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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.

1. Which degree is the freezing
point of water in the Centigrade
scale?
2. OF what country was the pres
ent Republic of Panama once
part?
8. Who won the 1889 Women's
National Golf championship?
4. What is the purpose of a river
levee?
S. Name the last Democratic Par
ty President before franklin D.
Roosevelt.
6. In which mountain system is
Mt. Everest?
Z. What is an iguana?
8. Near what river was the action
known as Clusters Last Stand
fought?
8. In the French monetary sys-
tenn, what is the name for the
hundredth part of franc?
10. Name the branch of science
that treats of time as measured,
computed and recorded.
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Current Comment

We do not wish to unleash the
horror of war over humanity.
Field Marshal Herman Goering
Farmers are not very keen on
war. The postwar situation for
agriculture is simply a straight hell.
Henry A. Wallace, secretary of
Agriculture.
For us there will be no turning
back.
Anthony Eden, British domin-
ions secretary.
The defamation of no single bomb
dropped on a Polish city fails to
have its reverberations, infinitesimal
though 1t may seem, upon every
community in the United States.
Harry H. Woodring, secretary
of war.
It's certainty now that Congress
&ill pass my anti-espionage bill Yext
session.
Senator w. Warren Barbour
Ren. N. j.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
CASH AND CARRY PLAN
DIRECT PRELUDE TO
WAR WRITES AYOTTE
October 2, 1899.


Editor of The Waterbury Democrat:
Kindly allow me to reply to the
letter of Samuel Cipriano which
appeared in the columns of The
Waterbury Democrat under date of
Sept. 26, 1899.
Mr.. Cipriano's enthusiasm for the
Presidents cash and carry policy I
and many others throughout the
nation cannot possibly share. In
these critical times it is specially es-
sential for American citizens to ex-
anime just what is meant when
such phrases as "sanctity of
treaties" democracy" "aggressor
nations" "cash and carry" are set
before us to enShare us in a bloody
conflict to preserve the Ubiquitous
status quo.
I believe that I stated very def
nitely in the letter you quoted that
did not wish to discuss Father
Coughiin through the medium OF
the public press. Why do you attack
his person and say nothing of the
principles he advocates? You had
your little joke about my weakness,
but you are not perfect yourself by
any means. Your reference to the
Mad Monk" was unkind and un-
called for.
If you wish to carry on this dis
cussion of the cash and carry policy
in which Congress shall be called on
to decide in the near future, a ques-
ton which is vital to every Ameri-
can, please confine yourself to the
issue in question. Congress shall de-
eide this question, not Father
Coughlin.
Kindly remember Mr.. Cipriano
that I did not ask you for advice,
but since you seem to know all the
answers before the questions are
put to you let let me ask you this i:
You have questioned my loyalty to
the president of the United States.
I demand that you be specific and
show just where I have been dis
loyal. If disagreeing with the presi-
dents cash and carry policy makes
me disloyal, then the same accusa-
ton must be leveled at such great
Americans as Col. Lindbergh, Sena-
tors Borah, Johnson, Nye, Vanden-
berg, Walsh and Lodge of Mass,
Clark of Miss, etc.
Come, come. Mr.. Cipriano: are
these men to be branded as disloyal
to the president because they disa-
gree with the policy of the admins
tration?
If the president is sincere in his
warning to relationships against
the suppression of the rights of peo-
Piles and against violent invasions, y
and also their disrespect for the
"sanctity of treaties" why did he
fail to include the Soviet dictator,
Mr.. Stain? Did you ever hear of
the president denying that Russia
invaded China with men and arms
which violent invasion" resulted in
a grab Of 9.72O.0O0 square miles of
territory and the subjugation of
over ITO million to the red flag Of
Communism?
In ten years, more than 20 mil
lion citizens of China were slaught-
cred by the effort Of foreign gov
eminent to impose Communism in
China. What respect did Russia
show for the BRAND kellogg Peace
Pact which by theire invasion of
China they were the first to break2
I don't recall that Mr.. Roosevelt
warned" the Soviets for their vio-
lent invasion of Spain. about which
nothing was said in the press of the
nations. specal attention being cali
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

process of Commanding the world.
Therefore it is hypocrisy to speak
of the "sanctity of treaties" when
treaty is so vile and unjust, that
the United States Senate refused to
ratify it as it did in the case of YER
sailles.
Having abundant proof that Gin
ternational finance" is the power
behind world Communism, England
and France are not fighting because
they love the Polish people, but be-
cause they are fighting to perpetu-
ate system of economics which is
about to receive the well known
BUNS Rush." The cash and carry
plan, Mr.. Cipriano is Just a smoke
screen. Come out of the fog.
If England and France, the only
two nations who will benefit from a
cash and carry policy, have cause
for alarm, let them look to it. Their
diplomats are skillful. That's their
calling. The calling of our statemen
is first of all to keep within our own
borders. Let the Europeans keep
within theirs, and above all Mr..
Cipriano, let them keep their filthy
hands out Of our treasury. We have
money, IS billion dollars, buried at
Fort Knox-but it was not bestowed
upon us by foreign powers. They
have already shown themselves
more willing to borrow than to re-
pay. Our treasury must be carefully
guarded both from within and
without. Do you get my meaning
! Sam?
If Hitler raves. let England and
France, the greatest land grabbers
of all times, compass their own
preservation. Let them help those
who are threatened, and whose
downfall would prove calamity to
them. They will do so if that is the
only way they have of protecting
themselves and their HOLDINGS.
They will no doubt invite us to have
good share in that job, but their
| invitation should fall on deaf ears,
if we Americans and our elected
rulers are prepared, to follow the
dictates of common sense, the first
law of which is self-preservation
At this time much stress is being
laid upon the necessity of unity"
and our willingness to contribute u,
the peace of the world; but, there
can be no bond of unity between
safety of our American homes and
the itching palms of war-mongers:
there can be contribution to peace.
If that peace is predicated upon the
vicious sacrifice of human flesh and
blood. The cash and carry plan is
a direct prelude to war: an open
invitation to riots, disasters and
bloodshed. He who thinks that the
youth of this nation can again be
led like sheep to slaughter, 5000
miles away. is simply gambling with
the destiny of this nation.
In any cash and carry plan. MIR
Cipriano, we will pay the cash as
usual, and the carrying of the guns
will be on the shoulders Of ou
American boys as IL was "a years
ago. Something unusual is about L
happen History is repeating itself
GEORGE L. AYOTTF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
In Today's Mail

ed to this organized silence" of the
press by our late beloved Holy
Father in his Encyclical on Commu-
niSm.
Why does Mr.. Roosevelt denounce
and penalize the German and Ital-
ian governments while he grants
special privileges to the Red dicta-
torship of Russia by negotiating
with it favored nation trade treat
ies," which privilege of treaty nego-
tiations belongs to the Senate and
not to the president?
What right, Mr.. Cipriano, has our
president to ask for fidelity to the
pledged word when he himself has
not shown fidelity to his own pledg-
ed word? Did he not promise to
drive the money changers from the
temple?" Instead of doing this he
has by his financial policies made
accessible to the relationships of in
ternational finance, virtually all the
gold in the world. He has perpetu-
ated that alliance between govern
ment and bankers, whereby these
financial over-lords are permitted
to issue nations currency, against
the governments bonds upon which
they collect interest, and then in
turn lend from ten to twenty times
as much credit as the money which
they actually possess.
Don't get impatient Mr.. Cipriano.
You asked for this information. ANY
intelligent discussion of cash and
carry policy must first be predicated
on basis of cause and effects. Do
you follow me? Let me quote you
from Gertrude Cougan's book
Money Creators" the following
Currency is kept at a minimum
while 80 per cent of the money in
circulation is credit paper upon
which interest is also collected
Taxes are imposed by the govern
ment upon the people, upon which
interest is also collected. Taxes are
imposed upon the people to redeem
bonds issued, and bankers nquidate
the interest bearing debts of the
government. Debts keep on increas-
ing, debts multiply and as a result
of all this usury the wheels of pro-
duction cease to spin, industry
commerce, labor, agriculture are
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or no Con-
stitution, Communism is here
Deny that if you can. want facts.
The war for which the world is
arming at present will be fought,
not for Democracy, Mr.. Cipriano
which, strictly speaking, does not
exist anywhere in the world, but
for the preservation of the same fl
nancial dictatorship which has ex-
listed throughout this world for CEN
turtles and grown fat on war, finally
resulting in the dictatorship of the
soviet, which is deliberately
planned and financed Gas per the
American Hebrew Magazine. Sept
10, 1920, also attested to in the
British White Paper Investigating
Communism. If you do not choose
to accept the documentary proof for
this assertion, just study our finan-
cial system in the order of cause
and effect and see the result-C Com
munism. which means the suppress
sion of economic liberty and private
property.
The real aggressors in this COM
ing war according to present speci-
fications will be England France
and the United States. The finan-
cial aggressors against Germany
Japan and italy who have broken
with the international finance;
whose currencies are based, not or
the gold held by the bankers but
upon the natural wealth Of their
nations.
The Ubiquitous Treaty of Versailles
was the first step In this gradual
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and making poor progress, but the
British, he said, are picking up
and in six months should be
abreast of the Germans. The quail
ity of the new British planes is
excellent, and they are not hand
dicapped by lack of materials as
are the Nazis.
Lindbergh said that the rea-
son for the present British aer-
ial inactivity was the fact that
they could not risk an aerial
showdown at present. Their air
force is too weak. However,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

PITY" For "See My Lawyer" is
the first screwball to be batted out
by George Abbott this theatrical
season and Mr.. A. generally hits
them over the fence. But this one
is merely bunt.
It lacks the hilarious, f1recrack-
er lunacy of Room Service" or
the delirious pace of boy Meets
Girl" or many another of the Alb
bolt farces. And that's the pity.
But the Abbott spirit is inoomita-
BILE and he has another show COM
ing uu right away.
1t is Rodgers' and Harris mysi-
cal show, TOO Many Girls" which
those who have eavesdropped up
on it tell me, will be one of the
brightest items of the show season.
SCOUTS GIVE BOOST
TO KAUFMAN-HART OPUS
War or peace, Broadway stages
have much to look forward to, The
immediate prospects are kaufman
and Harris new comedy, '"The Men
Who Came to Dinner" which was
suggested by their friend and
mentor, the rotund, sentimental
Mr.. Chips of American letters
Alexander Woollcott.
1t is about lecturer of Wool
cottian girth and garrulity who is
laid up in small mid-western
town and raises Cain. The reports
from out of town, where the play
is practising before coming here,
are cheerful.
Glare Boothe's play, Margin for
Errcr," with a metropolitan locale,
is on the way and so is Vicki
Baum's Summer Night" a drama
which will remind playgoers of
her unforgettable Grand Hotel"
Simone Simon is coming to New
York from Paris to appear in a
musical about the Gibson Girls,
Constance Bennett is going to do
a play and, it is rumored, SO is
Bette Davis. Despite the parlous
times, Broadway is going on as
if nothing had happened!
SOCIETY SINGER
DEFIES CRITICS
Here is a society songstress"
who hurls the defy at columnistic
reptiles who hiss that she is tax
ing the bread out of the mouths
of breadwinners." Anne Francine
doesn't think so. A blue-blooded
Philadelphia Cher family is in
the Social Register), she is warb-
ling successfully at a Manhattan
oasis. the Cog Rouge.
Her friends still talk to her
even if she is singing for money,
but she doesn't talk to them if
they hand her that 'You were
charming, my dear!" She can sing,
She believes in her ability, and
she doesn't understand why social
ranking should handicap her ca
reer. She is thankful that she
does not stem from the Almanac
de Gotha, for them she would
forever be silenced.
She never set out to be a pro-
fessional songstress, anyway. But
it seems that the Cog Rouge adj
vertised a "debutante singing con-
test, last year and a practical jok-
ing friend sent in her name. So
forced into the situation. Anne
sang and won-hands down.
That settled it. And the other
unusual phase of her story is that
her parents don't mind at all. In
fact, they are solicitous of how
she is getting along and even read
the "Show Biz" section of Variety
with her to cope with their daugh-
ter's competition. Nor did they re-
treat to their underground shelters
the night Anne came home from
her debut, produced a card from
her purse and announced, Il be-
long to the union-for night club
entertainers"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

Lindbergh expects the German
air force to deteriorate from
now on because of difficulty in
replacing both pilots and mater
ialS.
The United States, according to
Lindbergh, soon will be in posi-
ton to equal the quality of Ger
many's planes, but it is backward
in motor development, which the
flying colonel attributes to lack of
experimental laboratories.
Copyright, 1899, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
Selected Poem

AVOCATION
(By Ernestine E. Mercer in The New York Sum-
One should not write for profit
But only for release,
Subordinating income
To authors private peace.
And so goodbye to Masefield,
And farewell to A. France,
And toodle-oo to Shakespeare
All ruined by finance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

Nights and their
severest critics
are not their
best friends.
Anyway, "See
My Lawyer" is
evoking a few
laughs, with its
rowdydow plot
of a pl yboy
who e n 6 a 6 e S
three impecun-
ious attorneys,
but the m a in
utterance about
it is Itch! Tch!"
and "W ha t a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

National defense requires balanced
Federal budget. This is as evident at the
present time as the need for an adequate
army and navy. Our grossly unbalanced
budget coupled with an unparalleled
national debt of nearly $45,000,0 100000 is
an open invitation to trouble 1t is a
critical weakness in our first line of de-
Tense which the best military strategist
cannot overcome. It is up to the people
and the politicians they elect-to
either raise more money through broad
ening the tax base, or economic by trim
ming nor-essential government services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

II France, one Of those so-quaint GUS
toms Is truffle- hunting, Pigs are sent to
root no the edible tubrous roots, where
,,non the truffle-hunter takes them away
rom the pigs and either eats them him
seIf 81 sends them, more profitably, to
the American market. This always
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

The foliage is beginning to turn slightly
"a splash of red amid the green. From
the appearance it would seem that the
New England color show will be at it's
best beginning this week and continuing
winds and rains and make an end of the
foliage for this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
In New York


New York. Oct. 3-If the author
had not been sitting directly ahead
of me. could have forced fewer
chuckles for the Broadway seasons
first farce, "See My Lawyer" But
authors are unpredictable on First
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

II you want copy of our book
let, FALL GARDENING" send to
The Waterbury Democrats Wash
ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. C. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PEAR S ON
ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON Oct 3Don
he
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@. Please tell me how to bleach
leaves.
A. Mix dram of chloride Of lime
in a pint of water. Add sufficient
acetic acid to liberate the chlorine.
Steep the leaves about 10 minutes,
and until they are whitened; remove
them on a piece of paper and wash
in clean water.
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@. Is there memorial in Penn
sylvania to the man who first pro-
duced oil in the state?
A. Drake Well State Historical
Park. Crawford County, on on
Greek. lust outside of Titusville, Pa,
is a memorial to the petroleum IN
dustry and to Colonel Edwin l..
Drake, who drilled there the first
successful oil well in the world IN
1859. The Drake Memorial Museum
has exhibits showing the origin ana
development of the oil industry.
@. Is there an organization cailed
UNITED Hot Clubs of American"
A. It is a nationwide organization
of followers of swing music. Among
the members of the National Ad-
visory Board are: Benny Goodman
honorary president; Dorothy Baker,
Paul Whiteman, Duke Ellington,
Marshall Stearns, Gene Krupa
Tommy Dorsey, Count Basic, LOUIS
Armstrong and Milton Gabler.
@. Is there a John Brown Univer-
Sitv2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

Not the marriage of convenience, nor the mar
rage of reason, but the marriage OF love- All
other marriage, with VOWS so solemn, with IN
timacy so close, is but acted falsehood and var
nlshed sin.-Bulwer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03

@. Would it be possible for me to
have my mother come to the United
States on a visitors passport and
have it changed to permanent one
later on?
A. If your mother came here as
visitor she would be obliged to leave
at the end of the time permitted by
the visa, or be deported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
A Thought for Today

And unto the married 1 command yet not
!, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her
husband.-COrinthians 7:1O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-03
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, II feel badly;; say,
Bad"

A. The John E. Brown University
(coeducationaD at Sloan Springs,
Ark, comprises a College, Vocation
al college, School of the Bible, Radio
School, College of Music and Aca-
deny. John E. Brown Is the presl-
dent.
@. What kind of wood is best for
an archer's bow?
A. In the eastern part Of the
United States the best native WOOD
for bow is second-growth white
ash, the next best, red cedar; in the
Mississippi valley the best Is the
Usage orange; and on and near the
west coast, the yew is by far the best
of all. If none of these woods CAN
be obtained, close-grained, second
growth western hickory will do; but
it is a makeshift.
@. How can I find whether game
that invented, which reproduces
playing cards on board, Is subject
to the federal tax on playing cards?
A. Submit sample of the game
and a copy of the rules to the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue,
Treasury Department, Washington,
D. G,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29

Mr.. Frear had practiced law here
since his voluntary retirement from
Congress in 1884, after serving con-
tinuously as Republican from Wis
consin from 1914.
A native of Hudson, Wis, he came
to Washington with his parents In
1879. Subsequently, he served In
the Signal Corps of the Army as
an enlisted man and during that
time studied law, graduating from
the National University here in
1885, He began law practice in
Hudson and served as city attorney
in 1S94-5. Subsequently, he served
as district attorney of st. Croix
County, as a member of the Wis
consin State Assembly, the State
Senate and as secretary of state of
Wisconsin from 1907 to 1918. He
was long active in the Wisconsin
National Guard, in which he rose
to the grade of colonel.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Har-
riet Frear; a son, Philip A. Frear,
Bethesda, Md; daughter, Mrs. Allen
Johnson, New York City, and a
granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Wednesday in Hysong's fu-
neral home, 1900 N street NV.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Maj. FerryK. Heath S
Last Rites Will Be
Held Wednesday
Full Military Honors
Will Be Accorded
Ex-Treosury Aide

Following funeral services in De-
troit yesterday, Maj. Ferry Kimball
Heath, former Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury, who died in the
Michigan city Saturday, will be
buried Wednesday in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery with full military
honors. Services will be held at II
am. Wednesday in Fort Myer
Chapel.
Honorary pallbearers for services
here, announced today, include
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Repub-
lican, of Michigan: Senator Freder-
lex Hale, Republican, of Maine;
Walter E. Edge, John Hamilton,
Henry P. Fletcher, Charles B. Mer-
riam, Charles B. Henderson, James
Clement Dunn, George T. Summer
lin, j. D. Halstead. Morton Macart-
ney, Lawrence w. Robert, jr.;
Charles Pynchon, Joseph Alsop,
George Marshall. George A. Garrett
and Fleming Newbold.
Maj. Heath leaves two sisters
Mrs. Frederick K. Tinkham, Grand
Rapids, Mich, and Miss Marcia
Heath, Madison, Wis, and three
brothers. Lewis w. Heath, Allen
town, Pa; Delos P. Heath and DR.
Parker Heath, both Of Detroit, Mich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-05-29
Rodriguez Quits as Head
OF Cardenas' Party p.
b. the Associated Press.

ID tue AS0OClAteQ FRESH.
MEXICO CITY, May 29.-Luis
Rodriguez, former secretary to
President Cardenas and former
Governor of Guanajuato State,
resigned last night as president
of the Mexican Revolutionary
party, the administrations political
organization.
Rodriguez, elected to head the
party April 3, 1888, quit the post
after q number of senators, dep
uties and others had resigned and
charged the leader with unwise
handling of the organizations af-
fairs.
In his resignation, directed to
the National Council OF the party,
Rodriguez denied he had used the
party machinery to force election
Of favored candidates for Governor,
a charge that had been made
against him.
Among those who had resigned
from the party in protest at Rod
riguez' activities were Gen. Rafael
Sanchez Tapia, a possible candidate
for President next year.
Esteban Garcia Alba, secretary
general, will serve as provisional
chief Of the party, but Antonio Viii
lalobos, chief of the federal labor
department, was mentioned as q
probable successor.
Political circles believed Rodriguez
would be given foreign assignment
by President Cardenas.