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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 Washington, D. c. December 28, 1940.

w COAAg ASs V
 December 28, 1940 Editor of The Democrat:
 At the Department of State pres. conference this morning, a corre- spondent asked Under Secretary Welles the following question:
 MT. Secretary, the Merry-Go- Round column this morning con- tains repetition of part of a story concerning differences be- tween youself and Secretary Hull which you both have denied last week, and this story today states that it was MT. Dunn who ap- parently persuaded MT. Hull that General Franco should get a hundIed million dollar credit from the United States and that you prevailed against it. In view of previous denials that such a matter had been discussed, have you any further comment?"
 Under Secretary Welles replied as follows:
 T am very glad that question has been asked, because want to reply to it this morning in some detail.
 T think you gentlemen recog- nize that during these past eight years I have never made any comment or reference to anything that has been published in the press that related to myself, but on this occasion feel I have to do so, because it is not only my own personality itself that is in volved, but because the Depart ment of State itself is invovled.
 "All of you gentlemen are familiar with the very full state ment which the Secretary of State made on this subject a few days ago. and hope it has been widely published. Notwithstanding that complete, categorical denial this story is published this morning which makes a good many further allegations-some of them new, some of them reaffirmations of matters already officially denied. I am not going to comment in full upon them all, but I do want to say most emphatically that what ever policy is pursued by this Government in regard to Spain, such policy has nothing whatever to do with the internal situation in Spain. Our policy does not take into account the internal affairs of Spain. The other details given here I cannot deny too categori- cally. have been present, think at practically every conversation that has taken place in the De- partment in regard to Spanish policy. None of these coriversa- tions reported in this article have ever taken place.
 On December 22 wrote this let- ter to MT. Pearson:
 "On Friday, December 20. the Merry- Go Go-Round column carried e story alleging that there had existed among the higher officials of the Department of State seri- ous divergencies of opinion with regard to Q plirported plan for the extension Of Q one hundred million dollar credit to the gpan- ish Government. Tine story iiirlh- er alleged that Nocreiafv HnII.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

Has any ornithologist yet solved the riddle of the starlings? Why do SO many of these ever-increasing birds prefer to roost along the caves of buildings or in trees that are close to the center of busy communities? Why aren't they like other species with nests in trees or along the ground in protected spots? What about their daily migrations? Does Wa terbury play host each night to the night in New Britain or some place else? These are really pertinent questions, but no answer seems readily available.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
. HlGHlIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
"All in Fun" Is Relief from War

These are good days to pick up funny book in more ways than one. It is All in Fun" a 6OO-page omnibus of humor edited by Allen Churchill (McBride: $3).
 MT. Church has been at the buSi- ness of collecting his humor for a long time and he has gone back a long ways, to Mark Twain and MT. Dooley," to be exact. Remember Fin ley Peter Dunne? The result is a rich variety for any mood and any time. Here is Thuber and Lardner, Morley and Marquis, Cobb and Chesterton, Riley and the inimitable Bill Nye, O. Henry and Ellis Parker Butler.
 You may disagree, of course, with the particular selections of MT. Churchill, but certainly he gives you plenty of selection. There are 40 authors in all in the omnibus. You might very well, without ex- aggeration, apply Bill Yves own words to describe 1t:
 Everywhere this book has went
 They'll be glad that 1t has came.
 The same might be said of an- other omnibus. "The Readers Di-
 gest Reader" Doubleday oDran: $3), a collection of the bet pieces appearing in the Digest in the last i8 years. The emphasis. of course, is on serious subjects.
 Here again you may disagree with the selection Of pieces, If you happen to have been saving the pigesss in your own attic. There is ample choice. however. l40 ar- ticlcs, to be exact, representing nearly every periodical published in the United 1taios sineo ip22. Finally,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

Waterburians want to remember that starting Thursday night no car can be parked for longer than three hours, be- tween 1 a. m. and a. m within pres cribed area in this city. This marks the inauguration of the ban on all-night parking, so long threatened by our local authorities. This area is pretty big one, so residents in the central part of the its limits and avoid parking tickets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Selected Poem
PROOF

PROOF (Charles Madam in the New York Sun) Coming from the corner bus In the quiet snow I saw the houses of the street Sleeping in row, I saw the houses of the street Safe in the night And not a warden keeping guard And not single light. Thinking then how bright the stars, Sad for those who grieve, came from the corner bus Late on Christmas Eve And looking through spangled tree Saw upon a roof The marks that sleigh would make And slipping hoofl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

the President got the arms embargo I repealed in 1889 is certain to re- suit.
 It's likely to take several queer l turnings, that scrap.
 l Just what sort of aid-Britain leg islation the administration is going 1 to hand Congress isn't clear yet. It's ! likely to be involved, because the | Presidents idea is involved. And while the President seems to have the votes to get pretty much what 1 he wants, the very fact that the new law is going to have to be so in- volved will give the isolationists sev- eral chances to take good toe-hold , and wrestle it around.
 IT'S THE FIRST
 THIRD TERM CONGRESS You can figure that out for your self. Here's a plan that would have the U. S. government taking over
 the production of guns, planes
 ships and so on for Great Britain
 The big idea is to get the stuff built without, as the President puts it, worrying about a lot of silly dol lar signs. Having built it, you get it overseas fast, and you call it loan,
 or a lease, or something similar, the general idea being that after the whole fuss is over you can sit down and figure out who gets paid for
 how much, and with what. Anything like that is naturally 1 going to have sarcastic opponents (of which the administration has
 large collection in this Congress,
 a fine chance to inquire how you're going to cash in when somebody sends a few thousand well-used bombs back to you.
 This new Congress ought to be worth watching, too, both while
 it talks about aid for Britain and
 while it does the other chores
 that are waiting for it.
 It'll be the first of all third-term
 Congresses, and the way it be- hayes will have lot to do with the sape the third term takes. On the surface, the President has lots of control over both branches of Congress. Nothing gets out of control easier, however, than a House of Congress.
 BRITISH ISSUE CUTS
 ALL PARTY LINES
 It also happens that thing like this aid-for- Britain program cuts right down the middle of all party lines that were ever drawn. For ex- ample: Senator Austin of Vermont is good Republican and a two- handed partisan but he goes along with the administration like a major on its foreign policy. Con- trariwes, take Senator Wheeler of Montana (and there are times when you'd win FDR's gratitude if you did take himl: lifelong Democrat, he will out-dea1 the New Deal on most things, but he'll fight it to the death on anything that smells of gum powder.
 So you never know. You could bet that Congress will give the President about what he wants on foreign policy, but don't offer anything special in the way of odds. For the only really safe pre- diction is that the oratory will
 ring up against the newly-re- paired roof of the capitol in very confused and confusing manner. Somewhere in this clamor the voice of democracy will make it. self heard, as it always does, sooner or later. But until it does, no prediction about what it is finally going to say is very safe.
 NEXT: Budget problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

there are the myriad short bits Models of Brevity-which the Digest has long featured.
  More attractive to the scholar than to the casual reader, "Brnoson Alcott, Teacher" by Dorothy Mc- Cukey (Macmillan s2.60l. strives to present the teachings and philoso- phles Of Louisa M Alcott's New England father in the light of mod ern educational theories and prac- LIeag.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

the position that the question was an American issue and it would not be proper for Juliana to be- come involved in an American controversy.
 OIL BURNER PROBE
 Are you paying more for oil burner fuel today than a year ago? The Defense Commission may help you out. It is investigating the rise of fuel oil prices, and be- lieves that the only reason for it is the buyers capacity to pay more.
 The oil companies contend that their costs have risen be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

cause of higher transportation by tanker ships from the Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic ports. But the Commission points out that most oil companies have tanker fleets of their own and can con- trol transportation costs.
 Though the investigation is pri- marily aimed only at protecting customers from undue price rises resulting from heavy defense pur- chases, it may develop into a gen. eral expose of monopolistic con- trol by the big oil companies. Copyright, 1940. by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

buying 8 war ring neighbor his guns an d a m m u nition n without buying yourself a piece of his war?
 Aid-for Brit ain will be the No. 1 topic on the program - with bells on. And 8 Scra p just as deter mined (though probably not as lorlg) as tn a t A..l -.IAo..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

deluged with hundreds of Sl
 Most of the protests come from members of AFL building trades unions who are being f1eeced by their own fellow union men. Many of the situations are astounding. Here are several:
 l. A carpenters local estab-.
 lished at Camp Devens, Mass,
 is demanding $75 initiation fees
 from carpenters in nearby
 towns who have been in good
 union standing for years. The
 local will disappear in a few
 months as soon as the camp is
 completed. Meanwhile it is col-
 lecting thousands of dollars from
 union men for the right to work
 on government project.
 2. The AFL has a closed shop
 contract on the construction of
 a large powder plant near St.
 Louis Using this as a club it is
 requiring $50 initiation fees
 from all skilled workers and
 $50 from unskilled laborers. It
 is estimated that 5000 workmen
 will be needed to rush the plant
 to completion. At an average
 of $100 apiece, the initiation
 take" will amount to around
 $5O0,OO0.
 DEFENSE LABOR PROBLEM
 Defense chiefs would like to blow the roof off this situation, but fear tie-up of cantonment construction, which already is weeks behind schedule. The AFL building unions are among the most powerful in the country and have a virtual monopoly.
 Meanwhile frantic pleas to the national officers of the unions have got nowhere.
 John Coyne, head of the AFL Building Trades Department, has been sympathetic, but has de- clared that he could do nothing, since the fixing of fees was entire ly a matter of local jurisdiction. George Masterson, president of the pAu4AiNCAO, 41do dCC4d4C CQ 1l1lIloC1l similarly helpless.
 Meanwhile, aside from the preying on workers, the initia- tiOn fee shakedown is slowing up construction by keeping men from jGbs and by causing a tre- mend0us labor turnover. In scores of places men work only long enough to get stake and then quit.
 Also, the situation is causing hot interstate competition for labor. An illustration was a recent quar- ter-page ad by a contractor in an Atlanta, Ga, newspaper seeking 100 union plumbers for work at Camp Peay, Tullahoma, Tenn, at $50 a week.
 Another consequence is the "slow down" on the job. Reports have come to Washington of crude signs being posted reading, 'Work fast and you'll work yourself out of job," and, "Sl0w up or we'll slow you up downtown"
 The net result of all this has been two-fold: 1) A complete Arrangement of construction schedules with consequent months of delay in getting men into training. At least fifteen canton ments, due for completion by Jan- uary 1, still are under hammer. (2) A tremendous increase in building costs, in some cases as much as 50 per cent over esti- mates. GAGGED PRINCESS
 The Christmas eve broadcast by Mrs. Anne Lindbergh, wife of the flyer, advocating the shipment of food to Nazi-occupied Europe, came near being answered by a royal refugee.
 Grown Princess Juliana of Hol- land-one of the occupied coun- tries--was all set to follow Mrs. Lindbergh on the air to counter her arguments when pr. A. Lou- den, Dutch Minister. intervened. The Netherlands diplomat took
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
The Reasons Pour In

Tn several plans for reorganization of the state government 1t has been sug- gested that one Department of Agricul- ture be created to include several bu- reaus now separate and distinct. Among these latter is the office of State Dairy and Food Commissioner. It was re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Daily Almanac
! sets 7:53 D. m.

Moon sets 7:53 p. m. Sun rises 7:i7 a. ri.: sets ASA D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Last day Of the old yeari The year ends warmer than it began. Late December of 1889 was cold. And January remained cold and February brought snow. And March brought more cold. There are prospects of i04i bring ing neasonable weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
A Thought for Today

Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.-Numbers 35:3l By taking revenge, man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior Bacon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Undersecretary WeEes Again Takes Exception To Dec. 28 Merry Co., Round Loan Explanation

Undersecretary Washington explanation Sat- article 2l Weles allegations previous unfound allegations follows:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
Aid Britain Hottest Issue
 Facing New 
First of four columns high lighting major issues before the new Congress.
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, Dec. 31 - First big job of the new Congress will be a little problem in applied economics: how far can you go in the way of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31

(Continued on Page D
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
LEGAL NOTICE
Application For TreaSurer's Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE

Application For TreaSurer'S Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for a treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by Alfredo
Urea and situated in Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Herold Sub. Lots 5 & 10, Blk. 4,
sold for 1882 taxes which, on the
10th day of December, 1885, was
sold to State of Arizona for taxes,
interest, penalties and charges
amounting to ten dollars and twenty
cents. If redemption according to
law be not made before the 18th
day of January, 1941, will convey
said premises to such applicant or
his assigns.
c.. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
(Pub. Dec. 14-21, 1940
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For TreaSurer's Deed
TREASURERNS OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona

Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
OF Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by w. A.
O'Connor and situated in Santa
Cruz County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Town Of Nogales, Cine Half Inter-
est in Subdivision of Lots IA, Blk.
IS, Lots 8, 9, 10, Blk. B. Lots &
2, Blk. c., Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
of Blk. D. Sold for 1881 taxes
which, on the 10th day of December,
1885, was sold to State of Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to Sixty -Four
dollars and forty nine cents. If
redemption according to law be not
made before the 10Th day of Janu-
airy, 1941, I will convey said prem
ises to such applicant or his assigns.
G. MIGNARDCT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
pub. Dec. 1921, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For TreaSurer'S Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona

Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by Amelia
Valencia and situated in Santa
Cruz County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Patagonia East side, Lots SO &
"a, Blk. N. Sold for 1882 taxes
which, on the 10th day of December,
1885, was sold to State of Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to five dollars
and forty three cents. If redemp-
ton according to law be not made
before the 10th day January, 1941,
I will convey said premises to such
applicant or his assigns.
C. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer OF santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
pub. Dec. 14-21, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For Treasurer'S Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE

ApD1ACdC1OA A|CNN
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by John P.
Mcdonald and situated in Santa
Cruz County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Santa Cruz County, Arizona,
Sunny Side Addition, Lot 1, Blk.
IL. Sold for 1881 taxes which on
the 10th day of December, 1885, was
sold to State of Arizona for taxes,
interest, penalties and charges
amounting to -Four dollars and
thirty cents. If redemption accord
ing to law be not made before the
18th day of January, 1941, will
convey said premises to such appll-
can't or his assigns.
G. MIGNARDCT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
pub. Dec 14-21, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
LEGAL NOTICE!
Application For IreaSurer'S Deed
TREASURES OFFICE
S-.n,...4xr Gtnto oE

Application For Ireasurer's Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following descrip-
ed real property, owned ICY B. H.
Mills and situated in Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Peter Anthony Sub. Lots 1879 &
200, Blk. 1T Sold for 1882 taxes
which, on the 10th day of December,
1885, was sold to State of Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to seven dollars
and forty eight cents If redemp-
ton according to law be not made
before the 18th day of January,
1891, will convey said premises to
such applicant or his assigns.
C.. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
GPub. Dec. 14-21, 194O)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For TreaSurer'S Deed
TREASURES OFFICE

TREAS OGEN . OF + HE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by William
Terrence and situated in Santa
Cruz County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Peter Anthony Sub. Lots 221, &
222, Blk. 1T, Sold for 1882 Taxes
which, on the 10th day of December,
1885, was sold to State of Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to Six dollars
and Ninety eight cents. If redemp
ton according to law be not made
before the 10th day of January,
1941, I will convey said premises to
such applicant or his assigns.
C. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
c 10. Dec. 14-21, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For Treasurer's Deed
TREASURES OFFICE

TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County. State of
Arizona
Notice is Hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
llrer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by Edward
L. Sierras and situated in Santa
Cruz County, state of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Northeast quarter Northeast qua
ter, eouth half of the Northeast
Quarter section 7, Twp. 81 R. 13 Z.
1917 ceres sold for 1cG2 taxes which,
on the 10th day of December, 1895
was sold to State of Arizona for
taxes. interest, penalties and charges
amounting to Twenty six dollars
and Fourteen cer:s If Redemption
according to law be not made before
the 18th day OF January, 1941,
will convey said premises to such
applicant or his assigns.
c.. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
Cnunty State of Arizona.
(Pub. Dec. 1921, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For TreaSurer's Deed
T2EASUEEa'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Ar.suono

T2EASUGC2'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by William
Rosenberg and situated in Santa
Cruz County, State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Tuhac Townsite, Lot 7, Blk. 4,
Santa Cruz County Arizona, NEA
NEH of Sec. 8, Twp. o., R. Is E.
NWA, WIZ NEA, & Lots l, 2, 3,
& 4 of Sec. 9, Twp. q, R.. Is E.
Acreage 51124, Sold for 1881 Taxes
which, on the 10th day of December,
1885, was sold to State OF Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to Fifty Two
dollars and two cents. If redemp-
ton according to law be not made
before the 18th day of January,
1941, I will convey said premises to
such applicant or his assigns.
C. MIGNARDCT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State Of Arizona.
pub. Dec. 1921, 1940)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For Treasurer's Deed
TREASURER'S OFFICE

TREASURER'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County. State of
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for treas
urer's deed to the following describ-
ed real property, owned by S. Sava
and situated in Santa Cruz County,
State of Arizona.
DESCRIPTION
Town of Nogales, Lot 81, Blk. Z,
sold for 1882 taxes which, on the
10th day of December, 1885, was
sold to State of Arizona for taxes,
interest, penalties and charges
amounting to five dollars and four
cents. # redemption according to
law be not made before the 10th
day of January, 1871, will convey
said premises to such applicant or
his assigns.
C. MIGNARDCT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
pub. Dec. 1921, 194O)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
Application For Treasurer'S Deed
TREASURET'S OFFICE
Santa Cruz County, State OF
Ariznn9


Santa Cruz County, State OF
Arizona
Notice is hereby given that State
of Arizona has applied for a treas
urer's coed to the following descrlb-
~ reel property, owned by State
Mutual Building & Loan Ass. &C
F.. w. Hannah and situated !"
Santa Cruz County, State of Ari-
IONA.
DESCRIPTION
City of Nogales, 81 feet northerly.
Lot 7 Blk. 3, Sold for 1881 Taxes
which, on the 10th day of December.
1885. was sold to State of Arizona
for taxes, interest, penalties and
charges amounting to One Hundred,
Seventeen dollars and forty five
cents. If redemption according to
law be not made before the 16t !
dav of January, 1941, will convey
said premises to such applicant or
his assigns.
c.. MIGNARDCT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State Of Arizona.
pub. Dec. 14-21, 194O)
Nogales international., 1940-12-14
LEGAL NOTICE

for 1881 Taxes which, on the 10th
day of December, 1885, was sold to
State of Arizona for taxes, interest,
penalties and charges amounting to
Three dollars and forty seven cents.
If redemption according to law be
not made before the 10Th day of
January, 1941, I will convey said
premises to such applicant or his
assigns.
C. MIGNARDOT,
Treasurer of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona.
(Pub. Dec. 14-2l, 194O)