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Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
THE HOME HOLIDAY

The various states are celebrating
Thanksgiving this year on differen
dates, but whenever observed it is al
expression of love for our home anC
family life. In former days this
homecoming was a great event, ant
sons and daughters and their chill
dren made every effort to be present
In the early days of this holiday
when people rarely wandered far
from their early homes, the celebra-
tion came very near being a COM
plete family reunion. 1t was made
dear to all by its revival of the
sweet memories of childhood.
Modern life scatters families all
over the country and even the world.
The affectionate welcoming of the
offspring of the family, the shouts of
great tribe of grandchildren, do not
occur so often in our modern
Thanksgiving. The old home has in
many cases ceased to exist or assed
to the hands of strangers.
Too often today the old family
hearth sees only the aged grandpar-
ents sitting by the fire. which flick
ers bit sadly as the thought turns
back to the scenes of merriment with
which those rooms echoed many
years ago.
1t is fine thing if families can be
reunited on this day. whether in the
old home or anywhere else. The old
folks find the fire of life burning
higher and more cheerily when the
loved faces come in sight again. The
children find that the ties of family
are the firmest bonds of life. They
are amply repaid for whatever time
and money it took to get back TO the
family circle.
= Thanksgiving day should not be a
mere time for eating gorgeous feasts.
The good things to eat are appro-
pirate. and convey a thought of our
many blessings. but let us not pass
the day without a thought of all we
owe to God and country and home
and the old home town.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
OPPOSED TO FOREIGN FIGHTING

The president of Bowdoin college
in Maine recently reported that 95
per cent of the students in his COL
lege and of various institutions with
whom he had talked. did not favor
fighting in any overseas war for any
reason they could now see. They
would willingly resist invasion of the
American continent.
That is the general sentiment of
our country. America is able to live
in peace without calling on Europe
for help to straighten out its messes.
So America says Europe should live
in peace without calling ON us. Uncle
Sam thought in 1918 that if he ad-
n'inistered a good licking to the
trouble makers. they would quiet
down, but now they are up and at
the same old game. Next time some
one else should do the spanking.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
THE THANkFUL SPIRIT

There is a difference of opinion
this year as to the date when the
ancient Thanksgiving holiday shall
be celebrated The main thing is
whether our people carry out the
spirit of the occasion, which led the
fathers to establish this old custom.
When people have any happiness
or successes. they often pat them
selves on the back with approving
smiles for their own ability ana en-
ergy. which they feel has brought
them these blessings.
When things 80 wrong, hey very
fl equently blame ;hcse things on
their hard luck. o. attribute their
misfortune to what sc'nebory else or
the community has done.
There are many folks who suffer
misfoUtNpe that is not due 10 their
own fault. When we have good for
tune, we have not usually accomplish
ed all these things for ourselves. We
owe great deal to our parents. who
gave us a good start in life and
pointed out the paths of virtue and
happiness and knowledge.
We owe a heavy debt 10 the COM
munity which gave us the schools in
which we learned to handle the tools
of life. and which protect us from
harm. We owe many things to the
people who went before us who built
up systems of business that provide
us with jobs. We owe a vast obliga-
ton to the fathers who built a coun-
try which gives wide open oppor-
iunity to energy and ambition.
Thanksgiving day was established
~ men and women who believed in
he divine giver of all good. who held
hat the maker of the universe is a
lind Father who seeks to bring hap
'iness and strength to his children
through the experiences of life.
For all these blessings we seem
o owe spirit of thankfulness, and |
.ot imagine we alone created all /
hese good things for ourselves.
thanksgiving day gives us a chance
D express this fine sentiment.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
NATIONAL ENTHUSIhSM

The American people do not lik,
the way the rulers of Germany ant
Russia act. Perhaps our folks cal
learn something from the way thes,
dictators arouse the enthusiasm o.
their people in their unholy causes
In Germany Chancellor Hitler does
not call on people to live soft and
easy lives. Instead he calls them tC
deeds of heroism and endurance. He
tells them that the sons of wealth
and the children of poverty should
toll side by side, and no one should
be too proud to dig the bitches. They
are told to expect hardship and suf-
tering. They respond to this call
with enthusiasm. The American peo-
pie deplore the things they are doing.
but these things suggest that when
enthusiasm is aroused it can do won
Gers in either evil or good causes.
In America, if you try to arouse
peoples enthusiasm. many will say
that is old stuff. There is a wide
spread demand for soft snaps and
easy life. high pay. and short hours
of work. Our country was not built
up on such a plan.
The enthusiasm of Germany and
Russia is being directed to wrong
ends, but it produces tremendous re-
suits. If people can be persuaded TO
toll with unstinted energy in some
wrong and mistaken cause. it should
be possible TO persuade the people
of free land like ours to show still
greater capacity for self sacrifice.
The rulers of Germany and Rus
sia get this enthusiasm by giving
their rulers a One-sided picture of
their country and the world. If those
people could only know the truth.
their enthusiasm would drop way
Gown. When people know the truth.
as they have every opportunity to do
in our country. they should not sim
ilarly lose their enthusiasm. No coun-
try was ever built up, or saved from
its perils. unless the people took hold
with a will and worked to make it a
better country
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
IDEAS AND ACHIEVEMENT

People constantly have good ideas
about the things they could do them
selves. or which could be done in
their home town. If one-tenth part
of these ideas could be realized and
become accomplished facts. our peo-
pie and their community would make
wonderful gains.
Such ideas do not usually accom-
plish results. because people so Of
ten lack the energy to put them in
practice and carry them out. There
is one kind of improvement idea that
people can usually put into effect
very easily. and that is to improve
their home places. When they re-
move eyesores and create attractive
surroundings, they are rewarded by
higher valuation of their property,
and the greater enjoyment they de-
rive from it.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
HUNTING OFT THE BAD EGGS

The work of the Dies Committee is
not especially meant to identify Com
mInists and prove that the American
brand is as bad as the Russians. But
so many bad eggs have been found
among the Communists that there is
general feeling in Government cir
cles that all Communists in the Uni
ted States should be made to declare
just where they stand in regard to
fundamental principles of American
government. If Communist is
merely an idealiSt and theOriSt, he
is not dangerous and there is no rea-
son to disturb or deny him the priv
ilege of continuing TO believe in
those doctrines
On the other hand if he has an
idea that he is going TO remodel the
American system along Russian lines
ed out and catalogued among the bad
eggs. and treated accordingly.
The investigation of un-American
activities by the Committee is prais-
ed about half of the time, when it is
exposing some of the country's lead
ing reds. Then the Congressman spoil
it all by smearing lot of good citi-
zens dragged in under suspicion.
On the whole il is a pretty poor job
even though it has some good points
to its credit
The latest news is that Dies will
take his Committee on voyage that
resembles a vacation, in an effort to
find out whether il is a fact that
reds. radicals and communists are
trying to take over the State of Cali
fOrina.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

Meanwhile, this country has suf-
fered ill-effects from the war. Nor
NAL trade has been severely dislo-
Gated. This country already has lost
large part of its foreign trade with
northern Europe. In some quarters
it is hoped that we shall fall hear to
goodly proportion of the South
American trade formerly enjoyed by
the warning countries. But imme-
diately the question arises: What will
these South American countries use
for money? We are now taking as
much of their goods as we can use.
But, say the New Dealers, let's lend
them the money to buy our commo-
dities! Such course. tried in the
twenties. got us into serious difficult
ties.
Still another factor in the war
boom which the New Deal anticipates
is the unknown effect of the cash
and-carry legislation just passed by
Congress. 1t may work further to de-
press foreign trade, particularly in
agricultural products. If the British
and French must pay cash for all
purchases here, it is natural they will
husband their money to buy air.
planes and munitions here. They
will buy wheat, corn. beef and other
farm products from Canada and Aus
tralia where foreign exchange will
not become a vital problem.
But few in Washington choose TO
face such problems. Againt we have
our heads in the air, dreaming about
the millions made in the years from
1914-17 and refusing to face realities. /
Congress blithely goes home. leaving
the sore spots symptomat- !
ic of the economic illness of the ma
ton. Mr.. Roosevelt dreams, as did .
Wilson. of being the worlds Messiah. /
The New Deal politicians gleefully |
rub their hands and tell one another ,
I'VE have it in the bag"
Somebody. as Senator Arthur Van
denberg told the Senate. is going to
be fooled!
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
Milford, Friday. November II, 1898

SEVERAL TIMES during the past
few months, the Carlisle fire COM
pany has been called out to fight
dangerous fires at Milford's two
DUMPS. The local police have after
careful investigation discovered that
these fires are undoubtedly of in
cendiary origin. Further investiga-
tion has revealed that the persons re-
sponsible claim they started the fires
MS a Joke. Now a joke is joke. and
the firemen enjoy jokes. the police
enjoy Jokes, the papers who have to
record these fires enjoy jokes, but
none of the three will tolerate such
wanton mischief as this perpetrated
under the guise of joke. Anything
that endangers the lives of people or
places property in jeopardy, certain
lv cannot be called joke. Persons
who do such things as this should be
incarcerated, for their own coed and
for the general good of the COM
munity. If they are mentally ill
they should be treated, if they are
lust plain "ornery" they should be
punished to the full extent of the
law, which we understand amply
provides for such acts of vandalism.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17
RISING ABOVE THE AVERAGE

If anyone is to accomplish more
than the average person. he has in
some way TO attract notice. so that
people will be eager to employ him
and anxious TO buy his goods or SER
vices.
Many people work with superior
efficiency. but never get any more
than average success. Many stores
have unusual bargains which do not
sell, because the public does not
know about them. Newspaper adver-
tising furnishes the means by which
the merit of such an article can be
communicated to the public. When
people hear about such an oppor-
tunity many of them hasten to take
advantage of it.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

state does its full share in support
of this generous and Christ-like en-
terprise.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

THERE is RESERVE power and
energy enough in any good town like
Milford, if it was all put to work by
the people who possess it, to double
the business, population, and wealth
of the community.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

WHEN YOU SPEND money away
from home, it disappears as the
smoke from bonfire goes up in the
air. When you spend it at home, it
is like the fire burning in a power
plant, in that it produces energy
which keeps the machinery turning.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

WITH THE ABDICATIoN of Con-
gress. the New Deals political stra-
tegy has become clear. Its leaders
are gambling everything on the con-
tinuation of war in Europe. They
look TO that war to divert attention
from their miserable failure in the
domestic field. They look to that
tragcdy to stimulate the economic
activity in this country that they
failed to achieve with their white
rabbit schemes. In short, they Wis
ualize the war in Europe as deluxe
pump-priming project.
Suppose economic activity based on
-foEsign-w war is dangerous--Supp9se
there will be sharp reaction from
war boom. What of it? Let some
one else worry about all that. The
important thing is to go into the 1910
Presidential campaign with at least
the semblance of prosperity. Such is
the attitude of the New Dealers.
All of this has become apparent
from President Roosevelt's activities
and from the refusal of Congress to
remain in session, after revising the
Neutrality Act, to struggle with the
many pressing domestic problems
confronting the country. The New
Deal leadership does not want even
to hear about those problems. ut has
reached the point around official
Washington that one cannot refer to
the seriousness of domestic prob
lens without being regarded as some .
kind of pariah.
1t is a very nice plan for the /
New Dealers-if it works, though
hard on the remainder of the coun-
try. Yet there are some realists in
Washington who have misgivings
whether such course of action will
benefit politically even the New
Dealers. They fear that this New
Deal balloon may burst in the face
of the Roosevelt Administration be-
lore Election Day next year is reach
ed. just as other New Deal balloons
have burst.
These souls shudder to think what
will happen should the war end this
winter or next spring. The first re-
suit, undoubtedly. would be severe
jar to this country's economic sys-
TEN. The Roosevelt Administration
would be left with all the domestic
problems it had prior to last Sep
tember, plus a great many more
Then it would be impossible to JUS
tify huge national defense spending |
program and the country has soured
on other types of pump-priming.
But if the European war goes on,
the faith and plans which the New q
Dealers have for it as their salvation l
may prove to be a boomerang. In
the first place, this war. so far, has q
little in common with the World war c
that started in 1914. In that con- i
fict millions of men were in the I
iield-away from mines, farms and e
factories. Huge armies, on the L
were consuming tremendous Il
of war material, which had
10 be replaced. This country became
The supplier of such material. 1
In the present war, so far. little S
is being consumed. Already a
men have been released from the il
hree armies to return, at least tenn p
to their peace-time occupa- v
ions. Each country has huge stocks
If war material. Except for airplanes,
here is little that the warning coun- E
ries need at this time. This situa- N
ion may continue for year or so. Il
t it does, there will be no war Il
,oom in the United States. o
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

THE TOWN that stands still is
really losing, since most of its COM
petitors are going ahead.
Milford chronicle., 1939-11-17

MONEY SPENT out of town is
like the rain that falls OH a hard
pavement. 1t disappears from sight
and accomplishes no further result
for the community. Money spent at
home is like the rain on a fertile
field, which raises crops of home
town business and progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

Card Party 4 large number of women had made arrangements to attend the regular Friday afternoon card party of the Ladies' Guild, in Xaverian hall today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

course with the totalitarian states serves the double purpose of making more difficult the misuse of scien- tific information by these states, and of giving the individual opportunity to express his abhorrence of their practices.
 "'This statement is made entirely in my individual capacity and has no connection whatever with any policy of the university
 Knows No NatiOnaIlsms
 "Science has been rightly recog- nized as probably the only human activity which knows no national isns; for this reason it has been 8 potent factor making for universal civilization. Action such as this is therefore to be deeply deplored and to be undertaken only after the gravest consideration.
 But it seems to me that the pos- sibility of an idealistic conception of the present function of science has been already destroyed. and the stark issues of self-survival are be- ing forced upon us.
 Perhaps the only hope in the present situation is to make the citi- zens of the totalitarian states realize as vividly and as speedily as possible how the philosophy of their state impresses and affects the rest of the world. Such realization can be brought about by the spontaneous action of the individual citizens of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

tend the ban to students from the totalitarian states"
 Ban In Effect Weeis
 Though the ban has been in ef- feet "for the past few weeks," 1t did not become generally known until today with the publication of an ar- ticle entitled Manifesto by Phy- sicist", written by Bridgman. This appears in the current issue of Science" official organ of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science.
 Bridgman, the worlds outstand- ing authority on high pressures, em- phasized that his stand was taken entirely in my individual capacity" and had no connection with uni- versity policy.
 'Many scientists" Bridgmaa's arr ticle read. must have been pro- foundly disturbed by the revelations of recent events as to what the im- plications of the totalitarian phil- osophy of the state really are. There would seem not to be any room on the same planet for totalitarian states and states in which the free dom of the individual is recognized.
 Visits Are Barred
 Many scientists must have been moved to try to find something to do about 1t. Tn my own case this urge to find something to do has resulted in the decision to close my labora-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

tory to visits from citizens of total- itarian states.
 'T have had the following state ment printed, which I hand to any prospective visitor who may present himself:
 "T have decided from now on not to show my apparatus Or discuss my experiments with the citizens of any totalitarian state. A citizen of such a state is no longer free individ- ual, but he may be compelled to en- gage in any activity whatever to ad- vance the purposes of that state. The purposes of the totalitarian states have shown themselves to be in irreconcilable conflict with the purposes of free states.
 Citizens Not Recognized
 "In particular, the totalitarian states do not recognize that the free cultivation of scientific knowledge for its own sake is a worthy end of human endeavor, but have com- mandeered the scientific activities of their citizens to serve their own purposes.
 "These states have thus annulled the grounds which formerly justified and made pleasure of the free sharing of scientific knowledge be- tween individuals of different coun- tries. A self-respecting recognition of this altered situation demands that this practice be stopped.
 "'Cessation of scientific inter-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24
TOTALITARIAN
 STATES BARRED
World Famous Physicist Prof. Bridgman Stops
 Use of Laboratories

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. M-(UP) Professor Percy Williams Bridg- man, world-famous physicist, de- clared today that number of other Harvard faculty members had ap- proved his manifesto" closing his laboratories to persons from totali- tarian states.
 T have discussed the matter with a number of my colleagues" the chunky, bespectacled scientist told the United Press. Some of them like 1t and some don't. Personally I think 1t an excellent idea and I in- tend to continue it."
 Concentrating on research, Brtdg- man at present has no classes.
 If I did have classes" he said, T am not sure whether I should ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

the ls~n-totalllarian states perIabz even more effectiyely than by tEeIy governments.
 Individual Scfentist
 "Here think is one of the few conceivable situations in which tho popular conception of the social 're- sponsibility' of science can touch at all closely the individual scientist z
 A Harvard classmate of President Roosevelt, Bridgman has been Hole lis professor of mathematics and natural philosophy the univereity'e highest scientific post-for nearly la years.
 Bridgman is a modest, soft-spoken scholar. Known as one-scnool man, he was educated at Harvard in this city of his birth and has de- voted his entire career to the uni- versity. His hobby is niountairi- climbing.
 Dr. Heinrich Bruening, visiting lecturer at Harvard and Adolf Hit ler's precedessor as chancellor or Germany, reserved comment on the Bridgman ban.
 T am hurrying to get train. am going away" Bruening said. T don't want any publicity"
 The chunky, bespectacled Bridg- man said he had discussed his manifesto" with a number of his colleagues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

Testimonial
 Plans were completed last night for the testimonial in honor of past officers of the Washington Park Community club, which will be held tomorrow night in the Community House. William F. Kelly, himself a past president. will be toastmaster. He was named last night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

church and Joseph Parker to attend city-wide council meetings.
 Plans were made for the study of dramatics and religion. Further plans will be made at a subsequent meetina The interest in last nights meeting and the report of great suc- cess in the recent minstrel speaks well for the future success of the organization. Rev.. John. McTeague addressed the meeting. Henry T.. Hayden, Jr., was in charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

Games Tonight
 A great battle is in the offing to- night at the Community house when the Baldwin Props meet the Gents of the Hill in the feature attraction. In the preliminary the Raymond Hillies will take on the Sacred Hearts. The Gents, Props and Hillies are leading the race for second round honors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

the ls~a-totalItarian slzles perlspz even more etfectiyely than by thels
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24
Bowling Scores

Mrs. K. Bergin took all honors last night in individual bowling at the Washington Park Community House, with the women of the Com munity Club. Her high single score was 115 and her high three score was 309.
 The Hem1ocks defeated the Naples SO; and the Spruces took over the Cedars 80.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24
EXECUTIVE COLLECTS MUGS

Hartford Conn.-(UP)-D. G. Phelps, vice president of Colts Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing O., has hobby, but it isn't collect- in firearms. It's shaving mugs. Phelps exhibited the mugs at a company hobby show.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

Dublin, Ireland, is considering a housing project to cost $37, ,780, 900.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

0. Y. o.
 The c. Y. O. group of St. Francis Xavier's parish met last night in Xaverian hall and selected Rita
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-24

Skatlng Skating was permissible at the Washington Park rank last night. Today's snow fall may seriously af- feet the condition of the ice, how ever.