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one U. 6. observer. Also, Italy is highly vulnerable to any kind of attack, there being no sizeable city anywhere in the country which cannot immediately be reached by sea or air. And as soon as such attack begins, Italian resistance will crumple up.
 For Italy to go in on HitIer's side, furthermore, would mean everything to lose and little to gain. She would immediately lose all Mediterranean possess sions, as well as the property at home which would be devastated by air and marine attack.
 If, on the other hand, she casts her lot with the Allies, she can demand her price in concessions from France.
 It is interesting that both ends of the Brenner Pass are heavily guarded even though Italy and Germany are supposed to be friendly allies. Once when asked the reason for this, Mussolini said cryptically,"It Is . border"
 BREATHING SPELL
 Mussolini's popularity has great. ly increased in the last few days as e result of his neutrality. The country has breathed Q great sigh of relief, after fearing that war by Germany immediately would bring war by Italy.
 But Italy cannot preserve her neutrality long, and Mussolini must face the unhappy alternative of breaking the Axis and losing face (not to mention the possible invasion of Italy by Germans through the Brenner) or preserv. ing his Axis pledge at the risk of domestic revolt. There is good reason for him to draw c long face.
 All this leads to the official belief that Britain and France soon will serve notice on Italy that she must fish or cut bait-- that her neutrality, which offers Instructions to them cannot longer be maintained.
 NOTE - Mussolini has little enough hair on the front of his head, and none on the back, where he would most like to have 1t, to cover e great wen that stands up like e turtle on his scalp. This is never shown in photographs: any picture reveal. ing 1t would be banned. And he usually wears c hat to conceal it from the public.
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from Ephesians 6, For our wrest- ling is not against flesh and blood, but is against the principalities, against the powers, aganist the worldrulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places"
 Have you noticed that peace- pacts, leagues, or other means of getting the nations heads together have amounted to nothing? What about Isaiah 90, Woe to the rebel- lious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with . covering, but not of my spirit. that they may add sin
 We hear much about negotiation, appeasement. and mediation" these days, but I see nothing in the press, nor hear over the radio, any plan that comes from Almighty God which would bring peace or com fort to the peoples of the earth. It is quite evident that the majority Of the people do not want to sec Gods Kingdom established here on earth Jesus foretoId this in Matthew, His Kingdom will be established wheth- CT people like 1t or not and the pre-. sent rule will be wiped off tho mar 4. D. Crandail
 Berlin, Conn.
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. HlGHLlGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
Dead Mule Save Kit Carson

You can imagine no writer better
 qualified tO write "The old
 Santa Fe Trail" tHoughton
 Miffin; s3) than historian
 Stanley Vcstal. He has ex-
 plored every mile of this fa-
 nous frontier route and ap-
 parentIy every phase of It's
 dramatic history. His book is c
 lusty, fast-moving, human acc
 count. Just how lusty Is indl-
 cated by the brief passage ex.
 cerpted here, featuring Kit Car.
 son.
 All ct once the skyline sprouted lances, tossing like grassblades in the sun, then black -and.white eagle feather crests, horses heads, naked, painted warriors. The charge was on. At the same moment the war; whoop, like the quick chatter of 6 machine pulsated upon Kits ears. The whole hillside was covered with Indians ~. The Comaches were magnificently mounted .. Kit knew he could not run away from them = and there was no cover within miles. Six to two hundredi
 Fort, boysi" he sang out, and Jumped of his mule, jerking out his scalp-knife before his mocca- sins touchd the ground. The mule, with all 6 mules instinctive fear of Indians, tried to break away, almost jerking the stocky little man of his feet. But Kit caught the lariat close to the animals head, and, as it reared back, passed the keen edge of his knife across its taut throat He jumped clear. While the mule staggered, coughing out its life drenching tn short grass with blood, Kit snatched the cover from his rifle, looked to the priming, glanced round at his men.
 They had followed his example. Already three mules were down. Hastily, Kit and his comrades flung themselves prone behind the
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He also conceals his age, so that he may continue to be the leader of the Fascist movement, the es- sence of which Is youth. But he is not as strong as he once was, suffering severely from stomach ulcers.
 THROUGH BACK DOOR
 Bernard Baruch. multi-million- aire head of Wilson's War Indus tries Board, denied c place on the board recently set up by Roosevelt, has wangled c foothold in the agency through the back door by becoming the confidential adviser of Chairman Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. .. Distressed by the discov- cry that certain federal district attorneys in large cities have per- sonal publicity agents on their staffs, meticulous Attorney Gen. eral Frank Murphy has quietly issued orders to eliminate them immediately. They got the publi- city agent Idea from District At torney Tom Dewey, who employs several Penetrating observa. ton made by Senator Bob Rey- holds, North Carolina's self-styled international authority" during c speech on the Senate floor last July: "There isn't going Co be any war in Europe. Anyone who says that Is foolish.'
 MERRY.GO.ROUND
 One item on the confidential agenda of the CIo for It's conven- ton in San Francisco next month Is e resolution bitterly denouncing the National Labor Relations Board for yielding to AFL pres sure in several recent important rulings against the CIO. (The CIo has shown recent signs of becom- ing as hostile to the Board as the AFL.) !. When I'd Birmingham, Iowa State Democratic chairman and c strong third term booster, wrote Secretary Wallace asking for patronage to help build up the state organization, Wallace, who has his own eye on l940. replied that Agriculture Department pat. ronage would be distributed through Iowa's two senators Homer M. Adams, new president of the Young Democrats, is quietly polling leaders of the organiza- ton on c plan to move its head quarters from Washington to Chi- cago. So far he has received only one objection.
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 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, The soldier was dressed in citizens clothes;" say, civilian"

A. Forty miles long, twenty-eight miles wide, and Its greatest depth is only thirteen feet. o. How many home motion pie ture projectors are in the United | States?
 A. The Motion Picture Division, Department of Commerce, estimates between 500,000 and 750,000. e. Is there a natural canal in the United States9
 A. There Is no such thing as natural canal.
 e, What was the purpose of re- moving persons from the WPA rolls after they had worked IS months or longer?
 A. The proponents of the meas ure said that 1t was intended to make room on the rolls for other eligibles and to discourage any ten- dency to make WPA career.
 c. Does the Treasury Depart ment pay fifteen cents for each Jeff ferson flve-cent piece sent in? l A. The runors about mistakes in design and recalling the Jeffer- son nickel are absolutely false.
 e. What is the Zodiac?
 A. An imaginary belt in the heavens, i6 degrees broad, includ. ing the paths oi the moon and all the principal planets. The planets are wanderers, not fixed like the stars, but when in sight may always be found in the Zodiac. The planets are said to be "in" the particular star constellation of the Zodiac that happens to furnish their back ground ct the time.
 c. Is clerkess the feminine form of clerk?
 A. Clerk is one of the numerous occupational designations that has no feminine form. Consequently the only way to degniate clerk of the feminine gender is female clerk" or to use some other qualify. ing adjective that designates her sex.
 e. What is the address of the American Friends Service Commit tee.
 A. % South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia.
 "If you want . copy Of our booklet, MAKING THE U. S. CONSTITUTION" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washing. ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c. En. close 10 cents In postage.
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Miffed at the disclosure, Roose- welt promptly dropped his plan in order to discredit their stories.
 He also called in Early and gave him a sharp dressing down for talking too much. This was the second time in week he lectured Early.
 The first occasion was Early's statement to White House report- CTS that no censorship was con- templated flor the present.. As the newsmen had not raised the question, Early's volunteered "as- .surance" aroused widespread sus- picion and Q flood of inquiries as to what lay behind 1t.
 Some of these inquiries got to Roosevelt and he reprimanded Steve for talking out of turn. ROOSEVELT ERROR
 Some of Roosevelt's advisers wish that he himself might have been called on the carpet for his announcement of Q limited emer- gency".
 Just what prompted this action is unknown, for none of the req sons which he gave approached 6 'limited emergency. The in. creased Army and Navy personnel could have been ordered without such . declaration since this ir- crease already had been authorized by Congress.
 Some administrat tlonltes he. lieve the move was prompted by Roosevelt's desire to bring home forcibiy to the country the grav- fly of the situation facing it as Q result of the European conflict.
 If that was the reason It's ef- fectiveness is doubtful; for return. ing members of Congress report that the chief reaction was to scare the public and spear the fear that the President was war mongering.
 ITALIAN LOWDOWN
 An officiai of the U. s. Embassy in Rome, driving through the streets, came upon the entrance of Mussolini's residence, just as the Duce was coming out of his car. The U. S. official remarked to his chauffeur, an Italian, that Mus solini did not look very happy.
 "He has nothing to be happy about these days" said the chauffeur. He then added that he and all his friends in Rome were bitter against the Axis, and said we are praying for war" "Why?" "Because # there is war, they will have to give us guns, and . gun shoots both ways"
 Various reports of American of. ficials in Italy state they hardly ever hear c word spoken in sup- port of the Axis policy. and that the Italian people hate the Ger mans with vltriolic venom. During Hitler's visit to Rome, there were two instances of persons, on the main avenues. in the daylight. with police in evidence. splitting at the passing figures of Nazi members of Hitler's party. ..
 These reports indicate that, if Italy goes with Hitler. Il Duces forces will be of no great value. T would put one French soldier against three Italians,' reported
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Selected Poem
OLD MILL

Frederick Ebright in the New York Times) smell of weathered wood warm with the sun, And silver dust notes dancing in thin shafts of
 light: Ghosts may walk at midday in this place As surely as ct night. The last grain long ago was threshed and ground, The millrace now but c trickle over messy stoneS Something of mems lives Is buried here More finally than bones This dust. this rust, these time-warped beams, Are legacy for patient sipders now Along with boards that creak beneath no foot, and
 doors That move when no winds blow.
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In Today's Mail

of cod" are also in the course of fuifiilment. People who profess to be Christian will find that they have something to do as this test will come upon them to prove whether they are loyal to Jehovah cod or loyal to the devil and his organiza- ton, which Jesus was sent to de- stroy. cod caused to be written in Revelation 3, Because thou didst keep the word of My patience, ] ale SO will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which Is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. I come quickly; hold fest that which thou hast, that no man take thy crown"
 A commentator, speaking from Paris the other evening stated that the French people had about come to the conclusion that Hitler is pos. sessed with . demon. This is no news to people who know the Bible and the prophecies. Take look at this from Revelation i6, And I saw coming out of the mouth Of the dragon (earthiy spokesmen for the deyil) and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits. as 1t were frogs; (boasters) for they are spirits of demons, working signs, which 90 forth unto the Kings of the whole world, etc."
 A short time ago "Popeye" was portrayed in the press, fighting demons. One picture showed him with his face in his hands in . rather dejected mood and he stated, yI can fight anything that ! can sec, but I can't fight spirits" This is the position that the world is ifl today. The Apostle Paul puts it ID to iss in the fclciwing words. taken
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1. Has the United States ever been Q member of the World Court?
 2. When the lower is used as a wild card in Poker game. what is the highest possible hand2
 3. Name the capital of Bolivia.
 {. Which of Watteaus paintings was stolen from The Louvre in Pa- ris, and later returned in restored condition?
 6. What is meant by c ship that draws 30 feet?"
 6. Name the U. s. Ambassador to Great Britain.
 2. What Is the correct pronuncia. ton of the word Shoshone9
 8. To which royal princess was Q son born recently? Q. How many cubic feet are in one cubic yard? 10. Name the principal river oi Nevada.
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets s:lo ?. m. daylight Ame).
 Sun rises 6:3i .. m; sets 7:o3 ?. m. tday- light time)
 High water at Milford Saturday, Sept. l8, 2:i0; low water, 8:b6 (daylight time).
 Plant growth hasn't yet been retarded by of sunshine and rain, and absence Of frOstS has continued production in field and forest. Even foliage has not succumbed to the sea- sonal change yet
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Questions
 and Answers
BY FREDERIC M. KERRY

BY FREDERIC M. KERRY
 Enclose three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. ti0n of fact or information Co Che Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un. deFtaken. Be sure all mall is ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 a. Who were the three secre- taries of the treasury preceding the present incumbent?
 A. William H. Woodin, 1888; Og- den Mills, 1882; Andrew Mellon, i92l.19S2.
 e. Are there any feedral hospi- tals for the treatment of alcoholicsP A. No.
 c. What is the length, breadth and depth of Lake Okeechobee, Floridap
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Current Comment

America is in . position to exert c decisive influence on peace in this and other parts of the world without resorting to war.
 Wang Chung-hui, Chinese
 foreign minister.
 We do not have the simple ques. ton of minding our own business. I wish we did. We have the question of whether we will keep quiet while other people mind and mould our business for us.
 Paul McNutt, federal security
 administrator.
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lines, it is idle to talk of unity. Europe knows, and has ample evidence, that this unity will not be lacking once definite decisions have been reached.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-15
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Sept. l5- Trust to the small fry with dime-a-throw movie eimporiums on gaudy Forty Second Street to cash in on the narrowing headlines. They are reviving ell the films with martial
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martial matter in them--'Jour~ ney's End "An quiet on the
 Western Front" wv hat Price Glory" The Big Parad e" and many an- other relic of
 the First World War" But these en tr epreneurs have been stym. jed; New York CTS get enough war i:l the pap-
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Washington Merry Go-Round
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT 6. ALLEN

  
  what and they spilled the story Mon
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A Thought for Today

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said We ought to obey God rather than man.-Acts 5:29
 The first law that ever God gave to man, was q law of obedence.-Montaigne.
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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A. Forty miles long, twenty-eight miles wide, and its greatest depth is only thirteen feet.
La gaceta., 1939-02-06
Ell E ES
~INDIVISIBLE
(COntinuGrG).

Paris, feb. 6.-Poco antes de
la reunion del Gran Consejo Fas
cista, en- Italia, la camara de d.
putados de Francia tom6 este
acuerdo, por unanimidad, y al
proposition de Augusta Brunei
La camara de diputados sOlem-
nemente declara que todas las
parties del imperio Sc colocan ba-
10 la protection de la nacion en-
la misma extension que la Fran
cha continental, de modo que la
soberania de Francia es indivi-
sible y que no puede ser trasmi-
tida, delegada o compartida.
Los peri6dicos ~franceses con-
tin1an afirmando que Mussoli-
nj pedira la cesi6n de Tuner,
m~ientras otrOs Green que, aeon
sejado por Hitler, Sc conforma-
ra con ell aumento de los dere-
chos a los residences italianos.
La gaceta., 1939-02-06
RADIO

WFLA-620 NBC Features
5:15 Your Family & Mine
GAS Lowell Thomas
800 AL Pearce Gang
$50 Margaret Speaks concert
900 Hour of Charm
$50 Eddie Duchin Orchestra
10 100 Contented Hour
10 80 Radio Forum
IL 100 Del Courtney orchestra
IL 80 Lou Breeze orchestra
IL 100 Freddy Martin orchestra
12:30 Hawkins Orchestra
WDAE-122O CHS Features
5:15 Let's Pretend
AS Console Echoes
800 Press News
sos Rhythm Roundup
700 County Seat
7:15 Lum & Abner
80 Eddie Cantor
900 Radio Theater
10 80 Columbia Workshop
II 80 CAP Galloway orchestra
La gaceta., 1939-02-06
LOS L l. PARISIENSES
DE LA ROYAL AMERICAN
SHOWS

Importantes cambios presen-
ia este ano la Royal American
Shows, en- honor de la EXPOSE
ci6n fernando DeSotO.
Los FoEies Parisienses de
Raynell es un ejemplo extraordi
mario del progreso del teatro en-
las tiendas de las ferias.
La edicion Raynell de 1889
tiene apropiada mdsica para las
bailarinaS, cantantes y artistas
especiales, por medic de un Or
gano, ell primer 6rgano presenta
do bajo Iona.
Gingar Ray es la estrella del
espectacClo, pero lie acompanan
tales atracciones como Harry
Klima, ell diminuto bailarin, y
old Man" Goofus, en- persona,
junto con un grpo de bellisimas
muchachas.
De primer orden es ell deco
RADIO, 10 mismo que ell vestuario.
Rayneh tiene un grupo de 35 ar
tistaS y da funciones por la tar
de y por la noche. Els muy como
cida en- TODD ell pals y lleva mas
de 10 amos en- vaudeville, radio
y clubs nocturnos de New York.
Antes de atender ofertas que
Sc lie han hecho por companies
cinematograficas, cumplira su
contrato con la Royal American
Shows.
La gaceta., 1939-02-06

to, las virtudes fundamentals
de los japoneses; la devotion q
la terra, ell escrupuloso cumpli.
miento del propio deber, ell espi-
ritu de sacrificio, Ell profundc
sentido del honor que constitu.
yen las dotes mas apreciadas de-
Samurai y representa- un ideal
de perfection moral que todo
japones digno de ST. patria y de
:u emperaior debe realizar. Los
japoneses definen este caracter,
que es su gloria, con una sofa
palabra :''bushido". Lo templa-
ron con una vida de luchas secu-
lares en- las cuales, naturalmen-
tie, estallaban las enemistades de
las familias y de los clanes riva-
les.
De hecho, ell pueblo japonss
vivid por largo tempo bajo un
regimen verdaderamente feu-
dial ell pals estaba dividido bajo
ell poder de un n1mero mas o me
nos grande de pOderosos seno-
res; "~daimyo", los cuales tenian
a SUI servicio a los hombres de
armas llamados Samurais cada
uno de estos "daimyos" alcanz6
tanto poderio, que ell emperador
pas6 a segundo termino, conser-
vando solo su PRESTIGE derivado
de su origen divine, pero per-
diendo toda pOtestad politica,
que por ell contrario, Sc concen-
tr6 en- las manos de los Shotgun
que gobernaban en- su nombre.
De semejante estado de cosas,
Sc sali6 en- tempo recientes, en-
1867, cuando el gran emperador
Meipi puso fin al Shogunato de
los Tokugawa que, desde fines
del 1903, habian dominado Ell ia
pom con un regimen policiaco de
creciente desconfianza y sospe-
cha.
ITou fia1od09s1
La gaceta., 1939-02-06
Nuevas Lamparas
~Scientif Monthly"

Sc esperan grandes cam
bios en- ell alumbrado domes-
tico cuando Sc pongan al mer-
cado las nuevas lamparas cleo
tricas de d~escarga.
Hasta ahora este tipo de
lamparas Sc ha utilizado sola-
mente para ell alumbrado de
GALES, anuncios luminicos y en-
DEGRADE exterior, por SUI alto
costo Y cierta tendencia al par
padeo. va la dificultad ha si-
do vencida Y Sc esta fabrican-
do la nueva lampara en- forma
de bombillo para uso en- ell no.
gar.
la gran diferencia entire es-
ia Y los bombillos ordinarios
es que la electricidad pasa al
traves de vapor de mercuriO
en- vez de un alambre de ne
tai. La lampara de filamento
es' de 10 mas ineficiente, per-
diendose la mayoria de la cleo
tricidad en- calor. La nueva
lampara da tres wees ell mis-
mo volumen de luz por ell mis-
mo consume de cOrriente Y por
10 tantO tiene que ser mas bara-
to su uso. Las habra de 80 Y de
125 watts.
Ell nuevo bombillo sc parece
a los cOrrientes de color opaH4 :
no, pero es un POGO mas obs
euro. POr la parte interior del
CRYSTAL hay una delgada pelf-
cula de un polvo especial de
composition secreta. Su oficio
es zanzibar ell tono de la luz
del color bastante azulencO
de la descarga de mercurio a
un matiz natural adecuado a
la tez.
BESIDE que Siemens asOmbr6
al mundO con la lampara de fl
lamento de carbon, en- 1880.
han tenido lugar notables ne
joras y notable economic en- IA
fabrication de lamparas cleo
tricas Las dltimas maquinas
son capaces de producer So
bre medic million de hombi-
Hos al dia, o sea, diez mil We
ces ell nGmero possible hace un
ano o dos. Sin embargo ell pre-
clio de los bomDillos no ha ba-
jado mucho.
La gaceta., 1939-02-06

Dfa de Cuba
En- Ell pabell6n de Cuba, ell
microbes, Sc obseQuiara especial
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Ell Bale del
Centre Asturiano

I'm gran exito social, dignt
de la poderosa sociedad Cen.
tro Asturiano, ell bale del sa.
bado en- el palaci) de la esqdi.
ma de Palm y Mel "a ka.
Muchas de nuestras mejo-
res familias pasaron alli una
noche agradable, atendidas
con loable cortesia por la Sec
ci6n de Recreo.
Las orquestas Don Francisco
y La Sonora cumplieron ell pro-
grama anunciado y recibieron
los aplausos de la juventud.
POr no incurrir en- omisiones
lamentables, no damos nombres.
Muy bien inicia ell ano la Sec
ci6n de Recreo y Adorno y la Di
rectiva del Centric, presidida
por Justo Rodriguez.
Por ell gran exito del sabado,
felicitamos al Centre Asturiano.