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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Editor, Tall Tower Topics When MT. Waller poetic ally wrote
 Souls dark cottage battered and decayed,
 Lets in new light through chin
 That time has made
 Did he not mean that person increases in years, he acquires wisdom? And when he acquires wisdom, do you think he should write letters to the newspapers? Regard les whether the practice considered prudent or not the press is appraised by me as knowledge fount, ana to it the following questions presented for an nforma- tive purpose It has always been innate desire Of mine to write intelligence quiz if you can answer the questions accurately, take five, if not give me five Do you think the city looks as naked as pucked duck after the Xmas decorations were removed? Do you admire sentence fnishers'? Do you think the word "equay" should be placed the gate of all cemeteries? . How many members of the local fire department have received medals for daring rescues? Do you think huge electric sign should be erected on the fountain end of the Green reading Waterbury The Brass Center ot The World? =. Do you know why people kick auto- mobile tires? Could you loan me sawbuck til the weather breaks? If this quiz is popular with you lot know as logical of those sweeping the country. Noziy yours J. V. Walker
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
TO EDWY BENEDICT

He drew out architectural plans, He also moulded with his hands, Ills intellect too deep to scan, To understand the inner man. His purpose was of high intent, A will so strong could not be bent. Years served he well his fellow-men And then cruel fate decreed That others must minister to his need. But truly did he serve and wait The Masters summons to the gate Then finally he heard afar, "The golden gates are now ajar."
 Mary Elizabeth Lynagh, R. !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
Aerial ghosts.

Aerial ghosts. {. Here is a story told in January Coronet Magazine about the last great war It was ater an aerial dog fight during the First World War that one of two British planes disappeared into cloud The When 1t did not return to the ardroe two names were scratched off the list and call sent for Hours later the plane sighted above its home field It
 but no got out The ground ran up shook the nooness pilot and observer Both were dead They haa the gas ran out The story in the British official records The plane might have flown by inherent stability; 1t might have landed by good uck 1t might have returned to its field by extraordinary coincidence It not an easy explanation but is easier to speculate on what hap pened beyond that cloud Perhaps that is why has been easier to let the whole thing slip into the land Of the tor gotten.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

most of the damage done by D. boats was done by 10 percent of those which sailed the seas. In other words, they were the sub- marines commanded by seasoned men. The bulk of the other sub- marines had nuisance value. BEST CREWS
 BELIEVED KILLED
 In British clubs where retired sea-dogS discuss things 1t is be- lieved that already the British and French navies have disposed of a considerable number of the highly trained Naz submarine crews. This is based upon the fol- lowing facts:
 Immediately upon the declara-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
TREE OF GLACIAL ERA FOUND

New London, Wis. (UP)-A part of tree believed to be 25,000 years old has been unearthed in clay pit here. Scientists at the U. S. Forest Products laboratory, Madi- son, have identified 1t as @ species of spruce. Authorities said the wood probably dated from the last glacial period and was preserve ed by the bed of clay which kept out any air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

And still they come .. The latest protest over the erstdav sales of the coming Famous Americans series of postage stamps originates right here in little old Connecticut. Representative William Miller oi Weth- change their minds about cOnfinng the sale of the Mark Twain issue to Hannibal, Missouri. He wants made frst-day city Inasmuch as first-day sales of the Twain stamp scheduled for February 13
 means that the Connecticut legislator will have to work pretty fast to the F. O. concession for Hartford
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
I'M GOING SOUTH
BY THE MAN IN THE TOWER

You may prate of winter sports, Of winter with its snow or droutn, I'm not interested in descending mercury For next week I'm going south. I've scanned the news pictures long enough Through many a winter long and cruel In day or so I'm leaving 1t all, No more worries about winter fuel I've seen pictures of pelicans,
 Groves where oranges grow, Lovely beaches, waters blue,
 But none of them features snow. Snow in heavy dead white banks Ponds with three foot ice, Those pictures are too familiar to me- don't care how scenic or nice, Because I'm going to leave 1t all, Maybe I'm of to land of drouth, But I'm packing my new airplane bags, And next week I'm going south.
 FEM. ENd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
E, BILL GARRIGUs

Harvey Booth, founder of Booth Free School in Roxbury, used to pass this way years ago when he walked from Roxbury to New Ha- ven to get an education at Yale. Harvey usually carried country butter, honey, and home made cheese in his basket but come spring, he also carried fresh cow slips and sometimes a mess of brook trout. Cowslips are strength ening greens that stick to your ribs and make you glad it's spring. They have a delicate flavor and they're as tender as breastmeat from a young broiler. Right now. underneath the ice, cowslips are gathering their nourishment and preparing to push their way up to the sunlight, to be picked by knowing men like Harvey Booth, and to condition the farmer and his hired hand for the seasons work ahead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. .. Is it true that Hubert Bergn of radio and stage fame has organized
 new dance band? They are now playing at Adams niano and doing the arrangements for the boys Tex Al1bergon is on drums Joe Canale accOrdionist and and vocalist and Joe Durso playing sax and clarinet lions in the city today . Democrat Reader. (Ed's. note First you ask me question and before know it it's answered. You undoubtedly are member of the opposite sex).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Sodality since 1912.
 The committee in charge of ar- arrangements consists of: Misses Ger trude Rosa, Molly Summa, Rae Bis conti, Candita Mazzarella, Mary Mazzarella, Carmella Patricone, Rena Vanni, Angeline Perrotti, Anna Bova, Angeline Mazzoitti, Rose Culotta, Gertrude Guerrero, Rita Denorf1a, Grace Lasprogata and s. Dolores Paoloni.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10
BY MILTON BRONNER NEA Service Staff COrrespOndent

Mechanically possible but possible that's how the British admiralty is reported to regard the NaA boats
  probably
  distance North the considerable distances Atlantic Ocean.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Modern folks who eat from cans, or buy imported greens from Texas, Florida, or CalifOr- mia, could do worse than investi. gate the tOothsOme varieties of leafy vegetables that grow wild right at home. COwslips come early, dandelions are right be- hind them, then tender shoots of the milkweed and deck come along. Greens can be cooked in several ways, to suit different tastes. Old-tlme cooks favor . chunk of pork boiled with the greens but others cook them straight. A cold dish of dan. deliOns, laced with vinegar, and held down with slabs of h0me- made bread, makes . satisfac- tory mid-day meal when the women do not have time to cook Q warm dinner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Country people have long won- dered why some city manufac- turer did not publicize natural greens. Canned cowslips or dan- delions might prove 8 profitable item for a national advertiser; or "pusley" wrapped in clean celo- phane might offer variety at the table of the city-dwellers. If we could manage to feed children more wild greens in season, we'd hear a lot less joking about spin- ach. Spinach Is just e rnakeshift. It's raised for folks without the energy to go out and pick a mess of honest greens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Collective farmers in Russia are. building their own hydro-electric plants. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Russia reports that 60 air records were broken there in 1889.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

person by his shopping habits.
 One man in this village never
 fails to visit each and every new
 supermarket that is opened by
 the chainstore outfits within
 miles. He spends twice as much
 for gasoline as he saves on grub
 bought outside, grabs special
 bargains whether he needs them
 or not, and jokingly suggests
 that he Is putting something
 over on the local merchants.
 The hometown storekeeper has his problems and the biggest problem is not high taxes. A farm CT with nine children herded his flock into a local merchants era- porium and asked to look ct shoes. The storekeeper brought out the sizes indicated and each child was properly fitted. After the last youngster had wiggled It's toes around in the local shoes, the expectant merchant asked: twill they wear 'ern now, or shall I wrap them up?" The farmer coughed. Nope, take 'em off," he said, "all I wanted was the right sizes ;. I can't afford to buy shoes here; the catalogue houses are cheaper. The children took of the new shoes, the farmer made out an order and, walking over to the post office counter, across the aisle, sent 6 letter to Chicago.
 Things aren't always that way.
 Sometimes folks borrow the money from the local store.
 keeper to buy goods from the
 mall order outfits.
 It's natural that we should be mail-order enthusiasts here. abouts. Just across the hills, Charles Bridgewater Thompson once conducted the first success full mail order business in the United States. Charley started with an initial stake of only sev. enty-five cents, advertised freely, made c fortune. Thompson ran c perfumery shop on Main street, in Bridgewater, that was sInelled, on clear days, as far away as Nova Scotia. Local folks saw the bar. gains that Thompson gave and figured that ell mali order outfits must be good, too. They little realized that Charley Thompson was q Yankee, and therefore hon. est, and that many of these pres- ent day mall order kings got their training and inspiration in New York, Chicago, or some other fog- eign land where ethics Is just aS1- other word in Websters Dtction. ary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-10

Things aren't always that way. Sometimes folks borrow the money from the local store. keeper to buy goods from the mall order outfits.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
THE -WADSWORTH
DRAFT AMENDMENT

America is pretty thoroughly in favor
of the conscription bill now pending IN
congress. The general idea is that 1t
provides the quickest way to build up our
army To the strength we need, without
discriminating against any class of per-
son, regardless of wealth or social stand
ing.
We rather suspect that the administra-
ton in Washington. realizing the popu-
lar feeling in favor of the conscription
bill, tackled the Burke-Wadsworth amend
ment on in the belief it would ride through
on the public acceptance of conscription.
There is no more reason for the Burke
Wadsworth amendment being tied to the
conscription bill than there would be for
a news censorship provision in the same
bill.
In fact, the Burke-Wadsworth amend
ment has in its provisions the possibility
of news censorship as strict as anything
Germany, Italy or Russia have ever prac-
ticed.
The amendment gives the President
power to take over any industry he be-
lieves to be hampering the national de-
fense program. Not, mind you, any in
dustry which is hampering the program,
but any industry he BELIEVES is ham,
pering it. Of course, there is the prOvi-
sion that the industry must first have
refused to reach an agreement with
the government concerning defense con-
tracts.
Newspapers are vital to national de-
fense. We believe there can be no argu-
ment about that Newspapers, if they
were vile enough to do so, could cause
considerable trouble to the government
in its efforts to build up this country's
defenses. The public can rest assured
that they have not, and will not do any
thing of the sort. The point is, however,
that the President would be perfectly
right if he listed newspapers as being
vital to national defense
Suppose the President did so list news
papers. Suppose, further, that he in
structed government agents to enter into
negotiations with newspapers in an eff
fort to impose censorship upon news deal
ing with the national defense program.
The newspapers, of course, would refuse.
The people, after all, have right to
know what is going on.
The President could, because of that
REFUSAL take over this country's news
papers-if the Burke-Wadswort amend
ment became law He could dictate what
was to be printed. He could censor ALL
news unfavorable to himself or his ad-
ministration. He could keep the nation
in blacklist ignorance.
We do not intend to imply that he
WILL do so-we merely say that he
COULD. And it is against such possibili-
ties that Democracy must always be on
the alert, if Democracy is to survive.
The Burke Wadsworth amendment
should be defeated.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
SHALL WE STILL
FEED THEM?
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

(Oroville Mercury -Register)
One public issue this country is going
to have to face, and which will be decid-
ed largely by public opinion is whether
the United States shall help feed con-
quered Europe.
We have always held the French, the
Dutch, the Belgians, the Norwegians and
other peoples now under Nazl domina-
ton with high regard They have our
keenest sympathies. Next winter we are
going to hear narrowing accounts of their
hunger and need There is going to be
a strong demand that we help them.
On the other hand, we have refused to
recognize automatically the conquests
of Germany. We are firmly opposed to
Germany's war government. We know
that the need of the peoples referred to
will result largely from the fact that
their cOnQueror has robbed them and will
continually rob them of the necessities
of life. We will know that as we feed
them, if we do, Germany will be taking
from them through the back door not
what we give them, but the equivalent
in other necessities that they have raised
for themselves.
In other words, we shall know that as
we ostensibly are feeding these distressed
peoples we shall be aiding Germany to
win the war against Britain.
Our state department has complete
reports on the conditions in Europe. 1t
knows that the blitzkrieg has not despoil-
ed the land as did the World war. 1t
came and was over so suddenly that crops
were not ruined. Although each country
had many under arms, the mobilization
did not come until the crops had been
planted in most cases, and the fighting
was over before time for the harvest
Of course, in each case, the crops would
be short, but not disastrously So Each
country could exc out an existence if
left alone. Starvation, if it comes, will
be due to the fact that the conqueror is
robbing them to feed his army and to
keep his own people comfortable while
he is trying to starve Britain.
Under such circumstances shall we
help them and thus help Germany? 1t
is puzzling question, but one that should
not be decided on the basis of sympathy
alone, but with all the facts in mind.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
Uranium Crackers
Some Team Sports

Some Team sports
Here are five questions dealing
with the numbers of men partici-
pating in various sports. How many
of them can you answer?
l. How many men make up a
lacrosse team?
2. How many players make polo
team?
3. How many persons are there
in shell in intercollegiate crew
racing?
4 How many men form a soccer
team?
5. Most everyone knows there are
nine men on baseball team. Can
you tell how many there are to a
team in the English counterpart,
cricket?
ANSWERS
l. There are 10 men on a la
crosse team.
2. There are four players on a
polo team.
3. There are nine men i'm a
racing shell-eight oarsmen and q
coxswain.
4. There are II men on a soccer
team.
5. A cricket team is composed of
IL men.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
Bruce Cation in WASHINGTON
DisseCfs the News
By BRUCE CATION

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Nobody
ever prayed for anything much
harder than this administration
has been praying for a permanent
settlement to the threatened strike
of airplane workers in, Boeing's
Seattle factory.
This row got started nearly a
fortnight ago, after frantic work by
the Labor Department. the Defense
Commission, Boeing officials and
union leaders-and ther the settle
ment promptly came unstuck.
Weary days of negotiation have fol-
lowed and the end is not yet. Mean
while. the whole thing is fine eX
ample of the headaches which a
labor dispute can inject into. the
defense program.
Boeing'S Seattle plant employs
some 1000 men, It's minimum pay
scale-the hiring in rate at which
green hands are taken on-has been
62l2 cents per hour. fixed couple of
years ago when the force was
much smaller. and substantially
dDOFt lllt OU-CtlG illllllUlIIll SET DN
Labor Secretary Perkins under the
Walsh Healey act.
This summer the company sought
to set a lower minimum It's Off
oialS pointed out that the force at
this factory would presently be
greatly increased, and that many
unskilled men would be taken on;
so it was proposed to put the new
hiring in" rate at 55 cents. with
the proviso that no man working
under the old rate would have his
wage reduced.
This struck the union as being
tco much like wage cut for COM
fort, and the row was on A strike
was imminent. Harvey Brown. pres
ident the international AsSocia-
tion of Machinists, parent union.
flew TO Seattle and obtained a 10
day postponement ard then return
ed to Washington TO see what tie
government could do to bring about
a settlement.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
IT'S STILL GREEK

(Christian Science Monitor)
The word diplomacy derives from the
Greek but even the Greeks cannot ade-
quately translate the diplomatic man.
euvers now centering upon their country
BY all the signs-Italian threats, bomb
ing and tOrpedoing of Greek ships, and
propaganda from Rome about alleged
Greek ill-treatment of Italy's puppet,
Albania-the stage is being set for an
other totalitaran drive upon a neutral
nation.
Undoubtedly Italy would be glad to
include part or all of Greece in Signor
Mussolinis dream of a restored Roman
Empire. But that might constitute
major operation for the Axis. Would
Herr Hitler permit any such diversion
to weaken the drive on Britain? 1t seems
unlikely, and reports of appeals from
Athens to Berlin and of more moderate
tone in Rome may indicate that Italy has
been called off.
But II Duce has his necessities. The
occupation of British Somaliland will not
long satisfy the Fascist appetite for tri-
umphs. The Italian fleet. unable to
break the British blockade of Libya and
Italian East Africa, may hope to get
some help from land operations on the
Grecian Peninsula. Or the whole thing
may be an effort to distract the British.
Should the diplomatic assault turn into
a military one it might well be a sign
that the whole Axis drive was shifting
southwark
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
Willis Thornton's Editorial On:
Open the Way to AIasks!

The engineers have studied the
situation. They say it is practicable.
China's experience in supplying ma
teriel for two years of an exhaust
ing war by truck over long roads
despite the bombers shows that the
road has practical value.
But more than that. Most money
spent on preparedness has no value
in enriching civilian life. You build
shells and guns because you have
TO, but you do not pretend that
they are of any value except for
stark defense.
The Alaska road might well be
of the highest civilian value in
addition to its defense worth.
1t would open up the northern
reaches of British Columbia and
the Yukon territory and make them
accessible to the Canadian and
American west coast.
It would open Alaska to those
who might not be able to afford
steamer or airWay fares, but who
would make the trek via "tin-can"
cavalcade.
The road is one defense measure
which could not possibly be con-
strued as threat to anybody. II
unites a strong defense measure
with a forward-loOking civilian i'm
proVement.
Well. what are We waiting for
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
CHANGING TIMES

Like The final stages in the metamor-
phosis of butterfly, Imperial Valley
this week looks forward to the beginning
of its most active season.
Labor Day is over. School is ahead
for the youngsters. The Fall rush of
business is ahead for the adults.
Summer is ending.
This is one Of the times that makes
life in Imperial Valley an always inter-
esting, ever-changing adventure We
know that in few days now the nights
will take on a crisp chill, the days will
be at their best, the people will shake off
their summer personalities and emerge
into the active life of the community
with full visar.
And this winter, as never before, should
be one of progress, deveI IOpment and
prosperity for Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-03
Paul Harrison's S Notes
On ho|lywoods Foib|es and Fads

Hitler-haters in Prague was this
billing of a propaganda film: The
German Reich, Great World Power
For A Few Days Only"
Quickest way to make money is
to pick out some star who's hard
to cast and then think up story
especially fitted to his or her tai
ents. Virginia Van Upp and Pat
terson McNutt were thinking of
Hedy Lamar when they spent part
of day working out an idea about
a girl who can't do anything eX-
cept sit around and look beautiful
while events whirl about her. At
o'clock the writer's whisked out
to Metro with their plot, and next
day at 10 a. m. they had check
for $25,000.
There definitely will be a series
of Tugboat Annie pictures with
Marjorie Rambeau in the title role
created by Marie Dressler. The film
just finished looks fine :. AS q
weapon against the double bill,
Metro is experimenting with fea-
lures of two or three reels made
from magazine short stories .
Paramount is whipping up another
of those mystery productions-care-
fully guarded sets and strict sec
recy about the plot. I'm not sure,
though, whether the studio is pro-
tecting something valuable or
merely hiding its embarrassment.
The stQry-so help me!-is about
scientist who transfers the brain Nof
man to great ape.
THEY SHOWED
CLAUDETTE HER PLACE
Clark Gable says of Boom
Town: ITS got everything in it
except the kidnapping of Charley
Ross. =. Claudette Colbert has
been telling of some experiences
she had at the beginning of the
picture. When she reached the set,
she found she didn't have a dress
ing room and changed costumes
with the extras the first day She
also discovered she was slated for
fourth billing-after Gable, Tracy
and Lamar. "Such things were
very good for me- the star said.
"They showed me I wasn't nearly
as important as I had thought"
Paul MUM, dismissed by Warmers
because he was too important and
too demanding, has been hired by
20th-Fox to star in "Hudson's Bay
Company. 1t is assumed that he
will wear a silver fox beard
There's a player of fast-fading pro-
minence who has remained idle a
year rather than accept smaller
wage than he used to receive. Cast
ing directors call him the highest
unpaid actor in Hollywood"