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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

seemed a lifetime as the shells kept coming closer, and the job was done.
 LAYING THE
 MINE FIELDS
 The thirty minutes were up now. The captain flashed a shaded light and you knew the ship was over the spot which, with luck, would be turned into a British mine field.
 He didn't shout when he flashed that shaded light. He merely said, quietly, stand by to lay mines"
 There was less tension now. Every man had a job to do. The six who had been standing along the unrailed stern, while the captain was picking passage through the mine fields, had melted into the darkness.
 One of them, just a smudge at the rear of the boat, was standing ready at the release lever.
 Then the mines began to move from out of the dark cavern, amidship. In slow procession they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
DEAN (. R. BROWN
 LENTEN LECTURER
Dean Emeritus of Yale Divinity School at First
 Church Thursday

Rev. Dr. Charles Reynolds Brown, dean emeritus of Yale Di- vinity school, will give the fifth lecture in the Lenter series at the First Church Thursday evening of this week, speaking on the subject, Where Is Your Brother"
 Dean Brown is one of the best known preachers and religious au- thors of the country and has al- ways been a favorite with Water bury audiences. Last Thursday evening he spoke at the same church on the subject, "What s Your Name?"
 Rev. Martin J. Lorenz, pastor of the First Lutheran church here, will assist at Thursdays service which will get underway at 8 o'clock. The public is cordially in- vited to hear Dr. Brown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
HEARINGS TODAY
 |ON LOCAL B|LLS|
Trade School, Limitation of City Loans Scheduled;
 Officials to Attend
(By Democrat Legislative Reporterl

(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, March 25| Hearings on two important Wa terbury bills before committees of the General Assembly attracted al number of Brass Cityites to the| Capitol this afternoon. The educa \ tion committee was scheduled to| hear Senator Edward P. Egan's bil1 for the establishment of a state. trade school in Waterbury, while the| finance committee was to take up a bill, sponsored by Edward Udelo7 I witz, which would prohibit the city, from borrowing more than $300, ,000 in anticipation of taxes.
 The trade school bill has the sup- port of Mayor Vincent A. Scully and the city administration. It directs the state board of education to pro- ceed with the equipping and operat- ing of a trade school in Waterbury as soon as the city supplies proper buildings. An appropriation of $500, i 900 for purchasing equipment and machinery is provided in the meas- ure.
 Senator Egan, Mayor ScullyI Chairman Thomas 2. Ashton of thS board of education and several others were expected to appear bel fore the committee to ask favorable action on the bill. Senator Joseph P. Cooney, Hartford Democrat, was to preside at the hearing.
 The finance committee, with Sen.I ator Michael V. Blansfield of Wal terbury presiding, was to hear tht| Udelowitz bill, last of a long seried which he offered to be heard. Ind bill would supplement anotheI Udelowitz bill, heard by the cities ; and boroughs committee last week. which would require the city to lew 8 special tax If a $2,000, 900 balancd is not availabel in December of each year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
"STAND BY TO LAY MINES. '"
BY PAUL MANNING NEA Service Stan Correspondent

thirty the bridge the captain of this to through fields, laid two night before.
 thirty minutes will be the operations take this night It close six of the seventy and five officers who make the tension in the If the navigator bridge bearings from fixed mark by the aid of wire makes calculation this bobbing boat will be
 hftyyearod anything won't have time for deep breath"
 stretching the port side Each mine weighs half
 
 the afternoon the they what N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
FANS DEMAND

Since the success of the Wallace Beery film "Wyoming' thousands of letters have requested that Beery and Marjorie Main be teamed again. Miss Main hopes they will be teamed once more. T had wonderful time working with Wal ly," she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

trundled on a moving belt to the stern, two men to a mine, to keep them from shaking or moving too fast.
 AS each mine reached the point where 1t was poised, ready for the plunge, the sailor at the release lever pulled the gear and it slid into the water, head first. Then 1t came to the surface. headflrst.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
TOUGH ON HOSE

Eleanor Powell's famed long, black dancing stockings were being used at the rate of five pairs a day dur1 ing filming of the "I'd Rathe] Dance" sequence in M-G-M's "Lady Be Good. The actress was perl forming the fastest dance step shd had ever done on the screen, and because the hose are extremely sheer, thy wear out rapidly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

The Women's Society for Chris tian Service had entire charge of the evening hour of worship Sunday evening at the Grace Methodist church. There was large congre- gation which included men and wo- men. Mrs. Mary Lowell led the servlce in prayer, after which duet, My Savior" was rendered by Mrs. Arthur Twelves and Mrs. Alison J. Smith. Love So Abundant" was sung by the ladies' choir, members of which included, Mrs. Charles Probert, Mrs. Wilbur Burton. Mrs. Frank R. Wilson, Mrs. Ernest Weise, Mrs. Vincent Leonard, Mrs. George Hornbecker, Mrs. Alison J. Smith and Mrs. Arthur Twelves.
 The offering was taken by Mrs. George Hornbecker and Mrs. Vim cent Leonard, Mrs. Hugo Wiberg of the Salvation Army delivered the evening message entitled, "Right- eousness and Obedience" Previous plans were for Rev. Gertrude Coe of the Mill Plain church to be the speaker, but she was unable to at tend because of sickness. Mrs. Mel win Benson was organist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
(By Democrat Legislative Reporter)

State Capitol, Hartford, March 25-Wages and hours legislation which promises to be the subject of one of the hottest controversies of the legislative session, was to be taken up by the labor commit tee at a hearing this afternoon. Several different methods of regu- lating hours and pay are pro- posed in bills which the commit tee was to take up.
 Republicans and Dem ocrats have separate wages and hours bills up for consideration and it may be that a compromise will have to be sought and a substi- tue bill reported on the floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
THE PRIVATE PAPERS OF A CUB REPORTER

Irwin s. Cobb, in this years ver- sion of his autobiography, gets pretty persnickitty about today's reporters. The columnists, however are his great big aversion IT, win insists the columnists are not accurate and so forth So what happens? .. So Harry Hansen, the book critic, decided to give Cobb little lesson in accuracy :. Cobb, 1t appears, relates how, in Belgium in 1914, his life was threat ened He goes on, for several Dick Tracy pages, to tell how a ferocious German major pulled a gun on him, menacing him worse than Karloff could .. Here is Han sens cold water: "The actual in- cident was trivial. The officer was a sergeant, and Cobb's life was never in danger. I saw it, and of- ten marveled at the international episode Cobb made of 1t"
 Oswald Marshall heard 1t in Lon- don About the two Germans who met in Farce, and Carl said to Fritz: Have you a gute job here?"
 "Yah," Fritz fritz'd, q have a very gute job. I git on top of da Eiffel Towah undt I watch for da Enuglish to wave da white flag"
 "Iss 1t gute pay?" queried Carl.
 Not much," said Fritz, but ldds for life!"
 The colyum's I. Elinson recently planed in from Hollywood making his initial flight .. He tried, how ever, to impress his friends who were taking him to the airport by telling them that flying was old stuff to him When they got to the airport Elinson said to an attend ant: I'm taking the American Mercury. What TRACK does that leave on?"
 COlumbia's shOrt-wave listening post heard this from England It is the best illustration of Rus sia's position in the war It was memo'd to Churchill by re- turned diplomat from Moscow, to wit: "A report came in to the Kremlin which read: Nine British planes destroyed. Nine German planes shot down |. Stalin looked at 1t, rubbed his hands and smiled.
 "Good,' he drooled. That's 18 planes for us'."
 Yesterdays newspapers carried a report that since his return to Rome from the Albanian front (where he directed his armies into added defeats) Mussolini sustained Q nervous breakdown in which he suffers from insomnia because of a persecution complex.
 That's too bad.
 Alexander Markey observes: "Mebbe the I'll Duce will know bet ter than to Mussolin-the next time."
 Wo hear his chin has retreated six inchesl
 Before the strike ended, Elsa Maxwell was seen walking across
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Paul Manning, author of the accompanying first hand acc count of 3 nocturnal voyage aboard . British mine layer, is . young American newspaper man, correspondent in London for NEA Service and The Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Daily Statistics
 On Auto Accidents
As Of Monday, March 2ath
Fatal Acidents Persons Killed

c6 Fat4l AcluentS 01 60 Persons Killed 59 B Adult Pedestrians Killed 38
 1 Child Pedestrians Killed 4 22 Adult Occupants Killed 16
 1 Child Occupants Killed 1
 0 Adult Bicyclists Killed 0
 0 Child Bicyclists Killed 0
 General Traffic Accident Data Total Number of Traffic Acci- dents Reported for Last Year AZ of This Date ........... 4554 ESTIMATED Number of Trafilc( Accidents Caused So Far This Year As of This Date .... 5176 Total Number of Personal In- juries Caused Last Year As of This Date ................ 2451 ESTIMATED Number of Per- sonal Injuries Caused So Far This Year As of This Date 2610
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Water from Hiwassee dam is ex- pected to be back several miles, right up to the city limits of Mur- phy, N. O., which has long been Q land locked city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

But it always quickly disappeared below the surface as the heavy sinker drew the mine to the sea bottom. But you knew, watching this process, that the deadly explo- sive would quickly come to within five feet of the top as the wire at- tached to the sinker gradually play ed out.
 Then the last two half-ton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Motorists narrowly escaped pos sible injury yesterday morning when several tons of ice became loosened by the recent thaw and warm weather and crashed onto the high way from the cliffs just south of Red Path Inn, on the Thomaston highway. The highway department was notified and within a short time, cleared the way for traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

mines came aft. The men weren't so tense now.
 The seamen at the release lever turned and said, to me, Want a ride, chum?"
 Everyone laughed.
 Then, as those two mines slid into the phosphorescent water with a sigh, everyone laughed again-with relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Ireland is the only country in which statistics show men have longer span of life than women.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Waterville, March 25.-The card party previously planned Friday night by the Casper s. Davis, Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, has been postponed indefinitely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

A favorable report is expected this week from the committee on humane institutions and public welfare on the aid to dependent children bill, which would allow the state to receive 3 S1,O00,00O federal grant year. Cost to the towns under the program would be reduced from $l,1OO,0OO g year to $500, O,0OO. ..i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Labor and management are re- mended that strikes can never build national defense If the British in the name of Liberty, can stick by their guns-the least Americans can do is stick by their jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Two bills by Senator Michael V. Blansfield were among several dozen to. be heard by the judiciary committee today. One is con- cerned with recovery of damages by minors, and the other with in- sanity as 8 ground for divorce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

The committee on motor ve- hicles has listed for Thursday a hearing on 8 bill by Rep. John Membrino, of Waterbury, which would amend the present statutes concerning suspension and revoca-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Legion Card Party
 This Week Postponed
Boy Scouts Hold Father and Son Banquet Tonight;
 Arnauckas Rolls 346 in Chase League Match
W AT E R WILLIE
Correspondent R. W. Henion Telephone s-5Aes

be held tonight at 8:30 o'clock, at Fraternity hall, with Clifford North rop, commander, presiding.
 Scouts Meet Tomorrow
 Girl Scout, Troop No. 16, will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at the home of Ruth Batchelder on Chapel street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
c. Y. o. Meets Tonight

c. Y. o. Meets Tonight
 The Catholic Youth Organization of St. Michaels church will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the parish hall. Those interested in the boys baseball team and girls softball team are asked to attend.
 Results of the Chase Wire Mill bowling match last night at the Wa terville alleys were:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

HU9suE0 SS1Co nyor0uAtc DFakOS~s
 redesigned to keep . flat tire from rolling off the wheel.
 ITS no wonder thousands are A switching to the new Plym- outh!It'sthe safest, easiest han ding low-priced car-has more ofthe finer features you wantl
 Here's the longest wheelbase of "All 3" low-priced cars. ...new roominess. You enjoy new ease ofsteering, braking.. thew stead mess and smoothnessl
 And Plymouth's greater pow erper pound of weight means finer performance. Jess gear shifting. Ride the new Plym- outhl PLYMOUTH DIVISION OF CFRYSLER CORPORATION.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Rev. William Mellor and wife of Buffalo, N. Y, are visiting with MT. and Mrs. Leroy Maxwell of Wheeler street. MT. Mellor was formerly @ resident of Watervlle.
 Mrs. Maxwell is expecting a visit from her son, William Henry Sul- livan and his wife, who have just returned from the Philippine Islands, where they have been mis- sionaries the past six years.
 A father and son banquet this evening in the parish hall of St. Pauls Episcopal church will take the place of the usual meeting of Boy Scout Troop No. 31.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

A business meeting of Casper s. Davis, American Legion post, will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

w& Plymouth gives you more important safety features than any other low priced car! D You get Hydraulic Bralses..a SafesY-S4eel
 Body. Safety Glass. SaieiY-SiYled Interior.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Alexander Markey observes: "Mebbe the I'll Duce will know bet ter than to Mussolin-the next time."
 W0 hear his chin has retreated six inchesl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

ton of automobile drivers n- censes.
 Rep. Daniel J. Mahaney's bill providing for the erection of mem- Orials to veterans who are buried abroad or who were reported miss ing will be considered Thursday afternoon by the committee on national defense and military af- fairs. . a.5.
 A bill by Senator Blansfie1d al- lowing deputy coroners to enter the state retirement system will be heard by the judiciary commit tee tomorrow afternoon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

Before the strike ended, Elsa Maxwell was seen walking across
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25

many other important driving safeguards. BE And for l941, Plymouth leads again by bringing you new Safety Rim Wheels exclu- sive with Plymouth in the low-pzice 1ieldl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-25
Legislative Nelus

ton of automobile drivers Ii. rnncAe
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
National Defense And
The Negro" Was
Theme OF 32nd Annual NAACP
Meet Sharp Discussion, Program
Youth Sessions With 500 Y outh Delegates
Many Leaders On Program. Opening Gun Fired By Dunee

DR.. Ira DeA Reid of the U. S. Emp 'oy-
ment Service, Placement Bureau.
The conference goes on with YOUTH
Night Thursday night June 26 featuring
the programs of the youth councils and
delegates and visitors will hear addresses
by President Buell. G. Gallagher OF
Ia adega College, Ala. and M 5. Jones
Jr.. youth director of NAACP. Walter
White will award prizes to the winner
of the annual essay contest.
Friday night the 18th Spingarn medal
will be presented to Richard Wright
author of Native Son. by Elmer A
Carter of New York, member of the
appea S board of the New York State
Employment Insurance Fund.
There will be other prizes and Merit
Scrolls Given Saturday.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

Beyond a ashdow of a doubt, Sena-
tor Pat harrison was one of the most
conspicuous characters in the senate and
he was looked upon with honor and
respect by not only his colleagues, but
the entire nation.
Senator Harrison was at one time e
newsboy in Crystal Springs, Miss. He
had a great personality and was honored
and respected throughout the nation.
In his high and honored position re-
presenting Mississippi, he seemed to
have possessed humanitarian spirit.
AS editor of the Weekly Echo we re-
member on one occasion writing to
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

S eeping Car Porters, and w. Robert
Ming, Jr., Washington, D. c. will be
speakers.
One of the most interesting SESSIONS
will be the one Thursday, June Is, when
delegates will have the opportunity to
closely question various government ad
ministrative assistants who will be pres
ent to tell what the government is doing
for the Negro in all phases of the nation
al defense program. Among the are
DR.. Robert c. Weaver of the Office of
Production Management; William H
HASTE civilian aide TO the Secretary OF
War; w. J. Trent of the WPA; DR.. Frank
Horne of the Housing Authority, ard
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
Senator Pat Harrison, OF
Mississippi Passed 10
The Great Beyond Last
Sunday In Washington After Under
going A Major Operation

Senator Harrison and one of the Con-
gressmen from Mississippi. We now
have in our file nice letter from Sena-
tor Harrison stating that he would be
glad to do whatever he could to relieve
conditions in the matter that was pre-
sented by the editor. AS to whether
he paid any attention to it or not M
reply was encouraging and though he
has gone to the great beyond we treasure
that letter from Senator Harrison ana
shall keep it for years to come.
1t is encouraging to be recognized ~
those in AUTHORITY. A great Senator
and a great Mississippian, gone home
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
Meridian
District
Con. SIS.
And Epworth
League Convention
Convene July "a

TIL District Conference, Sunday School
and Epworth League Convention vii
convene at Col irs, Miss, Wednesday
July End. Rev. E. D. Barksdale, pastor
of the Mt Pleasant Circuit is the en-
tertain.ng pastor.
A large number of visitors will be
present. All pastors and delegates are
making ready for this three day meeting
Fine reports are expected to be made.
Bishop J. H. Moore will preach the
closing sermon Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Lula Virgins Tate of louisville
Kentucky viii also be present.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
ABOUT Felix
WE KNOW

Mr. j. W. Brown and two daughters
Dorothy Neel and Rosa Mae were plea
SAINT visitors in the HBA office Tuesday
ms rning Ell Houte to Brooklyn, their
home, from Dekalb where they attend
ed the funeral of their grandmother
She was the mother of twelve children
twenty grand children and As great
graz children. Funeral services were
held in Dekalb.
Mr.. Mastraw Hardy, son of Mrs. Ad-
lean Hardy, is home after spending
approximately three months in the
Government hospital in Admission, Ala
Mr.. Frank johnson of Newton ano
president of HBA No. 1885, was in the
office last week on business.
Mr.. ]. W. Brown, Vice President of
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
Work Or Play; Stir Or Be Still
Churn Or Shake

succeed in life must work and we can
not stop to play until we have our work
really under control and then it is like
driving an automobile, you had better
keep your hands ON it, your eyes on it
your mind and heart on it, if not your
work will get away from you and you
will prove 10 be colossal failure.
BUSINESS
If you head business you have no
Continued on page theeo
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

MOT many people want to work these
days Not sany people know how to
work these days. Readers of this artic e
who were reared on a farm know
what it means to churn three and half
gallors of milk in four gal on church
II you work pr churn the milk the butter
will, come, however, if you stir the milk
or play with it you will ruin the milk
butter and all.
The man OF woman whip expects tc
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

This years annual conference al
Houston, Texas June "a 70 %, is ex-
pected to be one of the best attended
and most stirring in the Associat pms
history, with sharp discussion and mill
tant acton on the place of the race in
the national defense program holding
the spotlight
Houston is prepared to provide warm
and hospitable welcome 10 all delegates
Sessions are at Good Hope Baptist
Church.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

Opening gun wi be fired by Roscoe
Dunjee, f. ghting editor of the Black
Dispatch of Oklahoma City and member
of the national board of directors when
he makes the keynote address Tuesday
night, June a. The white primary, the
poll tax and other topics viii be dealt
with in the other principal address OF
the evening delivered by Herbert Agar
editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal
an outstanding liberal
Business sessions Wednesday morning
June Is will be concerned with discus
sions of the white primary by A. Macec
Smith of Dallas, Texas, and registration
by Artheur D. Shores of Birmingham
Ala, E. Norman Lacy, Tampa, Fla, wi
discuss how to build strorg branch
during the Wednesday afternoon session
] The treatment of the Negro in ma
tional defense will be the subject of two
speeches at the Wednesday night mass
meeting when A. Philip Randolph, inter
national head Of the Brotherhood Of
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27
Addresses NAAC P
National Meeting

William Pickens one of the best in
former Negroes in President Rposevelts
Cabinet will speak to the delegates at
the conference in Texas.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

Miss Catherine Hunter, daughter ID
Mr. and Mrs. James Hunter is in the
Continued on page Four
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

finer way to die than in the service OF
ones country" That was fine state
ment to come from this prosperous
Negro farmer who lives out from Indi-
nola Miss, rear Moorehead.
That is the spirit of the Negro race
in general. The Negro has always
been loyal and true 70 his country. He
has never been a traitor. In many in
stances he has been the first to give
his life for his country, therefore, II
we are correctly informed, John Willie
Edwards, 81 years of age, in the us
Navy Department. was the first Miss
iss ppian to give up that which can
never come back to him, and the father
and mother, though bereaved, wi. lingly
gave their son to serve his country well
TRYING TIMES
These are trying times and perilouf
conditions, for race of minority
group, such as we constitute, to brace
up and walk with our heads UP, will
ing to die for cur country 1t is nc
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-06-27

HBA No. 278, Brooklyn, was in the Of
flee Tuesday en- route home fpom Dekalb