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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

waive exemption, will be differ ent from that of the last war. Re- cent legislation in many states EtipulateS a time of waiting be- tween application for license and the performance of the marriage ceremony. Young people today will have time to think about it., and to recognize the responsibili- ties of marriage. Too often, 20 years ago, sorry-faced young folks explained to me that theirs had been a war marriage-one Of haste, under stress of aroused emotions.
 q have great faith in our Amer tcan young people of today. Those boys who are married, and do en- ter the service, are doing it for love o1 their country. And in her sacrifices, the young woman is serving her country well. don't think any of the young men are trying to evade the draft-if they are, then they should be forced to serve, if it's a matter of pure selfishness with them"
 PROUD OF
 RECONCILIATIONS
 Judge Sabbath has noted that re- gently there are fewer divorceS among young people. Perhaps it's because the thought of forced, rather than chosen, separation, be- cause of the possibilities of conscrip- tion, is drawing young couples closer together.
 Marriage and divorce" the fudge sadly shakes his head; tits a sorry ending that iC1 nsrer-e Q and misunderstanding bring to couples, especially when there are children. I'm not proud of the divorces I've granted" Then he smiles and says, But I am proud of the 4500 reconciiations I've ef- fected. And I can only hope and pray that out of the bad of this troubled world will come the good of couples being drawn closer to- gether in their need for beauty and for faith in the uncertain years just ahead"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

SALESLADY-Mu have some flor al experience. Flower Store. Apply own handwriting Box A-56, Wtby. Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
LIQUOR PERMIT AfnfaRNfFaa AR aaa a,aanWrau

This IS to give notice that l, James Gilland of 3l Wall St., Waterbury, s, 1040, with tho Liquor Control Commission for permission to move my Package Store- Reer h"s ipoas now located at 1899 East Main St., Waterbury, Conn, to 1906 Lnst Mo.n St., Waterbury, Conn. Tho business is owned by Tho Fulton Markets, Inc, of 22b East Aurora St., Water bury, Conn, and will be cOnducte ed by James uilland of ai Wall St., Wa- terbury, Conn. ns permlttec.
 JAMES W. utLLAND. Dated Dee. 5, t9i0. 12-e-it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
Legal Notices

DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, ss. PROBATE COURT, December 5, ESTATE OF FRANK TROIANO, of Waterbury, in said District, incom- petent.
 Upon the application of FRANK TROIANO, representing that he is restored to his capacity, and praying that what remains of his estate may be turned over to him, as per appli- cation on file more fully appears, it is .,
 ORDERED, That said application be heard and determined at the Pro bate Office in Waterbury, in said District, on the 17th day of Decem- ber A. D. 1940 at 9 o'clock in the forenoon (Standard Time), and that notice be given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publish ing this order one time in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, also by leaving with or by mailing in registered letters, postage prepaid from Waterbury, a copy of this order to Eva Alfieri, Conservator of said Incompetent at 2S4 So. Main St., Waterbury, on or before the 7th day of December, a940.
 Attest:
 JOHN J. HOWARD, Y1.6.ft Clerk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

FOR SALE or RENT
 78 Wheeler St.-Corner of Terrace Ave. 1-fanily, Groom house, hot water heat, hardwood floors, ga- rage recently redecorated on both interior and exterior, very nice corner lot, in nice neighborhood. D. T. HARRINGTON, Inc. Al West Main St. Dial 3-3112
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
Business SerUice
Business Services Rendered

WINDOW CLEANING - You will save money if you send for us to do your cleaning Connecticut Window Cleaning Co.,. Office. 322 Pine St Dial 4-4517
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
l2-6-lt

STATE of CONNECTICUT, DIS TRIcT of WATERBURY, ss. PRO BATE COURT, Dec. 3rd, 1940. ESTATE of VERA ANISE NOR MAN also called VERA HOLCOMB NORMAN, late of the town of Waterbury, in said district, de- ceased.
 The Court of Probate for the District of Waterbury, hath limited date hereof for tho creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for sottiement. Those who neglect to preeent their accounts, properly at- tested, within said time, VIII be de- harred a recovery. All persons in- debted to said estate gre requested 10 make immediate payment to
 EDWARD Y. NORMAN, \ ka.E at Administrator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
Automobiles
NelU Car Dealers
Automobile For Sale
WEEKEND SPECIALS GUARANTEED, WINTERIzED
 USED CARS

'35 Studebaker Sedan, Heater $225 '36 Pontiac Sedan, Heater .... $325 '33 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan .. $50 '34 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan :. S195 '35 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan :. $245 '36 Plymouth Coupe, Rad, Htr. $295 '36 Plymouth Sedan, Heater .. $325 '37 Plymouth Coupe, Rad, Htr. $345 '37 Plymouth Sedan, Heater .. $395 '38 Plymouth Coupe, Heater . $425 '38 Plymouth Deluxe Sedan .. $475
 39 Plymouth Deluxe Coupe :. $545 '39 Plymouth Sedan, Heater :. $595 '36 Oldsmobile Sedan, Heater S325 '36 Nash Sedan ............ S275 '31 Ford Roadster, Heater .... 5 75 '36 Ford Sedan, Heater ...... $225 '38 Ford Sedan, Radio & Htr. $425 '35 Dodge Coupe, Heater .... $225 '36 DeSoto Sedan, Heater ... $345 '38 DeSoto Sedan ..,... S525 37 Chrysler Sedan, Heater =. $445 '34 Chevrolet Roadster ...... S145 '34 Chevrolet Sedan ........ $185 '35 Chevrolet Sedan, Heater .. $225 '37 Chevrolet Sedan, Heater .. $375 '38 Chevrolet Sedan, Rad, Htr. $445 '39 Buick Coupe, Radio & Htr. $675 JOHN J. COLLINS, INC.
 De Soto and Plymouth
 38 Willow St. Dial 3-2124
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
Employment
Women Wanted

WANTED - GIRL FOR OFFICE WORK. Make application, giving experience and references by writ ing to Box No. A-67, Waterbury Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

It is estimated that the potential energy contained in one years sup ply of gasoline used by American motorists would exceed the horse power that 13 Niagara. Falls could produce,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06

CEICKENS-16c ib Boosters. 16e 10 Brollers i7c 10 lst Class Poultry Mkt. Moved to il Union. 22g Bald- win. 3-o0G0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-06
Automobiles
NeuD Car Dealers
Automobile For Sale
ALL PLYMOUTHS
CADILLAC

CADlLLAC
 Guaranteed Used Cars 1940 LaSalle Sedan 1899 Ford Convertible Coupe 1899 Pontiac Sedan 1899 Plymouth Sedan 1899 Buick Sedan. R. and H. 1889 Oldsmobile Sedan. R. and H. 1888 Packard Sedan 1886 Pontiac Sedan 1886 Buick Touring Sedan 1887 Buick Sedan R. & H. 1887 Oldsmobile Sedan 1885 Pontiac Sedan 1885 Oldsmobile Sedan 1883 Plymouth Sedan
 Others from $25 up
 Cadillac Oldsmobile 504 Watertown Ave Dial 5-1149 Also 379 w Main St. Dial 5-0319
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
BETWEEN THE LINES by Gordon B. Hancock

i've way to gain the ends we seek. When the AME
Bishops council would Roosevelt for not max
ing statement the anti-lynch bill they would
throw strategy to the winds and kill the goose that
had laid the golden egg for Negroes. Roosevelt was
elected and reelected by such overwhelming votes
that it cannot be said that the Negroes response
BILE for his election Yet this has gone out Of
his way hundred times to show that he is interest
ed in the Negro and is the Negros friend Mrs Roo
sevelt las time and again made herself understood
as o friend of the Negro. - .- :" ~ -.
POINT GOES HOME
'Ner before in the history of this country has
the Negro been SO prominent about the White House
as under the Roosevelt administration Never before
has the Negro shared largely in the affairs OF the
nation nor has he been so signally honored as ur-
der Roosevelt. When Roosevelt startled the nation
by declaring that the backward South was the ma
tons number one problem he was indirectly saying
that the Negro the Nations problem number one
His point went home to the heart of the nation and
the world. The South is busy and the Negro is going
to share in the prosperity of reawakened and re-
juvenated South of tomorrow. .
What has been spent for schools alone for Ne
groes throughout the country would ente Roosevelt
to the undyng gratitude of the race Yet the bishops
would put such friend Roosevelt ''on the spot
They would have him make statement that woulo
do the bill good but harm the Negro's cause In
other words, the bishops would deliver their friend
true and tried over to his enemies. With congress
that has always pulled against him for his liberal
policies towards the forgotten man; with plutocra-
CIV yearning for his political head and with hecklers
of divers persuasion seeking occasion to embarrass
him. the bishops want him to put his head out" l
hope he will not
If Negroes do not know by that Roosevelt is
their friend statement the Gavagan bill Will not
convince them. We sincerely hope that Republican
politics is not motivatng this demand for the pres-
dents statement. 1t looks mighty like it, in other
words it resembles the ingenious tactics of the COP
Lets not kill the goose that laid us golden eggs.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Killing Our Goose

HAD RABBITS BEEN as brave as lions there
would ZOE nd rabbits left to sing the saga of rabbit
survival Nature endowed the smaller animals with
cunning denied the larger stronger animals The
lion relies on his strength and so he roars as he
the forests and the plains. The smaller, weak
animals prowl around by night noiselessly
they with fear that the more predacious ami
mails may prey upon them. The survival of the
smaller weaker animals is tribute to their strate.
gy for where strength is limited there must be
strategy if survival is tc-ke eHafenteet =;
1t is with weak and minority groups.
The Jew has survived the bitterest prosecutions in
history because he employed strategy and tech
nlque that compensated for his lack of numbers
Had the Jews vaunted their strength and their
courage for fighting unto the bitter end the Jews
long since would have perished from the earth.
The Jew has shown in strategy what he lacked IN
strength and has lived to see one after another
of his prosecutors perish from the files of time
ADJUSTMENT NEEDED
The Negro in this country has survived not by
reason vaunting his great strength but by reason
of his adjustment to circumstances which he had
no control Even today, the Negroes hope of survival
rests not IN his superior numbers in his superior
strength it is to be found in kind of strategy.
Out numbered ten to one numerically and thousands
to one financially, the Negro without basic sra
tegy in his attack the surrounding problems is
doomed One of the great dangers besetting the Ne
gro is this self-same attempt to walnut his strength
which is puny beside exigencies of the situation.
Negroes generally talk too much about WhaU they
ar going to do and in many instances peyond
of the situation The Negro vote becomes e11ecuVe
IN proportion as it is welded without boastng for
when th~ white man becomes too fearful he KNOWS
how to circImvent any power the Negro vote may
have When the Negro vaunts his political power IN
such way to array the Whlte Vote against ll Ae 10
going to be lost :
. Saving wood saying nothing" is the most effect
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Plow Under Surplus Laws

Next time you the high of living don't blame all
the farmer retailer Chances that
duly elected lawmakers who supposed to be serving
largely to blame
In this country production methods all the rest Of the
world in and efficiency And distribution methods
enied by chain and independent stores, have made similar
record But believe not the law many instances makes it
impossible Tor stores savings the though
they wish to.
Milk good example In certain progressive retailers
have figured that would be possible reduce the of milk
acas and carry basis by several quart and still the
farmer the Price But laws and ordinances have forbidden
this and have forced the which follows the cash end carry
plan to sell to the price necessary under expensive
livery and credit syste1nss. -.....
The thing has happened with manufactured products
der the so-caled fair trade which permit manufacturers of
tradearked goods interstate commerce fix the
tail price at which tlezmay be sold a,,
The best thing that could happen the would be
pow under laws which artica1 raise fix prices
along with class aimed particular kind of retailer
That's way to hold down the of living.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Robert S. Abbott

f In THE PASSING of Georglaborn Robert s Abbott
founder and editor of the Chicago Defender o. the fourth
estate and the country general lose patriot grounded III the
principles Aerican and the great common struggle OF
obtaining justice for all men.
BobAbbott fearless fighter For nearly two generations
he stood the battlefront fearing Winds lighting tor what
he believed right On his resource he established HIM
self in Chicago After many efforts he succeeded in putting one
the strongest country basis
His paper of policy 1t compromised or s1rre1
dered stood firm the Justice and
righteousness.
He brought the attention of the country evils touch
ing his people and hammered until he remedial concessions
In his broad he able dig the done
places and cal attention of civic and political bodies to
their plain duty the forgotten citizens of this country
His papers editor has been gathered his fathers
He has left his busy quill other hands The yearly old lion gave
UP the long and peouS struggle and he leaves to us the grand
to carry
May the Chicago Defender gather from the death of its great
leader that courage and strength to fight the good fight May
find grander day stop until has reached the OF
the dreams of its brave founder
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Seeing and Saying By William 4. Fontke,

in excluding from its ranks colored workmen or at
least being conspicuous by their absence surely
reckon with the "out of rank brother or dun
him off his job 1t is this latter possibility which
vitality concerned the colored representatives to At
lanta'S labor meeting. whether not they were
directly entirely cognizant of it. Labor organization
sometimes produces both desirable and undesirable
results to minority group.
Once upon time the generation of those
who fought to retain the Confederacy would not lay
That time is far removed. More and more have we
viewed the taking of tn jobs classified as Ne
gros work" with the economic situation growing
worse for the masses of both majority and minority
groups there is rlmbling, such never before
imagined and scrambng, unheard of previously
for amy work that pays money 1t is no more dis
grace to work at certain occupations.
WILL. GROUP BE 'SHELVED'?
The question then naturally arises Will the Ne
gro be shelved in the entire Southern labor organl-
zation and consolidation? This scribe thinks not that
is if h. can get in the ground floor and mix eff
ficiency with cooperation in his endeavors 1t is
the South is the section to enter at present 1t has
the greatest future of any section Of the nation,
since it only recently began to claor for the things
that the North and East have enjoyed SO long
Thus, that throng of workers and representatives
constituted SOMETHING that doesn't see every
day in the South. When workers get together and
cheer the warning that Both fighting to-
gether for the same cause you may rest assured
that the South and the nation will go forward in
great Dhaanx.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16

the type of future that the Back
to-the Farm" philosophers hope
for their racial group? Is theirs
doctrine of life at any cost? Would
they go to the distance of SOUL
augmentation just for the priyil-
ege of limited land ownerships or
a crust of bread?
"BEHAVIOR", AN ITEM
The Negroes in the rural South
own land for the duration of their
good behavior. Good behavior is
reckoned on the meticulols adher-
ence to the community,s definition
of his place."
1t Is not denied that, there are
a few exceptional areas in the
rural Southeast where Negroes
with rural backgrounds and agri-
cultural training might profitably
resettle. But these exceptions are
too few to disprove the contentious
Of this article that mass return
to the farm will not profit Negroes
as a racial group. 8
"The Back to the Farm Move
ment" is a notorious evasion of
obvious duty by urban interests
They would shove the urban .un-
employed off on the rural unem-
ployed, and there are many
thousands of these. The rural un.
employment is due to the same
causes as urban Unemployment, /.
e., the breakdown of the economic
system and mechanization. "The
depression forced iiore than 1,OOo,-
100 farm families on relief" accord
ing to the published statement OF
Arthur p. Chew, Assistant to the
Direltor Of Information, United
States Department of Agriculture
!, Under -emploYment and. ..unem.
ployment are obviously neither ra-
cial nor group problems but ma
tional problems that; require care
full study, analysis and approach
from the point of view of the whole
problem. The Back to the Farm
Movement" has the basic, ''fallacy
Of the partial solution"-a solution
not based on scientific analysis but
upon the emotions of fear and be-
lief in natures unendi11g charity,
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
PLATFORM

To give they feel proud
OF and their all political social
religious questions which face the race
especially the exteM
that we become job makers well job seekers
s. boys girls in the art Of thrift
Faherhood God and the brotherhood OF man
s. TO build rme racial foundation for posteriy
of the colored must compete
the technique as other races
dealing dependable e
en times that alone Will be ao
enterprise Therefore realizing these Vita
pons give heed and respect to sug
rendering better
weekly shall be published each week which your views
national Such
opinions and shall not reflect i'll any
way opinion Of The PHOENIX INDEX
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Geikie N. Smith Memorial

necessary provisions to provide the
Negro patients better accommoda-
-tions. ----e--.- .,.
:: The following quotations are
taken from the foreword of his
Study:
This work is not offered as
mere propaganda and criticism of
those charged with the RESPONSE
bility of health conditions of Ne
groes, deplorable as that condition
may be, but rather to. give true
picture of the real condition by
stating the facts as they are. BY
so doing it is hoped that the peo-
pie of the community will become
interested to give greater support
to public health projects, affecting
the welfare of Negroes.
ITO my friends who were
anxious and even afraid that my
physical strength would not per-
NIT me to accomplish this task,
and were afraid that I would in
cur the displeasure of authorities
upon whose attitude am depend
ent, may state, that God has as
sured me of necessary strength
and with the repeated assurance
of the aid and interest from the
Office of Mayor Jas. L. Key, MFR.
Frank Beck, Chairman Of City
Councils Hospitals and Charities
Committee, and my own Superln-
tendent of Battle Hill, DR.. j. H.
Bradfield, and knowing of their
expressed desire to know the truth,
the prerequisite to any sane REM
edial measures, was willing to
hazard my only chance In the In
terest of worthy cause" -"
Finally he did break under the
strain and after leaving Battle
Hill was befriended by little
lady out on Hunt st. .!(Mrs. Myrtle
Lowe was her name), until death
came peacefully.
1t would be fitting that we
should dedicate our health cam
paign this year to the memory Of
Geikie Smith, whose name should
eternally stand in the annals OF
Negro Health Improvement history
of the city Of Atlanta. ....ss.s
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
WHEN KIDNEY TROUBLE CAUSES
YOU TO GET UP NIGHTS

lem Oil Capsules. This grand medicin'
has been helping people for SO years
to relieve their aches and pains b
helping conditions caused or aggraVat-
ed by excess uric acid other circu-
lating posons such as is SO often the
case with sciatica, neuritis, neuralgia,
lumbago and rheumatism.
So if you have such symptoms Of
kidney trouble backache, nervous
ness, getting up two or three times
during the nght-scanty, burning or
smarting passage-leg cramps-moist
palms or puffy eyes get a 35 cent pack
age of this grand and harmless diuret1c
at amy modern drugstore-it starts the
first day on it's grand errand of help
fulness.
Don't be an EASY MARK and ac'
.ept a substitute-Ask for Gold Med
al HARLEM Oil Capsules-right from
HARLEM in Holland. GET GOLD
MEDAL-the original-the genuine
Look for the Gold Medal on the
box-35 cents
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16

went into a huddle at the bar
no one knew what would happen
next. Much private reading of
Yep prs, passing them back and
forth between counsel and judge
and so forth. Were we curious to
read that letter dismissing some
one for padding the payroll? The
judge wouldn't admit it to evi-
dence. Stlucks, they take out the
most interesting things.
In the house gallery watching
the ceremony which officially well
coined Mrs. Chester C.. Bolton to
the membership of the house, two
former close friends separated by
a row of seats-and in the lobby
of the house itself. the GOODNESS
between them as each awaited a
turn to- speak. with the new repre-
sentative Mrs. Bottoms office was
a veritable flower house with we'll
wishers and friends literally fill
ing her spacious rooms with thei
floral greetings. ~. -..f ..
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16

ONE comforts, a reclining room,
nything that would bring joy to
heir broken bodies. Geikie Smith
eemed to think little of his own
'erSonar comfort.
FOUGHT FOR IMPROVEMENTS
I remember visiting him at the
Sanitorium once and how active
nd anxious he was to obtain bet
er facilities for Negro patients to
De treated for tuberculosis. He
stood and pointed out the new
brick school house for the chill
dren which was then under con-
struction. -..- .-...
Although a college graduate
from Lincoln University, and we'll
educated person, he was entirely
unassuming and meek in appear
ance. He made his sick compan-
ions at Battle Hill feel he was one
of them. Geikie Smith had no
naughty manners and he prayed
for those who didn't see eye to
eye with him about making the
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Cornell Again
Heads Boys
Work Y Group.
ATLANTA. Ga.-(SNSl.

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
At the regular meeting of the
Boys Work Committee of the
Butler Street YMCA, Thursday
night, Prof. G. N. Cornell of the
Booker r. Washington High School
was elected as chairman of the
committee for the third consecu-
tive time.
Before the unanimous casting of
the votes, members of the commit
tee took time out to praise and
review the work and progress of
the committee under Mr.. Cornell's
previous reign. ..
Seven names were given as
prospective committeeman for the
ensuing year: Messrs. T. B. Elliott,
Joseph Walker, Julius Brown,
James G. Dashiell, C.. c.. Hart, A.
]. Lewis, and William Banks.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16

tories dominant in the Southern region were pres
ent They talked with earnestness about the HVlng
situation it affects them. They talked of improv
ing their plight of collective bargaining and co-ope-
ration
MAIDEN SPEAKS
1t Cornelius Maiden the lone AFL coloreo
organizer, who warned the assemblage that Both
races fighting together for the cause 1t
this hint which brought of the most ex'
pressve applases from the great throng of represen
tatives In it lay the of success failure OF
labor organiz cation in the South--a region said to
be stronghold of longer hours and lower pay.
The AFL which has been notably outstanding
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-16
Albany Fund Is
Now S218,97

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)- r..
Contributions from two different
clubs Saturday sent the. Albany
Relief Fund to $21897. Donations
came from the Commune Bonum
club, which gave So. and the
Friendly Ten Social Club which
sent 81. ~
Mrs. Arthurline Scott is presi-
dent and Mrs. Alberta Poole is re-
porter of the Commune Bonurn
Club. Carey Cade is president of
the Friendly Ten Social club and
their contribution was brought In
by Mrs. Susie Sanders. ~