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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-25

The washington Park Commyn- ity club held their regular monthly meeting at the Washington Park Community House, last evening with President John B. Cuddy presiding,
 The membership drive formerly opened last evening, and is sehed- uled to run from March 24th to April 7th--under the chairmanship of Mrs, Henry A. Hayden, assisted by the following members: Mrs. T. Reynolds, Thomas Walsh, Mrs. Wm. Sutton, Mrs. Scadden, James Glad ney, J. P. Shea, Mrs. Rose Lynch, Marguerite rierney. Mary O'Donnell, Mrs. Frank Kennedy, Thomas Bro- phy, Edward Goggin, George Me- Govern, John Dalton, Mrs. T. o. Donnell, J. Kerwin, MT. and Mrs. John B. Cudy, Michael Goggins, Abner Richardson, Frank Scolan, Francis Lawlor and Al Lawlor. A meeting of this committee will be held next Monday night, at the Community House at 8 o'clock.
 Five new members were received Into the club at the meeting last evening.
 Miss Mary o'Donnell, chairman of the Bingo party committee, work ing for the interests of Rev. Thomas Shea-whom the club have adopted for the duration of the war, has announced a meeting of this com mittee will Dc held next Tuesday evening at the Community House at 8 o'clock. Committee consists of Thomas Walsh, Margaret Tier ney, Mrs. Marion Cronley, Thomas Brophy, Mrs. H. A. Hayden, John Cudy, Mrs. Fred Talbot, Mrs. Al Linden, Mrs. r. Kennedy, Mrs. Ed ward Plankey.
 Thomas Brophy, chairman of the St. Patrick's day committee, report cd progress, and wished to ask any, one who have returns to make, he would appreciate their doing 90 by next Tuesday night, ct the Com munity House.
 Red CroS, 20 hour First Aid Course; will be held this evening at Washington school sym, with Patrick Wallace ond his assistants in charge. The people attending this course, are just full of enthusiasm and the attendance is kept right up to the same number who regis tered the first night.
 These courses are being held on Wednesday and Friday night ct Washington school, and on Tues day and Thursday night at Hope vile school, and are for residents of Zone B.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

Washington, D. c.. June 19. -
Unless the oil-burning public in
Maryland converts more oil burn
ers to coal, the situation this win
ter will be little short of "calami.
tOus." This is the warning now
given by the oil coordinator's office
in Washington. The outlook is so
black that Secretary Harold
Ickes may issue a special appeal
to fuel-oil burners in Maryland and
Atlantic states to convert or suf-
fer the winter consequences.
This situation was chiefly respon
sible for the SO per cent drastic cut
in the gasoline supply to Maryland
and the subsequent drought which
hit SO many dealers, although
other factors We're involved also.
And no amount of current front
page excitement or political pres
sure are likely to move Washington
officials to restore any blanket pro-
portion of this gasoline quota re-
duction to Maryland.
The government is going to be
just as tight" with gasoline ra-
tioning as practically possible. Only
in Maryland's fifth congressional
district and in Baltimore will
special duties be undertaken to de-
termine to what extent some relief
may be permitted
SASSCER'S DEFENSE AREA
The Fifth District, ably represent
ed on Capitol Hill by Congressman
Lansdale Sasscer, is a virtual ''ar-
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
DISPELLING THE FOG
CHARLES NICHOLSON
PUBLICITY DIRECTOR, DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE

When We got the first news of
the attack on Dutch Harbor it was
assumed that what was intended
was reprisal for what Doolittle did
to the Tokyo section.
Later dispatches showed that
while the drive on the Alaskan
base may have been for advertising
purposes - that is, the restorati ton
of shaken morale of the home folks
Of Japan - it was linked with a
purpose Of Turing our naval and
air forces away, so as to make easy
the conquest of Midway Island,
probably as a prelude to the in
vestment Of Hawaii. 1t was not a
bad program - except for the fail
ure of the enemy to figure that
We had some strategists of our
own. SO the local Dutch Harbor
forces stood off the Japanese fly
ing column, and when they shot
their real force at Midway, our
Admiral Nimitz had plenty of his
own outfit carriers, planes,
subs, ETC., there to take care of
them, with the result that the Japs
headed into what appears to have
been their worst investment since
they went into the conquest busi-
ness.
Our flying fighters, notably Bri-
gadier General Doolittle who made
a rush trip back to America to give
us the details of the assault on
the Nipponese war factories in the
TokyoYokahama district have told
of the panic caused by their ex-
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
MARyLAND MERRy-GO-ROUND-
- By DREW PEARSON --
Bv DREW PEARSON

senal Of democracy" embracing
some 20 naval, technical and in
dustrial war establishments. These
employ approximately $4,000 peo-
pie most of them dependent on
gasoline for transportation.
90 it may follow as the result
Of study by Sasscer and his
prompt intercession with DR.. John
W. Frey, of the Office of Petroleum
Coordinator. that a more equitable
quota will be allotted in proven
deserving areas. 1t will not follow
however, that quotas throughout
Maryland will be relaxed.
No statement has as yet been is
sued, but one may be, to the eff
feet that the public is misled if it
assumes that gasoline rationing
cards "guarantee" the full compile
ment of gas indicated on the A and
B series of cards. The hard facts
are that the gas cards mean no
such thing. either in Maryland or
anywhere else. They are not
"promissory' notes, merely per-
missive ones.
The net of it all is this: That
about every ten days Marylanders
should be prepared to be disap-
pointed when they pull into filling
stations and ask for two or three
card units of gas. For it is around
the first, the tenth and the thir-
tieth of each month. that wholesale
gas deliveries are made to retail
outlets. And before these deliver
les gas stations come near to be-
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

plOit. SO the enemy high command
felt it necessary to give it's people
at least an excuse for morale re-
cOvery. Hence the assault on the
high Pacific base, which doubtless
has been proclaimed in home cir
cles as crushing blow to America
and a demonstration of the irwin
cibility of the yellow air force.
Berlin. as usual beat the gun, for
the Nazis announced that the whole
West coast of America was in un-
imaginable panic because of the
Dutch HarbOr incident.
1t may be that the Japanese
concluded that it was Dutch Har-
Dor, and not Shangri-la, from
which the Americans launched their
raid, and therefore aimed to put
that base out of business.
We Are All Guessing
It's all guess work, of course,
unless the Navy, or the air services
have some information they have
not disclosed. So is the matter of
where the hostile planes came
from to hit Dutch Harbor One
seemingly logical theory is that
they came by carriers. Those ia
miliar with the lay of the land and
the roll of the seas off our North
western coasts tell us that it
would be feasible for an airship
carrier vessel to hide among the
sealing islands, which have no
population, except the seals. and
are wreathed in fog practically all
the time. These scattered islets
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

dot the oceans up that way and
may afford the answer. The cir
cumstance that the attacking
planes after fifteen minutes of
bOmbarding swung off possibly
to replenish their fuel, and swung
back six hours later perhaps to
survey the damage lends possibil-
ity to this theory - whether the
foray was for the purpose of feel
ing out the Dutch Harbor defenses
in preparation for a more formid-
able assault, or was an actual at
tempt to put our base out of busi-
ness. or was primarily for face
saving purposes at home.
The attack on Dutch Harbor
was no surprise. All the authori-
ties had warned that the enemy
was likely to strike somewhere on
the Pacific Coast and every point
from Nome to San Diego was on
the lookout. Obviously it was i'm
possible to have an overwhelming
force at every threatened place,
but our people at Dutch Harbor ap-
parently were able to stand off
the attacking force and to prevent
any serious injury to the post. The
surprise party of the episode was
the reception the japanese fleet
got at Midway, with the outcome
of smashed battleships, cruisers
and airship carriers.
A dozen of our forays against
Japanese bases in the South Pa
cific were immeasurably more sue
Continued on page A.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
ing bone-dry.
s:s:kt:I:
GAS BOOTLEGGING

This hand-tomOuth service ar
rangement is considered essential
by the coordinator's office for two
reasons. For one thing it repre-
sents fairly accurate gauge of
the fluctuating demand by areas.
Secondly it gives an opportunity
for a modicum of policing.
Washington officials are reluct-
antly admitting that gas card con-
troll is only partially successful,
and they are watching Maryland
as testing ground for gas bootleg
ging.
Unwittingly, both Sasscer's COM
plant to Frey's office and Governor
OCOnor's complaint to Donald
Nelson have focused attention on
the need for a more thorough po-
licing set-up than is provided by
gas cards. The Maryland shortage
is also ascribed to the failure of
the Oil-burning public to convert to
coal last spring.
II, officials point out, the summer
drain on fuel oil remains what it
is merely to obtain hot water, what
will be the result when the heavy
load is turned on next fall and
winter?
*&###
MILLARD'S BOOMERANG
Senator Tydings' recent blast
against the Government for issu-
Continued on page A.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
6. 0. P. PUBLISHER
UPHOLDS ROOSEVELT
AS "A MAN OF VISION"
Says Press of the Nation
Has Missed Wonder
full Opportunity

The press of the United States
has missed a wonderful opportup.
lty in not embracing and clarifying
President Roosevelt's program.
James E. Stiles, president of the
New York State Publishers Asso-
citation, told more than 200 dele
gates, representing IS states. at
tending the 58th annual Spring
convention of the Inland Daily
Press Association at the Sherman
Hotel in Chicago.
Stiles described himself as
lifelong Republican and publisher
Of the Nassau Daily Review-Star
Republican newspaper in what
has been called the banner Re-
publican county in New York
State"
In paying personal tribute to
President Roosevelt, Mr.. Stiles de-
scribed the President as "a man
who has had great vision. of
what he wanted to accomplish for
the people of the United States"
Asserting that the President has
stated repeatedly, the bare outline
of a program that all of us can
understand, and with which in our
own hearts most of us must agree,
Mr.. Stiles added:
He (RoosevelD has said that
he wanted to eliminate the ex-
tremes OF wealth and poverty.
There is not any threat or demand
in that program for the elimina-
tion of private enterprise. But
upon this and it's ramifications,
aided by the irresponsible talk of
many who are only on the fringes
of the administration, the press
and all the reactionaries of Amer
ica, have built up a case against
the President and the New Deal,
damaging in the extreme and terri
flying in it's contemplation"
In asserting that the press has
missed a wonderful opportunity in
not embracing and clarifying the
Presidents program, Mr.. Stiles
declared, Il have never seen
wide-awake newspaper yet that
was not looking for popular
cause to win the acclaim of the
public" and yet" emphasized
Mr.. Stiles, "here is a cause of the
ages brought up to date, the death
less, unending struggle of the COM
mon man for recognition of the
dignity of the individual. And the
press of America has thrown it
out the window"
Reverting back to the times OF
our first President, Mr.. Stiles said
"The goal that the President has
laid down for his administration
is not as revolutionary as that of
George Washington and his con-
temporaries, who established the
freedom and sovereignty of the
Continued on page A.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

Hartle, son Of the late Barry
M. Hartle, Democratic wheel
horse of the organization in this
county for many years, is we'll
known throughout the county.
Eight years ago he announced
himself as a candidate but in the
interest of party harmony at that
time he withdrew and during the
election supported Harry 6.
Newkirk. Four years later he
again stepped aside for Mr.. New
kirk and turned in splendid
majority for the Big Spring man,
who, however, failed to make the
grade by comparatively small
margin.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19
HANGOVERS
By
LITTLE HEiSKELL

Another candidate for sheriff
will step into the pitchers box
shortly, I'm told, and the Demo
Gratis can depend on a battle
royal for the nomination. John
Hartle, veteran Democratic or
oanization worker in the Chews-
willie District, will be the candi-
date.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

That the ChewsviiIe candidate
will go the distance this time is
foregone conclusion. For
many months he has been laying
the. groundwork for his race and
according to several of his sup
porters he is making progress.
Quite large number of organ
ization workers have already
given him commitments and he
plans an intensive campaign in
every section of the county.
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

gwen hlm commitments ana ne
plans an intensive campaign in
every section of the county.
Over in the Republican alley
the b'hoys are trying to figure
out the number of candidates
they will have for the judgship.
Some weeks ago it was rumored
that Barrster Omer T. kaylor,
after brief survey of the situa-
ton, had decided to forget all
about politics and leave the
field open to his Republican
Brethren. But these reports ap-
parentIy were a little premature,
as | hear Omer is still making in
quiries here and there regarding
the possibilities of his wearing
the robes of justice. Barrister
kayIor, a former States Attor-
ney, is no newcomer in politics,
and if he decides to parade his
coIors to the post he might upset
the plans of the GOPites.
County Treasurer keedy amt
sayin' much these days, but if
anybody wants to place bet
that he won't be candidate,
don't lose time opening your wal
let. AS "a matter of fact you
can shoot the works on this one
but don't lay your Iucre on the
line that he will have a walk
away in the general election.
This is one office on which the
Demmes will train their big
guns.
BIackout Notes: Charles Hoff-
man did great job and rates
congratulations; housewife,
walking through her bedroom
while the lights were out, stumbled
over a piece of furniture and
broke a toe; small Iiuht burn
The Hagerstown globe., 1942-06-19

Dear Mayor: If BIackout schedule
doesn't suit a manufacturer, can
he have it changed by appealing
to you?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09

IN PREPARATION for the
Il meatless days TO come, we
visited a vegetarian restaurant
the other night. 1t is a gay little
place, decorated with large pic
lures of such vegetarians as
Bernard Shaw and Mahatma
Gandhi.
The one of Shaw which hits
you in the eye as you enter the
restaurant, shows the satirical
Britisher cycling a plate of broc-
coli. and the one of Gandhi shows
India's best dressed man smack
ing his lips and loosening his loin
cloth belt in anticipation of a
six-course meal of goats milk.
goats milk, goats milk and some
more goats milk.
The restaurants menu fea-
lures all sorts of imitation cuts
of meat.
One of the most popular dishes,
the proprietor told US, is spin
ach sirloin, and he suggested
that we try one.
In this dish, 1T was patiently
explained. the best cuts Of spin
ach (they come from Kansas
City, VIC believed arc nodded into
the shape of a sirloin, broiled
over charcoal. dressed up with
dashes of sauce. and served on
a sizzling platter.
60 WE ordered one. A medium
~ rare one. N'N
"You won't be able TO tell IL
from the finest cut of western
beef" the owner said.
He would have been dead
right if we had not been blessed
with such normal human attri-
butes as sight, taste buds, teeth,
palate and stomach.
first bite of IL -had-the
same effect on us that the sight
Of Livingstone lolling in q ham,
mock had on Stanley. On seeing
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
us. Schools Fail in. Test

THE present national emergency has developed the
i fact that many American men and women who have
had full advantage of the prevailing educational system
are without sks or talents useful to the nation at such
time.
Consequently, before thousands of men and women
useful places the program they have to be
given special traning-of with loss of time and
with detriment to the effort.
This puts emphasis upon the lack Of and the
desrabty Of educational system capable OF equippng
American children with knowledge that will be useful TO
them in their after lives
Too much of the educational emphasis hitherto,
and at present, has been Social PHILOSOPHERS and
ideooges of doubtful value at best and utterly vaueess
and dangerous in the worst instances
The education of children should not neglect useful
and practical fields in which they will be prepared to do
constructive work for the benefit of themselves and in
behalf of the community and nation
A MEXICAN and women, who school children
a learned trades acquired proficiency in type
writing and shorthand otherwise prepared for
tasks and duties vital to the program,
instantly available for patriotic service when the present
emergency developed.
But other thousands equally patriotic and eager to
serve had first to learn what to do and how to do tin
full fact had to make up for the time vrtuaywased
and lost in school.
Practical education has thus been demonstrated by
the to be necessary education In accomplishing this
the has only proved what most critics of American
education have always known The of school study
which does not prepare child for useful work is not
complete education is sufficient for the nation in
peacetime and is definite handicap to the nation in
The American people should demand more of their
schools and get more-no merely in but in time of
peace when progress and prosperity depend entirely upon
the capacities of the people for useful work.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
BY HENRY
MclEMORE

potatoes, the bark Of the Gu
calyptus tree, Brazil nuts and
the center cut from an old
Christmas stocking. from which
the bell on the toe had not been
removed.
At least, that's what we
guessed, and as the waiter
didn't correct us we figured we
were either right or that he
didn't know. either.
THE remainder OF the stew
Il was composed of the first
10 pages of a Burpee seed cata-
logue.
There was everything in it.
The more you ate of II, the less
you wanted of it.
A dish of il could safely be
put on a desert island with four
marooned men without causing
even one mouth TO water.
The rest of the vegetarian
tSldUl ant DiNilh 4 oii " w ~
form. There were imitation
chops and outlets fake-meat
pies and T-bone and Porter
house steaks.
Later. while enjoying a genu-
inc hamburger, we decided that
when the meatless days come,
when we get ration cards hold
ing us 10 two and one-half
pounds of meat, we are not go
ing TO try to trick our palate
with ersatz dishes.
Our palate has served us long
and faithfully. and is too good
a friend to ever have TO put UP
with a pork chop fashioned
from beets and coat buttons.
But two and one-half pounds
of meat per week isn't bad at
that when you remember that
in the Axis countries a 6let- of
flea is all a whole family gets
for a week.
Distributes " MeNsueht Syndicate Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
By WESTBROOK
PEGlER
Photo By petroIt rimss stan photOEr.phsr.

convention of 1914 the President
and the New Deal wouldn't find
him so hard TO handle.
Because il looks like sure
thing that Mr.. Farley is think
ing of himself as the Democratic
nominee for the presidency in
IA.
All right, suppose he Is a
Catholic and yes. every b o d y
knows what that meant down
South when AL Smith ran.
DUT Jim has been before the
ID whole national public a long
time and he has lot of fine
friends in Southern politics who
respect him highly for his char
acter and ability.
Character, that Is Jim's great
est asset. He keeps his word and
you couldn't choke a lie out Of
him and. another thing. the
South is going to be pretty well
choked up with Mrs. Roosevelt
and her goings-on by 1914.
You can't talk him into the
nomination or the election in
1914 at this distance but you
certainly can't count him out
either.
Anyway. he isn't in this pres
ent fight just TO elect Bennett
governor over Dewey.
This is an intra-party fight
against the New Deal crowd, such
as Hopkins and Frankfurter.
Tugwell and Berle and Mrs. r.
and to head off a fourth term or
President Roosevelt's personal
pick.
Some big old-time Democrats
are so set against fourth term
that if the President should get
himself nominated they would
pull a Bull Moose movement,
split the party. take licking
and elect Republican, if neces-
sary, even Dewey or even Taft,
if necessary.
by United Features synd., Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09

WELL, the pot has been
w opened and the boys have
drawn cards, so let's take look
around and try TO size up the
strength.
Mr.. Roosevelt, there. he is
very smart player and some
times when you think you have
got him over a barrel, why.
whammy, he knocks you into
she crick with 4 mess of aces.
Mr.. Farley, now, he looks real
strong because he met the Presi-
dents challenge and beat him in
the New York state Democratic
convention.
Mr.. Roosevelt wanted to NOM
mate United States Senator Jim
Mead for governor. and Mr.. Far
ley insisted on nominating his
man, John Bennett, and stood
his ground and done just so.
Mr.. Mead, he didn't want the
nomination, anyway. He was
showed in there by the New Deal
bunch in Washington, and the
little parasitic political growth
called the American Labor
Party.
Well, he got licked and now
he has promised 10 do every
thing in his power 10 elect Ben
nett and the rest of the Demo-
cratic ticket,
That New Deal crowd can't be
very useful TO Mr. Mead in the
politics of New York state from
now on.
MIR. BENNETT, he is sitting
1'A real pretty and his ambi-
tions are modest. He isn't bow
ing to himself and saying How
we'll you are looking. Mr.. Presi-
dent as you know his Republic
can opponent, Mr.. Tom Dewey
has been doing for some years.
Mr.. Bennett would settle for
one term as governor and let
the future reveal itself
Maybe a second term if all
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-09
Political Poker

should 90 well, or maybe a trick
in the United States Senate, but
he is not bothered with presi-
Dental ideas.
His problem is TO get by
Dewey this time because the
little guy certainly is raising a
fuss with the old. old cry of
Turn the rascals out.
1t looks pretty much like Mr..
Roosevelt will have TO come out
and support Mr.. Farley's man at
the last minute if not a little
sooner because, after all, Ben
nett is the party's nominee.
That will be funny, consider
ing that the wild men of the
New Deal have been calling Ben
nett a Christian-fronter, which
he amt, and are trying TO yell
up this here now. what's his
name, this Dean Alfange, that
they nominated for the so-called
Labor Party in little huddle in
one of those old-time smoke
filled rooms.
1t certainly will be funny if
the head man of the whole New
Deal supports Bennett and
leaves them out on limb with
their Alfange.
A LFANGE, he isn't really run
"A ming. He is just out for a
leisurely walk.
In the first place, the guy is a
Tammany Democrat and in the
second place this so-called labor
outfit isn't a party at all and in
the third place his background
is neither Italian nor Jewish but
Greek and there is no Greek vote
worth considering.
Maybe the President won't
come out for Bennett, though.
Maybe the New Deal would
rather stand for a term of
Dewey as governor in New York
and thus cut down Farleys i'm
portance so that in the national