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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Practical to Be Good Neighbors

It is hard to see just where President Roosevelt said anything especially sur prising when he announced that the armed force of the United States would immediately be called into action ln case of an attempted invasion of Canada by foreign power. In reality it's the Monroe Doctrine applied to the north, as well as to the south. Reluctant as Americans are to get mixed up in anyone's quarrel, there can hardly be the shadow of doubt that under any and all circumstances they would use their utmost strength to defend the dominion against outside attack.
 That does not, of course, mean that Uncle Sam is pledged to throw troops ana fleets overseas the next time Canada becomes in volved in British war on the continent of Europe. It simply recog- nizes a perfectly obvious fact - namely, that American security against outside attack requires that predatory powers be kept from getting foothold in the land to the north of the border. By de- lending Canada against attack, Uncle Sam would simply be defending himself.
 Now when we have said all there is to sav about hands across the border, good neighbors. international friendship, and so on, it is pretty clear that this community of interest between the dominion and the republic is at bottom highly practical affair. Canada and the United States get along we'll together because it is to their own best interests to do so. They are good customers and good markets for each other. And when you face that fact squarely you are forced to wonder if the same thing might not be true of good many other nations nations which right now are glaring at one another with their hands on their pistol butts, ready to fight at the drop of hat.
 There is nothing unique about Canada and the United States. They live side by side, they do business with each other, and they prosper thereby. If that is true of them, why wouldn't it also be true Of France and Germany, of Germany and Czechoslovakia of Italy and Jugoslavia- or, indeed, of any other pair of nations you could possibly name?
 The answer is pretty obvious. It would be true - if the nations involved would only give it trial. If there were little less bristling and saber-rattling and lit tie more honest effort to do business to- gether, the Canadian-American harmony could be duplicated on all international borders. Must the world live through another great war before that fact dawns on 1t?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
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A PLEDGE TO CANADA
(NeW York Sum

(New York Sum
 There may be self-confident Bri- tons in Canada and elsewhere who will raise their eyebrows when they read President Roosevelt's pledge uttered yesterday at Kingston:
 give you assurance that the
 people of the United States will
 not stand idly by If domination
 of Canadian soil is threatened
 by any other empire.
 On this side of the international boundary there will be no raised eyebrows. Here 1t will be recalled that 1l5 years ago President Mon- roe proclaimed the unilateral doc- urine which bears his name and which embodies Q cardinal prin- ciple of United States policy the terms of which require no restate- ment. If serious thought is given to the subject by citizens of this coun- try it will end with what satisfaction can be extracted from the Roosevelt tian declaration that the New Deal has not yet abolished that vigorous relic of the horse and buggy age, the Monroe Doctrine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Was This Right Way?

A prominent New York doctor and his lawyer-son face arraignment in New Canaan's town court early in September on charges arising from recent incident in which they took the law into their own hands and made 8 private crossing over the Merritt Parkway. Considerable interest will be shown in the case for the accused men have for some time been trying to get the state to listen to their pleas TOT an overpaSs or underpass, so that they might facilitate passage be- tween their land now separated by the Fairfield County roadway. While their right to have such access may be upheld in the courts, still we doubt if the means they adopted to procure it will be ap- proved.
 road formerly made travel between the property easy, but with the construc- tion of the Merritt Parkway the road - East Cross Road became dead-end at both sides of the parkway. The accused pair, however, drove right up onto the park way from one end and down onto the other after driving smack across both lanes and the intervening strip of grass. To do this, of course, they were obliged to tear down an intervening fence or two. The question remains whether the court VIII admt that private rights were so encroached upon by the state in building the parkway and eliminating the old road that private property-owners are entitled to bit of deliberate destruction
 We don't doubt but what there can be some reasonable settlement of the charge, but can anything be done for the az. grieved property owners? The state isn't apt now to provide special underpass or overpass at the disputed point. Evi- dently this is something that should have, if it actually wasn't, decided at some time prior to the acceptance of the Merritt Parkway layout by the towns through which it passed and the owners over whose land it passed. It's late date now to insist that failure to grant right of way under or over must be made up for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

Senator Augustine Lonergan looms at this writing as pretty well assured of complete support from the delegates to the state convention who will represent the large cities of Connecticut Of course there are HOO delegates to the conven- ton and the large cities will have only a small percentage of these thousand and more delegates, but with solid delegations in the cities the U. s. Senator is bound to have tremendous advantage in swing ing smaller delegations into line Another point that may be in his favor is the fact that most of the leaders in the Demo- cratic party have come out in favor of Senator Lonergan and they will be the actual leaders of or at least included in the respective delegations from their towns. U. s. Attorney General Homer S. Cummings is due to head the delegation from Greenwich to the state convention and it may be recalled that MT. Cum mings was in Connecticut some weeks ago to determine if Senator Lonergan could be beaten. He evidently decided he couldn't for he announced himself for Lonergan's renomination. Significant facts like these carry lot of weight with the smaller delegations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

If it was her physical condition that caused Mrs. Helen Wills Moody to stay out of the National Women's Tennis Singles Championship at Forest Hills, all well and good. But if she "ducked" the chance to meet Helen Jacobs again for some other reason, well, she's not the champion that the U. S. A. long consid- cred her. We don't think she deliberately avoided another meeting with Miss Jacobs or feared that the outcome might De different this time. On the basis of her play in England in the spring and early summer she showed plenty of her one-tlme skill to be ranked at the top of sne heap It's too bad Moody-Jacobs finals at Forest Hills won't be forthcom. ing, but such is life along the tennis service lines today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Much Ado Over Roads

Ever since the new policy of the State Highway Department abandoned water bound macadam roads in favor of some surfacing there has been bit of wrang- ling. Right now it's probably at it's peak But there'll be sporadic complaints every so often, inasmuch as the nature of the new roads is bound to provoke some crit icism. In the long run the state is go- ing to be in a few dollars on road inn provements that can be put to other pur- poses, such as building new highways or even extending the mileage of roads improved annually. It costs less in the long run to stone-surface the roads than to keep them oiled and sanded every year as must be done in the case of Waterbound macadam
 The faults that are being found with the new Surfacing arise from the fact that motorists are not needing warning signs along highways that have been treated as per the new method Driving 50 miles along these roads is going to produce shower of flying stones that will lodge on somebody else's car, perhaps even pene- trate windshield or side window. That's due to the process followed out now Hot asphalt is sprayed on the roads to be treated Over this goes a layer of trap rock, crushed to about three-quarters HIGH SlZe. It IS IOllcu lllCO CIlC dopIldlC Ultimately there is a qualification of the rock into the asphalt which makes fine and long-lived surface.
 Where the trouble arises, according to Highway Commissioner William J. Cox, is the loose trap-rock on top which never works into the asphalt but by the passage of constant traffic works it's way to the side of the road It is cleaned up and used over again on some other road Could the roads be closed to traffic until the surface had entirely solidified, there'd be no trouble, but traffic is barely halted by the treatment. AS result there's bound to be trouble when the cars travel so fast along a fresh surface. AS to tire wear, there's a question as to the wear and tear produced by the different types of roadway surface which only the man. ufacturers can answer correctly not the average motorist. We'd put up with slight inconvenience if it meant more and better roads in the long run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

upon the establishment of the Maritime Commission, he was pro- noted to be its general counsel.
 Then last winter, when Chair man Joe Kennedy was elevated to ambassador to England, Fruit was named to Joe's unexpired term with $12,000 salary.
 NOTE-At the time of this ap- pointment, Barkley insisted it was surprise to him and that the first he knew about it was when he read the papers.
 Merry -Go-ROund
 As a public show the Dies un- Americanism probe is total washout. At none of its sessions have there been more than 50 spectators, most of the time far fewer than that. At the LaFol- lette Civil Liberties hearings hun- dreds of spectators were turned away daily for lack of room Behind Jim Farley's efforts to block the presidential purge of Representative John O'Connor is the fact that O'Cononr was Far ley's secret ally in Tammany Hall On almost every important desk in Washington now two books are to be seen-Jonathan Daniels best-selling "A South ernor Discovers the South" and the sensational southern economic report compiled by NEG Director Lowell Mellett at the Presidents orders. The two volumes are complementary and are being widely read in official circles The U. s. Maritime Commission and the Coast Guard are having a sharp behind-the-scenes row over who will boss the commits sion's training schools for seamen, which the last congress authorized it to establish. The commission invited the Coast Guard to con- duct the instruction courses, but the Coast Guard is insisting on complete authority and the com- mission refuses to yield.
 (Copyright, 1888, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
The Gifted Potato, "A Uses Found for Edible Huber by Michigan Chemist-Alcohol Plant in Idaho Solves
 Surplus Crop Problem.
NEW YORK SUN

gently that sweet potatoes form the
 basic raw material from which new type of adhesive for United States postage stamps is made. A sweet potato starch factory as Laurel, Mississippi. is direct re- suit of a government research pro- gram instituted because of com- plaints that the glue formerly used on stamps tasted fishy. The type of sweet potato four which gave the best results after numerous tests is based on dehydration pro- cess developed by D1. E. F. Hopkins. The sliced or ground sweet potato is treated with sulphur dioxide, as much water as possible IS pressed out, and the product is dried and ground. The method results in the removal of undesirable yellowish
 color which has prevented sweet potato starch from being more widely used in the past.
 A potatoe alcohol plant built at Idaho Falls by the State of Idaho, which appropriated $20,000 for the purpose, is expected to aid effective ly in solving the surplus crop prob- lem. E. J. Iddmgs, dean of the College of Agriculture charge, de- clares that the outlet thus created will be increased if the use of alcohol as engine fuel is generally commercialized in this country. Since 1892 experiments to this end have been carried on at the State University; then proved that in- dustrial alcohol could be blended in gasoline for motor engines with results. Dean Iddings reports that the annual consump- ton of engine fuel in the United States approximates 17,0O0, ,000, 900 gallons. If only 20 per cent of that volume were alcohol, it would pro- vide an outlet for use of the search clements in 1l3, 900 900 tons of pota- toes and 2,2O0, ,o00, 900 bushels of corn. Dean Iddings says that pota- toes produce the purest alcohol known, and that Germany has 35,- 900 plants, with potatoes as the chief raw material used, operating
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
A Book a Day
Dorothy Thompson Writes of Refugees
BY BRUCE CATION

Whatever you may think of Miss Dorothy Thompson's comments on the domestic scene, there is no de- nying that when she gets to dis cussing Europe she knows what she is talking about, and bring a keen and able mind to bear on her sub- ject. It follows, then, that her new book, Refugees: Anarchy or Organ ization?" (Random House: $D, ought to be well worth reading.
 It Is. In this book Miss Thomp- son turns her attention to the prob- lem of the dispossessed racial and political minorities overseas. These tragically luckless people-without passports, without money, without work-form world migration unique in modern times, and present the world with a terrible and an indefinitely complex problem.
 For the presence or these dis possessed people, as Miss Thompson points out, is a thing which vitally concerns all nations. she remarks, millions of people wandering more or less aimlessly, and battering at every conceivable door, being passed from frontier to frontier, will do nothing to restore world order"
 Miss Thompson sees only one or- ganization that can hope to meet this problem-the Ev;an conference, summoned by President Roosevelt. And under 1t, she believes, must be evolved a far-reaching. ell-financed plan for resettling these refugees in new Understanding, she suggests, some hundreds of thousands of them h the United States.
 The plan that she presents is worth study; so are the arguments with which she supports it. These refugees can be assets to the nations which receive them. not liabilities The problem their presence offers Is in some ways . great opportunity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

Enclose . 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 e. What is the average life span of canaries?
 A. Between 12 and IS years when properly cared for. There is a record of a canary at least 34 years old when 1t died.
 c. When was the first citizens military training camp established? A. 1921.
 e. I earned over $2,000 in l937 and am paying the federal income
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

That in the versatility of the po- tato lies the solution to disposing of the surplus in years of overproduc- ton is theory held by Herman c. Nielsen, chemist of Trufant, Michigan. He has listed twenty four uses for potatoes, including starch, flour, many kinds of paste rubber paste, book-binder paste, library paste, art gum, potato flakes potato crumbles, paper glaze, cloth sizing, plastic wood and caustic pot ash. He has not exhausted the list.
 Dr. H. s. Paine, chief of the Car bohydrate Research Division, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, said re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

Would it be good idea for Waterbury fire alarm boxes to be surmounted by a red light, such as is the custom in many cities? We've often heard the complaint that the fire-alarm boxes are too hard to find, even though their color is conspic- uous. Up in Boston the Fire Department IS abandoning the red lights on the boxes In favor of blue ones This is said to be be- coming general practice all over the country At that blue light is apt to attract more attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Test Y Q UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 15 for the answers. 1. Name the city in Florida with the largest population.
 2. Is a resident of the United States, who has only his first pa- pers, an alien?
 3. Name the capital of Madagas- car.
 {. What is the feminine form of toastmaster?
 5. Where is the principal seat of the motion picture industry In the U. S.?
 6. Did President Franklin D. Roosevelt ever hold . high office under a Republican Administra- tion7
 2. What is another name for shooting stars7
 6. Who invented the Diesel en- zine?
 9. What is cribbage?
 10. Which naval officer com- manded the American fleet in the Battle of Lake Erief
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Selected Poem
ALPHABET IN SMOKE

Frances Frost in the New York Times) Because the day is clear and fathomless the blue and curving air. because our hearts are wild with love and rage and wings our heritage, One mortal who can fly spells out another's name upon the sky. Over the great day-stars invisible. the letters shape and fail under the wind, and there the slope of space immaculate and fair impervious to rust. leans over clangor and the frantic dust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Daily Almanac

Sun rises o:l0 a. m; sets 7:48 p. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Friday Aug. 26. 12:3l a. m; low tide. 7:04 a. m daylight time)
 US only four months to Christmas which seems incredible, doesn't it. Few people reck- on ahead from summer because they're too busy enjoying 1t. We do a lot of figuring. though, on the calendar Up to the warm months of the year
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Aug. 25-Many cele- brated New Workers go for months without seeing the sun.
 It usually happens that they're mixed up in the amusement pro fession. Their jobs require late hours. They get used to going to bed late. Eventually, they can't go to sleep at all when the moon comes over the skyscrapers.
 Jimmie Durante is like that. He can't sleep, and he knows it. When he was playing in cabaret show recently, Durante would be through at 1:3O. He'd return to his rooms in the Hotel Astor-but not to sleep. Jimmie always rents suite facing the lights of Broadway. Then he pulls the curtains up and lets the gigantic chewing gum sign glare into his eyes while he watches the crowds grow thinner and thinner along Broadway.
 The swing musicians are another group who can't sleep and know it. When Benny Goodman or Tommy Dorsey finish work at New York hotel, around 1 a. m., they imme- diately repair, with instruments, to the Famous Door, Onyx Club or Nick's in the Village, and play jam music with the band there until four, five or six in the morning. The celebrated Blk Beiderbecke, about whom novel was recently written, would attend every jam session when he was in town. And when the downtown hangouts closed, Blk would beat it up for Harlem.
 Wakeful Broadwayites
 Among the actors, Burgess Mere- dith and Orson Welles are stay awakes, according to Arnold Reu- ben, grizzled gray-haired proprietor of the famous dining spot. Reu- ben's eyes gleam with pride as he points out that even such rival res- taurateurs as Jack Kriendler (of "21") and Sherman Billingsley (of the Stork Club drop in to Reuben s for snack at five a. m. after their own places have closed.
 And Robert Benchley, who once made movie short on How to Sleep" can't sleep himself and is a faithful member of the Reuben's early-morning fraternity. So are Announcer Ted Husing and Betty Lawford (of the famed bathtub scene in "The WomenC. MT. Hu- sing frankly admits that he hasn't been able to sleep for years.
 Among the socialites, notoriou: gang of insomniacs, Jimmy Don- ohue stands out as notable stay awake.
 And among the Broadway crowd Henny Youngman is another who has never been known to sleep Youngman keeps the sandman away from the door by wandering idly around the streets of Manhattan and inventing new gags as he wanders. In the course of an eve ming, Youngman often perambu- lates from Harlem down to the Battery tvia Broadway and then back uptown through the Bowery and Fourth Avenue. T think ur my best stuff" ayers Youngman between 4:30 and 6 in the morning And the best spot to think of them Is around Wall Street where it's very quiet and very empty"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

This backward flying is commoner than you'd think. An American editor points out that Ramon de Valera, while trying to fly away from England, landed right in it with that recent treaty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

The welfare of the forests is just as important as human lives, and both call for intelligent treatment. Dean Samuel Spring of the New York State College of Forestry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

If you want . copy of our book let, STAINS AND SPOTS" write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
FDR Advised to Delay Naming New Court Justice Until January;
 Liberal Majority Safe Till Then;
 Fronkfurter FDR's No. Choice
By DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON August 25.-Some of the Presidents most trusted advisers counseling him to hold off appointing Justice Cardozos successor until the new Congress conYenes in January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

I can say from personal knowl- edge that the government is not and never has been opposed to busi- ness. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA admin
 istrator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Guardian is pronounced guard'-i-na; not gard jen or Tard- -dcen'.

tax in quarterly installments. AS I am now unemployed, will I have to continue these payments?
 A. Yes. The fact that you are unemployed does not exempt you from the tax.
 e. What solvents can be used in making. rubber cement?
 A. Naphtha, benzol, gasoline, carbon bisulphite, or carbon tetra- chloride.
 o. Was Fred Vinson, former rep resentative in congress from Ken lucky, who recently took . seat in the U. s. court of appeals for the District of Columbia, the chairman of the naval affairs committee of the house?
 A. No. He was a member of the ways and means committee and chairman of the subcommittee on internal revenue taxes. The chair man of the naval affairs commit tee was Rep. Carl vinson of Georgia.
 c. When was the body of the murdered Pearl Bryan found?
 A. February ], 1896.
 o. On informal occasions. how should a newcomer be presented to small group of people?
 A. The form should be: MT. Jones, Mrs. Roberts; MT. Green, MT. Frank"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
A Thought for Today

There is no peace, saith the Loro' unto 'ne wicked-Isaiah 48:22
 If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer be not discouraged they are fatted for destruction, thou are dieted for health.-Fuller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25
Current Comment


 I am not engaged. love air planes.
 Douglas Corrigan, transatlantic flyer.
 Country girls have more time to think about love than city girls. Herbert D. Boutall, 63-year old Massachusetts farmer, inter- viewed in New York with his 16-year old bride.
 don't think people would like that - I think they would be de- pressed if I played such a part. Mary Pickford, disclosing she had refused an "old lady part" of- fered by producer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-25

c. When was the body of the murdered Pearl Bryan found?
 A. February l, 1896.