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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28

will be the most impressive in its 12-year history. A large number of national and international lead- CTS will discuss and lead forums on a wide range of economical and political topics.
 CIO-AFL DISPUTE
 A secret row took place during the recsnt meeting of the AFL executive committee over the CIO- AFL peace terms.
 The row resulted from ques- tion asked by the CIO at the first meeting of the two negotiating committees.
 Screen says the AFL is ready to take back all the original unions that formed the CTO," said the CIO negotiations. What does that mean? As they were then or are nOw?"
 The question was of crucial iin- portance since most of the unions had largely expanded their ranks. For example: The United Mine Workers now includes chemical workers, while the Amalgamated Clothing Workers has swallowed up most of the AFL's textile and laundry units.
 The AFL delegation was un- able to answer the question and asked for time to submit 1t to Green. A week later, the com mittee returned with an eight page memorandum which, in ef- feet, said neither yes nor no. The Lewis group refused to accept the answer and reiterated its demand. The subject was argued for sev-i eral days and finally the AFL committee agreed on this corn- promise:
 That the original CIO unions be taken back with their ex- banded membership and that after they had rejoined the AFL, the question of conflict ing Jurisdiction between the rival AFL and CIO unions would be arbitrated.
 THE CIO COMMITTEE AC- GIFTED THE PROPOSAL,--A6 WELL THEY MIGHT. aS
 It meant a tremendous tacti-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28

This is the time of the year when plaques arrive in swarms to vex the farmer and cut down his crops. Already section of the West are being devastated by locusts which covered main highway in one spot so thick autos skidded all over the roadway. And we hear from Philadelphia that the Japanese beetle has already got in his deadly work on lawns and trees. That's one scourge from which Connecticut never suffered overly much. But we have other pests and they make the life of the average farmer just one long procession of dusting and spraying. This business of protecting the growing plant from rav- ages of pests doesn't end until the crop is safely picked. When you finish with one spraying job you have to start all over again at the other end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28

June was month of heat and drought. Perhaps not quite so dry as the preceding May, only local showers, however, broke the siege of dry weather that this area has now been experiencing since the end of April. Normally June is fairly wet; you can expect pretty good rainfall. July and August are often dry, last year being the exception. Unless they again prove the exception New England faces the prospect of heavy losses by fire during the fall months.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
In T Today's Mail

power by ever increasing expendi- lures for relief. It will be augmented as is more and more evident. by direct government competition with
 private enterprise, in all sorts of construction activities, ranging from the building of private dwellings to
 battleships. It will include under the guise of flood control an under
 taking that the government enter
 into direct competition with private
 utilities. This means the expenditure
 of vast sums of tax and borrowed
 monies, of which a major portion
 will be written off improperly to
 improve navigation and prevent
 flood damage. Even then the defi- cits in the excess of costs over
 income from the sale of electric
 current will be charged to the tax payers.
 Even more alarming than the
 threat of government competition
 with business, on the. basis of the
 taxpayers paying the losses, is the constant increase in the burden of taxes business must carry, which destroys the prospect of any fair return on either new or old capital investments. The nine years of the depression have cost us more in the accumulation of a federal debt than did the whole war and its aftermath of the years of recon- lstruction; and the increase of the federal debt since 1882 from 20 bile lion to approximately 70 billion.
 Finally, when burdensome taxes government competition and regu. lation had sent many idle dollars into hiding. the setting up of unfair methods of collective bargaining under the authority of the Wagner Act, without regard to the rights oi employers, still further dried up the hope Of profits from investmentI and reduced the chances Of employ. mcnt. This act, designed to prevent interruptions of interstate cofnmerci beca,ise Of strikes. has produced
 moro labor diEsonteni, moro Io1l
 Wfges nisd more unemployment. dI' rect and indirect. then anY olllfI ] measure cf government regulation
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as the Havana-Madrid and La Conga.
 At La Conga, for example, Franklin D., Jr., Bruce Cabot, the ubiquitous Brenda Frazier and Peter Arno found themselves struggling over the same table the other night. Two factions, it appears, claimed prior rights to the same location and, in the ver- bal melee, Artist Arno referred sardonically to the four sons of the First Family. And Franklin D., Jr., referred sardonically to other things. Actor Cabot got in belligerent word, too, and though the debate ended in a dis tinct draw, it could not be ex- punged from a Broadway column or two-the next morning.
 RIALTO
 RANCHERO
 Elliott Roosevelt not long ago devised Texas Ranch" night club to be situated on the roof top of a Manhattan midtown hotel. A night club to catch the wide open flavor of Ft. Worth. Dallas, Houston, Laredo and Brownsville, with cowpunching walters and waitresses and SO on.
 But something happened. Some say an interested voice = or pair of them =, from the White House discouraged the plan on the grounds that the Roosevelts, pere ct mere, don't mind their sons attending night clubs, but object to their running them. Others contend that Elliott Roosevelt's Texas Ranch" cabaret has been delayed merely until next Spring. JIMMIE,
 THE HOMEBODY
 And in the field of public en- tertainment, the elder of the Pres ident's sons has not been idle. James, who has dabbled in in- surance and other livelihoods, has been diligently devoted to the cause of Samuel Goldwyn the past several months in an executive capacity.
 What his precise duties are never has been made clear, but the boys at Goldwyn's New York headquarters testify that the eld- est Roosevelt son puts in an ardu- ous office day.
 And although he is an enthusi- ast of the movies, which he att tends regularly, and of the thea ter which he also frequentS, he is not one for the pleasures of cafe society. From his desk, he makes a nasty bee-line to his home and family.
 JOHN WORKING
 WAY UPWARD
 Of John, the youngest of the Roosevelt sons, the least is heard. Last winter, he did accompany his brother, Franklin D., Jr., to several supper clubs, but he quit after a while and his is the name that creeps least often into the columnistic mill.
 Quietly married, he has been toiling in a menial capacity at Boston department store, starting at the proverbial bottom.
 And on his own merits-his CO., workers certify-he was delegat- ed by his store to represent the management at a national store convention in Washington. That gave him a. chance, when sessions were adjourned to have an in- formal visit with his parents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Real Sourdough Is Defined

IS DeIlned
 If your vacation calls you north- ward this year you can do
 no better than dip into Harry A. Franck's colorful and in elusive story of Americas "arctic" empire, 'The Lure of Alaska" (Stokes: $3.5O. Here is a lively combination of his-
 tory, travel and good report ing. What Franck learned
 about the Sourdoughs, for in-
 stance, is given briefly below.
 Among the old-timers themselves man is real Sourdough only if he has been in Alaska continuously since 1898. Or there is the more facetious definition:
 Tourist: Say, what's a Sour dough. Mister?"
 Well son, to be Sourdough a man must have done three things: shot the Whitehorse Rapids. killed moose, and lived with a sQuaw."
 Are, you a Sourdough, Mister?"
 "Naw, I never did shoot me g moose"
 Far from being the profane rough necks one pictures oldtimers to be, many of them talk more like col- lege professors; even those with 8 Scandinavian accent have surpris- ingly large vocabularieS. They have & gentle way about them, too, an easy-going manner rare in the States, or at least in the east. There is much less striving to be tough, to show the hard boiled attitude. than among the fiabby clerks and scornful ticket-sellers along Broad way
 Your real prospector In his de- clining years scorns mere work: refuses to shovel snow even at a dollar an hour; buy each other drinks if there is anything to buy them with. Hard-bitten old birds, quite indifferent to personal ape pearance--or rather wearing what looks mannish and outdoors to them. scorning to follow the fash- ion. Firm -jawed. cheerful In ad- versity. ready gamblers. good losers, haters of confined spaces; men who say, "oh, Switzerland is okeh but 1t is too much cleaned up," or "that place is too crowded now tit has nine houses). Tim pulling out for the north"
 This sense Of needing unlimited elbow room may fla soi1lc eases be put on. In coma mere hnpit. 1. Alnska nnahs al Admiral EYf1's lone visI' 'n thf Antarctic; mfFs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 3:o4 e. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:22 g. m.; sets s:2s D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Local conditions completely upset tho weather prediction based on the last change in phaso Of the moon. Whereas the previous change indicated variable weather. the last ono. June %. showed clear weather ahead for at least seven days, but it failed io withstand local eonditIopa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28

night life, and habitues of the
 Stork Club have come to accept his appearances a m o n g tn e m quite casually. He also takes to the rhunba with keen enthusi- asm a n d ac- cordingly he has pursued his zeal for this terpsi-
 chorean for m at such Ineccas of tl1a l1iy1clnoIyo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
ECONOMIC CHAOS OF PRESENT NDAY DEMANDS PROMPT
 MEASURES
: June 2e, lss9.


 Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The depths of the depression were reached in 1882, and while we were still groping our way out. the new administration attempted to meet the malad djustments caused by the war and its aftermath by various economic experiments. These mea- sures then met with general ap- proval-first because they were iin- derstood to be temporary expedients to re-establish confidence: and second because the President gave his personal assurance that if they did not succeed in restoring business activity, he would be the first to ask for their repeal.
 However, no unsuccessful experi- ment has been removed. except by decree of the Supreme Court. The President has even exerted pressure to have them continued and ex- tended. This is true of the measure to devalue the dollar; the Silver Purchase Act, the power to issue unsecured greenbacks, the IVA ex- pertinent, the futile crop and pro- duction control, price raising and begging, and spending to prime the pump" Opinions differ as to the extent of the failure of these mea- sures, but not as to the absence of any effort to eliminate or correct | them.
 These measures are not all. and Iin themselves might not account | for the unwillingness Of our saved dollars to seek investments to put moro men to work. The compelling reason may be found in . growing conviction that it is the will of those iu control 70 induce the eov- ernment to take over the reinvcets mcnt of savings in goyeEnment enterprises in lieu of private enter. pf|seS. This public investment VIII not he limited to tho futile attempt Co stimulate cons1'1ff fl<t|1Hs'<ls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
A Thought for Today

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding-Job 28:2S.
  The wise man is also the just, the pious, the upright, the man who walks in the way of the truth The fear of the Lord which is the begin ming of wisdom consists in a complete devotion -ZoChler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
In New York
BY GEoRGE ROSS

New York. June 2s.-The quar- tet of Roosevelt sons continue, obligingly, to provide copy for the public prints.
 Is is no secret that Franklin D., Jr., derives fun out of New York's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-28
Washington Merry saaz so.ssr ,t.ass' s

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c. what is a generation2
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "He feI head over
 heels;" say s'heels over head"

dinary period of time in which one rank follows another, as father is succeeded by child; usually counted as B years.
 O. What is the meaning of the British surname Udell?
 A. Few valley. derived from 2 locality
 @. Was Vernon Castle an air plane pilot during the World war?
 A. He served for a year with the British Royal Flying corps and made about 200 flights over enemy lines.
 If you want copy of our book let SWIMMING AND DIVING LESSONS" send to the Watcr- bury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash fngton, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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dfe lhousands Of men In A|1fk1
 Wbo I've like that. 9 and Worsc-- land IIkf |t
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What's s Your l. O?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the capital of the Dom- inion of Canada.
 2. Does bi-weekly mean twice a week or every two weeks?
 3. In law, what is a minor?
 4. Who won the recent Metropo- Titan Open golf championship?
 5. What is the name for the ia. nous pass between Arfghanistan and India?
 6. was Vermont ever an indepen- dent republic?
 T. How do the suits rank in tho game of Poker?
 8. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word lethargic?
 g. In units of length, how many feet are in one chain?
 10. How many times was Man O War defeated?
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Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERECK e. kERRBy

Enclose three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any eues- tion OF fact oF information O the Waterbury Democrat's Service Bu- reau at Washington. LegaIN and medical advice cannot De giten, nor can extended research be nn- dertaken Be sure all mail 6 ad- dressed G0 the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1O1? Thirteenth Street. Washington. Q. c.
 THE EDITOR @. Does champaigne retain it's good qualities indefinitely?
 A. When well made, and placed in cool cellars. it retains it's quality from 10 to 20 years,
 e. What Is a generation?
 A. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; the average lifetime of man, or the or
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Evening star., 1939-09-05
Hard Coal Gas Runs
Bus in Experiments

Gas made from Welsh anthracite
is used to operate a motor bus which
has completed successful tests in
Stockport, England. The necessary
plant imported from France takes
up five back rows in a 31-seater
single-deck bus. On the trial run
in the hilly country around Marple
and Mellor the bus travelled at the
normal speed of a bus using pc
troleum, except that it was slightly
slower on exceptionally steep grades.
The tests have been particularly
encouraging because they promise
new source of consumption for
Welsh coal and because, in case Of
war, Britain will have unlimited
supplies of power for home service.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Is Billion u. 5. Gold Stock
Seen Credit Initiation Base
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
| Howard j. Trueblood, economist
Of the Foreign Policy Association
believes the United States Treasury
holdings of gold, now exceeding $16,-
0O0, 900 900, carry the seeds of credit
imitation"
In gold study made public yes
terday, Mr.. Trueblood added, how
ever, that the boom prospects nor
mally associated with gold were
tempered with the realization that
there has been no credit imitation
in this country in recent years in
spite of deliberate efforts to ex-
pand credit"
Mr.. Trueblood pointed out that
the huge amount of gold which has
come here from Europe and the
rest Of the world in recent years has
correspondingly increased the
amount of money in American banks
available for lending.
The economist also estimated that
total foreign investments in the
United States are approximately
$7,883 ,000, 900, most of which are
owned by the "democracies.
The article, written before the
European War began, said these
foreign assets in the United States
would constitute a valuable war
chest" and that liquidation of a
large portion of them would doubt
less result If war came.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
De MoIoy Will InstoII
New Officers Toniqht

New officers of the George Wash
ington Chapter, Order of De Molay,
will be installed tonight at o'clock
at the Masonic Temple in Airing
ton, Va.
The ceremony will be conducted
by the Alumni Association of George
Washington Chapter, with Henry
Woods, member of the advisory
council, as installing officer.
The officers are master councillor,
John Hanley; senior councillor, Jen-
nings Bynum; junior councillor,
Richard Payne; senior deacon, War
rem Coakley; Junior deacon, Ray
mond Watson: senior steward, Harry
Thompson; junior steward, Merrill
Hoover; chaplain -orator, Leroy Gill
lette; sentinel, Walter Haynes:
standard bearer, Richard Hatcher;
almoner, Irwin Dunnington; mar
shall, Robert Wilson, and preceptors.
Earl CLANCY, Henry Sullivan, Ben
ME Fletcher, Hilton Bonney, Edward
Allen, Oliver Ramsay and John
Rothgeb.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
William H. Reed Dies,
Real Estate Salesman

William H. Reed. 68, real estate
salesman, died yesterday in George
town Hospital after a brief illness.
He made his home at 1908 Twelfth
place NE.
He was born on a farm in Spott-
sylvania County, Va, and came here
to live more than IS years ago. He
was a member of the Washington
Centennial Lodge, Masons, and the
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics.
He is survived by two sons, Henry
D. Reed and Stacy M. Reed; a
daughter, Mrs. May r. Jeffries, and
a sister, Miss Helen L. Reed, all of
this city.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow in the Centennial
Baptist Church. Seventh and
streets NE, and burial will be in
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Turks to Move at Once
If ltoly Aids Germany
~ the Axsociated press

By the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL. Sept. 5.-Competent
circles said today that Turkey
faithful to its alliance with Great
Britain and France, would main
tain an attitude of expectation,
with q close watch on Italy.
It was emphasized that Turkey
would move Immediately should
Italy show signs Of joining Ger
many in the European war.
Parliament has been called for
September II, the normal date.
The Turkish German trade agree
ment, which expired August 81, is
not being renewed or prolonged, II
was said, because Germany failed
to deliver military supplies as pay
ment for Turkish goods.
Evening star., 1939-09-05

would rather die than give up. And
now Britain and France have Kept
their words with us. I am very
happy to know that"
Knows Horrors of War.
Mrs. Wesolowski knows the hor-
rors Of war. She recalled ner fight
to Vienna from Gdow to escape the
Russians in 1916. On her return
home she found her home sacked
and looted, her stepmother dead
from pneumonia, contracted while
she hid In damp trench In 1921
she came to America to materialize
the dreams of a l0-year-old girl
life in the country of great tree
DOM"
Circles under her eyes are evi-
dence of the anxiety which the last
few days have held for Mrs. Weso-
lowski. Nowadays she says she even
dreams Of marching Soldiers. Early
morning backfire Of an automobile
motor on busy Fifteenth street woke
her up with start yesterday morn
ing. She thought for a moment her
dreams had almost come true.
But things will turn out all right
for Poland" she concluded, point
ing to the little medallion of the
Mother of perpetual health hung
from chain around her neck.
Evening star., 1939-09-05

the American Express nor the Amer.
ican consulate, they were so crowd
ed" he explained.
Paris was "blacked out" every
night while Mr.. Thorpe was there
he said.
1T was pretty dull" he added
The Louvre was closed and stripped
OF all its art treasures. Night clubs
closed at II pm, and it wasn't much
fun wandering around in the dark
ened streets"
There were black outs" every
night as the Queen Mary ploughed
her way across the Atlantic, Mr.
Thorpe continued.
Portfolios Covered.
Each window and portfolio was
covered with black cardboard at
night, and the doorways were COW
cred with blankets" he said. "You
couldn't appear on many of the up
per decks at night, let alone smoke
on them"
None of the passengers could send
messages from the ship, he said.
In fact, the ship sent no messages
at all, he added.
Every one was able to keep track
of the news by radio, however" he
said. The passengers were remark
ably calm during the whole voyage.
Even when they knew war had been
declared"
Mr.. Lyles, Mr.. Altman and Mr.
Irving were among about 80 men
who had quarters in . cinema on
the Queen Mary, with cots arranged
hospital fashion. Those In our part
Of the ship had no movies on the
way over" Mr.. Lyles remarked. "But
no one objected"
Evening star., 1939-09-05
D. C.. Residents on Queen Mary
Tell of Anxious Wait in Paris
'BIuckouts' Added
To lnconveniences as
They Sought Passage

Days of anxious waiting in Paris,
where "blackouts" occurred eacn
night, for passage on some ship
bound for America were described
by Washington residents who arrived
in New York yesterday on the Queen
Mary, fleeing from Europe's war
zones.
Among those arriving on the
Queen Mary was Merle Thorpe, jr.,
son of the editor and publisher of
Nations Business, whose placid con-
tinental holiday was interrupted In
Munich 10 days ago by the prelimi-
nary rumblings of war.
Another was Stanley Lyles of 57l5
Ninth street NV, one of a party of
five Washington teachers who spent
the summer travelling in Europe.
Others in Mr.. Lyles' party were
Irvine Irving, his bride, Mrs. Gwen
dolyn Magill Irving, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Altman.
Like many Americans travelling
abroad, Mr.. Lyles did not realize how
close the outbreak of war was. After
a leisurely journey along the Medi-
terranean and through the French
Alps, he stopped at a French town.
News of the war burst upon him
when he tried to get a bus to an
other town. All buses were requi-
sitioned for troops. He made mis-
way to Paris on a "blacked-out"
train and finally, after waiting three
days, obtained passage.
Ten days ago in Munich Mr..
Thorpe had grave doubts that there
would be war in Europe. So it was
only with the greatest reluctance
that he needed the American con-
sulate's warning to pack his bag
and baggage and leave Germany.
Quiet and Peaceful.
IT'D been in and out Of Germany
fourt times since arrived in Eu-
rope in the middle of June" he said.
Everything was quiet and peaceful,
and I had planned to spend an
other two weeks in Munich with
friends"
When Mr.. Thorpe left Munich
he boarded railroad car filled with
American, French and English peo-
pie. The rest Of the train was al
lotted to troops in civilian garb
ready for mobilization, who would
be picked up on the way to the
frontier, he said.
When he reached Paris 1t took
him three days to get passage on
the Queen Mary.
"sometimes you couldn't ret near