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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
Whites Justice
 Puzzles Africans

The history of the spread of white domination is filled with accounts of "ennlightening" savage peoples. In her novel, "Red Strangers Harper and Brothers: $2.50), the
 story of three generations of a
 primitive African family, Elspeth Huxley deftly balances tribal laws, customs and practices against white mans rules. Tribal justice was infiexible. decreed by a council of elders. When Muthengi killed, his clan was willing to pay the blood price. But the white man ruled otherwise, as this following excerpt shows. The interpreter looked at Matu and said:
 Judgment against you, you killed. Men are themselves killed because their anger speaks with swords. They are to be strangled by this stranger until dead. You lucky, you will not be dead because the sword of Karue's son hit above your shoulder. You will stay in Tetu for six seasons to belon gto the stranger, you now his" Matu said nothing, for the words did not seem to make sense. t. Muthengi, however, asked: But why is Matu to stay here in Tetu? The affair of the young mans death is between Karue and my father Waseru. What has the stranger to do with it?"
 That is the strangers law. Matu killed, he evil man. Therefore he stays with stranger"
 Does stranger give him to Karue?". Muthengi persisted. "No, he stays here."
 Then what does Karue receive in compensation for his son, who is dead?"
 He not receive anything"
 That I cannot understand" Muthengi exclaimed. "If a man must not his family be given com- loses his son. or child his father, pensation for their loss? How else can justice be done?"
 Strangers justice different" the interpreter sadi. '.Matu must stay here"
 Then the stranger gets some- thing for Karue's loss, and Karue's clan gets nothing at all," Muthengi said. This seems to me a very pe- culiar law. and one with no justice in 1t at all. Now I understand how these strangers have become so ex- ceedingly rich: when they sit in judgmnet they award nothing to the injured person. but everything to themselves"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
HE LEFT THEM IN STITCHES (New York Herald-Tribune)

In the days when a ticket to the movies" cost a nickel, or a dime at most; when theaters often were store buildings, not much remodeled; when the films flickered a lot ano sometimes snapped, to be replaced with "One Moment, Please" slide: when there were other slides that read, Don't Smoke, Remember the Chicago Fire" and Don't Spit, Re- member the Johnstown Flood" and "Geltlemen Will Remove Their Hats Others Must"-then was when Ford Sterling reigned supreme as a funny man of the screen.
 He reduced the art of acting to its simplest essentials. He registered consternation and pathos and love- sickness by the same gesture: wig gling his chin whiskers on chin fortunately elastic. He made known his anger or his plans for taking vengeance by jumping up and down in a distinctive style that was ai well known as Charlie Chaplin's side skid was to become later. And he took that vengeance almost always with ad expert toss of pie, the gooiey the better.
 It was Ford Sterling's bad luck that his laugh-making was identified with that of the German low comic and that the wartime prejudice against anything German made it. self felt just when he was most popular. He slid rapidly from the heights, but he was still funny on the way down, for he helped other comedians. He gave Chaplin his own oversize shoes. He whispered the tir to Mack Sennett that started Sem nett on his series of bathing girl pictures. Ard he got cross-eyed Ben Turpin his first job. It was the late Roscoe ('Fatty") Arbuckle who gave Sterling. far ahead of time, an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

A 642-acre estate in Beckett and Mid dlefeld Mass, has just been sold to the Franciscan Minor Conventual Associa- tion, according to papers filed in Pitts field recently. This big estate was once owned by Col. E. F. Leland, Pennsylvania state oilman up until 1916. Later it was bought by J. Lewis Perkins, president of the American Tissue Mills. The Francis cans plan to utilize the spot for aged priests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
In Today's Mail
PROFITS tD OF wAR!!.
Editor of The Democrat:

ASAAsOA O4 4AAC A%NAAA0NA 6ts slf- It makes me so angry when l hear
 people speak of the Profits of War I could just take them by the shotil- derS and shake some sense into them
 Oh, yes, there are profits. But for
 whom? Financiers, bankers, politi- clans. What do they care about the
 lives and homes of ordinary human
 beings. I don't class the wolves oS
 war" with human beings because I feel that they are in @ class by them selves-and they can stay there. But what of the losses? Are you
 ever told about them? Well I assure you the losses of war are greater
 than the profits of war. Losses of
 homes, lives, ideals, democracies.
 honest ambitions and hopes.
 Picture young fellow full of life
 and ambition. War comes. Maybe
 he won't come back. or may come
 limping back-physically and mem
 tally. And twenty years later he gets bonus. For what? Why for mak. ing the world safe for democracy, of course. That's a laugh. To me q fellow who refuses to go to war to-
 day for something that doesn't con-
 cern him is hero" and not .
 coward. Or if he is called q "cow- ard"-here's to more towards" | For heavens sake-people-wake mp to what's going on around you. They tell us that the future of the
 World of Tomorrow is in the Youth
 If Today. If war comes where is the youth of today? Those who profit by war are either too old to fight or are sure of commissions in asafe,
 snug office. @a If what is going on in the world today is a product of so-called sciv- ilizatibn" shonld all wish we
 were back in the Stone Age-or as far away as we can get from this "civilization."
 We should all do our very best
 to avert a catastrophe which will
 mean the end to so much.
 DISTURBED
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

Once again Uncle Sam is offering wild animals for sale Buffalo, elk, and mule deer are getting too plentiful on govern ment reservations and some of the animals must either be killed off or sold to indi- viduals, cities, towns or ZOOS. A good buff falo will set you back $45 to $6O; elk, $35 to $55; mule deer, $35 to $40. There are only 299 animals available right now and these in far western states.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

together, lt Just wakes one or them.
 Carnations with buttonholes al- ready attached to them.
 Red, green, yellow and blue sleeping tablets which you take before retiring so you'll dream in technicolor.
 A piano with stationary keys, for people who would rather play the violin.
 A stepladder without steps in 1t for washing windows in the cellar. And round dice without spots for crap shooters who would rather play marbles.
 WHIMSY RAISES
 HEAD AGAIN
 Coyest name among portable hot dog stands: Swanky-Franky!
 And his name for tourist cot- tage which proffers Rest and Quiet: Beside Manor.
 A wag, discussing the "assassi- nation" of General von Fritsch, the German general, in Poland, thought aloud this way: T always thought generals died in bed not in bad!"
 When they trim the elms that now enhance Fifth Avenue, they maintain right of way for the riders of Fifth Avenue bustops.
 Each day, in Central Park 8 naughty nurse pushes a peram- bulator in which an infant walls lustily behind a windshield which is fully equipped-with windshield wiper!
 HIS YOUTH
 BEGINS AT 50
 Doe" Rockwell, the droll pseudo medico, has reached the half-cen- tury mark and doesn't like it. Now most men on the brink of Senility resign themselves to their fate, but not the quacking Doc" He has just addressed letter to those who compile the vital statistics in his home town and put in his plea as follows:
 ''This is to request officially that you change the date of my birth in the city records of Provi- dence, frc.n that of March 19, 1889 to March 19, 1904.
 There is no reason why I should have to carry on with the consciousness I am fifty years old, when as a matter of fact am physically and mentally nearer thirty-five. In fact, from the pure ly metal angle am considerably UNDER thirty -flve-nearer twen- ty or perhaps fifteen.
 'If you feel hesitant to make the requested change, through any doubt as to truth or authenticity of the above statements will be glad to furnish you with sworn affidavits from: (A) My local chiro- practor who says I have the back bone of school boy, and-(B) Various members of my immediate family who continually remark on certain well-defined childish char acteristics I exhibit from time to time.
 T realize that changing the date of a mans birth in the record has probably never been done before, but it's something the world needs. if it's to keep up with the progress already made in government, in- dustry and other fields: Otherwise I, and millions of others have just been wasting a lot of our time eating spinach, yeast cakes and gelatin"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
Daily Almanac
sets TAI a. m.

Moon sets TAI a. m.
 Sun rises 6:11 a. m.; sets 5:O2 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 This is eclipse week. The moon features this spectacle on Friday night and weather ob- servers hope for favorable weather The per- iod of totality-in this case is over 90 per cent. The duration of the eclipse is almost six hours, plenty of time for observation if you're a midnight owl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

 1. In which StaA. ioes the Ar kansas river rise? @ 3. What famous structure in Pa- ris is named for Alexandre Gystave Eiffel, French engineer? 3. Is my sisters husband still my brother -in-law after her death? 4. What is the scientific name for a Tie Detec.or"? 5. Into what sea does the Mac. kenzie River empty? 6. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word levant. 2. Name the Minister of War of France. 8. Do any living species of birds have teeth?
 g. How are baseball averages fig. ured? .5
 10. Where were John Rolfe and Pocahortas married?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

W n @ n Jne midnight o 1 ] was spent. he emerged with these boons to mankind: Salt shakers without holes, for not putting salt on stuff you don't like to put salt on.
 An a l @ I m clock with half a bell on 1t so when two peo- pie are rooning ,xenara. n,an oR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Oct. g - Colonel Lemuel c. stoopnagle, who is Q veritable Thomas A. Edison of good-gadgets has been absorbed in his work at the laboratory again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

A. The Patent Office will declare what it calls an interference" q proceeding to give the various In. ventors an opportunity to prove which of them was first.
 o. Is there specific provision of law that prohibits levying assess ments on office holders for political purposes?
 A. The Civil Service Act of 1883 prohibits the assessment of federal office holders for political purposes, or the collection of campaign con- tributions in federal buildings. The Corrupt Practices Act of 1928, in ad- dition. makes 1t unlawful for any person receiving salary or other compensation from the U. s. Treas ury, directly or indirectly to solicit: receive or be in any manner con- cerned with soliciting or receiving assessments, subscriptions or con- tributions for any political purpose whatsoever, from any other officer, employe or person." In addition to these federal statutes, the States have corrupt practices acts of . similar nature.
 e. If two guns are fired simtil- taneously horizontally, one having 2 range of three miles and the other a range of one mile. would the bull lets strike the ground at the same time?
 A. Yes, if both guns are fired horizontally. Gravity acts equally on both, so that both projecticles fall toward the ground equal distances in equal times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

epitpah he liked. Arbuckle knew that Sterlipg's real nayie was George Stitch. And he used to say: sHis name is stitch and he lezt 'scn In stitches"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
Washington Merry-Go-Round
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DREW PIE A R s O N ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON
   bombing and patrol p made in the United States destined for England
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

If you want . copy of our book let, INDIAN NAMES and MEAN INGS," The Waterbury Democrars Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirs teenth Street, Washington, D. q Enslose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'I am anxious to learh'; say, "eager."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23
A Thought for Today

Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, Lord, hath dashed m pieces the enemy.-ExOdus 15:6.
 The exposition of future punishment in Gods word is not to be regarded as threat, but as a merciful declaration.-H. w. Beecher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

o. If another inventor applies for patent on an invention similar to mine, for which Q patent is pend- ing, how will I know about 1t so that I can protest my rights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

o. In what year did the United
 States first issue the five-cent pieces
 with the Arabic numeral on the reverse? A. In 1866 and the design, with
 slight variations, was used t11th
 1883.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-23

e. Who founded the University of Leyden in The Netherlands2
 A. Prince William, 'sThe Silent of Orange, in 1875, as reward for the heroic defense of the city against the Spaniards.
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La gaceta., 1939-12-28

proeza en- las salinas de Salt
Flats, en- Utah. Ell cOche de Cob
es de "a cilindros y desarrolla
1900 caballos de fuerza. En- u
ma de las carreras la velocidad
subi6 a 37O.75 millas. No pudo
alcanzar la misma vertiginosa
rapidez en- la etapa de %retorno.
Cobb deshizo tres marcas mas
fijando una de 326.66 millas pa
"a los cinco kilometres; 238.01
para los 10 kilometres y 270.35
para las 10 millas.
En- la famosa pista de India
napOlis, Wilbur Shaw triunf6 en-
la carrera de las 500 millas, re-
pitiendo su exito de 1897. Esta
victoria lie di6 ell titulo de cam
pe6n de la American Automo-
bile Association. FL promedio de
velocidad desarrollado por 81
fue de 115.095 millas por bora.
HizO ell recorridO en- a horas,
20 minutes 47.41 segundos.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28

Riva, esta satisfecha de sus ext
tos en- los amos anteriores y es-
pera repetirlos en- este.
Tocara en- ell Patio la or
questa de Don Francisco y en- la
sala Bar una orquesta de pleas
espanolaG y cubanas, cuyo NOM
bres no Sc nos han mandado 20
davia.
FL Circulo Cub3nO cancel0 ST.
c~ontrato con lack White, pero
otra notable agrupaeitn del ex<,
terror llegara para esa noche.
La orquesta de fuela tocara en-
la gran sala del piso alto y La
Tropical, dirigida por ell Curr.-
to TriguerOs, en- la renovada sa-
la Bar.
Los muchachos de Ia Secci61
de Recreo van a decorar las sa-
las con ell buen gusto en- ellos ca
racteristico.
Pocas noticias hemos tenidO
de la Unione, pero sabemos que
Mario Pullara, al frente de la
Secci6n de Recreo, tiene la sega
ridad del triunfO en- cuanto al
bale de Ano Nuevo.
Los j6venes italianos estan or
gullosos del decorado de SD sala
alta y la Sala cantina la adorna-
ran expresamente para la oca-
sion.
Sc trabaja con la mayor ami
maci6n, en- IN ambiente de ale
gria, y auguramos exitos rotun-
dos a las poderosas sociedades
hermanas.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
NOTAS SOClALES

Consuelo Aizpuru, la q. esa no
che Subira al trono. La acompa
naran sus damas de honor las
Srtas. Olga Alvarez, Mary Con-
zaiez, Gloria Rodriguez y Onelia
Santana. Dos orquestas tocaran,
una en- la sala Bar y la otra en-
ell tercer piso. La ceremonial de
coronation Sc verificara en- ell
teatro.
Ell Centre Espanol, donde la
cordialidad guia a la junta direc
tiva presidida por Ramon Fer
nandez Rey, ell sincere amigo
los bailes de Ano Nuevo, en- los
1ltimos amos, han servido para
congregar alli a miles re perso-
mas.
La Secci6n de Recreo y Ador-
no, comandada por Angel de la
La gaceta., 1939-12-28

ANO NMeVO
La intelligence juventud lat;-
ma Sc prepare para los bales de
Ano Nuevo en- las cuatro princi
pales sociedades.
Desde hace muchos amos, las
poderoSas colectividades mutua-
listas Centre Espanol, Centre
Asturiano, Circulo Cubano y U.
Italiana, esperan ell Ano Nuevo
con bales en- honor de sus socios
y amigos.
Han sido estos bales de supe-
raci6n continue, en- cuanto a Ia
mayor pulcritud en- los detalleS
y los contracts con las mejores
orqueStas obtenibles,
Ell Centre AsturianO, por e.
jemplo, coronara este ano a SD
reina de belleza y gracia, Srta.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
apre ciado herman0

fcnsc, Jr.. apreciado herman0
de Ia novia.
Prccicso traie blGn2o vestia
Carmen. Clndido Perez, ell no
tario de moda, aetu6 en- la cers-
mcnia.
Entire los muchcS asiStantes,
prdimos anctar Sto> nomhrN !:
Fspo os Richard Lord, Jo,efa
"ayue, Simcna Sqgre, Carmen
Dominguez, Hidelia Blanco, Do
lores Perez, Carload ValdeS, es-
pesos Velasco, esposos A. Do
minguez, Emiliana Perez, eSpo-
SOS Sixto Alfonso, Rosalia Je-
rez. Sofia Alvarez, Zoila Ban
&C. Hilda Lord, Rosa Blanco
Mary Dominique, lsolina Lord,
Georgina Jeret, Dalia Jer2t, j.
la Cotton, Argslita CO.on Mar
garet Perez, Dorothy Cunning
ham, Ismiana Dominguez, Fran
els Caruso y Matilde Angulo.
Bonitos y valiosos regalos He
garon a poder de la enamorada
pareja. Todos los concurrentes
fuercn c5sequiados.
Vctos formulamos por la di-
cha de estos mobiles j6veneS uni
dos por ell amor.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28

mas y este representa- un aumen
to importante sobre los $500.
900 que va estan en- active servi
clio. Dicese que las nuevas reser-
vas Sc mandarin a Finlandia
Lego aver una delegation CO.
mercial hdngara y circula Ell ru-
NOR de que tambien hara una
petici6n de territorio a Bulga-
ria, en- Ell Mar Negro. Desea ell
gobierno bulgaro comprar petr6
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
VICTORIA DE ROLLINS
EN- LA HABANA

Habana, Die. 28.-Los lars
de Rollins de~rrctaron anoche, en-
ell estadio de la Universidad, a
los Espartanos de la Universe
dad de Tampa, con anOtaci6n de
26-13. Presenciaron ell encuentro
unas 1000 personals.
Golpes Sc cambiaron entire al
gunos de los jugadores. I'm cas-
tigo a los tampehos, de Is var
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
Ell EN- e.
ANO QUE VA A TERMINAR
Cobb estableci6 una marca de
1885 millas por bora

La nueva marca mundial de
velocidad automOvilistica, en- CO
ches de gran peso, la fij6 este
ano John R. Cobb, de Londres,
con un promedio de $685. nj
las por hora. Cobb realiz6 la
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
MadreselVd"

Legara hoy a la Habana, la
capital de Cuba, la famosa ac-
triz argentina Libertad Lamar
Que y desde qui nos place salu-
darla y repetir que la pelicu.a
"Madreselva" volvera a exhi-
birse hoy, a peticiones reitera-
das del p1blico, luego de haber-
Sc exhibido ell luneS, martes y
microbes.
Libertad Lamarque tiene mu-
chos admiradores EN- Tampa Y
no estaria demas que Jose Cha
morn hiciera un esfuerzo para
traerla. Sc trata de una verda-
dera estrella, a la que Ell pGblico
cubano rendira homemade.
"Madreselva" sc exhibira hoy,
por Ultima vez, en- ell teatro Ca
sinO.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
BOd1

Ell la noche del 25 tuvo lugar
la boda de la bella senorita Car
men Alfonso con ell estimado 10
ven Luis Sague. Tuvo lrgar IA
ceremonial en- ell domicilio de los
padres de la desposada, Maria y
Octavio Alfonso, numero 2412
de la calle IS. Firmaron Ell acta
la encantadora Srta. Matilde
Angulo y ell joven Octavio AL
La gaceta., 1939-12-28

das, facilit6 la anotaci6n de otro
touchdown" por Jones.
Ell sabado 80 jugaran los Es-
partanos con los universitarios
cubanos.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28

You may be guilty Of halitosis Dad
BREATH this very minute, and yet be
unaware ofit. That's the insidious thing
about this offensive condition, so FREE
quently due to food fermentation In
the mouth.
You yourself may not recognize it
but everyone you come in contact
with does.
Listerine Antiseptic hats such fer
m%entation, said by some authorities 20
be a major cause Of mouth odor, and
overcomes the odors Themselves. 50 why
risk annoying and offending Others Why
hurt yourself socially and IN business1
IL Is so cas- 10 guard against Offend
Ing by gargling with Listerine. the
safe antiseptic. Your breath becomes
sweeter and more agreeable. II you
value your JOB and your friends, use
Listerine Antiseptic regularly. Lambert
Phamacal Company, 81. louis, Mo.
La gaceta., 1939-12-28
RUSSIA SIGUE LLAMANDO
HOMBRES A LAS ARMAS

Moscu, Die. 28.-Rusia ha la
mado nuevos hombres a las Ar
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-12-22
"a pill dne 500 mysi.


Ma Litovelsku je letos velk6
mnozstv1 mysi. ZpGsobuj1 ma
pol1ch a V zahradach znacne
skody. Pr oranf Sc prichaz1
caste ma hnizda, We kterych je
az patnact mladych mys1. Je-
den roln1k V pol1ch u Senicky
zahubil Sc sym synem 500 my
81 "a dopoledne. Do kraje, kde
je hodne mys1, Sc sletaj1 nyn1
hejna vran. Ma mochovska lu-
ka sc sneslo v techto dnech hej
no vran a havran1, ktere eta
10 400 kusI. Ma noe sc usadilo
V leslch u PTerova.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1939-12-22
Dejepisec Jan Machal mrtev.

V PraZe zesnul triaosmdesa-
tilety cesky mytolog a literar-
nj dejepisec DIR. Jan Machal,
professor Karlovy university,
rodk z Novych Dvor1 u Milev-
ska, autor popularn1ch Dejin
ceskeho dramatu, redaktor
Slovenskeho almanachu, Case
pisu pro modernf fiologii.
Byl to clovek ne1morne pra-
covity, ktery neznal mic jin6ho
nez svou praci. Protoze hod-
nota prace nepronika tax snad-
no, zIstaval veTejnostf pomi-
jen.
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PENlZE.
ROMAN Napsl BEDRIcH MoRAvEC.

r 0 M N.

"Jsi k NEWSSTAND, jake vzdyc
KY" durdila Sc Marticka ma
bratra, ale bylo znati, re to ne
ma hlubslch korenu. "Vyrl-
dim mu, ze's no mel pozvati ty,
ale protoze isl to opomenul u
ciniti, re muslin ia napravovati
tvoji hloupost". "Te sladke
pomsty il pTeji," usmal Sc Jan.