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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
BY PAUL HARRISON NEA Service Stan Correspondent

Hollywood,-The movie colony has been doing pretty handsomely by the pleasant practice of entertain ing groups of service men in private homes, and Melvyn Douglas Is one of the buster hosts.
 Other day he telephoned the com mitttI that arranges such things offering to feed and fete 50 of the boys. Said to send 'em around about ( p. m, and he'd see that they got back by midnight Also, prom ised the actor confidently, he'd pro. vide dates for everyone. He was thanked and assigned 50 marines.
 Maybe you know how Holly wood gals are about appointments, or if you don't, you're lucky, Any. way there was q hitch somewhere in the cutie recruiting arrange mentS, md only S5 showed up, Douglas didn't walt long for strag- glerS, He picked a couple of the handsomest marines, led them block or so over to busy Beverly boulevard, took up post on the curb and began thumbing,
 There was no indiScriminate signaling, of course. Only pretty girls in cars, A few prospects got by, but most of them recognized the star (whoSe last job was kissing Greta Garbo) and wheeled up to the curb with shrieklng brakes. After that 1t was easy within half an hour. is enninently. satisfactory young things had been detoured to the home of Douglas and Helen Gahagan and were busy on the telephone, breaking dates with fiances and regular boy friends,
 YOU MEAN HEDY LAMoUR?
 On Q san Diego bound train, Dor othy Lamour was asked if shed mind going forward a few cars to be introduced to q coach full of sol- diers, She said of course she'd do 1t, and that she hoped the boys wouldn't mind because she didn't happen to be travelling In c sarong.
 The remark seemed only to con- fuse the young officer who escorted her, After yelling for attention he announced her as Dorothy Lamar" and then, thinking to correct him. self, as "Hedy Lamar"
 Miss Lamour wasn't fiustered. Just call inc Buteh," she told the lads, And they dld.
 
 Militia outfit called the California State Guard has been recruiting hereabout. but 1t got little support from the film colony until Col. Lewis stone began organizing the lst Eyac- uation Regiment. This will be transport outfit, motorized with sta- ton wagons, and charged with the job of removing people from zones Of bombing or disaster. Almost every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
M'INTYRE BACK
 AT PARK SUNDAY

"Amerlca's most refreshing band- leader" Hal Mcintyre, brings his sensational new New York band of 10 people back to Hamilton park Sunday night to play C return en- gagement by popular request, This
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Not many years ago William Pine, Bill Thomas and Maxwell Shane were publicity men in Hollywood, Pine and Thomas are now produc. ing ct Paramount and Shane is completing his fifth Screenplay for them. Their new picture is No Hands en the Clock" which co. stars Chester Morris and Jean Parker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Brltains Minister of Information mobile film units, nieknamed Cel- luloid Cireuses, gave 10000 shows to overe S,0000oo spectators in its first year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

As swift-moving as the trains upon which many of It's hilarious scenes take place, RFSo Radios "0blislng Young Lady" featuring lltlte Joan Carroll Edmund O'Brlen and Ruth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Movie Notes

The blunderlng efforts of 0 smali- town citizen to bring prosperity to his community make for side-Split- ting comedy in RKO Radios Look Who's Laughing" in which Edgar Bergen, Charlie Mccarthy, Fibber Mcdee and Molly and Lucille Ball are starred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

Providing Q fast-moving, suspense laden plot, RKO Radios Land of the Open Range" affords western star Tim Holt rare opportunity to reveal his prowegs 0S one of the most agile of the outdoor stars on the screen today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
Warriok, is said to be the breeAeSt romantic comedy of the season,

The d6nclng genius of the incom- parable Ray Bolged Is said to re. celve full scope in five specially de- signed, intricate dances In RKO Radios -Four Jacks and Q jill," gay comedy with music in which Ray Bolger and Anne Shirley have the romantic leads.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

When Katharine Stevens, in real life oloria Wood, started work in PAramount'S 'The Great Mans Lady" she discovered her screen name is the Same as the mother of Barbara stanwyck, star of the pic. ture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05

BINDS SAT- BETTE DAVIS FoxHsn
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

ton: IS men died Of wounds; % men
died of disease; 10 officers and 289 men
wounded.
While individuals Of the old regi-
ment won Is Of the SO D. S. G. award
ed to Montana, a loss and achievement
equal to most Of the regiments that
won glory In battle, but 1t was our lot
to suffer without the reward OF haV-
ing those at home know Of our deeds.
During the spring and summer OF
1917 thousands Of Montanans Offered
their services to the government In
other organizations than the Second
infantry until a total of 1l,709 had
voluntarily entered the army and 1,862
in the navy and marine corps. On May
IS, congress passed the selective serv-
ice act and on June 5 all men between
the ages of 81 and 81 were required 70
register. It was feared that there might
be some trouble on this day but with
the exception OF an anti-draft parade
In Butte, which promptly disbanded on
the appearance Of troops from Com
pany F, Second Montana infantry
then stationed there, there was no dis
turbance in the state.
Population Is Doubled"
The estimated population OF Mon
tana was put at 952,474, when IN TACT
we had a population Of 496,131. SO we
raised troops on basis Of the popula-
ton twice as great as we had. Even
then Montana reached more than her
quota with a grand total Of 3927l In
the army and 1852 in the navy. ex-
ceeding by IS percent all other states
IN the Union. She furnished 996 SOL
diers out Of every 10000 population as
compared to 296 for Georgia, which
stood at the foot Of the list.
Out Of these troops Montana lost 6Sl
killed or died Of wounds, 253 from
other causes or a total Of 934 dead,
1859 wounded, and one missing or
total Of 3yA43 casualties Again estab-
ishing a record above all other states
With like population. While her SOL
Tiers were awarded So D. s. C. for
acts Of herolsm on the field Of battle;
! record that Montana may well be
proud Of. Montana had troops In prac-
tcally all Of the combat divisions and
{ Is safe 20 say that there was not
art OF the front where America par
tcipated that did not feel Montan&s
Rfort. !
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22
NAILS SHUT DOOR
OF DUTCH SCHOOL

Nazi officials have closed the uni
versity and Technical high school at
Leyden. Holland. because Dutch stu
dents absented themselves from class
es for 48 hours In protest OF anti
Jewish legislation The naH governor
ordered the removal Of all Jews from
government positions because Of their
alleged political activity against the
invaders.
Strangely enough, the Dutch traitors
who aided in the invasion have also
been attacked by the naZis, and this
Dutch nazi leader, famed for his anti
Jewish sentiment has been accused
OF accepting money from Jews and
FTeemasons.
The nazis have had trouble with
the passive resistance Of the Dutch,
who do not take kindly to the pro
tective" action OF their conquerors
Like everywhere else where totalitariAn
forces gain control Masonry has been
banned, and vicious. false charges
made against both the Jews and Free
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

STRESS FEEDING OF CALVES
Proper feeding and care Of the dairy
calf as essential steps In the develop
ment of a profitable COW are stressed.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

In England. the sun went down on
the evening Of Sept 2, 1852. and didn't
show again until Sept IA.
Sugar is being rationed to house
wives OF Japan.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

The following article was writ
ten by Charles l. Sheridan, chief
Of the highway patrol on his re-
turn from France after the World
war. II Is a graphic picture Of the
part played by Montana tn past
wars.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-02-22

The members Of the Second infan-
try were just beginning to feel nat
ural in civies again when the bugle
sounded once more. On March IS, 1917,
the president called out q portion Of
the national guard including the Mon
tana regiment. as a precautionary
measure prior 20 the declaration Of
war with Germany. Orders we're issued
that each company assemble as Ca
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17

indeed. There's Mrs. Parkinson, and
old Nellie, and that poor creature
who's not quite there at Ivy Cottage.
Be a godsend to them" She and Eli
nor cleared up the pantry. Then they
went upstairs together.
In Mrs. Welman's room, clothes
were folded in neat bundles:under-
clothing, dresses, and certain articles
of handsome clothing, velvet tea
gowns, musquash coat. The latter,
Elinor explained, she thought of Civ
ing to Mrs. Bishop. Nurse Hopkins
nodded assent. She noticed that Mrs.
Welman's sables were laid on the
chest of drawers. "Going to have
them remodeled for herself" she
thought.
She cast look at the big tall-boy.
She wondered if Elinor had found
that photograph signed Lewis" and
what she had made of it, if so. Gun
n.y." she thought to herself, "the way
O'Bfien's letter crossed mine. I never
dreamed a thing like that could hap
pen. Her hitting on that piano just
the day I wrote to her about Mrs
Slattery."
Nurse Hopkins helped Elinor sort
the clothing and volunteered to tie
them up in separate bundles for the
different families and see to their dis
tribution herself.
She said: II can be getting on with
that while Mary goes down to the
lodge and finishes up there. She's
only got box of paper to go through
Where is the girl, by the way? Die
she go down to the lodge?
Elinor said "I left her in the morn
ing-room y"
Nurse Hopkins said: "She'd not b
there all this time" She glanced a
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17
UNIV. REPRESENTATIVE
INVESTIGATING CASE

DR.. E. I. Oswald, assistant director
of the Extension Service of the Uni
versity of Maryland, was present at
the trial of Justine Clark, colored
Somerset County Home Demonstra-
ton Agent, for disorderly conduct in
Somerset Circuit Court on Monday
and spent Tuesday interviewing
prominent white and colored leaders
in this community.
DIR. Oswald's presence here was the
result of assurances recently publ
cized from DR.. H. C. Byrd, president
of the University, that a complete
investigation of the episode and all
other matters relating to the situa-
ton will be made"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17
POLICE APPOINTED TO
GUARD ROYAL COUPLE

During their three day stay in Bal
timore county at the home of General
Warfield, Pott Spring road, near Tim
onium, the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor will be constantly guarded
by six Baltimore county policemen.
When the six day men go off duty,
six on the night shift will take over.
The county police will be on guard
at the Timonium Station this Satur-
day and they will form line through
which the royal couple will walk from
the train to a waiting auto.
The Duchess, the former Miss Wal.
ly Simpson, of Baltimore, spent many
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17

her watch. "Why, it's nearly an hour
we've been up here!"
She hustled down the stairs. Elinor
followed her. They went into the
morning-room.
Nurse Hopkins exclaimed: "Well,
l never, she's fallen asleep"
Mary Gerard was sitting in big
armchair by the window. She had
dropped down little in it. There was
a queer sound in the room: stertor-
Gus, labored breathing.
Nurse Hopkins went across and
shook the girl. "Wake up, my dear
=" She broke off. She bent lower,
pulled down an eyelid. Then she
started shaking the girl in grim earn
est.
She turned on Elinor. There was
something menacing in her voice as
she said: whats all this? ?"
Elinor said: 81 don't know what
you mean. Is she i'll?
Nurse Hopkins said: "Where's the
phone? Get hold of DR.. Lord as soon
as you can"
Elinor said: whats the matter?'
"The matter? The girls ill. She's
dying"
Elinor recoiled a step. She said;
"Dying?"
Nurse Hopkins said: "She's beer
poisoned" Her eyes, hard with sus
picion, glared at Elinor.
+
Hercule Poirot, his egg-shaped hea'
gently tilted to one side, his eyebrow
raised inquiringly, his finger tip
joined together, watched the younl
man who was striding so savagely u
and down the room, his pleasan
freckled face puckered and drawn.
Hercule Poirot said: "Eh bien, m
friend, what is all this?"
Peter Lord stopped dead in his pac
ing. He said: IN. Poirot. You're tn
only man in the world who can hel
me. I've heard Stillingfleet talk q
bout you; he's told me what you di
in that Benedict Farley case. HoN
every mortal soul thought it was SUI
eide and you showed that it was mul
der"
Hercule Poirot said: "Have you
then, a case of suicide among you
patients about which you are not sal
isfied?"
Peter Lord shook his head. He SO
. down opposite Poirot. He sale
"There's young woman. She's bee
, arrested and she's going to be trie
for murder! I want you to find ev
dence that will prove that she didn
, do it,"
Poirot's eyebrows rose a little high
, er. Then he assumed a discreet an
confidential manner. He said: "Yo
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17

and this young lady-you are affi-
anced-yes? You are in love with
each other?"
Peter Lord laughed-a sharp, bitter
laugh. He said: "No, it's not like
that! She has the bad taste to prefer
long-nosed supercilious ass with a
face like melancholy horse! Stupid
of her, but there it isl"
Poirot said: 81 see."
Ito be continued)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17
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put it on in case we needed to fill up
the pot again" She hustled out.
Elinor wheeled round from the win
dow. She said, and her voice was sud
denly charged with a desperate ap-
peal: MARY -"
Mary Gerard answered quickly:
"Yes?"
Slowly the light died out of Elinor's
face. The lips closed. The desperate
pleading faded and left mere mask
frozen and still. She said: "Noth-
ing"
The silence came down heavily on
the room. Mary thought: GLOW queer
everything is to-day. AS though
as though we were waiting for some
thing"
Elinor moved at last. She came
from the window and picked up the
tea-tray, placing on it the empty
sandwich plate.
Mary jumped up. "Oh, Miss Elinor,
let me-"
Elinor said sharply: "No, you stay
here. I'll do this"
She carried the tray out of the
room. She looked back once over her
shoulder at Mary Gerard by the win
dow, young and alive and beautiful.
Nurse Hopkins was in the pantry.
She was wiping her face with hand
kerchief. She looked up sharply as
Elinor entered. She said: "My word,
it's hot in here!"
Elinor answered mechanically:
eyes, the pantry faces south"
Nurse Hopkins relieved her of the
tray. "You let me wash up, Miss Car
Isle. You're not looking quite the
thing"
Elinor said: "Oh, I'm all right"
She picked up dish-cloth. "I'll dry"
Nurse Hopkins slipped off her
cuffs. She poured hot water from the
kettle into basin.
Elinor said idly, looking at her
wrist: you've pricked yourself"
Nurse Hopkins laughed. "On the
rose trellis at the lodge-a thorn. I'll
get it out presently"
The rose trellis at the lodge. -.
Memory poured in waves over Elinor.
She and Roddy quarreling- Wars
of the Roses. She and Roddy quar-
reling-and making it up. Lovely,
laughing, happy days. A sick wave
of revulsion passed over her. What
had she come to now? What black
abyss of hate-of evil She swayed
a little as she stood.
She thought: GIVE been mad
quite mad"
Nurse Hopkins was staring at her
curiously.
Downright odd, she seemed .
so ran Nurse Hopkins narrative later
Talking as if she didn't know what
she was saying and her eyes so bright
and queer"
The cups and saucers ratified in the
basin. Elinor picked up an empty
fish-paste pot from the table and put
it into the basin. AS she did so she
said, and marveled at the steadiness
of her voice: give sorted out some
clothes upstairs, Aunt Laura's things
I thought, perhaps, Nurse, you could
advise me where they would be use.
full in the village"
Nurse Hopkins said briskly: II will
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-17

days on the Warfield farm when she
was very young girl and many resi-
dents of Timonium remember her
very well.
The royal couple are expected to
arrive about 3.18 P. M. Saturday and
they will be taken Immediately to the
Warfield farm.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

it eventually helps make wonder
| fully rich soil. That is one
geographic reason for the fertility
of the West Indies. There are
others even more important.
All the islands lie within the torrid
zone. That means they enjoy year.
round summer, for the suns rays
always shine on them directly or
nearly directly. Every month is the
growing season.
Moisture bearing winds blow over
| the water. They strike the noun
tain slopes and the moisture falls
as rain. There is plenty of rain
in the Indies. That, too, helps things
grow.
The fields of sugar cane, standing
higher than mans head and look
ing something like cornstalks with
out ears, have multiplied many
times since Spanish, French, Eng
lish and Dutch planters colonized
the West Indies.
Those early settlers found the
work too hot and strenuous for
white men. They enslaved the ma
tive Indians, but they needed still
more help. Negro slaves were
brought from Africa. Most of the
Indians soon died or fed and now
Negroes form the bulk Of the popu-
| lation.
The natives wants are few. They
can raise most of their food. Huts
made Of stone, grass or palm leaves
suffice for homes; they keep out
most of the rain and sun.
Long years of settlement and po-
litical control have left Europe's
imprint on the West Indies. Span
| ish is the tongue of many natives,
even though Spain no longer holds
any Caribbean colonies. Great Brit
ain, France, the Netherlands and
the United States govern all the
smaller islands and three of the
larger ones: Jamaica, Puerto Rico
and Trinidad. There are three re-
publics-Cuba. Haiti and the Do
minican Republic.
Lie CltlcS cSpCCldlly iCoClllulC
bits of Europe transplanted to the
tropics. Sidewalk cafes in Mar
Unique and Guadeloupe remind
visitors of France; ports in Curacao
are as clean and prim as those in
the Netherlands; in the British pos
sessions Negro policemen, in white
sun helmets and bright uniforms.
bear themselves with the dignity Of
London boobies"
Visit the island farms and planta-
tions today and you will see much
more than sugar cane. Banana
groves, pineapple fields and orchards
of mangoes and lines stretch inland
from the blue sea. Coconuts are
there for the picking. Some islands
now produce a few spices, notably
cloves, nutmegs and mace Coffee
and cocoa are grown in the Indies
as we'll as in Central and South
America. From the mountainside
forests mahogany and other valua-
BILE woods are hewn. Cuba mines
iron ore, although in general min
erals are scarce.
The fact that all the islands pro-
duce the same things is an i'm
portant element in trade. They
cannot exchange goods among
themselves. At first all their sugar,
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Problems Of Marriage
To Be Discussed

Various problems Of marriage will
be discussed at a series Of weekly
Institutes to be held at the Jewish
Community Center, starting next
Wednesday night.
Prominent social workers, physi-
clans and psychiatrists will be heard
during the course of the series, ac-
cording to Edward Rosenblum, eX-
ecutive director of the institution.
The first speaker, Ray Everett,
head>of the Social Hygiene Society
of the District, will take for his
subject Marriage and the Fam
ily" Simon Hirshman, chairman of
the Educational Committee of the
center, will serve as chairman Of the
institute and lead the general dis
cussion that will follow the lecture.
The Institutes are held each
Wednesday night at $3.50 o'clock in
the main auditorium. Institutes on
international relations and other
timely subjects will follow the series
on marriage.
Tomorrow night at $50 o'clock
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Howard U. to Hold
Physicians Seminar

The second annual postgraduate
seminar for physicians will be held
at Howard University November 3,
4 and 5.
Among specialists listed as speak
ers are Drs. Peter M. Murray and
Peyton Anderson Of New York City
and Drs. Leonidas Berry and T. K.
Lawless of Chicago
The seminar is sponsored by the
District of Columbia tuberculosis
Association, the Virginia Tuberculo-
sis Association, Maryland Tubercu-
losis Association, the Social Hygiene
Society and the Medicochirurgical
Society.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

molasses and rum went to Europe.
Now the United States is big Gus
toner, for 1t does not begin to pro-
duce enough sugar for its people.
We In the United States eat almost
our weight in sugar each year!
In return for sugar and fruit
the islands buy from us flour to
make bread, machinery for the
sugar mills, cloth for the native
women to fashion into gay, volu-
minous dresses.
But the United States has more
than a commercial interest in the
West Indies. A glance at the &C
companying map shows how the
islands form a dividing line between
the Atlantic Ocean and the Carib-
bean Sea. Observe how that line
constitutes a natural defense out
post-a geographic fortress-for the
Panama Canal. That is why the
United States is rushing naval and
air bases along the island chain.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Part in Creating the Struteqc Reqions of the World
The West Indies;
Our Crescent of
Panama Defenses

This is the second of a series
OF informative articles and maps
on the fascinating geographic
background OF 1Dorld areas in the
netCS OF today. At the request of
The Sunday Star, the National
Geographic Society, as a part OF
its many educational activities,
has prepared the basic data and
accompanying maps from its rich
resources OF geographic knoWl-
edge and Surveys. By clipping
this series from l0eek to 1Oeek,
adults and school pupils may dc-
qutre gazetteer for permanent
reference and Interpretation OF
re1Us dispatches.
Copyright, National Geographic Society.
When Columbus planted some SAM
pie stalks of tall, green sugar cane
in the West Indies during his second
visit, he marked out the way of life
for the future inhabitants of the
islands.
Sugar cane has been growing there
ever since in increasing quantities.
1t is the West Indies biggest cash
resource. Cuba alone. if it used
every acre of good land, might raise
enough sugar TO feed the world
EuropeS sweet tooth" was one of
the reasons Columbus made his
perilous Journeys over unknown seas.
A century before, sugar had been so
scarce and costly in Europe that it
was used only as a medicine. Then
1t was brought from India.
Columbus was looking for a west
ward route to India to transport
more readily the sugar and spice
and everything nice" of the old
nursery rhyme. He did not reach
his destination, although he thought
he did. Consequently he did not
find the cloves, cinnamon and other
spices which he sought.
What did he find instead?
Between the tip of Florida and
the northeastern shore of South
America his tiny ships sailed among
a crescent chain of islands green
with palms and other tropical
plants
Some of the islands, principally
the Bahamas, are the accumulation
Evening star., 1941-10-19

the center will inaugurate It's con.
cert program for the season, pre-
senting the District w. p. A. Little
Symphony, under the direction Of
Van Lier Lanning. Concerts will be
given twice monthly throughout ths
season under the supervision Of tbs
Music Appreciation Group.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

alive on occasion, spouting streams
of white-hot lava and burying whole
towns.
Even though lava can be destruc-
tive as it shoots from the volcano,