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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-08

Conestoga wagons :. &. . The Department of Internal
Affairs of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had an
interesting bulletin this fall which described in some
detail the origin of the Conestoga wagon you're
up your pioneer history, you'll be familiar with the
term and know at what Conestoga wagon actually
was Conesoga actually is the name of valley in Penn
sylvania the wagon derived its from the manu-
facture of many of them away back in the latter part
was the forerunner of the covered wagon of western
prairie fames differentiated in that the Conesoga had
distinct curve in the bottom which kept merchandise
firmly anchored when the wagon negotiating grades
The articles could neither slip back when going uphill nor
slide forward when descending There was the familiar
convas covering too The Mennonites were the original
makers of the Conestoga wagon just as Yankees later
brought into fame the Concord buggy with its body
suspended from springs along each sde
Cood Nluhk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-08

reindeer and Santa Claus and
Christmas trees are popular, APP
peartng In o wide variety Of cards
from actual photographs to mod
ernistic treatments. Hobbies and
sports particularly skating and
skiing) are well represented. AM
finals, including walruses, seals,
lions, tigers and CRATES as well as
lambs and deer, are available.
The jewel-toned cards positively
are striking. The most outstanding
combination Of Jewel tones Is clear,
emerald green with gold - for In
stance, O booklet In solid green with
q broad oyerlaid panel Of gold as the
background for holly leaves In re-
pousse gold and green. Tho verse
within Is green or gold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-08
STOCK MARKET
FIGURES USED

Also attractive are combinations
Of Jewel red with gold or silver.
Amethyst and sapphire tones and
sole mixtures OF turquoise and
aquamarine with coral are used with
notable effect. Sunset glows on
snow-clad landscapes are achieved
with the nisted tones Of star sap
phires and rubies, fnoonstones and
rose quartz.
Among the new contemporary
cards Is one made from newspaper
pages Of stock market quotations,
with red figures looking appropri-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-08
AND THERE ARE
STILL SOME SANTAS

On the non-religious and not
intended to-be-framed cards, such
typically Victorian motifs as @ bicy-
Gle - built for two, are anus
ing. Also eye-catchtng are: O belle
with hustle and chignon; o dashing
blade with handle.bar moustache;
q cat curled cozily on high-backed
chair OF autehntic design; coaching
and hunting scenes In the spirit Of
Merrie England.
Apart from the period motifs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-08

The choir OF the Grace Methodist
church will rehearse this evening,
1880 o'clock, at the church, under
the direction OF Charles Probert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11

stinct that should be regulated, not
forbidden; that mechanization of the
betting system at race tracks will
eliminate admitted abuses of the
"bookie" system, and that the State
is entitled to a "cut" on the millions
of dollars Of surplus money" bet on
the horses by race devotees.
While Washington has no race
track problems of its own to worry
about, its neighbor, Maryland, has
tackled the betting evils by the way
of the pari-mutuels and is deriving
large revenues from its several tracks.
Whether Maryland has eliminated
the bookmaking evil is open to ques-
ton. Aside from the moral issues
involved in the legalization of gam
bling, there are economic factors to
be considered-the possible effects on
retail business, savings accounts, en-
ploye efficiency, relief rolls and the
like. New York had all these pro and
con considerations drummed into its
ears for weeks before Tuesdays vote.
The outcome Of its decision to try
the pari-mutuel plan will be awaited
with interest by many other COM
munities faced with the ever-present
gambling problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
intellectual Frontiers

Award of the Nobel prizes in
physics and chemistry this year
comes as a fitting recognition of
accomplishments which, even few
years ago, would have been consid-
cred Enthusiastically impossible, al
though they had been among the
dreams of man throughout the ages.
The American recipient of the
physics prize, Doctor E. o. Lawrence
Of the University of California,
reached at last the goal of the al
chemists transmutation of ele-
ments. He literally changed lead to
gold, or vice versa. Through the
cyclotron, atom smashing machine
of his own invention, he opened the
way to thousand other transmuta-
lions of one element to another and
to the production of new elements,
some of which. may be of untold
value to the human race. The pos
sibilities of some Of these new sub
stances in the field of cancer ther-
apy, for example, hardly can be
exaggerated.
One of the chemistry awards went
to a German, the other to Swiss.
The intellect of man is international,
however cooped up within political
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Venezuelan Friendship

BY the commercial standard for
political amity with foreign nations
which the New Deal has set up
through its reciprocal trade agree
ments program, Venezuela is now in
the family of countries which the
United States counts as friends. The
large South American land lying
along the southern shore of the
Caribbean Sea has just concluded a
trade agreement with us, the twen-
ty-second in the list. Considerable
significance purely from the view
point of international commerce at
taches to this agreement. And it has
further meaning in the light of the
war in Europe. During the World
War, Venezuela, ruled by the tyrant
Lopez, was vigorously pro-German.
The modern Venezuela is pro- United
States and a strong stone in the
tower of Western Hemisphere SOL
idarity.
In recent years, the United States
has been finding Venezuela good
and developing market for our in
dustrial products, for finished fac
tory goods. Venezuela's demand for
our commodities, indeed, has far ex-
ceeded our demand for Venezuela's
In 1888, our exports to Venezuela
amounted to $52,278,0O0; our imports
from Venezuela, $20,035 900. The
chief effect of the new agreement
Will give to Venezuela larger market
here for her petroleum. This is i'm
portant for Americas future. If we
are not to be prodigal in the grass
hopper fashion with our oil, we must
import more of it. The State De-
partment elucidates this need when
it says:
1.-THE United States share of the
known world reserves of crude pc
troleum is somewhat less than fifty
per cent. On the other hand, this
country produces slightly over sixty
per cent of the total world output
Notwithstanding the fact that the
principal domestic fields are being
operated under restrictions in order
to avoid wasteful production"
Through the most-favored- nation
clause which is in the Venezuelan as
it is in every other American trade
agreement except the Cuban, all Pc
troleum shipping countries in the
world will have the advantage of a
reduction of the oil tariff. In what
degree the other oil countries will
benefit in the end is unpredictable.
But it is certain that Venezuela will
increase her income through the ar
rangement. while the United States
both protects her own oil resources
and gains wider market for her in
dustrial goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11

boundaries may be his emotions. The
combined work of these two men,
pursued independently, comes close
to realizing another of the ancient
dreams Of the race. 1t is the dream
which sent Spanish adventures into
the wilds of the new world-search
for the fountain of perpetual youth.
The German, Professor Butenandt,
isolated the first of the male hor-
mones. The Swiss, Ruzicka, first
prepared one of these substances
synthetically. The possibilities of
these hormones in checking the ad-
vance Of age and preserving the
energy and ambitions of the individ-
ual even into the closing decades of
life still remain to be explored. Re-
markable reports have been made
which still are under medical inves-
tigation.
Perhaps no other two scientific dis
coveries of our time carry greater
potentialities for the good OF the
human race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Armistice Doy

TWenty-one years have passed
since November II, 1918, when the
first World War ended in universal
hysteria of Joy. Millions of people
believed at the moment that never
again would armed strife interfere
with progress toward the achieve
ment of humane ideals which all
nations claimed to share. Victory,
it was supposed, had been won by
the sacrifice of legions of brave men.
A durable peace, there was reason to
hope, had been gained for genera
tons yet unborn. The earth was to
be free from the sorrows of conten-
ton between organized communities.
Emancipation from greed and fear
had come at last.
But the vision faded, was flouted
and denied. Even before the echoes
of cease firing" had died away new
leaders summoned new battalions to
new conflicts. The conference at
Versailles failed to liquidate the an
cient quarrels. Rather, its effect was
to create additional issues, further
disharmony. The League for which
President Wilson had pleaded was
rejected by his own country. A long
series of assemblies of professional
negotiators proved abortive and dis
illusioning. Communism spread from
Russia into Western Europe like
plague. Fascism almost inevitably
prospered in answer to its threat.
Dictators much less tolerable than
emperors and cars rose up to chal-
lenge democracy. Class and racial
hatreds waxed violent in their in
tensity. And science made mass
murder feasible on scale previously
undreamed while art became a mere
convenience for propaganda of lust
and hate.
Perhaps nothing could have pre-
vented these developments. It may
be that the human species still is too
young to have gained the knowledge
needed for its control of its own
destiny Possibly greater suffering
yet must be its lot before it finds
the solution for its problems of ad-
justment. But it Is learning. Each
tick of the clock serves to teach the
lessons of experience. The present
contests may terminate in the tri-
umph of the forces of justice. Such
is the prayer Of America if not that
of civilization at large The alterna-
tive is the destruction of everything
that is dear to merciful hearts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Regrets Passage of
Neutrality Act.

To the Editor of The Star:
Last evening few friends, my sister
and listened to The Star Radio Forum,
as We often do, and were interested in
the figures presented by Senator Con-
nally regarding our shipping under the
Maritime Commission. Before the last
Neutrality Act was passed we supposed
our commerce would be interfered with
somewhat, but not as much as the figures
given indicated. When private industry
Is coming back it seems pity that there
should be any interference of any kind.
We regret the passage of the present
Neutrality Act which was drafted in &C
cordance with the wishes of the admin
istration and forced through Congress.
(MISS M. L. WYCKOFF.
Hinsdale, Ill.,,
November 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
To the Editor of The Star:

10 the Eoltor OF The Star:
Listening to the House passing on the
neutrality bill last week felt there was
nothing left to do but 60 home and kiss
the boys good-by." The helpless feeling
that we are at the mercy of lawmakers
who may not have deep realization of
what their action may lead to overcame
me. But, confidently, I thought "the
American people won't take it lying
down." So waited eagerly for the next
evenings Star to see the reaction to our
policy, and what was my amazement To
find not single editorial or Letter to
the Editor" condemning the bill which
had been put through
After talking with good many friends,
however, realized that the significance
OF Congress action had not reached
them Cash and carry" sounds HARM
less enough, but it people realize that
the cash Is money which can be loaned
to France and England by the R. F. c.
and the Export-Import Bank, it won't
seem quite so harmless. This means that
the munitions makers, or any one else
who sells to the allies, are being paid in
good American dollars, but the American
people are holding the bag" and is just
another way of saying that poor, feeble
minded old Uncle Shylock" has not only
signed another blank check but has also
mortgaged his democracy to finance an
other European war. The history of the
democracies shows that they cannot sur
Vlve under colossal debt. It seems quite
price to pay just to defend British
imperialism. "AUNTIE SHYLOCK."
November 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
GARRETT PARK, MD

Dear sir:
Cannot you exert some Of your un-
doubted influence on Washington's sub
urbanites to get them to stop burning
leaves?
1T is bad enough to see the poor dears
raking up leaves day after day, when, II
they would only realize it, the wind would
take care Of the disposal problem for
them. and, anyway, there are Just as
many the next day, rake you ever so
wisely.
But 1t is really saddening to see all
the good winter protection and fertilizer
going up in smoke, and I think that If
you would just mention that perennials
appreciate a blanket against the cold,
a great many Of the leaf-burning brigade
would quit it.
There is the esthetic side Of the mat
ter also. Is there anything more hideous
than great stretches Of blackened gutter
and sidewalk?
1T Is just ignorance on their part, Of
course, and am sure that kind word
from one whose judgment they respect
(meaning yoU would bring about a won-
derful reform.
"Our next-door neighbor has industri-
ously raked and burned all this fall.
Yet, today, his yard is no barer than
ours, while our flower beds have nice
covers tucked in around them, and his
are shivering.
by the way, If you should see fit to
comment on these suggestions Of mine,
please don't mention my name.
THAT next-door neighbor might see It'll
VERY truly, yours, M. B."
~ ~
The trash fire is not peculiarly q sub
urban problem, although it flourishes
most there.
We noticed in the report of citizens
association in the deep city, at least 8
miles from nearby Maryland, that the
residents were protesting smoke from
trash fires.
1t is believed that the large increase
In population during the past decade has
brought to the National Capital a great
many persons from small towns, where
trash collections are made only at the
individuals expense.
Such people are so used to raking and
burning leaves and papers that they
simply cannot understand that this work
will be done for them.
Nor do they, as our correspondent sug-
gests, seem to realize that the wind will
work for them if they bide their time.
No, they like to burn leaves!
And burn they will, no matter how
badly it harms the shoulders of macadam
roads.
The number of suburban communities,
or sections, has grown enormously during
the past few years.
There are, We believe, more than 400
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
: Localized GumbIino

New York State, by a vote of ap-
proximately two to one, has decided
to institute legalized pari-mutuel
betting on horse races. The over
whelming victory of the pari-mutuel
proponents was surprising, in view
of the determined fight against the
proposal made not only by churches
but by important civic organizations
and by such public officials as Mayor
La Guardia of New York City and
Borough President Raymond V. In
gersoll of Brooklyn. Mayor La
Guardia, in statement on the eve
of the election, declared the proposed
amendment of the State constitution
to permit pari-mutuel betting would
be step toward complete let
down" in the control of gambling,
would make more difficult the sup
preston of gambling by police and
would give judges who favor gam
bling an excuse to be lenient on
gamblers arrested outside the race
tracks.
The pari-mutuel system of betting
employs totalizing machine to fix
the odds and winnings on each horse
race. BY legalizing the system at
New York tracks, the State becomes
a partner with the track and the bet
tors in the division of proceeds
from each race. The New York
Racing Commission claims that in
1887 nine States reaped pari-mutuel
dividends, or taxes, totaling about
$7,500,000. State Senator John j.
Dunnigan, sponsor of the amend
ment, estimates that New York State
may receive as much as 100000 a
year in race track revenues as a re-
suit of the legalization of mechanical
odds fixing. Opponents of the plan,
including Mayor La Guardia, have
expressed skepticism over these high
estimates of return. It appears GER
tain, however, that New York will
receive several millions of dollars a
year from the machines.
Undoubtedly many New York voters
cast their ballots in favor of the sys-
tenn on the theory that pari-mutuel
betting is the lesser of two evils.
Typical of this attitude was the stand
of the conservative New York Times,
which said editorially in advance of
the election: eve believe that the
pari-mutuel system at it's worst is
better than the present half-furtive
arrangement, under which it is il
legal but not punishable to bet on a
horse. We believe that some evils can
be corrected by the pari-mutuel and
that no new evils will be created by
it. We therefore recommend its
passage" Other arguments in favor
of the amendment were that gam
bling Is an ineradicable human in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Unreal Estate

Many people feel that in this
changing world house represents a
solid investment, even though par
TALLY vulnerable to the ravages of
tax collectors and termites. These
nuisances may be paid, or sprayed,
as the case may be, after which they
expect the property to stay put.
Ordinarily this is the case, except in
hot spots like Poland where houses
have been known to fall apart sud-
denly under the influence of kultur:
in Kansas where they sometimes
commute on cyclone specials, and
more recently in Baltimore, where
they may just disappear.
Or, at any rate, such was the fate
of Mr.. Revell's mansion in that city.
Last summer it was there, and today
where is it? Mr.. Revell, recovering
from his astonishment at finding it
missing, exercised some home grown
detective talent by inquiring around
the neighborhood and learning that
it had gradually vanished under the
tender ministrations of Baltimore
construction company, whose agents
had removed it brick by brick, care
fully leaving a deficit. Part of the
mystery is expected to be cleared up
when the courts decide the case of
Revell VS.. the aforesaid Destruction
Co., Inc.
Last Tuesday when Mr.. Revell re-
visited the scene he noticed that in
his absence blessed event had &C.
CURED. A new edifice had been born.
Still in its infancy, it gives promise
of developing into a warehouse, un-
less Mr.. Revell shuts off the regular
supply of stone and timber with
which it is now being fed. Once
more he is on his way to court, this
time to determine who gets the GUS
tody of the founding.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11

To the Editor Of The Star:
have read a number of letters and
articles in our local papers by some writ
ers who seem to resent the work of the
Dies Committee
If we believe in the principles of free
dom, justice and democracy on which
our Government was founded we should
be indignant about any attack on our
American system of government by the
subversive movements that are operat-
Ing here in the United States.
We who profess to be Americans should
encourage the work of the Dies Com
mittee rather than condemn it. OF
course, we couldn't expect the Nazis,
Fascists or Communists to indorse it.
I, as an American citizen and ex-service
man, do congratulate Representative
Dies and his co-workers and hope they
may be able to continue.
November .. GEORGE p. RATE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Armistice Doy-ArIineton
White City of serenity and peace

White City of serenity and peace,
We bow in reverence. Those who sleen
upon
These calm green slopes, have found q
glad release.
Deep, deep, where no dreams stir Of
moon or dawn,
They lie, one with the soil which gave
them birth;
Their couch an altar where brieht
flowers have lain,
Where each days sun gilds sky and
waking earth
They feel no hunger now, nor fear.
nor pain.
These men who died for duty, ask m
grief
Cloaked in their countrys honor. thew
shall rest.
Let tears, like sun-shot rain, fall swift
and brief
o earth lie gently on each quiet breastl
May their last sacrifice reap rich reward.
That strife-torn nations shall Law down
the sword. IVY LUp91,EY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-11
Answers Protest by
Representative Dies.
To the Editor OF The Star,


In letter from Representative Dies,
published in your issue of November 6,
1t was stated that an article by myself,
printed in The Star of October %, repre-
sented him as having made certain claims
with reference to the achievements of
the Dies Committee which he had never
expressed to me or to any one else.
Notes taken in Mr.. Dies presence show
that during a recent interview at his
office he named the following as out
standing accomplishments of his COM
mite: 1t had proved the German-Amer-
lean Bund and the American Communist
party to be agents of foreign govern
ments; 1t had "paralyzed" the influence
OF the left wing faction of the Demo-
cratic party, and it had made the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations "the
most unpopular body in the United
States
He added that the Roosevelt admins
tration was unable to stand the gaff. !"
and is conducting quiet purge of its
radical elements throughout the country,
and that his committee has dethroned
John L. Lewis as Legislative car" THE
very fact that Lewis champions any
measure he declared, sis now sufficient
to insure its defeat"
He affirmed that revelations made by
the committee compelled the resignation
of Paul Sifton of the Wage and Hour
Division, and that the next to depart
was his boss" Elmer F. Andrews. When
l suggested that David Saposs, chief
economist Of the National Labor Rela-
lions Board, was still in Office, though
attacked in committee testimony, Mr..
Dies answered: Hes holding on, but
he's due to 60"
inquired whether the committees
relations with the Department of Justice
had improved since Frank Murphy sue
ceeded Homer S. Cummings as Attorney
General. Mr.. Dies replied: II don't
think Murphy likes me very much. You
know, we defeated him for reelection
as Governor of Michigan. The committee
has never had any cooperation from
the Department of Justice"
Current newspaper reports were au-
thority for claims that the Dies Com
mittee brought about the indictment OF
Earl Browder, and supplied evidence
used by the Daladier cabinet to justify
its suppression of the French Com
munist party. In the Dies Committee
report of January last, signed by MIR.
Dies as chairman, is testimony alleged
to have been given by Fritz Kuhn as to
the retirement of DR.. Hans Luther as
German Ambassador. In the same re-
port, Secretary Perkins is repeatedly
assailed for alleged laxity in enforcing
the deportation laws. The remaining
four out of IA claims" were based on
testimony and conclusions in the same
report, attacking the Federal Theater
Project of the w. P. A., the Workers
Alliance Of America, the National Labor
Relations Board and the La Toilette
Civil Liberties Committee.
RICHARD L. STOKES.
November 9.