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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
Red Cross Roll-Call

No second call to arms need be sounoeo when the American Red Cross launches it's annual drive for members III com munities of this country of ours Afnerl- cans are so keenly conscious ot the pare that the Red Cross plays in the h1e o1 the average city or town that one rareiy has to dwell upon past accomplishments or future hopes. Certainly right now here in Connecticut we must be well aware of the scope of service the Reo Cross performs and the responsible our- den that constantly rests upon 1t ln some quarter of the globe
 We can still remember distinctly now valiantly the Red Cross plunged into the Sask of rehabilitation in Connecticut year ago after the worst hurricane m century had devastated many sectlorS' Here was a disaster brought to our very door and the type in which the Red cross has proved itself so very adept in muster Ing forces and resources to combat con- ditions that are natural subsequence of just such terrible occurrence when people are left homeless and misery Spreads through wide territories.
 And further than that there hovers over us the spectre of war. Another con. flict engages Europe. Here the work Of the Red Cross is multiplied many times. No one can overlook the appeal to continue the efforts of this great or ganization. Waterbury, like every other community, must enable its efficient and humane services to continue by an oyer-subscribed roster of supporters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
It's Here Again

It doesn't seem full year since we were writing of another Armistice Day. In 1888, although the war-clouds were gath ering, still they seemed far-away and apt to dissipate before reaching troubled na- tions. But Armistice Day, 1889, finds nations engulfed in another great battle of right and wrong. Who knows how many more nations will be drawn into the holocaust before arms are laid down and men return to the more peaceful pursuits that are ever before us.
 On this Armistice Day here in the United States, blessed with so many things for which others strive, we should offer up a prayer not merely of thanks giving, but one of hope for eternal peace. This is nation always of peaceful thought and intention. We are not disposed to see any nation annihilate another. We want to get along in friendly fashion with our neighbors. Armistice Day brings one more opportunity to rededicate ourselves to those lasting ideals the world accepted back in 1918.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
Enemies - Or Friends?

The fact that some of the ancestors of American citizens managed to catch an earlier boat is no reason for native-born patriots to look with suspicious and un- friendly eyes upon every naturalized American. All of the foreiga-born are not agents of Berlin or Moscow or some other foreign capital. In Elizabeth, N. J., World War veterans who fought with the German and Austrian armies recently affirmed their solid support of the United States form of government. The German American bund chapter in Seattle recently dissolved itself because of charges of un-Americanism made against the national bund. The members had no desire to become associated with any implications of enmity against their adopted government. In Milwaukee, bund members recently "cleaned house" and banished from their group persons with pronounced pro-Nazi tendencies.
 Charges limiting at treachery toward the land of their choice are unfair and brutal to immigrant citizens. The mere fact of foreign birth does not make man an enemy of the American system. It may, instead, make him more apprecia- tive of the blessings he shares with na- tive-born Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

further inducement to farmers to improve the breed of their hors- es, the Army has established Blue Book of half breeds" the only one of its kind in the world.
 POLITICAL NOTES
 Philadelphia's famed corpora tion lawyer, George Wharton Pep per, is making quiet political soundings for 8 possible senatorial comeback next year against New Deal Senator ole Guffey. Appoint ed to fill a vacancy in the Sen- ate, Pepper later was defeated by boss William Ware in a sensa- tional big-money campaign that later caused Ware to be denied his seat Governor Ralph Carr of Colorado may be a big shot in his state, but 8 press conference staged for him in Washington by the Republican National Commit tee proved a sad flop. Only three reporters for Colorado papers turned up Although he has beiabored the Roosevelt regime from A to 2, Senator Hiram John- son had no hesitancy in asking a job for his one-tine Republican colleague, exSenator Sam Short ridge. New Dealers, have taken care of Shortridge, appointing him a special counsel for the Central Valley Irrigation Project at $3,200 a year.
 VOTE GETTER
 Simon Michelet Is a scholarly,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

dollars to pay for building and repairing them. Few of the motor taxes can be avoided. Not that we urge anyone to avoid paying legitimate taxes, but once upon a time there wasn't too much at- tention paid to collection of the property tax on cars.
 Now you can't get your registration renewed from year to year If you fail to pay this local tax. If your local tax col iector is on his job your name is listed at Hartford as a delinquent and until the tax is cleared, your license is held up. It does seem as if sufficient taxes are placed on single car and its accessories with out making it subject to property taxa ton. From the moment it leaves the factory until it finally is consigned to the dump heap it's subject to daily taxation.
 We quite agree with the Bridgeport Tel egram that here Is one form of taxation that might well be eliminated and no substitute found for 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

The Hartford Courant sees the Hutch inson River Parkway toll much the same way as everyone here in Connecticut. It comments on the adverse court decision against the tolls as follows: "The toll charge was imposed on the Hutchinson River Parkway some years after the pro- ject had been completed and in retalia- ton for the action of Connecticut in exacting tolls for the use of the Merritt Parkway. This State resorted to that procedure not to pay for that portion of the Parkway already completed, but to provide funds for it's extension to Hart ford. The two cases are by no means parallel. Westchester evidently expected that by laying a toll it could force Con- necticut to free the Merritt Parkway for the use of New York commuters but all it succeeded in doing was to incur their resentment"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

Chicopee, Mass, is getting quite an industry from Uncle Sam. When the new air base is completed there it will have cost the government about $5000,- OOO There will be close to 2,O00 enlisted men, privates and officers, stationed there the year round which is quite an addition to any city population, taken at one fell swoop. What with at least SO modern type airplanes always actively engaged in operations in the vicinity of Chicopee should buzz henceforth with army talk and with airplane talk. It ought to mean a lot to the Massachusetts town in more ways than one. Doubtless, too, there will be some slight economic reaction from the presence not only of the air base, but of the 2,OOO men who must find shelter and food. Training of pilots for both peace and wartime operations will start at Chicopee as soon as the base is available.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
A Good Case

The Bridgeport Telegram makes good case for the abolition of the property tax on automobiles. It believes that this should be an important issue ill the state campaign one year hence. There are lot of issues collecting dust right now, but which, we hope, will be cleaned off for inspection of the candidates a year from now. Certainly removal of the auto property tax might we'll occupy the attention of those aspiring for public office. This tax is probably the one that the average motorist most detests.
 No motor vehicle owner cares much for any of the numerous taxes he pays, but pay he does because he realizes that after all without taxes there wouldn't be any fine system of highways throughout Connecticut. And inasmuch as we pride ourselves on the quality and quantity of Dur roads, we kick in with the necessary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
Selected Poem
THIS DAY

THIS DAY (Fern Mary Munsel in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) Across the waters wide ar.d deep The maddened war drums roll In heraldry of marching might Who swell the awful toll Of those who give their lives as pawn For mighty rulers goal; A Sacriflcial offering They march the miles away And come tomorrow face to face With brothers they must slay- For thirsty War Gods pant for blood And puppets must obey. Locked in a devils dance of death Unyielding in their might They rush the stalwart doors of Peace Unheeding wrong or right And seek with unrelenting force To plunge the barbs of spite Deep in Q weak and vanquished foe Like cruel kings of old; For those who plan the mirthless plot Would in their greed behold The bondage of humanity Bought with a killers gold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

bait for a job or something and will wind up behind the eight-ball. Having struck out four times with the bases loaded the Republican moguls still play in the amateur league and the disgusted Republi- can voters are going to play tiddiy winks on election day instead Of voting for their rolling-stone caradi- dates who gather no moss.
 Candidates Foster and Post have a little campaign of thei rown, sep- arate from that of the Republican self-annointed leaders. They push door together and were out Hollowe'en night. MT. Foster prints his picture on green paper and has 1t passed out at the concert series. causing non partisan music lovers to get up in arms. MT. Post in a dignifled way tries to get down to the level of his pseudo bosses, but you can see that it goes against the grain. His stand and campaign in the Good Government City Manager campaign was much more in keep ing with his professional dignity and standing in the community. Mir. Foster runs Q political advertisement saying he bought a fire-engine (big event qualification for office of mayor)-gets the kiddies ir:.srested you know. Their campaign as in high gear, if 6 Model T Ford has 6 high gear.
 Station VERY (more Pape Pro- paganda says the Socialists) broad casts news with a Republican twist and with announced impartiality CD but pronounced Mysteries. It drives all Democrats into a solid front
 The Republicans remembered that Professor McConoughy, smoothie politician, had @ good batting aver age as a mud-tosser in the last state election so they bring him in to play in their mud-hole. The profess sor has very poor memory and cannot recall & single Republican who ever committed or was charged with a crime, locally or elsewhere. Strange to say, MT. Pape or Mir. Upson or MT. Phillips couldn't re- fresh the memory, of the ehsent- minded professor.
 4 few Independent Democrats are die-hards but their old followers just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

Boston is getting bit concerned about it's lack of an adequate football stadium. Big football games held in Boston are staged in either of the major league base bali parks Harvard, of course, has its own stadium in Cambridge, but other New England teams, of which there are many now boasting strong elevens think that with a good-sized stadium in Boston the Hub would become really great football center.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

bespectacled little man of 65 who has been practising law in Wash ington for many years. But that is only his vocation. His real passion is conducting one-man crusade to make America ballot- conscious.
 For nearly 20 years he has been devoting his spare time and per- sonal funds to a non-partisan cam paign to get out the vote in elec- tions and to abolish antiquated electoral restrictions. He has printed tons of pamphlets, pub- lished mountains of statistics.
 Michelet says that in the elec- ton last November 29,O00, 900 vot- CTS entitled to ballot failed to do so. He attributes this apathy less to civic indifference than to elec- toral barriers such as poll taxes, and favors a national registration law under which every legally re- sponsible person over 21 would be entitled to vote. regardless of length of residence in 6 commu1- ity.
 Since 1924, when he launched his crusade, the total vote in presidential elections has inc creased for 29,000,000 to 46,OO0,- 900. Michelet credits this largely to a steadily growing interest in public affairs.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
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 a. Has the number of employees In the Federal Executive CIVIL Serv- ice increased in the last yearT
 A. In August, 1889, there vert 9S2, ,9SS persons employed ana S1z'- 347 In August, 1898.
 @. HOW are duplicates obtained from the master mold in quantity production of phonograph reccrdsH
 A. The mold is g single metal disc with the recording inscrineo' which is chromium -plated to pro. long It's life. The biscuit-shaped plastic of which the duplicate IS to be made is softened on steam. heated plate and placed on the mold in a hydraulic press. The press IS closed and hydraulic pressure total. ling 75 tons on 8 10-irch record and 100 tons on a 12-inch record Is ap- piled. When flow has ceased, cold water runs through the press, chill-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
c HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Cattle History in America Told

III Amerlca 1OlQ
 1t is high time we should be given
 "roundup" of the story of the
 cattle range in America. Until
 now that epic has been recOunted
 i'm scattered "reminiscences, sec
 tional histories. Paul I. Wellman
 tells the whole lusty yarn in "The
 Trampling Herd" (Carrick and
 Evans: $3), from the conquest of
 Cortes to the collapse of the cattle
 barons with the end of the from
 tier. Here is both solid fact and
 gallOping reading. Excerpted brief
 ly here is bit of fact, the begin-
 ming of beef in America.
 In the year of our Lord 1521 and the ninth of the reign of His Most Christian Majesty Charles V, a Spanish ship scudded before the fresh gulf breeze toward the low lying misty blue cloud which was the corner of Mexico.
 It was one of the craft which, with increasing regularity, had been plying the Spanish Main between the islands of the Caribbean and the shores of New Spain for two years however since Don Hernando Cortes set his iron heel and his still more iron grasp upon that rich land.
 To all appearances the ship was just another ordinary Spanish craft bound for New Spain: that was all. But closer inspection would have revealed below the high poop. in the waist of the vessel, that which would have distinguished her from all her sister craft. Slipping and bracing themselves in thelr stanchions as the deck reeled with the tossing of the waves was a little group of calves, their eyes staring in amazement and terror at this strange, shifting world upon which they had to scramble for a footing.
 The calves were consigned to New Spain. Theirs was a destiny suffi- ciently high, for t',ey were to be the first of their kind to set cloven hoof on the mainland of the New World.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

won't follow into Republican ranks even if these boys want to read themselves permanently out of the Democrtaic party. Mir. Pape's car. toons ridiculed them prematurely- now all their faces are red.
 Every time the Republican quar- terback intercepts pass he runs to- wards his own goal-line. The score will be 5000 to o.
 Meanwhile all the Republicans who have been frozen out of their own party are saying The nemo- crats have picked themselves real mayor" and we are not going to dance any longer to the tune of Waltz Me Around Again. Willie.
 So-o-oh, while the Republicans and Socialists are sweating about noth- ing, the Democrats in a Democratic city only get excited when someone says something against their party or its candidates and are more united and determined than ever k pull, the top lever to 6 man. Iti as plain as the nose on your face Mir. scully is the peoples choice ir Q landslide.
 ANT WE GOT FUN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

Now Freddie Smedley and Willie Pape who were playmates in the city manager sandlots are at odds. Freddie says Willie is a one-man COP. and won't let his papers print any Socialist or Democratic news unless its going to hurt these parties and help the Republicans. He also tells Willie that his one-man Re- publican party is going to run poor third in the local handicap race just because Willie wants to run the show alone and long-dis- tance from Woodbury.
 Willie got so sore he had his brain-trust write a deep bit of philosophy entitled Mrs. Smith Buys Some Butter" to be continued in our next - it was too much for one sitting. Then Freddie's man Friday ups to Willie with long right which might be entitled MT Pape Purchases Putrid Peanut-But- ter" or Nuts to You" or something to that effect as they fight 1t out for second or third place. Republicans made so much fun of Mrs. Smith and her butter that the second verse was omitted.
 Then from the wings there en- tered upon the scene the famous Jack McGrew, mean McHugh, Q Perriello Republican who tells Mis- ters Upson, Foster, Pape, Phillips Hall and others that the Farmers Special, 8 milk train from Branford Brooklyn, Liverpool, New Jersey woodbury and way-stations is sc fal of schedule that it won't arrive with the carpet-baggers until after Nov IA. MT. McHugh, president of the Irish-American Republican club scans the Republican ticket for g real Irishman and dismayed hollers ''The Tanks are coming" and he doesn't refer to any ball team either
 All the time there is much suffer. Ing on the part of Mir. Upson and MT. Pape who could no more swal- low the idea of an Italian mayor ir this good old Yankee New England town than they could swallow O, digest battleship in one mouthful There's about as much chance oi their getting an Italian vote cs there is of Mussolini kissing Mfr. Cham berlain under the umbrella, except Democrats who are ribbling at the for 6 couple of Independent Italian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

1. What is the name for the scientific study of crime and crin. inals?
 3. In which State is Imperia Valley?
 3. How long is Q decade?
 {. Of which country is Christiax X the King?
 6. What is the correct pronuncia. ton of the word floriferous?
 6. What body of water is bordered by India and Burma?
 z. Does ice contain heat?
 6. What is intrastate commerce7 g. Where is the resting place of the British Unknown SoldierT
 10. Why are jewels used in watch esq
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
Daily Almanac
oon sets 5:08 p. m.

Moon sets 5:OB D. m.
 Sun rises 6:33 a. m.: sets 4:38 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The new moon entered this phase about 3 o'clock this morning. It's foul weather sign, indicating cold weather with rain or snow. depending upon the temperature. It's been lowering around us for the past few days. but west winds prevailed to prevent the weather softening enough for ram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

Her latest, Margin for Error, was said to have almost set the State Department in fever when it played in the Capitol several weeks ago.
 It does not exactly offer a bunch of violets and an admiring "Heil to the German Consu- lates in America. Nazi partisanS will not care to assist Miss Boothe's latest saga but their pat- ronage. It's a Broadway hit, by the way, despite the protestations of the German consulate in Wash. ington.
 A curious admixture of anti- Nazi sermonizing and mystery, Margin for Error" is all about the murder of Nazi consul in the United States who is guarded by Jewish policemen, assigned by a mayor who believes in the workings of democracy.
 We'll, the consul, who is not the most scrupulous of diplomatic emissaries, is killed, and what Miss Boothe goes on to tell is- who did 1t! It is the non-Aryan gendarme who solves the dilemma amidst plenty of excitement.
 No, they can't get that Boothe girl to write trivial domestic com- edy. First she alienated her sex by exposing their wiles in "The Women" Then she steamed Hol- lywood by taking them on mer- ry hay-ride in "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" Now she is inviting an international imbroglio.
 RAIN, RAIN
 GO AWAY"
 New York in the rain must look like any other large American town in the rain: deserted streets, neon lights, little crowds huddled under shelters until the torrent lets down.
 Life slows up considerably in the metropolis when it rains all day and the spirits low. The New Yorker who is used to hurrying to and fro is somewhat stalled and chastened. In a steady rain, 'taxi- travel in Manhattan is at a snail's pace and the din of clashing auto- mobile horns mounts even after a drizzle.
 In. the long rain, only the in- trepid few care to brave the risks of getting wet. But now and then you hear of the extraordinary New Yorker who likes to walk in the rain, sloshing along empty streets with a proprietary air.
 Such examples of metropolitan types are rare and if they feel they own the place as they stur around it on rainy days, no one voices an objection. Such strange ducks. New Workers seem to im- ply, can have itl
 FRAUDULENT
 ADVERTISING
 The news vendor just off Times Square is the most imaginative headline-maker in this town For years he has been peddling news papers and making up his own news.
 Even the present holocaust in Europe and our domestic turmoils have not reconciled him to the real news in print. He still in- vents his own sensation mate rial. He bawls out headlines that sound portentious but not intel ligible.
 If you get close enough, you will discover, he's actually shout ing, for example: Hitler Has Oat- meal for Breakfast This Morning" or Chamberlain Flies to Grab Umbrella--in Big Wind"
 Once he sold out his entire stock by mumbling loudly enough for pedestrians to think they heard him say something else when he was saying merely that "Garbo Talks!" To passing news paper men of his acquaintance, he likes to interrupt his spiel and ask plaintively, "How'm I'doin"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11
In New York
RY CEORCE ROss

New York, Nov. l1--Tt is always news when Clare Boothe losses off Q show for Broadway, for she has rattled off some pretty pro- vocative ones lately, like 'The Women" and "Kiss the Boys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

ing the mold and record material. when cold, the press opens auto matically and the record is Y moved and its edges are rounded in Q spe" cial lathe.
 @. What ofice did Henry l. stimson hold in the cabinet of Pres. ident Hoover? A. Secretary of State.
 O. What is the national origin and meaning of the surname Can non?
 A. Irish, originally McGannon, from Erris, County Mayo. It means fair, referring to hair or com- plexion.
 Q. Where was Linda Darnell born? A. Dallas, Texas. e. What Is the life span of do- mesticated goats? A. It varies considerably, and may be from 8 to 10 years or more. c. When was October 12 first celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States? A. So far as can be ascertained in New York City, in l792, by the So- ciety of St. Tammany, or Columbian Order, with 6 banquet, accompanied by elaborate ceremonies. A tempo rary monument to Columbus was erected at the headquarters of the society as part of the decorations. O. What is the "beam" of Q ship? A. Its extreme breadth at the widest part.
 O. What is . buckboard2 A. A light 4-wheeled vehicle hav- ing Q long elastic board instead of box and springs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-11

GOoQDye. O0 both occasions she was claarg- ed with telling tales out of school. Review CTS have spok- en of her vii per's pen and scorpions ton- que, but Glare blandly lisre- gardS these c o ndemnations and goes on W r iting bitter and better shows.