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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15

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 Sure" said Geyer. Why not?"
 "Why not? Why, because lot of us will lose our jobs if it passed. We'd have to build our machines all over again, from the ground up." VOTING LIGHT
 IN SOME DISTRICTS
 Citing election returns and census figures, Geyer argues that some of the most infleuntial men in Congress actually represent only a fraction of the electorate in their districts. Ave rage congressional district contains somewhere between 24O, 1000 and 3OO,- 900 people; in an ordinary northern district, the total vote in a non- presidential election will run from 10000 to 120,000.
 But here are the votes cast in the 1888 elections in the home dis tricts of important poll-tax-state congreSSmen:
 Sam Rayburn, majority leader -16,877.
 HattOn Summers, chairman of the judiciary cOmmittee-10,889. Eugene Cook, untitled boss of the rules cOmmittee-5137. Marvin Jones, chairman of the agriculture cOmmittee-19,O48. William Wilmington, chairman of flood control cOmmittee-2172. Henry Steagall, chairman of
 banking and currency-10,090. Carl Vinson, chairman of naval
 affairs cOmmittee-4S89.
 John Rankin, chairman of World War veterans legislat ton cOmmittee-4384.
 CLAIMS BILL AIMED
 AT POOR WHITES Geyer put his bill into the hopper last summer, managed to get hear ings on it before a sub committee of the judiciary committee just recent ly. He has been getting help from representative of the liberal SoutE- ern Conference on Human Welfare.
 Poll tax came into being in most of the eight states ostensibly as a means of disfranchising Negroes, but actually-according to Geyer-to make the poor whites behave. In all of these states but Tennessee, he says, there are educational tests in I the election laws which keep Negroes from voting. Also, in all of these states, the poll tax is embedded in the state constitution and hence can't be removed by the legislature. BILL HAS
 MANY OBSTACLES
 Getting the bill to a vote is apt to be tough. The subcommittee now l holding hearings on it reports to the judiciary committee-Whose leader, Congressman Summers, is highly un- likely to send it any farther. Getting rule from Congressman Cox will be i equally tough. Getting any help from Majority Leader Rayburn won't be simple, either. In the end, Geyer will probably have to circu- late a petition to discharge the bill 1 from committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15

and grenades, and occupied the cities. The Norwegians were taken completely by surprise.
 This explains how the Nazis were able to land in Norway even before many of their warships had arrived from Germany.
 DANISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
 Not many people realize it, but Hitler'S conquest of Denmark at last justifies the U. s. purchase of what Herbert Hoover called "an effective poorhouse"- Vir- gin Islands.
 Bought from Denmark in 1917 for $25 ,000, ,000, most Congressmen consider the Virgin Islands bad bargain. They are supported par- tially through congressional ap- propriaticns every year
 But if the Virgin Islands still were Danish when the Naxis walked into Denmark last week, the United. States would have been confronted with the pros pect of a German submarine base not far from the Panama Canal. For Germany aut0mati- cally would have inherited title to the Danish West Indies, or at least have claimed title.
 All of which gives Senator Reynolds of North Carolina a certain amount of ammunition for his proposal to write of British and French war debts in return for their island possessions in American waters. Copyright, 1940, by United Feat
 ure Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15
Selected Poem
THE PROMISE

Daniel Whitehead Hicky in the Christian
 Science Monitor.) I know a promise that will not be broken, AS men break promises again, again, And it was made with every word unspoken Deep in the silence of country lane. And as paused there, suddenly l knew That it was old as Time is old, and so, Entranced stood at winters edge the blue Of waking skies above me. Pale as snow The cherry boughs outstretched before my eyes Against the bare hills stood this shining thing And once again heard, with new surprise, The white, unbroken promise of the spring.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15

no surprise if Mussolini also gets into the war-against the French in North Africa. But first he wants to make sure that the Ger man moves are going to be suc- ceSSful.
 NORWEGIAN DIPLOMAT
 There is no rejoicing these days in the heart Of Hans ThomSen, charge d'affaires of the German Embassy. Some Germans tossed hats in the aid at news of the incasion, bu not Thomsen.
 Reason is that Thomsen is g Norwegian by descent though born in Hamburg, Germany. He is intimately acquainted with Norway, and is friend of the Norwegian Minister i'm Washing ton, Wilhelm Munthe de MOr- genstierne. .' 70.
 In fact, the German foreign office, in keeping with its policy to encourage linguistic skill in diplomats, pays Thomsen a bonus of $10 each month as & reward for his command of the Norwegian language
 GERMAN SUBTERFUGE
 More complete details on how the Nazis swooped down on Nor way have now come back to the State, War and Navy Depart ments. They show the minute care and cleverness with which Germany prepared for this sudden blow.
 The British intelligence service had a week before the occupation of Norway that the German fleet was getting ready to move. But they could not discover exactly what the move was to be, except that it was to involve Norway and denmark.
 British spies were able to keep tabs O nthe activity of the Ger man fleet in the Baltic in talk ing on supplies and men ready for an engagement. But the
 most important thing they missed was the departure of the vanguard of the Nazi troops which occupied Norway.
 In fact, this vanguard was al- ready in Norway, though the Norwegians didn't know it,
 They had come up several days in advance and tied up in Nor wegian harbors, where the troops. dressed as sailors and supercar- goes, went about the unloading of supplies as if there on regular business. ,.. * Came the time to attack, and they went below, put on their uniforms, brought out their guns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 12:45 a. m.
 Sun rises 5:14 a. m.; sets 6:31 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The moon entered its first quarter phase this morning shortly before g o'clock. The weather of the past period should still pre- vaA-changeah.e. Theren be fine days like the early part of last week; bad ones like Fri days It's typically April.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15


 1. Does a body weigh more dead than when alive?
 2. How many yards are in mile? 3. Which state leads in the pro- duction of whisky?
 4. How many Roman Catholics signed the U. S. Constitution?
 5. Name the/capital of Nicaragua. 6. The capital of Washington State is Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma? 2. What is Madagascar?
 8. Name the Administrator of the National Youth Administration. g. What is cyclotron?
 10. Is the Pyramid of the Sun" in Egypt?
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tennessee a n q Texas. Geyer r estimates that it disfranchiseS 60 per cent of the whites and 90 per cent of the Negroes in that a r e a. w h a t knocking it out might mean is ill ustrated by this:
 A south e Tn con g r esS man Jagged him the other day and coirIs (" .oo 1,nyV aren't really go- ing to push that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, Did you take Ger man last year?" say, study German"

o. Is it permissible to deduct form of Gene Venzke, nicknamed unborn babe, as a dependent childP
 A. No. .-
 @. What are the temperature extremes in the Panama Canal Zone?
 A. At Madden Dam, the lowest temperature was 59 degrees F.; the highest, 98 degrees F. This record covers a period of 28 years.
 o. Who wrote the musical score for the motion picture, we Are Not Alone?" -.....,-..
 A. The score, which utilizes themes from Haydn's Surprise Symphony" and an old German folk song, "A Bird Is Flying" is credited to Max Steiner.
 If you want Opy of the book let 'The Dog and Cat Book" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thlr- teenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrrespOndent

Washington, April 15-Don't over- look Congressman Lee Geyer's bill to abolish the poll tax It has some far-reaching political possibilities
 The tax exists in eight states Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi,
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Questions
 and Answers
RY rREDERIC Af. KERRY


 Enclose a Ghree-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. ton of fact or information tO the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be giUens nor can extended research be un- taken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to The WATERBURY . DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, .1O1S Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR. @. Name the nations which com- prise the Pan American Union. A. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador Fl Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon. duras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamas Paraguay, Peru, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
 @. Give the first line fighting airplane strength of the Great Powers at the beginning of 1889.
 A. Estimates from military and other sources here and abroad in dicate that Germany had approx imately 5000; France, 5000; Great Britain, ALSO; Italy, 5000; Japan, 5000; Russia, 2,0O0; United States, 2,500. -
 @. Do oriental children in the Pacific Coast States have separate schools like the Negroes in the Southern States?
 A. No; they attend the same schools as white children. ~
 @. What is meant by consumers goods" and producers goods?"
 A. The former refers to economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food clothes, etc. Producers goods satis- fly wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such as tools and raw materials.
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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 194O
A Thought for Today

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as 1t is this day, to save much people alive.-Gen- eSiS 5O:20.
 Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.- Shakespeare.
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Washington Merry Go-Round
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Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-15

Sure" said Geyer. Why not?"
 "Why not? Why, because a lot of us will lose our jobs if it passed. We'd have to build our machines all over again, from the ground up."
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Warning is Given Out By Wallace

DIES MONIES, Sept. 2 - The national campaign had appeease- ment" after Henry A. Wallace, Democratic Vic e Presidential nominee said a Republican vic tory will result in "one econom- ic concession after another by the United States to totalitarian countries. The statement was made by Henry Wallace in his speech formally accepting the nomination. Over 1000 persons jammed around Wallace during his speech which was frequent ly interrupted by cheers.
 Wallace declared that "appeas- CTS will have their way if the Re publicans win, because they have contributed largely, both polite ally and financially, to the Re publican cause. These people be- lieve the Republicans, in power, would give them a profitable busi ness with the German controll- ed Europe at the earliest pos sible moment"
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
King Carol Rumania Yields To
 Military Dictatorship, Abdicates
 In Favor of Prince Mihai, Aged IS

BUCHAREST, Sept. 6 (P) - King Carol, yielding to the de- mands of Rumania's new mili tary dictatorship and to the riot ous clamor in the streets, abdic- ated in favor Of his son, Mihai, aged 18.
 He fled into exile aboard his royal yacht and it was reported with him was red-haired Mazda Lupescu, associate of more than a decade ago when he relinquished his right to the succession to the throne in gay Paris. The exile left Prince Mihai to reign as child monarch under a regency. The destination of the royal yacht, which sailed in the Black Sea from Constant was unknown. The King boarded it after a sec ret departure from Bucharest in special train.
 Back of him in troubled and dismembered Rumania, Carol left his son, as the front of the
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Form Death Legion

Tn southeast Europe the Bal kan situation was plunged into new complications as unconfirm- ed reports said that $500 Ruman ian soldiers volunteered to form a death legion to resist the Hun garian occupation of northern Pennsylvania. ITO show the world Rumania courage" the le- gionnaires reportedly pledged themselves to man the concrete forts of the Carol defense line near Ordea, which is not sched- uled to be turned over to the Hungarian troops until tomorrow under the terms of the axis-dic- tated settlement.
 The abdication of King Carol to join his red-headed friends, Madame Lupescu in exile, was reported in Bucharest govern ment quarters, as the Rumanian monarch bowed to the demands of his new iron-Willed premier, General Antonescu, for a virtual dictatorship.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Plane Engines By
 Army and Navy

WASHINGTON - Agreement has been reached between the Navy and the United Aircraft Corporation for the manufacture of 17000 airplane engines, for both army and navy use, to cost $160, 100000.
 Announcing the agreement at a press conference, Secretary of the Navy Franklin Knox said that it had the full approval of the War Department and would cover the entire requirements of both army and navy for United Aircraft engines for the two fis- cal years 1941 and 1942.
 Formal contract covereing the
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ax;s-a lgaed military dictatorship already started wholesale round ups of important political figures in Carols decade of power.
 Government circles reported that Carol in exile will receive an annual pension equal to sixty thousand dollars. Close associates of General Antonescu, the new premier said that after a long debate n tie palace during the night. Carols demands for a fin anc.aI settlement or annual pay ment was decided on, but that Carol Was likely to be dispossess ed of much of his extensive pro perty holdings in Ruman-a.
 Gangs of anti-Semetic Iron Guards, whom Carol outl8Wed by the hundreds and whose mem bers died before his firing squads roaned Buchares. beating JeW- ish shop Keepers who failed to hang pictures of Mahai, in their windows.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06

LONDON, Sept. 6 (P)-Coming wave on wave, in formations too thick to count, Hitler's warplaneS launched mightier assaults than ever against Britain, after the worst night of the war. The ln- vaders were engaged in a series of nonstop battles all over the London area and over southeast ern England. The London area experienced its fourth alarm of the day at 5:59 pm. after a re- spite of only little more than four hours. The all clear signal sounded at 6:35 pm.
 To meet the onslaught, masses of British fighters took to the skies, setting upon at least one formation of 200 bombers and battle planes, lending off bomb attacks on the airports of the
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
King Carol Abdicates Rumanian Throne, Is Exiled
Churchill Predicts Nazi Retaliation United States

associates have gone much fur ther into this than anyone realiz- es. Hugh GIbbson, ex-AmbasSa- dor to Belgium, actually has en- gagged in conversations with off, ficials of Belgium, Holland and Poland, regarding food for these areas.
 These conversations run exact ly counter to the State Depart ments policy and also to the Neutrality Act, which bars Am er.can ships from the war zone. Yet no food can be sent to Bel gium, Holland and Poland except on American ships, which would nave to traverse the war zone in violation of the British blockade. State Departmea. policy Is one of cooperation with Great Britain and not of violating the block ade.
 Furthermore, U. s. Army and Navy executives view the feed ing of Nazi-dominated Europe as exactly similar to feeding an en- emy of the United States. They contend that one of the most potent weapons against Hitler is hunger, and that for the United States to feed his occupied areas would be playing directly into his hands.
 As a result. some Adm.1.stra- ton Senator's propose an investi- gation by the Foreign Relations Committee of the food-rel.sf act ivitles of Hoover and his cz5ze as soeiates. They point to the Logan bill, which makes it a CT .minal offense for any American citizen b conduct diplomatic nsgotia- tions with a foreign government. Al one time, when MT. Hoover himself was in the White House, the Logan bill came near D be- ing Invoked against the la Sen a.or Borah.
 These Senators would als5 like to investigate the fact thas Am oazSsdor Gibson's wife is g Bel g.aa. and that both are on close teems with King Leopold, who -usrandared to the Nazis.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Chuchill Predicts Hitler Will Attempt Retaliate US. Trading
 Fifty Destroyers To Britain

UNDATED, Sept. 5 (P-Prime Minister Churchill predicted in the House of Commons that Hit Ter will attempt to retaliate against the United States for the transfer of 50 average destroyers to Great Britain. Churchill said: "There is no doubt Hitler will not like this transfer of destroy CTS and no doubt he will pay the United States of America out if he ever gets a chance" The Premier, whose war review speech was delayed for 45 min utes as NaZi LuftWaffe raiders droned high over the London area for the second time today, declared. There is not the slight est violation of international law for the United States and the British to swap destroyers and naval and air bases: He added that the swap did not affect the non-belligerency of the United States.
 He disclosed that British deaths from air raids in August totaled 1075.
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agreement, Knox said, will be ne gotiated soon as funds for the en- zines, provided for in the five billion dollar defense appropria- ton bill pending in Congress, be comes ava.lab e.
 Meanwhile, Krox said, United Aircraf. is proceeding immediate ly with a $1,5OO,O00 expansion of it's plant at Hartford, Conn.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
The Washington Merry-Co-Round
By Drew Pearson and Robert s. Allen

WASHINGTON - One of the biggest international problems facing he Administration is Whe ther to feed or not to feed Flu rope.
 Certain occupied areas are be- ing rapidly denuded by German troops. In France, for instance, food $ being purchased by the German army with "krediten- marks" which are redeemable az ainst she French government which has guaranteed to make good this paper German curren- cy, wa.es actually has nothing else behind it.
 This is a painless method of extracting fo5d from French pea sants. German purchasing agents pay him ia kreditenmarks which he cezEerCs .nto francs; thus he f-o-s a.sd y .5ward the army of -o.azao9.
 MeaE8..Ie mere are certain ares = F.3nea which, because of lack Of transportation, actual ly are starving. Similar condi- tiocs eX.st n Belgium and Hol- land. h the later country, ac- cording to Dutch diplomats in Washing.e~. 'aaders have been force. by ese Germans, to plant crops oa. are blowing them up when G nan backs are turned.
 "We would rsss1 starve than feed the c5rque.e9. is the Dutch slogan.
 Hooyer's Feo3 Relief
 The n.3n W1e mss. vigorously demands fzeieg .aese occupied areas is Herbert Hoover. It has not la3Ee5 ca- yet. but Hoover's
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Ho0yer's F1e Relief

The nan Wae nes. vigorously demands fse51g aese occupied areas is Heraest Hoover. It has not la8zs5 cas yet. but Hoover's $
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Nazis Bomb
 British Hangars Plane Factory

BERLIN, Sept. 6 (P)-Two for nations of German planes bombed the hangars and airplane works at Henley and Weybridge, Ger man sources said, leaving IA ot their own number downed but re porting 35 British planes downed. Four hangars and 10 planes at Weybridge were said to have been hit by middle-weight bombs At Henley, hits were scored on runways as we'll as shots on a side field.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Waves Of Countless Nazi War;
 Planes Engage Defenders In Non
 Stop Mightiest Assault Off Britain

London area. Battles are. raging in fully half a dozen areas of southeastern England. The air ministry said that at least 34 German planes were downed and g British planes lost but that the pilots of six of them were reported safe.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
Petain Govt. France Forms New Cabinet

VICHY, France, Sept. 6 (Ao) = A new cabinet of the Petain government was formed with Pierre Laval retaining the post of vice-premier. General Hunt ziger was made new minister of war and Petain remained chief of state. General Weygand was sent to French Africa to assume charge of all political as we'll as military matters.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
R. R. Head Dies

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (P)-Leon Loree, aged 82, former President of the Delaware Hudson Rail road died here today.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06
London Gets Five Air Raids In One Day

LONDON, Sept. (P) - Air Raid sirens walled in London's fifth warning of the day at 8:53 pm.
The Nome nugget., 1940-09-06

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-25
Tenneni Appeal
On Its Way

Former Mayor Melvin G. Ten.
nent's fight against the election
OF Harry Cain was on Its way Ia
the state supreme court Saturday
by two routes.
After Judge II. G. Sutton threw
out Tennent's suit demanding
certification by the election board
as legal mayor Of Tacoma Friday,
his attorney. Leo Teats, imme-
distely declared his intention to
appeal.
Then a few hours later. Deputy
Prosecutor Gilbert r. Peterson
filed an appeal for the election
board from the March s decision
OF Judge Ernest NJ. Card which
put Gains name on the election
ballot in place of the late DIR. C.
b. Kerstetter's.
The prosecutor. however, has
made no plans to fight the case
and Is leaving IT to Tennents and
Gains attorneys to carry on the
contest to the high court.
Because of the appeal, Judge
Fred G. Remain was not called
upon TO rule Saturday on the show
cause order he had issued TO the
election board after Tennent's sec
ond suit demanding that the board
appeal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-25
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MARRIAGE
LICENSES

Marriage license applications
have been filed with the Pierce
county auditor by Edward Tyeten,
IS. 9615 A st, and Dorothy Jean
Sloan. 25, 720 SO. 18th ST. Robert
Holmes Ripley, q. POI So. J st,
and Maxine Alice Eldridge. 20,
1915 Spokane ave: Roy Arthur
Carlson, 2s, 1927 So. d St, and
Martha Rosalie Koval, ~, 1888
So. 35th St; Frank Otto, 81. and
Mrs. Lilya Poppo. p. both general
delivery. Tacoma; George f. Ruff,
81. Los Angeles, and Greta Rother-
mel, IS, Route /, Box 500, Tacoma;
Herbert C. Knight, %, and Maxine
C. Billings. is, both Gig Harbor;
Troy Walden Crabb. &c. 6o7 7th
ave, n. E, Puyallup, and June NJ.
Layeock. 20, Route s, Box 273,
Puyallup; Lawrence r. Cyr, 2l,
9O4 No. Yakima ave, and Laura
E. Robinson, 10, Route 5. Box 7S2,
Tacoma.