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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

rotary of State under Hoover,
Frankfurter stated most Of the
high-ranking offices In the State
Department for him.
So 1t is not surprising that on
occasion, cabinet officers have
walked in on the Secretary Of
War unannounced, and found him
with a little pad Of paper taking
down notes as Frankfurter talked.
NO LOVE ON COURT
Despite all these activities, Fe-
Xix manages to spend some time at
the Supreme Court; though his
relations there are not the hap
piest. His closest friends, strange
ly enough, Is the Courts only
remaining conservative, Owen
Roberts, who has become especial
ly intimate since Frankfurter got
him. the Pearl Harbor assignment.
F'rankfurter also gets on reason
ably well with Stone, whose APP
pointnent as Chief Justice he en-
gincered with Roosevelt. He Is
also on good terms with Justice
jackson, who would like to be
chief justice after Stone retires,
and is fully aware that Felix could
help get the position for him.
But with Justices Douglas,
Black and Murphy, Frankfurter
has been engaged in so many
backstage fights that they merely
keep up the amenities.
(Another column regarding
Justice Frankfurter's contribu-
tiOns TO the war effort and the
Supreme Court will follow sOOn.)
Copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
Sensible Procedure

BY mutual agreement the two major
parties in Norwich are not attempting
to mobilize great fleets of automobiles
to bring voters to the polls in the bien-
NAL city election there today. Whatever
automobiles are being used to transport
people will be those OF the candidates
themselves or their friends, provided they
can spare the gasoline for such purposes.
Az yet there has been no official pro-
announcement Oh the use Of automobiles
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

To a lot of other people also
1t seemed queer that a justice OF
the U. S. Supreme Court should
be dipping his fingers into vital
affairs Of the British empire.
But to those acknowledgements
In Washington this was no sur
prise at all. For today, as the
Supreme Court winds up its cur
rent term, 1T Is a fact that second
only to the President himself, JUS
tice Felix Frankfurter has more
to do with guiding our destinies
of war than anyone In Washing
ton.
He does this through having
put his own men in three key
cabinet posts; through being
on intimate terms with
the British Ambassador Lord
Halifax and the Chinese Foreign
Minister T. v. SOOng; and
through having one of his old
students, Dean Acheson sit at
the right hand Of Secretary Of
State Hull.
Almost no move Of major i'm
portance Is made these days with
out Frankfurter having his fin
ger in 1t. If the President is
sending a mission to India to
help the British settle their in
dependence problems, Justice
Frankfurter SITS In on discussions.
If any investigation is to be
made of Pearl Harbor, Frankfurt
ter recommends his friend Justice
Owen Roberts-who is appointed.
II federal judge is to be named
in Massachusetts, Frankfurter
recommends his old pupil Charles
Wyzanski, and WyzanSki Is APP
pointed.
UNCLE INTERNED
By HITLER
In addition to all reasons for
being jealous about the war,
Frankfurter has special, personal
incentives. He was born in Vi
emma, a country taken in one gulp
by Hitler. And when he swal-
lowed it, Hitler threw Frankfurt
ter's aged uncle into concentra-
ton camp. These factors, plus
the persecution of his race, long
before Pearl Harbor made Frank
furter one of the most energetic
and effective promoters of inter-
vention.
Several times his friends have
suggested that Supreme Court
justice should not NEEDLE in the
executive branch of the govern
ment; that the Constitution Gre
ated the judiciary as check on
the executive, not 9, collaboration;
that he should not be quite SO
open in dashing back and forth
between the British Embassy and
the War Department.
However, nothing has daunt-
ed Frankfurter. Justices Van
Devanter and Sutherland were
criticized when they were con-
suited regarding Republican
politics i'm Wyoming and Utah.
But the blithesOme, passionate,
tireless Mr.. Frankfurter c0nsid-
ers himself in different cate
CORY.
CLOSE FRIEND STIMSON
The three key cabinet mem
bers indebted to Frankfurter for
their jobs are Attorney General
Biddle, Secretary of War Slim
son and Secretary Of the Navy
Knox. In addition, Frankfurt
ter put Dean Acheson in as as
sistant secretary of state with an
eye to taking Hull's place when
he retires.
Knox was urged on Roosevelt
by Frankfurter as great poll
tical stroke to swing the Repub-
ltnanc fF1k0 line and alsn fine mid
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
PARKING METER LEGALITY
(Meriden Journal)

NAs4NA ANANAA VIVA AAsAL
Some day you are going to learn
whether cities are within their legal
rights In compelling motorists to pay
for the privilege of parking their
cars in the street, a system that has
been developed into a nice revenue
producer in quarters not distant
from Meriden.
Some rugged Waterburians and
Attorney John Cassidy in particular
dispute the legality Of parking me-
tiers and it is just possible they know
what they are talking about. Else
where, in other states, the meters
are functioning after being given the
court test to q more or less extent.
The New York State Court Of APP
peals has just upheld q certain
phase Of the meter law in the case
OF a public health nurse, Winifred
HOskins, who argued that the City
Of Syracuse had no right to impose
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

They b elieve
that b ca use
they are not UNI
der the peering
eyes of the ir
neighbors t hey
can live just a.
bout the W ay
they want to and
no one will know
the difference.
they can eyade
all civic respon-
sihiIitiAg THEW
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

q parking penalty on state employe
going about her duty.
< The ruling was that the meter,
charge is a regulatory fee for 9
privilege which the city may grant
or deny all citizens whether publiO
employees or not. It was pointed out
that the nurse chose to park near
the meter, though there was park
ing space available elsewhere.
That regulatory fee" may suggest.
something to Lawyer Cassidy. May.
hap the courts will feel that regu-'
lation and going into the parkins.
meter as q business are two differ,
emit things.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

First there were
the Gremlin S.
British pilots Of
the r. A. F. saw
h e m. Gremlins
are only a few
inches tall. They
have horns grow
ing out of a tri-
angular face. And
a little spiked tail.
They can't fly,
but they wear
tiny black vacuum
cup boots that
enable them to
walk on the cell.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

/. Can elephants swim?
2. Must a submarine rise to thu
surface to fire a torpedo?
3. A cultivator Of trees Is called
an a---------t?
4. Name the capital Of the island
of Guam?
5. What kinds Of United States
money were withdrawn from circu-
lation after the banking holiday OF
1888?
6. Is linseed oil used in making
linoleum?
z. The italian colony in Africa,
bordering on the Mediterranean de
rectly across from italy, is named
------?
8. What was the principal title OF
the Duke of Windsor before he BE-
came King Edward VIII?
8. Are legal rates Of interest fixed
by federal or state laws?
10. Who composed Lucia di
LammermOor"?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
Views Of The Press

appeaSe them. The public should
disregard selfish considerations at
such a time and give these ration
ers break-at least until they have
organized to the point where things
are running smoothly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

A. Use an anti-freeze solution
Commercial materials generally
available for preparing anti-freeze
solutions are: Denatured alcohol
(188-200 proof; methanol (synthe-
tic wood or methyl alcohol; glyce-
rine; and ethylene glycol. Infor-
nation about the qualities, and In
structions for use, Of these solu-
tons can be obtained by sending o,
stamped, self-addressed envelop to
the Waterbury Democrat Service.
Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st.. WASH
ington, D. g., and ask for the cir
cular, "Anti-Freeze Solutions fo'
Cooling System"
Q. How did the merchants who
sell books, paper, ink. pens, etc.
get the name "stationers"?
A. Originally there were two
classes of booksellers, those who
peddled their books about the
streets and those who had stalls
The latetr, because they remained
stationary. were able to add other
goods, such as pens and paper, to
their stock and these articles, sold
especially by stationers, became
known as stationery.
Q. What body constituted the per-,
sonal escort of William Howard Taft
at his Inauguration as president?
A. Troop A, Ohio National Guard,
Capt. w. M. Scof1eld.
q. Is wheat indigenous to North
America?
A. Wheat was unknown in North
America before the coming OF Co.
lumbus in 1892, and the varieties
now grown were introduced from
the Old World, or are descendants
of such kinds.
Q. II a selected man is sent to an
induction station and is found to
be unacceptable to the land or nav
al forces, will he be provided trans.
portation back to the local board?
A. Yes.
EDITORS NOTE-If you arr
DESTROYS Of securing this weck's
booklet, "GROWING ROSES"
address r. M. Kirby, Department
S-10O, Waterbury Democrat Serv-
ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. C., will
Is cents to cover postage.
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STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

WHEN FLIGHT is FUTILE
Sometimes we allow ourselves to
entertain the curious notion that
we can hide. from God ano duty.
People who live In big cities often
get into very selfish ways of living.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
To whip means to beat with a
whip; consequently 1t is
wrong to say "John Whipped
James at Tennis" Say de-
feated
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Today h o he p s.
minister publicly
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 1851 D. m. (war time).
sun rises 5:2s a. m; sets s:l6 p. m. <war
tlhae).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min
utes after sunset,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

he made his bed in hell, God was
there.
AS matter Of fact it is in the
hells Of their own making and amid
the Disgrace and trouble which
their eelflshness has produced that
men often come face to face with
'Aimight God.
All Rights Reserved Bahson News
paper syndlcate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
. MATT oNAL
SPOTLIGHT
GremIirls III Git
You, IF You
Don't Look Out
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

This piece will tell you about the
Gremlins and the Fifinellas, the
Widgets and the Flippertygibbets.
You never heard Of them? Then
read carefully.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Q. What is the best method to
prevent the water in the cooling
system Of an automobile engine
from freezing In winter?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
Washington Merry o-Round
DREW PEARS ON
ROBERT s. ALLEN

Fronurter Is Powerful Force at Washington;
Hos Hand Almost Every No Related Conduct Of the War
He Was Instrumental in the Appointments Of cobnet Members
Little Justice" Ignores Advice Of Friends Curb Activities
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Q. For whom was Camden, N. j..
named?
A. For the British Lord Chancel-.
lor Pratt, Earl Of Camden, one Of
the chief opponents in England Of
the Stamp Act. The city was named
in 1773.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01
What's Your L. O.?

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn TO
back page for the answers.
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and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS AgsWRRRr

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
The waterbury Democrats Ser.
vice Bureau win answer for yOu
free, any question Of fact or ln-
formation, not involving extern.
sive research. Write your ques-
tHon clearly, Sign name and nd
dress, enclose . three cent postage
stamp. Medical or legal advice
cannot be given. Address Water
bury Democrats washington Ser.
vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street. Washington, d. G.
a. Was Anthony H. q. Fokker
whose airplanes were used by the
Germans In the first World War, Q
German?
A. He was a Hollander. He flrst
offered his plans to the Allies, but
they were rejected. The Germans
accepted them eagerly, because
most OF their own inventions had to
do with lighter-than-air craft.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-06-01

Q. II a selected man is sent to an
induction station and is found to
be unacceptable to the land or nav
al forces, will he be provided trans.
portation back to the local board?
A. Yes,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Japs0ttupy
Oil Center
British Fall
Back in Burmo
by the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, April II The
British sacrificed the rich West
Burma oil field at Yenangyaung
today to keep it out of the
hands of the Japanese who UNI
leashed the fiercest onslaught
of the Burma campaign in a
new effort to crack the center
of the allied line and split the
Chinese fifth and sixth armies
from the British.
Fighting a still stubborn hold
ing action while the destruction
by torch and dynamite was
completed at Yenangyaung, the
badly outnumbered kings own
Yorkshire light infantry fell
back to the north of Magwe,
gateway to the oil fields, a
communique announced.
The war bulletin ADDED that
other British SOrCcS still were
holding their positions in the
Taungdwingyi area of the Pegu
Yoma foothills, midway be-
tween the British Irrawaddy
front and the Chinese Sittang
river front to the east.
Despite the determined effort
to hold the allied front intact,
the japanese advance up the IT.
raWaddy already was exposing
dangerously the west flank of
the southernmost Chinese posi-
tons near Thagaya, 30 miles
north of ToungoO.
The Chinese front also was
menaced from the east where
a japanese offensive was re.
ported aimed into the Shan
states from the bulge of Thai
land.
observers in London openly
regarded this offensive as {
serious threat TO allied com
munications in the north, par.
ticularly the MandaiAy-LaShiC
rail link that was incorporated
into the northern Burma supply
route to China from India when
the old Burma road was cut of
north of RangOOn)
The destruction of the Yves
Burma oil fields a source OF
supply for China, was announc.
ed in a communique which said
Owing to severe enemy
pressure on our right flank oul
forces there have withdraw
north of Magwe Oil fields a
Yenangyaung have been des
troyed."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Sure, and 'Tis Irishmen
Prefer Warning 10 Art

NEW YORK, April 17-(P)-
Uncle Sans navy will be glad
to learn that three O'Connors
and an O'Toole are going to
enlist.
Patrick, Roderic and Owen,
sons of Andrew O'Connor, the
late sculptor, and James St.
Lawrence O'Toole Of the O'Toole
galleries are giving up art for
war and will don uniforms at
the close Of current exhibition
for the benefit of the navy
league. The showing includes
paintings by all three O'Connors.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Combined General Staff
to Make for Efficiency
Observers Soy Britain Nearing
End TO Fresh Manpower Resources

naval disasters" adding:
THE conviction that some
thing is fundamentally lacking
in coordination of the h e e
fighting services has steadily
gained ground in the present war
and was never more widely or
firmly held than now
The blueprint for an overall
staff was first outlined in an
article written for the Times by
Sir Edward Grigg, former parli-
amentary un d rsecretary of
state for war who was ousted
by Prime Minister Churchill
March 4. 1t drew support from
Lord SWinton and Lord Hankey,
former cabinet members, and
Comm. Robert T. Bower, mem
Der of parliament.
CONFER DAILY
Observers say that the largest
barrier between it and accept
ance is a strong feeling of sem
Tor officers that autonomous
services should be maintained.
The three chiefs of staff con-
fer daily. Prime M i n r
Churchill has stated that the
chiefs of staff seldom disagree.
Grigg declared, however, that
IF this is so, when the rec
concentrations must often be a
matter of compromise, the low
est common denomination be-
tween incompatible ideas"
This is certainly not meth
cd which will win wars" he
wrote.
Grigg proposed appointment
of a professional fighting man
to:
Present plans of the COM
bined general staff TO a chief of
stats. committee and thereafter
to the cabinet.
See that strategic plans
take full account of what pro-
duction and transportation auth
critics can do.
3-Arrange, above all, that
the balance is maintained so
commanders in chief in the
various theaters can use all three
services wherever necessary as
instruments of a single plan.
AS yet no specific officer has
been advanced for such task.
1t is event that many propon-
ents believe Gen. Sir Archibald
P. Wavell, British commander
in chief in India and long an
advocate of 1.-The three-services
mind" in the general officer, is
the only Briton with sufficient
experience to fill the post.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Wave Upon Wave Of British
Planes Stream Toward Reich
RAF Presses Home 7O-Hour Nonstop

which had been going on for
more than 20 hours when the
day raiders hammered north
ern France this morning.
The Nazi submarine base at
Lorient and the docks at Lee
Havre were the targets of the
night bombers, and enemy air
fields in Holland and northern
France of the night fighters, the
Air Ministry said.
Two bombers were lost, ii
said, but the Germans also lost
a bomber which was intercept
ed in the attack on one of their
air fields.
The numbers in the morning
raids indicated that the sweeps
were as large as yesterday
assault by more than 400 Brit
iSh planes and the drone OF
high-flying squadrons included
the deep roar of heavy bomb
ers.
Although the planes swept
out too high to be identified
they could be heard passing
overhead for almost Is minutes
and then, very soon, explosions
began rolling back from across
the Channel. Some of the rever-
berations were strong enough
TO rattle doors and windows on
this side.
Within 10 minutes after the
main force had crossed to the
French side in the direction OF
Boulogne, some of the Raj
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17

LONDON, April II - (P) -
Wave after wave of British
war planes streamed across the
Channel today after overnight
attacks in which the Raj bomb
ers and fighters ranged occu-
pied France and Holland in the
face of bad weather.
The night attack kept alive a
virtual nonstop aerial assault
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Air Rifle Fired
at DispIoy Window

Mrs. c. O. Misch, owner of
Alma's Gown shop, IS Macomb,
told city police at 4:45 pm. yes
terday that someone fired an air
rifle shot at one of her display
windows.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Service Station
Robbed Of SAB
Cigarettes Also Taken
in Z A. IA. Robbery

Thieves who forced entrance
IL Harder's Service station,
North avenue at Jones, escaped
early today with S43 in cash and
100 packages of cigarettes.
Patrolman Pat O'Grady, who
is investigating. said the thieves
broke a small rear window and
then forced larger one. He be-
lieves the robbery was staged at
about 200 am.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
BY DREW MIDDLETON

LONDON, April 17-(P)-Ag-
itation for a combined general
staff which would integrate Bri-
tain's three fighting services as
one gigantic combat team is
growing in influential London
circles considering reverses in
The Pacific war and successes in
European coastal raids.
Observers said Britain was
near the end of fresh manpow-
er resources and the obvious
answer was to employ more eff
ficiently those already in the
army, navy and Royal Air Force,
Commando thrustS against
German continental bases e
cited by informed sources as a
model in their use of the three
arms.
The London visit of Gen
George c. Marshall, u. S. army
chief of staff, and the appoint
ment of Lord Louis Mountbatten
adventurous cousin of King
George VI, TO lead the invasion
trained Commands focus at
tention on the British-Americar
role in battles of 1912.
COMMONS UNEASY
British naval losses in the Bay
of Bengal following the fall OF
Singapore have aroused uneas-
mess in Commons over an alleg'
ed lack of coordination in land
sea and air operations.
This is echoed by the power
full London Times. 1t pleaded
editorially for combined gen
eral staff to outline British STRAIT
egg as simple logic which might
reasure the nation That risks
assumed in the Indian Ocean
were not taken haphazardly
but were organically part of ar
articulated plan for the conduc,
of the whole campaign in asia
tic lands and oceans"
AIR SUPPORT LACKING
The Times declared that lack
of air support had accounted fol
succession of military ano
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
London Favors |ntegration Of Army Navy and Al

fighters were roaring back at
less than 1000 feet.
A British report that sudden
ly changing weather halted
Raj attacks on Germany last
night indicated the night opera
tions were on a smaller scale
than the recent heavy air
thrusts. The weather over the
Dover Strait today was fine
with visibility of more than
three miles.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
Boys Bicycle Stolen
from BOWLING Alley

Douglas Mcintosh, rs First
street, reported to city police to-
day that his bicycle was stolen
last night from in front of the
Macomb Recreation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17
HARDENED LEAVES

Unlike those of the rose,
some thorns, or spines, such as
those of the barberry, are hard
ened leaves, and those of the
hawthorn are hardened shoots.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-04-17

Oven 100000 defense workers
now wear the Navy "E' award
ed for efficiency in naval or
dnance plants.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-19
NEW OFFICERS TESTIFY

Two Of the newly elected officers
Of the local, Russell Baril business
agent, and Rip kotkowski, preSi-
dent. whose installation in office
has been postponed pending the
boards decision. testified before
the board also
a resolution introduced by Rich
ard r. Leonard director Of Ford
Local 500 which condemned city
officials for failing 10 protect
Negroes at the Soiourner Truth
housing project was passed unani-
mously Tho resolution attributed
the recent riot ~ the project 10
tho Ku KluX Khan and Nali-
minded elements
George adde's. score v
treasurer, reported that despite
the widespread employment. the
average number ~ ducS-paylng
members in the union during the
past four months was 52i.395.