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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
While Stalin Smiles

Europe at death grips now wnirls dig zily down to the very edge of the vortex of destruction. Can anybody win war of the kind that is now convulsing Bri- tain and Germany? What sort of prize awaits the victor? The prize will be Europe robbed of it's best youth in France, Poland, Italy, Germany, and Britain. It will be starving continent whose crops have been destroyed or fed into the maw of the unsuitable military machine. It will be acontinent whose best productive facil- itieS have been bombed out of existence, a continent condemned to lower standards of living from which it must again crawl painfully upward It will be a continent filled with raw wounds and hatreds fam ned and made eternally bitter by mem ories which will not vanish. It will be a continent in which revolution has been made inevitable.
 Hitler chooses to jest lightly before delivering his "all-out" stroke. Churchill grirnly prepares his people for worse to come. Petain wanders among the frag ments of shattered France, picking up piece here and there in mournful aban- don. Only Stalin smiles
 In the cauldron of Europe there is cooking a stew exactly to his taste. At minimumdexp of blood and gold, Stalin has already aggrandized his Red Reich" by thousands of square miles. He can afford to wait He knows that Hitler can scarcely rule the countries he has cOnnuered He has watched their gov- ernrnents and their social institutions smashed to dust by one who can scarcely expect to replace them.
 Paris is concerned by lts 2C0,000 m. employed - more than all France had in pfc-wRr times. They arc redtlesa, they are hopeloas, they ore meat for the Com-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
William B. Bankhead

In the death of the Speaker of the House, the Hon. William B. Bankhead,
 the Democratic Party suffers loss that,
 had it occurred early this year, would !. have, in all likelihood, disrupted party ranks. Even at this late date with Con- gress very close to adjournment, prior ' to the fall elections, the loss is severe one. It might also be said that the loss , is one in which we all share, for MT.
 Bankhead was a valuable public servant indispensable to both party and nation. The name Bankhead is traditional | and honored one in Congress. Certainly tke Speaker of the House contributed to this notable lineage. No more loyal party man could be- found in the legis-
 lative halls at Washington. No more .self-sacrificing legislator than he when
 his party or his party leaders called upon him. This was convincingly displayed
 at the recent national convention of the Democratic Party where Bankhead was sthe willing and sacrificing party SUD- porter.
 ] In his death the Democratic Party sui .fers President Roosevelt loses a fine friend; the country loses another dis tinguished statesman.
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munist agitators who industriously work among them to cash in on defeat, frus- tration, despair. To release the French war prisoners held in Germany, to de- only add to this mass misery France, once freed of German armies of occupa- ton, might easily fall into hideous inter- nal strife.
 Danish agriculture is ruined. Norway broods sullenly, Poland groans under op- pression. Italy, even as victor, may well be ruining itself. Who can smile at the witches cauldron in which Europe is now stewing? Only one man -Stalinl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

Some people never pray until they get sick, or find themselves begging down in trouble, or lose their Job, or lind themselves confronted with the possibility of not being able to get something they desperately want. Years have passed and they have rolled into bed every night without the least realization that 1t would be only halfway decent of them if they thanked God for some Of the days blessings and committed theni- selves to His further care.
 We cannot bring prayers to our lips when we confront crises unless we have accustomed ourselves to bee lieve that God is In the world. stand- ing ready ct all times tC iielp those who turn to Him. There is tech. fiique in prayer. as there iA 6 tech. nique in everything else worth do. ing. and 1t is Just as silly to believe that we can pray effectively in the face Of great crisis. regardless of the fact that VIC have had no practice, co it ls to believe that we cail plny brilliantly c musical instrument which we have not touched for years, (Ait Rights neserved-llabso NoWe- papcF oyn1lenie),
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
Now it's the Storm King By-Pass! O

Now it's the Storm King By-Pass! Only a few years ago it was the Storm King Highway When engineers spanned the Hudson river with the first vehicular bridge, south of Albany, at Bear Noun tain the next step was to carve spec tacular highway along the Precipitous sides of Storm King Mountain. That was stupendous task and when com pleted magnificent, if somewhat dan gerous, roadway had been set into the side of sheer rock cliff. It was nice to ride over this highway, at moderate speed, during all seasons of the year, but it was extremely hazardous when condi- tions resulted in rock slides sending tons of dirt and stones down on the two-lane roadway So now we find the Storm King By-Pass completed and ready to be opened to motor traffic between West Point and Cornwall late this month. This route goes over the mountain and not around it. The route is being opened just about the same time that New York state prepares to take over control Of the Bear Mountain bridge itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

No one knows as yet what damage Bri- tish bombs have done to famous land- marks in those countries where the Nazis are now concentrating their armed forces or even in Germany itself, but certainly British censorship is nothing loath to withhold the news of the destruction of many fine London cathedrals. A week or so ago it was St. Giles which bore the brunt of an aerial bombardment, today we learn that historic Church of Our Lady of Victories in Kensington has been destroyed This church was long the center of the Roman Catholic faith in England and still remains citadel. Only recently nine-year renovation program was completed, but in four hours flames had laid waste to the edifice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
What'sYour l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Back Page for the answers.
 1. The capital of Alabama is Birmingham. Montgomery, or Mo- bile?
 3. Does a patent on mechani- cal invention protect it for eleven, seventeen, or twenty years? !. 3. Is ammonia a chemisal ele-. ment, or a combination of the ele- ments nitrogen and hydrogen?
 4. Name the President of the Philippines. :,
 s. Can the word suicide be used as verb?
 6. Name the living former Presi- dents of the United States?
 T. Remember the Alamo" was the battle cry of which war?
 8. Who owned the colony ofN GeoTgiaf
 g. Did the 1940 census show an incrase or 8 decrease in the popu-. lation of New York City from the 1030 census?
 10. In the language of sports, what is the name rol a painful stiffness or punching or muscles In an arm or a leg?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS EXAGGERATED
(Meriden Journal)

Middletown's wide Main Street has been decorated with the modern hitching posts which nick motorists for parking, beginning at one penny for 20 minutes. That's nearest point to meterleSs Meriden, about nine miles, at which these devices are working. But last night New Bri- tain,s Police Board without as much as asking councilmanic sanction voted for trial installation on nu- merous central streets.
 New Haven has lem and Water bury and Hartford have moved to meter so it won't be long now when Meriden is an oasis in a meter dis trict; or will 1t? The pressure for meters is strong and no small req son is that they produce so much needed revenue, as demonstrated by the report of neat profits in Dan- bury.
 It becomes a question whether parking and trafiic routing are not being exaggerated among civic prob lems to the neglect of the important issues of needed industrial and busi- ness expansion and relief from tax ation that is encouraging families to build small places on the out- skirts where their municipal con- tributions do not equal their costs to the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
Selected Poem
FOR ENGLAND
(Autumn, 1s4o.)


 Pearl Stratchan in the Christian Science Monitoro Let hearts be warm, the winter comes and snow The world has sad face, the world is cold The leaves of summer fall, they have grown old. Let hearts be warm, and let us love, and know The constancy of what we have beiieved This is the time to prove that we were right To build as we were building when they stopped We look up. only to see violence dropped Out of the sky when we expected light Some go. Some stay, and so we feel bereaved. But is there any death for things that last? The thing that passes had no life to live. What we may save is worth more than We give. No thing once real ever could be cast Out of the soil in which it was received. Let us go on There is no going back, And nothing to go back to If we turned, For al false hopes are like the rubbish burned when streets are swept Before us lies one track. Let us 90 on. untroubed. undeceived
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
Views Of The Press

generation that the area that is now Torrington was once part of Windsor, its western Lands" 1t was called.
 Appropriately, the Torrington Celebration Committee has invited Windsor to be ofIicially represented at the bicentennial celebration on October 12. The latter will do the occasion justice, without doubt, by designating Daniel Howard, su- perintendent emeritus of Windsor schools and historian who speaks with refreshing piquancy and authority on many subjects. as its spokesman. Torrington folk are likely to hear some things about their history they did not know.
 The idea that the Torrginton site once was part of Windsors back yard is another reminder that this country has changed quite a bit in two centuries, to the delight and satisfaction of all concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
COUNTY JAILs AGAIN
(Christian Science Monitor)

When Arthur T. Lyman. .Massa- chuseetts Commissioner of Correc- ton, reported his investigation of Charles Street Jail early this year, following the scandals in the 9uf- folk County EherifEs ofilce. voters and taxpayers felt the ultimate in maladministration had arrived. Now comes Q report from MT. Lyman czl the New Bedford Jail and House of Correction where he says he found some aspects exceeding even the waste discovered in the Charles Street Jail"
 Much Of the gnominy that has fallen on such county jaiis is tFace- able tO the fact that the only quail- flcatlon for q eheriff CT County Commissioner is ability 10 cot votes: Sanford Bates. former Director Of Federal Prisons, has pointed out that no permanent improvement os the fsil system can be exDecled u1s til lt has been taken otit from lne operation of tie spells system. 1he nne Federal Prison system bae peen
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ever, closed the incident b. snapping, ''Never mind"

ever, closed the incident by snapping, "Never mind"
 But she didn't forget. And re- gently when Jones again ap- peared before the committee on the $500 900, ,000 bill for trade loans to South America, Con- gresswoman Sumner again began to shoot sizzlers at him. Again Jones put on his exasperating Sphinx act and again Miss Sum-. ner protested. This time, looking appealingly at the committee, Jones said:
 'sMr. Chairman, the lady has no grounds to protest against me. Actually, I am the one to complain. The lady hzs stolen my name, she monopolizes my time and in the end will prob- ably vote against me. ask you -is that justice?"
 WILLKIE IRONS OUT
 That large delegation of Nation al Committeeman and State Chair men who pow-wowed with Wendell Willkie in Nashville got the prom ise of patronage for which they came.
 The q. t. assurance came just as lot of the 'boys" were becom- ing uneasy over what they con- sidered marked coldness toward them in the inner Willkie com- mand. This reached a point where the politicos finally demanded a showdown. Hence the Nashville meeting.
 According to the private word being put out by the COP chiefs who attended, Willkie was very reassuring.
 "He told us," they reported, "T am an organization Republi- can. Don't be worried because have not been close to the or- ganization during the past few months. I wanted to get into our camp all the Democrats and Independents I could. I want to go home and emphasize that am a Republican, an organiza- tiOn Republican after election"
 The leaders add that Willkie gave them, definitely to under stand that it is his intention to have patronage handled by the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

party organization and not by the Willkie Clubs.
 'The first thing I want you to do when you reach your hOmes," he is quoted as saying, Ifs to call your county chairmen in and tell them what have told you. I'm depending on them and I want them to know it. as coming directly from me"
 NOTE = Chief among those who say they are satisfied is John Hamilton, hard-working former National Chairman who now, as executive director, is managing the key Chicago campaign head quarters. Before the Nashville meeting, Hamilton told several National Committeeman that either things will be straightened out or you may have a new ex- executive director" Hamilton Is back at his desk, buzzsng with new zip.
 NORWEGIAN ROYAL
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 Refugee Grown Princess Martha of Norway, on the strong advice of friends, has decided not to reside in Washington with her three lite children.
 When the Crown Princess came to this country at the invitation of the President and Mrs. RooSe- welt, she intended to lease house in the Capital, to be near the Norwegian Legation and her White House friends.
 But she was warned that she would be overwhelmed by social climbers and publicity seekers, so she has recently been house hunting around New York. Tenn p0rariIy, the family has been staying at Hyde Park, and Wi- ammo, Mass, on. Cape Cod.
 NOTE = Taken on visit to the New York Worlds Fair, the three youngsters got their biggest thrill riding on merry-go-round. They explained that 1t was the first one they had ever seen that went up and down as well as round and round.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
Questions
 and Answers
DH FRRDERlO nl. RERBY


 Gncloss . thres-csnt stamp Cor reply when addressing any aues- ti1n oe fact e ineormation Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- taken. Do sure an uiall ts ad. ,dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, lO13 Thirteenth Street.
 THE EDITOR
 e. Which church broadcast the first religious service, and when? Who was the preacher?
 A. The first broadcast of this nature was on January 2, 1921, when the services of Calvary Episcopal Church of Pittsburg were transmit ted over the air through station I-DKA. The preacher was the Rev. Dr. van Etten.
 Q. Who organized the Military Order of the Purple Heart?
 A. It was founded by George Washington at Newburg, N. Y. in .1782, as a reward for "singularly meritorious action" and was revived by President Hoover at the bicenten- nial of Washington's birth, February 22, 1882.
 Q. When did the bill providing a special bonus to officers and men who were held in the Philippines after the conclusion of the Spanish American War become law?
 A. On May 3, 194O, when the U. s. Senate concurred with the House of Representatives in overriding the Presidential veto of the legislation. e. Which physician of the pre- christian era was portrayed on a postage stamp?
 A. The Egyptian physician Im- hotep of about 2980 B. c. had his portrait on an Egyptian stamp of 1928.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

cOmbed his halr only once a year and dec a r e d when he did so 1t hurt that much he didn't see how people could stand to do it every day. What he needed, to take the anguish out of the process, was a little dili- gent application at regular and =fofad intervals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

Just mSTO0uCeo by senator B u r t Q n K. Wheeler.
 Wheeler has moved for a Senate investi- gation of pat nt or price fixing agree = ments between U. S. and Ger man industrial ists which fight hamper defense production.
 w neither he gets the investi- gatio,l is strictly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

improved by placing nearly all posi- tions under Civil Service.
 Possibly the disclosures of the past year will awaken Massachu- sets voters to the opportunity now before them to correct defects in the County Jails by exerting special care in their voting for SherifIs and County Commissioners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

There should be no resulting confusion from the passage of universal conscrip- tion law. Soon, no doubt, provisions of the new law will be familiar to all of us. Soon all of us will know what is to be our part in this greatest of peace-time arma- ment programs. Let's all be real Ameri- cans in this grave crisis we are ap- preaching.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
Daily Almanac

Moon rises e:Se ?. m. ldaylight time).
 Sun rises e:33 Q. if.; sets 7:O6 ?. m. tday- light time).
 Al vehicles must be lighted thirty nin- Iites after sunset.
 Tho fuii moon phase occurred between and 10 o'clock this morning, foretelllne more changoehle woather for the coming week. Last week was. definitely. with the early rains turning Into beautiful crisp. aunshlny layB We can look for much ol the same this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
ToRRINoToNs BICENTENNEAL
(Hartford Tlmesl

Civilization moved westward slow- ly in the early days. Four years ago Hartford was 800 years old. This fall, TorTington. about 90 miles west, will be only 200 years Of age. But age and size aside. it is c fiiie iittle city. tucked no neatly beside tlse Naugatlick River and wooded hills Of strength and beauty.
 fn due time We nhalf learn in aIis pie and graphic detail what hes lFnn6pIrod in the two centuries. lt probably ls news lo manS ol thil
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

e. What are the attitudes and areas of Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico?
 A. The altitude of the city is 7,434 feet and its area about thirty square miles; the average altitude of the valley is 7,500 feet, and its area about 2,200 square miles. It is surrounded by high mountains.
 e. When did the United States Supreme Court decide against the utility companies that brought suit to put an end to IVA?
 A. January 30, 1889.
 Q. Where are the largest sulphur mines in the world?
 A. In Texas and Louisiana. The larger companies reported 1889 pro- duction in long tons as follows: Grande Ecaile, La., 422,600; Texas Gulf Sulphur CO, Tex. 818,323; Freeport Sulphur O., Tex, 36S,S55.
 e. Was Wendell WilIkie's father born in Germany or in the United States?
 A. His father, Herman F. Willkie, was born in Aschersleben, Saxony Province, Prussia, July 2, 1857, aud came to the United States with his father in 1861. Herman Willkie died in 1930.
 If you want copy of the booklet, 'The Best Books" send to
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Washington Merry -Go-Round
DREW PEAR SON ROBERT 8. ALLEN

WASHINGTON development during the
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D
KEEP IN PRACTICE

KEEP IN PRACTICE
 The reason why some people do, not pray with any astounding results is because they don't pray often enough to keep themselves in prac- tice. They are like the man who
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, Don't wait on me if
 I am not there; say, wait for me"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

ministration. His resolutions fate depends on the Senate Audit and Control Committee, which is headed by one of the chief administration strategists, Senator James Byrnes of South Carolina. Obviously, If New Deal thumbs are turned down the resolution will be smothered in committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION (Waterbury Democrat washington
 COrrespOndent)

Washington, September 16. - If you want to know whether the New Deal really wants to fight for low prices in the rearmanaent drive, watch the fate of little resolution
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
A Thought for Today

And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us what sOever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us oniy' we pray thee, this day.-Judges 1O:1S.
 What is human sin but the amuse of human appetites, of human passions, of human fac ulties, in themselves all innocent?-R. D. Hitch- cock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16
ANTITRUST DIVISION ACTED ALONE

ANAEO hAOINE
 The situation which Wheeler wants looked into is one which the administration has never been willin- to look at with more than half an eye.
 Away last winter the anti.trust division of the Department of Justice notified the administration that various price and production controls had been set up in cer- tain vital defense industries by agreements between certain Ger man and American producers.
 Plain warning was served then that at least some of these agree ments would have the effect of putting both government and private citizen at the mercy of sundry big business interests in connection with defense buying.
 No one outside of the antitrust division took any action on this warning or betraying any especial interest in it. The antitrust peo- pie have gone ahead and have taken some of these cases into court, where a number of actions are now pending.
 A great deal more investigating remains to be done, however, than the antitrust division with its present staff and funds can pos- sibly handle. There is no chance that the divisions staff will be enlarged in the near future; on the contrary, growing opposition within the defense commission to the antitrust divisions work has recently restricted the divisions activities rather sharply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

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TWO TRENDS AT ODDS

AAA OA>DS
 Wheeler's idea is that a Senate committee, remaining in session and equipped with enough money to do a real job of investigating could start where the antitrust di- vision has been forced to leave off.
 It could study each of the cases originally cited by the antitrust division, in turn, and establish whether the agreements com- plained of do operate to raise the prices of essential defense mate rials. Probability is that the simple publicity which would result would be enough to remedy any unjusti- fled price increasing; for that mat ter, the mere fact the committed was on the job would tend to pre- vent gouging.
 All of which brings once more into collision the two opposing trends which have been in evil dence within the New Deal ever since the defense program got started.
 On the one hand there is the trend to fight for lower prices and more fluid markets, as exemplified by the various campaigns of As- sistant Attorney General Thur man Arnold. On the other, there is the tendency to lean toward price, fixing and stabilization of markets, la the MIRA. which is appearing more and more in various quarters close to the defense commission.
 The administration has not yet made up its mind which of these trends to follow in connection with defense spending.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-16

Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl