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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
Down Under the Sea in Ships

Five hundred and thirty-seven ships
have taken the final plunge down to
Davy Jones locker since the war began.
Swept from the surface OF the sea to lie
rotting beneath 1t are 1,813,795 tons OF
shipping Of all nations and the bones OF
perhaps 5000 men. The United States,
due to Its fortunate position and the pol
Icy Of keeping our ships out of the war
zones, has suffered least. In fact, Amer
lean shipping to foreign ports has risen
sharply since the war to the highest levels
OF decade.
The deliberate effort to build up mer-
chant fleet, well under way before war
came, now meets situation In which
most of the rest of the world Is destroy
ing Its ships as fast as 1t can. Should the
war be prolonged, the United States
should find its relative position in the
shipping world considerably enhanced.
This will add to those postwar response
bilities that are piling up for us whether
we will or no.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

Waterbury soon will learn whether or
not II has entered the magic circle Of
communities boastlng populations OF
100000 or more On the basis OF nor
NAL increase since 1880 the city should be
well over the long sought-for mark. How
ever, the past ten years have not been
normal ones In many respects. Still all
Waterbury has had TO do In the past ten
years Is to maintain It's 1880 population
figure and add about 100 more residents.
That should not have been too hard.
Don't be surprised II Connecticut's
growth during the last decade Is sur
prisingly low. Industrial centers have not
Jared too we'll during this period. And
America must face the fact that 1t has
been showing a declining birth-rate for
some time. School attendance figures
locally should certainly convince us that
II there has been slight growth In this
territory 1t has not been brought about
so much by births as by families moving
into our midst.
School attendance figures haven't
reached their lowest point, either, accord
ing to all reports, but within few more
years are apt to strike new figure that
will be both surprising and disconcerting
10 q public that has come to regard this
country's growth In everything as daily
occurrence Waterbury is roofing hard
for Its 100000 population figure, but can
be prepared for the worst.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

II the world Is turning to music, as it
has been pointed out from time to time
during these troublous days, then it will
receive an added incentive, a good push
forward, as 1t were, during this, National
Music Week. The country observes the
week in fitting fashion; so do our own
state and home town. Musical values
differ; what Is music to one is lot of
noise to another. The classical composers
will always remain the only real musicians
to a great many while others are devoted
to the music of the romantic or the
modern composers.
But by and large, at the present time,
we are an extremely Neutrality-suspicious.
nation. We live In city that has a good
musical background. We have here, and
have had ir the past, the best In music;
we have musical organizations that are
worthwhile, and generally speaking you
might say there is a decided appreciation
for the best in music In Waterbury. This
feeling is stimulated and encouraged by
musicians and groups that are working
all the time to establish a good musical
background for the young who may take
up music as a profession, and for those
who wish to enjoy music for the pleasure
that 1t affords them.
National Music Week Is a worthy OBJ
servation. It is possible that 1t win stir
dormant musical tendencies and effect
some constructive results We feel that
Waterbury has always done Its bit dur
ing this week. We also feel that this city
along with others Is definitely musically
inclined. The better radio programs are
appreciated; the concert courses are over
subscribed, and an appreciation of SYM
phonic music Is attested in the fine at
tendance of the young people at the SYM
phony concerts that have been inaugur-
ated here and have become part Of the
civic life. So we repeat In substance,
may success attend music week observ-
ance, nationally and locally.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

One more cabinet change looms for
President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It's now
said that Secretary Of War Harry Wood
ring will resign next January Why he
waits until then to drop out we don't know.
For all any Of us know there may be a
complete change of administration this
year and If so naturally the entire cabinet
will be out in January when the new presi-
dent assumes Office. If Secretary Woodring
really wanted to get out of the Cabinet
naming until January he simply com
positively say that the President will run
again, that he will be reelected or what
may happen.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
. HlGHllGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Arabic Grammar Brings
Nightmare to Twins

Authors Of the best-selling I'VE
Married an Englishman," the
Hoffman twins from st. Paul,
MIMI. Ruth and Helen, jroyidc
another entertaining book In sour
Arabian Nights" (Carrick g.
Evans: $2.75). How these talented
sisters overcome backwardness Of
the natives to set up a modern
home along the Tigris and their
stay In o haren make an anus
Ing. absorbing tale. Characteristic
In this description Of their strug-
gies with the native language:
BY this time, we were reading and
writing Arabic. Our progress was
slow. but we were well into the Ara
bic school readers -- about third
grade. We read about monkeys who
weighed cheese for cats, ducks who
were friendly with turtles, and all
about how to eat at tage and be
good boy. At first we had been
defeated by such sentences as the
following:
when the word begins with a
hemza which has dhumma, the alif
is also the carrier, but when hemza
with dhumma occur In the middle
of y word, beginning with syllable,
the carrier is usually waw; or. If
likewise In the middle of a word
hemza occurs with kesra, the carrier
is va without dots"
1t was these last words especially
that got us down: the carrier Is va
without dots.
The phrase began to spring out at
us from around corners. We saw 1t
printed over the type In newspapers.
We started to scream &c In our sleep
=. "the yarrier is wa without dots
with dots" and then we
simply ended up one day by recit-
ing to each other:
Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did va and alif In the warbe,
All hemza were the borogroves
And the carrier outgrabe."
After that. everything cleared up.
That Is, until we discovered In an
issue Of the Royal Central Asian
Journal that, according to a prom
inent Arabic scholar, every Arabic
work has five meanings:
/. The original meaning.
2. The opposite.
8. Something poetical and moth
ing TO do with the first two.
4. csmething connected with q
camel.
s. Something too obscene TO be
translated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

With the spring convention of the
Democratic party prepared to nominate
a candidate for U. 8. senator, 1t looks as
II the present incumbent, Senator Fran
els T, Maloney might be out as keynoter
for this convention. He undoubtedly
will be nominated to succeed himself, al
though some opposition may crop up in
the next month. But Democrats weren't
actually prepared to oppose his renomina-
ton and he'll be the party's surest bet
for any OF the elective offices this year.
But with the Maloney candidacy in the
offing, 1t doesn't seem likely that he
would be called upon to keynote the
convention, although this is not utterly
improbable. The chances are that II NOM
mated he will be saved as keynoter for the
August convention at which state officers
will be named. All of which leaves the
post of keynote speaker for June 8 at
Hartford open to any and all corners or
does It?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
WHAT. GIVE UP MOTHERS
DAY?
Hartford Times

Some support Is being given by
church interests to the suggestion,
said to come from the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ In
America. that Mothers Day be sup
planted by an annual celebration OF
the FESTIVAL Of the Christian
Home"
The movement. II 1t can be called
that, for the change comes from the
fact that Mothers Day Is practically
saturated with commercialism. But
what popular holiday is not? Isn't
Thanksgiving Day given over to con-
sumption of turkey and attendance
upon the final football games of the
season? Is not Christmas the most
highly commercialized Of all holi-
days? The Fourth Of July, Memorial
Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day
all are commercialized In some de-
gree. and It's doesn't hurt any Of
them.
Mothers Day affords many a per-
son an opportunity to show a little
special kindness to Mother. She is
CAAtktACa w WhtutCFCA AuPuteAtC VI
studied generosity the day may in
spire and 1t doesn't make much diff
ference whether sentiment or senti-
mentality Is behind the remem-
brance. That Is how many q person
regards this particular holiday.
OF course 1t Is true that Father
has a part In the successful raising
of the family. and so does Sister and
Brother. and maybe Auntie. Uncle.
Grandpa and Grandma. Why not
have a day for each member OF the
family? someone remarks. That be-
ing impracticable, why not change
Mothers Day into the Festival Of
the Christian Home? On such a day
every member Of the family would
be recognized and would particle
pate.
Frankly, we GO not like that
phrase 1.-THE Christian Home"
Change It to "the American Home"
and It will be more In keeping with
American traditions Of liberalism,
federation and unity. And even II the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

his Job and his successor was CIV
en- at a recent White House press
conference.
Roosevelt was talking about gov
eminent reorganiza ION, and mace
the point that there should be
simplification OF administration
IN order to relieve the Chief E.
ecutive Of handling reports from a
multitude OF agencies.
lie said that he spent more
time reading reports than any
President within the memory Of
man, then added an expression
Of confidence In his own endur-
ance. Most people, remarked the
President, could not do II.
Here q newsman threw In q
question with q third term In.
ference: "DO you know anybody
else who could do ~"
Roosevelt's reply was an infer
entail comment on the capacity Of
an older man TO carry the bur-
den--,that he was afraid some peo-
pie would die under the strain.
But he added an alternative--that
they might do rs some other
Presidents have done; namely, Just
avoid doing the work.
DIPLOMATIC ORPHANS
The group of diplomats with.
cut-a-C Country" Is steadily increas-
Ing. First was the Austrian Min
is;er, then the Czech. then the
Albanian, then the Polish Ambas-
sador, now the Danish Minister,
next the Norwegian, and soon,
perhaps, The Swedish.
The Austrian Legation surren-
dered TO the Germans. but the
Czech did not. This makes Colonel
Vladimir Hurban the dean cf this
group OF orphan diplomats. He
turned the Germans away from
his door l3 months ago and has
maintained the Czech Legation
In Washington ever since.
Everybody wonders how Hurban
holds on. The answer, In part. Is
that he Is frugal. Before the
crisis, when he was receiving for
salary and entertainment a
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4
public hearing. II II proves to It's
own satisfaction that q secret Slush
fund was raised and dipped into, II
could then:
!. Move TO de-lst Union Electric
securities on the stock exchange.
2. Issue stop orders against the
Issuance OF new securities,
3. Demand the filing Of addition
al information.
4 Turn the whole business over
to the Department Of Justice for
criminal proceedings unGsr the new
utility act.
NEW UTILITY LAWS
PROVIDE PENALTIES
SEC gets oil this power because
OF the various teeth Congress put
IN utility.regulating laws since 1888.
These provide heavy penalties for
the filing OF false or misleading fin
ancial statements: ana the accus.
alton Is that the slush fund, built up
by devious means, didn't show uD
In any Of Union Electr:cs balance
| sheets.
Further, there are criminal PEN
alties for wilfully making such false
or misleading statements; there are
other penalties or violations Of sec.
ton 18Th Of the Utility Act, which
prohibits campaign contributions by
holding company or Its subsidiary
On top Of that, Union Electric is
In a jam with Missouri law, which
provides that the corporate charter
OF utility contributing to political
campaigns may be revoked,
Two former Union Electric off.
cials have been given sentences Tor
perjury, because OF false testimony
given during the early stages Of the
SEC probe.
The most recent case was that OF
Albert G. Laun, former vice.pres.
ident OF the company, who entered
a plea Of nolo contcndere.
Before coming up for sentence,
Laun spent three days talking TO
SEC investigators, who asked the
court to grant leniency. Court re-
FUSED, giving him O year IN prison
and $4,000 fine.
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
TARGET IN GEORGIA
The Union Electric case Is SIM
liar 10 the enc recently opened In
connection with the Georgia Power
Company.
SEC agents have been investlga-
ting 10 see whether Georgia Power
did any campaign contributing,
What brought the thing into the
headlines Is the fact that Georgia
Power Is subsidiary OF Wendell
Wilkes Commonwealth and South.
crn Corporation.
Because Of WILKES prominence
In the COP presidential picture,
this brought charges that the whole
business was Smear" proposition.
SEC insists II doesn't think Willkie
had thing to do with what was
going on-if, indeed, anything
really was going on-but somehow
nobody listened TO It much.
AT any rate, the Union Electric case
followed by Georgia Power, followed
In turn by quiet probe SEC Is
making into a smaller utility IN
the Wisconsin, Michigan area, in
dictate that SEC Is out to use the
full powers given 1t under the fam
GUS utility act.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
WHEN INSURANCE is
Required
Bridgeport Telegram)


In connection with the new speed
limits which have been put into eff
feet In Hartford. Motor Vehicle
Commissioner Michael A. Conner
has issued a warning to motorists
calling attention to q i4.year- odd
law which specifies that any driver
convicted of speeding or Of other
serious violations Of the motor We
hicle laws may be required to give
proof of financial responsibility be-
fore his license Is restored.
In plain English this means that
the driver must carry q liability In
surance policy Of sufficient scope.
This law Is discretionary with the
commissioner. He may suspend its
operations In any particular case.
In warning the motorists Of the ex-
istence Of the law Colonel Conner
implies that he is going to enforce
It more rigidly in the future than
he has in the past. We hope he will!
do so for his department has been
criticized for its leniency In this
respect.
Certainly q driver who has given
evidences Of an inclination TO break
the law and to endanger the lives
Of others thereby has no reason.
able complaint In being required
by the state either to post a bond
or to give proof that he has an in.
surance policy Of sufacient capa-
city 70 protect other who may have
claims against him.
II ell drivers who are now with.
out insurance were given TO under
stand that their FIRST arrest for
speeding would automatically re-
quire them to take out insurance,
II might have q salutary effect on
their behavior ON the highway.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

The next color of spring that should
flaunt itself across the landscape Is yell
low Forsythias are about ready to add
their delicate shade to the green hue that
is moving across the face of New Eng
land. There's something about a for
sythia bush in blossom that gives en-
enlargement to a person exhausted by
battling with winters elements. It's real
messenger of what is to come in the
warmer season of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn 10 last page
Cor the answers.
1. What method does Eddy Du.
chin use to direct his orchestra
while he plays the piano?
2. Which amendment Of the U. s
Constitution abolished slavery
3. Name the American submarine
which was sunk last year off the
New England coast.
4. Male whales are called bucks
bulls. or rams?
5. What is the title of the chief
peace officer Of O county?
Q. Name the only metal that "
liquid at ordinary temperatures2
Z. Does odor have weightP
8. Where are the Pyrenees Noun.
taing?
0. Kenesaw M. Lands and VIII
H. Hays are so-called Gears" OF
which industries?
10. Does the United States own
the Panama Canal Zone?
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Selected Poem
BRIGHT THE HOURS

harles Hudeburg in the Christian Scienc
Monitor.)
Bright the hours,
Bright the towers,
Let the shrilling truinpets play.
Winters gone and this Is May.
Gull the rover
Circles over,
And the boats are on the bay
Let the shrilling trumpets play
Men are wishing,
Men are fishing,
Sweet the air and swift the day.
And the boats are on the bay.
Clouds are running,
Clouds are summing,
Winters gone and this Is May.
Sweet the air and swift the day.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-06

q. Was the birth rate In the
United States greater IN 1915 than
II Is now2
A. It was 2b,i per one thousand
population n 1915 compared TO i7e
at present.
G, What Is the origin and mean
Ing of the term Goldfish aristocra-
cyo'
A, II originated IN Massachu-
sets for frrrilies said to have grown
rich out OF the cod fisheries, II Ia
an idiom for people who lack cul-
ture and make a vulgar display Of
recently acquired wealth.
g. Does the Wagner Act prohibit
an employer from diSmissing an ein.
ployc because his work is not sat-
isfactory?
A. There Is no law TO prevent
the discharge Of an employe whose
work does not satisfy his employer,
The Wagner Act protects employees
againsG dismissal for Joining O uia-
ion, or for engag.Slp IN union &C.
tivity. II Eny employe believes that
Is the real reason for his dismissal,
he may appeal TO the National La
Dor Relations R2ard, and, u he be-
longs to O union. II also will usually
intercede and seek his reinstatement,
In some trade Union agreements
employees are protected against ar
bitrary dismissal. the union invar-
iably reserve7 the right TO question
any dismissal.
q. Who Is the mother OF Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr.e
A. Beth Sully, first wife OF the
late Douglas Fairbanks, ST..
II YOU want 0 COPY Of the book
let "GENEALOGY" send 10 the
Waterbury Democrats Washing.
ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street.
Washington, d. G. Enclose 10
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Views of The Press

idea were broadened as It should be
there still will be many, perhaps q
majority, that will prefer to cling
TO Mothers Day, and Fathers Day.
as opportunities TO pay special tri-
butte to these important members of
the family.
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Daily Almanac

sun rises 5:4A a. m: sets 1853 p. m. tday-
light time)
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min
utes alter sunset.
May Is a month Of great Towering. It's
remarkable how Natures garb can change
almost overnight from drab TO gay. Make the
most OF this month"; It's all too short.
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slush fund for
h u ngry poliu-
clans. II m -
shortly become
exhibit A IN n
demonstration Of
the unpleasant
things that can
hal pen TO a
public utility &C.
cused OF dab
bling In politics,
Having inveS-
tlgated private.
~ for a year,
SEC may now,
II 1t sees fit, Or
flaP n ftisl.flpoaa
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wash yea, make you clean; put away The
evil ee your beings from mine eyesI cease 70 %
evil,
Learn 10 DO well; seek judgment, relieve the
expressed, Judge the fatheTless, plead for the
wiaews-Isalah lile, II.
Re that has energy enough 70 root out vice
should 90 further and try 10 plant virtue in It's
place; otherwise he will have his labor 10 re-
new-Coton
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National
Spotlight
ny BRUCE CATION
waterbury Democrat Washington
CorReAnonaenl

Washington, May e--Ater months
OF Investigation, the famous Union
Electric case beore the Securities
and Exchange Commission Is about
TO come TO a boil,
Union Electric Is a Missouri
utility accused OF maintaining u
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Questions
andAnswers



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Waterbury Democrats Service Nu.
renu Cd WashtngtOn. legal ana
medical advice cannot Be given.
nor can extended research be nm.
taken Ne sure al mall b Aee
dressed % The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BOs
REAU. 1913 Thirteenth street.
Washington. o. c.
THE EDITOR.
Q. Does II actually rain worms,
fish, frogs and tadpolesp
A. This phenomenon Is explain.
ed by the fact that sometimes, dur.
Ing q storm, they are caught up out
Of shallow water BY eddies Of air,
and carried q distance Of several
miles before they fall.
@. How many letters did Mrs,
Franklin d, Roosevelt receive In
1899 and how many did she per-
sonally answer?
A. OF the 10000 letters received,
she personally answered 500.
Q. When and by whom was
Dartmouth College foundede
A. Founded IN 1899, by Rev,
Eleazer Wheelock, who was aided
financially and politically by friends
In England and America, conspicu-
Gus am Jng them being the Earl Of
Dartmouth and with the assistance
OF the Province OF New Hampshire
In the form OF extensive land
grants. A charter was granted py
King George III OF England,
q, Is white sand necessary 10
make white stuccop
A, A satisfactory white stucco
can be made with white Portland
cement aud ordinary sand, A whit
or finish, OF course, will be obtained
II white sand Is used,
@. When did Congress pass the
silver purchase act?
A. The oct was approved June
10, 1884,. The President declared the
natioi. allzation Of silver at 60.0i
cents an ounce.
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Washington Merry-G o-Round

ROBERT Q. ALLEN
DREW PEAR SO n

Pullman
failed q little Falls N Y
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR
DO not say, "He was selling .
llne Of Christmas cards.;
emit ~ line o."
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q. Who Is the mother OF Douglas
Fairbanks, Jr.p
A. Beth Sully, first wife OF the
late Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
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copyright. 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc,)
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A striking revelation Of what
the President Is thinking about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-31

tlonal skin contendlng In The rings,
hipp0dromo track and IN the Dir,
the Ringing Bros and Bafnum "
Bailey Circus VIII exhibit NJ 2'ib
and 1913 p, M, The doors Will open
NJ l. and for the public inspection
Of Tho thousand menogero animals
including The W0rld. famous giant
gorilla, darganlua the GreAt, New
horse fair tent, adjoining the monaa
gcrle VIII also be open 10 circus
patrons,
Performances IN the worlds larR.
est Tent, now mir conditioned, VIII
commence with 'The Return Of
Marco Polo" Lhe radically modern
lied new opening spectacle, with u
cast Of 1000 people md anlmnlb,
This magnificent Introductory ftht'
ure, Bnld 10 be The most BLupend0llB
pageant IN circus history, Was create
cd by MnX Weldy Of Paris and N
presented under his direction The
g0rge0llAly fantastic G0BCumeb, cost
Ing more than 100000, were fash.
Toned by Weldy who has achieved
W0rld-ronOWn a. The Designer OF
the French Folles Bergere and
CUISINE do Paris productions.