The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-16

rain has turned the grass from
brown to green again. There are
some bare spots, but new grass Is
being planted for the Fall and
Winter covering. Reeves Is using
q mixture made up Of IS per cent
bluegrass, Z per cent red top, 5
per cent clover, and 8 per cent
colonial bent.
He Is emitting the ITALIAN rye
this season, because II Is actually
too good. The rye springs UP
so fast that IL requires regular
cutting until frost. The white
House has It's own manpOwer
problem, and lacks the help TO
keep the mowers going.
For all who want TO revide their
lawns for the fall, Reeves says
this Is the ideal time to re-seed,
NOTE: The White House tennis
court Is kept ready for use, though
1t has had no players since last
year.
CAPITAL CHAFF
While Congressional solons were
away, the house-cleaners have
been busy. All the paintings on
SightseerS' Row have been cleaned,
statutes have been given o much
needed bath, and the suhways
leading to the Senate and House
office buildings are resplendent
with q fresh coat Of paint {.
Also, the shuttle cars in the Sen
ate subway have been refitted
with new wicker seats Look
ing at the hefty girth Of Senator
Edwin @. johnson, Of Colorado,
who tips the beam above 225 lbs.
you would never guess that he
eats only one meal day ..
David Lynn, architect Of the Capt.
toll, and Arthur Gus" Cook, Its
supervising engineer, have had
only nine days off In seven years.
RUSSIANS DISAPPOINTED
Eagle-eyed Senator Bill LANCER,
Of North Dakota, has just come
back from q trip through Alaska,
during which he probed into O
lot more than the average junket-
ing congressman.
One thing he looked into was
the shipment Of airplanec to Rus
sia via Alaska. It Is no longer a
military secret that U. s. planes
are being delivered by this ST.
berian Great Circle route, and
Senator LANCER dropped in for a
chat with two Russians who were
plotting planes across the Boring
Straits.
One was Col. P. s. Kisilev, chief
Of the Russian military mission In
Fairbanks; the other, Technical
Sergeant Inspector George A.
Timofiev. Both expressed indig-
nation that the United States had
not lived up to its agreement re-
garding plane deliveries.
"When Harry HOupkins was
In Moscow" complained Colonel
Kisilev, "he promised us q GER
tain number of planes per
month. But we have not been
getting them. The most we ever
got was about 80 per cent dur
ing August. And they are all
fighters. We need also big
bOmbers."
The Russians felt that the
United States should live up to
the promises or not promise at
all.
CHICKEN DINNER JIMMY"
Congressman Jimmy Morrison,
the would-be Huey Long of Louisi-
ana, now running for governor of
the state, has just had a couple
of checks bounce back in a pc
culiar manner.
Jimmy made the checks good,
but the New Colonial hotel in
Washington, which honored the
checks. is wondering what 1t is
all about.
The Louisiana congressman.
dubbed Chicken Dinner Jimmy"
by his colleagues, drew two checks
for $3.50 each against the Guar
anty Bank and Trust company,
Hammond, La. The money was
TO be drawn from the account Of
Joe Simms, the congressman
law partner.
But the checks came back
marked "No authority 70 pay" Ap-
parently Jimmy and his law part.
ner had their signals crossed. Lou
isianians are wondering Just what
the score Is. Meanwhile ''ChlcIken
Dinner Jimmy" says he Is about
70 take Louisiana by storm.
MERRY.00-R0UND
The louisiana delegation In con.
gress isn't too keen about tbs APP
pointment Of Judge Dawklns 70
fill the circuit court judgeship
which Jimmy Alfred OF Texas
didn't Get. Apparently, Judge Daw-
kina was TOO touch with the Hney
Long crowd Justice Depart
ment officials slill cay that Of nll
the judicial candidates eomine be-