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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Aleutian Command

Perhaps the establishment of unified command in the AleutianS will clear up some of the fog which has surrounded those outpoStS of the continental United States. The physical fog probably will not prove amenable to orders from the unnamed naval officer now in charge. But, as so many have pointed out already, fog sits alike upon the just and the un- just, Americans and Nipponese.
 The whole Aleutian situation has been surrounded by a tragic surplusage of mental fog, and this competent naval officer, given proper weapons and Suffi- cient authority, can dispel. President Roosevelt must be presumed to have known what he was doing when he gave the Navy supreme command there. The decision has at least one unfortunate aspect. The Navy's high command has insisted consistently that occupation of this western hemisphere territory is of no importance and no concern = bit of trivia, hardly worthy of mention.
 It is no reflection upon the ability of whatever naval subordinate has the Aleu- tian command to wish that the task of sending the Japs back home had been handed to department which was will ing to admit, even to itself, that it is dis graceful and alarming for us to permit an enemy to stay on our hemisphere soil so long. The Army has realized, for years, the potential menace of Japanese seizure of key spots in the Aleutians, and sought Ngainly to get appropriations for their defense long before we were at war. Now that the JapS are in, the Army won't talk. But in Army circles one can find an awarenesS of the strategic menace of the Aleutian situation which is not apparent in Navy circles.
 Outside the Navy, expert after expert who knows the geography of the Pacific insists that the situation of Attu, Kiska and Agattu bears disturbing resemblance to that in Malaya and in the Philippines where the Japs first seized "unimportant" points, from which no human could make his way to our strongholds, and then pushed us off the scene completely. What are we waiting for? Do we expect to convert the Aleutian fogs to democracy, and make them our allies?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
A Fine Record

The announcement from State Senator Edward P. Egan of the 18th District that he will not be candidate for renomina- tion by the Democrats this fall will prove somewhat discouraging to many Water burianS for MT. Egan in his legislative career has proved himself to be con- scientious and able public official. He will be sorely missed, too, by his fellow legislators in Hartford for who knew him as a courageous and willing worker both for the Democratic Party and the inter eSts of the entire state
 There might be many single instances of legislation for which MT. Egan could be praised, but we would rather sum them all up and say that his primary regard at Hartford was for Waterbury. Even in 1941 when business was demand ing more and more of his time he con- tinued his daily trips to Hartford through out the legislative session and was present at the numerous committee hearings to which he was committed. Such devotion at time when it would have been very easy to excuse himself on the grounds of important work at home was quite typical of Senator Egan.
 While his removal from the 18th Sena- torial District naturally would make him ineligible to succeed himself, the senator has explained that time for legislative duties is something he won't have during the coming months. To this his fellow cit- izens must yield, but in so doing they will be paying the retiring legislator their re- SpectS for very sheer efforts in the past.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

ly claim that "such conditions never be- fore existed in the Capitol under any ad- ministration ..."
 Perhaps the only difference in the past, not a dim past, either, was the fact that Republicans graduating from local ranks to those in Hartford usual yretained both posts. Remember when there was lot of talk about dual job-holding and 1t was pointed out that prominent member of the Roraback regime held offices in all three branches of the state government executive, legislative, and judicial. He was at one and the same time in the At torney Generals office, legislator, and a member of local court staff. This tri- ple-decker was only surpassed by the holder of the titles of U. s. Senator, Gov ernor, and Lieutenant-G Governor, at one and the same time-the holder, Repub- lican.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

lifeboatS, the Sub-commander cruised up to one boat and said to the ships first officer, What happened? You were two hours late."
 He was right. The ship had been delayed two hours in leaving Pan- anna.
 THE ENEMY WITHIN
 In British West Indies port, four ships were torpedoed by a single submarine, which dared to come into the harbor for this slaughter, in spite of the fact that all four ships had deck guns.
 But the operation was safe, be- cause at the time the submarine came into the harbor, the gun crews were ashore. The submarine had information not only on the whereabouts of the vessels, but on the precise timing for the kill.
 This service is provided by "the enemy within" and spies scattered through the ports of the entire Caribbean and Gulf area an area which has been a haven for the lawles since the free-boot- ing days of Jean La Fftte, con- tinuing on through the rum-run- running days of Prohibition. thmemotin thm otioin otin otinc
 In some Latin-American coun- tries, anybody with pair of eyes including Germans, Italians and Japanese - can see the departure of ships. In the port of Maracaibo, Venezuela, for example-and no port is more important for oil shipments - the docks are open to anybody.
 Last month 8 MERRY-GO- ROUND observer lunched in a Maracaibo hotel, and had this conversation with another man at the table:
 "Do you live here?"
 "NO, thank GOd!"
 "You're an American?"
 'Yes, a ships officer. And I'm getting out of here at 2 o'clock today"
 "Where are you bound fOr?" "New York"
 But you never saw me before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

It has finally been ruled that interna- tional law takes precedence over state or local ordinances. And in consequence the city of New Haven, not to mention several others in Connecticut, will lose out in taxes on property held by the Brit ish government within their respective confines. Waterbury is mentioned as one of these cities where there is British gov ernment-owned property that is to be ex- empted from taxation In New Haven the city believes that it will be deprived of at least $5O,000 year in taxes by this ruling. Incidentally there isn't Con- necticut statute covering the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

| might be an agent for the Germans. Isn't there any re- striction on information about ship sailingS?"
 'Naw, what's the use? Amy body can go to the docks and sec for himself"
 BUCK-PASSING
 Venezuela has broken relations with the Axis, but has not declared war. It would be 8 simple mat ter for an Axis agent to observe the sailing of an American ves- sel, then radio the news to 8 submarine waiting off Maracaibo. In fact, that is just what hap pens SinkingS have been heavy in this area, and shipments of oil from Venezuela have been reduced 70 per cent since last February. Meantime, refineries are overflow ing.
 The defense against this should be a monitoring system to locate the hidden radio stations, plus an expert U. s. intelligence service to locate the spies. And this Is where there has been lamentable buck passing and inefficiency. The State Department has asked for radio monitoring equipment to be sent to Latin-America, but the Army, needing 1t for the Signal Corps, has delayed.
 Meanwhile Naval Intelligence. is composed for the most part of we'll educated young officers from good families who would gladly give their lives for their country, but who know no more about getting the lowdown on the jetsam of the waterfront than the average dOck-wOrker knows about Harvard.
 Meanwhile the ships go down at the rate of two, three or four a day. And the sub- marines, instead of wasting fuel in search of ships, lie in wait for their victim-and will continue to do so until the espionage prob- lem Is licked.
 Copyright, 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

o. Do all sea birds have raucous cries?
 A. No. Of the many sea birds which have sweet songs may be mentioned the Sand-piper, blower, and stone-curlew.
 O. Which of the orchids are O. economic importance?
 A. The vanilla orchid is the only one of economic importance except for adornment. It produces the va nilla bean from which 8 fiavoring extract is made.
 o. What are the major economic needs of the United States during the war period?
 A. The rapid transfer of mate rials and resources to war produc- tion and the minimizing of 1nfia- tionary tendencies due to the trans fer.
 o. Do all of the states require a statement of the legitimacy of a child when registering it's birth?
 A. All but California, Massachu- setts, New York and Texas require such a statement.
 o. Was the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to lean?
 A. It was projected as perpen- dicular tower, but it began to lean while the third story was being built, and continued leaning to its present obliquity of IA feet. An anchor of cement has now been placed beneath the foundations to prevent further leaning.
 EDITORS NOTE - If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet, VEGETABLE COOK ERY", address F. M. Kirby. De- partment 2-1OO, Waterbury Dem- Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. C., with 15 cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

For long time we have had the idea that to feed the bears in some of our great western national parks was just like feeding the monkeys in the Bronx Zoo or in the circus. But no more. Rang CTS in Yellowstone National Park have shot 30 bears which have turned out to be bad actors and have mauled visitors within the park in recent weeks. This is hardly an advertisement for the parks and will certainly divert eny traffic that can head parkward in these gasless days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

It stretches just a few miles off our coast from New York and the oil-stained Jersey beach re- sorts to Cape Hatteras, Miami, the Gulf of Mexico and the Carib- bean - where hundreds of ships have been sunk in the greatest marine graveyard in history. Along this Second Front one part of our Navy is held frozen" thus pre- venting Its participation in the conveying of troops and supplies to Britain. And along that front so many merchant ships have been sunk that the problem of sendnig an American army to England is doubled and quad rupled.
 Thus, we cannot escape the fact that up to now-and even though the shipping losses have been reduced 8 bit - Hitler has successfully prevented us from establishing our Second Front in Europe by establishing his second front at our front door.
 It is to get at the root of these submarine disasters, and try to help remove Hitler's Second Front from our own coastal waters that these articles are written.
 First, let it be said that though the Navy has made plenty of mistakes, it faces thousands of miles of coasrline, deep water and 8 tougher job than the British. Also 1t faces a problem which few people realize the expert pert espionage information sup piled to Nazi submarines by Nazi agents in the Americas.
 And as long as NaZi submar- ines know in advance where to lie in wait for a ship, no navy, no matter how good, can be entirely effective.
 HOW IT WORKS
 To illustrate, here is the experi- ence of a member of the Merry Go-Round team who recently re- turned from a survey of the Carib- bean Sea. After flying all day across the sea, from Venezuela to Haiti to Cuba, the pilot of the plane remarked:
 "Did you see any ships any where?"
 "NO, did you?"
 "NOt a one. And we were flying at 10000 feet, with wide range of vision. But I didn't see a single ship all day."
 "Then how does it happen" the pilot was asked, "that sub-
 marine, lying on the surface, with no range to speak of, can spot the ships and sink them?"
 "The answer" said the pilot, ''iS that the subs don't hunt out the ships. They get information ca ship departures, and they lie in wait for the kill. They don't cruise around looking for ships. The ships come to them."
 The pilot was right. The suc- cess of the German submarine campaign is the result of highly efficient system of espionage and communication, which allows submarines to know the names of ships, tonnage, port of departure, and the time.
 Recently, a United Fruit Co.,, vessel was torpedoed just off Cristobal, Panama. After passen- gers and crew had taken to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

Souls are on flight. I am deeply impressed with the fitness of this coincidence. "The robins will be gone in 8 day or vwo," murmured this kindly Christian woman, and sure enough the next day they were. They had taken wing, as her soul had scared to realms beyond the scrutiny n adtouch of man.
 An ancient seer once said that the soul comes into the world like e bird through window, and after a time flies away through another window. The robins soar up to the clear sky and the souls of believers to Q realm even beyond the blue.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

service of the State, offends against common SenSe."
 There does remain some dexihihty, however. The court allowed that ar applicant for @ pension would have to show that he had devoted sub' stantial part of his time in the States service" in computing tht years of that service. The higt court has not completely closed thu door on pensions for part-time serv- ice. Proper qualification of an ap. plicant does not require that one must have given all of his time to that service, for the nature of his work may have been such that the duties imposed upon him did not re- quire this"
 Cases will continue to stand or fall on their individual merit but the Courts ruling has given guiding in. depreciation of the pension law by defining years of service" as the le- gal test.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Views Of The Press

fairly solid years" not merely, as lower court had ruled, service spread on a part time, unpaid or pen diem basis, over period of years.
 The court thus upheld the State Pension to Alvan w. Hyde, former public utility commissioner.
 In an opinion, concurred in by the other members of the court. Chief Justice Maltbie established what ap- pears to the layman as 8 soundly reasoned view of what the statute means and was undoubtedly the in- tent of the Legislature: ITO say that one who gives only small fraction of his time at irregular intervals to the service of the State and devotes all the rest of the time to his own purposes, has spent a year in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Selected Poem
THE OLD LILY POND

(By Herbert Durrell Smart in the Boston PosO Lilies still are growing in the old pond,
 And blooming in fragrance there; And wonder if in time to come
 Theren still be lilies to spare! The winds softly sigh through the aging trees
 And shadows come and go. Like Indians lodging here and there
 In fancy, long, long ago There are bushes now around the shore,
 And paths are overgrown; The lilies bloom in solitude
 As I view the scene alone. The sunshine fingers on the hill,
 The breezes whisper low And softly sing lullaby,
 As OCT the pond they go. The silvery moon shining through the trees
 Cleans on the placid pond, Whose surface is rippled by veering winds
 As though by magic wand Calm and peaceful is the cherished scene,
 With the moon still shining bright; The vision fades but in my dreams
 The lilies bloom tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Whats Your I.Q.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.

1. Name the great Crimean naval base and fortress which Russia re- gently lost to the Nazis.
 2. Who is in command of the NaN Afrika Korps?
 3. Which planet revolves around the sun between the orbits of Venus and Mars?
 4. Mrs. Malaprop was character created by Dickens; true or false? 5. What is meant when the Army says Traps is sounded at 2200"?
 6. Whose wife was Rachel in the Bible?
 2. Siam was formerly the name of which country?
 8. Name the only president of the United States who never married.
 9. For what Federal Government agency do the initials NWLB stand?
 10. What profession did Ty Cobb. Iris Speaker, Honus Wagner and Eddie Collins follow?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
KEY TO HOSPITALITY
(New York Sun

(New York Sun )
 Tn New York lies a vast city of pleasures which to the uninitiated is a maze. Do you know of 8 soldier or Navy man bound for this city who will enter the maze for a few days of entertainment before he re- turns to duties and perils? He may find a key to 1t all on Park avenue at 4Oth street. There the New York City Defense Recreation Com mittee keeps tabs on where the pleasures are. This week the com- mittee observes the beginning of its second year. It has been of incalcu- lable aid to hundreds of thousands. It handed out more than 1,500,000 free tickets to theaters, sports, con- certs and other amusements and di- rected seekers from all parts of the world to where this town offers wholesome fun to suit every need. This is a serious responsibility in wartime, providing recreation for men roaming about with few friends and slight Knowledge of the city. It deserves the gratitude of all for playing guide to the boys who pass through the heart of the metropolis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QURsTTONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Scr- vice Bureau win answeR for yo9 free, any question of fact OP An- formation, net involving exteA~ sive research. Write your guss@ ton clearly, glgn name and a. dress, enclose Q three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advics cannot be given. Address Water bury DemOcrat's Washington Ser. vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. C.
 c. What was the cost to ths British of the naval base at 6inga- pore, and how long did 1t take to build 1t?
 A. It cost SsO,OOO.OOO and reQuir- ed IS years to complete.
 e. When a soldier is in c tilea- ter when '"rhe Star Spangled Ban- ner" is being played and the flag is displayed, what salute does he ren- der?
 A. He stands at attention, but he does not salute.
 @. Who organized the famous Eagle Squadron of American flyers in the RAE?
 A. Col. Charles Sweeney.
 @. What are the dimensions of the New Jerusalem, described in the book of Revelation in the Bible?
 A. The City is "foursquare," that is, in the shape of cube. It is 12,O00 furlongS or stadii in height as well as in width and breadth. A stadium is about 600 feet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

that the two robins had left their nest for good.
 As I stood on the terrace and talked with a member of the family who told me this story, I thought of how symbolic the flight of the robins had been. We live in a world In which people are always coming and going. Babies are born and old peo- pie are dying on the same day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

windows. T think
 those two young robins will be out of the nest soon" |" she said. The next
 morning W h e n they went to her room they found t h 8 t she had passed away in the night, . a n d when they went out on the ter race they found
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

saving Q lot 01 wood for himself, between making pictures. He took six weeks on late in the winter to do one job in Hollywood @ n d has 8 coupl e weeks more to do in finishing up @
 second. The rest of the time he h as be en in Washington. He shared a house in
 Georgetown for 8
 while but gave
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
SERVICE AND YEARS OF
 SERVICE
(Hartford Tirnes)

In connection with an appeal by the State, it is useful to have the Supreme Court of Errors interpret the Retirement Act to mean that O qualify for 8 pension an employee mus have given service in terms of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Busy Movie Man
 Melvin Douglas Saws Wood In Washington
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresDOndent

This is by way of a checkup on Melvyn Douglas-remember2 of course you can't forget Melvyn Douglas of Hollywood. but not much has been heard of Melvyn Douglas of Washington since last February, when he burst nthe capital screen right at the moment when the once of Civilian Defense was zoe ging through its worst fan-dancing troubles.
 That's all over now, and in the meantime MT. Douglas has been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Be careful when using gerund jhrases Gin speaking; after going) that modify the sub- feet of the clause or sem tence. Do not say "After sing ing hymn 243 MT. Brown will lead in prayer " Say, "After have Sung."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
BEYOND THE BILLIE

BEYOND THE BLUE
 An elderly woman sat on the ter race of her lovely home recently and remarked to her daughter about the robins nest above one of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
A Thought for Today

Watch yc and pray, lest yc enter into tempta- Gion. The spirit truly Is ready, but the flesh iS weak.-Mark I:38.
 Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in the gay colours, that are but Skin-deep- Matthew Henry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Washington Merry-Go-R o-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Second Front Is Here-And It's HitIe-on American Coust Campaign Big Factor in Holding Up Invasion of EuroPe Caribbean Teens with Spies Who Tip of Submarines for the K Our Services Providing Effective AntEsponoge Defense uto Hitler has beer o 8-M it. candid
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 2:51 a. m. (war tine) Sun rises 6:46 a. nn.; sets S:01 p. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-08

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