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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

MT. and Mrs. Starr Oldershaw of Fairview avenue, were recent visitors of friends in Willimantic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

Miss Virginia Peck, state dental hygienist will be at the North school Monday. She will examine and clean the teeth of pupils of the i--2--3 grades. Miss Peck will visit the Woodtick and South schools later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
Town Shovel Moved

The town shovel has been moved to the flat on Echo Lake road op- posite the high school athletic flelc and Is digging loam for the grad ing of the field. The town has been drawing fill from the bank on Bur. ton street and now Is drawing loam to finish grading the terrace in front of the school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

MT. and Mrs. Earl Tooker, of Wa terbury, have moved into the Me Grath cottage on Alma avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
THURSDAY NIGHT
 CLUB IN SESSION

Middlebury, Conn, January 27 - Mrs. Franklin Read entertained the Thursday Mite Club at her home last evening. Two tables of bridge were in play with honors be- ing won by Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. c. Gallulo. A desert lunch was served. Those present were Mrs. William Pritt, Mrs. Clarence An- drews, Mrs. Francis Clark, Mrs. Pat Gallulo, Mrs. William Bailey, Mrs. Arnold Grohs, Mrs. Clifford Hart, Mrs. Carl Hockert and Mrs. George 0allulo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
I. Smith, on Bucks hill, Tuesday,

MT. and Mrs. James Lynch and family of Hitchcock Lake have moved to Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
Movies Sr0wn

MT. Earle of the State Tubercu- losis commission ct Hartford, visited the South and Woodtick schools Monday and presented three sound movie reels. The subjects of the pictures were Behind tn Shadows" "Let My People Live", and "B,cy- cling With Safety,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
Choir Rehearsal

There will be rehearsal for the Senior Choir of St. Johns church this evening at 2 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27
Briefs

Frank Matasavage of the Whitte- more road is spending a few weeks in Florida.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

There appears to be an epidemic of distemper among dogs In the south district, several dogs bemg afflicted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

Charles Robillard of Shelton ave- nue was taken to the New Haven hospital Tuesday. Mir. Robillard suf- fered injuries to his leg, late in August. He has been e patient at the Waterbury hospital twice since that time and otherwise has been con- fined to his bed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

Miss Elberta Rich, c student nurse at the Presbyterian hospital 1n New York, who has been visiting her father. W. D. Rich and Mrs. Rich, for the past two weeks. has returned to her duties at the hos pital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-27

Perry Schaeffer, a resident of Bucks Hill, Waterbury, was injured while at work cutting ice on Well tons pond in Wolcott, Tuesday. He became caught in the machinery at the ice house, He was taken to St. Mary's hospital where he was found to have suffered internal injuries. Welton's pond is located at the foot of Spindle hill in Wolcott.
 Mrs. Edward Coer with her nephew Robert Munson, of Southbury, vis- tied Mrs. Coers mother, Mrs. Helen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

without whose support there would
be no league), but from Latin-Amer-
lean nations who threatened to quit
if the Soviet wasn't punished"
This drew the allies into line. Scan
dinavia, its security threatened by
the Finnish war, was quick to fol-
low when assured some support.
But at Russia's darkest hour she
got help from an unexpected, though
logical place. In the presence of
British Foreign Under-Secretary
Richard Austen Butler walked DR..
Wellington Koo, scholarly ex-Chinese
ambassador to the u. S., now that
nations league representative. Koo's
announcement: China will not sup
port the custer. Reason Cleft un-
said): Russia alone remains as a
source of supplies for. China in her
war against Japan.
Saddened, Norway's Karl Hambro
held a last hope that Russia might
at least be induced to settle the Fin
nish dispute peacefully. The league
sent 24-hour "ultimatum" which
invited" Moscow to arbitrate, but
every Lacquer knew it was a dull
weapon.
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Might Be UnlDise to Recall
Our Ambassador to Russia

Recall of the ambassador has
been strongly advocated by Sen. Ar
thur Vandenberg, Michigan Republi-
can, who is out looking around for
delegates to the Republican national
convention next year. A dozen or
so other Republicans have taken the
same position, and the department
of state and the President have been
urged by, numerous Democrats to
show the American position in that
manner. It seems unlikely that such
a thing will happen, nor am I con-
WINGED that it is the wise thing to do.
Soviet officials, if they de-
sired, could interpret such an
action as amounting to a dec
Laration OF tUar on our part.
We have seen enough of their OPP
erations to suspect that they will do
most anything which will further
their own ends-things just as ridic-
ulous as announcing to their igno-
rant and illiterate millions that Fin
1cllo " oo plc1u4llS W SopIOiC hCA-
ingrad, a great industrial city. I
doubt that Mr.. Roosevelt ought to
recall the ambassador, but I do not
see how Constantine Oumansky, the
Soviet ambassador to Washington,
can remain in the great and lavishly
furnished embassy here with any
feeling that his presence is desired
by the bulk of the Americans.
But what is this Russian ode
tense" against Finnish attacks"
leading to? What brought it about?
The answer is that the reds have
started west. They have entertained
fears, I am informed, that some ma
ton that has been friendly with Fin
land was preparing eventually to use
Finnish land and sea areas as a
base of attack. To preclude that,
so it is said, the reds want Baltic
outlet.
That may be true, but it is not all
of the truth.
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out between President Roosevelt and
the Russian commisar. As I re-
member it, Senator Borah, the Ida
no Republican, had conducted prac-
tically one-man campaign for Rus
sian recognition long before Litvi-
nov arrived. Predictions were glow
ing, but neither Mr.. Roosevelt nor
Senator Borah ever suggested that
the glowing" was going to be the
sheen of flowing blood of helpless
women and children and their men.
A lot of things are happening as
regards this new situation. For ex-
ample, the Reconstruction Finance
corporation has agreed to extend a
credit of $10,0O0,OOO to the Finnish
government ''for the purchase of
agricultural SURPRISES in the United
States" There is talk also of using
the recently RENTED Finnish debt
payment in some way for the aid of
the stricken peoples of the only ma
ton that has made good on repay
ment of money borrowed during and
after the World war. We are likely
to hear great deal more about ac-
tive help from this side of the At
lantic ocean because American
hearts are tender but there is dam
ger in the action that has just been
taken.
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Many Believe That Stain
Double Crossed Hitler

There are many persons in official
life here who believe that Stain has
double crossed Hitler, and most of
us add that there. is little to choose
between the two. It is plain to see
that Hitler's plan to seize Poland
was approved by Stain who was
bought with a share. But the in
side rumor is that Hitler never APP
proved of the westward march upon
which Stain is now engaged, nor
is there any ground for belief that
Hitler welcomes the threats at Ru-
mania and some of the areas to the
east that are being made from the
den of the Russian bear. Just as
thought, then, we hear it suggested
that perhaps Stain trapped Hitler
by letting him enter Poland-that
Stain knows Hitler's hands are oc-
cupied on the French front-that the
Soviet eventually may be in posi-
ton to crowd Germany by the type
of persuasion given off from bombs
and bayonets. / do not outline this
as fact; toss it in here because it
is the subject of military discussions
and it certainly is a possibility.
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POLITICS.:
ErnngeList

Day after New York's District At
torney Tom Dewey opened his G. o.
P. presidential drive in Minneapo-
lis, America awoke to find itself in
the middle of an election campaign.
Observers disliked impugning the
motives of Attorney General Frank
Murphy and his trust-busting assist
ant, Thurman Arnold, but they
picked a strategic moment to open
a graft crusade in Chicago which
may end up by out-Deweying Tom
Dewey's cleanup of New York. 1t
was banded about that Frank Muir
ply, fired with an evangelist's spirit,
would prefer continuing his cam
paign to taking seat on the Su-
preme court. Thurman Arnold, tes-
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1. The above man, former Rus
sian revolutionary head and now
an exile in Mexico, has agreed to
testify before the Dies un-Ameri-
canism committee. What's his
name?
2. Admiral James o. Richard
son will take over Admiral
Claude C. Bloch's job January 6.
What's the job?
3. The father of Movie Actress
Joan CrawfOrd's ex-husband died
recently. What was his name?
4. According to a Gallup poll,
who would win if President
Roosevelt ran for reelection
against Thomas Dewey?
S. Who is Baron Carl Gustaf
Emil Mannerheim, much in the
news lately?
(AnsrUers at bottom OF column.
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DOMESTIC:
America abroad

There may have been some
marked connection between U. S.
politics and the state departments
abrupt decision to censure Europe's
belligerents. Then, again, Ambas-
sador Joseph P. Kennedy's return
from London may have provided
impetus. But while Republican
strategists were debating the wis
dom of attacking the administra-
tons alleged pro-British stand and
its failure to rebuke Russia for in
vading Finland, Secretary of State
Cordel Hull acted swiftly.
Russia was warned the U. S. would
hold Moscow responsible for dam
ages to American interests growing
out of its blockade of Finland. Since
Americans are already barred from
this area by the neutrality law, the
warning was at best slight wrist
slap. Next Mr.. Hull warned Britain
that her new blockade of German
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
AGRICULTURE:
Resolution

Closing its annual convention at
Chicago, the American Farm Blu
reau federation passed an expected
resolution. 1t demanded more and
bigger farm benefits, financed by
"such tax measures as may appear
most feasible" to remove the "dis-
parity between farm prices and in
dustrial prices" No mention was
made of the general manufacturers
sales tax which Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry Wallace suggested
earlier in the convention as means
of making the farm program self
sufficient. The reciprocal trade pro-
gram, recently lambasted by farm
officials, was given qualified ap-
prevail.
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HELPING THE Firms

American sympathy has been
deeply touched by the plight of
the Firms, says William Bruck-
art in his column today. Ameri-
cans are eager to help. There
are proper ways to help. But
there are also dangerous propos-
ais. President Roosevelt did an
admirable job, says Bruckart,
when he placed an unofficial but
effective embargo on airplane
purchases in the U. S. by the
Soviets. That is action taken on
our own soil. However, Senator
Vandenberg's suggestion that we
recall our ambassador goes be-
yond that. 1t would be fraught
with war peril.
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Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Some Good May Come to America
Out Of Awful Finnish Catastrophe
Mask Pulled Off Communism in United States and Left Ii
Thoroughly Damned; Ways of Helping Finland
Freely Discussed in Washington.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington, d.

that will drag us into the flaming
cauldron.
Mr.. Roosevelt did an admirable
job, I believe, when he placed an
unofficial, but very effective, en-
barge on the further purchase of air
planes in this country by the Soviet.
1t is generally understood that a
Soviet mission was wandering
around this country at the time,
seeking to buy hundreds of air.
planes.
There is difference in helping
Finland in that manner than by
extending helping hand affirmate-
ly. Mr.. Roosevelt's action, simply
stated, pushed the Soviet buyers out
and told them to stay away-to go
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Bruckarfs Washington Digest

WASHINGTON.-Press and radio
have been filed for days with news
of the cowardly and ruthless attack
by Russia upon the defenseless and
harmless Films. So sickening has
this assault been that millions of
Americans have all but forgotten
the movements of that predatory
animal called Hitler. Indeed, the
brutality of the drive upon the Firms
has practically forced news about
Hitler's war with Britain and France
to disappear from the front pages.
The Shutdown" war still goes on
but it has failed to create interest
in America.
But I believe that, for us, there
is some good coming out of that
awful Finnish catastrophe. 1t is
paradox that anything good could
come from such a stencil as Russia,
but I am certain of the results in
that regard.
For one thing, the latest sor-
did page in Soviet history has
pulled the mask off Of commu-
nism. 1t has left communism
standing before Americans,
nude and thoroughly damned,
with its hands dripping ,Uith
human blood, ,Uith CORY filth
oozing from every pore, and
its true rapacious character
exposed to the last grinly de-
tail.
Moreover, the Soviet destruction,
or near-destruction of the helpless
Firms has posed questions to be an
swered in this country by a good
many thousands who have held up
communism as the acme in govern
ment theory. Those folks now are
called upon to attempt a justifica-
ton of the great liberalism" which
has used miserable excuses to in
wade and bomb and mutilate. 1t
is time for the parlor pinks, the
so-called ''intelligentsia" of the col
leges and universities and the
movements for freedom" as well
as the real scheming, lynx-eyed for
eigners to try to explain away what
has happened.
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exports "shal not cause interior
ence with the legitimate trade of its
(America's) nationals :"
Joe Kennedy's hand was more Wis
ible in the next move. President
Roosevelt told his press conference
the ways were being sought to in
crease the use of American ships on
routes abandoned by the British and
other belligerents.
Climaxing the renewal of vigorous
U. S. action abroad was establish
ment of dummy Finnish-American
Trading corporation, to be financed
by $10,000,000 in credits supplied by
Jesse Jones export-import bank.
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arctic Var
Much of Nation Reports
Driest Fall on Record

WASHINGTON.-The driest fall of
record from the Appalachian to the
Rocky mountains is a general sum-
mary of the monins of September,
October and November, says j. B.
Kincer of the United States weather
bureau. Final reports for Novem-
Der from first order stations were
received recently. Most of this area
received for the three months less
than half the normal rainfall and
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Pushed Soviet Buyers Out
And Told Them to Stay Out

There is danger in that proposal,
however our hearts may desire that
we help the Firms. AS have so oft
en- said in these columns: it is Eu-
ropes war, and we can and must
stay out of it. If we, as nation,
start helping Finland, it strikes me
that somebody's face is liable to get
slapped, and Immediately, of course,
there will be the kind of hatred arise
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

riers to force the I. G. c. to assume
such jurisdiction.
The I. c. c. had claimed that the
motor carrier act empowered it to
regulate the hours of only those en-
ployees, such as drivers, whose work
involved a safety factor" The
court held, however, that the I. c. c.
had authority to prescribe treason
able requirements regarding quail
fications and maximum hours OF
service" of employees.
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May Compel Everyone to
Unite for American Way

Thus, when I observed above that
I believe some good will come out
of the hellhole of Russia, I was
thinking how the situation abroad is
going to compel most everyone to
unite for the American way.
These latest vengeful acts of the
Russian bear shat walks like a
man" bring into bold relief again
certain things that happened back
about November 16, 1888. They re-
mind us of the various glowing state
ments that were forthcoming as to
the value, in material way, of dip
lomatic recognition of Russia.
Maxim Litvinov was here, you
will remember. He bargained for
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
LEAGUE OF NATIONS:
China to the Rescue

"It is for us to act in order that little
people in distress toiLl not be deceived"
Thus spake Norway's Karl j.
Hambro, new president of the
League of Nations assembly, as he
assembled the rostrum to open the
leagues greatest show-the trial
of Russia for an attempt on Fin
lands life. Italy was gone; so was
Germany. The Russian delegate,
Jakob Surits, stayed at his hotel.
This left the league largely a
group of democracies bound togeth-
er in a last futile attempt to main
tain peace by collective security.
There were puppet stragglers like
Lithuania and Latvia, but they could
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

some sections less than one-fourth
the usual amount.
Sioux City, Iowa, had the lowest
rainfall on record, only 0.6 of an
inch for the three months, or about
10 per cent of normal. Dodge City,
Kan, and North Platte, Neb., had
only 0.8 of an inch for the period.
November was outstandingly dry
everywhere east of the Mississippi
river except locally in the Middle
Atlantic area and the extreme
South. Rainfall was generally less
than half of normal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
THE WARS:
Run,or Hath It

A persistent but unconfirmed re-
port popped up simultaneously in a
half-dozen European capitals to the
effect that Germany was willing to
call off her war with the allies, join
ing hands in a four-power (France,
Britain, Italy and Germany drive
against the Russian juggernaut. No
body doubted Nazi interest in such
a project, because Germany dislikes
the Russians. Nor did many OBJ
servers doubt that this must eventu-
ally happen if the Soviet is to be
held in check. But it was equally
evident that until Russia pounds on
their doors, the allies will continue
their ''holy war" against Hitlerism.
arctic Var
Whether they were spreading
propaganda or telling the truth, the
Firms did nice job of building I'D
world hatred of the Soviets. One
report said they were sending Polish
peasants across the heavily-mined
no-man's land on the Karelian 18TH
mus. (The French use pigs for the
same purpose). Another report said
Russian tanks advanced against Fin
nish lines running over the bodies of
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

WASHINGTON - A three-judge
federal court ruled that the inter-
state commerce commission has au-
thority to regulate the hours of all
employees of common and contract
motor carriers.
The decision, which removed $780,
600 to 200, 900 office workers from the
maximum hours provision of the
wage hour act. was made in suit
brought by American Trucking AS
sociations, Inc, and four motor car
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
u. S. Quizzes Hams

Observation-Disclosures radio
operators and owners of amateur
station licenses are being canvassed
by the federal communications COM
mission with a view to obtaining
data needed in solving problems of
national defense and neutrality. A
seven-page QUESTIONABLE has been
sent out to the So, 900 station owners.
Information sought includes the
number of transmitters each Ii
censee uses and how much expert
mental work they do.
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tifying before the temporary nation
al economic committee against fed
eral price control, said he would
like instead a 150-man trust-busting
staff. At the same time the justice
department announced its vote fraud
inquiries would be extended into
"other oppressed areas"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
Reward for Luck

Edward Berntson, of Minneapolis,
stopped over and plucked a $4,000
gold certificate out of the gutter.
The certificate proved to be one
stolen from the Philadelphia treas
ury building during fire in 1885,
so the government rewarded him
with a receipt.
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ak only
in the assem-
bly,, not in
the council
which must
vote unani-
nnously in or
der to GUST
r u S S j a.
Strang ely,
S entim e mt
for the GUST
e r did no t
come from
France and
p r / + q / n
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ahead, If they must, and use their
army of approximately 100000
against the meager 400. 900 of Firms.
Another thing that is happening
and it is taking on quite a bit of
steam is the demand that the Unit
ed States recall our ambassador,
cut loose the diplomatic ties to the
extent that withdrawing an ambas-
sador shows disgust and disap-
prOva1
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

American recogni-
ton of his nation,
and got it upon a
promise that Rus
STA would quit her
attempts to spread
the doctrine of COM
munism in this
country. There were
bombastic S t a t e.
ments of millions of
dollars in trade that
would flow from the
agreement worked
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21

proud to show it. Pattern $500
contains a transfer pattern of Is
motifs ranging from pa by pa
inches to 21s by 8 inches; mate
rails needed; color schemes.
To obtain this pattern, send Is
cents in coins to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept, 259 West
14th ST., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
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Cutwork for Linens
Mark of Good Taste

lust a touch of this needlework
- adds distinction to linens. Do
these motifs in a color to match
the linen or in varied natural col
ors. They are just the thing for
cloths, scarfs, towels and pillow
cases. So replenish your linen
closet with these and you'll be
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
MISCELLANY:
CamerIengo

At the Vatican, Pope Plus XII
named Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri
camerlengo of the Holy Roman
church, thus providing an interim
administrative head of the church
during the next interregnum before
a new pontiff is elected. (The pres
ent pope was camerlengo after his
predecessor died last spring.)
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-12-21
so, G O | nsssers

/. Leon Trotzky.
2. Chief of U. S. naval operations.
Bloch has reached age limit.
3. Douglas Fairbanks.
4. Roosevelt. Latest trial heat: Roose.
welt. 54 per cent; Dewey, 46 per cent.
5. Finland's George Washington"
head of army and man for whom defense
line is named.
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Might Need Several

Might Need Several
Doctor-You should take a bath
before you retire.
Patient-But, doctor, don't ex-
pect to retire for another five
years.
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North Carolina Peaks

One hundred and twenty-five
mountain peaks in North Carolina
are over 5000 feet high; 43 of these
are above 5000 feet.
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their wounded.
1t was no picnic for the Reds, at
any rate. inexperienced in arctic
warfare, they died by the hundreds
as the Films loosed snow avalanches,
disabled scores of tanks with un-
canny firing accuracy and rode to
victory on skis against their ill-pre-
pared adversaries.
But the Firms were weakening,
outfought by force of sheer Soviet
manpower. In desperation, Vlinoe
Hakkila, speaker of the Finnish diet,
appealed by radio: We be-
ieve the civilized world, which has
given us testament of its great SYM
pathy, will not leave us to fight
alone :"