The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-25

| groups is just a bit embarrassing to the American comrades
 Kinda takes official recognition Of them as nuiSances.
 Golfers runs what it believes is a scoop on the recently hush-hush subject of Radar.
 One columnist got into lots of hot water for simply mentioning the word.
 Mechanix Illustrated ran a de- tailed technical story (complete with drawings and diagrams) of how this secret war weapon works - in its January, 1942, num- bcr. The title of the article was Now Power Is Broadcast" and Thomas J. Naughton authd.
 Shortly after, the Satevepost ran piece on Radar describing it thor oughly. But all the while there was strict censorship in the United States. Censorship, despite the fact that when the Graf Spec was scut- tied off tho coast of s. America there was Radar equipment on the most. And it was Radar that caused the great casualties at Dieppe. The enemy had it all the time. But it wss against the law over here to mention it.
 To make faces redder-as early as 1882 the principles of Radar were written up at lergth in Ger man scientific magazines.
 The N. Y. Sun editorial page of fered this fond farewell for Admiral Yamamoto who is said to have led the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor: " .. A hard, tough gradu- ate of hard, tough school. Yama- moto was fighting man, every inch of him. He knew his job thor oughly and did it we'll"
 From the Austin (Tex.) Tribune : Notice to car thieves. My tires are puncture-proof. If you try to steal them, you had better be, too.
 Show girl Mary DoWell's nickname is "Stuttering Sam" because she has the most infectious stutter. When Bob Goldstein heard she was signed as movie writer, he exclaimed: :: What's she going to do-write dia- logue for Roscoe Ates?"
 COngressmen have been urging Americans to make sacrifices. And they have Scolded John L. Lewis because he hasn't made any. But the news is that because the Senate dining room didn't have bean soup on the bill of fare (because of the food shortage) 25 senators left their tables in huff.
 Can you imagine the cause celebre the Senate would make out of that if Mrs. Roosevelt or Mrs. Harry Hop kins did that?
 How about calling it: "The Pay AS You Go Nuts Plan?
 Things you prob1y didden know til now: That some years before the Declaration of Independence was signed fellow named Appollos de ReVoire changed his name to Paul Revere so that his neighbors and friends would better savvy it. It has been estimated that more than half the Smiths in the U. s. origin ally were SchmidtS or Sheds. Many Johnsons were once Jansens. Presi- dent Polk traced his name back to Pollock, while Herbert Hoover traced his to Huber.
 General Pershing is the de- scendant of one Pershing, who changed his name from Pfoersching General Custer was the great grandson of man named Rooster, and Admiral Dewey's ancestors were named Duce. Charlie Lind bergh's grandfather was born Mannson; and if you want to make something out of name-changing try changing the fact that America came from the name Amerigo.
 Since a St. Louis newspaper re- vcaled that the house on R Street was the scene of many discussions against the President - how about calling it the house on anti-R l Street?
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