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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12

While New England states have been warned that people may freeze, the buck-passing game over oil barges has continued. Each government department has dif- ferent excuse. The War Produc- tion Board says its job is merely to pass on critical materials for the barges. The Of1ce of De- fense Transportation says its job is only to certify the reed for barges. Jesse Jones' REC says its job is only to finance the barges. The Office of Petroleum Coordin- ator says its job is to deter mine the amounts of oil needed. And so on.
 No one has supplied the stick to beat the dog, to bite the pig, and thus get the pig over the sty, so the Atlantic seaboard will get oil this winter.
 As early as last spring, Sen- ators Pepper of Florida, Brew ster of Maine plus other Con-
 gressional leaders began to put the heat on these agencies. Pepper called a meeting of the
 Maritime Commission, Defense Plant Corp, WIPE, ODT, In-
 land Barge Corp, and various
 others. The plan was to bring
 oil laden barges from Texas by canal to Florida, then across
 Florida by rail, then up the
 coastal waterway to Trenton, N. J.
 For years Congress has been appropriating money to dig and keep up the inter-coastal water ways. Millions have been spent on them. They extend all the way from Corpus Christi to New Jersey. For years they were con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
Press Comment
SHADES OF OLD SHEET
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartford Courant)
 It took a war to do it. In the last years of peacetime, the sedater sec- tions of Yale, such as the Arts. Med- ical and Graduate Schools, did be- grudgingly admit the ladies in order that they might acquire fetching caps and gowns and hoods to lend color to commencement. But with the headlined announcement. "Yale to Aid Women Train as Engineers, the mightiest citadel of masculinity in the Western World, the Sheffield Scientific School. seems to have fallen, Shelf going coed? As well
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12

by joy, and the slavery of de- grad d ing habits succeeded by the
 true spiritual lib- erty are like people who sud- denly encounter someone who ful- fills every need of life and releases every pent t. Il p spring of joy. Re-
 liGiO1 can truly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
Selected Poem
FOOTSTEPS IN SNOW (Glenn Ward Dresbach in the Christian Science Monitor)

Tn feathery new snow the footsteps fall No louder than snowflake's downy flight Upon the consciousness, and bough and wall Are soft with silence and each path is bright. But when the snow grips tighter in the cold, And its soft blanket hardens as it thins, The footsteps on it suddenly may hold The vibrant notes of hidden vions.
 Thoughts moving on the mind have these two ways Of coming to the door of our desire; We know them well who brave these wintry days And spread our grateful hands before the fire To think of how soft flakes had hidden scars Or how some twg snapped letting fall its stars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12

speak of West Point going pacifist!
 There will be many groan and cry of pain from stalwart Sheffmen all the way from here to Seattle and San Diego. but it can't be helped. The sweatered youth of yore are to be ruthlessly replaced by the sweater girls of today. The hoary halls and labs wherein once lurched and sprawled the lusty three Letter and three-bottle lads of the turtleneck and T-shirt era will now re-acho to the trend of dainty feminine foot wear. It is to weep.
 Yet who can tell what may hap pen? So strong is the spirit of Shelf that it may actually work Q miracle on the sixty young women soon to be exposed to its teaching tradition. Before their ten-week i1- tensive training course is up, who knows but that they may be making New Haven ring with the sturdy songs, shouts and cheers that have ever been the outward marks Of Shelf -on-the-rampage?
 All we know Is that we'd hate to be a Nazi flyer up against Yank plane turned out by @ Sheff-trained girl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12

Human nature being human nature we often wonder why there are attempts to change it. Year after year we warn peo- ple to do their Christmas shopping early. Many of us make firm resolutions to do that very thing But when the last two weeks before the holiday arrive, so do we begin our shopping splurge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
Questions
 and Answers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Serv- ice Bureau will answer for you free, any question of fact oR information not involving exten. sive research. Write your quea- ton clearly, sign name and address, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical OF legal advice cannot be given. Address Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street. Washington. D. Q.
 e. How much of the worlds sup- ply of rubber did Japan get in overruning Malaya, the Netherlands Indies, Indo- China, Thailand, Bur- me and the Philippines Islands?
 A. More than ninety percent of the worlds crude rubber.
 e. My husband is 8 petty efiicer. second class, in the Navy. Will I receive the government allotment provided for dependents of men in the services?
 A. No. The bill authorizing the allowances provides that enlisted men in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades in the armed forces will receive the allowances. A petty officer, second class, Is in the tss.:ir5 pay grade and therefore his depend- ents are not covered by the act.
 e. Is there any type of modern firearm that is muZZle- -loading2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Heard Around
 Washington Listening Posts
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrre9n0ndent

Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent Unoficial new slogan of the Naval Guard, the outfit which mans the guns on merchant ships. is sighted sub. Club! Glubl"
 
 Unofficial designation of the new Controlled Materials Plan or GIMP, cooked up by the War Production Board. is "Cripesl More Paperworkl"
 
 Munro Lief. the whimsical fellow who wrote Ferdinand. the Bull" has just been promoted to an Army captaincy and sent out to a Kansas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Buck Oil While Seobood Cold Barge Pon from Whole Aphobet Fuel Can Be Brought from Texas Jersey by Coasta Waterways Arnold Doesn't Mind Axis Knowing We're Tonng 10000 Flyers the old
 
 o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
roDAY's COMMON ERROR

TODAXS COMMON ESDAV& O. Is this sentence correct? ''If
 you hadn't of come \ wouldn't of seen you. A. No. The form had of, could
 of, must of, would of Is vul-
 gar and illiterate The corr
 rect form is 'If you hadn't come I wouldn't have seen
 you."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets 10:55 p. m. (war tiine). Sun rises 8:06 a. m; sets SPA p. m. twar t:me) All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
WARNS THE HEART
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

Getting religion" is more akin to falling in love than to anything else in the world. The people who suddenly light upon what our Lord called the pearl of great price, who find heavinesS of heart supplanted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
A Thought for Today

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.-Eccle- xasteS 10:19.
 Money is a good servant but bad master.- Bacon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-12
HEADLINES
 and HILARITY

We hear that the WAAC's despite their muscles, are being typically feminine in never let- ting the left foot know where the right foot is going.
 Macy's saved $5 by getting actor Monte Wooley to be their guest Santa Claus, and making him bring his own whiskers.
 Eastern college athletic officials are panicky with fear that they are going to be tagged out for the duration. on a squeeze play in Washington. They had better slide!
 Mrs. Barbara Clark is the new Miss Victory" - -tylical American woman war worker. Judges decided that she could spot her competi- tors a drill press and hip-tight pair of slacks, and still beat them hands down.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
Links
Marcus Carvey
Say Movement
Jap-Inspired

NEW YORK-(ANP) - Arrest
Friday OF Mimo de Guzman. a Fill
Pine. uncovered Japanese In
spired fifth column OF 100000
throughout the nation recruited
mainly among Negroes, according
to FBI agents here.
The organization. known as the
Pacific Movement OF the Eastern
World and formed under direction
OF the Black Dragon society OF
Japan. was recently uncovered II
St. Louis and described in detail
in articles released by the Asso-
ciated Negro Press several months
ago. However, leaders and former
members contend that the move
ment has all but faded out.
The name OF the late Marcus
Garvey, leader OF the UNA. was
linked with that of de Guzman.
charged with being an organizer
OF the Pacific movement. FBI Of
flcials said the Filipino addressed a
Negro meeting in 1882 in Chicago
presided over by Garvey and that
Japanese Official was present
who induced de Guzman 10 help
organize the movement.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
TAPPING
ALONG WIRES
By HAROLD JOyIEN
Cor AMP


y
The life of musician Is certainly
not "A mess OF chidlins," and the
deeper you get in II. the tougher
II gets. Here am all set 10 get
goin' on another eight-week trip
out Of town, and Victor asks me to
sub for reviewer "or sumthin.' lt's
such things as these that suggests
some OF my song titles 10 me. and
in this instance its You Must Be
Losing Your Mind"
When | look back at the ground
I've covered from way back in 1919
when wrote my first professional
son. Squeeze Me-" ! guess I've
been more used TO being written
about. than being on the writing
end Give me piano 10 heat up and
THAT'S me. but as TO this writing
business. I'm like bear from the
fair. | amt nowhere.
But there is couple OF things
I'd like tor say. and number one rs:
that I'm glad TO see that jazz. that
much Analysed classified. sublimat-
ed and much discussed type OF mu-
sic has finally come back to its
pappy melody. Now that the filter
bugs are cooling OF. and the shag
Is no more and good old ASCAP IL
back on the air, we're beginning 10
give the old masters a rest, and
connecting some melodies OF our
own.
II is my contention, and always
has been. that the thing that makes
a tune click is the melody: and
give the public four bars of that -
dig their teeth into. and you have
killer diller. And II you doubt this
statement just take a look at the
weekly Hit Parade.
Now I'm not a cat TO preach with
out practicing what preach, and In
all OF the long line OF hits I have
had the fortune to write, there has
always been melodlc line. Re-
gardless OF how sweet that line.
how fast or slow. the good old left
hand can always swing il out.
And It's melody that gives varie-
~ TO the car. That's what makes
popular music endure. The fad u
Doogie woogies piano playing Is
burning itself out. Why? Because
It's too monotonous II ali;
sounds the same.
/ wrote a little tune In Chicago
recently and called It the Jitterbug
waltz. My idea was TO convey the
picture OF a jitterbug waltxing:
thereby indicating a change In his
technique ne OF today compared
WIN the past; that is. the substl-
tuition OF the romantic three-four.
Tor the wild rhythm.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
ASK DIVORCE
WHEN LEARNS
WIFE WAS WE'D

Because his wife did not reveal
her past to him before their mar
riage on Jan. 2. 1887, r. d. Sinfp-
son, 1923 Russell street, filed a
suit for annulment in Circuit Court
last Saturday.
In the petition Simpson charged
his wife with denying that she had
been married before at which time
che gave her neSae as Beatrice Fcs-
ter. He said that later he discov.
cred that her name was Beatrice
Connerly and that she was legal >
married 10 another man AZ that
time. And also the mother of three
children.
Simpsons attorney. Charles r.
Berry, said that he also discovered
that the wife continued TO live with
her first husband while married 10
Simpson until she got divorce
Dec. 30, 1871.
Before the divorce. n child was
born to Beatrice, Oct. Il. 194f.
The Simpsons then lived together
until Nav 2s. 1912.
Mrs Simpson attorney has not
hled her answer 10 these charges.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
Belle Isle

ing TO pull out a knife and she
called two patrolmen who were
passing at that time. The patrol
men were Officers Garrett and
Nuttall. Officer Garrett tried TO
question the man who objected TO
being questioned and said that he
did not have to answer Niger po-
licemen.
Patrolman Garrett arrested the
man on a charge OF disturbing the
peace.
Tuesday morning Recorders
Court Judge Joseph A. ellis was
presented with the facts In the
case. The defendant said that his
name was Ouri AGREE, age 80, 1923
Mt. Elliott avenue.
Judge ellis told him that II he
didn't like the way things were
here in Detroit 10 pack up and
leave.
Under direct examination OF
Judge ellis the southerner admit
ted he had only been in Detroit
two years and came from Ken
lucky. He has been driving a taxi
cab since living here. He also said
that he did not have a knife. but
pretended to have one in an ef-
fort TO scare the woman. ~
Judge ellis fined AGREE $500
or thirty days.
After court recess two white
pstrolmen. also southerners came
10 Judge ellis court room and
told him that they saw the Incl
dent and that what was reported
in court was all wrong. The judge
did not believe them and then
they admitted that they were only
trying 10 help their friend who
by the way was from their home
town down in Kentucky.
Then they pleaded with the
court 10 cut down the fine from
$500 to $500 because all the
AGREE family had was $4,000
which they saved TO pay for the
birth OF a third child which is
expected to arrive shortly.
This plea was refused and the
two officers were ordered to leave
the court room.
AGREE paid the $500 fine.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR A
CRIME THAT HE DIDN'T COMMIT

BOSTON camp In court
room which many say was dominat-
cd by the mob spirit Matt Will
ans. %. who is alleged 10 have as
saulted a -ycar-old white child.
Barbara Hihbs In Texarkana, July
.. was sentenced to death here
Friday evening at 7:22 O'Clock.
The inty required only - minutes
~ return The death verdict in the
distric' court presided over b.
y. l. Daily
Father Has Dagger
A capacny crowd was on hand
Thursday morning as the trial got
under way and was excitedly stir
red when Ranger Capt NJ. T. (Louc
Wolf Cor zales discovered long
dagger on W. L. Hibbs. father OF
The victim u ne alleged assault. a
close search having been made Of
all persons admitted 10 the court
room except those who we're known
20 be 10 there on. legitimate court
business.
When the dagger was pulled from
under hir shili where be had con-
ctaied * IN nope OF not beina oh
served. Hobs tgembled percepfibly
hli made no statement as 10 whoih-
e. h. had planned 10 attack the
deiendani either In or out OF the
courtroom Flnd.rg The long knife
ON Hubs recalls the Lufkin court
Milling case when Mat Fiournoy
was k.ed ia open district court
while on trial there last November
ipf a crime which since. IN the
minds OF many. il has been estab.
lrheG ne did not commit
Details Brutal Treatment
Williams testified that he Was az
isf'd JAY by Constable X. Il.
Tafl0r thai be- was thereafter
taken 90 Texas Ranger stanley
fa'm near C.arksyille. thar he Was
then haadcufied 10 a tree and given
a q rhle bealirg until ne con-
fessed ihe crime 10 keep them from
knhug me-
IN support ~ hir settlement
about being terribly beaten he de
fendant exhibited sears On his arms
wnich ne told his defense counsel
had been inflicted by The officers
who allrgedly beat him Officers
denied they beat the defendant.
Meantime Ranger Capt ". T.
Gonzauias who Thursday discover
"a The onr digger on the father
~ the alleged victim testified that
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
Believe Southern Hearing Cause For
Transferring The F.E.P. Committee

WASHINGTON - (ANP) - The
Presidents committee on Fair EN-
ployment Practice has been trans
ferred from the War Production
board to the War Manpower COM
mission. Paul V. McNutt, VINO
chairman revealed Monday.
Mr.. McNutt made public a let
ter from President Roosevelt
which affected the transfer on
July 30.
Is the South responsible for the
order removing the Presidents
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice from an independent
agency to subsidiary OF the
Manpower Commission headed by
Paul McNutt?
Dixie Brings Trouble
This question has Washington
wondering. No reason was given
when President Roosevelt issued
his order Friday authorizing the
change.
But II Is no secret that the
CoFEP did not run into real OPP
position until the recent Birming-
ham hearing was announced. Ell
forts were made TO prevent II.
Gov. Dixon OF Alabama and sew
eral congressman used all their
power unnecessarily TO keep the
CoFEP from coming South.
But not only was the southern
employment practice and dis
elimination exposed openly In
Birmingham. but machinery was
set In motion TO stage a hearinng
for the southwest In San Antonio.
When this was learned. even more
pressure was brought 20 bear
against the move Seven con-
gressmen and the department OF
state asked that no hearings be
held. The state department was
interested because OF the large
numbers OF Mexicans in this sec
ton. II Il were shown that they
were being Disseminated against
II might have serious diplomatic
repercussions among Latin Amer
leans AZ a time when hemisphere
solidarity 10 being sought
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
LEGAL NOTICES

Atty. BIedsoe q simmons.
1908 broadway
STATE OF MICHIGAN IN The circuit
Court for the County Of Wayne In Chan
Gerry
PAT MATTEL. Plaintiff. Va. HELEN
MATTEL Defendant
ORDER or PUBLICATION
A. a session Of aaid Court held ~ the
Court House In tho city ~ Detroit. IN
said county and state on the sist day
81 July. 1919.
Present, The Honorable Dewitt r.
MERRIAM Circuit judge.
on reading and hiing the AFFIDAVIT
hereto attached from which y appears
that the defendant 10 = resident ~ pe-
troit. Michigan. and that u 10 believed
the said defendant r. conceallnR herself
within the Jurisdiction, or has moved
beyond the Jurisdiction % this Court for
the purpose % evadinR process ~ this
Court and that by reason thereof the
service % process cannot be had upon
her. therefore.
on motion ~ Harold v. Riedsos. at
torney for Piaintin.--
TT ~ ORDERED. that this Court. nv
virtue NJ the authority therein vested.
doth hereby ORDER that the defen-
dant appear IN this cause within three
months from the date hereof or her de-
fanit will be taken and that copy OF
this order. together with a copy OF the
aHidavit upon which " Il founded he
mailed ~ the defendant AZ her last
known place 81 address. soss Woodrow
Street. Detroit Michigan. by Registered
Mall Return Receipt demanded
AND 1T ~ FrRTHER ORDERED
that a copy ~ this order be published
IN The Detroit Tribune. Newspaper
And Ell % which foreeoing r. 80 or
Wsyne. Michigan. according n law.
And OF Of whch foreFoing n - or
DewfTT IT, MErrfAM.
Circuit Judge
"a True Copy
cAepAR .. LINoEMAH. Clerk
nnuufy Clark N-1-e-lN.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

DR.. j. A. Brewer At
The Mayo Bros. Clinic

DIR. j. A. Brewer With offices at
7O5 T.. Forest avenue. corner Has.
flngs, left for Rochester, Mime.
sofa. Friday. August : where he Is
to do Intensive study at the Mayo
Clinic.
Dr. Brewer plans "a return 10 his
ohlce on or nbout September 1st.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08
Negro Leaders Back Confab To Smash State Fifth Com
MosleIIls

10 permit their children 10 attend
the public schools. Tho colored
adhercnts also changed their real
names and substituted Moslem
names. Police subsequently sup
pressed the cult. after some OF
the members figured conspicuous
ly In sensational court trials.
The Black Dragon movement,
which Is said TO have sprung
from an order founded by the
Budddhists monk. Innoye. in OPP
position TO the rule Of the whites,
came into the limelight last week.
when federal agents arrested in
Washington. DC. a Japanese
agent Mlmo de Guzman. who IL
alleged 10 be the head OF this
subversive organization. The Black
Dragon organization is alleged TO
have membership OF 100000
brown. black and yellow men IN
this country.
In 1884. Takahashi came to De-
troit and married Mrs. Pearl
Sherrard. Shortly afterwards, he
left the country. with the prom
ise that he would return. How
ever. Mrs. Takahashi. who was In
court here when her husband was
being tried here in 1889. stated
that she had visited Takahashi in
Toronto and in Vancouver. after
he had been deported from the
United States In 1884.
Arrested In 1899
When Takahashl was arrested
June &c. 1899 in Detroit by i'm
migration officials. Mrs. Cheaber
Mcintyre was arrested with him
~ 20126 Washburn avenue. where
the Japanese had been living un-
der the name OF Numa kobo. Ma
thaniel Mcintyre. the woman's
husband. instituted divorce pro-
ceedincs against his wife, naming
the Japanese as the man In the
case.
Federal investigators. II is re-
ported. have been checking local
welfare lists. in order 10 locate
r,embers Of the Moslem organi-
zation and learn their philosophy.
But when interviewed by Tribune
representatives.. welfare officials
refused 70 divulge any informa-
ton on the matter.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-08

some OF tho scars on the Negroes
arms could have been caused by
the handouts which the ranger
captain had placed on him while
the defendant was in his custody.
Or. J. r. MCGEE. New Boston ply
stefan, on being subpoenaed. exam
ined the defendant in a room adj
joining the courtroom. He later
testified that in his opinion, the
scars were "old ones"
-Four Witnesses
Tie death sentence melted TO Will
liams for crime he swears he dill
not commit stands out in bold re-
lief and sharp contrast 10 his own
testimony AS wells at that OF four
other Negro witnesses from nearby
Texarkana who took the witness
stand. braved the danger which
might ensue from such steps, and
courageousiy testified that they
knew Williams was innocent OF the
crime for which he was being tried.
The four were Arnet Miller. pro-
prietor OF the Little Green Hornet
cafe Jack Williams. who testified
Matt Williams had slept at his
house on the night OF July 2. hav-
ing gone there with him from the
Little Green Hornet cafe: Frank
Rvamer and Negro girl with
whom the defendant kept company
who was merely referred TO as
Temple"
Was In Cafe
Miller. the cafe proprietor. tes-
titled that the defendant and ITEM
pie remained at his place OF bust
ness until 1880 O'Clock on the nigh.
81 the alleged attack Frank Rya-
mer and Temple offered correspon-
ding alibis for the defense OF the
defendant