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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

Geographical features that have been accustomed to feature German atlases will, in the future, display "lebensraum" instead. Lebensraum is a Nazi term meaning living space and such matter has been prescribed by the Reich Minis ter of Education. Education in Germany has always been regarded as the tops, to put it crudely. German efficiency has never been doubted along educational lines, but just how some of the present and future educational methods will be regarded remains to be seen. At any rate the student will find his and her maps blocked off with soil features, raw mater ials, showing their influence; nothing pictorial or fascinating as in previous geographical studies. The maps likewise must show German "cultural zones," and individual provinces are not identified separately, because this does not signify unity Language maps are also newly outlined, bringing out the idea that lan- guage does not designate ones national ity, but rather national consciousness is the mark of nationality. We might add concerning this sort of abstruse educa- tional matter or batter - nice work If you can get it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Selected Poem
PERIWINKLE ISLAND

Marguerite Janvrin Adams in the New York
 TimeS) There is a mass of blossoms everywhere, With blue of sea and blue unruffled skies, And blue of periwinkle's wakeful eyes. Have care!
 Tread lightly over weedy, shelving rocks Upon this island where the holyhocks Top the brown cottages, where asherfok Mend nets and pause deliberately to smoke Their ppes and sagely scan the outer sea Bringing infinity Here shells are tinged with green Where they are seen Against the level marsh: sandpiper's vests Are spotted gray and white; their bobbing
 quests Along the beach leave footprints in the sand Spread like the fingers of an open hand. Let us return. Last year we followed rills Of seeping salt for up into the hills, And even there found brine upon our lips And, looking seaward, saw the sailing ships Round the steep promontory on their way Eastward at break of day. Let us return once more. It is place Where God has shown His face
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Nasty Newspaper Work

The Sunday Republicans reporting of the appointment of Martin Sweeney as City Controller was about as crude, de- fanlatory, and vicious piece Of neWSpa- per work as one could find anywhere.
 Before he has a chance to do his first official act or to prove to his felloW-cltlzens what his character, abilities, and lnten- tions may be, this young man, native of Waterbury, product of our schools, with high school and college education, of unblemished reputation, engaged in an honest effort to earn living and get ahead for the sake of his wife and infant child, and well regarded amongst a host of friends and decent people, IS slander- ously caricatured as political puPpet m a cartoon on the front page of The Re publican and ridiculed by innuendo in it's news columns.
 Because he worked for eight years in the Controllers office, as did MT. Pur- cell, which should qualify him with some knowledge of his new task, he is, instead, and in language bordering on criminal libel. discussed in the same breath with grand jury charges against former of. ncials. He is mentioned as being grand iury witness, but the writer is not kind or fair enough to add that there was never a mention of anything amiss about his conduct Being witness before the fury was not derogatory to any mans character except in the colored news reports of the Leavenworth street pa pers. .,.
 MT. J. Warren Upson was such wit ness and other reputable citizens, but no decent-minded person imputes any wrong ng-doing or other unfair implication to them because of it. MT. Sweeney IS ridiculed and depreciated because he was willing to work for $40 week and start at the bottom as clerk during depression when young men just out of school, anxious to earn livelihood, to get mar ried. raise family and lead respectable life, had no alternative.
 Such defamatory reporting proves again that the Waterbury Republican has long since ceased to be newspaper ana has degenerated to a propaganda organ whose columns, purporting to report the news, are filled with the propaganda and editorial opinion and poison of it's publish CTS and editors. The character and repu- tation of no citizen of Waterbury is safe from innuendo in it's columns if he hap pens to be of different political opinion from its politically-minded, aspiring pub fisher.
 We are willing to believe until shown to the contrary, that Martin sweeney earned his $40 week for eight years in the Con- troller's office with as much hard work, honest effort, and clear conscience as MT. William J. Pape earns his $700 or there abouts week as publisher and president of the Waterbury Republican-American and that Mr. Sweeney will conduct him. self as a citizen and public official Of Waterbury, his native city, with more service and loyalty to Waterbury and its people than MT. Pape of Woodbury ever has or will.
 Meanwhile, Mr. Sweeney must under take his new duties under the handicap of the ill-will and poisonous impression created by The Republicans perverted news-editorial-propaganda story.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

Beryle Mercer was an important name in the stage and screen world She won fame in "little old lady" roles, though she was only fifty-six when she died last Fri day at Santa Monica. She was a type that screened and staged well in such roles as Mrs Gubbins in "Three Live Ghosts" Mrs. Midget in Outward Bound'' and as an elderly widow in "The Old Lady Shows Her Medal". She likewise was out standing as Queen Victoria in "The Lit Mercer preferred throug ghout her stage career to play character roles in which she identified herself as clever actress, and one who added much to the edifica- tion of stage and screen.
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for a complete rapprochement with Jim. Unlike other inner circlers Hopkins is against war; ring with Jim and wants him brought back into the fold.
 DICTATOR DOMINICANO
 Washington got a taste of the temper of dictator recently when General Trujillo of the Dominican Republic attended a dinner given in his honor by U. s. Chief of Staff Marshall. Trujillo had ordered his aides to report at the Legation at 7:45. fifteen minutes before the dinner. But when two of them appeared at 7:55 he ordered them barred.
 General Marshall was informed that the two officers were "unable to come" and the places were hur- riedly removed from the table.
 "Whcn we return to Santo Domingo" cried Trujillo, T shall have them court-mar- tiaIled!"
 NOTE-The death of Naval Sec- retary Swanson was lifesaver to the Dominicans. They were plan ming reception in honor of Tru- jillo and had invited 2,000 people. Only 400 accepted, a mere driblet when it comes to filling the Pan American Union ball room. So the Swanson death was used as an excuse to call of the party.
 COP LABORITE
 One of the staunchest congress sional defenders of the Wagner Labor Relations and Wage-Hour acts is Republican-white- haired plain-talking Representa- tive Richard J. Welch of San Francisco.
 of and on the floor. in two- listed language, he not only warns his COP colleagues that they are breeding grave labor trouble by trying to scuttle the two laws but he also goes after
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Questions and Answers
By FKEDEEICK M KERBY


 Enclose . three-cent stamp tor reply when addressing any ques- ton o9 fact or information to the Waterbury Democratic Service Stss- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be an. dertaken. B. sure ail mall 6 ad. dressed Co the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, lO1a Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c:
 o. Is there a simple method to de- ternine whether a diamond IS gem uine?
 A. Yes: by its hardness. Nothing can scratch it. Send self addressed stamped envelope to our Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. C., for directions for mak- ing a chemical test.
 @. Have you any formulas for fish lures?
 A. Several commercial prepara- tions are available which, it IS claimed, will attract fish, but their ingredients are trade secrets. As- afoetida is popularly believed to De a lure, but its efflcacy IS probably more psychological than actual.
 o. What is the Rowland Memorial prize?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
Houses With Histories


 You may expect g definite roman-
 tic note about anything that Ed
 win Valentine Mitchell writes.
 You get 1t in his latest book,
 Maine Summer" (Coward-Mc-
 Cam: $2.50) a warmly romantic
 story full of history and folklore
 and the traditions of the New
 England coast. Quoted briefly
 here are some of Mr. Mitchells
 tales about Maine houses.
 It is almost impossible to spend a summer in Maine without noticing that the people have special talent for moving houses, not piecemeal but as whole, and that they do not hesitate to transplant them from the mainland to the islands or vice versa, or from one place to another along the coast.
 A house which has perhaps stood on a particular spot for generations suddenly vanishes overnight and you are mildly shocked and puzzled by a gap where you have been accustom- ed to see clap-boards and shingles This1novement of houses may be an art that was learned in ship building days when vessels were often built in the most impossible places, sometimes miles from the water and then dragged by oxen down to the brink and launched.
 The large, square Marie An toinette house at North Edgecomb the next town to Wiscasset, was moved to its present site overlook ing the Sheepscot river from the neighboring island of Westport This old house has romantic story connected with 1t.
 In 1793, Captain Decker's daugh- ter. master of the ship Sally. then in France received a letter from hei husband containing the astounding news that he expected to bring home with him Marie Antoinette. the hap. less queen of France whose friend, planned to effect her escape iron prison and smuggle her on board tho Sally. But the plan to rescue the queen miscarried.
 Poor Marie was guillotined anC Captain Clough lost no time IT getting away from France witt the goods. He arrived home 1T the Sally carrying perhaps thu most extraordinary cargo evei brought to Maine. The Clouef collection of royal souvenirs re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "Teacher gave us
 two hard examples in arith-
 metic;" say, problems"

Alt consists of a medal and $l,5O0, given at Yale university, "in recog- hilton of marked distinction in the field of literature, or fine arts, or the science of government" The first award was made in 1917.
 0. When looking through two thicknesses of wire window screen ing see sort of pattern, generally in the form of graining in wood. What causes 1t?
 A. It is caused by interference be- tween the two sets of wire. If the spacing of the wires 1t not quite the same, you are looking through open ings of different size which let through more or less light, thus causing the appearance of the pat. terms.
 0. What is the society of the Cin- cinnati?
 A. An organization, created in 1783 by officers of the American Revolutionary army. membership in which passes automatically to the eldest son in line of succession. The society today has about 1,500 mem- bers.
 o. Where is Devils Island? A. It is one of a group of three islands off the coast of French Gui- ana, South America, known as Hes du Salut. The islands owe their famt to the French penal colony located there. Devils Island Gle de Diable) contains about 16 square miles, ana is reserved for political prisoners who have been sentenced to life impris- onment. Its most noteworthy pris- oner in recent history was Alfred Dreyfus, who was confined there from 1895 to 1899. If you want a copy of our book let LETTER WRITER'S GUIDES send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. 0. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

1. In what country was indigo first employed as a dyestuff?
 2. How many square inches are in one square foot?
 3. What is kleptomania?
 1. What is the plural of the word tempo?
 5. For which State is "Sagebrush State" the nickname?
 6. What relation was King George VI of England to the former Ger man Kaiser?
 2. Who composed "The Unfinish- ed Symphony?"
 8. What is the name for a place where coins are manufactured?
 9. In what month and year was the so-called bank holiday" fn this country?
 10. To what general family Of birds do the falcons belong?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
In Today's Mail
BOMBINGs DEFENDED AS ONLY METHOD LEFT TO
 IRISH
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Edltor, Waterpury Democrat:
 Patriotism has been ironically de- fined as the last refuge of a scoun- drel. What may look like scoun- drelism to those who are not fully aware of the underlying principles involved may easily be the last refuge of patriot. Such seems to be the case in the persistent bomb- ings which are attributed to the I. R. A. in England. AS MT. DeValera has succinctly stated the bombings are due to a condition over which he has no control.
 Remove the condition and the bombing will cease. When England will remove the last vestige of her power in Ireland, when she will withdraw her hypocritical interest in Ulster and give Ireland an un- partitioned right to fulfil ner own destiny her troubles with her sis- ter island will be over.
 Does anybody suppose that the men who fought the worlds greatest empire in 1916 and who witnessed that blackest chapter of none too clean history-the Black and Tan regime-will ever be content with anything less than a complete sever ance.
 Does anybody suppose that if the sacrifices of Easter Week, 1916, had not been made that Ireland would today be enjoying the measure of freedom which 1t has? Perish the thought.
 Prime Minister Chamberlain has characterized the bombings as cowardly. What particular brand of heroism did 1t require for g lorry of Black and Tans to use for target practice an innocent peasant far- mer attending to his chores and perforate him with eleven bullets as happened to a school-chum of mine. It does make a difference whose OK is being gored.
 Mr. DeValera has used all his i powers of persuasion and every artifice which diplomacy allows to achieve the aims of the Irish people "a free-independent. undivided Ire- land. and who in a free country can condemn the actions of men who have seen every thing fair prove futile. fl they seize the only method which is ieft7
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mained for many years in the house which Mrs. Clough had made ready for the reception of the queen and then over a period of years they were gradually dis persed.
 Not many miles from Edgecomb is another ancient house of uncommon interest. This is the Old Fort house at Pemaquid built In i72D A number of years ago when 1t was repaired 1t was found to have perpendicular planking an inch and q half thick on it's walls and the space between the Inner and outer wails was filled with brick and mortar. thus making it biillatnFeof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 8:05 p. m daylight tine)
 Sun rises SAT a. m.; sets 8:l0 p. m. tday- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High water at Milford Tuesday, Aug. 2l, i2:54 low water, TAO daylight time).
 The second full moon for July occurred this afternoon at :30, standard time. This Is the second unpropritious weather sign we've had during the lunar changes this month. but the last one scarcely made rippe in the contin- ued good weather that has prevailed this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31


 John takes more corporal punish- ment for the sake of a couple of laughs. Some day, when he mas ters the trade to which he is now is apprenticed, he may emerge as a skilled comedian on his own hook.
 And he almost wasn't going to follow in his fathers footsteps. None too long ago, John was a serious student of journalism at the University of Southern Cali fornia.
 But with such lucrative mania in the family, he forsook the idea of becoming an ink stained wretched and took up stooging, in- stead. It's in the family - for keeps. t.-i. ITS BACK TO
 TIN PAN ALLEY
 Cole Porter will be back on his legs soon after year of invalid ism.
 A year ago, the famed com- poser of some of Americas bright est songs fell from a horse and broke both legs. Since then he has been confined to a. sickbed- or, at least, to a portable sickbed.
 But he submerged his pain and injury in toll. Since the accident, great many tunes have flowed from his prolific keyboard.
 Nor did he take to solitude dur ing his long illness, because a special chair, which he himself designed, was built to transport him from place to place. And an unique automobile body was constructed with an inclined ramp so he could be rolled to and from it without excessive torture. Thus he kept up with the theaters and supper clubs and was com- pelled to cancel but very little of his social and business life.
 But Tin Pan Alley now hears that he will be able to throw away the crutches shortly and get around under his own steam. NO PLACE
 LIKE HOME
 I know a couple who live in @ duplex penthouse high above the East River. Yes, they invite me up occasionally.
 Anyway, these folk have broad terraces commanding a beautiful view of the busy waterway and the intricate but graceful bridges that join New York's bor- oughs.
 This couple went abroad re- gently and they have just sent back a picture postcard with 8 brief message. The illustration shows the grimy River Seine in Paris which, as any disillusioned traveller knows, is not half as glamorous or inviting as the taavel brochures say.
 Their message is: "Where in the world are there scenes as ool- orful as this?"
 I am tempted to reply, care of American Express, At your own home!"
 Sam Goldwyn was in town to attend the kleig-lit premier of his movie, "They Shall Have Music," which launches Jascha Heifetz as a film star, and the scribblers have been chagrined that Goldwyn has not yet uttered single malaprop- ism worthy of print.
 He has not said Include me out" to anyone or shouted Bon Voyage" to folk as his car moved down the street. Can 1t be that we have been hoodwinked by his publicists from the coast?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
Press Comment
WATERBURY's LOSS (Hartford Times)

The people of Waterbury no doubt feel that they have suffered heavy loss in the death of Sherwood L. Rowland at the early age of 5l. With the exception of the City Comptrollership. which office he held, control of affairs in that city is still in the hands of the Hayes organization, members of which are on trial in the Superior Court on charge of conspiring to defraud the city of million dollars or more.
 By an irony of fate Mayor Hayes. one of the defendants, will now have an opportunity to appoint a success sor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the sole Republican who was elected on the City tick-t in 1887 and whose activities uncov- cred the facts which precipitated the conspiracy trial.
 Presumably, and particularly be- cause he is under fire, Mayor Hayes will be less concerned to make an appointment to please his own par tisan group than to make one cal- culated to meet the approval of the people of the city as whole. If such Q vacancy had occurred in Hartford, we should expect that the appointee would be of the same poll tical party as that of the man whom people had elected to the 0fHee That may or may not occur in Wa terbury. It probably would be reas- surfing if 1t did.
 It is regrettable enough when any city loses the services of an effi- cient public servant, particularly disconcerting in this case. in view of the disturbed status of Water bury's affairs. Mayor Hayes has g 1 fine chance to consodnd his foes by making an appointment SO obvious ly excellent that even they will have to praise 1t. That would he srnari politics as we'll as first-class public service. which is always likely. II the long run, to bs the suartest ] politics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31


 Many, including Vice President Jack Garner, have tried to find out how Jim stands on the issue, but no one has yet succeeded.
 Roosevelt Is in the dark for an- other reason. He has never asked Jim.
 Many political matters were dis cussed at their Hyde Park con- ference-among them Gamers campaign, Senator Burt Wheeler's sudden reversal and declaration against a third term, McNutt's appointment to the federal Se- : curity Agency, the Hatch purity in politics" bill, Democratic Com mittee finances, which are in very low state, and, briefly, Roose- velt's 1940 thoughts.
 But nothing was said about either Jim's attitude toward a third term or his own presidential ambitions. He didn't touch on these matters and the President didn't ask him about them.
 The nearest Jim came to the matter was his indignant dis claimer of the truth of the Washington news reports the morning before that he had told three anti-New Deal Senators that he was against a third term and was prepared to break with Roosevelt if he ran again. Jim credited the stories to Gar ner sources" and expressed the opinion that they were planted" for the purpose of creating bad feeling between him and the President.
 NOTE--Mentioned as one of the three Senators in some of the stories, Wheeler, who had nothing to do with them, came near issu- ing a statement asserting his in- nocence.
 NO OLD GUARDER
 Roosevelt's 1940 thoughts were not new to Farley.
 The President repeated what he said several times before to Jim: (D that he does not want to run, (2) that he is determined that the Democratic standard bearer shall be a liberal.
 Roosevelt is dead set against Garner, Senator Bennett Clark, Wheeler and the other lesser anti Administration hopefuls. They will be nominated only over his pros- trate body and he will go fishing If they lick him.
 "If the Democratic party Is to be turned out of 0ffice," he declared, it will be by the American people and not by reactionary Democrat"
 The Presidents secret personal choice for a successor is Solicitor General Robert Jackson.
 But there is small chance of the brilliant young New Yorker being named. His prospects were torpedoed when Farley first in 1897 scuttled a Jackson guberna- torial boom and again in Decem- ber, 1888, blocked his appointment as Attorney General. If some way is found to elevate Jackson to the CdDlIleL III IIic Hcht lcW months his candidacy may be re- vived, but right now 1t is dead duck.
 PALS AGAIN
 The chief result of the Hydye Park talk was to restore the old footing of intimate relationship between Roosevelt and Farley.
 A certain amount of coolness had developed between them which their pow-wow cleared up. For how long remains to be seen. They agreed to resume their discussions after Jim re- turns from Europe and the President also suggested that Jim accompany him when he makes his trip to the West Coast late in September.
 Harry Hopkins is already slated to go along and he Is very strong
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

Here are encouraging words the World Baptist Alliance meeting in Georgia: dic- tatorships cannot last, because history has proved that tyranny finally meets it's come-uppance, or words to that effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31
In New York
RY GEORGE ROSS

New York.-John Charles Olsen is following in the dizzy footsteps of his father, Ole Olsen, Of "Hell- zapoppin" fame.
 John is learning the art of gulf flaw in the guise of a stooge. A stooge is the unlucky individual
 Irrin0 nefs the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31


 worst end of the bargain in 8 comedy act.
 For example, in "Hellzapop- pin" Olsen, hls, holds a square block of ice in his bare hands for three quar- ters of an hour while O ] s c n, pere, is clown ing to the fore- front of the stage. And at other mad moments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

himself taken to task privately by leaders of various parties who have been trying to court him and the strength of his CIO organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

May I have the next polka, maybe the popular phrase next season since the dancing teachers have announced come back of old-fashioned dances.