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of Hitler's which he prefers not
TO moderniZe, and that is his
watch. Although admirers from all
over the world have sent him many
valuable time-pieces. he still car
ries an ancient model. belonging to
his family, which is a key-winder.
Another time-piece which be-
longed to his family is musical
clock in Hitlers workroom. On the
cover in crude letters the family
name has been inlaid in ivory but
the word Hitler is spelled with a
ID" instead of a st"
1t is not clear whether this was
an error or whether the name in
earlier years might have been
spelled 'Hidler." No one ever has
dared ask Hitler about this. His
family affairs never are discussed
in his presence.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

John A. Wesley. 40: Vivian Jensen. 81
Dorey r.. Gilbert, - Donna V. Booth. 20
Robert X Pease. p; Gayle Marie Mccox
Joseph Anthony Fischer, 81; Lorsin,
Sherman. 81
Jacob Leon Gross. 90: Mary Margaret
Lenors Young. "a; Lenor. Evelyn Young
Olive Robert Britt. 10; Virginia Biecie.
Dayie Galley. "a. Viola Rehmer. Is.
Jarmis Hraatz. %. Patsy Lee DudEeon. 10
Arthur N. Brake 30. Mary A. Hoolihan
30
suford S. Crane. 30; Dorothy @. AHA. a.
sidor Mynzak as; Mary Lascu. SO.
Harold T. Wendt, rs: Lillian V. Hajnai. 81
Herbert James Dobbs, 20, Mildred Denes
IL
Lee ciaram!taro, 2s; Ann Aneons. as.
Victor a Forte, % Mary canovs, 10.
Leon Seavey. SO: Ruth Cole. IS.
Nathaniel Goodwin. as. Susie knight II
Edward Wozniak 10; Irene Penney, 10.
Dale II. Fisher, 2s; Margaret showslter
Morton oppenheim. 81; corrine Maxmsn
is.
George Piummer. IS; Jennie wojtan. ia
Jack p. voigt, "a; Jane Waldo %.
Walter Brzenk. al Helen Kuliszko, 20.
Vance Z. Hslbritter 10; Helen L. Earl
a..
Charles S. Tompkins, 80; Jean Bourg. IS
Edwin A. Neither, 80: Dorothy Simmons
81.
John T csechosky. 20; Theodosia NJ
Posek. %.
Joseph Nesly. rs: Irene Medawis. n.
Elmer J, Preston. "a; Mary Jane La
James Haggeriy. 30; Goldie Smith, 81.
Andrew A. Dianich, 81; Iva May Mastro
charlie Hart. ~: Beatrice Jones. IS.
John Lee. &c; Bessie Mae Robinson 10.
Louis Hsydo. So Verna Pichar. Sc
Aaron w. Wade. %; Virginia Shupe. %
n. James Hayward, 20: Josnn II. Yerger
10.
Robert A. Hatch. rs. Josephine A. chnds
26
Chester A. Adamski as; Rose Ekezian, as
Henry Morris. n: Ann Fiormonte, Is.
Louis Goldman, Is; Mildred Syracuse. ~
Sam Harley Langfort. ~. Delma Carr. 30
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ES-BIRTHS-DEATHS-D
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Reinhsrdt Z. Hundrieser. 81; Eunioe y.
Denhauser, 20.
William j. Fortuna, as; Rose b. Kililnger.
~
Lester A. lily, %; Virginia BowIby. 80.
Anthony sEezesny, a.; Josephine sIezeeho-
wicz. 81.
RAY Rugg. 81; Victoria sviatlowski II.
Aloysius Z. Loewen. -. Marian Angelina
Nillcoxson IS.
Paul n. Duffy. 81; Dorothy c. Suffer, Is.
Henry Parker Jr., 40. Eula Mae Sawyer. 20.
Yngve " Hayley. 20; Dorene olmstead, l6.
Barney X. stoner so: Ruth Gillespie, 80.
Robert j. schanz, ~ Margaret V. Mss-
XIII. II.
Otto Z. swiekler. 81; Evelyn Rooney. 20.
Peter Michael Grsssel, 20; Lillian Esther
Cross. Is.
steve Marczynski. ~: Geraldine Ansein. 70.
Carl Amos Doner, rs: MagAret Clear. 30.
Leonard c; Ritzier ~; Dorothy Marie
Stanley Kropik. 81: Marion Zimmei. ~.
John r. Zdunczyk. 2s; Helen Mary Rogue,
rs.
Edward Lavoie. 20: Lois Browne, 1e.
Stanley Dziuba. 80; Stefania Piesko. 81.
vincenzo Pauline. 80; Irene Ceroni IS.
Fred c. Bowerman. 81; Beulah Henderson.
81.
Robert GaIbrsith. 81; Anne Rose Kucsers.
20.
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ShHns TBPesrrifer

Hitler is a great admirer of tech
nical proficiency and all types OF
mechanical gadgets, but he has
never been able 10 master the
typewriter He has tried frequently
TO learn to use a typewriter but
never got past a laborious two
finger technique.
In 1888 he was presented with a
newly designed portable made en-
tirely of synthetic materials. He
tried again. but when he saw he
was gaining no speed he abandoned
the machine TO gather dust in his
apartment at the chancellery.
There is one personal possession
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They Must BE Big

Halls and rooms 10 please Hitler
must be big. giant spaces. He likes
superintendent construction like
the Nuremberg Stadium, which
was designed for 100000 persons.
Hitler says. Big ideas can only be
produced in big rooms: the spirit
bumps against walls and ceilings"
This craving for space expresses
itself with Hitler also in politics in
his cry for Lebensraum."
When the new Chanccllcry was
being built he insisted that the
great corridor leading 10 the So
called diplomats hall should be CSC
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BY FREDERICK G. OECHSNER
United Press stan Correspondent
Copyright. 1892. by United Press

NEW YORK, June 13.-Adolf
Hitler frequently reads himself to
sleep with Wild West stories writ
ten by a German who never visited
America.
The author is Karl May, who
has written scores of American
Indian stories. His leading char
acter is Old Switzerland, a scout
who goes through the customary
frontier exploits. Marshal Her
mann Goering presented Hitler
with a complete set of the May
stories. bound in vellum and placed
in special case.
Usually one or two of the vol
tunes are missing from the case
and are TO be found in Hitler's
bedroom in a small bedside book
case that has green curtain.
His personal library contains
roughly 1890 books. They may
be- divided generally into three
groups.
First, the military section, con-
tanning some 1000 volumes, includ-
ing the campaigns of Napoleon,
tie Prussian kings, the lives of all
Ghtman and Prussian pOtentates
WHO ever played military role,
ana books on virtually all Of the
well-known military campaigns in
recorded history.
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BIRTHS

BOYS
BOYS were horn to.
Rogerieen Owens, EOS East Philadelphia
twtne1.
Eta Paul. ls455 Prairie.
Evelyn Parhsm, 523 King.
Jessie Session. 1888 Kentucky.
Hedwig Skurs. 1909 Martin.
Jennie Sworek. 235s Pulaski Ham'ramck
Ernestine Stanton. 1912 Li,tlehsld
Catherine Shaw. 1878 Pennsylvania.
Julia Sheffield. 1927 Hubbard.
Rosemary snaveiy 607 Golf. Royal Oak.
Beverly Tobisman. 3232 Elmhurst
Eiriys Thomas. 20s64 Santa Barbara.
Geraldine vickers. i443 Madison.
Ruth Voigt. 1887 Laing.
Dorothy Winkelman. 70sT Navy.
Teresa Wilson. 1894 East Ferry.
Bertha Wiswary. 1857 Marlborough
Louise Zinser, i5404 Mack, Gross. Points
PARK
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BIRTHS
Girls

Girls we're born 10,
Ssrah Austin. 4lsi Holcomh.
Wanda Adams. 2S5fa ForG Garden CitY,
Frances BrOiz, It2 Field
Margaret Bryszki $40 Pcierhoro.
Anna BoWnik. 1901 Vrcwood
Florence Blackburn. $500 Helen
Evelyn Curry. 3ls2i Brown. Garden City.
Catherine Dietrich. l3siq Pinshursi
Kathleen DucSett. 1888 Rord road, Car
Gertrude Ehrenfeld. l7ss Seward.
Patricia Elliott. 1879 Dunedin.
Lula Evans 52Ss Tillmon.
Marie Fowler. 1858 81 Iesn.
Lsona Fincher, 1859 Beaufait
Margaret Flanagan $500 West Kirby.
Dorothy Graves, III Watson.
Margaret GresE. 57s3 Lawton.
Theresa Gender ga Watson.
Leona Heppner. 4Ti2 Newport.
Helen Haisey. 1895 Linwocd.
Margaret Jenkins. 1913 cadieux road.
susan Lut1. lf02s Faircrest.
Sarah Lafier. 48oo Berkshire.
Marjorie Lester, 59S Emerson.
Estela Muscat 1857 Fernwood Owins).
Virginia Meltzler. 1882 ST. Jean.
Ruby Messncr. 1879 Hubhen
Pear Mccloskey, 2o72O Alger, ST. Clair
shores.
Dolores Petercs. i5o2 Avery.
Virginia Putnam. 1880 Seward.
Murel Rivard. 1851 Beniteau
Beatrice Robinson. 2Tig Waterloo.
Marie sweesy 2e06 Chene
Florence snyder. 12fs3 Therma East De-
truit.
Mariel stevens, 2oo2s Hampton, Cratic,
Township
Sarah stephens. 500 East Forest
Edna Tyson. 1919 McLain. Royal Oak.
Marion Topping 3sls Shady lane.
Christine Whitaker. 913f Manistique.
Catherine Yowtz. s057 Penrod.
BOYS
Boye were born to-
Maxine Anderson. 1910 Winthrop.
Mary Armour 1866 Cheyenne
Veronica Argssanski i34S5 McDouEall.
Helen Augustyn. GAS Appoline. Dearborn
Martha Benson, 36es Lakepoipts
Early Barnes. 2i2s East Congress-
Ann Bright. 1874 Holmur.
Ann Rane 1905 Delaware.
Mahala Beaum. 3736 Mckinley.
Annabelle Barnard. 2i657 Hickory. Crosse
lie
Ann Bercal. 1856 Kaier.
Anne Berger. J076 Maybury Grand.
sophia Burke. 665T Hathon.
Muriel Belts. 306il Greater Mack. 81. Clair
Shores.
Clara Black. 2o2is Mccormick
Harriette Bartlam 1883 Ferguson.
Mary Bolton ass East Warren
Ruth Calhoun. e51 East Hollywood
Frances Conrad, s335 Grand River
Lucille 7 purda $50 Lyle.
Catherine Finley. 1889 Parke lane Crosse
lie
Josephine Grelmel 7Iis Cantor.
Iossit CreTory. 1000 Orleans
Eileen Harts. 303e Gladstone.
Helen Hanley, 1875 West Canield
Madeline jenkins. 5737 Thirtieth.
Barbara Kehn. 1853 Robson.
Lola Lang, eie6 Middle Belt. Wayne
Geraldine faDcz. 1888 Northlawn
Eleanor Murdoch 1912 Maybury Grand.
Bertha Mastei. e27i Hauwell
Mary Merkel 20i4 Guthrie. Royal Oak.
Dorothy MARTY. 1850 WestphaIla
Jeanne McGilan. 2ifft Fisher
Dorothy Pierce, 1919 Leisure.
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Reads Many Books

There is Theodore Roosevelt's
book on the Spanish-American
also a book by General Won
Sdben. who drilled our troops
during the American Revolution
arg War. Blomberg. when he was
war minister, presented Hitler
with 400 books. pamphlets and
monographs on the United States
armed forces, and he has read
many OF these.
The military books are divided
according 10 countries. Those
which were not available in Ger
man he has had translated. Many
of 1.-THE books. especially on Napo-
Icons campaigns, are extensively
rnarginated in his own handwrlt-
ina, There are exhaustive works
on uniforms. weapons, supply,
mobilization, the building up Of
armies in peacetime, morale and
bailistics.
In fact. there is probably not a
single phase of military knowledge,
ancient or modern, which is not
dealt with in these 1000 volumes.
and quite obviously Hitler has
read many Of them from cover 10
cover.
The second section OF some l.00O
to ! 500 books covers artistic sub
jects such as architecture, the
theater, painting. sculpture, which
after military subjects are Hitler s
chief interest.
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DEATHS

Benjamin Homonaff I205O Dexter. u.
Mary Ann Drakowski, 2212 Horton, 80.
Minnie Boldt. 1889 St. Patrick. II.
Ernest Robert sanderscn, s253 West
minister Base Line. 2s.
Jewell Louise Davis, 1919 Kentucky. 20.
Nettie McCusky 1881 stanley, 81.
Martha Holsted. 357s Williams. 90.
Michael Combar. 1343f Riopelle, 81.
Charlotte Day, 1879 Patton, 50.
George Lane sore Twenty rs.
Steve Lubtnski. s0e7 Rutherford, -.
Jennie Garfinkel, 1875 Blaine, 81.
Esther Katz, 2731 Grand, So.
Joseph Robert. 1914 Trumbull. 20.
Denny Lee Barnett. T77i Holmes. 4.
Roy Anderson. 1888 East Larned. So.
Audrey Dixon. 1885 wiufred. az
Madeleine n. Taylor 4e4i Ivanhoe. 20.
Nathan stephens, 1871 Kercheval. rs.
Martha Dix. lss Rhode Island. Highland
Park, "a.
Rose Kloss. 5s44 Proctor, 81.
Lydia Richards. 2644 Lothrop, 50.
Milton y. soleau, 1850 Ferguson, So.
Bonnie Pullen. s70e Greeley. 50.
William Moore. 1863 East Philadelphia. -.
Raymond Bekaert. 3592 Guilford. 20.
Joseph r. James. 1880 New York, Flint,
~
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feet long. He was told space limi-
tations prevented such length.
They enlarged the hall by 46
meters but still fell short OF the
size Hitler wanted. Finally he con-
sented to the shorter hall with a
sigh. saying. Il renounce these "a
meters with heavy heart"
The architects already had tried
to make the hall look longer by
illusion. They worked out an arrow
design in the marble floor. but a
sample showed that ii was hard
on the eyes. Finally, the illusion
was left TO be expressed in the
border.
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Reads TiV = A. vi.

Hitler usually goes to sleep very
late. often reading until 2, 3, oil
5 o'clock in the morning. He sleeps
late, too. On the day that the Hin
denburg burned at Lakehurst, fol
example, Hitler did not know
about it until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon the next day when he
woke up.
Social works are strongly repre-
scented in Hitler's library, including
a unique book by Robert Ley, writ
ten in 1898. on world social prob
lens and their solutions. This book
never was circulated. Six thousand
were printed: 1893 were destroyed
The one copy eXtant is in Hitler
library.
The reason for this Is that all
books by prominent party mem
-berS have 10 be shown 10 Hitler
before circulation. This one by Ley
"a notorious idolator. SO idealizes
Hitler that even he couldn't stom-
ach IL.
With the income from Hitler's
own book. "Mein Kampf" and
from his other writings, he has
amassed n collection of precious
stones worth at least 20,000.000
reichsmarks. These he keeps in a
special safe built into the wall OF
his house at Berchtesgaden.
II is covered by a gobelin tapes
try. part of which moves out with
the door when opened. In the door
IS small combination lock.
The stones were bought for Hit
Ter in various parts OF the world by
Max Amann, head of the Nazi
publishing firm. the Eher Verlag.
Hitler has an interest in the firm
which is, in fact. the principal
source OF his income.
Since he became chancellor. Hit
Ter has made no use of his official
salary. A large part OF it ne turns
over 10 charities.
! have mentioned Hitlers pas
sion for music. He has a similar
passion for building and in archi-
lecture his favorite forms -
amounting 10 a fetiSh--are col
umns and halls or pasSageways,
which psgchoanalysts tell us sig.
nifty subconsciously the phallic
male and female symbols.
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Books 0n Churches

There are dozens OF books on
|apimal breeding with the photo
graphs of stations and mares of
famous name. One interesting psy-
theological angle here is that where
stations and mares are on opposite
pages. many of the mares have
been crossed out in red pencil as if
inferior and unimportant compared
with the stations.
There are some 400 books on the
|churches-almost entirely on the
|Catholic church-many on the
Ipopes and how they acquired and
Exercised their power. Many of his
marginal notes here are primitive,
Childish and vulgar.
Some pictures show popes and
cardinals as princes Of the church
reviewing troops al moments in
history. The marginations here are
|"Never again. and This is inn
possible now" showing that Hitler
proposes that the princes of the
Qch shall never again be al
IA 20 gain political position
from which they can review VIC
|torious armies. and otherwise exer-
|cise temporal power.
Some 800 TO 1000 books are
simple popular fiction There is a
large number of detective stories.
|He has all of Edgar Wallace; adj
venture books of the G.. a. Henty
class: love romances by the score,
those by the leading
romantic sob-Sister of Germany,
|Hedwig Courts-Mahler, in which
wealth and poverty, honesty and
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DIVORCES

Myrtle Clark from Kenneth.
Frank Black from Emily.
Edna r. Johnson from John c,
Elsie Diehl from Louis G..
Rena Cook from Ashley CO.
Carl T.. Smith from Aileen NJ.
Ralph N. Tassie from Mildred J.
Jean Blackwell from Lee.
John w. Bracken from Odessa Mae.
Lennart =. Nystrom from Dorothy r.
Bessie NJ. Moore from sherman.
Maisie Coppola from Philip.
Rose A. Thomas from William.
Pearl n. Stevenson from Christian.
Helen Smith from Harry.
Ruth Y. Kerr from Harold W.
Annie II. Harris from l.. p.
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weakness. are sharply contrasted
and in which honor and chastity
triumph and the sweet secretary
marries her millionaire boss.
All of these flaming volumes are
in neutral covers so as not 10
reveal their titles TO the casual
visitor.
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Female Help Wanted

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Wild West Tales
LuII Hitler to Sleep

I'm the final dispatch OF his series personal life OF Adolf
e Frederick Oechsner discusses the dcators library and
his reading tastes
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CRAFTSMAN with cutting tool expert
ence. Apply 7l221 Hoover. Caring Too
Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-03
LUTHERAN CHURCH
 HISTORY REVISED
Rev. J. Herman OlssOn of WOburn Returns Here for
 Anniversary Program

The history of the Zion Lutheran Church and the influence Of Swed- Ish people on American history were outlined by Rev. J. Herman OlSson of Woburn, Mass. organizer and first president of the Swedish Be- nevolence Association of this city, at a meeting last evening at the church celebrating tne silver an- niversary of the association.
 J. A. Sundin. association officer since the group was formed. read the associations history. Coffee was served in the social rooms by the Ladies' Aid of the parish after the meeting
 Music was rendered by George Clausen. violinist. accompanied at the organ by Miss Ethel Zislatzki; {; the Zion Lutheran church choir and Mir. OlsSon, who sang several baritone selections, including There Is No Death" by O'Hara and Hei- korn's "Li.tle Mother of Mine" He was accompanied by Miss Ziglatzki.
 Rev. E. Einor Kron. pastor oi Zion Lutheran church. and preSi- dent of the association. presided. Other officers included: Recording secretary, J. A. Sundin: financial secretary, Everett Grahn; and treasurer. E. Robert Swanson. The office of vice-president is tenn porsrily vacant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-03

Qannett and Thomas insisted that maximum production of everything that is edible should be ordered in- medIately by the federal govern ment.
 We must have food to win the war" Gannett said. we should take of the brakes, remove destructive restrictions and regulations and en- courage the farmer in every way to produce.
 Farmers are patriotic, but they cannot pay for labor that they need with merely patriotic words when the government prevents them from securing enough money for their produce to break even."
 George said the American people are willing to undergo any sacrifices to preserve their liberties but want to know that their privations are necessary and not merely decreed by bureaucrats"
 This country was run pretty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-03


 Tuntsfa. strategically situated on the Mediterranean half way be- tween Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. first because part of inter national affairs when the Phoeni- clan sailors started trading there in an extremely remote period of his- tory.
 Carthage itself was founded in $50 B. c. by the refugee daughter of a king of Tyre who called her. self Dido. meaning 'the fugitive" l" She is the fahled Dido who stabbed herself on a funeral pyre to escape choice of marriage or war with neighhor king.
 CENTURIES OF WAR CENTRED THERE
 Dido and her fugitive band bought from the Lihyan natives a piece of land on which to build a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-03

Carthage" or new city" Her agreement of sale entitled her to "as much land as could be con- tained by the skin of an OK" and Dido cut the OK skin into such thin strips that 1t encircled an en- tire hill.
 From the earliest days of Carthage, Tunisia has been a thorn in Italy's side. Involved always, as there is today. has been the control of the Mediterranean for Tunis is only SS miles away from Sicily. In $50 B. c. the Carthaginiaps cap- tured most of Sicily. The war there lasted a century.
 The famous Punic Wars were fought by Carthage to keep con- trol of Sicily and the Mediter- raanean. It was in the second of these wars with Rome. that Han- nibal waged the campaigns-using elephants as modern warfare now uses armored forces-which have brought him military fame to this day.
 Cato the Censor's famous warn- ing, "Delenda est Carthage Carthage must be destroyed), urged the Romans on to their final vic- tory and conquest of Carthage in the Third Punic War in 146 B. c.
 Now Carthage became second city of the Roman Empire. next to Rome itself in wealth, learning and vice. Rome lost Carthage to the vandals for a brief period. recaptured it a century later under General Beli- sarius.
 Rome finally lost it's control of Tunisia during the Arab invasions in the Seventh Century, A. D. 4 long period of Mohammedan rule was followed by conquests by Charles V. of Spain. Don Juan oi Austria, and finally Turkey. Under the Turkish rule the native Beys were allowed to run the country as a pirate state until it was brought into submission with the help of the infant United States Navy, un- der Stephen Decatur.
 ITALIANS WORRIED
 BY FRENCH TOEHOLD
 During the middle of the 18th Century Italy, France and Britain all played diplomatic poker for the country, France finally winning out in 1881. But Italy really never gave up her claims. Mussolini's cries for the return of Tunisia have not been motivated as much by desire for her agricultural products as for the key to the Mediterranean which Tunisia holds.
 Whether or rot the Italians have fought hard elsewhere in Africa. it's saft bet that they will hang on as long and fiercely as possible to Tunisia, historic springboard to Italy itself.