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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

ally surrounded by human friends and admirers.
 The thing that most animals, domesti- cated or wild, have as great advantage over most human beings is their ability to drop their anxieties and relax com pletely. Their-sleep may be interrupted, but they drop back into 1t easily when the interruption is past. Those human beings who learn to relax between tasks, to go to sleep quickly when the time for it comes, and to sleep deeply and rest fully, suffer less from the stresses and strains of civilization than others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Questions and Answers
ny FREDERICK Ni. kERBH

By FREDERICK ~. NEhnx
 Enclose a three-ccnt stamp for reply when addressing any ques- tion oe eact or information to tne Waterbury Democrats Service bu. reau at Washington. Legal anu medical advice cannot be givens nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Re sure all mall Is aGs dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE Bu- REAU, 1918 Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. c. ~r
 O Who was called the "Expouno- CT of the Constitution?"
 A. Daniel Webster.
 @. How many alien immigrants entered the United States unoer siie quota laws in 1881 and 1sS29
 A. In 1881 there were 54'llS and in 1882 there were l2,sSS.
 c. Who was called "coal-oh Johnny?"
 A. John Steele, a famous oil- operator in Pennsylvania many years ago. He amassed Q great fortune and squandered it in riotous hving' e. Who plays the role or ''Rochester" on Jack Bennys raolo program?
 A. Eddie Anderson.
 e. Is Guinness stout imported m bottles or barrels?
 A. Only in bottles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
RECORD PROPERTY LOSS
 (Boston Post)

Even here in New England we seem to have underestimated the damage from the September hurri- cane. An article in the Travellers Insurance companies house publi- cation puts the property damage at $4O0 900 900. This" says the author of the article, ''it is safe to say was the greatest single disaster (other than war) that ever visited the United States.
 The San Francisco earthquake and fire loss amounted to $l50. .000,- 900. The total windstorm losses paid by all stock companies in the past 10 years was about sl50 .000. 900. The estimated total of fire losses in the United States yearly is somewhat less than $500 100000.
 In years to come the hurricane will loom large in the history of these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Book A Day
Author Approves of Labor Board

Probably few subjects have had as much said about them by people who know as little about them as the National Labor Relations Board.
 Nobody who has the fainiest in- terest in the labor board, what it has and has not done. can fail to profit by reading "Unions of Their Own Choosing" by Robert R. R. Brooks (Yale University Press: S3.
 This account of the much cussed and discussed board and its work is written with no Olympian detach- ment, but is plainly the work of one who sympathizes with the purposes of both are MIRA and the NLRB which implements it. Brooks ap- pears to feel that most of the crit ics of the board criticize it for not being something it was never in- tended to be-a judicial body. 'The reason for the existen of the board" Brooks makes clear. 'is to encourage the development of union- ism by removing the anti-union ob- stacles in its path"
 Anyone Who haS read the act knows that, but too few have read it. Clearly it was passed by con- gress which believed that unioniza- tion and collective bargaining are the proper route to a democracy in industry in which lies the best hope of political democracy. The law was passed to clear the way actively to- ward that goal.
 In this general objective, MT. Brooks patently believes. and hence his view of the board and it's work is more sympathetic than will be the views of readers who do not so believe.
 Despite the bias above noted in favor of the law of the land and the expressed purpose of congress, so patient an exposition of the vital, core of today's labor relations is splendid contribution toward the bet ter understanding that is the best hope of improving them.-w. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

Wildlife conservation in the United
 States Is being constantly preached. It has had good effect, too, for 1t has just been announced that the number Of deer in the nation today is greater than what were here in the era of the pioneer: Ira \. Gabrielson, chief of the U. 8. Biologi- cal Survey, is authority for this claim and we have no reason to believe that 1t is exaggerated. He also said that the antelope Is on the increase in the U. s. A., with 130,000 of them now reported in ex- istence, The grizzley bear is almost ex- tinct and Rocky Mountain sheep are rapidly becoming so. There are only about fifteen caribou left in the coun- try. It would seem as if 1t might be possible to save these species, but if we can't, we certainly can continue such good work as protects other forms Of Wildlife and is allowing their increase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

Bathing in tributaries of reservoirs isn't liked by State Health Commissioner Stanley H. Osborn. He appeared before the legislative committee on public health and safety one day this week to oppose bill that would allow the State Board of Health to regulate such bath ing in tributaries to the Saugatuck stor- age reservoir which the Bridgeport Fly draulic Company is going to build Tn Fairfield County. It was down around here that landowner was prevented from bathing in pond he had made ny damming a stream running through his property, because the stream ran into reservoir. The courts upheld the law; so should the Legislature.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Selected Poem
THE MOUNTAIN BROOK

(By Grace F. Mann in the Boston Post) Rushing, dancing, leaping onward
 Down the mountain 1t goes sweeping; Madly racing, wildly swirling,
 Never weary, never sleeping On and on 1t travels thus;
 Until 1t finds a lonely pool Underneath the bending willows,
 Sullen, tranquil, deep and cool Here for awhile the brooklet fingers,
 Caressed by softly falling rain; Flecked by sunbeams through the trees;
 Then 1t travels on again. Past the hermit's hut 1t wanders,
 Refiecting scenes forlorn and bare, Cheered only by the bright plumed birds
 That stop to brink their feathers there. Then through rushes 1t meanderS
 Alone, and by the world forgot, Until again 1t reaches sunlight
 And slowly hears the peasant cot. Here the farmyard fowl and cattle
 Near the stream to wade and drink, And the small and ragged children
 Play and paddle near the brink. Then 1t hears the rustic bridge,
 Where small boys fish and song birds call; Then churning into tiny whirlpools It plunges down the waterfall Then ripping lightly over pebbles It slowly travels round the bend, And here it joins the mighty river;
 The brook has reached its journeys end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
TODAY's COMMON ERROR
 Do not say. 'If he told you that, 1t is so"; say, "it Is true.

e. What is the total amount of monthly wages paid out by w. P. A. N. Y. A., c. c. c and other federai agencies to persons who are certiiied as in need of relief?
 A. In November, 1888, the earn ings of persons employed on w. F. A. projects amounted to $l61 ,500,- 900; National Youth Administration. $5,5l0000; Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees. $20,5l4,000: other federal subsistence grants under the Farm Security Administrator, Sl,- 676,000 and other federal agencies, $4,S75, 900.
 e. What is the purpose of a fuse in an electric circuit?
 A. To break the circuit when too high a current is drawn through it.. The fuse wire is designed to carry only a certain amperage, and when current in excess of that amount is drawn through it. as a result, for instance, of connecting too many appliances on the circuit or by "short-circuiting" the wires in an appliance cord. the heat generated by the additional current melts the fuse wire and breaks the circuit and stops the flow of current,
 If you want q copy of our book let BIBLE FACTS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
What's Your l. O?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. What is the middle name of John N. Garner, Vice President of the D. S.2
 2. In which country is the Great Bear Lake7
 3. For what reason does an oil truck have an iron chain dangling to the ground?
 {. Which State is represented fin Congress by Senator James F. Byrnes?
 s. What Is Q ti,eodo;ite2
 6. Which sea lies to the east of Bulgaria?
 I. What is the correct pronuncia- ton of the word monogamyf
 6. Who was Ruggiero L,eoncavaI- io7
 9. Is the air pressure in the in- terior of the earth greater than at the sarface2
 10. How many children were born to President and Mrs. Lincoln?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:44 a. m; sets 5:29 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 New moon tomorrow morning between 3 and o'clock. It's a sign of another stormy period with snow in the ofing. It may prove to be wrong. for the last prediction was only half right. We counted only three bright days in a stretch that was supposed to be fair and cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Current Comment

If don't win 20 games next sea- son, I'll pitch in 1940 for nothing. Dizzy Dean. sounding oil after signing his 1889 Chicago Cub con- tract.
 I'm the seventh son of a seventh son. I have a spiritual gift from God to heal people. -74 year old O. L. McMurray, ar- raigned at Montreal on charges of practicing medicine illegally.
 Don't call me judge. I haven't been confirmed yet. Prof. Felix Frankfurter, inter- viewed after his appointment to the supreme court.
 Whats he going to taste? It1l be like rock candy.
 -Actress Ina Claire, whose beauti- elan uses a sugar and water solti- tion on her hair. worrying about the plight of her leading man in q love scene.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
Washington Merry Go-Round
D R E W PEARSON ROBERT $. ALLEN

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  breaks this spring. Germany and Italy almost the United States to other words
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

Tne churcn IS built Of native stone, in @ style closely resembl. ing that of St. Thomas, St. Win. cent Ferrer and several other in. teresting Manhattan churches of the Catholic and Protestant Epis- copal faiths.
 For instance, the interior, where 1,500 persons may be accommo- dated at Q service, and there are five or six services every Sunday, has 6 sort of rood beam, much like the ones in St. Vincent Fer- Ter and in the Episcopal high church of St. Mary the Virgin. A rood beam, as have described 1t in some of these Saturday church columns. is>a carved wooden beam supporting a crucifix and other figures, usually about life size, running across above the sanc- tuary.
 In this church the rood, as the group of figures Is called, is not on real beam, but on @ sort of plat form, suspended from the ceiling by steel struts. It is polychromed in soft, well-blended colors, and furnishes a striking piece of architectural decoration.
 The high altar is all white, not particularly interesting from an artistic point of view. It supports nine statues and there are other figures, none that attracted my att tention, in the sanctuary. Fluted pillars separate the side aisles from the nave. The Stations of the Cross are interestingly done in bold relief, polychromed. Iron and glass cathedral lamps swing from the high ceiling.
 The ceiling and the wall behind the altar are covered with pIc- lures and symbols, but the work is SO well done, in subdued bjcrId- ings of color, that 1t attracts al- most no attention and does not tire the eye.
 cannot close this Saturday column without referring to a solemn anniversary. One year ago today I stood on a wind-swept hill beside the Ohio river, at Gal- lipolis, while the body of my friend. Odd Mcintyre, was low cred into the earth.
 It was his birthday and the 30th anniversary of his marriage. It was a sad day for some millions of Us in this country.
 Before the sun went down that day 1t was decided that I should carry on the column. One year later, can only say that I have done the best I could, and shall continue doing so. You who were his friends have made the heavy task lighter by your charitable comments and encouraging let- ters.
 This is an appropriate time to say: What about that postage stamp to baar the likeness of O. o. M? The series of stamps hon. bring great Americans is now be- ing designed. The president and postmaster general are anxious to know whom the American people want to see celebrated in this way.
 Copyright, 1s39. McNaught
 Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
New York Day by Day
ny CHARLEs D. pRIsCoLL

New York, Feb. le.-The Church of St, John the Evangelist, at 5Sth street and First avenue. is one of the large churches of Manhattan that serves the same families. gen- eration after generation. Although
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
A Thought for Today

But the eyes of tho wicked shall fall, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost-Job ll;2O'
  The certainty of punishment even more than It's severity, is the preventive of crime-Tyron Edwards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

the D re s c n [ Q h urch edihce was built in 1880, the Church of St. John the Evan- yelist has been looking after a large congrega-
 tion in this neighborhood for
 more than @ cen- tury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18
N0T so SERIOUS
(Boston Post)

The letter of Federal Judge Hincks, suggesting the abandon ment by the New Haven Railroad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

Every Friday night there is Q dance in the large hall in the base ment of the church. A social or- ganization of young people man. ages the dance, but one of the priests (there are six on the church's staff) is always present. Traditionally, the boys and girls meet ct these dances, and here have originated courtships that have led to innumerable marriages in this neighborhood.
 The dance halls in the rear of bar rooms in the neighborhood are patronized mostly by the older married people. Even there, the dancing is quiet, orderly. Of course, dancing at the church hall is well within the bounds of ball. room propriety. No wild acting and no drinking. The social life of hundreds of young people of the parish centers around this hall.
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half German and half Irish; iIn- migrants or sons and daughters of immigrants. It was away up town, of course, quite countrified, with farms and market gardens along the road where now First avenue rears its miles on miles of flats and stores.
 The German descendants grad- ually drifted westward and up- town, into Yorkville. An over- whelming percentage of the par- ishioners of St. Johns today are people of Irish descent. Many of them are grandchildren of men and women who were born within Q turnip's toss of the church.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-18

A h undred years ago the community here- alaoiik xuaa ahniik
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Copyright. 1889. by United Features Syndicate, Incl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
HOUSE DEM0(RATS
 CHIDE ROOSEVELT
 AT CLOSED SESSION
White House Told 10 Be More Confiding with
 Members Congress

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-House Democrats today heard complaints at a Party Conference that there is not enough cooperation between the White House and the Demo- cratic legislators.
 Several members who attended the closed session in the House Chambers asserted that Represen- tative E. E. Cox made rousing speech, the tenor of which was that the Administration would do well to go along with Congress and not insist so much that Congress go along with the Administration.
 The Georgian, who has opposed some of the Administration meas ures, suggested that if the Presi- dent took the members in his con- fidence more, he would obtain greater cooperation by Congress
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
LAST RITES
 ARE GIVEN
 POPE pIU5
Deceased Head of Cath ollie Church Is Laid 10
 Rest in St. Peters

VATICAN CITY, Italy. Feb. IA Pope Plus xI was today carried to his final resting place beneath the floor of the great Cathedral St. Peters to a tomb in the sub terranean grotto of the Basilica under the great altar where only a Pope celebrates mass. It was at this altar that the deceased Pope officiated in the most solemn cere- monies of the Church.
 The triple casket, wrapped in red wool, was lowered to the final rest ing place in semi-private cere- monies lasting an hour and a half
 The last rites reached climax as Cardinals and Bishops, many of them aged, and most of them ap- pointees of the Pope, filed slowly past the casket and over it. Each made the signs of the cross.
 On Friday, Premier Mussolini and the Italian Royal family will pay final tribute to the Pope to reestablished peace between the Vatican and Italy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
Safe Comes Out
 Safe

First recovery from the debris of the destroyed Goldstein Building is large safe belonging to the United States Army Finance Office which was formerly located in the struc- ture.
 The depository saved all contents intact from fire. Water damage to papers including army pack checks, was not considerable as many of the documents will be eligible and useable as soon as drying out pro- cesses are completed.
 The safe which is a Six-foot by four-foot steel box fell from the third story.
 Water damage resulted from heat cracking the doors of the vault by expansion. When it fell to the basement the safe landed face up, permitting water from fire hoses to leak inside.
 It was removed yesterday by CCC boys who slid it out on blanks up to the sidewalk.
 Offices of the U. s. Army Finance department are located temporarily in Room 6 of the Shattuck Build ing
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
locality by him revealed nothing.

locality by him revealed nothing.
 Another Report
 Another report of motor heard came from John Carlson caretaker of Marmion Island lighthouse off the southern tip of Douglas Island. He identified the sound as coming from between Point Cooper and Point Salisbury. A hillside region which lies to the west near the end of Gastineau channel. Carlson claim ed that on the day of the accident he was chopping wood when he saw Alex Holden go over on his trip to Tulsequah, a few minutes later he claimed he heard another motor but was unable to locate the plane. The sound persisted for few minutes and died
 Last Message
 From his vantage point on Mar mion Island the caretaker could see l through clear weather to all sides except southward down from Point Arden, where he aserts heavy winds and snow conditions made visibility impossible. This was the section from which issued Cope's last fateful mes sage.
 Carlson believes the plane is down 0 nthe hillside between Point Cooper and Point Salisbury.
 Advancing a plar ..sased on know ledge of wind and tide conditions of the area Kinky Bayers that clues to the missing plane are apt to be found by ground parties working the areas between Oliver Inlet and Point Arden.
 Wind coming down there from the Taku River basin strikes Point Ar den and splits, creating water movement which washes the tip of Glass Peninsula from Greens Bay to Point Arden. If the plane crashed in here a party working the shoreline would discover remnants on this beach.
 Around Point Arden and down the coast line at Station Point the wind is blowing directly into the east shore of Glass Peninsula. In this area is Grand Island and if the ship fell there the use of ground parties would be apt to locate clues.
 Across from Divers Inlet. the Southern edge of Douglas Island to Point Hilda should be searched due to wind and swell conditions brush ing up toward that shore.
 Conditions Reversed
 The condition reverses itself at Point Young on the other side of Stephens Passage from Point Hilda. The leewash provided by this pro- truding section would create con- dition which probably would result in any remnants being cast up on short of Young's Bay.
 The vital need of proximity in order to ascertain the true nature of sighted objects demands the use
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14

of land parties as ships plying the shorelines are not able to accurately view various objects along the beach Landing is feasible in Greens Bay or in Doty's Cove and other places along the line of survey.
 Skiing Parties
 Three skiing parties wound up a tedious search of the southern nalt of Douglas Island yesterday after noon reporting that they saw noth- ng. The parties consisting of l3 men, Irving Noble, Ralph Moreau, Rod Darnell, Lee Prescott, Bill Hixson, Jay Williams, Ernie Parsons, Al Schramen, Bert Caro- Fred Ball, Bob Robertson, Kaarlo Nasi, and Lu Liston.
 Half of the party commenced their search from Douglas covering the area from Treadwell to an elevation of over 1000 feet, from shoreline to hillside. A zigzag line of men beat the snow covered underbrush for 8 hours fruitlessly The balance of the party sailed on the Wanderer to the south tip of Douglas Island and beat slow path back towards Nevada Creek which approximately inter sects the south half of Douglas Is- land where they met the first party In this manner all the western slope of the south half of Douglas Island was covered.
 There were no results, snow which lie heavy on thick underbrush all but obscured any objects and with all the men hunting one member oi the party states it is entirely possible that they could have passed the plane and all occupants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
G0UDIE ARRIVES
 FROM KET(HIkAN

In Juneau today IS Glenn Goudie. Supervisor for Alaska Aeronautics and Communications Commission after arrival from Ketchikan aboard the AAT Lockheed, .piloted by Shell Simmons.
 Originally scheduled as passen- ger aboard the Cope ship, Goudie was at first tentatively included on the list of people reported down until radio communication estab- lished his presence In Ketchikan.
 Also on the plane with Simmons was J. Conway from Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
Press dispatch to The Empire said:
 Picketing Reported

Press dispatch to The Empire said:
 Picketing Reported
 Metal Trades Council are picket ing the yards of Alaska Steamship Company as protest over what they termed a lockout from the yards during the ship strike"
 The yards mentioned are at West Seattle and they were closed when the Masters, Mates and Pilots walked off the Alaska steamers.
 The Masters, Mates and Pilots walked off the steamers when their demands for an approximate raise in wages of $25 a month, separ- ate rooms and guarantee of eleven months employment each year, were not negotiated
 Spencer in South
 An Associated Press dispatch to The Empire also stated that previ- ous plans to have the Coast Guard John c. Spencer carry mail and emergency supplies are held up by the Coast Guard officials while they determine if the present scheduled sailing of private ships will take care of the situation. The Spen- cer arrived at Port Angeles this morning.
 Situation in Juneau Fresh meat and perishables are practically exhausted in Juneau. There is plenty of canned products at present.
 Butter and eggs are scarce, in fact several stores are out.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
FRENCH NOT RECOGNIZING
 FRANCO YET

PARIS, Feb. Undetermined op- position from a group of Anti-Fas- cist Ministers has compelled the French Government to delay form al recognition of Gen. Francisco Franco as head of the legal Govern ment of Spain.
 After three and one half hours debate the French Cabinet decided to merely leave the diplomatic sit uation unchanged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-14
DEFENDERS
 OF SPAIN
 RESISTING
Government Strengthen
 ing Several Sections 7 10 Meet Insurgents

PERPIGNAN, Feb. l4-Tle Span- sh Government has braced itself on the Central front to meet the shock ofsthe Insurgent offensive expected man effort to clinch a victory.
 Dispatches received here said Spanish Government Premier Neg ri1 mad several members of his Cab- inet are on visits to Jamara and Gtadalajara to bolster the defense in those sections.