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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-25
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1. Male deer are called ooars, bucks or rams?
 2. One wno collects and makes a study of postage stamps IS calico a numismatist. philatelist, or pny- sicist?
 3. Which is hotter, a blue or yellow flame?
 4. Is Honolulu on the Island oi Oahu. Kauai or Molokai?
 5. Name the governor Of New Jersey.
 6. Name the famous war play by Maxwell Anderson and Lawrence Stallings.
 '. Does sound travel faster in air, water. or iron?
 8. Who said: "Speak softly and carry a big stick?"
 9. Which of the following words indicates that a person is 1ooi: tester. clown, buffoon?
 10. With what Biblical charac- ters are "Mene, meme, tekel, up- harsin" associated?
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d6Oab AOs NAA unbelieverS are wistfully intrigued by its possibilities.
 Three things we should a l W a y s bear in mind both when we think about prayer and when we pray. The first is that we never pray eff
 fectively until we deal with sin in our own lives. IoSI1S 0raved with
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s. loans to Great Britain.
 Senator H- ram Johnson of California, bit ter : end isola- tionist s i n c e 1920 and author of the act which bars loans to foreign nations which are in default on their debt payments, is peri e c t y cle arr on his point.
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Beside The Point

The ruling of Attorney General Francis A. Pallotti of Hartford that the special Election Law Commission, named by the 1889 Legislature to reform the existing uniform regulations, has no legal right to election laws of the state and to draw up
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AA 6OAAA5 VI fight any such proposal, even if I have to fight all alone," says John- son. "There1l be at least one vote to keep the Johnson act, no mat ter what anybody else does" Johnson has no idea what sort of strategy the aid-the- British group will attempt, and he isn't greatly interested. He doesn't be- lieve that the general public will support the attempt to knock the act down, but he refuses to guess how the Senate will finally vote.
 "I'm too old a man in this busi- ness to count any votes until they're cast" he says.
 ME WOULD i WELCOME FIGHT
 1 Another isolationist leader, Sem ator Gerald Nye of North Dakota, is inclined to welcome showdown fight over the Johnson act.
 Tt may work out that we can hang the whole fight for genuine neutrality on this one issue" he says. "You see, the administra- ton can hedge on most of the neutrality laws. There are too many ways to get around them-the des- troyer deal, for instance. But there's no way to get around the Johnson act. It's too clear cut. You either obey it or you don't.
 So they'll have to fight it out I expect they'll go for straight-out re- peal, instead of for amendments of any kind. think the public is going to be pretty much aroused by it, and I think we can beat them on it"
 The isolationists have not yet got to the point of planning their strategy in the fight. Nye ex- poets John to lead the fight, and both men expect that Senator Claude Pepper of Florida will carry the banner for the repealers.
 WHITE COMMITTEE
 PROCEEDS CAUTIOUSLY
 Meanwhile, the administration group is not yet certain just what it does want. The William Allen White committee has been cautious ly sounding out House and Senate sentiment on the proposition, but has not yet launched regular cam- paign.
 1 It may be significant that one of the committees most recent pub lications = a pamphlet entitled Battle of America, by Livingston Hartley suggests revision of the Neutrality act so as to allow both British purchases on a credit basis , and transportation to Britain of the purchased goods in American vessels. It adds: we may have to become a non-belligerent instead of a neutral. We may have to do things unthought of now to help Britain Twin"
 One suggestion now being dis cussed in Congress is that instead of amending the Johnson act, Con- gress simply go ahead and cancel the British debt to this country which would automatically restore British eligibility to government loans, although the Neutrality act itself, unless amended, would still prohibit the sale of British bonds in America or any loans or extension of credit by private citizens.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
RULES FOR PRAYING
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

There is nothing concerning reli- zion about which people speculate more often than about prayer. Everyone would like to know more O koi1t it Even
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National Spotlight
Congressional Row Due Over Giving Credit
 ToGreat Britain
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Nov. 25 There will be a healthy fight, either in this Congress or the next, when the at tempt is made to repeal or modify the Johnson act so as to permit U,
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
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0. What is the purpose of the w. K. Kellogg Foundation?
 A. It was established in June 1880, by w. K. Kellogg, for the pur- pose of advancing the health, hap piness and well-being of children, without restriction as to race, creed, or geographical boundary. The pres ent program is divided into nation al and international health promo ton activities, the Michigan Com munity Health Project, and fellow ships for various types of public health workers. The foundation seeks to be of service to children by assisting professional. semi-profeS- sional and lay people and agencies already concerned in their attempts to better serve and educate them, rather than to perform this service directly. w. K. Kellogg is chairman and the address is Battle Creek, Mich.
 o. Are records pertaining to the physical condition of draft regis trants considered confidential? A. XeS, they CdIlilOI bC oASSAO,NS without the consent of the regis trant, except to certain officials duly empowered to examine them.
 o. Please describe the character. istics of refined, avocado oil. A. It is light colored and similar to olive oil in appearance, and 1t IS said to be free from taste or odor.
 @. To which political parties do the authors of the Burke-Wads- worth conscription act belong? ;. A. Senator Edward R. Burke or Nebraska is a Democrat who was defeated for renomination in the primary this fall. Representative James W. Wadsworth of New York is Republican.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR NeverfTi say, "What sort of
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is being recognized in New York where 1t is being distributed to school children for penny a glass with the federal government mak- ing up the difference in cost.
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o. Please describe the character istics of refined, avocado oil.
 A. It is light colored and similar to olive oil in appearance, and It IS said to be free from taste or odor.
Evening star., 1940-01-25

board at first had favored the G..
I. o. in its decision.
George B. Christensen, an attor-
ney for the Mt. Vernon concern, told
the committee that the company
was "slugged into" the settlement,
which meant payment Of something
like $4,000 in back wages to en-
ployes who had been discharged
because they refused to join an
A. F.. Of L. union, which had a
closed shop contract with the en-
ployer. The case is pending before
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, on motion of the board to
have its order enforced. The c. l. O.
Steel Workers Organizing Commit
tee mas filed an intervening petit
ton, objecting to the boards de-
cision.
"The settlement that was even-
tually worked out with the board" +"
said Mr.. Christensen, "and which.
of course, is still pending and has
not yet been put into effect pro-
vides that an election shall be held
to determine whether we shall deal
with the A. F. of L. or the c. I. O.
Instead of paying the men their
back wages, paying back to the
Government the amount that has
been paid out in relief and the
usual other things in the board
order, the company is to pay a fiat
sum Of $4,000 to the regional
director. She is to whack it up on
an equitable basis among the men
who are to be reinstated."
Evening star., 1940-01-25
1000 Seeking
Autographs Put
|Autry to Flight

More than 1000 Gene Autry fans
stormed the Mile O. Dimes stand
yesterday when the cowboy hero
appeared there, hating a radio pro-
gram and nearly toppling the cano-
pied stand into the snow.
Waving their autograph books be-
fore them. the fans, most of them
children, broke ranks and besieged
the movie star. Undersecretary OF
Commerce Edward Noble, who was
presenting the dimes from his or
ganization and making short talk
to the radio audience when Mr..
Autry appeared. was showed from
the microphone, the cowboy star
was backed into the stand, and the
program was switched back to the
studio.
The youngsters climbed on the
stand, fountain pen ink few, moth
ers tried to hold their children to
keep them from being trampled,
and the swaying, pushing, scream
ing crowd flowed into the street.
The film star finally gained the
door of the Trans-Lux Building
and escaped by another exit.
Evening star., 1940-01-25
Cagney and 0'Brien
Are Added 10 LIST
Of Birthday Stars
Bill Boyd Will Ride
In Fort Myer Horse
Show Tonight

The roster of celebrities for the
Presidents birthday celebration was
augmented today by the names OF
two movie stars, James Cagney and
Pat O'Brien.
Bill Boyd of "Hopalong Cassidy"
fame was expected here early today
to ride tonight in the Fort Myer
Horse Show, which will be attended
by President Roosevelt.
Other stars who will be here for
the celebration include Gene Autry,
who rode last night in the horse
show; Dorothy Lamour, Tyrone
Power, Mickey Rooney, Kay Kyser,
Edward Everett Horton, Edward G.
Robinson, Brenda Joyce, Walter
OKeefe, Connie Boswell and RED"
Shelton.
The entire contingent of stars will
be present at the Willard Hotel re-
ception and dinner, for which tickets
are priced at $3.50; at the Birthday
Balls, at the midnight shows in the
Earle and Capitol Theaters and at
the gold plate breakfast at the
Carlton. A special midnight per-
formance at the Atlas Theater will
feature Gene Autry.
Mrs. Roosevelt will be Mr.. Autry's
guest on his Melody Ranch broad
cast from Washington Sunday night.
On the Presidents birthday all the
stars will broadcast from Commits
sioner Hazen's Office at 11::3O am.
The program will be heard over
Stations WMAL, WJSV and VOL.
Tickets for the Birthday Balls,
priced at $3.50, admit dancers to any
or all Of the balls, to be held at the
Washington, Shoreham, Hamilton,
Mayflower, Wardman Park and Ra-
leigh Hotels. Kay Kyser and his
Kollege of Musical knowledge will
furnish the music at the Mayflower
Hotel.
Admission to the midnight shows,
featuring the combined stage shows
Of both the Earle and Capitol Thea
tiers, as well as the stars and Mrs.
Roosevelt, is $3.50 per person.
Evening star., 1940-01-25
School Pupils Learn
OF Art by Visits 10
'Corcoran Gallery
Organized Class Tours
Found Beneficial to -.
Students and Teachers

Washington school children now
are being educated in art on a sys-
tematic basis through especially
scheduled visits to the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art.
Fruits Of the visits include con-
siderable fan mail from fourth
graders and teachers alike. In the
words Of a public school official,
art work in my schools has taken
on wider meaning already, not only
for pupils but for the teachers as
we'll"
1t was during September that c.
Powell Minnigerode, director of the
gallery, suggested to the Board of
Education that the gallery, as well
as other points of educational in
terest in the Nations Capital, could
be a valuable asset to the educa-
ton of children in the city's schools.
Previously children were encouraged
to go to the gallery but no scheduled
series OF visits was in effect.
Class Visits Organized.
The Board Of Education and DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
schools. approved heartily of the
idea OF scheduled visits, but could
not use public funds for the purpose.
Therefore, starting November /,
children and teachers were encour-
aged to organize class visits to the
gallery, transportation being pro-
vided by chartered buses paid for
by the children's and parents con-
tributions.
During November, So classes,
totaling 1891 students, visited the
gallery. Due to the Christmas holi-
days there were fewer groups in
December. Forty classes have either
visited or are scheduled to visit the
gallery in January.
Staff Assists in Tours.
They are conducted through the
various exhibition rooms by trained
members Of the gallery staff or
advanced students of the Corcoran
Art School trained for educational
work.
Robert L. Parsons. assistant direc-
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tor Of the gallery: Jeremiah O'Con-
nor. curator, and Miss Rose Chat
held Taylor. educational assistant,
are members Of the staff con-
Quoting the tours.
Not only are classes from the
District public schools welcomed by
the gallery, but also classes from
other schools as well.
Writes Iris Barbara. Grade 4 ALB
at the Grant School, to the gallery:
Dear friend: I am a pupil from
Grant School. I like the way YOU
talked to us. You made us very in
terested. The thing liked best
was the old-fashioned room. It
made me feel that it was in a
kings palace. We thank you very
much"
Evening star., 1940-01-25
By the Associated Press.

PEIPING. Jan. 25.-Marshal WI
Pei-fu, the model warlord who re-
fused to his death to lead q Japa-
nese-sponsored government for con-
quered portions Of China, is well on
his way to the status Of Chinese
god-god Of mercy in time Of war.
With Wang Ching-wei, former
Chinese Premier who did accept the
Japanese offer, now at Tsingtao try
ing to form such regime and with
Chinese Nationalists overjoyed by
victory reports from South and Gen.
trail China, Marshal WI was given
q grandiose funeral yesterday in
this North China city.
A mile-long procession Of 5000
mourners. including brass bands.
flute bands. chanting monks and
yellow-robed lamas, wound through
Peiping in the most elaborate fu-
neral since the death of the Empress
Dowager in 1908.
First came the family mourners,
clad in white and protected from
the stares of spectators by porta-
BILE tent, and then the huge cata-
falque on the shoulders of 80 coolies
in the ancient dress of the Ming
dynasty.
Peiping's most celebrated money
thrower was there, throwing cur
rency into the air to invoke the
good graces of the spirits.
Reminding mourners that this
city is in Japanese military control,
army trucks interrupted the pro-
cession now and then, insisting on
the right of way.
Marshal WI died December and
Chinese rumor, rapidly crystallizing
into legend, now credits him with
martyrdom. Wu's followers assert
that his death may have been
hastened by two years of unremit-
Evening star., 1940-01-25
Labor Board
Continued From First Page.)

has beyond question" favored the
G. I. o. form Of industrial unit Or
CARNATIONS and opposed the A. F. L.
craft unions.
I'VE favor both forms of organi-
zation," he added, "but we want to
protect the rights of the workers to
organize as they choose"
Asked by committee member,
Representative Routzohn, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, if he thought Board
Chairman j. Warren Madden was
qualified to administer the act, Mr..
Green said he certainly did not,
adding:
"They are all out the window as
far as I'm concerned"
Says Pleas Were Ignored.
Mr.. Green charged that $4,000
A. F. L. miners had petitioned the
board for the right to bargain
collectively and not single petition
had been granted.
Mr.. Green suggested, in addition
to Wagner Act amendments pre-
venting discrimination and delay,
that the board be completely re-
vamped so that there will be five
members OF the board (there now
are three) and a complete change
in personnel so as to insure fair
and impartial administration"
Mr.. Green said, in response to a
question by Chairman Smith, that
he thought the board should be de-
prived of authority to determine the
bargaining union.
Lets let the workers decide that
In this democratic country" Mr..
Green added.
Mr.. Green thought the A. F. l..
could submit figures showing that
in cases where unskilled workers
were forced to join plant-wide
unions in which there was nucleus
Of skilled employees that the latter
suffered loss in pay.
Ruling Disappoints Three.
Late yesterday the committee
gathered that none of the three
parties to a dispute involving
charges of unfair labor practices
against the Mt. Vernon Qll) Car
Manufacturing Co., was satisfied
with the boards ruling. The COM
pany, the A. r. of l.. and the G. I
o. all protested against the stipu-
lations finally entered into after the
Evening star., 1940-01-25
Marshal WI Seen Becoming
Chinese God Of Mercy in War
Leader Who Spurned japanese Offers Given
Peiping's Most Elaborate Funeral Since 1908

ting pressure to head a Japanese
controlled government.
The attending physician said
death resulted from blood poisoning
induced by an infected tooth. WI
was 81 years old. His career as a
warlord is known to millions of
Chinese because he paid his soldiers
and ordered them not to loot.
The story goes that Japanese
major general, one Kawamoto, had
threatened to commit hara-kiri in
Wus home unless the warlord
agreed to head q new regime.
Developed Political Illness.
This was said so to have upset the
aging marshal that he developed a
political illness" and refused to see
any one. A few days later he died.
Shortly after his death came
suggestions from local Chi
nese newspaper and also from
Chungking, seat of the central
China government, that he be en-
shrined as god Of mercy In time
OF war.
Fastening the movement toward
godhood is the arrival of a Taoist
monk at Peiping with an account
of communication with the newly
liberated spirit" of the old warlord.
From the central China war
zone came a report of the Gen.
tral News Agency (Chungking con-
trolled) that Chinese mopping up
after routing Japanese division
in Northern Hupeh Province col
lected a large quantity of war ma
terial, including % field guns, 27
tanks and armored cars and more
than 5000 machine guns and rifles.
A gigantic lantern parade was
held last night at Shiukwang, war
time capital of Kwangtung Prov
ince, to celebrate recent victories"
on the Kwangtung, South China,
front.
Evening star., 1940-01-25
Finland,
Continued From First Page)

a few shells at long range at Viipuri
without doing any damage.
Northeast of Lake Ladoga the
enemy continued to attack all day.
Especially heavy fighting took place
at Aittojoki. Attacks were repulsed
with heavy losses for the enemy. In
the evening the enemy launched an
attack at Kollaanjoki, which con-
tinued at brief intervals through
out the night. BY the morning of
January Is the attack had been re-
pulsed. The enemy again lost sew
eral hundred killed in the days
fighting. Three tanks were de-
stroyed.
I'm Lapland the enemy attacked
our positions at Markajarvi but was
repulsed.
I'm Petsamo the enemy attacked
twice without success. Our troops
destroyed two tanks.
Sea: Nothing to report.
"Air: Because of snowy weather
there was no air activity over Fin
Evening star., 1940-01-25

to send troops across the frozen
lake.
Then they sought to bring up
reinforcements along the railroad
from Suojarvi, 55 miles northeast
Of Kitela, but the Firms stopped
them where the line crosses the
Kollaan River near Loimola.
In more desperate effort the
Russian command launched re-
peated attacks overland, but in the
past three days these have been
thrown back with heavy Russian
losses
In the meantime, with the skiing
Firms playing them a deadly game
OF tag, the Russians in the neighbor-
hood OF Kitela are in an increasingly
difflcult situation and are eating the
flesh Of their horses. That is the
Finnish story.
Evening star., 1940-01-25

land on January "a except for minor
raids on Kuusamo and the Aland
Islands, in connection with which
no lives were lost. 1t has been es-
tablished one enemy plane was shot
down January %.
Big" Development Forecast.
Hit-skip tactics of Finlands skiing
sharpshooters are frustrating Soviet
Russian mechanical units and are in
large measure responsible for the en-
trapment of a big Red Army force
sources reported today.
Russian tank crews are so pro-
voked by the white-clad phantoms
that they often send their theo-
retically formidable machines barg-
ing about in futile circles in search
of their tormentors, the Firms said.
Excitement is growing in Hell
sinki, where Firms made it an open
secret that something big" is brew
ing northeast Of the lake.
Behind the brief Finnish COM
muniques telling of heavy fighting
for the last three days IN that
sector the Firms said there was this
unofficial story:
Large Russian forces early in the
war pushed northwestward around
Lako Ladoga in an effort to flank
the Karelian Fsthmus defenses Of
the Mannerheim Line. Their two
columns were smashed at Loimola
and Syskyjarvi, about 20 miles in
side Finland.
Another heavy drive, started in
less pell-mell fashion, was stopped
at Kitela, also a score Of miles from
the border and 6 or miles north
of the lake.
Relief Cut on.
Anxious to relieve the Kitela di-
visions before they could be cut to
pieces in the manner of the 163d
and 44th Divisions at Suomossalmi,
the Russian command tried vainly