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Evening star., 1940-04-16

When he and his half henchen
to do They had faced the problem
Prague the President
Czech
freezing OF Czech balances
And Poland
mad
That had
legally
N1osclcki had escaped Germans
Thus Morgenhaus
Federal Reserve
still the his Office
Allen Sprou and asked him
mercia banks New York
all Danish and Norwegian balances notice
Earmarked which
eral Reserve and presented problem.
All Harrison at York
bankers Just before the President left Morgentau
through him telephone
President heartily Spou
reported that while
felt would liable the Danish and
when the President reached Washington
told him that there would have to be
arrangement Next morning the order drafted
tive of the Justice Department Revions completed
initials obtained during the afternoon
hours after the Germans passed the Danish frontier the executive
signed by the President the White
Hard Measures
Danish Norwegian holdings
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week a crucial
issue is in the
first S ia G e S of
d e c i 81 ion
" h e t h er t h e
Congress S h a IL
make the laws,
or surrender to
so-called inde-
p e n d e n t CON-
m / S sions the
ri G h t to brush
aside the rights
of the citizens in
the arb i t ar y
exercise of gov
e r n m e n t a !
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Freak Storm Drops Hail
On Los Angeles
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, April l6.-Younr-
sters who Saturday donned bathing
suits to play under lawn showers
as the temperature reached o6 de-
grees pressed hailstones into SNOW
men after freak storm yesterday.
A sudden squall moving inland
from the Pacific dropped stones the
size OF marbles in Los Angeles and
surrounding communities, but sur
veys indicated little If any crop
damage.
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without q ripple
on the surface,
d e S pite his
without reser-
vation" state
ment Of his
b r e S l d e ntial
candidacy some
weeks ago in
M q S S achusettS.
Mr.. Farley's at
titude tow ard
the third term
gu e S tion has
been almost as
much an enigma
as has that of
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Feint May Sop Allied Strength

Before Munich felt that Sovakia the
Partition Poland on the cards as was the These
disturbed public
against the traditional neutrals' Scandinavia
military military very
Germany
German occupation Of Norway would their submarines and
craft hundred miles northeastern British
might facilitate the expected OF which the
Great Britain the other hand
retain make full these
tremendous expenditure OF ships planes and materials While
the allies find difficult dslodge
ports
ship blockade and make the air bases untenabe.
Evening star., 1940-04-16

OUT. one is tnaC
the Ger m a n s
have made a
mistake in be-
liev ng Kin g
Haakon W ould
bow to the "in-
e v ! t a b ! e" as
many members
OF his govern
ment did. The
other is that the
a Hi es av e
SHOWN more en-.
terprise than in
the past and
nave rushed
Evening star., 1940-04-16
We, the People
Events Thot Will Draw America Into Conflict
Seen Foreshodowed by Scandinavian BIitzkriea
BY JAY FRANKLIN,

Irrespective Of which party wins the 1910 election
American military experts that this will
their may be decided
within the next few days.
There has slight shift Army opinion since
last fall when observers
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May Go THROUGH Low Countries

Army object
the old Scheen fanking Holland
Having caused British diversion Norway the
make fent Magnot Line sucking French
the low countries While this is going allied forces would be
mobid in other regions by the following developments:
"a Aided pressure Russia, will
Balkans, completing the predicted cleanup" Of Rumana:
Balkan will threaten to bring
possibly though probably likely
to grab Frances North African colonies;
will including
with the large possibility that Russia will try to fulfill its 3ooyea
Evening star., 1940-04-16
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Reelection In New York yester-
day Of Postmaster General Farley
as chairman of the Democratic
State Committee was accomplished
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Democracy
Issue Up
InCongress
Loeon-WoIter Bill
Seen os Holding Key
To Minority Rights
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The struggle for power within the
United States goes on at the Capitol
even as orators prate about democ-
racy and freedom abroad. This very
Evening star., 1940-04-16

summer" (1940). Today, after seven
months Of blitzkrieg and sitzkrieg,
the same experts are more con-
vinced than ever that American
participation Is inevitable.
Last September they antici-
pated major spring offensive early
in March, but they blame the un-
usually cold winter for the delay in
their calculated military time table
Had the war gone according to
schedule, they believe that the inter-
!. They feel that 1t is just beginning
action to Hitler's invasion of Norway
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HE opinions OF the ortters this page oun
necessary Ths stars Such opinions are presented Ths
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
the1nsetoes and directly opposed to The Stars.
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This
Changing
World
Course Of War Held
Ringing on Fight
In Scandinavia

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
The actions of the belligerents
this summer depend largely on the
results of the Norwegian campaign.
For the present two facts stand
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marked
friendly
hard called
ant nc)
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bition to gain complete control of
the Black Sea and the Eastern Medi-
terranean.
All Of these important develop
ments, however, will be subsidiary
to an invasion of the low countries.
Some experts are convinced that one
side or the other will invade Hol-
land. Effective Dutch resistance to
A Nazi blitzkrieg Is an unknown and
interesting quantity now. But to
crush this resistance would enable
the Germans to outflank the Albert
Canal and sweep across Belgium IL
crucial channel ports. Control Of Hol
in short distance Of the English Goa
Evening star., 1940-04-16
The Capital Parade
Freezing Order Keeps $25o. .ooo, 900 From Reich;
Amount Is Bulk Of Scondinovions' Liquid Assets

By JOSEPH ALSOP ROBBERY KINTNER.
The Presidents executive freezing Norwegian BAL
the United States important
aiding the by methods short Like European
neua the Danes Norwegans
deposit vault Stored estimated
at than $00 000a booty
Germany
The executive
who said d I'VE have
profitable As happens the behind
an interesting demonstration Of
Evening star., 1940-04-16

Berle, routed from his bed, worked
phoning the President at Hyde Park
and preparing sketch drafts of the
various State Department orders.
At the Treasury, however, there was
no night watch, and Secretary of
The Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
jr., heard the dark news by an acci-
dent of sleeplessness, listening to the
radio in the small hours.
Having heard it, he sent out the
word at breakfast time for an early
emergency meeting at the Treasury.
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Hard Measures
Danish and Nor'

Danish and Norwegian holdings here cannot released without
licenses PROVIDED the
The fate Of the Norvegans they allies
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Treasury HurIy-BurIy

The night of the invasion
excitement the State
Be routed from his bed worked until receiving reports
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MumeS Minority.

Lately under the so-called execu-
tive reorganization law, efforts have
been made to take all the inde-
pendence out of these commissions,
which were originally creatures Of
Congress, by putting them under
political cabinet officers This means
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a swift fanking move toward the
and would also bring Germany with
t, enabling her huge bombing fleets
Of air and subseas predicted last
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Resurrecting Life from the Past

An old favorite of lurid fictioneers, from A. Conan Doyle down through Dizzy Stories, is the device of bringing to life by means of magic potionS the mummy of some Egyptian princess. This one has always been good for set of creeps and a thrill or two. But after we'd closed the book and gotten safely into bed, we always said, "Oh, tush, tush!" and relaxed to sleep, if any.
 Now the German papers are full Of reports that Professor P. -Grawitz, experimenting at Cordova, Spain, has actually done it. According to the Ger man reports, this scientist with name that sounds like beer substitute, has actually taken tissue from 530O-year-old Egyptian mummies, placed it in certain solutions, whereupon this flesh which "died" thousands of years ago took on new life and began to wax and burgeon BusSe-G -Grawitz's theory seems to be that while the body dies, the cells that make it up do not die, but hibernate" ready to live again. Eminent American Sclen- tistS comment: "We doubt it."
 You may doubt it or not. But cer- tainly some of the countries of Europe have been doing a lot of resurrecting these days. While they have seldom gone clearly back $500 years, nevertheless, the past 20 years have seen lot of things dredged up out of the past which men had believed - and hoped - were dead. Up from the Middle Ages they have dug racial hatreds, which, by careful flaming and cultivation, have been made to live again almost as they did in the Dark Ages.
 Intolerance, believed buried under a couple of centuries of slow upbuilding, has been made to grow again, and the fires of burning books, once believed quenched, flare tip anew Slaughter of innocent women and children, fatuously believed to have vanished with Genghis Khan and Attila. has been restored to grim reality. Hunger has been disin- tered from e world of want to stalk again in c world Of plenty.
 Oh, yeD lt Is not SO fantastlcl Herr Busse-0 -0rawiiz may indeed have sue. eesded In rouslng Co life cells called dead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Still Advancing

Dedication of new units at the State Hospital in Newtown this week marked another milestone in Connecticut lnstl- tutional expansion. This new hospital has filled in the last few years distinct need in caring for mental patients; the addition of more buildings will go long way towards making up for the deficiencies that have accumulated at MiddletoWn and Norwich. However, the problem isn't solved yet and there re- mains much to be done in this field ot endeavor.
 Even with the removal of many pa tients from Middletown to Newtown the former institution will be caring for more than it should accommodate. Under such conditions proper care and atten- tion can't be given and the entire nStl- tuition is bound to suffer. If there are and have been faults with our state hos pitals, and the charges to this effect seem to be frequent, it is partly the fault ot those officials who insist on croWdlng into one place more persons than can be handled.
 The dedication at NeWtoWn this week, consequently, should also include a re- solve on the part of this state to continue its progress towards point when its institutional program will have caught up with the times. Right now it's Strug- gling to do so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Nearer And Nearer

Judging by all reports from Washing ton universal conscription is close at hand At this writing it was uncertain whether or not the draft would be post poned until after the November elections, but there was good reason to believe that this provision of the House measure passed a week ago might be written out in the final acceptable measure. The age limits of 21 to 35 were compromise on the two sets of figures set up by both houses of Congress and probably are as satisfac- tory as any age group that could be se- lected for military training.
 We have consistently held to the thought that conscription would prove of considerable value to the United States. It will prepare us more adequately for any contingency arising from the present European conflict. It will provide us with considerably more sinew than we now possess internally. AS barrier to foreign intervention on this continent and this hemisphere such militariStic move on the part of the United States should be of the immense advantage. We want no war nor any part of one; we desire peace But above all we want no invasion of the New World by doctrines hostile to our concepts of democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
R" You in Step

The "r" months having returned, it's perfectly safe to include oysters in your diet September officially ushers in the oyster season, although if you want to eat oysters from May through August and can get them on the market nothing would happen to your insides unless your imagination can cause your stomach to roll over. Oysters are actually good at any season of the year that they can be obtained. It just so happens you can't get them as readily in the summer as you can in the fall and winter.
 Here in Connecticut we should express more than passing interest in the open ing of countless oyster shells and their inclusion on many menus, It is one of our important industries, our biggest in the seafish line. It provides work for many people; it contributes to the in- come of many households. The humble oyster has definite place in any diet, whether it be swallowed hastily in the raw state, munched contentedly in fried condition, or slurped gorgeously in big spoonful of stew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Two Billion to Spend

MT. John Q. Citizen, that composite character who includes you, and you, and you, has two billion dollars more to spend during the first seven months of this year than he had last year. h. come payments to individuals through July this year total $41, ,600,000, ,000 as compared with $39 ,578, ,000, ,000 for the same seven months of 1889. More than half of this increase is in salaries and wages; the rest in dividends and such payments. Commerce Department is au- thority for the figures.
 This is the highest income John has had for any comparable period in the 193Os. And the best of it, adds the Bureau ol Labor Statistics, is that the cost of living has not risen in proportion. The increase means more in terms of buying things than such an increase in 1929.
 Later, as more and more of mems eff forts go into producing things for de- fense, the cost of other things will tend to rise. But this should not be soon, for our productive capacity has not yet been strained. When it is, the trick will be to keep the amount of rise in the cost of things we'll below the amount of increase in peoples incomes It is hard trick, but it can be done, and it must be done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
TOWN VERSUS DISTRICT
(Hartford Times)

The controversy between the town of Enfield and its chief con- ponent part, the village of Thomp- sonville, organized as a sewer dis trict, which contains two-thirds of the towns population, over the ques- tion which shall operate the new WPA-built sewage treatment plant, goes merrily on.
 After receiving extension of six weeks in the State Water Commis- sions order that pollution of the Connecticut River must cease by Sept. l, both Town and District have taken recourse to the courts to determine which is legally liable for operating the sewage system.
 Officials of both political units hesitate to accept responsibility for such operation in view of the senti- ment of the residents that the other unit should undertake the task.
 The State Water Commission quite properly directed its order to the ThompsonVilie Sewage District but the District points out that the WPA negotiations were carried on with the Town Of Enfield.
 The whola matter can Do prop- eFly settled if Q legally competent third power will decide which should operate the new plant. The courts are the designated Isnpires for that purpose.
 Ths question may even bs settled before the courts act. The matter is also to be brought up for . vote in the Enfield town election ii oe- tobeF. f1 view of ThompsonvilIet prpponderanee Co the total vote, lt would not be surprising lf the veFs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

A recent issue of the Connecticut Bar Journal contained an article by two New London county lawyers in which the minor court act of 1889 was subjected to considerable criticism. While admitting that uniformity among the minor courts had been achieved to considerable eX- tent, the writers claimed failure in many other respects. Apparently there will always be more or less failure along the lines of setting up such a large number of small courts that will follow general pattern in the administration of justice. Only severe revamping of the entire court system, such as has been unsuc- cessfully attempted, will really bring about the desired reforms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

This may all be a bit confusing, but you've got to expect that where politics is concerned. At any rate the Union Party now is announcing that it may nominate Wilbur l.. Cross as it's guber- material candidate. Only the other day the Union Party said it was going to endorse Robert A. Hurley for governor The latter statement is now denied by spokesman. All of which might seem to indicate that there are factions within even the Union Party and these factions are now experiencing growing pains. It would be an odd turn of events, of course, if the party did nominate Ex-Governor Cross and got him to accept the honor, for it was the Union Party vote in 1888 that defeated him. On the Democratic ticket Cross ran ahead of Baldwin on the Republican. But the Union Party had selected Baldwin for endorsement and it's 2,000 odd votes spelled the differ ence between win and loss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

C [ O LIldG u Dr. DOugkaSS might be better to build a fence around the edge of the precipice to keep people from falling over, rather than buy an ambulance to take them to the hospital after they were hurt. The leaders of the am- bulance movement were indignant at the absurd proposal, and most of the community was on their side. These were the words with which they met tire proposal to build a fence instead of buying an ambu- lance:
 Why should people of sense
 Think af building a fence, With an ambulance down in the
 valley?
 One of the best ways to check up on our moral sincerity and mental acumen is to find out whether. as c matter of actual fact, We are ain- bulanee-minded or fence-minded. Do we want to feed our egos by contributing toward the purchase 10 ambulances, or make the world Q better place in which to live by building fences around dangerous preclplces7
 All rights reserved.
 Dahson Newspaper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

Although two lively primary fights are predicted in Democratic ranks next week there also seems to be expressed the sen timent that voting will be unusually light for such contests. This opinion is based on the fact that the average voter who is not affected too seriously by next weeks outcome doesn't consider the test more than friendly joust at the polls Only strenuous efforts by candidates workers can bring out heavy primary vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
gress, for trade with Argentina.

gress, for trade with Argentina.
 NOTE - Latest export figures show that Argentina has now be- come the leading foreign pur- chaser of American passenger cars. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Dr. Francis Townsend was dis appointed in Wendell Willkie's &C., ceptance speech because he didn't endorse the old-age pension plan. Several weeks ago Townsend claimed that Senator McNary endorsed" the plan, although &C., tually McNary said merely that he thought the issue should receive sympathetic" consideration. This week Townsend sourly declares that Willkie's statement favoring adequate old age benefits is in- sufficient. Townsend has been trying to arrange a conference with Willkie, so far with no luck. E. B. Germany, red hot Gar ner booster and manager of his unsuccessful campaign, has made it up with the Roosevelt Wallace ticket. After conference with National Chairman Ed Flynn, Ger many told Texas leaders he was 100 per cent for the slate and would assist House Floor Leader Sam Rayburn, another Garner crony, in managing the south western campaign. Germany will direct the campaign headquarters in Dallas while Rayburn is busy in Congress .. Those reports disseminated by certain politicos that no Taft leader could get any, where in the Willkie organization are largely axe-grinding talk. In- side fact is that Dave Ingalls, hard-hitting manager of the Ohioan who nearly licked Willkie, is now on the closest terms with him.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

It takes notary" Raising an
 eyebrow at Forster, he inquired. Gan you swear?"
 ;. Amid the roar of laughter that followed, photographer, pointing to his colleague, suggested, "1 don't know about Mir. Forster, MT. President, but these boys are mighty good al it. Why don't you try them?"
 Forster again stepped into the breach, produced Frank Sander son, White House clerk with mo- tary's license, and the ceremony was completed.
 FDR AND ARGENTINA
 There has beer a lot of publicity regarding Roosevelt's conference with Argentine diplomat Leopoldo Melo over buying Argentine beef. Actually the conversation covered a lot of things besides meat.
 Roosevelt promised that this country would substantially in crease its imports of Argentine products; first because Argentina has suffered heavy loss of her Eu- ropean export market and faces an acute depression; second, be- cause Argentina continues to buy from the United States, but this buying must fall off if she cannot sell here to obtain dollar exchange for purchases.
 Discussing these problems, the President told Melo that the de- fense program would require heavy purchases of wool for uniforms, hides for shoes, and canned beef for the commissary. Though the government would not buy direct from Argentina, the buying from domestic sources would create new demand for imports, substantially benefiting Argentina.
 There was also discussion of
 using part of the new Export
 Import Bank Fund of $500,000,-
 900, about to be voted by Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
FULL TIMI SALARIES FOR STATES ATTORNEYS
Bridgeport Times-Star)


 The proposal that Connecticut pay its states attorneys full time salary, in return for which they should be willing to relinquish pri- vate practice and political activity, is gaining ground.
 Since The Times-Star has been advocating this reform, it has be- come a plank in the 1940 Demo- cratic State Platform.
 And we welcome the action of the Connecticut Federation of Labor which, in convention here last week, adopted , resolution favoring a suitable full time salary and a full time Status-with no private prac- tice auowed-for states attorneys.
 We have hopes that the Republi- can State convention will consider similar plank, even though it has several prominent leaders who have been experts on combining the posi- ton of states attorney with private practice and with political activity.
 The arguments for a full time states attorney are elemental, The individual charged with the respon- sibility of speeding justice should not, in his private practice, repre- sent prlvste clients, who may be possible violators of the law, be- fore the same juries before which he has previously appeared clothed with the authority and prestige of the state.
 The individual charged with the high function Of the court should not be permitted to seek and exer- else political power. or to associate In practice with other political lsad- CTS.
 The role Of states attorney ls just aS important to the quality Of Con- necticut justice as 6 the role Of judge. Every outside interest pers mltted the states attorney is c poe tenllal weakening Of the high standards that should. govern aIi lo- llee which ought to be clothed with the same lfnpafssallty afld absence Of perbepal oF pFofaHsi0nal motive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Selected Poem
FLOOD TIDE

FLOOD TIDE (Barbara Overton in the Christian Science Monitor) The wind Is horseman who rides on the sea. The steed, like a stallion goes fearless and free He punges he brides, he screams with delight, And the crash of his hoofbeats resounds through
 the night With the spume of his mane fiingng back from the
 shore, He advances. retreats, then advances once more; Through columns Of fog and through rain and
 through sun, He gallops in fury his race never run. Oh, you who would scoff ct perpetual motion. Come wonder, come watch, by this turbulent oceanl