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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Peace And Happiness

This ought to be good Thanksgiving Day.
 First of all, the season has been bountl- full. The yield of our farms has been good, trade and industry seem to be pick ing up speed again, and most Americans will be able to sit down to big dinner commemorating those facts
 But Thanksgiving has come to be more than just a seasonal feast. It has become a time for casting up our national ac- counts so we can see how we have Jared during the last 12 months; time for looking both to the past and to the tu- ture, and for assessing our own place III the general picture of the world.
 And by any of those accountings, we have abundant reason to return deVouG and heartfelt thanks.
 The last eight or nine years have not been easy. They have put our country, probably, to greater strain than 1t has suffered since 1865; yet it has stood the strain nobly, and now it is becoming pretty evident that the worst is over.
 A great many people have suffered rather severely, but the nation as whole received no permanent damage - and the signs now are that things are going to go on getting better during the com ing year.
 If you look overseas, the reason for thanksgiving in America is even clearer.
 In Europe and Asia bloody wars are raging; and millions of people have to live under the daily dread that tomorrow it will be their turn. Intolerance and per- secution recall the Dark Ages.
 From all of that, we are spared,
 Alone of the earth's great nations, we can look forward confidently to years of peace = years which we can devote to construction, not to destruction, years which should increase the sum total of human happiness instead of decreasing it.
 Truly, if ever land had reason to return thanks, it is our land!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Bad Reputation

Connecticut through it's state and local officials should make an earnest endeavor in the next year to remove the stigma that now attaches to us by virtue of cer- tain "Sharp" practices among conStables who spend most of their time today in SuppreSSing motor law violations. Every one agrees that enforcement officers should be most concerned with promoting safety on the highways of the state. In the smaller towns this job consists usually in patrolling certain sections where motorists make free with the speed laws or watching closely bad intersections.
 At a recent session of the American Automobile Association in Cleveland, at tention was called to the custom of flee splitting" among constableS and the ex- treme "viciousnesS" of it in many in- stances Connecticut was one of the states cited for such an example. PreSi- dent Thomas P. Henry of the association, explained the method thuSly: Instead of receiving a salary, the constable gets a fee for each arrest, the justice of the peace gets fee for trying the case, the prosecutor gets fee for acting as plain tiff, and the clerk gets fee for filing an abstract of the case. What is left of the fine and costs goes to the state. The motorist pays for everything. .."
 We don't know whether statisticians include such fines and costs as part of the hidden taxes" that motorists pay today, but there's no doubt but what the habit or custom is everworked, probably as much in other states as in Connecti- cut alone. But we have had fragrant instances of justice being overworked in the interests of the officials rather than the motorist Here in Connecticut where we long ago recognized the need of avoiding just such tactics as infuriate motorists who are actually thoughtful and considerate drivers every effort should be made to wipe out the antique roadside justice courts''.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Meriden is doing nice thing for its citizens and taxpayers. It recently offered to replace property owners with shade trees that were destroyed in the Septem- Der hurricane. This week shipment of 300 trees that cost the city an average of $1.75 apiece arrived and were awaiting distribution to those who made applica- tion for trees. The city is not planning to set out the trees for the property owners They must do that themselves or else hire landscape gardener or nurseryman to do this. But after all it's enough that the city took the pains and initiative to replace those trees destroyed by the winds. If other communities, afflicted in this way, could afford to do the same thing, it would be fine move to recapture the beauty that has long been this states with its stately tree-shaded streets and parks and central greens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
No Dull Days

Tn many ways we don't do justice to this age, complains Dr. William Lyon Phelps, famous English professor at Yale. Too many people complain about it, fail to take advantage of it's opportunities, and "die twenty years before they are buried" He maintains that it is possible now to live many lives at once, in comparison with former ages. The way to do it is to keep the mind active and cultivate more interests -- find more things interest ing. He himself, he says, hasn't had a dull day in fifteen years.
 TO a person really awake and alert, actively interested in the life around him and the countless new and interesting things going on in the world, every day should bring new adventures. The read ing of the daily newspaper, through which all this life is made visible and brought to everyone's door, is in itself an adventure to the alert reader
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Hunters in the eastern section of the state get a chance to enjoy their favorite pastime for the hunting season has been extended just for their sole enjoyment. The woods in eastern Connecticut, that is east of the Connecticut river, were closed some weeks ago when it became apparent that destroyed timber consti- tuted a fire menace The extended season is on grouse pheasant, and gray squirrel. Ordinarily the season ends November 23 for these species of wild-life and will for the remaining parts of Connecticut. Fed eral regulations prevent extensions on the woodcock and waterfowl seasons, these being migratory birds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Selected Poem
ANNIVERSARY

(Eleanor A. Chaffee in the New York Sun) Mehitabel said to her settled spouse i've polished the silver and cleaned the house. I've made dinner fit for king Do you hear the new copper kettle sing?" He said q do," and sat down to scan The headlines like any contented man. Mehitable said Do you know what day This is on the calendar, by the way? Do you remember the satin dress wore? What day is it. can you guess?" He said, T can," and he turned the page With the air of a philosophic sage. Mehitabel said, Do you recall What you whispered beside the garden wall, And what you swore when the moon went down On the roses and music and satin gown?" He said, T do; and if dinners done I'd like it now, for have to run. {. ."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Questions and
 Answers
: cOpyriah. is3s. NEA
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 @. Is there a town in the United States named Santa Claus?
 A. It is in Indiana. Thousands of letters and parcels are sent to the postmaster there each Christ mas to be re-mailed, so that they will bear the postmark Santa Claus"
 o. Under what title was Ibsen's play, "A Dolls House." first pro duced in this country?
 A. "Nora, or a Dolls House." in 1882. o. Can a steamship whistle cause icebergs to break of from the Arc tic glaciers?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

party. It was also victory for the big cattIemen, long rulers of this state, who have been getting sourer and sOurer on the New Deal, particularly Secre- taray HulPs reciprocity treaties.
 The Canadian treaty, which lowered the tariff on young steers to be fattened in the United States was the first measure that Tiled the cattlemen. Next came the sanitary convention with Argen- tina, which proposed to admit a certain amount of chilled mutton from the antarctic end of Ar gentina where hoof-and mouth disease does not exist.
 It is doubtful whether more than a driblet of meat would have entered the United States, but the cattlemen weren't taking any chances. A lobby operating with the efficiency as the veterans promptly bottled the treaty in the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee, from which it will never budge. It would be worth the political life of any Rocky Moun- tain senator to vote for it.
 New Argentine Pact
 The third thing which irks the cattlemen is the danger of a new treaty with Argentina, this time on general trade. Secretary Hull has been promising this pact to the great River Plate republic ever since he assumed office six years ago. With the British agreement under his belt he is all set to open negotiations with the Argentines.
 If he does he will not exactly cause Wyoming to secede from the Union, but he will cause it's definite loss to the Democratic party. This is also largely true of other Rocky Mountain states, all big cattle growers.
 Looking at the other side of the picture, a treaty with Ar gentina is essential to MT Hulps Good Neighbor policy; would admit few Argentine products actually competitive with the cattle states; would be chiefly a token of economic good win. Argentina has been promised
 this pact for so long that it has become joke in South America and a cause of great embarrass- ment to the State Department.
 These arguments, however. make no difference in the Rocky Mountain states. Any further ex- tension of trade treaties with any except industrial nations, like England, may lose the Far West to Democracy in 1940.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Italian government while serving as captain in the American air serv- ice, and former head of the Ameri- can Sons of Italy, largest Italian American fraternal order. MT. Bon- giorno promised to introduce a reso- lution against Mussolini's anti-Jew- ish campaign in Italy, at the fra- ternal orders forthcoming conven- tion, and said further:
 Italians as well as Americans of Italian extraction in America are overwhelmingly not in sympathy with the anti-Semitic movement and measures in Italy and are thor oughly ashamed of them"
 Thus, the anti-Semitism of Mus solini is violation not only of every principle of Americanism. It is a vile travesty on those traditions of freedom and justice loved by the Italian people, and represented in the lives of the illustrious Garibaldi and Mazzixi.
 It is both highly American and understandable that the Italian peo- pie should speak out so sharply and mSiStently against MuSSolini'S anti Semitic persecution. AS minority group in America, along witt other underpriviliged minorities in this country they know too well the in- suits, abuses, and sufferings that come from being considered mem- Der of an inferior race, as is too of- ten the case here.
 The real sentiment of the Italian people, expresSd through thir whole sale condemnation of anti-Semitic barbarisn, can find its most effective and powerful expression in the in- creased solidarity of the Italian Americans with all other forces of democracy and progress in this country.
 MICHAEL, RITSSN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Daily Almanac
s 6:lO p. m.

Moon sets 6:1O p. m.
 Sun rises 6:48 a. m; sets 4:28 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Tiny creatures of the forest are busiest at this season of the year. Every night finds them searching for food to store in some hidden corner, where they will nest for the winter. Many make their way into barns, ga- rages, and even houses in the shape of mice, moles. rats and even rabbits. They burrow far down and come up under foundations and make nice warm nest for themselves in warm corner, perhaps near to a per- petual source of food.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Current Comment

If you ask me the difference be- tween Russian bolshevism and Ger man National Socialism, I cannob for the life of me tell you.
 1George Bernard Shaw.
 
 Business men by nature are op- timists. otherwise they would not take the risk of their money and energy in hope of making a reason able profit. Charles R. Hook. president of the National Association of Manufac- turers.
 The dictators are all spoiled chil- dren, and they will go on asking for more until they die. Phyllis Bottome, British novelist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Peru has just announced that 1OO- mile stretch on the proposed Pan Amer ican Highway has been opened to traffic. The stretch is from Lima, the capital to Huaras and passes through mostly agri- cultural territory. Formerly the regions were many hours distant by auto from Lima. Now the run is easily made in three hours. One hundred miles seems like a short jaunt on such a tremendous big highway, but after you put lot of these sections together you get the entire route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
U. S., ITALIAN AND GERMAN AMERICANS COMMENDED FOR GENERAL PROTEST AGAINST EUROPEAN
 BRUTALITIES
Waterbury, Conn.,,
 Nov. 22, 1888.

Waterbury, Conn.,, Nov. g, 1888.
 Editor of The Democrat:
 In any compilation of brutalities, ancient and modern, Hitler takes his place side by side with the most bloodthirsty and corrupt tyrants of all times. Americans up and down the land have expressed their dis taste for Hitlerism in one form or another in the last few days. It is gratifying to note the part that both German-AmericanS and Italian-Americans are playing in this general protest movement that has taken fire. Americans of Ger man and Italian birth and extrac- tion are reaffirming their loyalty to democracy and freedom, their ab- horrence of bigotry, hatred, oppres- sion as exemplif1ed by the brutal acts of Hitler and MuSSolini.
 Only a short time ago more than 800 leading Connecticut Italians at tended meeting in Hartford from which resolution of protest was sent to Mussolini upon the opening of his anti-Semitic campaign.
 There Rocco Pallotti, former president of the Connecticut Fedora ton of Italian American clubs, de- clared the Fascist dictator's anti Jewish campaign had been forced on the people of Italy" He urged Italian-AmericanS to fight against anti -Semitism as the enemy of Am erican democracy and of the Italian people as well.
 Among prominent Italian business people, Frank Serri, president of the Taxpayers and Merchants Ma tional Alliance of Brooklyn, urges Italian-Americ home-owners to send their protests to Mussolini via the Italian ambassador. He said:
 Millions of Americans of Italian extraction who love Italy and its great people are shocked at the anti Jewish program (of MusSolinD and regard 1t as ignoble and deep- ly un-Italian."
 In the same vein was the recent statement of Phillip Bongiorno, World War veteran decorated by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

perience in national affairs. coupled with his legal experience and abil- ity would make him an ideal choice for the position. Like MT. Gum mings, MT. Lonergan is a decided liberal, but not an extremist. He has often been referred to as the best liked man in official life in Washington by his colleagues in congress. New England is now with out representative in the cabinet. It would do well to urge the ap-' pointment of MT. L,onergan as attor-l ney general He is particularly well equipped to represent the viewpoint of this section at conferences with the chief executive and other de- partment heads on matters of state and policy.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

1. What is the name for a shiE abandoned at sea?
 2. What is the middle name of Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture?
 3. On which continents are rhi- noceroses indigenous?
 4. Of what labor union is Joseph F. Ryan the president?
 5. What river has the largest volume of flow in the world?
 G. Under whose leadership was the American Red Cross Society formed in 1881?
 2. How many lenses has a hu- man eye?
 8. How many nations were in- volved in the World War?
 9. Name the fourth President of the U. s.
 10. What is an arboretum?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Now Ethiopia is advertised to tourists as beautiful and charming country, holding one of the worlds oldest cul- lures" We didn't hear anything like that when Mussolini was carrying civilization to "those barbarous savages."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
LONERG.AN DOOMED FOR CUM MINGS' PLACE IN
 CABINET.
Hartford, Conn. November 20, 1888.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The retirement of Homer Cum mings from the cabinet leaves a va cancy which might well be filled by the appointment of another Con- necticut man to the post Senator Augustine L,onergan. His wide ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

o. Do the Communists in the United States have an official news paper, and if so, who is the editor?
 A. The Daily Worker is the offi- cial newspaper and Clarence Hath away is the editor. The address is 50 E. 18th street, New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

If you want copy of our booklet, CANDY MAKING" write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
IN TODAY'S MAIL

This responsible from its Anonymous communications the writer's and address will not be accepted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Quadruplets are born in Brazil, but that's the best they can do in those trop- ,ical countries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

Q. Where is the Mount Lowe Ob- servatory, and how old is it?
 A. In California, near Los An- geles. It was founded in 1893.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
A Thought for Today

have vet many things to say unto you, but ve cannot bear them nOw-St. John 16:R.
 There is nothing in the world so much ad- mired as man who knows how to bear unhap- piness with courage-Seneca.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
A PROCLAMATION
By His ExcelIency Wilbur L. Cross, Governor

As the colors of autumn stream down the wind, scarlet in Sumach and maple spun gold in the brches splendor of smouldering fire in the oaks along the hill, and the last leaves futter away and dusk falls briefly about the worker bringing in from the field late load of its fruit and ArcturuS is lost to sight and Orion swings upward that great upon his shoulder we are stirred to ponder the Infinite Good ness that has set apart for us in all this moving myS tery of creation, time of living and home In such spirit appoint Thursday, the twenty tyfourth of Novem Der, a day of
 PUBLIC THANKSGIVING
 In such spirit call upon the people to acknow- edge heartily in friendly gathering and house of pray the increase of the nearing it's close the harvest of earth the yield of patient mind and faithful hand that have kept fed and clothed and have made for shelter aganst the storm It is right that we whose arc of sky has been darkened by no war hawk, who have been forced by no man to stand and speak when to speak to choose between death and fe should give thanks also for the further mercies have enjoyed, beyond desert any estimation, of Justice, Freedom, Loving kindness Peace-resolving as we prize them, to let occasion go without some prompting or some effort worthy in way however humble of those proudeSt among mans ideals, which burn though it may be like candles tfuly in gsty world, with light so clear it's source divine
 Given under my hand and seal of the at
 Capitol in Hartford, this en day of November
 and thirty and of the independence
 WILBUR L. CROSS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
Daily Washington
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT c ALLEN

Australia Angling for Place in U. s. Defense Program in Pocific Ocean; Fear Downing Street Will Sacrifice
 Them for Friendship with the Joponese;
 Wyoming SIops New Deal Trade Treaties
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

WASHINGTON, November 2S. = It is deep State Department secret but Australia has put out feeerS toward tying LID with the U S. Pacific defense system
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23
T est Y o ar
 Knowledge

Can you answer seven Oi these test questions? Turn tt back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Miniature is pronounced min'-
 e-a-tur; not min'-i-tur.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

A. The vibrations set up in the air by whistles have been known to do it.
 @. Under what circumstances may aliens who entered the United States illegally remain in this country?
 A. This information is too exten- Sive to be included in this column. Any interested reader can get full information on the subject by send ing addressed and stamped envelope to our Washington Serv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Ask for the arti- cle on Illegal entry to U. S."
 o. What proportion of the em- ployed persons in the United States are working for federal, state or local governments?
 A. In regular employment the ratio in June, 1888, was approxi- mately one in every sixteen.
 @. Does the sun pull or draw water toward itself?
 A. No. The optical illusion of drawing water" is only the com- mon phenomenon of rays of light from the sun that are reflected by dust or particles of water floating in the air, making them visible when the sun shines between clouds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

A. The vibrations set up in the air by whistles have been known to do it.
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Many to Attend
Alpha Phi Meet

Many prominent members Of
the local chapter of Alpha Phi
International Sorority will at
tend the annual convention of
the sorority in Pasadena, Calf,
June "a to 20. The conven-
ton, which will draw approx
mately 400 delegates and visitors
from 81 collegiate chapters, will
be held at the Hotel Hunting
ton.
Among those from the Ma
tional Capital attending are
Miss Genevieve Parks, Pauline
Snyder, Minna Gill, Betty Reed
and Josephine BraShears.
Alpha Phi Sor GRITTY was
founded at the University of Syr-
acuse on ctober 10, 1872. Mrs.
Clara Bradley Burdette, nation
ally known clubwoman and one
of the two living founders of the
organization, is honorary chair
man of the conclave. Among
the interesting events at the con-
ference will be a visit by dele
gates to Mrs. Burdette's villa to
view her famous bell collection.
Alpha Phi husbands have their
own convention scheduled which
will include a variety of social
and sports events, climaxed by
a banquet at which time the
typical" Alpha Phi husband is
named,
The Washington times., 1938-06-21
Theta Alpha
Seats Officers

Miss Frances Gardner, newly
elected grand regent of the
Grand Council of Theta Alpha
Chi Sorority, was installed into
office last night at a buffet
supper in Wardman Park Hotel.
More than IS guests attended.
Miss Gardner succeeds Miss
Pauline Miller, retiring grand
regent.
Other officers indicted were
Miss Betty Jones, grand vice
regent; Miss Ellen Burnham,
grand recording secretary; Miss
Lael McGindley, grand treas
urer, and Miss Jeanne Kellogg,
grand corresponding secretary.
Circolo di Cultura Italiana
will hold a spring dance Friday
at 10 p. m. at the National
Women's Country Club.
The committee in charge Of
arrangements, under the chair
manship of Miss Mary Rosa
nelli. includes Bertha Fedele.
Florence Sari, Evelyn Pacini.
Anthony Lalle. Boris Del Monte,
Joseph Capanelli, Benedict Co
tone and August Costantini.