quebec iron, copper. and