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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08

as appropriately to the financing methods and the financial convivi- ality of recent years. The barrels ot money have been rolled out, and everybody has had just barrels of fun over the spending. The Presi- dent said at Q recent gathering that his lob was a lot of fun, and If the measure of his enjoyment be the |, mount of money spent, then the Hast seven years have been far and away ths most enjoyable years that any President has ever known. MT Roosevelt has had as much fun as all of his predecessors put together, clear pack to George Washington,
 But e new phase has now arrived and some one Is needed to compose a suitable theme song for 1t. These barrels are about empty and are be- ing scraped for money enough to carry on with until after the elec- ton. The new song should perhaps be called swan Song of the Bar rels of Money"
 The no c made ty the scraping and humping of empty financial barrels may bl heard in almost any city hall or state capitol. Up in Al- bany the legislature was driven to absorb unclaimed savings deposits In Trenton there has been frantic search for excess and unused fund balances. Neither New York nor New Jersey Is willing to face a sales tax, but both states have lcgalized pari- mutuel hettin, which will extract far more from the people who car- not afford it than any kind of sales tax.
 There is high authority for this scraping of the barrel, for the l94i federal budget has set the example This budgct draws heavily on the Treasury general fund, and propos- es, In addition, to recapture excess capital from the various govern ment corporations. The Presidents plan of using these resources Tor current pv poses, and Of counting them at the same time as an offset to debt now outstanding was the seasons flimslest financial white rabbit trick.
 All Of these barrels that have con- tributed to the fun should be care- fully saved, for they arc likely, be- fore long, to be in demand as ar essential feature of the Well-dressed taxpayers wardrobs
 Fun Is all right, in it's place, but the financial condition of the fed eral government, and of some state and local governments, has long ceased to be funny. Legislatures are too much afraid of the pressure groups to stop spending. and they are too much afraid of the taxpay- CTS to levy .ha necessary taxes.
 The Senate searching ot empty barrels tn find money for the pro- posed increase in the farm subsidy. Is Q case in point. They thought Of the general fund, only to learn that the President had already earmark- cd 1t. They thought of taxing tax exempt securities, knowing full well that thc fv,l results of such q scheme would not emerge for forty years, unless the tax Is applied to Issues already put out on a tax ex.. empt basis. They look hungrily at the Oreenbacks authorized by the Thomas amendment, and at the profit on the silver that has been bought.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08
You And Your Nations Affairs FUN TO ROLL BARRELS BUT NOT TO WEAR THEM
 BY HARLEY [. LUTZ
 Professor o Public Finance Princeton University

No one n the Senate had the courage to get up and say that the farm parity scheme, as set out in the law, B a statistical humbug, the primary p,ipose of which is to pla- cate a pressure group which sup- posedly represents the farmers but which actually represents the poli- ticlans who live by exploiting the farm vote. There Is a lot of humbug in other public spen:',rs, for 1t has been motivated by the intention to improve the price level and the na- tional In come rather than by sober consideration of public services which the people need and for which they can afford to pay. The taxpay- CTS should paraphrasc c. c. Pinck- neys famous declaration of Amer ican policy thus: we have barrels of money for all legitimate public services but not one cent to enable & President to get Q lot of fun out of his iob."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08
WANTS|
 ADDITIONAL BIDS|
I4 New Automobiles to Be Purchased Shortly for
 Police Dept.

Submission of one or two more bids is awaited before action is tak- en on the purchase of l4 new automobiles for the police depart ment, Purchasing Director Martin J, Sweeney said today. The cars will be used by the motor patrol, and will replace the Fords now in ser- vice.
 With specifications calling for the cars to have a great deal of extra equipment and with the aede to transfer radio sending and receiv- ing sets from the old to the new cars, it appears that the $5,0o0 ap- propriation set up in this years budget for the new cars may not be sufficient.
 It does not appear, either, that a motorcycle, which was to have been purchased with any balance re- maining in the automobile appro. priation, can be bought this year.
 If the 5000 appropriation IS not sufficient, the additional money will have 10 be secured by transfer from other police department budget items.
 Virtually every automobile agency in the city, except those handling only the highest-priced cars, have submitted bids on the police cars to Purchasing Director Sweeney The contract will probably be awarded next week, and the cars are expected to be delivered and placed in service early In June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08

s in ce [ h 1 s riece Is known as the Beer Barrel Polka ' 1t Is evident that the com poser derived his insp piration from the con- vlvial en ter iainnent which was made law ful by repeal of the l8t il Amen d m en [ . But the Sentl-
 rent of the @ bove lin c s O,av he anDliefi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08
Feast Of Pentecost

A noycna to the Holy. Ghost ls being conducted by the parish priests of Che Church of the Im' inaculate Conception. The Novena k held each year in preparation for thc Feast of Pcntecost, which wifi be observed Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08
NEw YORK nEARTREAT

NEW YORK HEARTBEAT
 Faces About Town: Alexander Korda, the film producer, director, waiting .n an East Side cocktail room for his wife-a Merle Oberon- devoo? clifford Odets watch ing a couple of Chinese load their laundry truck on sand street. An idea for a new play? Gypsy Rose Lee, being called on for a bow at the Brevoort and flushing when voice yapped:, Take 1t oftP' -, Eleanor Roosevelt's cab-driVer tell ing listeners that she said Dewey's ideas on foreign affairs were like that of e high school boy John Garfield, a fugitive from a Warm CTS prison picture Molly Picon, the East Side Helen Hayes, in the Stork Club Gertrude Lawrence ---Lucius Eeebe in a dress Al Siegel (the warblers' PygmalionD [, and his newest find, Joan Merrill, whose figure has rhythm, too Freeman Gosden, the Amos of A. & A., coming out of his dentists on West 43rd Street Monday eve' after his 2 o'clock show--and feelin mighty, mighty down Joan Crawford and Ben Bernie chatting Ln tho lobby of The Algonquin hotel Beauty and The Least.
 Sallics In Our Alley: Beth Brown whose stories are always good, was in The Tavern on West 18th street last night See this fur coat, she said to her host 1t cost mo l2y800 wordsl" You used the wrong ones" replied the Tavern's boss, that girl over there got hers for onel" Shirley Ross of Higher and Higher" is telling the silly about the two frogs. One had trouble talking. What's the mat- ter with your voiceP" asked tho other "Oh," was the reply, T got a man in my throat"
 Memos of a Midnighter: Eileen Devlin, one of the Beachcomber dancers, and the boss of the joint are "At the Equator" almost .. Several Greenwich Village night clubs are folding June Lang Mrs. J. RosellD is imaging ... Marion Rosamond, the La. Pur- chase" prettyface, and Chas, Drew the singer at the Taft, have been honeying for over year-Tony Martin gossip notwithstanding Jerry Ohrbach, the dept store- keepers boy, and Powers model Gladys Otey will wed June 9th and then Clipper to Hawaii. She's a Columbus, Ohio, thrill H. V Kaltenborn never sings his name to wires he sends his wife. His cute signoffs usually arc: "I. M. Well" or e. U. Sonn". Una Wyte. the former show girl, now the singing hit at Somerset House Beverly Hills) has the studios interested
 The r. Tone.Adele Jurgens tno re- ls,tion to the lotion) marriage IS oaly Q few weeks off, intimatesU hAtcha,
 New York Novelette,: Love Is not only funny, 1t Is more often sappy Look what happened 10 Anne Keys. the thrush att he Stork club .. That Aquamarine ring she wears was given by her most ardent Teller who is sore as anything noW--and won't even listen to her explana- ton, the cnump He heard she went out with another guy the othe. dinnertime-and she admits it 'l1ut what could do?" she says "a fellow phones me ard says he simply must sec me for dinner--that 1t Is very important. Life or death stuff" And SO she obliged
 And what did he want? Ho wanted advice on what to do about a girl who gave .aSn the air .
 The irony of 1t! In helping him figure out @ way to get back his girl--she lost her guy '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08
FIRST RIDE

First girl to ride in Mickey Rooney's new blue convertible coupe was Rita Quigley, who plays her first film role fii Metros Qcldwyn. Mayors Susan and Cod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08

In a recent popular song the chorus begins:
 Roll out the barrel.
 And we'll have Q barrel of fun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08

Midtown Vignette: This one hap pened In midtown on Madison Ave- nue, the other afternoon Bob Riordan, whose business address is there, parked his machine Later passing cop noticed a gun on the rear seat He sent an other cop to check with the license bureau for the owners name and then located Riordan, demanding his permit for the gun, etc Much excitement Riordan broke into lusty laughter |, =. D., Laughed for two minutes, couldn't stop Fln- ally he said 1t belonged to his four.year old son and could prove It by the Lone Ranger stamp on it! The cops face Is still cerise.
 Manhattan Murals' The Worlds Fair, all ready to click big -tvery- body certain tho big problem of last season won't be Q riddle at all this time Tho sidewalk photographs [ CTS (human mosquitoes) arc back! That 9th Avenue eatery which offers a free beer with every five frankfurters you dcvour--as if any body can eat five and live |. <, The pretty Rockettes who relax between their strenuous four shows a day routines, by playing tennis, handball and other energetic games on the Music Hall roof The organ playing in the Grand Central Sta. ton --- something from fairyland The red-headed gal in section @ at last Sundays Giant-Brooklyn game, who kissed her feller "a Joy every time the Dodgers scored, Whatta game! Lester, the 1ews- boy at Both and B'way (the private Information bureau) relaying per- sonal messages from the Main Stem- msrs and Their Gals.
 Broadway COnRuclus Say: Hardest thing in world to do Is walk stral ght and narrow path with gal on lap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08

Police of Cardiff, Wales, are trying to stop thefts of many birds from park aViarieS.
Evening star., 1940-11-15
~ LILLIAN-Cox ATHEY.

The frs are lovely trees Of pyra-
lnidal habit with wide-Spreading
horizontal limbs laden with thick
masses of foliage. The wood is
coarse-Rrained and weak. The
bark, smooth in youth, gradually
turns pale and thin. At last when
old age is finally reached the bark
is blistered over with resin vesciles
which are overflowing most OF the
time. At this age the burrows in
the bark are deep and irregular.
There are 25 species Of frs (Abies)
which are widely distributed over
the Northern Hemisphere, including
the northern highlands of Africa.
OF these. two are red frs.
One of these, the abies magnifca,
Is known on the Cascade range in
Southern Oregon, throughout the
western slopes Of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains. It is likely to become
round-topped In old age, and
reaches height Of $50 to 200 feet.
One red fir Is shared like q tall
pyramid and may be $50 feet high,
with . trunk to feet through.
It is lover of the mountain slopes
at $500 to 5000 feet elevation. This
tree is well known in the mountains
of Western Washington, Oregon and
California, but it does not succeed
In the Eastern States. 1t is one of
the flrs cultivated in Europe.
This red fir is spoken Of as the
giant of the Northwest. In the love-
ly Cascade Mountains of Washing
ton and Oregon, where the elevated
slopes face the sea, some of the finest
specimens in the world may be
found. Here there are forests of frs
as far as the eye can see. The wood
Of these trees goes into making boxes
and house f1nishings.
The finished wood is a beautiful
reddish brown with a sap wood Of a
slightly darker shade. The lumber
merchant has given to this lumber
the name 'larch." This wood is not
in the desirable bracket as long as
we have wood which answers our
needs more completely. Perhaps
there will come day when the great
stands Of firs will be needed for a
new and specific purpose.
The leaves Of this fir are blue
Evening star., 1940-11-15
5 New British Batt|eships
Believed Already in Use

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-Although the
government maintains the closest
secrecy, there is general belief here
that the British Navy has had its
five new 35.000-ton, 30-knot battle
ships Of the King George v class in
service for several months.
Prime Minister Churchills state
ment of November that I'VE have
ceaselessly strengtheed the fleet in
the Eastern Mediterranean" was in
terpreted in some quarters to mean
that at least some of the new bat
tleships already have gone to that
area.
If these ships are in service they
raise the total of Britains capital
ships to 10. The British claim
that. with three Italian battleships
knocked out of action in Monday S
air raid at Taranto, axis capital ship
strength is only nine, counting two
German 1o,000-ton pocket battle
ships.
Mr.. Churchill told Commons in
February that the King George class
soon would join the fleet. In April
1t was reported they were under
going their trials.
The i've great battle wagons, es-
pecially designed for speed, wide
range and protection against air
attack. are the King George v,
Prince of Wales, Duke Of York,
Jellicoe and Beatty. They were
launched between February and No.
vember, 1899.
Evening star., 1940-11-15
Natures Children
Red Fir
(Abies nobilis)

green, often slaucous (smooth) when
young. They are nat, grooved above,
crowded to the upper side Of the
velvety red twigs and curved back
ward. They reach q length Of 1h
inches, and are sharp as well as
our-angled.
The staminate flowers are reddish
purple and the pistllate ones are
scattered on the upper limbs. while
the bracts are ornate with recurved
tips. The pollen from the staminate
blossoms is waited to the ripe pistil-
late flowers by the wind.
The fruit is from 1 to 5 inches
Evening star., 1940-11-15
Not Spots Before Eyes;
It Was Twin Culves
,, the Associated Press.

y the Associated Press.
ASHEVuLE, N. Cts . spotted
calf at the home Of Mr.. and Ars. w.
H. sealey after Ill.
It was still pretty dark when Mr..
sealey came in one morning to tell
his wife "We've got . new red and
white spotted calf In the lot"
OF course, Mrs. Sealey was elated
and went out to investigate. But
she found . black calf-:black as
tar"
Mr.. Sealey admitted he might
have been mistaken with the moon
shining through the leaves Of that
poplar tree"
Came the dawn and q surprise.
"Old Bess" was the proud mother Of
twins-one red and white spotted
and one black.
Evening star., 1940-11-15

long, the erect cones being oblong,
thick and blunt at the apex and base
and purplish brown. The scales are
covered with thin toothed bracts
which end in recurring pencil
projections. The fruit Is matured
each year. When the seed children
are ready to leave home. the scales
fall away. Old cones may be seen on
the tree long after their occupants
have departed. The leaves are per-
sistent and may remain on the tree
for as much as 10 years. However,
the fir is always shedding old gar
ments and putting on new ones.
though to the world she is fully
dressed without needing to change
her gown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
First Of Spring

First of Spring
II hear your cook has rather an
amorous disposition"
eyes. II she can't get up filtration
with the milkman, she starts MASKING
the potatoes"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

Funny to Him

Funny to Him
"Why were you kept in school
this morning, Tommy"
Because / laughed when teach
er said, Never use a proposition
to end sentence With'!"
Women don't really have more
backbone than men. They just
show more.
Under an Alias
"Yes, darling" said the young com
mercial traveller, "there l t0as prepared
to argue ,Uith the chap. But ,Uhen told
him ,vho / ,cas he let me in at once"
"And sUho did you tell him you ,oere.
precious?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS

Keep brass articles from tar
nishing by covering them with a
thin coat of clear varnish. The
varnish will form a lacquer which
will not wear off unless the brass
is handled frequently.
Serve waffles as soon as they
are baked. If they are allowed to
stand they are apt to become
tough. Never stack them, since
stacking makes them soggy.
TO clean gas stove burners boil
them in strong solution Of wash
ing soda and water for about half
an hour. This will remove all the
grease. Rinse thoroughly, dry and
put back into the stove.
HOtbeds are coldframes with
heat added. This may be from
animal manure, hot water or cleo
tricity. The difference between the
two is the presence of the heat
ing unit.
Before washing dark dress,
haste around the edges of the
stains with white cotton. In this
way one is sure of removing all
the soiled parts which otherwise
are difficult to detect when the
garment is wet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

THERE are two styles that you
I know right now you'll need,
even if your Spring wardrobe is
not entirely settled in your own
mind! During the months to come,
you'll want several free-and-easy
sleeveless tennis frocks; and even
before that, you'll want at least
one ''little suit" for street and run
about. Well, here they both are,
in this truly money-saving pattern
(8597). The tennis frock has a
swing skirt, wide, inset belt and
strap back. Add the pinch-waisted
little jacket-blouse (the fitting is
all by means of easy darts) and
there's your suit-frock.
What's more, you can make the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
Cocktail CuIture

Bunchuck-I suppose they serve
cocktails at ibanquets to make the
speakers witty?.
Dzudi--No; it's to make the other
people think the speakers are witty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

jacket-blouse two ways-with seal
loped sleeves and neckline, and
with a naive, round collar. So you
can see what a help this clever
pattern will bel Perfect for sum-
mertime in sports cottons, it will
be very smart for right now in
silk print, tie silk or flat crepe.
Pattern No. 1897 is designed for
sizes IL, IA, 16, 10 and 20. Size IA
requires 21a yards of 39-inch ma
terial for frock; 1ss yards for
jacket-blouse; 8 yards trimming.
Send order to:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

WOMENl Help ward off functional
periodic pains by taking DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription over period of
time. Helps build physical resistance
by improving nutritional assimilation.
ADV.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
!. Linitetl Experience

Harriet-Would you refuse to go
out with 2 man who had made just
one mistaken az
Mabel Sure. Who Wantsaa man
with as little experience as THAR
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29

Sins Come to Light
We never perceive our sins till
we begin to cure them.-Fenelon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-03-29
Her Ticket

The special constable had been
told by his inspector to stop a
car which was travelling fast in
his direction.
Ten minutes later he rang up
to report.
"The car was being driven by an
actress" he said, 81 stops her,
pulls out my notebook, she
snatches it, writes her autograph,
and then away she went.
Advice to the young: Take care
of the pennies-and hide your
mOney-b0x from daddy.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02

The Jews of NaseIsk old Jewish village received an
day from the Nazi officials to furnish 10000 zO-
otherwise they would be driven out of the town. The
complied with this demand but the next day they
ordered to pay another 10000 zlotys This kept for
mber of days until the Jews were deprived completely
only of their money but of all their possessions.
They then ordered to pack up their few personal
agngs such bed clothes and appares and to place
upon their carts The aged, the sick and the children
not allowed to ride everybody had to walk The pro-
ZION started Whoever fell by the wayside from exhaust
was shot the spot. They to small river where
was bridge but were ordered to wade across, al
ugh it zero weather. No one was allowed to help
weak and the young those who could not get across
e left in the water to die.
Finally they arrived at railway station and were hOrd
INTO cattle The locked securely on the
de and the train began to shuttle from Nasiesk to
gsberg and back again. This continued for three days,
Ing which time the victims kept without food or
r One woman gave birth to child All the appeals for
that came from the tortured people imprisoned In the
@ cars left the Naz inquistOrs Indifferent At the end
ne third day the train stopped at village where thou,
% Of similar unfOrtunates had previously been dumped
he NaSesk victims told to get out and shift tOr
eves In Nasielsk proper the Nazs entered the syna
covered the floor with the Holy Scrolls and then drove
INTO the synagogue in order to desecrate the jewish
pc OF WOrshp.-(Z. Tyze)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02
Americans And Anti-Semitism

More and more, right-thinking Americans are coming
Fescreen behind which the enemies of democracy can
most effectively There is growing realization in the
can mind that it such divsve forces which played
small part in plunging Europe into war; and that if
erica is to remain at peace it must prevent such tactics
making Roadway here For in the last analysis group
red by setting religion against religion, race against
and class against class, the seeds which, more
ANYTHING ese weaken nation in the face of danger.
It is an encouraging commentary the loyalty of
orleans to their democratic principles that at it's
gh organized anti-Semitism, ominous it was
ceded in making serious inroads on American public
Mon is hopeful and reassuring that in all the years
alien propaganda of economic depression, and other in
nal causes of tension, antiJewsh movements never sue
in becoming respectable. No prominent educator, no
years. become an open advocate of Jew-bating. Anti
nhism has remained underworld movement, disap-
we'd and condemned by American public opinion as a
be
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-02-02
BETWEEN YOU
AND ME
By PAUL A. PETERS

APPLESAUCE MONOLOUGE
"Oh, let us try the Franco way"
Said COughIin to the Front.
But if anyone is put away,
Then you can take the brunt."
ID. L. S.
VACATION NOTE: For some
reason that battles us for the mo-
ment, Zionist leaders this season
are staying away from Miami
Beach in droves The only one
that has submitted himself to
the resorts sun-tanning treat
ment so far this season is DR..
Stephen S. Wise Maybe the
Zionist exodus to the beach has
been deferred until DR.. Chain
Weizmann pays his scheduled WIS.,
it there Incidentally, did you
notice that the New York Posts
fine feature writer, Michael Mok,
has tabled Weizmann the Modern
Moses The Weizmann timer
airy, by the way, has been cut in
half Among places he proba-
bly, will not visit now is the coast
and he is expected to cut his
visit here short at the end of next
month D.. Nor is he, at this writ
ing, expected to drop in on South
America.
RACIAL NOTE: A noted writ
er, not the author of Mein Kampf,
once said: each race thinks it
self superior. Each race is mis-
TAKEN"
....LIT'RY NOTE: A book that is
expected to create quite a splash
is DR.. Milton Sternbergs first
novel "As the Driven Leaf"
(Bobbs-MerrilD Originally set
for publication last fall, this book
by the rabbi of New York's Park
Avenue Synagogue was postponed
to spring n,lhlio~+:-