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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
The Road to Camp

It no longer being question of if but when as concerns universal conScription, there remains the physical problem of caring for hundreds of thousands of American boys once they have been drafted for military service. At least 12O defense cantonmentS will be built throughout the nation to supplement existing camps, forts, etc., which will be made available for the rockies. This in itself is quite task, but even more im- portant is 8 vast network of roadWays which will make all such training cen ters accessible in all directions.
 It is estimated that at least $212,O00,- 900 will be spent in the next few months in building "access" roads and Uncle Sam will foot this bill. In addition to the many miles of new roadway to be con- Structed there must be repairs to exist ing ones to make possible the passage of troops supply trains, and all of the mill- tary equipment that will be used during the training periods. This in itself will be quite task and will be of tremendous benefit to all sections of the country for such road improvements will be lasting.
 Such an impetus to highway construc- ton should make itself felt everywhere. It is just another step in our national defense and one that has the enduring merit of benefit for more than those di- cectly concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
The Good Fight

Nothing has proved more exciting to the average American and kept his mind from delving too deeply into the horrors of civilization elsewhere than the current baseball pennant races in our big leagues. If we were to proclaim leader at this writing by the time this article was read in somebody's home this lead probably would have changed. That's how close it is in the American League. And even in the National League there are mathe- nautical probabilities for the leaders.
 Not in many years has the American League provided such ding-dong battle right down in the last stretch. With the World Series now a month away no one can make definite plans for partici- patton Any one of four teams are poten- tial winners. That's the best thing that could have happened to organized base ball this season. And in way we think it's good for the American public. There's nothing more American than a good, clean baseball contest. They certainly are being provided right now.
 Americans love baseball and should make it national pastime more than ever. It's too bad that the popu- larity of the automobile, providing easy means of access to baseball parks, didn't do more for the sport among the cities and towns of the minor leagues. Never theless everyone of us about this time of the year is a real baseball fan whether or not we attend single game during the previous season. We have our favorite team as we have our idols among the players. There's nothing wrong with this; it's good for us And if we can keep on showing such feelings with war close at hand we can't be so bad off as many claim
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

J. Kenneth Bradley, who will soon be honored by Republican friends and po- litical associates in Fairfield County with a "Ken Bradley Day" is convinced that the key to this falls election, so far as Con- necticut is concerned, lies in Fairfield County. In fact he goes so far as to claim that it will be Fairfield County that carries the state for the Republicans on November 5. That seems like rather extravagant statement for MT. Bradley to say. After all the vote in Fairfield County isn't sufficiently heavy to carry the rest of the state along with it. And there is this fact to remember in 1940 All the gubernatorial candidates men, toned to date come from that county = Bob" Hurley, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin, and Mayor Jasper McLevy. All of which means that if one of them does carry the county it should not be by any tremendous plurality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

Here's an odd one that cropped up Fri day morning. The front-pages of most newspapers were crowded with accounts of the terrible disaster at Kenvil, N. J., where powder plant blew up with heavy loss of life and terrific property damage. On the financial pages of some of the same papers were small items relating how the Hercules Powder Company had just bought large factory at Belvedere, N J., for the manufacture of war muni- tions. It was the Hercules Company plants that were destroyed at Kenvil. It was almost as if the two events were planned, which, of course, was not so and couldn't happen that way again in thousand years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14


 walk in it. He means that wherever they go they are to take love with them. When they walk out into the world in the morning, they are to take love with them. As they walk. the streets and greet their friends, they are so to have love in theil hearts that men will be encouraged by their mere passing. We all walk many miles every day-to and from work, about the house, through the mill, out among customers, among the folks in the office getting every day bushes done. As we walk, we are to take love with us; to know that love is something God wants to see used out in the world as well as in the home, among business asso- ciates as among brothers.
 Therefore, we are to walk in love. Wherever we go we are to take it with us.
 (All rights reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

of national defense. Officially his job is Director of Procurement for the United States Treasury-in other words, in charge of govern ment purchases.
 Recently the Navy Department sent a very important order to Bethlehem Steel Corporation with a preference number to expedite 1t for the earliest possible delivery. The next day word came back from Bethlehem: "SOrry, but you will have to wait"
 For some unexplained reason the Navy said nothing to the Defense Commissions about Bethlehem's delay, even though the commits sion has the power to compel con- pliance. Instead the Navy tried to handle the situation itself. But after two weeks of unsuccessful effort, the Navy finally went to Nelson, who in addition to his procurement duties aids the De- fense Commission.
 Nelson reached for a tele- phone, called Walter Tower, secretary of the American Iron and Steel Institute, and said, 'T hope we don't have to get tough, but when an order goes out marked expedite, it means just that. I want immediate ac- ton on that order"
 Twenty minutes later, Eugene Grace, potent boss of Bethlehem, personally telephoned Nelson and assured him it was all a mistake. Through some misunderstanding a subordinate had mishandled the matter and it would not happen again.
 we are not only going to work on that order at once," purred Grace, "but we are going to do everything within our power to get it completed before the required date. want to as- sure you we are anxious to CO., operate in every way possible. This is a very unfortunate er- rOr."
 NOTE - Although Nelson and John Biggers, Ohio glass manufac- turer who is KnudSen's assistant, are not members of the Defense Commission, they attend all it's meetings and act as commission CTS.
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

Up in Boston there is war on against motor horns The Registry of Motor Vehicles is behind the drive and if the present incumbent is Frank Goodwin it's going to be just tooo bad for the drivers who come under his wrath. He's warning against musical horns particularly those on the cars of youthful drivers who play tunes under the windows of their best girl. They're out, says the Registrar, for they don't comply with the law as warning device, but actually disturb the peace
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
Woe to the Vanquished

Those who thought the French had tasted the full bitterness of defeat when their capital fell and their soldiers were disarmed did not look deeply enough into the cup of despair. Now there is report in Washington that the German govern ment has formally demanded of France, unoccupied France, 58 per cent of all the food and raw materials it possesses or that it may import.
 Whether this is accurate or not we cannot say. It seems likely. Germany needs food. France is prostrate and help less. Germany takes the food. That is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

side the Defense Commission are holding up State Department plans for the smelting of Bolivian tin in the United States. The two men are:
 Erwin VOgelsang, formerly con- nected with two London tin firms, Lewis Lazarus and Sons, and Mall colm Bowley and Son, who has worked all his life in close con- tact with the British -Patino tin monopoly.
 Robert L. Hallett, chief chemist of the National Lead company, which owns part of the Patino mines and was in on the British tin combine.
 These two men are now urging that the United States do business with Simon Patino, the tin king. They don't want the United States to do business with any Patino riv- als, and because of their persist ent urging the entire transaction has been delayed for two months.
 What happened was that the
 
 the Bolivian government to supply tin ore to be smelted in this country. This would break our dependence on the Patin0- British interests which smelt tin only in England or the Malays, with a risky ocean haul to the United States in wartime.
 After the State Department thought it had virtually completed arrangements, Vogelsang and Hal lett urged that the deal be held up until Patino arrived in the United States. Patino has now been here month, and still the Defense Commission delays.
 Vogelsang and Hallett have used their influence with the Recon struction Finance Corporation to throw the deal to Patino. They say he is the only man who knows how to smelt tin.
 But meanwhile the Bolivian government is doing business with Patino's rival, Mauricio H0chschild, who promises imme- diate deliveries. Meanwhile also time flies and the American tin situation becomes increasingly precariOus.
 DEFENSE M-BUSTER
 Donald Nelson, for many years executive of the Sears, Roebuck mail-order house, now has become one of the chief log-jam busters
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
LOBSTER CONTROL
Boston Post)

Canadian competition, as far as the lobster business is concerned, is not going to be on any hit-or-miss system, under control plan which has been inaugurated. European markets cut off by the war, lobster men of the Maritime Provinces were granted virtual subsidy by the government and arranged to can a big share of their harveSts, which, of course, will be rivaling American seafood products on the shelves here. To let this business develop without control would naturally find low quality canned lobster being ex- ported. Price cutting would be an- other result. So a government con- troller has been named to avoid dis orderly marketing and to improve export quality. How this will affect the already haraSsed New England lobster business remains to be seen Any unfair competition, particularly under Canadian government con- trol, is certain to bring loud-voiced resentment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

in volunteering as means of get- ting 8 lot of men in a hurry. They also asserted that to try to combine volunteering and conscription-as contemplated in the Fish amend ment-would simply mean delay and confusion. Lastly, it was asserted that in the World War the United States was never able to raise more than 10000 men in one month by volunteer enlistments.
 PLANNED TO RECRUIT
 79O,00O MEN
 Simple fact, however, is that the original protective mobilization plan of the War Department-the army's official schedule for war, until the present draft bill came along-set up 8 scheme very much like the Fish proposal for raising a wartime army.
 Furthermore, this scheme called for raising the army to war strength pending application of the draft by enlisting-not 10000 men, as the Fish amendment would have provi- ded, but 790,000.
 It's all set forth in a pamphlet called American Selective Service" l" prepared under the supervision of the Joint Army and Navy Selective Committee and issued in October, 1889.
 At that time the army did not dream of getting draft law in time of peace. All the figuring was done on the idea that draft law could be passed only after war broke out, and that would be at least 60 days before drafted men would start coming into camp. During those 60 days, is was proposed to get at least 790,0O0 recruits for the army navy, national guard and marine corps.
 EXTENSIVE DRIVE
 OUTLINED
 A gigantic enlistment campaign to accomplish this was envisaged. Each governor was to set up drive covering his own state, reaching down into each city and county, all of which would be allotted teir quotas of men. Civilian committees would be set up to see that the quotas were met.
 "The promotional work to accom- pliSh this result in each commun- ity," says the pamphlet, "is similar to other drives the mechanics of which are easily understood and frequently employed"
 This whole procedure was almost exactly like the procedure called for by the Fish amendment-except that it was aimed at getting twice as many men. Just incidentally, the pamphlet reveals that in the first 60 days after we entered the warin 1917, all arms. of the service took in 29O, 900 men by voluntary enlistment. LAST JUNE:
 NOTHING TO DO"
 Another odd point is that only three months ago the administra- tion was trying hard to get Congress to adjourn-on the ground that there was nothing more for it to do.
 Joint Republican and rank-and- file Democratic opposition killed this move. Congress stayed on the job. Since then it has passed the two-ocean navy bill, the national guard mobilization bill, and the draft act, and has taken on the ex- cess profits tax in addition. If the administration had had its way last June, none of these acts would nave been put through.
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business remain to be examined.
 First is tn e matter of vol- ary enlist nent as a means of filling up the ranks of a greatly enlarged army.
 During debate on the bill, ad- ministr 8 t i o T spokesnen said over and over again that the War Depa rt- ment had abso- lutely no faith
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

the law of conquest, and has been ever since Brennus threw his sword contemp- tuously into the scales weighing out the ransom money for Rome, and snarled contemptuouSly at the protesting sena- tors, "Vae victisl" "Woe to the van quishedl" France shrank from making sacrifices for victory. Now she has de- feat - and makes the sacrifices just the same
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
Selected Poem
TREES IN AUTUMN

TREES IN AUTUMN (Louise Ginsberg in the New York Sum They march as if to royal call, Proud in a gorgeous ProceSsional. Is Death so commanding To take as his due So brilliantly scarlet A retinue? The naples like flambeaux Of glory burn Is Death so important Such homage to earn That He should be lackeyed By torches glowing, Bugles crying,
 And horns blowing?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
"R' IS IN THE MONTH
(New York Sum

According to the Division of Fish, cry Industries of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service the United States produced 17.128,726 bushels of oysters in 1888. This is equivalent to S6.931 800 pounds. The New Eng land States produced 1,l79,114 bushels; the Middle Atlantic States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 4:37 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:31 a. rn.; sets 7:03 p. m. (day- light time).
 Ail vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 June and September offer striking weather resemblances. Early morning risers will see a sameness about the countryside bathed in dew and huge banks of fog rising out of the lowlands or hugging the valley close while the hills rise clear out fo the mist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
Current Comment

The Germans hold the rope and twist it whenever they consider the accord is not being carried out. Marshal Petain, No. l man of
 France.
 The right to guide the course of world history is the noblest prize of victory. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

oyster bed at Baiae, near Rome, and incidentally made a good thing of it. The Japanese began to cultivate oysters many centuries ago.
 The industry still thrives. In the United States it employs over co., 900 persons during the season and it produces annually over 17000,- 900 bushels of oysters!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

u n q e I stand lt. Again, it comes to us graphically described in a lit tie turn of speech that makes us al- W 8 y s remember
 it.
 Paul tells his follow e IS thai. that they are to walk in love; moi only practice it, and cherish it in ttoatr haortc h11i
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

for the answers.
 l. How many original Articles were in the Constitution of the United States?
 2. HI. M. s. Pinafore" is an opera by Gilbert and -?
 3. Give the numbers of the Pro- hibition and Repeal Amendments to the Constitution.
 4. The longest canal in the world is the Gota Canal in Sweden, the Suez Canal in Egypt, or the Pana- ma Canal?
 5. Name the nominee for Pres ident of the Prohibition party.
 6. What is the correct title of the Wagner labor act?
 '. Which Italian city is known as the Bride of the Sea-?
 8. What is colony for lepers called?
 g. Who wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic?
 10. Which actor is sometimes called "The Great Profile?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, ''He had . mean
 temper; say, "He was ill-
 tempered" "Mean" means
 lOwly or base, hut it does not mean cruel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

A WALK IN LOVE
 The Bible is full of striking figures of speech. Sometimes truth IS put in such a way that we must ponder a statement a long while before we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14

e. Which Presbyterian minister enjoyed high favor with Queen Vic toria of England?
 A. Probably Queen Victoria esteemed no English minister of religion so highly as the Scottish Presbyterian, Norman Macleod. When he died in 1872 she wrote: 'rThere was in beloved Norman Mac Leod such geniality with true piety. and the strongest belief, the largest, widest Christian love he was a thorough Highlander" In recogni- ton of his wide sympathy and high ideals, the queen gave two memo rial windows to Crathie church.
 @. At what point in the play, "Our American Cousin" at Ford's theater in Washington, was Presi- dent Lincoln assassinated?
 A. During Act 3, scene 2-the dairy scene; Harry Hank as Asa Trenchard" occupied the stage alone.
 o. Please explain how the park ing meter system operates.
 A. Generally, on a nickel charge for 30 minutes to two hours park ing time-depending on the district in which the meter is located. New developments are the penny and the accumulative penny and nickel meter. Penny meters usually per- init parking for IS minutes, and motorist frequently can deposit sev- eral pennies for several such periods. Salt Lake City has both penny and nickel accumulative meters, and a motoriSt may insert one to four pen nies for 12 minutes each, or one or two nickelS for one hours parking each.
 @. When was the Colosseum in Rome ruined?
 A. It was chiefly destroyed in the 18th century when it was used as g. quarry for marble and other build ing material. The numerous holes that can be seen in the ruins were bored to remove the valuable iron that held the travertine blocks, of which the Colosseum from complete gether. It was saved from complete demolition by the intervention of Pope Benedict.
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Washington Merry Go-Round
British Situation Desperate As Nazis Gain Control Of Air Over Expressed England Cannot Hold Out
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o. What is the length and loca- ton of the longest continuous raj in actual service in the United States?
 A. In the track of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad near Schenec- tady, New York, 8 rail 7,700 feet long made of rails of standard length welded to form single rail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-14
A Thought for Today

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them testify against you this day ye shall surely perish.-DeuterOnO- by S:19.
 Men must love the truth before they thor oughly believe it.-South.
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National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Sept. 14-Now that the smoke has settled over the scrap on the draft bill, 8 couple of ex- tremely odd things about the whole
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Questions
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THE EDITOR

@. When will the twenty-first century. begin?
 A. January 1, 200l.
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-25
The Low Down On
HICKORY GROVE

Just about everybody seems
to have a cure for the youth
problem. And when you inquire
around you will find half of
those who are worrying about
our young folks are gallivant-
ing around the country-and
are creating a youth problem in
their own bailiwick, by neglec-
ting their own offspring.
So far as I can see, there is
no youth problem that requires
any mama or papa to go up
and down the country on a lee
ture tour. Bv staying home and
keeping a weather-eye on &C
Invites, they would solve the
whole problem. But some people
like to lecture. They are the
problem versus the youth.
But I reckon we could i'm
prove a little in our schools
and maybe limp along with a
few less funny, modern theories
there. A little overhauling at
our colleges might be welcomed
by our young folks-who knows?
But our older spavins-we got
ia find some way to keep 'em
home.
Yours with the low down,
10 SIERRA.
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-04-25
CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that
the Board of County Commits
sioners, Big Horn County, Mon
tana, will at the hour Of 200
o'clock, P. M, April 26, 1910, at
the court house at Hardin, Mon
tana, open bids for the furn-
ishing of gasoline, diesel fuel,
oil, and greases for the use of
Big Horn County for a period
of three months.
Sealed bids must be filed with
the County Clerk and Record
er on or before 200 O'Clock P.
M. of said date.
All materials must be of
standard quality and must give
satisfaction, the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners to be the
Judge.
All gasoline is to be delivered
in five hundred gallon lots to
the county sheds on twenty
four hours notice. Other ma
terials to be delivered as Or
dered.
The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
BY HARRY E. cox,
County Clerk g. Recorder.
pub. April II, 10, 25)