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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

pressed for cash during the re- cent campaign, but even 50 they got a laugh when the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commit tee opened two identical letters and found in them two checks one for $4,00O sign-d by Felix du- Pont, Jr., and another for $3,000 signed by him but drawn to the account of Lydia c. duPont.
 With each check was an identi- cal note, on cheap paper without a letterhead, reading: Gentle men: Attached you will find a check to be used solely for the Willkie campaign"
 Both envelopes were addressed: National Congressional Cam paign Committee" Apparently the duPonts had forgotten to spe- cify Republican" However, the Democrats returned the money, and Captain Victor H. Harding, secretary of the committee, wrote the senders as follows:
 Except for the identical state ment in each letter instructing that the checks be used solely for the Willkie campaign, there is no indication that the checks are not intended for us. How ever, am returning them to you in order that you may make the desired use of them. To us Democrats it is hard to imagine people having so much money they can throw it around like this" NOTE-The Felix-Lydia duPont checks may, not necessarily have been meant for expenditure in two states. However, another duPont check for $4,000 which turned up in North Dakota, is being investi- gated. According to The Fargo Forum, it was signed by Lam- mot duPont, leading member of the family, and made out to John Gray, chairman of the Republi- can state committee. It was drawn on the Wilmington Trust Company.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

 that white teachers would come some day to tell them of the Book of God. Judson had a ministry among them which he probably could not have had in India.
 Livingstone in his writings often tells'how he was frequently prevent ed from carrying out his plans and later recognized that these were the means by which God had ordered his steps. once ne wanted to go back to England but felt that duty compelled him to make a long jour- ney into the interior. The mail steamer he would have taken home was lost at sea with practically all on board.
 Abraham Lincoln said. T have had 50 many evidences Of Gods di- rection. so many instances where l have been controlled by some other Power than my own will. that can- not doubt that this Power comes
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HIGHLIGHTS FRok
 LATEST BOOKS
Indians, Deviltry Fill Vestal Book

In the long history of early Amer
 ican exploration there is n
 character more cOlorful thaj
 Pierre Esprit Radisson, dis
 cOverer of the Mississippi, Lak
 Superior and the wilderness oi
 the Hudson Bay country. Stan
 ley Vestal does magnificent jus
 tice to him Tn one of the years
 hveliest biographies, King oi
 the Fur Traders" (Houghton-
 Mfflin: $S.5O. Here is a record
 of incredible adventure in both
 the new world and the old.
 But it is the days of Indian
 capture, as hunter, trapper,
 scout, vOyager that really
 make the book. Take the fol-
 lowing bit about Indian war
 fare:
 The Iriquois burned plenty 0. powder, so that their aim wa spoiled by their own smoke, and hurt nobody. Darkness came down, whicl, gave the attackers the advantage Taking leaf out of Daulac's book they filled a small barrel with gun. powder, tied it to the end of a lone pole, and attempted to drop it oyei the paliSade to blow up their enem- ies. The improvised bomb played havoc.
 Radisson also rolled up some gun powder in bark and attached fuse He told his Indians to attack a, soon as the thing exploded, carry- ing hatchet and sword in both hands. Already the Iriquois were singing their death songs, and wher the second bomb exploded, offered no opposition to the attackers com- ing in. There was battle royal in- side the stockade, where everxbody mingled pell-mell. and nobody could tell friend from foe. The racket they made, the screams, the whoops. am, shouting were deafening.
 There was little sleep that night though everyone was tired to death The Indians broiled and boiled the flesh of their dead enemies, built pyres to give honorable cremation to their fallen comrades, and pre- pared an extra supply of food to take along.
 When they set out. they had ,C scalps and four prisoners whom they carried along to put to death at leisure flor the more satisfaction or their wives" The Indians felt 90 triumphant that they asked Had . isson to fire his gun to make a joyful noise. He Jet t go.
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forgotten Section 305-6 of the Corrupt Practices Act, which makes it a penal Offense for any, enc to fail to report contribu- tions above $50 for political pur- p0ses in two or more states.
 Milligan already has a consid- erable pile of evidence concerning wealthy COP packers who dis tributed large checks over wide ly scattered state lines. A $5,000 check from a prominent MidweS- tern manufacturer turned up in the Willkie campaign in Kentucky. And from a big Eastern manufac- turer went 8 splatter of four fig ure cheeks to Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachu- sets.
 $5O,OOO, 900 WAR CHEST?
 New Dealers are firmly con- vinced that the Republicans spent at least $50,000,00 in the recent battle. This figure may be far fetched, but Milligan is out to learn just how much was poured out through the innumerable Will kie campaign organizations.
 On Milligan'S list for federal grand jury probing are scores of individuals in more than fifteen states, among them: Joe Pew, Pennsylvania's Oilman bosS; sev- eral duPonts; Edgar M. Queeny, St. Louis head of the Monsanto Chemical Co.,: Cloud Wampler, head of a Chicago bond house; Hays Mcfarland, head of a large Chicago advertising firm; Sewell Avery, chairman of U. s. Gypsum Co. and Montgomery, Ward; William Patterson, presi- dent of United Air Lines.
 Among the states due to pass under Milligan's hard-boiled mic- roScope are Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Last, but possibly not least, Milligan plans to do some quiet checking of the COP convention, convinced that this might prove a fruitful field for inquiry.
 DUPONT CHECKS
 The Democrats were hard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

German bombers were driving the hated BritonS. to cover, while German sub marines were sinking British food ships.
 Well, recently some Americans residing in London celebrated a holiday by 'starv- ing on clam chowder, crab cocktail, roast turkey sausages, baked ham, Succotash, sweet potatoes, nlince and pumpkin pie. Be it added: Americans are not given special food privileges and must submit to the rationing rules set down by the Ministry of Food
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1. In Major league baseball, does the home team, visiting team, or the league furnish the balls?
 2. How many days are in Leap Year?
 3. Besides Spanish. French Mexican. Republic of Texas, and United States. which other national flag has the State of Texas fiownp {. The Governor General of Canada is elected by the people, chosen by the Canadian Parliament or appointed by the British Grown? 5. Which city is called the "Cres- cent City?"
 6. Name the star closest to the earth. 'ff
 T. Is the name Cuba a spanish or an Indian word?
 8. Which State leads in the num- Der Of native sons who have become President Of the U.. S. ..... ....
 Q. How many United States Sem ators does each State have?
 10 Who said. "Cahsars wife must bc above sugpicion"2
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WAYsTDE DEsPoILERs
(Boston Postl

Tho State Department of Conser- vation gives warning that 1t will take police action to preserve the woodlands from despoliation by van- dals cutting down holiday greens. In other years thousands ot young trees have been cut down, some Of them along hIghways where they were carefully placed not alone for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
pr. Coebbels, Take Notice

or. Joseph Goebbels, the propaganda gI1ome of the Nazi outfit, has spent much tl1e tragic plight of the British people as he saw 1t in his dream-book. With lurid brush he painted picture of populace covering with fright in air raid shelters and suffering not only from lack of sleep, but from the very food necessities of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
PERKINS SUCCEED McNUTT? NOT NOW

Discount those predictions that Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins is. going to replace Paul McNutt as federal security administrator.
 Madame Secretary is due to leave her present post, but will probably wind up with diplo- matic job if one can be found. Only hitch there is that most diplo- matic jobs open now are in Latin America, and the LatinS still figure woman,s place is in the home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Views Of The Press

Identification purposes but as a protection against soil erosion.
 The practice has not been con- fined to individuals seeking to ob- tain a Christmas tree or other greens at the taxpayers expense, but in a more or less wholesale manner by those intending to make profitable sales on them. The State Department and the police deserve the complete support of the public in bringing an end to this form of thievery. t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

o. Suppose a bill is passed by Congress and the President refuses to sign it or to veto it, what be- comes of the bill? A. If, after ten days, tSunday and holidays excluded) the Pres loent has not signed a bill and has not returned it to Cogress with his olsapproval, it becomes a law with out further action by Congress ex. cept, that bills that are not sipneo by the President within ten days a1ter the Congress has adjourned to not become laws.
 Q. How high is George Wash lngton Bridge above the surface of the Hudson River? A. The clear height of the lowest point of the superstructure at the center of the span is 248.27 feet above high water. Q. How can nicotine be extracted from tobacco at home, for use in insecticides?
 A. The Bureau of Plant Industry says that one difficulty is preparing nicotine solutions for home use is that the percentage of nicotine pres- ent IS not known, and can only be determined in, a laboratory. Treat the material, preferably in a coarse " ground state, with cold water and bring to boil and then filter through cheese cloth. After wash. ing the residue a few times with hot water, to obtain additional nicotine remaining in the material, the com. Dlned extracts can be made up to the desired concentration. When used for sprays a quantity of fisk oil or common laundry soap is us ually added to increase the spread ing and sticking qualities of the SC lution.
 e. What Is a "rustler' in a coal mine?
 A. Any worker who looks afte, the haulage system, and performs the work of lowering and raisip, mine cars to and from the mine.
 If you want a copy of the book
 let CANDY MAKING" send t. The Waterbury Democrats Wash
 ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteent'
 Street, Washington, D. c. EncIos.
 ten cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

The penalty ordi- narily used in en- forcing the law is getting too stiff to use.
 This penalty is the requirement that ain employer W ho has been paying sub-stan- dard wages pay up all back wages due his workers. So far it has been the chief club in the hands of the wage-hour divi- Sion'S inspectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Selected Poem
MOON MAGIC

 (Rose Henderson in the New York Sum- The small brown houses of the town Are very neat and still. And few the folk who travel out Beyond the farthest hill. But soft at night the moonlight spreads A silver strangeneSs round, And the inland streets are windy With sea-borne sound. And the little Northern gardens Are murmurous with trees AS spicy as the lemon groves Along the Pwrenees. And beyond the empty streets end The white sands hold A half-buried shadow, Like chest of gold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
Daily Almanac
Moon sets i:S7 a. m.

Moon sets t:5T e. m.
 Sun rises 7:04 a. m; sets 4:25 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. < One week of December has produced ale most month of winter weather. It can't hold. but December is very apt to remasn chilly and stormy with late January produc- Ing break.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

Slonary Work to be done among t h 6 natives. With a heavy heart he turned to Burma and began his work among the Kar- ems. These peo- pie had been prepared fol. his coming for gen. eTations by a tradition repeat ed continuously aYnnnO f h O m
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
A Thought for Today

How long, ye simple ones. will ye love sim plicity? and the scOrners delight in their scorn- ing and fOOls hate knOwledge?-PrOverbs 1:22
  He Is of free and open nature that thinks all men honest who but seem to be so, and will as tenderly be led by the nose as asses are-Shake- Speare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
GOD ORDERS OUR STEPS

GOD ORDERS OUR STEPS
 In the summer of 1912 Adoniran Judson, the famous missionary, reached India only to receive the disheartening word that the British government would not permit mis-
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Questions
 andAnswers

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau will answer for you free auv question of fact or infgrma- tion, not involving extensive re- search. Write your question clear Iy. sign name and address, enc close a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot pc given, Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ingtOn, D. c.
 @. Who first applied the term fourth estate" to newspapers, a11c what are the other three estates?
 A. It is believed that Lord Mac aulay first used the words, applied to reporters in the gallery of Par- lament in 1928. The Lords Spiritual (bishops), the Lords Temporal (House of Lords), and the Commons (House of Comrlons) were the other three estates.
 @. Did women who were born in the United States and who have never left it, lose their citizenship if they married aliens before Sep tember 9, 1922?
 A. Yes. If their alien husband did not become citizens before Sep tember p, 1922 they are still alien, and should apply immediately foi repatriation. Those who marriet aliens before March 2, 1907, did nc, lose their citizenship.
 O. Was general Hugh s. Johnsoi in active service overseas during the World War?
 A. No; he aided in drawing up the draft act, helped administer it, and was ready to be sent overseas as a divisional commander, when the war ended.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09
National Spotlight
Wage7HOur Law Chiefs Worry As
 Time Makes Pay
 Penalties Stiffer
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Dec. 9-Enforcement of the wage-hour law is running in- to one of the oldest problems that ever vexed government agency
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

from above. I am confident that when the Almighty wants me to do or not to do, particular thing, He finds Q way of letting me know 1t.
 All Right Reserved - Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, T had a swell time"; He is a swell guy" Such ex- pressiOns are vulgarisms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-09

buI now the law has been in effect for over two years. Suppose an inspector discovers a small business man who has been below the minimum ever since the law went into effect. He can require this man to live up to the law from now on-but if he made him pay up the accumulated wages his workers should have been getting for two years he might simply put him out of business by handing him bill he couldn't pay.
 OBSERVANCE
 PUT FIRST The division is alreday waiying restitution in some cases. By waiving it, the cooperation of a number of trade associations is ob- tained. A wage-hour official, for instance, will tell trade association executives something like this:
 We haven't been able to in- spect your field yet and probably won't for some months to come.
 Meanwhile, we know perfectly well that some of your people aren't paying the wages this law requires Get them into line now;
 in return, when we do make our inspections, any man who is meet
 ing the laws requirements at the time of the inspection will be okay, even though he may have been disregarding it in the past" This doesn't mean that the wage l hour division has abandoned the idea of getting restitution of back wages. In October, for instance, it brought about payment of upward of $1,000000. What is happening is simply that the job of getting universal observance of the law is being put first. ..,,.g
 SOY BEANS '.''
 1 COME OF AGE
 When soy beans, hit a dollar a bushel in the Chicago market recently, the Department of Agri- culture realized that another crop had-so to Speak-come of age. Soy beans have become an impor- tant crop in the midwest, rising from an acreage of around 100000 fifteen years ago to 10,0o0,0O0 acres today. Production for this year is figured at about l 79,000,000 bushels. ..s Reason for the rise in price-it jumped 25 cents from September to November--is probbaly the drop in lard production due early next year A good part of the soy bean crop is used in making magazines and cooking oils. Drop in lard production hence means a bigger field for soy bean oils.
 Agriculture Department experts doubt that the defense boom is putting the price up. Only about 15 per cent of the crop goes to industrial uses. Besides. the war 1 has practically killed the export 1 dan1orI
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What's Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions: Turn to last page for the answers. -l.
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If you want copy of the book let CANDY MAKING" send {, The Waterbury Democrats Wash lngton Bureau, 1913 Thirteent' Street, Washington, D. c. EncIos, ten cents in postage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
REICHIS PREPARED
ALONG ALL FRONTS
Official Says Nation Ready
To Answer Any Blow
From Enemies

BERLIN, May s. Up Official
German quarters, in the face OF
general European anxiety, tonight
assured all. inquirers that Germany
is prepared to strike decisively wher'
ever and whenever her enemies al n
a blow.
we reveal no secret" authorized
sources said, when we repeat that
Germany is prepared on all fronts"
Asked whether this meant the
Netherlands frontier also, they re
Piled: "Obviously."
'Chamberlain twice recently has
intimated England is determined tc
widen the area Of combat" these
sources added. But he has not sale
where except that he broadly hintec
at the Mediterranean.
'That may be a blind, however, fol
operations elsewhere. Spain, Hol
land, Belgium, Switzerland-all have
been mentioned by the worlds press
We won't be caught unawares any
where"
Hand in hand with these verba
assurances went wholesale sum
monses to the colors.
All ages seemed involved. Gases
of reservists over SO years Of age
have been noticed in the past days
All walks of life appear to be includ
ed so that there is a general lack Of
manpower except in war industries
with its many ramifications.
In the actual fighting, the high
command reported that German air
men had successfully raided march
ing columns of Allied troops neal
Narvik, far-north Norwegian ore
port where the Allies are besiegine
a German force. One English pur
suit plane vas reported shot down.
The high command also said two
cruisers were hit by bombs in an
(Contin~ ed on Page Ten; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
FRENCH CABINET
CALLED TO MEET
Two Sessions Planned To-
day AS Nation Watches
The Netherlands

PARIS, May 8-P-Premier Rey.
maud tonight called two cabinet
meeting for tomorrow-one in his
office and another with President
Lebrun at the Elysee Palace-as
the government kept a careful watch
on developments in Holland.
Although a war ministry spokes-
man asserted that renewed rumors
of a possible German invasion OF
Holland were only a Nazi propagan-
da move to keep neutral nations
stirred up, other French ources ex.
pressed belief that something was
afoot serious enough to u the
Netherlands to take unusual pre-.
cautions.
The Netherlands tension received
more consideration in Paris than
the debate in the British house Of
commons over the Chamberlain gov
eminent.
One report published in Paris said
a messenger from the German for
eign ministry had left for the Hague
but hat it was still too early to de-
Continued on Page Ten; Col. g.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09
OPPOSE SUNDAY SHOWS
Closing OF Gas Stations On
Sunday Morning Is Also
Proposed Here

Requests that newstands dlscon-
tinue the selling of "smutty maya
zines'' and that the filling stations
Of the county cooperate with the
churches by closing between 9:3o
and l o'clock on Sundays were
made by the Ministers ASSOCIATION
at a meeting Monday.
The group also reaffirmed its op-
position to Sunday movies IN WILL
mington.
Committee Report
Action by the Ministerial associa-
ton was taken following a report
by the committee on moral and
social welfare, composed OF Dr. "A.
D. P. Gilmour, chairman, the Rev.
Mortimer Glover and the Rev.
Sankey Lee Blanton.
Following a lengthy discussion
Of the report, the association mem
bers adopted the report by the
committee and in doing so called
attention to an article appearing IN
the February issue of Readers
Digest, entitled, "This Trash Must
Co."
The report as adopted was as fol-
lows:
ITO quote briefly from this ar
ticle:-A torrent of 'smutty maya
zines is flowing GRO the news
stands of the nation. Last month
eight million people-most OF them
under twenty-one-bought copies OF
15G nationally distributed period
icals reeking with frankly obJec-
tiorable material; in some local
tiles these magazines constitute
from one-fourth to one-haf OF all
newsstand sales Inc Illtny
magazine is not a chimera OF prud-
ish minds. It's menace is real, its
influence potently crime melting
Lewis E. Lawes, warden OF
Sing Sing Prison, declares: 'Salaci-
GUS magazines are definitely con-
nected with criminal activity OF
individuals predisposed toward sex
crimes. They have had a definite
effect in many cases with which l
have come directly in contact ].
Edgar Hoover testifies: The pub
LEGATION and distribution of salaci-
BUS material is a peculiarly vicious
evil; the destruction of moral char
acter caused by it among young
people cannot be over-estimated.
The circulation Of periodicals con-
tanning such material plans an inn
portant part in the development of
crime among the youth of our
country In the past decade the
growth of salacious literature has
been the most rapid in history.
During this period sex crimes have
more than doubled, with one out
of every four committed by youths
Continued on Page Five; Col. y
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-09

Position ClOuded
The conservatives position
was clouded, however, by the
1874 absentees or abstensions,
who, with those voting in
opposition, make a majority
of the 615 members. The
British Press association
said that 1870 of these were
absentees.
Moreover, an estimated
forty members who normal
ly are government support
ers voted with the opposi-
ton.
Some political observers
speculated on whether the
71-year-old prime minister,
chastened by the unexpect-
eddy large opposition vote,
might follow the example of
the former premier of
France, Edouard Daladier,
and resign. There was moth
ing, however, to confirm
any such intention.
Men who had hammered
at the government for two
days took the vote as a VIC
tory rather than as a de-
feat. Jubilantly they sang,
"Rule Britannia" shouted
GO! Resign" as the gaunt
Chamberlain left the house.
Likely Successor
Should the man who led
Britain to Munich and then
to war to destroy "Hitler-
ism," actually go to the king
to resign, his most likely
successor would be Church
ill or Foreign Secretary Lord
Halifax, possibly at the head
of a government of all par
ties.
But the political situation
was in a great state of I'M
certainty.
One possibility, however,
was that Chamberlain would
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