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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
BRITISH ARMY IS
NOW WITH FRENCH
Huge Motorized Fore e
Moved From Britain-No
Mishap in Big Job
ny WEBB MILLER

UNITED Press starr correspondent
With the British Army in France,
Oct. 19-(UP)-(Passed by Field
Censor) The immense job of trans
porting from Great Britain mod
ern motorized army, with tens of
thousands of vehicles, and the in
stallation of the British expedition
army force in positions at the
French front, has been completed.
Large numbers of men continue
to reach French ports and will con-
tinue. But the fundamental task
of installing the basic organization
of the British expeditionary force
has now been achieved, and without
miShap.
The back OF the big job has beer
broken. From now on it will be {
liar more simple matter to feed re.
Inducements into the framework O
the force in any numbers desired.
With its remarkable mobility tn,
British expeditionary force consti
tutes powerful hitting force which
can be shifted quickly to any par
of the line in an emergency at
speed which astonishes World Wa
veterans.
Big Guns Placed
i On motor tour near the front
Ter watched British big guns beini
placed in position. Screened 3
/ =.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
NO INFORMATION

Boston, Oct. 10 - (UPo = On
cials OF the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company said to-
day that there was no new INFORM
alton concerning Charles A. Gil
martin, former purchasing agent OF
aCtholic University, who was re-
ported missing by Captain y. T.
Blake when the lines ship Fairfax
locked here from Norfolk. Va.
Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
City Clerk Fight
Splits Republican
arty Still Wider
G. 0. p. May Enter City Election With No City Clerk
Candidate ~ Threat Of Town Committee to Name
Man May End in Courts

Split in half the Republican party today faced the
strong possibility of going into the city election without
candidate for city clerk City convention delegates at
their second meeting last night failed to gree either
Homer Berner or John Bergin for the nomination and
the adjourned convention ended in upoar when Town
Chairman Warren Upson and his organization delegates
pqed by their failure to win the nomination for city clerk
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, Oct. 19--UP)--Gov
eminent expenses and receipts TO
the current fiscal year through Oct
18th, compared with year ago:
s2.ss7. $2,66S, ATS, 676.6S
Receipts
$1.6S4, 124, 0S5.2t
s1,274,2sa, 24S.ss ss7s,s51.s4I.4s
Net Deficit
81, 1884, ss. 0so.ss sss4.241.74t.4s
Cash Balance
I$1.922.7S1,535.44 S2,736,010,74
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
Four States Awakened
Early This Morning By
Temblors Shaking Them
Nazi High Command
Claims French Retreat
Assert French Troops Are Now on Their Own Line
France Says They Are on Positions Assigned;
Net Weather Hats Warfare
BY FREDERICK C. OECHSNER
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

Berlin October 10. = (UP) = The Naz high com
and announced today that French troops the Western
Front had been back to French SOIL but emphasized
that German forces avoided crossing the frontier
the first phase of operations resulting from French n-
Native is regarded as finished the high command declared
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-19
THIS WORLD WAR
Is YEARS AGO,
OCT. 10, 1914

BY United Press
FIRST battle Of Ypres beguA .
front from Bixschocte to Armen-
there's.
Allied forces advanced to Rou-
lcrs, Belgium.
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
Simply Became an Added
Expense Borne by Industry

y y
Again, it was expected that these
costs and taxes would be absorbed
nice word for concealing the facts
from the consumers-in the selling
price that was to be fixed. But, as
/ reported earlier, the commission
never quite got around to fixing the
prices under the current law.
Hence, the hundreds of thousands of
dollars which the laws sponsors
said would be passed on simply be-
came an added expense borne by
the industry.
The law has another feature which
you and I, as individuals, do not feel
directly. It is another one of those
concealed things. The law specifies
that no contract can be signed be-
tween operator and consumer to last
for more than 80 days. That is to
say, no price can be quoted for
more than 80 days in advance. That
may not appear important, but it
is highly important.
The practice of large users of coal
is to enter into contract for a SUD-
ply OF coal to last, for example, for
a whole years operation. Having
such contract, the owner of the man.
ufacturing establishment, for in
stance, will be able to know what his
fuel costs are when calculating the
price Of the goods he manufactures
and sells. Fuel costs are important.
and it therefore becomes plain that
large users of fuel have an unknown
factor in their expense item for a
years plans. What do they dof
They have to estimate that item.
and they take the maximum that
they can expect to pay for coal
and users of their product have to
pay that added amount whether in
breakfast food or harvesting ma
chinery or railroad freight rates.
That one feature Of the law alone
has completely disorganized the coal
industry.
Coal Operators Are Left With
Supply in Sizes Not Needed
The 30-day limit also has had an
other effect. When a mine owner
could make a years contract or a
number of such contracts, he knew
whether it was lump coal or stove
coal or slack that his customers.
needed. Without a contract, the big
buyers naturally shop around to get
the lowest price. A mine operator.
therefore, may sell to one firm one
month and the next month. some
other mine will supply the coal. The
result is that one mine may find it.
self with hundreds of tons, or even
thousands of tons, of lump coal when
all that can be sold in a given month
is slack or stove coal.
Well, it is the ordinary practice in
business that if too large a stock is
on hand, prices are reduced to in
duce someone to buy. But not so in
the soft coal industry under the Cuff
fey law. If the price is reduced be-
low the actual cost of mining, costs
approved by bunch of accountants
sitting here in Washington, the law
steps in-not the Guffey law, but two
other laws. They are the federal
trade commission act and the Rob
inson-Patman act. Under either one
of these laws, the mine operator
who cuts prices below costs becomes
tagged as very bad boy who must
be punished by fine or imprison.
ment. So, the unwanted coal lies in
piles beside the mine, crumbling and
becoming Of less value daily as the
weather takes its toll.
ewestern Newspaper Union.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

decreased as much as thirty
five percent.
In the small towns of
Maryland there are hundreds
of boys in their teens who
welcome the opportunity to
indulge in supervised play.
The growth of softball
leagues, taking nearly every
town and hamlet in some of
our counties, should be heart
lily encouraged by the author
tiles. The courts should take
every opportunity to recog-
nize the value of these anna
teur organizations. The bust
ness men of the community
and the schools and churches
should get behind the move
ment. Every parent must
concern himself with this
popular sports activity which
tends to take a load off his
mind and pay out a substan-
tial dividend in promoting
citizenship.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
SOFTBALL CHECK TO CRIME

The growing popularity of
softball is proving a strong
deterrent to juvenile delin-
quency. Men like Iris Speak
er, the former big league
baseball star, who rules or
gained softball, readily ap-
preciate the value of the
spread of the game. With
little equipment needed to
play softball, the youngsters
really prefer to exercise their
muscles and let off steam in
a legitimate and supervised
manner, rather than roam
the streets.
Eliot Ness, safety director
for the city of Cleveland,
says the work of the police
department there would be
tripled if it were not for the
activity of civic-minded men
and women in stressing play
ground athletics. In some
neighborhoods statistics show
that Juvenile delinquency has
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

What about the house-to-
house statesmen? Are his
calls a nuisance that should
be curbed by ordinances, such
as some cities now enforce?
Or are they indispensable con-
tributions to household eff
cheney and to merchandising
in general? Two authorities
debate this timely question
In the current Rotarian
Magazine.
S. S. Hoover, former mayor
of Green River, Wyoming,
the town where the ordinance
banning the unlimited door
to-door statesmen was enacted,
speaks from his experience:
''The ordinance was adopted
at the request of numerous
private residents who were
exceedingly annoyed by re-
peated unlimited visitations."
These statesmen, he states,
are schooled to high-pressure
tactics, disregard the ameni-
ties, and hold that "nervi-
ness" pays. Through unwill-
ingness to be rude, MIR.
Hoover holds, many people
are overborne by these tao
tics. After the salesman has
gone, they find they are in
for it; often they have to ac-
cept something they don't
really want and perhaps
can't afford.
"Now, there is certainly no
urgent social need for sales
manship of this kind" insists
Mr.. Hoover. "In the old
days of bad roads and far
scattered stores, it was often
a real convenience to have a
travelling trader come to the
door once in a while. But
today virtually every COM
munity is served by modern
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
MUNICIPAL CURBs ON DooR-To-DooR SALES

mercantile establishments j..
We feel it is only right that
the business of the COM
munity should be handled
through the institutions that
make our communities pos
sible: the people who employ
local labor, pay taxes, and
help maintain the schools
and churches"
Herbert j. Taylor, presi-
dent of the Club Aluminium
Company, states the case for
house-to-house selling. "Con-
slider the contribution that
direct selling makes to the
progress of civilization by
introducing new products"
he writes. ''The man who
first made can openers is
said to have tried selling
them in stores, but without
success. Then he turned to
house to house solicitation.
Soon customers demanded
that retail stores keep them
in stock Oil burners, vac
uum sweepers, electric wash
ing machines and ironers, and
refrigerators were introduced
by door-to-door salesmen."
He further states that
if such laws as the Green
River Ordinance were univer-
sally adopted, they would
wipe out the jobs of 100000
full-time and part-time door
to-door sellers, about Is per
cent of whom live in the
communities in which they
sell. Laws prohibiting all
unlimited calls of statesmen
at homes" says Mr.. Taylor,
interfere with the personal
freedom of the housewife to
buy either new or established
products when and where she
chooses"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

8. Take an emergency can
of gasoline. One and a half
million motorists ran out of
gas last year.
a. Avoid excessive fatigue.
If you must drive when
tagged out, reduce speed and
use extra caution.
5. Take along duplicate
car keys, but let someone
besides the driver carry
them.
6. Carry a tire gauge.
When driving on a hot day,
check tire pressures.
7. Have a block of wood
suitable for use under your
jack on soft ground.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
GOING BY CAR

Soon several million motor
lists will be off on automobile
tours. But not all will have
the good time they expect.
Headaches, backaches, and
grief await many of them.
Yet these annoyances can be
cut to a minimum by heed
ing a few common-sense
rules. Here is a condensed
list of his dos and don't's for
motorists:
/. Eat lightly while on a
tour. Heavy eating causes
drowsiness.
2. Stop now and then for
a rest. Play catch or hang
by your hands from a tree
limb.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
CHARTS Washington Digest
Bruckarfs Washington Digest
Weakness Of Unsound Legislation
Does Not Remain Concealed Long
Old NRA Is Striking Example of Careless Lawmaking;
Now Comes Up the Unworkable Conditions of Cufey
Law That Has Cost Coal Industry Millions
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington. d. C.

duction costs, and the public would
not feel it.
The contract then negotiated ex-
pired recently and a new one is now
being considered in the regular tug
of war that occurs between miners
and operators every two years. In
the meantime, however, things hap
pened to labor in the soft coal mines.
AS I mentioned above, there was a
decline in production of coal. It fig
ures out at % per cent. That OBJ
viously means that, while labor OBJ
tanned an increase of one-tenth in
the rate Of pay, it worked only four
fifths as much time according to the
records available to me. I fail
to see where labor gained from the
law. Moreover, from the federalre-
lief authorities / learn that living
conditions and buying power among
the persons living in coal mining
areas have declined almost in direct
ratio to decline in production of coal.
With respect to the added taxation
placed upon the owners of the
mines, the surface indications and
the original declarations of support
ers of the law have proven to be
quite misleading The law required
the industry to pay tax of one cent
a ton and to meet assessments to
cover the expenses of boards that
were set up in the various regional
areas. 1t is easy to calculate that
the one cent tax raised So, APO, 900 on
342, 1000 tons, produced last year.
But that figure does not show the
extra assessments that were paid to
the regional boards, nor does it re-
veal that every mine owner had to
hire extra clerks in the company
offices to take care of all of the
various and surdry reports t'~t the
national commission and IT,. IN
al boards saw fit to require.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
BROWNINGSVILLE

The Bethesda Ladies Aid met at
the home of Mrs. Herbert Barnes on
Wednesday. Quite a few members
were present, also a few visitors. A
duet was rendered by Misses Evelyn
Walker and Virginia Burdette. Deli
cious refreshments were served and
an enjoyable afternoon was had by
all.
Those who visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Burdette on Sunday were: Mr..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

and Mrs. Thomas Hughes =. ~
ington, D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. HARMLESS mHsa'
Kedwill of Arlington, Va, and Nv
and Mrs. Joseph D. Day and fa,. MI
of this place. "iiily
Mrs. Edna Hyatt of Damason.
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs p,,s'
dunn Linthicum. W.
Mr.. Glenwood King spent last uo.,
in Ohio.
Mrs. Emory Motley, Mrs. Ro..
Day, and Miss Elma Bergman WOW
afternoon guests of Mrs. Edward R,'.
dette on Tuesday afternoon.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

With their ability to talk
folks into anything, if Hitler
and Mussolini lived in Amer
lea they would probably be
selling oil stock.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
THIS IN THAT

IF it is true that every
man, woman and child in the
U. 5. owes the government
$3O5, it must be a comfort
ing thought to a married
man with seven children"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

These people who report
a siege of yawning for days
and years without stopping,
shouldn't listen that long to
one radio program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

The sociable man is that
fellow who comes over to sit
on your porch and doesn't
think of asking if you might
have other plans.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

One thing the newspaper
has over the radio. In case
of an argument, you can at
least show a clipping.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13
Another Tug of War Between
Coal Miners and Operators

One of the reasons the mine own
ers lost money was because many
who supported the law were con-
WINGED it would mean increased
wages for the workers. The United
Mine Workers of America, headed
by Mr.. Lewis, believed so, and two
years ago they demanded and OBJ
tanned an increase of 10 per cent.
During the debate on the bill in con-
gress it was talked freely that the
miners could get a wage increase
and 1t could be passed on to the con-
sumers. This would be true, it was
said, because the coal commission
would fix the prices and the selling
price, as fixed by law, would have
to be above production costs. Ger
tainly, labor's wage is q part Of pro-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-04-13

To him who hath shall be
given, is especially true when
it applies to taxes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-24
RulllaIliia
Chooses


BUCHAREST. Rumania--.
Rumania made her choice to-
day and committed herself Ia
the Rome-Berlin axis powers
by signing n trade agreement
with Germany giving the
reich sweeping control Of Ru-
mania's trade. industry and
commerce.
Under the agreement, there
can no longer be any question
of cooperation with the west
ern democracies or with
Soviet Russia.
LONDON 900 w..,..,.. n~w
trade agreement with Ger
many puts that NatisW ps,,-
tiralls, miittariis and eco.
ssmiraily In the >sss ors,t.
private authorities sasa Ia
night after study ~ shs pact.
BERLIN - The snti.com.
munist psct of Germany. Italy
and Japan probably viii he
converted shortly into . mill.
tsry alliance. reliable sources
said tonight.
S1E>NA--Frtends NJ kuvt
schusehnigE. last chancellor
NJ independent Austria. said
today that he had hem re-
i~aard from e"stod, early this
week and IL sow living ~ the
village ~ p~vchtelsdosf. near
Vienna.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-24


The teacher who finds herself
In such unusual surroundings is
Miss Esther Blandau. who in
structs "readin', 'riting and 'rith-
metic" to SO students in a one
room schoolhouse on Mcneil island,
where carpenters and workmen are
busy Transforming the island into
one of the most unusual penal
colonies in the world.
OF course. the students who at
tend Miss Blandau's classes are
not convictsHthey are the children
of members of the prison staff OF
the federal penitentiary
OF the employees on the island,
Miss Blandau is the only one who
is not on the payroll Of Uncle Sam.
Her salary is paid by Pierce coun-
ty. as is the case of other one
room school teachers.
Miss Blandau spends school days
on the island. but returns To her
home at Ri. 3. Box 260, Puyallup,
to spend week ends with her father
and mother, Rev. and Mrs. X. A.
Blandau.
Miss Blandau is one of the few
"outsiders" who have an opportun-
ity to watch the transformation Of
Mcneil island.
With condemnation proceedings
out of the way in federal district
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-24
Only One Embloye on Mcneil
Not on Uncle Sans Payroll
BY PAUL Ri SSELLE

There number teachers who educate students
in oneroom schoohouses-that is nothing unusual!
But when woman teacher imparts knowledge in
schoohouse surrounded by convicts prison buildings
hat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-24
DRAFT WEALTH,
and MEN--EDEN

LONDON-Anthony Eden. for
mer foreign secretary urged q
coalition government In Britain
today. asserting every hour counts
IN meeting the present inisrna-
tlonsl danger
In a speech Of surprising blunt
ness. a. a luncheon Of the Amer
lean Correspondents association.
Eden urged conscriptlOn Of wealth
and msnpOyer IN Britain
Eden declared peace-lOying ns'
tons must unite 70 organize de-
fenSe against sggression. Britain.
ne sald. must lake further mih-
tsry steps 70 enable her 10 play
her full part .
We cannot too soon take steps
not only On land. sea ard IN the
ar but slsO in land and industry,
national wealth and msnpOwer.
Eden said. AZ the clouds gather.
perception becomes ever clearer Of
dangers we have 10 meet and Of
our determination 20 meet them
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-24
slOvAks MEET
LATEST DRIVE
OF HU||GAU|A|(s
Little Nation Victim
Of Newest Central
Europe Assression,
Leaders Alarmed

HRAr1Au.AvA--Gtahs Nass wss
plsscs ssutses aver nssststsva go
the slsvsh- peawsssssa fsssssev shss
afsevneee N ~ spVes~ws wssWtwu
II psWssavtaes act - sppswe~h
nssststsva.
RLIN - Gesusass sswteht
published . treaty IN which NJ
resrh guarantees shs po,est~sl n.
drpeWd~wce seA tessttastst tWses.
vis, ~ the slssahias state.
RGNI.IN--Jeachl Won nlo&eW.
tsop, feselss ssiWsstes. ssa rrsesles
Jcses Tlse. ~ slwvahss. sssWs1 a.
accord to-day regulating ttesWas-
slavak relattows,
CENTRAL EUROPE
Slovakian troops. Hlinka
militia and bombing planes to-
day bsttlcd ficrcely with
Hungarian military columns
seeking--repoftcdly with con-
sent Of Adolf Hitherto seize
a ij-mile "trip 81 territory In.
side the SlovAk frontiers
ctosssnx tho frontier st thves
points. the HusieArisns foll1wsd
retiring Niovah tnDops bach u
their seeond lines u defence d61on
strong slovak counter-atsaek
was reported to have haslsd hack
tho invaders.
Troops also ~srs rorortsd
msssed by both sides near shuttle
Island. not far from Brsilslavis.
capital of nlovakis. The Hun
sarisn invasion extended la,
miles aeross the border 10 Mlcha-
loyee and Male
Messages fssw NJ sesse ~
fighting repaired The ~em.
mssdsr NJ M tessssstss
troops hsa eisimsea II ~ sss.
Ing With ths approval ~ DEE.
many.
According 10 The oniy lnfofma-
lion available regarding the cause
" the outbreak. this Huaxsfisns
we're reported 10 hsvr b<en sssured
hat siosakia was about 10 rsds
hem = strip NJ territory roughly
Is miles DRIP along tbs frontier
Who arranged for tbs oession ~ss
rot clear.
Troops CeseestsatsA
The Hunxsfisns slso ssrs re-
poftsd. without official eonflrms-
ion. 10 have made military prep.
'rsiions on Schultz Island. which
> not far from Brstlsiass and
shich vas awarded 10 Hungary 81
he Vienna diplomatic conference
GLOWING Asnieh
TIE siessks wess wsA~v.
siood Ia hsse concentrated
streWG tsseps go oe1laks
guards estimated 10 ssNss
courses ~ fee.eee wen--~sss
defense ~ ihsi sses. nbtsh 10
. fiat bsttssutsSH ever shi~h
mobile ssmy units sss wssss
thssoGh ths fi~b6s,
The situation al nudsp~st. cspi,
sl ~ Hungary. was ons NJ uss
srtsin'y In some quarters II
vas reported . ns~ move ny uun-
'sfy might result In . customs
nd currency union between 1lo~
skls and Hungary, TINS would
= one step toward restoration VI
he old Hungarian empire
~ sseestabs - every htsG
Mas. kseass> In I'll CssisaI
Gnsepssa sspstsls nesiss wss
the fessi point " istesest. N
wss eevfsis shst whatever
hsppss<a ssoi1 hsppes wtsh
Adolf te1tles's esssess.
There ssx natufsi citation st the
~ new territories which 4
lung asians regard - tr4ditionsiiy i
'geifs
But nxny budapest people Won
cred where the reborn reich would
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]. s. Feels Seizure I
M MDmDI uiD<ynl
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Niii PAlts
The solidarity Of Russia held the
most interest at the moment. The
Evening News headlined Britain
in Urgent Communication With
Other States; Russia Lines Up
With Us"
Russia Offers 10 Cooperate, ="
led the stars display. The Eve
ming Standard biszoned Soviet
Calls for Nine-Power Conference TO
Check Germany
Pictures 81 Stain, Msisky
and Chamberlain we're promi-
nently displayed. Balloon bar
RACES. armamenfs, air raid
shelters and news Of prepared
ness took position in news col