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culture, are as absurd and affected
as they are wholly spurious.
The "a" in real, realism, realistic,
realize, and really has the sound of
"a" as in sofa, and it has a syllable
all to itself
Correct pronunciation:
REE-uh-lee.
Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented)
Question-Please settle an argu-
ment. Does *" in xylophone have
the sound of "ex?" b.
Answer-No. One should never
say Qualifications" Xylophone
is from the Greek xylo-, meaning
wood, and phone, meaning a sound
or voice. The *" has the sound of
e." The "y" is as in my: ZY-loe-
fone.
For a personal answer to your
questions about words, send a
envelope to Frank Colby, care
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West opened the eight of diamonds,
South winning with the jack. After
three rounds of trunps, South sue
cessfully finessed dummy's spade
queen-but filled the air with his
groans when the spade ace drew
a diamond from East.
South now got back via the dia-
mond queen to run the last two
trumps, West nonchalantly discard
ing clubs Dummy next won the
diamond ace, and West BANKED the
club king: Declarer then took the
club f1nesse-and West took the
blank club king and two spade
tricks.
Now, our detective friends, it's
obvious that the handouts belong
on South-but what was his crime?
Decide for yourself before going on.
After successfully flnessing the
spade queen. South should have led
low spade from the dummy. De-
spite the bad break. South could
win the third spade in the dummy
and ruff fourth spade to estab-
lish the last one. Then there would
be no need to guess about the club
finesse. incidentally. give West
credit for a very pretty defense
after South's slip.
Xxx X Y
Yesterday you were Oswald Jaco-
bys partner, and, with neither side
vulnerable, you held:
A K @ 1053
%
8 7
\ A QJ9 83
The bidding:
You Maier Jacoby Schenken
- Pass ~ Pass
CD
Answer-Bid one spade. Despite
the enormous Institutional strength
of the hand. you must not make
a jump rebid of two spades. You
can show the strength and distribu-
ton of the hand better by easy
stages.
Score 100 per cent for one spade,
nothing for any other bid.
Question No. SIS.
Today you hold the same hand,
and the bidding continues:
You Maier Jacoby Schenken
- Pass ~ Pass
IA Pass % Pass
60
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
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Don't Take Ny
Word For 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
ReoIIv
Adu.-In real manner; in truth.

The pronunciation in best usage
gives to really three distinct syl-
tables: REALLY"
The commonly heard "REE-lee,"
"RILL-ee," and 'RUH-lee" are con-
sidered by authorities to be COLO
quail; while the forms "REH-lee"
and "RAL-lee," supposed by certain
luminaries of the stage, screen and
radio to be fairly crawling with
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-25
Local Youth Averts
Drowning Tragedy
Rescues 0-Year-Old NaugatuCk Boy From Drowning
HtNew Dam; Frightened YOungster Quickly Revived

child, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. MARCHING
Furtado of 1896 South Main street,
would have been the first local
drowning victim of the summer here
except for the alertness and courage
of Leo Michaud, 20, of 691 South
Main street, Waterbury.
Edward went swimming yesterday
afternoon at the New dam, but as
he is learning to swim, he took a
rubber swimming tube to buoy him
up. When he was in about 10 feet
of water he lost the tube and sank
twice.
The Waterbury young man, sitting
on the bank, noticed Edwards plight
as he went down for the third time
and dived in to grab the child and
swan with him to the shore. He
used artificial respiration and the
child's normal breathing resumed
before the fire department pull
motor and police department ambu-
lance arrived.
There was much praise among
other swimmers at the dam for
Michaud, whose quickness of de-
cision, swimming ability and knowl-
edge of respiration methods were
the contributing factors which
averted a tragedy.
Edward was taken to his home
in the community ambulance and
except for fright did not seem in
iured.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-25
TORRINCT0N MAN
BECOMES DOCTOR
Irving Felsen One of Al
Passing Connecticut
Medical Examinations

Irving Felsen of Torrington was
among the Al men and three wo-
men granted licenses to practice
medicine in this state, it was an
nounced this morning by DR.. Thorn
as P. Murdoch of Meriden, secre-
tary of the state medical examining
board.
Ten of the A who passed exam
nations conducted recently were
non-residents of this state.
The successful candidates were:
Edward P. Cutter, Wallingford;
Harry L. Mackinnon, Hartford;
Heinz w. Markwald, Hartford;
Aaron BORROW, Hartford; Samuel r.
Millen, New Haven; Edwin F.. Traut-
man, New Haven; George E. Ro-
berge, New Haven; John Cunning
ham, New York City; william L.
Peltz, New Haven; Joseph Shaver,
New Britain; John G. Haley, Mt.
Carmel; Irwin s. Eskwith, Bridge
port; Vincent A. Cacace, Bridgeport;
william A. Donnelly, Bridgeport;
Leonard A. Howard, Danbury; Lu-
dovic v. Claps, South Norwalk.
Jason o. Burack, Norwalk; James
L. Flynn, Boston, Mass; Lisbeth
Fink, Brooklyn, N. Y; Rebecca Sol
ONION, Meriden; John w. Bick,
Hartford; Louis Erskine, New Ha-
ven; Thomas M. Feeney, Boston,
Mass; Irwin F'elsen, Torrington;
Sidney Feyder, New Haven: Morris
A. Granoff, New York; Max Hay
man, Hartford; Derrick A. January,
Hartford; Leon Kaplan, Bronx, N.
Y; William H. Lowell Jr., Boston,
Mass; Raymond A. Martin, New
York City; Donald w. Oelker, Brew
ster, N. Y; Alfred Ring, New York;
Thomas A. Rourke, New York; Stu
art S. Stevenson, Fairfield; Fred
erick C. Weber, Jr., Greenwich;
Sylvia Weiner, Hartford; John Hall
Wentworth, New Haven: William
Goodrich, Bridgeport: william A.
Bryan, Norwich: Robert w. Bach,
New Haven; Roger N. Ryley, West
Haven.
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thority has, within limits, been dele
gated temporarily to the president
who can reduce the size Of our gold
dollar-that is, raise the dollar price
og gold-still further.
What could the platform sentence
mean here? If the president should
devalue further and mark up the
dollar value of our gold stock, that
would not only preserve but in
crease the value of the governments
holdings of gold. Used in this sense,
the platform sentence could only
mean that Congress and the presi-
dent should not lower the dollar
price of gold. Its drafters probably
had no such thought in mind.
2. The value of gold may refer to
It's value in terms of other currency
for example, in terms of our in
convertible paper money. If, for any
reason, our paper money should de-
preciate in terms of gold, as, for in
stance, it probably would If unse-
cured green backs were issued, the
paper dollar value of our gold stock
would not only be preserved but
would rise.
What could the platform sentence
mean here? It was undoubtedly not
intended to refer to any such case
as this ....
3. The value of gold may refer to
its value in terms of the prices Of
the commodities which comprise our
price level. In this sense the value
of our gold would be preserved if
the price level did not rise; and its
value would be increased if the price
level fell.
One may safely assume that the
authors of that sentence were not
advocating steady or falling price
level.
Since the sentence is out of har-
mony with these three means of
the value of gold, one can only
guess at what its authors supposed
they were saying. This is fine il
lustration of what sometimes hap
pens when laymen attempt to write
in technical fild on the suppose
ton that the matter involved is not
technical because common words
are used, and that anyone can I'M
derstand the money question.
1t seems highly probable that the
authors of that sentence supposed
that they would try to preserve 'the
value" Of our gold stock against
Hitler, since this is a thought that
is creeping into our newspapers
these days. Just how barter sys-
tenn introduced by Hitler could i'm
pair the value of our gold stock
using value in any of the three
senses-has never, so far as I have
seen, been explained. Many wild as
Sumptions have been advanced; and
in each case it has ben clear that
their authors had no comprehen-
sion of the fallacies involved.
Ali that the platform sentence
should mean is that the Republic
cans, if elected, will maintain the
gold dollar price of gold at $35 per
fine ounce. 1t is a known fact that
such a specific and clear sentence
was removed from the original draft
of the money plank and the pres
ent meaningless one substituted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-25
MEXICAN LABOR
UNIONS WARNED
President Cardenas Will
Punish Workers Who
Block Oil Industry

Mexico City, July 25-(UP)-
President Lazaro Cardenas demand
ed today that Mexican oil workers
reorganize the nationalized indus
try at once in order to insure eff
Gent operation or prepare to suf-
fer the consequences in the form of
lower pay and removal of privileges.
Shortly before his demand was
made public, President Cardenas in
a banquet speech last night sum-
moned all labor unions to work to-
ward the common destiny of the
nation which, he said, necessitates
fair guarantees to honest foreign
capital.
The presidents ultimatum to oil
workers took the form of an order
signed by himself, Minister of Econ
omy Efrain Buenrostro and Treas
ury Minister Eduardo Suarez.
Describing the situation in the
oil industry as grave, the order said
that unless the workers improved
conditions the government intended
to stop year end bonus payments,
take rent-free dwellings from work.
ers in higher brackets, reduce over
time, continue downward revision
of wage scales, cut wages Of higher
paid executives 10 per cent, limit
vacations, leave vacancies untitled
and reduce transitory employment.
He said that the oil administration
must be free to move workers at
will.
The reference to foreign capital
was made at dinner in his honor,
given by cabinet members and la
Dor leaders including Vicente Lom-
bardo Toledano, leader of the pow
erful confederation of labor. Citing
the country's vast unexpected nat
ural resources, Cardenas said:
cat this moment there is foreign
capital which could flow into our
country, fleeing from unfavorable
conditions in other nations. But we
need to stimulate confidence in our
country and our government. The
destiny of the Mexican worker is
unbreakably linked with the pres
tige and moral force of our regime"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-25
JAMAICA POOLS LABOR

Jamaica is pooling its labor re-
sources to cope with conditions
created by the war. Under plan
developed by a War Power Com
mittee formed at Kingston appli-
cants for vacancies file their offers
at the committee headquarters. The
committee not only will decide
whether q, man should 60 10 war.
II he wants 10. but will see 10 It
that civil life Is not upset by the
drafting Of soldiers. In the last war,
II Is explained, many a man was In
the army who could have been OF
far greater service 70 his country
by being at his usual occupation.
Firms io1ing members Of their star
through the war and wanting the
positions refilled viii apply 70 the
committee.
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value of gold" can have any one
of thre distinct meanings. It is
worthwhile to review htese in order
that the nature of the value OF
gold" sentence in the Republican
money plank may be understood.
Apparently this vague wording was
a layman's attempt to recognize the
popular but untenable notion that
Hitler may do something to impair
"the value" of our gold supply.
While the sentence is harmless and
perhaps sounds as though it had
some virtue, it merely reveals that
its authors could not have realized
what they were saying. An exam
nation of the three meanings of
the value of gold will make this
clear.
/. The value of gold may refer to
the number of gold dollars into
which an ounce of gold is coined.
We coin an ounce of fine gold into
$35. This is a matter Of Congress
sional authority, although this au-
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GARDNER TO TAKE
OFFICE TONIGHT


Harold Gardner will be installed
as chief patriarch of Ansantawae
Encampment, Odd Fellows, at exer-
cises in Odd Fellows Hall this eve
ming, conducted by District Deputy
Charles Hansen and his Torrington
staff.
Refreshments will be served and
the Ansantawae orchestra will play
under the direction of William j.
Nation.
Others to be seated will inclue:
High priest, w. Georse Reed; SEN
ior warden, Walter R. Book; jun
ior warden, Phillip Payne; record
;lsC scribe, j. William Gardner;
treasurer, William w. Wood; and
auditor, Edwin S. Hoyt.
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British children.
The committee said the children
are to be taken IN the order ill
which they are found on the list Of
100000 registered by parents for
evacuation by the British Govern
ment
The British government last week
dropped the mass evacuation pro-
gram because of the lack of naval
conveys for vessels specially assign
ed to bring the children to Canada
and the United States. The 1000
viii come in regularly operated
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MRS. RATHBONE'S IDEA

Mrs. Ouida Rathbone, wife of the
Paramount star of "a Date With
Destiny" has completed a screen
play based on the life of Franz
List, renowned composer, which
she is offering to Hollywood studios
without charge in the hope that
Basil will be starred in the film. Mrs.
Rathbone, well-known playwright
and scenarist, makes the offer be-
cause she does not want her husband
to play villainous roles any longer.
If the actors wife has her way, "A
Date With Destiny" will be the last
picture in which Rathbone will ap-
pear as a heavy"
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REV. JAMES McGRATH
New Haven, July 25.-In line
with many requests, Rev. Edwin
J. Gaffney, pastor of st. Donates
church, announces that autOmo-
biles will be blessed again on the
Feast of st. Christopher, this eve
ming from 8:15 to 9:15 in front
of the church.
Auto owners desiring this spe-
cial blessing will be welcome to-
night. Assisting Father Gaffney
will be Rev. James McGrath, a
native of Waterbury.
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VaVue meaning
probation if its
is to be con-
v e r t e d into
anything C o n
crete. The SEN
tence r e a d S:
I'VE shall /.
take all posi-
BILE S t e p S to
pre- S erve the
value of the gov
ernment's huge
holdings Of gold.
AS I h a v e
pointed out in
a preceding ar
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THOUSAND MORE
CHILDREN COMING

New York, July 25-CUP)-The
United States committee for the
care Of European children an
nounced today that 1t had cabled
government authorization to Lon
don permitting the entrance Of 1000
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commercial ships.
they are to be selected without
REORGANIZATION Of any kind, regard
lee Of whether they have relatives
here. means Of support or even
passage money, the commit1ee halo -.
The children must be given health
examinations and their parents
must assume all responsibility 1ol
the "serious risk OF unconvoyeo
ocean travel"
waOes IN italy are mounting.
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Army and Navy men and their
families in the Panama Canal Zone
now total 23,606, while the native
population is 1924, according to the
recent census.
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You And Your Nations Affairs
lat DOES "VALUE OF GOLD" PLANK ME
BY WALTER E. SPAHR
Professor of Economics New York University

One sentence in the otherwise ex-
cellent money plank in the Republic
can platform is evidently the work
of laymen and will require inter-
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to The Democratl

NDVoCl1I 20 AElC DClloOENV
Naugatuck, July 25-Edward Fur
tado. nine, may well consider himself
fortunate to be alive today. The
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-25

Some thirty prominent Water
burians will leave here tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock for their
annual weekend pilgrimage to
Ferndale, South Norwalk, where
they will attend the special serv-
ices arranged for Catholic lay
men. The spiritual exercises will
be directed by Rev. Francis H.
McGlynn, newly appointed direc-
tor Of the retreats conducted by
the Order of Holy Ghost Fathers.
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wages in italy are mounting:
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This is the season for clambakes,
fish-fries, and all the other types
of outdoor political gatherings.
If you're a party worker you re-
serve all Sundays from now on
for intensive campaigning; if
you're a candidate or a prospective
candidate, you also reserve these
dates, start saving up to "set them
up all around" and be seen at all
places where a vote may be won.
Evening star., 1940-08-01
South Africo Shipping
Grapes to United Stotes

For the first time South Africa is
shipping grapes to the United States,
1t is declared in Johannesburg.
A consignment of $50, 900 boxes, or
$500 tons of grapes grown in the
Hex River Valley was shipped to
reach New York at the end of the
American grape season.
This is the seasons only shipment
to the United States, but 1t is hoped
that next year a number Of con-
signments will be sent. Every effort
has been made by the Deciduous
Fruit Board to ship directly by re-
frigerated vessels.
Grape exports to Scandinavian
countries have been halted by the
war.
Evening star., 1940-08-01

900 cash and $250,00o contract au-
thorizations; $500, 900 for ID" load
ing plant building and equipment,
$50, 1000 cash and $250,O0 contract
authorizations and $4,000 for quar-
ters for officers, all cash.
The Annapolis naval radio station
fund would be divided by the bill
into two $4,000 items, one cash and
one contract authorization. The
Navy said it would be used for addi-
tional facilities, including buildings,
quarters and services.
T. v. A. Bill Signed.
To speed procurement of alum
mum for airplane construction,
President Roosevelt signed bill ap-
propriating SIS 100000 to enlarge
power production at the Tennessee
Valley Authority. This amount was
requested by the Defense Commis-
sion as part of a program contem-
plating eventual expenditure Of
$e5, 900 900.
Almost unnoticed in the rush of
defense expenditures was the re-
peal by the House late yesterday of
legislation enacted last month which
empowered the Secretary of the
Navy to take over and operate priv
ate industrial plants for national de-
Tense purposes. The action was in
the form of an amendment to the
defense appropriation.
The original legislation was en-
bodied in the so-called naval
speed-up bill" which permitted the
Navy to negotiate contracts rather
than seek competitive bids. 1t also
permitted the Navy to advance 80
per cent of a contract for use in ex-
pansion of facilities.
Of11cials, however, pointed out the
National Defense Act of 1916 gave
the President power "in time of war
or when war is imminent" to force
any company to accept a defense
order for which its plant is suited.
If refused, the Government could
take over the plant and repay the
manufacturer a suitable amount. A
Manufacturer who refuses also would
be guilty Of felony, punishable by
a fine Of $50,000 or a Jail term OF
three years.
Evening star., 1940-08-01
Italians Claim SINKING
OF British Destroyer
And Raids in Africa
IS Planes Are Destroyed
In GibruItur Attacks,
Rome Radio Says
, the A Aasneta atad praxx

By the Associated Press.
ROME, Aug. 1.-The italian high
command announced today that .
British destroyer had been sunk
Sunday in an Italian air attack on
warships in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean.
(The British Admiralty last
night acknowledged sinking Of
the 1,375-ton destroyer Delight,
with . small" loss Of life, but
did not say where the ship went
DOWN.
Claim Is Planes Destroyed.
The Rome radio. quoting a report
from Tangiers, said is British air
planes were destroyed in italian air
attacks on the fortress Of Gibraltar
Tuesday and yesterday.
Two British planes were shot
down in an air battle over the Brit
'ish Mediterranean base Of Malta,
the Italian daily communique said,
adding that one Italian plane was
missing.
The Italian high command also
announced successful air bombing of
an army motor truck camp at Wafer
and an airfield at Buna, where three
planes were reported damaged on
the ground. Both are in Kenya
Colony.
Slight damage was reported from
British raids on Kassala, post in
the Anglo Egyptian Sudan recently
captured by the Italians.
(The r. A. F. claimed severe
damage" to troop concentrations
and other objectives in q series
OF 10 raids on Kassala in the last
two days)
Ships Leave Alexandra.
A dispatch to the newspaper II
Piccolo Of Rome indicated British
warships attacked In the Eastern
Mediterranean Sunday had left
Alexandria to escort q convoy Of
freighters in the Aegean Sea.
The dispatch said the British de-
tachment included Is or more war
ships. four Of them heavy cruisers
and one the aircraft carrier Eagle,
which the dispatch reported was hit
by bomb.
James Fighting Ships lists the
Eagle at 22,600 tons, q converted
battleship, which was completed As
an aircraft carrier In 1924 and re-
| fitted in 1882.
The German radio quoted an
Athens dispatch to the effect that
Greek fishermen saw crippled
British aircraft carrier ch the
southeast coast of Greece yesterday
so heavily damaged it had to be
towed by two vessels" ut was be-
lieved the ship had struck q mine, !"
the radio said. "It was completely
Evening star., 1940-08-01

directed toward strengthening Of
the national defense.
This Is the plan Of the new state,
drst envisaged In general terms with
formation Of the Konoye govern
ment on July 10:
Politics: Establishment Of q new
political structure based on service
to the state by al persons, regard
less Of status; renovation Of the
Diet Parliament) a. an organ for
assisting the throne; renovation of
administrative machinery and refor-
nation Of bureaucracy toward Q
greater unit Of efficiency.
Economy Establishment Of "a
sphere of economies with Japan,
Manchukuo and the China group
one Of the units; renovation OF the
foreign trade policy to conform to
the new world situation apparently
strengthening barter agreements) !;
inauguration Of q planned economy
through cooperation Of the govern
ment and the people, and especially
perfection of unitary control sys-
tenn covering production, distribu-
ton and consumption OF important
commodities"
Will Expand Industries.
Establishment of q financial
scheme reinforcing banking control
toward development Of the nations s
total economic power; expansion of
vital industries, especially the chem
ical, machine ana heavy industries;
promotion Of science and the ma
tionalization" Of production.
Education: A thorough renovation
stressing service to the state" and
"eradication Of all selfish and mate
rialistic thoughts"
While the statement did not men
ton 1t, creation Of . single party
was believed to be q fundamental
part Of the plan Of the new state