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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

Few people may realize it, but actually one-fourth of the year, 1940, is passed into oblivion. We are in the month of April, the second quarter of the year, April has only 30 days and is alternately month of fair days and rainy ones. First signs of the warm season and a full vegetation ap- pear on all sides. People are generally light-hearted as the winter passes away and summer starts to beckon. Doors and windows are often left open for protraced periods April also brings with it daylight saving time-the bane of many, the sal vation of others. The pretext for talk ing advantage of more daylight hours by turning ahead the clock is the sub ject of more discussion at this time of the year than an election or the European war Adherents never lose their faith in daylight saving time; opponents are just as convinced that the system is a faulty one and of no practical benefit. Anyone want to argue about it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

The Baldwin street bridge below Union Square is very much topic of discus sion right now Efforts in city legislative circles are being aimed at replacing the present structure with one adequate for present traffic needs. The late Robert A. Cairns had outlined a great project for this crossing at one time, involving not merely new bridge, but a complete change in street layout at this point The roadway was to be elevated we'll above it's present level and the several intersecting street were to be rounded off as to their present sharp corners. This plan now seems to be out. However, if the city should build steel bridge there and later the Planning Commission should de- mand another type, thered be really nothing gained, would there?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Learning the Hard Way

Too many of us have to learn things the hard way Safety, for instance. We've got to be jolted good and hard before we really understand that accidents are pretty horrible We read about tragedies such as that of the 27 fruit pickers who were killed when train smashed their truck near McAllen, Texas. We nod sagely over sound advice. We study sta tistics.
 But, too often, all these things aren't enough. We've got to see cars run to- gether heads cracked open, blood spilling before we're convinced. A lot of catas- trophe could be avoided if we just took the safety peoples word for it that auto accidents are not pleasant. If everyone remembered the rules and tossed in little extra common sense, there wouldn't be thing for any motorist to worry about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
HODGES KEPT BUSY WITH TWO PROBES
HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Intrigue Shadows Lives of Four

i Sixteen days-What vast changes 384 hours can make in the lives of four persons in these times of war, 1 poverty, politics and greed.
 Hans Habe's novel Sixteen Days" (Harcourt, Brace: $2.5O, brings an insight into four lives, caught in maelstrom of international con- 1 flict and intrigue. Hungarian Habe, whose father fought for Germany in the first World War, now fights for the allies on the Western Front, uses his novel to vent his spleen against the idealism of Hitler and the gullibility of the German peo- pie in following Der Fuehrer. ] There are only four principle i characters in his Sixteen Days" Leading figure is German chem 1 ist, who falls sn love with the wife of German espionage agent. A wise old Jewish professor, exiled from Maitland, ompletes the quar- l tet.
 Habe probably puts his own thoughts into the mind of the l chemist, who, hating everything Nazi, refuses to accept an mven- tion that would aid Germany ii war were to follow the Munich crises. And while he loses his wife to the chemist, the spy discovers his rivals decision to deprive Ger many of the invention decides to use his discovery to win back his wife. ! It's a swiftly moving plot that covers the 16 days of the Munich conferences; romance runs it's course and there are touches of pathos and tragedy.
 The book unmistakably bears the
 mark of an author who knows, first-hand, the situation that con- fronted statesmen during the dis cussions between Hitler and Cham berlain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

Landon's first choice for National Committeeman in 1882. but t4e de- clined and it went to Hamilton. POLITICAL CHAFF
 National Chairman John Ham, ilton is predicting privately that eX-President Hoover will enter the Philadelphia convention with 200 votes, half of them controlled by Joe Pew, potent Pennsylvania boss During his recent visit to his home state, Kansas, Secretary of War Harry Woodring told friends he expects to return there with his family next year Repub- lican leaders are prophesying that if former Nebraska Governor A. J. Weaver wins the party nomina- tion for senator, while anti-NeW Deal Senator Ed Burke is re- nominated on the Democratic ticket, the state COP organiza- ton will openly support Burke in the fall election. Weaver, a Norris-liberal, campaigned for Roosevelt in 1886.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

The new speed regulation signs haven't attracted much attention yet but the motor patrols activity certainly should have Motorists had better live up to the numerals of the speed laws or else get tickets. Most of the main thorough fares have been posted now. Willow street is not usually rated speedway, but many cars travel up and down it at 35 miles per hour, despite it's crowded condition most of the time. Better watch your speed drivers, or the result may be costly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Press Comment
CONCESSIONS ON THE CENSUS
Bridgeport Times-Star)

Bridgeport Times-Star)
 It now appears that two conces- sions have been made in order to keep the personal income questions in the forthcoming census quiz.
 The first concessions is that the item of income may be written on form, sealed in a government frank envelope, and given to the census taker, who will mail it direct to Washington.
 The second concession, today adopted as official policy by the di- rector of the census. call for the as- signment of census takers to strange territory whenever practical. This policy, if carried out, would elimin- ate most of the popular objection to the question. The federal govern ment knows most salaries already; most citizens have no objection to giving the information again, pro- vided they do not have to give it orally to some one who may be their own neighbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

1. What is the nick name of Field Marshall Mannerheim of Fin land?
 2. If an object absorbs all light rays, what is the visual result?
 3. What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?
 4. Four of the five Great Lakes are named Superior, Ontario, Erie and Michigan. Name the fifth
 5. Ramon de Valera is prime Minister of what country?
 6. Which State in the Union has been under six different flags dur ing it's history?
 ,. How many players make up 8 girls basketball team?
 8. Where is Smith College for Women?
 9. Does it require less power to fill an elevated tank by pumping water into it through the bottom OF over the top?
 10. Of what constellation is the Big Dipper" a part?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

With the Hutchinson River Parkway tolls definitely invalid and refunds or dered by the courts, it's hard to see how county officials can hope to secure passage of legislation that would allow them to enforce a toll on this roadway later on. And why should it be neces- sary now what with tolls being collected on the Fleetwood viaduct and planned for newer parkway extensions?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Selected Poem
SONG OF CHICKADEEs

Daniel Smythe in the Christian Science Monitor Though a snowbank still chans the rock creek, And the wind flies with the snow on its breath Yet there is spring darting from the naples In the form of the birds, the chickadees. Spring here! Spring here!" new call, Resoundng by the window and the strung suet Excitement in the note that quivers on the air, So open your doors, step out into the singing And let the brd-song beat upon you As it beats on the swelling buds of elms ill the
 doOryard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 2:48 a. m.

Moon rises 2:48 a. m.
 Sun rises 5:35 a. m.; sets 6:17 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 April dawned just the way we would have liked to have had March end It remained only for the last day of the windy month to bring hint of spring. April has been earmarked this year as wet and chilly. Just as March went contrary to predictions, let's hope April will too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

menC yet voted in the Justice Depar t ment's building costs injury; 1 n the eyes of As s is t ant Attor- ney Gen e ral Thurman Ar hold it was also the most inn portant.
 lndC $ not De- cause Arno Id i g res t h e plumbing busi- ness is a Il y WnrSa than nt.h-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Tests to Start Here

Although Waterbury was not included in original list of Connecticut cities where permanent testing lanes for motor ve
 1icles would be located the last informa- ion from Hartford was that such a lane would be in operation here when the tests begin on Thursday. We don't suppose that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Characteristic" means a dis tinguishing quality as "ab- sent mindcdnesS" in some persons or hardness" in dia- monds. Do not say, "A char acteristic of my daily life is walking to work; say. Sin cident."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Current Comment

Mistakes have been made, but, on the whole, we have served the nation honestly and well. Secretary of Agriculture Henry
 Wallace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

If you want a copy of the book let ESTATE MOTOR LAWS" to The Waterbury Democrats Wash ingtOn Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, ID. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, April 2-That 102- pronged indictment voted in Cleve- land against plumbing trade aead- CTS was not only the biggest indict-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

o. Name a school of college grade in Prince Edwards Island. Canada.
 A. St. Dinstan's College, at Charlottetown
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
NO SHORT CUTS
 FOR CONSUMER. CHARGE

In substance, the department charges distribution of plumb ing fixtures was tightly organized from top to bottom, not for pur- poses of price, fixing, but with the effect of maknig price structure more rigid.
 Manufacturers and jobbers, it jobbers, in turn, had agreements with master plumbers-the con- tractore who hire the journeymen who actually install the fixtures in a house. And master plumbers are accused of having similar agreements with the journeymen's union.
 Net result, according to the de- partment, was no shortcuts for the consumer. So-called "DTU" shipping direct-to-you service from factory to consumer - de- clined until, by departmental es- tiE.ate, it amounted to less than fifth of the entire business. Just incidentally, one of the depart ment's important studies of the situation consisted of an examina- ton of the files of one of the big mail-order houses.
 In general, Hodges says, his men figured the consumer had to pay from 17 to 25 per cent more for plumbing fixtures than he would under free and open market. HODGES KEPT BUSY
 WITH TWO PROBES
 Hodges had a busy time of it throughout the investigat ton. Not only was he in charge of the plumb ing investigation; he also had charge of the investigation into the building industry in Cleveland. The Cleveland situation was one of the hottest in the country; for both jobs, Hodges had eight assistants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
Questions
 and Answers
BY TREDERIC M. KERRY

Enclose 8 three-cent stamp Tor 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 be nn- taken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR.
 Q. Is old window glass harder to cut than new glass?
 A. If at times one kind of glass seems to be harder to cut than an- other of equal dimensions, it may be attributed to the cutter itself, dif- ference in the surface of the glass (especially with respect to surface abrasions), or the quality of anneal- ing. It might be difficult to prove that, all other things being equal. the age of the glass has any bear ing on the subject. ..'.
 e. Did Virginia ever send Ne gro Representative to Congress?
 A. In 1888, Edward c. Venable, white man, was returned to the Fifty-first Congress and his seat was contested by John M. Langston, 8 Negro, of Petersburg. The House de- cided in favor of the Negro and he tok his seat September 3, 1890. In the November election of that year he was defeated by white man, James F. Epes.
 o. If the contents of an in- sured parcel post package are dam- agd, can a claim be filed against the post office?
 A. Yes. The proper application blank may be obtained from any post office.
 O. Who wrote the song Tn the Gloaming?"
 A. The lyric is by Meta Orred and the music by Annie F. Harrison, a British woman who married Lord Arthur Hill It was composed i'll 1877
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

o. Should locust wood be sea- soned for fence posts
 A. There is little, if any, advan- tage in seasoning locust for fence posts. The wod is very durable and the heartwood should last about 20 to 25 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
MANY COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED

Action of this kind was in the cards even before the building costs campaign got started. The department had been get ting complaints about the plumb ing business for years. Ed Hodges, Arnold's assistant who handled the case, had made preliminary studies. off and on, for many months. As soon as he building costs inquiry was decided on, 1t was figured plumbing would be a key part.
 When Hodges went to Cleveland last October, he had pretty good idea of the sort of evidence he was going to get and where he was going to find it. It was printed material and typescript, mostly; once the grand jury convened, in November. the job was largely one of subpoenaing and analyzing documents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
What's s Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers. ..a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

CT ports of the building industry, but because in this case, for the first time, a federal grand jury hit a situation precisely the way Ar mold has maintained it ought to be hit-on a national basis, all in one bump.
 All of the other indictments in this campiagn have dealt with local or regional situations. This one covered the country as a whole-or, at any rate, the greater part of it. It can stand as model of the antitrust divisions idea of the way to enforce the antitrust law. in that it takes one specific product and covers every step i Il it's progress from factory produc- ton line to the home of the util- mate consumer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02
NEA S1Sfes, %
DREW PE A K 5 0 N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Apn many people know it, but factor which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

o. Name several women famous for their elaborate parties in Holly wood.
 A. Countess de F'rasso Ouida Rathbone and Elsa Maxwell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

o. How many persons received public aid or relief in some form during the winter of 1938-39?
 A. It has been estimated that more than q million persons were in households where some form of public aid or earnings under Federal work programs was received, from August, 1888 through March, 1889
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-02

o. What and where were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
 A. They were a system of ter raced gardens near the Euphrates river, attached to the Palace of King Nebuchadnezzar, 60 miles from the city of Baghdad, and not far from the eastern border of the Syrian desert of northern Arabia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
RICHMOND LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 23.-RN
(U. S. D. Az Livestock: Hogs
Quotations are based on hogs pro-
ducing hard carcasses f t e r
normal chilling. Hogs producing
soft and oily carcasses are dis
counted 40 and 80, respectively,
from hard hog prices. Market IS
cents higher than Thursday. Quot
ing good and choice 180 to 225
pounds $50 to ZOO the top.
100 to 120 lbs. 500 to $50; 120 to
40 lbs. $50 to 600; 40 to 160 lbs.
600 to 6.45; 160 to 180 lbs. 6.45 to
$50; 225 to $50 lbs. $50 to $50;
25G to 300 lbs 900 to $50; over
300 lbs. $50 to $40. Sows under
$50 lbs. 5.25 to SIS; over $50 lbs.
ATS to 5.25.
Cattle-the market on COWS re-
NAMED generally steady through
out the week. Most fat dairy type
COWS 500 to 500 with Gamers and
cutters 375 to ATS. Good heavy
bulls generally 500 to 700 and
light weights 500 to 600. Vealers
ere fairly heavy yesterday and
the market today is easier.
offerings 1000. Spring lambs very
light. Qutotable top on good and
choice 900. Common and culls
mainly 500 to 700. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-lREU. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs 5000;
total 10,500; most 100 to 240 lbs.
weights steady at 700 to 25; top
7.25; slow on heavier weights weak
to 10 lower than Thursdays aver
age; 240 to 270 lbs. 6.55 to 700;
27O to 300 lbs. $40 to Is; 300 to
$50 lbs. $50 to $50; soWs strong
to 10 higher; $50 lbs. and down
5.85 to 6.10; $50 to $50 lbs. 5.25 to
IS; heavier weights mostly 4.80 to
$40; shippers took 1,5o0; hold
overs 500.
Salabe cattle 1000; calves 500;
fed steers and yearlings strong;
closing at seasons high time, also
fairly reliable outlet on gras S y
and short fed steers selling at 9.75;
top fed steers 11.65; few loads
1000 to 1925; grassy heifers $50
to 7.5O; but grain fed in broad
demand at 1000 upward; bes
available head at 11.00; cows
steady; cutters 5.45; most b e e
cows $50 to 6.25; all cows and
grassy heifers lower for week but
heifers 25 or more higher than
late last week; bulls steady; best
weighty sausage offerings tbs;
light kinds down to 500; vealers
steady at 11.00 to 1900; Brahma
Texas calves and vealers 9.75.
Salable sheep 1000; total $500;
spring lambs active Is to Is high
er; yearlings fully 25 up; Bulk
western springers 1000; one load
1910; heavyweight natives $50 to
1000; lower grades 9.25 down to
$50 and below; best fed yearling
wethers 8.65; other $50; light ma
tive ewes 3.75; heavies down to
ESQ and below. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
y. S. Revenue
Act Of 1910
BY CHARLES S. LOWRIMORE
G., p, A.
SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR
CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
C. p. A.

Complete liquidation distributions
under the Internal Revenue Code
are treated as in full payment in
exchange for the stock and distri-
buttons in partial liquidation of a
corporation are treated as in part
or full payment in exchange for
the stock. AS consequence such
llquldations are subject to the capi-
tai gains and loss provisions of the
internal Revenue Code, with GER
TAIN statutory exceptions.
Worthless securities charged off
as losses are subject to the capital
loss limitation, and in order to
determine the time such securities
nave been held the last day of the
taxable year is used, and not the
cate the securities were actually
charged off or deemed to be worth
less. Securities falling in this classi-
tlcatlon include, stocks and stock
rights, bonds, debentures, not
certificates, or other evidences of
indebtedness, issued by any cor
poration whether private or gov
ernmental, with interest coupons or
in registered form. This provision
is not applicable to dealers in Sc
curlties, or banks, except as to
stock and stock rights.
Short sales are subject to the
special limitations of the capital
gains and loss provisions of the
internal Revenue Code, hedging fu-
ture transactions on the commodity
exchanges, however, the code de.
tines as above some of the special
types of exchanges and exceptions.
The holding period of capital as.
sets is determined by taking the
date of acquisition and the date o1
disposal, whether by sale or ex
change into account, except as
noted above in the case of worth
less securities, and where property
is received in a tax free xchange
the period is determined by taking
the date of the property transferred
as the beginning date, and not the
date of the property received ir
exchange. In the case of wash sales
on which loss is disallowed, the
holding period of the stock &C
qulred in such wash sales includes
the holding period of the stock, the
loss from the disposition of which
was not deductible.
Abandonment and-or loss r m
Worthlessness does not constitute g
sale or exchange except as notec
for worthless securities, and there
fore would not be subject to the
special provisions of the capital
gain and loss section.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
RAILS slip, HIT
MART'S ADVANCE
Foreign Government Ponds
Also Retreat To Give Low
er Outlook 10 Trading

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-RNRalls
slipped sharply in the bond mar
ket today, upsetting a mild 1or-
ward movement among the lnous-
trials and utilities.
The carriers downturn was IN
parallel to similar action among
the foreign government issues
lending a distinctly lower outlook
to the market as whole.
Especially hit were the low
priced liens. Low yield issues, on
the other hand, gained bit.
Commentators referred to the ir-
regular swinging movement as
something of a technical adjust
ment, bringing various quotations
into a bargaining line after their
recent days of appreciation.
Transactions were thin" run
ming only to $3,085, 400, face value,
compared with 81, 1903, 900 yester-
day.
Gamers of around point or
more included WalWorth As at I
IL; Pacific Telephone 3 1-4s "B''
of '66 at 10; Canadian Pacific IS
at II 5-8, and Consolidated Oil Con
vertible 1-2s at 1O6 1-2.
Similar declines were recorded
for Illinois Central 3-4s at 81
3-8; Cuba Northern Railways 5 LIS
at 16 3-8; Southern Railway 4s al
81 3-4, and Nickel Plate 1-2s anc
1-2s at 81 IL and 64 1-8, respec
lively.
U. S. Governments, barely &C
tive, closed 432 point higher te
1882 lower.
Losers in the foreign government
list included issues of Canada, Ar
gentina, Australia, Germany, Italy
and Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
Carolina Beach Road
Surrey Is Commenced

State highway employees were
busy yesterday conducting survey
of the Carolina Beach road from
Spindle's service station to the in
land waterway bridge.
The survey is being conducted
preliminary to work of widening
the highway from 18 to "a feet.
The highway from Legion field. to
Spindle's station had previously
been widened to the "a foot width.
Work of widening the road is
expected to begin as soon as the
summer beach season ends.
Meanwhile workmen were push
ing the work of widening the high
way from Leland to Whiteville
from 18 to % feet and it was an
ticipated the work will be COM
plete within 80 days. 49, l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-24
Trio Held In Jail Il
In u. S. Liquor Case

Robert E. Butler, Of Whining
ton, Samuel Burton, of Willard
and Erbie Paggett, Of Maple Hill.
were being held yesterday in New
Hanover county Jail in default OF
5000 bonds apiece for trial at the
fall term of the federal district
court in Wilmington on charges Of
transporting illicit liquor.
The defendants were arrested
Thursday at Burgaw and Maple
Hill by state highway patrolmen
and Alcohol Tax Unit investigators
of the U. S. treasury department
here who reported the seizure of
a 1928 model Ford coach and IS
gallons of non-taxpaid liquor.
They were given preliminary
hearings yesterday morning before
William A. WyGe, U. S. commission.
er, probable cause was found in
each case. and they were ordered
held under 5000 bonds each for
the fall term of fe d court
here.