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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

Editor, Tall Tower Topics May have a few lines
in your column to address an appeal to of Scotch
Terriers We are DESTROYS of organizing club for
Scottie to be known the Waterbury Scottie
Club. All owners of Scotties eligible to join
would like to have them think it and if we
could get together and discuss this matter No dues
assessments to pay and the club will in no way con-
fct with any kennel club regulations, as am not
member of any club my Scottie is kept as pet and
companion Would like to have reunion in the form OF
picnic and gettogeher the first Sunday of June each
year. Also would like to have some of ribbon made up
for each member with Scottie on it to be kept a
membership badge What do the rest of Scottie
in Waterbury think of this? Would like to hear
comments William F. Harvey, GIG Chase Avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

Congressman J. Joseph Smith will take in the Yale
Army grdiron classic at the Eli Bowl in New Haven
Saturday guest of Jay L. Benedict
of the United States Military Academy 1t will seem
exceptionally funny to watch Congressman Joe roofing
Tor Yale while punked in seat in the center of the
Army contingent JOe you know is graduate of Yale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
THE FLEETING LIGHT

Once to every man must come
intoxication Of the senses,
yearning words, unspoken, dumb,
striving to ignore mans fences.
Rapture will entice the heart
ecstasies erase the weakness
that has held two souls apart.
Love viii mold the strong to meekness
In the night of life,s brief path
there will flash q burning token:
friendship Is the aftermath
Friends can hear the words unspoken.
-Nakhoma, in the Telepathic Mag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

propositions in the bill. One item
which is sur t.. bring fireworks is the
90-day creGit provision of the CASH
and-carry part of the measure. An
other is the stringent set Of restric-
tons which tn bill puts on Ameri-
can .:hipping. m
Much may depend on, the degree
to which the administration is will
ing to compromise on such points
as these. It will undoubtedly lose
some votes which it is now counting
on unless such provisions are
changed. Incidentally, each amend
ment that is offered will be accom-
panied by good deal of debate
which means that final vote on
tie bill as a whole is still a con-
siderable distance away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
Answers To 4
Test Questions


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test questions printed on
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2. Kelt.
8. A buyer Of stocks which he
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
. BRUCE CATION
I'm WASHING TON
Amendments
Bring Showdown
On Arms Repeal
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Observation-Disclosures
Correspondent

OUEkespUHuenG
Washington. Oct. IS = The real
showdown on the arms embargo
fight is apt to come when amend
ments to the administration bill are
offered on the floor of the Senate.
The administration leaders claim
a solid majority for repeal of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

Two-thirds Of the foreign products
entering Cuba this year are from
the United tSates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
Todays Answers -
0ANIUM CRACKERS
Questions On Comic Page

!. All names refer to European
seas except Vistula, which is a river
Poland.
2. All names refer to British
ships sunk except the Carl Fritzen
a German vessel sunk by the Brit
ish.
3. Denmark is the one nation of
the five listed not directly affected
by Russian plans for domination OF
the Baltic Sea.
4. BreSt-Litovsk went to Russia
In the partition of Poland. Other
cities went to Germany.
5. Colonel General Wilhelm Kei-
tel is chief of the high command OF
German armed forces. Other names
are those of British military men.
Germany has supplanted the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

Defective ears cause waltzing
mice to waltz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

Germany has supplanted the
United tSates as chief supplier of
automobiles to YugoSlavia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18
ONE OPTIMIST
IN EUROPE

| The impression that peace IN Eu-
rope might be nearer than European
news dispatches indicate continues
here.
A few days ago a New York brok-
erage house wired its branch offices
to the effect that it understood that
Maj. L. L. B. Angas (the English
economist, now living in New York,
whose 1.-THE Coming American
Boom" made such furry at the
dawn of the New DeaD was advising
his clients to unload their "war
babies"
This wire was shown to Senator
Gerald Nye, who Immediately wired
Major Angas asking him if he cared
to confirm or deny the report. Ma
jor Angas wired back: Eyes ex-
pect armistice followed by peace"
Both administration and isolation
list groups have just begun inten-
sive PROSECUTING campaigns among
members Of the House of Represen-
tatives.
Focus of attention so far has been
on the senate; yet any bill which
passes the senate must also pass the
house, and it recently occurred to
both sides that some missionary
work ought to be done there. At
ter all, last spring the house re-
lfused-by a margin of Al voteS-to
repeal the embargo.
CLAIM 1870 IN HOUSE
SUPPORT EMBARGO
One up-to-date\ isolationist report
Is that 1876 members of the house
have thus far given definite state
ments of their position on the meas
ure, and that 100 of these have stat
ed that they intended to vote to up
hold the embargo.
A California congressman reports
that so far he has not found any
man who voted for the embargo last
spring who intends to vote for re-
peal this fall. Another westerner
contradicts this and says that he
personally knows of three such
switches in his own part of the
country.
All of which simply means that
the situation in the house still Is
not clear, and that both sides are
putting on strong drives there.
One of the most prominent isola-
ZIONIST senators had a poll taken in
la section of his state few days
|ago on the neutrality issue. He
used the most accurate methods he
knows of, which have proven reliable
In past political campaigns. The
result, he said, was vote Of about
3h to ~ in favor of keeping the
embargo-out of approximately 5000
people polled.
The odd part is that this jibes
neither with his mail from that
section-which has been running
around five to one for keeping the
embargo-not with the Gallup poll,
which has been running in favor OF
repeal. Now he's trying to figure
which of the three indicators is
most nearly right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-18

NEXT: The Munitions Magnet,
and its part in bringing the
United States into the World war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
[ N --I-a,A A----L .---.--c4a-A.e STILL SEARCHING
 FOR LOST FLYER

Bathurst, N. B., June 21-(UP)- Royal Canadian mounted police and forest rangers, searching woods in northwestern New Brunswick today for an airplane that residents heard explode on May 28, said today there was a "strong possibility" that the plane was that of Thomas H. Smith, of Los Angeles, who vanished on a projected transatlantic flight that day.
 A party led by Forest Ranger Theodule Roy went to the woods near Alcida yesterday but found no trace of plane.
 Mounted police said that more than 30 residents of the Alcida area told them they heard plane fly low over the woods and explode about two hours after Sruith had been reported over St. John, N. B.. l50 miles to the south. smith took off from Old Orchard. Me, early on the morning of May 20 and headed into fog and rain on an rnauthors izcd attempted flight to Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21

and diving" Doyle said.
 He explained that the indicator board showed when the engines had stopped and the engine rooms were rigged for diving.
 In addition, he said, a man in the engine room reported as soon as the out board exhaust valves were closed.
 All Men Were Fit
 Doyle said he believed all men on duty in the control room physically and mentally fit and proficient in their duties. These included Ma chinist's Mate Alfred G. Prien of San Francisco, Cal, who was at the signal board; Machinists Mate Carol N. Pierce of Kansas City, Machin- ists Mate Gavin J. Coyne of Sacra- mento, Cal, Machinist's Mate Charles Yuhas of New Salem, Pa, Chief Torpedo Man Roy H. Cambell of Omaha, Neb, Machinist's Mate Carlton B. Powell of Leesville, La., and Electricians Mate Judson T.. Bland of Norfolk, Va.
 In addition, Doyle said, Harold c. Preble, naval architect, was aboard as an observer.
 Did you consider the control room crowded?" the court asked.
 "No, sir"
 Asked if he believed the engine room crew was sufficiently large to close hull induction and exhaust valves between the diving signal and the time the boat actually suberged, Doyle said:
 T think So"
 Doyle also testified that he be- lieved that the present ventilation ducts might be so long that they would be in danger of rupture from depth charge or similar incident.
 Follows Doyle
 Lieutenant Robert Neil Robertson of Texas, navigating officers, fol- lowed Doyle as witness.
 Though he has been in the sub marine service for five years, he has not yet qualified as a subma- rine man, Robertson said.
 During the ships construction, Robertson said, he saw two tests made of the main induction valve.
 "In both tests the valve operated perfectly, especially on the last one," he said.
 On the submarines maiden voy- age, he said, some difficulty was en- countered in making the valve stay open, but this subsequently, was remedied.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
PROBE OF SQUALLS
 IS CONTINUING
(Continued from Page 1)

Continued from Page D failure of the main engine induction valve to close properly. The signal light for this valve is among those on the indicator board.
 The question, asked by Command CT Charles w. Styer, sitting as judge advcate was:
 Did you observe whether there was an afl-green indicator board when the submarine submerged?" "Yes sir" Doyle replied.
 And did it remain all green down to the 50 foot depth?" asked tyer
 "Yes sir"
 Intoxicating Valve
 The court then asked if, assuming that the accident was caused by faulty mechanism on the main in- duction valve, the tragedy might not have been averted had an in- terlocking device been installed be- tween the valve and at least one of the ballast vents.
 If an interlocking device were so rigged that 1t would be impossible to open the vents until the in- duction was closed, it certainly would give us an indication that all was not right" Doyle said.
 The opening of the third day of the hearing before the four-man court, headed by Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, commander of the Fir-t Naval District, was delayed a half-hour to permit the taking of sound pictures.
 Sub Service Since 1884
 Doyle, the first witness, testified that he had been in the submarine service since 1884 and had served on two submarines before he was as- signed to the Squalus last January.
 As diving officer, he said, it was his duty to check the trim of the boat and see that the control room was rigged for diving.
 In addition to checking of each preparation for a dive on check of board, Doyle said, he received a further check from Lieutenant J. c. Nichols of Chicago on the for ward compartments, and from En- sign J. H. Patterson, one of the 26 vimtims, on the aft compartments.
 Asked if he received the reports from Nichols and Patterson, Doyle said:
 q did"
 Signal for Dive
 Only after the ship was complete ly rigged except for the closing of the main induction and engine vents was the signal for the dive given. Then the switch was made to the electric engines and all vents closed. he said.
 No report was required of the closing of the main induction valve, Doyle said.
 "The men were instructed to close the valve upon securing the engines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
SECOND EARL OF
 INCHCAPE DIES

London, June 21-(UP)-Kenneth Mackay, 51, second earl of Inchcape, died suddenly last night at his resi- dence at Chinthurst Hill, near Wo- nersh, 1t was announced today. He was one of Great Britain's big ship ping men.
 Lord Inchcape was found dead in his dressing room. His mother-in- law, the Rance of Sarawak, said that he had not been i'll but that he had complained of chest pains yesterday.
 Lord Inchcape married as his sec. ond wife Lenora Margaret, daugh- ter of Sir Charles Brooke, Raja of Sarawak. He had been divorced from his first wife, Joan, daughter of the late Lord Justice John Fran cis Moriarty.
 Viscount Glenapp, Lord Inch- cape's son by his first marriage, succeeds as third earl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
MISSING WOMAN
 NOT YET LOCATED

St. Albans, Vt., June 21-(UP)- A two-week search for a woman guest who disappeared from the American House hotel only a few days after her arrival here has failed to reveal her whereabouts, police disclosed today.
 Registered only as Mrs. G. Madi- son of North Dakota, she arrived here May 26 by bus. She disappeared June 3, supposedly on a shopping trip to Burlington, leaving her lug gage at the hotel.
 Described as about 40 years old, she told hotel attaches she was teacher at an Indian reservation school.
 Police learned that from May 19 to 26, she was a Burlington hotel guest, registering from New Britain, Conn. A MT. and Mrs. Barrows, de- scribed as son-in-law and daugh- ter of Mrs. Madison, were there for one day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
SEX PREDICTOR
 IS SORRY LOSER
Wife Disappoints Him By Presenting Girl, Not Boy
 as Predicted

Newark, N. J., June 21.-(UP).- Sidney A. FortePs whole new career was ruined today-the stork had crossed him up.
 He had been certain of one thing in the world: That his mathemat- ical formula could predict every time the sex of unborn babies. He had predetermined the sex of 60 friends children, so he said.
 And SO, last March ', he announc- ed without hesitancy that a son would be born to his wife. He named the son Howard A. Fortel. When the boy was born he was going to quit his linen supply business and become professional sex predeter- minator.
 AS a crowning gesture he sent a formal invitation last March to friends to attend Towards cir cumcision on June 25.
 At 5:20 p. m. yesterday, Mrs. For tel gave birth to a girl. It was a blow to Fortel.
 That's impossible" he shouted at the hospital information desk. There must be some mistake"
 Nurses convinced him that there wasn't.
 Mature can't do this to me-" he said. Don't think I'm going to take this sitting down. I'm going to trace my chart back to the beginning of this case. I'm positive I'll find a miscalculation somewhere.
 T know how some people will laugh at me. But remember-they laughed at scientists like Pasteur and Jenner."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
THIRD TERM HAS
 CAPITAL ALL ACOC
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(Continued from Page D of the Philippines for the 1940 Dem ocratic nomination.
 In another telegram Schwartz ac- cused Sen. Edward R. Burke, D., Nebraska, of conspiring with Gar ner conservatives" and of attempt ing to hide behind the outworn anti-third term slogan in your des- perate undercover plotting to stop Roosevelt and progresSiveism."
 Burke Against It
 In a speech Monday, Burke had urged the American people to maintain inviolate" the htird term tradition.
 MT. Roosevelt conferred with sev- eral politically important figures yesterday, including Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York, former Attorney General Homes s. Cum mings, and Democratic Governor Lloyd c. Stark of Missouri.
 When asked if he had discussed 1940 prospects with LaGuardia, the president remarked that it was too hot for politics.
 Cummings said he and the chief executive had had a 'good-old- fashioned talk on many things" in- cluding politics and political pros- poets for 1940.
 Stark declined to disclose what he and MT. Roosevelt had discussed.
 Senator William H. Smathers, Democrat, New Jersey, said today that New Jerseys 32 delegates to the 1940 Democratic National Con- vention will be pledged to the re- nomination of President Roosevelt.
 Every Democrat in the state be- lieves that Roosevelt, who carried New Jersey the last time by ap- proximately half million majority, can again sweep the state in 1940," Smathers said in a statement. "They all believe that he will be drafted by the party to lead it to victory again next year.
 President Roosevelt is the one Democrat in the nation who can carry New York state in 1940, be- cause he is the one Democrat in the country that the Progressive mayor of New York, Fiorello La Guardia, will support against Thomas E.. Dewey or any other reactionary Republican"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
FILIBUSTER MAY
 KILL OFF BILLS
Continued from Page D

If the fiilbuster develops, parlia- mentary maneuvers could be en- ployed to get action on the tax and relief measures which must be enacted before July l, but there was doubt concerning the extension of the monetary authority. Barkley had hoped to obtain a vote on the devaluation provision yesterday, but it was blocked by Sen. Pat McCar- ran, D., Nev. a leader of the vest tern silver block.
 McCarran objected to Barkley's attempt to fix time for voting on an amendment tot he monetary bill and frequently interrupted to ask speakers questions.
 Business Tax Revision
 The senate was trying to clear the way for consideration of the $1,- 644 100000 business tax revision measure, which was rushed through the finance committee in record time yesterday.
 McCarran, hoping to force Mor- genthau to raise silver prices from the present 64.64 cents an ounce to $1.04 by threatening to compel ex- piration of the stabilizatoin fund and devaluation powers, said that "un- certainty" over the price had "been most destructive to the morale of the west"
 Administration advisers said pri- vately that McCarran probably could enlist enough support to put Mor- genthau in an uncomfortable posi- tion and perhaps force him to boost the silver price to around 77.3 cents an ounce.
 Meanwhile, the tax measure was being prepared for consideration while an appropriations sub-com- mittee continued work on the $1,- 735 100000 relief bill containing funds for the Works Progress Ad- ministration through the next fiscal year.
 The tax bill was approved by the senate committee in less than five hours. All house provisions were left untouched, but number of ad- ditional concessions were made to business.
 Work of Reprinting
 Work of re-printing the bill to show the committees additions will delay senate consideration until Thursday or Friday.
 Principal senate committee amendments would:
 Permit domestic corporations that are forced to organize subsidiaries in foreign countries, such as fruit companies and automobile manu- lecturers, to file consolidated re- turns.
 Adopt new rule to determine whether a transaction between a manufacturing company and a subsidiary is to be considered sale. Grant six additional months, to Jan. 1, l940, in which AAA processing tax refund claims can be filed. The previous filing time expired June 30, 1887.
 Assist small farmers by interpret ing a commodity credit corporation loan as Q sale for tax purposes. Heretofore, such loans have been considered loans, not sales.
 Grant to residents of the Phillip pines and Puerto Rico the same estate tax credits that are allowed citizens of continental United States who are required to pay state estate taxes.
 Postpone until Jan. I, isai, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
UNITED STATES
 JOINS BLOCKADE
(Continued from Page J

This was the interpretation given in diplomatic quarters to the Amer ican protest to the Japanese for eign office against continued aerial bombings of American property in China, and the effort to make public the text of correspondence between the United States and Japan concerning such bombings.
 Publication of the correspondence, diplomats believe, would give indi- rect support to the British in their resistance of the Japanese blockade by increasing general popular re- sentiment against Japan's anti-for- eign activities in all parts of China.
 Diplomats here believed that Ja- pan would be reluctant to have the full text of this correspondence made public. They also believe however, that if Japan refuses to make the exchange of notes public and still continues her encroach- ments of foreign rights in China Hull likely to review the corre- spondence in renewed representa- tions which he is at liberty to pulp fish on his own authority.
 Authorities said the same diplo- matic purpose could be served in this way, since publication of the representations would prepare public opinion in this country for sternel action in defense of American rights in China.
 London, Junue 21.-(UP)-Britain is prepared to take any steps which may be thought necessary to en- sure supplies for Britash subjects in blockaded Tientsin, Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain told ques- tioners today in the House of Con- mons.
 Chamberlain said Sir Robert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-21
GREAT BRITAIN
 STARTS REPRISALS
(Continued from Page D

Despite even this, however, a Japan csc army spokesman at Tientsin said today that reports of anti British indignities were malicious propaganda"
 The newspaper Yomiuri, discuss ing the British ambassadors visit to Arita, headlined it's story:
 British Ambassador Begs For Mercy"
 An announcement by the Imperial army headquarters here that Jap anese troops had landed at Swatow, on the China coast, made it plain that the new drive was considered one.
 Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, who commanded the landing of bluejackets at Kulangsu, the foreign area of Annoy, last month, was in command of the Army expeditionary force.
 Military Significance On
 A foreign office spokesman said that the Swatow landing was of purely military significance, intend- ed to destroy a base of operation for the Chinese army.
 Under the policy pursued hither- to-" the spokesman said, the rights and interests of other foreign pow CTS remain unchanged"
 He added, however, that although Japan would try to avoid damage to foreign interests, it was earnestly hoped that foreign powers would understand the real intentions of Japan to the extent of cooperating with it, and thus preclude the ac- currence of untoward incidents"