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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04

MT. and Mrs. Eugene T. Oviatt and son of Tracy avenue have re- turned after ten day motor trip through the Adirondack Mountains. They were registered at Whiteface Mountain House, Wilmington, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-04

pr. and Mrs. George A. Tramm and daughter Airline have returned from a vacation spent at Virginia Beach, Va, where they were reg istered at the Cavalier Hotel.
 Dr. and Mrs. Edward O'Donnell of Wilmington, Delaware have been visiting Dr. O'Donnell's mother, Mrs. Mary O,Donnell of Cottage Place. They also visited Dr. O'Donnells uncle, John O'Donnell at Hitchcock Lake over the holiday.
 Miss Marjorie Carey of East Main street has returned home after spending the month of Au- gust with her aunt and uncle, MT. and Mrs. George Kay of Hopewell Junction, New York.
 Miss Helen Flavin, Joseph Flavin and Miss Bea Flavin of Baldwin street and MT. and Mrs. John Bran don of Ansonia spent the weekend in New York where they attended the wedding of their nephew, John Flavin, Jr., of New York.
 Mrs. H. J. Dorgeloh and Misses Louise and Dorothy Dorgeloh ot Wood street nave been vacationing at the "Givins Cottage" Lake Er- skine, N. J. Louise successfully passed the Junior Red Cross Life Saving Test and has received her pin and emblem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Down But Not Out

Results of the decennial census in
Waterbury for 1910 show waterbury not
merely still out of the 100000 class, but
also several hundred persons lower than
we were back in $780, To many this is
disheartening; to others it's just another
figure which doesn't mean much OF any
thing to them That's about all 1t Will
mean to most of us, too, in another year
or so when we've completely forgotten
what our census figure is and have TO
look it up in some record book every time
we want to find it out.
MANY and varied reasons probably &C
count for this drop in population locally.
But Waterbury should not start to Scold
itself for falling behind in the drive TO-
wards the 10000 mark. We have lot
of company in this downward trend. It's
more or less general throughout the
nation with sharp upward trends seen
only in very few isolated cases and usu-
ally, too, at the expense OF nearby
larger community. That seems to be
one explanation in Waterbury. While
we were losing, others were gaining.
A declining birth-rate can also be
blamed for some of our losses. For quite
some few years now we have been aware
of the fact that school population is
dWlndllng. Inc low PolllI Is Plooao!y
lust about at hand right now, but If
school figures are to go up again locally
therell have to be a sharp increase in
the birth-rate. This decrease in the
birth-rate, while other vital statistics
such as marriages and deaths fail to
register any remarkable shifts one way
or the other, might lead one to conclude
that birth control is fast making itself
felt in a state supposedly hostile to dis
semination of such teachings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
The Desert Blooms

Lots of people have thought Of the
business of raising vegetables in tank
without soil by chemical means as mere
misunderstanding, but what of It? Here's
a case where it came in very handy. Wake
Island, tiny coral atoll far out in the
south Pacific, was chosen as station for
the air clipper routes to the east. Those
in charge of the weather, station and
other facilities there were proviSioned by
infrequent ships, for the rocky atoll had
not enough soil to grow any sort Of food
plant or tree.
Last June, Torrey Lyons, young bot
anist of the University of California, was
sent to Wake to establish a tank garden.
Soon he will be supplying the 80 perma-
nent inhabitants of the island, and the
dozen or more passengers who stop each
week, with fresh vegetables. Steamers
bring the chemical supplies used as plant
food-the tank gardens do the rest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
We Hope They're Mighty Well

With admirable Solicitude, Admiral
Nomura of Japan is going to make visit
to Japanese residents of Davao philip
pine Islands) and the Dutch East Indies.
He goes, according to the imperturbably
bland Japanese announcement, ito in
uuire after their health" U. S. Commits
sioner Francis B. Sayre says that the
Japanese residents of Davao appear to
him to be pretty healthy.
We hope this is true. We rope Admiral
Nomura enjoys his sojourn in the Philip
pines. and that nothing eventuates from
the journey that could possibly have later
III effects on the health of Philippine
residents either native or of JapGnese ex-
traction. We hope Admiral Nomura is
provided with suitable escort. befitting
his station and mission, while in the
philippines. And as for us - why, we
feel fine, too. thank you'll
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Compulsory Training

It seems almost inevitable now that
Congress in the next week or so will
approve a measure calling for compul-
sorry military training President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt will sign such bill as
soon as it is placed before him. There
are several versions now but the essential
features are much the same; there'n be
a registration and draft of all American
men between the ages of 18 and probably
IS. Such sweeping check-up OF Amer
lean man-poWer has never before been
attempted not even during the World
War.
Those of us who registered then won't
recall any singular demonstrations
throughout the nation other than
patriotic ones. There was almost general
compliance with the emergency meas
ure (there are always exceptions, OF
course) and drafting of men proceeded
orderly and peacefully in every city and
town where a district had been set up.
But the approaching registration and
draft will be different. We are not at
war now and we don't hope to be, but
if one involves us, we want to be pre-
pared, much more so than we were in
1917
There are many good features to the
COlIlpuloOly uAAAIoAy I1eth1A1S AAioNSAAASAA',
there are some obstacles to be overcome,
notably the removal of men from occu-
pations and upsetting thereby of their
economic status and perhaps that of de-
pendents. There is the readjustment to
be made after the period of service has
been completed. But these are things that
actually can be provided for before we do
plunge the entire manhood of this nation
into Senni-War games
congressman also differ now on the
permanency of this universal service sys-
tenn. Many maintain it should be for a
limited period, such as the duration OF
any national emergency such as We be-
lieve now exists However, the setting
up of such vast governmental machinery
as will be necessary to establish the sys-
tenn almost makes it seem imperative
that we regard it as here to stay or until
such time as this little old world of ours
completely forgets about recourse to arms
for settlement of disputes, establishment
of theories of government, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Bon Voyage, america"

While the warships of Europe are in
dustriously sinking all the merchant ships
that come within their sight, and making
simultaneously poorer all the countries
concerned, the new American liner
America will sail August 10 from New
York for the West Indies. Designed for
sailings to Europe at peace, the America
must temporarily fill another role, carry
ing cruise passengers. This finest of all
American ships is a thing of beauty and
source of pride to all Americans.
Her keel was laid in August, 1888. In
August, 1889, she was launched. Now in
August of 1910 she sails on her maiden
voyage. By the time another August rolls
around will she be able to serve the
causes of normal peaceful trade for which
she was built? Dare we hope that an
other year will see sanity beginning to
return to world which for the moment
seems to have lost it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

Bankhead, Farley, Jesse Jones
and McNutt and thank them for
their craftsmanship. The Presi-
dent personally telephoned NC
Mutt and commended hin: as
gallant soldier who performed a
great public service tonight"
CAMERA OPPOSITES
The new Republican members of
Roosevelt's Cabinet, Secretaries
Stimson and Knox, are peas-in-a-
pod to Senate isolationists, but
they are poles apart with Capital
newsreelers.
Stimson. 70, grave and intense,
has no time for such fol-de-rol
as pictures and cameras. AS Sec
Rotary Of State under Hoover he
used to brush photographers aside
with a pre-occupied "too busy"
and he does the same now.
They almost had to "talk their
heads of" to get him to pose
after his recent confirmation as
Secretary Of War. Finally he
consented, with the reservation
that there was to be no sound.
But, Mr.. Secretary" the boys
walled, "a newsreel is a flop with
out sound"
mo sound" reiterated Slim
son firmly, and there was no
sound.
Colonel Knox, 66, who has pub
lished newspapers all his life, is
a different story. He knows the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

State Police Commissioner Edward
Hickey furnished pretty good idea of
what his department is doing through
out Connecticut to prevent what he terms
subversive activities Just reading the
small article that appeared in last nights
Democrat gives indication of how rapidly
this state is moving to protect itself, its
inhabitants, and its industries and pub
lie and private property against "crack-
Drained" or Fifth Column outbreaks.
While we're not in a war nor do we hope
to be in one, we are taking precautions
to prevent any group, whether American
or otherwise, taking such steps as might
hamper the orderly and peaceful life of
all of us. And while the state police are
doing all this local officials are not ex-
actly sitting back and watching events.
There are plenty of indications that care
is being exercised to guard against any
possible outrage. It's doubtful that
Fifth Column work will annoy this state,
but there are plenty of Drained"
individuals to set the torch to the hay
NOW just by the power of suggestion.
They are the ones to fear and to con-
troll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Views of The Press

piness above everything else were
deeply moved by King Of England
giving up his throne for a woman.
There were others who felt that he
was letting down" his country, but
they were not the rank and file,
either in England or in the United
States.
Since his abdication the former
king has sought to serve his country
and his coming to the Bahamas is
in line Of duty. Certainly the Gov
ernor's Palace at Nassau and direc-
ton of the affairs of q population
largely descended from freed Afri-
cans are not Of themselves attrac-
tons equivalent to the palaces and
exalted duties formerly his, but he
can be depended on to continue to
be the Empires servant, wherever
he is. The former King Of England
is well loved by the common people
however he may stand with con.
sentative society in England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
WHERE ELSE?
New Haven Journal Courier


The saga Of Raymond Douglas
and the New York Central Railroad
deserves to be writ large in the
annals Of contemporary Americana.
Mr.. Douglas, as those who read
their way past headlines and war
news now know, bought and memo
waited an old motor boat lying in
Annsville Creek, which runs into
the Hudson near Peekskill. But he
discovered that he was blocked in
the Creek; the boat was too tall to
slip under New York central
bridge at its mouth. 1t was a draw
bridge, but it hadn't been drawn for
at least eight years, in fact was
now permanently spiked. Mr.. Doug
las wrote to the railroad and re-
ceived what he Gals a "snooty'' reply
Thereupon he appealed to the
United State War Department,
pointing out that the Railroad was
blocking a navigable stream. With
due regard for legal provisions, he
gave more than enough notice and
named the time he proposed to set
sail once again. At the appointed
hour he cast off, approached the
bridge and whistled for passage.
Up it rose and through he went.
Mr.. Douglas says that he has no
knowledge of what the Department
did. But he does know that the
Railroad spent $500 for that one
passage, had to send 80 men to make
the old bridge work once again. The
cash cost may be disproportionate,
but the lesson taught is beyond
evaluation. Where else In this weary
and worried world could that be
duplicated? In what other country
right now could be found citizen
who knows his rights aid dares to
demand them and a great govern
mental department, in the midst
Of an emergency equaled only in
World War days, which would see
that he gets them?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

problems the photographers face
and goes out of his way to help
them. After his confirmation he
spent an hour patiently posing
and talking for the reels. Also,
he was keenly interested in the
results.
Running into one OF the cam
eramen at the White House sew
eral days later, the Secretary Of
the Navy inquired, How'd those
pictures turn out? Let me know
when they come to town."
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Leaders of the California "ham
and egg" pension movement, three
times turned down by the voters,
are secretly propositioning the
COP on a campaign alliance. /.
John T. Jones, Maryland United
Mine Workers official, whom John
l.. Lewis installed as head Of La
boris Nonpartisan League after
New Dealer Eli Oliver quit, is a
lifelong registered Republican. (,
Representative Jed johnson,
Okla, was boasting to his COL
league Representative Mike Mon
roney how his talented nine-year-
old daughter, Joan, had made
speeches for him in the recent
primary. "Now I understand why
you won by such a big majority"
laughed Monroney.
Copyright. 1910, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Danbury's fight over parking

Danburys fight over parking meters
was not based on any apparent opposi-
ton to their installation in the Hat City,
but over the means by which the meters
were to be bought. The petition for an
injunction to restrain the city from buy
ing them, it seems, was based on legis-
tive act covering purchases by the city
in excess of certain amounts There was
a violation of this law the petitioner
claimed. However,, the court ruled that
there was no liability against the City of
Danbury when it authorized purchases
of the machines The court also ruled
that purchasing agents duties are not
absolute"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
ANOTHER TRANSATLANTIC
AIR SERVICE
(Hartford Courant)

The approval by the Civil Aeron-
autics Board of the petition of the
American Export Airlines for per-
mission to establish a transatlantic
air service IN competition with that
maintained by Pan American Air.
ways is cause for satisfaction. The
new service will be confined at first
to the transportation of mail and
express, but on the delivery of flying
boats that have already been con-
tracted for, passengers will be car
ried between this country and Por-
tugal.
The establishment of q competitive
service across the Atlantic required,
and evidently received, thoughtful
consideration. On the one hand was
the danger that the pressure of
competition might induce the opera
tors to maintain service in danger
Gus conditions, as was too often the
case with competing land lines un-
til the Air Safety Board put an end
to 1t. On the other hand were the
obvious advantages Of increasing
the capacity and Of introducing the
automatic check on fares and oper-
ating conditions that is provided by
competition. The Civil Aeronautics
Board Is apparently convinced that
the new operator Is responsible and
capable Of maintaining safe service
and that the competition that win
be provided will not be destructive.
When the war ends. there Is GER
tain 10 be an international race to
establish new transatlantic airlines.
With two companies already operat-
ing as going concerns and expert
enced In the problems that compete
ton provides. the United States win
be In an exceilent position TO main
tain the leadership which Its war;
created monopoly Of the transatian-
tic airlines has stimulated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
THE BAHAMAS NEW GOVERNOR
Hartford Times)

It Is understandable that the Ba-
hamas and American society should
be agog over the appointment Of
the Duke of Windsor to the COVER
norship OF the Bahamas. The i'm
minent arrival of the Duke and his
Baltimore Duchess only serves TO
heighten the excitement, even
though at this time OF year there are
many parts Of the Western Hemis-
phere more comfortable than Mas
sau. Windsor and his duchess have
booked passage on o clipper plane.
however, and within Q week or two
they may be established at The
Dukes new headquarters.
Americans Of romantic turn will
assure the Duke end Duchess Q
hearty welcome 70 this part Of the
world. Those who put human hap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

On the surface this nation hasn't yet
assumed a warlike attitude, but some
thing will occur one of these fine days
and in twenty-four hours we'll be brist-
ling from coast to coast. Our national
defense may be costly thing, but it's
no experiment. It's worth every dollar
that we're sinking in the manufacture
of war supplies and in the training of
soldiers We want peace, but above all
we want our liberties, such as we are
accustomed to.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

France remains free and will con-
tlnue to be governed by Frenchmen.
Marshal Petain.
II the individual Is protected
against libel. Islander. obscenities,
ETC., why Is It fascistic for the gov
eminent to protect itself against
treason?
George creel, World War prop
uganda chief.
eluffing viii get Us nowhere-ex-
cept into q war.
Raymond Moley, one.tlme presi-
Dental adviser.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

Elimination of Dead Mans Curve on
the Waterbury Naugatuck road has long
been demanded by local and borough Of
ficals. But if present-day motorists think
this lis bad curve all they should do is
to recall the curve as it originally was
Just about the time that we got the first
hard-surfaced roadway between Water
bury and Naugatuck. You approached
the curve with fear and caution in those
days and Travelled in low gear if headed
towards Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back
page for the answers.


test questions? Turn to back
page for the answers.
l. In his last fight with Godoy.
did Joe Louis score a technical
knockout in the sixth, seventh or
eighth round?
2. Where is Mt. Mckinley Ma
tional Park?
8. What does Puerto Rico mean?
4. Name the American million
aire, born in Scotland, who gave
away a fortune to libraries and
other institutions.
S. How many units are in
bakers dozen?
6. Is there any state in the union
in which a person who has only
first papers for naturalization can
vote?
7. How many children did Presi-
dent Wilson have?
s. Where was the arInistice signed
In the first World War?
8. Are the words, God tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb" In the
Bible?
10. Who is called Gear of the
Movies?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Selected Poem
THE MARSH

THE MARSH
elizabeth Crawford Yates in the New York Times
No. will not guide you through the marsh.
Afraid? Well, maybe SO At least it's haunted
Ghosts? How should know2 $50.
The ghost of Dale perhaps
He had bound boy, so the neighbors tell,
Oh. long ago, when such things were.
Half starved the child
Until at last the little fellow ran away.
Chose death by mire, s'pose, instead of misery
Dale followed him.
The story is that Dale was seen
In Winter dusk-yes, more than once;
That pools were bloody red then black
Then there were drums-far off,
And crazy laughter -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
Daily Almanac

Moon rises II; 30 p. m daylight time).
Sun rises Sal a. m: sets s:l5 p. m. (day-
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Many old weather signs and adages have
gone by the board this summer. Old-timers
who rely on such TO schedule coming events
must have been COMPOUNDED by the type OF
contrary weather that New England has ex-
perienced during spring and summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

covered the sky, that distant OBJ
jects stood out in bold relief against
the horizon.
What strange old world we live
in - pain begets resignation; sacri-
fee brings forth happiness; it is In
sorrow that we know Gods great
est gift Of comfort. Some day we
shall know why. 1t is enough now
that we know this great fact to be
true, that visibility Is better ON
cloudy days than on sunny.
AL Rights Reserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

meChoo OF xunc-
tioning . little
less like q poorly
managed Cone
Island sideshow.
The plain fact
about the modern
American political
convention Is that
1t is at least rs
per cent nonsense.
SO much Of the
available time and
effect is spent on
making the thing
. good show that
little is left for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
WHEN VISIBILITY is BEST
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. d

WHEN VISIBILITY is BEST
If you have ever stood on the
seas;hore looking out over the waves,
you have no doubt observed that
visibility is better on cloudy day
than on fair day. One can see
further out to sea when the heavens
are overcast than when the sun is
shining brightly.
Those who have been through
great sorrow almost invariably tes-
tify to the fact that they saw fur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

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REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street.
Washington. d. Q.
@. How much revenue does the
Federal Government collect from
the national forest?
A. Receipts from timber sales,
grazing fees, special land uses, wa
ter power, and other sources amount
to more than 100000 annually.
Normally, receipts from timber sales
constitute the larger part OF the to-
tai, with receipts from use OF for
age q close second. Since Federal
property Is not taxable, Is percent
Of the total net receipts of the ma
tional forests is turned over each
year to the States to be apportioned
for road and school purposes to the
counties in which the national for
ests are located. An additional 10
percent is used for road and trail
building In the national forests, so
that IS percent in all, of the re-
ceipts return directly to benefit the
local national-forest communities.
@. What Is the meaning Of Meme,
Meme, Tekel, Upharsin?
A. It Is from the story Of the
hand writing on the wall, In DAN
lei 5, and means numbered, weigh
ed, divided" The usual translation
concerns the word Tekel, Thou art
weighed in the balances and art
found wanting"
@. Name the schools Of higher
education in Denmark.
A.. The University Of Aarhrls,, an
independent corporation; The Uni
versity of Copenhagen with five
faculties-theology, law, economics,
medicine, arts and sciences: Q State
College of Engineering; the Tech
biological Institute at Copenhagen |;
the Agricultural College; . two-year
Commercial High School and many
normal schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

U11CI Al0 GlC
purposes Of God
and understood
them be t e r
upon LIES dark
days than upon
its sunny days.
Always, W h e n
the sun Shone
brightly, the dis
tant objects Of
life seemed to
be obScured. It
was after a day
Of storm, while
the clouds still