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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
HYPOCRISY OF ENGLAND CLAIMED IN MANY
 PHASES OF WAR
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat: In the last World War millions of people were made to believe the widest tales. It took years of suf- fering and disillusionment for the truth to break through. Things are happening swifter these days. The far flung plan to use Finland as pretext to drag the whole world, ir- cluding the United States, into war against the Soviet Union Is be- ginning to be admitted guardedly in the press.
 The Roman Catholic Church through Pope Plus, informed the world that the British government has proposed secretly to 1t the plan for such a war. "The British pro posal," declare the United Press from Vatican City" called for the formation of Q bloc of powers such as the British Empire, France, Spain, the United States and other nations wishing to halt communism. The British leaders wanted the Pope to give his blessing to the movement and exhort Catholics to participate in it."
 Think of the hypocrisy of itl While Lord Halifax feigns moral in- dignation at alleged bombings by the Soviet Union, the British gov- ernment is busy plotting with Gen. eral Franco, the man who bombed Madrid daily for two and @ half years. Could anything more clearly unmask the hypocrisy of newspapers over the Finnish events, or more clearly show how terrible war is being fomented with the Helsinki ruling clique as the advance puppets of provocation?
 Why is the British Empire inter. ested in Finland? Look at the man Finland is the direct gateway to the Soviet Union through which an at- atck aganst Leningrad could be planned. The British war plotters admitted this fact twenty years ago when the London Times in April 1919, declared: "The best approach to Petrograd is from the Baltic and the shortest and easiest route ,s through Finland Finland is the key to Petrograd and Petrograd IS the key to Moscow" This sentence tells more about the Finland situa. ton than . ton of headlines about alleged bombings.
 On the American side Walter Lippman. speaking the mind of Wal street, calls upon the United StateS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

An understanding has apparently been reached between the city and local trac- ton company with regard to repairs to streets in which trolley tracks are still laid The company will complete the work 1t started a short time ago Of re. pairing the roadway around the rails and covering them over with layer of as- phalt or some such road surfacing. This is as it should be. Motorists of Water bury have stood the nuisance of protrud- ing rails for a sufficiently lengthy period. They are entitled now to relief from such dangerous conditions. And with the icy season of the year close at hand 1t isn't any too soon that the job of removing the cause of many bad skids is started. Nat urally everyone would like to see the rails taken right up from the pavement, but as this would be an extensive and ex-- pensive job right now we'll have to stand for the quickest form of relief we can get
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
In Today's Mail

to take advantage of the present Finnish situation to form e working agreement with Fascist Italy "In order to give Finland active diplo. matic support" writes this knight of democracy and independence, i've should consult with Italy and find out whether 1t Is possible for Italy and the United States to work to. gether in support of the northern countries against Bolshevisn."
 While the Wall street press is dop- ing the people with fake headlines and false indictments, Wall street is planning to show its love for democ. racy by uniting with Fascist Italy and Spain. While shrilling It's phoriy indignation with alleged bombings 1t is getting ready to shake hands with the Fascist heroes of Guernica, where thousands of Spanish women and children were massacred.
 The New York Times brags that in Finland the Allies have at last found "the moral issue of the war This is a confession that the old lies about the "war against Hitlerism" didn't work. It confesses that the Finnish situation was deliberately organized to whip the people of Eu- rope and America into 6 war spirit where the old slogan failed. It is Q warning which every American fam. fly which loves peace cannot fail to ignore.
 MICHAEL RUSSO.
 Sec Communist Party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

It was only few weeks ago that we inquired as to the whereabouts of good old Andrew J. "Bossy' Gillis. This week our curiosity was rewarded. He is still very much in the political limelight in his native Newburyport Mass. He was candidate for mayor again this year, but failed in his comeback try, being defeated by Mayor James F. Carens who also beat "Bossy' two years ago. They say 1t was a comparatively quiet campaign that "Bossy' waged, but there was very heavy outpouring of votes which must prove that the colorful Bay State politician still can pack em in when necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

Press dispatches from Rome tell how Italian crowds booed the Russian embassy during the attack upon Finland. This, however. was mere surface sen- timent. What the Italians real- ly are worried about Is Rumania, which they believe is next on Stalin's list.
 Confidential diplomatic dis patches indicate that German troops are concentrating in what was once Czechoslovakia for @ drive through Hungary on Tran sylvanian Rumania, where there is a large German minority. Si- multaneously Russia would put the squeeze on Rumania through BesSarabia.
 Some advices go further and indicate that the Russians prob ably will not stop at Bessarabla (once Russian) but will move on to Moldavia and Wallachia. This, together with the prob able reconstruction of Bulgaria, which already Is under Soviet domination, should make Rus sia the all-powerful country in the Balkans. It will move Rus. sian troops up close to Jugo- slavia and seriously threaten Italy.
 The creation of a Balkan al- liance and sphere of influence has been Mussolini's chief dream, now that his other Hitler-inspired dreams have faded. So If Rus sia smashes this one, Il Duce not only will be very, very hurt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Press Comment
A LATIN PHRASE
(Hartford Courant)

(Hartfofu Coufant)
 It Is not often that man in public life has the time or perhaps the interest to take exception to the phrasing of . Latiia sentence, but that k not the case with the Secretary of the Interior, Mir. Ickes in the past has used his spare mo. ments to crack down on critics of the New Deal, to explain the dif- ference between "coiumnists" and "calumnists" and most recently to demand that truck-drivers get the blazes of the highways. Now MT. Secretary has bone to pick with Q certain Alfred Friendly regarding a legal maxim used in an oil company hearing.
 MT. Friendly Is c Yewspaperman who unfortunately dared quote MT. Ickes as saying "ignorantia iegts neminem excusat." According to the Secretary, such statement, fl left tincorrected, would not only dis- credit his reputation as lawyer but would grievously afsront the shades of conscientious Roman prose writers. Properly the gtate- ment should have read "ignorantia legis non esctisat." The preactinent is, of course. that those who would use the dead language must use it correctly, for there are interested scholars who will protect 1t from the ravages of the uninformed.
 In answer Mir. Friendly cites an imposing list of law texts that allow the ''neminem" form, and if our own Latin grammar Is reliable, the palm of victory is conceded to the writ CT. In addition, the point should be made that "excuso" is the preferable verb form and certainly the lnclu- slon of 'neminem" makes for an easier translation. Mir. ~Ickes ought to remember that a cardinal pgln. ciple in writing Latin is to employ . simple construction. Else why k Cicero dismissed with the bFief s'( teTnpora. Q niorel." while Caesar f followed by many ifito the Wilds hither and thisher 0aul9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

Waterbury merchants are no different than those in other towns in encouraging local people to get their Christmas shop ping done as early as possible Naturally there are always going to be late buyers, but there does not have to be an over abundance of those who want everything fresh and unsullied the night before Christmas. This year Christmas falls on a Monday which demands that Christ mas shopping end on Saturday. Get 1t done now!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

manner of speech.
 Adams jobs began to dwindle, He had one left in a serial called Your Family and Mine But he sounded like President Roosevelt, and the complaints continued
 The other day he decided to do something about his jinx larynX. He hired a voice coach to change its range and pitch and treble and within few weeks, he des- perately hopes, he will no longer sound like That Man in the White House who has been the cause of all his troubles.
 GERTIE, THE LITTLE
 HOMEMAKER
 Gertrude Lawrence's leading man, Donald Cook, in Skylark, has been depressed about his Morosco theater dressing room from the beginning. It was drab and dull, he complained, and get- ting him down. That Lawrence girl has housewifely interests.
 Last night when Cook returned he found a carpet spread, a couch in the corner. long drape curtains on the windows and pleated fabric on the dressing room table, That's how Miss Lawrence spent the week endl
 Wally Ford, who's rehearsing in Kindred, says the Manhattan phone only makes him lonesome. At Malibu Lake he is on the same party line with Bob Taylor Barbara Stanwyck, the George O'Briens, the Bob Burns and the Joe E. Browns!
 At a night pot last night they were discussing a recent play which puzzled all, including the critics. "It isn't Q play!" moaned one of them But if people pay money to go in,' remarked Ben Blue, 1t must be a three-act eX- tortion notel'
 The l2-foot replica of Sculptor Westbrook Pegler's statuary In the now-defunct Know What l Like Is resting ignominously in a Long Island junk heap, Columnist Pegler may be grieved to know. The original statue, two feet high, will repose forever In the office of T. Edwards Hambleton, the producer, So says MT. Hambleton. SLUGGING AWAY
 FOR CHARITY
 Franchot Tone, who was very Ill. but who Is well and in town again, Is being sought for the cell- uloid lead in George .Jessel and Ben Hechts first local movie ven- ture, Before I Die.
 That charity show at the Wal dorf Sunday night began on a note of gentle brotherhood. The impressario and the head of Thea ter Authority mixed 1t up in brief one-round match that ended on the mat
 Forty-eight hours after the new Pins and Needles musical went on view one of the skits became dated. That one is The Harmony Boys in which Fritz Kuhn appears at liberty, The l, L. c. U. will represent the bund feuhrer In prison garb now that the judge has sentenced him to prison.
 A photographer we know sub- mitted some news shots to e mag azine 0 few weeks ago and the voucher he received Is pretty grim. TWO Murders" 1t states, 1855"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
s sf.a lsls Questions andAnswers
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 "'s"'"1'O THE EDITOR
 O. How much pension did the BiCelow Old Age Pension plan for Ohio seek to provide and what sys- tenn of financing it was proposedP
 A. 1t proposed pension of eOO g month to single persons ana $bv TOT married couples over 0O years oia. A special 2 percent levy on land valued at more than $20,O0O an acre, and a state income tax, equalling one- fourth of the federal tax were Sug- gested as r cans to raise e0O, 900 'OOO s year, the estimated cost of the plan.
 c. What is the automatic snitch" that is used in prisons9
 A. It consists of two steel boxes about two and one-half feet apart. Prisoners walk between the boxes, and hook up of magnetism and electricity sets of buz8er when any metal is in the space between the boxes. Thus 1t detects whether prisoners have concealed weapons, files, or any metallic objects on them.
 c. Why was 1t considered Q feat for Caesars soldiers to swim across the River Tiber at Rome? .,
 A. Though the river is only about 250 feet wide at Rome, the current is very swift, and carries 6 large amount of sediment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
. HIGHLlGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
U. s. Reviewed By Strunsky

By Strunsky
 4 critical, yet thoroughly warm.
 ing analysis of America's fu-
 ture in the light of It's past Is
 Simeon Strunsky's "The IIv-
 ing Tradition" Doubleday,
 D0ran; S3.50). MT. Strunsky,
 editorial writer for the New
 York Times, tears down q few
 Shibboleths which have come
 to be accepted, almost, as real
 premises of American life. In
 this brief excerpts, he mlnimlzes
 the importance of the common
 ly accepted belief that "the
 world Is getting smaller:
 Transportation and communica- ton are not everything; and espe- clally when we fall to grasp what transportation and communication mean. We think of the railroad as a device which enables e man to go from Boston to Los Angeles, e dist- ance of $500 miles, in four days. Much the greater importance of the railroad consists in the fact that 1t is a device which enables Q man living in Boston to stay in Boston and produce things there which he sends by rail to the man in Los An- geles In exchange for things which the man in Los Angeles produces and sends to Boston. ..
 .. we must not be surprised to find that people are not really as close together In purpose and Ieel- ing as we think they ought to be because the world has grown small Ter and contacts have multiplied. Improved means of communication are a centrifugal as well as a cen- tripetal. They diversity as well as assimilate. Better train service en- courages cooperation but also en- ables people to get away from each We must not wonder, therefore, if people today fail to live up to the traditional idea of neighborli- ness. People may live next door tc one another in e big city and have nothing in common. whereas the farmer in western Pennsylvania Ad q great deal in common with a..ae farmer in Vermont i60 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions7 Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. In which State are the Ever glades?
 2. What is gold bullion?
 3. What iS genealogy?
 {. Which State is known as the Sunshine State"? s. What does the word com- munique mean?
 6. What is the name of the fa- nous mystic sword of King Arthur? 2. With what sport Is F. ]. (Dutch) Harrison associated? Q. Name the next to last letter of the Greek alphabet.
 9. Who is Prime Minister os Hel- gium?
 10. On which race course Is the pcrilous Becher's Brook iumps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

but much more sympathetic toward the Allies.
 COUNT CIANO
 Amiable, hard-working Billy Phillips, U. s. ambassador to Rome, called on Count Ciano the other day to inquire about Italy's progress in negotiating Balkan alliances. Count Ciano is foreign minister of Italy, the son-in-laW of Dictator Benito, and Is supposed to know what Is going on.
 But his reply to Ambassador Phillips was: "All I know Is what I read in the newspapers"
 In diplomatic circles, his re- mark Is considered most signifi- cant.
 POLITICAL GO.ROUND
 Four candidates in Illinois al- ready have COP gubernatorial day-dreams. They are: Ed Hayes. former American Legion National Commander; Richard Lyons, who got licked for U. s. senator last year; Dwight Green. ev-U. s. At- torney; and 0. Wayland Brooks, defeated by Governor Horner In 1936 The Taft camp is miffed at Hanford McNider, ex-Legion commander and Hooyer's :nvinis- ter to Canada. Originally McNid- CT plumped for Taft, pledging him. self at the Long Island mansion of Trubee Davidson. But now he has the presidential bug himself and Is busy boosting his own car- didacy.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Selected Poem
NIGHT. RAIN

Gouls Ginsberg in the New York Times) l saw upon the corner, in the soft rain falling, Buildings like great argosies with gonfalons Of
 gold; A fabulous hotilla of huge brigs. hauling Cargces of their wzardry that crammed each
 hold 9 Dreams at all the portholes seemed to snolder and
 to sizze:
 As laden full of legends there loomed each boat. Bannered bright with fables in the ghost-like
 drizzle
 And spectral on q tropc sea l saw them float.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Current Comment

How can we remain neutral when minorities are being crushed and those liberties of speech and press we hold sacred are being destroyed? |? Yet the United States must remain reutral at any cost though we differ as to methods of achiev- ing that end.
 --Dr. Daniel A. Polling. president
 World Christian Endeavor UniQn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:22 a. m.
 Sun rises 7:03 a. m: sets 4:24 ?. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 December usually locks this New England region tight in the grasp of winter. As yet though. there is no reason to suspect the ap- pivach ot a hard or stormy season Ice is slow m the making the frost has not penetrated very deeply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

70 nm. Then
 the studios heard unoffi- cially that the White House W as not in sympathy with imp ersonating
 F, D. R. s voice on the radio And lis- teners wrote in protest that A d 0 ms W s making capital of an imitation of the Chief E X 0 c utive'S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
In New York
nY 0ROR0R ROss

New York, December 2 - Bill Adams natural voice used to be his fortune. His voice sounded SO much like President RoOsevelt's that the air-lanes were wide open
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07
A Thought for Today

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream Of brooks they pass away Job 6:15.
 Deceivers are the most dangerous members Of society--they trife with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred ob- ligations.-Crabbe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Introductory phrases are set off by . comma, as; The matter being settled, the president ordered the secre- tary to cast the ballot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-07

O. was born in Ohio many years before records of birth were kept. I have applied for an old age pension but cannot prove my age because all my relatives are dead. Is there any other way in which can get proof of my age?
 A. In such cases information from the Census Bureau Records will be accepted. The proper ap- plication blank may be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to this newspapers Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Ask for Census Age Blank.
 c. What is the title of the theme song of the radio program, Those We Love-?
 A. "Weeping Willow"
 O. Ia the last World War, how many planes did an aviator have to bring down before he was called an ace?
 A. At least five.
 Q. What Is the rate of fire of Q Browning machine gun, used by the U. s. Army?
 A. Approximately HOO rounds per minute. .ll
 o. Where and when was the first high school for girls established?
 A. At Boston, Mass. in 1928. It was abolished two years later be- cause 1t was too popular. Instead, the course of study in the elemer. tary schools was advanced.
 e. In what years was the Bastille prison in Paris built and destroyed? A. It was erected by the Emperor Charles V to protect his palace against the incursions of the Bur gundians about 1869. Having become notorious for Imprisonment of poe liticai offenders by letters de cachet" (secret warrants issued in the name of the king), 1t was destroyed by the mob in 178e, at the beginning of the French Revolution. e. What b the lowest temper ature recorded in Atlantic City?
 A. February 2, 1884, it was Q below zero Fahr.
 if you want . copy of our book let "FAVORITE POEMS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth
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Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PEA R s o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

Roosevelt with incumbent O al paradoxcal spot
 enhardt time but the State Departn
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if you want a copy of our book let "FAVORITE POEMS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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c. What b the lowest temper ature recorded in Atlantic City?
 A. February Q, 1884, it was Q below zero F'ahr.
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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-11-10

If you have a large quantity of
sandwiches to prepare, you will have
easier spreading if you cream one-half
cup Of milk into one pound Of soft
butter.
Did you know, that when melting
chocolate, the chocolate can be nicely
placed in piece Of waxed paper. Then
place the paper and all in the top
of a double boiler. The melted
chocolate may then be poured off the
waxed paper, and there is no extra
dish to be washed.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-11-10

er's control over his car is just as COM
plete in winter as at any other time
But it frequently requires greater
skill to exercise this control, and fol
this reason, the new driver should be
extra cautious during the season
when frequent rains, soggy wet leaves,
and periods of hazy weather compli-
cate the task of driving.
Especially in towns and cities, wet
leaves constitute the greatest autumn
hazard. BY making starts and stops
less certain, they demand of even the
experienced driver a degree of eau
ton he has had little occasion to use
since the snow and ice went out last
spring. To the novice, they present
some problems which are entirely new
For these, there is no better safety
advice than the rule that is now al
most automatic: Always drive in such
a manner that you can stop in the
clear space ahead. Many a motorist
has thought he was obeying this rule,
only to find that the stopping-distance
on wet pavement, or in slippery leaves,
was something quite different from
the stopping-distance on hard dry
concrete. Here are the few simple
rules which will be found to apply:
1. Keep to speeds at which you can
certainly stop, no matter what the
conditions underfoot. 2. Apply the
brakes gently and intermittenly at
first, with the engine still in gear
and let the intertia of the power plant
help slow you down. 8. Gee" your
way to a stop, releasing brake pres.
sure at the slightest tendency to slide
and re-applying brakes gently as the
wheels turn again. 4. If pavement
is very slippery, shift into second gear
when speed is slacSened to eight Of
10 miles an hour, and bring the Cal
to stop.
All these rules are necessitated BY
one simple fact: the laws of merits
prevent quick stops-or quick starts
either-when ground conditions arr