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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-22
MINORITIES IN U. s. A. DEMAND OUR ATTENTION AS MUCH AS THOSE
 ACROSS SEA Y.
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 Editor
 From 1920 to 1s36 inclusive.
 3s, ,OO0 ,00O immigrants came to the
 United States. Nearly one-fifth or
 7,300.000, came between 1sI2-is24
 inclusive, because of the World War
 crisis in Europe. We are feeling the
 economic disturbance as result of that abnormal influx of aliens. Our United States law-makers sensed the danger and enacted the 1924
 Quota Act, and from 1925 to 1s30 in elusive, 1868 ,00O, and from 1881 to 1936 inclusive, 257,O0O gained ad- mission to the United States, show ing that while the Quota Act has been a measure of protection for us, it is in danger of being revoked
 by the unreflected action of pro-
 ponents of refugee immigration.
 The present quota allowed of i'm
 migrants from Germany per year is
 27,959, and with former Austria's
 quota of 1,4l5, totals 28,374s and 228O entries per month allowed only
 From 1882 to 1886 inclusive, only l8.-
 859 immigrants came from Germany No Country in Europe has filled its
 entitled quota for six years, which
 should be a satisfaction to- all
 Americans. e'.
 Owing to the prominence of the refugee question in Germany, 1t is
 a possibility that it may become a common factor in other central European states. The quotas allowed will no doubt become congeSted and we may expect, a larger irnmigra-
 tion for some, years to.come.
 We should not encourage mass ifn- migration to the United States from
 any source. It would further disrupt our already upset economic life Why is 1t necessary for our minor ities to reach hands across the sea and apply compassion on alien minorities? When we have minori- ties of our own in need of re- mobilization, "Restoration of and Education of Americans" first should
 be. our bounden duty.
 Germany no doubt views with complacency the endeavors of oul minorities to transport their minor ities from its territory by any rneailz | possible. The plan ls within the scope of 0ermany's ingenuity. 0ul | plan is no open door to any inlmi- | grants refugees. After the storm oi hysterical publicity has run ia course. the reality will dawn on re- fugee immigration advocates thal welfare begins at home.
 The concensis of thought in the United States. officially and publicly is that immigration to tho unitcd States should Dc further reduced
 60 that but 70 per cent would bs allowed on present quota figures When tho HnRlish EIlzzIms end
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Selected Poen,
COUNTRY SUNSET

 Dorothy Hope McCroden in the Christian
 Science Monitor) Out of the brown hills at evening, When towering branches of plum Lean wild over sun-gilded water, Softly, the slow cattle come. Down through the violet shadows To gray stall and barn they come home, Like leisurely. gold-crested swimmers, Cleaving the bright sunset foam. Herd boys in short. tattered brooches, Who quicker their lips for tune, May whistle like blackbirds In clover Till silver rain drips from the moon; And miikmaids who loiter at twilight. And lean on the dark pasture rails, May find. when they wake from their dreaming,
 Stars scattered thick in their pails.
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years Rear Admiral w. R. Furlong, chief of Naval Ordnance, has a walking stick made entirely of pressed black powder. As an expert on explosives, he had the stick made several years ago and always uses it. There is no dan- ger of exploding. since uncopfined powder merely burns, does not blow up Justice William Douglas carries his cigarettes in a worn black leather case hold- ing g full package at time |. Although he never fails to vote to slash WPA funds, Representa- tive Tom McMillan of South Caro- lima IS one of the most persistent clamorers for WPA patronage in congress Secretary IckeS is having a bust done by sculptor Yucca Salamunich Y. Repre- sentative Louis Ludlow of Indiana, who is crusading to cut the free mailing privileges of government agencies, is one of the heaveist users of the congressional frank E fCor,vrici,t 1Q3Q hv United
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets l2;02 a. m. daylight time)
 Sun rises $40 .. n.; sets s:27 p. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 First day Of summeri Another season has rolled by and where Is 1t or what did we do with it. Remember all the silent promises you made yourself on the first day of spring: how much you were going to do: what scenes would be rovisIted2 Better resolve now to make tho summer c useful one.
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Current Comment

All the delegates feel the same about alcohol-they hate 1t. --Dr. Daniel L. Marsh of Boston University. speaking at Joint Methodist meeting in Kansas City.
 No one can successfully contend that the eight-hour day has ham, strung industry.
 President A. P. whitney. of Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, proposing six-hour day for rail industry
 [ speak for no ono but myself.
 --Dnl<e 0f Windsor.
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door, as if the SEC were after them. And with reason f'o r most of Wall Streets business is tran sacted from nine to three and the S hort hours cramp the days activity.
 B u t w a Il Street also has learned to re- lax durin g turbulent ay.
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A Thought for Today

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea--Mark 9:4@.
 The first duty to children is to make them have mappy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.-Buston.
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l. Where is the range of moun- tains known as the Hindu Rush?
 2. What is the nickname for North Carolina?i
 3. Can an alien woman become a citizen of the U. s. simply by mar- rying U. s. citizen?
 4. How can the circumference of a circle be determined?
 5. Name the largest and most populous of the West Indian islands.
 6. The mother of which monarch was recently injured in an automo- bile accident?
 2. Which sport is nicknamed the "sport of kings?"
 8. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word interfluent?
 9. In golf, what Is an eagle?
 10. What is the name for the pie ture characters of ancient Egyptian writing?
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necticut would stick to its independent thought in this matter and let it's citizens who care for horse betting cross the state line to indulge in this form of gambling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-22
In New York
BY GEORGE ROss

New York. June 22-Wall Street, though a confining canyon; knows more hustle and hustle, than any other street of such narrow mar gin, the congestion is terrific and the inmates scurry from door to
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Washington Merry Go-Round
DIRE W PEARSON ROBER'r s. ALLEN

- the New York Stock Exchange utchns president o the
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If you want copy of our book let MOTOR LAWS OF THE STATES" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Burea u, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington. D.. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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e. Recently I was advised that the five-cent Army stamps are no longer available from the Philatelic Agency in Washington. How many of them were printed?
 A. Thirty-five million.
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 At least once a week, a throng collects at the foot of the Sub- Treasury building for a vaudeville show, held in the name of sweet charity. Entertainers from an equally tempestuous aver = Broadway - have been migrating to Ticker Tape Lane in the noon hour to strut and pay for the Greater New York Fund, the sole beneficiary. And occasionally 8 tycoon has stepped forward to sing or recite, as the individual talent dictates. It is quite honey.
 Even j.. P. Morgan was sched- uled for an appearance the other day, but he paled at the prospect of what fate had in store for him. Morgan was to have emerged on the steps of, Uncle San's vaults to meet and shake hands with Johnny '"Tarzan" Weismuller. But he begged off-for fear that Weis- muller would greet him with that well-known Tarzan jungle cryI The head of the House of Mor- gan didn't think 1t would be dignified.
 THIN
 SKATING
 A Busman's holiday proverbially is spent on a bus and a sailors shore leave in a rowboat on Gen. tral Park Lake, SO 1t was not aS- tonishing that Sonia Henie should have devoted much of her leisure in town, before she sailed for Norway, by poking around at the various ice shows. Sonia was es- pecially intrigued by the skating prowesS of a young Czech beauty in the ice carnival at the New Yorker Hotel.
 This comedy skaters name is Vera Hruba. She is eighteen, tall and blonde and she sailed for America just before Germany's annexation of her native country. For reasons, she doesn't care to return. But her passport visa ex- pired few weeks ago and Vera, disconsolately, packed and bought her steamship passage home, al- though the State Department was begged to grant her a reprieve.
 Two nights before her scheduled departure, an official from the State Department watched her skate. The next day she was granted permission to remain in this country four more months, until something could be worked out!
 BAKERS
 VICTORY
 Coney's Islands bankers won 8 victory the other day when a jurist proclaimed from the bench that he was not going to interfere with their means of livelihood, though that was the idea of dragging them into court in the first place For some ornery souls had decid- ed that the bankers were making too much noise and that the way they had of saying, Come in and see the Half Man-Half Woman, the Bearded Lady and the Hindoo Fire Eater" was unrefined.
 "Bosh," said the judge, you can't have an amusement park without barkers." and dismissed the lot.
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A. The premiere of the picture. entitled Lady for Day." was at Radio City Music Hall, New York, September T, 1893, and the general release date was September 13.
 @. When did the U. s. S. Akron lose two of her ground crew at Camp Kearny, Calif., when they were lifted into the air at the end of two ropes?
 A. May Il, 1932
 @. Are more books published an- nually in Great Britain than in the United States?
 A. In 1937, the number of books published in Great Britain was IT, 137. and in the United States 10,912.
 @. When did the influenza epi- demic during the World war reach its peak in the United States?
 A. In September and October, 1918.
 e. Who wrote "All for each and each for all?"
 A. Ralph Waldo Emerson in "So- ciety and Solitude" essay on Farm ing"
 e. Did Edmund Lowe appear in "The Thirty Nine Steps" when it was produced in England in 1935. with Madeleine Carroll was the leading woman?
 A. No. Robert Donat played the leading role.
 e. What are saprophytesp
 A. Fungi which live on dead ani- nal or plant tissues.
 e. What percentage of employed persons in the United States are married women?
 A. About per cent. or fewer than per cent of the entire popu- lation.
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@. What is the value of U. s. coin, with three ones on the back, dated 1866?
 A. It is three-cent piece, and is valued at 25 to 75 cents if silver, and 5 to IS cents if nickel.
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What's s Your l. O!

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Back Page for the answers.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'He will likely run
 for President; say, 'prob- ably rum"
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Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

Merry Christmas! That is the
greeting I have each year for the
readers of this column, and I wish I
could tell you how warmly ! mean it.
In writing day by day, ] use the
printed word. There are people who
say the printed word is powerful,
and ! think that is true, but it
does not bring quite the same feel
ing as If I were speaking with you
face to face.
There are ways, however, in
which ! learn a great deal about
the people for whom write. In my
studio are several thousand letters;
they have come from boys and girls
from fathers and mothers, from
grandfathers and grandmothers.
Some were written by men and
women who have no children. but
are interested in the world of
knowledge.
Letters from boys and girls tell
about their work at school, about
their pets, and everyday lives, and
about the scrapbooks they keep. Of
ten a young reader says he has
a scrapbook containing hundreds
Of daily clippings.
Letters from parents tell of their
own personal interest, and often
speak of helping children to save
the articles. Mothers have described
scrspbooks they have started for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
Straishtcst Railroad
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PORT PIRIE, Australia, Dec. 25.-
Australia boasts of the longest
straight railroad in the world. On
the great NullarhOr Plain this rail-
way runs without a curve, for more
than 300 miles. Not a tree Is seen
on this vast plain. The tracks of
this Trans Australian Railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25

stretch from Port Pirie, in South
Australia, to Kalogoorlie, the center
of West Australians gold industry
a distance of over / 100 miles.
Over the whole distance there was
not one stream of running water, as
the entire country is arid. Water is
secured from wells which have been
drilled along the right Of way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
-Merry Christmas!

I often meet readers in person.
They tell me about certain topics
which have interested them, and
ever so often they ask such ques-
lions as these, where do you find
the material you put into your
stories?" and How long do you
write the stories in adyance?" The
other day a man asked me about
the end of that milk snake problem.
I told him I was waiting for a test
to be made, perhaps in the coming
spring.
Meeting children in school, and
outside of school, talking with men
and women, and reading thousands
Of letters, I feel that 1 come close
to knowing those who follow Our
column from day to day With that
thought, I send you all today
friendly Merry Christmas" greet
ing.
II you want free copy Of the
illustrated leaflet, Settles of Eu-
rope" send me q Scent stamped
return envelope, In care of The
Evening Star.
I~e& 'aa3
Tomorrow: Stlver for Coins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25

children only two or three years of
age, so the children later would be
able to Use the stories in school
work.
Some of the best letters come
from readers ranging in age from
10 to 95 years. These letters stream
In month after month, and ! read
them with enjoyment.
In going about my daily errands,
and in travelling from city to city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-25
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
Good Play

While South was not supposed to
be even close to the expert class, he
played his three no-trump contract
as we'll as any master. The hand
was one of those where optimistic
bidding plus good breaks and good
play brought fine result.
South, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
X 10 832
Q J374
IQ s
AKJe3 40 10 8 4
voJ74 w 0As
{ eG2 Q K 10 5
H65
Q A O3
4 AK 4
The bidding:
South West North East
- Pass II Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass Pass
West opened a spade and South,
after duCklng the first two leads.
won the third round. After leading
a club to dummy's queen, diamond
was played and a successful fineSSe
taken for the king. Now declarer
ran of four more club tricks. re-
tanning in dummy the king-ten Of
hearts and the jack and one dia-
mond The final club lead was very
embarrassing to East. Holding two
hearts, two diamonds and spade.
West chose the best diScard-the
heart nine. Now South led heart
and, although West played the jack
West had retained the queen
Jack, South played low from dunn
my and East's ace dropped.
The defense then cashed a spade
trick, but South won the last two
tricks with the diamond ace and
dummy's king of hearts.
X X X
Saturday you were Oswald JAG
oby's partner, both sides were vul-
nerable and you held:
AXXX
K j 10xX
xxx
The bidding:
6chenken Jacoby Maier You
IA Dbl Pass CD
Answer: Your correct bid Is three
hearts Your partners takeout dou-
BILE shows strong hand and you
would be forced to respond even
with completely worthless hand
Under the conditions your hand is
unusually strong and you should
make forcing takeout.
Score 100 per cent for three
hearts, 80 per cent for two hearts,
0 for any other bid.
Question No. 1926.
You are the dealer. MerWin
Maier is your partner and you hold:
"A 10xxx
OK
0 Kxxx
i AK
The bidding:
You Burnstone Maier Schenken
IA Pass 20 Pass
co
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
Released by the Bell Syndicate, 1ncD
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These Merchants Professional Men and Key West Residents DONATE

FAUSTO'S GROCERY
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BROADWAY MARKET
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Evening star., 1939-01-08
Foreign Missionary
Conference Planned

A city-wide Foreign Missionary
Conference will be held February
and at the First Baptist Church
sponsored by the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches. The speakers
will be a team which attended the
International Missionary Council al
Madras, India, last month. DR.
Leslie B. Moss, secretary of the
Foreign Missions Conference OF
North America, will head the party
Other leaders on the program will
be DR.. Baez Camargo of Mexico, DR.
'P. G.. Hau of China and Miss lila
Sircar of India.
There will be morning sessions at
10 o'clock on both days, each being
followed by luncheon and an open
forum. Popular meetings will be
held at 8 pm, the one on the first
day being especially in the inter-
est of young people, but open to all
The chairman of the local COM
mittee is DR.. Frederick Brown Har-
ris and the vice chairman, Mrs
Fannie Foster. Or. j. H. Hollister
. is program ehairm&o. Mrs. E. M
Reese, publicity chairman; Walter
Lawton, finance chairman, and DR.
Dudley N. Carpenter, entertainment y
chairman.
Washington is one of more than
q score of cities to be visited by such
a team during February and March
The churches are uniting in the ar
rangements for the conference and
people of all faiths will be welcome
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Survey Of Persons
Reached by Rescue
Missions Sought
Mrs. Bennett to Ask
Inclusion in U. S.
Religious Census

Mrs. Jean Bennett. superintendent
Of the Central Union Mission, will
present a resolution at the 1888
convention of the International Un-
ion of Gospel Missions asking for
Inclusion of a survey of persons
reached by rescue missions of the
United States in the religious CEN
sus taken every 10 years by the
Federal Government.
The convention, which will meet
In May at Charleston, w. Va, is
expected to support the measure, as
it would supply for the first time
an official statistical study of the
tork being done by missions in pri-
vate relief.
ANY true picture of the economic
status of this country should have
. figures on the amount of private
work done by the rescue missions, u
Mrs. Bennett, who is vice president
of the international union, said in
discussing her proposal. "Just what
percentage Of the population the
missions reach would shed some
light on the unemployment and
floating worker situation"
Distribution of toys and clothing
donated to the Central Union Mis-
sion last month was greater than
at any time during the past two
years, a report released yesterday
shows. There were 976 articles OF
clothing given to 206 needy families
during December. These figures dc
not include bags for the annual
Christmas party nor cash dona-
tions, it was explained.
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Miss Hoyt's Will Leaves
'Beouests of $l75,OO0

The will of Miss Virginia Scott
Hoyt, granddaughter of Gen. Win
field Scott, hero of the Mexican
War, was filed in New York City
yesterday, listing bequests amount
ing to SITS 900 to institutions, friends
and relatives, according to the Asso-
ciated Press. She died December q
A bequest of $4,000 was left for
the United States Soldiers Home
in Washington, in memory Of Gen
Scott. One of the original build
tngs at the home is Scott Hall.
Bequests of $4,000 were left tc
the Domestic and Foreign Mission
ary Society of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church and to the General
Theological Seminary of the Epis-
copal Church. Other bequests OF
$4,000 each were left to the ad-
ministrator of veterans affairs, Brig
Gen. Frank T. Hines, and the Amer
lean Red Cross, Washington
Two cousins, Eleanor Marquand OF
Princeton, N. j., and Mary R. Martin
of South Orange, N. j.. were left
$2,500 each.
Miss Hoyt was we'll known in both
Washington and New York.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

brigadier general. In 1875 he was
elected to the Senate.
Feted When % Years Old.
Representative and Senator JOS
eph r. Hawley Of Connecticut
served when he was 70, and 13
days before his death was appointed
q brigadier general (retired). Rep
resentative Clement G. Dickinson Of
Missouri also served until he was
70, as did Speaker and Senator
Frederick H. Gillett of Massachu-
sets. Senator George G. Perkins
Of California served until rs and
Speaker j. Warren Kiefer Of Ohio
was active until he was IS.
Sydenham E. Ancona Of Pennsyl-
vania, who served in the House from
1861 to 1867, was rendered q recep-
Evening star., 1939-01-08
STAR WASHINGTON c. 19aa-PARr ONE

Wyoming was born in Massachu-
sets in 1874 and died In November,
1929, when still In service at IS. He
volunteered as q private in the Civil
War and received the Congressional
Medal of Honor for gallantry at the
siege of Port Hudson. After an ac-
tive public career, during which he
was Governor of Wyoming Terri
tory and later the State, he was
elected to the Senate in 1890 and
served until his death 80 years
later.
Senator John T. Morgan Of Ala
bama, born in 1924, was still in
service at SO, when he died in 1907.
He had gone into the. Confederate
Army as a private and came out q
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Life Insurance Men
Twill Confer Here

The District Life Underwriters
Association will be host to 1000 life
insurance men Of Baltimore and
Washington at an all-day sales con-
ference here on January 20.
The conference is an annual affair
and will be addressed by leading
insurance men from many parts Of
the country. r. w. Griswold, presi-
dent Of the association, said the de-
tails Of the program would be an
nounced later.
Evening star., 1939-01-08

ton In the House when he was 80,
the year before he died In 1918. He
was feted as the last surviving mem
ber Of the Thirty seventh Congress,
assembled In extraordinary session
by President Lincoln July 4, 1861.
Representative and Senator VIII
liam B. Allison Of Iowa was in service
at 70. He was born In 1929 and died
In 1908. He established the existing
record for longest continuous service
In the Senate, IS years and S months,
and previously had served eight
years In the House. He was q dele
gate to the convention that nomi-
mated Lincoln In 1850.
Representative Henry r. Gibson
|of Tennessee, born on Christmas eve.
1887, died last year, at 101. He
Evening star., 1939-01-08
Congress History Marked
By Many Past Age Of 20.
Valued Service Given and Being
Given by Men of Advanced Years

with the rank Of major. He was
Lieutenant Governor, railroad pres
ident and president Of the State Bar
Association, and served in nine Con-
crosses.
Uncle Joe" Cannon Of Illinois
who ran on the same ticket and
campaigned with Lincoln, and who