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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01
Mss Shirley Collins
 Ating On Committee

U , Hiss Shirley Collins, daughter of r,' !. and Mrs. E. T. Collins of Wall :. ieet, is member of large re- D. D. ption committee which will func- 7. "A 5n at the annual formal prom Y hade of Bay Path Institute, where p1 he is enrolled as a student. The ], promenade will be held in the TSSpringf1eld Municipal auditorium !, this evening, and is the outstanding social event of the school year for the students.
 The reception committee of which Miss Collins is member, will re- ceive the guests at the door and escort them through the rceiving line at the formal reception which will precede the dancing, and will also lead the grand march. The grand march will include several patriotic features. Tne dance pro- grams which have been prepared by the committee will also carry out the patriotic theme, being red, white and blue and containing words of the popular song, God Bless America" The promenade is to be given by the Junior class and students of the Business depart ment to the members of the Senior class who will attend the dance as guests.
 Miss Frances Dwyer who is to be married next month was the guest Of honor at shower given by her sister, Miss Gertrude Dwyer and Mrs. Rocco DeCorSo.
 Those present were: Mrs. Albert Buell., Miss Dorothy Buell., Mrs. Pe- ter Fox, Mrs. Edward Curley. Mrs. Robert Tyler, Mrs. William Daley, Mrs. Dennis McGrath, Mrs. Walter West, Mrs. Thomas Murphy, Mrs. Carmela Arcari, Mrs. Giovanna Pe- troccia, Mrs. Frank Seery, Mrs. William Nolan Miss Marjorie Seery, Miss Eleanor Walsh, Mrs. Edward Conapack, Mrs. John Hamel, Mrs. John Hamel, Jr.. Mrs. John Jack son, Mrs. John McGrail, Mrs. An geline Carosella, Mrs. James Begley.
 Mrs. Leslie Packer, Mrs. Frank Tucker. Mrs. Daniel Feola, Mrs. Mary Pierce, Mrs. Anna Murphy, Mrs. Edward Blade, Miss Martha Greene, Mrs. Edward Seery, Mrs. Antonio Chestone, Mrs. Joseph See- ", Mrs. Cyril Walsh, Miss Frances Murphy. Mrs. Howard Judd, Mrs. P. DeVto. Mrs. Mary Weeks, Mrs. John Petroccia, Mrs. John Meehan, Miss Margaret Jackson, Mrs. Allen Pvosot, Mrs. Nicholas Lombard.
 Miss Ann Stevens, Mrs. Claude Stevens. Mrs. James DeVito Misses Catherine Hosey and Margaret Stew ems, Mrs. James Semrow, Mrs. Am erico DeAngelis. Mrs. Fred Krantz Mrs. Clementina DeCarolis, Miss Blythe Carlstrom. Mrs. George Cog gin, Mrs. John Donahue. Mrs. John Hartnett. Miss Mary West, Misses Mildred Galiada, Lynnea oyllen- hammer. Mrs. Joseph Lombard, Miss statia McEvoy, Mrs. George sloss. Mrs. Charles Keeley. Mrs. Raphaela Ricciuti. Carmeila Mastriano, Mrs. Nicola DeMella. Mrs. Edward Dwyer and Mrs. Alexander Menotti.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-01

Mrs. Louis Manzo of Lawlor street Is Q patient at St. Marys hospital.
Evening star., 1941-11-14
"SteeIcroft" VeIocipedes
16.Iuch Wheel Sise

Tubular frame bikes for boys
and girls. Ball-bearing front
wheel, rubber pedals, front wheel
fender, rear step, adjustable han
die bars. Red and silver color
finish.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

Underwood. Louis FitzHenry.
Francis A. Garecht, T Alan
Goldsborough, George NJ. HUI
bert, Michael L. Igoe, Harry E.
Pratt, Heartsill Ragon, Fred M.
Vinson, Richard S. Whaley, FL
mis- Garrett and Marvin Jones.
The nomination of Charles H.
Leavy is now before Senate
committee. One or two of these
appointments have been from
one place on the bench to an
other.
Chief Justice Richard S. Wha-
ley of the Court of Claims was
originally appointed to that
court by President Hoover, and
made chief justice by President
Roosevelt more recently. He was
formerly a Representative from
South Carolina. Presiding Judge
Finis J. Garrett of the Court of
Customs and Patent Appeals
was appointed to that court by
President Coolidge, and by Mr..
Roosevelt made presiding judge.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

President Roosevelt, during his
two terms and part of a third,
has appointed total Of Is men,
bers of Congress to the Federal
judiciary. Here and there in the
list has been the appointment Of
a lame duck" member OF the
House or Senate, a member who
has failed of reelection and been
given judicial appointment
later. Of the total number ap-
pointed, 7 have been Senators
and 18 House members.
Under bill just introduced by
Senator Nye, Republican, Of
North Dakota, it will no longer be
possible for the President to
make such appointments. The
Nye measure provides that no
member of the House or Senate
shall be eligible to appointment
to the Federal bench until the
expiration of two years after the
termination of his services as
member of Congress. To many
members of Congress, lawyers Of
ability, this may seem a harsh
discrimination.
1t is Senator Nye's argument
that judicial appointments-ap-
Evening star., 1941-11-01
BY FRED VANDERSCHMIDT.

From the standpoint of news
paperman the big gap in the big
story OF this last month is the abb
sence of readable and colorful de-
tails from the scene or from some
where near the scene of the at
tacks on United States warships
and merchantmen in the new At
lantic graveyard west of Iceland.
AS has been pointed out in news
stories this week, the multiple GEN.
sorships which bear on dispatches
from Iceland form the tightest kind
of a news bottleneck. Outbound
news must first 60 through the mil
itary censors of both British and
American occupying forces and
then to London, where, in the past
1t has been tossed about between
British Ministry of Information
and United States Embassy be-
fore its release for transmission tc
the United States.
In the case of dispatches on the
arrival of United States soldiers ir
Iceland, they were filed from Reyk-
javik by Drew Middleton OF the
Associated Press on September II
but were not finally cleared tc
America until october /. The same
processes operate on the cases OF
torpedoed destroyers and supply
ships.
Security q Broad Term.
No purpose will be accomplished
here in telling what present ano
previous foreign correspondent:
think Of censorship, and most OF
it would be unprintable, anyway
But some memories Of the battles
of the scissors in the first two year!
of this war are worth retellmg.
From the start the european gov
ernmentS, in genera, have insisted
that they censored news stories
primarily to protect military secrecy
and security. No American CORE
spondent could quarrel with that
basis. Military secrets are superbly
guarded at the source and no CORE
spondent wanted to send news which
would jeopardize the lives Of fight
ing men.
In practice. however, military
secrecy" and security" have been
stretched to cover both matters OF
domestic and foreign policy, to hide
blunders, to mask indecision and
ignorance.
Published Material Cut.
No government has had a monop-
oily on these practices, although the
British method is to censor out
going copy directly, piece by piece
in the cable Office; the German
method is to put the author on his
own responsibility, which means he
must answer for what he has writ
ten after it has been sent and pub
hshed; the Dutch method, before
! Holland was invaded. was to merely
make the unsatisfactory" story
vanish without trace in transit.
Thus, for reasons Of military Sc
crecy," painstaking British censor
in 1899 shipped from the story of the
sinking Of the aircraft carrier
Courageous all mention of the war
ships specifications. although they
had been published all over the
world in naval handbooks for years
Nazis Hide Raid Damage.
Neville Chamberlain Commons
speech on the declaration of war
was held up five hours. although
| every one knew he was making it
Evening star., 1941-11-01

makes it so much more tragic
and dangerous for the crews Of
American cruisers and destroyers
now on duty in the waters be-
tween Iceland and Greenland.
New "Rattlesnake" Technique.
Those crews are aware of the
packs which infest the North At
lantic, watching for a chance to
launch a torpedo against Ameri-
can warshipS or merchantmen
carrying aid to England. The
modern Capt. Courageous" has
only an inkling of the where
abouts of the .rattlesnakes of the
Atlantic" His detectors show
when an enemy is somewhere be-
meath the surface. But If the
submarine lies in wait With her
motors silent, he has no means
of warning.
American warships. seeking
these rattlesnakes, must move
about, constantly hunting. Sub
marine detectors may indicate
when the enemy is nearby, but
more often than not the first
warning a warship commander
has is the wake of torpedo.
The Nazi "rattlesnakes" have
adopted a new technique. They
no longer show their periscopes
when attacking a convoy. A
pack of between S and Is of
them lies in wait after they have
been notified that a convoy es-
corted by men-of-war is on the
way to Britain.
The German intelligence serv-
ice apparently receives exact in
formation when a convoy leaves
the West Atlantic and knows the
number of ships included in it.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
The Political Mill
Members Of Congress Likely to Resent
Bill Barring Them From, Judiciary Jobs

left the Government service, has
been referred. Senator Van Nuys
considers the Nye bill a COM
panion piece to the Hatch bill.
Both, he says. have a meritorious
purpose" Nor would he be sur
prised If both are reported out
to the Senate and placed on the
calendar. Undoubtedly there may
be many members of both houses
who will consider the Nye bill
unfair. Furthermore, an argu-
ment was advanced today that
when a man has served in Con-
gress for a number of years. and
given up his private practice OF
law, he should be entitled to a
judicial appointment if only to
take care of him." If he is de-
feated for reelection.
Would Be a Blow to Lawyers.
The Hatch bill may be amended
so as to prohibit members Of
Congress also from appearing
before Government departments.
its author said. II this were
done it would put a crimp in
many a law Office in Washing
ton. 1t has been a common
practice for former members of
Congress to engage in the prac-
tice of law here, after they left
the legislative halls. There is a
law which prohibits former en-
ployes of the Treasury Depart
ment from appearing before that
department in the interest Of
clients, after they shall have left
the department. The Hatch bill
would extend this to employees Of
all Government agencies If it
had been a law, it would have
interfered with the recent activi.
ties Of Tommy" Corcoran and a
number of other former Govern
ment employees.
The list of seven Senators ap-
pointed to the bench by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, in addition to
those already mentioned, includes
Judge Sam G. Bratton of New
Mexico and Judge F. Ryan Duffy
of Wisconsin.
The House members appointed
to the bench are former Repre-
sentatives J. Leroy Adair. Frank
L. Kloeb. John McDuffie, j. Earl
Major. J. Joseph Smith, Nell G.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The first American destroyer,
the Reuben James, has been sunk
in the battle of the Atlantic. 1t
Is the third American warship to
be attacked since the war began.
Although it is several weeks
since President Roosevelt an
nounced the shoot on sight"
order, there are still many peo-
pie in the United States who do
not realize that we are at war
and fighting one of the most crit
ical battles in the history Of our
country.
Many men in responsible posi-
tions-off1cial and private-still
discuss problems Of national de-
fense" rather than accept the
fact-in spite OF the lack of a
formal declaration-that we are
now 100 per cent at war.
It Is natural that the rank and
file of Americans should still be-
heve that we are at peace. The
battle of the Atlantic, in which
we are involved to the hilt, is not
spectacular and probably won't
be so for a long time. 1t does
not lend itself to snowy heroics
because surface vessels are fight
ing an unseen enemy. And that
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Sea War Heavily Censored
CoIorfuI Details Are NotieeobIy Locking
In Brief Reports on Atlantic Bottle

and even now tie British censor
refuses to permit correspondents to
say that Winston Churchill Is max
ing a House OF Commons declara-
ton until several hours have
elapsed.
Although he permits the Prime
Minister'S words to be cabled ahead
of time If they are credited merely
to an authoritative source" When
this Authoritative" source starts
talking about that wicked man." or
about "the broad sunlit plain" even
bush league spy could guess it was
Churchill.
In Germany, there obviously were
other considerations besides those
of security when authorities told
foreign correspondents that they
had better limit their coverage of
r. A. F. raids to the official COM
muniques, which always say, with
slight variation, that weak forces
VI CIlculy oil VI dlG WClC ullfCIl VA.
No Trouble With Germans.
The Netherlands press chief in
the Hague gave orders that any
cable which so much as mentioned
water line" defenses was to do a
disappearing act in the general
post Office, but when British and
American correspondents COM
planned that this and other pro-
hibitions did not seem to touch the
vast corps of German correspond
ents" then in Holland, the press
chief replied hotly that I'VE have no
difficulties with the German cor
respondents"
That poor man, I heard recently,
is now in a German concentration
camp.
Most censors are human, chaps
with rule books which they must
follow, but which they do not neces-
sarily agree with; with jobs which
they want to keep. Sometimes, how
ever. their job overwhelms them, as
it did with the London censor who
had to stay on duty at cable Office
while most of his colleagues were
herded to cocktail party for the
American press.
With the party we'll under way
this censor phoned the Associated
Press Bureau from his lonely desk
and-in a stage whisper-offered:
Haven't you got anything good
you want to send along? I'll pass il
If you do. III fix the ministry for
leaving me out of that party"
Evening star., 1941-11-01
This Changing World
United Stotes Declared 100 Pct. at War
Despite Lack Of Formal Declaration

They also know the route, be-
cause, in spite of the secrecy
which shrouds convoy move
ments, it is impossible to conceal
from seaplanes a body of ships
which sometimes stretches 10
miles in length and 20 miles
IN breadth.
The Nazi submarines do not
have to show themselves on the
surface; this Is done only when
a straggler is sighted and can
be sunk by gunfire. Otherwise
the submarines remain hidden
and begin launching torpedoes at
random when their detectors in
dicate the convoy is above them.
Depth Charges Effective.
If the chain of merchantmen
Is protected by large number
of destroyers and cruisers some
of the U-boats may be sunk by
depth charges. Their under
water speed does not allow them
to flee far before fast destroyers
reach the spot where merchant
man has been sunk. Depth
charges are dropped over an
area calculated to cover the dis
tance the submarine may have
Travelled between the time of the
sinking and the time of the war
ships arrival. Sometimes the
submarine saves itself by diving
to great depths. But the charges
are SO powerful that even If they
don't strike the U-boat squarely
the force of the explosion often
sinks them.
So far the American Atlantic
fleet has escaped important
losses because the NaZis were
careful not to attack conveys
until they reached the real dan
ger lonesome 300 miles east Of
Iceland. Long days. smooth seas
and fine weather made protection
easier. Naval planes could fly
over the critical area and were
able to spot submarines. This
happened in the case of the de-
stroyer Greer, when the Nazi sub
marine was spotted by a British
patrol plane.
But this is no longer easy.
Days have grown shorter. Fog
and storms have made aerial
patrols almost impossible. Con-
voys must rely henceforth merely
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Catholic u. Glasses Plan
Iuu-of-War Tomorrow

The traditional tug-of f-war. held
annually between the freshman and
sophomores of Catholic University,
will be staged at 1890 am. tomor-
row in the university stadium.
Rules of the event provide that
the two classes line up on either
side of long. thick rope. The
sophomore presidents point a fire.
hose toward the middle of the rope.
through which one side must be
pulled before the other can claim
victory.
If the freshmen win, they may
remove their "frosh" caps before
the binding date of December /,
subject to the discretion Of the
student council. Victory also per-
mits them other privileges reserved
for upperclassman, including the
right to organize as class. The
first year class, however, has been
consistently beaten.
Plans for the battle are under
the direction of Joseph DAILY OF this
city, and Arthur Brink of Hart.
ford, Conn, sophomore class presi-
dents
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Hebrew Congregation
Honors Mai. Brown

Maj. Ernest w. Brown, retired
District superintendent of police,
was presented this morning with
a prayer book by the Washington
Hebrew Congregation in recognition
of his cooperation with that or
ganization.
The presentation was made by
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld during
the regular radio service conducted
by the Hebrew Congregation over
Station WJSV from 10 to 1890 am.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

on the protection offered them
by the n-of-war.
The Germans care very little
whether they sink merchantmen
or Warships. The submarines,
rowing in packs on the trade
routes, fire pretty much at ram
dom and the torpedo may hit
whichever happens to be in its
path.
At home We shall henceforth
hear only that another warship
has gone down to Davy Jones
locker, without seeing the enemy,
without having a chance to fire
its guns.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

ton of running away" and yield
ing, or Standing up to the con-
sequences of a formidable naval
operation. This does not mean that
any other military question, such
as the sending of an expeditionary
force, is or is not involved This is
certainly not up for consideration
now. Members of Congress, if asked
to vote tomorrow specifically on
whether the attacks on American
warships shall be resisted, would
vote AYE" by large majority
That's the temper of Congress at
the moment.
Evening star., 1941-11-01

pointments for life or good be-
havior, at substantial salaries
should never be used to reward
members Of Congress who sup
port by voice and vote the ad-
miniStration in power. Whether
he was speaking Sarcastically or
not, the North Dakota Senator
insisted there had been no such
effort at reward for faithful serv-
ices, implied or understood, in the
appointments Of Senators to the
bench by President Roosevelt.
What, he said, is required is that
there shall be no possibility of
anything like a deal for votes on
pet administration measures in
the future.
Understandable Policy.
Two members of the Senate
have been appointed to the
Supreme Court of the United
States by the President-Associ-
ate Justices Black and Byrnes.
He also has appointed in the
last year to The lower Federal
courts former Senators Minton of
Indiana, SchWellenbach of Wash
ington and Miller of Arkansas.
Judge Minton was defeated in the
1910 campaign for reelection to
the Senate.
All Of these senatorial appoint
ees to the Federal bench by Presi-
dent Roosevelt have been Demo-
Gratis. 1t is not strange, however,
that a President should appoint
members of his own political
party to high judicial Office.
However, in the past some of the
Presidents have varied this-as
in the case of Mr.. Roosevelts
immediate predecessor, Herbert
Hoover. who appointed a Demo-
crat from New York to the Su-
preme Court, the late Associate
Justice Cardozo.
The Nye bill has been re-
ferred to the Senate Judi
ciary Committee, and by SEN
ator Van Nuys, chairman of
that committee. to a subcom-
mittee consisting of Senators
Hatch of New Mexico, Norris of
Nebraska and Chandler of Ken
tucky. In the hands of this sub
committee the measure will not
be allowed to sleep indefinitely.
This is the same subcommittee
to which bill by Senator Hatch
prohibiting employees of the Fed
eral Government from appearing
before the executive agencies of
the Government, after they have
Evening star., 1941-11-01

en- a secret mis-
sion.
You wouldn't
know me If you
passed me on
the street, so
perfect is my
disguise.
At first I
thought of dis
guising myself
as Mrs. RoOse-
welt. s h e is
home so seldom
that I figured
q VI pnn a
Evening star., 1941-11-01


Two separate
and distinct at
tacks on Ameri-
can warships by
naval vessels of
Germany h a v e
b e en- officially
re ecord e d. In
both instances it
Is known that
the U i t e d
S t a tes ships
were engaged in
conveying mer-
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Sea Warfare
Or Retreat
Is Question
Congress Support
For Shooting
Policy Seen
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Whether officially proclaimed as
such or not, the realistic fact IS that
q state of hostilities exists today as
between the United States and
Evening star., 1941-11-01

HE opinions of the Wrters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars effort to gUe all sides of questions OF interest 70 its
readers although opinions may be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-11-01
Fifth Column Pamphlets
Distributed in ThaiIand
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BANGKOK, Thailand. Nov. l.
The Bangkok radio declared today
that pamphlets "inciting people to
entertain hatred toward this or that
nation" had been found on the
streets Of the city and asked the
public to cooperate with police IN
apprehending those responsible.
The handbills obviously were dis
tributed by fifth columnists" anx-
ious to involve Thailand in war, the
radio declared.
In Toxic, the newspaper Nichi
Nichi declared editorially there was
a striking similarity between Thai
lands present nationalistic attitude
and the spirit prevailing under Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek before
the outbreak of the Chinese-Japa-
nese war. It said Thai leaders
should guard against falling prey
to Anglo wiles."
Evening star., 1941-11-01
.McLemore
The Needle, Watson!
Let's Get Thot Map
By HENRY McLEMORE,

Sh-h-h-h-h!
Don't tell soul.
I am here in the Nations Capt.
tai (or Is it John L. Lewis Capital?)
Evening star., 1941-11-01
WHAT'S COMING
UNCLE Rays CORNER

As an did to teachers who use Uncle Roys in
teresting articles in connection with their Gloss
room work, and to let boys and girls know what
to expect from this famous writer during
the next month, The Stor presents herewith q
list of the topics to be covered in November.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-06-13

trants' Advisory Boards which have
been set up under the Selective Ser
vice System and then present the
complete picture of his skill and ca
pacity.
Likewise the employer has duty,
Colonel Stanwood pointed out, to take
stock of his business, of the part that
he is playing in the National Defense
picture, and to determine exactly
what part any employee who is a
Selective Service registrant is play
ing in the production pattern. He
should then give the Local Selective
Service Board full benefit of this in
formation.
eff the registrants, the members of
the Registrars Advisory Boards,
and the employers perform their duty
WE'LL" Colonel Stanwood said, there
can be little doubt then, that the
great majority of the local boards
will place the individual in the clas-
sification in the national pattern that
the information made available to
them indicates"