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Evening star., 1940-04-10
Summit Park Citizens
Protest Stop Sign Shifts

The Summit Park Citizens Asso.
citation last night protested the
shifting of stop signs to Alabams
avenue at the intersection with
Branch avenue and asked that they
Immediately be replaced on Branch
avenue.
w. j. Smith stated that aplroxi-
mately 10 accidents have occurred
since the change was made.
The association Endorsed Harry
S. Wender, president of the South
west Citizens Associations, for the
Police Court bench vacancy.
On motion of Casper Tiebolt the
association favored changing the
Silver Hill bus line from Alabama
avenue to Suitland road S.E. It was
said the change would benefit l,1OO
families living in the Suitland road
section.
Orin Davy, president of the South
east Council, spoke.
The association voted IS to the
Metropolitan Police Boys Club.
Shelters were asked to be erected
in Fort Dupont Park for the Girl
Scouts.
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Presbyterian Aged Home
Officers Meet Tomorrow

Annual meetings of the corpora
ton and Board of Managers of the
Presbyterian Home for the Aged
will be held tomorrow in the home,
1918 Newton street NV.
Officers and directors of the cor
poration, headed by the Rev. DR..
John c. Palmer, president, are to
meet at 1890 am, and the Board of
Managers, of which Mrs Edith Gait
Mish is president. is to convene for
the annual election of officers and
other business at conclusion of the
first session.
At pm. the Board of Managers
will begin its regular meeting for
April.
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Births Reported

Allynn and Helen Hayworth, girl.
Garland and Madeline Wroten boy.
Bernard and Rose Rice, boy.
Joseph and Stella Auslander, boy
Edmund and Jenny Greacen. ir.. girl.
John and Mary Riley, boy,
George and Lillian Burkett boy.
Clayde and Edna Petty, girl.
Ernest and Ethel Blaine eirl.
Nick and Potta VarvainiS, boy
Archie and Elizabeth Young, girl.
Vermont and Frances Royster. girl
andrew and Josephine Dinsmore. boy.
Lewis and Janet Sans. boy.
Albert and Muriel Jasper, boy.
Millard and Lessie Garrison boy.
Ralph and Pearl Rector; girl.
Ray, and Virginia Smith. girl.
Paul and Blanche Allen, boy,
HuEh and Clara Faucette. girl.
Ernest and Lucille Mcknight. boy.
Wilbur and Ruth Cash, girl.
Julius and Nav Roper. girl
William and Mary MCGEE, girl.
Joseph and Pearl Brooks. boy.
Jack and Rose Neyerson, boy.
Edward and and Mildred % Wood. boy.
George and Marcella Hagans. boy.
John and Millie Sanders. girl.
William and Mamie Kelley. boy.
Walter and Beatrice Shepherd, girl.
Ernest and Josephine Wood. girl.
John and Louise Anderson. giri.
Earl and Alline Howard, girl.
Alvin and Margaret DOUGLASS. boy.
Norman and Mary Jarvis, boy.
Newton and Mae Mitchell, girl.
John and Pauline Roberts. boy
Thomas and Ernestine Ingram, girl.
James and Cordelia Hardy. girl.
Evening star., 1940-04-10

Matthew's Church, Washington, will
give . group Of songs from their
Easter program in the library here
Sunday at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1940-04-10
Concert at PurceIIviIIe

PURCELLVILLE. Va, April 10
(SpeciaD.-The mems choir OF st.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
One More Appointment

Appointment of State Dairy and Food
Commissioner Edwin G. Woodward as
Dean and Director of the College of Agrl-
culture at the University of Connecticut
means that Governor Raymond E. Bald
win may have chance to fill this place
before he retireS from office. If he does
name a new commissioner the term will
only be until May l, 1912, for Mr.. Wood
wards present term would have expired
then had he not rendered his resignation.
There seems to be doubt in many minds
as to whether or not the governor will
seize the chance to make all the available
appointments he can before retiring him
self in January.
It would be a natural political tendency
to do this and to name, of course, Re-
publicans to the offices that might be
available. But after all in the interest
of good government on which Governor
Baldwin has prided himself, it is unlikely
that he would commit the Hurley regime
to anything which might act as boomer
ang in 1912 when Republicans again will
make the effort to regain their recently
lost laurelS.
OF Mr.. Woodward's appointment to
the U. OF Conn. faculty much could be
written and said. He was good commits
SkOIleI anu p1ouSut w tAl4S sCe'C0 q ''ov
amount of practical experience gained
through long years in teaching and execu-
tive duties in the drug and food bust
nesses. A successful breeder of Guern-
sey cattle Mr. Woodward also contributed
to the reputation that Connecticut en-
joys in this particular field. Certainly if
an equally able successor is to be found
either Governor Baldwin or Governor
Elect Robert A. Hurley must spend some
time in seeking out the right man.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
Cutting Up the State

The Election Law Commission has pro-
ceeded with the thanklesS task of reappor-
tioning Connecticut so that our senator
ial and congressional districts will con-
form to present-day population spreads.
As it stands right now the districts are
hopelessly unequal the Constitution OF
the state allows for thirty-six senatorial
districts and we have only thirty-five;
we are allotted six congressman and have
but five districts for the six to repre-
sent, thus necessitating one congress
nan-at-large.
It Is no easy job to establish thirty
six senatorial and six congressional dis
tricts in Connecticut without mourning
the opposition of individuals and groups.
There Is bound to be criticism no matter
how well this job may be DONE Offhand
it Is hard to say if the commissions pro-
posed new district lines are generally ac-
ceptable, because it requires some study
of the changes and bit of elaboration
to get the new lines oriented in our mind.
But at least it is a start in the right
direction and apparently that's what
we've needed for some time.
When the commission opens its hear
ing Friday on the subject of redistricting
there probably will be plenty of comment
both for and against. But that Is just
what is needed now to provide for an
equitable reapportionment along what
should be completely non-partisan lines.
Ten years ago when an effort was made
to change the congressional lines there
was a real effort at gerrymandering or
creating districts that would give one
major political party distinct advan-
tage over the other as the situation in
these parties existed then. OF course it
has changed since then.
There is no need to tell the commits
sion what it should suggest to the Legis-
lature with regard to redistricting. 1t
knows the situation in the state; so do
many public officials, legislators, and pri-
vate citizens. If they want to have a part
in this business of redistricting it is up to
them to make themselves heard at tomor-
rows public hearing, because we feel
that the Legislature is going to heed very
closely the recommendations of this Spe-
cial Election Law Commission.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
Imaginary Barriers

Jascha Heifetz, the violinist, said very
sensible thing the other day. He was
Just back from 25,000-mile concert trip
through South America. eft is plain silly
to say that we can't understand our
Latin-American neighbors, or that they
can't understand u.s." he said. II think
it's a peculiarly insidious form of propa-
ganda, this emphasizing the alleged diff
ferenceS between North and South
America"
Heifetz a citizen of the world, has found
that directly and simply approached,
people in South America are "simpatico,"
just as everywhere, and he regrets that
talk of mysterious misunderstanding is
possibly preventing young American
men from going south to take hold of
work that urgently needs them, thus
serving both the Americas at once. A
little less emphasis, please, on our diff
ferences - little more on our similari-
ties, which are the similarities of all
mankind.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
Another Recruit

Cooperation with the government in
the building of national defense is mount
ing day by day. We have already told OF
how General Electric has promised to
undertake all the normal risks in defense
production, and in abnormal risks asks
only to be guaranteed against loss Now
Eastman Kodak steps up with new ap-
proach to the question. 1t offers to re-
fund voluntarily to the government "any
profit it might make in excess of 10 per
cent of cost" The 10 per cent is, of
course, already subject to income and
excess profit taxes. Evidence of the lit
eral sincerity of the offer is in the fact
that Eastman made a substantial refund
to the government as the result of SIM
liar pledge in 1917
Patriotism is not confined to the men
who carry a gun. 1t is found in every
walk of life. We know men who were
killed by overwork in civilian war activi-
ties in 1918 just as surely as any man
was killed by enemy bullets. 1t would be
so again if war came, and increasing as
surances of full cooperation in the defense
drive made it clearer every day
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

Probably no modern ocean liner re-
manned in such comparative obscurity of
recent years as the Queen Elizabeth. Built
to be one of the rulers of the Atlantic
over which she was scheduled to ply reg
ularly in quick crossings between this
continent and Europe the vessel rested
at anchor in New York's Hudson River
piers from the time that she arrived on
this side of the Atlantic. Her only eX-
perience with ocean travel was the ghost
trip across from the ship-yards in Scot
land where she was built. This was
truly ghost trip, because the great liner
was not even completed at the time and
locked a propeller There were no pay
ceremonies to welcome the big boat to her
wharf. She came in silently and remained
a silent hulk of ship ever since. This
week she sailed to do transport duty
somewhere in the seas bordering the Brit
ish kingdom. 1t may be her fate to 60 to
the bottom without ever becoming lux
ury liner; she may yet live to see regular
service. We certainly trust she will.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

Nobody is likely to urge that the mill
tary training camps now being estab-
lished be turned into school rooms The
primary JOB o Of these young men Is to
their country. Nevertheless it seems
likely that great deal of good can be
accomplished by certain training courses
only indirectly connected with national
defense. Henry /. Hartman recently
told the New Jersey Educational Asso.
citation that the army should at least
provide "a program OF remedial instruc-
lion In reading for that considerable por.
ton OF drafted men who will be found
fanctionally illiterate." He proposed fur
Their practical mechanical training, and
other practical instruction.
Ssssk about all the education there Is In
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

At the 25th National Hotel Exposition
recently the head of the group warned
hotelmen to be on their guard unless they
and their establishments unconsciously
aid in bringing back prohibition. That's
good advice and the same should be
given to all liquor interests We think
that gradually the truth is being brought
home to them that the better they clean
their own houses, the better the chance
of holding public support and not en-
couraging movements to outlaw liquor
manufacture and sales again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

the FBI school represents 1000
who have tried for admission and
failed. Anybody who has read
Sherlock Holmes" says Hoover,
thinks he can be a special agent.
We get all kinds. Even psychics,
and people who think they can
solve crimes by looking at the
stars"
MERRY-GO-ROUND
j. Edgar Hoover reads four
comics faithfully every day-Dick
Tracy, Smilin' Jack, Our Board
ing House, and Hap Hooper Z.
A young man trying to get work
with the State Department listed
as his qualification that he had
delivered mail from the Berkeley
(Calif.) post office during six
Christmas holiday periods
Everybody who enters Justice
Murphy's chambers in the Su-
preme Court is asked by his Sec
rotary to sign a guest book
U. 8. Army officers were wide
eyed over General Calixto Carias
Of Honduras, when he was visiting
Detroit. He has only one arm.
Nevertheless, he shot a Garand
semi-automatic rifle and drove
an armored truck up q 45-degree
grade When a chester writes
a speech for Nelson Rockefeller,
Nelson rewrites 1t completely, say
ing: "That's not the way talk"
=. Navy Secretary Knox's pri-
vate office has been refurnished
with a set of handsome leather
pieces, made by the jamestown IN.
" Royal Upholstery Co., the
same firm that makes to order
the chairs used by the Supreme
Court Justices. Despite this ex-
elusive government business, E.
o. Hultquist, head of the company,
supported ALI Landon In 1886 and
Wendell Willkie this year {. The
Veterans of Foreign Wars are up
In arms over q recent front cover
of q national magazine display
ing a dog wearing a sweater
knitted In the design of the U. s.
flag.
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

Almost in the same moment one reads
that the great German liner is reported
sunk off the coast of Denmark. This is
not surprising for the Bremen has been
engaged in a will-of- the-wisp course ever
since she, too, stole away from the Hud-
son River to escape being interned here.
AS it turned out, the Bremen probably
would have suffered no worst fate than
the Queen Elizabeth or the Normandie
which still remains snugly wharfed at
N. Y. The Bremen's trip across the North
Atlantic was remarkable flight from
all possible hazards Too bad that this
great ship, like so many others of it's class,
could not have been put in moth-balls SO
that after peace has come they could re-
sumo activities for which they were built.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

the Japanese think of us-per-
haps with some justice.
"You in the United States"
said Admiral Namura, shave
been brought up on beauty rest
mattresses. You have gram0-
phones, radio, automobiles,
plenty of good food. You don't
want to fight.
But in Japan, we have no
beauty rest mattresses. To our
peasants, a plain board Is luxury
to sleep on; while food in the
barracks usually is better than
that which a soldier gets at
home. So our people are tough,
your people are soft. That's why
you won't fight"
Admiral Namura was referring
not to a possible Japanese attack
against the United States, but to
the possibility that the United
States might fight in the far east
ern part of the Pacific to protect
the Philippines or parts of China.
Admiral Namura, fortnight,
friendly, and honest, may find
different nation facing him to-
day. However, his reports to Tokyo
should be a big aid in helping
Japan and the United States to
avoid rows, and really understand
each other.
MORE omen
Along with the speed-up in pro-
duction of airplanes and tanks,
there is a much less-heralded
speed-up in the production Of G.
j. Edgar Hoover is now turning
out special agents of the FBI at
the phenomenal rate of 40
week. The training course has
been cut down from is weeks to
7 weeks, but the work is more in
tensive. And according to Hoover,
mass production brings no decrease
in quality.
Formerly, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation had only 900 special
agents, but a recent Congressional
authorization boosted the figure. to
$500. Hoover now has almost at
tanned that mark, with 1910
trained and 100 more to be pro-
duced.
One man who graduates from
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
Questions
and Answers

BY FREDERIC g. KERBH
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THE EDITOR
@. Where was Stephen Collins
Foster buried?
A. Allegheny Cemetery, Pitts
burgh, Pa.
q. How many stomachs do cattle
have?
A. Four; the rumen, where the
food is held until 1t Is chewed; the
reticululn, where the food passes
after the COW has "chewed Its cud";
the omasum; and the abomasum or
true stomach.
@. Does the government ever
deem counterfeit money!
A. No.
@. Was Thomas Jefferson called
the Father of the Constitution?
A. No; that title was given to
James Madison.
@. How can the color Of ordinary
dirty, gray concrete steps be light
ened?
A. BY applying q white cement
wash. A mixture Of part white
cement and / part yellow sand, all
passing q No. 20 sieve, with hydrat-
ed lime to the amount OF s per-
cent of the weight of the cement,
will give a practically white color.
Pour the dry material into a bucket
containing clean water and stir Wig
orously until 1t has the consistency
of stiff oil paint, and apply with Q
brush. The area to be coated should
be thoroughly clean, and wetted just
before applying the wash, but there
should be no free water on the SUR
face.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
Selected Poem
FROST IN THE GARDEN

(Catharine L. Gibson in the New Haven Journal
Courier
One day the garden stood in smiling calm;
Late dahas glowed in colors variegate;
Chrysanthemums in white and rust and rose;
And asters clustered, vivid as a rainbow.
The sun was mild, the breeze caressed their bloom,
A few birds fingered. chirping, in their midst.
But in the night, the Frost King swiftly came
And breathed upon their beauty with his chilli
Next day, the leaves were black the bright heads
dropped
Farewell. sweet flower garden. till the spring.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Nevins Pulls No
Punches in Story

It is doubtful if America ever will
see again the rise of another Rookie
Teller. There will be other great cap
tain of industry, true, but only such
extraordinary economic and legal
conditions as existed in the United
States from 1865 to 1914 could per-
NIT single man to amass a billion
dollars.
Allan Nevins' two-volume biog-
raphy of the oil tycoon, John D.
Rockefeller" (Scribners: $7.50)
proves, therefore, an extremely
significant study. At time when
the American people no longer look
on big fortunes as compatible with
the best interests of the nation, it
serves as a sort of foot-note to the
heroic age of American enterprise"
It is distinguished as a history of
the country's industry in the last
century as well.
But that is precisely what you
might expect in book from Mr..
Nevins. whose reputation as
biographer has long been secure.
What you want to know Is what
Mr.. Nevins thinks of the reputa-
ton of Mr.. Rockefeller. You will
find the biographer pulls no punches
The book Is an attempt to under.
stand" Rockefeller and II UNDER
standing Is provided best by his
critics Mr.. Nevlns does not hesitate
to turn TO them. On the other hand.
he has the unfetered cooperation
Of the Rockefeller family In re.
search.
The result Is O thoroughly search.
Ing book. tremendously absorbing
and easy going for all OF Its 1900
pages. You could not possibly hope
TO examine It adequately In this
space. Mr.. Nevlns' final verdict is
the important thing.
zone Judgment may be ventured."
says the biographer. TT is that the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14
PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING
bridgeport Telegram)

England has adopted permanent
year-round daylight saving. Her
bert Morrison, minister of Home
Security has announced that the
daylight schedule which was orig
mated in the World War and has
been continued as a summer time
feature in Britain will continue the
year round until further notice.
Since the latitude of England is
far north of our own their winter
mornings are much darker there
than here. The only advantage to
be gained is more hours of day
light in the working period in the
late afternoon. British working
men will go to work in the dark
under this new schedule.
Here in America the same ar
rangement would be more advan-
tageous TO the greater part of the
population. The northernmost point
of continental United States Eek
elusive of Alaska) is hundreds of
miles south of the southernmost
portion of England. Were it not
for the Gulf Stream, England's
winter climate would be that Of
Labrador. As 1t Is, the climate Is
moderate enough but the sunlight
In winter Is limited.
Conversely. in mid summer Eng.
land has daylight or twilight most
Of the night.
In our own country the hours
Of daylight and dark are more
evenly divided. The big point IN
adopting daylight saving tim Q
throughout the year on this con.
tinent would be the prevention Of
many automobile accidents which
take place In the twilight hours.
These accidents are much more
numerous In the evening that In
the morning 20 that the ahlft would
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-14

Tom Marshall, president
under woodrow Wilson, is remem-
bered only for his remark: "What
this country needs is good five
cent cigar"
Charles G. Dawes, vice-presi-
dent under Coolidge, became IA
nous when his alarm clock alleg-
edly failed to go off and he ar
rived at the capitol too late to
change a tie vote.
Charles Curtis will also only be
remembered because of his social
war to place his half-sister ahead
Of Alice Longworth at dinner. And
Jack Garner will go down in his
tory because of his private refrig-
orator and his covert opposition to
Roosevelt.
None Of these vice presidents
was an active worker for the head
Of his administration; many of
them deliberately hindered it.
Now, however, for the first
in recent history, we have
vice president who, instead Of
being a sore-thumb, will be a
right hand of the President.
Wallace was trained under
Roosevelt and can be counted
upon to be a great asset, not q
deterrent.
It is not supposed to be known
yet, but already Wallace has dis
cussed ideas with the President
whereby he will work on three
important problems. They are:
1. To act as liaison officer be-
tween the White House and
Congress. This is the most i'm
portant Job OF all.
2. To act as a sort of am
bassador-at-large in cementing
Good Neighbor relations be-
tween the United States and
Latin America, especially where
Congressional affairs are con-
cerned.
3. To formulate plans for
shifting the nations industrial
economy from armament to q
normal basis, after the war is
over.
WALLACE STUDIES SPANISH
These plans are not casual ges-
lures; Wallace is very serious
about them. Regarding the Good
Neighbor program, for instance, he
has been studying Spanish for
months, and soon will visit Costa
Toioo hHoUinA aud Do iyH nr-
der to polish his Spanish further.
And regarding plans for shifting
the nations economy to a peace
time basis when the war is over,
Wallace already has asked two
advisers to draw up recommends
tons on this, particularly plan
to decentralize overcrowded in
dustrial centers by a nationwide
low-cost housing program.
Aside from these, however, one
thing is certain. Henry Wallace
will not confine himself to call
ing the Senate to order at IL
o'clock noon. He will be the
most Woodworking gentleman to
occupy the vice-presidency for
many, many years.
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR
Admiral Namura, who is expect
ed to be the new Japanese am
bassador to the United States,
served for many years as naval at
tache in Washington. where he
became a genuine friend of U. s.
naval officers. He was realistic,
hard -boiled, but a genuine friend.
Also he had a fortnight sense of
humor.
One Illustration he gave of u.
S.-Japanese relations is important
to remember now. 1t shows what