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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

ed in looking her best and keep ing her home attractive. She had always been quiet, perhaps even withdrawn, but never as she ap- peared on this occasion. Upon fur- ther Investigation the worker found that things had changed considerable over the period of several years since Mrs. Gordon had last asked for help. Not only were these changes evident in the home, but as Mrs. Gordon told of the various difficulties her chil4 dren were presenting and her arguments with MT. Gordon, 1t be- came obvious that the whole fam- fly picture had changed and that all of its members were suffering the i'll effects of some influence rot altogether clear.
 Bewildered
 When interviewed MT. Gordon seemed bewildered by the turn of events. He could not understand the change in his wife's behavior and person. -lity, and was irked by her slovenlineSs and ineffective housekeeping. He was ssure that the younger ,children's prob- lems were due entirely to her er- ratio discipline O. them, and that the older boy and girl were stay ing away from home-"no one know where they are half the time, ,"-because of their dissatis- factions with it and their inability to get along with their mother. The worker wondered If she might bring Mrs. Gordon into the mental hygiene clinic.
 The history of the change in Mrs. Gordon had been a gradual one it was discovered gradual that no one had thought a great deal about it until the problem had already become fairly marked. By the time Mrs. Gordon was seen by the psychiatrist, she was ob- viously in the initial stages of definite m ,ntal disease. She had always been a quiet, somewhat withdrawn personality, but had found the problems of managing 8 large family and conducting a home on a limited income pos- sible to handle until her increas- ing mental illness made her life finally burden too heavy to carry at all. Her careless personal habits and apathy towards her home and children were all symp- toms of her withdrawal from the realities of a life which had be- come too difficult for her.
 Hospital Treatment
 Unfortunately nothing short of hospital treatment could be rec commended for Mrs. Gordon. Her removal from the home was at once a blow to her family but a help in getting them back to their normal mode of living. Uncon- Sciously they had been reacting in their individual ways to Mrs. Cor don, whose mental illness made her an entirely incomprehensible individual to them.
 Over a period of time it is hoped that Mrs. Gordon will show Suf- f1cient progres" so that she may b" returned to her family. In any case it is encouraging that the other members of her family the children particularly-wiil continue to get along better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
LICHTSHIPS TO
 BE REPLACED

London, Feb. 7-(UP)-Certain lightships in British waters will be replaced with light floats because of recent German air and sea attacks on lightships, first lord of the ad- mitayt Winston Churchill an- nounced in the house of commons today.
 Churchill's announcement fol- lowed demands by labor leaders that British lightships, unarmed during the 100 years since the Napoleonic wars, be equipped with anti-aircraft guns and guns for defense against submarine attacks.
 Several members of lightship crews were killed during German air raids last month.
 Churchill said that the 1ightships in the past had been regarded as outside the scope of bombing &C., tivities by civilized" nations and therefore immune to attack.
 They had never before been pro- tected, he said, but special measures will now be adopted to protect them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
BROWDER RUNS
 THIRD IN RACE

New York, Feb. 7.-(UP)-Earl Browder, general secretary of the Communist party in the United States who is under four-year prison sentence for passport fraud, came out third in three-cornered race for congress in the 14th New York district, election returns showed to- day.
 M. Michael Edelstein, Tammany district leader backed by Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, Postmaster General James A. Farley and other New Dealers, won the congressional seat left vacant by the death of Rep. William I. Sirovich, with 12,000 votes.
 L. J. Lefkowitz, Republican, got 5000. Browder got 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

serve the highest praise and vast ly more support than they now receive. With the limited staff which the society, due to lack of funds. is forced to get along with only the merest scratch is made in the wide and deep rooted field oI Mental Hygiene needs of Wa terbury. It is imperative par ticularly for the children of the city that the mental hygiene idea be given a much wider applica- tion."
 The typical case cited by the publicity committee of the can- paign cited today '"The Gordons" It is as follows:
 When Mrs. Gordon last called to discuss the relief needs of her family, the family welfare worker was shocked at her unkempt and rather peculiar" appearance. Her clothes were dirty, buttons miss- ing, her hair uncombed, and her general attitude one of hstless- ness. The worker remembered that when she had first met Mrs. Gordon the latter was 8 pleasant looking person, genuinely interest,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Compensation Agreements

The Naugatuck Chemical Co. will pay total of $70.70 to Tracy White, of g Ward street, Nauga- tuck, for time lost because of an accident at work, according to a compensation agreement filed to- day with Commissioner James M. Lynch. White suffered injuries to the right wrist, right ankle and thigh.
 Also filed was an agreement whereby the Seymour Mfg. Co. will pay $13.18 weekly, beginning Jan. 20, to Roger Apley, of Shelton. Apley suffered a throat injury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
FUND OVER TOP

Boston, Feb. T-(UP)-The 16,00O volunteer solicitors relaxed today af- ter subscriptions to the Greater Bos- ton community fund that exceeded the goal of $4,625 900 by $22, ,625. The drive closed last night with the fund lover the top" for the first time since 1887. The money will be distributed to ITS hospitals and social agencies in AS cities and towns in Greater Boston. :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

s. Steel a small loss. ChEysler was down slightly and General hEotora was unchanged.
 Santa Fe firmed, New York Cen- tral and Pennsylvania were un- changed and Chesapeake @ Ohio showed a small loss. American Smelling gained more than a point to feature a firm copper group. Douglas Aircraft was up slightly while United Aircraft eased.
 Allied Chemical jumped 2 Ia points to 175. Mead preferred B gained 1 3-4. Sloss Sheffield jumped 3 1-2. Woolworth, National Tea and Murray Corporation made new highs. Homestake Mining made Q new low.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Naomi Chapter

Members of Naomi chapter, Or- der of Eastern Star, enjoyed an entertainment program presented by male members following a business meeting at the Masonic temple last night. The program was arranged by a committee con- sisting of Charles Rietdyke, chair man; Edwin Hewitt, Raymond Messenger, pr. Frederick C.. Marggraff, George Hopkins and GeOge Angrave.
 The annual visiting patrons and matrOns night will be held Feb. 20. 1t was announced by Mrs. Edna c. Wolff, Worthy Matron.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
APPEAL BROUGHT TOO MUCH CLOTHING

South Hadley. Mass, Feb. T. (UP)-After their home was de- stroyed by fire Sunday, an appeal was issued for clothing for MT. and Mrs. Alphonse Brunelle and their seven children.
 Yesterday Welfare Agent Huey Mckay issued new appeal: Please stop sending contributions"
 He said enough clothes had been donated for 8 dozen families. Mt. Holyoke college students alone gath cred enough for 50 girls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Market Fluctuates
 In Narrow Range
No Definite Trend Apparent at NOOn-RaiIs Mixed,
 Allied Chemical Up

New York, Feb. 7-CUP)-The stock market fluctuated irregular;y in a narrow range with trading light today.
 Around noon, leading groups fail- ed to reflect a definite trend. Beth lehem Steel had a small gain and U.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
FrdterndL Neu,s
Zindall Groto

Frank Wirth, who directs the annual Grotto circus, will address a meeting of Zindah Grotto at the Masonic temple tonight. The circus will be staged this year from April Is to 20 at the state armory.
 An entertainment program will follow the business meeting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Building Permits

The following permit has been issued at the office of Building Inspectov John I. Hartley:
 Lithuanian Citizens Political club. to make alterations to build. ing at 10S Green street, $4.O00.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

At St. Mary Magdalen's church, ashes will be distributed this after noon at 3:45 o'clock for the chil- dren, and this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
 Abstinence
 The regular abstinence days, dur ing Lent (that is, days on which the use of flesh meat is forbidden) are all Wednesdays, all Fridays, Saturday of Ember Week and Holy Saturday till noon.
 The children under seven years of age, and persons who are deli cate or sick or recovering from ill., ness are not bound to abstain.
 In virtue of 8 special 1ndult granted by the Holy See, the labor Ing class, and all members of the household of laborers are excused from the law of abstinence on all days of Lent except Fridays, Ash "wednesday and Holy Saturday till noon.
 The Lenten fast and abstinence cease at noon on Holy Saturday.
 Briefs
 Rev. Edward Merrill of Main street was an usher at the wedding of Miss Miriam Wyllys Hoxlie. daughter of Mrs. Mildred Harding Hoxlie of Unionville, to Rev. Stuart Cushman Cowles of Weston, son of Mrs. Grace Perkins Cowles of East Granby, which took place this morning at 11:O0 o'clock at the Christ Episcopal church in Union- vile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

These figures were reduced fully 25 per cent during the fall, but have increased since the first of the year. For instance, 1t is esti- mated that the enrolment of the WPA which now stands at about HOO, will add another l5O to 200 be- fore March 1 as Q result of the pres ent lay-offs by industry.
 Perhaps the most important fact established by the survey was that there were hundreds of young, strong, employable men and women on the WPA and even on the rolls of the DPW who were unable to se- cure work in industry during the employment spurt of September and October. In fact, only one relief case was hired to every i've non- relief cases. One of the reasons given by those on work relief for this condition, was their inability to present themselves ak the em- ployment ofices each day without sacrificing . days pay. This is one of the questions that will be studied
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
Unemployed d Present
 Difficult Problem
2,781 Waterbury Families on Relief Rolls Reports
 Lincoln House Secretary

by the research committee of the new unemployment commission for Waterbury and vicinity that is now being organized"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
CHURCH WOMEN
 CANCEL PARTY
MethOdistS Postpone Fri- day's Event Due to
 World Prayer Day
CHESHIRE NEWS
Hubert Rigney Cheshire Phene 334

Cheshire, Feb. 7.-The card party which was to be conducted Friday by the ladies of the Methodist church at the home of Mrs. Amos c. Dayton, has been postponed due to the Worlds Day of Prayer serv- ices that afternoon.
 Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock the Senior Aid of the Congrega- tional church will conduct a food sale in the Miller and Peck store in the Plaza block. Friday an all day meeting starting at 1O:30 a. m. will be held in the church recrea- tion rooms.
 Joseph Bird, who has been i'll at his home on Prospect road. is about again.
 New Golf Club
 A new golf club will be formed in place of the present Honey Pot club. MT. Atwater proposes estab- fishing new club to be called the Cheshire Golf club. He owns the greater part of the land which is now used by the Honey Pot club but does not own the clubhouse. It will be necessary for the new club to erect another clubhouse.
 The temperature at $50 last night was 36 degrees above zero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

NEW YORK CURB Cities Service .......... AZ Niagara Hudson Power .... 5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

The problem of Hundreds of young, strong, employable men and women on the WPA and even on the rolls of the department of pub lie welfare who were unable to se- cure work in industry" despite em- ployment gains is one of the most serious situations facing the city, said William M. Harris, director of the Lincoln House association, in his annual report to the board of directors yesterday afternoon. The question will be studied, he said, by the unemployment commission now being formed here.
 MT. Harris reorted that WPA rolls showed declines in the last part of 1889 as private industry boomed but are now beginning to increase again as factories lay off employees.
 This portion of his report. was concerned with a survey of the local welfare situation which he made last fall.
 The Lincoln House association served total of 597 families last year, MT. Harris reported. Despite large expenditures, he said, the as- sociation lived within its budget.
 The report expresses gratitude for aid given by the Rotary club, the Needlework Guild, Italian Aid so- ciety and other organizations.
 Mrs. Walter F. Torrance, John Brophy and E. Robert Stevenson were elected to the board of direc- tors at the annual meeting. They succeeded William J. Pape, Glenn H. Wayne and Elton S. Wayland.
 The report follows, in part:
 Tast September, your executive secretary directed a survey of all public relief in the city including the WPA, as well as the department of public welfare. He found that there were 2,7S1 families distributed as follows:
 WPA Non-relief cases ....... .1252 WPA Supplementary relief cases 203 DPW State institution cases =. 258 DPW Partial relief cases ...... sos DPW state institution cases. =. 258 DPW Convalescent home cases 24 DPW Brookside home cases ..... 145
 Total .27s1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07
CATHOLIC WOMEN
 SPONSOR SOCIAL
Luncheon Enjoyed After St. Mary's Ladies' Aid
 Business Farley
OAKvILLE Correspondent: Mae Villa Babin 1877 Watert0wn Avenue

Oakville, Feb. 7-The Ladies' Aid society of St. Mary Magdalen's church met at the church hall last evening. After the business meet ing, social hour was enjoyed, cards played, and luncheon served.
 The members attending were:-
 Mrs. Charles Kelly, Mrs. Henry Stella, Mrs. Leroy Foster, Mrs. Jo- seph Dick, Mrs. Thomas Shields, Mrs. Thomas Gibbons. Mrs. Vera Masi, Mrs. Joseph Masi, Mrs. Louis St. Hillaire, Mrs. Louis Pierce, Mrs. Louis Stemm, and Mrs. Richard Taylor.
 Election of officers for the com- ing year are as follows: President, Mrs. Vera Masi; vice-president, Mrs. Joseph Dick, secretary Mrs. LeRoy Foster, and treasurer, Rev. Thomas McGarry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-07

Joseph Bird, who has been i'll at his home on Prospect road, is about again.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-18
Official Fascist
Document Placed
In Record

On August 20 Representative Thor
kelson inserted in the Congressional
Record an article originally issued by
the Imperial Fascist Union of London
England. 1t is not unusual for the
congressman from Montana to incor.
porate in the Record anti-democratic
propaganda but this particular inser.
tion represents what is probably the
most vicious piece of fascist anti-Sem-
itic literature ever to be included in a
u. S. government publication. The
TRADE fills six pages in the Congress
sional Record.
An introduction to the Fascist I'm
ion article observes, This pamphlet
demonstrated the Jewish contamina-
ton among the titled families of Brit
ain," but adds that in publishing this
pamphlet" there is mo idea of attack
ing tn earistocratic principle" To the
Imperial Fascist Union, aristocracy is
essential: "The necessity for an aris-
tocracy to supervise the nations poll
tics is fundamental tenet of the fas-
cist creed"
The document goes on to say that
the Jewish people are responsible for
the present crisis in England They
have weakened the British aristoc-
racy by gaining titles for themselves
and by marrying into families of Gen
tile nobility" The authors, of course,
apply their Nazi racial theories not
only to aristocratic circles They say,
Although this booklet deals only with
the titled aristocracy, a similar state
Of affairs could easily be demonstrate
ed among the official, commercial and
professional communities. Possibly
The least affected and the most Aryan
community is the agricultural one"
Nail Techniques
The solution proposed by these Eng
ish fascists is the same as the Nazis
Elimination of the Jew
sh people. The pamphlet points out
here is already an English precedent
or such action:
ut has long been one of the Jewish
Methods in the attainment of world
domination to penetrate into privi-
eyed circles where political power is
reatest; Edward the First, by expel- |
ing the Jews in 1890, saved US from
90 early an application of this pro-
ess in Britain. :"
To prove the extent to which Brit |
sh aristocracy has been "contaminat-
d." the article lists the names of hun
reds of titleholders, who are mon
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-18
ON THE
CAPITALS CUFF

By HENRY ION

ASKING ON. OPP Any
doubts that dollars are more impor
tant to the nation than men have been
resolved in favor of the dollars.
Two instances make this perfectly
plain. One is the CONSUMPTION bill
The second is the excess profits tax
bill
Under the conscription bill the own
er of plant can tell the u S. gov
eminent to go jump in the lake. He
may be making an article indispens-
able to the defense of the country but
he can go tell the government to go
jump in the lake.
There are of course, penalties for
following this procedure. The secre-
navy can certify that the product this
owner makes is necessary, there
is danger, and that there is no other
source of such products.
After one of the secretaries makes
this finding the government can take
over the operation of the plant. 1t
will, of course, have to pay the owner
iChtoi anu Will bC ouDJCCl " COull dC-
ton If the owner doesn't think he gets
enough from the government
The penalties suffered by the plant
owner who wants 509o profits instead
of 25T should be contrasted with the
penalties suffered by the Individual
who feels that there is no warrant for
the sacrifice of year of his life to
the military authorities.
That individual is subject to five
years in jail or $4,000 fine or both.
Fl emay contend that his profits"
Of $50 month will not permit him, as
an individual, to operate on a salts
factory basis. He is not permitted to
argue.
The corporation may contend that
Its profits on the not fnconsiderable
government contracts do not permit 1t
10 operate on satisfactory basis. 1t
can argue the matter out, for the bill
provides for such argument, and II 1t
Is unable to convince it's recruiting Of
ficer it can peacefully retire while
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-18
EDMoNDsoN and
INTERNA TI0NAL.
ANTI-SEMITISm

! In his last bulletin Robert Edward
Edmondson, key pamphleteer of U
S. fascism, boasts of the ties he has
with the anti-Semites throughout the
world. He says:
captain H. H. Beamish, world dean
Of the Jew-exposure movement, wrote
recently from South Africa: I want to
congratulate you on your Vigilante
bulletins, which hit the nail on the
head every time Leader Adrien Arc
and of Canada, highest North Ameri-
can authority on the Jewish problem,
wrote (: 'Edmondson's propaganda
leaflets, scientifically written and
documented are being circulated by
the million London Editor Arnold
S. Leese, most-reliable British Jew
exposure expert printed this:
'Edmondson has won one of the great
est victories in the world. We ask all
our American readers to assist HIM in
every way to develop great move
ment among our Aryan brothers across
the Atlantic The London weekly
Patriot published this !: Robert
Edward Edmondson's broadcasts are
a mine of documented information On
Jewish subversive activities God
Bless your Work Father Dennis
Fahey of Dublin, Ireland, author of
The famous Mystical Body of Christ.
You are a true Light Bearer. God
Bless youi l am privileged to pass on
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-18
kAGAWA, JAPANESE
COOP LEADER, JAILED

Toyokiko Kagawa, Japan's best
known Christian leader, social worker
and important figure in the co-opera-
tive movement, has been arrested on
a charge of violating the military
code, according to the Associated
Press. DR.. Kagawa was secretly ar
rested August 25 but the news was
withheld until September A.
DR.. Kagawa, 52-year-old evangelist
and labor leader, was sometimes re-
ferred to as the "Gandhi Of Japan"
In 1885 and 1886 he made an extern
sive tour of the United States speak
ing before church, educational, labor
and cooperative organizations. Many
of his talks were devoted to the phi
losophy of the cooperative movement
which he described as "the economic
foundation for world peace"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-09-18
MACHINES
DISPLACE
man LABOR
BY KAY ELLES

In our very circumscribed and lin
tied lives we are apt to look upol
our environment as mere incident
ourselves and certainly not realizing
the tremendous forces at work in the
changes taking place. For instance
each one of US by our own observa
ton can account for many dispIace-
ments of men by machines or an in
methods, the end effect of which is
displacement of human toll. The rea-
son we do not consider the larger i'm
plication of this chronological factor
in our way of life, Is because we have
been conditioned under system that
drives each and all of us into an ever
narrowing circle of economic ACTIVE
ties, all concerned with keeping our
selves in food, clothing and shelter.
BY multiplying all our 135,000,000
experiences together we can see that
the machine has had a tremendous
effect upon our way Of life. A little
closer study of this problem reveals
that there are many indirect ways,
as we'll as direct methods of effect:
for instance: better lighting increases
the output Of a factory very marked
ly; the improvement In newer ma
chimes, like power generators with
their new TOPS" decreases the
amount of coal used by from 1/3 to
IL, thus displacing labor in the coal
industry; conveyor belts for trans
porting ore and moving dirt, displace
trucks as we'll as men, thus cutting
the need for steel and other items
that went to make the trucks.
Here are few examples from the
electric machines alone:
Mining:
Electric Stripping ShoveIs
Marion 556O-world's largest shovel
Bucket, 80 GU yd.; boom, 100 IT,; dip
per handle, IS it.; $500 hp.; averages
40 GU yd per minute. North Illinois
Coal Corp)
Bucyrus-E Erie 950-B-bucket, 80 Gu.
yd., boom, 1O5 it.; dipper handle, 81
IT,; 2,2S5 hp.; averages 81 Gu. yd. per
minute. (Binkley Mining Company,
ndiana).
Twenty-Five of these shovels operat-
ng "a hours a day, with total of
IS operators on shifts, could mine
he entire annual bituminous coal pro-
luction of the United States 100000
100 tons) in 300 days.
Several more of these shovels are
low ordered or under construction.
Electric Mine Cutters and Leaders
Sullivan Tau Universal Cutter-can
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