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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

When a township as well-wa- tered as this one gets two inches of rain within a few hours, sonne- thing happens. It happened here Sunday night and Monday morn- ing. The Pomperaug kicked up wicked, the Shepaug did its level best, and the sullen Housatonic grumbled beneath the ice and gave apprehensive old ladies the cold chills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
EXTRA! EXTRA! EXTRA!

SOUTH BRITAIN SUFFERS SEVERE FLOOD CEDAR LAND WEEK BINDERS CUT OFF LONE RANGER MAROONED TRAP SHOP SUSPENDED OPERATIONS. .. SQUAW ROCK RISES ABOVE MURKY FLOOD WATERS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

As Herb Warner says: 'Tts alarmed lucky that rain wasn't snow. If it had been, and if lt fiuifed up bit, we'd have been undiscovered until Ground Hog Day." (By Bill Garrigus).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
South Britain B.

Flood Maroons Week. k-Enders-Pom peraug, Shepaug Go On Rampage Trooper Steindell Spins Yarns of Mexican Border
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

NOTE:
 General Orders No. {, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, order Win. III. 0arrigus, Post No. lo0T. southbury, Conn, to service on the National Dee fense Committee ChAs. D. LOckhart. Post s2es, New Haven,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29
ISEE BY THE DAILIES THAT:

Successful television relay has beer
declared an actuality by a Gelfe~a
Electric Company individual. Recep
ton has been limited heretofore to the
visual horizon. Soon Chicago may see
the sun set in New York while still
high above the horizon in Chicago. $
The first real test for 1910 is due in
Wisconsin April 2. Dewey and Vanden.
berg are on the Republican primary
President Roosevelt and Vice-Presi-
dent Garner are on the Democratic
primary.
Senator O'Mahoney (Dem.- Wyo,)
denied in the Senate that the aim Of
the current insurance investigation OF
the Temporary National Economic
Committee, which he heads, is nation
alization of the life insurance COM
panies.
Republican member of the Dies
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

Legislators Claim No Authority Under
The 1889 Laws Was Given The
County Commissioners To Have An
Audit OF the Financial Condition of
The County Made.
To the Editor of The Republican.
In the statement made by the Coun-
ty Commissioners in their annual levy
as published in the newspapers there
appears under the head of General
Government" an item of 81 $50 for
special auditing work caused by 1889
Laws"
In our judgment this is such false
and misleading implication that we
feel called upon to make this state
ment.
There is absolutely nothing in any
of the laws that were passed at the
1889 session of the Legislature thai
would necessitate any such enormous
amount of auditing work and for them
to make such statement in their levy
is so plainly an attempt to excuse and
justify the outlandish expenditures
that have been made by them for au-
diting that we cannot let it go by
without giving the taxpayers and the
public the truth.
If any interested persons will read
the Acts that were passed at the last
session, it will be plainly seen thai
there is no excuse for such an item in
the levy. Moreover, we feel that the
sum of $4,000 levied for auditing
work is something that should be
brought to the special attention of the
taxpayers of the county and especially
so when an examination of the records
show that these Commissioners paid
the firm of accountants making the
audit $1,000 out of the 1889 levy,
which with the amount levied will total
$4,000, an unheard of expenditure in
this county for such work, and it GER
tainly is enough to shock the con-
science of the entire community
Therefore,as we stated above, we do
not propose to permit them to create
the false impression among the tax
payers that a part of this heavy ex-
penditure was caused by legislation
for which we were responsible.
We believe that the acts passed by
the 1889 Legislature relating to the
conduct of the office of the County
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29
LOOKING FORWARD
By FRANKLIN MAILMAN
Publicity Director, Republican National Committee

compilations of political thought, the
Republican Program Committee may
not have the right answer to what is
wrong with our country, But at least
this committee of 200 outstanding men
and women in all walks of life made an
honest, sincere and intelligent effort
to find out. They eschewed all parti-
sanship in their work and in their re-
port. They tried to be-and we believe
were realistic in their findings.
NEW DEAL HAS FAILED
Their work at least serves as a basis
for discussion-an that we should
have during the next three months
for the good of our country. If they
are wrong, let's find the correct an
swer. There is evidence on all sides
that the New Deal-despite some mer-
itorious interchangeable been 9
failure-has failed miserably to solve
the problem of 100000 unemployed
1t has failed to bring back a normal
and lasting economic recovery--anC
until that is done all the social reforms
undertaken count for little.
By all means read the report of the
Republican Program Committee ir
full. Calmly discuss it with your neigh
bors and fellow workers. Insist thai
criticisms of the report be based or
fact and not the devices of the smear
artist and the propaganda. Check
what is said about the report against
the assertions in it.
If this report stimulates honest
calm thinking and discussion, Repub.
licans will feel the job has been worth
while, even if you disagree with its
findings in the end. For the report Their
will serve the purpose carried out by
the Federalist Papers at the time Of
the adoption of the Constitution wher
our forefathers left US heritage Of
serious, honest thinking in behalf Of
the general welfare.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

committee extolled the work of the
body and limited that the Administra-
tons lack of cooperation and stand on
Dies may become a campaign issue
for Republicans.
Mae Murray, star of the silent
screen, told court judge she was
worth three million in 1926, but ten
years later she sat on park bench
for three days, penniless.
Hitler, saying that God is his ally,
warns that the Reich will fight to
break plutocracies. He halls Italy, Rus
STA and Japan as friends.
The five hundredth anniversary OF
the invention of printing from nova
BILE type, was celebrated in Baltimore
on Tuesday. Senator Robert A. Taft
was one of the speakers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

If the ambitious WPA man could
turn small-farmer, think what it would
mean to his children to have all the
green beans and sweet juicy corn with
butter they can eat! And in winter, all
of nice home-canned vegetables and
fruits they want and plenty of milk,
eggs, butter and meats. And in addi-
ton to having lots to eat, be able to
sell to the Government $120 worth of
produce in year. 1t would be an in
spiration and an incentive to the am
bilious, and many man who despaires
now Of anything self-reliant in the fu-
ture would become quite self-suffi-
Gent
On the government purchasing list
might be found such as hogs, calves,
lambs, young angora goats, rabbits,
chickens, eggs, turkeys, ducks and
geese, and such non-perishable vegeta-
bles as dry beans, soy beans, potatoes,
sweet potatoes and peanuts.
What would the government do with
this produce? Obviously it could dis
tribute the finished product among
people on relief, widows and their chill
dren, orphans and the aged who re-
ceive benefits under the public assis-
tance act. The money they receive
could be tapered downward slightly,
and the quantity of food doubled so
that they could have more to eat. The
WPA man who "sticks" to the city
could take 25 per cent of his WPA
wage check in food. This plan would
give WPA families more to eat, good
environment and keep them thinking
straight.
After you read this, clip it out, and
If you have similar ideas, write or talk
it over with your Senator and Con-
gresham, your Governor and State
legislators.
MRS. JAMES E. DARR.
713 Lincoln Street, 4
Cumberland, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

Commissioners were for the protec-
ton and benefit of the tax-paying pub
lie and there is nothing in any of
them that would warrant such an ex-
penditure for auditing purposes.
1t is our sincere hope and wish that
the taxpayers of the county will be-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

come aroused to the necessity of CON.
certed action to prevent the waste ana
squandering of the taxpayers monor
under any sucn an excuse.
CLIFFORD FRIEND
DARWIN B. MARTIN
NELSON BRENNEMAN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29
say abor
ARE THEY JUST
CHARLATANS?

Now Mr.. Rankin or the Democratic
"smear" chieftain, Charles Michel
son, or Jim Farley or President Roose-
welt or anyone else has perfect right
to criticize the report of the Republi-
can Program Committee. They have q
right to disagree with it. But if they
wish the country to regard them as
other than charlatans and dema-
gogues, they should base their criti-
cism on something more solid than
cheap wise-cracking. They should get
down to facts and point out exactly
what is wrong with the findings and
recommendation of the Republican
Program Committee.
Let them come forth and in a digni-
fed manner undertake to debate the
merits Of this report and it's recon-
mendations Let them defend the New
Deal against the criticisms of the re-
port. They will find eager and willing
supporters of the report to debate and
discuss with them. If they cannot do
this, then let them keep their silence,
for the country is in no mood for wise
cracking about the serious situation
in which it finds itself.
Even though this report has been
hailed favorably from coast to coast
by newspaper editorial pages of all
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-29

Since the submission of the report OF
the Republican Program Committee,
the New Deal ballyhoo boys and smear
men will be stopped from saying that
the Republicans are without con-
struetive program. For in that report
is a program of constructive action OF
which any American political party
might be proud.
Of course, it is not to be supposed
that the New Dealers will not continue
to try to cover up their failures by as
sorting that their opposition is with
out constructive, remedial plans. But
when they do, just ask the simple ques-
ton: GLOW about the report of the
Republican Program Committee ?"
The odds are at least ten to one that
the vociferous crier that the Republi-
cans have nothing better to offer will
not have read that document-will not
even have read the extensive synopsis
of Unpublished by newspapers in all
parts of the country.
SMEAR EFFORTS COMMENCE
We offer such odds because of close
association with the New Dealers here
in Washington 1--WE think we know
their type of mind) and because al
ready efforts have been made to smear
the Republican Program Committee
report by glib generalities and wise
cracks on the part of persons who had
not had an opportunity to read it in
full.
We are thinking particularly of that
great Mississippi wind-bag, Represen-
tative John E. Rankin, who talks first
and thinks afterwards, if at all. No
sooner had the report been made pub
lic-and before Mr.. Rankin had an
opportunity to read the document in
full-this Mississippi bubble declared
that it should have been printed in
Brille, because it was conceived in the
dark and should be read in the dark.
This was the worst which the Dem
ocratic brain trust could think IN
about the report the first day. Instead
of injuring the work of the Program
Committee it made it glisten all the
brighter. Republicans who had not
read the report came to the conclu-
sion that it must be pretty good job
if that was all the New Dealers could
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
C. r A l u M
CIR A CKERS
BY HITLER

with much OF the geography oil
Europe shifting from day to day.
maybe it will be a relief to test
your knowledge on a few geograph.
ical consistencies.
l. On what rivers r these
American cities located? (a) Al.
bany; CO. Richmond; (c) Sacra.
mento; Cd Memphis; (e) Pitts.
burgh.
2. See if you can name the lars.
est cities of the following: a
Alaska; CD Scotland; Co India :
I'D Spain; e. Australia.
2. Toxic, in addition to being the
capital, is the largest city of ia.
pan. Can you name the three next
largest?
4. If you. play the game Of CAPT
tails, you should be able to identify
the seats of government of: (al
Greenland; (b) Rumania; (c) Ne.
braska; d. Australia; (e) Vene-
.Zuela.
S. Which Of these cities on the
North American continent, would
you say, is in about the same
north north-south plane as Paris.
France? (a) Nome, CD Quebec.
(c) Baltimore, d Mexico City.
ANSWERS on Market Page
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Photographic Contest
Closes On Wednesday

Photographs for the competition
sponsored by the Wilmington Came
ra club are due Wednesday, July II.
at the Wilmington Museum of Art.
Any amateur photographer in New
Hanover county is eligible to COM
pete for the prizes: $40, S. and So.
The jury is composed of Edward
Gruehn, Henry Macmillan, Bernard
Solomon and Ethel Williams.
The photographs must pertain to
beach and water subjects. Prints Sc
lected by the jury will be hung at
the Ocean Terrace hotel from August
1 to September 1.
All prints must be 8 by 10 inches
mounted vertically on 16 by 20
boards. They car be brought to the
meeting of the Camera club We'd
nesday night at 8 or to the museum
during the day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Melbourne. Australia fines bicyc-
lists who ride more a n two
abreast on the city streets.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
kiwanians Of District
Complete Beach Program

An interesting program has been
arranged by the committee in
charge for the banquet and division
meeting of Kiwanis clubs at the
Ocean Terrace hotel, Wrightsville
Beach, on next Friday evening.
Many club presidents in h e
seventh district and high officers
in the International organization
will attend. 1t is understood that
approximately $50 4wanians, their
wives and sweethearts, will have
reservations for the banquet.
DR.. Charles Armstrong and Ar
thur B. Ruffin, district governor
and lieutenant governor, will both
address the banqueters. There will
be dances by Miss Dorothy Bum
and Miss Julia Jones, with Mrs.
Hazel Jones at the piano. Ben
Kingoff will sing. Past district Of
ficers and other International exc
cutives will be introduced. Miss
Mary B. Williams will sing. The
Rev. j. F. Herbert will welcome
the visitors. Aaron Goldberg, pres
ident of the host club, will open
the program and the Rev. Walter
B. Freed VII give the invocation.
The banquet is set for 7 o'clock.
Melbourne. Australia fines bicyc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
. STORIES
IN STAMPS
US. Capitol Took
II Years to Build

THE United States Capitol, pic
tured on the u. S. So stamp
above of the 1929 postage Sc
ries, was started in 1893, completed
in 1865. George Washington laid
the cornerstone of the main build
ing.
The central building, topped by
an iron dome, is of Virginia sand
stone, the extensions of Massa-
chusetts marble. The Capitol is ISL
feet long, $50 feet wide, covers 81
acres.
The wings of the central build
ing were completed in 1911, par
TALLY burned by the British in
1914. The central building was
finished in 1927.
The iron dome is 1876 feet in
diameter at the base, weighs 1000
tons. The statue of Freedom is
5O7 feet from the ground. The
statue itself is 1917 feet high i.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
Star-NeWs Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

pATFIGH. July 13.-Sixteen
.oIna Tar Heels will sail from New
y,rk Tuesday aboard the battle
Kin wyoming for a 30-day train
~ cruise which will determine
s neither or not they are fitted for
nIrthcr naval education and COM
aissjons in the naval reserve as
rnsion-Deck Officer of the Volun-
.aor Reserve for General Service.
These sixteen are the first of
amy who will have the chance
~ act commissions in the naval re-
.orye. Lieutenant John B. Var
,.rl reserve procurement Of
ecer for North Carolina, said to-
day.
He pointed out that there is
,ractically a wide-open field for
hose wishing to take the training
mich qualities for the ensign
commission in the reserve.
Three more battleships will sail
from New York on August 10 for
20.day training periods and the
opportunity to sail aboard them is
now open. Lieutenant Yarnall
said.
Acceptable candidates will be en-
listed as apprentice seamen in
class VT. Thereafter they will be
nIaced on active duty and trans
ferred by commercial transporta-
ton. including necessary expenses
m route to a naval ship designat-
I'd for the cruise-the Wyoming
in the case of those sailing next
Tuesday and other %battleship to
sail later.
The active duty during this
cruise will be performed without
nav. but with subsistence. Uni
forms will be furnished without
cost.
In this enlisted capacity they
will be cruised for approximately
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14
is Tar Heel Youths Giuen
Chance To Become Many Ensiens

81 days during which time thew
Will be trained in the fundamentals
OF military discipline, shipboard
-hle and naval procedure, and will
De under critical observation for
demonstration of those b a S i c
mental and moral qualities de.
manded Of all naval officer person.
mel.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-14

Most insects live in the adul+
stage just long enough to lay
their eggs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-10
RUBBISH REMOVAL
 WORKERS TO MEET
NeighbOrhOOd Community Clubs Invited to Farley
 This Evening at tS
Washington Hill

John Dzick, chairman of the rub Dish removal committee, sponsored by the Washington Park Community club and other community clubs throughout the city, has called a meeting of the committee at o'clock this evening at the Washington Park Community house. It is hoped that the members from the neighborhood community clubs will be able to at- tend.
 The Holy Name 45 tournament played their weekly game last eve- ming at St. Francis Xavier's parish hall, with the following results Fitzmaurice 19, ODonnell 20. Cough lin 21, O'Neil 23, Frageau p, Cusick q, Bob McHugh "A, John McHugh 18.
 The standing of the teams to dat now has Coughlin in first place with 8 total score of 206, with John Fitz- maurice, Shamrocks. in second place with total of 199. Next or third place, O'Neil's team l97. Fourth place John McHugh 196, and Art Frageau's Earbenders, fifth with a total of 183. Sixth place now shows J. Cusick 180, and ODonnell 1; seventh TIT, and last but not least Bob McHugh with total of 174.
 Miss Estelle Whelan, daughter ot MT. and Mrs. John Whelan of South street has returned to her studies in Springfield, Mass, after short va cation with her parents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-10
PARKING METER
 STANDARDS SET
665 to Be Installed Within Week According to
 Plans

Installation of standards for park ing meters in the cowntown streets continued today as the police de- oartment proceeded with plans to place the meters in operation next Monday.
 There are 665 meters being install led this week. Of this number, 328 will call for one-cent fees, 293 for Ione-cent, two-cent or three-cent fees, and A for fve-cent fees.
 The parking limits will vary, de- pending on location, from 15 min utes to two hours. The five-cent meters will allow parking for two hours; the one-cent meters will al- ow parking for either IS minutes or 30 minutes; and the others will al- low 20 minutes for one cent, 40 minutes for two cents and 60 min utes for three cents.
 Lines are to be painted at the curb and on the pavement in each parking area, and the notorist must see that his car is parked between those lines.
 Police expect that some confusion will result when the meters are first placed in operation, but believe that the system will be operating smoothly within 8 few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-10
BY ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial EditOr)

New York, Dec. 10 = CU.P) = Stocks moved irregularly today with trading light, A few special iS- sues registered advances of as much as 4 points, several rising to new highs.
 Bethlehem Steel sold at 87 of 5-8 from the previous close and off & point from the early high. U. s. Steel touched 68 3-4 of 3-4 after reaching 69 5-8. Chrysler sagged to 76 off 3-4 net from its high of 77 1-8.
 Railroad issues, Oils, Aircrafts and Mercantil issues held around the previous close. Allied Chemical gained 1-2 points. Du Pont held at the previous close. Union Carbide lost fractionally.
 Allied Stores preferred made a new high at 89 up 4. Consolidated Cigar preferred issues made new tops on gains ranging to 2 1-2 points. Penn Dixie Cement prefer red and Columbia Pictures preferred also made new tops. South Porto Rico Sugar preferred rose points while Revere Copper and Brass pre- ferred lost 2 1-2 points.
 Chesapeake and Ohio and Para mount equalled their highs. Chry- sler and General Motors made small gains. Fractional advances were noted in American Telephone, Gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-10
DOC-BITE SUIT
 PROVES AMUSING
Judge and Jury Given Laugh as ll=Year=Old
 YOungster Testifes

Two small boys caused judge and jury to smile in superior court to- day when they testified in a $15,00C dog-bite action. One was Julius A Anderson, II, of Ansonia, the plain tiff, and the other his chum, Ed ward J. Bean, 10, also of Ansonia.
 Bean, who was no bigger than his name, told Judge Alfred c. Bald win and the jury that on the day his friend was bitten they had paid a visit to his "girl-friend" and then had gone to look at pollywogs. Nipples of amusement swept the courtroom at the references. N Bean then told the court, in de- scribing the dog that allegedly bit his friend, that the animal was bigger than he if he stood on his hind legs and half as big if he didn't.
 Both boys also caused merriment when they approached the witness stand at a fast rate of speed.
 Julius seeks compensation for a bite allegdly received from a dog owned by Mary E. Reichelt, of An- sonia, June 3. 1889. The two boys said they had gone to look at q rab- bit when the dog bit Julius.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-10
Young Woman In
 Suicide Attempt While Despondent

Taking an overdose of sleeping pills at the High Hat tavern on North Main street, Miss Mary Hazel Roy, 27, of IS Center street, formerly of 127 Coleman street, Hartford, was rushed early this morning at .2:15 a. m. to the Wa terbury hospital in a cab.
 Steve S0ffO, bartender at the tavern, saw Miss Roy take some thing from a small envelope and put it into her mouth. He rushed from behind the bar into the booth and struck the woman on the hand, spilling five or six pills on the floor.
 According to the bartender, Miss Roy told him Sunday that she was going to do away with herself. Sof- so said that he met the girl about six months ago, and that she com plained to him and was despOnd- ent. Detective Lieut.. Anthony Mariana reported that the girl had taken an overdose of a sleeping compound, while she was drinking in the booth.
 Hospital authorities report that she will recover.