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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Current Comment

The people most excited In Europe
were the Americans.
Senator Robert r. Reynolda
Oem., N. o..
The democracies viii hold fast and
Will win in the end.
Thomas Mann, novelist.
I believe there are submarines In
the Caribbean now. believe there
are submarines off New York.
Where are they getting oil for such
long cruises?
Gen. Rafael Leonidas Truiillo
former Dominican president.
The most dangerous man In Amer.
lea today Is the one who would use
the dissatisfaction which we know
exists-who would emphasize the
failures Of the constitutional sys-
tenn as means Of undermining the
government.
All we would get out Of il (the
war; would be bankruptcy and 4
long list OF dead young men, n
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World
War ace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

terriers in his Cabinet, Edison
stands q better than even
chance Of getting the job.
NOTE--Edison is from New
Jersey. There are already four
members of the Cabinet from
neighboring New York-Farley,
Perkins, Hopkins and Morgenthau.
ROOSEVELT'S CHURCH
War has interfered with lot
of things, including the Presi-
dents church-going.
Someone called st. Thomas
church In Washington recently
and asked, "Is this the Presidents
church," The answer was: I'VE
think II is, but we've been In
some doubt lately, because we
haven't seen him for 80 long"
"But," said the questioner,
"this Is the church he attends
when he docs got to church,"
"Oh, yes. We reserve three
pews for the Presidents party
every Sunday. We thought he
was coming last Sunday. We
generally tell by the policemen,
who come In advance. They
came last Sunday, but then he
didn't appear. Something must
have happened"
PAN-AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
For six years Carlos Davila, ex-
president of Chile, has been an
exile in the United States. Ar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Selected Poem
WINTER REST

tPeter j. Henniker Heaton In the Christian
Science Monitor)
Now may the partnered thorn ana rose
their double-entried ledger close,
set their alarm-clock for the spring
and dream OF summer waking.
Still half-asleep these two shall hear
that gradual coming Of the year.
that starts its ancient syllabus
with dance of wind and crocus
Then whispering down the one-way street
Of spring the later flowers shall meet
or with the wetfoot kingcups run
to Aprils ripping scansion.
The almond, lilac, cherry, may,
with colored fire shall light the way,
until before the solsticed sun
departs the rhododendron.
And then these two may wa:se; but now
silence is all they ask and snow,
silence for rose and thorn to lie
at rest from summers journey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Debunker Urges
Neutral Course

"The Deadly Parallel" by G. Hart
ley Grattan (Stackpole: S2) Is
q vivid plea for non Involvement
In the European war. Grattan,
author 10 years ago Of one Of
the first "debunking" books
about America and the World
War, sees deadly parallels In
our course now and then. But
he believes non participat ton
Is possible II intelligence can be
made TO rule. Here IL o typical
exposition Of the difficulties in
vOlved:
Neutrality will not be easy to
maintain. The first World War gave
us a deep understanding OF the diff
ficultles. The pace Of developments
In the second will be much faster
than last time.
In all predictions the time factor
Is the hardest to calculate, but
events In Europe make 1t plain that
the war today Is already taking the
shape 1t had assumed last time after
three years of fighting. Since war
itself forces all nations to re-define
their positions toward 1t during its
course, 1t Is difficult to be dogmatic
about forward policy.
One can only outline what seems
to be q sensible line In the light Of
past experience and future probable
tiles. Beyond that, one can only
hope that critical, rather than hys-
terical, counsels will prevail at mo-
ments of crisis.
Even If we are successful In re-
naming neutral. we shall be pro-
foundry affected by the course of
events in Europe, during the war
and after. Whatever the Amer
lean policy Is in the beginning,
the war will certainly force upon us
the task Of constantly re-defining
it..
There is no patent medicine
that nation can take to keep
out Of war. But because this Is
so, 1t is not necessary to jump
to an extreme and call all pre-
cautions worthless.
Man makes war. Man makes
peace. Man can also keep out
Of war Let us not sit blind
folded on this fateful occasion.
Let us try to lift the bandages
from our eyes. Let us take steps
which We have reason TO suppose
will keep US neutral.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
IMPROVING THE NEW HAVEN
(Hartford Times

Although 1t Is undergoing reor-
ganization and Is In the hands Of
trustees whose operations nelst be
approved by the United States Dis
trict Court, the New Haven, New
Haven g. Hartford Railroad Com
pany Is nevertheless a going con-
Germ which, to render acceptable
service to the people OF Southern
New England, must be properly
maintained.
Users Of the railroad will indorse
approval by the court of expendi-
lures aggregating $2,80O,00 for new
rails and equipment. OF this amount
81, 100000 Is for $1,000 tons Of rails
to replace those between New Haven
and Boston and Springfield and New
Haven, many miles Of which have
been in use up to twenty years.
Possibly heavier rails will be in
stalled, insuring longer wear and
easier riding, although there has
not been much complaint about the
New Ravens roadbed on any of its
main lines.
Purchases of $50 high-side coal
cars. ten Diesel switching engines,
twenty-five steel cabooses and i'm
provements in the multiple-unit elec-
trio trains will use up $1,700,000.
Diesel switching engines have been
In use for some time, and the adj
ditional order indicates that they are
efficient as well as economical.
The rolling stocks win be bought
through equipment trusts, and the
trustees have on hand considerable
cash to finance other purchases.
The problem Of disposing Of proper
ties that are q drain on the earn
ings Of the system is making slow
progress toward solution, and the
differences Of opinion as to the best
way TO Atsolve tho financial situa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn 20 last
page for the answers.

!. In which country Is the Great
Bear Lake?
2. OF what kingdom was Freder-
lex the Great king?
3. What is the correct pronunci-
alton Of the word monagomy?
I. Where Is the Copper river?
B. For what do the initials J. G
D. stand?
9. Name the capital Of Turkey.
7. How many stars are bright
enough to be visible to the naked
eye?
8. Name the two colors in the m.
tional flag Of Switzerland.
.. Is paper money printed only In
Washington, d. c.?
10. Where Is the resting place Of
the Unknown Soldier Of Great Brit
ain?
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and Answers
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"A's'O-' THE EDITOR.
! @. When did Great Britain and
France declare q state Of WARP
A. The British declaration was ef-
fective at II q. m. Greenwich Time,
September 3, 1899, and the French
deciaration became effective 8 hours
later. Greenwich Time Is 5 hours
earlier than U. 8. Eastern Standard
Time.
@. Why do wagon and auto wheel
appear to be turning backward II
motion picturesf
A. Wheels sometimes appear to
turn backward instead Of forward,
or to be stationary, because the
movement Of the spokes Is too slow
to be synchrcnized with the rapid.
separate exposures on the film.
O. What Is the lowest temperature
automatically recorded In the United
States?
A. Sixty-six degrees below zero
Fair, at Riverside Ranger Station
In Yellowstone Park, Feb. Q, 1883.
q. How many persons are en-
ployed In the United States Veter-
ans Administration?
A. In the regular establishment,
both In and outside Of Washington,
D. O., STAGE.
@. What makes an egg unbreaka-
BILE by pressure applied at Its two
ends?
A. An egg-shell Is shaped In such
a way that 1t Is very strong when
loaded in the direction Of Its long
axis. particularly If 1t Is supported
In cup-shaped depressions ct the
ends. 1t Is not unbreakable, how
ever, and an egg loaded in this way
in a National Bureau Of Standards
testing machine broke under pres
sure Of about fifty pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:l8 a. m.
Sun rises $3.50 a. m; sets 4:41 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
It's hard TO believe that this is the end of
another year. We are in the eleventh month
OF 1889. Failure TO take advantage OF the first
six months of year finds the last half so
crammed with effort that it flies BY rapidly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

tread where
they might be
b randed fools.
The the a ter
has loom ed
large again af-
ter a long and
fearso m e lull.
As usual, the
critics already
have picked out
tn ir first
Cause Celebre
{ h e res one
every season.
and the current
object of their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

ton to a fair and economic result
IN time viii be ironed out. The New
Haven Road is indispensable to New
England. and Is likely to be for many
years to come. Its re.establlshment
as q transportation system con its
own" soundly financed and equip
ped, It worth waiting for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
LANDMARKS OF LIGHT
(christian science Monitor,

The last two gas lamps on Man
haitian Island, lighting quaint Nc
Dougal Alley in Greenwich Village,
have been saved-again. Five years
ago their removal was threatened
because some Of the new residents
Of the private thoroughfare did not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08


affections in the voluble Armen-
ian William Saroyan's play, thine
of Your Life"
The critics, all but one, raved
over Saroyan's show like gushing
schoolboys and hurled adjectives
around with the spendthrift care
lessness with which Tommy
Manville let's his money go. Blu
they expressed curious reasons
for throwing their hats in the air
and dancing in the streets over
the Saroyan charade.
Some of them confessed that
they didn't quite know what Sar-
oyan's play Is all about, or what
he was trying to prove, or what
point he was pressed to empha-
size. But they touted 1t, anyway,
as highly enjoyable bit of make
believe behind the footlights.
DISSENTING VOICES
ARE RAISED
In their dilemma over the foggy
story, they are joined by al
most everybody, but a minority
of raising voice and wrath is now
asking why, then, is Saroyan's
play a good show?"
When challenged as bluntly as
all that, the critics can be VOLT
able as Saroyan and already they
have tossed off reams of words to
certify that although the Ar
menian doesn't know a lot about
on the stage that captivates the
the theater, he has put something
mind and heart.
That something" is a cloudy
play about low saloon In San
Francisco where q host of odd
characters foregather to hoist a
few, chatter great deal, intro
spect themselves. play the pin
ball game or piano, wonder about
life, tell tall stories, vilify the re-
formers, wax metaphysical and
groggy. The fact Is that Time Of
Your Life" hasn't a story-none
to speak of-but the N. Y. critics
have come to the conclusion that
you don't need a plot to have a
play anymore. Hallelujah!
And II anyone points out that
the jury of drama critics don't in
fluence tho fate of a show one
way or another, piont to the pros
porous business "Tirhe Of Your
Life" is doing these days-to the
happiness of Eddie Bowling who
produced and appears III 1t and
comely Julie Hayden who por-
trays a lass Of less than proper
character.
CARBON COPY
OF "GRAND HOTEL"
No one Is quarreling with the
critics about their subsequent ver-
diets on a few other new Broad
way shows. One of these Is a play
by Vicki Baum Of Grand Hotel"
fame who knocked It out In con-
junction with Hollywood execu-
tive. 1t is a play entitled Sum
mer Night" and 1t Is BIG, for IS
performers are in 1t and the scenes
--vignettes from a California
amusement park-were designed
by the famous Robert Edmond
Jones.
But It has a tawdry story and
was written sordidly and about
the best the boys could muster up
from the kindest fathoms Of their
hearts was to say about 1t that
the play looked impressive from
where they sat
So Mr.. Jones came off the hero
and Miss Baum, her collaboration,
Lionel Stander. Violet Heming
and Louis Calhern (of the cast
went home and sulked over their
bad fortunes with the Broadway
gods. That's what comes of try
ing to do Grand HOTEL twice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Nov. 8-Critics and
people who pay to go to shows
haven't been out of harness for
many a night. The Broadway sea-
son, barely begun, has hit quick
stride and angels no longer fear to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
A Thought for Today

A sword Is upon the liars; and they shall dote
. sword Is upon her mighty men; and they shall
be dlsmayed.-Jeremah $685.
This Is the liars lot: he is accounted pest
and nuisance, a person marked out for mfamy
and scorn.-South.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
Do not say, "He admitted his
guilt; say, confessed"

@. is the Gallup Poll conducted
by an agency Of the Federal Gov
eminent?
A.. No: 1t is conducted by the
American Institute Of Public Opin-
ion, private organization.
Q. What Is the famous fable about
a stork?
A. 1.-THE Frogs asking for q King
In Aesop's Fables. Jupiter sent them
stork for king, who ate them UP.
The fable Is an attack on those IN
Greece who were tired Of Repub-
lican government, and wanted q
king.
Q. When did the queen Mary"
make her maiden voyage? a
A. May 27-June /, 1887. from
SOUTHAMPTON to New York,
@. When Is the mating season of
love birds?
A. From about mid-February to
June!
Q. How can the wax be extracted
from candelilla shrubs?
A. There are two methods. One
Is 10 heat the stalks in boiling water.
The other Is to cut up the stalks and
extract the wax with o low-boilina
petroleum solvent.
q, Has Greta Carlo ever won the
Academy award.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08
Washington Merry-G o-Round
DREW PEAR ION
ROBERT 8. ALLEN

WASHINGTON,
junk
had scheduled for this fall but had to call
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

II you want q copy Of our book
let, HEALTH BOOK, send %
The Waterbury Democrats Wash.
ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street. Washington, ID. c. En-.
close 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-08

q, Has Greta Carlo ever won the
Academy award.
A. No.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19

ehored on the KoWIoon side. Lati-
mer ferried across to Hong Kong
and stayed there for ten days.
Shanghai, he said was a busy spot
but he was told that there is now
not one quarter Of the normal trade.
TIE entire Whangpoo river section
is a scene of desolation with much
IN evidence Of the horrors Of the re
cent warfare inflicted by the Jap
anese.
Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokamhama we're
all interesting. At Tokyo he had tea
al the Imperial Hotel in accord with
the usual tourist sightseeing. The
homeward trip from the Orient to
Vancouver by way Of Honolulu was
made aboard the Empress Of Asia.
The trip from New York TO Port
Tewfik took a month and from there
10 Vancouver seven weeks.
After returning to Vancouver Mr..
Latimer finished his travels with a
plunge into the state Of matrimony.
As soon as he is settled in the Cas-
star, he will be joined by his wife.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
sEVENTH-DAY ADYENTIsTs

Sabbath School 10 a. m. Saturday.
Preaching at II.
Sunday evening at 8, Pastor Miles
will give a lecture on "a World
Gospel" There will be over a humid
red actual photographs hand colored,
projected on TO the screen. Medical
missionary work, healed lepers,
heather before and after receiving
the gospel, all shown in these pic
lures.
Seventh Day Adyentists are
preaching the soon coming of Christ
in TIA different languages and dia-
Iects. Come and see actual pictures
of this work throughout the world
Pastor N. L. Miles.
This gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations, and then
shall the end come" Matt 24:14.
Go ye. therefore, and teach all
nations" Matt 28:19.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been duly ap-
pointed School Tax Collector for
Wrangell and vicinity in conformity
with Chapter %, Alaska Sessions
Laws, 1919.
All male persons. between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty years,
except soldiers, sailors in the U. S.
Navy or Revenue Cutter Service,
volunteer firemen, paupers and in
sane persons, are subject to tax Of
Five 5000 Dollars.
Should you be living in Alaska
on or prior to the first Monday in
April, 1888, said tax shall be due
and payable on said first date and
shall be delinquent after May 1st,
1898.
Should you arrive in Alaska later
than first date above mentioned, tax
will be delinquent thirty 800 days
after your arrival, or within ten
(10) days after notice is given you.
All persons. firms or corporations,
employing labor shall furnish list Of
employees to collector and are auth
orized by law to deduct amount of
tax from wages OF employees.
Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, April
:. 1899.
Joel Wing, School Tax Collector
for Wrangell and vicinity.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
BOAT FIRE MARS. PLEASURES
BYRD AND BEAN SPORT FISHING

To Billy Binkley and Wally 10
hansen, ten and eIeven-year old boys
go bonors for putting rescue under
way for James Bean and YIN. Jay
Byrd, when their cupboard motor
backfired last night setting On fire
spilled gas in the speed beat in
which they were trolling and On
Byrd's clothing.
The boys were on their bikes out
the Highway when near the Andy
Bake home they saw the fire. and
the men jumping into the water
200 yards out from shore. The only
troller in sight was Walter shad-
esty, behind the men. The boys rode
down the highway and attracted
Shadesty's attention to the trouble
Shadesty rowed as quickly as pos
sible the quarter-mile distance
where the men were holding 10 the
boat which they had tipped over to
extinguish the fire.
Gaining shore they were brought
into town by H. B. ThornQuist in
his car. Little damage was done to
the boat, but Bean lost some tools,
surf rod and reel. Both men were
at work as usual this morning. Bean
in his machine shop. and Byrd at
the linotype in the Sentinel plant
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
JUNEAU COUPLE ADOPT
SEVEN HOMELESS CHILDREN

Mrs. Berta Vaughn. in charge at
Wrangell OF the Assembly of God
mission, On her recent return from
a visit to Juneau brought back
Poncho Del Rosa, a little two-year-
old waif, whom she will take care
of for the present
Poncho was turned over TO her by
Mrs. William Arketa, who is de-
voting her life to salYaging little
human bits OF flotsam and jetsam
from the tragic tides OF life which
have cast helpless children adrift.
IN the four years since Mr.. and
Mrs. Arketa moved from Montana
to juneau, Mrs. Vaughn says, they
have cared for % children and
have adopted seven, all of Indian
or part Indian blood, whom the par
ents had wantonly neglected or abb
andoned. The sixteen not adopted
were placed in good homes.
In consideration of the children
the Arketas have taken a place sew
en- miles out the road from Juneau.
Mr.. Arketa, who is a skilled leather
worker, is quite as interested as his
wife in the rescue work. Their most
pitiful case, Mrs. Vaughn relates.
was that of a baby who was found
BY Mrs. Arketa after she received a
report from a neighbor that the
mother had gone off on a drunken
spree three days before. leaving the
baby alone.
On entering the cabin Mrs. Arketa
could not find the baby, but hear
ing a feeble sound seemingly from
the floor, discovered that the in
FAINT had fallen down between the
bed and the wall where, without
food or care, it had lain in the cold
for three days.
At first it seemed hopeless to be-
lieye that the luckless child could
be revived but by constant and low
ing care Mrs Arketa gradually
brought strength to the baby and it
is now thriving and well.
Little Poncho, small and under
weight, cannot rate as a pretty child
just now, but Mrs. Vaughn has hopes
that eventually he will become a
sturdy youngster and grow into a
useful citizen.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19

SALVATION ARMY
Brigadier & Mrs. Carruthers
-O=
Sunday school, $50 p. IN.
Evening Service, 100 p. m.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD MISSION
Mrs. Berta Vaughn. Pastor
Sunday II a. m. Sunday School.
Evening Service. 10.
Tuesday. 100 p. m. Prayer meet
ing and Bible Study.
Thursday, 7:45 p. m.
Regular Mid-Week service.
Everybody is welcome.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
CARD OF THANKS

We wish TO express our heartfelt
thanks to al our Wrangell and Sc
attic friends who extended kindness
and sympathy to US in our recent
bereavement
Mrs. Alfred Grant,
Fred Grant.
Mrs. Eric Peterson.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19

Mink babies by the hundreds have
been born in the past ten days to fur
farmers on Wrangell Highway. No
one knows definitely as yet just
how many kits the mothers have in
their nests, but all farmers seem to
believe the increase has been very
satisfactory.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19

Mrs. c. C. Mundy and her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludwig Berg. will
leave Monday on the Yukon for
Seward enroute TO Anchorage for a
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Chris
Hansen. Mrs Mundy is returning the
middle of July but Mr.. and Mrs
Berg will remain with their daugh-
ter until late in August.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Russell F. Peterson, Pastor

1870 a. IN. Morning Worship
u noon Bible School. Beverage
Alcohol aud The Home" study Jere-
miah 55.5-l0, Ephesians 5:15-21s
6:1-4.
7:30 p. N. Evening Worship. We'd
nesday. 80 D. m. Prayer Meeting
in the Church Parlor.
"Church-Going Families are Hap
pier Families. Link.
Come and Worship God With Us.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
CATHOLIC CHURCH

May p. Sixth Sunday after Eas
ter.
7;30 a. m. Communion Mass.
10 a. m. Parish Mass.
Z p. m. Rosary and Benedietion.
Daily Mass at 7:3O a. m.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1939-05-19
At the Churches
ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Rev. arnold Rome
Deacon ia Charge

1000 a. m. Church school
Topic: Beverage Alcohol and the
home.
HOO a. m. No Service as the Rev.
Mr.. Krone will be out Of town.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-21
COUNCIL WILL
CONSIDER USE
OF BONNEVILLE
Delay on Davisson's
Measure Inks Him,
Rows With Mayor,
Accuses Chamber

Delay in passage Of the
$3.50, 900 ordinance authoriz-
ing surveys and investiga-
tons looking TO extension Of
the city's hydro-electric power
plant was voted Wednesday
by the council.
The delay was granted At request
Of Mayor Kaufman who said the
Tacoma Chamber Of Commerce
wished To have a conference with
the council on the question Of pur-
chasing additional power require
ments from the Bonneyille-C oulse
government systems.
TO CONSIDER RATES
Accordingly. IL was agreed 10
have such q meeting. Thursday
morning at 10 O'Clock. in the coun-
ell chambers. As Wednesdays
meeting was merely recessed until
Thursday. other matters may also
be taken Up. However. the hear
ing viii BE- limited 10 the relation
ship Of Tacoma city hight 10 Bonns-
vile, particularly - 10 rates. and
the relationship Of this situation
20 any future development u fur
Their power BY the city IN ia own
plants.
Utilities Commissioner DAVIDSON
fought attempts Of the mayor 70
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