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Evening star., 1942-02-03
Wellesley Club
To Entertain

The Wellesley Club of Washing-
ton will entertain at q tea and
musicale from 4 to 6 O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon at the Woman's Ma
tional Democratic Club. Members
of the club who will entertain on
the program include Miss Elizabeth
Adams, who will sing; Mrs. Arthur
D. Elliot, Mrs. Elmer A. Barnes and
Mrs. A. Nelson Sayer, who will play
piano selections.
Mrs. Bernard A. Chandler, presi-
dent Of the club, will leave for Well
lesley College tomorrow night to
represent the Washington group at
the annual alumnae council. Of
ficers Of the Wellesley College Alum
nae Association include. Mrs. Ralph
Church, president; Mrs. Donald F.
Roberts. first vice president; Mrs. O.
Harold Williamson, second vice pres
ident; Miss Sibyl Baker, treasurer;
Mrs. Edwin G. Nourse, chairman Of
class presidents: Mrs. Walter Brook
ings, finance chairman, and Miss
Dorothy Sells, emergency service
chairman.
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Mrs. Parran Urges
Women to Feed
Family Properly

The responsibility Of guarding the
Nations health through proper feed
ing Of the family rests fundamentally
on the housewives Of the country.
Mrs. Thomas Parran, wife Of the
surgeon general Of the United States
Public Health Service, said yesterday
in q talk before the Daughters Of the
United States Army.
Speaking on Health, Nutrition
and the Nation" at q meeting Of the
Washington Chapter Of the National
Society at the Army and Navy Club,
Mrs. Parran declared that frequently
the vital elements Of foods are lost
during cooking.
what We bring home In the mar
ket basket may be lost in the cook
ing" she said, as she told Of q recent
canvass Of Kitchens made through
the consent Of her friends.
"In 10 per cent Of the Kitchens I
visited I found that cooks still u,e
baking soda IN cooking green veg
etables," she commented. "It makes
them 80 nice and green" Mrs. Far.
ran said cooks explained. They do
not realize that they destroy al the
vitamin qualities Of the vegetables"
she remarked.
The speaker expressed little, SYM
pathy with housewives who deplored
the increasing scarcity Of domestic
help. , She declared that when
housewives are obliged to supervise
personally the preparation Of food
there will be less throwing away Of
the precious elements Of foods in the
water Of the cooking pot"
In regard to participation Of
housewives in war work, Mrs. Parran
declared that war work, like charity,
begins at home" and said that "in
the confusion Of the appeal" Of war
work, women are apt to spread
themselves too thin"
"Woman's first line Of defense Is
in her home" she concluded. Sec
ond is her work in the community
and third Is what she contributes to
the great overall Of national de-.
fense."
Mrs. Parran was introduced by
Mrs. Albert G. .Wedemeyer, the chap
ter president, and remained for
luncheon following the meeting.
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Alexandria Women
To Hear Artist

"Ramblings on Copper" will be the
subject of a talk by Mrs Minnie
Briggs, local artist, before members
of the literature section Of the Alex
andria Woman's Club at 2:30 pm
tomorrow. All sections Of the club
are invited to attend the meeting to
be held at the home Of Mrs. Thomas
N. Hamilton, 521 Duke street, Alex
andria.
Mrs. Harry Cation, the president,
who recently returned from the mid
winter conference of the Virginia
State Federation Of Women's Clubs
in Richmond, viii be present. Mrs.
Magnus Thompson, section chair
man, will preside.
Mrs. Briggs, whose work Is included
in an exhibit Of miniatures now be-
ing held at the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art, will be entertained at luncheon
before the meeting by Mrs. David c.
Book, 205 Russell road.
The garden section will be enter
tanned at 1890 a m. Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Harry D. Kirk, 80
Glendale avenue. An illustrated lee
ture, Flowers for Defense" will be
presented by Mrs George E. Schlos-
ser, 104 West Alexandria avenue.i
Mrs. r. c. Brehaut, section CHAIR
man, will preside.
Evening star., 1942-02-03

daughter Georgia viii sing . group
Of her mothers compositions, with
Mrs. Oimstead playing the piano
accompaniment.
Songs by the hostess Of the after
noon, Mrs. Lillian Chase House, also
will be presented.
Serving as co-hostess with Mrs.
House will be Mrs. Bertha Oernealix
Woods and Mrs. Donna Crabtree.
Mrs. Angie Weaver Wright, art
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Alunnae Plan Fete

Plans for q st. Valentines party
will be discussed by members of the
Executive Committee Of Zeta Tau
Alpha Alumnae at a meeting to-
morrow at the home of Mrs. George
c. Neal. The new chapter presi-
dent, Miss Dorothy Rock, will pre-
side.
The Red Gross chapter will meet
the first and third Mondays Of each
month at the home of Mrs. Franklin
Steinko, 1859 Colorado avenue NV.
Sewing classes will commence in
the morning and continue until the
afternoon.
Evening star., 1942-02-03

chairman, announces an all-msDb9
portrait exhibition 1t che studio
this month.
A daytime fiction study group
being organised by Mrs. Cora FreGr
Hawkins, fiction chairman, and wiz
hold its frst meeting at ,o:3pia4
February 20. Mrs. II. Lyle Campbell,
branch president. will speak on "Fic-
ton writing in the Present crisis."
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Miss Boyce to Wed

sMr. and Mrs. Samuel Edwin Boyce
announce the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Ellen Coyle Boyce, to
Mr.. John William Hollingsworth,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z.
HollingsWorth of Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Pen Women to Give
Musical Program

Composer members Of the District
Branch, League Of American Pen
Women. viii present . musical pro-
gram at . composers tea from 3 to
8 pm. tomorrow ct the studio.
Those participating will include
Mrs.. Bess Heath Olmstead. whose
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Alunnae to Meet

The Chi Omega Alumnae Associ-
alton Of Washington will hold q
supper meeting at $50 O'Clock to-
night at the home of Miss Mildred
Taylor, 1920 Thirty-sixth street
NV. The program will include
piano selections by Miss B. Oster-
valid. Mrs. James L. Fieser will
preside.
Evening star., 1942-02-03
Club Board to Meet

The Manassas Woman's Club ex-
ecutive board will meet ct 10 am.
tomorrow at the home Of Mrs. w.
L. Lloyd on Grant avenue. !
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
French
Embassy
Gloomy

WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (UP).
Gloom settled over the chateau
like French embassy today as
more than 80 years of diplomatic
relations between the United
States and France came to an
end.
At the EN- bassy chancery,
French employees wept.
On the lawn OF the embassy,
Ambassador CASTOR Henry-Haye
played with his Dalmatian dog
and waved to friends who were
held outside a police lire thrown
up yesterday by FBI agents.
Within two hours after Henry
Haye was handed his passport.
the FBI was stopping all visitors
at the embassy in an action more
drastic than that taken at Ger
man and Italian embassies when
those countries declared war.
Secretary OF State Cordell Hull,
at a press conference at which he
announced the diplomatic break,
said the question OF concentrate
ing" French diplomats had not
come up because there was no
declaration of war involved.
One French consul has resigned
after hailing the American attack
on Africa as "a first step in the
liberation of France" He is
Francois Briere, consul at Boston
Another, Consul General Yves
Meric de Bellefon. San Francisco
wired congratulatory messages To
president Roosevelt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Edna May Oliver
Of Films Dies

HOLLYWOOD. Nov. 10 GNS)
One of Hollywood's most famous
actresses. Edna May Oliver. who
carried into her private life the
good humor she gave to the screen,
died late yesterday on her fifty
ninth birthday.
Best known for her portrayal Of
eccentric characters, Miss Oliver
kept up her good nature even when
she was taken i'll with an intes-
final disorder three months ago
Her condition soon became so seri-
Gus that she was forced 10 with
draw from her last radio program
The Remarkable Miss Tuttle."
At her bedside at the end was
Miss Virginia Hammond, a lifelong
friend who came from New York
="She just went peacefully To
sleep" Miss Hammond said.
Miss divers two most notable
performances were in David Cop
perf1eld," and "A Tale of Two
cities"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Canada Sewers
Relations With
Viehy French

OTTAWA, Nov. 10. GNS).-
Pointing out that there no longer
exists in France government
that has any effective independent
Canada today had
severed diplomatic relations with
the Vichy French government.
Prime Minister w. L. Mac
Kenzie King. in Announcing the
brenk. declared:
"Tbe fact that the men who
have been In nominal control
of France have ordered the
armed forces Of France 20 offer
resistance To the military forces
Of the United Nations, sent to
assist In the liberation OF France
from Mari domination, makes IL
perfectly clear that there no
longer exists In France n gov
eminent that has any effective
independent existence"
The prime minister said that
Rene Ristelhueber. the Vichy
minister 10 Canada, will leave
for France shortly.
MEXICO SPLITS WITH vICHl
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 10 (UP)
Mexico has severed relation.
with the Vichy French govern
|ment, President Manuel Avils
Camacho announced last night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Teen Draft
OK. Due
Thursday
Photo by International News Photos
Y THE NEAR FAST

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10 (INS)
Senate and House conferees on
the 49, 19-year-old draft bill con-
vene again today and it is con-
sidered virtually certain that the
Senate's year training amendment
will be scrapped.
Indications are that the new
draft measure will be finally
passed by Congress Thursday and
sent TO President Roosevelt so
that drafting of the teen age
youths may begin by mid
December.
Congressional leaders said that
their plans were for the House to
approve the conference report to-
day The Senate has adjourned
until Thursday. when il is slated
to take final action on the bill.
While the conferees reached no
agreement in their first session.
yesterday. il was disclosed that
House members are insistent that
the army be given a bill for draft
ing 49, 19-year-olds without re-
strictions.
The House conferees received a
direct mandate from the lower
chamber-by a vote of 178 TO 40
to reject the training require
ments.
Two other amendments attached
10 the bill in the Senate also faced
the conferees. They provided that
no high school student eligible for
the draft under the new measure
could be indicted until he has
completed his academic year. and
that any person who is regularly
in an agricultural occu-
patton or endeavor shall not be
drafted until satisfactory re-
can be made.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10

suade them TO give up" General
Eisenhower said.
THE infantry brought In NOR
tars. They are n very effective
United States weapon. far diff
ferent from the World War
when II was like throwing rocks
and you did not know whether
our men would he hurt Now
they can drop their bombs on n
dime. When the mortars began
firing the fort gave up quickly.
prisoners were TAKEN" he
continued. They did not resent
our being there. The only re-
sentiment was because some had
been killed. They lost 10 and
some four or Ave OF ours were
wounded. But some are bound
10 he hurt when steel Ia flying
around"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Bein Trial Deferred;
Can't Find Witness

Trial of Maurice L. Bein. Chi
cago steel contractor, and two
others on charges of conspiracy
to bride ex-councilman Robert S.
Ewald today stood adjourned until
February %. as the result of the
prosecutions failure to locate its
star witness.
John A. Ricca. assistant prose-
cutor. told Recorders j u d & 2
Joseph A. ellis hat David
Thompson. former steel company
employee and chief witness against
the three, had moved from the
city and could not be located
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10

Rep. Martin Dies CD of Texas,
chairman. has decided to seek
continuation of the committee fer
another year.
A resolution extending the life
of the inquiry through 1943 viii
be introduced by Dies shortly
after the new Congress convenes|
in January.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Dies Wants Probe
Continued for Year

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10 QNS).
Members of the special House
committee investigating un-Ameri-
can activities today revealed that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-10
Yanks on WAY
ToGet Germans,
Eisenhower Says
BY ROBERT G. NIXON

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
FRENCH NORTH AFRICA. Nov
10.-The real job Of American
forces which have invaded French
North Africa is TO 60 after the
German. 1t. Gen. Dwight d. Els
enhower. commander-ln-chief OF
Allied forces, revealed today.
The declaration was made by
the jovial and smiling general in
an interview with correspondents
who accompanied the landings IN
Algeria.
His statement was made in ref
erence TO the resistance Of Vichy
French forces, which he said de
lays our getting on with the real
Job of getting after the Germans.
SPLENDID PROGRESS
any only disappointment -
and thi n keen one" he said,
els that the French navy and
installations In their control
have been 50 obstinate and
necessitated operations against
them.
"Frenchmeu are our friends.
We do not like TO be forced Ia
hght any Of our friends or cause
q single drop Of blood 10 he
spilled. But when we are fired
upon I'm the face Of the explains
ton that our operations are
aimed only against the Axis
and 10 liberate France certain
actions have TO be taken here"
PRAISES COOPERATION
The correspondents talked in
formally with General Eisenhower
at his secret headquarters. He
showed no sign Of the strain he
has been under for many months
planning the campaign.
He asked il the correspondents
were comfortably quartered.
AS kfor anything you want"
he said. Nothing will be with
held fro myou."
He highly praised the United
States and especially the British
naval cooperation.
CAN HIT A DIME
The general told how the
American forces, using modern
mortar artillery, stormed fort
at Oran where the French per-
sisted in holding out.
I'VE sent our infantry TO per-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
HARTFORD GIVEN
 COP CONVENTION
Nomination of State Of- ficers Contemplated Sep-
 tember 10 and II

The Republican state convention for the nomination of candidates for state office will be held at Hartford Sept. 10 and II, 1t was dis closed today with publication of the G. o. P. political calendar. The calendar, containing a complete list of campaign dates, was released from state G. O. P. headquarters at Hartford.
 District congressional conventions, including the one in the fifth dis trict, will be held Sept. IA.
 County conventions, for the mak- ing of nominations for sheriff, will be held Sept. 19.
 Candidates for the state senate will be nominated at district con- ventions to be held October 3.
 Candidates for state representa- tives will be named at caucuses and conventions to be held October 5, though this date may be changed by the state central committee.
 Town elections in some towns about the state will be held October 5. State officers and congressmen will be elected November 3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
DISCOVERIES
 Chopter II

Afterwards Clyde Dawson won dered what prompted him to attend the formal inquest that followed the hanging. There was no apparent need for him as member of the Canadian Intelligence Department to attend-in fact, he had plenty Of reason not to go because in the pre- execution period he had developed sincere liking for the condemned Lemoy Statler
 But the girls snapshot with it's humorous reference to Hedy Lamar had left him restless Blind alleys made him unhappy. Statler'S death didn't remove the necessity of trac- ing backwards to possible spy ring connections. If he was involved with others they certainly followed the trial and saw no espionage was hinted. They would feel that Stat Ter, true to the spy's code, had kept ais identity hidden even to death.
 The coroner moved brickly through the formalities in the peni- 5entiary library converted into q temporary morgue. The doctors made brief statements and the jury of witnesses passed verdict of death by legal execution" There was some discussion about the dis posal of the body until Dawson an- nounced that in the absence of rela- tives or friends he would see that the executed man was given a Christian burial.
 That afternoon while having lunch at the Newfoundland Hotel Dawson was paged for a telephone call. It was the undertaken he had hired.
 Sorry to bother you, MT Daw- son." he said, but you told me to report anything unusual I may have found before removing the body 10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
DURHAM RESIDENT
 GOOD AT SLOGANS
Carl Attoe Wins Prize, Time Defeating Him for
 Grand Award

Carl N Ottoe, of Wallingford road, Durham, sa prize winner in the slogan contest, the results of which are announced in the current issue of "The Observation Post" published by the Aircraft Warning Service, the First Fighter Com mand. MT. Alto is the winner of the Boston region and his slogan, "They Also Serve Who Stand and Watch Is almost identical with the slogan submitted by the winner of the prize in the New York region ('They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Watch") and the one suggested by the grand prize winner, Mrs. Mazic .. Ter hume of the Philadelphia region we Also Serve Who Only Ob- Serve).
 Each slogan submitted" says the Observation Post, twas duly and carefully considered and where duplication or similarity existed as it did with the winning slogan preference was accorded the entry first received" It was the element of time, then, that finally deter mined that MT. Ottoe should be re- gional prize winner instead of win ncr of the grand prize. This grant prize consists of one year subscrip' tions to Life, Time, Fortune. Ali Trails Magazine and Air Progress Magazine The name of the winner! were also placed on the "Observa' ton Post mailing list
 Beside those already mentioned regional prize winning slogans were They Shall Not Pass" (the Albany region choice); "Watchful Eye Make Safe the Skies" Buffalo re- gion); Guardians Of the Air, Norfolk; "Alertness Our Watch word" Wilmington; Eyes anc Ears of the Army Rair Force (Charleston "The Eyes and Ear of National Defense" (TampO anc "Vigilence For Victory" (MiamD.
 MT. Ottoe is chief observer a Durham. The Aircraft Warning Service is part of the United State Army Air Force, and was organized in the state by The American Le zion. Mr. Ottoe's Post Is one of tE' l69 Observation Posts throughout Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09


 President. Many of the old stories are retOld, and several new ones, in the words of the men and women who knew Lincoln per- sOnally.
 THE HOUR BEFORE THE
 Il DAWN" Doubleday Doran: $2.50), latest novel to come from the pen of w. Somerset Vaughan, tells the story of the effect of the present war Or one of England's old county families.
 The Hendersons have lived peace fully in their country home for 20 years, when the invasion of Poland looses the tidal wave of war, and the elder members of the family sit helplessly by watching the deluge sweep over their children, their children, their plans, and all their security. MT. Vaughan goes melo- dramatic in this one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

the graveyard Well there was only one thing perhaps it is silly but /"
 "Yes, yes, what is it?" cut in Daw- son.
 "Weh, sir, in the heel of the dead mans right shoe between the sock and the flesh, was piece of beef steak"
 "A piece of beefsteak?" exclaimed Dawson. Was anything hidden in it?"
 Nothing that I cou:d md It wa just a good piece of sirloin cut to the exact shape of his heel. Of course, it might be poisoned or :"
 Dawson told the undertaken not to remove the body until he had further orders. Slowly he walked back to the dining room, his mind in utter confusion.
 There are more gcofy twists to this case than pretzel," he nut tered 10 himself Now why would a condemned man hide a piece of becfstead in the heel of his shoe?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09
SIGNAL WHISTLE
 MOST EFFECTIVE
WatertOwn Air Raid Alarm Heard in Many Sectors
 of Waterbury

Blackout tests held last night in Oakville and Watertown were con- ducted very satisfactorily, civilian defense officials said today. The tests began at 9:3O and last 20 minutes.
 Whistles which signaled the start of the blackout were clearly audi ble in several sections of Water bury and police and fire depart ments received many telephone in- quiries as to the origin of and rea- son for the whistles.
 Chief Air Raid Warden Stuart Atwood of Watertown said that the blackout was 100 per cent perfect. Incident tests were conducted dur ing the blackout.
 Meantime, Chief Air Raid Warden James J. Curtin of this city was telling wardens at meeting that no additional local blackouts had been held at the request of the War Production Board. The board he said. had pointed out that the tests often delayed vital war pro- duction shipments and asked that, If the tests are found necessary, that main highway thoroughfares
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

ticn contains several such finds.
 Keep an eye on Columbia Uni ver&ity Press isSuances for these "sleersrs." One that every fiction reader will enjoy is Whats in a Novel" Columbia: $2.75). Readers of fiction have been subjected for too lcng time to the somewhat supericr attitude of their non-fiction reading friends. At last they find an eloquent spokesman in Helen F. Haines.
 This valuable book is written from ard for the readers point of view and Is perhaps the first criti- cal study of the field made from that vantage. Everyone who already has a book should have this enc. Two other titles merit considera- tion:
 "The Clubs of the Georgian Rakes" Columbia: $2.75), a read- able study of the Georgian extrem- ists who lived riotously, and "The Christian Approach to the Moslem" (Columbia: $3.75), history of Mchammedanism which gains i'm portance with the turn of war into the Near East.
 THAT rare and happy cOmbina-
 Il ton of good reporting and exciting writing is found in Ben Lucien Burman's Miracle on the Congo John Day: $1.75). This story of the Free French in Africa is orc to bring new faith in the ultimate victory at time when the United Nations face peril farther north in Egypt. It is also story to keep alive the love of all free men for the word France. Some of Burman's Afri- can material has been carried in The Waterbury Democrat as dis patches frCm NEA Service.
 NO SLEEPER
 CERTAINLY not in the sleeper" 0 class is James Streets Tap Roots" (Dial: $275), a first-rate historical novel. Readers have been waiting for this story of the des- cendant. of Sam Dabney, whom Street admirers will remember from "Oh, Promised Land" The Dabneys move against the background of Jones county, Mississippis gory rebellion against the rest of the Confederacy during the Civil War
 The tale of this abolitionist re- bellion In the very heart of the fighting South is thrilling one and the people who were it's leaders were a jealous, sWashbuckling lot. NNACKINLAY KANTOR'S Gen WI tie Annie" Coward McCann: $2), is q western thriller, full ol gun fights and outlaws, written witt enormous wit and skill. Thare isn't dull or expected moment in the tale of Annie's adventures. It's g made to. order script for Ann Sheri- dan.
 Each character in Clark Clifford! Body" (Random House $250), tell his own story of the future civi war Kenneth Fearing predicts fol America. This ncye treatment rob the story of easily followed con tinuity but lends distinction to thu yarn.
 OUT in central Illinois, on the " banks of the SangamOn riv- CT, is a Dre-Civil War village, LincOln's New Salem, restored by the government, maintained as a
 memorial to LincOln's early life
 here. It is to the original New
 Salem that Rufus Rockwell Will son takes you in Lincoln Among
 His Friends" (CaxtOn: $5) to un-
 cover new facts about the great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-09

About eight acres of farm land arc required to feed the average American.