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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

derangement in our holiday system on that account.
 Tn the House of Representatives great many thought that Congress should fix definitely the last Thursday in November in each year as Thanksgiving Day and remove 1t beyond the power of Executive interference. We in the Senate Judi- ciary Committee thought that, taking into account those two years in seven when the last Thursday might be the last day of the very month of November, we would do better if we fixed, the fourth Thursday, which would make it, in five out of seven years, the last Thursday in November, and in the other years would at least remove Thanksgiving Day from SO close proximity to the first of Decem- Der as to make 1t possible for business men to know they were out of the red before they gave thanks. .. The fourth Thursday is the historical date and the fourth Thursday is fixed upon in i've out of ' years. We make it the fourth rather than the last Thursday simply to have fixed date, so that everybody will know from now on what day Is to be Thanksgiving Day. ."
 So now we know when Thanksgiving will be observed henceforth and why it will be the fourth Thursday of November, not necessarily the last Thursday. The reasons seem to be understandable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Those s0,oOO Planes

When President Roosevelt spoke, in May, 1940, of production of 50,000 planes people nodded vaguely, suffering unthinkingly that all one had to do to produce 50000 planes instead of 5000 was to open the spigot wider. Then came delays, corporations, realizations of what the problem really was. We became discouraged. Fifty thousandp Huh, a pipe-dream, we said. Even experts coldly estimated such pro- duction could not be attained before 1o45.
 Now so practical man as President Jouett of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce predicts that such rate of production may actually be reached late In 1042, and planes are being produced even today at a rate of more than 30,000 a year. Thoughless optimism and black pessimism are equal foolishness. Today's facts thoroughly discredit both attitudes. With irritating sloWness sometimes, but with reassuring certainty, we are achiev- ing goals believed two years ago to be im- possible. Now, with war reality, we shall stride forward even faster toward the overwhelming force events have shown we must have.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

Sherwood Island State Park will not become victim to World War No. 2. This public area will be ready in every detail by the spring of 1942, according to the latest reports from the office of Gov ernor Robert A. Hurley, The State Park and Forest Commission even now has underway program that contemplates the completion of the job that was started some 27 years ago just as World Mar No. was getting underway over in Europe. Some more land has to be bought on the island, but money Is on hand for this purpose. After that it's just question of making the spet readily accessible to the thousands who would like to patron ize It during the summer months. Con- siderable work also remains to be done along the beach and in providing ade- quate shelter for patrons. Ample funds for all this work has been provided by the Legislature. There Is also some talk of getting the federal government to pro- vide $400, 900 for development of the park as a recreational area for defense work CTS, but If we were the governor we'd de- velop Sherwood Island State Park for all the people of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
A Thought for Today
Grim Task Ahead of Us

The first shattering explosions of bombs in Hawaii did one good thing for the American people, even while they !. took terrible toll. They woke us up, They dispelled the mist of confusion in which we have been wandering. No longer can the question DO you think we ought to have war?" bemuse us. We have war, and 1t is not of our own making,
 We have a war, forced on us, catching us unawares simply because we had not yet brought ourselves to understand the complete duplicity, the shameless double dealing, and the venomous deceit that lay behind all Japan's dealings We were innocent. Like Hamlet, we could scarcely believe that one could smile and smile, and be a villain" Now we know. In the blood of our men, women and chil- dren, in the whirpools above ships sunk without warning, the lesson Is written:
 Japan has proved itself faithless, de-, spcable, and unworthy of civilized rela- tlonship with Q civilized people. The sword Japan has forced from our reluct. ant scabbard must not be sheathed until Japan as a power in Pacific and world af- fairs does not exist. That does not mean a war of eXtermlnation against the Japa. nege people. It means the destruction Of her navy and air force, together with the means of building another. To this task Japan has herself assigned us. Nothing less offers the slightest hope of peace when this war shal. have been concluded.
 Let us not deceive ourselves. War with Japan will be no basket picnic. The Jap- anese are good fighters; they are ruthless, interruptions, and actuated by religious zeNlotry and desperation. They have all geography on their side. They are able In war. The news from the Pacific will be worse before 1t is better. We must be prepared for bad news, for losses Of ships and men. The naval disaster with which the war was launched Is good proof of the fatuouSness of the thoughtless chost-beating that has gone on in the highest quarters about our naval irre- Sistibility.
 We cannot fall to win in the long run, though the run may be longer than we see at this moment. Anything less than a complete, crushing and final victory over Japan means the end of the Unlted States as a great nation Our standing before the world, and especially our sta tus as the principal protector of the Vest ern Hemisphere, demand complete and final victory n nothing less. We are go- ing to see this thing through to the bitter end, knowing full well that the cost will be heavy, the burden great, and the losses grievous With deceit, low craftiness and contempt, the Japanese have thrown the gauntlet in our faces. We pick 1t up; we draw the sword; we shall not sheathe 1t until the world power of Japan Is broken, finally and forever. This Is the task which Japan herself has given us; we cannot fall, and we will not fail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

Some one of these nights, fine or other wise, Waterbury will be called upon to engage In "black-out" tests. Everyone ought to acquaint himself completely with his and her part on such an occasion. Certainly we should be prepared to join In making the "blackout" complete one. Whether or not we'll ever be called upon to take part in real black-out the fact re- mains that our compliance with all of heavy losses and property damage later less likely. So long as officials tell us how we think Waterbury will be ready when the signal is sounded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

would quote the words With which the Bible opens, ''In the beginning, God :"
 But for the everyday Christian seeking to live a satisfactory life in the midst of an unsatisfactory world, there is certainly no com- bination of words in the entire Bible more helpful than the words uttered by Jesus in Gethsemane, Thy will be done" These were almost the last words He uttered, and they consti- tuted the crown Of His life. In s:e same manner, when we can get to the place where we too can utter these words, we have come indeed to a state of conservation which will produce peace fo mind and spiritual power.
 The universe Is too big for us to oppose 1t, and the will of God is too loving for us to want to oppose 1t. Common sense warns us not to at tempt this, and experience teaches that when we yield to loving pow CT higher than our own, we know the blessings of contentment and triumph.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Thanksgiving Explanation

e It's far cry to Thanksgiving of 1922 and by that time the war may have us so
 firmly in It's grip that we won't be thankful for much more than that we are alive, but 1t seems that the Danaher resolution passed in the Senate the other day relative to observance of this holiday has caused considerable discussion locally as to whether or not the intent was to have the third or fourth or last Thurs day of November set aside as Thanksgiv- ing Day The intent and purpose of the sDanaher resolution in the Senate, slight ly amended from the House, version called for observance of the fourth Thursday.
 Therby hangs some interesting senator ial discussion. In some years there are five Thursdays in November, but the average number, of course, is four. Congressional .Statisticians finally traced 1t down to the point where it had been determined that only two out of every seven years presented a November with five Thursdays. Hence, 1t was proper to word the Thanksgiving resolution fourth Thursday" instead of the last, because of the fact that when there were five Thursdays in the month the last one invariably was the 3Oth or last day of November, too close to Decem- her l for business observance.
 Said Senator Danaher when questioned on the topic of the date variance: "The senator will recall that in 1940 the Pres Isent Of the United States, at the request, 1k ss said, of certain commercial inter- sts. advanced Thanksgiving Day from ske traditional date in the calendar to the Afiisgf Thursday Of November. It was said 'n sorne circles that the proximity of
 ha4gksnivinu to Christmas was such
 sak people dld not have ample opportun- 2 .1 ff1 essr their uoclEetbooks to their pur- xnnigr nnMer. so Mn found ourselves z I0l6. and again D le41, with some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

a. Describe the surface Of the sun as seen through 0 telescope.
 A. The luminous surface Of the sun directly visible in . telescope as a disk is called the photosphere. 1t does not appear smoothly bright, but mottled and looks much like rough drawing paper, or, with Q high power telescope, Ike grains of rice The grains" are really 400 to 600 miles across, and generally are aS broad as they are long, They are irregular and here and there are drawn out Into long Streaks or fila. mentS. They appear and disappear, and are continually changing their form. Certain bright streaks called "faculae" are also usually visible here and there on the suns sure face, and occasionally are seen pro- iecting outside the edge of the disk
 a, If I contracted to buy a fui coat before october l, le4i but did not pay the first instailment until later, am required to pay the new retailers tax on furS2
 A, Three conditions must Do met to avoid payment Of the tax, A contract must have been entered Into between the purchaser and the retailer before october l, ieAi; ap installment payment must have been made before that date: and tho coat must have been delivered to the customer. If the coat is in storage ct the store, but the customer A free to take 1t out, that is counted as delivery.
 c. When and where were the first book matches made in the United Stateg7
 A, Dy the Diamond Match Com pany at Darberton, Ohio, ia 1898.
 e. Can the President of the United States veto a declaration of war7
 A. Yes, but Congress may pAG 1t over his veto.
 e. What is the title Of the mus. teal selection played in tho short film comedy, "Dipsy 0ypSy"2
 A. Hungarian RhApSody No, a." by Franc Liszt,
 e. Are the publishers of the john L. Stoddard Lectures still ir buSlness7
 A. Yes; the c. L. shuman Com pany, 203 N. Dabash Avenue, Chi cago, Ill.
 c. Tn which room in the WhIk House did President Washington gleep2
 A. George Washington never lived in the White House. The flra President to occupy it was Johp Adams.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

members. If majority deem invention worthy of further exc plorati0n, 1t is sent Co the Army or Navy, whose experts then take charge from there on. II an invention Is approved, the army or navy then enters into negotiations for It's purchase.
 Most inventors are patriotic and modest regarding compen- sation, but occasionally one comes along who demands Q 000,000 check.
 So far the Council In It's ten months Of existence has received about 3b,000 inventions, blue- prints and ideas. They arrive at the rate Of about ib0 c day, and their nature is kept in strict est secrecy. All Council members and the staff are bound by oath not to dlvulge any information.
 All models 'AFe returned, since the Council has no stor. age space. When this word was sent to . West Coast lnven. tor he wrote back that his inc ventlOn, Q high explosive, would make It's own storage room.
 F'aVorite member of the Coun. ell Is pr. Charles r. Kotterlng, famed Of, among other things, the self-starter. Affectionately known as "Boss", he endeared himself to the staff by donating q Si0,000 aiT-conditioning plant for their crowded, Swclterlng of. flces.
 Other noted Council members are pr. Thomas Mldgley, inven. tor of ethyl gasoline, pr. Wli- liam Coolidge, inventor of the x-ray tube, and Orviile Wright of airplane fame.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

Khaki.clad soldiers, with tin hats and bayonets, patroling two abreast between the, White House and the State Department Darkness over the Capitol dome, where searchlights arc blacked out, for the duration .,. A jam of volunteers for Civilian Dee sense New flags delivered at Civilian Defense headquarters, two for LRduardias car, two for Mrs. Roosevelts car, six for tho motorcycles The residence Of German correspondent Kurt Sell Is raided ct night and Sell is taken into custody by Y. B. I.
 Though the Department of Com nerce deals with such innocuouS subjects aS census figures, It's great steel doors are locked and guards demand credentials at the main entrance Women flyers Of America call q hurried meeting to Speed up plans for training .... An extra detail of police strolls on the south grounds of the White House, last trampled by egg-rolling Easter crowds.
 Tn his press conference, the Presidents voice Is SO grave and low that 0 newsman calls out, Louder, please" Four plain- clothesmen, in two ears, sit parked oil day at Waterside Drive, where the bank rises sharply on the back garden Of the Japan- eSe Embassy -. Even Fall, the Presidents Scottle, feels the change, for the White House guards have less time to play with him, and he curis up dlsconso- late in his green dog g-house, just back of the Presidents office.
 JAPANESE SPIES
 Last summer Congressman Mar tin Dies had investigators make 0 thorough survey of Japanese ac. tiVity along the West Coast. The results eventually were suppressed by the State Department, and the President himself, but a brief summary of them indicates that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

There seems to be every indication now that the improved highway up the Nauga- tuck Valley will be rushed to completion, weather conditions permitting. Likewise, all other public projects, like the Connec- ticut and Thames River bridges, will be pushed along as rapidly as possible. Con- necticut by the spring of 1942 will be humming as 1t never did in the last World War and hasn't to date in this one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Selected Poem
THE FLINT

OHarold Willard Gleason in the New York Times) The minute Cephas Dow would butter in, Say howdy, light his pipe, and start remarking Some topic would get under some ones skin, And, first you'd know hot tempers started speaking He'd mention taxes-swampy ground at best Implying that Jim Burnside, our assessor Let some folks off more lightly than the rest, Or glancing at some other town transgressor. You couldn't get blligerent with Ceph
 That meeching, mousy codger poor and binding, But when an evenings conclave came to grief, Twas safe to figure he had done the kindling At last there came an end to hints provoking As Cephas's mpish spirit found release: About the stove we sat in silence, smoking Confounded by the unaccustomed peace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Press Comment
MR. M'GovERN's PLANS
(New Haven Reslster)

(New Haven Register)
 Newspaper people throughout Connecticut, and beyond Connectl- cuts lines as well, are wondering today about the plans of Editor James L. Mcdovern now that the Bridgeport Times.StNr is gone.
 He served the paper devotedly and effectively. Not only that; he was second to none in his dee votion to the public affairs of his city and state. He has long been one of the most familiar figures in the Connecticut news paper fraternity, and well enough known there for 1t to be trusted that he Is not to leave the field along with the paper which he worked on for upwards of 50 years.
 There is 6 lot of work that needs being done in Connecticut by Q per- sonality such as he. His first field may be Bridgeport which he ought to know more about than any other man. But wherever 1t Is, many hope that he will stay on the job for many years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Current Comment

There have been men in public life who quit being politicians to be- come statesmen before now.
 Ben Smith, pekin. H., lawyer,
 after Representative Everett
 Dirksen, Illinois Republican,
 switched to support adfnlnis- trqEion foreign policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

by long wave ana by short wave, news about North America 6 o c 8 south by the bucketful. And 1t is only the begin- ming of whats to come.
 Center of the pie counter Is the ofilce of Nelson Rockefeller, CO., ordinator of Inc ter-Amerlcan of. fairs. For q time, there was Q little aavAkNAs,ANaSp hA-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

1. The implement used to strike the ball in the game of cToquet if called Q s2
 2. What does Virginia Puerisque' mean?
 3. There is an automobile high way from the Texas border to Mex. leo City; true or faise2
 {. Ambergris, c concretion O. whales, is used in perfumery, to produce whale oil or to make plas tics?
 s. The science of the humar mind or soul is called p----..-gyf c. Who wrote "Lamb in His Bosom?
 2. What was Lenin's given nane2
 8. The colors of the U. s. Naval Academy are blue and gold, bIuG and gray, or gold and gray?
 9. From what famous poem is the following quotation: "A jug of wine, 6 loaf of bread anc thou ."?
 10. Which city in the United States is nicknained The HubP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Daily Almanac

Moon rises i'll a. m.
 Sun rises 7:O8 a. m: sets 4:24 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 This is more like itl December without some extra cold weather Ike that we've been enjoying would not be a New England De- cember. This is the month tradiuonally when the cold sets In and country-folk hi- befnate The cold may still set in, but no one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

God SO loved
 the world that he gave his only b go ten son ." Oth CTS would resignate the s tatement, God Is love-" as signifying every
 thing in the di-
 vine nature af- ter which our hearts yearn. still oth CTS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
e NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
NewS-Not .HOkum-GOeS
 South of Border
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Washington, Dec. lS - whether or not the South Americans like the particular varieties of U, 6. propaganda pie in the sky these days, the fact Is that It's being dished out in quantities that should suit any taste. By clipper airmail,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
STRENGTH FOR THE'DAY
By EARL [. DOUGLASS, D. D.

THERE IS TRIUMPH IN GOD
 What would your answer be to the question What is the most iln- portant statement in the Bible?"
 The majority of people would probably quote the famous verse,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Certain prep0sitlonal phrases are Automatic and constitute the preferred fOrrnI as, "The room ls adapted for house. keeping" "she adapted her- self tO tho change" "Me adapted hls speech Co his audience" "The play was adapted from the book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Questions
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 The Waterbury Democrats Ser vice Bureau win answer for y0u free, any question oa fact Or in- formation, not involving exton. slve research. Write your queA. aion clearly sign name and nd. aruss, enclose Q three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot he given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser vlce Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 a what rate of pay do persona who work temporarily during the ChrlStmas rush at the post once receive per hour9 X.
 A. sixty-flve cents, with 10 per cent additional f6r night work be- tween 6 p. m. and 6 a. m,
 e, If a man reached tho age Of twenty-eiRht before July l, ioAl, but had already been inducted in the Army, is he eligible for ddscharge under the recent amendment 70 the Draft Act?
 A. Men must have been 20 prioF to induction to be released.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Washington Merry Round ~
Boom Town Washington Changes Overnight Into Grim War Town State Department Suppressed Report California Spy Ring; Dies Investigators Found JoPs Had Full Information Novy

WASHINGTON December ls Overnight this town has changed Washington matter things partly things that felt without being
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13
Whats Your I.Q.?

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn Co back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-13

EDITORS NOTE. If you are deslrous Of securing this weeks Party Packet" address Y. M. Kirby Dept. B-l0O, Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, l0i2 Thirteenth St., Washington. D. C., with 90 cents tO cover postage.
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-10
Predicted Britain'S Fall


 Those remarks were madls by MT. Honda in the newspaper Nichi Nachi in September. He then predicted that Britain could not hold out a month. He expect ed that Germany would demand the surrender of the British Navy, the British colonies over seas investment and an astro- nomical idemnity and that the British Empire would "face fate similar to that which befell tn. Netherlands Indies and Indo- China"
 Outlining Japanese policy to- ward the United States, MT. Hon da urged retaliation and repris al for the abrogation of the trade treaty and said that If Japanese dip omats had had the courage and foresight to take re- taliatory m asures, they would have crippled Americas muni- tions and non-muntions indus tries" He explained that this could be done if Japan eXercis- ed her belligerent rights "by cut ting off Chinese exports of tung- st and tung oil both of which America needs badly
 "If Americas attitude was not changed, we could use our Navy to block the traffic in Nether- lands Indies rubber and tin," he added. Japan had made a mis- take in not claiming bellig rent rights, he contended. Had this been done, he asserted Secretary of State Cordell Hulls protests about closing the Burma Road and Indo-China would not have
The Nome nugget., 1941-01-10
FORFEITURE NOTICE

To Chas Olsen, his heirs, ex- ecutors, administrators and as- signs
 You and each of you are here by notified that I have eXpend- ed during the var ending July 1st, 1940, two hundred dollars in labor and improvements upon the Sand Hill Association Placer mining claim, situated on the r ght bank of Snake River about three and one-half miles north westerly from the mouth thereof and the town of Nome in the Cape Nome Mining and Record ing District, Territory of Alas ka, in order to hold said mining claim under the provisions of U. s. C. Tit. 30 Sec. 28, and amend ments thereto concerning annual labor upon mining claims, being the amount required to hold said claim for the period ending July 1st, 1910.
 And if, within nin-ty days af- ter the publication of this Notice you fail 10 contribute your pro portion of such expenditure as 9 co-oWner, which amounts to one hundred dollars, your interest in said mining claim will become the property of the subscriber. your co-oWner, who has made th- required expenditure to hole sid claim.
 Dated at Nome, Alaska, tn, 9th day of December, 194O.
 John Carlson, Co-ownel
 Publish Dec. 6 l3 20 27, 1940 Jan. 3 10 IT 24 31, Feb. IA 3 28, 1941.