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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-30
What's Your l. O?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What Is archaeology?
 2. What form of government has the concentration of power em- bodied in one individual? @ 3. Name the largest river in Vir- ginia. s.i
 4. In law, how long is a day? s. Which member of the PreS-s ident's cabinet recently celebrated his 51st birthday? a 6. Where are the Orkney Islands?
 T. Was Jamestown ever the capi- tai of Virginia?
 8. What is the correct pronuncia. ton of the word ludicrous?
 g. Was daylight saving time first adopted in the United States or Europe? N 10. With what sport is the name of Willis s. Kilmer associated?
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'DRRNVN FOR RATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

only safe way to handle fireworks" said the Council, ''is to stay away from them." THE two greatest contributors to the an- ! nual Fourth of July toll, the Council said, are traffic accidents and drownings. Last July 8,720 people were killed and 800,000 injured in accidents in the United States. This huge total was fed by the h. dependence Day celebration.
 ssTHIS year." said the Council, traffic
 \ will be unusually heavy because of the Worlds Fair. Extra caution will be needed to keep from piling up new high for tragedy
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Current Comment

Let literature restore our faith in God and man. Personally, I find strength by reading Milton's Para disc Lost"
 Henry William Taeusch, pro-
 lessor of English, Western Re-
 serve university.
 Organizations that change their presidents every year never amount. to a tinker's dam.
 Mayor Dan Hoan of Milwaukee.
 We are standing on the thresh- old of the greatest expansion of credit and credit facilities this cosln- try has ever seen. lotto Lorenz, New York man..
 Agement engineer.
 It is so wonderfully peaceful here; so many opportunities -and so many booksi
 Mrs. Pauline Ilchik of Cleve-l
 land who, at 6l. is receiving
 her eighth-grade graduation
 certificate as 6 result of night ex-
 tension education courses.
 Every time parent or teacher eyades a question he wounds the child. -Dr. Walter Russell Bowie, New
 York minister
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. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
World Settlement Is Proposed


 Concrete proposals on effecting a world settlement" as a basis for genuine peace are few and far between. Sir Arthur Salter, British economist, makes one in 'Security-Can We Retrieve It' (Reynal & Hitchcock: $3.50). A
 definite British approach to the problem is suggested as follows:
 For any tolerable policy of con- structive peace two things would, I
 suggest, be essential. ... ... ... =.
 The government should prepare fully, in detail and urgently, a
 comprehensive plan, including per-
 hapS alternatives for different cir- cumstances. but with decisions al-
 ready taken as to what course would
 be followed in each case.
 Secondly, even though some freedom of negotiation would need to be reserved by secrecy as to detail, the government should be willing to publish the broad principles of general and com- prehensive plan, covering ques- tions which are not, as well as
 those which may be, the subject of immediate demand. Only by acc cepting the risks and responsibili- ties of such a course can we hope to utilize whatever chances there
 may be of a general settlement" It is often urged that, If and when conditions permit of the re- gotiation of Q general settlement, To general world conference"
 should be immediately summoned to work out a general settlement on a worldwide basis. do not al- together agree to this proposal as
 usually put forward. It Is possible to imagine circumstances under
 which 1t would be well to have an urgent conference, c. 6. under the invitation of the prcsidcnt of the U. s. 4. But such conference
 would in that case. think, best | be limited In the first instance io 10 few countries. and would aim
 rather at postponing an immediate danger.
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The plan would be to send the fleet no farther than Pearl HarL Dor, but this is expected to have 8 salutary effect upon the Japan csc, who are not afraid to twist the British Lions tail, but don't want to cope with U. S. naval might simultaneously.
 The plan also would be to trans fer the fleet very quietly, one group at time, without too much fuss being made about it. Silent, unexplained ship movements might make lot stronger impress sion on foreign navies than those accompanied by spectacular White House announcements.
 JAPANESE INDIGNITIES
 The State Department has been carrying on some diplomatic cor respondence with Japan regarding publication of American protests over the treatment of American citizens when Nanking was oc- cupied nearly two years ago.
 The protests show that Ameri- can citizens then were subject ed to some brutal manhandling by the Japanese, perhaps worse than that given the British around Tientsin today.
 Quite naturally Japan doesn't want the correspondence pub lished. However, the State De- partment probably will go ahead anyway, at least to the extent of publishing the Ameri- can Consul's reports to the State Department. In order to observe diplomatic niceties, the actual notes to Japan and Pa pans replies probably will re- main confidential.
 Chief significance, of course. is the State Departments desire to arouse American public opinion regarding Japan.
 MOTHER OF 10000
 The oldest one-man lobby in Washington is run by red- headed woman. Then years ago. Agnes Inglis, unmarried daugh- ter of Presbyterian pastor, adopted a child. Today she is try ing to manage the adoption of 10000 children from Germany and Czechoslovakia.
 She has no intention of being mother to all of them, but cer- tainly she is mother to the bill before Congress which would ad- init them to this country.
 If she influences congressman, it is with a different technique from the Buckner show girls. She is a bit too stout for the night-club lobby, and she main- tains-stoutly--that she is not a lobbyist. Her only trick Is to wear the same hat day after day.
 When hearings began on the bill (to set aside immigration quotas for admission of 10000 children year fort wo years), Miss Inglis appeared in Q yellow bonnet. Day after day she came, always in the same yellow hon. net. She has Q personality not easily forgotten, but she wanted to make sure.
 'T was afraid if I changed hats" she said. "they might think ! wasn't there."
 That indicates the persistence of this red-head, prospective mother of 10000. Her biggest selling point with congreasEnen is that there is no cost to the gov- ernment. Already. thousands Of offers have como in from homes ready to take q child or tgo epiece = homes ir every one Of the % states. fn fact. tho de- lnnnd has been such that Miss ineIIs is wondering whether thcre
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Views of The Press

rate advantage which it does not want the Massachusetts cities to share. The dredging has been pro- posed in connection with flood control project. It would seem, at first glance, that the scheme is one over which the proper representa- tives of the neighboring States might get together. without scrap- ping at Washington. Cooperation is plainly needed. Pulling in opposite directions does not reflect the New England way of doing things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-30
RIVER PROJECT <n..4. A~.t,

The cities of Hartford and Spring field are calling each other names as the result of opposition by Con- necticut Congressinen Co . project to clear the Connecticut River end make it nayigabIe centres of Spring. field. Holyokc and Chicopee. The latest in e battle of words comes from Conofesmcn Charles H oIas11 Of Springfield. who contcfds that Hartford |e fighting lhe navigation scheme because Ii holds ( ireisbt
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night clubs" she revealed to a startled listener, "they are 8 ref uge for those who have no other place to go. Tn night clubs you are compelled to rub shoulders with people you don't want to know
 But Elsa had more to say on this fragile subject and at risk of alternating some of her Park Ave- nue patronage. "You can't dance in those night clubs" she conitn- ued, because the floor is too small. The food is poor and indi- gestible and the liquor is not al- ways the best. Night club life is bogus and people are beginning to find it out. It has been overplay- ed. Nice people entertain in their own homes!"
 [ In short, her renunciation of Cafe Society, forever!
 PLENTIFUL
 PITCHER
 Anyone who cares for his tipple when he wants 1t should make the acquaintance of Think -A-Drink Hoffman, then super obliging bartender. Think A Drink Hoffman's forte is liquid abraca- dabra. He is showing it off in musical show and his feat consists of pouring from a pitcher of pure water, any kind of cocktail, high ball or non-intoxicant you care to call out.
 From that water-filled pitcher, he produces Scotch and soda, champagne, milk, beer, coffee and so on and hands them out to the victims to sample. Think-A-Drink Hoffman, nervous, little gentle m with self-apologizing mous- tache and a high tremolo voice, has mixed 100000 such drinks from innumerable pitchers of wa ter but is a teetotaler himself. He says he lost his taste for the stuff while putting his act together. NAME TO MAKE
 LOVE WITH
 Tallulah Bankhead, George Jean Nathan and other argumen- tative souls sat around a night club, the other evening, rolling euphonious stage names off their tongues. What they disagreed over was the most romantic of all foot light monickers. Romeo was near the head of the list Pope LoMoko was another. But the fictitious name that won, hands down, was that of Gaylord Ravenal," the dashing gambler of the memor- able Show Boat" Even Tallulah agreed that the girls would find Gaylord Ravenal irresistible. if only they heard his name called. SOME ACTORS
 WHO EAT
 Dave Burns, the actor who ex- patriated himself in London the last five years, has crossed for a brief visit with his Broadway pals and brings news of London's newest and most exclusive club.
 The Henry VIII Roast Beef and Pale Ale Club, it's called, and the membership is limited to folk who were lucky enough to be connected with that famous film, Henry VIII" Those who put out that successful picture on a bare shoestring all have stuck together under the aegis of the producer. Alexander Korda.
 Now, before any Korda picture is begun, and after it is finished, the Henry VIII Roast Beef and Pale Ale Club meets at Simpsons in the Strand and indulges in an orgy of the rarest roast beef, washed down with flagons of the palest ale. No shop talk is per- mitted and all must chew on the joint (the beef, not Simpson's) in the uncouth maner of the eighth Henry. The club has no other function, and refuses to have hon. orary memberships.
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to keep 1t operating, the fairest and surest way of providing the funds seemed to be through tolls.
 The tax paid by the motorist for the use of the superb new Parkway is not large. Further, no one who objects is required to pay it. for free highways parallel every part Of the toIl-road. The State would like to offer the convenience free of charge, and eventually. when the Cross Highway has been paid for, it probably will. But It proceeds on the theory that those who use the extraordinary facility that tho Mef' rIlt Parkway provides ought 70 hcIr defrAy tho cost of extending C. The Justification for ehafd|Iig tolls may be pragmatIc. bat it ls highly cesir-
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 4so a. m sdaylight time)
 Sun rises S.23 Q. na.; sets s.2s p. m. tday- light time)
 An vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 imperceptipiy the length of the day Is shortening. itS not noticeable at this time Of the year. but as summer Iensthcns it Is possible to detect later sunrise and an earlier sunset. grim renindera that the year has paascd the halfway mark and Is making towards another cold ere.
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ing that Tn the cinema citadel, the only women who are seen out with hus- bands are their wives. Elsa found it all rather dull. And then she had some things to say about New York cafe so.- ciety, of which she is supposed to be arbiter and queen.
 MT rnaHSor. nn f0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-30
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, June 30-Elsa Max well, the chubby little lady with her fingers in all the cafe society pies, just came back from filmland and sailed for Cannes. But be- fore leaving she declared Holly wood is the most prin1 and proper community she ever visited, add
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-30

This is a difficult and intriguing ses- sion of Congress with so many members running for the presidential nomination.
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Washington Merry Go-Round
DREW PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN


   with
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Airplanes, we notice, are still risky like autos, busses, trains, streets, sidewalks, front steps, stairways, and polished floors.
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'That was a gra-
 tuitous insult" say, @un- warranted"

A. Not until the initial payment of federal income taxes on March IS, 1881. Federal revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1930; were equal to, and in fact, slightly above those of previous years. The full measure of the enormous shrinkage in income in 1880 was not evidenced before 1881.
 @. Which countries compose the British Commonwealth of Nations?
 A. Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, India, Burma and the various British colonies, protectorates and dependencies; the Dominions Can- ada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland (Eire): the Brit ish mandated areas of Cameroons, New Guinea, Palestine, Nauru, Southwest Africa, Tanganyika, To- goland and Western Samoe. The to- tai area is 13,355, ,426 square miles and the total estimated population is 500, ,744,000.
 @. How can I prevent moths from attacking my upholstered fur niture?
 A. Much injury can be prevented by using slip covers, which should be removed at intervals, and the pile thoroughly brushed or otherwise cleaned to dislodge or kill moths working in it. Other methods, in- cluding fumigation, heat, cold and spraying are described in the circu- lar 'Mothproofing Upholstered Fur niture," which may be obtained free by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to this newspapers Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. c.
 If you want . copy of our book
 let SWIMMING AND DIVING
 LESSONS" send to the Water
 bury Democrats Washington Bu-
 ->~~s rA10 TI,f-<aa,nkI, G& VUa ack.
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@. Are relief rolls increasing or decreasing?
 A. Reports from 37 states and the District of Columbia, for 115 urban areas, showed decrease of 2 per cent in the number of cases receiv- ing general relief from public funds, and a decrease of 8 per cent in the amount of obligations incurred from March to April, 1899.
 e. How soon did the federal treasury begin to feel the effects of the 1929 depression?
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Questions
 and Answers
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e. When and where was the re- conditioning of the D. s. s. "Consti- tuition" completed?
 A. Boston Navy Yard. in 1881.
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THE EDFTOB

e. Are Hines hybrid fruits3 A. No.
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If you want copy of our book let SWIMMING AND DIVING LESSONS" send to the Water bury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. 0. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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A Thought for Today

And will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that cruseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.-Genesis I2:3.
 Curses are like young chickens and still come
 home to roost.-Bulwer.
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Mixers for Ninth Graders
To Be Resumed

Plans for the monthly 9th grade
mixers were made by the 1893
committee who met at the Y. w.
c. A. Thursday, September 21st.
The first dance, a sweater dance,
is to be Friday evening, October
9Th, from z until 10 o'clock In
Weyerhaeuser hall OF the Y. w.
c. A. The mixer and intermis-
sion program are being planned
by Bob Healy Of Mason.
TIL purpose Of these mixers is to
give all ninth graders an oppor-
tunity to meet each other in order
TO make ii easier for them to get
acquainted when they 60 into high
school. The evenings program
consists of dancing, mixers and an
intermission program during which
the group has ample opportunity
to get acquainted.
The health and recreation de-
partment OF the Y. w. c. A. spon-
sors these monthly parties with
Mrs. A. u. Wescott and Miss
Dorothy Sweet in charge. The
student committee who makes all
plans Ia made up of representa-
tyes from each school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Wed Quietly
Al Home
Aia tsuver. M. kech.es
esehsnss Wow, On
September u

The marriage Of Miss Hilda
Ann huver. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alex Haver. TO Mr..
Victor Richter ~ss solemnised
a, a quiet home ceremony the
evening Of September %. The
bridegroom is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Richter Of
Ritxville.
For the wedding the Huver
home Was simply decorated
with asters and sweet peas
with a background of zinnias
and ferns for the ceremony.
The brides dress was . new
grape shade with which she wore
black accessories. She wore q
gold locket and a corsaee Of rose
buds and sweetpeas. Rev. George
II. Rittel performed the ceremony
In the presence Of relatives and
close friends Of the family.
Wedding guests included Messrs.
and Mesdames b. L. Ramsey. Bill
Huber, Henry Yuckert, Robert
Huver. r. Christel. James Lee.
Mesdames L. Christel, Mary Hen
kel. Mary Muntz. Barbara March.
Katie Mckee, f. r. klemmer. Le-
Roy johnson. Clara Holt: Messrs.
Alex Hoffman. Ed Kechter. Adam
kenkel. Theodore Deer. Ben Huver,
Howard Lee, Ed Huver, Rhyme,
Christel, Art Huver and Edward
Huver; Misses Fern Simmons,
Margaret Holt, Jane Lee, Nadienne
Klemmer, Irene Henkel and Carol
Huver.
Immediately after the ceremony
q reception was held. Mr. and
Mrs. Kechter will make their home
IN Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Tenni, Club He. Closing
Bridge Tee "Wednesday
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TIE xl4bhozss.
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1Ac1FA ~nsn who interested 10 The clubs activities
attended
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Ire pFensn;s pfss Ter ths hgk esdgs for ire
entire series OF Ms Ted Rrown the winner this
seAx ard received prise Of silver tea presented By
TIE president Mrs Huxner = Cay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Class Schedule
Announced
Leisure Tine Groups ~ Y
To Have Az end Person
atty instruction

Two new subjects, art and
personality. being offered in
the Y. w. c. A. Leisure Time
classes which start Septem-
Der 20. should have wide APP
peal this season. Mrs. Rothrop
Crosby IL arranging for eight
lectures on Art Apprecia-
ton" The opening talk this
week will be given BY Mrs.
I II. C. Fitch on "Old Prints"
A class In personality In being
offered In response 20 a request
and is designed for younger women
who Will welcome instruction In
making the most Of their personal
tiles a. bostesses. In the use Of
voice. carriage and other qualities
that go TO make up attractive per-
sonality. The committee IL happy
To announce that Mrs. William IL
Vogue. who was 10 popular ~ In
structor of the speech class last
year will return.
The first travel talk viii BE-
given by Mrs. Warren Tomlinson
and Dr. Lyle v. schelmidine from
the College Of Puget Sound VIII
take the opening discussion of
current events.
Mrs. Friars will review Grapes
of Wrath" by steinbeck and Seven
Grass Huts" by ceoile Hulse Mats
chat.
The schedule Of classes 10 ~
follows;
sl6-10:15- Gardening. Mrs. c.
Stewart Clark. social bridge. Mrs.
X. A. Peterman.
i0:15-11 Current books, Mrs.
r. r.. Friars and Mrs. w. 3. Bur-
roughs: German, Mrs. A. A. Grau;
personality. Mrs. William lie
Vogue, chairman.
11:15 1915 = Art appreciation.
Mrs. Lothrop Crosby, chairman;
chair Gaming ~ requested); home
makers council, Miss Elizabeth
Simpson.
12:f5-1 90 Cafeteria luncheon.
1902 90 Current events. DR..
Frank Williston; beginning bridge,
Mrs. Anthony Arntson.
200 800 - Travel talks, Mrs.
william r. Billiard. chairman; bad
minton or swimming tby arrange
ment).
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Receive Invitations 10
Open hiouse

Invitations are being received In
Tacoma from krs Ro~s L. kundt.
junior past grand matron q the
Grand chapter of Washington Of
the Order Of Eastern star. who
viii hold open house and . gift
display the afternoon Of October Z
At Roseland. her beautiful home
on Lake Chelan.
All contributions received from
friends on tina, day viii be added
TO the scholarship fund which was
established during her year of
office and Ia designated an the
Rose Fund" Mrs. Mundt ex.
tends this invitation to all MEM
bers of the order. Anyone desiring
detailed information msy call the
matron OF their chapter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-09-28
Chooses Date
For Wedding
Mn tisss May tse's 70
Mary NJ. Mekerroe
Ga October IL

Ms. ELSA Mary Holt.
daughter a Mr. ard Nrs.
Jo.eph Holi 81 American Lake
Nerth. entertained a group 81
her friends ard friends Of her
fssnes. Mr., Edward Dale Nc
ksrron, Sunday afternoon.
whsn in a nossI way. her wed.
ding date. Oct. IL. sas made
known. Mr.. Mcksrron ia the
son Of Mrs. Clara Meksrron
Of Tacoma. The date. written
on small scrolls. vas concealed
In the dainty sandwiches
served during the afternoon.
Miss Holt ana her mother have
iust returned from q trip shFoad
WHARF, they visited with relatives
In Scotland. Ensiand and South
Wales Their return irip wili long
- remembered. the hrias-elsct and
her mother sailing home from Lon
don on the s. :. honsross when
the war threats were ~ their
height and arriving In Montreal.
Canada. the day war Was declared.
Sunday afternoon was spent by
the guests IN viewing the rifts
received by the brids-to-be while
abroad.
The wedding service will be sol
emnlzed In the Lake City church
with pr. l., Powell Of the Temple
Baptist church reading the vows
Mr. Mckerron Ia q graduate az
Stadium high school. The young
people will make their home In
Tacoma.