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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

tanning one, too Agriculture
Department scouts In the North.
west report that isolationist SEN
timent has "gone with the Rus
sian Invasion Of Finland" Swedes
and Norwegians In the Northwest
will never re-elect Senators Ship
stead, Nye, ct oil, on an isolation
LIST platform Sol Haas, po-
litical genius behind Senator HON.
er Bone Of Washington will not
resign as Seattlee Collector Of Gus
toms.
TAFT PRESS AGENT
II you know q good farm pub
licity man, pass the word along
to Senator Bob Taft's campaign
managers. They have decided he
needs one.
They came to this conclusion as
O result Of Taft's recent Md
west electioneering junket, during
which he made O good impress
sion In the cities but did not click
with the farm vote--arad that Is
what counts In the corn belt.
One reason was Taft's forth
rightness. In Des Moines, on the
very day the administration an
nounced loan OF 81 cents O
bushel on corn, Taft took o poke
at this form OF farm aid--the one
admittedly popular feature Of the
AAA. Also, in Omaha, instead
Of addressing O farm meeting as
originally planned, Taft went to
Chamber OF Commerce luncheon
Business men were pleased, but
the farmers sour-and they are
more numerous.
Friends blame these mistakes on
Taft's former classmates at Har-
ward Law school, who are try
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
A Thought for Today
Refugees Wait Their Day

In every nation whose people have
opened their gates refugees from Europe's
war zones are scattered. Some are de-
pressed and fatalistc about the fates OF
their nations. A few are Indifferent. But
most of the political refugees are fortified
by an almost sublime faith in the ancient
axiom that right will prevail. 1t has been
long time since the prospects OF Europe's
freedom ad progress have been quite so
black. Some folks say not since the medl-
eval era. But it's not quite as bad as that.
The whole world looked pretty bedragged
back in 1914-18. This has not been the
first time in recent history that blood
flowed freely and butchery was rife.
The tragedy is not that civilization is
being annihiated 1t isn't. The disaster
Is rather that all the advancement that
has been made in Europe is being sud-
denly halted 1t takes a long time to
achieve small gains; it takes only the time
necessary to sign a decree to smash
everything But the people who have been
driven from their homelGnds, forced to
accept the hospitality Of friendlier ma
tons, will not soon forget the ideals for
which they once struggled. The folks who
have been left behind under the domina-
ton of greedy, stronger powers will harbor
in their hearts a deep resentment that
will grow as the days and years roll by.
Nations are pretty much like business
companies. They must operate under the
same set of ethics. They must be just as
honest with their neighbors and their
peoples as a business man must be with
his customers If he wants to remain in
business Occasionally the system OF ethics
cracks up. A few nations may decide that
competition must be crushed, monopolies
established, the people given whatever
the state wants to give them IN the way
Of freedom and civil liberties. That hap
pens in business sometimes, too. 1t hap
pened to a certain Chicagoan by the
name of Samuel insult whose commercial
empire had become so vast that 1t seemed
impossible that anything could under
mine It, But the insult network collapsed
with mighty thud
A nation can't forever remain dishon-
est and get away with 1t. AS the victims OF
Its atrocities increase In numbers, as
their resentment and rage against oppres-
sion rises, the rumblings OF mass opposi-
ton will become more distinct, will
finally end in a victorious putsch for
freedom. 1t may be long time before
international virtue asserts itself Like a
dishonest business man, a dictator can
hold a people under his thumb for years
before he Is driven out. But eventually,
he will be unseated, just as the crook In
business Is finally caught, because the
other business men around him are not
dishonest and because the people with
whom he deals can stand only so much
OF corruption before they balk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
'Tain't Funny!

A person has to be suffering from some
mental alteration to indulge In the play
full pastime of turning in false fire alarms.
There has been long siege of this bust
ness here in Waterbury this past fall.
Occasionally there Is let-up, but then
it breaks out in full force again. The
other night fire engine was disabled in
responding to such an alarm. It was
nothing serious, of course, but 1t might
easily have been a serious accident.
But even II nothing amiss happens
when an engine responds to false alarm,
the city as whole suffers. If the money
that has to be spent for such alarms
could only be turned into some other
channel Of worthy endeavor a great
deal of common good could be accom-
plished here It's an expensive business
ringing the fire alarm and no citizen
should feel like "squealer" If he can put
the Finger" on anyone guilty Of the act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
What's Your /. O.?
Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn TO
last page for the answers.
|. what a a micrometer?

/. What Is a micrometer?
2. or which country Is Kabul the
capital2
3. In what year did the French
Revolution occur7
4. What proportion OF U. 8. Sem
ators are elected biennially? n
5. Who defeated Gene Tunney for
the worlds heavyweight boxing
championship?
8. Is Florida East or West.of the
Panama Canal?
Z. Can person be a citizen of q
State Of the U. s., without being an
American citizen2
8. What Is the correct pronuncia-
ton Of the word realtor?
8. Who was Commander In Chief
of all the United States armed fore
es during the World War?
10. How many teams are there in
the two Major Baseball Leagues?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

The number Of degrees that are
awarded by our American universities
and colleges is termed "preposterous' by
Frederick P. Keppel, president OF the
Carnegie Corporation Of New York. He Is
OF the opinion that degree doesn't mean
an awful lot to boy or girl unless 1t Is
in one Of several professions, notably
medicine, law, and engineering. There
may be a lot in what Mr.. Keppel says and
we don't doubt but what academic de-
grees have been just bit streamlined,
but there are still businessmen who be-
lieve that possession Of a degree is a
must qualification.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

ing To help him, but who know
even less about politics than the
Roosevelt Brain Trust.
Taft's managers insist that he
really appreciates the farmers
plight, and that crack publi-
city man could get that fact
publicity man could get that fact
across. So they are canvassing
the field - so far without sue
cess.
"All the good press agents.
they complain, "have been hired
by the New Deal"
MERRY-GO-ROUND
y. 8. ofiiclal observers with the
Finnish armies report that the
casualties among the Russians
are even greater than reported.
Red soldiers have advanced In
droves, have fallen In droves. How
ever, they are bound TO win by
sheer weight Of numbers 4.
Russian troops are badly stated
and the organization OF the troops
Is more political than military.
When Pan American Air
ways announced they would soon"
begin flights to Europe six times
o week someone took the trouble
to check on whether any planes
were ready for this service. They
found Pan American had not even
started building. ut takes about
one year TO build ansatlantic
plane) Reason for the an.
nouncement was to head off
American Export In starting q
route to italy. Pan American now
has o monopoly.
Copyright, 1890, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
CIIILDREN's TOYS
(Boston POST

The Department Of Commerce
tells us that only two per cent Of the
toys which our children will receive
this Christmas are imported into the
country. A generation or two ago
most Of them were imported and the
majority Of the imports came from
Germany This whole business as
far as the German people are con-
cerned has been wiped out because
Of two great wars.
Dreams Of empire and children's
playthings are worlds apart-but are
they?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

working on Hummert programs,
These etherized Hummert shows
give promising young people
money to stay on Broadway.
The Hummerts themselves are
prodigous workers. Their yearly
output Is some 6,500,000 words
the equivalent Of 65 fair-sized
novels. All are written either
in their Park Avenue office, Col
onial style and pastel-colored, or
at their estate near Greenwich,
Conn.
Frank Hummert Is an ex-news-
paperman from New Orleans. He
has ridden with the Texas Rangers
and did publicity work for the
government in the last war. His
wife, Anne, Is an eX-newspaper-
woman.
BULLETIN
BATTALION
Those unfortunate people
whose business keeps them wan
dering from office to Office in
the midtown rush, and who retain
a passion to keep up to the second
with the European unpleasant
ness, have developed bulletin
eye" Somewhat like the celebrate
ed Sidewalk superintendent who
readily know of the whereabouts
Of knot hole through which you
can squirt at q working steam
shovel the bulletin eye" can
detect news-fiash from far
away.
Most Of the radio stores enforce
q mo War News" policy on their
sample wares, and independent
merchants in other lines don't
seem to believe that crowd drawn
by such bulletins will do much
buying.
Further downtown, there Is the
newsreel theater which obligingly
types up the latest reports and
posts them, In duplicate, next to
the box office.
The New York Times, deciding
that 1t wasn't worthwhile, to keep
It's electric sign running all day,
has compromised on hand-letter-
ed bulletins of the war, tackled up
at strategic points around the
building And In huge display
window are many references for
the military student Of events on
all fronts.
But for those who pride them
selves on being as well-informed
as any foreign desk In metropoli-
tan newspaperdom, It's possible
to hang around Radio City and
get the news as soon as the copy
boys who tear bulletins of the
tickers.
An oil company maintains a
kind Of Worlds Fair exhibit In
one of the stores on the Fifieth
Street side OF Rockefeller Center,
and the part OF the show that
draws the crowd Is the magnified,
illuminated press ticker that
spells out the news Of the world
as 1t arrives.
Around the corner Is displayed
the teletype equipment Of the
rival news-gathering service. It Is
the same as can be found in any
newspaper office and the public
gets vicarious kick out Of being
behind the scenes Of the Front
Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
NOT A CURE-ALL
Boston Post.)

:. Toronto offers an example Of Just
how much slack in unemployment
the war offers even In belligerent
countries. The Canadian city Is one
Of the most important industrial
units In the Dominion's prosecution
Of the war. Yet, with enlistments
in the service and tremendously IN
creased activities In her factories,
Toronto, thus far, has not expert
enced any great progress toward the
elimination of unemployment.
In the month of October there
were 12,464 families on full relief.
In view Of everything, that is not a
great reduction from the figure of
1880 families for October. 1898.
The war can hardly be considered a
cure-all for unemployment prob
lens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

Neither religion, ethics, the eco
nomic order nor the political system
can take the place Of the family
unit.
- DR.. James Rowland Angel,
president emeritus, Yale Univer-
sity, addressing 25th annual con-
vention, National Council Of Girl
Scouts.
Our sympathies for the democ-
yacies will be drawn upon heavily
in the days to come. Our duty to
our sons Is to hold reason in power
over emotion. 1t Is to hold the long
vision Of Americas future.
Herbert Hoover.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
Selected Poem
LOST ROAD

(Charles Malam in the Christian Science Monitor,
Three lanes In the grass we called road
They crossed the field where the old barn stood
To wind and climb to the cool abode
OF peace in the upper pasture wood.
Two for the wheel rims quilted wide.
One for the old horse UP the middle,
Leaving along the mountainside
later day back-country riddle.
Now where Intervening tires
Trace upon concrete mile over mile
Patterns darkened as If by fires
We watch in vain for the snake fence stile.
Three slow lanes through daisy and clover
Pointing the way a mind should go
BY trails not wholly weathered over
To find what the heart still hopes to know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
PRESIDENT BATIsTA?
(Christian Science Monitor)

BY giving up active control of the
Army, Col Fulgenico Batista Is sur
rendering, at least publicly, the
power that has given him behind
the-sceries control Of Cuba during
six years For some time it has been
known that he has been quietly
studying to make himself ready for
the Presidency Having risen from
obscurity TO dictate Cuban cestines
at . crucial moment. he nov enters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
Views of The Press
new period Of political develop

new period Of political develop
nent
Despite some blows To his prestige,
such as the recent election In which
parties opposing him elected q maj
GRITTY In the Assembly, Colonel Bat
ista remains O power. A genuinely
free election pitting him against OPP
position candidates would do two
vital things: Clarity Cuba's mixed
political scene, and life the Colonel
himself above charges Of wanting 10
cloak O dictatorship In legal forms
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
QUICK TO APPRECIATE
Boston post)

Since he has taken over his duties
as archbishop OF New York, the Most
Rev. Francis j. spellman in q de-
cidedly brief period has established
himself not alone with the people Of
his archdiocese but with the great
metropolitan city as well. Boston
and Massachusetts knpw well bits ire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
Daily Almanac
Moon sets 6:26 p. m.

Moon sets 6:26 p. m.
Sun rises TOT a. m; sets 4:24 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted Thirty minutes
after sunset
The seasons first snowstorm-wet and
sticky-might be an indication Of what we
are to expect in later wintry blasts Last
year we got a heavy snowfall for Thanksgiv-
ing and escaped with little snow the remain-
der Of the season. This year it's wet storm
OF small proportions to be followed by
what2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
BOY, 8 TURNS IN-FALsE ALARM

San Francisco (UP) - Little
3ls -year-old Bobbie Sullivan is be-
lieved to be the youngest person in
the world ever to realize the thrill
secretly nourished in almost every
BOYS heart, Of turning IN a false
alarm of fire and seeing the fire
department. come romping. Some
one gave Bobbie small ladder. He
promptly hraeed It against the fire
alarm box and turned In the alarm.
He was still occupying the vantage
point when the fire engines arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

2 . II = r y We
scripts, and
they cater to q
W e eklv au-
Ciience Of some
half O billion
Americans.
Mrs. Patrick
Campbell, Hell
en- Menke n,
Van Heflin,
e thel Barry
m ore, Erin
O'Brien-M Moore,
A l Q an der
kirkland -
I h ey've all
VxbnrlpaN aud ara
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

A. Some food prices In 1893
were round steak, l3c h.: pork
chops, lie lb.: bacon, 14c lb.; eggs
zoe doz.; butter, 26c lb.; and sugar,
&c ID.
Q. Which motion picture was
first shown publicly, "Hell's Angels"
or "All quiet on the Western
Front?
A. The premier Of "Hell's An
gels" was at Grauman's Chinese
Theater, Hollywood, May ~, 1880.
The general release date was No.
vember IS, 1880. "All Quiet" was
generally released, August a. 1880,
after q premier at the Central The"
alter, New York, April 20, 1880.
Q. Which Is older, the civiliza-
ton Of Egypt or that OF China?
A. The civilization OF Egypt
dates frcxp at least TOO b. O., that
OF China from about HOO B. G.
@. How far back were birth
records kept In Michigan and
where can I get q copy Of my birth
certificate? was born In Detroit.
A. The Michigan records Of birth
began. In 1867. Write to the State
Department OF Health, Lansing,
Michigan. Give your full name and
the full name OF your parents, as
we'll as place and date OF birth.
-----
@. What Is perpetual motion?
A. As the term is generally un.
derstood, II refers to q mechanical
device or arrangement which, once
set In motion, would continue TO
run until Its parts wore out, without
drawing on any external source Of
energy. Such selfgenerating, self
perpetuating motive power which
overcomeS friction would be con-
trary TO the best-established Of all
known laws OF nature and physics,
the principle Of the conservation Of
energy.
@. II a worker who Is entitled Ia
old-age monthly benefits under the
Social Security Act dies after De-
cember 81. 1899, leaving a wife who
Is under So, will she get monthly
benefits Immediately?
A. Not unless she has dependent
children under IS Cor under 49,. II
they are stu In SCHOOL,. II she has
no dependent children, she will re-
ceive survivors monthly benefit
when she reaches age 65, II she has
not remarked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
In New York
nx GEOR0E ROSS

New York, Dec. 12-The quiet
Frank and Anne 8. Hunmert
have given almost as much em-
ployment to actors and actresses
as any producer I could name.
They are the creators Of some 40
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

mendous capacity for work and his
quiet, winning personality.
Indications Of the manner In
which New York has come to appre-
ciate them so quickly may be seen
In the number and diversity Of un-
dertakings, not alone within the
scope Of his ecclesiastical duties,
but beyond them as well. New York
hns accented him as enc Of her own
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

II you want copy Of our book
let STARS and CONSTELLA.
TONS" send 10 The Waterbury
Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913
Thirteenth Street. Washington, d. G..
Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Do not place q comma between
the compound personal pro-
nouns myself, himself, her.
self, ETC., and the words
which they emphasize, as;
The professor himself con-
fessed he did. not know the
answer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12
Washington Merry-G o-Round

DREW PEARS o N
ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON, December 2Sno
Haiti being Wned and dnsd IN this under auspices far different
departed from Haiti the s Marine band senadng
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Questions
and Answers
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' - THE EDITOR
@. What are the duties Of the
Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceP
A. The organization Is primarily
responsible for the maintenance OF
law and order in the Yukon, the
arctic regiohs, unorganized North
west Territories and, for q variety
Of services for the Dominion Gov
eminent In all provinces. Several
Dominion Government departments
employ It In Investigations and ad"
nninistrative work, including sup
preston Of trafflc In noxious drugs,
protection Of government buildinga
and dockyards and enforcement OF
Dominion cuisines and internal rev.
enue laws. Any province may enter
into an agreement with the Do
minion Government for the services
Of the force to enforce provincial
laws, upon payment for Its services.
@. Was food much cheaper In
the U. s. 40 years ago than 1t 10
now? F
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-12

Copyright, 1890, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1939-03-18

Federal Home Loan Banks on the
West Coast led all others in 1898
IN the percentage Of long-term ad-
vances made to their members. The
Los Angeles Bank. serving Cali
fornia. Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii
Tor instance, reported long term ad-
vances Of $17.039, BOT in comparison
with total advances of $17199,8O7,
or slightly over SO per cent.
The Portland Bank, whose mem
bers are located in Washington.
Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming
Utah and Alaska. reported long-term
advances of $5,836,447 out of a total
Of $6,4S3 1922, or 80 per cent.
Evening star., 1939-03-18
E.H.L. B. Loans Used
Increasingly in Home
Buying, Board Says
7% Of Advances to
Members Made for Lonq
Terms, Figures Show

Evidence that an ever growing
proportion Of advances made by the
IL Federal Home Loan Banks to
their member savings and loan as
sociations is going directly into the
building and purchase of homes
was seen here today In statistics
compiled for the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board.
The data showed that in 1898
more than three-fourths-77 per
cent-of the advances made by the
banks to their member institutions
were long-term ones, repayable in
to 10 years. new high. The
vast majority. 1t was said, was
made for the maximum period.
Long-term money, experience has
shown, usually is borrowed by home
mortgage institutions to meet in
creasing demands from the public
for home building or purchase loans,
while short-term funds more often
are obtained to meet Withdrawals
Of private savings.
For the past four years, the bank
SooA ~ opuuN OIloNCu, lllC
age Of long-term advances has
steadily increased while short-term
advances have declined correspond
1ngly. In 1885 long-term advances
accounted for only 81 per cent of
the money loaned by the II banks;
In 1896. IS per cent; in 1887, 73 per
cent, and in 1888. II per cent. The
monetary amount of such advances
has increased along with the per-
centage.
Kept Pace With Home Buying.
This expansion of long term lend
ing, officials noted, has corresponded
with the steady increase in home
buying and building during the last
four years.
Under the regulations of the Fed
eral Home Loan Banks, as pre-
scribed by Congress, long term loans
may be made to members up to so
per cent Of their unpledged assets.
or to the legal limit Of their borrow
Ing capacity, whichever is smaller.
The savings and loan associations
20 which the advances are made
protect the lending bank by pledging
sound first mortgages on homes as
collateral.
Short-term advances are made up
to one year. They are similarly col
lateralized, except in the case OF
institutions whose creditor liabilities
do not exceed S per cent of their
net assets.
Comparison Shown.
The amount of long-term ad-
vances from the IL Federal Home
Loan Banks outstanding on Decem-
Der 81 Of the last four years, in
comparison with the total amount
OF advances outstanding, is shown
IN the following table:
Vaop 1arr-Tar,,o
Evening star., 1939-03-18

tury England, the interior Of the
vaulted entrance halls on either side
Of the exhibition gallery are finished
In rough plaster with flagstone floor
and rich decorations in wood and
stone.
The exhibition gallery is great
paneled hall OF rare dignity and
scale. A reading room, entered from
the exhibition gallery, is also de-
signed In the manner Of traditional
English great hall. Through the east
lobby entrance is gained to an Eliz-
abethian theater, having q seating
capacity of some 260.
Assembled from a number Of small
lots and tracts, IA years were spent
in acquiring the land for the library.
Two weeks after the corner stone was
laid, In 1880. Mr.. Folger died. He
bequeathed the library with an en-
dowment for its maintenance and
growth, In trust, to the trustees of
Amherst College, who administer it
as an institution for advancing
the study and appreciation of Shake
speare.