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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR 2LEADERS
 IN BIG LEAGUES
Cincinnati Reds Have Lost ' of Last 10 Games;
 Red Sox Hope
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY Limited Press Staff Correspondent

NO1EtCX Y AVSS 0wHAA NVAA OSkbSAANACsASI New York, Aug. 20. (UP)- There's going to be some fun in both pennant races yet. Both lead- CTS lost yesterday and the second- place clubs picked up half game each as gift. The Indians lead is now three games and the Reds four. Either club can blow the pennant unless 1t gets tough from here out and stops dilly- -dallying around. The Indians, who were belted by the Red Sox yesterday, 16-7. are better of than the Reds in at least one respect. When they SO into nosedive their ace, Bob Teller. brings them out of 1t. He hasn't lost since the Tanks beat him July 17 and has won B out of his last IS. Don't worry too much about the Indians as long as Teller is around.
 But the Reds two aces, Paul Der ringer and Bucky Walters, are in the throes of a dangerous slump. Derringer hasn't won a game since Aug. 3 and has dropped four straight. Walters has won only once in three weeks and has been beaten in five out of his last six starts. Un- less one of the Cincinnati aces re- gains his form quickly the Reds are heading for trouble.
 BATTED OUT
 Derringer was blasted to cover by the Giants yesterday as the Reds went down, 9-2. The Giants slammed into Derringer for four runs in the first inning and routed him in the fifth. Carl Subbell pitch ed easily behind a long lead. win- ming his ninth game on six hits. It was the Reds seventh defeat, in their last 10 games.
 The Red Sox, retaining faint pen- nant hopes despite their pitiful pitching, overwhelmed the Indians with the biggest run barrage the tribe has experienced this season. Every Red Sox made hit except Cramer as they combed Dobson, Humphries and Dorsett for IA blows, four of them homers. Jimmy Foxx hit No. B. Jim Tabor hit No. 20 with the bases loaded. Ted Williams clouted No. 18 with two on. Bob Doerr banged No. IS. Joe Heving. making his second start, went the route again to win his seventh game.
 The Tanks were on the way to victory over Buck Newsom and the Tigers when rain interferred. The Tanks had three runs in the last of the fourth when rain forced the umps to call time. Marius Russo had blanked the Tigers for four inn ings on two hits.
 The Pesky Bees knocked the Pirates out of a fifth place tie with the Cubs by blanking Frankie Frisch's club, 80. It was the Bees 11th victory in their last l6 games. Not bad for a seventh place team, which had been forced to sell two of its stars. Lopez and Cuccinello, to keep operating. Dick Errickson bested Joe Bowman in a pitchers duel. ach man allowing nine hits. Singles by Carvel Powell and Chet Ross, both rockies. drove in the three runs in the third.
 YESTERDAYS HERO Carl Hubbell. Giants veteran southpaw x,,y,o o.,tpifrioad EorI nerrin0er and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
ELLISLOSES

Holyoke, Mass, Aug. 20-(UP)- Leo Sawicki, 143, of Worcester, de- cisioned Bobby Ellis, IA. of New Britain, Conn, in a six-round bout featuring the opening of the Valley Arena fall season last night. Both boxers were down for no count in the second round.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Games Yesterday New York 9. Cincinnati 2. Boston 3, Pittsburgh o. (Only games scheduled),
 Games Today New York at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at St. Louis CD. Boston at Pittsburgh. Philadelphia at Chicago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
Last Nights Fight

New York-Tami Mauriello, l51. New York, outpointed Gene Molnar. I52. Johnstown, Pa. (8): Aaron selt- Ricardo Clemente. l2SN. Philippines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Games Yesterday Boston 16, Cleveland [. (An other games rained out).
 Games Today Detroit at New York CD. Cleveland at Boston. Chicago at Philadelphia CD. St. Louis at Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
Rained Out

West Haven, Conn, Aug. 20-(UP) Leo Kodak, Chicago lightweight, tangles with Julie Kogan. local fighter, in 10-round bout here to- night. The fight originally was scheduled for last night but rain- storm forced postponement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
Football

Pearl River, N. :, Aug. 20-(UP)- The New York Giants professional football team planned its first full scrimmage drill for this afternoon as preparations continued for their game against the eastern college All-Stars at the Polo Grounds, Sep- tember 4.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20
. League
 Leaders

FIVE LEADING EATERS AMERICAN LEAGUE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20

YESTERDAYS HERO Carl Hubbell. Giants veteran southpaw who outpitched Paul Derringer and brought the Terrymen out of a slump by holding the Reds to six hits for a 9-2 victory
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-20

Cornwall Hudson, N. r., Aug. 20-(UP)-Tuss McLaughry, coach of the eastern college All-Stars, or- dered his 31-man squad to learn within AS hours, the full comple- ment Of plays he plans to use against the New York Giants, east ern division champions of the Na- tional Professional league, in their charity game at the Polo Grounds, September 4.
 McLaughry plans to send his squad through scrimmage Thursday with a practice game against an outside team scheduled for Satur- day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03

tually yield. They have re-
jected demands for a boycott on
Japanese products.
The administration, however,
has taken more aggressive
tack. For two successive years
it has staged the fleet maneu-
vers in the area beyond Hawaii,
and 1t maintains the main body
Of the navy in that region. II
has denounced the 1911 trade
agreement, and banned the sale
of planes TO Tokyo. The Ex-
port-Import bank has loaned
money to China to purchase mill
tary supplies. And. though of
ficialdom must publicly depre-
cate his remarks, Admiral J. K.
Taussig's prophecy of eventual
conflict with Japan merely re-
Elected confidential thought in
high quarters.
President Roosevelt's political
advisers mot the Farley fac
tom have decided to try to adj
minister a humiliating rebuke to
Vice President John Nance Gar
ner. And F. D. R., though keep
ing in the background, apparent
ly sanctions the scheme. He is
deeply resentful over evidence
that the Garner candidacy was
really an anti-third term move.
The White House originally
intended to stay out of Texas
in Difference to the Democrats
No. 2 figure. When Harold L.
Ickes visited there several weeks
ago. he carefully refrained from
talking third term. But the
New Dealers writhed when Mr..
Gamers co-managers - E. B.
Germany and Clare Driscoll-
proclaimed that every ballot cast
for the v. P. in Wisconsin The
got rs per cent? was a vote
against more of Mr.. Roosevelt.
So-and this is a tip on F. d.
RS attitude - Under-Secretary
of the Interior Writ announced
after a White House conference
that he was returning to Texas
to light a Roosevelt backfire
against Mr.. Garner.
The Texas system of naming
delegates clouds the outlook,
for they are chosen by precinct,
county and state conventions.
But it would not be surprising
If the Roosevelt coterie-Mayors
Maverick of San Antonio and
Miller of Austin, MA" and PA"
Ferguson, ex-Hoovercrat Tom
Love, etc. = wangled several
delegates for the president.
That would satisfy the venge-
full anti-Garnerites at Washing
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03
AFTER MANY YEARS
By {. T. SHORT

McCarrens' critics has this to
say:
Mr.. McCarrens' advice may be
presumed to be based on the
Hottest of motives, namely, the
preservation of our American In
situations by providing continu-
ing expression for the will of the
people. But surely our fear Of
dictatorship should not lead us
TO seek salvation In q totally un-
guided public opinion.
Such a policy would wrongly
assume that the majority Ii al
ways right, whereas II Is not ut
all Uncomfortable that the opin-
lon Of m informed editor might
be a far better guide to commun-
ity and national welfare.
Editors can be wrong Of
course, but making editorial con-
science completely subordinate
to public opinion would not make
an imperfect situation any bet
ter. It might be a step in the
direction of pure democracy, but
what we want Is rather an in
diligently guided democracy.
Any other kind of democratic
rule is sure to lead through
chaos to the very dictatorship it
seeks to avoid.
Let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.
It has been observed that Julius
Caesar was a great warrior and
cruel victor who butchered
captives or sold them into slav-
cry. crucified the pirates with
whom he had fraternized. cut
off the right hands of warriors
who had rebelled against him,
and in ten years, according to
Plutarch, was responsible for
the deaths of million men.
These achievements seem TO
have raised him in his own esti-
nation and he was probably get
ting ready to assume divine
honors when Brutus and the
others cut him down. His sue
cessors did assume them.
The modern Caesars who are
now occupying the center Of the
world stage also have decisions
OF grandeur. which, II has been
observed. ARE just as stupid in
a dictator as in a hod-carrier. ;"
Consequently another line of en-
trenchments-the Maginot line
stands where Caesars once
stood. But the forces by which
Caesars destroy themselves have
multiplied. The fight in the Old
World isn't over yet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03
QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions Turn to the
Woman's page for the answers.
/. What do flying fish use for
wings?
2. Name the first president OF
Germany?
5. How can salt water be made
into fresh water?
4. How Is the word ford pro-
nounced?
5. Which European country Is
traversed by the worlds only
motor road TO the Arctic ocean?
6. When was the first census
taken in the United States?
Z. Which is the hot" end OF
the spectrum and which is the
cold"
S. Which continent is nick
named The Dark Continent ,"
Q. The ruler Of Sweden is a
king, president or dictator?
10. Give a typical American
synonym for expert
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PULSE OF THE PUBLIC

ly, would monopolize all living
space on the planet and crowd
even itself into starvation. So
would any animal. So would
any human group. They would
degenerate into a cannibalistic
struggle among themselves.
An answer to the biological
necessity OF war is the limita-
ton of human increase In num-
bers. This limitation may be in
only certain portions of man.
kind, as by school teachers,
preachers. artists, to such an
extent as to keep the total
number of human beings within
endurable limits. This kind Of
limitation Of numbers has long
been In evidence in the lives of
some Of the best men on earth.
Shakespeare had no biological
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03
Editors and Public
Opinion
Mr.. McCarren's Idea
Rouses the Critics
Trouble Stalks the
Caesars


Once upon q time the editor
Of the weekly newspaper In q
county seat town was a leader
In his community. Whether 1t
was the tariff on the tinplate Of
which the workingman's dinner
pail was made. the ACCESSIBILITY
Of prolonging the series of re-
vival services beyond the middle
OF February. or the amount Of
the road tax the supervisors
should credit to farmers who
worked the road in front Of their
properties, 1t was all the same
to the editor of the Weekly Rec
ord. He had an opinion on all
matters with which the commun-
ity was concerned and as a rule
the majority followed his lead.
II there happened to be two
weekly papers In the town. rs
sometimes Was the case. one was
sure TO be Republican In poll
tics and the other Democrat.
The opinions would be just n
frankly expressed but In their
import would be as far apart
as the poles.
The Democrats would swear
by the policies laid down in their
organ and the Republicans would
faithfully follow in the opposite
direction. The difference OF
opinion often resulted in hot
arguments in Herman kuhli's
barber shop or Sam Shows drug
store. or in the postoffice lobby
while waiting for the mail. and
In each case the editorial in the
favorite weekly paper would be
produced as evidence.
What brought this up was a
letter calling attention to cor
respondence In The New York
Times criticizing the policies adj
vocated by John S. McCarrens,
president Of the American News
paper Publishers association. In
addressing a group Of publishers
Of the smaller daily newspapers.
he advised them to seek and re-
fleet public opinion - find out
what that opinion Is. cultivate it
and post it in the editorial pilot
house as sailing orders.
Replying To thar, one Of Mr..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, MAY 3

Adverse planetary aspects are
strong today which should be
employed in whatever Is not as
ISOLATED with risk. In the morn
Ing the judgment may be I'M
trustworthy. and there may be
. temptation to conceal facts
important to business deals.
Heart and Home: Women are
subject to adverse influences
that may cause them to be UNI
reasonable and even deceitful.
They should overcome a tend
ency toward dissatisfaction and
irritability. The seers warn that
II Is imperative to cultivate
habits Of industry. Girls should
have trained hands a. well ~
well stored brains.
Business Affairs: Speculation
will tempt many Americans.
They are warned to avoid sue
cumbing to influences that en-
courage betting and other ways
OF profiting without work. The
stars presage a summer Of pros
perity, but they warn Of lean
years that are coming. It Is i'm
possible to avoid paying the
price Of wars, even though they
may DO carried on In foreign
lands,
National Issues: Young men
and young women win exert exc
traordinary influence In the ma
tional political campaign and
viii demand economic opportuni-
ties New leaders win gain rec
ognition In both Republican and
Democratic parties. While long
time heads OF political orgsnizs-
tons win be superseded. men
who have guided the ship Of
state will remain at the helm.
international Affairs: italy is
to face complex difficulties as
Mussolini. the king and pope diff
fer in important policies that sf-
feet the whole world. The people
will suffer economically and will
manifest unrest under prevailing
conditions. August IL to be q
month In which a crisis or a
change In attitude toward the
Allies is probable.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is
have the augury Of a year of
great success and prosperity. II
Is wise. however, for both men
and women to be on guard
against treachery.
Children born on this day are
likely to be highly intelligent,
lovable anc popular. They may
have talents that assure success
and even fame.
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For ihe Honor Of Our Country

The Olympic games planned for Finland this summer,
definitely off Even after the with Russia
euded Finland, with Characteristic galantry, tried to ar
range the games.
Despite her own suffering Finland might have been
able to carry But the condition of Europe at
makes the project impossible, and the Finnish committee
has had to cancel the games definitely and finally.
So In this year Of 1910 there will be wheclad group
Of keen men and women standing in the bright
sunshine to take the traditional Olympic oath
I'VE swear that win take part in the Olympic
eames h loyal competition respecting the regulations
which govern them and DESTROYS Of participating In
them n the true spirit Of sporsmanship for the honor
Of cur country and for the glory Of sport"
Not this year. The keen young men of more than half
They have been told that they playing this too
for the honor Of their countries However that be,
It is already clear that for many many thousands of them
the prize not gay ribbon or bright medal but the
dark garland Of death.
II IL because those games not to be held this
and because that oath Is not to be taken by the young
men and young women, that have reprinted it above
intent gaver matters those principles must not be for
gotten.
The time win come day, when the world must re-
member loyal competition" The time will come when
Respecting the regulations" will not be sign Of weakness
but Of strength The time will when the true spirit
Of craftsmanship viii again have value for men who have
had to forget it in the necessities Of that played
for keeps And for he honor of country things
being done today which perhaps people of later time will
not look upon redoundng much to anybodys honor.
In the thick international murk Of 1940 to look far
ahead 1914 impossible Yet 1t will come, and per-
dare to hope that when it has come
the world viii have remembered those words it cast aside
in 1940-oya competition, and regulations and sports
msnship" and "honor."
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Stories in
Stamps
Plus XII, Pope of Peoce,
Joins PhiIoteIic Gallery

pIUS XII, whose portrait appears
for the first time on the Vati-
can stamp above, is a Pope of
Peace in name as we'll as in fact.
His family name "Pacelli" is de-
rived from the Latin pax" mean
ing peace; his papal name, Plus,
stands for peace, and his coat-of-
arms bears the words, Peace is
the result Of justice" His first
radio broadcast, Is hours after his
election, was plea for peace.
The portrait stamp is not the
hrst TO picture Pope Plus XII. His
coronation was marked in 1899 by
an issue of a special commence
rative stamp in four values.
Pope Plus was elected by the
College of Cardinals on March 2,
1899, his SD birthday. He was
chosen by unanimous vote on the
third ballot, the first Pope ever
elected on the first day of the con-
clave.
Pope Plus visited United States
as Cardinal Pacelli in 1886, travel
ing mostly by plane. He is the
first Pope to have flown in an air
plane before his election TO the
papacy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03
ANOTHER VIEW ON
WAR QUESTION

Editor. The Times: War is
incidental to mans biological
increase in numbers. As long
As they multiply faster than
they die off the tendency to-
wards war. with occasional er'ip-
tions into that state Of violence
Is inevitable.
As a farmer. I know the need
of keeping the number of my
cattle, goats, dogs and cats
within bounds. AS a conscien-
tious thinker, I feel the force
Of vegetarian arguments = at
least until I realize plants. too,
and bacteria, are living crea-
lures.
Any plant, II all its seeds were
permitted to develop indefinite
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03

Even his intra-party enemies
agree that the Kansas red-head
has got the COP into remark
able fighting trim. especially in
view of the handicaps he faced
when he took over after the
most smashing defeat in Ameri-
can politics. He has paid off
the 81, 267 900 debt, and dug up
funds for unprecedented, be-
tween-election activity. He has
financed and directed an able
publicity division, research
bureau stated by experts and
a woman's organization. I'm
der his leadership the party has
been Unanswered into a posi-
ton where it Is conceded a so
SO chance to win next Novem-
Der.
The lateness of the Repub-
lican convention-June 24-has
given impetus to the keep
Hamilton" proposal. Any sue
cessor would have only four
months n which to become ac-
quainted with national and state
leaders, to whip them into a
state of energetic enthusiasm,
to collect campaign funds. John.
on the other hand, knows all
the Republican ropes from four
years Of manipulating them.
Congress has exhibited a def
mite anti-war complex with re-
spect to Japan. despite Tokyo's
threatening attitude in China
and the Pacific. Capitol Hills
refusal to become excited over
the yellow peril" contrasts
sharply with the hysteria in GER
tain administration quarters.
Whenever the executive branch
has proposed any move that
might irritate the chip-on-the-
shoulder Japanese, congress has
blocked it. The legislators have
declined to appropriate funds
for making Guam another Glib
raltar, despite our naval experts
urging. They are now shying
away from requests for appro-
priations to build an elaborate
aerial base at Anchorage,
Alaska, though they may even
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-03

PREPARING FOR WAR

Editor The Times: There Is
much food for thought in the
heated discussion centering
around the statement by Rear
Admiral Joseph K. Taussig,
War between the United States
and Japan is inevitable" Ad-
miral Taussig was speaking in
support of a $685., 900, 900 naval
expansion program. which seems
oddly inconsistent with our pres
ent policy of actually acting as
Japan's major ally in the supply
Of the essential munitions and
raw materials which have made
her the aggressive power in the
Far East.
Today we are not only facing
the danger Of involvement in the
European conflict, but we are
also being psychological into be-
lieving that we must fight Japan
II she makes any move to claim
the rich strategic islands of the
Dutch East Indies. American
boys would then be the helpless
pawn in the fight for tin and
rubber.
MAUDE N. RICHARD.
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none, and Jesus of Nazareth
had none. Certainly such limi-
tation9 of the number of human
competitors for locations on
earth is better than war. And
what is better method for
helping to avoid war, as a COM
petition for points of vantage on
earth?
It is possible to us now? The
unavoidable dilemma Of our
situation Is limitation Of num-
bers without war or limitation
by the war method. Each meth
cd is selective in effect, but
selective on a different basis.
Competition in industry Is in
itself a phase of war, involving
commercial blackouts, etc. Nom
resistant submission, as exempli-
fled for us by Tolstoi in his
story of Ivan the Simple is no
real answer, but merely a meth
cd of self-limitation, the way Of
consenting to live as helots and
pariahs, abnegating the digni-
ties of sons of God on earth.
ROLLA MYER,
Ri. 3, Olympia.
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either for or against the unlaw-
full element which seems to die
tate the policies of enforcement.
The hundreds of arrests made
by the state enforcement Of
icers is conclusive proof Of the
complete apathy Of local en-
forcement agencies. Couple d
with the failure of the judiciary
to use these laws to their maxi
mum, Is further evidence as to
why an organized underworld
can exist and grow fat upon the
earnings of illicit trade and con-
tinue in business when they are
assured of a small fine and until
we insisted, no Jail sentences.
Therefore, we have petitioned
our local justices to pass SEN
fences as provided by law for
repeated violations Of all of
these acts to insure the con-
tinued respect of the public for
the judiciary.
A. B. WOODWORTH Pres.