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RIGA. These Eisenhower and
Murphy accepted, and cabled
Washington.
When Gen Marshall and ADJ
miral Leahy received the cable
they reported Immediately at the
White House. The Presidents
reaction was explosive. He asked
what we were going to do with
that so-and-so.
keep him and use him." was
the reply.
Roosevelt reluctantly agreed,
later issuing q statement ex-
planning the temporary exped-
dent"
Unquestionably this temporary
expedient saved american lives
and was worth taking. Perhaps
also 1t was worth the severe
Psychological setback 1t cost US
In France, where some 100000
people who had hailed Roosevelt
as q hero, coutl not understand
why he should now work with
tyra1lts.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
CHAPTER
Then came the death c. Darlan,
and a new chapter. This new
chapter, from the State De-
partment's view point, had every
reason to succeed. Tt was the
plan the State Department had
nurtured so carefully for months.
They had never expected OAR
Ian, had built all their plans on
Gen. Giraud. So now came the
big moment to really show that
Secretary Hull's long criticised
policy Of cooperating with Vichy
Gen. Giraud had been hand
picked by Bob Murphy months
before and groomed for the job
of taking over in North Africa.
But the means by which Murphy
picked him are significant.
Actually, Giraud was picked
for Murphy by Jacques Le-
maigre- Dubreuil, head Of the
French Association Of Taxpay-
ers. This Is o reactionary lob
bying organization with not as
much standing as the National
association Of Manufacturers
in the u. s. A., but with the
same general aim Of reducing
taxes to big business and keep
ing power in the hands Of the
ruling families.
In addition, Lemaigre-Dubreuil
belonged to the fascist right wing,
and led tie disastrous fascist dis
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HEADLINES
and
HILARITY

When the Republicans get
through slicing up the choice
court fnorsels IN town. there won't
b. enough'left to glut baby buz.
card.
Events like Casablanea keep you
wondering whether you have Just
died. o. never been born. And
without Wiucheli 10 tell you. It's
quite q Job 70 make ~ your mind.
After . two-dsy shutdown, Of.
flee buildings are 20 cold Tuee-
day morning that you feel like
planting . flag and claiming them
for the United States.
n. =. schools are giving evening
courses, How 10 IEeat'YouF HelHe
During the F1ei Shortage which
specialize n hot tips 70 cold peo~
pls-wifh pleniy q homework
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

Rubber, gasoline and man-hours are
being wasted because most communities
have not reorganlzed their traffic light
systems. With non-essential traffic
much reduced ard all motoring cut
materially, no hardship would be worked
and no major safety hazard would be
created II lights were regulated for the
express purpose Of getting war workers
% and from work with minimum OF
traffic light delay. Some 10 months ago
the Office Of Defense Transportation
suggested such action 70 all public au-
thQfities having regulatory powers over
mass transportation vehicles. Now Q
fenfesenee Of street traffic experts has
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

The relative activity Of our Navy in
this World War as contrasted with the
previous one is suggested by casualty
figures. In the whole Of World War
the American Navy lost only 871 men
by death at sea, including officers. Lat
est World War II reports show 4,657 Navy
dead, exclusive of Marines, Coast Guard
and Merchant Marine. This is truly a
world, a global war in which only the
Western Hemisphere has escaped. The
Navy was important quarter of a cen
fury ago. It Is critically vital today. Last
war it was the men in the trenches. This
war it is the men in ships (sea), and
ships (air). We have also learned new
circumscribing word which covers more
than a Western Front The word is
GLOBAL.
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religion or against 1t, why all the
stir? BY what reasoning can
people hold that the opinion of a
scientist on religion has any real
value? What does q scientist
know about religion any more than
any other man? And certainly he
doesn't know as much about 1t. as
q minister. Religion Is the min
ister's speciality. Yet no one gets
excited over the fact that year In
and year out, the specialists OF re-
ligion, who continually study 1t
and ought to know more about 1t
than anyone else. are declaring IN
It's favor.
Before anyone can speak suthorl-
tatively on religion, we need 10
know whether the person IN guess
ton has placed himself In the kind
Of situation Ia which he could be
expected 10 be aware OF Gods
presence Il dod really exists. The
scientist would not expect an
opinion Ia chemistry 10 be worthy
Of the least attention unless the
person announcing the opinion had
had q great deal OF training In
chemistry. II requires experiment
satson 10 confirm ones faith IN re-
liGlon precisely e. q requires en-
peFlmentation 10 CONFIRM ones
faith IN q scientific theory.
Al Rights Reserved
BabsoH Newspaper syndicate
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turbances in Paris In 1884. In
other words, the naive and charm
ing Bob Murphy placed his crust,
and the future fate Of the French
people, In tho hands Of q man as
reactionary as Tom Girdler, as
fascist as william Dudley Pelley,
and as isolationist as the Chi
cago Tribune's Robert McCor-
mick.
THE FASCISTS MOVE IN
Lemaigre-Dubreuil entertained
beautifully, knew all the "best"
people, and Murphy gradually
found himself swimming easily
through this delightful upper
per-crust French society, far re-
moved from the real people Of
France.
In fact, the last thing these
French fascists wanted was the
return Of real democracy. They
no more believed In the ideals OF
Franklin Roosevelt than did the
iJazi industrlalists who put Hit
Ter into power.
Yet, Murphy, the representa-
tive Of Franklin Roosevelt, plus
other members Of the Aneri-
can Embassy and ConsulateS,
trusted them as brothers and
co-wOrkers in the delicate prob
lem of getting the intensely
democratic people Of France
back into the trenches against
Hitler.
The details by which Lemaigre-
Dubreuil secured the cooperation
of Gen. Giraud remain secret.
Someday they will leak out, and
they do, 1t will rot be q pretty
picture.
But for the time being, 1t Is
sufficient to know that Gen. Gi-
raud, a man Of the extreme right
who once said, "They (the Ger
mans) have not perhaps got LIB
erty, but there is certainly neither
disorder nor anarchy" was picked
by Murphy to appeal to 100000
Frenchrnen who once staged o
bloody revolution for Liberty,
Equality, Fraternity, and to per-
suade them to join the Allied
cause.
(Ed. NOte-A second column
giving more Of the backstage
factors in North Africa will fol-
low s0On.)
Copyright, 1913, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc)
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The inside story goes back to
the days before the landing Of
American troops, when all the top
political leaders in North Africa
knew that an American expedition
was coming. The Berlin radio
had heralded this weeks before,
and when the first Allied convoy
arrived at Gibraltar to wait for
another, the Nazis even broadcast
the name Of every ship.
But the Naxis and the high
ranking French made one mis-
take. They never dreamed that
British and U. 8. ships would
dare come inside the Mehiter-
raIlean and land ut Algiers.
They thought the lands would
be only at Casablanca and Da-
kar. So, TO meet that attack,
Gen. NOgues shifted his troops
TO Casablanca.
That was why the fighting was
stiff around Casablanca, and why
Algiers and neighboring ports sur
rendered Immediately. That was
also why Admiral Darlan was TAX
en- by surprise at Algiers. He
never dreamed we would land that
far west.
Immediately after the landing,
U. s. Minister Robert Murphy
pulled his trump card, Gen. Hon
ore Giraud, who appealed to all
Frenchmen to lay down their
arms. However, Gen. Giraud
proved not to be such a trump
card after all. His appeal fell
flat.
DARLAN INTERPRETERS
One day later, Admiral Darlan,
then confined to his quarters by
an American guard, sent word that
he wanted to see Gen. Eisenhower.
When Eisenhower arrived, accom-
panied by Bob Murphy, Darlan,
pointing to the continued fight
ing, said:
II can stop all this"
He explained that aged Mar
shall Petain had given him auth
GRITTY, If the United States staged
more than a mere commando raid,
to throw French North Africa
against the Nazis. Darlan at
tached certain conditions, among
them the provision that he be
High Commissioner of North At
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Current Comment


Don't give the enemy the benefit
of the doubt. The fact that you have
learned something as part Of Q
routine Job or heard 1t IN casual
conversation doesn't mean that 1t
isn't important. Nor does that mean
the enemy necessarily can md OUT
unless you pass the word along.
-Ofice Of War Information
7 was frightened. Afterward I
was tired. But ! did 1t.
Soviet nurse who carried 100
FOUNDED from battlefield on her
back in day.
The American forces in Europe
and North Africa congratulate their
comrades in arms Of immortal coeir~
ageous Yugoslavia under your brill
liant command.
General Eisenhower to General
Mikhailovitch. C
The people Coz Germany have
fallen back upon resolutions Of de-
Tense. They now realize they are
an island In a sea Of 200 million
invaded and starving people who
hate them with an irreparable bit
Herbert Hoover
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

AS the war progresses the hate frenzy
increases Hitler was very unpopular
man when he Unanswered his first sur
prise entries. He has left his mark in a
great many countries that thought -
It can't happen here. So people are en-
loving themselves hating Hitler more and
more, if this is possible. He has gone
on and on and the collapse of all he has
planned when and If it comes is hard to
picture. Meantime folks go on hating,
which though hardly Christian is an
easy way of showing acute indignation If
not displeasure about the whole thing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30
Selected Poem
NO WANDERER

NO WANDEkEk
(MayIs Carey Moore in The Christian Science
Monitor)
What painless heavens do you look upon
Tonight? shall not know II gentle rain
Sits through the apple boughs or one by one
The stars shine out above some endless plain.
And yet shall be present where you stand,
Whether by inland wood or where the sea
IL piling curled waves on the silver sand,
Although your thoughts may never turn 70 me-
need not seek you out n windy space
Nor wonder II you travel south OF north,
Consult maps OF egoss-questaon friends 70 trace
The devious road by which you Travelled tortn'
An, no. I'll seek where an sure 70 md:
In kingdoms Of the spirit, realms Of miao'
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State Department,
other interested
government oM=
cia1s and the
press. As 1t was
purely an un-
docu1nented, his.
torical introduce
ton to a CONS
plete volume OF
oh1cial pape r 5
which will be out
around February
/, State DEPART
m e n rs research
q n d publication
division thought
n
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

declaration that
he believes In the
/ m m o rtality of
the soul, or in
the sovereignty Of
God. Perhaps he
may pass an adj
verse Judgment
and declare that
science definitely
proves that there
is no God.
But whether he
speaks in favor Of
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been called. It is to be hoped that out
Of this may come specific suggestions
how lights may be regulated to keep
traffic flowing with minimum Of stops,
starts and delays Then there will be no
excuse for local authorities to delay
action any longer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

The line of defense is rather important
these days. The women in service also
And this holds good, especially the good
lines of their natty uniforms. 1t is
almost safe to say there are now as
many different type uniforms, colors, in
sigma and so on, for women, as there are
for men. Must we learn them all?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

OF this, OF course, is due to war
forty minutes after SUNRISE. All
time, the effect Of which in white,
Is SO noticeable. But would New
Workers exchange their climate, even
in the dismal season, for any other
on earths Not for . partre Of
emeralds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
RELIGION CONFIRMED BY
EXPERIMENT.

Every now and again the an
nouncement is made that some
great scientist has made q state
ment regarding religion. Some
times he speaks a good word in its
behalf. He comes out with the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30
GETTING UP BY HI0ONLI0HT


The city has had lts share Of dis
locations eg rs ordinary ways Of
life. such A. dimouis, blackonta and
early esosIng. All have been cheer
fully accepted 81 an inllnileelfnai
contribution 10 the general stfu1ale
foF freedom IN tiais unusually
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30

The first real snow storm of the winter
arrived per schedule; which whirled
through the Atlantic states, brought
quantities of drifting snow intermingled
with sleet, high wind, which spent itself
out rather sooner than expected. There
was considerable digging out through
unusually heavy snow. Flows went
through the main streets and things were
not too bad Saturday morning. Incident
ally it was a pretty storm, if you like
them.
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= NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
State Paper
Said To Be A
"Best Seller"
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Warrington
CnrreanOndent

Somewhat TO its surprise, the De.
partment Of State has 0 best seller
on its hands in It's first publication
Of 1913, the ascent, 144-page, paper
backed thriller offlcially titled
peace and United States
Foreign Policy--1931-1941."
The initial order was for $500
copies. That Just took care Of the
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political
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon rises at 2:2S a. "a. (waE hae).
sun rises sos 3. IA, sets eos D. ~. fwaF
timel.
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-01-30
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Inside Story Of poons Surprise Intervention In Afreo
Roosevelt Exploded When He Heard Of Deal With Peon Man.;
State Department Had Been Grooming Goud For CooPeruton
He Was Hondpeked For Murphy By Heed Of Reoeono Group
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A Thought for Today

RrnlSe ye the Eerd. Praise ye the Lord from
th6 heavenss praise him in the heights
EBAElns 1aSsL
We bow our heads before Thee. and we laud
and magnify Thy name, Almighty Godl
Wordsworth.
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signed letters pertaining = per-g
sOnal health and hygiene, ios 60
disease, diagnosis or treatment,
win be answered By Dc. Prady %
. stamped self.aAdressed envelope
q enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
Be made 10 queries not conforms
ing 20 instructions. Address Dr.
William Brady, National News
paper Service, $40 West Madison
street. Chicago III. hs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-09-05

through efforts of the committee. A
Christmas victory shower of buddy
bags has been scheduled for Deem
Der when Admiral Emory S. Land
will be present to accept the bags.
Mrs. William A. Becker, former pres
ident general and national chair
man of the buddy bag project, will
come from her home in New Jersey
to attend the meeting. Mrs. H. E.
Paddock is the vice chairman in
charge of the buddy bag project in
the District.
Other committee work includes
award of good citizenship medals,
with Mrs. Pearl M. Shaffer the vice
chairman in charge. Medals were
presented to graduates in every jun
ior and senior high school in Wash
ington during the past year. Awards
are based on outstanding character,
leadership, service, loyalty and pa
triotiSm.
The committee also is keeping up
to date on the OAR service flag
which shows that l, 300 fathers, hus-
bands, sons, daughters and grand
children of District OAR members
are in the armed services. There are
IA gold stars. Miss Ruth H. Bennett
is making the records for the service
flag which hangs at the Chapter
House.
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OAR Members Will Staff
Bond Booths at Arms Sh01U

Plans to "back the attack" by CO.
operating in War bond sales at
the ArmyTreasury Third War Loan
show opening September at the
Washington Monument Grounds are
being made by the National Defense
Committee of the District Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution.
Thirty-six District Daughters will
staff six booths for the sale of bonds
at the show on September Is and
again on September %. Mrs. George
B. Hartman, vice chairman of the
Defense Committee in charge of
bond sales, is being assisted with
arrangements by Mrs Joseph B.
Paul and Mrs. Charles F. Creighton.
The National Defense Committee,
which is headed BY Mrs. Arthur c.
Houghton, is planning to resume
regular meetings October l at the
OAR Chapter House
The first meeting will feature
talk by Mrs. Henry Howard, presi-
dent of the Floating Library of the
Merchant Marine, and a collection
of books for the floating Libraries.
At least 1000 volumes will be sought.
Mrs. George C. Ober is the COM
mittees vice chairman in charge
of the collection.
Men of the merchant marine also
will be remembered at Christmas
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Takoma Park and SiIUer Spring
Virginia K. Myrick, Bride>Elect,
Feted at Miscellaneous Shower

stationed at the Navy Base Train
ing Center there.
Mrs. Lewis t. Boynton of Silver
Spring left Friday for vacation in
New Haven and Stamford, Conn
Mr.. Boynton left at the same time
for MoorestoWn, N. j., taking back
his granddaughter, Deborah Boyn-
ton, to her parents, MI. and Mrs.
Hills Boynton. Deborah has been
spending several weeks here with
her grandparents. Mrs. Emma Boyn-
ton, who makes her home with her
son and daughter-in-laW, Mr.. and
Mrs, Lewis Boynton, is spending a
month in Hamden, Conn, with an
other son and daughter-in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Delano Boynton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald D. Jamond
have returned to Takoma Park from
Union, w. Va, where they spent two
weeks visiting relatives.
Mrs. Francis Darcy of Silver
Spring left Friday for Deep River,
Conn, to visit her father-in- law and
mother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Mi
chael j. Darcy.
Mrs. Banks A. Murray and her
daughter Felicia of Silver Spring
left Thursday for Monroe, La. to
spend this month with Mrs. Muir
rays son-in-law and daughter, 1t.
and Mrs. Jennis M. Strickland.
Mrs. CORTLAND H. Davis, jr,, of
Charlottesville, Va. is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Bauer
of Aspin.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Eason and
their daughter Marilyn of Atlanta
are spending two weeks with Mrs.
Eason'S parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Folsom of Silver Spring.
Mrs. Robert w. Clark, who has
been with her husband, Pvt. Clark,
at San Bernardino, Calf, has re-
turned to Takoma Park to be with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L.
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corcoran
and their children, Judith and
Tommy, Of Silver Spring are vaca-
tioning in Connecticut.
1t. Comdr. and Mrs. Robert Moore
and their children are now in resi-
dence on Clover7eld place in Silver
Spring. Conldr. Moore has been on
duty at Pearl Harbor.
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Mrs. A. E. Witherell of Milwaukee
is spending week with Mrs. Will
liam A. Salisbury.
Mr.. D. r. Dundon of Arlington
Forest left last week for New York
where he will spend the next three
months.
Mrs. Miles S. Bray left Wednesday
for a weeks visit at Shenandoah
Springs, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner p. Gren-
fell and their children, Mary Lou
and Freddie are moving next month
from their home at $50 North
Thomas street into the Parkfairfax.
Their home will be occupied by Miss
Denham and Miss Elsie Brown of
Bancroft.
Mrs. w. E. Garrett of Bon Air
is spending couple of weeks visit
ing near Warrenton.
Mrs. Melvin Hymer left Monday
for visit in New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin H. Taylor
with their children, Mary Jane and
Goodwin H. Taylor, jr., are visiting
in Atlanta.
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Mrs. John Alden SWartWout Of
Montgomery Hills entertained at an
attractivelv arranged miscellaneous
shower last evening in honor of
Miss Virginia Kate Myrick, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James H. P. Myrick
of Silver Spring, whose marriage to
Aviation Cadet Earle Marshall
Stacy, Army Air Forces, will take
place October 2 in Frederick, Okla.
The party was attended by about 80
guests, among whom were some of
the sorority sisters of the bride
elect who attended the University
of Maryland.
Miss Myrick and her parents, &C
companied by Cadet Stacy's par
ents. MI. and Mrs. Arthur A. Stacy
of Montgomery Hills, will leave Sep
TENDER "a for Oklahoma to attend
Cadet Stacy's graduation as a
bomber pilot from the Advanced
Flying School at Frederick on Octo-
Der l and the wedding on the fol-
lowing day.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C Laws of
Woodside Park have with them for
the winter Mrs. Ira E. Laws, for
merly of Four Corners, who has re-
turned from a visit in Hagerstown
and Frederick with relatives. Also
visiting at the Laws home is Mr..
Laws sister, Mrs. Robert H. Smith,
wife of 1t Smith Of Massachusetts,,
who will be here until october /.
She is spending part of her time in
Richmond visiting her sister, Mrs.
Harrison Moseley.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hammond,
who are leaving october l to make
their home in Bridgeville, Del, will
be honored by a group of their Sill
yer Spring friends at party We'd
nesday evening at Treasure Island
Hosts will be Mr.. and Mrs. William
w. Wright, Mr.. and NIrs. A E.
Stack and MI. and MIS-. Donald K.
Staley Moving TO Delaware with
the Hammonds will be their chill
6ren, Kay and John, and Mrs Ham
mond's mother, Mrs. Walter Nichols.
Mrs. Russell H. Lampson Of Ia
koma Park has gone to Miami
Beach to join her husband, 1t. q.
g. Lampson, U. S. N. R, who is