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banquet. And Norris and Smith closed the meeting from the L. U. N. song, one verse of which is:
 "Out from among the memories
 Of school days past and gone,
 We cherish the remembrance
 Of lasting friendships formed" MAIL BAG
 R. C., San FranciscO-U. s. ex- ports to Germany have almost completely dried up. For the first six months of this year, the figure was only $153, 600, compared with $50, 900 during the same period Of 1889. In June of this year there were no exports to Germany what ever. Moreover, U. s. officials be- ieve that Germany is not getting U. s. goods through Russia, but that Russia is buying for her. self only P. B., West Point, Neb.-The total appropriation thus far for both Army and Navy for fiscal l941 is $6,422, ,103, ,534 .. V. c. L., Dover, N. J-Others as well as yourself have encountered difficulties getting into government arsenals. Officials of the Pica- tinny Arsenal in New Jersey, where ammunition is made for the Army and Navy, denied Civil Service Commissioner Arthur s. Flemming permission to take pie lures. Flemming had made the trip from New York with a pro- fessional photographer to prepare an article on national defense. His high rank made no impress sion on arsenal officials.
 Copyright. 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Greenwich has decided to abandon its fight over the 1940 census returns. The citys official population figures, conse- ouently, will remain at 35,285. Officials down there thought the figure was low and started to do some rechecklng, but after they had investigated a few com plaints of people being skipped they were convinced that the census man hadn't done such bad job. The figure will stand as computed.
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Selected Poem
THE BUTTERFLY

THE BUTTERFLY Grace K. Sticht in the Christian Science MoM0or caterpillar stretched himself One sleepy afternoon, Then lazily he spun thread And wove brown cocoon. All safe inside this little house In cozy sleep he lay, While Mother Nature did her work Until one sunny day. First one skin then second, Then three, then four, then five He shed them au-and we could see chrysalis inside! funny green and yellow lump Just hanging by a thread Not very much to look at then, But soon we saw instead slender, fragile. lovely thing That hew up toward the sky With wings Of rarest beauty perfect butterhyl
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CLERGY AND coNscRIPTIoN
tRridgsport Times starl

The proposed amendment to the conscription bill which seems to us most sensible Is ono which would exempt from military service the young men studing for the fninis- try and the priesthood.
 These are men who have already dedicated themselves to the work of God, just Ag devotedly aS have their elders who already are in that high service. tn ell that counts, ln Ail in fact except the completion of their work Of preparation, they gre enlisted ia tho work of religion.
 They should De allowed to colis llnue 10 prepare lhom6elves for the duty they would face, the moral and the spiritual duty, in the event of on outbreak Of actual yer. They should, We think, not be included
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land asked the British government point-blank what sort of help from America was most vitally needed. Back came. the answer: "Destroyers - as many of them as possible"
 This attitude was made known to the U. s. administration, and the campaign was on.
 LETTER CAMPAIGN
 STIMULATED MOVE
 Most of the publicizing of the affair was carried on by the Wil- liam Allen White committee. After the project had been before the pub lica awhile, the committee brought forth high-powered legal brief as- serting that under existing law the President had the power to trade the destroyers without prior consent of Congress. This brief, signed by four prominent lawyers-Charles c. Birmingham, Thomas D. Thacher, George Rublee and Dean Acheson- was published on the editorial page of the New York Times.
 A little later, the White House suggested the cause might be helped if senators and congress men began to get letters urging the transfer. The committee saw to 1t that some thousands of these were sent.
 After that, it engaged a survey organization to study the protests against the projected sale. This group analysed the mail of vari- ous congressman and reported that the bulk of the no-sale letters were more or less directly Com munist-inspired.
 Meanwhile, the White House carefully sounded out sentiment on Capitol Hill. Oddly enough, it learned that quite a number of Republicans would be just as well pleased to have the President go ahead and make the deal without asking Congress about 1t - the theory being that Congress prob- ably would approve anyhow and that if there was any way of spar ing members the necessity of vot- ing on it, in an election year, 50 much the better.
 DESTROYERS,
 NOT PLANES
 Unofficial word here from Britain is that transfer of the destroyers will greatly diminish the threat of 8 German invasion of the British Isles. Fifty destroyers, as naval ex- perts see it, added to British light craft already available, should make any effort to land troops extremely hazardous; it is pointed out, too, that for Shore-defense use in the narrow channel waters these boats will actually be as effective as so many battleships.
 Britain'S destroyer-building pro- gram got under way late, and only a few are being launched this year. Forty-one are due to be finished in 1941. Understanding here is that the British have plenty of anti-aircraft guns for the American vessels: as presently equipped, each of these destroyers carries only one; three inch affair.
 Most interesting thing about the whole deal in many ways, is the fact that it was destroyers, and not airplanes, which the British asked for. Obvious deduction is that they feel the air threat, onerous though it is, no longer represents an immediate danger to the life of the empire.
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets iiio3 ?. m. tdaylIght time).
 Sun rises SPA .. m,, sets T;ie D, m, (day' light tme).
 Al vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset,
 IEs quite questionable whether the state viii set through September without another disturbance that frlnged us Co over the Labor Day weeks0nd, tts unusual 70 set two such storms, bat f no more is forthcoming the famed "llns" storm wifi become the myth it realty h.
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Current Comment

The constitutional provisions for ( free press are not applicable 70 plain filth and smut,
 Mayor Ia ouaFdia Of New
 York,
 
 if England lohaS, it would seem to me thAt we will have lO sacrifice our existing standard og living 0ll the altar 0f military preparedness, s-jAmAs ", Heck, pFeAldont oeemelFle Feel Company,
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can yOu answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Name the three main divisions of the human race that are recog- nized today.
 3. Do Japanese quince trees have edible fruit?
 3. Which country is KhartouIn the capital?
 4. What is the name of the iI1- strument used to measure humidi- ty?
 5. What is a dace?
 6. Is Henry A. Wallace, Demo- cratic Vice Presidential candidate. a native of Iowa, Idaho or Kansas? 2. Does the Post Office charge for COD. service?
 8. Who composed the music of 'The Rosary?
 g. Which is the Pine Tree State? 10. Name the important Jewish feast that occurs in the Spring of the year.
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in the training for the clash of arms but should be held aside to comfort and assuage, as only they can.
 It should not be necessary, as proposed, that they prove them selves conscientious objectors in order to be excused. The fact of their self dedication to spiritual training should be reason enough.
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c. Is Gall Page one of the Lane Sisters?
 A. No.
 e. Can cement be removed from an auto body without harming the finish?
 A. Possibly dilute solution of hydrochloric acid consisting of one part of commercial muriatic acid to three parts of water will remove it. This acid will not harm any of the finish except chromium plating. Great care should be taken to pro- tect crevices. joints in the hood, etc.. where the acid can come in contact with unprotected metal. Some time must be allowed for the acid to act upon set cement. @. How many practicing dentists are in the United States? A. About 55,000.
 o. What relation was President Benjamin Harrison to President William Henry Harrison. A. He was a grandson, the third son of John Scott Harrison, son of William Henry Harrison. e. Why is there no life in. the Dead Sea? Is the water too salty?
 A. Absence of aquatic life is due more to the presence of large quantities of bromide of magnesium than to the great Saltiness of the sea.
 e. What flag is used by the Canadian navy? A. In addition to the British Union Jack, the navy uses blue Ensign with the arms of Canada in the fly.
 @. When were heatless Mondays introduced in the United States? A. To conserve fuel they were enforced during the winter Of | 1917-1918.
 e. Does syphilis cause blindness? A. Studies made by the United States Public Health Service in- dicate that 1t is the cause of 15 per cent of all the blindness in the United States. If you want . copy of the booklet, Presidents and Their
 Wives, send to the Waterbury
 Democrats Washington Bureau,
 1913 Thirteenth Street, Wash
 ington, D. c. Enclose four 1 cents in nnsfaRe
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approval of these treaties by sign ing tn e m with their initial Is. This procedure means a partial but not irrevoc- able acceptance of the provisions of the treaty.
 M a ny people treat their reli-
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patient W o r k by various pri- vate American citizens W h o have felt all along that Eng land is to 8 great e x t e n t fighting Ameri- ca's fight.
 First impetus came a couple of months ago, when some of these individu- &ls who had ac- cess to official
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Views of The Press

pie who were induced to put their money into a project that was prac- tically guaranteed as safe. Motor. ists are gathers too, since tolls will be cut to a flat half dollar per car Sept. 26.
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Questions .andAnswers
RY rREDERTO Al. KIRBY

Encloss three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any Ques. ton of fact or information tO the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research Do un. taken. Bo sure an mall b ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, lO13 Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. O.
 THE EDITOR.
 @. Have the Federal Reserve Banks ever paid dividends to the United States Government?
 A. No; but over 8 period of twenty years they have paid the Government about $150, 0,0OO, 600 in franchise taxes. The tax was dis continued when Congress directed the Federal Reserve Banks to con- tribute $l39,OOO,00O to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
 o. Which American cities have been the capitals of the United States?
 A. Including meeting places of the Continental Congress they are: Philadelphia, Baltimore, Lancaster and York, Pa. Princeton, N. J. An napolis, Trenton, New York, and Washington.
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National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrresuOndent

Washington, Sept. 2 = Behind the swap of those 50 destroyers for naval and air base leases on British islands there is a story of long,
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Washington Merry Go-Round ss'S 's

September e inside of how the swap of 90 Roosevelt partially turned the idea down.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, 'T don't know If I
 can conne"; say, whether I can come"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-07
A Thought for Today

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LOFd thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which command thee this day. Deuteronomy 27:10.
 To obey God in some things, and not in others shows an unsound heart.-T. Watson.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
WITH INITIALS ONLY
By EARL [. DOUGLASS. D. D.

It has long been the custom of diplomats while awaiting instruction from their governments about pend- ing treaties to signify their tentative
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-07

If you want . copy of the booklet, Presidents and Their Wives, send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Wash ington, D. C. Enclose four cents in postage.
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c. Is Gall Page one of the Lane Sisters?
 A. No.
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e. Does syphilis cause blindness?
 A. Studies made by the United States Public Health Service in- dicate that 1t is the cause of 15 per cent of all the blindness in the United States.
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Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1940-10-07
L. ). j. Starts Course
In Pan-American
Understanding
Gov. Jones Suggested
Plan Which Hos
Attracted so Students

By the Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La, Oct. T.
Louisiana State University has just
started a new division OF Pam
American relations designed to
strengthen American understanding
and friendship through courses in
the history, economy, culture and
languages Of the American repub-
lies.
The new division, believed the
first In the United States of its
kind. sprang from the suggestion
from Gov. Sam Jones that Louisi-
ana, as gateway to Latin Ameri-
cana, should make a studied effort
to familiarize its students with the
republics there.
More than so students signed up
for the courses when the university
opened this fall One of them was
Mrs. Sam Jones.
The new division has the blessing
OF the State Department, which
Evening star., 1940-10-07

pleted June 80, 1e4l. The contrac-
tors on four major projects on ST.
Thomas and at San Juan are the
Consolidate Engineering Co., with
home offices in Baltimore, which
built the new House Office Build
ing in Washington at a cost of
S6,000,000 and the new Library of
Congress Annex at cost of $9.00O,-
0O0-and which has pooled its re-
sources with the Arundel Construc-
ton Co.
Contract Let in 1899.
The contract was let on october
80, 1899. The Pan-American Co.
then had a short runway on the
edge of Isla Grande, along which
was the San Simeon Channel, with
18 feet of water and much sWampy
land. In 1885 the Army engineers,
in cooperation with the insular
government. started dredging
project, built earth dykes about 20
feet above sea level and pumped
in soil from the harbor, mostly mud
and silt, in the hopes it would dry
up and make an airport. The pres
ent contractors have pumped in
100000 cubic yards of solid ma
terial from limestone, clay and shell
scraped from three coral reefs.
They also tore down a mountain,
hauling material to blanket the area.
In the progress of the pumping
operation an old Spanish chest with
pieces of eight-valued at $50 to
$40 each-Was recovered. Now,
where two of the largest airplane
hangers in the world are being
erected, there was formerly Is to
l8 feet of water. Much of the field
was hydraulically pumped for 2
miles and Comdr. Johnson had TO-
900 feet of pumping lines in service
to the 200-acre plot. During much
of the work large force was EN-
ployed "a hours a day and seven
days a week. There are now en-
ployed $500 men, only about 200 of
Evening star., 1940-10-07

can house In Spanish mission style
to accommodate social activities of
the program and house a selected
group of students, half from the
United States and half from Latin
America.
The program envisions short field
trips beginning next summer for
advanced students to Latin Ameri-
can countries. The university now
Evening star., 1940-10-07

Domingo Barracks, completed in
1923, within the Notifications and
overlooking the Governors palace.
These barracks were at one time
monastery and later the Supreme
Court of the island.
Two Huge Air Bases.
Since the outbreak of the war in
Europe a Notifications program
costing upwards of $4,000 900 has
been progressing in Puerto Rico. 1t
has two gigantic air bases-one for
the Amy and the other for the
Navy, while the insular government
is erecting a S3,OOO.0OO cruiser dock
which is to be turned over to the
Navy, and the Puerto Rican Ma
tional Guard cantonment is being
thoroughly reconditioned under Gen.
Daleys supervision to be ready next
month.
The Puerto Rican aviation bases
are considered models for all those
to be established on the chain of
Atlantic bases. The Navy air base
is at Isla Grande, just across the
bay from the island city of San
Juan, chosen because of it's proX-
unity to the harbor Work started
here three days after the war broke
out, with an initial appropriation
of STATS 900, which has since been
increased S2800.000 During the
next year it is to be supplemented
by a submarine base Eventually
700 enlisted men, 200 officers and
three squadrons of planes will be
stationed at Isla Grande There ale
now u Navy planes stationed there.
Most of the officers and crew came
from Florida and Texas.
Two of the largest seaplane hang
ars in the world are we'll along in
steel construction, each covering
about two acres, anG will house
under shelter about SO of the Navy's
largest bombers, plus about 100 COM
bat and scouting planes. Permanent
construction is progressing on about
100 buildings simultaneously.
Capt. Virgil c. Griffin, jr., came
to San Juan in August as COM
manding officer OF this new naval
air station. while Comdr. Edgar A.
Cruise continued as his executive
officer
To Construct Breakwater.
An additional s1,50C,000 is being
spent to construct a breakwater of
the base and to dredge the harbor
to make it available for submarine
base Isla Grande will be almost
sufficient, under the Navy's
plans-will produce its own elec-
tricity, have huge reserves of fuel,
plane and engine parts, water, food
stuffs and supplies of every sort.
Admiral Spruance emphasizes that
such a naval air station combines
two functions: A place from which
to operate sea and land planes, and
a navy yard for planes where they
can be overhauled and repaired.
There is an item of S500,000 for air
craft storehouses. The generating
plant will have sufficient capacity
to supply the greater part Of met
ropolitan San Juan. Concrete catch
basins will provide q reserve of
100000 gallons of rain water, COM
pletely independent OF San Juan's
acqueduct system. Capacity of the
fuel tanks as well as their location
is a military secret. They are deep
underground and in many cases
far removed from Isle Grande itself.
This Navy air base will have con-
crete barracks for $500 enlisted
men and quarters for 200 officers,
The contract calls for completion
of the field on April 30, 1912, but
Comdr. H. w. Johnson &C. E. S.,
the officer in charge of construction
work for the contractors, hopes to
sal> 4sll
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was consulted by university oficial.
in planning the work.
officials hope that soon a hun
dred or more American students
will be studying and training for
Latin American careers, and stu
dents from the Pan-American re-
publics studying at the university
for careers at home.
Construction will start about
January / on q $1,000 Pan-Ameri-
Evening star., 1940-10-07

whom are continentals. The latter
are used to operate the expensive
machinery. Apprentice schools were
established to train the employees
in structural trades.
An incidental part of this vast
project is that Comdr. johnson has
ranked second only to J. Edgar
Hoover as a finger-print collector.
To protect the national defense
work he has collected more than
10000 finger prints and is now max
ing them at the rate of 400 a week.
Evening star., 1940-10-07

Is seeking funds for scholarships
and fellowships in order to send
other students there for longer peri
ods, and to attract distinguished
Latin American scholars to the
university for study.
Evening star., 1940-10-07

Dolores Hidalgo, cradle Of Mex.
lean independence. will have an
airport.
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Huge Defense Works
Rushed on Islands
Guarding Caribbean
Air Bases Are Speeded
In Virgin Islands
And Puerto Rico

This Is the second OF q series
OF articles describing the progress
OF defense establishments on the
of-continent bases acquired by
the United States for protection
OF the Western Hemisphere.
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NUTTER AND KING, COP
CAMPAIGN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE APPOINTEES

Continued from Page Two)
the United States desire more
than anything else, asid from
spiritual rejuvenation, is relief
from ecoonmic suffering. They
wish jobs provided that they
may work out their own destiny,
and these jobs cannot be pro-
vided until the brakes are taken
off industry, and the present
hestilties against American
business are abandoned.
"Under a Republican admins
tration and only under a Re-
publican administration, is a
just solution of the problems
confronting our people to be
expected"
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Premier Quits In Japan

TOKYO, July 16.-Premier
Mutsumasa Yonai handed in
his resignation to Emperor
Hirohito tonight, apparently
under army pressure for more
stronger enforcement of ia
pans new order in east Asia
policy.
Most Japanese newspapers
IfXpected that former Premier
Prince Fumimaro Konoye would
be asked to form new cabinet.
Either he or War Minister
Gen. Shunroku Hata, whose re-
signation FASTENED the end of
the siX-mOnths-old Yonai cabi-
net, presumably would point a
new government toward consoli
dation of Japan's gains in the
Orient and take a strong stand
against western powers, includ-
ing the United States, in the
Far East.
In any event the new cabinet
will be more war-like and most
decidedly anti-American.
This is but another step in
Japan's carefully planned and
artless impcrialistic scheme to
dominate the world and whip
the United States if possible.
With our two-ocean navy we'll
under way Japan sees the draem
cVaporating and is desperately
trying to bring matters to a
head before our two-ocean navy
is reality and permanently
ends her wild dreams. In event
Hitler defeats the English the
Japanese are ready to make a
deal with him to invade and
conquer the United States.
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M0Rteair COlOred Woman Dies

Mrs. Priscilla Margaret Car
ter, of Montcar, N. j., died here
Monday evening at the home
of her neice, Mrs. L, 2. Wright.
She had been i'll for the past
three weeks.
Mrs. Carter had been spend
ing the past seven weeks in
WEIGH with her neice.
She was a native of Maryland
but had made her home in Mont
clair for more than 40 years.
She was member of ST. Marks
Methodist church in Montclair.
She is survived by a brother,
Nathaniel Ford of Helena,
Montana. Her husband died a
number of years ago.
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