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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
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The old propaganda story, used during the World War, used again to divide the French from the British during this war, about how the British will flight to the last Frenchman," !" or Ito the last colonial" |" is going the rounds again. Tn some cases there IS reason to believe that 1t is being deliberately planted to divide the allies once again, the old, old tactic of sowing dissension and distrust. The British have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

A. It lasts thirty-nine weeks. The first nine weeks are spent at replacement center where pre- liminary military indoctrination is given. The primary course of ten weeks is spent at an Army field; after which the cadets receive a basic course for ten weeks, ard then an advanced course takes an- other ten weeks.
 c. Is Buddhism on the decline in China? A. The spread of communism in the Chinese army has led to the taking over of many Buddhist temples for military and industrial purposes, and Buddhism has been hard hit in many parts of the country.
 e. What Is a deed of trugtp
 A. It is a kind of mortgage, given to a trustee for the purpose of see curing a numerous class of credt- tors, as the bondholders of rail- road corporation, with power to foreclose and sell on failure of the payment of their bonds. notes, or other claims. Tn some States, and in the District of Columbia trust- deed Is c security resembling mortgage, being a conveyance of lands to trustees to secure the pay ment of a debt, with 6 power of sale upon default, and upon Q trust to apply the net proceeds to pay ing the debt and to turn over the surplus to the grantor. :; e. What causes the hissing sound when e vacuufn.sealed can iS opened?
 A. With one exception, the hiss ing sound is caused by afr rushing into the can. The exception is with vacuun- packed coffee. Sometimes the coffee generates gas after 1t has been packed and scaled, and when the can is opened the sound is caused by escaping gas.
 e. Who was the sculptor of the statue of Freedom, that surmounts the dome of the Capitol in Wash- ington, D. C.2
 A. It was modeled in Rome, Italy, by Thomas Crawford, father of Francis Marion Crawford the novelist He sent a plaster model to the United States and the bronze statue was cast in the shop of Clark Mills. on Bladensburg Road, near Washington. It was placed on the dome December 2, 1863, and weighs i4,o85 pounds. Crawford was psiG $3,000 for the plaster model and the statue cost $20.796.82.
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Carlos Davlla, ex-President of Chile, says; "Y0u Americans are an amazing people. In any other county, with goods scarce and plenty of money, people would have rushed to buy, prices would have skye roCketed, and imitation would have ruined you. But you have such confidence ln your dollar, you are 50 calm, that there is
 no real lnfIation. It could only happen here"
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lOB bepGIeQ QOWTl
 and W nile tho other ships re. duced their speed
 the M ariposa steamed a1on { with no regard whatsoever f 0 1 danger. The ncxt morning as the other steamerG crept out to sea they encountered hfeboats file ( with fafrifiad atir.
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UNREPORTED SPEECH

For more than 6 week the ,halls Of Congress have echoed with heated demands for legislhtion abolishing the 40-hour week and prohibiting gtTikes il war plants. These speeches have been widely reported.
 But there was a speech made in the House the other day about which not one line went out. As far as tho public is concerned the speech was never made. But f you'li turn tc pagea 99g7~0l Og the Congressional Record ycu''il find the isattest most sensational
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

spill Q lot of
 dirt, you'd think sometimes that the committees were all rival burlecue houses on opposite c street corners, trying to outdo
 each other by
 billing bigger and better strip
 leases. Anything for 6 sensation, and whether the subject being 6 asaStnakt9aAA<l hnu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
GIRLS WANT TO
 BE MECHANICS

Columbia, Mo. (UP)--The girls at Stephens college want motor me- chanics--not cooking or nursing for hteir civilian defense work. A survey conducted by President James M. Wood showed ~ per cent of the 1,7SO girls wanted courses sn motor mechanics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
Washington Merry Go-Round
Jap Submarine Toured Inside Pearl HarbOr Before Attack Radoed Exact Locations Of Our Ships To Plane Carriers Manufacturers Join Union Chiefs Against Finance Reports Congressman Charges AntiLabor Plot To Hide Profteer
DREW PEAR SON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

March NOne incident the attack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Avoid the use of the expression
 got married. Omit got. You wouldn't say . person got dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Ny EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
LOOK OUT FoRTOG

Many years ago the steamer Mar iposa set out from q Canadian port determined to out-Sail all the ves= sells that started with her. A heavy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
 Quizzers Vie For Talent
BY PETER EDISON (Waterbury Democrat Washington CerregpOndentl

Washington, March 24-The way congressional Investigating commit tees fight over star witnesses who will make public appearances and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-24

q. What is the purpose of add ing silicon in the manufacture of steel2 NJ
 A. Silicon is usually added to deoxidige, thereby reducing gas bubbles and blow-holes. This Is particularly necessary in steel east ings, when unsoundness would be a serious defect. It forms a com pound with the iron whic h strengthens the steel, raises the elastic ratio, and but slightly in- creaseS the hardness and brittle ness.
 e. How long is the Aviation Ca- det Course in the Army Air Force?
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e. What proportion of industrial goods made in the united States in ie42 will be for military purpcsesP A. About 6s percent.
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What's Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the aEISwers.
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Copyright, le42, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1942-11-08

few days ago, the writer received
. letter from w. Wallace Nairn, ST,
friend Of many years standing, In which
he gives the following information re-
rarding his father, Joseph w. Na1rn. He
says:
"Joseph w. Nairn (my father kept the
drugstore at Ninth and Pennsylvania
avenue, having bought 1t from DR.. Gun
ton on nv fathers death my mother
.o,d the store to John w. Drew. John
W. Nairn was my fathers brother. pc
li.ve he also ran q drugstore AT lotn
and New York avenue. Thomas S. Nairn
no, IN. son of John w. Nairn and ne,
too.ther with Tom Ogram, ran q drug
store at Thirteenth and Pennsylvania
.venue often think Of the drugstores
that existed around and near our OLD
home. 1lo9 H street: Majors at SeVen'h
and H, and Gathers at Ninth ana H.
ACROSS the street at Ninth and'H, on
the southwest corner was LABORATORY
where Or. Cook made Cooks Balm OF
I,ife which all the old washington fami-
liz. svore by. At Seventh and ! streets
was Mussers drugstore, and nearby were
Others"
e. far MS the writer's information goes,
the f,rst drugstore in Southeast Washing
ton, was that conducted by DR.. James
Ewell who, on May Is, 1911, informed the
public that he had opened an apotne-
r.rv shon on the corner Of Mr.. CarroWs
row, opposite the Capitol
DR.. Ewell, who was physician d wei
~ 4 druggist, was. to quote the record. =
Evening star., 1942-11-08

money and even to make 1t, like the late
G. I. A. M. Sykes"
For a finisher- -offer, the reader is in
vjted to hark to the tale of the enter
prising many initiated Sykes, as related
by Mr.. Tanneyhill.
Sykes was no mere forecaster; there
was not enough money In the weather
for him that way. He was specialist,
making weather to order, usually rain.
His career was, in actual point of time,
not coincident with the heyday Of either
P. T. Barnum or AL Capone, but his
methods were combination Of both.
Sykes and two associates would proceed
to a rural community in need of rain,
and with tremendous ballyhoo guaran-
tee it-for price. When the farmers
had subscribed enough, he would have
them sign printed contract carried
with him. Then he would get to work,
mysterious device. Probably nothing
would happen. In that case he would
shrug his shoulders and move on to
fresher pastures, or rather to newer
pastures in need of refreshment by rain.
Sooner or later he would click In
the midst of the rain, he would politely
claim payment. If he got 1t, we'll and
good. II not, he produced his next
weapon, his first associate, a lawyer. In
many cases the lawyers sonorous Latin
phrases scared the daylights out Of the
agriculturists, and produced the coin. In
extreme cases, where they didn't scare
well enough, he pulled the last magic
trick from his bag, his second associate,
prize fighter. Sykes would regale the
assemblage with bloodcurdling resume
of his ring record, replete with knockouts,
mayhem and even murder. If they were
still obstinate, the wraps were taken OF
and the pugilist allowed to add, unofn-
cially, to his record, until the battered
yokels emulated the weeping heavens and
showered down.
Sykes weather record approached 100
per cent, due to special methods not
employed by Uncle Sam; but over long
run, the Weather Bureaus 80-plus per
cent is more remarkable, even II less
spectacular and not nearly 80 convincing.
Do you feel more kindly Il. the westher
man nsws Il
Evening star., 1942-11-08
We Do Great Deal About the Weather'-Expert Says

unless really dangerous storm is on the
way, forecasts do not go on the air.
Newspapers no longer carry such infor-
nation as clear tonight in New York.;
that might be an invitation to bomb it.
They do carry some weather information
which the enemy might like to get, for
submarine use, but this is safe enough
until U-boat shippers invent some way
of subscribing to newspapers while at
sea; not likely possibility nor as easy
as twisting radio dial. Close co-opera-
tion between military authorities and the
Weather Bureau results in common
sense policy releasing weather news Of
help to citizens and of no assistance to
the Axis.
"The weather is our business" said Mr..
Tanneyhill, "and in way it is every
body's business. 1t enables them to save
Evening star., 1942-11-08

cheerful, and loved to indulge in REM
iniscences Of her young days, especially
during Jackson's administration, with
whom Mrs. Tucker was personally ac-
quainted, and with whom she danced
at his inaugural ball."
The children Of John H. Tucker and
Sarah A. (MacPherson Tucker, in
cluded Martha Jeannette, John Abel,
Mary Jeannette, Sarah Conn, Ann
Olivia (who married DR.. Thompson),
Francis Cookman, Edward Hayden,
Mariah Evans, Alexander Dauis and
William Samuel.
OF these children, Ann Olivia Tucker,
who married DR.. Thompson, the drug
gist, had the following children: Will
liam Thompson, Mabel Thompson, May
Thompson, Edith Thompson and Fred
erick Thompson.
william Thompson p,arried Nettie
Simms, Mary Thompson married Thomas
j. Fisher, Edith married 6. V. P. Jones,
and Frederick Thompson married, his
wife being Mary S. Thompson. Frederick
Thompson received his early education
in Washington, and later was graduated
with honors from the Boston School of
Technology, and entered the Southern
Railway, which he left in 1898 to accept
a commission as civil engineer in the
United States Navy. He died In San
Diego, Calf, in 1914.
Evan H. Tucker, who has been presi-
dent of the Northeast Washington Citi-
zens' Association for 49 years, is closely
related to this Tucker family.
Evening star., 1942-11-08

extra dry forecast. He may be an avid
tor who saved his life by remaining on
the ground and avoiding getting caught
in serious jam. He may be any one of
hundreds of unspecified individuals who
profted by Uncle Sans timely tips on
the weather.
"He" may be corporation say rail-
road engaged in delivering perishable
goods or livestock. Heat waves will ne
cessitate extra refrigeration; cold waves,
extra protection. The safety of ships and
their entire personnel may depend upon
storm warnings, in that case of necessity
received by radio.
Yes, storm warnings are still received
by ships at sea, war or no war. The
limitation of weather information likely
to be of value to the enemy does not
extend that far, but 1t is quite true that
Evening star., 1942-11-08

OF course, North Washington had its
early druggists, but 50 far as the writer
knows the credit Of being the pioneer
pharmacist in this section should go to
DR.. Joseph r. Cassin, whose place OF busi-
ness was located on the northeast corner
of Seventh and M streets, some time prior
to 1850, and who continued at this spot
for many years.
DR.. Joseph r. Cassin
DR.. Cassin was Of the family of Capt.
Stephen Cassin, later Commodore Cassin,
one of the heroes Of the Battle of Lake
Champlain. DR.. Cassin married Mrs
Williams and had large family. one
of whom was the charming Marie Cassin
who became Mrs. Charles Francis Carusi,
who is now the vice chancellor OF the
National University. 1t was her daugh-
ter Helen c., now Nine. Lombard, who
christened the first United States de-
stroyer Cassin, named for her distin-
guished naval ancestor in 1918, and which
rendered conspicuous service In First
World War. The second destroyer Cassin
was launched in 1885, and as many will
recall went down under the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor December 7 last.
In addition to Mrs. Carusi's daughter,
Nine. Lombard, Mrs. Carusi has son,
Eugene Cassin Carusi, graduate of the
Naval Academy, now serving In the
Navy as a lieutenant commander.
The writer finds there were too many
early druggists in Washington to cover
in one story, and plans to add to the
list at subsequent date.
Evening star., 1942-11-08

obliterated by the steady march Of
time"
Charles H. Bates, well-known lawyer
Of this city and popular civic and church
worker, is a son OF DR.. Bates, the
pharmacist. At present he is the presi-
dent of the Society of Natives, vice
president of the Association of the Oldest
Inhabitants and delegate to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations. His
record Is full one and reflects credit
upon his many activities.
William S. Thompson
Another pharmacist of considerable
who practiced pharmacy on Fifteenth
street between G street and New York
avenue for some time prior to the Civil
War. His clientele included many of
Washington's foremost residents. One
of his early clerks was the late John B.
Mccarthy, foremost newspaperman in
his day and at one time private secretary
to Senator Leland Stanford.
Mr.. Thompson married Miss Olivia
Tucker, member of one of Washing
tons oldest and best-known families, her
father being John Henry Tucker, one of
Washingtons earliest letter carriers or
penny post" as this postal employe was
at one time called. He was born in
this city and died here in 1902. During
the administrations of Presidents An
drew jackson, Martin Van Buren, and
William Henry Harrison he was selected
from among the employees OF the Post
Office Department as special mes
senger to convey the Presidents mes
sage to New York by stage to be de-
livered to the postmaster in that city
for publication.
In 1926, he and his wife. Sarah A.
(MacPherson) Tucker, moved into their
residence on B street SW. (now In
dependence avenue, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, it being about the
18th house erected on the Island" as
that part of Washington was then
called
At the time of Mrs. fuckers death
In 1902, The Star, in an obituary write
up, said
Mrs. Tucker was of Scotch descent
from the MacPhersons, the earliest
settlers of Georgetown, two of whom
became mayors of the ancient burg.
Her father William MACPHERSON, was
captain and owner of the sailing ship
Jeannette, plying between Georgetown
and England, on which the late DR..
William Gunton took passage to this
country. Mrs. Tucker was of a most
lovable edisposition, vivacious, alwa
Evening star., 1942-11-08
BY Horace w. Cort,
Associated Press stan Writer.

TYNDALL FIELD, Fla.-The success
OF a United States Army bomber's mis-
sion depends in large part on how its
guardian angels" fare in shooting down
enemy interceptor planes.
Guardian angels" are what the pilots
and bombardiers call the flexible gunners
who are stuck about on the top, in the
nose, in the tail, on each side or hanging
down in a steel ball underneath the
giant bird.
thousands Of flexible gunners are be-
ing turned out here to do just such a
job," declared Col. Daniel w. Jenkins,
director of training at the Army Air
Forces Flexible Gunnery School at Tyn-
dali Field. 1--WE graduate flexible gun
ners each week, and within short time
they probably will be somewhere on the
battle front guarding big bomber as it
Evening star., 1942-11-08

be. The problem is not so simple as add
ing two and two, where perfection may
be expected. No problem involving the
future can be solved correctly all the
time, and the times it is not solved are,
ironically, the times that will be remem-
bered. One washed-out picnic will linger
in the memory of victim and over
balance hundred correct weather pre-
dictions; that is, If the predictor is i'm
personal, like the Weather Bureau. If,
on the other hand, the prognosticator is
a quaint character like Uncle Josh who
announces rain when his corns hurt, he
is often given the benefit of the doubt
and forgiven when there are blue skies.
On the Defensive
I'VE have been on the defensive for
years." smiled Mr.. Tanneyhill. 1--WE ex-
pect always to remain so though we get
an occasional chance for counter
attack Perhaps this is one"
On limited offensive, then, to take
some of the pressure off the Weather
Bureau by second front, let us ask its
critics question. Can you gather syn
optic data, put them together intelli-
gently, and come out right 80 to IS per
cent of the time? Psychologically more
important, do you have any real conf
dence in your predictions, assuming that
they go counter to Uncle Sans? You
say you do, but are you not whistling in
the dark? How would you like the
chance to 60 to a race track and pick
80 to IS winners out of every hundred
bets? If you could do that. would you
grumble unduly at the inevitable Is or 20
that Topped? Hardly-you would be too
busy cashing mutuel tickets and counting
your winnings. Suppose we give this
round to the Weather Bureau, on points.
ASK the man who has tried it" might
be the slogan of the Weather Bureau.
This man may be cotton planter, who
has heeoed rain warnings of the bureau
and picked his crop In q hurry before 1t
spoiled. He may be grower of citrus
fruits, who took heed of the forecast
and put out smudge pots before an other
wise killing frost made lemons out Of his
oranges. He may be Z forest ranger, on
special alert for nres threatened By "A
Evening star., 1942-11-08

an exceptional pharmacist of fine char
acter who always held the public in high
esteem and never allowed poor person
to want for medicines. His last years
were spent at Eighteenth and K streets
NV, where he always considered the
public health above anything else"
DR.. Bates died in 1907, but prior to
this he celebrated the 50th anniversary
of his wedding when in an interview for
The Star he said, in part:
Eyes, have very vivid recollection
of the first time came to the National
Capital. The town was then nothing but
a village compared to Its present size,
Evening star., 1942-11-08

with low buildings mostly built of frame,
and with dirt roads for streets
"Of course streetcars were things un-
heard of in those days, and we had to
depend entirely upon buses, but usually
the distances were not so great that one
could not walk to any desired point of
destination. I wonder what we would
have thought then if we had seen
trolley car or an automobile speeding
along our highways. OF course, tele-
phones or electric lights would have been
regarded as the handlwork of some
magician or supernatural spirit.
Andrew Jackson was President when
I first came to Washington, and have
Evening star., 1942-11-08
Flying Sharpshooters

flies on its mission Of destruction Of the
enemy"
Flexible gunners are turned out here
almost as the planes themselves roll
of the assembly line, only in far less
time It takes five weeks of intensive
training to produce a flexible gunner.
and each Monday morning new class
starts at the head Of "the line" BY the
time it finishes, four more classes have
been started.
The first two weeks are spent in class
rooms, where the students learn the basic
principles of shooting at moving targets
from a moving object. The next two
weeks they 60 to ground ranges and fire
at various moving and still targets. The
fifth and last week Is spent shooting from
a plane in the air at target towed by
another plane.
I started with beginners class and
then joined each successive one, taking
In the entire course. In the classrooms
the instructors had charts Of all kinds.
miniature cockpits and other equipment
to teach the basic principles of gunnery.
Flying Marks Men.
First of the ground ranges Is the skeet
range, where clay pigeons are released
from traps and the gunner, shooting at
them with shotgun, develops shoot
ing eye" and is taught to lead the target
with his sights.
At the next range gunners fire their
first 80 and so caliber machine guns at
small targets moving back and forth
on a track. They are taught how to
clear their guns If they jam, and become
familiar with the sights and accustomed
to firing on moving targets.
The next range reminded me quite q
bit of shooting galleries at a street car.
nival. 1t was just as much fun, except,
Of course, that 1t was more modern.
A long line of small airplanes moved
across the range. Three sizes were used,
one about Is inches long representing a
plane 200 yards away, smaller one
representing plane 400 yards away,
and tiny model that represented
plane 900 yards away. "BB" machine
gun, operated by compressed air, is fred
here.
The "jeep range" proved to be unique.
The first of its kind was built here at
Tyndall, according to Mai. Walter d,
Newman. director Of ground gunnery
and the inventor. 1t is an ordinary
Army jeep which carries a small plane,
made of plywood and with a swastika
painted on its side, mounted about eight
feet above the tiny car.
The jeep goes round and round on q
track. Travelling about 20 miles an hour,
1t Stimulates flying plane and .22-caliber
mach1ne-guns are used to fire at the
target. Five guns blaze away and bul-
lets from each are painted q different
color SO that stains on the target will
give the score of each gunner.
In case you're worried about what
might happen to the jeeps precious
tires If one of the gunners pulled wild
shot, well, they're safe-armor is placed
over them.
The turret range just about winds up
the gunner's schooling. Here he is In
troduced to the cramped quarters in
which he will spend many an hour
standing on his head or lying on his
back.
Air-to-air shooting, during which the
target Is towed by another plane while
the gunner Ares from his machine, IL
his ANAL preparation for IA assignment
70 combat unit.