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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
Selected Poem
AUTUMN WALK
(Milicent Laubenheimer in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

(Nihcent Laubenheimer in the Christian
 Science Monitor) The dry autumn winds blowing now Stirring to noise of water the heavy leaves That sag upon stiff boughs. Do they cry out? sound is heard, yet in the still, bright sky The moon hangs fixed, eternal and the stars Unwnking stare It is an end again, Again the eve of a beginning, and again timeless moment Share With me the timelessness of things, the tidal wind. The polished silver and the shadowed land. Tomorrows morning, perhaps with Indian summer Will spill in light hundred running colors And give a name to all that lies untouched Furnishing barn and maple and the bright Far upland pastures with their lichened stones. Nov is the nearness of the word unhoused, Where names, as music, flow in cadenced fall, Their sense transmitted. A thin coldness breaks From interstellar spaces, shakes @ thirst Unnoticed, feeds hunger summed. We will draw strength from this, that Is Unheralded. that will not meet Us twice Though We come often seeking walk ct late Night, clear night, at the fall of year.
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Q. How much surplus cotton did the United States agree to give Great Britain in exchange for Tub- Der?
 A. The barter agreement con- summated on June g, 1939 provides for the exchange of approximately $26, 500 900 worth of surplus cotton for a similar value of rubber. e. What is a kibitzer and how is the, word pronounced? A. A meddlesome spectator: pro- nounced kib'-it-ser. e. How many letters were sent to the dead letter office in 1882 How many of them were not delivers able after examination by postal experts?
 A. For the fiscal year ended JUns 30. 1889, . total of 13,166, ,l56 letter2 were sent to the Dead Letter Office Of this number, 10,514,232 were des- troyed because they were not de- liverable and had no return name o raddress; 240, ,086 contained valu- ables other than money and 64,978 contained $S4, ,407.18. and 60,300 let- ters which were filed were never claimed.
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In Today's Mail

here on earth0 grevious times shall come" Words following these quoted show the people of today as we find them. Holding form of Godliness
 Calling themselves Christian.) but denying the power of God. From these we should turn away"
 Papers which have received of late cast suspicious eye at the Pope and the Jesuits for their plan of world conquest and control Among these are the Signs of the Times, 1" "The Converted Catholic" Il Mon- do, also many others.
 Many people are heard to remark: T hope we don't get into this war" :" We are in it up to our neck at the present time and I don't mean may- be.
 Newspaper articles tell US of an Eagle Squadron" all composed of American pilots taking part in bombing raids for the English army. We are sending huge quantities of armaments and supplies abroad mainly for the purpose of grabbing the dollar. We are told that we must do everything we can for Eng land, short of war. Billions of dol lars are being spent for @ defense program and don't forget that all nations are doing the same thing. Christendom is in for a drubbing. It is written in Micah 6:13-i4 There fore also have smitten thee with a grevious world: have made thee desolate (note that word.) because of thy sins. Thou shall eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save: and that which thou savest will give up to the sword" Now someone may rise up to say that these words do not apply to us or to our time. Tn that case we will have to note the words Of Jesus in Luke twentysflrst chapter; "But when ye see "Jerllsaiem" Co symbol Of Christ ondonil compassod with armies, then know that her desolatlon is at hand . f0f these arc days Of vengeance (dod's vegeance on ell Weakednoss) that all things which are written may be fulfilled for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people" in this sailio chapter we find the warning that Gods people would be peFses outed, delivered up to eenFis, eov'
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do so on this occasion"
 This showed, as the commentator intended it should, MT. Bankhead's fine faith and his determination to hold to a good custom in a world of declining religious stand dards. But one thing the com- mentator did not seem to appreciate was that 1t indicated also how far afield we have gone, spiritually, and how careless we have become when @ distinguished and faith Christian had to explain to his guests why he asked grace and request their indulgence as he did so.
 Hard as it is to believe, there are multitudes of people today to whom the spiritual concept of life k per- fectly incompfehenslble. They live in the midst Of their comforts, enc Joy the good fellowship of their friends, and got through life as best they can with e philosophy that urges them Co keep their chins up. How much people lose who lack the capacity tO appreciate spiritual things is known only to them in those hours when trouble overtakes them and they face the hostility of adverse clfcnmstaneut alone. All Right Hesorvod- flahson NewS- paper Syndicate
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get the Commandership this year, who the next year, and who at the 1942 convention.
 When that, too, was agreed
 upon, Belgran0 tagged them in
 this order-Warner first, Stam-
 baugh second, and Waring third.
 Of course, this secret pact is not binding on the Legion. It is strict ly 8 deal among the group of King makers and there is nothing to prevent the Legion membership from deciding otherwise. It's up to Doris and his bloc to make it stick.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Ambassador Bill Bullitt is 4s, but he still plays a fast game of tennis. In a match at the Marion Cricket Club, Philadelphia, against a good opponent he won three straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. |. When Big Bill Knudsen was asked to explain the difference be- tween his work and that of Stettinius in the Defense Commis- sion, Knudsen said, "Stettinius gets the stuff; I make the pieces" To learn what ef- feet U. s. short-wave broadcast ing really has in Latin America, NEG has sent expert sGuy c. Hickok to make a survey in Bra gil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia. At the rate of $50 a day, State Department receives applications for exportation of arms, gasoline. iron and steel scrap, chemicals. metals, and ma chine tools to foreign countries. .. IVA is proud of the fact that the State of Tennessee led the nation in sales of electric ranges during the first six months of this year. Copyright, 194O, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
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New Deal Racketeers?

Mir. Willkie's assertion that the New Deal is dominated by machine politicians and that New Dealers are racketeers is rather thick even for campaign oratory. No campaign claim made against the New Deal is farther from the fact. PresI- dent Roosevelt is the leading New Dealer. n he rackctcer7 The question does not even merit an answer
 The cablnet7 Is Cordel Huh c racke. teor2 Is Henry Hopkins one2 Or Harold iakes2 Or Henry Wallace7 Or Madame
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trick endangering the safety Q passengers.
 FUTURE COMMANDERS

trick endangering the safety of passengers.
 FUTURE COMMANDERS
 The word in the American Le- zion is that Milo Warner, Toledo attorney, wasn't the only Nation al Commander picked at the Bos- ton convention. According to in- siders, secret selections also were made for 1941 and 1o42, as well as the state which will be host to the 1943 convention.
 Master mind of this long-range plan was smooth working Ben Doris of Oregon, the king maker" who put over Warner. The story of Doris astute maneuvers is re- lated by insiders as follows:
 Three leading candidates were in the field for National Com- mander at Boston-Warner, Lyle Stambaugh of North Dakota, and ROane Waring of Tennes- see. Doris, managing the cam- paign for his old buddy Warner, made a quiet poN and found that none of the trio had enough votes to win by himself. So he got them together and warned that unless they pooled their strength an outsider might run away with the prize.
 Doris advised a coalition. After long. palaver, it was decided to call in former National Com mander Frank Belgrano of San Francisco, boss of the powerful California delegation and popular with the rank and file. The prop osition was to give California the 1943 convention in return for help on the Commandership..
 Belgrano, who had previously talked to Doris about the 1943 convention, readily agreed. Then Doris proposed that Belgrano made the choice among the three candidates, deciding who should
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MIR. CRANDALL AGAIN QUOTES BIBLE TO SHOW DAY OF GODS JUSTICE IS
 AT HAND

Berlin, Conn,
 Oct. II, 194O. Editor of The Democrat:
 The average individual of today seems to be bombarded with all sorts of circulars, pamphlets and letters showing how to cure the ills of the present world distress. The fact that it is getting worse and worse, plainly shows that no man or group of men have the right remedy.
 The Plain Dealer" Cleveland, Ohio) sends out a printed circular in support of Wendell Willkie. Take look at this statement: Quote: 'These are perilous days in world history for any Democracy to ex- pertinent with indispensable men. The German republic tried it. Italy tried it. Russia tried it. The path way of government since the world war Is strewn with the twisted rem nants of democratic institutions wrecked by indispensable men,"
 I don't suppose any of these men would think of looking in the 24th chapter of Matthew in a Bible to see this program of world events spread out before their eyes. Verse eight reads: But all these things are the beginning of sorrows" If these are the beginning of sorrows, what win the end be? Jesus says: 'Tribulation such as the world never saw"
 A letter sent out by the Nation" magazine states: "At this hour the American people are confronted by the gravest problem they have ever faced. The Nizi threat of world conquest directly challenges our concept of human integrity, democ. racy, and culture"
 Many writers plainly show that they are at c loss 10 account for this world distress and for no other req. son than the fact that they ignore the BIbis, Gods werd fis Second Timothy, third chapter, wo find the words; "Dut know this. (this Is, for th0ee who want tO read and kn0W.) that in the last days of fEhtaii's Fllle
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Registration Day is close at hand which demonstrates that time is marching on. Before we know it winter will descend, and here we are already thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas seals. We are about to launch the thirty-fourth annual Christmas seal campaign. The state is already outlining the campaign. The 194O Christmas seal will picture three happy singing children, and was designed by California artist
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ernors, kings and also imprisoned, not that they have done wrong, but as the Bible states: For my names sake" These things are now hap pening, much to the surprise of many people whose sympathy is be- ing aroused. These people of good will can find no comfort in the schemes of dictators nor presiden- tial candidates. Gods Kingdom is the answer, as it is written in Mat thew 12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope"
 Sincerely yours,
 A. E. CRANDAIL.
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What's Your I. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page f0r fIaA nnSware

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers. 1. A long ton is how many pounds? 2. The Tight Little Island" com- prises which three countries? 3. Who was Sir Joshua Reynolds?
 1. How can salt water be convert ed into fresh water?
 5. Who composed the opera ''The Magic Flute?"
 6. The birthplace of which presi- dent of the United States was dis puted by two states?
 T. Is the Army-Notre Dame foot ball game scheduled to be held in New York. Philadelphia or Chicago this year?
 8. What is the smallest denomi- nation postage stamps sold in the United States?
 g. Does the United States govern ment keep 8 national record of in- dividual births?
 10. When will the next president take office?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

The bicycle has not only become popu- lar but it has also become popular menace. It is road hazard that causes many an accident. Perhaps the day will come when there will be bicycle park ways. They will be obliged to travel on their own roads
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ures) stood at slightly more than $2,S00, 100000. In addition, British owned dollar balances in the Uni ted States totalled $657, 100000.
 During the first year of the war, the empire sent a little over a bil- lion in gold to this country. About $200,000,000 of the dollar balances were used up, plus the proceeds of the liquidation of some $15O, O,0O0, ,00O in securities.
 British security holdings, in other words, still stand at approximately $2, $50, ,000,0 ,000, while dollar balances of about $400,000,O00 are available.
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ENLISTMENT CONFUSION

The War Department seems to be proceeding on the theory that the right hand needn't know what the left hand is doing, at least in the matter of volunteers,
 It began by announcing that no one-year enlistmentS would be &C., cepted. Then, since so many young men seemed anxious to sign up for a year and get it over with, it was announced one-year enlistments were ckay. But somebody failed to notify the various recruiting sta- tions-and 10 days after this an- nouncement, men who tried to en- list for one year were being turned down.
 And when the thing finally got strengthened out, it developed one year enlistments have been legal since back around 1930. The army has never especially liked them, but it has been taking them all along; has averaged around 200 or 250 a year for the last decade.
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Daily Almanac
Moon sets 4:9i .. m.

Moon sets l:2i .. m.
 Sun rises 0;02 6. ri.; sets S:i4 p. m.
 Ali vehicles must be lighted thirty min. utes after sunset.
 The first half of October viii De up io. morrow and a su!vey Of weather charts and temperature readings for that period would probably show october to date as warm fl not warmer than September No change for the last half A seen by this observer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14

Now in October we can really feel that the season is advancing when fat cauli- flowers, very green broccoli, the first grown fresh mushrooms, wintered squash, and so on take the place of corn, summer squash and those vegetables that make up the summer vegetable plate
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IrlenOS, In c uQ' in g himself, hat spent a weekend with him recent Fly, and b before their first meaI It o g e t h CT MT
 |Bankhead said Friends, it has long been a cus- tom in the Bank head family to be- gin all meals by returning thanks to God. I hope you
 will permit me ia
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Questions
 and Answers
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 rsau as Washington. Eegal and medical advice cannot ho given. nor can exterded research Dc un. taken. Be sure an man 0 sd- dressed Co The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BUe REAU. I0lS Thirteenth Street Washington. D. c e. What method has been de- vised to protect British ships against magnetic mines?
 A. A "girdle," developed by Britt ish specialists in magnetism, is put around the hull and supplied with electric current of certain strength and characteristics setting up a magnetic field which in association with the steel hull and other mag metic material of the ship is capabla of preventing magnetic mines from being set of by the passage over them of the vessel. The name of this protective device is "degussing girdle" in honor of greas German scientist Carl Friedrich Gauss who did fundamental work in electTody- namics.
 Q. Where is the grave of Jane Addams?
 A. She died May 2I, 1895, and was buried at her birthplace, Cedar vile, Illinois.
 @. In middle life is 1t better to be below or above the average weight for height?
 A. According to combined records of 40 nfe-insurance companies, the death rate at middle life is lower among persons weighing c few pounds less than average. A mod crate amount of overweight before the age of 30 to 35 Is considered favorable to health, but overweight after 35 is menace to health and longevity.
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@ q m Tn tstration approval. Mean while, the gov- ernnent's own figures show that right now, at least, Britain stin has ample re- sources to finance war purchases in the United States.
 When the war began, British in- vestn1ents in the United States (according to U. s. Department of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-14
DER FUEHRER
 IN DUTCH

Confidential advices in the capital say that Hitler is having more trou- ble with the Dutch than with any other conquered neople. In fact the Dutch situation is one of the big reasons why the let's-beat- Hitler crowd want to see the U. S. get in the war. For this reason:
 According to the inside dope, all the Dutch need is 8 little hope. If something dramatic (like a U. s. declaration of war) should convince them that in the end the Nazis could be showed out, there'd be more sabotage, passive and active resist ance and general tossing of monkey wrenches into the machinery than Hituer could easily handle. If things drag along and it looks like an eventual Hitler victory, on the other hand, the Hollanders aren't going to stick their necks out.
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1 DOLLARS FOR | GOODWILL

Look for the early appointment of an ultra high-powered commit tee to propagandize South America in favor of Uncle Sam. The thing is heading up under Nelson Rocke- feller's direction, and a big program is planned. There1l be a moving picture division, a newspaper divi- sion, another dealing with maga- zines, another dealing with trade re- lations, and so on. This government has around $3,500000 to put into the job and there's more where that came from; idea is to douse the continent in goodwill stuff both by word and deed, and make the gen. eral idea of hemisphere solidarity as popular there as it is here.
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Washington Merry-G Go-Round
MEA savi'a. ln1
DREW PEAR SO N
 ROBERT S. ALLEN

 mountain wrath and the which leaked out Of his Ambassador the Uni ted States decided its @
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
HE ASKED THEIR INDUL-
 ! GENCE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

When Senator Bankhead died a few weeks ago, a prominent radio commentator spoke of the great
 stateSman's religious faith. He told
 how certain of MT. Bankheads
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National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury. Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Oct. 1.-The build up to get Congress to make Amer ican loans available to Great Brit ain has already begun, with tacil
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, Keep me posted"
 when you mean informed"
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A Thought for Today

The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body is full of darknesS.-Luke 11:34.
 Evil is wrought by want of thought as well as by want of heart.--Hood.
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Al Right Reserved Bahson News-
 paper Syndicate
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Copyright, 194O, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1940-06-25
Bedtime Stories
By THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Dy AAAOASAN o3N W. ooAG1GoOs
Reddy Fox was hurrying through
the Green Forest. Reddy was in a
very bad temper, a very bad temper
indeed. His ears still burned with
the laugh of Shadow the Weasel
when Shadow had found the snug
little hollow in the black birch tree
empty. Reddy had been so sure that
Baby Possum was in there, and then
to find that Baby PoSsum had actu-
ally fooled him and had got safely
away was bad enough, but to have
Shadow the Weasel find it out and
laugh at him was worse. Reddy Fox
felt sure that Shadow would tell
everybody he met and Reddy knew
that then everybody in the Green
Forest and on the Green Meadows
would make fun of him.
So Reddy Fox trotted through the
Green Forest in a very bad temper.
He was hungry. He had been sure
that he was going to have Baby
Possum for his dinner that day and
now-well, he would have to find
something else. So he hurried along,
keeping his eyes wide open but see
ing nothing to eat. Presently he
came to the Laughing Brook where
it runs through the Green Forest.
Perhaps he could catch fish.
Reddy Fox stole up the edge of the
bank and peeped over. What he
saw made him duck down out OF
sight in hurry. Then Reddy Fox
smiled broad smile, a very broad
smile indeed. What had he seen?
Why, right out in the Laughing
Brook was Baby Possum himself,
having a ride on the back of Snap
per the Turtle. And there on the
other bank of the Laughing Brook
was Peter Rabbit dancing a funny
little jig and waving to Baby Pos
sum.
Reddy Fox lay perfectly still and
peeped through the bushes. Pretty
soon he heard Snapper the Turtle
tell Baby Postum that he would
land him on the other side. Reddy
grinned to himself. "I'll be right
there when he does," thought Reddy,
land then" Reddy licked his lips
as II he already could taste some
thing pretty nice"
Then Reddy crept back from the
edge of the Laughing Brook until
he was sure that he couldn't be
seen by any one in the brook. Back
he crept and then hurried as fast as
he could 60 up to crossing place
of which he knew. Once again he
hurried down until he was nearly
to the place where he had seen
Baby Possum and Snapper the Tur-
tie. II. wouldn't do to let Peter
Rabbit know that he was anywhere
near, so Reddy crawled along on
his stomach until he reached a
mossy old log. Behind this Reddy
lay fiat down and waited.
Pretty soon Reddy Fox heard
Snapper the Turtle padding to the
shore, and then right at the very
end of the very log behind which
Ready Fox was hiding Baby Possum
hoped ashore. Reddy Fox waited
until Baby Possum had climbed the
tank. Then Reddy wriggled himself
around and made ready to spring.
Baby Possum was surely his this
time! Reddy's 'hungry eyes were
yellow and fierce He drew him.
self together to spring and then
why, Reddy Fox yelled with sur
prise and fright instead,
Evening star., 1940-06-25

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Evening star., 1940-06-25

Jim: "We must watch the time
so we won't be late meeting dad"
Joe: won't your mother re-
mind you?"
Jim: mo. It's my own business
to get places on time"
Evening star., 1940-06-25
POINTS FOR PARENTS

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
Children are 1Uilling to dl,oD
some one else to match the time for
them ii some one else is 1Dilling to
do it.