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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
In Today's Mail

I so called leaders of the Republican party and candidates on the ticket and you will find great many more who originally migrated to Water bury and who now think they should dictate to residents born, and edu- cated in the City of Waterbury. peo- pie who really know Waterbury and what Waterbury wants and needs. AS President of the Irish Republican Club in Waterbury and incidentally to my knowledge the only Irish Re- publican club in the state, I feel it as an honor and great privilege to endorse Vincent A. Scully as the next Mayor of the City of Water bury. He is a mans man, a man who has the reputation as being the squarest shooter of any practicing lawyer in the State of Connecticut
 To my fellow Republicans and es- pecially the members of the Irish Republican Club and to the mem bers of the Young Mems Republican Club of Waterbury of which I am a director, beg of you not to waste your vote on a manipulated ticket such as our Town Chairman J. Warren Upson has forced on us. Go forth on election day and vote for a man from here in the city, man without blemish on his character regardless of some of the dirt at- tempted to be plastered against him by opposition forces.
 Vote for Vincent A. Scully and Waterbury will have good govern ment and it will be. a better place to live m. To the Irish people of Wa terbury and especially to the mem bers of the Irish Republican Club you don't owe anything to J. War ren Upson. If you want to know the truth one of his stock phrases is, too much Irish" that shows his feelings towards our race. We have been abused and insulted enough by this man. Vote for Scully and show your resentment to him.
 To the Italian people say as a friend of your race, Vote for the nominee on the Democrat ticket Vincent A. Sculiy. Your race has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
Questions
 and Answers
RY FREpERIC M. KERBY

BY FREDERIC M. KERRY
 Enclose a thrce-cent stamp eOl reply when addressing any ques- tion of fact or information tO tho Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be Cn- dertaken. Be sure all mail IS ad. dressed Co The WATERBURY, DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C.
 THE EDITOR. r v O. Why do some people spell la bour, colour and similar words with d "u." and others leave out the "u''a A. In Great Britain and the Eng- lish-speaking colonies and dominionA the English spelling with "u" Is pres ferred. The American spelling h without the "u." Both are correct.
 @. When was the thirty fifth star added to the American flag? How many stripes did the flag have at that time? A. The thirty fifth star was added on July 4, 1861, on account of the entry of Kansas, the thirty fifth state, into the Union, on January 29, 1861. The flag remained with thirty-five stars until July 4, 1885,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
IRISH REPUBLICAN CLUB HEAD ENDORSES SCULLY FOR
 MAYOR
Editor The Democrat:

Editor The Democrat:
 A vote for Vincent A. Scully in the coming election on Nov. 14th by any or all Republicans or voters of any other party will be vote for a man who upholds all the principles that the Republican party advocates. His honesty integrity and his re- spectability along with his back ground of family history of decency and God-fearing people, the fact that he is local man, father of two beautiful children, educated, ex- perienced, and capable of fulfilling the position of Mayor of the City of Waterbury for the best interest of every resident of Waterbury makes him the only logical candidate to administer the affairs ot our city.
 The above statement penned by @ Republican of long standing may sound to some as if were a dis gruntied Republican. Such is not the case. I am not disgruntled. I am thoroughly disgusted with the way the principles of the Republican party in Waterbury are being abused by a small selfish group who started out to rule the party but instead rulned 1t.
 The object of all active and hard workers in the Republican party tor "a number of years was to put a ticket In the field that would be @ credit to the party and to the City of Waterbury. Another object they had in view was to eliminate carpet baggers from responsible positions ana places on the ticket. Let us look over the records and I shall explain the last statement.
 J. Warren Upson comes from Brantord, Wm. J. Pape from Wood- bury, Charles Foster from New York, Thomas Bane from Pennsyl- vania, Francis Phillips from New Jersey, Vernon Hall from Woodbury, go down along the line of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

a reporter had telephoned them asking their opinion and then had twisted their statements to make them appear as attacks on the United States.
 However, the work had been well done It was all well plan- ned, but lik everything the Nazis do. had cracks in places. caused by their own arrogance. Over night, the public began Go change the cry of sabotage on the part of the Americans to one of indignation against the Germans.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 8:33 p. m.
 Sun rises 6:22 a. m.; sets 4:49 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases-last quarter. Nov. {. 8:04 a. m: new moon, Nov. Il, 2:46 a. m; first quarter, Nov. l7, 6:ls p. m.: full moon, Nov. 26, 4:46 ?. m.
 Evening stars, Mercury. Venus, Mars. Jupi- ter Saturn: morning stars, none.s
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when the thirty-sixth was added for West Virginia, which entered the Union on June 20, 1863. The flag, in that period, had thirteen alternate red and white stripes, as they exist today.
 o. What Is @ vibraphone?
 A. A percussion instrument re- sembling the glockenspiel, but hav- ing motor driven rescnators for sUs- taining the tone and producing & vibrato effect.
 o. Who is the featured female vocalist with Benny Goodman's or- chestra? How old is she, and is she white or colored?
 A. Louise Tobin, 20 years old and white.
 @. Is the roselike odor of true rosewood noticeable in seasoned wood?
 A. It is comparatively faint in the seasoned wood, but very pronounced HI tllC HLCCLA AAAhbCLs
 @. Which was the first company in the United States to write group insurance?
 A. This form of insurance began with the underwriting of the lives of slaves in the United States. Be- ginning in May, 1845, the New York Life Insurance company insured slaves and over one-third of its first 1000 policies were on the lives of negroes. The company's first death claim was on slave policy.
 e. Can mercury be removed from a gold watch case with which it has amalgamated by accident?
 A. Gently heating the watch case will volatize the mercury. Probably it would be better to remove the works from the case, and be careful not to breathe the mercury fumes. If you value the watch it would be better to have the work done by an expert. 7.
 If you want copy of our book- let, CORRECT ENGLISH, The Waterbury Democrats Washing. ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose
 A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

c ell. Per- sonally I would dial of the drollest com ic or Orson Welles to tune in on the funni s t show of them all. That is, the parliamentarian revue from New Y ork's council chanberS.
 The gags are swell, the in- suits equal or SurDasS the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
In New York
RY GEORGE ROss

New York, Nov. 1-Everything can happen in democracy-and everything usually does. For ex- ample, the sporadic vaudevilles that WOW New Workers over the municipal radio station from City
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

Woolcott lanpoon'S verbiage and when a Tammany man mugs at the microphone or hurls invective at the fiery Little Flower, Don Ameche can take back seat. CATS OR CROONERS?
 TAKE YOUR CHOICE
 Methinks I detected 8 crooner among the city councillors in the last airing of the proceedings, but it turned out that he was merely asking an appropriation for some thing or other. So the tone was dulcet and mellow. But such sweetness and honey in a council broadcast is highly unusual and sometimes the sounds emanating from there resemble the cats'- chorus on the backyard fence. Sometimes it merely sounds like static.
 Since Henry c. Curren, an erst- while Council chieftain and now a judge, departed, all holds are barred and no punches are pulled on the English language. Curran is the epigammarian who once held up the city's legislation to war over the proper use of the word contact"
 His wit used to fly through the air with the greatest of ease and tickled the taxpayers who were listening. But now that he is dis pensing justice with flourishing oratory, the broadcasting council dors have thrown Webster's Un- abridged out the window, hoping that it would hit the magistrate hnod-nfa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
Current Comment

Don't ask me questions about tn future. U. P. Morgan, financier. I think there is no reason in tA whole world for any war.
 Erich Maria Remarque, ay
 thor. There's no sense in our sendiT another expeditionary force over Europe. There wasn't much excu last time.
 Sergeant Alvin c. York, WoI
 War hero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Lives in Mexico To Gain Insight


 Newest, and in many ways the
 best of the many recent books
 on our southern neighbor, is
 Mexico Reborn" by Verna
 Carleton Milan (Houghton,
 Mifflin: S3). This is Mexico as 1t
 has been lived in, not merely
 studied, by an intelligent Amer
 ican woman who has been since
 1883 the wife of Mexican phy-
 sician. This experience has
 given Sra. Milan an inner and
 sympatheti view, yet without
 plotting out her American Or-
 igins and training. Here is an
 account of certain active .anti-
 American influences at work in
 Mexico as they went into action
 on the tragic death in Wash
 ington of the Mexican flyer Sar-
 abia:
 The news reached Mexico officially a short while after the crash, but 1t did not make the streets until II when extras had been hastily shot through the press.
 Now, five minutes before the pa- pers came out on the street, every director of every public school in Mexico simultaneously received his same message: A voice called and, without giving any name, in each case repeated the same words: 'Senor Director? We have just re- ceived word that the 'gringos' have murdered Sarabia. Give the news to your children at once"
 Then, click as the receiver was hung up. In one school after an- other, children and teachers went wild with fear and bewilderment. Five minutes later Ultimas No- ticias, the most reactionary after noon paper in Mexico, which is saying grat deal indeed, was on the street with the following first page story: 'The Public Weeps, Trembles, and Talks of Sabotage" And conveniently enough. although the incident had happened only a short while before, they had already lined up list of distinguished peo- pie, lawyers and business and pro- fessional men, who were willing to make open statements that in their opinion there was no doubt but that Sarabia had been killed by the Americans.
 The next morning every person whose name had appeared in Ultimas Noticias published denials in other papers. They stated that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, Blank, the alleged murderer has been arrested"; say, "Blank, who is alleged to have murdered John Doe, is has been arrested"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
SHINE FIVE CENTS, VAUDEVILLE FREE

The drollest bootblacks of Man. haitian is not the shoe-shine man in the high hat and cutaway near | the Supreme Court Building, but handsome lad who plies his craft near Shubert Alley in the theatri- cal belt. He doesn't merely give his customers shine, but throws in complete vaudeville routine. He tells jokes in and out of dia- lect, sings the popular ditties, reciteS his homespun limericks, quotes whole passages from the Broadway hits and offers his own prognosis of the world situation, with suggestions for its cure.
 I asked him if he repeated the act for all his clients. Sure" he replied, you see, I have hopes that one of these days Broad way producer will sit on this stool and will recognize my talent. I want to get on the stage. Since they won't give me an addition at their offices, I let them come to me-" ...
 And he is pretty suave. He has polish.
 QUICK, WATSON,
 THE ETHER!
 A while back, I relayed a pact that had been solemnly sealed between Jimmy Walker, New York's ex-mayor, and George Jes- sel, the nostalgia snowman. Their pact pledges each of them to de- liver the eulogy over each others grave, providing, naturally, that their deaths do not occur simul- taneously.
 Well, an enterprising essayist who cared to elaborate upon the item called upon MT. Jessel for further details. What would you like the eulogist," he inquired of the comedian, ito say over your bier?" Jessel didn't hesitate. Merely" he replied, that in my lifetime, enjoyed high Crosley radio rating!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
A Thought for Today

And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall of- fer their offering, each prince on his day. for the deticating of the altar.-Numbers 7:u.
 All profound affection admits a sacrihce-- Vauvenargues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01
What's Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-11-01

If you want a copy of our book- let, CORRECT ENGLISH. The Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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Evening star., 1939-02-12

THE MRS. Kerchoo I'm catching cold kchoo would be luck
after all these months of training bed the
ride in the Horse Show.
THE MR. Not help You're right and take double
quick remedy-Sal Hepatica.
Evening star., 1939-02-12

Apparently the doy drows
neor. Making their first public
appearance together since his
wife journeyed to Nevodo for q
divorce. Clark GobIe and CoroIe
Lombard seem buoyontIy hoppy.
They were snopped at q Holly
wood preview. Wide World.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Puppet ShOUs To Be
NeIC Fair Feature

As a new feature in connection
with Bluffton's annual agricultural
fair, fifth and sixth grade pupils in
the Bluffton public schools will pre-
sent puppet shows next Wednesday
and Thursday nights in the high
school gymnasium.
Four shows will be presented
nightly by the puppeteers, and the
offerings promise to be one of the
most attractive features of the fair
program.
Pupils in the fifth and sixth grades
have made the puppets as part of
their regular class work, and two of
the three plays which will be pre-
sented were written by them.
Miss Theola Steiner, sixth grade
teacher, has been in charge of ar
rangements and will direct the pre-
sentations next week.
Pupils will work the puppets and
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
SHORT SPORTS

Bluffton's three basketball teams
will swing into action this week, but
only home appearance is scheduled.
-..-Bluffton Boosters, an independent
outfit, will play in Lima league play
at Lima, Thursday night, meeting
Bradfield Center Bluffton High will
open its season at Vaughnsville Fri
day night The only home presen-
tation will be Bluffton colleges game
with Bowling Green, Saturday night
on the high school floor.
Basketball play is under way in
earnest in the territoryMt. Cory
opened last week, but lost to Lima
st. Johns, So to 21----- Sciranka, who
defeated Bluffton almost single hand
ed three years ago, got Ia of St.
Johns points--Spencerville defeat
ed Lafayette at Lafayette by a score
of 20 to 26, after the score had been
tied 1918 at the close of the third
quarter.
Beaverdam cagers won their third
victory with 81 to- 27 conquest over
Rawson, last Friday=z=Bluffton col
lege's second home appearance of
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

If it floats, it's a boat. With
canuas unfurIed, Miami bathing
girls take advantage Of both sUind
and iCaUes in a netU sport, surf
sailing.
free from interference by the others.
The oars of each group of two or
three rowers projected through the
same opening or 'rowlock." The
high bench was nearest the center
of the vessel and its occupant pulled
the longest oar-sometimes meas
uring nearly SO feet in length. The
galleys themselves were about $50
feet long.
We look now at models of the
tiny caravels of Columbus, and are
amazed that in craft SO frail he
dared so much. We might set his
whole fleet, the Pinta, Nina, and
Santa Maria, upon the decks of
the new Queen Mary and still have
| room to drill a regiment of infan-
| try. Yet, in their day, these were
stout little ships, developed by man
after centuries of experience with
Egyptian Nile and coastal craft, Chi
nese junks, Phoenician traders,
Arab dhows, and Roman galleys,
successive rungs of mans maritime
ladder.
CarapeIs SeaiUOrthy
Despite their small size, often less
than 100 tons, caravels became IA
NOUS for seaworthiness on long voy-
ages; Vasco da Cana used one in
rounding the Cape of Good Hope;
so did Magellan. .'.s.s1
Opening the doors Of a. new world
wide era of exploration, commerce,
wealth, and empire, the little. cara
vel poked its bows into harbors pre-.
viously unfurrowed by white mems
ships, and fled safely from unfriend.
| ly shores, easily escaping from the
canoes of warlike native tribes.
Among heroic pioneer navigators
in this age of exciting discovery
was Sir Francis Drake. This Eng
Ish sea hawk sailed around the
globe in the Golden Hind at the enc
| of the Sixteenth century, and was
the first Englishman to pass through
the Strait of Magellan and to explore
the west coasts of South and NORTH
America. Drake scraped his ships
| bottom hard by what is now Sar
Francisco bay, crossed the Pacific
to the East Indies, and sailed home
around the Cape of Good Hope
Rich with spoils from Spanish ships
he reached England after an alb
sence of nearly three years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Notice

The Board of Education at its reg
ular meeting November 13 passed a
resolution prohibiting smoking in the
school buildings. This is in con-
formity with the orders of the state
fire marshal and affects particularly
all use of the buildings by outside
organizations, for athletic events in
the gymnasium, evening trade ex-
tension classes, etc.
By action of the board, enforce
ment of this prohibition was placed
in the custodians having charge of
the school plant, together with the
cooperation of the sponsor of each
respective group.
BY Order of the Board
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

the season, against Tri-State on Dec.
Ia, will find the local Lions club
sponsoring the contestFo vet
Grams, Ramseyer, Nurmi, Tetlow and
Detwiler, will be missed from the
Beaver outfit this year.
To avoid conflict with Easter
Holy week, dates of the state high
school basketball tournament at Co.
lumbus will be March 14-15-16-.
County tournaments will be Feb. 16-
IT and 1924; sectionals Feb. 20,
March l and 2; and district meets,
March Z, s and 9.
Bluffton colleges football schedule
for next fall includes three home
games and four on foreign fields
The Beavers will play Defiance, Ash
land and Findlay at home----Con-
tests away from home will be played
at Kent, Otterbein, Kenyon, Assump-
ton and Grand Rapids.--Coach A.
C. Burcky, of Bluffton college, will
be the speaker at the Ada High
school football banquet this Wednes
day.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Ping pong tournaments are belng
conducted at the recreation center
this week as part of the Bluffton
observance of National Recreation
week. The program was planned and
play is being supervised by Dale Dav-
idson, Bluffton recreation director.
In boys play Tuesday night, Elmer
Stonehill won the championship in the
tournament for the first six grades.
He defeated James Lewis in the final
match, 81 to IL, and q to 13. Ten
picked boys competed
*&#
Robert Watkins is the champion in
the senior boys class, by virtue of his
victory over James Clark in the final
round of a tournament in which IL
played. Watkins bested Clark 21 to
Ia. 10 to 21 and "a to 32.
Four tournaments will be held at
the Center this Thursday night. Two
girls Journeys will be held one for the
first six grades, and the other for
those in the senior division. In ad-
dition, mems and women's tournament
will be played.
Plans are practically completed for
mems volleyball play during the win
ter season, and competition in all
probability will be started within the
next week or so, Davidson announced
Boys are now working on small
handicraft projects at the recreation
center ,and others are invited to avail
themselves of the facilities. Most OF
the youths are working on Christmas
presents at this time.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Old as sUater transportation
itself, but still modern! This is
gufa, tCafer transport on the
Tigris riUer, sUhich goes foriUard
by ftcirIing in a circle. Slightly
rouHd-abouf, perhaps, but il gets
there! ~ssorss,e,
arms and clothes, and better navi-
cation charts and instruments.
Human P0tCerhOuse
The Venetian galley was the fight
ing craft when Christian allies un-
der Don John of Austria defeated
the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto
in 1871. In that battle larger ves-
sells carried 100 crossbowmen, 40
cannon, and catapults for throwing
stones. Power came from $50 gal
ley slaves, chained to their long
sweeps and whipped savagely upon
their naked backs to make them
pull hard. in steady rhythm.
In Greek and Roman galleys oars
were arranged in two or more tiers.
The Venetians abolished this sys-
tenn, installing all oars on the same
level. The rowers, however, sat on
two or three different levels, with
the benches inclined in such a
way as to leave each mans motions
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Santa Clas will miss the Nazis this
year so far as the United States post
office department is concerned.
Postal authorities this week an
nounced Christmas packages will not
be accepted for mail delivery to Ger
many and the former countries of
Czecho- -Slovakia and Poland.
Altho the delivery of parcel post is
suspended regular mail will be ac-
cepted and delivered by way of Italy,
it was announced.
Postal authorities said they believed
parcel post to other countries in Eu-
rope had good chance of being de-
livered, but they felt the time re-
quired for a parcel to reach its des-
tination might be longer than under
normal conditions.
AS a reminder that Christmas is
not far away, the post office depart
ment urged an early mailing of all
cards and packages to foreign coun-
tries.
Mailing dates for various destina-
tions about the world were announced
as follows:
Argentina, Dec. 1; Bahamas, Dec.
18; Barbados, Dec. Is; Bermuda, Dec.
Is; Bolivia, Dec. 2; Brazil Dec. 8;
Canal Zone, Dec. Is; Chill, Dec. 2;
Columbia, Dec. Is; Costa Rica, Dec.
is; Cuba, Dec. 21; Dominican Repub-
lie, Dec. IA; Ecuador, Dec. 8; Guate-
mala, Dec. 16; Guinas, Dec. 8; Haiti,
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College Cagers Play Here Saturday;
High School Team At Vaughnsville

West and Holcomb, forwards.
Smoker and Sommer are other up
per-classmen who look promising;
and among new candidates the out
standing are Crow, Heiks and Truax.
Bluffton High will open its season
at Vaughnsville on Friday night, and
altho Coach Dwight Diller has had
little time to whip his team into shape
he expects promising showing.
Vaughnsville- -Bluffton games in the
past always have been closely contest
ed, and this years title is not expect
ed to be an exception.
The Bluffton coach has several vet
erans around whom his playing squad
likely will be built, but it is still a
little early to determine the starters.
Bluffton will play at Lima South
December s, and it viii be Dec. 8 be-
fore the Pirates appear at home
against Rawson.