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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
OBITUARY

OUTGLEY - Thomas J. Quigley of West Main street, West Cheshire died this morning at his home, fol. lowing a short illness. A native oi Lewiston, Maine, he had been 8 resident of Waterbury for thirty years.
 MT. Quigley moved to West Cheshire two years ago.
 He leaves two sons, James Of Waterbury; John of West Cheshire; four grandchildren, Lucille, John, Roberta, and Robert Quigley.
 The funeral will take place from the Mulville funeral home, 27O west Main street on Monday morn- ing, at a time to be announced Burial will be in new St. JoSeph's cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home this evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
 HAMEL = Ralph F. Hamel Of a North Main street died this morning at his home, following a short ill., ness.
 MT. Hamel leaves his wife Mrs. Ruby (Fairchild) Hamel; two sisters Mrs. James Albena Phelan: Mrs Bertha Burns; seven brothers, VII. liam, George, John, Philip ant Roland, all of Waterbury; Almazal of Terryville; Edward of Miami Florida; several nieces and nephews
 The funeral will take place or Monday from the Mulville Fllnera Home, 270 West Main street, at time to be announced. Burial vii be in Calvary cemetery.
 Friends may call at the Funera Home after four o'clock today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
PATROLMAN MAY
 BE REINSTATED
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ports. Said one member Of the board. who declined to be named, We would be taking a chance of making . horrible mistake If we should discharge Patrolman Cluney In the face Of his claims of citizen- ship. It would be q strange reward for almost 25 years of service"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
INJURED FATALLY

Vernon Center, Conn. Sept. s- (Up)-EgenTy H. Wllles, @, was in- iured fatally last night when struck hy an automobile in front Of hlE home. He dled ct Rockville City hospital.
 Police said the driver Of the ali- tomohlle was Harvie B. Klaus, 1S, Petersburg, N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
SETH REGIMENT
 DINNER TOMORROW

The annual reunion and dinner Of the Seth Regiment. c. 4. Q. as- sosiation 4. Y. F.. will be held to- morrow at caneyari's grove ln Mil- ford. r. If. Platt. president, is hli- parvisin9 arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05

Fifty Girl Guides from Gibraltar formed a Guard of Honor for the Duchess of Gloucester at an exhi- hition in London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
DIED

DIED HAMEI.-In this city, Sept Eth I942, Ralph F. Hamel, of 28 North Main St. Funeral Monday, moTms Ing, from Mulville Funeral Home 27O West Main St., Burial in Cal vary cemetery.
 QUIGLEY-In West Cheshire, Sept 9th, l942, Thomas !. Quigley, oi West Cheshire, Conn. FuneFa, Monday, from Mulville Funeral Home, gro West Main St. Burial iF new St. Joseph cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05

Potato raisers in Switzerland land have increased from iosoo to 2k2 600 within q year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
Politics
 in Passing

Who said it's e mans world2 AS Ear a9 Connecticut's political world as concerned, the men haven't got b look-in. The center of the stage as held by women and they're stag ing one of the most entertaining lights that the state has enjoyed in Sears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-05
INDICTMENT IN
 TREASON CASES

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The hair-pulling contest in Fair field County has taken interest away from even such important po- lisical events as the state conven- tons of the major parties. The Re- publicans convene at Hartford next week, the Democrats meet in the same city the week after.
 Brothers Hurley and Baldwin nave had to take a quiet back seat while the Fairfield County sister, hood enjoys the headlines and the lntoxication Of public interest in their goings-on,
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Meantime several male candi- dates for the congressional nOm- inati0n fin Fairfield County are quietly plugging away for sup. port. They're staying shudderingly away from the Luce-Kellems free fOr-aIl. obviously saying quiet prayers that both ladies will ObIigingIy knock each other out of the running and let politics get back to normal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

and thrilling events in our ma
tional history.
With the renewal of war between
England and France In 1908, there
came 4 return of trouble to the
United States. Shortly after the
conflict with France began. Eng
land claimed the right to search
American vessels for deserters
from the English navy. Thousands
of Americans were seized under
that subtcrfuge and impressed to
fight In the English navy. To
avcnge those outrages the United
States declared war on England in
1912.
In August. 1914. DR.. William
Beanes, a citizen OF Maryland. was
captured by the British and inn
prisoned on the flagship Sur
prise" DR.. Beanes was a personal
friend of Francis Scott Key. then
. young Baltimore lawyer. When
Key learned that DIR. Reanes had
been captured he undertook his
rescue.
Through influential friends he
was able to get to the flagship In
Chesapeake bay. He was cordi-
ally received by Admiral Cochrane
and DIR. Beanes release was ar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
American National Anthem
Called Gloria in Excelsis'
OF American Freedom
"Stor Spongled Banner" When
The Hour and the Mon Met
At Bottle OF Fort McHenry

ranged with the stipulation that
everybody must remain on board
while the fleet attacked Fort
Henry.
AL that night Of Sept Is Key
and Or. eeanes watched the guns
Of the English .eet pour a shower
Of shot and shell on the fort. At
intervals during the bombsrdment
the light Of the rockets revealed
the flag waving above the walls.
In the enthusiasm Of a supreme
moment just rs dawn was break
ing and the flag was seen above
the smoke of the conflict, Key
wrote the song that should be as
deathless as the flag itself.
The day after the bombardment
Key was taken ashore and imme-
diately made a copy of the verses.
He showed them to a friend. Judge
Nicholson. who urged that the
poem be printed and circulated
widely.
A few days later Key read the
poem at q gathering Of army men
and someone suggested that the
words should be set to music.
One account says that q
guest on that occasion was
Ferdinand DuranE. an actor.
He read the verses. hummed m
old English air, "To Anacreon
In Heaven" and made an
adaptation that fitted the
words perfectly. Mounting .
chair ne sang The Star
spangled Banner" with such
feeling that his hearers be-
came wildly excited.
In a few days The Star spang-
led Banner" was being sung on the
stage and was enthusiastically re-
ceived by audiences everywhere.
The music seemed to have been
pitched to the high note of the
screaming shells and IL soon was
heard everywhere. 1t might be
said to have been the first popu-
lar song hit.
The old English tune with which
the national anthem Is inseparably
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
To Try New Idea
In Opera Setting

NEW YoRk-A portable. re-
volving turntable for the presenta-
ton of opera in 9 concert hall
instead of In the accustomed
theater equipped for changes of
scenery has been evolved by the
National Orchestral association of
New York. II will be tried out
in Carnegie Hall on Jan. u. when
Mozarts Abduction from the
Seraglio' will be given in an Eng
lish translation.
Leon Barzin. musical director OF
the association. believes that sue
cessful productions in concert
hall may encourage similar under
takings elsewhere in the country.
where only high school auditor
iunas or concert halls are available
An announcement Of the associa-
ton says:
The turntsble idea can be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

For the first
ne we take
1T h e s ia r
spanRled san
ner. which. of
all m sic In
spired and born
In the fierc c
passions OF war.
probably h a 8
the firmcst hold
on the Amer1-
can people. II
II the product
NJ me of the
most romantic
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
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The Records
Are TELLING

IMr. Crooks does a ner
olbum - some aceu done
| Sfruxss-u book Of Nursery
Irhvmes-Ercellenf French
church songs-Songs of the
Red army and a fep choice
bits from the Gay Nineties.
Richard Crooks. accompanied At
the piano by Frederick schau-
wecker. has = song recital album
Of five 1o-inch records lvictor)
which Includes some fine examples
If Mr.. Crooks sturdy singing. The
group includes. with some others.
Schubert's "serenade." Edward
Purcell's Passing BY" and the
Arnold Dolmetch arrangement of
the anonymous setting of Ben
Johnson's Have You Bee But .
Whyte Lille Grow"
.Blue DANUBE" Tales of the
Vienna woods," Artists Life, I"
''voices Of Spring" Vienna Life"
and Emperor Waltz" are includ-
ed In . new Strauss album VIC
tori recorded by Andre Kostelan-
etx and his orchestra. The con-
ductor has brought out all the ele-
ments that make Strauss music 20
popular with the public. Mr.. Kos
telanetx knows his Strauss.
"A q contribution TO the British
American Ambulance corps. Ger
trude Lawrence and Edmund
Cwenn have each made = 12-inch
record fvictor) dealing with the
war. Miss Lawrence In heard In
Air Raid Shelter" and Mr.. Cwenn
IN ''Dunkirk." The entire proceeds
20 to the ambulance corps.
A handful of nursery tunes clev-
erly worked into q score for harp
and orchestra 10 recorded on three
12-inch Victor records by Harl Nc
Donald. The title u "suite from
Childhood" Mr.. Mcdonald con-
ducts the orchestra and Edna Phil
lips does the harp part. The music
will appeal to children and In not
unpleasant 10 their elders.
Adventures Of Marco Polo" Ia
q new album tvictor) In the series
Of examinations with music by
the Junior Programs company.
The interest goes way up beyond
the juniors.
One of the examples Of French
church music Ia Edouard Faurer's
Requiem" tvictor) q feature of
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

With the world AZ war and the
United States bound TO figure In
the thick of the fight. IT may be
interesting to know something
about Americas patriotic songs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
For Your 1912 Music Dates

Jan. si-Donald Dckson-Temple An-Star
Jan s4-Rumpeslskn for uniors-Temple theaer
soZino Musical club-Baptst church
Feb 4-Carmaa Maracc Spanish BalletTempe thester
Feb 5-Sibehans-PLC Dormitory Benefit-Pariland
Feb. 10-Taeoua Phiharmonic-Jason
Feb l2Jose Iturb Ladies Musical cub-Baptist church
March 5Ltefield Ballet Civic MuscTemple heater
March l0-Tacoma PhiIharmonc-Jason
March 1l-Grace Moore-Temple An-Star.
March s5-Reland Hsyes-Tempe theater.
April 11Aarco Polo for junlorsTemple theate
April 1S-Joseph Lehvinne. Civic Mu>c-Temple theae-.
April so-Helen Traube, Musical cub-Bspist church
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

adapted for any high school audi
forum. II Is designed to be easily
transportable.
The revolving turntable makes
II possible to stage music plays Of
three or four acts. Without this
means it would be impossible 10
present music plays Of more than
one act on a concert stage"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03

Vi DtsliIlS III lncst loui intS.
Some singers sing but O
single song
And fhe world remembers
every word;
While Others sing their
whole lives long.
Then die at lost, un-
known, unheord.
Key was the singer Of
single song that viii not fade
from the lives of men rs long
rs Stars and Stripes endure.
How did Key come to write
those immortal words
In an address at the unwilling
OF the Key monument at Fred
erick, Ind, in 1898. Col. Henry
Wstterson in hi admirable ad-
dress said:
The ways Of providence to
man are unscrutable; some
mysterious power. unexplain-
ed and unfathomable has,
from the beginning OF time,
ruled the destinies of man"
Victor Hugo tells us that il was
a decree of God that Napoleon
should not win at Waterloo. That
vast man had been impeached be-
fore the Infinite" said he.
In conclusion:
The hour and the man met
In the struggle at Fort Me
Henry, not by any power of
the win or the flesh. but by a
law Of the Almighty; and out
Of that baptism OF fire came
= glorious inspiration, and
from the soul of Francis Scott
key burst forth The Star
Spangled Banner. the Gloria In
Excelsis' of American free
dom. IL will sing on through
the centuries. Its music ever
accelerating the step of the
American freemen In the great
march OF human progress"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-03
From theFar
FLUNG ield

/ SIR Thomas Beech0m at
| the Metropolitan - Music
| clubs 10 rebuild H0W-
thorne's house-Red army
inspiration - A feU bits
here and there.
ir Thomas Beecham, conductor
of the Seattle Symphony orches-
ira. who Is heard from first on
one side of the country and then
on the other. Is scheduled for his
first appearance as conductor at
the Metropolitan Opera the middle
Of January. His debut will be
marked by a double bill composed
of Bach's ''Phoebus and Pan" and
Rimsky-Korsakoff's COG dor"
(the Golden Cork. Arthur Car
ron is among the singers listed for
the former. The singers for the
latter have not yet been fully
determined, but II In known that
they will not be called upon to
dance. as Lily Pons and Ezio PIMA
were in the last revival. The dane
ing will be done by members of
the ballet. In order to insure ade-
quate preparations for the two
works. Sir Thomas has been re-
leased from his Jan. 8 engagement
with the Detroit Symphony orches-
ira so that he can conduct re-
hearsals at the Metropolitan
throughout the week Of Jan. 5.
After the Metropolitan engage
ment Sir Thomas will return to Sc
attic.
The Little Red House" at
Tanglewood. where Hawthorne
wrote the wonder Book" and
THE House of the Seven Gables"
in the eighteen fifties is to he
rebuilt through the generous in
terest of the National Federation
of Music Clubs and it president,
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associated was composed in Lon
don in ITO. by John Stafford
Smith. He was a member of an
aristocratic society known as An
acreonites. The regular meetings
always were opened with An
acreon in Heaven"
William Richard Hereford sang
of Destiny" in these four lines:
Askov American., 1942-04-02
MORE ROPE FOR HITLER
Editor Askov American:

CNisOA &AohOS (AliCi1Cdil
There appears in many an Amer
lean newspaper articles against wal
that really should be sent to and
have printed in the German "Beo-
bachter," Hitler's paper. For no peo-
pie on earth need more education in
how to preserve the lives of them
selves and that of others than dc
the Germans.
What good does it do to tell the
victim nation how to preserve their
lives and that of the aggressor and
then serve the purpose of the aggres-
sor, the cause of Hitler.
Prior to this war every country
was in the grip of unemployment
crisis, which we called depression,
and was treated as such by demo-
cratic countries providing the unem-
ployed with food and civil jobs. The
dictator nations called it an encircle-
ment, and prepared for war by pro-
viding jobs making war material.
In other words, we tried to work
ourselves out while others tried to
fight them out, destroying peace low
ing nations.
JOHN NIEBOER.
Sandstone, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-04-02
TAX LIQUOR CONSUMER
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
Anent the consumption Of liquor
and its relation to taxation has it
ever occurred to the consumers who
pays the taxes on what they con
sumo? Well, in my opinion every
liquor buyer should have flat tax
assessed against him which should
be collected by the Internal Revenue
department and retained by our gov
ernment. This would be set aside
in a fund which is to be for the sole
purpose of benefit fund from which
our soldiers and their needy families
could draw upon at the end of the
war to tide them over that period OF
readjustment which our government
must and will have to go through
when this time comes.
The dispensing of and consump-
ton of liquors as is now done through
out our nation does not make for
good government. The reason for
this is that there are several factors
which contribute heavily to the
breakdown and morale of good gov
ernment and as few of these fac
tors I will mention the following:
First, the very wrong Interpretation
of the meaning of the name or pur-
pose of tavern. My Webster says q
tavern is a hosiery where food
shelter and refreshments are provided
for both the man and his horse al
which any wayfarer may obtain for
himself the things necessary for his
comfort on his journey. How many
so-called taverns are there through
out our own state which are operat-
ing as such which consists only of one
room, mainly that of the bar room
built large enough to allow patrons
to step out and dance and 60 through
all kinds of contortions to the music
of a noisy jazz orchestra?
The remedy for the cure lies right
in the members of boards who have
the power to grant licenses to see
that no license be granted to any one
or place to sell liquors or soft drinks
such at 3.2 beer unless the applicant
can show beyond the least bit Of
doubt that he is complying 100 per
cent with the law. To cut down
crime and immortality to a minimum
we must do our part by having laws
enacted eliminating all dancing in
the same building in which liquors
of any kind are sold or kept for sale
Redefine the status of 80 beer and
place it in the category of intoxicat-
ing liquors where it rightfuIly be-
longs and tax it as such; none to
Askov American., 1942-04-02
Editor Askov American:

EQltOT ASkOV f1IIicllCdll.
Periodically, Drew Pearson and
Robert Allen, Washington news COM
mentators, use their advantageous
columns in the press to besmirch DR..
Townsend and his organization. Their
latest attempt on March %, to dis
credit the Townsend movement, will
be keenly resented by every loyal
American citizen, regardless of his or
her position on the Townsend plan.
Among many other hallucinations
in their epistle, written solely to di-
vide and destroy cooperation Wher-
ever it could, these omniscience gen.
tIemen vain1y endeavored to show
that the Townsend organization is
nearly broke etc. In desperate
hope to lend some semblance of truth
to their unfounded propaganda, they
insinuatingly informed their readers
that the Townsend Washington head
quarters is now located Nnext to a
Chinese laundry" What fine fifth
column crack that is, coming at this
very grave time when American and
Chinese boys are fighting shoulder
to shoulder, dying next" to each
other on a dozen battle fronts, in
defense of democracy, when patriotic
Americans are demanding UNITY,
cooperation and the cessation of racial
feuds and determinations.
However, this only goes to illustrate
what low methods some individuals
will employ in their determined, but
futile, efforts to harass and destroy
the Townsend movement. It shows
very clearly how desperately hard up
the critics of the Townsend plan are,
to find some flaw in this great pay
as-you-go humanitarian and economic
movement.
CHARLES F. MARTIN.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-04-02
PREMIUM ON IDLENESS :?

Editor Askov American:
Governor Stassen testifying against
the bill to cushion economic adjust
ment from peace to wartime produc-
ton said that 'It is an invasion of
state rights.
''It puts premium on idleness." "
Does the Governor believe Mich
igan and other states affected created
this condition or did all 48 states,
by the declaration of war, place
Michigan in this dilemma?
The economic status of the individ-
ual was drafted by the several states
for the period of the emergency.
Should one state pay for this So
called premium on idleness' or all
48 who are benefited by same?
Is this an example of the political
philosophy the Governor intends to
carry into his postwar rehabilita-
ton program? Fore-warned is fore
armed. The returning boys will have
paid all the "premiums" they intend
to and will not be content to be
dumped into an economic scrap pile
as were the boys of 1918.
F. E. WEBER.
Minneapolis, MINI.
Askov American., 1942-04-02
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
Continued from Page u
Notwithstanding the fact that the
enemy is employing vastly super

Notwithstanding the fact that the
enemy is employing vastly super
iOr air forces.
Lieutenant General iona h n
Wainwright is in command on the
Philippines, and he has proved him.
self most able and invincible sue
cessor to General Douglas MacAr-
thur
Australian Front.
AS already reported in this column,
Macarthur is now in Australia as
the supreme allied commander in
this part of the world. He seems to
believe-and to have ample reason
for his belief-that in order to de-
fend Australia he has to begin an
offensive against the japanese. Just
now, he is preparing that.
And the striking thing is that since
he came, since American forces ar
rived in Australia, and since it be-
came known that many of Australia's S
own sons have returned to their
homeland from distant fronts, the
CdpdllSSc lldtC IlldSC NCA AlItAC ~ u
gress. They have conquered no more
islands near Australia, and they ap-
pear to have been checked on some
of the islands where they had landed
troops some time ago, especially on
New Guinea and New Britain.
Burma War.
It is still not certain whether Japan
wants to attack Australia or India
first; the belief is growing that India
may be the next potential objective,
and that Australia will have to wait.
This possibility makes the war
in Burma one of particular sig
nificance, for through that cOun-
try the enemy will have COM
paratively easy access to India
AS the Hindus already have made
it clear that they do not want to fight
Britain's battles-not even on their
own soil-unless they are given as
surance of some degree of political
independence, Sir Stafford Cripps, a
member of the British cabinet, IS
carrying on negotiations with both
Hindu and Moslem leaders at New
Delhi, facing a serious predicament
because the two groups do not agree
about their demands, and-still more
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES they want ac-
ton right now and not in some vague,
yelled future when the war is over.
India may not become the wars turn
ing point, but it is a spot on the war
map we'll worth alert watching.
Askov American., 1942-04-02
USE INCOME TAX AS INTENDED
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
With rising costs of school main
tenance and operation facing us, much
is now being said about financing our
schools.
If state aids were paid in full, OF
at least 80 per cent of the amour,
earned, (instead of 48 per cent to IS
per cent as is now the case), our
schools could meet expenses and con-
tinue to operate.
The progressive net. income tax
laws were finally put through in 1895
and 1887, against organized opposi-
ton, in Minnesota for the expressed
purpose of helping our schools and
also for the purpose of helping to
equalize some of the unfair distribu-
ton of the returns of production.
Certain politicians succeeded in
diverting this net income tax money
in such a way that the state levy
on real estate has been reduced four
mills, but state school aids are being
paid off at only 48 per cent to IS per
cent
Most of our Pine county districts
levy 80 mills or more for mainte-
nance. Higher levies would bring
even less returns because people are
trying to bridge the gap between the
pioneer (timber) stage and the agri-
cultural stage with very little cash
incomes. Road conditions make clos
ing of rural schools impossible and
impractical in most cases and most
village schools are now over-crowded.
Let us use the net income tax
returns as was intended and ex-
pressed in the income tax law, and
thus save our schools. Pine county
should be 100 per cent for the cor
rect application of the net income
tax law.
A. E. GUSTAFSON.
Co. Supt. of Schools.