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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

MT. McNeils own Fairfield county. Another reason might be doubt whether the boom indicates a real Roosevelt drive against Senator Lonergan.
 If the latter were contemplated there might be degree of caution about it after the result of the Iowa primaries.
 One suspects that MT. McNeil may have merely launched an arrow in the air, without any well formulated plan. There has been talk of other candidacies--of Dr. Edward C. Dolan, register of the treasury, be- tween whom and Senator Lonergan there has been hostility recently; and since the sensational trial in Harlan County, Kentucky, started, of Assistant Attorney General Brien McMahon.
 MT. McMahon is a fellow county ite of MT. McNeil and is protege of Attorney General Cummings, as MT. McNeil is the latter's friend.
 The whole combination of circum- stances suggests that MT. McNeil is proceeding with 8 foresight typical of his Scotch background. With two other potential candidates in the field he may merely have thought it advisable to let it be known that he, too, is available.
 The Connecticut field would ap- pear no too promising for 8 can- didacy against MT. Lonergan. The Senator has much personal strength. The Connecticut habit of renomi- mating sitting Senators gives an in- cumbent 8 strong position.
 There is no reason to suppose that Governor Cross, seeking renomina- tion and reelection, would help de- feat sitting United States Sen ator. Nor is MT. FitzGerald, Ma tional committeeman, likely to do it, or State Chairman Smith. Senator Maloney will hardly oppose his col league.
 Just who, therefore, is going to be for MT. McNeil, may be part of the mystery referred to. The various gentlemen who have been suggested as opponents of MT. Lonergan are estimable. This newspaper has a friendly regard for all of them. Nevertheless it proposes to support Senator Lonergan for some of the very reasons that are urged against him and until better grounds are offered for opposing him than now appear. That is quite regardless of who is entered against him.
 For his stand in the Court matter and for his generally thoughtful position upon questions, Senator Lonergan deserves well of his party and the people of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Gentle Reminders

It's not unadulterated chagrin a man always feels on the occasions when nature throws a casual monkey wrench into the machinery of his highly mechan- ized world. Sometimes it makes him feel little more at home-it puts him in his place: place he had almost forgotten but feels attached to somehow.
 The liner Queen Mary had distressing experience the other night She found it impossible to dock at Cherbourg, despite all the elaborate, foolproof machinery in her brain. It was simply that the wind was too high. The liner Normandie, an- other awe-inspiring behemoth, had a similar difficulty not long before that in New York. She found herself tied hand and foot by passing fog, and had no choice but to sit down and tWiddle her thumbs.
 The shippers and passengers aboard those vessels probably derived little pleasure from the incidents. Reading about the occurrences, however, one discovers a certain odd and possibly perverse feeling of satisfaction arising. It's something like the feeling that comes when a child's questions confound scientist, when the machinery of warfare is halted by the rainy season, when the machinery of state jams into that mon- key wrench called human nature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Then and Now

Back in 1929 few months before the grand crash had occurred a certain pac- calaureate was delivered It caused con- siderable comment throughout the nation. There was some criticism, but It was scattering. Most of us lived in glow of unreality, so far as the economic situa- ton was concerned We thought the speaker was rather smart. His advice was considered up to the minute. He was Professor Robert E. Rogers of Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology and he said to the college graduates of 1929 - "Be a snob and marry the boss daughter. ..
 Professor Rogers delivered another baccalaureate this year, this time to the students of Rhode Island State College. And his remarks contained an equally striking bit of advice for the young grad uate. He said in 1888: "Your most secure and profitable career in the future will be on the public payroll, supported by the rest of the population. -"
 While good many people have come to this same conclusion, all have not voiced their opinions as candidly as did Professor Rogers. He may live to take back this statement, just as we recall he did his famous 1929 utterance. But he gives everyone of us food for much though. We're gradually building up a nation of public servants. What'll hap pen when everyone of us is on govern ment payrolls and there are no more taxpayers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

Flag Day is observed today The Continental Congress authorized the new flag June IA, 1777 Benjamin Franklin designed the first flags used in the col onies in 1747 Flags with various designs made their appearance, having the rat tlesnake, the pine tree, and other in- scriptions appearing. The Grand Union appeared when George Washing ton took command of the Colonial forces; this had thirteen red and white stripes with a British Union Jack. This was used until August, 1777 when flag was improvised with thirteen red and white stripes and thirteen stars; later with the admission of added states addi- tional stars were added It was on April IA, 1918, that the original thirteen stripes were decreed and one star for each state. Let the flags wave in the breeze today in the proper manner
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

Another new liner has just steamed into New York harbor. Perhaps we should say motored in; because the boat is a motor liner, the Oslofjord of the Norwegian-American line. It is the largest vessel between that country and this. Many festivities were in order yes- terday among the Norwegian and Ameri- can government officials After that the public can have look over the boat at fifty cents throw. There is no doubt about it, a trip over one of the big ocean liners is an education in itself and truly worth fifty cents. New Workers go in for this form of entertainment in big way, especially during the summer months, when the next best thing to sailing them- selves. IS sightseeing over the boat and watching someone else sail.
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the neck coming and going. These people know better what political boundary is than the millions who live removed from frontiers. A, boundary is the shadow of the edge of a sphere of power, and no more real than shadow.
 Men are not separated by shadows The people who live in the juggled terri tories of Europe know what men are separated by. Greed, pride, and lack of imagination. The real boundaries are the boundaries in the mind At some remote time in the future the shadows may go, when the boundaries in the mind are gone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

A few years ago we knew little or noth- ing about undulant fever; that is, the average layman. Now, so we read, it is fast becoming major United States dis ease threat. Under the general defini- tion of the word we learn that disease is contracted from cattle, swine and goats, and is transmitted through milk. The discussion of the fever was upper most at recent convention of the Amer ican Medical Association, at which time it was stated that about 100000 persons were afflicted at given time. The illness runs from three to five months aver age and often much longer, though the longer period is not so common now that the disease is more recognizable. Though the disease is now being handled in competent fashion research workers point out the diseases increase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Selected Poem
LABORATORY

Geslie Nelson Jennings in the New York Sun) Under the microscope the slide was set,
 And suddenly our world slid back in Time, When Life had nothing lordlier to beget
 Than protoplasmic and primordal slime. The naughty brain, the quick responsive nerve, Were not of Adams choice to gratify. Nor of his multitudinous seed to serve;
 Yet something stirred under that crystale eye. Not wholly formless, holding still the form
 That might emerge as all fecundity, Here were the lurking armies that would swarm Over the earth and come at last to be Stronger than human love and hate and hope, Caught for moment by that microscope!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 936 p. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:19 a. m.: sets 8:25 p. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The electric storms over the weekend were about as spectacular as we've seen in many year. Early Sunday morning or shortly after midnight nature gave wonder ful display of heavenly fireworks. The broad flashes of lightning were interspersed with long jagged streak that reached from sky to earth. If people weren't so timid about such storms they would enjoy them as marvellous spcctacles of Mother Nature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
A Book a Day
"The Yankee Whaler" Is Good History
By BRUCE CATION

One of the brightest and most colorful chapters in the romantic story of American sailing ships is the one which deals with the old whaling industry. The New Bedford and Nantucket whalers followed the most hazardous of all maritime call- ings, went to all the obscure corners of the worlds oceans long before the may-makers or the explorers" got there, and built up 8 sea-going in- dustry as glamorous and fascinat- ing as it was short-lived.
 The full story of his industry is now available in The Yankee Whaler," by Clifford w. Ashley (Houghton Mifflin: $5). Strictly speaking, 1t has been available right along; the book first came out Il years ago, in a limited and very expensive edition. But now 1t is available at price that the or- dinary reader can pay.
 MT. Ashley has done 8 magnifi- cent job. He answers, probably, every queStlOn any reader could think of asking about the old whalers. He presents statistics for those who like them, gives detailed descriptions of the ships, men, equipment and food used by the whalers, and describes every aspect of the dangerous and exciting busi- ness or killing whales.
 In addition, he includes a large number of pictures, diagrams and sketches showing what the old ships looked like, and some of the pictures are very elegant indeed.
 All in all, The Yankee Whaler" is-for anyone who has an interest in the subject-nothing less than 8 magnificent book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

day, Jack Garner laughingly com- plained:
 "Jack, everytime I go down to the White House all I hear about is Dempsey. I told the President that Dempsey might run the House, but he certainly wasn't running the Senate. That's my bailiwick.
 Spanish Embargo
 Letters and delegations continue to lombard the State Department demanding the lifting of the Span- ish embargo, much to the annoy ance of the career boys.
 The other day a delegation or professors came down from Penn sylvania and asked to see James c. Dunn, chief friend of Franco in the State Department. They had communicated with Secretary Hulls office in advance and were told to see Dunn.
 But Dunn would not see them. He sent out word that the Span ish embargo question was settled, that the embargo would not be lifted, that he did not want to discuss it further.
 The delegation sent back word that they had been referred to MT. Dunn by Secretary Hulps office. But Jimmy still refused to budge. Finally the delegation went to Hull's office, reported that MT. Dunn did not seem to be in communicative mood, so Hulps secretary finally demand ed that Jimmy come off his high horse and see them.
 Merry-Go-R0und
 Republican Chairman John Hamilton and Democratic Sena- tor Harry Byrd found themselves next to one another drinking breakfast (tomato juice) at Washington food counter. They said, How do you do," finished their juice and parted . :. When a Washington newsman ques- toned Japan's new military at tache about the war in China, his answer was, T have no thoughts. .. Before the month is over, both Argentina and Brazil will have military attaches in. Wash ihgton; they already have naval attaches. The military men went to learn all about mechaniza ton of armed forces Two Brazilian naval flyers are coming to take the air training coure at Pen- Saco1a.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Test Y O UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

l. Name the chairman of the Fed eral Communications Commission. 2. What is the chemical symbol for radium?
 3. In neon gas poisonous to hu- mans?
 4. Which state does Senator Will liam G. McAdoo represent in Con- gress?
 6. What is eudiometer?
 6. For whom were the American continents named?
 2. Tn which river are the Thous- and Islands?
 8. What is an oboe?
 8. What does Ursa Major mean? 10. Has Negro ever held the of- flee of Secretary of the Treasury2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
c. s. Senat0rShib McNeil Boom In Opposition To Senator Loner- gan Mystifes State-Why Was Hartford County Selected In Which To Launch
 Campaign?
Campaign?
HARTFORD TIMES

The Times political reporter finds Democratic leaders of the state "mystified" by the launching of a boom for former National Commit teeman Archibald McNeil, Jr., of Bridgeport for United States Sen- atOr.
 One reason for the mystif1cation might be the fact that Hartford county was selected as the place for launching the boom, rather than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

So Old Glory has been waving over the nation for 161 years, "her broad stripes and bright stars through the perlous night . o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
No Longer Young Democrats

The annual meeting of the Young Democrats in Seattle July IA to 16 is going to attract lot of Democrats who aren't so young. Reason: It is a good sounding board for political as- pirants and political philosophies.
 The young Democrats pay no travelling expenses for their guests, yet Governor Earle will come all the way from Pennsyl- vania, while Governor Murphy will come from Michigan. Jim Farley and Louis Johnson, as- sistant secretary of war, win cross the country to attend. Senator Lister Hill is coming all the way from Alabama, and Senator Josh Lee from Okla hOma.
 Gov. Happy Chandler thinks an appearance in Seattle will do him more good than appearances in Kentucky. He will go, but Sena- tor Barkley, his rival, will tend to the fences at home.
 Jimmy Roosevelt, former big. shot in the Young Democrat coun- cils, at first accepted the rally invitation, then backed out.
 COIored Friend
 Speaker Bankhead recently gave time off to his colored messenger, J. D. Reed, to go down to his home in North Carolina and cam- paign for the renomination of Congressman John H. Kerr of Warrenton, N. c.
 Messenger Reed came back tri- umphant, having helped renom- mate his friend, which in North Carolina is equivalent to re-elec- tion. What he did not know, how ever, was that his candidate had voted consistently against the anti-lynching bill.
 Jack Dempsey
 Failure of Charley West to do very much-if anything-about the PreSldentS good relations with Capitol Hill has started talk about getting Congressman, older and more sagacious, for the job.
 What is needed, according to the Presidents friends, is some one who does not specialize in back-slapping, but understands how the legislative machinery works. Among those mentioned is Jack Dempsey, congressman from New Mexico, who knew Roose- welt as youngster even before he was elected to the New York Senate. The 37-year friendship has made Dempsey one of the frequent confidants of the Presi- dent.
 Meeting Dempsey the other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
Governments Only Common Carrier,
 The Federal Barge Lines, Up For Sole; Young Democrats to Convene in Seattle;
 Jimmy Dunn Snubs Embargo Delegation
N DREW PEARSON
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Washington, June IA = It is not supposed to be known but the only government-owned common carrier in the United States likely to out of business It is the Federal Barge Lnes operated by the Inland Water ways Corporation. The President has received offer from private company and he is thinking of making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
 Desperate is pronounced either des-per-ay'-do or des-per- ah'-dO.

probably be of 56's, 58's quality, and would ordinarily be spun to worsted yarn sizes of 20's to not finer than 46's. On this basis 5 lbs. of clean wool would produce from 6 to 15 miles of Worsted yarn.
 e. Did President Roosevelt ap- point Negro as Assistant Attorney General?
 A. He appointed Robert L. Vann, of Pittsburgh, Negro, as Special Assistant Attorney General in July, 1883.
 o. What Federal agency now per- forms the duties of the former United States Shipping Board?
 A. The United States Maritime Commission.
 Q. Was Robert G. 1ngersoll an atheist?
 A. No. Rev. Charles Francis Potter in "The Story of Religion" says: "Ingersoll was not an atheist. Nowhere in his writings can there be found denial of Gods existence.
 o. Can lost lustre be restored to a pearl?
 A. Only by an expert who, with delicate instruments, can peel off one of the thousands of layers of nacre, and restore the lustre.
 o. What is a musk-plant?
 4. A perennial herb, Mimulus moschatus, with a musky odor and pale yellow brown-dotted flowers.
 o. How many secondary and pre- paratory schools of all types, includ- ing denominational schools and public Junior colleges, are in the United States?
 A. Approximately 5000.
 If you want a copy of our book let HOME CANNING" write to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ingt0n Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 14-The Kings English is taking terrific beating from two quarters these days Harlem and the college campuses.
 Name almost any article and the kollege kut-ups or the ,sepian sharp ies (dudes) of the dusky belt have another word for it.
 No one knows just how these re- markable words find their way into common usage. A swing addict will endeavor to explain why jitter- bug is one who likes swing, or a bobcat is a swing musician, or why tive should be hot swing and gut bucket less emphatic swing. Col lege boys will wrinkle their brows and wonder how I'm on relief" got to mean standing in the stag line or sinking an examination" pass ing with flying colors. But no one actually can say 1t happened this way or that.
 Two of the gentlemen who have been watching this weird distortion of the language with interest are both band leaders-Kay Kyser and Cab Galloway. Kyser, a college graduate, keeps au courant of the latest college expressions, and Cal loway knows all about the Harlem patios.
 COlored Chatter
 Calloway's booklet is chock full of local color-no pun intended "Ain't coming on that tab" means the proposition is turned down Back" is used to indicate the super lative-such as "She sang that song back" meaning she sang beauti- fully.
 Beat to my socks" means fiat broke. "Fraughty issue" Is used to describe a sad message.
 Some of the other Harlem ex- pressions: Got your glasses on (ritzy or upstage). Have myself ball" (enjoy ones selD. "Jitter sauce" diquor. "Kopasetic" (ab- solutely all right). Joint is jumpin' (place is lively). "Mur- der" (excellent, terrific). "Togged to the bricks" (dressed to kilD "Twister to the slammer" (key to the door). "V-8" (girl who spurns company. "Trickeration" (strut your stuff). Slide your jib" (speak freely. Rug cutter" Ca very good dancer. "Neigho pops" (nothing doing, son).
 Campusese
 Galloway, in fact, has gotten out a little brochure. Kyser hasn't reached the point of compiling a dictionary but he has a notebook cluttered with expressions which he showed me the other night. Strange ly enough, many of the phrases originate in such impeccable halls of learning as Colgate, Rutgers Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Columbia Pittsburgh and Cornell.
 A New York university shagster (hot dancer) reported that dull course was called "a sleep ses- sion" and the professor conducting it sandman" "The Commons, other students revealed, means Q college cafeteria. At Manhattan college, physical exam" doesn't mean what it would seem to mean It's a fraternity haze. 'Twirl a chippie" is new phrase for danc- ing with a girl and is native tc several campuses. Make with the brain" is to think hard.
 An "apple polisher" is teach CTS pet. Beat the book" means to study hard, while hard rocks is the application given to tough teacher. Swing 1t lightly and po- litely" is an admonition frequently given 6 brassy band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14
A Thought for Today

Nevertheless God, that cOmforteth those that are cast down, comforted by the coming oi Titus-I Corinthians 7:6.
 of al, created comforts God is the leader; vo, are the borrower not the owner.--Ruther- ford.
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Questions and
 Answers
Copyright isaa NE
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR Q. Have any Buffalo five-cent pieces been minted in 1888?
 A. Yes; at the Denver mint in January, February, March and April. 0. How much yarn can be made from lbs. of wool with fibers about 3 inches long? A. The amount of yarn which can be spun from a given amount of wool depends on the quality of the wool. A wool of 3 inch staple would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14


 The Barge Lines started opera ton about Is years ago with an ill-assorted fleet of war-worn boats and barges, plus an appro- priation of $12,000,000. It has been built up to a valuation of $25,000,000 today.
 These barges have weathered no storms on the inland waterways, but fierce storm from railroad interests whose freight rates were undercut. The barges served as a yardstick on rail and water freight rates throughout the Mis- sissippi valley.
 Principal finding the Presi- dent must make before he sells, is whether the buyer is acting for railroad.
 NOTE-Sale or no sale, effi- cient Major General T. o. Ash- burn, who has built up the In- land Waterways Corporation, has been been asked by its Board of Managers to carry on as President even after his retirement from the Army November 30 of this year. Four Leafed Clo7ers
 Mrs. Hugo Black, vivacious wife of the New Deal Supreme Court Justice, entertained her old friends of the Senate Ladies Sewing Circle at her Virginia home the other afternoon.
 The day being clear and warm, the senatorial wives decided to do their handiwork on the spacious Black lawn. But after short while group of them, whose hus- bands face stiff reelection fights this year, dropped their sewing and devoted themselves to search- ing for four-leafed clovers.
 NOTE-Mrs. F. Ryan Duffy, wife of the Wisconsin Democrat whose scalp the LaFollette Pro- gressives will try to lift in Mo- vember, found four of the lucky omens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-14

Q. What is a musk-plant?
 4. A perennial herb, Mimulus moschatus, with a musky odor and pale yellow brown-dotted flowers.