davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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too. looks much like those other

too, looks much like those other
Christians.
Second thought assured me all is
well because those christians" have
fifty thousand dollar" bail re-
quired. Earl Browder, our anti
Christian, is roaming around with a
trifling $500 bail and he and his
Xix surely will take care Of us even
though there may be other Chris
tians on the loose.
Yes, those news films are truly ed
ucational. They made me think and
that's something. They made me
wonder why Earl Browder, our old
100 per cent American, sometime
speaker at Harvard, why was he not
there, too; does he not claim Chris
tianity, too - or has he such dis
like to being photographed with
those nice, big, strong. shiny irons
and chains?
Harry Bridges, ! suppose, couldn't
rate high enough up for the antiqueA
yet modern decoration for Christ
ianS. Was 1t carelessneSs on the
part of Mr.. Hoover's FBI. that
Father Coughlin escaped? I have
read and I have heard he admitted
Christian beliefs, too. Well, maybe
poor Father Charles Is only an in
otter to Christianity, "rable-ra&er, "
as our old 'Two-Faced oracle Of
Leavenworth Street charges or
emits.
Do you know, Mr.. Editor, here's
another thought. Perhaps old
Faced" operated like the news
film as an educator, "Futuristic
Educator.
George M. Corcoran,
CITY. Il
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The New York Sun comments editori-
ally on the turn toward occupational
training. They comment that New York
city boys and girls are. turning from
white collar jobs and are attending the
trade classes because they badly want
jobs. They write: when jobs are scarce
the boy or girl who has experience or
training in some specific occupation has
a better chance OF getting on the pay
roll than one whose unspecialized ability
is matched by that of tens of thousands
o. Others"
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In Today's Mail
CHRISTIANS" IN CHINA Is
NOTHING NEW IN WORLD
HISTORY

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Those movie news reels are an
educational factor from which ]
fear our fellow-Americans some
times lose benefit. In one of our
local theaters currently is showing
the Roundup of the Christian
Front. Manacled and chained
those desperadoes present pecu-
liar sight to our "so-called" Chris
tian Americans.
] understand those dangerous
characters admit being Christians
- the colossal nerve Of some folks
hereabQuts?
Do you know, Mr.. Editor, / am be-
ginning to fear perhaps there are
more Christians in our fair land
If such be, what can we do?
Now that they have captured West
Point and Annapolis, they might
tackle any other government agency
they might even 60 so far as to re-
claim Washington, D. O., for the
dangerous cult then what would
New York, yes. and Brooklyn do?
Each day as I pass through our
streets notice many other young
sters right here in Waterbury SINH
lar In appearance to those manacled
on the news film. Why am becom-
ing suspicious Of my own son: he,
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A newspaper headline, "Cold wave
slackens but still holds OUT, reminds us
that January has not given us her worst
yet. A continuous cold spell has finally
hardened most of us and most are pre-
pared to hold out against the rigors of
winter. The icy grip, as they call 1t, is
gripping in general way and not just in
circunascribed locality. The cold has
brought about much hardship, and siz-
able death toll. Most of us seem to have
taken the cold rather hard, perhaps be-
cause recent winters have not been so
harsh. Penincular Florida, is feeling the
cold down to its southernmost point, and
for the time being, anyway, the climate
there is not all it is cracked up to be.
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We see by our calendars, church and
otherwise, that Easter falls this year on
March "a, the earliest it has been in many
years. Which means that the Lenten
season begins in the heart of winter, you
might say, instead of at the shank end
One was reminded that the season of Lent
approaches with the church observing
Septuagesima Sunday two days ago, this
signifying the third Sunday before the
The liturgy at this time describes the peni-
tential season about to begin, and the
been terminated. The early Easter may
mean that there will be less thought about
spring finery, except by those who rush
the season, those for instance who are
straw hat-minded in January.
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Uncle Sam Is Pleased

When Europe ripped loose last Sep
TENDER, some government ottlclals IN
Washington were Just little bit worried.
They remembered the last war, and they
didn't think it would be bit nice for
American opportuniSts to get their fingers
sticky with food profits. Furthermore,
they knew it would be downright dan
gerous to American non-interventlon. A
number of safeguards had been taken
long before war broke out in September
to guard the United States against any
repetition of the ruinous economic up
heaval that followed the outbreak OF war
in August, 1914. But still, the officials
were Just little bit afraid. Maybe, they
feared, they had slipped up somewhere.
They suffered a severe case OF filters
last September when housewives began
a run on the sugar market, and prices IN
some communities jumped up cent or
so. ooh - OH Here it starts" said the
worried officials But the sugar scare
blew over, and Washington settled back
a little more comfortably After more
than four months of the war, the agricul-
tural advisory council of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture reported the
other day that all the statistics compiled
so far have shown that there has been no
profiteering. On September %, the coun-
GU promised President Roosevelt there
would be none.
"The record since that time shows how
fully the food industry has made good
that promise" said Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Henry Wallace. Increases in the
demand for farm products since last sum-
mer have been noted by the council. But
the gains are in proportion to improved
business conditions at home and do not
reflect any exploitation of the war market.
It was also predicted that higher wages
being paid urban workers would shortly
be reflected in increased demands for
farm products.
According to the report, food last year
was comparatively cheaper, in relation to
other commodities, than it was in 1929.
The non-rural consumers are paying
about $2,000,000,000 year less today
than they were in 1929 for comparable
food. Part of the balanced situation, the
council candidly admits, is due to lack
of foreign demand for food products. This
is ascribed to foreign exchange factors
their own export trade as long as possible.
While American neutrality policy is still
open to wide controversy, the general
idea of safeguarding every element of
American life from the entertainments of
war effects is beyond criticism. There
may be better ways of protecting our
selves; and, if there are, we want to find
them. But the fact that we recognize
fully the dangers of just sitting around
and doing nothing and are willing to CO.
operate to guarantee our security is
cheering in itself. AS long as business
men, the government, and the people in
general are vigilant, no war machine will
develop in this country.
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Press Comment
= A VALUABLE ASSET
New Haven Journal-Courier)

(NeW haven JournaI-Courler)
Townsmen as well as gownsmen
will regard the Yale Law Library's
campo Ign to increase its endowment
fund Will rising interest and hope
that the sum sought will soon be
subscribed. For the Yale Law Lii
brary is more than a strictly uni
versity institution. It is a valuable
asset to the community, to the state
,, and as its exchange and extension
department can testify, to the coHn-
try. AS Frederick H. Wiggin, pres
ident of the State Bar Association,
has made clear, the Library "fur-
nishes a great variety Of assistance"
to Connecticut lawyers. Its special
lied collections, already among the
best In the country and steadily adj
vancing, are accessible at any time
to any Connecticut lawyer who has
need for information beyond that
available in his local Bar reading
rooms. Recognizing the Library's
fine facilities and the excellent start
made under librarian Frederick G..
Hicks in collecting valuable Con-
necticut documents and legal rec
ords, the State Library Las shifted
a portion of its work in the field to
the Yale institution. Cooperation
between town and gown is here at
its best.
The quota set, we understand Is
81 100000. The president of the Law
School Association has agreed to
provide one quarter of that sum If
the remainder can be raised for the
Library's book-pu-chase fund. + the
enthusiasm of the New Ravens
own lawyers, who know by actual
experience the value of the Library
to them and-their fellows else.
where, is a sufficient index, the
campaign will drive ahead to a sue.
cessful conclusion.
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tie culling of the names she and
associates cannot identify. Then
the invitations go out. You have
In effect asked for an invitation
and got it.
EXCLUSIVE PARTIES
OF course, the invitation will
not be for an evening reception,
for which the lists are more of
ficial and exclusive. To rate re-
ception, you have to be a diplo-
mat, a member Of Congress, a de-
partmental executive, a high
ranking officer of the Army or
Navy (officers below the rank of
lieutenant colonel and comnan-
der are eXcluded), or, as last
chance, a member Of the press.
On a still higher plane Of ex-
clusiveness are White House din
ners. Formal dinners are given in
the state diningroom for visiting
rulers, such as the King and
Queen Of England; and others,
less formal, to which an odd mis-
CclAdIIy VI people are mVlCeQ-
church dignitaries, newspaper ed
itors, social planners, and CAM
paign contributors.
Most intimate Roosevelt din
ners are held in the family din.
ing-room, especially the Sunday
evening Suppers, where Mrs.
Roosevelt prepares scrambled
eggs in q chatting dish for PEG
pie she can call by their first
names-Henry and Elinor Nor
genthau, Henry and lilo WAL
lace, Caroline O'Day, Sam Ros.
enman. Oscar Chapman, mis-
Sy" LELAND.
Intimate or otherwise, there are
always guests at the White House
If the President and Mrs. Roose-
welt should find themselves alone
at the dinner table, they would
scarcely know how to behave.
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Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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PROPER WAY TO ADVERTISE
, MAINTAINS WOLCOTT
WOMEN'S CLUB
Nichols Road,
Waterbury, Conn.,,
January %. 1910.
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The Unpalatable Truth

Late last year commission of experts,
headed by Samuel Crowther, prepared
and published what is believed to be the
first attempt to show the fiscal condition
Of any commonwealth by means of the
balance sheet and income account method
used by large corporations. Public and
private assets and liabilities were in
Oluded
The state selected was New Hampshire,
at the request of its governor and legis-
lature. The facts produced by the bal
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a gentle smile he added, That's
a pretty good news story, isn't
it?"
It certainly was. It was the big
scoop Of the campaign.
NO HAZING
All the New Deal Supreme
Court Justices attended the White
House ceremony when Justice
Frank Murphy took the oath of
office. AS the President shook
Murphy's hand he observed SOL
EMMY:
Frank, I've got it all fixed up
for you. The sophomores on the
Court have promised me that they
won't haze the freshman"
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTIONS
The White House social list is
not as exclusive as you might sup
pose. If you want to be on the list,
you don't have to wait to be chos-
en-. All you've got to do is to
drive up to the front door and, in
effect, tell 'em you want an invi-
tation.
This is strictly according to the
rules Of protocol. Nothing brash
about it. You come up to the door
and hand your cards to one of
the White House guards, as If you
were going to pay a call. In fact,
this amounts to paying a call. And
in return, you will get an invita-
ton to tea, a musicale, or a
garden party.
The mechanics of the business
are like this: The guard passes
your cards to the footman, who
clips them together and puts them
in basket inside the door. Sec
retaries make up a list from them
hoping you have not forgotten to
scribble your address on the card
so they will know where to send
the invitation.
The list goes to Mrs. James M.
Helm, efficient social secretary of
the White House, who does a lit
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Questions
and Answers
By FREDERIC n. KERRY

81 FREDERIC d. kEBbK
Enclose Q three eant stamp for
reply when addressine any quRs.
ton Of fact or information % the
Waterbury Democrats Service 8u-
ceau at washington legal and
medical advice cannot be given.
nor can extended research Oe en-
dertaken- Be sure all mail ls I'D.
dressed 70 The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE Blu.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, d. C.
@. Must members Of the Presi-
dents cabinet be natural born
American citizens in order to sue
coed to the Presidency under the
law of succession
A. Yes. Any member who was not
a natural born American would pc
passed over If the succession fell
to his lot.
@. If a man in business for HIM
self, pays himself wages, is he en-
titled to benefits under the Social
Security program
A. No; unless the business Is in
corporated and he is salaried Of
ficer of the firm.
q. When did the income Of the
Federal Government first show the
effects of the industrial depression
that started in 1929?
A. In March 1881, the Federal
Government experienced the first
effects of the depression in its tax
returns. The deficit in the year end
ed June 80, 1881, was approximately
$9e3, 100000, almost half of which
was due to the statutory require
ments for debt reduction.
@. Are refugee immigrants oblig-
ed to enter the United States under
the quota laws?
A. Yes.
@. What is Lady Day" chat is
celebrated in England?
A. The feast of the Annunciation.
held on March q sch lear Lady
Day in mediaSs,l fines was the be-
ginning Of ~ legal year in Eng
land. In 1852 this was changed to
January l, but March Is remains a
Quarter Day.
@. Do moleS have eyes?
A. They have minute, sunken
eyes?
Q. In what year was the first ma
tional automobile show held?
A. 1900.
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What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
/. What Is the chief constituent
of coal?
2. In which European country is
the river Ebro?
3. OF which South American Re.
public is Alberto GUAM the Minis
ter Of Foreign Relations?
4. Which State is nicknamed
Beehive State?
5. A tarpon is a weapon for Kill
ling whales, kind Of fish or q
rainproof fabric cover?
6. What Is chronology?
Z. What Is the correct pronuncia-
ton Of the word commandment?
8. What is the botanical name
for hardwoods2
8. Which country owns the Dode-
canese Islands?
10. How many square yards are
In one acre2 AS
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DAlCtAloCANCO w
be men without q country. Never
theless, they opened their Pavilion,
to keep alive their national spirit
in a symbol.
The Poles were next. used to
visit their Pavilion often, for not
only was their building one Of the
handsomest in the Foreign Area,
but their restaurant was an ire
sistible magnet.
They staged the most lavish
meal on the Fair Grounds, of
their own native cuisine at such
absurd tariffs, that / once asked
a headwaiter to explain it. Good
will" he said, 1--WE lose on every
meal. But our government takes
the loss"
He was a handsome and en-
gaging fellow. I dined there one
night in September and he was
in a worried, confiding mood. Il
received mysterious cable from
my mother in Warsaw" he said.
something is going to happen. I
can't believe it will be war. / am
sure Hitler doesn't have enough
nerve. But most of us here are
scared"
The next morning, the invasion
was under way and I did not see
the young headwaiter again. The
Polish Pavilion continued until
the Fair closed.
STILL
IN BUSINESS
But the other evening en-
countered my old friends again.
They had opened a polish Res
taurant" on Fifty-Seventh Street,
stated by the same exiled Poles
who were out on Flushing Mead
oWs But now they must be less
lavish with their dispensations.
They no longer lose money on
their clientele, but they do not
profit by it. They break even. They
would rather have it that way. It
gives them something to do in a
strange country which all Of them
passionately want to adopt.
The ambition of each and
everyone there is to succeed in
acquiring American citizenship.
Men without a country, they have
found one that they think excels
any other of the world. My friend,
the headwaiter, has found mis- me-
tier. He has proved eligible for a
college course and expects to fin
ish his advanced education here.
WHAT
NEXT?
The Czechs stranded in this
country, after the kidnap, will
open their Czechoslovakian Pa
wilton again as a sign that the
spirit of their democratic govern
ment survives dictatorship.
But the emissaries of other
nations who were sent here to
represent their nations at the Fair
are quivering. The Swedish del
egation wonders what will hap
pen next; so do the Netherland-
ers. So do the Belgians.
Men without countries. 1t new
er was brought home so drama
tically as through the scene at
Flushing Meadows.
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Selected Poem
CEDARs IN THE SNOW
civilian Annette Wofford in the New
York TimeS.)

civilian Annette Wottord In the New
York TimeS.)
Here In the deepening dusk, the snow,
That fell throughout the afternoon,
Has clothed the two tall cedar trees
That stand against the rising moon.
The myriad stars have spread their fire
Upon the branches of each tree,
And ! am humble here before
This Splendor shining down on me.
How silently the cedars cast
Their strange enchantment on the hill!
The winds dark symphony has ceased,
And now the midnight world is still.
No sound disturbs this solemn hush,
For outlined in the moons pale glow,
Two cedar trees have joined to make
A white cathedral in the snow.
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DAILY Almanac

Sun rises TIL a. NJ; sets Asst p. m.
AL vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The only thing that has been missed the
past few days with the weather so cold has
been the whine of iron-tired wagon wheels
over the snow. In the old days when wagons
were passing back and forth In the early
hours Of the morning this metallic whine was
a sure indication Of very cold weather out
side.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-23

The cold wave in this section was felt
practically everywhere in the country,
and even those down on the Gulf of Mex
leo have been wondering about this much
advertised balmy Florida weather.
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tries have since
vanished IN
the bonb-nares
Of the night.
Before the sell
Nure Of Czech
oslovakia, q
group Of Czechs
arrived here
from Prague TO
attend their own
Fair Pavilion.
While they were
q bout the ir
chores in New
York, suddenly
they discovered
Themselves tn
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It is a far cry from Chateau Thierry
and Belleau Wood back to the campaign
against the brow Indians near Fore Gus
ter, Montana in 1887. Major General
Omar Bundy, who died the other day at
the age of 70, was active at all these To-
calities and distinguished himself he
roically.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-23

The leading question today seems to
be, can we or can we not remain neutral,
and a great many remain neutral on that
neutral question. ....,...
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In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, Jan. 22.-For many
months I wondered what had
become Of the foreigners at Co
tham's Worlds Fair whose coun-
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@. What motion picture won
Academy awards as the ten best of
1888?
A. The academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences names only
one feature motion picture as the
best of the year and the last sell
ection was "You Can't Take 1t With
YOU" The Film Daily, which con-
ducts an annual poll of critics
throughout the country to determine
the ten best pictures Of the year,
announced "Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs," "You Can't Take It
With You," 3Alexander's Ragtime
Band" "Boys Town." Marie An
toinette," an Old Chicago" "The
Adventures Of Robin Hood" 'The
Citadel" Love Finds Andy Hardy"
and "The Hurricane" as the best Of
1888.
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Washington Merry o-Round :

DREW Pc A r y U N
ROBERT S. ALLEN
EDITORS NOTE
tells q personal story.)


WASHINGTON 23The Senate
a
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II you want o copy Of the book
let t"Surnames" send to The
Waterbury Democrats Washing
ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
street, Washington, ID. C. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
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Q. How is pyroxylin prepared?

@. How is pyroxylin prepared?
A. BY nitrating cellulose in a bath
of sulphuric and nitric acids and
then combining the resultant nitro
cellulose with alcohol and camphor
and mixing and baking the mater
ial to form. A circular describing
this and other plastic materials,
may be obtained by sending q
stamped, self-addressed envelope to
our Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
st., Washington, D. G.
9. How long had the United
States been on the gold standard
when the gold clause was replaced,
June 5. 1888?
A. Over so years, since January
I, 1879.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, Colorado is a
healthy place to live; say,
ssheaIthful."
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A Thought for Today

Let no man say when he Is tempted, am
tempted of God: for God cannOth be tempted
with evil neither tempteth he any man-James
1:13
God is better served in resisting tempta-
ton to evil than in many formal prayers.-Penn.
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Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc.)