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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
RECOGNITION FOR
COLONEL BRONSON
Services in World War No.
| Reviewed in Official
Army Communication
Especial to The Democrat)


Boston, Mass, Jan. 28-The man
who tackled the huge army pur-
chases of motor trucks at Detroit in
World War I and by over the-road
| conveys delivered the trucks at At
lantic points in time for the big
push" in France, has Teen called
into active service again, the COM
handing general of the first corps
area, Boston, announced today. He
is Colonel Bennett Bronson, QM-Res
of Waterbury, Conn, who also leaves
his desk as vice president Of the
Scovill Mfg. Co. to report for active
duty.
Commissioned as captain in the
reserve corps February /, 1917, he
was ordered to active duty in Texas
three months later, and was COM
handing Truck Co. No. IL at Maria,
Texas, when his genius for motor
transport organization was recog-
nized. He was placed officially in
charge of organizing motor trans
port service for the entire Big Bend
district on August 23ro, 1917.
Then came the demand for his
services at Detroit. After the convoy
system to the coast was well estab-
lished he was assigned to duty In
the office Of the quartermaster gen.
eral at Washington in april OF 1918.
He went overseas in August and
served as motor transport officer Of
the Seventh Army corps until the
end of 1918.
AS as active member of the officers
reserve which he entered In 1922,
Col. Bronson's services at various
summer camps has included his
command of the ON convoy from
Fort Devens to Auburn, Maine, in
1896 and of the first corps train in
the New York state maneuvers OF
1940 He has held the rank of colonel
since March Is, 1888.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

boxing team thought that his men
had gotten some raw decisions. He
threatened to withdraw 1t from
the remaining bouts. Macarthur
ordered the team back to the ring
with one sentence: Americans
don't quit"
Though In recent years his only
exercise has been walking (for
some never-explained reason he
has always hated to ride horse
back, Gen. MacArthur'S interes.
in sports has never tagged since
West Point days. Every Saturday
night before the war found him at
the fights in Manila.
It was prophetic that immedi-
ately after graduation, Douglas
Macarthur, then a lieutenant of
engineers, was assigned to the
Philippines-his first Of many
tours there. Next, as aide to his
father, he was an observer in-of
all nations = Japan, during the
Russo Japanese war. Young 1t
Macarthur watched the Japs
charge up Mukden Hill six times,
only to be repulsed. The seventh
time, over went the Japs and with
them Macarthur. Even as a neu-
trail he wanted to be on the Often
sive.
The years up to the first World
War found young Macarthur
slowly but steadily climbing the
military ladder, building the char
acter for which he is famous to-
Cay. He is prodigious reader,
has fabulous memory. When,
in later years, at reception at
tended by several hundred people,
young naval lieutenant went
through the line for a second time,
Macarthur greeted him: so you
are back again, el1?" And he is
said to have known by name every
non-com in the Philippine Scouts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
w o RI D w A r
A YEAR AGO
JAN. %, 1941
(By United Press)

(By United Press
Free French capture Libyan
oasis, Murzuq.
Morgenthau calls for Congress
10 pass administration war aid
bill.
japanese Thailand h0stilities
continue despite peace talk prep
arations.
Admiral Raeder says German
navy will crush Britain by sea
blockade and bombs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
BY TOM WOLF
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


NEA Service Staff Correspondent
THE last official act of Gen
eral Douglas Macarthur
as he ended his tour of duty
as Chief of Staff in 1885 was
to pen a message for the Of
ficers and men Of the United
States Army whose boss he
had been for the unpreceden-
ted term of five years.
81 want them to know" he
said. "that | have done my
best, that l have kept the sol
der faith"
That one sentence is the bio
graphy of Douglas Macarthur,
whose present gallant battle to
keep that faith in the face of over
whelming japanese odds in the
Philippines is a fitting climax to a
magnificent fighting mans career.
The life story of Douglas Mac
Arthur reads like a Tom Swift in
the Army" full of firsts, onlys,
bests. He was graduated first in
his West Point glass, was first
cadet senior captain; he was the
youngest division commander in
France, youngest commandant in
West Point history, youngest
American chief of staff in history;
he is the only chief of staff to hold
that Office more than four years,
only American officer ever to be-
come a field marshal.
With all that behind him, Gen.
Macarthur has just reached g.
Tall, lean, handsome, the erst-
while "D'Artagnan of the A. E. F."
looks fifteen years younger. His
dark hair is thinning, but he
combs it proudly over the bald
spots. His features and bearing
are military, intense: high fore
head: narrow face; thin, sensitive
nose and mouth; dark, flashing
eyes.
RULES ARE
"a REFUGE"
According to all the rules, Gen
MacArthur's military history should
have ended ON December 81, 1887,
when he retired from active duty
in the U. S. Army. But rules, which
he once called 1.-The refuge of weak
lings," have seldom governed Doug
las MacArthur's life.
When the Far Eastern crisis be-
gan to reach a head last summer,
President Roosevelt called Mac
Arthur back from his retirement"
which he had been spending
helping the Philippines build a
native defense. If MacArthur's
present post-retirement exploits are
but a P. S. to his story, they are
a tail likely to wag the dog.
Douglas MacArthur's military
life properly begins in the Civil War
20 years before he was born. 1t
begins with his father, Arthur Mac
Arthur, who, a colonel at 20, made
history by leading his troops in
the charge at Missionary Ridge.
Father Macarthur later distin-
gulshed himself against the Spanish
in the Philippines, and it was to
Gen. Arthur Macarthur that Man
uel Quezon surrendered his sword
at hostilities' end. Nearly 40 years
later this same Manuel Quezon was
to give Gen. Arthur MacArthur's
son, Douglas, an 11-ounce gold ba-
ton signifying field marshalship Of
the Philippine Army.
Douglas MacArthur's heritage
was TO be further tied to the Phil
ippines. AS military governor of
the island after the Spanish war,
Father Macarthur helped the Fill
pinos draw up a civil code that was
both intelligent and democratic.
The GROWING drama of Gen.
Arthur MacArthur's life came
when, disregarding strict orders
from his doctor, he delivered at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
THE EGG WAS LOADED

Bennington, Mich. = (U.P.) - Ro-
bert Hudson, wanted his breakfast
egg just SO. He went to the hen
house and selected his own. He boil
ed it three minutes. Then he tried
to crack it. The egg exploded and
left Hudson's hand bleeding. 1t was
the china decoy egg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
Todoys Answers -
URANIUM CRACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

Questions on Comic Page
/. Giraffe has no vocal cords.
2. Penguin looks like its dressed
formal.
3. Kangaroo, from Austr a i a
carries young in pouch.
4. Ostrich is zoos biggest bird.
S. Hyena is laughing animal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
SALES
Good Evening.

SALES
(Tris Is the Season of SaeS-Adv)
This Is the season OF sales
OF blankets and cotton In bales,
OF towels and table cloths, coats OF mink,
Hats and hose and dishrags for the sink.
This is the season of bargains galore,
In curtains and doodabs for the cottage at the shore
Shoes and slips and polishing wax,
Things called luxuries with the ADDED TAX
This is the season of sales,
Large sized sheets of fine percales,
Suits and coats skates and skis,
Warm snow-suits in which you won't freeze.
This is the season of sales,
OF double boilers ironing boards and nails,
An endless list of items indeed,
Including lot Of things you don't need.
EN-. EN-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
THE SUNSHINE

Take look some pleasant morning,
Just before the dawn of day,
When the sun is getting warmer,
Casting light across the way.
Look again, it still is brighter,
AS 1t slowly comes to view
It quickly drives away all cold
And dries up the dew
IT drives away the darkness
OF the preceding night,
Shining on the whole wide world,
And later gives broad daylight.
1t warns the earth in springtime,
And makes the seeds all grow,
And makes all earth haven
OF pure happiness below
It's then we sit out in the garden,
Where the sun shines all the time,
And view the pretty flowers,
Which seem almost sublime.
DANIEL GILLETTE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

Heard in passing ;. Waterbury school, children did
bangup job in collecting waste paper magazines etc.
last week They managed to bring together the amazing
total of 80 tons which if dropped just right ought to
the Knights of Columbus in the lower Naugauck Valley
held joint celebration Monday night in honor OF the
Goth anniversary of the order The Rev. William Casey
of Seymour native of this city, among the several
csrgymen present for the occasion. Up in Bristol
it's getting to be quite the thing to give Charlie Chuck
Mccarthy popular sports writer and prexy of the Brls
tol Press Club farewell parties Once again the sorre
topped sports scrvener has left to join Uncle Sans
forces He discharged several months ago as result
of the 28-year clause which no longer is operative
More than newsbos representing 900 newspapers
from every section of the U. s. A. are now soliciting
1he United States Treasury and doing bangup job
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

Les Warner of our composing room staff has prom
Fed his coworkers portion of the birthday cake his wife
baked for him today. James Corrigan Jr, of Fair
lawn Avenue furniture salesman leaves Friday to report
to the U. S. Marines in st. Louis, Missouri John L.
Geis of Cheshire doesn't how cold it gets here
within the next few weeks He's vacationing In ST.
Petersburg, Florida Edward ]. Moran and Frank
DeVorken have been home from the U S. District Eng
neerng Base Antigua British West Indies Despite the
climate the lads like their work and quite content to
return They had plenty of tall stories to tell their friends
about the many new experiences they encountered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

II anyone shows you badge like
this, call the nearest police station.
It's the old type military intelli-
gence badge used in the World
War and is no longer authorized.
The War Department wants
everyone to keep an eye peeled for
this black enamel on silver en-
blem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

If it's any interest to you 5000 skers were
carried on the Canadian Pacific Railways Laurentan
division from last Friday through Sunday. They were
bound to and from such places as Shawbridge, Pied
mont, Ste. Agathe, st. Jovite, Ste. Adele, Mont
Tremblant, and few other popular resorts. The
ranged from foot at st Jovte to three feet at
Mont Tremblant. Skiing conditions were good, SO
the railway people tell down here in the states to
whom they look for generous support of this ncreas-
ingly popular winter sport.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

On the Dawn Patrol. Pretty Josephine Romeo is
bemoaning the loss of her silver fox jacket 1t
taken from the Green Street hall while she at
tending wedding reception. What contrast! Two
brothers, court reporter for the Waterbury
Democrat Bill Homick and the other probation officer,
Attorney Steve Homick of the city court they daily
sit in the morning sessions of the court of justice
Charley Carangelo, former band leader is now mixing
drinks at DAngeOs nocturnal spot and does excel
lent job of blending music and cocktails Our favore
record for the month: moonlight Cocktail" played
by Glenn Miller This should hit the top spot the Hit
Parade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28
MACARTHUR'S CAREER DIMS
THOSE OF FICTION'S HEROES

Back-to- the-wall In a tiny
Philippine island, Gen. Douglas
Macarthur - leading fearless,
fight-spirited American and Fill
Pine troops-is writing in blood a
saga Of battle against overwhelm-
ing odds that will live as long as
poets sing Of courage. So you may
know this great American soldier,
NEA Service, for the Waterbury
Democrat has prepared the thrill
ing, fiction-seeming story of his
rich career. 1t Is in three articles,
the first Of which appears below.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

With officers and clinics and
other administrative departments
using trailers, the rest of the camp
will include tents with raised
floors and side walls. each tent to
accommodate a standard sized FAM
lily for the period the crops last.
There will be about $50 such units
in each camp.
Plans for the immediate occu
pancy of the camps in North Car.
DINA are considered, although all
Of the camps should be in full swing
by May Is. All told, there will be
Is camps with sites chosen in Will
mington, N. c., Wallace, Bay
boro, Auroray, Candy, Bell Drown
London Bridge, Great Bridge, Back
Bal, all in Virginia. Pocomoke City
Hebron, Weston, in Maryland
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

NEW YORK, N. Y.-(SNS)-
Westbrook Pegler, sour column
list for the Scripps- Howard pa
pers, was challenged this week by
the N. A. A. c. P. to prove that
the Negro press is subversive
and opposed to the war effort.
In his column printed in New
York April 20, Pegler told OF
his examination Of the Pittsburgh
Courier, and the Chicago Defend
err, and strongly intimated that
these and other Negro papers
were in the same class with Faith
er Coughlin's Social Justice,
which has been denied the use of
the mail because of alleged sub
versive tactics. Pegler made some
criticisms Of the two Negro pa
pers, but twice mentioned Social
Justice, and twice pointed out
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Miss BIuford In
New Court Effort

jefferson City, for graduate work
in journalism equal to the stand.
ards for graduate work establish
ed at the University of Missouri
before the journalism courses
were abandoned there"
Miss Bluford stated that she
refuses to take less than her
rightful share of citizenship. She
said: 81 refuse to permit my ca
reer to be thwarted by the err
roneous verdict of a jury egged
on by the most vicious appeal to
race prejudice ! have ever
heard"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Second DrafteeS
TO Be Called For
Service In Army

WASHINGTON, d. C.-(SNS-
Selectees from among the men who
registered for Seiective Service on
February Is, 1912, will be indicted
into the Army next month, it is
announced by National Headquar-
ers, Selective Service System. They
will be included in the June calls
OF every local board.
The February 10th registrants
will be distributed proportionately
with the Class la registrants re-
naming from the first two regis
tratlns, Major Gen. Lewis B. Her.
shey, Director Of Selective Service,
told State Directors in an official
communication advising them of a
request from the War Department
that February 10th selectees be in
cluded in the June call He said:
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-(SNS)-Al-
though an all-white jury decided
against Miss Lucille Bluford, April
"a, in her $4,000 suit for dam
ages against the registrar of the
University of Missouri for refus-
ing her admission to the univer .
sity's graduate school of journal
ism, Miss Bluford last week re-
newed her application and has
stated that the state of Missouri
may regard it as a standing APP
plication.
She has also renewed her ap-
plication to Lincoln university az
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Peg|er Challenged To Prove
Co|ored Press Subversive

find any assertion that the jap
anese were provoked into this
war. We challenge him to find
any praise of Hitler or the Axis
powers. We challenge him to find
any suggestion that America
ought to stay out of the war
that this is not our war. We chal-
lenge him to find any reflection
in the Negro press Of the Axis
propaganda line.'
"The Negro press has urged
loyal support for the war effort.
1t has never been critical of the
war effort, but only of the way
in which Negro American citizens
are being denied an opportunity
by their country to participate
fully and on an equality, and with
dignity in that war effort"
"Does Pegler say that these
protests are subversive?"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Marijjuana Gets Four
Terms In Atlanta Pen

week after pleading guilty to
charges Of selling marijuana Gig.
arets ('reefers') to soldiers in
nearby Wilmington.
Those convicted were: Wash
ington Fortune, a soldier, sem
fenced to Is months on four
counts, the sentences to run con-
currently; Luther Armstrong,
restaurant proprietor, sentenced
to year and a day on three
counts, the sentences to run con-
currently; Edgar Wall, a soldier.
sentenced to 10 months on three
counts, sentences to run concur
rently; and Zemis Mack, soldier,
sentenced to 10 months on four
counts, sentences to run concur
rently.
Fortune, said to be the leader
of the ring, was charged with
furnishing the drugged cigarets
to the others for sales. The ciga-
rets sold for Is cents a piece.
j. Z. Taylor, colored narcotic
agent, who secured the evidence
in the case. declared that more
than 5000 cigarets were in For
tunes room when he was arrest
ed. Taylor testified that he pur-
chased marijuana cigarets from
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Has Never Been
Critical of War
Effort-NAACP

that Negro papers were read by
colored soldiers in Armv camps.
After characterizing Pegler's
observations on the Negro papers
as superficial, the NAACP's let
ter to the New York World Tele-
gram declared:
"We challenge Mr.. Pegler, or
anyone else, to find a single dis
loyal or subversive line in any
Negro paper. We challenge him
to find any slurs upon President
Roosevelt. We challenge him to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Deal Is Closed On
Location OF D. c..
Bureau For NAACP

NEW YORK - (SNS) - T h E
NAACP announced Friday, May l,
that deal has been closed with
the landlord for. an Office for the
Associations Washington bureau at
100 Massachusetts Avenue.
The new Office is near the inter-
section of Massachusetts and New
JerAey avenues, close to car lines
on both avenues; two blocks from
the Union station: close to the
Capitol, the United States SUI
preme court: House and Senate Of
flee buildings and other govern
mcnt agencies.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

Bridgetown, Sweedesboro, Burling-
ton, New Jersey.
Later these camps will be moved
up into New York state and Con-
necticut as the need for them de-
velops.
AS the plans now stand, the per-
sonnet calls for a camp manager,
who will be white, an assistant
manager, colored; nurse, colored;
maintenance mechanic, clerk, care
| taker, preferably colored. But the
| difficulty seems to be in finding the
| colored clerks and mecahnicS.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
More ToGet
Training Under
Present System
Infantry With
148 Has Largest
Enrolment

WASHINGTON, D. c. CAMP
Encouraging reports from the war
department show that at present
there are 374 Negroes in training
in various officers candidate
schools throughout the country,
with additions being made con-
stantly.
Considering the number trained
at Fort Des MOines in the last war
total of 400, and the limitations
of those trained, the present sit
uation sniacks of progress and is
inspiring to other Negroes seeking
commissions.
Secretary of War Stimson said
on Thursday morning at his press
conference there would be many
more Negro officers.
He gave the following distribu-
ton of the group:
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09
Migratory Camps
Given Approval

WASHINGTON, D. C-(ANP)-A group of mobile mi
gratory labor designed to follow' workers who
from place to place following crops along the eastern
seaboard has been approved by the Farm Security admins
raton and of this number nine ten will be for occupancy
of Negroes according to information from the department
of agriculture
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

RALEIGH, N. C.-(ANP) -
Three soldiers and a restaurant
owner were sentenced to the fed
eral penitentiary at Atlanta last
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

Armstrong on three separate oc-
casions.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

Aoed1 ......--...... 374
This Is an increase OF 46 times
the number enrolled in February,
1912. which was 8.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

30 Tourist Rooms. S1.50 up. 548
Bedford Pl., NE. We. 1921, Allan
ia, Ga. Free Parking.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-05-09

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-22

Christmas GIANT TURKEY and
pouoned cOlLEG H TURKEYs-rect fredericksburg
GIANTS big
Evening star., 1942-01-09
jap Bomber Shot Down
Raidinq Dutch Island
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BATAVIA, Netherlands Indies,
Jan. 9.-Three Japanese bombers
yesterday morning attacked Tara
kan, important Dutch island mill
tary outpost and oil center on the
coast Of North Borneo. but caused
no damage, a communique said to-
day.
DutSh defenders shot down one
Japanese plane. killing the entire
crew, it said. while none of the
bombs Of the remaining two bomb
ers hit their mark.
The Sydney correspondent of the
Batavia newspaper Java Bode said
Australian air reinforcements to the
of Dutch pilots in Australia are
among war measures now being
discussed in Sydney by It. Governor
General Hubertus J. van Nook and
Australian authorities
Australia is willing to consider
the Netherlands Indies as her bat
tlefront," the correspondent quoted
Van Nook as sating.
Authoritative circles in Batavia
said a major Japanese offensive
against the Netherlands Indies ap-
peared likely within a matter Of
days or even hours and they pointed
out that the japanese maintain
daily air patrols over the archi-
pelago.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Langley Sunk, Japs Say;
Navy SCOTS al Report
By tke Associated Press.

8y tES hSSOClAteQ fIesk
TOXIC, Jan. 9 ,Oficial Broad
cast.-Imperial headquarters de-
clared today the United States air
craft tender Langley had been sunk
by Japanese submarines yesterday
southwest of johnson Island.
Reports that the Japanese had
sunk the Langley were scoffed at
today by a Navy spokesman who
said the broadcast was the "old Nazi
game" designed to make America
give information to the enemy.
THE Langley has been sunk two
or three times-by japanese short
wave-but the Japs still haven't
been able to find out where she is.
It's the old Nazi game and they're
still hoping somebody will give some
secrets" he said.
The ll.050-ton Langley. which
began naval service % years ago as
a coal-carrier, was first declared
from Toxic to have been damaged
December 8 at the Bay Of Malalag
in Japanese air attacks on the
Philippines.
She became 4 guinea pig for ex-
perimentation on the teaming Of
sea and air power as an aircraft
carrier in 1920 and then was rele-
gated to the role of tender.