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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-31
The Heavens In September The North Circumpolar Cancellations Autumn
 Begins in the Northern Hemisphere.
By JANE DAVIS, Stan Editor Amateur Astronomers Association, New York City

At map time this month we shall focus our attention on the north circumpolar constellations, for they are in especially fine positions for observation now We call constel- lation circumpolar if 1t is nearer to the celestial pole than the pole itself is to the horizon, so that the constellation never sets-or saying 1t another way, if the constellation is nearer to the pole than we are to the equator. This latter state ment is true because 1t has been proved that the altitude of the celes- tial pole equals the observers lati- tude. There are five ancient cir cumpolar constellations and three which were added to these in 169O We shall discuss only the ancient ones, since the later ones are not so bright and do not have any easily recognizable features.
 UrSa Major
 If we look fairly low in the north west about g o'clock these Septem- Der evenings, we shall see what look
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tended line connecting the Point CTS" and Polaris, anr resembles a church steeple No star in Cepheus is above the third magnitude, how ever, so a few minutes may be re- quired to see it. The famous vari- able star, Delta Cephei, is situated at the southeast corner of the con- stellation. Alpha Cephei oppos:.e Delta, will be the Polaris of the year 7500. Midway between it and Alpha Cygni Deneb) lies the north polar point of the planet Mars.
 The Solar System
 Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere on September g at 5:12 D. m., when the sun crosses the equator on its WY south.
 Mercury iS low in the southwest ern sky at sunset and hard to see. On the 24th of the month 1t reaches conjunction with the sun and be- comes a morning star.
 Venus after the fifth also becomes a morning star, and rises more than two hours before the sun at the end of the month.
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derful job," she said. T met one hotelkeeper who served meals all through the blitz and whose hotel is understaffed. He forbids his walters to turn on guests and snap, Don't you know there's a war on.'n
 Visiting hotels taken over for ref. ugees from Gibraltar and for Polish exiles and evacuees from Malta. Miss Snapper said she was in- pressed by the number of mouths which Britain feeds. "If Americans could see how their food keeps such people alive, they would stop grors- ing" she said.
 She pointed out, too, that food from the United States supplies American soldiers and the Red Cross which, in Britain, operates in the largest chain of hotels in the world.
 Will Tell Washington
 Miss Snapper said that when she returns to the United States she will tell Washington officials that tho British rationing system for hotels is better. Luxury hotels, she said are allowed to charge a cover, though meals must be a standard price of one dollar.
 "In Washington they're trying ta level first-class hotels more costly in service down to the cheaper ones which are not so expensive to run,A she said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-31
Many Leave Schools
 Early To Take Jobs
Exodus in Many Communities Reach Alarming Pro'
 portions, Requiring Immediate Action

Washington. D. C., Aug. 31-"By
 the hundreds of thousands boys and girls who in other times would have completed high school are now leav- ing the school before graduation to go to work" says the Educational Policies Commission of the National Education Association as it sur- geys with some alarm the tendency of restless sixteen and seventeen year-old youth to interrupt their educational careers. The drop-outs In high school were serious last year and the Commission feels that large number of high school students In summertime employment will not
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is directed. Polaris, which is &C., tually double star, is then at the end of the handle of the Little Dip per, most of whose stars are faint CT than those of the Big Dipper. Tie handle of the Little Dipper is bent the wrong way, and the bowl hangs down towards the handle of the big one. The relative posi- tion of the two, it will be noticed, is always such that whatever falls out of" the Big Dipper will be caught" in the Little Dipper.
 The mythology of Ursa Minor Is closely associated with that of Ursa Major-the Little Bear was once Cynosura. In Greek mythology the two Bears, Helice and Cynosura, were supposed to have nursed Jupi- ter on Mount Ida. The god then changed them into nymphs, and transported them to the heavens. The ancients also conceived of the two Bears as the Guardians of the Pole, and pictured them as continu-
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lay down their tools and take up their books when the school bell rings in September. Tn some com- munities," continues the Commis- sion, "the exodus from high school has already reached proportions which are alarming to all concerned for the success of the war effort and for the longtime welfare of youth. In practically all communi- ties, withdrawals have reached the point where they require immediate attention and action. And almost everywhere the rates of withdrawal are steadily mounting"
 The motives which impel youth to leave school for work are under standable, thinks the Commission the attraction of high wages, the desire to do something definite to help win the war, and the wish to follow the example of fellow students who have already gone to work. The Commission feels also that the flight from high school is due in part also to "the arguments and inducements of those who, thoughtlessly or otherwise, would exploit the labor of youth" Youth, says the Conmis- sion, should not be urged to leave school as long as there are still large sources of labor, especially of adults employed in the production of luxuries and in other non-essen- tial occupations.
 The Commission calls upon stud- ents and their parents to give con- sideration to motives of far greater importance to the national welfare as they make decisions to re-enter or not to re-enter school this fall. The greatest service, says the Com- mission, which boys and girls of six teen and seventeen can render to the war effort is to get ready for the call which will come to them when they are eighteen, whether 1t is to the armed forces, to war produc- ton, to civilian war agencies, or to specialized training. The Com mission points to the fact that time after time high officials of AAAAy "AAA 4N0VJS VI 6OVCAAAAACAAV S~sN> industry, have urged youth to use the years up to eighteen to build the foundations of a broad education. That way, they have affirmed, lies the greatest national service"
 Contemplating the decision from the standpoint of the service which the boys and girls will render to themselves, the Commission urges them to secure now the education which will surely be needed in the highly competitive labor market of the postwar years"
 Recognizing manw successful ar- arrangements for combining part-time work in war occupations with the continuation of regular schooling until high school graduation, the Commission recommends such CO., operative plans as . constructive
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like 8 large Dipper, composed o1 seven stars of the second and third magnitudes-four forming the bowl and three the handle. This Dippel is really only a part of the larger constellation, Ursa Major or the Great Bearf, the seven bright stars representing his flank and tail. The rest of the Bear is more difficult tC see because these seven stars are SC much brighter. Looking closely a little below the Dipper, however, we can see three pairs of stars about equally distant from one another or approximately the same magni- tude, and about in the same plane These pairs form the Bears front and back paws. His back and head can be filled in by more careful ob- servation on some very clear night
 The most striking feature of the Big Dipper to. the naked eye is the double star second from the end oi the handle. The larger and brighter of the two components is Mizar; the smaller and fainter, Alcor. Mizal surprises us by doubling itself again in the telescope. Mizar and Alcor the Horse and the Rider, were once used by the Arabians as an eye test for those who wanted to enter the Arabian army.
 The Bear, as the legend goes, was once real woman, Helice or Cal listo by name, an Arcadian princess At one time she aroused Juno's jeal- ousy, however, by attracting the at- tentions of Jupiter, Juno's suscep- tible husband. As a punishment Juno transformed Helice into bear and Jupiter, feeling sorry for her carried her up by the tail into the sky, so she would be immortal. This act seems to explain the abnormal length of the Bears tail, which has always been noticed and criticized.
 The various names for Ursa Ma jor should not be left out of your discussion. In England in early times 1t was known as Charles Vain, Charles standing for Charle- magne and Vain meaning Wagon Today in England 1t is called the Plough, while even earlier than the time of Charlmagne it was called Arthur's Vain. In Scandinavia 1t was .Thor's Wagon and also the wagon of Odin,, Thor's father. The Algonquin Indians called 1t the Bear and Hunters. and the Hebrews, the Bier of Lazarus. To the Laplanders, however. it will always be a Rein deer.
 Ursa Minor
 Our next circumpolar constella. tion is Ursa Minor or the Little Bear. In locating 1t we use the two stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper, Dubhe and Merak, which are known as the Pointers. A line connecting these two stars, fl extended, will hit bright stal known as Polaris, the North Star Polaris is so called because il marks the approximate point in the sky to which the axis of the earth
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ed to accept his full responsibility at citizen. There must be CO., operation between the white man and the black. It must be a com mon battle against ignorance and civic Responsibility, against habits of idleness and disorder, against those tendencies and environments which breed crime and make for disorder.
 Today the Communist is hard at work with the Negro. They are far from conquered by the Reds but some have cooked their ears to the siren song. He wants hearing of his protest. And generally the negros' protests are just for they have many and real grievances. The Negro has loved America more than America has loved him.
 THE RIOTERS
 The Harlem riot is in point. We deplore the loss of lives, the hun- dreds injured and the $5,000, ,000 property damage but in seeking the explanation we must dig deeper than the inflamatory Negro press and professional agitators. The tap root of the disturbance reached down to the fertile ground of just protest against injustices. Perhaps much of the true explanation may be found in the following paragraphs from the Chicago Sun Book Week and W 4tten in review of Roi Ottley's New World a-Coming."
 Thomas Sancton, an authority on Negro life and problems, says:
 "A Harlem tenament is a hundred delta cabins plus tuberculosis. Ott- icy knows this to be a sad truth, put he knows more. He knows Har- lem to be his home, the place he loves and has lived in and worked n. He knows it as the crowded Ghetto of Negro life in New York, the Negro metropolis where human beings live too close together, with too little sun and air, too little schooling, medical care, jobs and money, with hatred and misunder- standing as their daily lot.
 "Ottley knows the tive talk, the fakirs, the hot spots, the heavens of Father Devine; he knows the street corner loafers and the street corner messiahs. He knows the rich set of Sugar Hill with its society functions; he knows the Negro press and school and pupil and hospital. He knows the hopes, the dreams, the resentments and the anguish of his race, and in the book he tells the whole story for all America to cead-and to feel bitter shame"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-31
Thought And Opinion
By REV. JOSEPH F. DoNNELLY
K. OF c. PROTEST

We should note the long needed protest adopted by the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus meeting in Cleveland last week. It was directed at Time, Life and their affiliated enterprises, particularly the March of Time, and 1t echoed in even stronger words their protest of 1889 which resolution regretted "The insults winch Time, a national news magazine, has heaped upon the Catholic Church and its lead CTS ..
 The resolution states in part: '"Time and its associate publication, the weekly picture magazine Life, have continued by innuendo and misrepresentation, by emphasis of some facts and suppression of others to use their considerable influence upon the reading public to propa- gate false and damaging concep- tion of the Catholic Church.
 The resolution insists further that their persistent repetition of error when the truth is readily available is blunt violation of journalistic ethics and divisive influence among our people, ana 1t requests that the publishers tat least for the dura- ton of the war modify or suspend the anti-Catholic attitude of their publications"
 ELEPHANT TIME
 The generally flippant attitude of Time and Life is not diffident with things religious. But we might well note that the Knights of Columbus resolution protests not against this alone but more parti- cularly against the publication of errors and false statements which practice must be condemned when untruths are published when the truth is available and when correc- tion is offered and not published.
 Time and Life have long been offensive. We doubt that any protest will be a permanent restraint on their editors in this matter. The shell of such is not penetrated by protests.
 NOBLE SERVANTS
 A truly Catholic note is sounded in the annual report of that heroic group of women known as the Ser wants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, the spiritual daughters of Mother Rose Hawthorne Lathrop and a community of the Sisters of St. Domenic.
 The community conducts six houses. During the past year, in the home in Atlanta, seven of 132 patients were Catholics, four were Jews and 121 were non-Catholic. At Rosary Hill, Hawthorne, N. Y, there were 112 non-Catholics and ITO Catholics. A Sacred Heart home in Philadelphia 140 were non-Catho- lies and 167 Catholics. At Our Lady of Good Counsel Home in St. Paul, AT were non-Catholics and 54 were Catholics. At St. Roses in N. Y., IT were non-Catholic and 157 were Catholics. In Mother Rose flaw thorne Lathrop Home in Fall River, 88 were non- Catholic and PA were Catholics.
 The homes are open to anyone suffering from incurable cancer regardless of creed, race or color. The homes are free and the Sisters receive no pay whatever for their services; the work is supported en- ,tirely by charity. And it would be difficult to conceive a greater charity than this service to poor people unable to pay for hospitali- ration and suffering from an m- curable affliction.
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ally dancing around it, this latter idea probably being derived from the circular dances of the Greeks. Alphia, the Pole Star itself was called Phoenice in Greece, because it was used in navigation by the Phoenicians, and has even b'en an object of worship since ancient times in China. Like Ursa Major, Ursa Minor has various names: in Babylonia 1t is known as the Leop- ard, in Egypt as the Jackal of Sati, in Scandinavia as the Throne of Thor, and in Finland as the Little Bear.
 It is easiest and most logical to locate Draco, the Dragon, next be- cause it lies between the two Bears. The head of Draco is diamond shaped figure which contains at present the brightest star of the whole constellation, Cana or FL tanin. Gamma claims our atten- tion for two reasons: first, be- cause it was the star which led the famous astronomer Bradley to his discovery of the abberation of star light, or the apparent displacement of star in the direction the earth is moving; the second, because 1t was an object of temple worship in early Egypt, many of the Egyp- tian temples being oriented to it. Located near the line joining the brightest star in the bowl of the Little Dipper and the end of the handle of the Big Dipper is Alypha Draconis or Thuban. This star is of particular interest to us because about 5000 years ago 1t had the honor of being our Pole Star, and was closer to the true pole than Polaris now is. Thuban is now below the third magnitude, but it is considered to have been as bright i, then as Polaris now is.
 In Greek mythology Drace is sometimes identified with the drag on who guarded the golden ap- pleS of the Hesperides, and some- times is associated with the story of the Golden Fleece. Yet another Greek legend asserts that when the Olympian gods declared war on the earth-born giants, Athone threw Draco into the heavens where he became entangled with the celestial axis. Quite naturally, too, some persons consider Draco as the. ser- pent who tempted Eve.
 Cassiopeia
 Cassiopeia, the Lady in the Chair, can be easily located by extending line through Mizar and the North Star to an equal distance on beyond Po]aris till 1t meets a W-shaped figure, formed of five bright stars. Beta, Alphia, and Gamma mark three of the four corners of the back of the Chair; Delta and Epsilon, one of the front legs. Kappa, straight north of Alpha, indicates the place where the famous new star of Ty- cho Brahe, which has sometimes been associated with the Star of Bethlehem, shone out brilliantly without any warning in 1572. Cepheus
 Cepheus, the fifth and last of the circumpolar cancellations, lies dir ectly west of Cassiopeia. on the sx-
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Miss Annette Snapper of Milwau- kee, Wis, who has eaten her way through workmen's restaurants, luxury hotels, Red Cross centers and middle-class restaurants in IS small towns and cities, here to re- port to Americas hotels, and res taurants on her return, said today that Lord Woolton, the minister of food, taught the British housewife how to cook and conserve.
 Had Grand Meals
 I've had grand meals in cheap restaurants here. They have far less to make them with than Amer jeans do and are doing better job with what they have," Miss Snapper said.
 Miss Snapper, who describes her self as "the eyes and ears of the restaurant world," said she believed that food administration in the United States should be under a food czar like Lord Woolton and added "our problem would be easier if rationing, prices and distribution were centered in single organiza- tion as here"
 Walters Can't Snap
 'The British have done a won-
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solution of the problem, with the caution that all such arrangements be guided by the principle that both the welfare of the nation and the welfare of the young people them selves that education have first claim on the time and energies of youth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-31
War Makes British Better Cooks;
 Used To Boil Flavor Out Of Food
By DUDLEY ANN HARMON United Press Staff Correspondent

the British  mnto eahey finally learning almost have stopped boiling and o
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DC met and fac- ed squarely by Christians.
 If the Negro people are some what backward today 1t is be- cause the weight of many years of injustice has been carried on their shoulders. The Negro must be helped and aided by others. He must be ac- c e p t e d as a member of the great hu m a n fnx,ailu and aid-
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September II, from 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
 East End Community club for use of the Anderson school community room on Friday evenings beginning September 3 and continuing throughout the year, for drum corps practice.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-08-28
Reception Is Enjoyed

A large group met at the Com munity Baptist Church last Thursday evening to honor MT. and Mrs. Nelson M. Cham berlain as they retire from ser vice in the Kodiak Baptist Chil- dren's Homes and to welcome Rev. John s. Winter as new superintendent. Mrs. Winter and their two children, Donald & Syl- via, were also honored guests, as was Miss Marilyn Chamberlain.
 Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson and Mrs. Mona Long had arranged an interesting and delightful program. Dr. A. Holmes John son acted as master of ceremon- ics. The program began with piano solos by Post Chaplain Harold Taylor. Rev. Gregory S. Morony spoke on behalf of the church words of appreciation for the Chamberlains and of welcome to the Winters. Miss Estelle Marlin spoke on behalf of the Mission staff.
 Reynaldo Robles sang "La Poloma" and "Amapola" in Spanish. He was accompanied by Mrs. Long. Mrs. Gergory s. Morony gave humorous read ing entitled "The People Next Door,"
 Refreshments were served from lace covered tea table de corated with a centerpiece of pinks and delphiniums, with pink tapers. Mrs. F. E McCon- aghy and Miss Rosalie Olson poured. Mrs. Wm Steele and Mrs. Morony were the refresh ments committee
 The church social room was decorated by Mrs. Lois Burnham with large bouquets of fireweed and goldenrod.
 MT. Chamberlain and Rev. Winter spoke briefly of their ap- preciation of the friendship shown them in Kodiak. AS the evenings entertainment closed, the Chamberlains, Winters and other members of the Mission staff were greeted by their many friends.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-08-28

Mrs. Gertrude Raumaker visited a few days with friends here this week. She returned to her home at Afognak Thursday
Kodiak mirror., 1943-08-28
Carl Killian left this week on a trip to Harvester island.
Lawrence Panamaroff arrived Tn Kodiak this week from Alitak.

MT. and Mrs. Fred Henton, former residents and property owners here, arrived this week from Seward, where they operate the Van Glider hotel, to spend a few days on business and visit ing with friends.
 Al Nixon returned to Kodiak this week from Ketchikan.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-08-28

The Governors Office has Ie- ceived inquiry concerning the whereabouts of Mary Nesbit Gallagher, believed to have been a nurse in St. Michael, Kodiak Anchorage, or Fairbanks. She is wanted by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Johnny Wayte Nesbit, AIS Sierra Drive, Modesto, Cali fornia.
Kodiak mirror., 1943-08-28

MT. and Mrs. Nick Shuravlof are the parents of a baby girl, weight 7 pounds 8 ounces, born Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock at the Griffin Memorial hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-12
LOSES LIFE IN FIRE

Mark Williams, about 80, ma
tive who came here recently from
Hoonah. met his death by suftoca-
tion when a fire of undetermined
origin completely destroyed the tent
house in which he lived at l0.30 p.
m. Tuesday, November 9. DAVID
Bailey and Ronald Search, two ma
tive youths who were alleged 10
have been in the house when the
blaze started, we're questioned by
federal authorities. Williams was
apparently trapped in a small room
at the rear of the structure when
the first started in another part OF
the house. The body was only
slightly burned about the head
when firemen eXtinguished the
flames and it was evident that the
native met his death by being over
come by smoke. Remains are being
held here awaiting word from rela-
tives in Hoonah.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-12
1941 NIPPON
INCIDENT IS
R { v { A.LED
State Dept. Tells of Strain.
ed Relations 5 Months
Before Pearl Harbor

WASHINGTON, Nov "Details
of another, 80 sorry, excuse please
incident, which strained Japanese
American relations five months be-
fore Pearl Harbor, were disclosed
today by the State Department.
In the summer of 194l the Nip
ponese promised to stop bombing
Chungking if the United States
would cool off and not take action
over the attack on one United States
gunboat
Twenty-six Japanese bonn b + S
swerved their course over the Chin
ese capital to drop bombs near the
American Embassy boat moored Ill
the Yangtze River.
The American Embassy agreed it
was deliberate attack. The Japan
csc apologized and claimed it was an
accident. They promised to stop
Chungking bombing if the United
States did not want war. However,
the japanese Navy shortly subjected
the city to heavy prolonged raids.
Secretary of Site Cordell Hull
asked the japanese Ambassador for
an explanation and was told that
the japanese government merely
had promised to lease bombing the
city temporarily not indefinitely.