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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16

QUITO. Ecuador-UP- Three
masked men wrecked the offices
OF the German Transocean, News
Agency here. the police revealed
today. They bound the porter and
demolished with axes costly radio.
telegraphic reception equipment
and the office furniture.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-01-16

LONDON. ms Sinking of two
Italian supply ships Of 5000 tons
each in the Mediterranean by the
British submarine Pandora was an
nounced today by the Admiralty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Young Blood For The Army

Two steps are now being taken which should help greatly in building for the United States the kind of an Army which 1t has been shown is necessary to it's safety. First, arbitrary age limits have been set for active service with troops. There will be no more second lieutenants over 30, first lieutenants over 35, captains over 42, colonels over 55; not even any major generals of division over 62. Officers over those ages now serving with troops will be gradually transferred to inside" or "desk" jobs. It will be nothing to their discredit. Many of them have served faithfully and well, but the lesson of World Wars l and II have convinced the War Department that 'only' young and vigorous officers can endure the rigorous demands of field Service.".
 Second, the current maneuvers are go- ing to result in vigorous "plucking". Orders have gone out to all commanders to report the names of all officers not satisfactorily performing their duties. They will be reclassified; either a new type of duty will be recommended, or per mitted to resign. Here again, there IS not necessarily any discredit to officers reclassified. But military leadership IS SpCCldA 4uoAtCy, eaAAd el AAAAAA AA1@J AAN'' loyalty, willingness and many other good traits, yet not be cut out for active lead ership of a military unit.
 The maneuverS now going on are strenuous and exacting. Sometimes they have entailed real hardship and taxed the endurance of soldiers and officers to the limit. They have approximated war conditions more closely than any Slmi- lar maneuvers ever held in the United States. ManeuverS under such condl- tions give better chance to test officer leadership than anything else short of ac- tual war. Deficiencies are apt to be Starkly revealed. That is what maneuV- CTS are for. In World War there was time for very little of this, and as re- suit, many officers who went to France were undertrained and otherwise un- fitted for command. It is encouraging to see that the War Department is de- termined to prevent, so far as possible, anything like this happening again.
 This sort of wedding out always causes some disappointment and hardship, but it must be done. It should be remem- bered that those thus separated from ac- tive field command may be just as loyal, just as devoted, just as faithful as those who remain. In field however, in which mems lives are at stake, nothing less than this can be done. We hope it is done ef- fectively and promptly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

Other than being the mother of President and of witnessessing and par ,ticipating in his inauguration on three different occasions Mrs. Roosevelt was an accomplished person in her own right. But despite background perfected by train ing, travel, and culture, Mrs. Roosevelt was quite content to sit back and allow her distinguished son to carve out niche for himself in public life, Nevertheless the public was always aware of her pres ence near that of the Presidents
 Mrs. Roosevelt was not one to intrude on affairs that were not of her own in- terest. She had her particular hobbies; she maintained in close touch with fields where this interest lay. But it was mostly as mother and not as a career woman that the American public came to know Mrs. James Roosevelt and to love and re- spect her. Tn these trying times we can not help but sympathize to the fullest ex- tent with her devoted son. At such times the comfort of ones family is most Satis- lying To have the solace and support of ones mother suddenly end is piling on more burdens. We pray that our President may bear up under all of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Coming Events

It used to be that coming events cast their shadow well in advance. Now com ing events do more than that-they an- nounce themselves with lot of noise and confusion. At least the new Nauga- tuck River Valley road did just that the other day when heavy blasting along the route completely blockaded the town of Beacon Falls for several hours Traffic could not pass until giant steam shovel had cleared away the debris left in the wake of the blast
 This was no accident and probably will be repeated as workmen rush the job of completing new road up the valley between Waterbury and Derby. This route has long demanded such attention as this and it's good to see and to hear that the oft-repeated plans are material izing. Never was traffic between Water bury and Bridgeport so heavy as 1t IS right now Never was there more need for an adequate roadway between these two important manufacturing centers than right now.
 This job of widening and improving the valley roadway at many points IS a considerable one and we should apprec- fate the difficulties under which con- struction must proceed. But there are many stretches of the present highway which can easily be adapted to the type of road planned. The work from Derby and Ansonia across the HouSatonic River to Shelton and then down through Nichols also is important. Here is project, the early completion of which, should cer- tainly be the main objective of the State Highway Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

They are self-educated and soundly SO. Yet, it is amazing to behold how those chaps went just so far ard then stopped and never advanced an inch beyond that point. They start ed with great promise, but they stopped halfway up the ladder and stuck right there.
 The reason, it has always seemed to me, is that they are learned but rot educated. They did not learn their facts in school, rubbing up every day against all kinds of as- sociates. Accordingly, they learned facts but not their relation to life. They are not, therefore, educated men.
 To get a fine finish on table one has to be careful not only about the kind of oils he uses but about the way the oil is rubbed in. It's the same with education. The facts we learn are important but the way they are rubbed in is equally inc portant. We learn to relate knowl- edge to life by living with people who rub these facts into our lives by contact and thoughtful under standing. The facts, plus the rub bring equal education.
 All Rights Reserved Babson News paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

dashed to one side, whipped 6 comb from his pocket and tried to bring order to his unruly hair. The Latins were amused and delighted. The effort was of no avail. His hair remained unruly, But, said the Latin visitors, "El se sentlO mcj0r" (He felt better). SWEET REVENGE
 Tall, stoop shouldered William Langer js still Con probation" as a member ofthe Senate, pend- ing action on the charges of "un- fitness" made against him by North Dakota political foes. But Langer already has settled one score growing out of his elec- ton.
 During his campaign last year he was unable to get any funds from the c. .O.P. treasury. Lang CT ran on the Republican tick ct, but he was considered outside the party fold by some leaders because of his alliance with the independent Non-Partisan league. One leader who took this view was former Senator John c. Townsend, Jr., of Delaware, chair man of the Republican Senator ial Campaign Committee. Despite an appeal from North Dakota's COP. chairman, Thomas Whal- en, Townsend refused to open up the purse strings for Langer.
 Langer pulled through by a close margin over former Repre- sentative William Lemke, an in- dependent candidate, but he did not forget the slight. When Townsend later came to him for a favor, Langer paid him back with interest.
 This was during the bitter West Virginia senatorial contest between Senator Joseph Roster, appointee to New Deal Cover nor Matthew Medley, and Clar- ence E. Martin, corporation attor- ney named by ex-Governor Hcm- CT A. Holt. Just before the vote, Senator Townsend, quietly lobby ing for Martin, asked Langer for his vote. The North Dakotan hlankly refused and the follow ing exchange took place:
 Town-end-"A "AlI the Republi-
 cans are going to vote for
 Martin"
 Langer-"I'm not. I'm going to
 vote for ROsier."
 TOwnsend-"Why arc you gO-
 ing to do that?"
 LaDger-"You ought to know
 the answer to that, MT,
 Townsend. I'm not consid-
 cred a Republican. You read
 me out of the party last
 year."
 Copyright, l94l, United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

The problem of conserving oil supplies has led to all manner of suggestion. One of these would work hardship on lot of people in the New England region, where the winters are apt to be cold. Even an open winter in this climate demands considerable attention to the home heat ing plant. But the experts claim that most houses are overloaded and that If owners of houses that boast automatic controls would cut the temperature down to 65 degrees all winter long there'd be a tremendous saving in fuel. Of course this is true, but how many of us will do that when the wind is bowling outside the windows this winter?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Grief Is Shared

The entire nation joins with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in mourning the Ceath of his mother, the venerable Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt. Although she had reached the advanced age of 86, Mrs. Roosevelt seemed to possess an unusually hardy spirit and constitution. Her abil- ity to maintain countless contacts with friends and associations of many years standing was proof enough of her vigor, Doth mental and body. The general pub- .ic had come to believe that she was one of those family matriarchs whose reigns is endless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Actual Bombing Damage

To read the stories of the great bomb ing raids on London, to see the pictures of the roaring fires and crumbling walls gives an impression that most of the city must be leveled. Yet we know that this is not the case. How much actual dam- age is being done by these ferocious bombings? The Economist, British fi- nancial journal, estimates that damage to British property from German bombing in the first two years of the war comes to $480,000,000.
 They reached the estimate from the actual figures of an insurance company which found losses to its London holdings had reached 1-2 per cent. If this esti- mate is anywhere near correct (and, of course, no one can lsnow) the surprising The Teally great losses of this or any other war are not those which can be measured in dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
In Today's Mail

been living in this country for years. but at least we recognize our faults and try to improve. That is more than the average ego-minded Ger man can say.
 have been fooled like lot of other Americans in believing in peace. agree now with MT. Hitler on one thing. People that think they can live in the world at peace are wrong. because in every generation there will appear a man who thinks he is an Napoleon and try to conquer the world as MT. Hitler is doing. There is one man who can conquer the world at will and he might live 8 million miles up in the sky or trillion, but no man can't say he is there or not because we know there is a trillion miles up, but we don't know what is at the end.
 I'd give Mir. Hitler a piece of advice and 1t is this. Believe he is up there and don't call our President a liar.
 Sincerely,
 George Nelson Smith
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
AMERICANS DON'T LIKE IT HAVE THEIR PRESIDENT
 CALLED A LIAR"

September 9, l94l Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 I see in this afternoons Democrat an answer to our Presidents state ment that the attack upon an American destroyer was started by a German submarine to the effect that who is this man Roosevelt by the German press.
 Well, as one American will say this. MT. Roosevelt is the President of the United States of America. He comes of a family who have kept their word as Americans for years. They have been truest in every degree that 1t comes to the life of a family to be in a country that was founded by men who wanted to be gentlemen. An Americans word has never been brokens wilfully.
 And if the German people are satisfied with c damn double-think- ing double crossing blood lusty paperhaager as their leader. whose Ideals are not built on constructive living but on destructive living, that is their business and their cross that they and their children will be forced to bear--wln, lose or draw.
 The ideals he profounds are no more right than the way wo have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

Down in New York parking problems are probably the worst in the nation; This is no disparagement of officials efforts to keep traffic moving smoothly at all times. But the millions of workers that descend on New York daily via their own motor cars make unusual demands on the physical properties of the big town. A plan was recently suggested down there that may ultimately prove to have more merit than it was considered to have when first preached The idea IS to have an automobile pickup" plan. In other words a mans automobile would be parked for him every day through this service. When he wanted to go home his car would be brought to his office door or wherever he might be. During the day it would be taken off the street and placed either in an indoors or outdoors parking place. Utilization of old bulld- ings for parking garages has also been suggested in connection with this plan If it would remove cars from the streets and not simply cause more persons to drive into the city, it might work out all right
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Otto Auto

Maybe you don't remember comic strip called lotto Auto" There was one once, long ago, nd you would be par doned for assuming that Otto Auto was dead But he. isn't. He's alive, and he's just had his license revoked at Royalston, Mass. This Otto Auto is better known as Otto of Hausburg, who would be an Archduke if there were any Austrian hier- archy of nobility left It seems he was zooming along at 60 miles an hour, and the license commission suspended his H. cenSe.
 What Otto could have been doing that warranted doing it at speed of so miles an hour eludes us. In fact 1t is dif- ficult to imagine wh tahe is doing here at all, since American interest in restora- ton of the long-since discredited House of Hapsburg might be said to approach zero, Fahrenheit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Current Comment

A union should not ask for a closed shop merely because iS thinks the emergency situation is such that its demands must be met. William H. Davis, chairman De- fense Mediation Board.
 There's nothing like keeping the home ties alive for making soldiers content in their jobs. Brig. Gen. Frederick Fl. Osborn Army's Morale Division.
 The lacks in democracles them- selves have brought them where they are today.
 - Margaret M. Wells, president League of Women Voters.
 It may rightly be said that the United States is the "preachiest nation on the face of the earth. Rev. pr. Walter ". Van Kirk Federal Council of Churches.
 
 More than any other nation even more than Nazi Germany, wt have been responsible for losing the peace and bringing on the present war.
 Carlton Hayes, professor of his tory, Columbia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Press Comment
CHINA RETURNS TO THE AIR
 (New York TimeS)

Monotonous news of unopposeA Japanese bombings of Chungking x at last relieved by brief items re porting Chinese air activity againss the invader. Last month ChinesG pilots, manning fast new Russia1 pursuit planes. met Japanese raid. CTS just outside Chungking and sh0 down two of them. Three morA were sent down in flames last week Now Chinese flyers themselves havs begun to raid, reporting successful attacks on Japanese troop concen' trations beyond Anhwei, almost thousand miles from the capital.
 This is the first Chinese air of fensive in two years. Throughout this period China has been practi, cally out of the air, her small and inefficient force wiped out in unes qual combat or smashed on tfs ground. Chungking. now two thirds destroyed, has suffered help lessly under mass bombings whicL began when the Winter mists lifted and ended only with Autumn. Cas- laltieg have been enormous. It may be doubted whether any capital 10 Europe, not even Warsaw or Bels grade, has experienced such 8 raik Of death. Chinese morale and fors titude under such punishment hayz been astonishing. Now comes tilK first signs that China may Dc able < strike back. For months not ofaiz the Russians but Americans haN been helping to rebuild Chiang ka shek's alr force. American piI1
 planes and mechanics to asseni
 them have been reaching emu king ln increasing numbers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

even cast a suspicious eye on the United states.
 "But enough of this argument" he continued. "I care not one whit for your legal 'sillygisms'. The President of the United States has given us those ships and we want them."
 However, all the crack lawyers of the Maritime Commission could find 6 way by which the ships could be sold privately and at low cost-except under Lend-Lease. Finally Ray Ather- ton, head of the State Depart ment,s European Division, anxious to help the Irish, proposed to the Maritime Commission that 1t 'rig" & sale.
 "That," replied the Maritime Commission, "w0uld give us the same kind of juicy publicity as if Secretary Morganthau rlgged the sale of . gold brick"
 ARMY TAKES SHIPS
 But in the interim, the Army needed lumber badly in Panama and, without the Maritime Com mission fully realizing what was happening, the two ships re- served for Ireland, the West Hemitite and the Naris, lying at Galveston, were loaded up with lumber.
 At this Irish Minister Robert Brennan, stepped into the pie ture. MT. Brennan's very real popularity in Washington is due in part to his geniality. But there was absolutely no trace of genial ity in his voice when he protest- ed to the State Department. "DoubIe- -crOssers'' was what he called the Maritime Commission.
 By this time one ship was load ed and ready to sail. Meanwhile the Army was squawking for lumber. But the Maritime Com mission finally countermanded the sailing order, gave the Irish time to decide whether they would take the ships under the Lend-Lease Act.
 Consul Brennan, calling at the Maritime Commission. agreed to give an answer this week. Then as he was going out the dooi, he walked ten paces down the hall, suddenly stopped, came back and hissed:
 "YOu Sc0undrelS"
 vICE-PRESIDENTIAL HAIR
 Recently Vice President Wal lace was entertaining a group of Latin Americans in his office, when a photographer was admit ted to take a few shots.
 The Latins gathered around the Vice Presidents desk and all was ready for the shooting, when suddenly Wallace jumped up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

It all came about as a result of President Roosevelt's promise to the Irish last spring that they could have two U. S. merchant ships. The President wanted to play up to the Irish in order to get naval bases from them later.
 But after promising the two ships, 1t fell to the Maritime commission to deliver them and the commission found the only way an American ship can be sold privately is under the Lend- Lease Act. Otherwise the law requires that ship be sold at public auction. This would make the Irish bid against everyone else. ships are at a premium these days and prices run around $l00 to $l26 a ton, in contrast to the $75 price the Irish were to pay.
 When Joseph Desmond Bren- nan, Irish vice-consul in New York, came the other day to see the Maritime Commission, he was mortified to learn that Ireland's two ships were to be sold under the Lend-Lease Act.
 ''Lend Lease" exclaimed Con- sul Brennan. "We'u have none of lt. The President of the United States has promised us these ships, and we're ready to take them-but not under Lend-Lease. Never!"
 "Why not?" asked one of the Maritime Commissioners.
 'Lend-Lease carries a political cOnnotation," he explained. "You are giving ships to England be- cause you have a virtual alliance with her. You are getting sOme- thing In return. And you are ex- pecting something from us If you give us ships under Lend-Lease." INVASION OF IRELAND?
 Consul Brennan was assured that the United States expect ed nothing from Ireland unless she was invaded, by Germany.
 And that's not our only dam ger of invasion," he shot back, inferring that his government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09

e. How will aluminium collected in the recent campaign be utilized for defense.
 A. Although not all of the collec- ted aluminium will be used directly in defense products, donations Of used aluminium release an equal amount of virgin aluminium for use ii, aircraft manufacture and other defense production. A fighter plane containing 1000 pounds of alunli- mum can be built with the metal freed by the donation of 5000 dish- pans, or 10000 coffee percolators, CT 20o0 roasters. or 2600 double boilers, of average weight.
 @. Please give the State motto of Kansas.
 A. Ad Astra per Aspera (Through Difficulties to the StarS).
 e. What is the population of
 A. In June 1889, 1t was estimated at l,466,536.
 @. How close to Washington was the Battle of Bull Run In the Sivn War?
 A. The Old Stone Bridge on tl.s battlefield, where Jackson won his nickname "Stonewall," is 24 miles from Washington, just west of Cen- terville, Va.
 e. Why do large steamships hays to be lowed In and out of harhorsi
 A. Because of tho difficulty ot maneuvering them under their ow1 power in confined waters. Tht tugboats have large engines q great horsepower, and several a them may be used to berth liner.
 @. Name tho first movie actt,. and actress. Who was the first starI'
 A. J. Stuart Blackton was rep uted to be the first man to stan@ before Q motion picture camera, an( his wife, Paula Blackton, was th first woman. The first real star | said to have been Florence TurneE who became @ star In 1907.
 EDITORS NOTE - If you are desirOus of securing this weeks popouIar booklet "Weather And Climate" address r. M. Kirby,s Dept. B-19O Waterbury Democrat. Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. G. with ten cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
Selected Poem
VICTORIAN NIGHTPIECE-ls4l

(Henry Boston in the Christian Science Monitor) Between the gardens and the castle wall Alone upon the terrace with the moon' Lady Caroline is walking with her pug. The crenelated wing Sir Guido's tower Slant their distinguished shadows on the grass A fountain murmurs in the best of taste The pug runs madly like fairy pig
 All rounded and berbboned gaiety, Barks short and sharp alarm the nightingaleS. The answers yes Lord Ronald kissed her hand; In A moment she must go and tell Mamma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
What's Your I.Q.'
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back maze for the AmaWerK.

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 1. Name the character in detec tive fiction who was accustomed h say: quick Watson, the needlel' 2. A cretin is native of Crete figured cotton cloth, or kird Q idiot?
 3. What color shirts were wor by Hitler's original followers?
 {. What famous New Erglans cape bears the name of a fish?
 5. What did the ugly ducklinA turn into?
 6. In what play is Jeeter Lesta the leading character? Vi T. Name the famous Notre Dam' football coach who was killed in az airplane accident.
 8. What is the English name f0 baby carriage?
 9. The word tariff is derived iron city, a sultan, or an Arabic word meaning information?
 10. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jenny Lind, or Lucy Stone was famous foA working to banish slavery?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-09
MONKEY-PUzzLE TREES

Santa Rosa. Cal.-(UP)-Super- intendent George Smith has warned the public mot to monkey with the monkey puzzle trees" on the court house lawn. They are laden, he ex- plained, with loosely attached but heavy nuts and a slight shake is sufficient to bring down a shower og sharp cracks on a persons head