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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-25
FOURSQUARE

Corner Eighth and Orange
Rev. and Mrs. E. II. Willingham
Sunday school, 9:45 am.
Morning worship, 11:00.
Crusaders, $50 pm.
Bereans, $50 pm.
Evangelistic service, 7:45 pm.
Bible study and prayer, Tuesday,
7:45 pm.
Evangelistic service, Friday, 7:45
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-25
CHURCH of CHRIST
7th and Brighton

Morning worship: 10:45.
Communion: AS.
Evening worship 7:30.
Communion 7:45.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
In Today's Mail
TOWN HALL" TEST PASSED BY MUSICIANS RECENTLY
 HEARD HERE
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Many people ask what "Tow1 Hall" is. They want to know If i
 is where Fred Allen has his broad casts. I'm sure I do not know If it i' the same place. I only know '"rown
 Hall" in New York is 8 richly-en- dowed theater which is the goal of all musicians. Only the best artists
 of our country can get in there. It
 is next door to the Woodstck Hotel Not only does it cost plenty to ge,
 to "Town Hall", but the artist has
 to pass the greatest music critics. Two artists on our program last Tuesday passed that test with flying coiors. Tommy Richner was said by Ollin Downs. whom every artist fears, to have played Bach beauti- fully. noticed in Q local paper that Celine Rooster did not like the way
 he played 1t.
 Tommy Richner has captured all prizes the National Federation has offered. When you pass the best musicians on the national board, also Town Hall, as both Tommy and Agata Borzi have, then I think Waterbury is to be congratulated
 to have heard them. I am sure we
 will hear more of them in the future.
 MRS GEORGE STORM State Board Member Of the National Federation os Music.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

The toll in trees throughout this state as a result of last Mondays devastating ice storm probably never will be totaled In many places trees felled by the weight of the ice will remain shattered for years Others will be chopped down and used for various purposes. Others will get repairs from the tree surgeon. Of recent years our trees have taken two terrible beat ings. Somebody must make the move to have all the trees lost since the hur- ricane replaced by seedlings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
. HIGHLlGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS

It is a lusty, straight from the
 shoulder record of pioneer life that Urling c. COe writes in "Frcntier Doctor" Macmillan: $2.5O COe began practice in Fare. well Bend, Ore, when it was wide open and booming 5 years ago. He delivered babies on lonely ranches, battled blizzards, epi- demic and ignorance. He covered his vast rangeland territory with
 a team of salty br0ncs, minis
 tering to ranchers and rustIers alike. You will not soon forget this book. Here is a portion of one story COe tells about being called in a storm to a rustler's hideOut: I never clearly remembered what happened for time after that, but when was again fully conscious of myself and surroundings, I was in cabin at the butte and it was night. My grozen clothing was off and was on the floor wrapped in a blanket, before a little sheetiron camp stove.
 The cabin was lighted by a lan- tern hung from a rafter and there were four men in 1t. One was mum. bling and stirring restlessly in q bunk built into the wall. Two others sat on a bed of small pine boughs and blankets, spread over them on the floor, their backs to the wall, A tall, rather wild looking fellow with bushy red Whiskers and long sandy hair seemed to be the master Of cer. emonies,
 What happened to Tex?" I asked
 He's been shot up some, Doc, kinda bad, ! reckon"
 "How did it happen7" I persisted he looked at me with . cold glitter
 Well" said 0FIsly, hesltantIy, aS % hls narrowed eyes, The lnllst'a been in front 0f the byg0d gun lhat went or, reckon, But that part og t aln't none of your business, Doc. ! got ya out here te fiK the boys up pr0nt0 sos WA Kin HIt lR hell out'a ber0 ah' ihat's Rll ga got la w0Fry bout, 'eeptin ia keep yer mouth kll0l plumb tight from nov 0D. tf Ya keep lt khel ya1l gIt yer pay feT ll some day, bat q ya ever lel Q gaI1 Out'a yer face BA won't never need no byR0d nl0ney, bavvvf" 1 understood his ineo perfectly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
More Millions for Dirt Roads

The Connecticut Rural Roads Improve ment Association is on the warpath again and anything is apt to happen. The last time this organization went stalking a prey it returned with 33,0OOO00 pelt at it's belt. This time the organization aims to "up' this $3,O0O,00O a year grant from the state to the 169 towns by two more millions. The dirt-road fund, So-called, although much of the money never is spent for dirt road upkeep, gives each town of the state about $17 1000 annually with which it is supposed to care for those roads within it's limits which otherwise might not receive any atten- tion.
 The money was earmarked some years ago after a strenuous drive, which re- ceived plenty of newspaper support, and which was based on the primary purpose of getting the farmer out of the mud. That has been done rather successfully in a good many parts of the state, but there is still room for improvement. Everyone knows that and knows that efforts must be continued to make our back-WoodS roads passable at this time of the year when rural inhabitants most want to use them. But the mere fact that highway department income has mounted by nlil- lions does not constitute just and valid reason for throwing millions into the upkeep of little-used roads.
 The main reason for the increase in income from motoring is the fact that we have such fine state roads, open the year round. The same might be said, too, for our city streets with no attempt made to deemphasize the recent unpleas- antnesS that most of the cities enjoyed due to weather conditions The Bridge port Telegram comments on this subject of highway funds that, "When such a main arterial highway as the road through the Naugatuck Valley is twenty years be- hind the times, dangerous and crowded, it is absurd to say that every additional dollar of funds which comes into the highway department shall be diverted for some other use. The state will have to devote serious time and attention to this and many other arterial highways which are now outmoded and below the capacity for the present day traffic de- mandS upon them. ="
 The Democrat has always supported the drive to get the farmer out of the mud and still subscribe to the theory that our back-woodS roads can't be neglected and should be hard-surfaced where there is constant use of them by dwellers. But the fact remains that continued increase in income of the highway department depends, to major degree, on our main highways. The route up the Naugatuck Valley is certainly one of these whose modernization is imperative. It cannot be relegated to the background by any demand for an increase in the dirt road funds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
The Man With The Hoe

When Edwin Markham was spoken of in the past he was always referred to as the author of "The Man With the Hoe" Now that the eighty year old poet has passed on, no more in this life will he wonder about the hereafter about which he thought and wrote, especially when he said in his first and lasting poem about the man with the hoe as suggested by painting by Millet in which stopped figure of hoe-man is depicted:
 70 masters, lords and rulers of the
 lands,
 How will the future reckon with this
 man?
 How will it be with kingdoms and
 with kings
 With those who shape him to the
 thing that he is
 When this dumb terror shall rise to
 judge the world
 And the silence of the centurieS?"
 And with the passing of Edwin Mark ham people will continue to speak of him as the author of "The Man With the Hoe" For the late poets life seemed to circle around this poem, so much so that he himself said that the poem was greater than he was, that he could never as an individual receive the popularity or acclaim that was accorded this poem of far.reaching fame. It was written, too, in his earlier years, around the time he was grubblng along as a country school teacher and ln his spare time yociferousIy reading poetry. He wrote a stanza Q day. completed it had forly'nine lines, and lt goes without SeyIng that anyone who has read any poetry Knows this individual, bowed by the weight Of centuries" It k Drfged by literary critics that this poem dId not represent his best work, Although it has had and always will have . great appeal. Ne likewise developed c
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Dr. John Fl. Finley

A man of many parts was Dr. John H. Finley, Editor Emeritus of the New York Times, who died early Thursday morning in his sleep. His departure from this life was just as quiet and unoStentatious as were his daily activities. With all the honors that were his throughout long and full lifetime Dr. Finley wore them modestly. It is safe to call him the nations scholar, for he was all of that. No more distinguished career in education and Journalism is on record in our Ameri- can history today.
 His brilliance and ability were marked early in life and from then on it was a succession of offers and acceptances. He went from responsibility to responsibility acquitting himself nobly every time. It is almost impossible to chronicle the many fields of education endeavor into which he put all his energies and his ever-ir- creaSing knowledge. Journalism did not beckon him until about twenty years ago and here, too, he was enabled to display the complete understanding of human nature and this changing world of ours of which he was so fond.
 On the lighter side, perhaps, Dr. Finley was pedestrian extraordinary. He had explored afoot and alone more miles of this continent than probably any other single individual. And there were inter esting miles that he trod and he made them even more interesting when he transformed his impressions into the written and printed word. It is one thing to form ideas and another to put them into words that appeal to the reader. Dr. Finley possessed this ability in high degree. A student of the classics always, his editorial gems time and again proved how deeply he delved into the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
 In true American tradition he was product of the country; struggled hard for the basic education that he desired achieved the pinnacles of success that come with diligence and purpose. Amer ica can be justly proud of this man of letters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

The Hartford Times comments: "Wa- terbury, too, has concluded that it should take more seriously the problem of snow removal. Mondays sleet made budgetary economy on this point disappointing form of saving, if it was any saving at all, considering the wear and tear on motor trucks and cars. AS in Hartford, Water bury's Street Superintendent is not blamed for the situation. He was cooper ating with superior fiscal officers and boards. He is, however, the official to whom the motorists look for reasonably satisfactory service in the matter of keep ing the public streets in passable condi- tion. The cold, hard fact is that snow and sleet storms, like floods, have to be dealt with on their own terms and probably the wisest economy is to make effective provision for combating them rather than to bow before the consequences of too skimping policy. ..."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

The new toll structures on the Cross County Parkway in Westchester County, N. Y, may be open for business on Mon- day or Tuesday. Work has been speeded up on this new viaduct where the county will levy 10-cent toll so that there won't be too much of vacation for the motor ists who are accustomed to using this elaborate system of parkways. The Cross County Parkway is link between the Hutchinson River Parkway and the Saw in construction for some time and re- moves an old narrow bridge for which most Connecticut motorists are glad to contribute their 10-cent piece.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Views of The Press

most easily recognizable threat to safety-leads strength to the hope that Connecticut may, this year. save good many lives. In particular, the lower speed limits in cities should cut down the number of pedestrian fatalities.
 When it comes to travel outside city and town limits-where speed must be permitted-the safety factor depends, to 8 large degree. on the good mechanical condition of the car. And that points to the other great attacks that Connecticut is safety this year-the resumption of scheduled to make in the cause of compulsory inspection.
 Between the two policies. we think Connecticut, after 6 bad start, can still make this Q year notable for its safety.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

CorcOran shouted to Peggy. "Kill
 that wire just gave you."
 So Peggy just walked back to her desk, pretending she had the wire but was not going to send it. The fortuitous interrup- ton had saved her. And today Peggy has one extra name among her patron saints. The name is St. Food.
 A LITTLE JOB"
 The first crisis thus survived so fortunately, Peggy decided to test her luck further. At 2 o'clock that night, Corcoran Y1onchalanlly in- structed, GO out and get some- thing to eat and meet me at the Capitol in the Legislative Coun. sells office at 7:30. We've got little job to do tonight, won't take more than an hour or so."
 It took most of the allotted half hour just to get to the Capitol, but Peggy was there on time. And there she met two other turbines of the brain-trust, Ben Cohen and Jim Landis, later to become SEC Chairman and dean of Harvard Law school.
 The little job" was something about a securities bill" which had to be ready for a congressional committee the next morning. It was 4 8. rn., when she pulled the last sheet out of the typewriter and the three men, after a crit ical reading, pronounced it "okay".
 "Yes," added Corcoran with a Cheery smile, that's a swell job, Miss. What did you say your name was?"
 Margaret D0wd."
 "Well, Margaret Dowd, t0mor- row morning you tell the head stenOgrapher that I said you'll dO."
 GIRL FRIDAY
 Thus Peggy Dowd got her start as the Girl Friday of the brain trust, and began seven years of thrilling work carried on at about the same hectic tempo as her first day. Side by side with Cor coran, Cohen, Landis, Douglas, Jackson, Foley, Rowe, Dempsey, Rogge and others of the family. she went through the epochal legislative battles of the New Deal-the Securities Act, the fed eral housing bill, the fierce IVA clashes, the tremendous holding company fight, the Wage-Hour
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

State funds in the latter part of 1889, including about 1870 needy aged, 718,600 dependent children and 45,000 needy blind. c. In general, was the rainfall ir the United States in 1889 about nor. mal? ,'- A. Reports from all parts of the country, compiled by the U. s Weather Bureau, show that precipi. tation last year was about normal k a little above normal rather gener. ally from the Mississippi valley eastward, except in the northeast West of the Mississippi river al states, except Arkansas, had be. low normal precipitation for ths year.
 e. Where is Wofford college and what organization sponsors it2
 A. It is at Spartanburg, s. c. and is under the control of the Methodist church. It was founded in 1854.
 o. Describe the construction of the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah.
 A. It was begun in 1863 and completed in 1867. It is 150 feet wide, 250 feet long, approximately 70 feet to the ceiling, 80 feet to the roof. The building rests on A stone buttresses, and the roof con- sists of over one million feet of lumber held together by wooden pins. There are 27 exits. The seating capacity is 5000.
 o. What poet wrote T Nsped in numbers, for the numbers came" referring to his childhood?
 A. Alexander Pope in his Pro logue to Satires."
 @. What is the swiftest imuScu- lar movement in the human body2
 A. It is believed to be the wink ing of the eye, requiring about one tenth of 8 second.
 e. What are the five most trav- eled states during the past two years?
 A. New York, California, Penn- sylvania, Ohio and Illinois, in that order.
 c. Are theer any super-highways under construction in the United States?
 A. The Pennsylvania Turnpike between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, now under construction, is the first one.
 o. Is Gestapo a German wordp
 A. It is the abbreviation foA Geheime Stattspolizei, meaning Secret State Police.
 If you want g copy of the book. let 'BTBL" NAMES" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washing. ton Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c Enclose , 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

Bill, the historic Supreme Court struggle, the Jackson-Ickes of- fensive against monopoly.
 She was in the thick of them all, always in the background but always on hand, the confidential secretary of these confidential men-at-arms of the President. It meant no parties, no planning for a week or even a day ahead. Every waking hour was devoted to the job. And Peggy thrived under 1t ali.
 Whether 1t was because she and Tom Corcoran were falling in love, Peggy became more and more beautiful. IT. the last few years she has been conceded to be one of the most beautiful women in Washington.
 BEAUTIFUL PEGGY
 Exquisitiely attired, a honey colored blonde, with big grey- green eyes Vivian Leigh eyes" C0rcOran calls them), and a del- icate complexion that her favor ite pink camellias light up beau- tifully, she was the prettiest pie ture in working Washington. At the occasional play they went to, all eyes turned toward Peggy Dowd. But if the onlookers got an eyeful, they never got an earful.
 For one of the most amazing things about this very amazing young lady is that, dattered, courted and cajoled by everyone seeking the inside lowdown, no one has ever been known to get anything out of her-except when Tom Corcoran for his own devious purposes wanted something to "get out"
 7 But there was one secret that Peggy did "spill." She whispered 1t to her mother at the wedding party, just before she and Tom slipped out of town on their skiing honeymoon: It was this: That the last man who kissed her before Tom Corc0ran gave her his bridal kiss at the altar of the little church in Leesburg, Va, was the President of the United States.
 NOTE-Peggy will continue to be Corcoran's secretary. Also. the famous Corcoran-C Cohen penthouse Inenage will be continued. It will be occupied by Cohen, while Peg gy and Tom will occupy another apartment in the same building
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

! tuOEOuBH SuEVc, of the problem of inter state trad, barriers.
 2. An equally cOmprehensiv study of the costs of war mate rials such as are being purchased in the governments huge rearma ment program.
 SENATE INCREASES
 FUNDS BY $1OO,OO0
 The budget. sent up to Capito Hill by the President had tht antitrust outfit slated for $100, 900 cut from this years $l,309, ,000 This would have pulled the teett of the famous building costs in vestigation. Arnold estimates tha at the least it would have mean pulling grand jury investigations from five cities.
 After a good deal of debate, tht Senate voted to restore the cut ane add another $100,000. This isn't by any means as much money as Arnold thinks his division coulc use profitably, but it makes some expansion possible.
 We ought to have another million, but a hundred thousand is better than a kick in the pants, he says, philosophically.
 MANY REQUESTS
 FOR FOOD PROBE
 Arnold looks on the food cost study as fully as important as the present investigation of build- ing costs.
 The antitrust division has re- ceived numerous requests for work in this field. It has been asked by consumer groups to study price spreads in the dis tribution of ice cream and cheese, by farm organizations to look into the costs of contain CTS used in canned foods, and a group of senators and congress- men representing farm states have asked it to duplicate in the nation as a whole the milk cost study made in Chicago - where, before the case even got through the courts, retail milk prices fell from l3 cents to eight and One-half cents a quart.
 Both. Commerce and Agricul- ture Departments have recently turned attention to the innumer- able state laws which impede in. terState traffic in foodstuffs. Arr mold suspects that a number of these laws would promptly col- lapse if they were taken into court; with others, he believes, 1t is the method of administration which needs to be attacked. WOULD BE EASY
 WITH MORE MEN
 The mater of keeping down war material prices has had a prominent place on his calendar for months.
 "The government is going to spend enormous sums for these things" he says. '"The aues- ton is, will that money be a stimulus to business, or will it simply raise prices - as the housing subsidies did in New York;"
 Arnold has hit on a new slogan. He no longer talks about monop- oly; instead, it's free trade wi5h- in the borders of the United States" He asserts this free trade" could be made a reality If the antitrust division had per- manent staff of 400 trained men.
 Most of this stuff is a push over," he declares, If you've got enough men,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Selected Poem
OLD HOUSE.

OLD HOUSE.
 Qsrael Newman in the New York Sum Toothless little house smiling Agedly in the sun Shanty already come To an understanding with time What If her attic window Is bandaged with slapboards? What if her roof has taken new slant at the world? Grandma to the young lives: Pullets on gawky legs; ducklings With well-Io-do rear-ends-tiny dinosaurs Youngsters housekeeping and Spots Ever busy-bodying, semaph0ring His remarks with his curved tail And the weIl-sweep A tall, tall mosquito This side the crazy woodShed, Bug bent on feeding,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

telling picture in words in his Lincoln, the Man of the People,.
 Markham was interested in social prob lems early in life. He had great sym pathy with his fellow man and much of this sympathy and understanding are translated into his very famous poem. Had he written no other, he would still be re- garded as representative American poet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Daily Almanac

Moon sets B;S0 D, n,
 Sun rises Bii4 a, Bl,i sets bIb3 ?, 70,
 Al vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Only heavy warm rains coupled with night iogS ean remove quickly the tllek layer Of lee and snow ihat nov sb0aibes the land, 1bAslng ls Rl best kl0w pFOeHssI there water ~ f0g, which cuts Into snow and IGe Ike pl0ughskhaTps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09

in voting addi- tional funds for his division.
 This expan- sion, Arm Id says, will prob- ably bring about two new nation wide investiga- tions:
 1. A study of the costs of oOd distribu- on, including an investigation into milk costs all over the country, and 8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
FACTORS TOWARD SAFETY Bridgeport Times.Star)

To the list of communities seeking the 25 mile an hour speed limit add the city of Waterbury.
 The wide spread of the policy oi curbing speed within city and town limits-where speed in crowded traf- fic conditions provides the worst and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Whats Your l. o.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to


 last page for the answers. 1. Is Lincoln the capital of Nee braska, Nevada. or Montana7 ?. Who wrote the song. "A Per- feet Day?"
 3. Is coal oil c product Of coal or petroleum7
 [. Which State Is called the "sil- yer Slater"
 6. of which country was Lord Twoedsmulr the governor general9 c. Ia which city is the iD40 Demo- cratic National Convention to be held7
 '. Do males oulnumber females in the United btAtAs7
 (. IS it the volts or the amperns that furnish the dangerous quality lll GO electric Ahoek9 Q, which country Co the world has the ereAieat stock ef geld buls lion9
 ie, How many sisters and broth. on haye lle pionae onlniuplelsS |,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-09
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
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