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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-28
Boys Club Notes

Tn addition to the usual spring activities at the Boys club such as volleyball leagues, softball leagues, and swimming instruction and com- petition, the club will introduce classes in fencing, tennis, golf and will sponsor track team. Glasses will form next week and interested parties are urged to watch the pa- pers for additional information. Tennis classes will meet Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from II until 12 and the instruction will cover various ground and serv- ice strokes and also court strategy. The instructor will be a former captain of his college team and one whom has had several years of tournament competition. The first meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 3rd.
 Swordsmanship
 Fencing will commence Wednes- day evening April 5th, from 2 until 9 o'clock. The foil Is the only weapon that will be stressed al- though interested members, possess sing epee or saber, may bring them along. The many thrusts and par ries will be taught and the various methods of weaving your opponent into position for a touch.
 Golf instructions will occur at the same time as fencing and efforts will be made to improve the old player and to teach the many tech- niques to the beginner. Swings may be improved by use of the driving net and stance may be improved or discarded for newer and more efficient one.
 All interested candidates for the track team will report ready for work at the track next Wednesday, April 5th, for the initial meeting. Plans are being made for entry of the team into many state meets this coming spring and summer. Commencing with the first week in April and continuing until fur ther notice the following weekly schedule will be in effect in the Boys club gymnasium and swim ming pool: ....
 Monday
 ll-12-Tennis class meets for be- ginners and others.
 3:30-5-Swimming class for be- ginners only.
 3:30-5-Gymnasium for juniors. Baseball instru tion, softball league, general games)
 7-9 - Intermediate volleyball league games.
 Tuesday
 11-12-Badminton play for senior members and adults.
 2-3-High school softball play. 3:30-5-Junior swimming compe- tition and games in pool.
 3:30-5-Midgets' nasium. Baseball school, softball leagues, etc)
 7-9-Gymnasium night for all members. All apparatus.
 Wednesday
 11-12-TenniS class.
 2-3-High school softball play. 3:30-5-Midgets in pool; games and races.
 3:3e-5-Cubs on gym (baseball school and softban leagues, and track.
 7-9-Fencing, track, golf.
 Thursday
 11-12-Badminto period.
 3:30-5-Cub pool period for fur ther instruction and games.
 3:30-5-Juniors on gym. 7-9-Intermediate fool around night. Softball, basketball, hockey, mixed up tournament.
 Friday
 1l-12-Tennis class.
 2-3-High school softball. 3:30-5--Juniors in pool; games, etc.
 3:3O-5-Midgets on floor. 7-9-Senior volleyball league. Gophers, Bombers, Croft and Old Timers.
 Saturday
 e:30-12- Cubs on floor and mid- gets and juniors in pool.
 11-12-Beginners' swim class A-A-Rraa aenfur neriod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-28

The characters and situations fl hhis story are wholly fictional.
 
 CAST OF CHARACTERS ALAN WARREN = Ambitious young country doctor. EMILY WARREN = Alan's wife. ERIC KANE - Construction en- gineer.
 DIR. FARRELL - Alan's elderly associate.
 Yesterday: Narrowly missing logs and floating debris, Alan and his men arrive at the damsite. They go ashore, Alan giving terse orders to work fast. There are many men injured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-28
CR RANlUM CRACKERS

Asked what elements he still need- ed for his new laboratory, a chem- ist wrote down the following: T need H, zn, Pt, Pb, and Cu.' Could you fill the order? BOX
 TODAY'S LENTEN QUESTION
 Which New Testament char acter had a name like that of a character in Greek mythology who turned into a flower?
 Answers on Back Page.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

Less than 48 hours ago Fuehrer Adolf
Hitler told the nations of the world that
Germany will fight if Italy fights.
He told them, too, that Germany will
go on and on, making new demands, ex-
panding toward more power, building
a greater military machine.
Now, less than 48 hours after Hitler's
fateful speech, the nations are choosing
sides for the conflict they believe must
come.
They are choosing sides-and hoping
that it was all bluff Yet, remember
ing preMunich days and the bluff" Hit
Ter made then, they are fearful that this
Mad Dog of Europe is in fact ready to
throw his own people and the peoples
of other countries into a terrible con-
flict that would leave scars for genera
tiOns to come.
Hitler meant just one thing when he
spoke Monday Into his words observers
can read no other meaning than this
Germany shall become the greatest
power the biggest landowner among all
the nations-or she will perish irving"
There can no longer be any doubt that
Hitler intends to create a German en-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

pire, spreading across the continent of
Europe toward the Ukraine and reaching
out across the oceans to colonies now
held by other nations.
What may we expect as a result of this
terrifying new development?
1t is certain the democracies of Europe
will be more closely knit than ever be-
fore. 1t is equally certain that the entire
world will be plunged into such an arma-
ments race as will surpass any in history.
And it is certain that we in these United
States will be subjected to such a bar
rage of propaganda as we have never
before experienced.
ForeWarned, let us be forearmed
Let US examine with care any news
out of Europe. Let us warn our public
officials to keep their fingers out of the
European pie, lest they find it too hot.
And, above all, let us think in terms
of peace, work for peace, and confine our
every effort to keeping the peace in this
blessed western hemisphere of ours.
Let us, in other words, stay at home
and make sure those who might be our
enemies if they trespassed on our boun~
darles stay at home themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Bruce Cation
In Washington

WASHINGTON. - One of these
fine days somebody is going to
get hopelessly lost down here
When the searching party finally
digs him up he will be babbling
about circles. statues and dead
end Railways.
Washington is full of all three,
and they are dark and bedevil-
ing combination for a man who is
just trying to get acquainted.
The circles you can blame ON
Major IEnfant. who invented the
town The whole nation probably
must take the blame for the stat
ues. And the Railways are just
some of those things.
Fundamentally. Washington S
street plan is simple; a gridiron of
streets crossing each other at right
angles. But across this gridiron
Major I'Enfant laid a series of di-
agonal streets. and wherever one
of them crossed a main drag he
put d circle
Now to get anywhere at all you
have to follow one of the dag
onals. Follow it so long and you
hit a circle. You either take the
wrong turn, trying to get precisely
halfway around the circle and pick
up where you left off, or by the
time you have passed half a dozen
of them your sence of direction
has become the sort of thing cpl
taphs are written for.
Which brings us to the statues,
Each circle has a grass plot,
and each grass plot has a statue.
Mostly The statues are of generals
on horseback. For variation, there
are admirals. Sometimes there are
cupidS, nymphs. fauns and un-
identified spirits tWining them
selves symbolically about the ped
estal. There is one gilt statue of
hand holding a torch - only that
and two entwined dragons, dwarf
size. flanked by two Greek pillars
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

and topped by a used doorstep.
And the trouble with all of them
is that the names are pretty large
IL invisible at a distance greater
than 10 PAGES. Now in the ordi-
nary course OF life. a statue is
something OF an event. You see
one. and YOU have to know who
it's to-if that sounds right. You
aren't happy If YOU don't. II haunts
you. But to identify these WASH
ington statues. a closeup is ncces-
sary. And if you're going any
where at all you can't stop and
ScrutiniSe every one you pass;
you'd peym on this earth get
where yon were going if you did.
and besides you'd be disappointed
when you found out anyway.
All of which leads to a sense of
Illustration. Yl0u start brayely
down a street, get into this circle
business. set your course anew
every three blocks, keep wonder
ing wishfully who that bronze gen
tleman over yonder with the spear
in his hand can be-and arrive at
last. at your destination full of
crustiness and dolour.
Your destination. OF course is
a goyesnment building of some
sort. And here you get into this
dead-end hallway business.
Government buildings here are
laid out on a scheme of battling
simplicity. Every corridor every
one, without exception-is built on
the scheme Of block letter u
and only one end of the U is open
You enter one of these stupendous
mauSoleums, follow an endless
hallway around three sides of a
square. reach the office you are
seeking . and then, coming out,
get hopelessly and irrevocably lost.
Far the other end of the u
ought to be open. AS the crow
flies, or would fly if it got into
one of these places, you are with
in. say 80 feet of the front door.
But to get to it you must retrace
your steps over league upon
lonely. echoing league of marble,
back the way you came. Little side
corridors lead off in what seem
to be promising directions, but you
are done for if you try them. IN
variably they lead to nothing.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

iopia has ceased TO exist as an
independent country.
Was it meeting of ghosts
when these documents passed from
The hands of phantom govern
ment into those of neglected
world organization?
Abyssinia Is still a member of
the League of Nations, with a
sea- iii the assembly. And the Or
ganization housed in the marble
palaces of world federation,
though deserted by many powerful
one-time members, and neglected
by many others.
1t would be easy to sniff at
these proceedings, and no doubt,
If they were noted at all, many
a sniff has already been given
them In Italy and other countries
outside the league.
But that is the easy view. No
one ought to lose sight of these
dusky refugees. still working des-
perately for their country that was.
nor of those secretaries and Dip
lomats still keeping alive the en-
aciated body OF the Parliament of
Man that might have been.
This is aside from the merits
of the Ethiopian case, or the case
for or against the League of Ma
tions as set up In 1919 and as
operated since. Each stands for
something that must not be lost.
Ethiopia stands for civilized
mans protest against the doc
trine that the strong may take
what they wish regardless of right.
And the league stands for the idea
that some time. somehow. the
peoples of the world must devise
a world order baseti on reason
and peace rather than on an am
bition and force.
Therefore. one need not argue
for the validity of the claims
either of Ethiopia or the league
as they stand today. to appre-
ciate that each still has value
in keeping eyes and minds TO-
cused on principles that must not
die If the world is to be held
back from a new descent into bar
barism,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
YOUTHS IDEAS ON
WORLD AFFAIRS
(POrterville Recorder)

In Buenos Aires, recently, several hun
dred high school and college students
strutted in Fascist pose, seeking to arouse
Argentinians against Yankee imperial
ISM"
In England the first of several hundred
Jewish children eXiled from Nazi Ger
many arrived with few pence in their
pockets.
In San Francisco 1000 Chinese school
children effectively picketed temporar-
lily a Greek freighter seeking to load
scrap iron destined for japanese muni-
tion factories
Each youthful group toM its own
story: The Jewish exiles, the story Of
Hitlerism at its cruelest; the parading
South American students bespeak the
thoroughness of Nazi propaganda in the
Western Hemisphere; the Chinese in San
Francisco the authority of public con-
science when aroused against war.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
WE PREFER ENGLISH
(FrOm the RcdIands Facts

(FrOm the Rcdlands Facts
Opera in this country will never
be popular unless sung in English,
declares Lawrence Tibbett. noted
baritone, At least it will never reach
such wide popularity as is possible
with an audience understanding
what it's all about OF course, there
will always be that following of the
four r-flushers whose snobbish at
tendance is more as clothes horses
and putting on the dog" as the
vulgar express it. But the great
outpouring of appreciation from
the general walk of life in this
country cannot come to hard-head-
ed American public with telling Of
stories in a foreign tongue.
Lawrence Tibbett did not express
his sentiments in just that way,
More politely, in an article in a
recent issue of Rotary magazine, he
remarks: "I believe the develop
ment of opera has been retarded
to a considerable extent because
it has been unintelligible to the
people. AS I see it, traditional
opera has been transplanted here
without being adapted to our pc
culiar needs and therefore does
not find soil favorable to
growth. The art has no national
history here. In Italy, France, Ger
many, opera thrives naturally be-
cause if it is not created by native
writer's, it has been adapted by
translation into the mother tongue
Redlands is proud of its partici-
patton in the Riverside Community
Opera association, which is a lead
er in the west in the presentation
OF famous operas in English. Mar
celia Craft, former German opera
diva and artistic director of the
Riverside group, founded it over
five years ago with that very thing
in mind, and has received national
acclaim for her efforts.
European countries, excepting
England, would not listen to opera
sung in tongue other than their
own, Tibbett says. We'd add, why
should America be so tolerant as
to accept it in other than it's own
language?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
THE ACCURACY OF
THE NEWSPAPERS
[ tNapa Register)

In an address on the making of news
papers, Frank r. Kent, veteran political
writer of the Baltimore Sun, made this
statement: "In no other business and IN
no other profession, save that of the pure
scientist, is the premium on accuracy so
high, the penalty for inaccuracy so
prompt, and the proportion of accuracy
so great"
The truth of this statement is familiar
to all who are engaged in the production
of a newspaper and to a great proportion
of the reading public who, while unin-
formed concerning the mechanical pro-
cess through which the news of the day
is transmitted to the reading public,
nevertheless recognize the reliability of
by far the greater number of newspapers.
Where errors do occur. newspapers
welcome the interest of readers III calling
them to their attention. 1t is through
the friendly cooperation of the reading
public that newspapers are aided largely
in their eternal endeavor to guard against
inaccuracies.
1t is interesting to recall in this con-
nection the remark once made by so
keen a critic as Woodrow Wilson, to the
effect that, considering the complicated
nature of the process of gathering and
printing news and the speed with which
it is done, it is remarkable that news
papers make so few errors of any kind.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
AGING PETER PAN COMES BACK
(Marysville Appeal-DemocraD

To thousands of older theatre goers
in all parts of the country the appear
ance of Maude Adams on a New York
stage will bring pleasant recollections.
Years ago, before the generation of
movie followers was born Miss Adams
brought Peter Pan and other charming
plays to audiences throughout the con-
tinent. She appeared in Marysville in
the flourishing days of road shows, as
did many other celebrated actors, and it
was regret to everyone who had seen
her when she said goodbye to the foot
lights.
Now, at the age of Sc, Maude Adams
has emerged from her retirement at
least temporarily. Perhaps her appear
ance in New York was only final bow
news items do not make that clear
but if she is once more to seek public
favor she will find it, even if only be-
cause of the popularity of her younger
years. Miss Adams in her youth brought
a quality to the theatre that is entirely
lacking in an age of Jazz and swing
gangster plots and "Hellsapoppin" slap
stick
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

tions extending from coast TO coast.
He is in a position to speak with
authority He gave me SIX de1lnlte
suggestions to pass on to you. Here
they are.
/. Don't begin by trying TO get
on d network A singer wouldn't
dream of applying for a position
with the Metropolitan Opera Com
panv in New York until he had
spent years learning his art and
creating a reputation for himself; ;
vet amateurs who have never been
on the air a dozen times hope TO
crash the gate OF coaSt-to-coaSt
broadcast. How fooliShi
2. Begin your radio career on a
local station-the smaller the sta
tion. the better are your oppor-
tunitics for getting on. Don't ask
for pay. Ask only for an oppor-
tunity to learn the technique OF
broadcasting. If you are told-aS
you probably will be-that there
are no vacancies. offer to do any
kind Of work free until there is a
vacancy. Offer to run errandS,
sweep the floor. write letters, man
age the SWitchboard-offer to do
anything that will keep you IN the
radio station until someone Is need
ed to act a bit sing q song or an
nounce a program. You need cX-
periencc. Be willing 10 work and
wait TO get II.
3. Develop some original idea for
a program something new. some
thing that has never been on the
air before
4. II you aspire TO sing on the
air, develop d large repertoire.
5. If you aspire to go on a pro-
gram sponsored by an advertiser,
apply direct 10 the advertising
agency that handles the account.
Many large radio programs are
built, not by radio stations. but by
advertising agencies.
6. Try to develop a radio per"
sonality Don't initiate others. Be
yourself Hunt for and develop
that spark that differentiates you
from other people.
7. Alfred J. McCosker warns as
pirants not TO hope TO become radio
announcers merely because they
have good voices. A resonant. color
ful voice, he says, is only thirty
per cent of the skill an announcer
must have. He should posses a
likeable personality and be able to
win friends and influence people
under all conditions. He should be
extremely versatile, should have a
vast fund of general information,
must know music and musical terms,
must be able, when reporting special
events. TO talk entertainnigly with
out notes and without a manuscript.
8. If you find it impossible to
get on the air, don't be distressed
Radio demands skilled performers.
Thousands of performers who have
spent half lifetime learning their
art in the theater, in vaudeville,
and on the concert stage. are try
ing TO break into radio You have
to compete with them. Remember
there are literally thousands of ap-
plicants for every JOB in radio.
Those who have the most TO offer
in skill, in experience. will naturally
be the ones who are chosen
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Ghosts At Geneva

There is a feeling of unreality
about the news that Abyssinians
living in Europe have presented
to the secretary general of the
League of Nations a collection of
documents purporting TO show con-
tinued resistance in Ethiopia to
the Italian conquest
1t seems unreal because in the
minds OF many the League of
Nations has ceased TO exist Eth
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Hints on Etiquette

If you are angry with another
person and wish to write and tell
him or her lust what you think"
of them. write letter then tear it
up. Hastily spoken words may be
forgiven; the unkind written ones,
seldom.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

tell you how to
do it. Mr.. Nc
Cosker has, for
the past II years,
been president of
WOR one of
the most power
full stations of the
u mite d States.
He is one OF the
organizers OF the
Mutual Bread
casting System
that has l07 sta
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Dale


How can I get on a radio pro-
gram?' A million Americans -
probably more would like to
know the answer to that question.
So | asked Alfred j. McCoSker to
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
On Imperial Valleys Must List
For Completion in 1889

No. /. An adequate bond refinancng pro-
gram for the Imperial Irrigation Districts Sl5,-
900 900 debt
No 2. A comprehensive drainage program
10 protect and restore Imperial Valley farm lands.
No. 3. Strict business administration of I'm
pcrial Valleys public power system to avoid
added expense and insure greater revenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Grab Bag
One-Minute Test

l. Can you name the four COM
ponent parts of an orchestra?
2. For what class of boxers is
there no weight limit?
3. Do you know who wrote the
well known poem, Twas the night
before Christmas?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
Words of Wisdom

Be yourself. Ape no greatness.
Be willing to pass for what you are.
A good farthing is better than bad
sovereign. Affect no oddncss; but
dare to be right, though you have
to be singular.-S. Coley.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31

One Minute Test Answers
|. Stringed, wood winds, brass
and percussion instruments.
2. HeavyweightS.
3. Clements c.. Moore
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-31
TGday's Horoscope

TUUdy TVVIUotUPt
Those born today are endowed
with thoughtfulness, prudence and
sincerity. They are excellent stu
dents gaining knowledge with ease,
making successful reformers or Or
ganizers. The year just starting
for them will be a good one, their
affairs progressing favorably. They
may inherit money and those Older
than they will help them.