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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-10
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for the first time in years-right after Kathy had come down. That fact was more disturbing to me than the fact that he had been murdered. Maybe the past hadn't buried itself. I began to imagine all sorts of goingson.
 
 Clint MattiSOn dropped in on his way home from the hospital with his arm in cast and a self-con- scious air about him. He said he had stopped to see if there was any thing he could do. I noticed him eyeing Kathy with a hang-dog air.
 My grand daughter, Miss Kraik, MT. Mattison,' I said belatedly. T don't suppose any ore thought to introduce you two this afternoon. .'
 I've already had the pleasure of meeting Miss Kraik," Clint Madison said surprisingly. But I don't suppose she remembers me-
 He blushed and looked at Kathy apologetically: Tt was at party in Hollywood, Miss Kraik, ! last winter. I was out there for awhile; they were adapting one of my stories to the screen"
 Kathy smiled brilliantly at him. I'm afraid my memory is rude, MT Mattison. I don't remember you. But I am glad to meet you now"
 My opinion of Clint Madison went up several degrees. So :. he had had a story screened.
 After dinner I went up to see Margaret and took her a bowl of soup. She hadn't been out of her room since I had told her about Derek. pushed on the light and arranged the tray of food tempting ly on table by her bed
 Miss Marthe," she remonstrated feebly, you shouldn't have brought my dinner up, It aint fitten' you should wait on me"
 Never mind about that" I said over the lump in my throat. Just try and eat few bites.'
 But she wouldn't. She said the sight of food made her feel worse, and begged me to take it away.
 tried to hold my voice steady. 'The police have taken Derek' s body to the village undertaken. Do you want to go and see him, Mar garet?"
 She began to whimper then like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-10
MY POOR LITTLE BOY"
 CHAPTER VII

now know that while Chief Deputy Shaw was in the house that afternoon taking down our formal statements, the other deputy was still in the ravine going over the vicinity where Derek's body was found with fine tooth comb as the saying is.
 And what he found there was enough to start the telegraph wires humming between Liston, the village where we get our mail when at Kraiktower, and Chicago where Derek Grady was last seen alive. AS a result one message came through that set cocky, young Sam Shaw by the ears. It blew to bits the only obvious req son for the removal of Derek Grady from this mortal scene.
 However, neither Shaw nor the other deputy said anything of their finds in the ravine that after noon. I suppose Shaw was still sore because we had deceived him about knowing Derek, and fig ured that if he asked any more questions we WOulCnC tell nlm the truth anyway. And, too, at that stage, the evidence in the ravine must have seemed purely incl dental to him too.
 So the two officers took photo graphs, packed some things in the back seat of their police cruiser and left shortly after Sam Shaw gave up trying to question Mar garet.
 All I had to worry about as went around that afternoon try Ing to steady my household back Into its accustomed groove and to persuade the distrait Sarah and Clara that murder or no murder we would expect to have dinner as usual was the fact that Derek had shown up at Kraiktower -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-10
By William
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book at all, and wondered about that What had she been search ing for with that desperate look on her face?
 A little chill crept up my spine.
 (TO Be COntinued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-10
HENRY

THE STORY: Derek Grady has been found murdered on the grounds of Kraiktower. The pO- lice recognize him as a man wanted for Kidnapping. Marine Kraik admits he was the grand son of her housekeeper, Margaret Grady, but says nothing about the attempted elopement years ago of Derek and her granddaughter, Kathy Connie, married to Kathy's father, has been acting strangely.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

war, say through a military alliance,
and that Russia must not protect
herself, either. She is to do with
out both, because we want it so.
The unreasonable wish reveals
itself in the demand that we must
not have any long-range under
standing with the Soviet Union, and
also that the Soviet Union is not to
do anything we don't like.
The unreasonable wish is for a
small army $50 that our farm help
can stay home) and also for a
strategy that will get this war over
with fast.
And sometimes the unreasonable
wish goes in for a demand that we
win without fighting, by sending
supplies to our Allies, and also that
we stop sending supplies at the ex-
pense of our boys in the Pacific.
Administration Victim, Too.
But the unreasonable wish is not
confined to opposition circles. The
administration falls victim to it, too.
The administration has an unrea-
sonable wish for amity with both
Otto of Hapsburg and the revo-
lutionary democrats Of Central
Europe.
1t has an unreasonable wish for
perfect understanding with the
reyolutionaries of France. and for no
Evening star., 1943-03-13
By THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star STAFF rorraeDocdar+

LONDON. Feb. II (by maiD A
40-pound box containing a suf-
ficient and balanced diet for IA SOL
diers for one day has been devised
here, in cooperative investigation
Of the War Office and the Ministry
Of Food, designed especially to feed
men in the field in the African cam
paign.
It insures, said a spokesman for
the Food Ministry, that the men
will be better fed than any other
fighting force which has ever left
England"
The contents were determined aft
er extensive laboratory tests. Such
boxes. it is explained, are especially
valuable for mechanical troops of
any kind and make it possible for an
outfit to carry its own rations over
hundreds of miles Of barren desert
without worrying over commissary
trucks. Several of these boxes. for
example, could be packed quite
handily in a tank.
Variety Provided.
Seven different "compo packs" in
order to give some variation in the
diet, have been devised. All contain
some kind Of timed meat. One will
have tins Of steak, another salmon,
still another Irish stew, etc. The
vegetables are usually the same in
each pack and each contains tins of
California apricots.
Each pack also has about 10
pounds of biscuits, margarine, jam,
IA two-ounce bars of chocolate, IA
packages Of hard candy somewhat
like the American lollipops, tins of
mixed tea, sugar and dried milk
which can be prepared merely by
adding hot water, and seven ciga-
rettes for each man per day.
This makes it possible, Ministry
of Food spokesmen say, for one COM
miSsary truck to carry all the food
necessary for an entire battalion for
two days.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
I'D Rather Be Rioht'
Wishes for Impossible Floating Around Nation
Shows We Are Yet to Feel the Bite of War

understanding at all with their
leader, de Gaulle.
It's diplomats seem to suffer from
an unreasonable wish to win the war
against fascism while praising
Franco in Madrid and criticizing
Stain in Moscow.
When, even officially, there is a
kind of petulance in our foreign
policy, desire to get all the breaks.
from both sides in the war. it is
hardly strange that unreason should
lift its head even higher In nom
official circles.
And so, in Congress, there is an
unreasonable wish for the world
with fence around it, for a policy
which would keep our troops home
to raise food during the war, and
then send them abroad after the
war to claim title to the airlines of
the earth.
There is an unreasonable wish
that Mr.. Roosevelt shall bow to the
Army's military decisions on where
to fight, and that the Army shall
bow to Congresses military decisions
on how many men to fight with.
There is an equally unreasonable
wish that the people of Europe shall
rise instantly on the basis of the
Presidents promises, but that thev
should understand clearly that the
Presidents promises are not binding.
The unreasonable Congressional
wish has it that Russia should re-
veal her military secrets to us, to
show her confidence in us, but
should also realize that we intend
to go our own way after the war.
The robustness Of these unreason-
able wishes is a sure sign that we
have not yet felt the bite of war.
We are tanner than we were 1S
months ago, when our unreasonable
wish was for both the defeat of our
enemies and peace for ourselves.
But the petulance and perhaps arro-
gance have not been squeezed out of
us yet. Some of us still feel that
worlds come with fences around
them, for the lucky to own: and
that the problem is getting, not
giving.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
5 Die as BIoze Sweeps
New York State Hotel
BY the Associated Press.


LITTLE FALLS. N. Y, March 13.
AT least five men were burned to
death last night when fire of un-
determined origin swept the three
story Murray Hotel.
Eighteen others were believed to
have escaped.
Fire Commissioner Lorenzo Fox
said one Of the victims was William
Eckler, IA. The others were burned
beyond recognition, he added.
TWO victims were found dead in
bed, another under a window to
which he had crawled, one in hall
and the fifth kneeling beside a bed.
Mr.. Fox estimated damage to the
frame dwelling would not exceed
$4,000.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

purposes alone, and not to set
up postwar economic engage
ments. The warning was con-
tanned in the favorable report
submitted by the committee on
the bill extending the life of
lease-lend for another year. 1t
was a unanimous report.
The second was the passage by
the House of the Disney bill in
creasing the national debt limit
to $210,000,000, 900, to which was
attached a provision nullifying
President Roosevelt's executive
order of October 3, 1912, limiting
salaries in this country to S25,-
600 net-or $4,000 before in
come taxes have been paid. The
President, it was charged bv
many members of Congress,
Democrats and Republicans
alike, had gone beyond the
powers granted him in the latest
price control act when he issued
such an order.
Congress has granted the Chief
Executive wide powers to carry
on the war. 1t has become irri-
tated, however, by efforts of the
executive to exceed these powers
by special orders and regulations.
The first real shot the legislators
have had at this practice was
the vote in the House on the Dis
ney bill. But aside from this
salary limiting executive order
of the President, there are or
ders and regulations promulgated
by officials in the various Gov
ernment agencies which have
made the people "see red" and
which Congress believes 60 be-
yond the authority granted. The
House, under resolution offered
by Representative Smith, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, has set up a
special committee to investigate
every charge of alleged usurpa-
ton of power.
The House passed the Disney
bill by a vote of 268 to 131-with
the dyedin- the-wool New Deal
adherents struggling to the end
against the notification OF the
Presidents salary order There
was just one issue involved-so
far as the proponents of the
Disney notification proviso are
concerned. That was the alleged
overstepping Of the law by the
President-the usurpation OF the
legislative function. Both Houses
of Congress had been assured by
the men in charge of the Price
Control Act that the President
could not and would not seek to
set the $4,000 limitation on SAL
aries under the Price Control
Act as written, while the measure
was before them for action. 1t
developed, however, that the
executive order had been pre-
pared even before the bill was
finally passed.
The President and his sup
porters In Congress contended
that the language of the Price
Control Act did give him the au-
thority to issue his salary order
Evening star., 1943-03-13
IA Men Sustained for Doy
On British 4O-Lb. Food Box

A major incentive in devising the
"compO' was to save as much ship
ping space as possible between Great
Britain and North Africa. At the
same time it was realized that there
would be a serious threat to the
morale Of men obliged to live on such
foods-for the most part quite prim-
ltlve-as could be obtained from the
Arab population. In the past it has
been the policy of the British, as we'll
as OF the American commiSsaries, to
use local foods, especially fresh meat
and vegetables, SO far as possible.
But it was realized" saws the
Food Ministry spokesman, that the
men would have to be weaned on
North African food.
This means definitely the end of
bully beef for soldiers, almost re-
gardless of the situation in which
they find themselves. The food in
the boxes is thoroughly adequate
and tasty. Every item has been
tested for its actual food value and
no space is taken up by food which
does not add to the efficiency of the
individual"
Also for Postwar Use.
In making up the 'compos," >" it was
explained, the food scientists un-
officially were looking beyond the
war to the feeding of starving
Europe left in the wake of the
broken German armies. Then ship
ping space and quickness Of delivery
to famine-stricken areas of balanced
foods which will relieve the worst
effects of starvation quickly will be
Of prime importance.
In q sense the soldier in North
Evening star., 1943-03-13

that his hatred for Communism
continues unabated.
But he tells the Axis chiefs that
Spain depends on the United
States and Great Britain for the
little food and other essentials
she manages to import to keep
her people from starvation.
SO far, Franco has managed
to keep his country neutral even
If occasionally he has had to
close his eyes to some technical
lnfringements of Spain's neutral
ity by the Nazis. The State De-
partment and the British For
eign Office were glad to overlook
these minor infractions of Spain's
neutrality.
Our diplomacy in regard to
Spain is based on military con-
siderations. So long as the Span
ish government does not allow
the Germans to march through
Spain toward Gibraltar and
North Africa and does not order
the army in Spanish Morocco to
collaborate with the Axis we are
satisfied.
Nazis Increase Pressure.
Heretofore the Nazis, on the
surface, were satisfied with
Spains attitude. They obtained
some of Spain's raw materials,
such as copper, in exchange for
shoddy goods manufactured in
the Reich or CzechoSlovakia and
occasionally used Spain's harbor
facilities to make temporary re-
pairs to damaged submarines.
Sometimes they stayed longer
than international law permitted
but no one regarded this as a
provocative act on the part of
the Spanish government.
In recent weeks, however. the
Nazis increased their pressure in
Madrid. The Berlin government
felt that Spain might slip away
from the Reich altogether and
Franco had to be reminded that
there still were sufficient Nazi
forces in Western Europe to
march through Spain either as
friends or, if necessary, as con-
querors.
The Spanish border was de-
nuded of .Nazi forces a few weeks
after the Allies entered North
Africa. Recently, however, Nazi
panzer and motorized divisions
made their appearance on the
French side of the Pyrenees.
Nazi tourists" who could be seen
in every Spanish town disap-
peared, but recently an uncom-
Portable number of travelling
statesmen" appeared in towns
along the French-Spanish border.
They are the same huskies who
had been seen before as tourists,
students and archeologists.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Officials Here View
Nazi Propaganda Film
Seized by Army
Movie Aimed at British
Shows Horrors of Boer
Betrayed Democracy
BY HELEN LOMBARD,

A Nazi film seized by American
authorities was shown the other
evening to select group of Wash
lngton officials who are interested
IN the question of the propaganda
power Of the moving pictures.
This film, which has been shown
by the agents of Herr Joseph Goeb-
bells throughout the occupied and
the neutral countries of Europe, was
directly aimed at the British and
pretended to show the horrors per-
petrated upon the Boer population,
during the Anglo-Boer war which
took place some 40 years ago.
The sustaining theme was the
tragedy of the declining years of
President Paul Kruger of the
Transvaal Republic the betrayed
democrat"
Every Drama Trick Used.
The Nazis used every trick of the
drama 10 arouse emotion among the
spectators. The film was well done.
The Nazis did not attempt to skin
over history and to suggest that
the scenes depicted were Of our
tunes. Uniforms, weapons and other
props" were of the period But in
the close-upS showing the sufferings
OF the peasant farmers, the Nazis
outdid themselves. The underlying
tone of moral indignation suggested
that the Germans were nice people
who could never have thought OF
wars of conquest and bloody perse-
cutionS.
IhlS film, and there are undoubt-
edly many others OF the same type
which have not fallen into the hands
OF the Allies, is one Nazi answer to
the United Nations propaganda
about humanitarian aims. 1t is a
curious fact that the same nation
which is capable of planning cold
blooded. mass executions, can also
understand the effect that a film
portraylng human Sufferings can
have on an audience. This particu-
lar film IS simply another illustra-
ton of the old theme that the Ger
mans can look effectively at any,
thlng-eXcept themselves.
The Washington audience, the
members of which were fully aware
Of the fact that this particular pic
ture had been conceived as a propa-
ganda weapon, nevertheless ad,
mitted It's potency. A typical com
Evening star., 1943-03-13

Africa is serving as an experimental
subject.
Food Ministry experts by no means
consider the problem of economical
feeding of masses as adequately
solved by present "compos" and
changes in the composition of the
boxes will be In order as reactions
are received from the men in the
field. Other packs will be devised,
it is likely, with the varying amounts
Of different foods available here and
experiments are planned with other
combinations which may supply an
even tastier balanced diet.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

set of whiskers
so luxuriant t
that he almost
has to wear a
S C are C row in
them to k e e p
b ir d S a W a Y,
please ask him
to communicate
W | t h Sergt.
Harry Halland
at the above
address. T. h e
chances are he
may be able
Evening star., 1943-03-13
This Changing World
Franco Dances Tiehtrope' to Remain NeutroI
As Nozis Increase War of Nerves Pressure

AT the same time Herr Joseph
Goebbels' minions made their
bow before the Spanish public.
Journalists and expert press at
taches are now in the principal
Spanish cities where they are
willing to impart manufactured
and doctored information to the
people Of Spain. They are spend
ing money lavishly.
Since the Nazi armed forces
have stopped "bhtzing' their enc
mics, the war news has to be fab
ricated in Berlin. Nevertheless,
that type of propaganda is not
particularly effective as far as
the Spanish people are con-
cerned. They listen to American
and British broadcasts and re-
ceive great amount of news
from American and British news
agencies.
u. .. -NCWS DottOItu-
In one field, however, Herr
Goebbels' minions are highly sue
cessful. They take the various
items in American newspapers by
columnists opposed to the Franco
regime, or declarations made in
this country by its opponents, and
use them as nucleus for special
broadsides.
They are dressed up, coated,
amplified and doctored in such a
way that when they are printed
they give the Spanish people the
idea that the people Of the United
States are opposed not only to the
Fascist regime, but to the whole
Of Spain.
Since this doctored propaganda
has foundation of truth-the
Nazi press agents are using their
quotes very carefully-they cam
not receive blanket denial
either from the American or Brit
ish Embassies. The officials of
these diplomatic missions have to
explain" and since explanations
generally give more credence to
doctored news, it is considered ad-
yisable to let things slide by.
There are, of course, a number
OF reputable Spanish newspapers
which are playing down the Ger
man releases. But others make a
big play of attacks by individuals
or groups against Franco. Par
ticular emphasis has been laid re-
Gently on the attacks against
certain branches of the United
States and particularly the State
Department, which has been &C
cused of an appeasement policy
toward Spain.
These attacks made in writing
and over the air have been uti-
lized with success by the Nai
agents. The portions which con-
tanned a fair and honest crit
icism have been left out and only
those sections which could show
the Spanish government that
America is its irreconcilable en-
emy were used, with amplifcation.
Nazi agents hope in this way to
lead Franco and his government
not to believe in any of Americas
assurances that the United Ma
tions have no intention of mixing
up in Spain's internal affairs.
They hope to get him so worried
and in such frame of mind that
he will decide to throw his lot
with the Nazis. in the belief that
his government will be kicked out
in any case when the Allies score
their final victory against the
Axis
Evening star., 1943-03-13

is S a d to
have only one
thing in mind
to keep out
of the war re-
gardless of
the kind of
tt G h t rope
d a n C e h e
must do. He
is trying to
s h o W t h e
N a Ii S that
emotion a lily
he is still on
their side and
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Mayor La 0uurdiu Is HI
Of Throut Infection
gy the Associated Press

Ey he Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March l3.-Mayor
La Guardia, who has been absent
from his City Hall Office for a week,
will be confined to his home for
another two days at least with a
streptocoCcus infection of the throat,
his secretary, Lester B. Stone, an
nounced yesterday.
Mayor La Guardia's illness was an
nounced, Mr.. Stone said TO set aside
rumors regarding the Mayors plans.
1t has been mentioned that he might
accept q military post which would
take him TO North Africa.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Maine Barge Builders
Report Work Stoppuqe

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST. Me, March 13,-Tem-
porary cessation of work at the Bel
fast Shipbuilding Corp. was reported
yesterday by General Manager Nor
man E. Jackson, who said "circum-
stances beyond our control were
responsible.
He refused further information
pending conferences with Maritime
Commission representatives. The
concern has been building wooden
barges.
Evening star., 1943-03-13
Mrs. Wister Gets Divorce

RENO, New, March 13 P.-Mrs.
Cathleen F. Wister, New York social
registrite, has been granted a di-
vorce from William w. Wister,
former Philadelphian now residing
In New York. She charged extreme
cruelty at private hearing yester-
day. They were married In New
York September 2, 1899.
Evening star., 1943-03-13

The frs t
wa S a direct
and definite
warning by
t h e Senate
Foreign R e
lations Com
mittee to for
elgn nations
and to our
own Govern
nnent t h a t
a gre enentS
made under
lease = ! e n d
were for war