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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

Corps. He was stationed in the aviation depart ment, where his bravery and bear ing won him the Croix de Guerre, the Congressional Medal of Hon. or, the Victoria Cross, the Canad. ian Leaf, division medals and an award from Albert, King of the Belgians.
 On the morning of August 20, 1913, he took his plane out on a morning reconnaissance flight over the German lines and was shot down in German territory. Miraculous surgery saved him from death.
 When the war ended, the Ger mans sent him from country to country, but no one could iden- tfy him-in France, England and Canada. Finally he was sent to the United States, where War De- partment researchers dug up his war record. But in the meantime, he had been declared dead and 1t took an Act of Congress in 1883 to return him among the living!
 An ironic twist to the situation concerned the $100 a month death insurance his wife and family had been receiving during the years he was believed dead. When Con- gress legally breathed life back into him. the compensation was reduced to $50 a month. No one seemed to want @ battered war veteran as an employe, and Tag gart wandered around for years before he obtained work.
 I'm back in uniform" he said, "even if it's only doormans." sECRETARIAL
 SALADS
 Thomas E. Dewey has hurled his hat into the presidential ring and so the spotlight of pub- licity will be turned on the most inconsequential aspects of his life. F'r instance:
 New York's two listed district attorney and Republican near nominee for President hasn't left his office for luncheon in long, long time. For that repast con- sists merely of decorative fruit salad and he does not trust the nearby restaurants to whip one up.
 So this is an assignment that has been thrust upon his secre- tary. Along with her executive ability goes a housewifely attri- bute. She prepares the salad every day and should her em- ployer land in the White House, she probably will be the first presidential secretary who mixed shorthand with recipes.
 CAPTAIN BLIGH
 SPINS A YARN
 Hobbies of the Great: Mary Martin, the My Heart Be- longs Daddy" girl, was ap- preached to pose for a crocheting picture recently. She agreed to the picture. the cameramen set up their equipment and all was in readiness when a voice in the studio interrupted. That's not the way l crochet, Mary" Miss Martin looked up. If you think you can do better, try it." she told the heckler. T can and I will" replied Charles Laughton. the very tough Captain Bngh in Mutiny on the Bounty.
 PITY POOR
 IITTI E WOMAN
 Laughton. by the way, was being congratulated at the "21" Club for his spine chilling portrayal of the monstrous Hunchback of Notre Dame in his most recent film. Really ter- rifying performance" he was in- formed.
 Listen" said Laughton, you don't have to tell me how fright ening I am. When my wife (Elsa Lanchester) returned from a pre- view of the picture, she found me in the living room, having a whiskey and soda and reading Punch.
 "So she let out a scream and said. For heavens sake, go into the next room and lock the door. You scare me to deathl"
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 8:22 D. m. Sun rises 7:08 a. m: sets 4:24 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 December of recent years has provided some of the winters coldest and snowiest weather. This year is not going to be an ex- caption judging by the samples so far. From now until late January the mercury should dip low
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

ms m tINtary b e airing meet the modest re- joinder, Well, I used to be in the army" This is probably the b a s e ment of u n ersta te- ment.
 Taggert went to France dur ing the last war with the Sixth R egi- ment assigned kA k1aA ARa s,lsan NAn.Aa nn nu.na
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
A Thought for Today

And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of truth I say unto you. that this pO:r widow hath cast tn more than they an.-Luke 21:3.
 It is the will, and not the gift that makes the eiver.-LesSing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
In New York
Rv CEORGE ROss

New York, Dec. 14-Dick Tag gart is one of the few men who are alive today by courtesy of an act of Congress. He is @ doornan, at the Pegasus Polo Club, at Rock Lane, N. J., where comments on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

A. Yes; the American Dog Food Institute, Park avenue, New, York City.
 0. What is the meaning of the motto Tan Que Je Puts on a family crest?
 A. "As much as I am able"
 e. How many flve-cent pieces without the word "cents" were mint cd in 1883?
 A. Out of a total of 22,96o, ,42l coined, 5,479,519 did not bear the word cents"
 Q. How many different makes of automobiles have been developed in the world since the industry beganp
 A. More than 4,0oo. An approxi- mate separation by countries shows the United States leading with l.- $50: Great Britain second with 6l0; and France third with 480.
 c. What percentage of the fami- lies in the United States patronize commercial laundries?
 A. About 35 percent
 Q. Why is Napoleon sometimes called "The Man of December" bS the French people?
 A. Because his election as consul his coup dc etat and his proclama- tion of himself as emperor all oc- cured in this month.
 e. How long did the Atwatei Kent Manufactu sng company make radio receiving sets?
 A. From 1923 until 1887.
 Q. How old is Major Bowes, and what is his nationality?
 A. He was born in San Fran cisco, Calf, June l4, 1874. His par ents were both Irish by birth.
 e. On what day of the week did Christmas fall in l839?
 A. Wednesday.
 If you want a copy of our book let STARS and CONSTELLA. T1ONS," send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Use an apostrophe to denote omission of 8 letter; as, can't, won't, didn't, o'clock, 'tis, they're.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
kEA Service. iA
DREW PEAR s o N ROBERT $. ALLEN

WASHINGTON Kennedy brought to was anything but optimistic Contrary to rumor told the President either
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

@. How much steel was used in 1889 in the manufacture of new golf clubs?
 A. About 1,06o,o0O pounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14
. HIGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Links All Life To Plant Origin

Links All Life
 To Plant Origin
 Donald Culross Peattie leaves you
 wide-eyed at the wonders of
 nature. the partnership of bird
 and bee, and flower, in his
 newest, and, as usual, iasci-
 mating book, "The Towering Earth" (Putnam's $2.50). Peat
 tie tells you there are some
 100000 species of plants, that
 1t has taken 35O, ,000, ,00O, 900 years
 to get the green world where
 it Is today. He says blood and
 sap are only slightly different
 except that the advantage is
 with the green things, which
 are the beginnings of every
 thing. As Peattie explains it:
 Plant life sustains the living world; more precisely, chloro. phyll does so, and where, in the vegetable kingdom, there is not chlorophyll or something closely like 1t, then that plant or cell is a parasite - no better, in vital econ- omy, than a mere animal or man.
 Blood, bone and sinew, all flesh is grass. Grass to mutton, mutton to wool, wool to the coat on my back = 1t runs like one of those cumulative nursery rhymes, the wealth and diversity of our mater ial life accommodating from the primal fact of chlorophyll's activ- ity. The roof of my house. the snapping logs upon the hearth, the desk where I write, are my im- ports from the plant kingdom.
 But the whole of modern civili- zation is based upon a whirlwind spending of the plant wealth long ago and very slowly accumulated. For, fundamentally, and away back, coal and oil. gasoline and illumi- mating gas had green origins too. With the exception of small amount of water power, still smaller amount of wind and tidal mills, the vast machinery of our complex living is driven by these stores of plant energy.
 We, then, the animals, consume those stores in our restless living, serenely the plants amass them. They turn lights active energy to food, which is potential energy stored for their own benefit. Only if the daisy is browsed by the cow the maple leaf sucked of its juices by an insect, will that green leaf become of our kind. So we get the song of a bird at dawn. the speed in the hoofs of the fleeing deer, the noble thought in the philosophers mind. So Plato's Republic was builded on leeks and cabbages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

e. Is there trade association devoted to the dog food industry?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

army and navy go into activity This is the real story behind the Finnish situation, as future devel-
 opments. now masked by the press,
 will inevitably reveal. Sincerely yours. SIDNEY TAYLOR. a52 Cedar Street. Nsu Haxsn. Com
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

c. Who were the first six ap- pointees to the supreme court of the United States2
 A. John Jay, John Rutledge, Will liam Cushing, James Wilson, John Blair and Robert Harrison, all ap- pointed in 17S9.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

A. Yes; the American Dog Food Institute, Park avenue, New York City.
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e. What is the meaning of the motto Tan Que Je Puts on a family crest?
 A "As mich ag I af, ahin v
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The Valley settler., 1939-10-20

or uS. ne lfSU CDOICrt u OH Wcs the family unit. Next cer.o tho c1cn, village an1 tribe units; th2n national units. All for 3elf-protcction. Then CO., opcr&5 ion for trails md htrh- wc-s, postel syatom and public oc1ools. Anything tho pu5ltc is intorostod in as ( unit has prov2n to be potter end cher per me.na,r od by tho people themselves then by prhVeto individuals.
 hy thon, cen not VIC do our own morcontilo bus siaeas coop5rative- 1v? Ne certainly cen not mako g worso failure Of it thcn rri- v@to concerns. More tlpn ninety per cont o' nrtveto businesses arc failures. Hhat is much groetor than among coop3rctives. Yet, individuals usually hovo c -pitel to 5tert with, rhile poverty forces people to cooper eto.
 we of the Netonus2,e Valley Aove 6 better chcuco or succoa sfu1 cooperation thcn ary community I know Of. Tho Government hts built and vQnipt 2 community coHtor Of VI rohousea, cGnnery, crccm3ry, Ccrc. ~e c>nd macEino-s shop trading post, slo loughtor2ouso poWc1' plcnt, hatchery, etc etc. I'll short, c bcttor oquipt com- yaunity conton than cny other place ten tines it's size. Let us show thct VIC ctn mo3Zo us2 of it. Fhat we ne od nov is z
 community spirit and c cpinit or cooperation. will inHnoas to work together end holp, 2nd not got to much out Of petionco 2von if t ho markets gro conGo4tod for ( whilo Gnd wo hcvo to tclle S onc temporary lossoss on our undertakings, end thing@ don't go c~s smooth end otsy cs we would 1 ike to havo them. We must
The Valley settler., 1939-10-20

"coor r. ton" in ell indus tries. Comp Ii ticn is sg1d to Dc the life of trtG3, but oul' aim in life Is not tr,do. ou, aim is to live end enjoy life. | hcvo yet to n53t tho first merchant, bcnl1or or rlsnuft ctlnor who is advo2cttnc oompotttf on in his own
 lin9 of business. The bus tn3se- mcr's product of coMno tittcn is just "Hot eir". t does not cccumu1 te on his shalves or n.eke it necessary Cor him to build cddtttonc1 stora ge srcce to zee comodeto his b1arnoy. It does not require tdlitioncl
 cGpitCl op 53cono 5lolf worn, Tor doos ho pay tsxos on it, nor doos he nod to dispos1 or it ct loss to moke room for tddi- tional hboo1n Stroms". And whom h1 c&n not oalI his moods ct 2 profit h3 ill not bVy en- othsl' full l iao of stock to ploco on lis d1rocdy ovorlocdod shclvos to fa"ce hirsolf to t. ke . loss on t1o goods o2 hen1 g wcll ss t3lo zncomin3 sock; but nc will fdvoee t. to the prod2eor, who clr9oGy hes Iary b, thousand bushels oa grain on hand that he cen not dispose Of for tho cost of pcoGuction, to brock his heck to @dd another thousand to 1t. And this cuc1muIctio Of uns 3fd pnoGuc ts Of yours makes you como to tho tradosmon with ycur het in your hond, humbly asking hin to oo1o: vo you of .:. your wcrca tt pric23 below the cost of product: t:on. Also, romont
 be-, tho checpor ho cen buy your goods, the loss CT pittl he will ncod to do bus tnas8 with. The menufccturor rogu1c ctes his output to corroa pond to his trade.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1889.
IL. o. EFFECTIVE PEACE FORCE

What is the most effective instru-
ment for world peace?
The international Labor Organiza-
tion, is the answer given by the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Endorsing the continued support
given by the United States govern
ment to the l. L. O. and expressing
the hope that a lasting peace will
soon arrive, the council told the Gin
cinnati A. F. of L. convention:
Until that time, however, we
should do all in our power to encour-
age our government to continue its
support and to cooperate as closely
as possible with the International La
Dor Organization as the most effective
instrument for peace in the world to-
day."
John G. Winant, director of the In
ternational Labor Office, reports that
the office at Geneva is functioning at
normal, despite the war. This means
that it is continuing its efforts for
improvement of labor and economic
conditions in all nations. Such i'm
provement, by removing important
causes of distrust and antagonism be-
tween nations, is the basis of stable
peace throughout the world. Organ
lied labor is fully aware of this fact,
hence its stout support of the l. L. O..
and it's work
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
PROGRESSIVE STEP URGED

The federal government would
make progress toward becoming a
model employer if it would establish
the fve-day and 35-hour week for
federal employees and pay them min
imum of $35 a week, President Viii
liam Green of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, said at dinner of
federal employees in Cincinnati.
There seems to be no good reason
why the shorter work week and higher
pay should not be inaugurated in the
federal service, with good results both
for the workers and the government
With the fve-day week in effect
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS

Russia, the sympathetic interest of
many Americans will go with her
This is because of the proof we have
that the Republic of Finland is one
of the most conspicuously successful
democracies in the world.
"The Firms are a pious race, and a
race deeply devoted to nationalism
and democracy. For 700 years this
land of a thousand lakes languished
under alien rule, while its people
longed for freedom. They remained
a problem for every master. The final
enslavement was to Russia of the
Cars. Then came the Russian revo-
luton and the threat of second
conquest by the Soviets. The Firms
had had their taste of bolshevism and
found it bitter They shed their blood
to put it down. The capture of Tam
pere (Tammerfors) in their war OF
independence raised barrier against
the Russian march toward Scandi-
navia."
The Times goes on to say: "Since
the formation of the republic, democ
racy has been a flame in Finland
burning as brightly as it did IL
Thomas Jefferson's young America
1t has fused Finland into unified ma
ton. 1t has burned away riches anC
poverty alike. The Firms are fre,
and happy people. They have de
veloped a modern and prosperou
state on advanced lines of social jus
tice. Their extraordinary accomplish
ment in twenty years entities then
to be let alone, masters of their des
tiny. The shadow of Russia loom
over them now, but it is not likel
that they will pass as meekly int
the darkness as Latvia, Esthonia an
Lithuania."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
WHAT NEXT?

A coin-operated letterbox, called
the "Mailomat" has been installed in
New York City's main postoffice. The
"Mailomat" enables the public to mail
anything from a penny postcard to a
22-cent air mail, special delivery let
ter without buying stamp. A coin
is inserted in a slot, dial twisted to
select the desired postage value, the
letter inserted in another slot ano
away it goes, automatically stamped
and deposited in a U. S. mailbox.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20

play advertising, handbills, newspa-
per publicity, word of mouth
grapevine" and occasionally radio
the study found. Invariably, accord
ing to sample advertisements repro
duced in the text, the pickers were
promised good pay, high yield pei
acre, good living conditions in the
camps and a healthy, salubrious eli
mate.
The promise of 800 to 400 pounds
of cotton per day per picker was sell
dom achieved, the report states, ano
pay during 1888 was a standard 75
cents per hundred.
Earnings Found Low
actually" the report finds, "pos-
sible earnings appear to have beer
much lower than those stated in ad-
vertising. ). The growers own or
ganization, the Farm Labor Service
estimates that it takes from eight tc
ten workers to pick a bale day
Since bale is equal to 1,400 pounds
of seed cotton, the average output fol
each picker is from lao to It's pounds
which nets from $1.20 to $1.50 cash
day, and from about Sc to So total
income a week"
Only one worker in 33 of the 571
interviewed was found to have made
as much as SIC week, and less thar
one-half of one per cent earned more
than $21. Large families with foul
workers or more averaged $18.3S 8
week.
The usual Arizona camp was de
scribed as a crowded, filthy, make
shift collection of shelters, frequentl!
! lacking even elementary sanitary ia
cilities. Some camps were described
as "good," but most consisted of tent
over fioorless wooden boxes.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
Stengle Is Named
Legislative Agent

Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).-
Charles I. Stengle, former president
of the American Federation of Gov
ernment Employees, was appointed
administrative assistant to Cecil Gus
ter, newly elected president, at the
recent convention of the federation IN
Atlantic City. Mr.. Stengle's duties
will include legislative work.
The executive council of the fed
Grafton elected President Cecil f..
Custer, and Secretary Berneice b.
Heffner of Washington, D. c., and
James A. Campbell of Cincinnati, O.,
as delegates to the American Fedora
ton of Labor convention, now being
held in Cincinnati.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
HOW YOU CAN HELP

Did you ever stop to think that the
labor press is one of the best avenues
of education open to the trade union
movement? The American Fedora
ton of Labor has time and time again
emphasized this and has never lost a
chance to impress it upon the mem
bers of organized labor. You can
help to make the labor press an even
greater avenue of education than it
is by giving it your heartiest support.
Here this means supporting and
boosting" this paper at every op-
portunity.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20

Communist Russia's solemn sex
plantations" IF her course of aggres-
sion toward her tiny Baltic neighbors
have at least one merit-they add to
the gaiety of nations. They may be
swallowed inside Russia, but in the
world at large they bring only de-
risive laughter. And it may be that
even in Russia, the explanations
meet with smiles, when the smiling
can be done free from the eyes of the
Stalinist secret police and their army
of spies.
One example will suffice. Referring
to the treaties" which the Russians
have forced in Esthonia, Latvia and
Lithuania at the point of a gun,
Pravda, official organ of the Stain
dictatorship, says with perfectly
straight face:
"The Soviet policy of peace ano
good-neighborly relations and friend
ship with nations scores one success
after another"
And this after Russia's treacherous
stabbing in the back of Poland anc
it's brutal bullying of Esthonia, Lat
via and Lithuania!
Finland is the latest victim of Rus
sian aggression. This Baltic repub
lie, with free labor movement ant
an enlightened government, has Ions
enjoyed the esteem of Americans
Alone among European nations, Fin
land has been paying her war deb
to the United States, action whic
has heightened Americas regard TO
her. The New York Times tells 0
Finland's plight in an editorial de
serving of the widest circulation
Says the Times:
"Now that Finland, warily calm
up her reserves, goes to parley wit
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1939-10-20
MORRISON RETIRES
FROM A. F. OF |.

Cincinnati (ILNS).-Frank Morri-
son, beloved 79-year-old secretary
treasurer of the American Federation
of Labor, announced his retirement
from active service with the fedora
tion, at the organizations fifty-ninth
annual convention.
The delegates manifested their high
regard for Morrison by voting unani-
mously to make him secretary treas
urer-emeritus at retirement salary
of $4,000 a year.
Morrison was elected secretary of
the A. F. of L. in 1897 and served
continuously until his retirement, a
period of AZ years. In 1885 he was
named to the office of secretary treas
urer, following the death of Treasurer
Martin F. Ryan in January of that
year.
The American Federation of Labor
was 16 years old when Morrison be-
came it's secretary. 1t was formed
in 1881-just five years before he
joined the International Typograph-
ical Union. When he became secre-
tary the office force of the federation
consisted principally of himself and
the late Samuel Gompers.
Morrison was born at Franktown
Ontario, Canada, on November %
1870