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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Norwegians In The Lakes

Inland transportation in America has mostly shifted from rivers to rails as the country developed, but the Great Lakes still have a good deal of traffic. 1t lSn all domestic iron ore, coal and limestone, either. As the navigation season reopens, foreign freighters, appear on the Lakes, mostly Norwegian vessels, penetrating as far as 1,5OO miles inland from salt water
 These craft, 260 feet long, with AZ feet beam and 13 feet draught, carry 2,5OO tons of cargo, but have to drop some of It at Montreal because the upper St. Lawrence has only depth enough for IA feet. Even so, these little ships make living. They bring sugar from the West Indies and canned fish and general cargo from Europe Outbound, they take automobile parts, structural steel, grain and so on.
 How can they do it, when Great Lakes shipping men say there's no money in such traffic? They are accused of under cutting American wages But their skip pcrS insist that wages are about equal, in buying power at home The profit, they explain. comes from ship design and economical operation, including the use of steam motors instead of ordinary steam engines.
 To most landlubbers, watching those odd craft so far from home and salt water, there is romance in them and their sea smell. Doubtless there will be many more of them, and much larger ones, when the channel is deepened west ot Montreal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Press Comment
Cooper Describes Youths Plight"

Courtney Ryley Cooper's third study in sociology, Designs 1n Scar let" CLittle, Brown: $2.75), is a con- tribution so rough and sensational it would be well nigh unbelievable were it not so thoroughly backed up by MT. Cooper's usual meticulous job of investigating and reporting.
 The theme of this book is that American youth, freed of many restraints in the past few years, Is skidding toward sorry end. The villains of the piece are the procur- CTS, perverts, mobsters, and other members of the adult population who fatten like leeches upon the be- wildered youth of the nation.
 Cooper states the facts in plain language that is not pleasant. He believes the decent people of Ameri- ca must wake up to this new crime cancer and act quickly against 1t. He offers no cure-all.
 This book is not for the squean- ish.
 You may not think quite the same after you have visited the heart of the Chicago Negro district one mid- night with Cooper. the full-strip joint in Kansas City, the tourist" camp situated between two large midwestern manufacturing cities, or the many other places where Ameri- can youngsters get started the wrong way. But you ought to be thinking harder ard that apparently Is MT. Cooper's aiTn.---J. II. 6.
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remains white, but their ears and tail take on the pink, purple or orange of the latest beautifier.
 CAPITAL NOTES
 Three of the biggest legal names in the Democratic party, ex- Attorney General Homer Cum mings, ex-Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and ex-Montana Nation al committeeman, Bruce Kremer, have been approached by Pub fisher Moses Annenberg to defend him in the Justice Department investigation of deficiencies in his income tax payments and viola ton of the monopoly law |. Justice Stanley Reed works al- most harder on the bench than as as solicitor general. In that office his normal work day was 12 to IA hours ,. Father Cough lin is making a strenuous effort to raise $100,00O to continue his weekly broadcasts during the sum- mer. Most of the 46 stations carry ing the radio priests speeches are located in the northeast and he is anxious to expand his cover age to the south and west, particu- larly the former.
 HAM LEWIS CHIVALRY
 One of the last things which Senator J. Ham" Lewis of Illi- nois did before leaving for the trip on which he died, was to write a cheering letter to a man with whom he had differed on more than one occasion.
 It was addressed to brain trust CT Tommy Corcoran, who had been convalescing from long ill., ness, and read as follows:
 Dear MT. Corcoran: I regret
 to hear of your misfortune and
 sincerely hope that in very
 short time you will be quite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
PREVALENCE OF COMMUNISTS IN DEWEY OFFICE ALLEGED
 BY ACCOUNTANT

May l, 1SSS. Editor, Waterbury Democrat: To Whom It May Concern:
 It came to my attention some time ago through an Army Intelli- gence Officer" and from an address made by George U. Harvey, Bor- ough President of Queens County and certain other information put out by a Queens Post of The Amer ican Legion that the New York County District Attorneys Oface had fourteen Q4) known Commun- ists on its staff.
 I wish to call to your attention an article appearing in the New York Sun as of November 4, 1888 entitled DEWEY WILL NOT APPOINT A RED" which I quote MT. Thomas E. Dewey q am happy to answer your inquiry. I shall appoint none. I am opposed to any such appoint ments in Public once. Communism is a doctrine incompatible and of- fensive to every American princi- ple).
 But insspite of the above and at the present date the Honorable Dis trict Attorney still maintains at his ofiice at l37 Center street, New York City, this same Coterie of Anar- chists, Atheists, Bolsheviks, Com munists, Pinks, Reds, Radicals and Revolutionists and I know whereof speak as have been an Account ant Investigator in this office for nearly four tD years.
 Literature and propaganda flows freely and collections have been taken up for ail forms of subver- sive Activities and International The trigue.
 When the Chief Accountant (s7,- 800 per year) in the once of the District Attorney while away on q vacation sent postal card to an- other known radical red) e3.e40 per year starting on this card "f WILL BE BACK FOR THE REvoLU- TON" The recipient Of this card
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Coffee Psychology

Damon Runyon said in recent column that a cup of good coffee can't be had in this country west of Chicago. William F.. McDermott, another newspaper man, agrees in principle but makes various reservations. He suggests, Sagely, that good coffee to any individual is the coffee with which he is familiar. It is interesting to have such a discussion about American coffee. Formerly the stock comment was that you couldn't get good coffee in Eng land or Europe. The implication always was that good coffee was universal in the United States of America The truth probably is that you can get good coffee or poor coffee in the same town, or even in the same hotel at different hours of the day. You can even have poor coffee at home if the cook is careless Coffee drink ers-that is, those to whom it is some thing more than hot beverage - are both fussy and egotistical. Most of them think nobody can make coffee as well as they can. Once they begin to take their coffee-making seriously, they never cease to experiment with different kinds of coffee and different methods of preparing it. They are forever buying new gadgets for. drip coffee or boiled coffee or perco- lated coffee. It becomes an endless quest for the ideal, happily unattainable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Selected Poem
TRAILING ARBUTUS

Julia E. Goodwin in the Poets Corner, Hartford
 TimeS) On lonely hill tops. close to the sky,
 Far from the mad worlds round, Where rock-scarred, moss -tuted pastures lie, ArbutuS may be found Hidden beneath the leaves that kept
 Ward through the winter weather. Pending from harm, while the wee buds slept, Nestled all safe together. Just as the years at the springtime's brink
 Under the northern skies, Spicily fragrant tinged with pink,
 They open their pearly eyes. Fairest flower that the northland yields
 Happy is he that knows The path that leads to the upland fields
 Where trailing arbutus grows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
ONE MOTHER DOESN'T THINK U. S. SHOULD GET IN- VOLVED IN WORLD WAR
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Yes, I think it is about time that the mothers of America should voice their opinion about sending ones sons to fight a war in Europe. It is not a war to make the world safe for anything or anyone but the in- ternational bankers and President Roosevelt knows that. Like the dic- tators of France and England he would be a dictator too after the next war.
 Yes, I say he is a dictator because he is always looking for more power and if this country goes to war we will have an American dictator. Then you can bid farewell to democ- racy. It is none of our business what Hitler or Mussolini does. After all they are only taking what belongs to them, the same as France and Eng land have always done.
 The American people can't forget that President Roosevelt never raised his voice to do anything for the Christians of Mexico. When they were deprived of their liberty and religion he said at the time he didn't want to become involved with the af- fairs of other countries but now 1t is all right for him to take sides with France and England against Ger many and Italy and Japan. Well we won't send our boys over to fight their battles.
 If he put 6 stop to some of the propagandists in this country be- cause they are the ones that are backing him on and do something for the youth of America by giving them jobs to earn c decent living. We have had nothing but promises from him ever since he took office and the American people are getting sick and tired of waiting. We put our con. gressmen and senators in Washing. ton to pass laws and work for the good Of the people and we expect they will pass c neutrality law thai will be c law to keep America oui of European wars.
 I am afraid when the iDl0 elee. tons come around tho Democratic party will SO down to defeat unlesl
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A. The term usually refers to the Junior high school, the grades between the elementary and sec ondary schools.
 o. What is the monetary unit or New Zealand? A. The New Zealand pound.
 o, How old is Henry Burr, tenor of the National Barn Dance" ra- dio program?
 A. Fifty-four years.
 o. Who was the author of the phrase deserving Democrats?"
 A. William Jennings Bryan m a letter to the official (Amerlcan in charge of the customs adminlstra- tion of the Domenican Repuonc, asked If places could not be touno for deserving Democrats in the Oo- minican customs service.
 o. My wife and I came to thls country from Holland eight months ago. Now my wife wishes to visit her mother who Is ill. Will she have trouble in returning to the United States?
 A. She should apply to the Com missioner of Immigration and Ma. turalization, U. s. Department or Labor, Washington, D. c, TOT 8 re- entry permit.
 o. What is the velocity of the Gulf Stream off the coast Of Flor ida.
 A. About one hundred miles per day.
 O. What is the meaning of the family name Widders?
 A. Great army, from the Anglo Saxon.
 o. Why is there no "J" street in Washington, D. C.? J..
 A. Because that letter and the letter q" were exactly alike when the city was plotted. and wouio have caused confusion.
 If you want copy of our book Iet SHOME OWNERS" send to The Waterbury Democrats Wash inrton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. c. Enclose lV cents in postage.
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Daily Almanac

Sun rises S:So a. m; sets 7:48 p. m. tday- light time).
 Al vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset.
 About three days seems to Do the limit of the moons change Of phase over the weath. CT. The new moon Inst week was most un. propitlous and produced three very bad days, started and this phase seemed to exert the greater influence.
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yourself and able to return to your splendid service, which, re- gardless of what kind of 0bjec- tions follow, has never been touched with intimatiOn of dishonOr or reflection or ques- ton of ability"
 WPA PROBE
 The House WPA Investigating committee is saying nothing about it, but it has had to call in some of its New York agents and cau- tion them about staying within the law in digging up evidence.
 The crackdown followed bar rage from irate Congressmen who threatened to investigate the i1l- investigation unless different methods were used. Among the complaints were charges of intimi- dating witnesses, changing affida- wits and inquiring into the poli- tical and labor affiliations of WPA members-one of the very prac- tices which brought about the in- vestigation.
 Chief of the New York agents is Ralph Burton, who has his headquarter in a four-room suite in a high-priced skyscraper hotel. This is his second job as a WPA prober.
 Last year he conducted the Sem ate investigation of WPA politics in Kentucky and subsequently, ap- piled to the WPA for a job at which time he told WPA officials that it was one of the most efficient agencies in the govern ment. When they shelved his ap- plication, Burton got job with the House committee for another round of sleuthing against the WPA.
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Current Comment

There will be no real peace until there is again respect for the given word, until the Idea of honesty is re-estahlished, until the principles of individual and inters national liberty are secured.
 --DF. Bduard Benos, once president
 Of tho ozechoslovak Republic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

 and Answers
By FREDERICK M KERBX

Dy V GASaS1@ASASoO@e VI
 Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. tion of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal ana medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail Is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, lO1? Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. How many legs do house cen tipedes have?
 A. Fifteen pairs. o. When was the airship Hin- denburg destroyed by fire at Lake hurst, N. J.?
 A. May 6, 1887.
 Q. What is an "1ntermediate School?"
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at one time stated: 'That I, the writer of this letter and my kind would be the first ones to be put up against a wall and shot"-in this The Revolution which they expect ed. He also came to the rescue of w. P. A. worker on MT. Dewey's staff, when I made an unsuccessful attempt of trying to put him out of the office for passing out Subversive literature. This same Chief Ac- countant boasts of the completeness of a "Marxist Library" of another member fo MT. Dewey's Accounting Staff, GA fellow traveler) who was in Russia prior to his appointment by MT. Dewey at 8 salary Of $4.260 per year. -.., :,
 The Taxpayers of New York County and the bewildered public at large would be shocked If they knew the large salaries paid to other Radicals and Reds who were ap- pointed by MT. Thomas E. Dewey in 1885.
 Let the Republicans beware that in 1940 Political Opportunist with "RED TAIL TO HIS KITE" is not forced upon the unsuspecting public.
 The great objection to me on the Accounting Staff is the fact that I am unequivocally 100 per cent American and the only Christian out of 12 members of the staff. I am a member of The Society Of The Sons Of The American Revolu- ton, Empire State Branch, through lineage of General John Sevier, a general under George Washington. I am also a member Of Park Lodge No. 516 F. & A. M. of New York City. A veteran of the World War honorably discnarged and have fought all my life for American Christian Principles and Ideals such as were set up by our founding fore- fathers and WILL CONTINUE TO DO so.
 have attempted to secure an au- dience with MT. Dewey, but up to the present time have been unsuc- cessful as the OopU in his ofiice have so cleverly placed every obsta- cle in my way as to keep from him any information about their activ- ities.
 AWAKEl AMERICAi
 Very truly and Sincerely
 LESTER '. ALLEN. P.S. - have voted the "Repuh. lican Ticket" all my life and whei my resignation from the ofilce 0 District Attorney takes effect, [ aH going to expose something-s--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

Connecticut is one state where the proposal that pari-mutuel race tracks would increase revenue doesn't fall on receptive ears. But here's an interesting thing-the idea that liquor sales be forced to bring in more taxes never arouses such general antipathy The only reason that the taxes on liquor have not scared is be- cause the liquor men have been able to persuade the Legislature differently. Every time movement starts to regulate the industry or trade in some manner or form the members associated with it get together and fight shoulder to shoulder to protect their respective interests. And you can't blame them for that one bit. After all there is such thing as taxing an industry or business out of existence. Personally we never held too much faith in increasing taxes. They're usually high enough If we must have more revenue and can't economize, some new forms must be devised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Whats Your l. Q?
Can you answer seven or these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

I. Name the largest of the five continental divisions of the earth. Which President of the U. s. was called "Old Man Eloquent?"
 3. Name the science that treats of plants. 4. Who won the Masters Golf Tournament recently played at Au- gusta, Ga?
 5. In which country are kanga- roos native?
 6. On what river is Sacramento, Calif.?
 2. What is the plural of four-ir- hand?
 8.Which State has the smallest population?
 g. Where is the International Date Line? 10. What is a 10-point diamond?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, May 2-G. P. R. Gedye, the foreign correspondent is looking around the town for the first time, and he rapidly Is learning the penalties of being
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Meriden doesn't want anything to do with parking meters, A couple of local residents recently petitioned the Board of Public Safety for their installation, but the proposal was turned down indi- rectly by announcing that it was matter requiring lot of study. However, mem- bers of the board didn't seem to care much for the plan. Providence, R. l., probably experimented as long with the meters as any eastern city of size and it has just recently had them removed. Hart ford once considered them and so did Waterbury after fashion. Many commit mites seem to get good results, but not around New England.
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nOIl1HCQs
 Gedye was on the scene dur- ing the Austrian Anschluss until N Zi hcials
 expelled him from that coun. try. Then he transferred his journalistic ac- tivities to Pra- que until the Nazi army mov- ed in there, too.
 When the Ger m an Gestapo
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tendency will naturally increase. It may even expand to the point where certain routes may be made for trucks only. It's a natural development of our highway expansion program.
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hunted him down in Prague-for his anti-G German dispatches - he took refuge in the British Lega- tion with his wife and secretary. How they fled CzechoSlovakia is a secret he, apparently, is keeping to himself.
 A bitter anti Chamberlainite, Gedye wrote book, Betrayal in Central Europe" in which he fay ed the appeasement policy of the British Prime Minister.
 To the inevitable question, Ged- ye replies: war surely will come" When? He does not dare say but in the British Foreign Office. he reports, there are two guesses: war in June-or just before the autumn.
 GENTEEL GENDARMES
 How polite are New York's Finest in these Worlds Fair days!
 I haven't run across monoSyl- labic cop in two weeks and it is 8 decided shock to have heard one plead, PLEASE" Those are the orders from the Commissioner to Gotham's gendarmes. Courtesy above all to natives and visitors alike.
 It would be fine, by the way, to have a chariot with out-of-town license plates, for native petrol wagons will get the brunt of off, cial wrath when parked in the wrong streets. Visitors will get the benefit of reasonable doubt. The Fair has increased the rolls of sightseeing guides tenfold and the hawkers with their uniform caps now haunt Broadway in quest of folk who would like to see the town from a bust seat.
 
 CONVENIENCE
 Some owners of lavish clubs in the opposite direction from the Fair are nervous about the sum- mer's prospects. But Ben Warden, who owns the extravagant Riviera which juts out over 8 Hudson River cliff, is making it easy for Fair folk to visit his oasis.
 Out at Flushing Bay on the brink of the Fair grounds, he has established a fleet of two sea- planes and as many speedboats. His customers may avail them selves of either means of trans portation to his cabaret over the Hudson.
 Thirty-six minutes by speed boat-twenty minutes by flying boat. And it can't be denied that they are unique ways of going to a night club!
 CATCHERS ARE MADE
 At the Tavern the other night. a few of us chatted with Harry Danning, catcher for the Giants. Danning is a tall, vigorous athlete with fuzzy hair, a broad, open smile and the loose gait that is native to the ball player.
 He took command of the con- versation. What do you suppose will happen to Wash Tubbs?" he asked one of us.
 He then discussed with us Wash Tubbs' recent adventures in the comic strip by that name-adven- lures that seemed to intertst him far more than exploits on the dia- mond. Ball Player Danning is an authority on the comic strips.
 Danning has been a ball player since the first day he donned short pants. His father, one time ball player himself, threw curve-balls at Harry when he was two and his birthday present was yes, you've guessed-a catcher's mitt. The old man made him prac- tice out in the backyard every sunny day of his youth, just as other parents make their reluct- ant offspring come inside and torture the keyboard or make scratchy sounds with 8 bow across a violin.
 Happiest day of the senior MT. Danning's life was one on which he sat in the grandstand as his son began his first day with big league team.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
In Today's s Mail

our servants in Washington do
 something worth while. Let us hear
 from some more mothers of sons. MRS. MARGARET MULLEN, 95 Giles Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02
Washington Merry-Go-Round
D K E w PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN


  switched
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A Thought for Today

Trust in him at all times; yet people, pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us' Selah.-Psalm 62:8
 We trust as we love, and where we love-1f we love Christi much, surely we shall trust him much.-T Brooks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

There's too much ego in book titles nowadays. Still, it takes egotism to write a book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

"Top Glamour Girl Cold-Shoulders Bait," says a headline. Sounds fiShy.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, You can lay on
 the couch;" say, "lie."

A. The term usually refers to the Junior high school, the grades between the elementary and sec ondary schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-02

O. What is the monetary unlt ol New Zealand?
 A. The New Zealand pound.
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o. How old is Henry Burr, tenor of the National Barn Dance" ra- dio program?
 A. Fifty-four years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-01
SERVICE STATION
in NEW HANDS

The Since Service Station,
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under new management now, and
the display advertisement on
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and is prepared to give expert
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on ailing cars. Sugar" has had
an extensive training in the auto
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Having had factory training
and a long period in practical
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highly important in this day and
age Of specialized training and
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