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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

Employees in the statute revision commissioners ofiice already are preparing for the 1942 revision of the state statutes, which probably will Ee authorized by the l94l gen. eral assembly.
 The last revision was in 1880. Since then, the revision conmis- sioner's office has built up an elab- crate card filing index containing all the new laws and amendments passed since 1930. These will be incorporated in the new volume.
 Then the old cards will be thrown out, and new system of cataloguing laws will be started in preparation for the next revision due about 17954. The statutes are revised every 12 years.
 Appointment of Harvey Wil- Hams, Greenwich, as paid consult. ing engineer to the state aer0nau- tical development commission, af- ter his resignation as commission chairman, will not be permanent.
 The job may last thre or four months, according to reliable re- ports. Then williams was expected to return to the commission as 2 non-paid member.
 That is why the governor did not appoint . successor to the late Donald |. Brown, head of the United Aircraft, who was a cOm- mission member. Williams is slated for that post after his engineering job Is done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

to four houses of which two were de- stroyed.
 It was generally believed that Russian aviators flew down the Tor neaa River and along the nearby railroad by mistake, believing that they were over a Finnish river and railroad.
 (The Copenhagen newspaper Ber- lingske- e-Tidende, in a Stockholm dispatch, asserted that 12 hours be- fore the raid an unidentified air. plane, believed to be Russian, flew over the town reconnoitering as If for bombing)
 Debate In Parliament
 The plane raid came shortly be- fore a debate in parliament on the governments policy in publicly re- fusing official aid to Finland. a debate which resulted in a vote of confidence in the governments "real" policy. The reservation that the policy had not been presented to the public in proper form was im- piled, however.
 Conservative Deputy Johan Jo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

the election was SO close the result was contested in the state supreme co0rt.
 unless there are unforeseen de- -velopments, Smith probably will go after . third term in this dis- trict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
TRAFFIC CSLOW-UP
 AIDS MOTORISTS
Temperature Down
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Temperature Down
 The temperature remained below freezing all morning and the only melting was in spots struck directly by the sun. The mercury remained at about 25 degrees through most of the morning. At 1 o'clock this afternoon 1t had climbed only to 29. The weatherman says clear and cold weather tonight, cloudy and warmer tomorrow, with the possibility of snow tomorrow night.
 South Main street, in the vicinity of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, had many traftlc tie-ups again today. Drifts there had been cleared, but deep ruts, from which it was almost impossible to steer, re- mained. Trucks parked to make de- Iveries in the vicinity added to the does of drivers.
 Brooklyn Complains
 There were many complaints also about conditions in the Brooklyn section, especially along Bank street from Riverside street to Congress avenue. Policemen were directing traffic by hand. ..
 The street department snow-load- CT was used to cellar drifts from sev- en downtown streets last night. To- night it will be used around the Green and on Cole and Baldwin streets.
 Many Treacher0us Spots
 The fewer number of cars on the road helped traffic move more smoothly, but .treacherous patches of ice occasioned delays at many points. Bus schedules were running far closer to normal than in recent days.
 Although no official notice has been forthcoming, 1t was learned to- day that the street department has added approximately 10 extra em- ployeS to its payroll since the storm of last week. About five extra men were out to work last Friday and five more yesterday.
 No Reason For Secrecy No reason for the secrecy has advanced. On Friday, Supt. Herbert Scott-Smith of the street depart ment told The Democrat that no extra men had been added to his force and only the regular crew of about 80 was working.
 In Hartford this afternoon, a to- tai of about $3O,000 was paid out to 1900 extra employees hired to com- bat the emergency caused by the blizzard. Other cities and towns ai- so hired many ex:ra employees, the number ranging from a few dozen to several hundred.
 Cost High In Hartford
 Cost of removing the snow in Hartford vas more costly than for any previous storm.
 Waterbry's city budget for 1940 allots $18,000 for snow removal. The money is not set up in a separate item, the budget makers instead listing 1t under the general appro- priations. Extra truck hire will cause the principal local storm cost From 10 to 30 extra trucks have been used daily since the blizzard. 'sifa
 A hydroelectric plant will utilize the ma tors If Take Tota in FOlOno hin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22
FITZ GERALD IN
 LEADERSHIP BID
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(Continued from Page D the national committeemaYl's son, At torney John FitzGerald. Another in the race has been Congressman J. Joseph Smith, of Waterbury and Prospect, brother of State Chairman Smith.
 If President Roosevelt decides to run again, he is assured of the Connecticut convention votes, for even state Democrats opposing his program realize that his popularity offers the best chance for the Democratic State ticket to be swept into office.
 MT. Smith has been planning to submit his resignation as state chair man soon, hut MT. FitzGerald's apa parent aim for the state leadership may cause him to delay or even to change his rnind.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

Cuba shipper ovef 2,AOo.oo0 tons of sugar to other countries last year
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BLOOM DEBUNKS
 US. HISTORY
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"You ask me how figured that out. I'll tell you. When Washington was born the old English calendar had gotten so far behind that Jan- uary 1 arrived on the day that now is March 25.
 'Then in 175l, when Washington was 20 years old the new calendar was adopted, starting the year of on January 1. In order to get the calendars strengthened out they dropped Il days from September that year and skipped January, Feb ruary and the first 25 days of March.
 "Well, the upshot of 1t was that Washington didn't have any birth- day in l752. The year had only 2sa days and one of those left out was his birthday. That made him nearly year older than the history books say"
 Without stopping Bloom. adjusted his gold-rimmed spectacles and looked over his shoulder to see if Washingtonl's picture was still there,
 Funny thing, did you know that Washington never delivered his most famous 'speech,' his farewell ad- dress? Well, he didn't. It was pub- lished in a Philadelphia paper, but he never made 1t and no one read 1t for him."
 As has been the custom for more than 100 years, the House and Sem ate each hear the addres read.
 Just across the street from the Capitol in the library of congress, the 26 volumes of Washington let- ters and other papers are being ex- tensively used as source material for coming political speeches.
 Already, Washington has been quoted both as favoring and disap- proving third term for presidents. He has been quoted-or lnisquoted-- both for and against foreign alli- ances. Those may be issues in the presidential campaign.
 Washington, Feb. 22-(UP)-It was Thomas Jefferson, not George Wash ington, who said those famous words about "entangling alliances"
 Thus, it appears that Rep. Martin L. Sweeney, D., O., has invited the British ambassador to the United States, Lord Lothian, to attend to- days sesion of the House to hear something that will not be read.
 The warning against entangling alliances often is mistakenly credited to Washington in his farewell ad- dress which will be read to congress today on the anniversary of his birth.
 In 8 letter inviting the Marquess of Lothian to attend today, Sweeney said:
 T believe 1t would be timely for you to hear the words of the father of our country on the subject of en- tangling alliances with foreign na- tions."
 Sweeney has been member of congress since 1880. Washington's s farewell address Is read in the House each year on Washington's birthday.
 It was Jefferson, third president of the United States, who said: Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations - en- tangling alliances with none"
 In his farewell address, Washing ton said:
 Tt is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, mean, as we are now at liberty to do 1t; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

A hydroelectric plant will utilize the waters of Lake Tota in Colombia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-22

After drinking Q mixture of red wine and 6 disinfectant Daniel Dolan threw the kitchen range and room grate through the window, then was sent to prison in Govai, Scotland.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

need any information, shall not be able to
put out my hand and consult my encyclopedia;
that the forsaken manuscript will perhaps
never be finished; that new problems and
duties of which / now know but little are
going to fill my life suddenly emptied of
everything that made it 50 precious. But the
red sheet that summons me lies there under
the pile of peaceful papers. must 60.
Where? What will they do with me? As yet
l am in the dark only know that in the
north of France l shall rejoin the British
Army know quite we'll these surroundings
and these men, and 50 am fairly able to pic
ture the kind of life shall lead. Doubtless
shall know again those Flemish towns, with
their red-brick houses under the black sky:
those muddy fields where one stumbles over
the turnip roots in the night; those amusing,
well-bred discreet conversations in the British
mess; and that never-ending music to which
the cannon of distant base contributes. Only
those songs will have changed; this time the
radio will have replaced the gramophone and
being twenty-five years older, | shall find
them more trying than before.
Sad? No. am not sad. What gives all of
US Frenchmen great serenity OF spirit in these
days is the certainty of having done every
thing possible to avert this catastrophe.
Whether it concerns our own generation or
that of our children, we all 90 into this war
with clean hearts. We ask for nothing but
guarantees for the liberty of Europe. We
have tried every means of oonciliation. The
only reproach which anyone can give us land
many have done so) is that we have been
patient But not for this either do we feel
any remorse We knew 50 we'll the sufferings
which another war would bring into the
Evening star., 1940-01-07

in lndo- China. The enemy was near the bat
tie about to begin. Gallieni had given his
orders with the greatest care. Then he took up
buried himself in long essay by Stuart Mill,
just as though he had not been the leader of
an army on the brink of battle
What, my Colonelr' exclaimed Lyautey
you are reading at this moment"
And why not?" answered Callieni MY
preparations are all made. Nothing new has
occurred. l must await the results of my
orders before issuing any new ones. Well,
then, why should waste this hour in worry,
in lying in wait for future which will come
of itself? should only lessen the sureness of
my judgment by unproductive thinking. No,
no. Since we have done everything we can, let
us read Stuart Mill"
Lyautey profited by that lesson. Very much
later, after he had become general, he was
attacked in Fee by revolutionary tribes and
had every reason to think himself lost Having
given his ORDERS he asked one of his officers,
man of excellent memory and great culture. to
recite some beautiful verses of poetry.
Without doubt we are going to be mas
sacred tomorrow morning." he said LET us
provide ourselves with distractions worthy of
the gravity of our last hours"
! HAVE noted with pleasure that since the
beginning of this war many French soldiers
share the same opinion. The booksellers tell
me that those leaving for the front do not take
with them mediocre reading matter, but the
great classics and books of science These men
going out to fight still think of self-instruction.
And of what use?" asks the man of little
faith. why 50 much trouble if we do not
Evening star., 1940-01-07

world that. in order to avoid it, we stood ready
to lower the price of our self-respect. And
when the die was cast we felt almost relieved.
And since there is nothing more to be done.
since boots, leggings, khaki shirt, CAPE every
thing is in order; since have provided here
for the future of those love; since still
know nothing of my new destiny; since my
spirit is free and my conscience at peace - let
us set to work.
We have four days before US. Why lose
them? Because we do not know whether that
novel will ever be finished, is that any reason
for failing to push it on few pages further?
Let us get to work. That black future has
no more need of our thoughts. There is moth
ing more we can do about it. So let us devote
the scanty minutes that remain for us to the
tasks we love.
am reminded of story about General
Gallieni which Marshal Lyautey once told
me:
Lyautey was at the time a young lieu
tenant on Gallieni's staff during a campaign
Evening star., 1940-01-07
bV Andre Maurois
Author Of "Ckotsovbsiend," !" "Psopksss o~d Posss."
"Tks Miroeie Of Ensiond," /" etc.

know what tomorrow has in store for us? Why
50 much work to enrich mind that may be
doomed to disappear"
Why? Exactly because our time is so
limited. Just for that very reason it is so
much the more precious. Of my four days
respite, want to fill every second of it to
the brim. To waste them because they are
few would be great folly.
Discourage ourselves, give ourselves up be-
cause the future is uncertain?
No, no. We shall change nothing of our
lives For four days. as in peacetime. we
shall get up at seven o'clock in the morning.
For four days, as in peacetime. we shall work
on our manuscript. For four days, as in
peacetime, we shall write our four daily pages
Even if khaki coat and red military cap
are lying ready in the next room. even if
Mr.. Hitler does hurl his raucous passions
over the universe, there is no reason for
taking fewer pains with the choice of our
words and the placing of our commas.
(Copyright. 1910, Jacques Chambrun. Inc)
Evening star., 1940-01-07

now in the next room my uniform lies ready.
Two stripes only. am a lieutenant just as
was at the end of the last war; Civilians do not
advance in peacetime. What matter? That
will make me feel younger. The only difference
is that now have son who is leaving home,
too, for he has just enlisted as student-pilot
in aviation. would not be telling the truth
if said that this step does not fill me with
anxious thoughts.
In four days -.
look about me at the familiar setting.
This desk before which sit every morning.
My favorite books, my Balzac, my Saint
Simon my Dickens, my Proust. And on the
table, the manuscript pages of book already
begun. This sunny morning is so like other
mornings that again can scarcely believe
am going to leave all this; that in four days if
Evening star., 1940-01-07
6e6 lsrn~

ME cloudless sky is of a soft, southern
blue. Never has the sun been more bril-
- liant; Paris never more charming. When,
standing on the balcony, we hear that muted
rumble come up from the city and see in the
distance the Arc de Triomphe and Mont
Valerien, and all that friendly country, we
find it difficult to realize that yesterday
German planes were bombarding Scotland;
that this morning there is furious fighting
along the Rhine; that tomorrow perhaps, or
this evening, swastika fleets will appear above
the city we love.
And yet this is no nightmare: it is inexorable
Reality.
In spite of my white hair too am leaving
this quiet town to serve as did twenty-five
years ago as French Liaison Officer with the
British Army. In four days shall go; even
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-07-11

The American goes in the mail
each Thursday; want your message
to go along?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-07-11
DanfOrth

Young Peoples meeting will be at
the Danforth schoolhouse Saturday
evening.
A very large crowd attended the
celebration on the school grounds last
Thursday. Everyone seemed to have
had good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Smith and Mrs.
John Bulger and daughter, all of Mil
waukee, spent the first part of the
week visiting at the Percy Moore
home.
Mrs. Ed Olson and daughter are
spending an indefinite time at the
Andrew Olson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Boo and Mr..
and Mrs. John Erickson spent the
Fourth at Manitou Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hendricks and
family arrived here Monday to spend
the Fourth and left for their home
at st. James Friday. Ralph Gren-
vile is staying at the Guy Hendricks
home for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Caron and little
daughter spent from Saturday until
Monday in Faribault visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Wahlquist and
children of Kerrick, were Sunday
evening visitors at the VIM. Swan
son home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-07-11
Sand Creek

Mrs. M. johnson, Miss Ruth Rob-
ertson and AL Porter of ST. Paul, Wis
tied recently at the w. A. Christen-
sen home.
A large number from here attended
the celebration at Danforth the
Fourth.
Mrs. Anna Beeman entertained Mr..
and Mrs. Henley and family of Super
ior, over the Fourth.
Mrs. Melin of Harris, and a son of
Detroit, Mich, visited Wednesday of
last week at the Litzen Larson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Swanson and
Jenette spent the Fourth with friends
in Duluth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Erickson of
Fond du Lac, spent the Fourth at
the Albert Sahlen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Noreen of Chi
cago, came the Fourth for a visit at
the Chas. Oberg home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Nash and son,
Leslie, of Anoka, spent the Fourth at
the w. A. Christensen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Stulen, Holgar Lar
son, M. Lundstrom and Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Engebo visited Wednesday evening
of last week at the D. Svardahl home.
Mrs. Bessie Kench and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Thomson and family visited
Sunday at the Dan Svardahl home
A number of relatives visited Fri
day at the George Hanson home.
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Kingsdale

Mr.. and Mrs. Einar Peterson and
Mrs. Anna Benson motored to Du-
luth Wednesday of last week and
visited relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Einar Peterson left
Saturday for Minneapolis after spend
ing week at the Anna Benson home.
Herbert Lund is spending this week
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. A..
Lund.
Philip Aarlie was home from the
CCC camp at Bena from last Thurs
day until Sunday.
| Bobby Ingerbretson, Clifford Baker
and Alfred Brien of st. Paul, visited
at the Anna Benson home Monday
and Tuesday while on their way home
from Port Arthur, Canada.
Aarlie Benson of Loretta. spent
the Fourth with his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bar
ton, Jr.
Alfred and Russell Videen of ST..
Paul, spent from Wednesday of last
week until Sunday at their home
here.
A large number of folks from here
went picnicking at nearby lakes on
the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Profit and Elaine
of Minneapolis, visited at the Jack
Profit and Arvid Seilitz homes a few
days recently. Angelina Profit re-
turned to the Cities with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnard Langstrom
and Donnie, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Lund and Mrs. John Aarlie motored
to Sandstone Monday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sven Carlson and
niece, Irene Carlson, of ST. Paul, who
are spending their vacation at YELL
low Lake, Wis, visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Enock Ekberg Wednesday of last
week.
Mrs. Christina Streed and son, Elof.
of Trade Lake, Wis, spent Saturday
at the Enock Ekberg home.
Joyce Feigum is visiting her sister,
Norma, in Sandstone for a few days
at this writing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-07-11
Lake View Ripples

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Borchard spent
Sunday evening a week ago at the
Gust Pearson home.
Miss Pearl Delger of Sandstone, is
spending her vacation at the Maynard
Without home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Pearson and Mrs.
Mary Olson spent Monday evening
week ago at the Ben Carlson home
near Bass Lake.
Mrs. c. w. Sawatzky was operated
on in a hospital in st. Paul Tuesday
morning OF last week and is reported
getting along fine. Mr.. Sawatzky has
been there with her and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilmer kroSchel assisted with the
work at home
Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Without and
Miss Pearl Delger spent Saturday eve
ming week ago at the Gust Pearson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Card and family
of Anoka, spent from Wednesday of
last week until Sunday with relatives
here and at Kroschel.
Miss Myrtle Loftness was home
over the Fourth and weekend from
her studies at the University of Min
nesota.
Art Borchard and Mildred Stacy of
Minneapolis, spent the Fourth and
weekend at the w. F. Borchard
home
Miss Catherine Paul spent Friday
with Miss Irene Sawatzky. In the
afternoon they called at the w. F.
Borchard home.
Last Thursday evening visitors at
the w. F. Borchard home were MIR.
and Mrs. Sylverton Loftness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Pearson, Mrs.
Mary Olson and Mr.. and Mrs. Sylver-
ton Loftness were Sandstone and
Askov callers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hjalmar Gum, Mrs.
1var Carlson and Rose Mary and
Harriet, all of St. Paul, and Mary Ann
Ramsey of Sturgeon Lake, were Sat-
urday visitors at the Gust Pearson
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Rabe and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Foss and son
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sylverton Loftness
spent Sunday afternoon at the Peder
Loftness home.
w. F. Borchard called at the Roy
Wenholz home Monday.
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Duxbury

Mr.. and Mrs. Grabner of st. Paul.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wegwerth of Rut-
ledge, were visitors at the Norman
Matson and c. Glienke homes We'd
nesday of last week.
Mrs. Ed Linehan and children of
Danbury, spent last week at the c.
Glienke home.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Shute and Miss
Effie Shute accompanied Harry Shute
to Danbury, Wis, Sunday evening and
were visitors at the c. Selhaver home.
Mrs. Harry Shute, who had been
there several days, returned home
Sunday evening.
Rosamond Shute spent the past
weekend with relatives in Duluth.
Norman Matson, Jr., and Wallis
Hanson left Monday morning for the
CCC camp near Mile Laos lake.