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The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
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Dutch Admit Situation On Java
 Is Serious But Is Not Hopeless

UNDATED, March 6 (AP) - Dutch headquarters acknowledged mounting crisis today in the battle of Java as Allied troops being down by the greatly superior Japanese invasion forces, while Tok yo announced the fall of Batavia the scorchedearth capital of the Netherlands East Indies Aneta news agency said practically all of western Java over run by the invaders and Dutch American Australian and British troops have fallen back to positions
 A bulletin from the NET headquarters admitted the capture of Jogjakara, city of 10000 population by Japanese thrust knfng almost to the south coast of Java Thus, the 622-mile-long island is cut in two in the central section The Dutch communique detailed the situation serious but still not hopeess They said fierce battles raging throughout the island the Allies offering desperate resistance Dutch troops said to have recaptured one point.
 The thunder of artillery fire heard in Bandoeng itself, Jap forces reported less than 25 miles away
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Japs Report
 Planes Bomb Their Island

NEW YORK, Mar. 4 (AP) CBS heard a Tokyo broadcast that 30 planes of an unspecified nationality attacked the Japanese is- land of Minamitori Shima of the Bonin Group, 5000 miles west of Honolulu. One building was fired and 8 casualties suffered in the raid, which was repulsed with seven raiders doWned
 The island is 1000 miles northwest of Wake and is the easternmost of the Bon in Group, which is 1,20O miles southeast of Tokyo.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Leon Henderson Says No Rubber
 Available For 30 Million US. Cars

WASHINGTON, March 5 (AP) Leon Henderson told Senate defense investigating committee that mot single pound of crude rubber" is available for new tires or rereadS for upwards of thirty million passenger cars owned by ordinary citizens of this country. The Director of Civilian Supplies testified that this is the most significant single statistic" among the maze of details in the rubber situation which he will offer later before the Senate investigat ing group.
 He estimated that the United Nations will need two million tons, whereas the most optimistic estimate" of supply sources is about ,000 tons.
 He said at best he believed that only about and half million of the autos of the present thirty million could be kept operating in the next three years due to wearing out of tires
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Construction Is to Start Immediately

OTTAWA March (AP) - Announcing that the Canadian cabinet approved the recommendations of the U. S-Canadian Joint Defense Board, for compile tion of the projected overland from the United States to Alaska Prime Minister King announced that construction will start immediately The route he said will follow approximately the air route from Fort St. John, B. C., to Alaska The highway from Fort St John to Fairbanks will connect existing Canadian and U. S. highways.
 The cost of the road is estimated at from twenty five to thirty million dollars, the construction and war time maintenance of which is to be paid for by the United States
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
MacArthur Reports Japs Fear Uprising

WASHINGTON, March (AP) = The War Depart ment reported that the success of the Subc Bay air attack announced two days ago, believed to have dislocated the Japs whose planes made immediate renewal of the offensive aga&nst MacArthurs forces.
 Enemy activities in the last A hours have been neg ligibe, the department said Also the Japanese army order directing Fiipnos in occupied to der guns and blade weapons of every description, interpreted by MacArthur indicating the invaders afraid of popular uprising
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
German Planes Raid Moscow No Damage

LONDON, March 5 (AP) The Russian radio announc ed that German planes raided Moscow Thursday night "at random and in- fiicting insignificant dam age,' although there was some damage. This is the first reported air raid al- arm on Moscow since Dec. 23 when 50 planes appear ed.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Mining Men To Carry On Operations

SEATTLE, March - Good news for the interior of Alaska and the Alaska mining industry was related at the recent meet ing in Seattle of the Alaska Min CTS Association when J. K. Crow dy, manager of the New York Alaska Gold Dredging Company, revealed the operations of his company would continue along normal lines this year.
 Letter From Earling
 Al Anderson, secretary of the association, also read a letter from Roy B. Earling, vice-presi- dent and manager of the United States Smelling, Refining and Mining Company in Alaska, in which MT. Earling stated the op- eration of his company would continue on a basis as near as normal as war time conditions would permit.
 Members of the Association in Seattle admit it is impossible at this time to determine definitely the exact number of operations planed for this year and the ex- tent of these operations.
 Plan To Carry On
 It is known, however, that the majority of operators who have been in Seattle this winter plan to carry on at least a portion of their work.
 Of course the transportation situation and the availability of fuel oil must be taken into con sideration. Nevertheless all the mining operators from Alaska who are now in Seattle expreSsd themselves along lines which in- dicate they will carry on their operations on as large a scale as wartime conditions will permit.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Announces Fall Of Batavia Tokyo Radio

San Francisco, March 5 (AP) = CBS heard the Tokyo radio proclaim the fall of Batavia, which was said to be "completely occu pied,' at 9:30 pm. Japan time today.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
TOM MOONEY DIES AT SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO, March (AP) - Death took Tom Mooney aged 58 after only three years of free dom from the prison sentence, which organized labor the world over fought for with undyng tenacty dur ing his 22 years behind prison walls.
 Mooney died in hospital at 225 a m He suffered from recurrent stomach ulcers and underwent his fourth operation in three years, Monday, His sister, Ann, and his brother John were at the bedside.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06

Now is the time to look over your job printing needs for the spring and summer. The Nag get Office will be glad to consult with you as to your wants and prices on same.
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06
Alaska International Highway
 Approved By Defense Board

WASHINGTON, March (AP) - The long-pro- was approved by the joint Amercan-Canadan board He indicated that construction will be started as soon as engineer troops assigned to make surveys lay out the pioneer road Stimson said at press conference
 He didn't announce the route the road will take other details
The Nome nugget., 1942-03-06

There is always one irrefutable answer to the worried question of what will become of this grow ing generation. It will grow up.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28

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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-02-28

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

His way is the only hopeful way, the only final and constructive way out of our present tragedy. Two of oul ablest lay people in the Christian Church, MT. and Mrs. Harper Sibley Of Rochester, N. Y. happened te meet Dr. Arthur H. Compton of Chi cago on the train a year or so since The Sibleys are interested in science and they had some word about an English physicist who was working on ray that might cut off airplanes motors and prevent night bombing They asked Dr. Compton about the possibility. He replied, "Yes, l think it would be possible in the laborator to develop such a ray, but as soon as that is discovered the laboratory will again discover something that will counteract and make useless that discovery, and so 1t will go on, back and forth. There is only one thing in the world that can per- manently stop night bombing and that is the development and cul- tivation of good will" The end We seek is good will, Gods will. At long last we must confess His Will is the one thing we cannot do with out.
 But no man ever kept a steady faith without clear conscience. No man ever had peace at heart as long as he was trying to lie g. lie. There are all too many people who are cynical and sleptical for the very good reason that they are trying to build their philosophy of life, their creed and faith, on rot ten foundations. suspect that a very large part of the sense of futility and illustration on the part of so many is due, not to intellec- tual confusion, but to moral bank ruptcy.
 A steady faith, first of all, Did men ever need steady faith more than they need 1t today? Well, cer- tainly not in our lifetime. So many promises have been broken so many high hopes have been blasted, SC much complacency has been rebuked so many confident proclamations ot security have been proved false, SC many experts, military and other- wise, have proved broken reeds We want some light that will shine surely and steadily in the darkness Yes, we need a steady faith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
JUDGE SCHW0LSKY
 0FFICIATES HERE
Hartford Jurist Installs Off, ficers of Zindah GrOttO
 With Special Rites

Judge Jacob Schwolsky of Hart ford, past monarch of Syria Grotto, inducted Thom W. Corby as mon- arch of Zindah Grotto in a cere- mony at Temple Hall Saturday night. A past monarch's fez was pre- sented to Edward E. How'd of Bris- tel, and a pipe to George w. Greene retiring treasurer. Clarence w. Sla- ter succeeds the latter.
 Bridgeport's Obeh Grotto pistol team staged an exhibition, Prophet Adam Jentoch performed sleight of hand tricks, and Robert Lowrey's orchestra played for dancing. Other officers installed were Richard D. Benson. chief justice Raymond E. Snyder. mastor ot ceremonies; Clarence w. Slater treasurer; J. Sydney eParson. sec retary; Harold E. Manville. vener- able prophet, and Joseph Gaber mashal.
 Also Gaal Reese, captain of the guard; Charles E. Wintermute chaplain: Albert Narcotic of Bris- tol, sentinel: Edward E. How'd also of Bristol. orator; Alexander Collins keeper of the archives Andrew Finley, steward, and Ro- bert s. Calkins of Middlebury, al. lchemist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
Steady Faith Needed
 Stresses Dr. Walker
God Is Our Strength and His Way Is Only One Out of
 Present Tragedy Ayers Second Church Pastor

"It is true that we have been hv- ing in a time of transition and we are now in the midst of a world crisis" stated Rev. Dr. John C. Walker, Second Congregational Church pastor, yesterday morning in his sermon, The Rest Is Fraility, but our danger has been that many have jumped to the foolish conclusion that all standards are relative and that nothing is right Or nothing is wrorg except as the individual decides to make it so."
 Dr. Walker added in part:
 On the contrary, there are still the age-old distinctions between cruelty and kindness, between lies and the truth, between hate and good will, between selflshness and brotherly service, between tyranny and freedom, between subseviance and courage, between weakness and fortitude, between folly and wisdom. By their fruits ye shall know them. What is more 1t must be said that when 1t is difficult to draw the line between right and wrong and there IS temptation not to draw a line anywhere, it is all the more import ant to draw the line somewhere.
 If God is our strength and stay,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
EXAMINING BOARD TO VISIT STATE
Married as We'll as Single Men Eligible for Air
 Corps

Young men of ten New England cities will have the opportunity to take the physical examination for Army Aviation Cadet appointment during the next two weeks, when two travelling Aviation Cadet Ex- amining Boards will be on tour through four states in the First Corps Area, it was announced last night by It. Col. John L. Rice, Corps Area Recruiting officer.
 One of these examining boards, under the supervision of Captain w. Ray Taplin, will visit North Attleboro and Taunton, Mass, and then move on to New Britain and Torrington, Conn. The other, under Captain Joseph F. Westover, will make stops at Rutland, Burlington, Middlebury and Montpelier in Ver- mont, and at Dartmouth College in Hanover and the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hamp- shire.
 The schedules for Connecticut is as follows: .....
 Jan. 12-l3-Hotel Burrett, New Britain, Conn.
 Jan. 14-15-16-Conley Inn, Tor rington, Conn.
 Eligible to visit these boards for physical examinations are all male citizens between the ages of 20 ard 26, inclusive. Married men may now apply If their dependents have other means of support. Accepted appli- cants will be trained for 35 weeks as Aviation Cadets, and at the con- elusive of this training will go an active duty as Second Lieutenants of the Army Air Corps Reserve with pay of $245.50 a month, in addition to cash bonus of $500 for each year of active duty and $l50 uniform allowance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
Don't See Spy Behind Every Foreign Accent
 Warns Washington, Fearing Witch Hunt Hysteria
RIDDLE APPEALS
 FOR COOL HEADS

the parts of the act particularly af- fecting MT. and Mrs. John Citizen.
 The first section is pretty much what you'd expect, dealing with un- authorized possession of information injurious to the U. s. National De- fense, passing it on to unauthorized persons or withholding 1t from the proper officials. Section II deals with out-and-out treason.
 But when you get to Section III you are out of the realm of the pro- fessiona spy. and should begin to sit up and take personal notice. For you find that willfuly making false statements to interfere with oper- ation of the armed forces brings 20 years in jail and or S10,O00 fine, as also does melting disloyalty or in- surbordination among soldiers or sailors. and-N.B.-obstructing the recruiting or enlistment services.
 Of course there are additional sec- tions specifying penalties for con- spiracy or for the concealment of persons suspected to be guilty of any provisions of the act. But the heart of the Espionage Act fo rthe aver age citizen was, and is, Section III. Since this part relates to sedition rather than espionage, the whole act is sometimes popularly called the Sedition Act.
 CLASSIC EXAMPLES
 IN WORLD WAR
 Turning back the pages again to 1917 and 1918, here are typical case histories Of what people were tried for under the act.
 A MT. Wallace of Iowa harangued a street gathering. saying, among other things. that the asyIums would be full of the ex-soldiers, and that after the war an army man would fall from "hero to bum." He got twenty years for obstructing enlist ment-the judge declaring. Ut is not necessary to get witness who was restrained {from enlistment). The natural and probable consequences of the defendants words is enough to infer that the damage was done" 1"
 The banning of the film, Spirit of 76," was another "cause celebre", which many will doubtless recall. The films portrayal of British atro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
AMATEURS TIPS SWAMP THE FBI
BY ELEANOR RAGSDALE NEA Service Staff Correspondent

NEA Service Staff Correspondent Washington. Jan. 5-A concerned Capital is seeing a new American witch-hunt getting ready to race through the country like the full bloomed anti German hysteria of the World War.
 Practically everybody with slant eyes Is being suspected of snooping for the Japanese. The foreign ac- cent of the neighborhood spaghetti dispenser fills many eyes with mis- trust. The butcher with German name may or may not know 1t. but a number of customers are linking him to the Gestapo.
 Trying to nip the thing in the bud. although appreciative of civil ian cooperation, Attorney General Francis Riddle has raised calm ing hand and called upon the pub- Elic to stop, look and listen before go- ing overheard with vague suspicious and baked clues.
 FBI GETS 5000
 "SPY" TIPS DAILY
 The Federal Bureau of Investiga- ton Is being sWamped with sabotage and espionage rumors and tips at the rate of an estimated 5000 day since war on the Axis was declared. Many of them are from crackpots. lgrudge-bearers and victims of the jitters and are weeded out in the preliminary rounds of investigation. Others keep flung F. B. I. agents and the chiefs in the Justice De- par tment offices sleuthing on a round -the-clock schedule.
 l Consider that even during the past defense-conscious year, a mere case-load for G-men to handle and you can see why the unofficial ad- vice to would-be detectives is:
 Keep your shirt on. We're look ing after the big fellows. Be sure you've really got some sound evil dence before you dash down to the police station with word of sinister doings or internal machines in Neighbor Schmidt's, Or Pinelli's or Hashimuro Togos basement. Don't drag an innocent alien or citizen through the mud of false suspicion. Don't bog down the machinery with half baked clues"
 Appealing directly to industry, Riddle announced that while 2971 aliens have been rounded up, dis elimination should not leveled against employees or job applicants on suspicion based only upon the fact the men have foreign-sounding names. Such discrimination in in- dustry or elsewhere. he said, would foster national disunity.
 1 Even as the nation was commem- orating the l50th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, events in Congress. ] the Justice Department and cities from coast to coast were underlin- ing the Attorney Generals recent statement that war threatens all civil rights"
 A bill providing a discretionary death penalty for sabotage was on Its way from passage in the House with only Jeanette Rankin of Mon- tana opposing-to probable passage in the Senate. Congress was okay- ing additional wartime powerSin- cluding censorship-for the Chief Executive. A Chart of Statutes in Effect in Time of War, National Emergency and Other Extraordinary Situations" was being compiled by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

Julian H. Norton manager of Lake Compounce ballroom in Bristol and his better half quite bad ly shaken up and bruised in auto accident in the Bell City recently Toll rates on the Rip Van Wrinkle, Bear Mountain and Mid Hudson Bridges have been duced from 50 cents per to 35 regardless of passen gers The reductions became effective New Years Day {. Jack Hahn of our classified advertising depart ment kept his birthday last Friday quiet secret Mrs Fred Quatrano of Morningside Avenue year older yesterday Dito for Nelle Harnick of Hill Street now serving Uncle Sam as an Army nurse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

Take look at the swamps There's an old
 weather addage that the cold weather really won't set in until the swamps full. If you've been watching any of the swamps nearby you may have noticed that wasn't until the last couple of heavy rains that they really started to look like swamps However, the out look for winter to isn't too depressing The pat tern seems to call for weather, just like we've had all fall and early winter Cold will give way to thaw and unless the hits us right at the cold point winter precipitation may be mostly seet and rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

The year 1922 is going to be different from 1e41. ThereIl be commemorative stamp issued at Washing years ago this wasn't news Today it s for ever since "Jm Farley gave up his job Postmaster General and Frank Walker took it over there been clamp on of stamps However Kentucky celebrates Ter 15oth anniversary of admission to statehood this year and the occasion will very likely be marked in June with issuance of special stamp This custom and despite the and everything else Kentuckys claims won't be overlooked this respect All sorts of designs being mentioned in connection with this commemorative, but the Post Office Department has not indicated what the ultimate will be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

cities during the Revolutionary War was deemed evidence by jury and judge that "the attempt was delib- crate to incite hatred of England, our ally"
 Though Congressional leaders do not at the moment foresee any amendments to existing sedition and espionage laws, there is one more World War precedent which is still vivid to many minds. It Is the dras- tic and very specific rewording of Section III of the Espionage Act which was pushed through Congress on May 16, 1918, and later repealed after the war.
 In this super-tough amended ver-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

the Justice Department. And Her man Klssenger of Kansas City, Mo-, joined Naziphile Robert K. Noble and pals among the first U. s. cit izens to be arrested during this war under the 1917 Espionage, or Sedi- tion Act.
 Many Americans remember the white-hot days of 1917 and 1918 when the Espionage Act was passed and invoked to cut down on pro- German dirty work and dangerous malcontents. ".-5
 The Department of Justice re- members it and, worried by the quick wave of "sedition pickup" has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
Good Evening.
GIVE A KIND WORD

DO you know a heart that hungers For a word of love and cheer2 There are many such about us; It may be that one Is near. Look around you. If you find 1t Speak the word that's needed so, And your own heart may be strengthened By the help that you bestow. It may be that someone falters On the brink of sin and wrong; And a word from you might save him. Help to make the tempted strong. Look about you, o my brother, What a sin Is yours and mine If we see that help is needed, And we give no friendly sign. Never think kind words are wasted, Bread on waters cast are they, And 1t may be we shall find them Coming back to us, some day; Coming back when sorely needed, In time of sore distress. So, my friend, let's give them freely Gift and giyer God will bless
 Poor Clares
 Monastery of St. Clare
 Bordentown, N. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05

sion, the 20-year and-or $l0,000-fine penalty was invoked against anyone hindering the sale of government bonds. or publishing. uteritng "dis- loyal, scurrilous, profane or abusive language about the U. S., the Con- stitution, the armed forces, flag or uniforms" displaying the enemy flag, and, lastly, advocating curtail- ment of any vital defense product.
 Authorities are hoping desperately that the more closely united support of today's war efforts will forstall any move for so stringent a crack down on the free expression Of American citizens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
w O R L D w A R A YEAR AGO
 JAN. 5, 1941
By United Press

By United Press Bardia surrenders to British; 25,00O troops, much material cap tured. Russia recalls env0ys from Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria and YugOslavia.
 British announce loss of two auxiliary ships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-05
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Questions on Comic Page

l. Manuel Avila Camacho was
 inaugurated as Mexico's president. 2. Greeks captured Porto Edda, Albania. It's named for Edda Ci- ano.
 |3. Hungary, Rumania and Sloyakia signed with the axis. 4. Hitler conferred with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotoy on the
 axis new Europe" $. President Roosevelt (b) in-
 spected Caribbean bases on his cruise last year.