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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-16
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Have you ever wanted to run away and join e circus? If you've ever entertained that childhood dream, while circus wagons rumbled down the street, you have a delightful adventure ahead, joining the circus with the hero of Walter Edmonds' new novel, "Chad Hanna" (Little, Brown and Company: $2.75).
 Chad Hanna didn't plan on join- ing Huguenine's Great and Only International Circus when 1t came to Canastota. Chad had been a driver boy on the Erie Canal, then a hoStler at tavern. He helped a runaway slave escape to Canada, got in trouble with the sheriff and couple of slave catchers. So Chad left town with the circus.
 Huguenine's wasn't the biggest or the most important circus tour ing New York state in the 1830s, But 1t boasted a sickly lian, fat woman (Mrs. Huguenine), beauti- full equestrienne, a bareback rider, tight-rope walkers, a juggler and a clown. And people came to see it. Chad joined as roustabout worked as tent man, and took care of the show horses. He was infatu- ated with Lady Lillian, the eques- trienne, but he married Caroline Trid, the slave tracker's daughter, who left Canastota at the same time Chad joined Huguenines Caroline learned to ride bareback, became the star of the show after Lady Lillian deserted to rival show
 Chads steady progress from roustabout to ringmaster is told in detail. But success went to his head and he quit the show when Huguenine tried to denote him. The story ends with Chad back in the ring, Caroline riding until her baby arrives, and Bisbee, the advance agent and poster man, buy ing half the circus and surprising everyone by turning up with an elephant.
 Edmonds has drawn a great, broad picture of circus life in the days before the big shows began. There are pitched battles with rival circus men, the intending fight to get the bgi top up. give a good show strike the tent and get on to the next town.
 Chad Hanna's story is no epic. It is a well done adventure against clear and accurate background of early American life.
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In Today's Mail

strength. Then, and then only, can our civilization endure in safety and in peacc-only through the cooper. alton of Q group of western nations strong enough to act as a police force for the rest of the world, Ger many is as essential to this group as England or France, for she alone can either dam the Asiatic horde or form the spearhead of their penetration into Europe. That il- tangible eastern border of European civilization, which Germany holds today has fluctuatee back and forth for over two thousand years.
 "Let us not deludc ourselves into believing that we can bring peace to Europe" says Col. Lindbergh, "by entering their wars or by guarar- tceing their treaties. If 6 lasting peace is to be established, 1t will be by prevention rather than impo- sition of such another treaty as Versailles"
 Clearly and plainly Col. Lind- bergh points out that the last war demonstrated the fallacy of send- ing American troops to European battlefields. The victory we helped to win brought neither order nor justice in its wake, and these end- less wars continue unabated and with modern fury. We cannot irn- pose a peace by force, he says, upon strong nations who do not them- selves desire 1t, except when it is to their own material advantage"
 "Our policy" says he, should be to prevent these European wars if we can, and otherwise to stand aside while the nations of Europe find their own destiny and Adjust | it to their changing birth rate and conditions. WE MUST STAND ASIDE IF FOR NO OTHER REA- SON THAN THAT ONE STRONG WESTERN NATION MAY BE LEFT TO LEAD THE WAY FROM THE CHAOS THAT WILL COME TO EUROPE IF THIS WAR GOES ON! Somewhere among us that flame must be kept burning if this civilization, too, is not to lie with the bones of marble and of bronze that represent the greatness oi Rome. and Greece. and Egypt, anc Babylon" Great words these from one of the greatest living Ameri- cans. Let our jingoes and war. mongers pay heed!"
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The Dutch Indies, West and East

The invasion of the Netherlands, be. cause of her overseas colonial empire, makes it possible that shell Splinters from the European war may fall directly into both the Western Hemisphere and the Far East. The Dutch Indies in the west, off the northeastern coast of South America, and in the east, off southeast ern Asia - may very possibly be affected by the new turn of the war At this point it is desirable to do some quick and crys- tal-clear thinking about these problems as they may affect the United States. It has been widely suggested that either or both might be protected by the United States against force.
 The first thing to keep clear in con- nection with any such move is "Why?" And the only possible answer is some direct effect on the vital interests of our own people. Any forcible invasion or oc- cupation of Dutch Guiana and the Dutch West Indies, Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Martin, would put the invader in direct position to threaten the Canal Zone and the American conti- nentS. This the American nations can not and will not permit. It would con- cern not only the United States but all the American nations. They should to- gether announce to the world that by joint action they will prevent it.
 That brings us to the East Indies. The clear American position regarding the West Indies is due not alone to a very real regard and respect for the Neither lands and their rights It is due, bluntly, to self-interest. Does the same consider ation apply to the East Indies, 5000 miles out in the South Pacific? Would seizure of the Dutch East Indies imperi. any American interest measuring up to the cost of Pacific war? That is the plain question which must be asked by those who are charged with framing American policy.
 We have already indicated that we would be deeply concerned with any in-
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New Frontiers

A society, people, a culture, to be worth anything must be dynamic. That is, they must be full of energy, and they must be going somewhere. Throughout the 1800's, the United States was expand. ing westward to build new physical empire. Through the sos 1t began to wonder "What frontier now? Have we reached dead end?" That period of con- fusion over, America now looks ahead to new frontiers, new industrial and social worlds to conquer They are there. The problem is to find them, line them up, conquer them.
 Forums for discussion of this problem, like the University of Rochester's "Fron- tiers in American Life" program, are val uable. Here students, faculty, and in- dustrial leaders all meet to explore the opportunities of the future. The fact that firms like Eastman Kodak, General Elec- tric, Freeport Sulphur, U. S. Steel, Arm strong Cork and duPont send representa- tives shows industry's heightened con sciousness of its vital part in uncovering that future.
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pamphlet, summing up It's charges, demanding revision of policies by the bureau, and calling for dismiss sal of the bureaus director, Com mander R. s. Field. This will touch of some fireworks.
 The bureau is part of the De- partment of Commerce, and hence Is responsible to Harry Hopkins. It is on open secret that top de- partment people aren't wholly sat. isfied with the bureaus record and that certain changes are in the cards.
 There will be an immediate backfre, however, If anything of the kind comes on the heels of the unions pamphlet. For the rumors of an impending shake-up in the bureau sound to some congressman like advance announcements of a surrender to the 0. I. O." and some ardent anti-New- Dealers are already collecting ammunition. RIGHT TO STRIKE
 IS BASIC ISSUE
 Basic cause of the trouble Is disagreement over when and how q sailor may strike.
 It's pretty generally agreed a strike while ship is on the high seas is either mutiny or something very much like 1t. The union, how ever, argues that while 0 ship Is at anchor or at dock in @ port the seamen may strike without mourning any more penalties than factory hands ashore would incur. Comman- der Field doesn't see 1t that way.
 As Field interpets the law, once a sailor has signed articles aboard ship he Is under contract. Under that Interpretation. a sit-down strike by men who have signed on is illegal, even though the ship may be tied up at e wharf.
 Field points out however. a man may not be held to involuntary Servitude abroad ship; If 6 crew wants to strike 1t members may simply go ashore, or desert ship, without suffering any penalty other than forfeiture of pay.
 BUREAU CAUGHT
 IN OLD UNION ROW
 To a certain extent. the bureau has been caught in the old A. P. L,-C. l. o. crossflre. Under the navigation laws as revised In 1886, merchant seamen are supposed to posses continuous discharge books giving e record of each voyage. The o. I. o. sailors have denounced this as Q fink book" asserting 1t makes possible black-listing of union sail- ors; they carry certificates of iden- tiilcation, instead. A. P. L. sailors, on the other hand, use the book.
 Don't overlook the fact that the Dies committee has been gathering Q good deal of testimony about alleged Communist influence in the National Maritime Union. That will be drawn on heavily, If the unions scrap with the bureau comes to Q showdown.
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WORDS OF COL. LINDBERGH ON EUROPEAN SITUATION
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Editor of The Democrat:

Editor of The Democrat:
 In these hectic days when there arc powerful factors that are leav- ing no stone urturned in afi en- deavor to create mob hysterla that will plunge us into the Euro. pean war, 1t Is reassuring to read the true diagnosis of that war, by one who is better qualified than any other American to tinravel the true causes of the war from the ava lanche of misleading propaganda fed Intentionally to the reading public. Who better qualified to guide us than our own Charles A. Lindbergh.
 Tn the Atlantic Monthly for the month of March Col. Lindbergh rolls back the scroll of history and reveals that hardly a year has gone by for the past hundred years, when at least one country in Europe has not been involved in war. The pres- ent war, the Ethiopian war. the World war, the Franco-Prussian war, the war between Germany and Austria, the Crimean war, the Brit ish opium war; revolutions and up- risings in Spain, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland and the Balkans: British actions in Africa, India, China, Afganistan, Palestine, India, China, and Mexico. All more or less imperialistic wars, or wars of ac- quisition, or waged to obtain larger share of the wealth of the world or to win more colonies or territories. From the Crusades, says the Colonel, to the conquest of the "New World" to the struggles of modern Europe, it has always been the same.
 The English and French claim their right in the present war to maintain what they have won by the sword of war, and Germany the right to expand, and to get her share of the worlds markets and room for it's virile people. In plain words Col. Lindbergh proves Ger many is as much in the right as France or England. He says in di- rect quote: "The solution to this situation in Europe does not lie in | fighting to impose one theology upon another. History is filled with the failure of such attempts. and nowhere are they more numerous than in the most realistic Of all its chapters--that of religion.
 "The answer Is not in war among western nations, but in sharing in- fiuence among a sufficient number of their people to make sure they control an overwhelming military
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Reaction to the "behlnd-the- scenes" knifng given the candidacy of Attorney General Francis A. Pallotti for delegate at-large to the Republican National con- vention has not yet defined itself, but there is bound to be some. The Attorney General is too popular figure through out the state, as well as in Hartford, to allow the fact that he publicly and earn estly sought to have himself seated among the official delegates but was refused the honor without some reper- cussions Whats more the convention, held in Hartford Tuesday and Wednes- day, changed the original slate of dele gates-at-large somewhat when U. s. Sen ator John A. Danaher asked to have his name crossed off the list so that some active party worker or leader might be included. He might not have been doing this to open the way for Attorney Gen. eral Pallotti, but he certainly gave party leaders the chance to seat both Pallotti and Austin D. Barney of Pennington. The honor went to Norwich man and Pal lotti was left off the delegation.
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The ration allowed oii food cards is not too bad, but in many cases the food stocks run out and the shopper cannot buy even the amount allowed by the ration card.
 More important from the military viewpoint is the report that German gasoline is Of such poor quality that it befouiB the motors and causes frequent re- placements.
 In other words. the German war machine, chccred by the German people, is moving ahead with precision toward its c0n- quests, but the big question in the minds of q. $. observers is--hOw long is the supply line?
 NOTE -- German people are forbidden to listen 10 foreign ra- dio broadca8tS, but iil many Ger. man households at night you might see c strange looking mound cov- cred by q bedspread -- the fam- fly huddled together secretly near the radio, listening to broadcasts from overseas.
 LOST LIBRARY
 The favorite story of the Presi- dents at present is about q library that burned down in Georgia. Here's how he tells 1t to callers.
 A deorga politico called on him with sorrowful plea to use his in- fluence to get c WPA grant for q new library.
 What happened to the old 0ne?" asked the President.
 Tt was destroyed by fire," re- piled the visitor sadly. "And
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test qucbtfOns' 1uEH " l"st V"be for the answers.
 1. What valuable mineral Is re. covered from old motion picture film?
 2. What was the ancient name of the Dardancllcs?
 3. What country in South Amer- ica has a greater area than con' tinental United States?
 {. Is 1t necessary for a subma- rine to rise to the surface to launch torpedoes?
 s. What well known university is located in New Haven, Conn?
 6. Which political party used the slogan Sixteen to One," in 1896?
 '. Which of these metals, alu- minum, iron. or copper, is most abundant in the earth's crust?
 8. What is the musical term for sacred composition for solo voices. chorus and orchestra, usually found on Scripture?
 9. Who is the author of Main Street?"
 10. Which queen reigned in Eng land for sixty-three years?
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Mr. President, I fear for the iIt. craey of my home folks if q new library isn't built quickly. No town should Dc without a library. 1ts . great cultural influence"
 Absolutely" agreed thc Prcsi. dent How long fas your town been without q iibrary?"
 "Scycnty-six years"
 "Seyenty.six yearsw
 "Ycs, sir. Sherman burned t down."
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 Tourists are pouring in at the White House at the rate of 5000 c day, of whom 1700 sec the pri- Vate paflorB by congressional let- ter. The others see only the East Room and ground floor. Aides ex- pect this flow to reach q ilii- lion by the end Of August .. When Sumner Weiles had 10 news one day at c State Department press conference, he apologized: T'il try to do better by you to- morrow" -. 4 tourist, after ex- amining the Czech Legation inSide and out, exclaimed, DO you mean 10 say the German government pays for all this?" The answer was afi emphatic "No' from Czech Minister Hurban, who stood the Germans off when they tried to take the Legation last year ... At the end Of 1037, IVA had i2.. 900 farm customers; at the end of l030-42,000.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-16

With the scars of war still faintly vis- ible along the eastern slopes of France bitter battles now rage close to the scenes of horror of 1914 to 1918. German and French troops are engaged again in bit ter conflict. And yet we can still hear the pious sentiments of those interna- tionalists who avoWed that never again would the countryside run red with blood. America awaits to hear how badly devas- tated are Holland and Belgium; we know that before Germany and France have ended their strife both nations will be pock-marked with shell-holes of hatred.
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 2:23 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:34 q. m; sets 8:03 p. m, day light timeJ.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The whp-poor-will calls loudly and clearly these warm spring nights. It's remarkable how one of these birds moves around in the darkness quite close to habitation, yet rarely seen and only his voice heard. Its intending quest for bugs in the treetops keeps 1t on the wing constantly.
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AAASO bAAS SlSSh'
 Bigg est Mari- time Union com- plaint is the charge the bureau has cen anti union and has used its powers under the naviga- ton laws to dis cipline m iii tant union men while letting steamship owners off with a slap on the wrist.
 Early this month the union distri- b u ted a bou t Was h inRton A
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Selected Poem
BOY BUILDING DAMS
Elizabeth Bridgman in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

(EllZaDetn Brldgman Tn Jne CnTSClaI
 Science Monitor Saturday morning, early Spring, When snows are melting off the land, Don't count on him for anything: He has Herculean laborS planned. Dams he must build along the street. This beaver clad in corduroy; Soiling mittens, soaking feet, But serious business for boy The steps are ice, the sidewalk sdlush, And thoughtless passersby complain, But he must toll to stop the rush Of water toward the sewer main. Mothers thoughts are in italics But pause before you interfere, This is a problem in hydraulics, This is budding engineerl
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Questions
 and Answers
RY rRRDRRlO M. KERRY


 Enclose a three.cent stamp for reply when addressing any quess Glon of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Dc given, nor can extended research be ins taken. Be sure all mall ls ad. dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE DUs REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, Q. c.
 c. Please describe the Partheron Of the AcropoliS, whose ruins are in Athens, Greece?
 A. It was a magnificent building 228 feet long, i0l feet wide and e6 feet high, built durieg the era of PerIcleS, on the site of temple probably begun by Themstocles. It was finished in 438 B. c. and was 6 marble structure of Doric design, resting upon a basement founda. ton of limestone. Inside was a large statue of Athena, by PhidlaS. Iii 1887 the building was used aS Q powder magazine by the Turks, who had captured Athens in l466, and ar explosion destroyed it, leaving only the ruins that still exist. In recent years the Greeks have re. stored the West front.
 c. Is Charles Boyer, the French motion picture star, now serving in the French Army?
 4. He joined the French army when war, broke out in september, 1889. He later returned to Holly. wood on leave Of absence.
 c. How many persons were add- cd to the federal pay rolls in the last six months of 1030, on account Of the increased defense armament program?
 A, About 33,000. The War and Navy Department each reported in. creases Of 13,000.
 c, Was John Hancock very veal. thy?
 4, After graduation from liar. yard in 1764 he entered the count- ing -house of his uncle. The uncle died and left him about 80,000 pounds, 6 large fortune for those days,
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May has burst on the hillsides with a real vengeance. Nature is close to full bloom. A tardy spring is fast making up for the chilly days of April whose nour- ishment hardly went below the surface. The season is late, but like all of them can make up for lost time in the full flush of warm May sunshine, accom- panied by fretful rain squalls.
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vaslon of the East Indies. The question is, how deep should that concern be, based on American self-interest as seen from both the immediate and the long, range point of view?
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BRANDS INSPECTOR MISSES

Salem. Ore. (UP)--A state inspec- tor of live stocks brands sent in as his report on one shipments: No brands visible from where I was standing The shipment inspected was four African Hons.
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Current Comment

We must not permit one man. or any group of money-raisers, to pick our nominee, 4-Alf London, to the c. O. P, state
 convention at Wichita.
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National Spotlight
By BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrats Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, May 16-The long standing row between c. I. O.s National Maritime Union and the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation is beginning to break
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Washington Merry-G -Go-Round 5
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If you want . copy Of the book. let "The BRIDES PACKET" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir. teenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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c. Is there q dictionary Of en- gineering termB7
 A. Engineering T'crminology: definitions Of technical words and phrases" by Victor J. Brown, ,S such a book. It was published in i030.
 c, In which State Is the geodetic capital of America located?
 A. The starting point Of the whole system for map making li the United States is a Central sta. ton located ct MeadiB Ranch, n Kansas.
 c. What Is the chemical compd- Bition Of hair?
 A. Carbon, bO.eS percent; hydro- gen, 9.3e percent; nitrogen, i7i4 percent; oxygen, 20.86 percent and sulphur, 5 percent.
 c, How much has been digtrib- uted to workers so far ifl u1employ- ment compensation benefits? A. A report submitted by tho Social Security Board in March, iO4O, revealed that 6 total of S0i0,- 3D8,4ls has been disburBed by the 48 states, the District Of Coluin- bia, Alaska, and Hawai-, during the approximately 2 years of the plans operation.
 c. What is the highest point in the Palisades of the Hudson?
 A. Indian Head, north Of Alpine, aitituded 647 feet.
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, T have . date with my cousin for tonigbt'; say engagement (or ap' p0intment) with my cousin tonight"
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions. Turn to last page for the answers.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
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