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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-18
DAVIS HEADS SCHOOLMEN

Butler County Schoolmasters' Club
elected w. E. Davis, West Middle
town, president; Ralph West, Pisgah,
vice-president, and Edward Locke,
Collinsville, secretary. Davis succeeds
Paul Miller, Morgan Township.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-18
NEW BEER-LIQUOR PERMITS

Julia Patterson, Middletown, R. R.
2, Lemon Township, D-1. Cancella-
tion, Herbert Huffman, The Branches,
Middletown, R. R. 2, D-1. Tavern
Bolser, 910 South Eighth Street. Ham
ilton, D-1.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-18
New York Labor Supports
ROOsevelt-Wa allace Ticket

New York City (ILNS).-The New
York State Federation of Labor non
partisan political committee has
adopted a resolution supporting the
Roosevelt Wallace ticket.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-18

To out-charm charmer is a game
worth any woman's mettle.-Kathleen
Norris.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Planning and the Bomber

The bombing alrplane has done lot of things to modern life. It has made wo- men and little children the victims of It's blind fury in a direct way in which war never claimed them before. It has destroy ed geography. It has made defensive for tified lines obsolete. It has narrowed the oceans, wiped our border lines, imperiled the free lanes of the sea- While social sci entistS and reform dreamerS tossed in the air their bubbles of planning, the bomber was remaking the world. Let us see what has been going on in Chungking.
 Chungking is the new capital of Cnlna. A vast inchoate nation was driven from US old capitals and forced under the pressure of terrible three-year war to remake It. self literally under fire. Back drew the Chi nese millions as city after city fell. new capital city, not out of range of the Jap anese bomberS, but at least at more dlttl- cult range, was necessary. The Chinese, ir- genious to high degree, began to build. A vast underground labyrinth was cut out of the solid rock on which Chungking sat. Dugouts for 100000 people have been grad ually tunneled out. Newspaper plants, ra- dio stations, even a motion picture studio, have now been installed far underground.
 That is natural development from the lessons of Europe. But China has had a longer period to consider, and severer lesson So in building the new city of Chungking, a plan is being followed The city is not being built in single cluster, but in some 40 widely ly-separated units. Not all the government buildings and facili- ties will be together, easy targets for even indiscrininate bombing. Instead, one group is here Another will be at quite a distance, all connected with good roads and transportation, and all built especially for lowest visibility from the air.
 One can only admire the ingenuity Of the Chinese. They have learned in a hard school, but they have learned The highly concentrated groups in which British and French industrial plants grew up, were handicap to them. The United States, with it's vast area, has chance to avoid this difficulty New plants of strategic value should be built (and to some extent they are) in diverse areas and sections of the country In this way, no sudden raid can paralyze all industria! resistance. City and regional planners today have new ele- ment to consider in guiding the develop ment of our physical surroundings. It is that nullifier of plans, the bomber.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
We Learn About Our Aliens

For the first time, the United States is going to get together some really com- plete information about it's aliens The registration which will begin August 27 and close December 26 is tremendous undertaking. Perhaps ,3,600,OOO resi- dents, non-citizenS, will be required to list with the government basic data about themselves, including their flngerprlntS. Time was when proceeding ot thls klnd would have been regarded as SmacKlng too much of European restriction to 1lC into the American picture. Scarcely today: Left to itself, the United States would never have adopted such plan. But the impact of European tension on the world has brought about adoption of this regis try almost without opposition.
 Several things ought to be kept clearly in mind as the day approaches when all aliens must appear at one of 7,o0O regis tration centerS to leave a record ot themselves and their activities. First, this is no witch-hunt. The definite assurance of Director Earl G. Harrison has been given that all loyal aliens will be pro- tected from unfair attacks or dlscrlmlra- tion. The fact that person must regis ter is nothing against him.
 Second, there is no charge or fee in connection with the registration. Already interruptions persons have appeared, ready for a suitable fee to "help" aliens through the registration. No help is required except that which will be freely given through postoffices. The registra- ton must not be allowed to open up profitable source of graft by preylng on Ignorance. Director Harrison is not ex- pecting any widespread disclosures of criminal activities or Fifth Colum work. He is convinced that the vast majority of aliens are peaceful and law-abidlng.
 Among the questions asked (with pen atty for willful falsification) is one cov- ering all membership or activities in clubs, organizations, and societies An other covers connection with political activities of foreign governments. Perse- cution and injustice could easily follow abuse of such information, and even ot the mere fact of registration itself. On the old Anglo-Saxon principle that all are innocent until proved guilty, all should guard against jumping to conclu- sions. The government has instituted the registration. The government IS quite capable of taking any necessary action upon it in an orderly and legal manner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
They All Have Them

The New London Day finds recent release from the Public Works Admlnls- tration at Washington in praise of Robert A. Hurley, State Public Works Commis- sioner, bit suspicious. The bay con- cludes that it is a tremendous boost for the political stock of MT. Hurley just when such a boost would dc him the most good It also doesn't think that the Washington office used too good taste in allowing a release of this nature to be devoted to such fulsome praise. A series of queries are propounded with one that we rather relish at the very end.
 The Day said: Tt is high time some body found out whether Hurley, a state official, has a PWA-paid press agent something that we presume ex-Governor Cross cannot boast of and that Gov. Ray mond E. Baldwin, who seems the likely COP nominee for reelection certainly doesn't possess if the new dealers know about it." It's that last allusion to Gov: Baldwin which must have amazed ana amused some of us around the state. A certain pair of very efficient gentlemen, Messrs. Main and Dolan are going to be awfully sore if they find out their work in Gov Baldwin's behalf in the last elgh- teen months has gone for naught so far as New London and environS are con- cerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Lesson in Magnitude

The United States is not by nature a militaristic nation, and when faced by military problem it is apt to minimize the difficulties and demand instant (and miraculous) action. It is interesting to note a little detail, therefore. In the course of this summers maneuvers, some 132, ,9O1 men and their equipment are to be transported. For Switzerland or Ru- mania that would not be large opera ton, but many will be surprised to note that 1t implies the use of 466 special trains. SIP coaches, 1924 baggage cars, and 4e7 flat cars among other rolling stock.
 Careful arrangements have had to be made to have this ready and available. 'rhere IS no question, thanks to the eff ciencv of the American railroad system, that t win be well and easily done. But somehow the picture of those 4S0 special S,Ss Fone the maenitude of modern military os,erafions in q way in which Americans sis rel accustomed to consider them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Current Comment

Any social order that denies to an adolescent boy or girl some measure of economic security and financial independence Is badly or ganized.
 Charles H. Judd, educational di-
 rector, IVA.
 All we ask is that American his- tory be examined frori the view point of necessities at various times for national expansion. German reply to American pro-
 test at invasion of neutral coun- tries.
 It is the responsibility of the stti- dent body to see that its activities reflect the attitudes Of the majority of itg members.
 -President Harry D. oideonse oi Brooklyn College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

Transfer of 525 patients from the Mid dletown to the Fairfield State Hospital shortly will not lessen the fact that the former institution is badly overcrowded, it was recently announced. This transfer, however, should go long ways towards relieving some of the congestion in Mid dletown which has always seemed to bear the brunt of the care of our mentally unbalanced citizens Patients from the western part of the state will be the ones to be placed in the new buildings at New town. There are over 5000 patients at Middletown now which is a tremendous number of an institution that is only supposed to care for about 2,2oo; How ever, there is much hope ahead for new buildings are rapidly being erected and when the states institutional program IS completed it is expected that at least tenn porarily the situation will be well met. And it certainly is about time that the state got around to it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Views of The Press
TOO MUCH ENTHUSIASM
 (New London Day).

Managers of the campaign of Wendell L. Willkie for the presi- dency are said to be beginning to worry a little about the enthusiasms of some the candidates unofficial packers. Throughout ths nation Willkie For President clubs are springing up. They are purely Spon- taneous organizations, for the most part, not the usual inspired political clubs, carefully directed and father- ed by politicians. That much is all right; the trouble is that some of the officials and members of the new clubs take the thing much too seriously. They openly declare that they will have nothing to do with "old line machines" and with politi- clans.
 AS result, the Willkie group hears. they are antagonizing num- Der of Republican organizations that stood ready to back Willkie as heartily as any other candidate of the party, despite the fact that the same organizations may have been against Willkie at the Philadelphia convention. In other words, as one political writer phrases 1t, they "are attempting to crowd the elders completely out of the picture by November" If the effort continues, it seems likely to damage, rather than help, the Willkie cause, for or ganized Republicans groups are cer- tainly going to be needed to elect the man.
 Typical of this situation, it is pointed out, is the scene in Penn- sylvania, and also in New York state. There the enthusiastic young newcomers in politics seem disposed to clean house-kick out all the old line Republicans leade rs-and or- gsnize their own campaign set-up. Some of them want to "slug the wrong guessing bosses while they are still down on one knee"; the more internal fights the Willkie packers manage to promote in the existing Republican organizations the worse his chances of being elected, of course, for there are mighty few G. O. P. organizations no matter how upset they were over Wiilkie's nomination, that are mol pulling for him in the election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

We don't know if Waterbury is just lucky that way but right now with the infestation of the Japanese beetle in Con- necticut the worst ever this city is not apparently being attacked. However, that doesn't mean we won't be. It may be that the beetles will work their way into thls territory and ravage our trees, shrubs, and lawns like they have in other com munities and continue to do so when the warm weather arrives. It's Q constant battle in those places to drive the beetles out and if Waterbury is going to combat the pest it had better acquaint itself with the ordinary methods of attack. Hart ford right now is having quite time in ridding itself of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
DECENTRALIZATION Bridgeport Telegraph

Census figures continue to show the halting and reversal of the trend that for so many years took the people from the open spaces and crowded them together in the great metropolitan centers.
 Boston has about 10000 fewer per- sons in 1940 than it had in 1880. St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Kansas City are vir- tually at a standstill. Chicago add ed a scant 10000 to a population of nearly three and half million. Newark lost nearly 10000. New York City might be cited as an ex- ception for it gained nearly 100000 but even in New York the trend was exhibited only too plainly. New York'S suburban area gained faster than New York City itself and in New York City the greatest gain was in the extreme outlying dis tricts, virtually in the country though still technically within the city limits.
 We human beings are creatures of habit. We continue to plan our cities as if there were nowhere to go except a few crowded spaces when all the rest of the country is inviting us. When we plan a house. ing development for poor families we plan to house them in one group as if there were some virtue in this kind of construction though in fact it is expensive. In Bridgeport's East Side housing development for instance, each single family will represent a greater investment than would have been necessary to build them a nice individual home in the country.
 Some day we shall get out of the rut. Meantime the census is con- veying its lesson = that population itself is decentralizing, spreading out. looking for air, space, light. freedom, quiet.
 As transportation improves, as roads improve. and when the air. plane comes in to supplement the motor car as @ means of private conveyance, this movement will be accelerated many times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

0HWGB WDbUVAB " UAlA bO modify the neutrality law so as to let U. s. flag mercy ships" call at British ports to get the children. The U. s. Committee for the Care of European Children, with the CO., operation of three government de- partments, is preparing to see that every child who can get over here may be placed in a good home. A great deal of the red tape con- nected with visas and passports has been shipped, and the old quota re- strictions no longer stand in the way.
 Nevertheless, the problem hasn't been solved yet by long shot. NOT ENOUGH
 SHIPS AVAILABLE
 Foremost is the problem of ship ping. The U. s. Maritime Commis- sion is ready to put its three big gest passenger vessels-the Amer ica, Washington, and Manhattan = into service. Between them, these three ships could carry about 5000 children per round trip. British shipping to carry about 2,500 more is also available.
 But there are already 100000 chil- dren registered as in need of trans portation. Bringing them over at the rate of $500 every three weeks would hardly be scratching the sur- face.
 One suggestion has been that Canadian troop ships be used to bring the children over on their re- turn voyages. Objection voiced here is that the Germans might well consider such ships fair targets for torpedoes, even if they did agree to the general principle of letting the mercy ships come through un- scathed.
 For that matter, no one knows whether any kind of agreement can be had from the Germans. lacking it, the isolationists in house and senate are almost certin to oppose the plan, on the theory that the country would be too likely to get into the war if an American flag liner full of little children should be sunk.
 On top of all of this, even the 100000 children who are already registered are but a fraction of the eight or ten million British youngsters whose parents might want them sent over to safety.
 WHAT WILL
 MIR. HITLER SAY? | Despite the obstacles, the work of preparing to receive the chil- dren is. being pushed. Both State 1 and Justice Departments are co-op- erating. A committee. headed by Marsall Field, is handling the whole complicated job of finding homes and financial sponsors for the chil- dren, and is undertaking to meet the youngsters as they arrive and get them to their destinations. Working with the committee also is the Children's Bureau of the La bor Department. Every home chosen to receive a child must get the bur- eau's okay.
 Next step is up to Congress. Con- gress is ready to help; but it would like to know just what MT. Hitler
 is going to have to say about the
 whole scheme, if possible, before committing itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

 to make continual intercession, and the people about whom you wish daily to pray.
 Avoid set forms of speech.
 Concentrate on what you are do- ing. It is very easy for the mind to wander in prayer.
 Make sure before you ask any thing of God that you are willing to surrender all things into His hands.
 This declaration should follow all our asking, Nevertheless, not my will but Thine be done"
 Above all, remind yourself that God Is eager and willing to give His good gifts to them that ask Him.
 (All rights reserved
 Babson Newspaper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

having been defeated for renom- ination several months ago.
 All of which adds up to the fol- lowing: A lame duck Senator pro- poses to use a dead bil, over which he no longer has any juris- diction to stage a series of hear ings at public expense to boost a political candidate.
 Meanwhile Democratic Sena-
 tors are betting that the trick won't come off. Burke isn't that good.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Inside fact about Henri Have, new French ambassador to the United States, is that no one is very enthusiastic about his. ap- pointment. His chief claim to fame is as Mayor of Versailles and as a great friend of Elsie deWolf and Anne Morgan. He has been angling for the job of Ambassador to the U. S. A. for some time. |. Count de Saint Quentin, who now retires as Ambassador, was sin cere believer in democracy and not in sympathy with the semi Fascist Petain government, though
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

With a population increase of 9S,ooO officially credited to this state it remains to be seen now if this will be sufficient to allow us to retain six congressman. That fact won't be known until the entlre country's population is established ana the integer of proportional representa- tion ascertained. It is believed, however, that any slight population gain Will pc sufficient to maintain our present con- eressional status.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Selected Poem
MORNING ON THE BEACH (Mary Willis Shelburne in the Christian

MOkN1NG ON LIE OAsEA>A
 (Mary Willis Shelburne in the Christan
 Science Monitor0 The tide is out, and all the sands Are covered with the myriad bands Of tiny creatures from the sea, Who come and go in mystery. The darkened waters catch hame From the rising suns unerring aim; It grows and spreads upon the beach, Where white-capped waves run up and reach With eager fingers that fall short, Yet chuckle softly at the sport. The periwinkle's lovely shells Reflect the sky; the conchs deep bells Ring of old ocean. Starfish spread Like baby hands; to rattling tread Of crabs on sand, the fiddlers scurry Prom hole to hole in maddened hurry. The sun rides high, with long, green fingers The waves now catch each shell that fingers Swept clean the sands wait quietly The surge of those who seek the sea
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Questions
 andAnswers
-z rREnERTo M KERBY

BX EkEOGHAO nAs
 R,elo~, a threo-csns clamp tes r,nlv when addressing nny 0ass. nm of eact or information 70 sns VVatsrhury DemOcrat's Service bu. reau at Washington. Iesal anu medical advice cannot ee ~ rnr can extended research De un" taken. Be sure all mall Q aa. Aree.ed to The WATEkbUnx DEMOCRATS SERVICE bu' REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Sstes" Washington. D. O o.
 a Did the Iroquois call them selves linen of the long houseY
 A. They called themselves -Ong. wanonsionni": literally, we OA 'a'V long house"
 a Tell me something about tne fruit of the jaboticaba tree "IliCA = a native of Brazil.
 A It looks and tastes someWnass as like muscadine grapes, ana nlUSv o the fruits mature in carry 4;,,sIr SuI when fresh fruits are reiayNS ~ scarce in the southern hemisplle;;tS. ;t. The free is unique in barring lIs cranelike fruits along the tFunk erd branches as well as on ule twirs Attempts are being mace '" srow the fruit in Florida.
 O. How many merchants vesseis did Great Britain lose ourns ,,t %,t first four months of the presen' European war?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

he carried out its orders. .. Friends of Senator Burke say he has the promise of a high place in the next Republican adminis- tration, if Willkie wins. One thing to remember about the German British air situa ton is that the Nazis so far have made almost no raids at night. They have been sending their men over England in the daytime ap- parently to spot strategic points and get them familiar with the terrain. The British, on the other hand, have been raiding Germany at night. Night-hying over England will be much easier for the Nazis because they have less distance to travel So the real punishment will begin when the Nazis start raiding England at night. The German American National Alliance in Chicago has set out to purge all Illinois Congressmen who are friendly to Great Britain.
 Copyright 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, IpcD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

1. Kohlrabi is the name of 6 country, metal or vegetable?
 2. Name the capital of Maine.
 3. Is it easier to move a wedge shaped object through the air with the wide or thin edge forward?
 4. Was "What hath God wrought?" the first telegraph or telephone message?
 5. Was Herbert Hoover officially nominated for president at the 194O Republican convention?
 6. The famous Boston police strike occurred in 1918, 1919 or 1920?
 2. An American citizen does, or does not lose his citizenship if he enlists in the Canadian army?
 8. Who said "Crito, we owe cock to Aesculapius?"
 g. Will an air-tight drum sup- port more or less weight in water if filled with air under pressure?
 10. Did Dewey, Taft or Willkie lead on the third ballot in the 1940 Republican national convention?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
THE TOURISTS COME (Boston Post)

Late though our summer season is, there is chance that tourist travel here from other states will not only equal the best of other years but may beat the record. And this will be good news not only for New England farmers but for the big and little resort hotels and for all those shrewd Yankees who know how to make 6 dollar py siv- ing good service. The main roads into New England's resort regions are ahum with cars bringing visitors bound for the seashore or the mountains. New England is Q charming and refreshing region tor travellers to visit and their Journey here will benefit both them, and tg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 9:O4 p. m. daylight time).
 sun rises 5.5i a. m.; sets s:o4 p. m. (day- light time). ,..
 An vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 An example of what q rush Of cold air passing over warm countryside can do was seen in Waterbury early Saturday morning Not only did this section nave one oi the wettest dews in many Q morn, but the TOE was SO thick it could actually have been cut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

Here are a few rules for prayer that many have found helpful:
 Have a defi- mite time set aside for prayer and allow no O tn CT engage ment to inter- fere.
 Pray for others more than you pray for your self.
 Keep a list of the things for ,,l;ol, xya,, .r,;cJ,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-05

youngsters in England can be brought .ov CT here.
 The . obstacles in the way - b o t h material and otherwise are forTnid- able.
 What can be done is being d o n e. T h e Ho us e foreign affairs commit tee has given a favorable report fA a hiII fn