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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18

None of us liveth to himself"
(Rom. 14:O.
What concerns the individual con-
Germs the community, for the COM
munity is made up of individuals.
The man who uses alcohol has no
right to claim that it is a personal
matter. for alcohol is a poisonous
drug which not only Injuries the in
dividual, but makes him a danger
and a liability to his community.
Before going into our lesson let us
look at only few of the many facts
available.
In the five years since repeal,
it is estimated that $50, 900, 900
has been spent for intoxicantS with
a profit to the industry of $13,250,-
100000 But what has it cost the
people?
I'm 1887, an entire city the size
OF Detroit was manned and injured,
and an entire city the size of Omaha
was permanently injured. by the
automobile. Sixty per cent Of auto
fatalities are due to alcohol (Chief
Justice of Municipal Court, Evans
ton, Ill).
Rape has increased Is per cent
and the more atrocious forms 40
per cent in the last eight months"
(Police Commissioner. Boston.
Mass).
Criminals are for the return Of
liquor, wet propaganda to the con-
trary Notwithstanding, and with the
coming of repeal will come the
greatest era of wholesale crime this
country has ever known. The erim-
inal world is tensely expectant and
10 prepared to launch immediate
ly into its millennium Of crime. The
return of the saloon inevitably will
bring open prostitution and gam
bling" Statement by n criminal In
prison before repeal became effec-
tive).
America is on the worst gam
bling spree in its history. A gross
population, not including all rural
districts. Of $4,000. 900 persons In
dallying with Sc, 600, 600, 600 in win
nings and losings. Of which all but
about $1,000. 000. 600 passes through
she hands Of the underworld, where
much Of it remains" Courtney II.
Cooper.
The American Business Mems
foundation, Chicago, reports that
liquor was responsible for the rejec-
ton of more than $4,000 applications
for insurance last year, and that
as q result widows and orphans will
ultimately be deprived Of over
$200, 000, 600 Of insurance, making
some of them public charges.
Three words which are altogether
appropriate for the liquor problem
will serve to summarize our lesson.
I. Devastation (Joel ESD. %
Drunkards are called on to awake
from their stupor and weep and the
drinkers Of wine mote thatD to wall
over the loss of their drink because
of the devastation wrought by the
locusts. This plague had come be.
cause Of the sins of the people, and
may well serve to exemplify the
devastation which will follow the
use of alcohol as a beverage. The
nations of our day need not think
that they will escape il they con-
tinue on their present road of reck-
less indulgence.
III. Debauchery (Dan. 5: LAD.
The familiar story of Belshazzar's
feast should be made to live again
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18

Walk in the light and thou shalt
see thy path. though thorny. bright;
for God. by grace. shall dwell in
thee. and God himself is Light
Barton.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18
BEVERAGE ALCOHOL AND
THE COMMUNITY

LESSON TEXT-Joel l:5-7; Daniel
b:1-5, II. 1928.
GOLDEN TEXT-Woe unto him that
giveth his neighbor drink.-Habakkuk
2:15.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18
Lesson for August 20

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education: used by
permission
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18

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The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-08-18

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Industrial Horizons

wonderful vista of industrial prog ress was opened by Alfred F. Sloan, president of General Motors, in a recent survey American inventivenesc has not entered decline, but is moving forward with amazing speed. On the basis of reports from American industrialists, he reported as already in production, or as proved feasible for human comfort and progress, hundreds of epochal inventions and improvements They include new methods of fabricating homes; cloth- ing made from coal and milk; shatter- proof eyeglasses of plaSticS; better steel, engines, lamps, chemicals, roads rubber goods, photographic films and so on.
 He told of the prospects for airplanes flying blind with greater speed and in any weather; of two-way radio, static free; of chemistry enabling farmers to make hay in the rain; of one-man harvesting machine that cuts, separates, cleans and bins various crops in one oper- ation, at the rate of one man-hour per acre; of underwear, knitted goods and fine hosiery derived from such natural raw uldteTldlS as COdl, dll dllu WoICA, VI woven fabrics of unprecedented quality and durability, spun continuously from rayon yarns made of pulpwood; of glass that can be woven and tied in knots; new methods of packing and preserving foods; new anesthetics, artificial sponge rubber and synthetic plastics; better and faster railroad trains; incomparably better and cheaper lighting; roads made by com bining new cement with natural soil; invisible glass, wood petrified to prevent wear, better explosive fuels, new roofing, and so on.
 Obviously peace hath her victories no less renowned than war" Incomparable victories have been won, and are being won today, in American laboratories and workshops. And we all benefit from them to some extent. But we might and should benefit far more. It is human nature, not human intelligence, that is at fault. War and the fear of war, military and political and social, hold us back. Ii these obstacles could be overcome, we might have new world in a decade or two.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
New Citizens

American citizenship is probably appre- ciated more today than it has been within the memory of living Americans The National Council of Naturalization and Citizenship, meeting recently in New York, reported a great increase in the number of aliens seeking naturalization At Ellis Island the authorities reported that they were 73,000 cases behind in their handling of applications. The de- partment of Labor says the increase has multiplied the burdens on government officials throughout the country
 The reason for this is of course, the disturbed conditions and the prosecutions in other parts of the world. Immigrants who have not yet obtained their citizen ship papers are mostly mortified at the thought of having to return to their native lands It is easy to believe that most of these aliens will make good citi- zens Officials praise their spirit. Even some who have had to be deporteG on account of legal difficulties are said to show loyalty to America which would do credit to 4lative-born citizen"
 It is well to relaize that the obligations in this business are not oneSided. Older Americans owe it to the new citizens or candidates for citizenship to let them feel that they are welcome recruits in our democracy, and to help them develop as rapidly as possible into true Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Views of The Press
CITY-MANAGER CITY
(Meriden JournaD

There is a possibility now that Waterbury will become city-man- ager city. Many are successful under this form of government Cincinnati is an outstanding ex- ample. But many cities are also well managed under the older muni- cipal setup that prevails in Meri- den. Bridgeport could probably not be run better than it is under a city manager.
 What a city gets in the way of management depends a lot upon how much politics is mixed up with the administration. Many Water burians think their city would be better off if 8 council elected by the people had the choosing of a manager who was not beholden to any party for his job and could al- ways acts in the best interests of the citizens as whole.
 One drawback, as cited in West Hartford, is that the voters will take less sinterest in city elections Those voters are usually the ones who are looking for something for themselves or their friends and their votes can be spared because they don't care much what happens to the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Democratic Stronghold

The ease with which Warden John Sheridan and his fellow Democrats were returned to office this week is convincing proof of the strength of the party in the borough. More than this the victory at the annual election showed the party can didates from top to bottom winning by convincing margins. This is not merely a tribute to their personal following, but also to the ability of the political organ ization that Warden Sheridan has ere ased. He is certainly deserving of con- siderable praise
 Too often we have seen where politi- cal group cracks up after number of successes. Abuses creep in and power is wasted. It doesn't seem to be that way in the borough. There seems to be an efforts on the part of the successful. Dem- ocrats to give the borough residents the kind of government they want. It isn't possible In community where there is an annual election for the same man or group of men to be returned for five suc- cessive years unless they are deserving of such a show of confidence.
 Incidentally it Is notable in Naugatuck politics that Warden Sheridan shares a double honor this year. He sets up a record Of continuous victories; he be- <Gncs the borough's first chief executive E HaIA a fW0-year term, the change in ;<1tfe Qt office having been decreed by <I'E *zzl*'Ht'Ikt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
(New Haven Jounal- Courier)

Governor Baldwin's commission ap- pointments become him more than the court manipulations which prefaced them in time. Two specialists of national standing go into the Baldwin government with the disappointment of Professor Cox to the state highway commits sionership, and the appointment of Professor Saxon to the finance place vacated by Mir. Hall. The Cox ap- pointment places a registered but a never professional Democrat at the head of the highway department. Governor Baldwin risked wide dis sent in his party to make this choice, as may be said. to a lesser extent, of the Saxon appointment.
 Insurance Commissioner Black all is a Democrat who has deserved by excellent service in it, the re- appointment to his post. In naming Mr.. Robert J. Smith to the office vacated by MT. Walcott in the Wei- fare department, the Governor makes a merited promotion of a lieutenant to the place of command The continuance of Col. Edwy Tay- Tor of New Haven on the Public Utilities Commission is a further exhibit of non-partisan objectivity AS much cannot of course be said of the appointment which gives the liquor commission post commendably held by MT. Bergin to E. Gaynor Brennan, a Republican; though MT Brennan's share in drafting the control act does promise useful service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

Tolls of 1O-cents on the proposed new highway bridge across the Connecticut River would be all that could be charged if the bridge commission was to try to interest New York financierS in under writing construction costs, it was stated this week in Hartford We'll, 1O-cent toll would be all that should be charged to cross such span. This would certainly tend to increase usage of the bridge by more persons than would if the charge was higher and the Bulkeley Memorial bridge remained available not too far distant from the new one A 1O-cent toll on such a heavily-traveled structure as a Hartford-East Hartford bridge or even on such a widely-used highway as the Merritt Parkway would in the course of a year contribute heavily towards both upkeep and retirement of bonds. NO higher amount should be considered for any toll project in Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

Once more we read of prison laxity. This time it's in Rhode Island. According to the story inmates of the state prison have so many privileges that the more fortunately-situ ones are able to play the stock market and bet on horse races. Favoritism towards some inmates has just been alleged in report handed in to Governor William H. Vanderbilt. A month ago the head of the state prison was dismissed. All sorts of charges are contained in the report, some of them reading almost like fairy tales when you consider that inmates in state prison are supposed to be subjected to constraint and not retain all of their personal priv ileges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Current Comment

They don't pay much attention to contracts any more. Harry Cunningham, resigning as associate architect for the planned new German Embassy - I see 1t as my duty as premier to say that Quebec favors bread for its hungry rather than guns. Premier Duplessis. before the provincial legislature. There Is little room for doubt that Mir. Garner and the President have travelled separate roads since the winter of 1887. Elliott Roosevelt, radio eom- mentator.
 I'd rather be q live pessinist than c dead optimist. Harry Borcherg. St. Louis man
 who drove s7s.O00 miles with-
 out an accident. I..
 We have attempted to appcase those whom the latest outrage show cd to hc unappeasable. w. N. Hughes. Allslralia6 q Minister of Mstefnal AffaiTs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Pari-Mutuel the Issue

Once again the issue of pari-mutuel betting at horse and dog racing tracks comes before the public eye. This time it's as an emergency means to raise few million dollars that the state will need in the next biennlum if it is to bal ance it's budget. The legislative commit tee on finances this week voted favorably on such a bill and sent it in today for House and Senate action. According to reliable reports from Hartford it faces sure death, either at the hands Of the legislators themselves or in the governors office.
 Let's not confuse the issue. We're talk ing. of course, about legalized betting at race tracks where horses or dogs will run. Horses and dogs could be raced at almost any spot in this state without interfer- ence from the authorities provided local and state laws for such exhibitions were adhered to, but it's the betting that counts at such events in American turt- dom and it's the betting that is illegal ln Connecticut Licensing of tracks and percentage "take" from the bets placed would bring the state $2,000,0OO year, so Finance Committee members say. NO doubt that's true. Do we want this revenue?
 The answer is that we want additional revenue, particularly so right now be- cause everyone wants balanced budget. There is a difference of opinion, though, on the method of obtaining the additional income. And we're not convinced entire ly but what the pari-mutuel bill that the Finance Committee has just unfolded r1ay be a trial balloon set up to register current public opinion and possibly to Lying forth host of pertinent suggestions on what might be done to bring the states estimated receipts up to the point where they'll cover estimated expenses.
 You can't deny the attractiveness of the racing scheme. But if it IS denied The Democrat contends that the next best thing is not to raise income, but to lower expenses to present income.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

en route from London and warned Roosevelt that a Danzig deal was in the of1ng.
 UNDER THE DOME
 When rookie Congressman Ed Gossett of Wichita Falls, Texas, took his seat in January he was labeled the "cutest boy in Con- gress". But he didn't look so cute the other day when he ap- peared with a black eye. He got it-so he claimed-b jumping into a door Delaware's astute, silver-maned Senator John G. Townsend, Jr., has an in- fallible formula for staying on good terms with newspapermen. He always asks their opinion be- fore he issues a statement .. Senator Henry Ashurst of Arizona, courtly chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is unique among hold- CTS of this office in that he rigid ly abstains from rneddling in ap- points to the federal bench According to Royce Powell, it should be remembered that Hit Ter has an axis to grind"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Book A Day
"Other" Germany Is Mann Story

Klaus and Erika Mann's Escape to Life" (Houghton-Mifflin $3.50) is the story of the "other" Germany. The Germany of Adolf Hitler IS painfully present in every days news. But the son and daughter or Thomas Mann, exiled with him from their native land. tell of 8 spiritual Reich being kept alive without territory and without arn1- ies by the scattered writers, painters actors and artists who were expelled from the Third Reich, who beat their pursuers to the border, or who calmly decided that they didn't Ike the Nazi atmosphere. In Argentina, Ecuador, China and France, in New York, Chicago and Hollywood, little groups of German intellectuals and artists try to keep alive German spiritual world which they believe dead in today's Germany.
 While beginning their shattered careers anew in strange lands, they never cease to carry on a running propaganda fight against Hitler and all his works, this book being a shot | in that battle.
 The volume is filled with moving incidents like that in which Erika returns in disguise to the Mann | family home in Munich, seized and
 guarded by the Nazis, to secure her | fathers manuscript of Joseph and
 His Brothers" and smuggle 1t into
 Switzerland wrapped In newspapers
 among the tools of her car.
 The book Is 0 virtual directory of German artistic exiles in the United
 States, c saga of their often heroic efforts to adjust themselves to Q
 strange. though generally hospitable land.
 Jew and non-Jcw, left.wingers and
 liberals. even conservatives who didn't like Nazisizi, Catholic and Protestant, these exiles in little groups are trying to renew shattered lives. Especially unforgetsable Is the Manns picture of the last days of the German Republic, when the In. teileetuals and the artists felt sure that "lt couldn't happen there"
 But it did. quickly and suddenly, and thIs unique story Of the exile oi virtually e eountfy's whole intollect-
 unI and aftIftI1nlIysefsaiixe class i1 th1 reNaIt=~U It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

1. In what month does the vernal equinox occur?
 2. Name the principal river in Me- braska.-
 3. How soon after it is rendered does decision of the U. s. Supreme Court become effective? s
 i. To which race do the Hawai- ians belong?
 5. What instrument, used in nayi- gation. utilizes the directive force of the earth's magnetism?
 6. Name the Foreign Minister of Poland.
 T. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word carnivorous?
 8. What strait separates the State of Washington from Vancouver Is- land?
 g. What is a bissextile year?
 10. Name the National Anthem of Canada. fs'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
REPUBLICAN
 TRIAL BALLOON

One dismal presidential flop took place at Culpeper last week where Young Republicans had congre- gated to hear Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, the utility spokesman, who was trying to use the meeting for his own presidential ambitions.
 Bridges couldn't have chosen a worse spot for himself. The Re- publicans down Culpeper way dis agree violently with the Senator's utility stand. The town runs its own power plant and the person directly responsible for the rnuni- cipal system is John Locke Green, northern Virginia COP leader, who has been a thorn in the side Of the Virginia Public Ser vice Go.
 So Bridges got absolutely mo- where.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

The new Berlin Turnpike cutoff is about ready to be opened to traffic, according to State Highway Department reports. This cutoff enables motorists to skip the con gested centra. section of the town, which has long proved bottle-neck for New Haven-Hartford traffic Eventually, we suppose, all small towns along trunkline routes will be subjected to cutoff treat ment for express traffic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
ilaily Almanac

Moon rises i0:0e p. m. Daylight time).
 Sun rises bi47 a m. sets 7:5i D. m. tday- light tiine)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 It will take iot Of May 10 bring the spring season up to date. halure is now far behind schedule. Planting plans have been thrown awry by the cold days and nights Frosts are undefAtandable in the late spring. but not the chill blasts that continually blow from tlie west and then from the east,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
Selected Poem
HEART HUNTREsS
(By Ethel Barnett de Vito, in Moods"
 Boston Post ReprinD

(By Ethel Barnett de Vito, in Moods" Boston Post ReprinD The hunter looks to the thickest wood To make the finest kill; The fisherman knows but the deepest seas Are worthy of his skill; But where can go with gun and rod
 To hunt and fish my till7 The fisherman knows the largest fish
 Are farthest from the shore; The hunter goes to the densest brush
 Where game roams by the score: But where can go to bag my catch
 Where none have gone before? And If in truth. the finest prey
 Is farthest from my door, What can l use to trap the things
 wish for by the score? Where can l go to catch a heart
 That's not been caught before?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

couple O QayS.
 Cafe society gasped between gulps, recen t and econ d. hand debutantes fled to oth CT cabarets W ith chagrin in their m a scaratiilat- ed es, h e snobs muttefed 8 g a s our Mayor.
 For the in- possi le W a s taking pla ce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, May 5-'A brawl is a brawllr Mayor LaGuardia
 snapped at John Perona, suave and swarthy sultan of the Snooty hotspot, Fl Morocco. Then he or dered the place closed up for a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

 from package of imported foodstuffs.
 @. What was the nickname of the Thirty third Division?
 A. Prairie"
 @. Does Maryland have more schools of university or college grade than Virginia?
 A. Patterson's Educational Direc- tory lists B such schools in Mary land and IS in Virginia. e. What part of each dollar re- ceived by the railways of the United States is spent for locomotive fuel?
 A. In 1887, fuel took 6.2 cents of each dollar of operating revenues. o. Is there method for remov- ing decalcomanias from lacquered or enameled surfaces without de- stroying or marring the surface? A. No.
 o. What does the word ileus mean?
 A. A severe collie, due to intesti- nal obstruction. @. When did 1t become necessary for aliens to have two photographs for passports to enter the United States?
 A. The Act of May 26. 1924, re- quires immigrants to furnish two copies of their photographs to the consular officers of the United States when they apply for a visa to their passports. @. What is the meaning of the surname Tabor? A. Player on tabor or small drum, drummer. e. Is there an actual place named Boys, Town?
 A. It is a home for friendless boys, founded n 1917 by Father ard J. Fla annag, ,tobau9 yYqmb Edward J. Flanagan, about ten miles west of Omaha, Neb. It comprises 320 acres of farm land, with build- ings and accommodations, for 200 boys. The community is self-gov- erning with control in the hands of the boys themselves. The boys are taught farming and useful trades. They. receive elementary and high schol educations. The age limits for admission to Boys Town are from 12 to 16.