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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-01

If you follow the news of the day you will appreciate the fact that continued support of the Red Cross is necessary and expedient. Each city and town has set goal and it cannot be said too often that individuals should make supreme ef- fort and even make sacrifices to give to the Red Cross. The work of war relief at the present time is a tremendous task; and the future does not hold too much promise. Most of us are living comfort ably and enjoying the necessities if not the luxuries of fife. Against this condi- tion, picture almost any country you can name in Europe today The Red Cross needs your bit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-01
Selected Poem
COURAGE, LAD

 Q. w, in the Poets Column Hartford Courar You put your hand in mine, Lad, And then we were akin But mine was strong and slneWy While yours was weak and thin. Your eyes were bright and clear, Lad. And never f1inched mite, And when you spoke your voice was calm Although your face was white. Courage, Lad, that's what 1t was, And you were only ten. The like of what was in your heart Is lacking in most men. You know about the rest, Lad, You came away with me. I learned about brave lads heart, And you, about the sea. The foam was on your cheek Lad, The blueness of your eyes, Could rival any ocean blue, Or any summer sky's Three score ten year, end to end, Are mighty long span, And I am old; but one score makes The measure of man. So keep that courage high Lad Part of your blood and bone, For while you walk with courage, Lad, You never, walk alone.
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. HlGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
America Talks and
 Talks-for MT. Appel

America Talks and
 Talks-for MT. Appel
 If you really want to know what
 America is thinking from
 Maine to California, how it
 lives, how it works or doesn't
 work, how 1t feels about the
 war and the future and the
 price of eggs, you can do no
 better than read Benjamin
 timate book, "The People
 Talk" Dutton: $3). This is
 the United States off the rec-
 ord or on the record, which
 ever you wish. Just a jot of
 the books graphic informaIity
 is given here in a talk with a
 Minnesota iron miner.
 Johns dark brown hair is thin- ming, but he still seems younger than the solemn bridegroom with heavy mustache and thick hair who stares down from the wedding pic- ture in the parlor. Embroidered pil- lows line the wall. A red, white and blue flag waves on the biggest pil- low, above a motto: AMERICA, l LOVE YOU.
 John, when did you start min- ing?"
 T started work in 1909. Most time I worked underground. I work in the copper mine for while in Michigan. do ever'- thing in mine. I work 10 hours a day I never did get hurted to have bones broken" He smiles hugely as if his years in the mines were a game between himself and hundred potential accidents.
 Johns son, tall, powerful boy of 20 brings in the mail
 John slits open the envelope. pulls out a check. w. P. A. check for $134.33," he reads. He puts the check away. That time in mines, we use an auger to get in five, six feet. That time no jack to drill hole" He slaps his knee
 "The younger generation will all be bums." His sons eyes flash angrily. T went to Virginia Jun for College in Hibbing for two years. I threw the discus on the track team. I've never had a job yet"
 "He was born in Iowa." John
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-01
AMERICA HAS THE ABILITY TO MEET THE TROUBLES
 CONFRONTING US
Hartford, Conn.
 June 29, 1940.

June 29, 1940. To Editor of The Democrat:
 Under the influence of great catastrophe, which we realize must ultimately affect the lives of all of us, there has been a universal. re- sponse to the necessity for defense. Let us lay a deep foundation of un- derstanding of what 1t is we are defending.
 The words we so often employ of constitutional democracy" and free enterprise" it is true are living sym bols not alone of way of making living. They denote a way of life. They have been bred into the very bone and sinew of our existence. They determine not only the con- stitution and laws which define our legal rights and responsibilities. but the infinite number of practices, traditions and methods of voluntary cooperation under which we all perform our daily tasks and enjoy the fruits of our labor. They have certain products which we call con- stitutional government, enterprise, freedom and liberty; but underly- ing them all is a way of life in which the processes of making 8 living are based upon the voluntary cooperation of individuals. If this is destroyed all of its products are destroyed.
 Tn the world at large there is going on "a life and death struggle for every principle we cherish in America and every freedom that up- holds the dignity of the human spirit"
 In rising to its defense, let us go forward as a united and freely cooperating people, subject in all ways to law and to the freely acc cepted discipline of our own law not that of any dictator. Let us remember that we are representa- tive democracy, sworn to act through our elected representatives If 1t shall become necessary to give emergency powers to a chief ex- ecutive, let us insist that the Act definding those powers determine i the conditions of their termination
 Suddenly we have been rudely aroused by worldwide crisis to c recognition that we have neither an adequate national plan of defense nor an experienced organization to carry it into effect. We lack many of the vital tools, plants, equipment and men to carry out the plan when devised. We have been so concerned about the maintenance of peace that like all of the neutral countries, ws
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possessions is the island of Mar unique, one of the chain of Lesser Antilles, running from Puerto Ri- co to the mainland of South America. Martinique has an excel lent harbor (F'ort de France) and was the birthplace of Empress Jo- sephine.
 JEWISH IMMIGRANTS
 Naval Intelligence has got the State Department all hot and bothered over the Jewish refugees who are being established on a farming settlement in the Domini- can Republic. The Navy claims these refugees really are Nad spies, and were busted from Ger many to act as Fifth Columnists.
 Real fact is that the refugees all have been checked carefully by the Jewish Refugee Commit tee, were property owners in
 Germany and people of good standing.
 However, Roosevelt's naval ad- visers have stirred things up to such an extent that they may block the refugee settlement in Santo Domingo.
 NOTE-Hardest hit refugees in the world are the German exiles in France. They had gone to France because it was the one free country. Now it is impossible for them to escape.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
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W
 l. In which of the National Parks is the famous geyser, old Faith ful?"
 2. Which motion picture actor was known as "the man with thousand faces?"
 3. Name the author of the book. "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
 4. The largest railroad center in the United States is New York, Bos- ton, Chicago, or Kansas City?
 5. Does a bullet begin to drop im- mediately upon leaving the muzzle of gun?
 6. In Which Democratic National Convention were 103 ballots taken before nomination for President was achieved?
 2. With what sport is the name of Lew Jenkins associated?
 8. What kind of goat Is called g nanny goat?
 9. Where is Boulder Dam?
 10. What does "GesundheitY mean?
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public are in for an interesting summer - and the politicians are in for some more surprises.
 All of the old rules were dis carded in the primary ca m . paign. By every canon of pofiti- cal practice, the c @ m p a i g n s h ould have fallen on its
 Nor Pt1t. the hannV hIInch of
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political amateurs who did the job simply invented new kind of game and played it like masters. Somewhat uneasily, the Demo- crats in the capital are wondering If this new kind of game is going to continue right through the campaign. This new technique the Willkie people set up may be a hard one for old-timers to master.
 The Winkie boom started in April under the guidance of three men: Russell Davenport, who had just resigned as editor of Fortune; Charleton MacVeagh, 8 Groton- and- Harvard man who had been a learned economist for a New York bond house, and Fred Smith, cagy publicity man.
 BOOSTER CLUBS
 SPRUNG UP
 A volunteer mailing committee was set up in New York, to reprint MT. Willkie's speeches and mail them around the country. Through the contacts thus formed, Willkie- for-President clubs began to spring up all around the country. What usually happened was that two or three people in some town would write in: we want to start Willkie-for- president club-will you send us some 1iterature?" The central office would check up to find who i've" were, send out some speeches and pamphlets, and let nature take its course. These clubs mushroomed, and acted almost entirely on their own; so loose was the contact that when the conventios opened. Willkie headquarters didn't really know how many clubs there were - ex- cept that the number was some where above 700.
 WILKES CHATS
 STEAMED REVOLT
 Chief weapon of the Willkie forces was the sentiment stirred up these clubs. But when the convention opened a little practical work on the floor was needed. This was done by an informal chairman-lesS con- mittee composed of Davenport, Mac Veagh, Sinclair Weeks of Boston, and Congressman Bruce Barton, Frank Horton and Charles Hal leck. A little later Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota was added. Congressmen Richard Wiggles- worth of Massachusetts and Cliff ford Hope of Kansas also took a hand.
 The slow but steady build-up of Willkie strength in the balloting was MacVeagh's idea, and Stassen whom one of the committee later called "the best executive I have ever seen" - was a tower of strength in guiding operations on the floor during the voting. But it was typical of the whole busi- ness that there was no one boss. self was his own best asset. This was amply proven by the revolt of western Congressmen early in the convention. A large number of these men, inspired mostly by doubts on MT. Willkie's foreign policy and opposition to the Hull reciprocal trade program, hot footed it over to Philadelphia to stop the Willkie boom. Such men as Hope, Horton and Wigglesworth saw to it that these men got in to chat with MT. Willkie.
 In most cases, he simply vowed 'em. The revolt collapsed; packers of rival candidates were still banking on 1t long after some of the men who came down to "stop Willkie" had become actual con- verts to his cause.
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises 2:3O a. m. (daylight tlme). Sun rises 5:2s a. m.; sets 8:2S p. m. tDay- light Time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases--new moon, July 8, 7:20 a. m.; first quarter, July l2 2:27 a. m.s full moon, July l9, 5:47 a. m; last quarter, July 27, 7:2l a. m daylight time)
 Morning stars. Venus, Jupiter, saturn: evening, Mercury, Mars.
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Current Comment

What might have been, if not the end of American art, at least long period of stsgnation kbecause of the depression) has become instead the period of Its greatest development. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau.
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Questions
 
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BR TREDER1C M. KERnx
 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any uues- ton of fact or information 0 the Waterbury Democrats Service BU- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Dc given. nor can extended research be un- taken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- READ, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. 0. "
 THE EDITOR.
 e. Who played opposite Irens Dunne in "Theodora Goes Wild" and "The Awful Truth"
 A. Melvyn Douglas in Theodore Goes Wild" and Gary Grant in ''The Awful Truth
 @. Are there any government camps in the United States for mi- grant farm families?
 A. Recognizing that migrant farm families had to have some immediate relief, the Farm Security Administration has built camps to provide rudimentary shelter and sanitation for a small number of families. There are now 25 perma- nent camps and 6 mobile camps, capable of serving 1000 families, and actually serving at least 13,O00 fam. lilies year, because the families are constantly moving in and out as they follow the crops.
 0. How many American men vol- unteered for service during the World War and how many were drafted?
 A. Not counting the regular army 728,234 volunteered and 2,783,094 were drafted.
 o. Where does the United States obtain manganese?
 A. In normal years, most of the manganese used in the United States comes from Russia, British India, and Africa.
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HITLER OVER PHILADELPHIA

says. "He was a year old when we come back Down there when was in Iowa, I know a rich farmer. Always he look up the prices for cattle. Prices going up, Harmon load up the cattle for Chicago. But he come to Chica- go, the prices go down. Always he look up the prices. That's the thing Nobody's sure," He laughs the laugh of a boy whis- ting in the dark.
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who was not able to QlSC1Il
 Since no U. s. submarines were in that vicinity, the Army and Navy both were convinced they must be Japanese. Obviously it would be difficult for German sub- marines to get into Pacific waters.
 Another factor which has our Navy command worried was that last week, while part of the Japanese fleet left for French Indo- China, another part left for an unnamed destination off into the Pacific.
 That was one reason why the U. s. fleet suddenly was ordered from Hawaii to Panama. For it is suspected that the Japanese may be paying visit to Chile, perhaps stopping en route at the Galapa- gos Islands, which the United States is now trying to lease for a naval base to protect the Panama Canal.
 Another reason Is the fear that Hitler, having secured part of the French fleet, might pool forces with the Italians (after the end of the British cam paign) and make foray into American Atlantic waters. With part of the Japanese fleet si- multaneously in Chilean waters, the problem of defense would be difficult.
 But with the U. S. fleet at Pan- anna, it can get into either Atlan- tic or Pacific in a hurry.
 WILKES HAIR
 When baldish Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan was asked what he thought of Wen- dell Willkie as candidate, he re- piled:
 Well, he has a million dol- lars worth of haiY, which ought to mean about 100000 wom- ems votes. Therein and there only has he got it over me-" COP LABOR PLANK
 The Republican labor plank as adopted was very different from the one originally written by the platform makers.
 Theirs had said nothing about amending the National Labor Re- lations. Act. except for a vague statement about the desirability of improving the Labor Board ad- ministration.
 This soft-pedaling had been de- cided on as a "cOme-on" gesture to John L. Lewis, who had praised Herbert Hoover and blasted Roos- evelt before the resolutions com- mittee. The CIO is against re- vision of the Labor Act, and the inner master minds deemed it good strategy to make a friendly move toward Lewis.
 But when certain big industri- al contributors got wind of the proposed plank, they started the wires buzzing with irate pro- tests. They insisted the platform make specific declaration in favor of amendment of the law.
 Ali Landon, whose pre-arranged prompting had led to Lewis anti Roosevelt barrage, resisted this pressure strongly. But the subh- committee handling the matter turned him down and the amend ment plank was incorporated. HITLER OVER PHILADELPHIA
 U. s. intelligence officers, who have been pretty accurate so far about most Nazi tactics, have re- ported that Hitler held up his at- tack on Britain largely because he was waiting for the Republican National Convention to finish its business.
 Apparently, he figured that the Republicans would try to ham, string Roosevelt by adopting a semi-isolationist platform plank, and by spreading as much doubt as possible throughout the colln- try regarding Roosevelt's policy of aiding the Allies. Hitler's policy always has been divide and rule.
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seventy-seven years ago today the Con- federate and Union armies came to grips in the peaceful and fertile country near Gettysburg, Pa. There was three day battle, the one army entrenched on Sem- mary Hill, the other on Cemetery Hill on either side of the town, the line of en- counter and attack forming fish-hook. The battle was pretty terrible as has come to those now living through those who, in few instances, saw action at Gettys- burg, and through history and story. This was and still is beautiful rolling country, fields of buttercups and daisies, the pastoral beauty marred in 1863 by the famous Battle of Gettysburg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-01

If you want 8 copy of the booklet Fish and Seafood Cookery" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose ten cents in postage.
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A Thought for Today

say unto you, that likewise joy shall be In heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.-Luke 15:7.
 True repentance is to cease from sinning- Ambrose,
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Washington Merry Go-Round
NEA Service. he
DREW PEAR s o N
 ROBERT S. ALLEN
WASHINGTON, July

admit the
 
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June has merged into July, and if you are going to do any more what is so rare-ing'' you will have to wait until next June.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, My wife and my-
 self will be there; say, My wife and l."

o. Can you tell me something about the woman selected as the American Mother" for 1940 by the Golden Rule Foundation?
 A. Mrs. Charles Mayo, born Edith Graham daughter of pioneer Min- nesota farmer, was graduated as 8 nurse at Womans Hospital in Chi cago in 1889r She was the first trained nurse in Rochester Minn., and is the widow of one of the famous Mayo Brothers" surgeons of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester. She is the mother of 8 children, all grown.
 Q. What is prlmice used for?
 A. In the solid state it is used to polish paint, wood, metal. etc.: as 8 powder, it is used to polish marble, ivory, bone, glass, and in the com- position of toothpowders and tooth pastes.
 @. Did the State of Maine send troops to fight in the Revolutionary War?
 A. Maine was then a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A regi- ment from Maine fought in the Rev. olutionary War as Massachusetts troops. Maine was not admitted as a State until 1920.
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION The Waterbury Democrat Wash ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, July I--If Wendell Willkie campaigns for the election the way he campaigned for the nomination. the people of the re-
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Q. Are any aliens employed in the WPA?
 A. No. The regulations provide that no alien, and no person who advocates, or is member of an or- ganization that advocates, the over- throw of the Government of the United States through force or violence, shall be eligible for employ ment.
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Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF SALE OF
REAL ESTATE
No, 1862

No. 1862
In the Superior Court of the State
of California, i'm and for the County
of Imperial.
In the Matter of The Estate of
EMMA A. STEVENSON,
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned Administrators of the
Estate of Emma A. Stevenson, De-
ceased, will sell at private sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash and
subject to the confirmation by said
Superior Court, on Friday, the 3rd
day of May. 1940 or after said date
at the office of j. E. Simpson in
the County Courthouse, in the City
of Ell Centro, County of Imperial
State of California. all the right
title, interest and Estate of the said
Emma A. Stevenson at the time of
her death, and all the right, title
and interest that the estate has by
operation of law or otherwise acuuir-
ed. other than or in addition to
that of the said Emma A. Stevenson
at the time of her death, in and to
that certain parcel of land parti-
cularly described as follows, to-Wit:
That certain forty '4O acre parcel
of land situated, lying and being in
Imperial County, California, and
particularly described as follows:
The Southwest one fourth (SWh)
of East one half CE'3) Tract forty
five (45), Township 16 (T16),
Range fourteen CR14 SBM
as per map thereof on file in the
office of the County Recorder of
Imperial County, as we'll as in the
office of the County Recorder of
San Diego County, together with
appurtenances thereunto belonging.
Bids or offers are invited for said
properly and must be in writing and
will be received at the law office of
j. E. Simpson in the County Court
house FL Centre, California, Attor-
ney for said Administrative, or may
be filed with the Clerk of said
Superior Court of the State of Cali
fornia, in and for the County of
Imperial. or delivered to said Ad-
ministratrix personally at any time
after the first publication of this
notice, and before the making of
said sale.
Terms and conditions of sale:
Cash in lawful money Of The United
States of America, len 1000 per
cont Of the purchase price to be
paid on the day of sale, balance
on confirmation of sale by the
Court, said property is to be sold
subject to taxes and assessments
for the years 194O-41.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1910
EMMA A. RITTER,
Administrative of the Estate
of Emma A. Stevenson, Deceas-
ed. Route l, Box 1O4 Calexico,
California, A. 1890 incl
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
Woman Acquitted
In Lottery Trial

SANTA FE, N. M, April l8. tUP)
Joyful because a federal jury
declared her innocent of violating
anti lottery laws, Mrs Oliver Grace
Hartman prepared today to re-
turn to New York while her five
guilty associates go back to court
for sentences to pronounced upon
them.
Frederick w. Banduhn, Mary
Derieux, Irma Hopper and Frank
S. White of New York, found guilty
last night, faced maximum two
year sentences and $4,000 fines
for promoting 100000 sweep
stakes. Harrison j. Tharp of New
York, who had pleaded nolo con-
tendere and threw himself upon
the mercy of the court, was liable
to the same punishment.
The white haired, gracious Mrs.
Hartman, who abandoned society
for philanthropy Is years ago, OBJ
viously was overjoycd when the ver-
dict was read. She politely refused
to say whether she still considered
lotteries "the easiest and simplest
way to raise money for the nations
needy
Imperial Valley press., 1940-04-18
F.D.R. Asks q75 Millions,
Possibly More. For WPA
During 7q41 Fiscal Year

WASHINGTON, April 18. CUP)-
President Roosevelt asked congress
today to appropriate $975,000, 900
for relief in the 1941 fiscal year
with the understanding that the
entire sum could be spent in the
first eight months of the year
Mr.. Roosevelt's plan would per-
NIT the entire fund, if necessary,
to be spent by WPA between July
/, 1910, and March l, 1941. This
would hold the immediate appro-
priation within the present budget
limit, and would delay until next
year a decision whether the budget
has to be exceeded.
WPA this fiscal year is spending
$1,500,0OO,00O. The $975, 100000, if
pent in eight months, would pro-
vide about the same monthly
amount for WPA.