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THTE MERIDEN DAILY JOURNAL MERIDEN COnA MONDAY DECEMBER 9 iwm American British Relief Overnight News I In Connecticut i MICHAELS 'watches BRUSH ENVOY TO GIVE REPOR i ON FINANCE DU HANS KOHN FORUM SPEAKER THIS EVENING POCKET WATCHES 1 men OGer pocket watches from $1750 to $200 arr but a or of our wide and varied selection of America rr watches Make your selection ear'y1 GRUEN VERI-THIN Times SC WARE Wdc aPc' hin 1 7 r- precision movement in a yellow gold lied 2 ELGIN POCKET WATCH Ultra thin Eigm 1 4k solid gold case IR jewels 6adjuv)mens qcn ry 3 to positicn xUUv CHARGE OR BUDGET pay MENTS AT NO ADDED COST Having been flown from their California factories to Floyd Bennett Field New York these 18 planes are ready for shipment to Great Britain Seventeen will reinforce the hard-pressed A The uncamouflaged plane second from bottom Is Lockheed transport destined for South African commercial service Warplanes with single tall-fln are new Douglas DB-7A bombers Those with double tall construction are famous Lockheed "Hudsons" Johnson and Anna Sue Rice passed Sports and Games We also anded In a Thanksgiving basket 'or a needy family Scribe Marion Pontonillo Troop 5 Some of the girls received their service pins last week There are several pins left however so if there are any girls who wish to buy pins forget your nickels On the 16th of this month we will have a social with games re freshmenta and dancing Everyone try to be present tonight as we will plan for our social We will also make arrangements for providing a Christmas basket for some needy family 8cribe Olga Kornchuk Atichaek for the sail and Lois Wendt and Jane Westermeyer have charge of the games and chanties Plans are also in the making for our Christmas Party to be held dn board On the 23rd We have been asked to trim the gymnasium for Christmas At one bell after a merry voyage we sailed Into home port where we were each given Shore Leave for one week Arllne Miller Yeoman Troop 31 At our last meeting we discussed the plans for our Christmas party For the committee In charge we have chosen Rita Kaczmarczyk Theresa Kawacka Genevieve Tenza Irene Jankowski and Jeanette Kowalski later our leaders collected the squares for our afghan from the girls who had finished Scribe Frances Wnuk Troop 34 We opened our meeting with a patriotic song Mrs Greeley visited our troop and spoke to us about helping different communities and why Girl Scouts wear uniforms We welcomed a new girl Ruth Frldhouse from Pennsylvania We worked on our scrapbooks This week we decided to work on a troop budget Scribe Mary Virginia Nelson Brownie Troop 48 We started our Christmas presents at our last meeting As a treat we had popcorn This week bring colored crayons and some nice pictures Our new members are: Audrey Butterfield Ruth Johnson Mary Gearing Marcia Pickett Joan Hinrich and Alice Kennedy He will plan our Christmas party Oils week Scribe Caroly Hollman Brownie Troop 53 Troop 53 planned a Christmas play which will be presented on De-centher lB We are gotfig to Invite our teachers and our mothers After a while we danced a little and sang some songs We had a grand time then we went home Scribe Virginia Carter Hartford Dec 9 (AP)-Cormec-tcut Zionists adopts a resolution at thWr annual convention approving President Roosevelt's policy of aid to Oreat Britain because a British victory necessary to guarantee the future of democracy and civilisation" Judge Jacob Schwalsky of Hartford was elected president of the organization New Haven Dec 9 The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station announced a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to lupport a five year program of re-learch in the normal growth of nts under the direction of Dr nald Jones station geneticist the investigations will start July 1 Hartford Dec 9 The Very Rev Dr Frederick Beek-nan dean of the American Cathedral In Paris called upon Americans Insist that nothing shall be allowed to hinder for a moment America's mighty effort In defense of her own life and in the precious and timely si port of and first line of defense manned by Britain He spoke at special services for British war rellet at fit John's Church West Hartford Weighing less than one pound the tick bird serves as a bodyguard to the rhinoceros which weighs several tons i The Smoke of Slower-Burning Camels gives EXTRA MILDNESS EXTRA COOLNESS EXTRA FLAVOR ANO- LESS NICOTINE than the average of the 4 other of the largest-selling cigarettes less than any of them according to independent scientific tests of the smoke itself CAMEL THE SLOWER- BURNING CIGARETTE of Money Countries STREET During the latter part of the meeting the tenderfoot girls were taught how to use the compass We played games which were enjoyed by all and sang a few songs The meeting was closed at 8:30 Scribe Gloria Carta Troop 13 Our recent meeting began with the recitation of the Girl Scout Laws We were pleased to have as our guest Mrs Roy McLaughlin We discussed plans for a Christmas tree for the birds following which we sang Christmas Carols Scribe Marie Alebrone Brownie Troop 15 We made a good start on our Christmas presents We hope to finish them next week Brownies bring your empty spools Be sure come this week to get your membership cards Scribe Peggy Gregory Troop 19 We had our last meeting in tiro basement of Roger Sherman School and spent our time knitting The girls who are working for the Red Cross received small red service pins to wear on their uniforms The next meeting will be at Mrs home on Orient Street Scribe Anne Leonard Troop 21 The Scouts that were working on the Cook Badge made tapioca pudding which turned out very well Marion Kuehl explained a game to pass one of the Second Class requirements We are reminded to bring toys and knitting to nur next meeting Scribe Marcia Church Troop 25 Our seventh meeting was devoted to dressing dolls which are to be given away as gifts during Christmas week' Many items of interest were discussed such as the choral singing the cookie sale and the program for British Relief The meeting closed a few minutes earlier then usual Scribe Mary Rose Keohane Troop 28 Last Monday we met at the home leader Mrs Francis Malar-ney Jo continue the making of our Christmas gifts This week wis plan to make Christmas cards Some of us met Friday at the Sin-ger Sewing Machine Store and completed the furnishings for our club room Besides our meeting today we will meet on Wednesday for our dedication ceremony Lolsjanc Perry Scribe Cutty Sark Troop 2 "Six bells! All aboard! Make ship ready for were the orders given After dressing ship two new gob were signed mi as members of the crew namely Mary fielll and Oeraldlne Pardew Next In order came games and singing of Chanties by the Company Then We all assembled on the main deck and worked on scrap books It was decided that at the next sailing we will start working on the Ship's Log Geraldine Gracey is to be Skipper After Old Phillips To Present Balance Sheet To Treasury Washington Dec 9 (AP)-Wn 'he flnanciaFbalance sheet of tli British empire due for presentatio at the Treasury Department today Capitol Hill heard a fresh series oi arguments for and against greater aid to Britain The unofficial but proceeded with one eye on the second meeting scheduled In the se-ris of conversations betwen Secretary Morgenthau and Sir Frederick Phlllipe under-secretary of thr British Treasury The agenda of the second meeting called for an examination of the British balance sheet on which Sir Fredericw worked over the weekend The financial picture it dis-cloaes may determine the consideration to be accorded any future proposals involving cash or credit assistance On the congressional front meanwhile 8enator Adams (D Colo' told newsmen that Britain should have at least 60 per cent of American aircraft production Instead of the prevailing 50 per cent have a considerable number of defense planes Adams asserted have enough to protect us against any Immediate attack long as England has planes Hitler is not going to try to attack the United Senator Nye (R ND) retorted that an increased allotment of aircraft to Oreat Britain Jeopardize our defense was said Nye "that when the 50-50 allotment was agreed upon we ultimately would be Increasing Great Britain's share even to giving them all our new Nye a leader of the group which opposes further British aid said he anticipated an effort In the new Congress to wipe out entirely the existing neutrality act which forbids the transportation of goods to bellgerents In American ships ard stipulates a policy for purchases In this country WILL CHANGE COLOR Chicago Dec 9 (AP) Yellow patches often appear on the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet of persons who follow diets over-rich In carrots or orange juice Dr William Becker of the University of Chicago reported today Carrots and oranges he told the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphllology In a prepared tet contained a yellow dye which If absorbed by the body excessive quantities entered the Ain and caused discoloration TYiat he said produced the yellow patches on the skin of diet "faddists" Dr Becker reported also that drugs containing silver gold or mercury compounds produce weird changes ar -the color of the skin when used indiscriminately and over a long He said that certain nose and throat sprays and eye washes contained silver compounds which might color the face and arms a bluish gray Silver preparations used as injections In the treatment of diseases such as yphllls he added might have the same effect when used In excessive quantities Gold compounds he cited have teen used In treatments for arthritis tuberculosis and other diseases and mercury compounds frequently have been found In certain brands of facial creams "Both of these metals when absorbed by the body may enter Into the pigment of the skin and cause discoloration he added The meeting of the academy Is being held concldent with the university of Chicago's 50th anniversary celebration and is being attended by Ain specialists from all parts of the nation HAPPIER DAYS FOR FRANCE IS HOPE OF POPE Vatican City Dec 9 Pius XII offered encouragement to France today expressing the hope she would find better and happier days In receiving the credentials of the new French ambassador Leon Berard Berard addressed the pope with and which the pontiff said found sympathy and in his heart especially for a "proposal to lead France back to better and more serene days" The pontiff said that in the midst of events which were beginning to give new lineaments to the spiritual and outward aspects or Europe he remembered the Image of Catholic France when he visited the grotto of the of at Lourdes this France is veiled with sorrow struck by a test such as she seldom has encountered In the stormy history of the French the holy father asserted He expressed hope that all those upon whom fell the mission of the present and laying spiritual and material cases for the future will develop In order and concord the riches of energy and sentiment accumulated In the deeper soul of the peoples" With all his heart the Pope said hr wished for France to have In the midst of her pre sent test force" with which to bear conditions After the official audience the pope talked with Berard in his private library Vision experts say the human eye Is 30 times more alert than the nqse 10 times more alert than the ear Native Of Prague To Discuss In Dr Hans Kohn professor of modern European history at Smith College will discuss Outlook In at this evening's Anal session of the current tenth annual fall series of the Meriden Community forum which will open with a half-hour musical recital at 7:30 o'clock Professor Kohn was bom In Prague Csecho-SlovAla where he received his degree at the German university During the first World War he served In the Austrian army was taken prisoner by the Russians with whom he lived DR HANS KOHN throughout the revolution and the civil war He next lived In London Paris and Jerusalem coming to America in 1931 After serving many American universities as lecturer he assumed his present position in Smith In 1934 He has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for his studies on European problems His written works have had as much to do with Dr fame as have his widespread lecture appearances After presenting "Force Or Reason" and "Revolution and to a wide reading public he has this past month released his latest book By Arms which has been widely and favorably reviewed by national magazines In It he gives not a defense of the status quo but a summary of Central European history leading to a new and deeper understanding of the part played by Austrians and Czechs In the current conflict Bora and reared In the heart of the present war-tom area he can speak with authority of the lands with which he deals Recently this evening's Forum speaker was scheduled to give a series of lectures in Hartford where with each successive meeting his audience grew until wss necessary to move to the city's largest school auditorium It Is expected that a large number ho have not been among the large audience at past sessions of the current series will gome to hear his able analysis of trends 'in the present world situation The Meriden High School ml Jlcal clubs combining band chorus and brass quintet under the leadership of Anthony Parish Is to give half hour recital at 7:30 a much anticipated annual event with the Forum Chairman Frank Quinlan will present Professor Kohn and will conduct the question period to follow Single will be available at the door which will open as usual at 7 Will all troops that wear neckerchiefs of a color other than green please report It to the Girl Scout headquarters Our department store Agency wishes to have a list of troops and their colors in order that (hey may carry enough kerchiefs of the various shades It hr also a-help when parents buy uniforms If the store can tell them the color of tie necessary for each troop At the Christmas party for leaders and council members to be held on Monday December 16 at the 1711 Inn there will be a grab bag so each person who comes Is asked to bring an inexpensive gift lecords Hereafter orders for pins or other Insignia will be sent in only on the 1st and 15th of every month Leaders sre asked to keep this In mind and to plan to get their orders In at these limes The Girl Scout Chorus will sing a group of carols on Wednesday December 11 at 8 at the First Methodist Church Mothers' Club Their second Engagement will be a program at the Plymouth Club of the First Congregational Church on Tuesday December 17 at 7 o'clock On Wednesday December 18 they will give another program at the Curtis Home at 7 o'clock Their fourth engagement will be on Sunday December 22 at 4:30 at the outdoor manger in front of the City Hall We acknowledge with thanks the contribution for the Juliette Low Fund received from Troop 32 Troop The meeting was opened at 7 at (he Post After the business meeting was adjourned the girls started making scrap books And You Can Really Enjoy It When You Join OUR CHRISTMAS CLUB SAVE 25c WEEKLY RECEIVE $1250 SAVE 50c WEEKLY RECEIVE $2500 SAVE $1 WEEKLY RECEIVE $5000 SAVE $2 WEEKLY RECEIVE $10000 SAVE $5 WEEKLY RECEIVE $25000 START TODAY Troop 2 Our meeting opened with the plaving of games Following we were divided into groups under the leadership of Mrs Rice and Mrs Hunt Plans were made for a Christmas Pot Luck 8upper at which' we will have a grab bag Orders were taken for service pins All Scouts who ordered them must bring their money to the next meeting Scribe Lorraine Beal Troop 11 At our last meeting we enjoyed playing several games We expect to hold a Fly-up Ceremony soon and the girls who are working for their hostess badge under the direction of Mrs Carl Johnson and Miss Beatrice Schea will serve our guests Several girls passed their Tenderfoot test Eunice Lietz Crystal Davenport Nancy MalllnsOn Ruth Lake Joan Glngras Barbara Smith Faith Leary Gloria Bord-dash and Judy Lombardo Barbara Dunn and Dolly PontolUlo passed Home-making Theresa Brakowski and Marlon Pontolillo Betty Lee SAVINGSBANK Troop 17 Instead of our regular meeting Tuesday the girls helped decorate St Joseph's School Hall for the Christmas Bazar which was held Wednesday We are planning to go to Camp Kenwood and have our meeting and we hope to enjoy some skating tomorrow Scribe Betty Anne White Troop 20 The girls of Troop 20 have decided to have a Christmas party and have chosen a committee to take charge consisting of Laird Meffert Myma Pltel Isa bell Gade Janet Lease Marion Obegenfki Nancy Ridley and Rhoda Briggs Mrs Wilson came to our troop last week to show us how to make pocket toys Scribe Nancy Ridley We recommend two Christmas rounds to be sung at this season They are: "The While World Is a Christmas and "Christmas Is Coming" both of which may be found in The Girl Scout Chorus will rehearse Tuesday and Thursday this week Immediately after school Any who are absent from these rehearsals wtl not be allowed to sing in the performances unless specially excused Please come promptly NIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL A Night will be observed at the Meriden High School Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock when parents of pupils and faculty will meet to discuss various subject and problems A short program of vocal and musical selections will open the event and will be followed by a general meeting and parents will be given conducted tours through the school Faculty members will be In the class rooms where they will be pleased to meet parents and discuss problems with the fathers and mothers Doctors have recently tested the use of strychnine drops In the eyes of stratosphere fliers to correct Impaired vision at high altitudes a uvian inrpiivivf and one of his victims This into Detroit Mich weighted down Dk 14 WEST MAIN MERIDEN CONN Man Winters Will any Leaders or Council members who sre planning to go to the Transfer Foreign Boy Scout dinner on Thursday December 12 please call the Girl Scout office as soon as possible and reserve ticket Troops that are planning to give baskets of food at Christmas time are asked to call the Central Index telephone 2073 stating the slse of family wanted and giving other necessary details Please also report It to the Girl Scout Headquarters so that It may be In our The Home National Bank 18 COLONY Offers A Complete Remittance Service For Sending A Welcome Greeting To Friends And Relatives Abroad In The Form Of FOREIGN DRAFTS FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS CABLE and RADIO TRANSFERS AT CURRENT RATES BUY HAZELBROOK HARD LEHIGH ANTHRACITE NOW 'Weene Donovan Inc IS CR08BS 8T PHONE JM JOURNAL WANT ADS BRING RESULTS states limping Old Man Winter pulled a over the Midwestern Iceberg-ltfe affair ia the Oreat Lakes steamer South Park after with tons of ice acquired on stormy trip across Lake Erie I.