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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-17
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS
.Cienenceou-Bottler
 And His BottIeship

GEORGES CLEMENcEAU, the V willy old "Tiger" of France, feared the present European crisis as early as the days of treaty making in Paris in 1919. He could mot foresee, of course, the rise of Hitler and the dictator states, but he foresaw the dangers of re- armament and he recognized that history too often repeats itself.
 At Versailles. Glenn en ceau harped again and again on the need for security" for France in the future. He fought for treaty with teeth in it. He could not for- get the war and the old hatreds. He was inherently suspicious of the German nature. He said once. "I have liked many Germans i'm. mensely. but they are like dough in the hands of their emperor. kings"
 Still later. on another occasion, he said. There may be peace along the Rhine and the Germans and the French may yet sit side by side and work in friendly com petition in a disarmed world. But we must not rush things. We must 60 slow. There Is a streak of light In the east, but it may be--though 1 think not---a false dawn. We must go slow"
 Twenty years later the false dawn Is here. France feels, and the peace that Clemenceau urged to approach slowly has turned into the worlds greatest arma. ment race.
 Ironically enough. the French, have even named q new battle- ship after cIemeneeau. Thus the aame of Ciemenceau. the "Tiger,' z the Father of Victory" ls pcrpet- uated in his death by the mas shines of war. clemenceau and fhe ship named after him gro shown above on g new French seHtni ss5u& s....--.,.-- a --..i,--~ .S
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DREW PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN

discharged upon protesting forced contribution from his salary" During this time he said he had worked on four federal projects.
 Pictures published in New Or leans last week showing a state owned truck unloading building materials on private property has brought a statement from Cover nor Leche that he will investigate the matter. However, he himself is to conduct the investigation. and 1t will be interesting to watch the extent to which he probes the allegations that WPA labor and materials were used on his own property.
 Copyright. 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Selected Poem
NIGHT INVENTORY
CFlorence Hamilton in the New York Times)

Florence Hamilton in the New York Times) When am grass. ah, shall any hour regret Ferns, crescent moons the mothy fields of home, The scent of mint the red-winged blackbird, foam White on the dolphin rocks. the rainbow's net; The city lights ct dusk. the sudden pet Of dusty sidewalks in Summer shower .. .. . The feel of moss, mems voices, each bright hour: The words at midnight two flames in one flame metl Yes, must cede them. leave them all behind As carelessly as though scorned or loathed them, When the least leaf that blew had all my mind, When it was niu carnival heart that clothed them Will lie still, or as the tree wind-shaken. Never to stir with April. with May wakens
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dull.
 At sixteen she was graduated from a convent in Sydney. Then directly following her graduation her father, a big game hunter and snowman, took her with him to Durbin, South Africa, and left her in charge of his rodeo of over sixty people while he went up into Rhodesia in search of Nubian lions.
 She was very successful in the management of her fathers at traction. In Africa she learned many of the native dialects, in- cluding the famous click language of the Matabeles. This means of communication consists entirely of clicking sounds made with the lips.
 SHE KEEPS
 TRAVELLING
 Later, she contracted malaria fever during a visit to Johan- nesburg, and was sent to England After five and a half months in an English hospital her father ca bled her from Australia to jump over to Germany to see a couple of 18-inch-high pygmy horses he had heard about. She bought both horses, and shipped them on to Sydney. In addition to this she had them shod with solid gold horseshoes. She wasn't bawled out for the extra expense.
 In 1892 she returned to Aus tralia where she managed some of her fathers affairs. for a few months before she embarked for China to visit friends. While in Canton she saw a chinese police man who stood 8 feet inches in his stocking feet. She wired her father in Australia who cabled her to send on the giant. FALLS HEIRESS
 TO LIONS AND TIGERS
 At this time Mrs. Roach's dad was operating an animal act consisting of IS lions and 2 tigers One day his superintendent re- signed.
 That left him with an act but nobody to work it. Mrs. Roach stepped into the breach while her father took over the actual training. In a performance at Melbourne he was badly clawed by one of the animals, so Mrs. Roach worked the act by herself from then on,
 Her next expedition was to Durbin to get 8 pygmy woman he had heard about. She arrived in South Africa to find the tiny two and-a-half foot creature very i'll and unable to travel. But a little task like nursing meant nothing in Mrs. Roach's life and in two months time she had the lit- tie woman on her way to Aus tralia.
 BRIDAL TRIP
 INTERRUPTED
 Then she took time off to mar " Eddie Roach, her childhood sweetheart, who had become cartoonist on the Sydney Truth. The day after their marriage the couple started to England on their honeymoon. but even hon. eymoons are to be interrupted, as the girl discovered when her father wirelessed her to stop oil at Carlo and buy him 8 couple Of camels.
 The remainder of their honey moon was spent as guests of Noel Coward, whom they met on the boat from Africa. Then last year she took charge of Jang. the lit tie boy with the tail who was en- gagged to turn up in sideshow in Nnw Work
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wise in keeping this road open to any private in the army. What Dziuban has done, any private can do. This is the democratic way, and it is the wise way, too, for any army and any government must keep the road to progress open on equal terms to all who have what it takes"
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Questions
 and Answers
O FRkDKRzCK e. kERHR

Enclose Q tnzree-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton Oe fact or informati0m Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau af Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- deFtaken. Be sure an man is aa- dressed Co Che WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, l01a Thirteenth Street.
 TEE EDITOR
 a. How did the ceremony of "Blessing the Berries" which is ob- served on the third Sunday in June, In Boyle County, Ky, originate?
 A. It is derived from a centuries old custom in some of the agricul- tural regions of Europe where the peasants gathered on a fixed day for a religious ceremony, in which the blessing of God upon the crops was asked. It was introduced in Boyle County, Ky, at the suggestion of Q. E. Miller, county farm demonstrators. Berries are one of the principal crops of the county and, on Sun. day in 1880, there was . special service in one of the churches for the people to express thanks for the bountifulness of the crop. This has become an annual event and the service is largely attended.
 o. Which Is stronger, a hollow CT a solid bar of the same external di- mensions?
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What's Your l. Q?
Can you answer seven of these test questionss Turn Co last psge for the answers.

i. Name the body of water that separates Sicily from Italy.
 2. Does an American woman lose her citizenship now f she marries an alien7
 3. Name the Foreign Minister of 1. Who sIened the death warrant of Mary, queen of 9cota7
 6. in which State is Mammoth Cave7
 c. what is an spiscopacyf
 [. With which Major League base- ball club does Tony Lazscri now 's' q Name the state flower Of New York.
 .. of what country is z.amro car- oenne rfcsI1entf
 70. what is . NiIi called that Is entirely in tho handwriting Of the
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MORE PRIVATE HOMES

MOkkE FAAvAxE k1OMES
 Another affidavit, signed by Robert L. O'Neal on June 4, states that for two years he was con- crete foreman with the Louisiana State University, and that dur ing the spring of 1887, two houses were fabricated inside the Coli scum that labor for this work was furnished by WPA and that to his full knowledge all of the material was purchased by the WPA.
 That when the said tow hous- es were completely constructed ... .., they were loaded on Louisiana State University trucks by WPA labor; that they were transported by the said trucks to the farm of Richard w. Leche, privately owned, near Covington, La., and that there they were unloaded ....
 That this was done with the full knowledge and approval of the Engineer, MT. Mongett, em- ployed by the WPA ...
 ''That he is familiar with the construction of the home of E. N. Jackson, business manager of Louisiana State University, in that I, personally, was employed on his house for some two or three weeks, and that all of the said workers and carpenters paid from the same funds ....
 That to my knowledge and belief, quite . bit of material such as sand, gravel cement, lumber, and some two or hree hundred feet of concrete storm sewer pipe were used in building of the said house, which said materials belonged to the WPA, and that on one occasion, George Caldwell (construction superin- tendent) came down to the said house while I was setting and laying the sewer pipe, and exclaimed to me, For Gods Sake, O'Neal hurry and get that pipe covered up, before Jackson has . fit about all this steal- ing'."
 An affidavit by Hicks Bats. . truck driver, tells how he moved a playhouse with 20 WPA work CTS for David Ellison. attorney general of Louisiana.
 Various other affidavits. too numerous to detail. tell of ma- terials hauled to the private prop critics of Governor Leche and members of his political machine. RAISING POLITICAL FUNDS
 Others indicate the manner in which the Leche machine raises its funds. namely by deducting five percent from all state sale aries. Many Louisianans claim this also affects WPA workers. despite an Act of Congress pro- hibiting the collection of money from workers connected with
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the little Hindu boy with the tail who now is on exhibit a. round here. Un- officially, she is seeing America
 for the first time and is having a glori- ous time, But though she gets 0 pig thrill out of New York, Mrs. Roach's past life hasn't
 been exactly
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Daily Almanac

Neon sets e:2s ?. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises b;is .. m.; sets s:ae ?. m. tday- light tims).
 Al vehicIss must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset,
 New neon this morning at s.ao. standard t7ne. This is the only unpfopitioua siRn that the nio1& shows during June. 4 week of moro of ohanGtsble HeatheE is sn prospect which VII encourage shs growers ot things
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In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 17-officiaIly, Mrs. Beryl Roach, wife of a Sid- ney, Australia, cartoonist, is in New York as companion of Jang
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A. The Solid bar, because there Is more metal in the cross section to resist the load. o. Which is the worlds largest fresh water lake? A. Lake Superior, with an area of about 32,000 square miles. Victoria Nyanza, chief source of the Nile, is the second largest, with an area of 26.000 square miles. @. Will you please give the text of the famous Latin palindrome? A. Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor. @. What percentage of the popu- lation of the United States is shown in the last census as native born? A. 88.4 per cent. 1 e. Are there two persons named Jacob in the Bible?
 A. Yes, Jacob the father of Jo- seph and his brethren in Genesis; and Jacob the father of Joseph the carpenter of Nazareth in Matthew 1:15.
 @. At which theater in New York did Maude Adams appear in The Little Minister" some years ago? A. Empire. Q. What is the area of Vatican City? A. 108.7 acres. e. How many male and female rural carriers are in the United States Postal Service? A. Of the 32.S56 rural carriers. 320 are women. o. Is the expression "to stand treat" good English? A. It is a recognized phrase in the English language dictionaries. e. Is the Virginia Reel an orig inal American dance? A. No. it an adaptation of the Roger de Beverley dances from England. If you want copy of our book
 let HOME CANNING send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash.
 ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., | Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, Man is liable to err; say, s7ikely to err," or 'sIiable to error."
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If you want a copy of our book let HOME CANNING send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash. ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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e. Is the Virginia Reel an orig inal American dance?
 A. No. it an adaptation of the Roger de Beverley dances from England.
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forced to flee, and to hide in fear that they would be seen by the WPA inspector.
 Jimmy Marshall, who was the WPA foreman, instructed those men to get the h-M away from this building and beat it back to the Coliseum, you black -, the inspectors are coming, and don't let them see
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Q. Is the expression "to stand treat" good English?
 A. It is recognized phrase in the English language dictionaries.
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e. How many male and female rural carriers are in the United States Postal Service?
 A. Of the 32,856 rural carriers. 320 are women.
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A. The Solid bar, because there is more metal in the cross section to resist the load.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Cole Heads Regional
Waqe-Hour Office

William c. Cole, supervising in
spector of the Wage and Hour Di-
vision office at Richmond. Va, has
been appointed regional director of
region No. 4, comprising the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Virginia, Mary
land and West Virginia, Col. Philip
B. Fleming, activities director of
the Wage and Hour Division, an
nounced today.
Col. Fleming announced that Mr.
Coles elevation to regional director
was made in recognition of his
work as supervising inspector and
acting director for the last II
months and was approved by Sec
retary of Labor Perkins.
Mr.. Coles headquarters will con-
tinue at the Richmond Trust Build
ing Richmond, with a branch Office
at Baltimore. He will direct and
supervise the work of the staff of
wage-hour inspectors operating out
of these. Offices and be generally
responsible for enforcement of the
wage-hour law in that region.
The new director is a native Of
Ohio, where he was born in 1881.
A graduate of Marietta College and
the University of Michigan law
school, he spent 81 years in execu-
tive work in automobile and glass
manufacturing industries. Mr.. Cole
joined the Wage and Hour Division
November l, 1898. after having
served as assistant to the admins
traitor of the national census of par
tial employment, unemployment and
occupations from September, 1887,
to November, 1888.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
'GuIIiver' AppIouded
By California Audience
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 16.-Gulli-
yer, giant among the Lilliputians,
has come out of the pages of
Jonathan Swift's novel of 200 years
ago to prove they make good movies
In Florida, too.
A California preview audience
applauded the s1,500,O00, 77-min-
ute-long, Miami-made "Gulliver's S
Travels" and pronounced some OF
the scenes-such as Gulliver bound
by his tiny captors and, later, draw
ing miniature navy after him by
Its anchor chains-among the finest
ever presented in an animated car
toon.
Many said the picture was su-
perior to Walt Disneys Snow
White" with which it inevitably
will be compared.
Although the picture was pro-
duced at the Fleischer Studios in
Miami, Victor Young's rich musical
score was added at the Paramount
Studio here. Jessica Dragonette
and Lanny Ross provide singing
voices for two of the tiny principals.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Inmate Writes
| Santa Claus for
Set of Teeth

Usually it is only the small chill
dren who write letters to Santa
Claus, but Chairman Randolph of
the House District Committee today
received an appeal in this class of
correspondence from Miss Eleanor
johnson, 78, who is an inmate at
Blue Plains.
Miss johnson would like Santa
Claus to bring her set of teeth so
that she may enjoy her Christmas
dinner and many subsequent re-
pasts.
Chairman Randolph got in touch
with the superintendent at Blue
Plains and was informed that there
is only limited funds with which
such luxuries as false teeth may be
purchased and they are bought only
for those whose health would suffer
seriously without them.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Hull Says Republics
Are Consulting on
Security Zone Action
Another Graf Spec
Bottle Would Be Part
Of Some Problem

The American republics are con-
sulting about proposed joint action
to protest violation Of their so-called
security zone involved in the British
German naval battle off Uruguay
Wednesday, Secretary Of State Hull
said today.
He added that if another battle
resulted from expected departure of
the German pocket battleship
Admiral Graf Spec from Montevideo,
it would be considered a part of the
same problem now facing the Amer
lean governments in their efforts to
preserve integrity of the neutrality
zone.
The consultation now going on
among most of the Pan-American
nations, he said, is In the form of
preliminary exchanges Of views and
information.
Panama President Intermediary.
The so-called security zone was
established at meeting of repre-
sentatives of all the 81 American
republics at Panama this fall. It is
wide area around the Americas
which the participants considered
should be kept free from hostilities
by any American belligerent
nation. The declaration adopted at
Panama provided for consultation
whenever considered necessary to
determine measures that might be
taken jointly or individually for OBJ
servance of the security zone. The
President of Panama was named as
Intermediary for any communica-
tions between the Pan-American
nations and the European bel
ligerents.
Secretary Hull said there was no
reason to assume that the death
this morning of President Arose
mena of Panama would interfere or
materially delay the consultations
now going on or the presentation of
any protest that might be formu-
lated.
DR.. Boyd to Take Over.
DR.. Don Augusta S. Boyd, PAN
amanian Ambassador to this coun-
try, also is first vice president OF
Panama and plans to leave here
as soon as possible to take over the
reins of his government.
Mr.. Hull said it had not been de-
cided whether personal conferences
would be called to augment the con-
sultation through diplomatic chan
nels now underway in regard to the
neutrality zone violation, about
which he said the American nations
were frankly concerned.
The Secretary told his press con-
ference that the State Department
staff was shocked and distressed a,
news Of the sudden death of Presi-
dent Arosemena. He said he had
known the Panamanian President
personally and was grieved to learn
of his death.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Mrs. Loughborough
Dies in tooth Year
Al Home Here
Served From 1861 to 1865
As Secretary to Auditor
Of Confederocy

Mrs. Margaret Cabell Loueh-
borough, who was secretary to the
auditor of the Confederacy from
1861 to 1865 and nursed many Of
the Southern wounded in Rich
mond, died today in her Tooth year
at her home. the Kew Gardens,
270O @ street NV.
Ill since last March, Mrs. Louph-
borough took to her bed shortly
after the death of her last surviv-
ing brother and a son, both dying
within the year. She told members
of her family she was not going to
get up any more" Death came as
she slept.
Mrs. Loughborough was born at
"Montezuma," in Nelson County,
Va, the daughter of Ludwell Har-
rison Brown, a civil engineer Of
Richmond, and Mrs. Margaret Ca
bell McClelland Brown. Educated
IN Richmond, she married in June
OF 1862 to James Henry Lough-
borough, then soldier in the Con-
federate Army. Among those pres
ent at the marriage was Mrs. JEFF
ferson Davis, wife of the President
of the Confederacy.
House Built in 100.
During the latter part of the War
Between the States Mrs. Loughbor-
ough was granted special permission
by President Lincoln to go to the
Washington home of her husbands
parents where the first of her IL
children were born.
In 1866 she and her husband went
to live at Milton, the family estate
In Montgomery County, just outside
the District on River road. The
house, one of the oldest in this Sec
ton, was built in 100. The Lough-
boroughs made their home there for
many years, Mr.. Loughborough
dying in 1921.
Three years later Mrs. Loughbor-
ough sold Milton and went to live
with her two surviving daughters,
Miss Margaret McClelland Lough-
borough and Miss Caroline F. Lough-
borough, in Georgetown.
Student of History.
An ardent student of history, Mrs.
Loughborough was long active in So
cial affairs of Washington. She was
a former regent of Janet Montgom-
cry Chapter Of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and
charter member and former vice
regent of Col. Tench Tilghman
Chapter of that organization. She
also was member of the United
Daughters OF the Confederacy.
Besides her two daughters, a son.
Nathan Loughborough of Douglas,
Ariz., survives.
Mrs. Loughborough will be buried
Tuesday in Oak Hill Cemetery. Re-
QUEEN mass will be sung at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church at am.
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Others Better Qualified
For Court, Murphy Says
u the Associated Pres

~ Lhe Associated PreSS.
Attorney General Murphy, men,
toned widely in Capital speculation
as probable nominee to the Su-
preme Court, believes he ought not
to be given the post because there
are others who are much better
qualified for it,"
Mr.. Murphy was questioned about
the Supreme Court appointment at
his press conference yesterday and
also asked about prediction that
the 1910 Democratic ticket would
be Roosevelt and Murphy"
Il am not an astrologer," he said
with laugh, and added:
None of these offers. has been
made to me, and none ought to be. "
Mr. Murphy said he believed an
Attorney General should be pro-
hibited from seeking public ONCE
for two years after leaving the
Justice Department. He advocated
such restriction, he said, because
of "the power that is his and the
use or misuse that might be made
of it."
Evening star., 1939-12-16
Chattanooga News,
On Block, Head Lays
Blame 10 7. Y. A. Foes
Declares 'Certuin
Interests Are Determined
We Shall Not Succeed
BY the Associated Press.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. 49,
Advertised for sale to satisfy de-
mands of its creditors, the 5l-year-
old Chattanooga News announced
it would cease publication with to-
days issues.
The death of the News has not
been caused by any worsening of
its business operations, said Presi-
dent George Fort Milton in a fare
well' statement to the readers. "On
the contrary, it has been caused by
the determination of certain inter-
ests that the News must not carry
on and succeed"
Mr.. Milton did not identify in de-
tail forces which combined to de-
stroy the News" but said "one i'm
portant element of them arose" from
the papers successfully championing
T. " A. power for Chattanooga and
its area which then was served by
the Tennessee Electric Power Co.
During this struggle this group
backed and financed a competitor
to make us pay the penalty for our
public stand he said.
The management previously had
said that the bondholders. who ad-
vertlsed the paper for sale to sat-
isfy a $685. 900 issue, planned to
deliver the News Into the hands"
OF its afternoon rival, the Free
Press, which became a daily in 1896.
Roy Mcdonald, Free Press publisher,
said he had made an offer for
purchase of certain assets.
Closing of the News leaves the
city, with a population of 10000,
with the morning CHATTANOOGA
Times and the afternoon Free
Press.
The News was advertised for sale
yesterday.
The News announced attorneys
are investigating possibilities of
legal action to prevent the sale,
advertised for January 49, Its en-
ployes voluntarily reduce their wages
by $500 week and raised $4,000
to meet bond payments, said the
paper headed by Mr. Milton and his
late father for 81 years.