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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12
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I want to win one more champion ship. Yes, just one more.
 Connie Mack, manager of the
 Philadelphia Athletics. He kissed me four times and I was so f1ustered didn't sleep at all that night. I've never had a bigger thrill, either before or after.
 -Carole Lombard, remembering
 her first kiss before camera,
 administered by Warner Bax-
 ter.
 One of the greatest contributions President Roosevelt could make to society in general would be to muzzle Messrs. Ickes and Jackson, the triggermen and submachine gunners of the New Deal.
 Richard J. Lyons, Illinois state
 senator.
 The prosperity of nations is the best sedative to hatred.
 Herbert Hoover.
 Marriages should be arranged only after people know each others character and disposition Make home heaven, place where the heart loves to dwell. -Msgr. M. J. Lavalle, New York city, giving advice to young people.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12
Czar StaIin

What has been happening in Russia seems to boil down to this - Stalin has become another czar getting rid of the opposition. Even his technique is not new, except in the weird court trials with which he dramatizes his most important executions. He sends minor political off, lenders to Siberia and Arctic Russia as did the old, divinely anointed czars, to wear out their lives in cold and bitter toll.
 Stalin continues to accuse his rivals of betraying the Communist revolution, when the fact seems to be that he him. self has betrayed the Communism of Lenin. Whatever the system that he is working out may be called, it is certainly not Communism, for Communist state would have no autocrat - the people themselves would rule His system is more like State Socialism functioning under one-man dictatorship.
 In achieving his mastery of Russia, Stalin so far has successfully eliminated everybody who stood in his way. He alone remains of the nine members of the oligarchy which ruled after the evo- lution. Of the rest, some have died, some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

When the State Department of Fisher ies and Game starts to distribute trout around in the various streams and ponds, you know that it's getting close to April IS, official opening date for the trout fishing season. This week, according to department advices, 144,000 adult trout were placed in spots where the depart ment officials believe they will prove most available when the states licensed fisher men start whipping the streams. The number distributed this month is a record, but Connecticut anglers always grumble about the fact that there aren't enough trout to go around. Specially built tanks are used in transporting the trout from the rearing polls in state hatcheries to rivers and ponds Even if you mark the spots where the trout are dumped in, the chances that you'll hook a half dozen of these fancy babies on April 15 are remote They have a whole month to become acclimated and to find good hiding places where they may turk and watch the horde of Waltonians pass by.
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have been executed or assassinated, and two now face execution.
 H. R. Knickerbocker quotes estimates from Moscow sources that at least 1000 important Russians have been executed for political reasons in the last three years, while tens of thousands have been sent to convict camps. Alexander Ker- ensky, former Russian premier, estimates last years political executions at 25 day. What can Stalin hope to gain from such policy? Inevitably Russia is weak ened by killing off it's ablest men. Vio- lence breeds more violence. Even Ivan the Terrible could not destroy his oppo- Sition.
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|PressCOn1nent
LOUIS J. REILLY
(Hartford Courant)

In the death of Louis J. Reilly, Bridgeport and Connecticut have lost a fine citizen and journalism one of it's ablest practitioners. His passing will be especially felt in the newspaper world where the need was never greater for men of his caliber-men with a passion for truth and the courage to pursue it.. A son of the late Congressman Thomas l.. Reilly, he inherited an absorbing interest in public affairs. His broad understanding of city, state and national questions enabled him to write with perspective and authority. First as reporter and later as an executive, he contributed luster to Connecticut journalism. Mayor Jasper McLevy truly says of him, "He served his profession as devotedly as any man could"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

Massachusetts is always much con- cerned with it's automobile laws. Now it is being proposed in the Legislature that all motorists be forced to turn in their license plates if they fail to pay their excise taxes within 90 days of the due-date. The bill has received approval in committee and probably will be passed. It's similar to Connecticut's efforts to force motor car owners to pay up prop erty taxes before licenses may be ob- tained. Cooperation through local and state officials makes this possible. Of recent years towns have been pressing for stricter observance of this law and with Motor Vehicle Department aid have secured results.
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Attorney General

friend of the attorney general, and that was enough. Big companies with important cases before the Justice Department fI0cked his way. Among these was the Republic Steel Corpora tion, which faced an antitrust action by the Justice Depart ment in 1885. The governments petition was dismissed.
 Another was the Eagle-Picher Lead company, which had faced action from the Indian Bureau during the Hoover Administra- ton for allegedly short-changing the Quapaw tribe for royalties paid on their lead land in Okla homa. Under Roosevelt the In- dian Bear pushed the case even harder and met With some suc- cess-until the lead company hired Bruce Kremer.
 After that the case was dis missed.
 Interesting fact was that about this time Cummings hired as his assistant attorney general in charge of lands, Henry w. Blair of Missouri, former attorney for the Eagle-Picher company.
 Another imp0rtan: Indian case later came before MT. Blair that of the Flathead Indian power lease with the Montana Power company. Both the Fed eral Power Commission and the Indian Bureau held that the company had vOided its lease,
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Selected Poem
VISIONARY SPRINGTIME
Fern Mary Munsell in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times)

VA VIII AsAeIAy Nnullocll III IIlc TOGGS COTneT,
 Hartford Times) l passed florists shop today Then turned-against my will And entering, I asked May Buy just one daffodil?" I watched it wrapped as carefully AS though full twelve or more Were being ordered lavishly From this gay flower store All down the street held 1t close While winter winds blew fast; Within four walls-from pewter vase Quaint relic of long past I gave it water; humble fare For such an honored guest; Then I upon my table spread My humble fare, and best. A hungry heart condoned the bit I'd spent for one bright flower And found an eager joyfulness To speed lonely hour As freshly shining daffodil Outdid the weary gloom And visions of a green-gold springtime Blossomed in my room.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

Down in Tennessee the highway chiefs thought they had pretty good idea. They were going to paint big crosses on roadways where fatalities occurred. This was to be grim reminder to passing motorists to exercise caution and care. But property owners put the kibosh on it. They pointed out that presence of the awesome crosses in front of their estab- lishments would depreciate values and prevent them renting buildings in many instances.
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tana, corporation lawyer, who in turn has appointed three other Montana lawyers Raymond Nagle, Oscar Provost and William Jones-all close to Kremer.
 Thus operates Homer Cummings closest friend. The two are in- separable. They travel to Europe in the summer, they go south in the winter. Their association has been so close that it caused recent talk in Congressional commit tee that Kremer had paid Cum mings' passage to Europe last year.
 This, of course, was not true. Amiable as he is, Homer is no fool when 1t comes to such things. But when it comes to skipping down his friend and warning him to quit putting the attorney general in a most em- barrassing light-welI, Homer appear to be just easy going.
 And that has been the chief weak spot of Homer's Justice De- partment.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 3:38 a. m.
 Sun rises 6:10 a. m.; sets 5:55 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Much is heard and read about the trade winds. Any story dealing with the sea makes mention of trade winds sooner or later. Trade winds are simply winds that are always blowing in the same direction-toward the equator. If north of the equator the winds will blow from northeast to southwest. If north Of the equator the winds will blow from northeast to southwest; south of the equator the direction will be southeast to northwest. So steady are these winds that they are of great value to navigators.
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| IA Daily
 A Washington .> By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT Q ALzEnN Homer Cummings Awarded
 Brass Ring This Week
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE
but the Justice Department ruled opposite,

but the Justice Department ruled opposite.
 About this time MT. Blair, a de- voted follower of Buchmanism, visited the Buchman assembly in Massachusetts and gave a public testimonial regarding a difficult case he had had to decide, and for which finally he had been given guidance.
 No one inquired how much guidance came from Bruce Krem- CT, attorney for the Montana Power company.
 Montana Lawyers
 MT. Blair is no longer in charge of the Justice Departments Land Division, but an even closer friend of Kremer's is in his place. He is Carl Mcfarland, Helena, Mon-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12
In New York
By George Ross

I failed to add Don't quote me" after remarking that Thornton Will ] der's Our Town" is the best play have seen this year, Producer Jed Harris quotes me extensively (and accurately in print and thus pre- cludes change of heart or mind.
 Nothing, in this corners opinion, has come along this season, either before or after Our Town" to match the beauty of Wilder's play or the enormous skill of Harris production. Sceneryless, as Our Town" is, it gains dramatic effect from the baroness of the stage (though many thought the other way arounO. And Frank Craven's unconventional performance as a combination stagehand and Greek | chorus strikes me as being the most brilliant and heart-warming acting of the season. So, if a private opin- ion is of any benefit to Producer Harris, the quote remains: The best play l have seen this season.
 The Shadowy Carroll
 Shadow and Substance" the de- servedly lauded play by Paul Vim cent Carroll, the Irish schoolmaster, is, in everyone's opinion, one of the finest works to reach Broadway. It is doing profitably well at the box office. And the author has just come over to look into America himself. He received an unpdeced- ented reception on shipboard when he arrived; yet he was wholly un- known around here three months ago.
 In fact, Eddie Bowling, who pro- duced Shadow and Substance" could tell us nothing about Paul Vincent Carroll up to short while back and no one around here ever had met him abroad. When the play opened and drew critical salvos, a Glasgow correspondent was assigned to interview him, for it yas known that Carroll had been living in Scotland.
 Half day later, the Glasgow newsman cabled back: "No one here knows Carroll. Will keep looking And in New York, learned p-ofes- sors of the drama were in the throes of casting the unknown Carroll as one of the finest dramatists of the generation!
 Eventually, an interview came by cable from Glasgow. It revealed Carroll as $3750 a week teacher of 10-year-old boys in Glasgow. slums; it revealed that he lived ir a meagerly furnished flat with hi! wife and three children near tht shipyards, where the din of con. struction constantly rent the ear and 1t also revealed that he knew little of the tremendous success hi. play had made in New York.
 The emisSarieS of the Hollywood studios wasted no time beseigint the newly-arrived Carroll with of fers, once he alighted in Manhattan He rejected them all. When he see. enough of America to satisfy hi curiosity, he is going back to hi $37.50 post in the Glasgow slums but to a somewhat better flat. H, feels he is entitled to that, nov that his weekly royalties come t, about $500.
 Smaht Chi-Ch
 After playing hostess to the Fou Hundred a considerable while an, to fare-thee-well, it was only nat ural, sooner or later, for Elsa Max well to venture into the show busi ness. Well, she has, with "smah set" revue, entitled Who's Who, and all the signboards attest to Fl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

1. Is Zane Grey the real name of the author?
 2. What is the name for the male organ of plants, in which the sperms are developed?
 3. Where is the body of William Shakespeare buried?
 4. Who was Jakob Stainer?
 5. What Is an apomecometer?
 6. For what organization do the initials SWOC stand?
 2. By whom was the Americans Creed" written?
 8. In which country Is the sea- port town of Africa?
 g. What is the name of . sweet orange of the Azores?
 10. What is an academic educa- ton?
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ward that company became Kremer client.
 Friendship NOiSed About

At first Homer Cummings pulled a few wires for Bruce. During the first year of the New Deal, for instance, he intimated to Jus tice Bailey of the District of Columbia Supreme Court that Kremer might be suitable trus- tee to dispose of Swift and Com pany's interest in Libby, McNeill and Libby. Justice Bailey, 8 Woodrow Wilson appointee, ap- pointed Kremer with 8 fee of $10,000 a year.
 But after the first month or so Homer did not have to in-
 tervene for Bruce. It got
 noised about that he was a good
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Light From Judge Inquisition, Not Trial, Being Conducted by Grand Jury in Waterbury-Duties Are Clear; Purpose Should Also
 Ra Annarnnt
Be Apparent.
HARTFORD TIMES

Highly Illuminating was the charge which Judge Ernest A. Ing lis delivered to the grand jury which began its investigation yes- terday into affairs of the city of Waterbury.
 This is only the sixth time in modern history of Connecticut's state courts that a grand jury has been employed in other than a mur- der case. For many years, doubtless, most citizens believed that Connecti- cut practice authorized or permit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Cadaver is pronounced ka-' day'-ver; not ka-dav'-er.

A. "The Battle Field" by William Cullen Bryant, stanza g.
 o. Are competitive examinations still being given to civilians for commissions in the U. s. Army?
 A. No.
 @. Is the Federal Committee on Apprentice Training operating under the National Youth Adminis- tration?
 A. It has been transferred, and is now operating under the United States Department of Labor.
 o. How much does the Washing ton Monument sway in 8 high wind?
 A. One thirty-thousandth of an inch in 30-mile wind.
 o. Is there a large daily news- paper in the United States that re- frains from publishing stories about criminals and vice?
 A. The Christian Science Mon- itor, published every evening ex- cept Sunday, in Boston, Massachu- setts, has such a policy. If you want copy of our book. let Modern Contract Bridge" write to Waterbury Democrats Washing. ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cent. in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

Silence, thundered three times by constable in Police Court in Tottenham, England, caused the spectators to tremble until he turn ed to the magistrate and said "Si- fence has failed to appear for trial, sir"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12
A Thought for Today

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.-Matthew 6:34.
 Trust no future however pleasant; let the dead past bury it's dead Act--act in the living present, heart within and God oerhead.- Longfellow.
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Test Y UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tiOn 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
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-12

o. How many continents are there?
 A. Seven grand land divisions are now regarded as continents Europe, Asia, Africa, South Amer ica, North America, Australia and Antarctica. Greenland, being en- tirely separated by water from North America and being much smaller than any of the continents named, is often referred to as an island-continent, although a few geographers classify it as a separ- ate continent.
 o. Where can I get information on mail schedules to foreign coun- tries?
 A. Part IT of the United States Official Postal Guide "Internation- al Postal Service" may be pur- chased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office. Washington, D. C., for 35 cents.
 Q. From what poem comes the line Truth crushed to earth shall rise again?"
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Smaht Chi-Chi

After playing hostess to the Four Hundred considerable while and to fare-thee-well, it was only nat ural, sooner or later, for Elsa Max well to venture into the show busi- ness. Well, she has. with a "smaht set" revue, entitled Who's Who" and all the signboards attest to FL sa's managerial capacity.
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Copyright, 1888, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
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A. "The Battle Field" by William Cullen Bryant, stanza g.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
PROCEEDINGS OF
SCHOOL BOARD
Dist. No. II.

The regular meeting of the school
board was held in the schoolhouse
on August 8, with all members pres
ent except Martin Sorensen. The
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved. A motion was
made and carried to pay the treas
urer's yearly salary of $50 and the
clerks of $50 as in the past. All re-
ports and business of the past year
were declared completed.
A motion was made to adjourn
The meeting was re-opened with
the new board present. The creden-
tials of the newly elected director
Martin Andersen, were presented and
approved.
The new board was organized as
follows: President, A. w. Conway
treasurer, Mildred Carlson Petersen
and clerk, Irene Patrick Nelson.
The following committees were ap-
pointed: Purchasing, A. w. Conway
and j. Albert Johnson; grounds anc
repair, Harry Mortensen and Martin
Andersen; teachers, Mildred Carlson
Petersen and Irene Patrick Nelson
The second Tuesday in each month
was set as the date for the regular
meetings.
Any child who will be six year:
old on or before January /, 1899
will be accepted in the first grade
this year.
The school board will hear at it:
September meeting any application!
for excuses from attending schoo
from parents of students under II
years of age.
A motion was made and carried t.
offer the American Publishing Co.
$40 to publish the proceedings of the
board for the coming year.
A motion was made and carried
to accept Miss Made Holty's resigna.
ton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

A motion was made and carried to
hire Harold Jensen of Dannebrog,
Nebr., as high school instructor at
500 month for nine months.
The clerk was instructed to get
bids on four carloads of the best
grade of splint coal from the local
merchants.
Werner B. johnson appeared before
the board and explained his plan
for liability insurance for pupils dur
ing transportation. This plan was
laid aside for further consideration.
E. F. Broomhall, architect from Du-
luth, discussed the possibility of OBJ
tanning a Federal PWA grant to build
an addition to the schoolhouse. 1t
was moved and carried to hire Mr..
Broomhall to draw plans and to make
application for Federal funds for such
an addition.
The following bills were allowed:
Rudolph Bagge, transportation S 5000
Chas. Olson & Sons, bus body $500
Askov Telephone Co., account 27O
Otto G. Hoiberg, postage, etc. sos
American Publishing Com
pany, printing -- 24.03
Mccormick Mathers Co., books 4.58
st. Paul Book & Stationery
Co., supplies - 1.64
Maplewood Press & Bookbind-
cry, reminding ------- 1920
Askov Hardware Co., supplies 1857
Fred Olesen, labor ------- LOO
United Chemical Co., supplies 1896
H. v. Smith, refinishing floors 1920
Albert Thomson, hauling 49, $50
P. H. Magirl Foundry and
Furnace Works, account - 1920
Mildred Carlson Petersen, SAL
airy -------------- 5000
Irene Patrick Nelson, salary 5000
MINI. Power & Light Co., &C
count ----------- 8.75
Ingvard Jensen, washing win
dows ---------------- 1900
There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk.
A special meeting of the school
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18

board was held in the schoolhouse
on August IL, with all members pres
ent. The purpose of this meeting was
to discuss with Mr.. Broomhall plans
for an addition to the schoolhouse.
The following tax levy was made
for the coming year:
Average on agricultural lands; 80
mills on non-agricultural lands and
personal property; 33 mills for a de-
ficiency tax.
There being no further business,
the meeting was adjourned.
IRENE PATRICK NELSON, Clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-08-18
The Church And
The Community
By REV. jobs. KNUDSEN

After he has suffered for a long
the harsh rule of his father a boy
escapes from his home. He walks
into the world with an eXhilarating
feeling of release; he is free at last,
free from domination, free to do what
he pleases.
That he is free from his fathers
domination there is no doubt, but
whether this means that he is free
to do as he pleases is highly question
able. He is marching into world
where it is more than likely that the
world will bend him to its will than
that he will bend the circumstances to
serve him.
We have held up freedom as a
political ideal, and justly SO, but we
have too often forgotten that we can
not transfer this same ideal directly
to personal conditions. Political free
dom concerns the rights of others,
personal freedom concerns myself.
And personally there is no such
thing as absolute freedom. We can
become free from one influence, but
we are Immediately in the grip of
another. A boy who defies his par
ents is serving certain impulses and
desires of his own. These may be
good and may bring him happiness;
they may be evil and bring him grief.
And when he arrives in the world
on his own responsibility, he discov-
ers that he is given over to countless
influences which all try to enslave
him.
We are always serving, either the
one or the other influence or power
Freedom then consists in liberation
from those powers which we do not
want to serve or should not serve
The best freedom is freedom from
evil, because only then there can be
happiness, satisfaction, growth and
accomplishment. But freedom from
evil is only obtained by a service of
that which is good. Only by becom-
ing a servant of the best forces can
we successfully defy the evil ones.
ST. Paul called himself prisoner
of Christ. He knew that only in that
bondage was there freedom for him,
freedom from the power of sin and
death.