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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-03
Dial Doings
By JIM PARKER

tion WHIT in Hartford. There he announced the program of Cedric Foster, Mutual's news commentator So, the United States army took ad- vantageof Georges experience and radio personality, and placed him il, charge of the Midnight Dancing Party. George is back at Camp Blanddng, Florida, now, but many soldiers and their families will re- member the service that he and the Dancing Party performed.
 Rows and rows of little musical notes are marching with the
 United States Army and Navy to an American victory in the pres ent war. The sun had scarcely set on the first day of conflict when Tin Pan Alley trained its saxophone, brass and rhythm bat- teries on the enemy for 2 devas-
 tating musical bombardment. In-
 stead of bullets, ammunition is martial airs, humorous war songs, lyrics to aid the sale of Defense Bonds and Stamps, and melodies calculated to kep the civilian pop ulation of the United States keyed up to Victory tempo.
 Some of these topical patriotic tunes will be pretty bad, many o1 them will never hit the music Stalls at an," says Meridith Wilson, radio conductor and Hit Parade composer pupil of the famous John Philil Sousa and now an authority or martial music. But out of 1t al will emerge a few classics like Star. and Stripes Forever and Liberty Bell March," Melodies on the ordel of the historic 'K-K-K-Katy" ant "Ohl How I Hate To Get Up In tht Morning" will soon be on everyones lips and some of them will probabl, be big hits. All of them will helpi After this, Hedda Hopper will
 wear one of her screwiest hats when she goes to CBS to broad
 cast her program, "Hedda Hop- per's Hollywood" Since the out
 break of the war, CBS has been
 heavily guarded and everyone en- tetring or leaving has to pass
 through an inspection gate. The
 guard assigned during the first
 days was not too familiar with the
 artists and when Miss Hopper ap-
 peared he asked for identificat ation.
 I'm Hedda Hopper" she explain
 ed. The man stared at her skept-
 ically. Are you sure7" he in-
 quired. "I was told I would know
 you by your funny hats, but that
 one actually looks good on you"!
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THRILLS PLUS COMEDY

Comedy as well as drama is stressed in "A Date With the Fal- con-" second in this new RKO Ra- dio series of thrill films. George Sanders and Wendy Barrie head the cast and James Gleason, Allen Jenkins and Mono Maris play fea- tured roles.
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CIDER FIRE ExTINGUIsHER

Sodus, N. Y. (UP) Faced with shortage of water while battling blaze in 8 farmhouse near here, local flremen connected hose and bumper to 8 nearby cider tank and extinguished the flames by shooting several hundred gallons of the sweet beverage on the building.
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ny HARRY ROBATOR,
 Guest C0IumniSt


 Greetings, Radio Friends, this Is Harry Robator speaking, with an- other edition of the Journal. Column of the Air. The week in radio!
 Well, as 1941 staggered wearily out of the picture, there were g. few changes in the broadcasting world. The war and the general uncertainty has put something of a crimp into many long term contracts. Many artists have volunteered for service with some branch of the military. And others have had their contracts cancelled because of rationing or sale bans on certain products. And, all in all, Radio is certainly doing It's part in this business of National Defense.
 The Columbia Br0adcasting Sys- tenn presented its Cavalcade of the year-"Twelve Crowded Months" from the WABC studios in New York. It definitely was an impress sive session. The title indicates the format of the show--a kaleid- oscopic review of twelve months of unprecedented history. They had plenty of material for dram- atization, and they played 1t right up to the hilt. Deems Taylor, Ed- ward K. MurrOw, William l.. Shirer, Major George Fielding El- Hot 1vrA EIv~~n nr vvlc vunpx. f~v, of the luminaries on hand to re- view developments in war, poli- tics, sports and art. A dazzling session, the best in reviews!
 A Salute to the radio men of Con- necticut:-
 When station WET, Charlotte, North Carolina, turned over it's fa- nous midnight Dancing Party to the Fourth Army Corps during the re- cent Carolina war maneuvers, 1t performed a service that army off, cials said was unprecedented" in the annals of radio. With Private George Monaghan as M.C., the Mid night Dancing Party became a clearing house for news between the soldiers and the folks back home It relayed messages from the boys to mothers, Swethearts and friends And 1t brought some of the soldiers to the microphone so families could hear their voices. There was only praise for the master of ceremonies from army men and radio men alike George Monaghan, if you haven't guessed, is a former Connecticut man. He was an announcer at sta-
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Greetings, Radio Friends, this is Harry Robator speaking, with an- other edition of the Journal. Column of the Air. The week in radio!
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Evening star., 1942-02-22

rained fire bombs on the men of Mac
Arthur, but our flag still flies on Bataan
Peninsula.
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Western Front

The foremost developments on the
European battle area last week were
political. Prime Minister Churchill at
last acknowledged the loud demand for
change in his government. The chief
development was the introduction into
the cabinet OF Sir Stafford Cripps, re-
Gently Ambassador to Russia, who be-
comes Lord Privy Seal and leader Of
the House of Commons Out went Lord
Beaverbrook, Minister Of Production. His
limited duties in post whose occupant,
it was thought, should have vast powers,
had stirred dissatisfaction in London.
Beaverbrook is coming to the United
States to work on the task of pooling the
resources of the United Nations. His job
at home goes to Capt. Oliver Lyttleton,
who has been in Egypt as Churchill's
political representative in the Middle
East. Ernest Bevin, the Labor Minister,
who was at constant odds with Beaver
brook. keeps his job. The United States
hoped that Churchill's troubles were
over and that the Prime Minister could
plunge once more into the business of
the war. The Atlantic Ocean was men
acing. Nazi U-boats in the Caribbean
shelled the oil refinery at Aruba, Dutch
West Indies. It was time for action.
Evening star., 1942-02-22
BIDDLE GUARDS WARTIME CIVIL RIGHTS
Believes We Should Avoid Hyeio and Witch Hunts
ames snebs

I'm tense times such as these strange
psychology grips us. We are oppressed
and fearful and apprehensive. If we
can't get at the immediate cause of our
difficulties we are likely to vent our
dammed-up energy on scapegoat.
THAT sort Of psychology is the very
essence of totalitarianism. On the other
hand, civil liberties are the essence of
the democracy we are pledged to pro-
tect.
Insofar as I can, I intend to see that
civil liberties in this country are pro-
tected; that we do not again fall into
the disgraceful hysteria of witch hunts,
ke-breaking and minority persecu-
tions which were such dark chapter
in our record Of the last World War"
What are civil liberties?
Evening star., 1942-02-22

enemy-held airdrome, presumably in the
area around Palembang. The Indies
government acknowledged the Japanese
occupation of Macassar on the south
western arm of island of Celebes, 490
miles northeast of the Dutch Java base
of Soerabaja. The Celebes installation
was regarded as step in the path toward
an operation aimed at squeezing Java
from the east.
BY Thursday expeditionary forces of
the United Nations, including a few
Americans, had arrived in Java, but the
authorities in charge of the islands de-
fense said their numbers
Darwin we're not large enough.
Bombed More than 100 Japanese
bomberS and eScorting
fighter planes attacked Port Darwin,
Australia, potentially vital United Ma
tions naval and supply base, in two raids
Thursday and another raid Friday. SUBJ
sequently the ports civilian population
was evacuated
At the weeks end the Japanese i'm
proved their pincers preliminaries. They
invaded the island of Bali, celebrated
home of beautiful brown women and
colorful customs, which lies just a mile
across the water from Java. In devel-
oping sea and air offensive, the defend
ers Of Bali scored direct hits on two or
more japanese cruisers, two destroyers
and ether ships, sinking a cruiser. The
Dutch news agency Aneta said. "the
presence OF the japanese Warcraft and
troopships off Bali may indicate the
expected enemy attempt to invade Java"
Japan sent air raids against Java, at
tacking airdromes at Bandoeng and
BuitenZorg.
The attacks on Darwin led some spec
ulators on the wars future course to
think that the Japanese might be pre-
pairing a>by-pass of Java rather than a
pincers on that island. The view gained
some ostensible support by the Japanese
invasion of the island of Timor, consid-
erably east of Java and $50 miles north
west of Darwin. The imperial broadcast
from Toxic explained that the purpose
of the move against Timor was to oust
British and Dutch troops which have
been occupying the Portuguese section
of the island since December.
If the Japanese explanation is trust
worthy, the expectation of a Java by
pass seems unfounded. The japanese
government information bureau said
that japanese troops would be with
drawn from Portuguese territory as soon
as thew had succeeded in expellinp the
British and Dutch forces. Involved in
Evening star., 1942-02-22

this announcement is the difficult prob
lem of Portuguese neutrality, which is
Of more concern in a general way for
the European Axis powers than for
Japan. The japanese explanation is
not considered trustworthy.
Japanese success in the attempt to
seize Bali would give the enemy COM
mand of the eastern approaches to
Soerabaja, which is the
"Porodise" last major naval base short
Invaded of the Australian mainland.
The Allied offensive at
Bali was strong and still continued as
the week closed. The Dutch destroyed
by fire the islands few vital points 1t
Is rice island attractive to tourists.
Far from Bali the Japanese were
waging a fight on another front, the
Burmese, with the Burma road as
first objective. The invaders of Burma
began the week to drive in two columns
toward the town of Thaton, progressing
from Martaban in the esouth and Paan
in the east The Allies first line of
anti-Japanese defense on the Salween
River was shattered, but American and
British planes made exhaustive efforts
to punish the enemy wherever his supply
lines were exposed. The battle-ground
was only IS bomber miles from Rangoon
and 125 miles by land and rail around
the tide-swept Gulf Of Martaban.
Thaton, IL miles west of the Salween,
is on the railroad from Moulmein to
Rangoon.
Thaton belonged to the Japanese on
Tuesday. The British withdrew 80 miles
to the line of the Bilin River to take
advantage of it, they said, as a potential
springboard for counterattacks and to
extricate imperial forces from position
where infantry units might have been
overwhelmed piecemear by the Jap
anese. The low bushy hills through
which flows the Bilin provided poor
cover for troops and artillery needing
protection against dive bomb raids.
The Burmese government on Wednes-
day began to evacuate civilians of RAN
COON to the Burma in
Ronooon terror. The Japanese
Evacuation forced crossing OF the
shallow Bilin, and the
British front was showed back in part
toward the marshy Sittang River, al
though the Bilin remained the main
theater. The Sittang at the tip of Mar
taban Gulf is only about 20 miles from
the railway which connects with the
Burma road. There was an encourag-
ing development, however, when the
news reached Rangoon that Chinese
armies had invaded Thailand to press
against the Japanese flank.
The Chinese generalissimo, Chang Kai-
shek, touring India, talked with Mo-
handas Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal
Evening star., 1942-02-22
Continued From Page BID
chief granary, the Ukraine, continues
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chle1 granary, the ukraine, continues
to be held by Germany.
The Reich possesses ample steel and
aluminium, and surplus of coal and
potatoes. which supply 80 per cent of its
food requirements. The machine tool
industry, second if not first in the world,
has long been geared to war production,
now at record high. But there is con-
stant deficiency of most staple foods,
including bread, -four, meats, fats and
cheese. War on the Eastern front ended
Germanys imports of Russian wheat,
rye, barley and fodder grains, as well
as hides from Iran and Afghanistan,
soy beans from Manchuria and trickle
Of rice, tin and rubber by way of Siberia
The greatest metal deficiency is in
copper.
Owing to shortage of petroleum.
100000 German trucks this year are
burning liquefied butane gas, a by
product of synthetic gasoline; while
10000 more. together with farm trac-
tors and ships on internal waterways,
are propelled by generators consuming
hickory wood. These are being manu-
factured at rate Of 1000 a month.
Failure of artificial gasoline and lubri-
cants to function at arctic temperatures
is counted as one element of Germany s
defeat in Russia.
If Germany and Italy were largely
dependent on foreign trade for sub
Evening star., 1942-02-22

Americas Eleventh Week of War
(12oth Week of World War III
By Blair BoHes

AS gloomy Allied week to its close
powerful naval offensive United
Preliminary dispatches Batavia
Nations Far board of strategy referred
potentially
dive bonbers
The japanese and the
japanese
Pacific German haunted
like water dwelling jacka order distract
opposing the operations
which
land of Australia south attacks
baston within
China
another
China attacked
Overall the picture drab permitted light
which would brighten the pcuehe figures the American
production
making
of
affect United Nations production Minister Pduc
replaced Oliver Lyton Beaverbrok
the United pooling the Allied
they will
Evening star., 1942-02-22
SINGAPORE AND OFFICIAL COMPLACENCY
Emphasizes Need Concentrating

"We must save the Western Hemi-
sphere
This was the predominant reaction Of
recognized military authorities in Wash
ington when the sad tidings of Singa-
pores fall were flashed to the world.
officials in the capital admitted that the
situation was one of utmost gravity.
Nobody attempts, even vaguely, to
minimize the peril to the British En-
pire, and we ourselves must make up
our minds in the very near future where
we shall direct our main efforts. The
United States, and with it the entire
Western Hemisphere, Is in danger. The
complacency of high officials in Wash
ington, who bombastically stated that
we would fight the enemy wherever we
could find him, has given way, in the
face of the United Nations defeat in
the Far East, to a more sober and real
istic attitude: We must rearrange our
hit-and-miss strategy and determine the
immediate objective of our defensive
effort.
Singapore's fall had been expected in
Washington military circles for more
than a week, just as the eventual fall
of the Philippines and the Netherlands
Indies is expected. The unpleasant
truth, in the light of developments in
the Malay Peninsula and at Singapore,
is that we have nowhere nearly sufh-
cient force-in the air, on land or on
sea-to measure against that of the
Japanese.
Too Late to Save Indies.
And what appears more tragic, even
though the leaders of the United Ma
tions are awaking from their illusion
that Hitler is the principal immediate
enemy, it is too late, in the opinion Of
the best military minds in Washington,
to send sufficient reinforcements to save
the remaining British and Dutch pos
sessions in the Pacific, the worlds rich
est territories in war essential raw ma
terials. This is not defeatism, but SIM
pie truth which every one now must
realize.
The fall of Singapore and the uncon-
ditional surrender of its handful of brave
defenders may have most tragic and
fateful repercussions throughout the
East. Z India, which has been seething
with discomfort, henceforth will be
worked" by enemy and Indian national
list propagandiSts to rid itself of British
domination. The fall Of Burma will
have not only military effect on China,
but perhaps much greater repercussions
as far as Afghanistan and Persia
This unquestionably is the gravest
hour in the history of Great Britain
and the United States, and it is hoped
the dearly paid lesson of Singapore and
other lost Far Eastern territories will
be received and advantageously applied
by our leaders in London and Wash
ington.
In Washington the conduct Of war
strategy since Decamber Z has been
divided between yoNtica1 anA military
Evening star., 1942-02-22
By Constantine Brovn.

leaders. Quite a few of them who are
and fact the commander in chief of our
forces-still think Europe is the main
theeter of the war, that the decision
must be gained across the Atlantic, and
that once Hitler is defeated the Japs
can be mopped up in no time.
Might Have Saved Malaga.
The defensive potential of Java, Su-
matra and Burma would have been in
creased considerably If enough trained
American troops had been landed in
any Of those territories. According to
high-ranking American officers, the
planes which we have been sending to
Libya for months to facilitate an
ephemeral victory over Field Marshal
Gen. Erwin Rommel might have saved
the Philippines and the Malay peninsula.
In his momentous speech to Congress.
Prime Minister Churchill, while asserting
that Singapore would be held, admitted
that Wake Island and the Philippines
were being lost because our planes had
been sent to Africa to enable Gen. Sir
Claude Auchinleck to defeat the Nazis.
The Nazis weren't defeated and the
planes are not available.
If these momentous errors are being
dug up in Washington these days it is
not in spirit of harassment; they are
mentioned only in the hope that past
mistakes will not be repeated and that
our politically minded leaders will face
realities. Since we became involved in
this war too many men in high positions
have gone on record with markedly
superficial and sentimental expressions
about the war.
In military quarters, almost without
exception, there has been clear under
standing of the situation. Until today,
however, naval and military men have
been working out war plans on orders
from superiors who mixed political con-
siderations with their strategy. The
overwhelming majority of our admirals
and generals consider the South Pacific,
and especially Singapore and the Meth
erlands Indies, as the key to our success
and the development of new dangers
to other South Pacific positions, Aus
tralia has been added to the list.
Political Factors Influential.
In view of our retarded preparedness
and our commitments toward our asso-
ciates, there is no possibility Of fighting
on two fronts. The will-o'-the-wisp
which our politically minded strategists
were chasing to Dakar and
the Azores and invasion Of continental
Europe on the theory that one American
is worth three Nazis and that the sub
jected nations would be of great as
sistance to us-must be given up now.
1t smacks too much Of drawing room
strategy.
The stark truth. is that during the
next IL months the most our Navy and
air force can hope 70 do n beep the
Evening star., 1942-02-22

Nehru, Indian Nationalist leaders. What
vitaly interested in the development of
a strong Indian resistance to the jap
anese advance, because successful Jap
invasion of India after the crossing of
Burma-if it Is crossed-could make the
conduct of the war gravely difficult for
China.
The British held desperately to their
hold on the west bank Of the Bilin for
three days, while the population of Ran
COON quickly fell to half its normal size
as result of excavations. The British
were making a desperate last stand to
protect the Burma railroad and keep
the Japanese from effecting major
crossing Of the river. Japan was using
captured Thaton as a concentration
point for troops thrown into the Battle
of the Bilin
The Chinese did not wait to learn
whether the British would hold forever
at Bilin. On Thursday a Chi
Burma nese military spokesman in
Rood Chungking announced that
Rangoon had been given up as
a port of entry for consignments to
China over the Burma road and said
that approaches to the port had been
mined. A Chinese official announced
that war supplies for China would be
moved over a new land route through
India. The Chinese spokesman pre-
dicted that Chinese troops soon would
make major strike into Thailand in
counter-offensive at the Japanese flank,
but he disclosed that the previous en-
gagement in Thanand had been minor
action in which japanese forces were
hurled back from foothold in North
eastern Burma.
The great question now is how far
west can the Japanese advance.
Miles away on battle ground dear by
now to every American. the forces Of
Gen. Douglas Macarthur continued to
thwart the efforts Of the Japanese to
capture his brave men and put an end
to their costly resistance. The Japanese