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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18

Ted ODonnell former physical director at the Boys Club who holds similar post at Springfield now, has been named member of the committee arranging the 18th National Funniest slated for Springfield June A, 25 26 27 and 28. It's mammoth undertaking and will be staged at Eastern States Exposition Grounds Ann Zemats of Highland Avenue is doing grand job for as Brooklyn correspondent Writing seems to come natural to Ann. . Attorney Edward MaScOlO is playing em the board at Haleah these days Sel dom winter goes by that Ed isn't among the Miami vacatiOneerS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18

Good NleIit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18

Dialing all phOnes . . From the current issue of The Telephone Bulletin. . James L. Ward observed his 18th anniversary with the S. N E. T. Co. in January Rose R. Dominique became eligible for membership in Morris F. Tyler Chapter, Telephone Pioneers of Amer ica, during January while Edward J. Fitzpatrick be- came eligible for the same membership this month :. Margaret c. Healey has been promoted from junior supervisor to supervisor Francis J. Adduc has new title now-automobile inspection repairman $72,OOO is to be spent in Waterbury during 1941 for central office equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18
Father CuIIitOn Named Chaplain Of 18th Regt.

Rev. John F. CuIIitOn, curate at St. Thomas church this city, has been appointed chaplain and commissioned first lieutenant in the U. s. Army. He will report for duty shortly with the 18th Medical Regiment.
 Father CullitOn, a native of Bristol was educated in local schools before entering st. Thomas seminary to study for the priest hood. Prior to his appointment to St. Thomas church. he was sta tiOned in Bristol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18
TodaYS Answers eo
 CRAHNIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

1. Kyosti Kallio was president of Finland, and his armies trapped thousands of Reds in battles at Suo- mussalmi, in mid Finland.
 2. An alleged plot to overthrow the U. s. government was revealed with the arrest of IT members of the Christian Front organization.
 3. Senator Borah of Idaho and Lord Tweedsmuir, governor general of Canada, both died early in 1940.
 4. The United Mine Workers held their jubilee in Columbus, O., during which 8 red banner was unfurled over John L. Lewis.
 5. Frank Murphy was appointed to the Supreme Court; James Crom- well was named minister to Canada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18
DOORS QUARANTINE PROOF

Reading, Pa. - (NU) = Health officials are hoping no one in the Glenside low-cost housing project homes contracts a contagious dis ease, Dr. Ira J. Hain, city health officer, complained there's no place to tack the quarantine placards. The doors and door frames are made of metal, so they can't be fastened with tacks. To paste the cards on would ruin the finish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18

Editor Tall Tower Topics: I wish you would acknowledge in your column the deCency and thought funess of the postal empIOye, James Griffin of 118 South street, who assisted the injured firemen in Saturdays accident by placing his OvercOat under Private PirOla not thinking of himself without the protection of his coat a very cold night Thank ing you, A Washington Hill Bystander .. Tm sure everyone will be pleased to know that it was Jimmie Griffin who unselfishly aided at the scene of the acCident-The Ed.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18
PRETTY LOUSY
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER
Good Evening.

The vocabulary limits itself, guy might be harmless as a mouse But if he doesn't click with you The poor unfortunate's louse. There's word gets into print, It's used for man or beast Your ratings pretty low, you know To say the very least Then it has its playful uses, Say special friend comes to your house, You open very wide the door, And say hi, you lousel Many come under the category, Ones enemy or the villain of a show, A perfect gentleman rates the title AS well as a lady, isn't it SOP Personal speech is not too grand, You may be bum or souSe, But you go down one in the scale When you're known as a louse.
 -EM EM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18

Mrs. A. A. Crane is as busy as the proverbial bee this week The chalrladyshp of the card party which her Womens Council will sponsor Thursday night for the benefit of the British Missions at St. Johns EpiS copal church parish hall Is the reason The Council, you know was only recently organized and this party s really their biggest undertaking to date The Inter est already shown guarantees that standing room will
 be the cry long before the knucke brung gets started nt 8 bells. The Council embodIes practically every organization in the parish and If each does their Alt tidy sum should be realized, Rev. Richard Mi- hrd will be at the door o welcome guests only he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-18
AnslUers To Test Questions

Below are the answers to test questions printed on page 6.
 1. John Howard Payne. 2. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
 3. Civilian OnServat ion Corps.
 4. Neville Chamberlain. 5. Fourteen miles. 6. Alloy of iron and carbon. :. Mediterranean sea. 8. Alexander Hamilton. 9. Hebrew prophecies in the Book of Judges.
 10. 1915.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Asked by a friend why he had married, 82-year- Senator Carter Glass Of Virginia quipped, ITO avoid the draft . Jim Farley's long drawn-out dickering for the New York Yankees is nearing completion Basil O'Connor, one-time law part ler of President Roosevelt, is hand ing the legal strings for Jim, who will be head of the new company
 hat will operate the ball club Before anti-New Deal Democrat William H. King, veteran Utah Sen-
 t"r whn was lame -ducked last year, quit office he went to the White House and made his peace with Roosevelt. King vigorously opposed most of the Presidents domestic measures but supports his foreign policy 100 per cent. The Army ~'''eflv scouting around to lease 100000 acres of rough, wooded ter rain as a training area for ski troops Captain George Maines. one of the founders of the American Le- zion, has submitted to government officials a plan for the formation of a junior national defense organi- zation.
 Copyright, 194l, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

Okla, and the coast artillery school at Fort Monroe, Va. This instruc- tion will cover IA weeks, after which the officers will be attached to units of the Army for another ten weeks for first-hand experience.
 Brazil is sending IA officers for the six-months course. Columbia and Venezuela will be represented with seven each; and two each will come from Chile, Costa Rica, Fl Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru
 In addition, the Government has invited the 20 Latin republics to send one student each for a civil aeronautics course. Also, Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa, with Adminis- tration blessing, has introduced a bill providing free scholarships to the Latin countries for one student each at West Point and Annapolis.
 NOTE-Ambassador Colon Alfaro of Equador sent his three sons to West Point at his own expense. He says the cost of maintaining one stu dent at the famed military school is more than the yearly salary of the Chief of Staff of the Ecuadorean army
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
MARCH OF DIMES

Brother you spare dime?' {
 If you are approached with that greeting be- tween now and the end of the month, the chances will be you are being asked to aid in the l94l March of Dimes campaign and not being importuned by a panhandler Especially since the dime collectors will be comedy young Rainbow Girls and Girl Scouts
 The campaign which will draw to a close week from today with Presidents Birthday Ball at the Elks Hall is many sided The March of Dimes is one side Thursday is President Roosevelts 59th birthday and every year in the past seven he has turned it to a celebration to aid those afflicted by paralysis In this commendabe project he has taken the country with him. From all indications the success of this years will be greater than before
 Coin cards in the schools collecting dimes and silver in other denominations March Of Dimes" buttons and lapel shields have been selling rapidly Coin containers in public places are filling up There is only week left in which to help in this worthy Few indeed are the people who cannot spare dime for such a purpose
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
THAT'S RIGHT, WE'RE WRONG

Here we've been laboring under the mlsappre- hension that Arthur Langie was the new Governor of the State of Washington. And all the time 1t was another man who elected. If you don't believe it. read the 1941 World Almanac which lists as the Governor of Washington: e. C. Dill, Demo- crat"
 Makes a person wonder what other mistakes here are in this reference book which is famous for it's accuracy. As a matter of fact many of the authorities which look to being above error are studded with inaccuracies. There never was a dictionary printed which did not contain hundreds of mistakes Encyclopedias textbooks the Congress sional Record are frequently in error. Our most carefully and expensivey prepared newspapers, such as the New York Times. get out an issue which is without both typos" and much transformation.
 So forgive us please the next time we make a pebble in The Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

This dam was part of the pro- perty bought from the Common wealth & Southern Corporation, ' the engineer said. T strongly recom- mend that the dam be fixed up with out delay in order to stop this power loss. The defense program needs all the power we can get"
 "You say we got this leaky dam from Commonwealth & Southern, broke in a Democratic member. There must be some mistake. Wen dell Willkie used to be boss of that company and he said many times that the only fault with IVA and ether New Deal projects was that they weren't run efficiently"
 "Willkie Willkie. 'bantered Representative Jack Houston, Kan sas Democrat. That name doesn't register. Who'd you say he was?"
 Strike all that wise-cracking from the record" ordered Chairman Cliff ton Woodrum, anti-New Deal Vr- ginia Democrat, in a reproving voice.
 NOTE-Army engineers and not Commonwealth & Southern are re- sponsible for the leaky dam. Be- cause it is on navigable stream the dam site was selected by the engineers, who picked location underlaid with cavernous limestone Sulphuric acid in the water corrod- cd the stone, causing foundation leaks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
Kind Thought for CensOrs
Philadelphia RecordD

Censors of course, never very popular. Most people don't like to have their books or their let ters, censored.
 But it suddenly occurred to us that censors ln war time have rather unpleasant job Reading somebody elses letters might be fun for While; but imagine reading them eight hours a day for weeks. months, years.
 We started thinking how censors mind must taste at the end of the day when we read of two nameless censors who have had one of the tougn jobs of the war. They're the censors at Bermuda and Rome who had to read every word of book on the philosophy of George Santayana, by Dr. Paul A. Schilpp, associate professor of philosophy at Northwestern University, who sent the manuscript 10 Santayana in Rome for checking.
 The picture of a censor, probably not far differ ent from say City Hall tipstaff, wading through book on Santayana makes feel almost sorry. It took the Bermuda censor three and half weeks to read only half of the book.
 But the worst is yet to come. Dr. Schilpp IS already thinking about his next book, about the Italian philosopher Benedetto Croce with contribu tions from eight Italians and one German
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
HEMISPHERE DEFENSE

It hasn't been announced, but he Government is developing stil more close ties with the military eaders of South and Central Am 'rica.
 Last fall the War Department vas host to the chiefs of staff of most of our Latin neighbors. The enerals toured Army posts and heels and were given a closeup 'ew of the defense program ther tting under way. The visit made a 2 hit with the Latins and the Pre- dent decided to take advantage of g success.
 Dn his instructions the War De- rtment recently invited the south
 renlhliHs fo send officers for purses of special training with the D. s. Army. The opportunity was enthusiastically accepted, and A -atin-American officers will begin
 rk the first Of next month.
 They will be enrolled in the in- nt1y school at Fort Bennirg. Ga. As field artillery school at Fort Sill,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
NOT UNTIL JULY?

trctNer example of Washngtons hay idea of 'ons in Alaska is furnished by the decision of
 seTvice Director Dykstra that Draft Boards
 he appointed in the Territory until July.
 Tow. in January Alasksns are p.etly well set or ew months By Ju'y the young men from 2l to s will be out all the hills and bays and it will be impossible for anyone to keep track of them As the law reads reg.s.rants are required to keep their local Boards informed of their whereabouts. Since there are no local Boards, registrants have been asked to notify Alaska Director Anthony E. Karnes whenever they move. Come Spring, they will be moving around fast that the Directors of- flee will be swamped with such notifications, and by the time he notes the changes on his records, chances are the registrant will be somewhere else again.
 If selective service registration in Alaska is to be than just gesture of going through the motions in order to comply with the law, the local Boards should be appointed at once.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
20 YEARS AGO fME FIT EMPIRE
JANUARY 25. 1921


 Princess the Local merchants pletey out fill orders. United States Commissioner vicinity of Juneau. Mcdonnell representative American Paper Company Cordova having been business trip to Southeast Alaska cities. E. returned Oregon the Pr1nce accompanied children They make
 
 Tally from Arizona and City Princess Mary Gastneau with General 
 Harvey the south the Prin- Mary.
 U Land Office staff who had been on an
  the City O Seattle Highest lowest, 19; clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 bat do not compel"
SUNDAY, JANUARY 26

Benefic aspects rule today. The morning is beneficial for thinkers and encourages religious devotions. The year is to be marked by keen spiritual perception.
 Heart and Home: Under this di- rection of the stars intellectual in- terests are promoted. Among mem bers of families Neptune imparts clear understanding and deep sympathy. This should be mem orable date for domestic happiness. The stars encourage the putting away of frivolous interests and the pursuit of higher aims which nec- essarily include unselfish service to state and nation There is an i'll omen for accidents, especially in automobiles and airplanes.
 Business Affairs: Prosperity will enable citizens of this country to enjoy a banner year, according to long established patterns of living. While there will be profits through the manufacture of war materials, .he future is foreseen as levelng
 Il fortunes. With less money and property there will be no general curtailment of the comforts enjoyed in the United States. The poor will have more and the wealthys will have less. @&
 National Issues: Reform move ments will multiply all through this year as the people realize that graft and vice undermine the fouf- dations of a nation. Many cities will seek to break the organizations through which underworld powers operate. In time the demand tor general registration and finger printing will become so insistent that it will be impossible to ignore the need for proper checking of all residents. sn
 International Affairs: Purges and executions in Europe will reveal the ferocity and desperation of forces active in war-torn countries. Evil leaders and their followers will de- stroy one another. Both Mussolini and Hitler are to discover that the method by which they built up their power as dictators can be imi- tated successfully by their discon- tented followers. Death by suicide or assassination is foretold for one of the Axis leaders.
 Persons whose birthdate it ss have the augury of year of great good fortune. Unexpected romance will come to persons no longer young.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be endowed with fine tal- ents. Scientists and artists belong to this decan of the water-carrier sign
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
The BOOk-Baiters
(New York T'imes)


 To hear that the German Secret Police is raid ing French bookstores and seizng publications guilty of 'anti-German character" cheers the comic spirit between the acts of the tragedy The conqueror of so much of Europe is made to look village Dog berry. After a night of wholesale murder comes the marrying of the booksellers. The revival of book burning in Germany was more than silly enough but Hitler's laurels of ravage were then young. Now he is god of destruction, dartng lightning of war So practiced a dealer of death shouldn't illustrate the old saying that the devil is
 
 When there is print shop at every corner, what could be more ridiculous than to try to sup press book or pamphlet? Besides ruined France forced to pay for the entertainment of the victori armies feeced, piaged, made to deny herself and pretent to accept the poisoned doctrine of her in- vader, now has such new cause to fear and hate him that the btterest word printed against him in France must seem compliment.
 It is impossible, thinking of these Gestapo sleuths not to think of what a great quarry of French literature that has stirred the pulses of liberty and democracy these hunters must leave un- touched If the could be expunged from France in this period of oppression they would only be brighter in the common memory of the rest of the civilized world Voltaire and the Encyclope- dists Rousseau and the general will, Montesquieu Tocuuevile are but few of the inextinguishable lights of France
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
MODERN ETIQUETTE 0y ROBERTA LEE

about marrying Monday Tuesday etc.?
 wealth. Wednesday the Saturday luck 
 e. hest justified abruty changing subject guests?
 evident that the subjec is to of guests
 and should be
 finger half filled with cold water
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
MONDAY, JANUARY 27

Adverse planetary aspects rule today. Merchants and manufactur- CTS should delay important decis- ions. Labor is subject to threaten ing portents.
 Heart and Home: Women should attend strictly to routine duties. It is a fortunate day for looking after household tasks. Clothing should be carefully inspected and all that is superfluous should be given away, for need will be great as cold weather continues severe. Epi- denies of colds and attendant ills will be of extraordinary effect and many deaths are forecast among the unfortunate of all lands.
 Business Affairs: Men and women of foresight will eliminate super fluous possessions as they read of the future in present-day trends. Owners of large houses and great estates should bestow them upon cities or counties for the use of the public. Life is to be simpiified for persons of wealth as well as for the great middle class as the backwash of war is felt in this country which must continue to spend lavishly for national de- fense.
 National Issues: Government ownership will be advocated by cer- tain groups that foresee world changes, but wise citizens will real ize that reforms in political meth ods will be imperative before iIa- creased power is given to office holders. The stars presage deter mined effort to reduce the num- Der of federal bureaus and to cut off expenses attached to public
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

or about one third of what it is spending currently. The $970 GOO allotted will permit monthly work relief roll of around 100000 as compared to l,800,00 this year.
 Two other congressional pets to feel the axe were the Public Works Administration, which lost Sl25,000,- GOO; and farm parity payments, which tock a S45 5,0GO,oOo cut How ever, last year the President also riddled parity payments in his bud get, but the boys on Capitol Hill put the cut right back again.
 The budget, incidentally, is not the greatest in history. There were two larger-sl8,88l ,940,243 in 1918 and s27 ,o66 ,148,e ,e33 in 1919.
 NOTE-The budget disclosed that in l940 the sales of baby bonds, even though limited to individuals. almost doubled, reached total of $2,oO4, ,699 ,343
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

business. The seers foretell evil results from too many salaries paid out of the peoples taxes.
 International Affairs: Australia comes under a favorable planetary direction for 1941, although the first three months of the year will bring many serious problems. A political crisis is indicated by mid- summer. Many reforms will be sought and there may be reason to fear the ambitions of Japan which long has cast covetous eyes upon the lands and riches of the sparsely populated Dominion.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of tests that bring ultimate good fortune. Litigation should be avoided.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

This building was back of the house" Say building BEHIND the house."
 MISPRONOUNCED Corral for confnng captur ing OF unsressed in ALLEY and last syllable
 OFTEN MIssPELLED Accumulation Cs and one M Accom- moo
 Ennoble elevate exat, upIt, dignity, gorfy
 three times and is yours Let us Todays word acion influence actively Mean ambition.-Addison
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
WHO?

One portion Of the testimony at the secret hearings of the House Appropriations subcommittee on the Tennessee Valley Authoritys new hudget will not be published in the report Of the proceedings. This is what will be deleted:
 A IVA engineer was explaining why funds were sought to repair a leaky hydro-electric dam near Chat tanooga which was losing sl0O,o00 a year in power.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
LOOK and LEARN s4y c. GORDON

size family in the United States g. What of cloth? origin the expression "Doubting Thomas? 4. William Tells nationality? capital of the Union is the farthes north?
 ANSWERS: l. 3s persons g. B. St. Thomas Apostles tha had he 4. 5. Olympia, Wash
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
SUICIDE

COLUMBUS, Jan 25. - Hunters Neal Thornton and Charles Tucker blasted simultaneously with their shotguns at a rabbit on a creek bank It fell into the water and, when retrieved, was found to have drowned. It didn't have 8 single shot in its body.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

Children born on this day prob ably will be keen in mind and strong in body They will be fond of change and will be fortunate in military or engineering activities.
 Copyright, 194D
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JANUARY g Henry Messerschmidt Henry Noble Jack w. Schafer Mrs. Harriett Shippey Elliott Robertson JANUARY 26 Florence Primavera
 Fred Aver
 George Roney
 Gerald Shaw Mrs. John A. Glasse Frederick Paul
 Harold Roth T. V. Davidson Hazel Thompson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25
Washington Merry Go-Round

Continued from Page oue)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

Weather: Highest, 19 lowest, l9; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-01-25

Until of Cordova and the Princess Mary the famine in Juneau Local merchants wer pletely fill orders