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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
IT'S THE BREAKS, SAYS WRIT
Err, THAT COUNT IN WIN
MING ELECTIONS
Waterbury, Conn.
Oct. Z. 1910.

waterbury, Conn.
Oct. Z, 1910.
Editor of The Democrat:
On more than one occasion i'll
the past presidential elections have
been won and lost because of some
incident which aroused public in
dignation. Remember the campaign
some years back which conferred
around the phrase Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion?
Thus it might be again in 1910
that the presidential election -
Roosevelt VS. Willkie+ might be de-
cided On much the same basis. The
present national election hinges on
the following NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Defense The third term issue vi
olation Of American, tradition on
the failures Of the brain trusters"
and on the sheer dishonesty of the
New Dealers in their Third Term
Draft" and Its exploitation through
the ruthless methods of vote con-
troll by federal funds. These are the
issues which viii confront the
American voters on the fifth day Of
November. But aside from these
highly important issues there might
occur q Break" which viii give
one or the other candidate the adj
vantage of winning public support
to his side.
Speaking of Breaks" it might be
well to recall just a few which have
occurred within the past week and
q half, all OF which are giving the
Democratic leaders In the national
headquarters many, many restless
moments.
Eggs-Rowdies assailed Willkie
during his tour of Michigan--made
famous by the Sit down strikes
the incident took place In the
American hot bed Of Communism
and radicaiism. Because OF the
nation wide Indignation which the
American people displayed the
White House was quick TO disap-
prove Of such low un-American
tactics.
But some Of the Boys" like this
writer for instance, would like 70
know who paid who 10 throw those
missiles. II viii DO recalled that the
Martin Dies Committee reported
that Michigan was q hotbed OF COM
Ilunism and other uIi-AmeFlcan ac-
tIVilles but the New Deal brushed
the committee report aside.
Case number tWo-Ellict Aoose-
welt Was appointed 10 4 eaplainey
n the United States Army-and ~
The purchasing department Of al
places. ne was appointed the day
after he wa thirty, II stands Tor Al
time As q fragrant violation, Of
American principals. AZ 4 fragrant
example OK llle Roosevelt family ~.
pDlI&ia. With absolutely 10 nnaIlfl-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

Newspapers devoted quite little space
to Pope Plus address to $4,000 Italian
girls the other day, most of his words
.condemning immodest dress. He spoke
hopefully also of Christian reconstruc-
ton following the present war. He cited
among projects of reconstruction: ITO re-
build society on Christian bases. To re-
place the Bible and it's moral in esteem
and honor. To revise the family, restor-
ing to matrimony the halo of it's sacra-
mental dignity, to spouses sense of their
obligations and consciousness of their
responsibility. To reaffirm in all great So
ciety, a genuine notion of authority, dis
cipline, respect for social orders and the
reciprocal rights and duties of the human
person" The Holy Pontiff's utterances
were important ones and worthy of the
attention of ALL not the least those that
dealt with dress and department, he said:
Style and modesty should go hand in
hand, but there is no longer modeSty in
style. You should ask your conscience
before putting on frock, how Jesus
Christ would judge it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

Attendance at the Worlds Fair in New
York increased appreciably with the cut
rate tickets over the week end. The fair
has been doing a pretty good business
during the past few perfect week ends
Sunday, however, through the coopera-
ton of over three hundred newspapers,
the crowd was immense. Parking space
was sold out and lawns were used to park
cars. Sunday was known as Newspaper
Day at the fair, and the second largest
attendance since 1910 was appreciated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

velt's, irked Knudsen consider
ably, since 1t threw a monkey
wrench into production schedules
on which he had worked hard and
of which he was very proud.
Aware of this private irrita-
tion, certain of Knudsen's for
mer business pals have been
quietly needing him to bolt the
Defense Commission with a
ringing demand for the election
of Willkie.
This political pressure has not
been entirely from the outside.
Some heavy ticks have been put
in by certain dollar -a-year busi-
ness tycoons inside the Defense
Commission, several of them on
Knudser's own staff.
With the tax bill and last APP
preparation measures finally
cleared by Congress, Knudsen is
immersed in getting his produc-
ton schedules into high gear and
has given no indication of being
influenced by politics. But the
GOPers are putting on the heat
from every direction and as hard
as they can.
NAZI PROPAGANDA
Information throwing light on
Germany's Justification of radio
reports has been received by the
State Department from Colonel E.
]. Ragsdale of Philadelphia, who
declares that his daughter was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
In Today's Mail

cations and in the light OF his I'M
happy record in trying to sell Amer
lean planes to Russia four years
ago and create monopoly he is Civ
en- high rank in the Army.
Case number three-Gov. Leh-
man stated the other day that the
Axis powers would look tavorably
upon the election of Wendell Will
kis. He inferred that a vote fol
Willkie was a vote fol Hitler. This
statement by the governor OF New
York has aroused public indigna-
ton to no end and the governors
assertion has been labeled as q
cheap appeal to the hatreds of racial
groups and deliberate attempt to
capitalize on the war abroad. Henry
Wallace also made the same insin-
uation and was booed for his trou-
BILE by Democrats.
Case number 1our-Janes A. Far
ley was the principal speaker at the
New York state Democratic conven-
ton and he talked for more than a
full hour and omitted any mention
of President Roosevelt or the New
Deal. Farley is still the titular head
of the Democratic party in New
York-a state whose electoral vote
is essential.
Farley's attitude has the big wigs
in the Democratic organization from
the president down, plainly worried.
And Farley intends to let them Wor-
ry, make no mistake about that.
Case number five-The New Deal
through Charles Nicholson, publicity
director, has attempted Smear tao
tics which have thus far reacted
against them. The New Deal has at
tempted to belittle Wilikie and label
him as a tool for the power trusts
in order to cover the real issues Of
the campaign under smoke screen.
While Mr.. Roosevelt still hides be-
hind the "War" smoke screen as his
Justification for the Draft" he for
bids the administration spokesman
to discuss any Of the real issues
such as spending billions during
the last seven years TO find employ
melt for ten million unemployed
and failing mlserably. Mr.. Roosevelt
Is relying mostly on race and class
votes and the power OF the relief
bounties and corrupt city machines
10 give him his third term without
coming down from his high pedes-
tai and facing his opponent on the
real Issues o. American life.
Case number slx-Dnss Hague Of
New Jersey 10 In trouble. One Of his
trusted lieutenants has confessed
that the poll books Of 1898 and 1887
have been burned. This confession
needless 10 eay smells 70 tho high
heaven. Those we're the records up
on which The government was haes
Ing ~ invoffigaEion lnt9 corrupt
voting IN the Hague stronghold, an
lnFe1iiant|on, incidentally, which
has been fllIIfd from time 10 time.
By sons hidden power.
MAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
Selected Poem
SONNET FOR OCTOBER

lsister Mary Philip, o. p, in the New York Sum-
soh, tree, your autumn splendor thrills me-say,
How did you win your dress Of gorgeous hue?
The harmony Of autumn sings In you.
Oh tell me where those rich reds come from, pray.
The tree bent down her branches, whispered Lay
Your cheek against my leaves and In a few
Short moments they viii tell you secrets new"
did. My heart has sung the livelong day;
For this Is what they said 1T was the shade
We gave upon hot June day--the rest
We offered TO q third sQuirrel-the nest
We let the robins build. These hath God paid. )"
II God thus avistly rewards a tree.
What riches lie In wait, my soul. for theel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
WRITER SEES NO SENSE IN
OUR MEDDLING WITH
JAPAN
Waterbury, Conn.
October s. 1850,

1 OCsOUGS d, 4SzV.
Editor Of The Democrat:
! Today, there is & vital question
which co1lfrorts every American
man and woman In the United
States. This question is about our
| attitude towards Japan.
Another sharp statement register
ing Secretary OF State Hull's disap-
proval OF Japan makes U. S.-Jap-
anese relations a little worse than
before. This time Mr.. Hull, who Of
course is the Roosevelt administra-
TONS official mouthpiece in affairs
like this, objects to Japan,s grab at
French Indo-C China.
What moral objection there can be
| to the grab escapes us. France grab
bed Indo-C China in 1868, after 80
years of off-and-on warfare between
the natives and French missionaries
backed by French soldiers. France
Is now three-fifths occupied by the
Germans. and the government Of
the other two-fifths of France has
facilitated the Japanese Indo- China
grab.
Yet Mr.. Hull complains that the
Far East status quo is being upset
under duress". What business
Is that Of ours? What duty have we
to preserve the status quo in the
Far East?
Aside from the moral angle there
is practical angle to all this. and a
potentially dangerous one.
| Though we hope 1t will not come
to pass, It is possible that Hitler
may conquer Great Britain and or
ganize Europe into one big German
farm factory and arsenal, as he
hopes to do. That would give him
among other things, q shipbuilding
capacity between four or five times
as big as our present ship building.
We are already frankly helping
Great Britain by every means short
Of war. Our, administration Is COM
mitted TO that policy and Wendell
L. Willkie says he viii carry 1t on II
elected.
At the same time, we continually
seold Japan. Anything Japan wants
10 do, our government Is against.
II Hitler wins, wouldn't It be matt
uFal for him, IN due time, TO try 10
set his revenge on as from the At
lantic side, and 70 tell his seIli-alIy,
Japan. 10 close u on us from the
Facliicf
II such q war on two fronts, We
might very easily come out second
best. yishting = yer On tWo fronts
Il regarded ~ military mon "A e.
lfelMgIy DANGEROUS something q slar
ton should avoid 81 nlnloat any cost.
E'filI|nf war 90 fNo fronts HaA
one 81 tie BIC |illNINh11 tlaf ff1t
&Al1tf 'nb Word WAR; sAld n |Alss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
Soldiers Are Citizens, Too

When the United States was still just a
pup, lot of citizens thought it would be
a good idea to rmove the vote from sol
diers and sailors. Americans were afraid
that if the army and navy voted, the boys
in the service might be able to take the
government away from the civilians. So
the service men were disfranchised.
Those fears no longer hold good. In
most cases, state laws will permit absen-
tee voting by draftees and National
Guardsmen. And the first draftees will
still be home this coming election day.
The boys in the Army are, after all, citi-
zens of the United States-very good cit
izens or they wouldn't be there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

But In addition, Knudsen is I'M
der heavy pressure from former
business associates to declare pub
licly for Wendell Willkie.
Behind the scenes, they are
pulling hard for the Republican
candidate. Alfred p. Sloan, Knud-
sens former boss and close friend,
has called for the election Of
Willkie as necessary for sound
economic progress.
A similar pronouncement by
Knudsen, who is No. man Of the
Defense Commission, would be a
smash coup for illkie-particu-
larly If it were coupled with the
inference that Knudsen has en-
countered difficulties with the
Administration in doing his de-
Tense job.
Actually relations between
Knudsen and Roosevelt are very
cordial. Knudsen is his own
boss and recently the President
has been consulting him not
only ON defense matters but on
general national policies involv-.
ing foreign affairs.
However, while on intimate
terms with the White House,
Knudsen has had some brushes
elsewhere. He and Treasury Of
ficials crossed swords over certain
phases of the new excess profits
tax bill. Also the protracted con-
gressional delay over plant amor
tization, while no fault of Roose-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

take which Hitter has carefr.s
avoided up to nov.
Yet with al due respect for 1t.
sincerity and moral ideais) cur gov
eminent Is laying its lines for jus
such a war on two fronts. Oh, foi
the good old days, when the Unitet
States was able to mind its owy
business and stay home, and let thu
foreigners go in for all this welt
politik!"
The common sense policy wcuie
seem to be to try to get along witt
Japan. We got along with the Brit.
isli to the east Of us through all th'
decades following the Civil War
when Britain was the most powerful
and expanding Japan to the west 0
us-inake the Pacific q highway
international trade and friendship
as the Atlantic Is between wars9
"a READER"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

keep an economic system running
smoothly in one country when the rest
of the world has forgotten all the rules.
AS long as American business can con-
tinue to do the things that must be done
without losing its head and basking in
bloody profits, this country has less to
fear from a postwar depression. The
job is to build - build as fast as possible
but on solid rock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

falsely irnpersonated in a Berlin
broadcast.
The Nazis pretended to have
the young woman, Miss Natalia
Ragsdale, in their broadcasting
studio. They presented her to
American listeners to testify to
the ruthlessness of British bomb
ing. She spoke, describing the
bombing of hospital in Berlin.
Then the German speaker, Lord
Haw Haw," said, american listen
ers must now believe, from the
lips Of an American young wo-
man, what atrocities the British
are committing"
The only trouble was that the
Germans were too clever. In
stead of inventing a name. they
had actually picked a known
American woman and pretended
that she was speaking at the mic
rophone.
The broadcast was heard by an
associate of Colonel Ragsdale in
Philadelphia, who phcned him and
asked, us your daughter in Ber-
linz" "Of course not" replied
Ragsdale, "she is right here in
the room with me-"
AIR CORD SPEECH
When Wendell Willkie makes up
his mind to make a speech, he
makes it.
CONTINUED ON Next Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

$40 ~ RetA -
and writes 1t, as
jeremiah said.
upon the tables
of our hearts.
Religion be-
came a mere
shell in France,
and that is tn;
greatest reasrn
why France fell.
A m e r i c a IS
strength is in
the hearts Of
her people. If
.r,a ollNSsy nssy. ro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

Congratulations to Torrington this
week on the two hundredth anniversary
of its founding. Torrington up the
valley, short time ago, was incorpor-
ated as a city. 1t has always been a
thriving, busy place, progressive, and
leading in industry for place of its size.
This week is a gala occasion up there
with bicentennial exercises going strong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

A. Linda, is years, S feet inches,
100 pounds; Irene, 30 years, 5 feet 4
inches, ITO pounds; Carole, 81 years,
5 feet s inches, 118 pounds: Dorothy,
Is years, 5 feet inches, lit pounds.
Q. How thick is the coating on tin
cans?
A. They are made from steel
sheets coated with q film Of tin APP
proximately 000008 of an inch thick.
@. How many infantry divisions
are in the National Guard at the
present time and how many served
In the World War?
A. There are eighteen divisions
now and seventeen in the World
War.
@. How may lacquer be scented
at home?
A. BY mixing with it little or
binary perfume of the desired
scent.
o.
@. How much mail was lost when
the Belgian steamship "Ville De
Namur" was sunk on June 10, 1910?
A. The ship sailed from New York
June for Bordeaux, France, with
All sacks of mail on board of which
So were from the United States and
1876 were from foreign countries. The
loss Of q. s. mail included 591
pieces of registered mail, So sacks
of ordinary letters, 2l2 insured par
GELS and 80 ordinary parcels.
II you want . copy Of the book
let, aThe Story Of the Railroads"
send to The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. G. Encloss
f0llr cents In hostage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

do to the de-
Tense produce
tion program,
and certain ed-.
lninistratiol1 IL.
Alison men have
b e en- Quietly
| o b b v / n &,
against it.
Stoutly favor
ing the investi-
cation Is the
anti : trust tiivi-
sion Of the De-
partInent Of JUS
tice where, In
fact, the whole
i<lAo uSae ~ea1f~,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

eunbury, pa. - CUP = A Beach
Greek man "eet religion" and
now Attorney Truman J. puFdy
has q pair OF ahenrD' The convert
returned the shears and admitted
that purdy had left them On =
property which had been rented
e him ny We lawyer 20 yeaFs aen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
Daily Almanac

Moon sets iis3B D. m.
sun rises b;s6 q. M: sets ss22 p, m.
Al vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset. tn
The moon entered as first quarter phase
today ~ 1910 a. m. This u 3 very good aign
Of falf weather. one OF the best, and cceis
cider with general forecasts for The early
part Of ociobeF,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

born. Nearly q year ago Thurman
Arnold notified the War Depart
ment that he had. good reason to
suspect that German interests had
made agreements with u. s. pro-
ducers which had the effect of
throttling the U. s. capacity to
produce certain essential war ma
terials. Later, the famous Bauscll-
Lomb case showed how q maker
of secret U. s. defense equipment
was under obligation to reveal
such secrets to a German concern.
A,e
DUMMY CORPORATIONS
DISGUISE OWNERSHIP
Points which especially worry
those who have been close to the
situation are these:
The suspicion that whole or part
ownership of certain American
corporations is actually supplying
Germany with the money that
pays for espionage work in this
country. Ownership is carefully
disguised, usually via banks or dunn
my corporations in Switzerland.
The fear that various patent and
trade control agreements between
U. s. and German producers give
Germany accurate, day-to-day in
formation about the kind and ex-
tent of war material the govern
ment is buying.
The belief that under produc-
ton and too-high prices in GER
tain important defense industries
are due to similar agreements.
U. M. w. CASH GETS
LEWIS u. A. w. SUPPORT
John L. Lewis scored a point in
his quiet contest with Sidney Hill
man for C. I. O., control when
plans for the big Ford organizing
drive were shaped.
The United Auto Workers are
being financed with $150OO0 OF
loans from Lewis,s United Mine
Workers. The auto workers of
late had leaned strongly to the
Hillman wing for direction, but
the low condition of the @. I. o.
treasury forced them to 60 to
Lewis for the sinews Of war.
Recent reports here say the
Japanese have a new fiotilla of
extra long range submarines,
able to cruise away from home
bases for a month or more and
mounting six-inch guns. Idea is
supposed to be that in case of
trouble with Uncle Sam, these
boats would lurk in the offing to
make surprise suicide dasheS into
U. s. west coast harbors.,
ANGLO AMERICAN
UNION?
Before you're much older. you're
going to be hearing a lot about the
alleged desirability of union between
the United States and Britain. An
organization is now being formed
here and elsewhere in the east-to
get together funds for heavy CAM
paign advertising the proposition.
The present administration knows
about it, hasn't committed itself, but
is interested" Proposal apparently
will be much like the set-up pro-
posed to France by Winston
Churchill just before the debacle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat washington
C0rresnonHenf

washington, oct. 8 - If Senator
Wheeler gets the senate to Olkay his
bill for an investigation Of German
control Of U. s. defense industries,
look out for fireworks.
The defense commission Is i'm
clined to oppose the probe, fear-
ing what the excitement might
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

1. Name the two Australian man.
mails which lay eggs and suckle
their young.
2. Did George Washington have
o middle name?
3. Iowa, Nebraska, or Indiana is
called the "Hoosier State?
4. Name the two chief orange
growing States OF the United States.
S. Are zeEras light-colored with
dark stripes, OF dark-colored will,
light stripes?
s. For what Is Dlderot famcus2
4. Which city of more than 1907
600 population in the u. s. lies a.
the highest altitude above sea Level!
8. was Jesse Jones, Chairman CT
tie Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration, born in Texas, Tennessee Oh
kentucky?
9. Who wrote s'Timon Of Athense
10. What river in palestine is fs
nous for baptisms?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, II should prefer to
60 there than anywhere
eIse"; say, II should prefer
going there to going any
where else"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. D.
RELIGION A LIVING
EXPERIENCES

Systems of all varieties grow old
and inefficient when they become
external and formal, Truth be-
comes new when God puts it into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
Washington Merry Co Round

DREW PEARsON
ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON Commissioners
production
SenalSa Inc blame actoreS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

O.. Give the ages. heights and
weights Of Linda Darnell, Carole
Lands, Dorothy Lamour and Irene
Hervey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
What's Your |. O.!

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

g. How many brothers and sisters
did Jesse James have?
A. He had q sister, Susan, and
brother, Alexander Franklin, known
as Frank. He also had two half
sisters, Sallie and Susan Sanuels
and two half brothers, John and
Archie Sannueis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08

@. What is the total acreage Of
the forests and woodlands in Alas
ka?
A. 1t is estimated to be about
0,0CO,O 900, of which approximately
q, 100000 have been set apart In
two National Forests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-08
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-05
News From Jacksonville

Allen spent the week end at the
Latin cottage at Mo.
Mrs. Frances Yeckley. who
teaches n Detroit returned to her
scchool work Tuesday.
Mrs. Guy wynn has received
word that hee mother. Mrs. Lulu
Hayes. fell down several steps at
the homo OF her daughter. Mrs.
Carl Wolverton. Huron River Dr..
and cracked q bone In her leg.
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hsrwood
and family. Bog Rd.. spent the week
end with her brother and sister.in-
law. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Collins.
Grand Rapids
Mr. and Mrs Leroy Mccartney
spent Thursday with MT and Mrs.
Orley Mccartney. Hicksyille. o.
Dominic Bauseno and friend.
Robert Southwark, Belleville. have
returned from a trip OF several days
to the New York Worlds Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben r. owen spent
the holiday week end az cottage
AT Houghten Lake where they went
fishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Pyle, Pom
tisc. were week end guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Forrest Boyd and family.
Miss Lorraine Rice. Ypsilanti.
and Aubrey Mccartney spent Sun.
day at Frankenmuth and also visit
ed Mr. and Mrs Grant Lieber-
mann. Saginaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Corklns.
Miss Lois and Cyril Corkins and
Miss Shirley Heuer attended the
Bennett-Sherman reunion at Pros
pect Park Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunt spent
Tuesday In Detroit.
Mrs Wilmer Corkins with Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Downer and
daushters. Misses Mary and Doro-
thy. Ann Arbor. spent three days
last week with Mr. and Mrs. ]. n