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Standing

Well, they did not live up to their own prediction of winning 12 out of fifteen games last round and although the brilliant winning streak of the Reds completely over- shadowed their work, nevertheless the Blues of Bill Christie are on the top of heap as another week in the Patriotic Pin Leagues tor rid race became passe.
 The big reason the Blues are in the choice spot is that they were able to knock off their three chief rivals every time they met in the last round. Winning every game against the Stars, Stripes and Whites was quite a task but first place was rich reward.
 The Stripes held four game lead over the Stars, the Blues be- fore the fifth round got underway but the Ariolamen floundered badly and won but five out of fif- teen contests played.
 The Reds losing their first three games Of the round dld a complete turnabout and won the next twelve in a row to come with in one game of the top as the round ended. And to think just a month ago Howells gang was ten games off the pace.
 One more Blues victory or one more Eagle defeat will eliminate the last mathematical chance of the Birds copping the pennant. However, Capt. German informs us that his team is going to have a lot of fun knocking the big shots off.
 The Stars came out of their slump with a bang last week as Pete Rinaldi finally got his famous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14
STICK TOGETHER

Soldiers in the 206th Coast Artil- lery include Q ready-made Arkansas State College basketball team that has played together since high school days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14
HANDY WITH FISTS

Frank Leahy, new Notre Dame football coach, used to box with Ace Hudkins in the Omaha Y. M. c. A. He received several professional ring offers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

Three Dartmouth basketball play CTS, Winnie Else, George Munroe and Charlie Pearson, have been main- taining better than Phi Beta Kappa scholastic averages,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14
THE STANDINGS
NOTHING BUT BILLS

In the past six years, the three Bills of midget auto racing-Mor- rissey, Schindler and Holmes-have captured all of the indoor title hon. OrS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

which is assured fine evening of hoop entertainment.
 Frank O'Donnell will referee the title game.
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UP TO THE VOTERS

An amendment to the New York State Constitution has been pro- posed to authorize the construction of twenty miles of ski trails on Whiteface Mountain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14
LOW HEART BEAT

Leslie MacMitchell, the mile run- ming sensation, has an amazlnfily low heart beat of thirty-eight. The average is seventy-tWo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

John Borcan,s weight has drop ped from i87 to l64 pounds since the beginning of the Winter indoor track season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

The Eastern Cycling Federation has been organized to further bi- cycle racing in New York and New Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

BY BOB PALMER
 Last Weeks Results Blues 3, Whites 0. Stars 3, Eagles O. Reds 3, Stripes o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-14

The Stars came out of their slump with a bang last week as Pete Rinaldi finally got his famous hook working to perfection as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
PRICES:
No ActiOn Yet

While congress debated the set
ting of ceilings on wages and prices
and rents, without taking any def
mite action, Canada stepped into the
breach and moved to halt imitation.
Prime Minister King said "the gov
eminent has decided to halt the rise
in prices, to undertake the control
of all prices, and where necessary,
take any other steps to control civil
ian consumption in fair and equita-
BILE ways"
He said that ceilings would be set
on prices. He admitted it was going
to interfere with business, would inn
pose irksome restrictions. Then he
announced that all prices would be
frozen after November II on the
basis of prices charged for that mer-
chandise during the four weeks from
September Is to October II.
He followed this with system of
controlling wages. Wages also were
to be "frozen" at the same level,
but employers would be required to
pay bonuses in amounts that would
vary from time to time according
to nationwide conditions.
The first step in prevention of in
fiation had been thus taken by our
neighbor to the north.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
WILLKIE:
again to Fore

Though the isolationists and nom
interventionists constantly were
pointing to President Roosevelt as
the "big, bad WOLF that was leading
this nation into actual warfare, it
was Wendell Willkie, former Repub-
lican candidate, who ''beat the gun, !"
and in an address urged the country
to "face war;"
A coincident reaction with Will
kie's announcement was that con-
gressional leaders began to think in
terms not of passing the ship-arming
bill, but of scrapping the entire
Neutrality act.
Lets kill the whole darned
thing" many of them seemed to feel.
Willkie told his listeners:
"Let us stop deluding ourselves.
Berlin, Tokyo and Rome are ir-
revocably linked by the dangerous
dream of world conquest. Victory
for one is victory for all. Their aim
is world domination, the destruction
of liberty and the end of democracy.
..Our ships will continue to be tor
pedoed and sunk if we don't arm
them fast. Axis victories will not
end unless we deliver the goods.
'.sBut even this is not enough. We
must remove the show and decep-
ton of hypocritical neutrality laws.
We must abandon the hope of peace.
''We can no more negotiate d
peace with the war lords of Tokyo
than with the conquering dictator of
Berlin. On any continent, in every
ocean, we can only stop these part
ners in piracy.
''They are winning now. Unless
we act soon it will be too late"
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SOME REMINDERS OF OLD,
WAR NO. 1 SPEECHES
released by Western Newspaper Union.l

SOME REMINDERS OF OLD,
WAR NO. / SPEECHES
DIGGING THROUGH some old
rubbish a few days ago, discov-
cred a number of clippings from
English papers, containing accounts
Of the visit of party of American
journalists, of which I was one.
During the days spent in England
that party of Americans listened to
many speeches and, in view Of in
tervening and present-day events,
these clippings made interesting
reading.
Arthur Balfour, in a speech made
at luncheon, forecast the difficult
problems to be faced at the peace
table and what would happen in the
future should hatred have place in
peace negotiations. The kind Of
peace he warned against was made
and his prophecy for the future has
been realized in a second World
war.
Lord Northcliffe, in a speech at
a luncheon in the London Times
building, forecast a League of Ma
tons that, with America as par
ticipant, would solve all future
International problems. America
did not join the League and the
League did not prevent second
World war.
Admiral Sims, commanding the
American navy in Europe, explained
the work of the British navy. He
said there were never more than Is
German subs at sea at any one time
and that England had some 5000
vessels of various classes searching
for these subs and protecting mer-
chant ships. Admiral Sims said 1t
was the English navy that would
make victory for the Allied cause
possible by maintaining control of
the seas. It was true at that time,
and is true again now with just
about the same conditions.
World War I, and the peace that
grew out of it, did not prevent war
but, rather, encouraged more wars,
including the present conflict. What
will follow the peace of this war only
the future can tell. The sentiment
now in the democracies is for gen.
erous terms, with Roosevelt Church
i'll pronouncement as a basis, but
the bombs are still falling With
victory, the hatreds of Europe may
again, as in 1919, dominate tn
peace terms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
MERRY-GO-ROUND

The American Association for Eco
nomic Freedom has reprinted an adj
dress made more than 10 years ago
by Federal Judge Robert N. Wilxin
of Cleveland on "a New Social Or
der" in which he advocated a union
of the English-speaking countries to
resist the totalitarian aggressors.
Heavyweight champ Joe Louis,
soon to be drafted, is tackling what
he describes as s'the biggest fight of
my career" He has sent circular
letter to every member Of congress
asking them for help to raise a fund
for a movement to improve the eco
nomic condition of Negroes.
It isn't advertised. but the army
now has a regular military air serv-
ice across both the North and South
Atlantic, operating on schedule, just
as punctually as any commercial
airway in the U.S.A.
Good news for the troops eaten by
chiggers in the Louisiana maneu-
vers: Denton Crowl of Toledo had
just discovered a chemical which
will make them as scarce as Amer
lean heavy bombers.
Jesse Jones is angling to get John
Hertz, original king of the Yellow
Taxis in Chicago, appointed to the
Maritime commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
NEW LABOR HEADACHE

Strikes are still serious problem,
but the big labor headache currently
marrying defense chiefs is the COM
pick and mounting difficulty of en-
ployment dislocations.
Almost every day brings new re-
ports of workers let out due to lack
of materials, forced curtailment of
production or other defense causes.
Official estimates of such dismissals
put the number at between one and
two million.
And the end is not in sight. Some
experts anticipate that in the auto
industry alone 100000 workers will
lose their jobs.
Aware of the serious economic
consequences of such dislocations,
OPM heads are making strenuous
efforts to overcome them. So far
only partial answers have been
found.
Originally, OPM tried to handle
such dismissals by local absorption.
This worked all right in towns with
industries engaged in defense work.
They could use the displaced hands
and gladly took them on. But in
communities where this condition
did not exist, other solutions had to
be found.
Various methods have been used.
In some instances defense orders
have been granted to reopen shut
down plants. In other cases, where
conversion of a plant wasn't pos
sible, an entire new defense plant
has been erected in town. In still
other instances, workers have been
given ''retraining" instruction and
moved to places where labor was
needed.
Defense chiefs count on Floyd Cd
lurn's reorganized subcontracting
division to take up most of the slack
on defense dislocations.
Odlun originally estimated it
would take two months to set up
administrative machinery, but OPM
chiefs are urging him to turn his
attention to getting subcontracts now
and rounding out his organization as
he goes along.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
KEARNY:
Major Incident:

Impact of the torpedoing of the
destroyer Kearny near Iceland had
been terrific. First reports Of the in
cident indicated no loss of life but
when the ship made port (under its
own power) II crew members were
listed as missing" and 10 more as
seriously injured.
The full report of Commander
DAMS had been awaited with eager
ness, particularly after Nazi sources
called the entire story "fiat lie"
and stated that the Kearny had
probably run into an American
mine.
The denial had been expected, and
the senatorial and congressional
comment had been along expected
lines.s Nye said it was just the sort
of thing the country could have
looked for, in following the admin
istration's foreign policy.
Most members of congress, how
ever, took, an extremely serious view
of the situation, many permitting
themselves to be quoted that "this
might well be the spark needed to
explode us into war;"
The incident occurred when the
house was debating the ship-arming
bill, but was not believed to have
had any particular effect on the de-
bate, and the passage Of the meas
ure had been foregone conclusion.
Chief among reactions to the tor
pedoing of the Kearny had been sur
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
MISCELLANY:

YUMA: Franchot Tone, former
husband of Joan Crawford, had flown
here to wed Jean Wallace, 18, a
blonde film actress.
SCARSDALE, N. Y: The death
of DR.. Karl Connell ended the career
of the man who designed the first
American gas mask, used in the last
war.
CAIRO: The Greeks reported by
grapevine" that the Germans had
confscated their fire engines, send
ing them to Germany. One Greek
laughingly said it didn't make much
difference because the Nazis had
taken all the cigarettes and matches
anyway-so the fire danger was
less.
NEW YORK: George M. Cohan,
SO, veteran of 5000 theatrical per-
formances, had been reported
gravely ill following an emergency
abdominal operation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
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Washington, d. C.
FARMER PRICE VICTORY

FARMER PRICE VICTORY
Louis j. Taber, National Grange
president, and other farm leaders
didn't come away empty-handed
from their conference with the Pres
ident on price control.
While he would not agree to their
proposal that wages be included in
the price control bill drafted by
Price Administrator Leon Hender-
son, Roosevelt did make one impor-
tant concession. He said he would
have no objection to a parity aver
ages formula" being put in the bill
to limit the dumping Of government
owned wheat and cotton when the
prices of these commodities threaten
to soar out of bounds.
Under this formula, to insure
farmers an average parity price for
the full crop year, restrictions would
be placed on the amount Of wheat
and cotton that could be sold. Also,
the dumping could not begin until
prices reach certain above-parity
levels, to be worked out by Hender-
son and the department of agricul-
ture.
Taber and his colleagues had to
do some fast talking to sell the Presi-
dent on this plan. At first he seemed
in no mood to accept any changes
in the bill and told his callers that
if they had come to debate the ques-
ton of controlling farm prices they
were wasting their time.
''We have simply got to head off
infiationary trends" the President
declared grinly, cor face the worst
depression the country has ever
known after this emergency is over"
The farm leaders finally won him
over to their plan with the assurance
that they would not oppose Hender-
sons system of selective price con-
trolls, providing the parity gains won
at this session were not lost.
Taber pointed out that though the
prices of wheat and cotton are now
only slightly below parity, and live
stock above it, farmers get only 43
per cent of the consumers dollar
spent for farm products, as against
go per cent in 1917, when defense
production was geared to the peak
it has reached today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
RUSSIA:
A Defense,

Though the defenders of Moscow
had been putting up brilliant and
tenacious battle, it had become
evident that only a military miracle
could save the city.
Perhaps weather miracle might,
but though there was snow on the
battlefields, and more was falling
from time to time, there seemed no
diminution in the ferocity of the
German assault, or the man and
machine power with which it had
been delivered.
OF special interest to men inter-
ested in military maneuvering was
the Nazi method, aided by its mar
velously mechanical forces, in shift
ing the pressure suddenly from one
front to another.
Moscow was assaulted from three
from the northwest, along the road
from Leningrad; from thewest, along
the historic sNapoleonic highway"
and from the southwest, following
the route from Orel.
Discounting wild rumors (there
even had been one report that the
Russians had recaptured Orel and
Kalinin, two vital points lost at least
a week before) it was apparent that
the Germans had been able to make
two lines out of the three-roughly
called the right and left wings of
the assault.
There could be little question that
the cost to the invaders in men and
material was heavy, but also there
was little doubt that the retreat
of the Red armies had of necessity
been swift and a heavy drain on
the Soviet material.
Grandiloquent Nazi claims of the
smashing of Timoshenko's "eight
armies and the collapse of Russian
resistance were perforce discounted
as wishful thinking on the part of
the Germans as daily gains dropped
from a score of miles to matter
of hundreds Of yards.
The Russian defenders on one day
would be calling on their reserves
to battle smashing assaults on the
right, and then just as suddenly, be
compelled to meet the same sort of
action from the left.
Diplomats moved out OF the city;
the report was circulated that the
government had moved to Kazan.
Ivan Maisky, Soviet spokesman,
asking for a complete pooling of
British and Red resources, pledged
the nation to fight on regardless
of MISUNDERSTANDING that the
1--WE need miracle spirit was para
mount even in the highest circles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
FARMERS DEFINITELY AFFECT
ED BY RAILROAD WAGES

THE FARMER is the one pro-
Queer in America who does not, and
cannot, determine the price at which
his commodity will be sold. He
sows in the spring, with hope that
Nature will enable him to produce
a crop, and consumer demand will
assure him a fair price. When, with
the assistance of Nature, his acres
have produced crop, he must reap
in the fall, regardless of what the
price may be.
The price is made at Chicago, at
Tidewater or at Liverpool, and the
farmer pays the transportation.
From the price paid is deducted the
delivery costs.
The manufacturer can, and does,
fix the price at which he will sell
his product. If there is not con-
sumner demand at the price he
names, he can lay off his help,
close his factory and await better
conditions. To the price the manu-
facturer names, the local merchant
adds the cost of transportation of
the product in fixing his price to
the consumer. The farmer pays the
freight on what he sells and also on
what he buys.
The farmer has a definite finan-
cial interest in the proposed wage
increase asked by the railroad en-
ployees of the nation. That increase
represents more than the railroads
are earning. They cannot absorb it
and continue to operate. It means
increased cost of transportation on
what the farmer sells and on what he
buys. He will get less for what his
factory - his acres - produce, and
pay more for the commodities of
other factories-the things he and
his family need and use, and the
equipment needed to operate his
farm. The increased freight both
ways will amount to a considerable
number of dollars a year for every
one of the more than six million
farms in America. Without that
proposed increase, the average rail-
road employee is far better off finan-
cially than is the average farmer,
who, collectively, will pay a con-
siderable portion of the increase.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31

severe preach DeLWeeH tne OHlteu
States and Japan"
Japan's terms admittedly had
been received, studied in Washing
ton. Washington admittedly had
been discouraged at the prospects
of agreement. 1t may or may not
be that this attitude had been con-
veyed to Konoye through the jap
anese ambassador.
At all events, it was plain that the
prince must himself have believed
that agreement on the Pacific with
the United States was impossible
and hence his resignation.
His successor-General Toto. And
one of his first utterances had been
that his cabinet would make early
and final decision as to what
measures to take to end the crisis.
Coupled with this had been a
strong and unequivocal affirma-
ton of Japan's complete loyalty to
the Axis.
Most observers had been watching
Nazi Germany whipping Tokyo into
action in the Pacific, obviously to
create new front, to divide the
U. S. fleet, to lessen our aid to Brit
ain, and to involve in near-at-hand
struggle the powerful continent of
Australia.
These seemed plain facts and
watching the developments, those
who wished tn avoid war with Japan
were becoming gloomy indeed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
SUPPLY RACE:
In North africa

British and German armies faced
each other on the relatively quiet
desert front, and military CORE
spondents believed each was afraid
to start a general attack unless the
reserves of supplies guaranteed a
fairly certain success.
Therefore, back of the front lines
a race had developed, and trained
watchers believed it might be weeks
or months before one side or the
other would gain sufficient lead.
General Auchinleck commanded
the British, while General Rommel
was the German commander. It had
been four months since the last
real battle on the desert front, wrote
one correspondent.
The British are receiving enor-
nous quantities of goods via Amer
lean ships calling at Suez. They
were said to be arriving faster than
they could be handled
The British now have, it was said,
thousands of motor trucks, and
enough light, fast tanks to make sew
eral motorized units. There are
hundreds of new fighters and bomb
ers of the latest types.
These developments, it was felt,
would, within a few weeks, or a
couple of months, be reflected in a
terrific British drive in North
Africa.
But the ermans and Italians are
not idle, and the British Mediter-
ranean fleet, harassed constantly
from the air and by submarines,
has been hard put to it to make a
serious dent in the shipping lines
from Europe to Africa, constantly
laden with military supplies for
Rommeps forces.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
PANAMA:
Takes Step

y The expected aftermath of the alb
dication and overthrow of President
Arnulfo Arias of Panama followed
when the little country in which hun
dreds of American-owned ships are
registered, decided to permit the
arming of merchant vessels.
This putting Of ships in Panamian
registry was a device used by this
country because of the neutrality
act which forbids the vessels to en-
ter belligerent ports.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31
TOTO:
A Netv Regime

Another blow of shocking impact
had been the sudden resignation of
the Prince Funimaro Konoye cab
met in Tokyo, and the princes
replacement by General TOTO, thus
forming a frankly militaristic gov
eminent.
It had been reliably reported that
the Konoye resignation had been on
a basis of ''this government is UNI
willing to accept responsibility for a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31

DES MONIES, IOWA. - Jim
Harlan, IoiUa state conservation
commissioner, and Jane Wilson
,oere on hand to see an egret be-
gin its flight back to the South
by means Of artificial ,oings. The
bird ioas fixed up tUith man
made ''fappers" and sent from
the Des Moines airport after its
feathers failed to groO fast
enough following an injury. 1t
tcas to be released at NetU Or
leans and toiU be out Of the
northlands before ,ointer sets in.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-10-31

WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
U. S. Destroyer Kearny Makes Port
Under Own Power After Torpedoing;
II Crew Members Reported Missing;
Japanese Form Militaristic Cabinet

NoTEwhsn opinions IN these columns they
lReeased by Western Newspaper Union. -
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WHERE'S THE CEILING.

WHAT DOES a surplus of food and
continuously increasing prices mean
if not imitation? Where is the cell
ing they talk about, and over what
is it to be placed? The farmer can
not be the only one who is to be
limited in the price he receives.