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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Wise Thing To Do

The action of Attorney Vincent A.
Scully, mayoralty candidate on the DEM
ocratic ticket, in resigning his office as
Corporation Counsel was well-advised In
the next month he will be busy cam
paigning and would be forced to desert
his official post on countless occasions.
1t is also very true that man with def
mite political ambitions cannot be expect
ed TO discharge his duties, whether they
be those of business man or public Off
cial, in the height of political battle.
We commend Attorney Scully on his
speedy action in handing in his resigna-
sion. 1t will allow the very responsible
post of Corporation Counsel to be filled
by full-time official for the remainder
of the term of Mayor Patrick M. Perriello.
The city will recognize a genuine desire
on the part of the Democratic candidate
to be real servant Of the public both
as a member of an official city admins
tration and as a candidate seeking high
office.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

The sound of hammering issuing from
various parts of the city right now comes
comes from the headquarters of the sew
eral major political parties. Leaders and
candidates are putting together plat
form on which they may all stand to-
gether. All sorts of planks are being
hauled up for the job. Some will be re-
jected; others will be fitted into the
framework that will be the completed job
the voting public is to scan Oddly enough
the 1899 city election may turn into a
battle of issues rather than candidates.
True both Attorney Vincent A. Scully and
Charles C. Foster will be expected to bear
the brunt of the real campaigning for
the Democrats and Republicans, but
beyond that there will be vigorous eff
fort on both sides to advance a platform
that will call for possibly several reforms.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Power VS.. Flood Control

Representative Will M. Wilmington of
Mississippi stated a fact which should
be commonly understood, when he re-
Gently said: Generally, reservoirs for
power and flood control are incompatible.
An empty reservoir is necessary to detaln
flood waters. A full reservoir is neces-
sary to develop power"
That simple truth exposes much OF the
bunk behind the governments So-called
flood control program. It will be remem-
bered that when the government was
forced to defend in court the conStitu-
t4onality of certain of it's poWer-produc-
ing projects, such as the IVA, it did so on
the ground that the projects principal
work was to aid in floor control and SINH
lar normal governmental undertakings,
and that power production was purely
"by product" That argument may be
legally valid - but from any practical
standpoint, it is about as completely fall
lacious as anything could be. You don't
have to be an engineer to realize that a
dam which is full of water, and so able
to produce power, will be worse than USE
less as reservoir in case of flood.
All of this illustrates the constituencies
tactics of the power politicians" They
seem to work on the Hitlerian thesis that
anything, no matter how untrue, unfair
or vicious, is legitimate so long as it brings
them nearer the ends they desire. They
want to see the power industry sociallzed,
as first step in the general specialization
of private enterprise No more unWar-
ranted attack has ever been made on
basic industry, representing the savings
of hundreds of thousands of people -
and no program is more inimical to the
preservation of freedom as we know it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Selected Poem
GOING AND STAYING

tArthur Guiterman in the New York Times)
Two yellow warblers, golden he and she
A thrush and phoebe are in our apple tree
Where all flute together, 1.-THE wind is blowing Free
So Wen start for Carolina in the morning
Away to Carolina and the swamps Of Wateree,
To Georgia, Alabama and the Matagorda Key;
Away to Nicaragua and the Caribbean Sea,
Perhaps to Maracabo in the morning"
Grandfather Woodchuck, patriarch is he,
And two lively chpmunkS beneath our apple tree
Have frost-beaded whiskers and prudently agree
To pack their winter cellars in the morning.
'WeQl pack our winter cellars and full as full
can be,
For the days OF dearth coming and hungry
folk are we
But we'll nibble, browse, and listen to the merry
chickadee
When we've packed our winter cellars In the
morningl"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

The candidate who is elected on No.
vember IA will virtually be mayor from
that date on, unless one thing happens
And that one thing is the entrance of
Mayor Patrick NJ Perriello into the con-
test as an independent candidate. If he
decides to abide by the decision of the
COP Town Committee then from Novem-
Der Is on he will be devoting much of his
time to showing his successor the ropes
of the office Should it be either Attor-
ney Scully or Mr.. Foster, there won't be
much showing, for both now should know
the ropes of city government fairly well.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Views of The Press

from use as game sanctuaries. Fur
thermore, other branches Of the
government, intent on other types
Of reclamation, have succeeded in
interfering with many kinds Of
refugees.
Not that the Biological Survey
does not deserve credit for what IT
has done. But 1t seems almost tin-
necessary to lay so much emphasis
on what has been done and what is
planned to do - valuable as this
is - when, IN the hnal analysis, one
seeks to ignore the work which
Canada does and which has the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

much for the Presidents side of
the issue.
After Borah made his long
speech opening the neutrality de-
bate, friend expressed surprise
to Mrs. Borah that she had not
been present to hear him.
"Oh," replied "little Borah,"
as she Is affectionateIy known
to her inmates, I'm not inter-
ested in seeing Clusters last
stand"
BRITISH ADMIRALS
1t is an unwritten but import
ant item of history that long
before there was though of an
other war in Europe, the late
Lord Thomson. minister for air,
kept hammering home on the Adj
miralty that they should build
up the protection of their home
ports.
The next war, Lord Thomson
warned, would see the enemy
stage air raids on British naval
bases so violent as to make the
fleet homeless. With its bases
gone, the fleet would be rendered
helpless.
But the admirals laughed. It
was uncomfortable to them that
airplanes should develop to that
extent.
Now, however, this Is the
exact strategy Of Naxi air.
planes. They are raining q
constant barrage of bombs ON
British naval bases, and If they
keep 1t up, the British navy
will be, next to homeless.
NOTE-The U. s. Navy also has
been discounting aviation and still
is putting most Of its eggs in one
basket-the battleship. n
JOHN DOE" SECURITY
Several weeks ago The WASH
ing Merry Co Round reported that
? there were between five and ten
million "John Doe" old-age pen
sion accounts In the files of the
Social Security Board; that Is,
annuity records that were incom-
plete and unidentifiable.
This figure, staggering as 1t
seemed, was only part of the story.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

The real situation, as disclosed by
q confidential memorandum sent
to regional directors by John j.
Corson, cocky young head of the
Bureau of Old-Age Insurance,
was a great deal worse. He re-
vealed that the number Of cum
identified items" early this year
stood at 19,519,044. This was out
of a grand total of 100000 ac-
counts.
Thus more than one third of
the accounts, on which S2,S25,-
794,946 had been collected in tax
es, were In chaotic state.
Corson asserted that as a re-
suit Of great efforts by his staff,
the number Of "John Doe" rec
ords had been reduced to 1924
146 by September %, with a total
tax credit to their account of
$760 ,039, $3.50 still unidentified. He
expressed the hope that by the
time January rolls around, when
the government begins paying old
age annuities, most of the "John
Doe" accounts will have been
cleared up.
If they aren't, 1t Is going to
be just too bad for the elderly
workers who become eligible for
pensions and can't collect. Eventu-'
ally, Of course, they will get their
money - after wading through
miles Of red tape and other bu-
reaucratic agonies, by which time,
doubtless, a lot of them won't
have any use for their checks.
Corson,s CHEEKY memo is also
interesting for his placing Of the
botching up the records. The
Washington Merry Co Round re-
vealed that this was due largely
to an expensive and impractical
experiment in decentralization of
accounts that the Social Security
Board undertook some eighteen
months ago. Corson says nothing
about this disastrous flop.
"You are, of course, aware"
he informed his sub0rdinateS,
chat the cause of these uniden-
fled items Is faulty reporting by
employers"
Copyright, 1899, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
THOSE INSPECTIONS AGAIN
(New Britain Herald)

Compulsory automobile inspections
are likely to return to Connecticut,
not because there has been an In
crease of accidents due to faulty
motor equipment, but because--well,
we are stumped. We do not actually
know the reason. Maybe there is a
reasonable profit in the inspections,
the previous inspections having net
ted black ink figures for the state.
Criticisms against the former in
spections were not so much against
the inspections themselves as against
the delays, annoyances and methods
generally. The new brand Of in
spections are designed to eliminate
such criticisms by having the lanes
open oftener, longer, at night, and
on holidays.
Well, let them have their fun.
After all, there is still some unem-
ployment. and the inspection lane
employees need the jobs. That at least
is one way Of looking at 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

/. Name the premier of the Meth
erlands.
2. What is the name of the cham
mel at the entrance to San Fran
cisco bay?
3. Are naturalized American citi-
zens subject to deportation for a
crime committed after naturaliza-
ton?
A. How many centimeters are in
two inches?
5. What is the name for young
foxes?
8. How long is the term of men,
bers of the U. 8. House Of Repre-
sentatives?
7. At which wedding anniversary
are silver presents given?
8. What Is the correct pronuncia-
ton of the word interment?
9. Name the state flower Of Ten
nessee.
10. Who is the army commander
Of Germany?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
In Today's Mail
WARS sLAUGHTERS TO BRING
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE
FROM GOD
Oct. "a. 1889.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
The enclosed article may be Of in
terest to your readers, so I would
appreciate your printing it in your
Letters to the Editor Department.
What Would Happen?
You wonder what would happen
to the nation in time Of war If all
Americans refused to salute. II
every American refused to salute for
the same reason that Jehovah's
witnesses refuse, namely, because of
devotion to Jehovah, and obedience
to His word, then no nation nor
combination OF nations. however
strong, could prevail against Ameri-
ca, for 1t would then be Christian
nation, and the Bible says, Blessed
is that nation whose God is Jeho-
vah." Psalm 1912. Douay (Catholic)
version, Psalm 81. II. This blessed
ness and safety would belong to any
nation which truly served the Lord.
His witnesses are in every county
on the earth, and do not salute any
nag in any land. The Scriptures
state that no nation on earth today
Is worthy to endure, because each
has broken the everlasting covenant
Of Jehovah concerning the sanctity
Of human life. This is all explained
in the twenty-fourth chapter of Is
aiah. War has shed the blood of
many innocents, and In the battle Of
Armageddon, which rapidly APP
proaches, Jehovah God himself viii
take vengeance on the nations be-
cause of their wholesale slaughter
OF human lives. The people of God
on earth will take no part In that
day of vengeance: they now merely
proclaim its approach, warning thel
people to take their stand on theI
side Of the Lord, loving Him and
trusting Him for preservation when
His destruction Of the wicked in
the earth begins. Ernest Genske i'm
the Post Gazette.
JOHN ERrCHErTT.
M ITO Hill st
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

Incidentally under the terms of char
ter changes which go into effect next
January the mayor who is elected two
years from now will take office imme-
diately. In short we're doing away with
the January / inaugural date and as soon
as man is elected he'll automatically be
ready to be sworn into office as soon as
possible, customarily day or two follow
ing the election This is the custom in
most Connecticut cities now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
MORE GAME sANCTUARIEs
(New york Herald-Tribunel

NANSW 4OAh 4ASA 0AA- a AASdAASl
The boast of DIR. Ira N. Gabriel
son, chief Of the United States Bio
logical Survey, that when the New
Deal came into Office there were
only 100000 acres devoted to Wild
fowl refugees in this country and to-
day there are 1880, 900 acres should
be taken with o certain reserve. II
is quite true that important addi-
tons have been made to the acreage
Of potential wildfowl refugees, and
that many Of the tracts are valu-
able. It Is also true that the adj
ministration, having much more
money to spend than its predeces-
sors, has been able to buy land free
ly. But it must not be forgotten that
while the Biological Survey has
been busy adding to game refugees,
the reclamation service. especially in
such projects as the Eantee-C Cooper
River development has been re-
moving large tracts of valuable land
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

turn to burn
because of Moss
Hart q n d
George Kauf-
m an s n e w
laugh show,
The Man Who
Came to DIM
ner." The boys
have taken him
for a sweet ride
and have put
him hilariously
on the spot.
But they say
Woollcott isn't
sore; in fact,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
THE STURDY Firms
(Boston Post)

Little Finland, the only small ma
ton that has the courage to defy
the demands Of ilnperialistic Soviet
Russia, evidently plans to resist forc-
IDLY the Soviet threats.
OF coarse, there can be only one
outcome Il the issue Is pressed. Fin
land Is vulnerable, both BY land and
sea. from Russia. Amy resistance On
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Daily Almanac

Moon sets $40 a. m.
Sun rises 6:13 a. M; sets 4:59 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
Spotty cold weatherI Although in and
around Waterbury the temperature Monday
night dropped to the freezing point and
brought ice Tuesday wcsning few miles dis
tant the temperature was just low enough to
be chilly, but not to produce freezing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

We abhor war and protest against
1t.
william Green, A. r. L. pres
ident.
Am ! mad? If not. whya why7
George Bernard shaw.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
In New York
BIZ GEORGE ROSS

New York, Oct. IS - FIRST
NIGHTS: - Alexander Wo0llcott
once collected his short stories
into q book called "Whlle Rome
Burns" On the Broadway stage
now, it is that rotund fiddler's
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

can Foundation 565 Fifth avenue,
New York city: American Peace AS
ISOLATION, 734 Jackson Place, Wash
ington, D. c.; Woman's International
League for. Peace and Freedom, 1874
F. street Washington, d. c.; Worlds
League for Permanent Peace, 528
Fannin street, Shreveport, La.
@. When was the New York
Chicago airmail route opened?
A. September 5, 1918.
@. When was the song Here's
to Our Flag, the Stars and Stripes"
published?
A. In 1898. It is by Robert H.
Bremen.
@. Can the notes of bells or
chimes be reproduced on the nova
chord or the electric organ?
A. They can be on the organ, but
not on the novachord.
@. Should the least worn tires be
on the front or rear wheels of an
automobile?
A. On the rear wheels, because:
tire on which the non-skid pat
tern is still intact is safer on rear
wheels on wet and slippery roads;
and blowout Of rear tire is like
ly to be more serious than q blow
out on a front tire, since at high
speeds 1t will throw the car out of
control.
@. Has the expenditure o. public
funds for recreational pur' = ;es in
creased or decreased durin; lie last
ten years?
A. Local governments sp,n $29,-
365,472 for recreation PURPOSES in
1898, the largest amount sir re 1881.
In that year, 1925 communit. rs spent
local funds for recreation under
leadership and is cities employed for
the first full-time year-round recrea-
ton executives. y
q. Where Is Madagascar and to
whom does 1t belong?
A. 1t Is an island off the east
coas tot Africa, from whic hit is sep
arated by the Mozambique channel.
It is about $50 miles long and $50
miles wide at its greatest breadth.
Its area is 214,094 square miles.
Madascar came under a French
protectorate, in 1885 and was de.
clared French colony in 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
the part Of Finland would Be hope

the part Of Finland would be hope
less.
Yet. 1t is Just possible that TIL
Soviets win shrink from an armel
attack ON their little neighbor.
conquest Of Finland weuld set I'd
final seal on Russia's arrant hypoc
risy which has shocked the world.
But, since Stain has teamed q
with Hitler. he Is likely 70 folio
the Hitler method which he cuf
condemned, but now finds gut
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do mot say, 'He appropriated
his friends auto for the day;
say, "t0ok."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

II you want . copy Of our book
let, INDIAN NAMES and MEAN
INGS." The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
teenth street, Washington, d. c.
Enslose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

q. VIII you please publish the
names and addresses Of some Of the
more prominent peace organizations
In the United States?
A. Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace, 700 jackson Place,
Washington, d. c.; Church Peace
Union, 70 Fifth avenue, New York
city; World Peace Foundation, 40 Mt.
Vernon street Boston, Mass: Ameri-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25

Our inalienable American rights are
chiefly life, liberty, and the right to sound
off.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
Washington Merry o-Round
DREW FEARS ON
ROBERT s. ALLEN

October most sensational event at the CIo convention
L. Lewis within S
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
A Thought for Today

And they were filed with madness; and COM
muned one with another what they might do to
Jesus.-St. Luke GIL.
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even
beneath those we Observation-Disclosures.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-25
'n'As '0A' = THE EDITOR

O. Are internes and nurses IN
hospitals eligible for old age retire.
ment benefits under the amended
Social Security act?
A. Services for hospitals by In
ternes and nurses in training are
excluded from benefit.
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Questions
and Answers

Enclose q shree-cent stamp foF
reply when addressing any guess
zion of fact or Information % the
waterbury Democrats Services b.
reau at Washington. Legal ana
medical advice cannot be given.
nor can extended research De Nm.
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DEMOCRATS SERVICE Bu-
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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
PLUM PUDDING

PLUM PUDDING
S or. finely 2 tsp. baking
chopped suet powder
II cp. sugar II tsp. nutmeg
21a cps. bread "a tsp. cin'mon
crumbs soaked II tsp. cloves
in IA tsp. mace
l cp. scalded milk 2 cps. seeded
~ cp. dark corn raisins cut
syrup small
3 tbsp. fruit juice u Id. citron
sliced
4 beaten eggs 2 cps. currants
l tsp. salt IA cp. blanched
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07

Gotta quit smoking this year
-. yeah, right no,O. I'll just toss
these stogies in the sOastebasket.
En- maybe I'll sUapt to fish
out a last smoke after dinner
tonight"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
W. NC. Burley Tobacco Crop
Estimated At 7,44O,OOO Lbs.
Slight Increase over Last Yr.
North Carolina Ranks 9Th.
In Production.

Western North Cardinals 1899
crop of Burley tobacco is estima-
ted at 100000 pounds, or about
$4,000 pounds larger than the
1888 crop, it was announced by E.
Y. Floyd, extension tobacco spe-
cialist of State College, on the
basis of reports of the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture. The 1888
crop in this State totaled $780,
600 pounds.
Floyd said that a higher yield
per acre accounted for most of
the increase, since approximate
ly the same acreage was planted
this year as last year. In 1888 the
average yield per acre in Western
North Carolina was 900 pounds;
this year it was approximately
$50 pounds per acre.
Only Virginia of the ten major
Burley-producing states exceed
ed North Carolina In yield per
acre. In Virginia the yield aver
aged 1,060 pounds per acre, as
compared with $40 pounds last
year.
Kentucky led in Burley produc-
ton, as was expected, with North
Carolina sixth. The production by
states this year and last year was
announced by Floyd as follows:
Kentucky, 248, 54O,O0O pounds in
1889 and 231, 100000 in 1899; Ten
nessee, 54,250,0O0 pounds in 1889
and SO, 100000 in 1898; Ohio, 12,-
$4,000 pounds in 1899 and H.
645, 900 pounds in 1888.
Virginia, 12,508,0O0 in 1889 and
10,528,000 in 1889; Indiana, 9,718,-
600 In 1899 and 9,158,OOO in 1888;
North Carolina, 100000 in 1889
and 100000 in 1898; Missouri,
5,850,000 in 1899 and 6,175,OOO in
1898; West Virginia, 2,175,OOO in
1889 and 100000 in 1898; Kan
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
Sparta Man To
Assist With 40
Census Taking
Aaron Jones Named Assistant
District Supervisor. Zeb
Long, Jr., Supervisor.

SALISBURY, Dec 7.-Zeb. V.
Long, Jr., of Ststesville, has been
named supervisor of the Sails
bury district of the 1910 United
States census and is expected to
arrive here next week to open Of
flee on the second floor of the
Salisbury federal building.
Aaron o. Jones, of Sparta, has
been named assistant supervisor
of the Salisbury district.
Announcement of the selection
of the census officials came from
Charlotte and Ammon McClel-
land, area supervisor for the CEN
sus, who has established head
quarters at Charlotte. Space for
the census has been arranged for
here on the second floor of the
federal building.
Mr.. Long has been practicing
law at Statesville since his grad
uation from the law school of the
University of North Carolina in
1885. He had previously gradua-
ted at Davidson college with high
honors, with the class of 1880.
His legal work in Statesville has
been with his father, Zeb V.
Long.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-07
DATE CAKE.

pkg. dates, IL cup nuts.
Seed dates. Pour l cup boiling
water over them and let boil a
few minutes. Set aside. Cream
"a cup butter with l cup sugar,
add 2 eggs, teaspoon vanilla.
Pour dates with water into mix
ture. Sift together l IA cups
flour and l teaspoon baking soda
and add to above. Butter pans
and bake in loaf or layers in me-
dunn oven As to so minutes.