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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18

Strange is the child and strange her destiny th1s intense and beautiful daughter of recIuse Dr. Tower, mystery man of Kings
 Row.
 grandmother's voice. It was set tied. He sighed. All right" he said.
 It was not until Thurston St. George called on his grandmother one warm afternoon that Paris learned, from their conversation, the nature of his illness.
 So this is your grandson!" Massive MT. St. George affected surprise. I'd never have known you, boy Been sick, hear.'
 "Yes sir"
 Whats the matter?'
 Madame interrupted hastily. Tt seems to have been spell of - brain fever
 Hmm. That's not so good. Been studying too hard, sonny?"
 II don't think so, sir"
 Paris, ask Anna to make some lemonade
 The talk had run to other mat ters when he returned with glass es and pitcher making pleasant tinkle of ice.
 By the way, Marie" MT. St. George was saying, T hear you've lost your overseer. Know old Tom Carr?"
 "Oh, yes. Big bushy head of white hair? I've seen him."
 Believe he'd be a good man for you
 Well, I might talk to him."
 "Tell you what. I'm riding out that way tomorrow. I'll send him around. I'd like to see him get a good place. Surely you remember the Carrs!"
 Don't recall them, Thurston."
 "They came here from New York state. Had some money. Started off in big style - horses, carriage everything. He tried trading in real estate. Lost 1t all Wife went crazy she's been in the asylum here twice, but he keeps her at home now and looks after her himself. He's good man."
 "Mum-send him to see me- It'd be a mercy, ma'am, If you could take him. I heard she was graduate of Vassar College back there, but she's crazy as a loon now. Got dropsy, too. Fat as an elephant"
 Dangerous, do you think? I wouldn't want to have"
 "Oh, no, no Not at all. Just sits and sings. Too fat to move"
 Heavens. I'll be glad if I can help the poor man. What a life that must bel"
 The fires of Indian summer burn ed on every hill, and the nostalgia odors of autumn filled the air. It was the most stirring of all seasons in this region.
 One Warmish day a crowd of boys sWarmed down the hill after school, shouting the relief of their escape from tie stuffy classrooms. It was Fulmer Greens gang" Fulmer Green had won through to undisputed leadership after two years of bullying fights and the commission of such minor dep relations as gained him the ad- miration and adherence of his kind. His mother, ambitious for a better standing in Kings Row since they had moved uptown" tried to break Fulmer's old as sociations. So far she was unsuc- cessful.
 The boys swooped down the hill and passed through the tiny streets of Jinktown.
 "Looky!" Fulmer Green pointed to the blue cottage at the end of the street. That's where ol' crazy Ben lives" He picked up a rock and threw it in a long easy curve. It landed with 8 loud thump on the rotten shingles. The boys shouted gleefully.
 "C'mon, let lem have some more" A shower of rocks clat- tered on the low roof, making the Splinters of dry wood fly in every direction.
 Mrs. Singer came out on the front step Get on with you! You're going to hurt somebody first thing you know"
 The boys did not answer. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18

THE STORY: Schoolmates in smalltown Kings Row are or phaned Paris Mitchell, desper- ately m after overseer father of childhood sweetheart Renee beats her, whisks her away; "all boy" Drake McHugh; tomboy Randy Monaghan; beautiful Cassandra Tower whose doctor father, town mystery, takes her out of school after social snub from Gordons; Louise Gordon, leading physicians daughter; half-wit Benny Singer, brunt of schOolboy jokes. Other characters: Madame von Ein, French grandmother of Paris whom he adores; surgeon Dr. Cor don, whom Paris fears; lawyer Skeffington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18
CRANluM CRACKERS
REMEMBER?

Remember Pearl Harbor" ring. across the land as the No. l U. s slogan in World War II. Other slogans, movie and song titles and quotations have used remember" as a key word. How many of these can you remember and identify?
 l. Remember the Maine."
 2. Remember the Night"
 3. Remember the Day"
 4 "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here"
 5. Remember Me"
 Answers on Rack Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18
POT POURRI OF PLOTTING

A combination business and pleas ure voyage on luxurious steamer bound for Hawaii ends up as an uproarious pot pourri of plotting in Mexican Spitflre at Sea-" RKO Radios new comedy vehicle for Lupe VeleZ and Leon Errol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18

Strange is the child and strange her destiny thls intense and beautiful daughter of recluse Dr. Tower, mystery man of Kings
 Row.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
us. FIiersDOwn
I Jap Planes
In Rdngoon Raid.
Nine Others Damaged;
American Volunteer
Parachutes TO Safety
BY VI. VI. HARDINGE


RANGOON. Burma, Jan. %
American volunteer airmen de-
Tending Rangoon from Japanese
raiders were on the alert today
after knocking at least seven
Japcnese planes 10 the ground
and damaging nine others.
One American plane was also
shot down, but the pilot alighted
safely.
The japanese daylight raids fol-
lowed a smashing Raj air attack
on Bangkok, capital of Thailand.
whore number of fires were
caused
UnOfficia! reports on the fight
ing p miles east Of Moulmein. in
the Burmese panhandle, stated the
Japanese advance had been slowed
down considerably if not halted
with the aid Of repeated British
air attacks These Raj assaults
were said 10 have piled up Japa-
ncSc bodies and the wrcckage Of
vehicles along the road from the
Thai Burmese border westward
through KaWkatclk.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
Mine Rescue Squads
Hunt 34th Victim

HAYDEN. Colo. Jan. 20 CUP)
Rescue squads returned to the
wrecked Wadge Coal Mine today
TO search for the body Of the
thirty-fourth man killed when ar
explosion rocked the shaft with
such force that il decapitateo
some of the victims.
Thirty-three bodies. already re-
covered, lay in Liberty Hall, an
old opera house at nearby Mount
Harris, awaiting a coroner's in
quest. The thlrty-fourth victim OF
Tuesday nights explosion was be-
leved buried under q slide.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
Aussies Bomb
6 Jap Vessels
In Rdbdu| Raid
Troops Battling
Invaders in Hills
West Of City
By BRYDON TANES
Unlted Press stan Correspondent

MELBOURNE. Australia. Jan
29.-At least six Japanese ships
in Rabaul Harbor, New Britain
Island. have been bombed by Aus.
tralian planes. while Australian
troops still are fighting japanese
occupation forces in hills west OF
the town, communiques said to.
day.
Although visibility was poor
hampering observations, II was
certain that a direct hit was
scored on one ship. A near miss
and probably a hit was scored or
another. The night before Aus
tralian planes raided Rabaul anc
damaged al least four ships.
All planes returned safely, q
communiQue said,
Australian planes which made
reconnaissance flights over the
Bismarck Archipelago said there
was nothing of major importance
TO report.
Australian army headquarters
in Melbourne said that in New
Guinea activity was confined tc
air reconnaissance
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
China Says
Daps Mass
Big Fleet

CHUNGKING. China. Jan %
ms '- Japan is maSsing an
armada a.luA- "a 2QQ- naval ships
and loo planes Al the southern tip
~ ilsnan Island. 700 miles west
OF hclcaEJered Luzon in The Philip
pines. Chinese intelligence agents
reported today.
Tho concentration may he the
prelude h was SAID, 10 an in
crca>incN heavy attack on Gen,
Douglas MacArthur'S forces, or a
stroke southwark INTO the Indies.
Halnan. recently occupied
by the japanese. lies of the
South China coast. II has been
n base for their attacks on the
Indies
Chinese forces operating on the
north hank Of the east river near
Canton ambuShed a Spcarhead Of
three japanese columns seeking to
advance eastward from Canton and
inflicted heavy casualties. an Off
cial communIque said today. The
JapS arc now retrCating with Chi
neSe troops IN pursuit,
japanese forces east OF the
Canton kowloon Railw have
been cleared out by Chinese
troops following reCapture OF
TamShul on Bias Bay. 50 miles
northeast Of HonGkonC, com
munlOue said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

TOLLOW up your consent
to an imperial war cabi-
net, Mr.. Churchill, by
sending back the troops of
the Occident to fight the bat
tie for Occidental civilization.
Realize that the preserva-
ton of the British Empire is
more important than the re-
tention of Halle SelaSSie upon
his comic opera throne.
That the salvaging Of tn,
vast areas of the Pacific
from Japanese occupation
and exploitation is more i'm.
pOrtant than the possession
of the Libyan deserts.
Russia is taking care of the
Axis powers completely and
delightfully."-.
England surely need not
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

which Secretary Of tho Navy
Frank Knox said is now moving
to the hard pressed fronts IN tho
South Pacific.
The size of those reinforcemonts
is a military secret.
For the first time in several
weeks Hawaii reported an alarm
but il was not revealed whether
the approach Of Japanese forces
caused the United States forces
to take defensive steps Depth
charges were heard exploding an
indication of action against sub
marines and an alert called mill
tary and naval personnel 10 their
posts.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
AuSSieS Slow .DapS
Claim rs Enemy Tanks in Johore State Battle
Nipponese Avoid Open Battle. Advance Afoot
BY HAROLD GUARD
United Press stan Correspondent

The Japanese. despite their
overwhelming numerical strength
avoid open battle even now. Cor.
don Bennett and other officers told
me, and try to rely on their air
planes covering the advance OF
scattered infantry units.
In some areas the Japanese have
tried. with not much success. tc
send forward mortars on motor.
cycles.
CASUALTIES LIGHT
Imperial casualties continue
light, and many men are tricklinl
back TO safety who days ago hac
been given up as cut off behind
the Japanese lines.
Everywhere il is plain that tho
are concentrating ir
greater strength than they have
yet been able to mass.
Visiting an advanced post.
found the Australians jubilant
They had just received 80 bags
of air mail their first mail ir
seven weeks. The soldiers sprawlec
among the rubber trees. then
minds in their homeland, reading
their letters.
Two diSconsolate men for whom
there had been no letters bathec
themselves, standing naked beside
roadside well they had sunk q
few hours before.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
TT is time that Winston
Churchill came out of his

IL tiInt tHdt NliiStou
Churchill came out of his
purely local London fog
and took a clear minded sur
vey of the whole British En-
pire-aye, and Of the whole
white mans world.
And IL is time that some
Of our own American be-
logged brains came out of
their haze and realized the
vital and crucial portentOus-
ness of the long foretOld Ar
mageddOn which is now at
last being fought at our very
doors and on our very shores.
Halle Selassie sinks into
due insignificance, and the
sand dunes of Libya assume
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
BUY n Bomber
Red Cross in Iceland

WASHINGTON Ian, ms
Eleven Red Cross workers. ac-
companied by four secretaries
have arrived in Iceland for duty
with the American forces AZ the
island outpost the Red Cross an
nOunced TODAY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
TELL M'ARTHUR TO GIVE IT

LONDON. Jan. % CUP)- The
Berlin radio broadcast German
official news agency dispatch from
Toxic today that tho Japanese
commander-in-chief in the Philip
pines had called upon American
forces in CorreCidor fortress by
radio 10 surrender.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
In THE NEWS

civilization, having swept
nearly round the world. will
surely carry across the Pa
cific and spread over the lands
of Asia.
But WHAT CIVILIZA-
TON will it be-the white
mans civilization or the civ
ilizatiOn Of that yellow peril
to the white mans suprem-
acy:
That primal question is be-
ing decided in the Pacific
conflict nOw,-TODAY.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

fear nor flee, especially when
no man pursueth."
Let the full force of the
Occidental powers be gath
cred in the Pacific to protect
Occidental civilization, and
to sustain the white mans SUI
premacy throughout tn e
world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

their proper unimpOrtance
when compared to the pos
sible conquest of Australia,
the resurgence of Asia, and
the rolling back of the tide of
Occidental civilization upon
the British Empire and upon
America and upon the whole
white mans world.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
Macarthur Stops
Japanese Drive

Continued from Page One)
sar Straits battle the greatest
sea action since Jutland" and esti.
mated that Japan had lost nearly
one-third of a 100-ship invasion
fleet whose objective was ar
assault on the principal Dutch
baStionS of Java.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
Axis Guns Down Plane
OF Marine Officer

WASHINGTON, Jan. % CUP)
corps headquarters said
today that Lieut.. Col. LeWie G.
Merritt narrowly escaped serious
injury and capture when an Axis
anti-aircraft battery in the Libyar
desert shot down the British plane
in which hc was an observer, or
January 7. The plane fen just in
side the British lines.
Merritt is believed 10 be The
first marine corps officer shot
down by German or Italian forces
since the United States entered
the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

SINGAPORE, Jan. %. - Al.
though the japanese by mere
numbers have continued 10 ad-
vance southwark. the scene at the
front in Johore state is one that
promises a stern and firm defense
in the climatic stage.
l made the now easy journey "a
advanced headquarters again yes
.terday afternoon.
II was necessary 10 dive fire.
quently into the bitches TO avoid
the ever-present Japanese planes,
and at headquarters il was neceS-
sary 10 talk above the rumble
of the guns.
Mai Gen. Henry Gordon Ben
nett, the Australian commander
told me that the Australians were
returning shot for shot.
CLAIM % JAP TANKS
He said the Japanese tanks had
not yet broken the Australian lines
and that his anti-tank gunners had
vowed they never would Anti
tank guns have destroyed at least
% Japanese tanks, he said
Gordon Bennett said that on the
east coast the Australians had
knocked out so many Japanese
bicyclistS, who had led the adj
vance, that the Japanese now
were advancing afoot, and hence
more slowly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
laps on Borneo
In New Threat
On Singapore
OVerwhetm Dutch
70 Get Isle FoothoIo
in Newest Threat
By JOHN 4. MORRIS
United Press Tar Eastern ManAErr

BATAVIA. y. + J.. Jan ~
Japanese invasion forces IN a new
threat toward the cnclrclcmcnt Of
Singapore. have effected landing
at Pemangkat, on the southwest
Borneo coast and Japanese troops
have started a drive south toward
that area from British Sarawak.
a Netherlands Indies command
,communiquc said today.
The communicate SAID that the
Japanese. Overwhelmingly stronger
than the Dutch forces IN the area
had obtained local successes de-
spite fierce resistance
As the Netherlands forces with
drew. blowing up everything OF
military value. Dutch naval planes
raced 70 the invasion area 10
bomb Japanese ships and troops.
Belief was expressed that the
Japanese might attempt 10 drive
down the coast 90 miles 10 the
important base Of Pontianak or
attempt an invasion landing there.
'SCoRCHED EARTH
The Netherlands troops de-
stroyed all important detectives
at Pemangkat as the japanese
attacked, the conmunique said.
II was believed that the Japa-
nese had come from Sarawak by
ship TO attack their new objective,
40 miles down the coast from the
Sarawak border.
In effecting their landing the
Japanese had established foot
hold at the nearest Borneo point
10 Singapore, which is 800 miles
20 the west. with the Tambelan
Islands as stepping stones.
The strength of the japanese
forces was not known.
The Netherlands command COM
rnunique, distributed through the
Netherlands Indies News Agency.
said japanese planes had again
attacked Emma Haven, on the
west coast OF Sumatra. Damage
was inflicted on ships.
COVER LANDINGS
The communique added:
"a report from Kendari. on
the southeast Celebes Island
coast, states that the two Jspa-
nese landings I'm that vicinity
were covered by the fire of
japanese warships. Strong re-
sIstance is being continued as
our troops have held their pO-
sitions.
Reports from the vicinity Of
Balik Papan, on the east BorneO
coast, make II clear that there,
too, resistance on our part IL
stubbornly continuing"
A Netherlands Indies news
agency dispatch said Dutch navy
bombing planes had been hammer
ing for two days at Kuching. on
the Sarawak coast above Penang
kat, apparently in expectation Of
the new japanese invasion move.
japanese planes had raided
Pontianak. in the Pemangkat
zone. In the first raid 1913 persons
were killed. nearly all civilians.
The Netherlands Indies News
Agency. quoting newspaper re-
views OF the battle Of Macassar
Straits, in which American and
Dutch naval and air forces had
smashed at least 81 of japanese
invasion feet of some 100 ships.
suggested that the japanese. too
confident of controlling Indies
waters. had failed 10 give their
ships airplane protection.
nn., 4. nnn,kar
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
$4,000 JAPS LOST

Estimates of Japanese troop
losses ranged up to $4,000 1t was
admitted that possibly 10000
men and 65 or more japanese
ships have escaped the allied
blows thus far. But the action has
not Yet ended.
1t was evident that in the
MaCaSSar Straits Japan had Suf-
fered the shaTpcSt setback of the
war-a setback which should give
"A priceless time advantage 10 the
Nations forces holding the
Dutch EaS IndieS-AuStralaSia
line.
1t affords additional time for
the arrival in the war theater OF
the stream Of material and men
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29
FANTASTIC, to be sure,
X 1T cannot happen

Then do not LET it hap
pen, for ANYTHING can
happen to people sufficiently
simple and supine-and suffi-
GENTLY shOrtsighted.
Anything can happen to
people too blind to see the
vital significance Of this Pa
cific war.
IL is here i'm the Pacific that
the two great contending
powers and theories of world
development have clashed-
AND ONLY ONE WILL
SURVIVE.
Civilization flows in a slow
but steady stream around the
world.
Westward the course of
empire takes its way" Is but a
phase of the more fundamen-
tai fact that westward the
course and current of CIVIL
ZATION takes its way.
TT WE 60 back far enough
we find China the center
OF early civilization.
Then MesOpotamia and
Egypt and Persia and Crete
and Lydia and Greece and
Rome and Italy and Spain
and the Germanic empire and
France and England-and
now the Americas.
The crest of the wave OF
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

Continued from Page 0ne)
lately redeemed from the ice
age:
Imagine, II you can, Amer.
lea invaded by the Asiatics
that originally populated it
in very truth, s"given back to
the Indians, to those Tatar
hordes that first came across
the almost contiguous islands
of the Boring Straits and
spread southwark over the
vast virgin areas of North
and South America.
Picture Columbus and Cor
teZ and PiZarrO retracing
their steps-packing up their
things and boarding their
caravels and sailing back tC
Spain, leaving the fair lands
they conquered for Christ
and for civilization to be re-
possessed by the aborigines-
from Asia.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

BUY "A Bomber.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-29

Buy a Bomber,
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Rent Control
 DeadIine Set

Legal rent control will be in- stituted in Alaska effective Nov ember l, according to informa- tion just received by the War Price and Ratloning Board.
 After that date rents must be rolled back to March l, 1922 lev els, and this includes all prem ises used as living accomoda- tions. Registration of landlords will occur some time in Novem Der, the exact date to be an- nounced later.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24

Because shortage of scrap met al is so critical a new national drive to get 17 million tons of it has now started, and Kodiak has pledged itself to do it's part, a. dopting the slogan Let's get in the Scrap" as the watchword.
 The conservation division of the Wa Production board has asked all Rotary clubs to assist in the drive and at the local clubs meeting this week plans were made for handling scrap donations
 In response to an invitation to transfer companies, Bill Lew. is, manager of the Island Trans fer, appeared at the meeting and
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Over $3O,OOO Stolen From SchuItz's; Kraft's Store Robbed Monday

Gaining entry by boring 67 holes with a brace and bit through the double floor of the storage room in the rear of the apparel departments of the 0, Kraft & Son store and then by tearing a hole through plywood partition into the dressing room of the mems department, some one entered and robbed Kraft's store Monday evening, probably after 9 D. m. and before ll:45, when the theft was discovered. There was no indication of more than one being involved, but who ever it was got $23O in cash, 7 diamond rtng sets. A watches and about 25 boxes of Whitman chocolates
 A puzzling feature of the case was the fact that the unknown marauder was able to find box of cash behind shirts in the mems department and hidden among handkerchiefs in the women department, but did
 (continued on page A
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Kodiak Joins Scrap Metal Drive

is being combined with clean up drive, too, so that anything goes when you start looking a. round for donations. The mater ial will be sorted as 1t is picked up, the scrap going to the, base and unusable material to the garbage dump
 All the individual has to do is collect all junk and place 1t in his yard or next to garbage cans or close to the road or streets so the trucks can pick it up. Pick up day has been set for Oct. 28, next Wednesday so this week end is the time to collect
 Don't forget Lets get in the Scrapp'
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Issue Call For Volunteers

Announcement was made this week that the Air Corps is re- cruiting volunteers for the 924th Boat Company (aviation) and enlistments are sought from civi- lians for captains, engineers, ra- dio operators deckhands. and men experienced in first aid The boats are used for rescue work
 (continued on page A
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24

expressed a willingness to help in picking up the scrap. Frank Hermann was appointed to see the city council about assisting n the drive.
 The base has already begun collecting for its part in the drive and arrangements have been made to haul scrap from town to the base pile, from where 1t will be shipped out. Captain Dyer, commenting on the drive, said: '"The Let's get in the Scrap! move is very commendable one and the material collected will be accepted and disposed of at my direction"
 For the town the scrap drive
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Charlotte B.
 Reported Lost

An as yet unconfirmed report was received here this week that the Charlotte B., island mail boat owned by Bob von Scheele. was wrecked in a storm the first of the week. The report aid that all aboard were saved but that the mail cargo was lost with the boat.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
Essay Winners Announced

Bud Miles, son of MT. and Mrs, George s Miles, and Meri- am Harvey, daughter of It. and Mrs. Harvey, were first place winners in the Boy and Girl
 lcontinued on page 9
Kodiak mirror., 1942-10-24
PedaIer Pedder

Persons eligible for and de- serving new bicycles are asked to contact Louise Williams at office next to Dell's Cafe before the end of the month.