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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

, be held At 9sS0 o'clock, Freight
street win be the point Of mobilisa-
ton. The corps win be reviewed in
front Of the city Hall by Mayor
Vincent A. soully and prominent
city officials. The parade continuing
will march along Grand Street to
Bank Street, TO Exchange Place, to
the north side Of the Green, along
West Main street 10 Meadow Street
10 the stadium on Randolph q
Cloves property. Over thirty prizes
have been donated FOR the occasion,
The Children OF Mary society and
the Ladies' Of the Sacred Heart Of
the parish have made contributions
as have many Of the oity's leading
merchants.
| The parade will be the largest
In years. It may also set q new
record. Meriden at present holds the
distinction Of having played host
to Il corps last year.
Ted olschefski, organizer Of the
st. Stanislaus corps, Is directing
arrangements for the event, Ted
olschefslsi, Jr. IL parade director,
irving Czarsasty Is assistant director,
The following drum corps have
ofllcially informed the committee Of
their arrangements to participate
In the parade and TO compete In the
various contests:
Observation-Disclosures Park Com
munity, Nutmeg state, East End
Community, Canadian Legion,
Mill Plain, Mattatucls,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Davis Post.
Oakvllle--Watoak Girls, Oakville
Boys.
Merldcn-Imperial Cadets, City
Park, Washington Park, Polish
Falcons, South Meriden, Ameri-
can Legion, Jr.
Collinsville--Collin Combina-
ton Corps.
Torrlngton--Loyal Drum Corps, 81,
Mary's, 81. Peters, Falcon Juniors,
Torrington Boy Scouts,
acknowledgements Post
Thomaston -Thomaston Boys Club,
Girls VIEW.
Hartford Charter Oak Council,
Our Lady Of Sorrows Junior and
seniors, st. Mary's Junior and
senior Corps, Father Matthews,
| Rau-Locke Post, Immaculate Con.
ception Boys Brigade. Hartford
Boy Scouts.
New Britaln-st. Marys Drum
Corps, Newington Juniors, 81
j Agnes Girl Scouts.
| Noroton--St. Johns Fed.
seymour-Seynour Legion,
steney Creek-stoney Greek An.
Client Fife and Drum.
Southington immaculate 0oneep.
ton, Military.
Ansonia-St. Michael,s American
Legion Of Ansonia, Ansonia, An
sonia Polish Falcons.
Stratford-0 rayand White juniors
and Seniors.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ancient
The silhouetts.
Thompsonville Auxiliary.
Derby-polish National Alliance.
shelton-st. Joseph'S.
Rocky Hill-Rocky Hill Community.
Danbury-Danbury Hatters, Dam
bury American Legion.
YalesvilIe---Yalesville Ancient.
Stamford---Holy Name.
Wilson--St. 0ertrudes, Bloomfield
wolverines,
Bethel Grassy Plains.
Walllngford - Shaw-Simon. squad.
ron.
New Haven--New Haven Register,
West shore Fire Dept.
Hridreport-St, Francis Par. School.
ST, Agnes, Sacred Heart Par,
school, SITS. Cyril and Methodius,
Blessed Sacrament. Bridgeport
Boys Club.
Massac husetts - Mt. Carmel OF
Springfield, Indian Orchard.
New York-St. Anselms OF Bronx,
Duchess F.D.&B. Corps,
Rhode Island-Fire Kings, 81. Az
mes Of Providence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
PAUL LEDUC HURT,
IS GRANTED STAY

Paul LeDuc, az, Of 265 South Main
street, arrested early this morning
after an automobile accident In
which he was slightly injured, was
granted q continuance until Nom
day when his case was called In
city court today. He Ia charged
with reckless driving.
Police said LeDuo, operating O
heavy sedan, struck o parked car
on GRAND street which was register
cd under the name OF Agatha Mieeli,
Of 50 Court street, Middletown. Le-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
Crash Victim
To Be Buried
Tomorrow "A. M,

Seymour Pivlrotti, 81, OF Pros
meet, win be buried tomorrow
In 81. y8rlgid's cemetery,
Cheshire. Tomorrow would
have been the eve Of his wed.
ding, n his life had not been
snuifed out In an auto accident
on the waterbury = Cheshire
road Tuesday.
The funeral win be held from
the home at Sis o'clock to 81.
| Anthony's church. Prospect
where q solemn high Mass will
be celebrated at . o'clock.
Plvlrotti was instantly killed
when his car hit Q culvert ana
o highway fence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

Dues car according to police con-
tinued onto the lawn Of the Silas
Bronson library.
LeDuc was treated at st. Mary'S
hospital for mouth and knee In
juries,
Saverio Magnano. a, Of Grand
street, Middletown, was granted q
nolle without payment. Magnano
was charged with violating the rules
Of the road after q small accident
on East Main street yesterday.
Alfred M. Croteau, Of Oakville
arrested Monday on charges of vio'
lating the rules Of the road, waS
given q nolle on payment OF 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

middle Of the night, when silence
runs rampant The people who
hold their noses high, because their
ancestors were daring pioneers, while
nothing tougher touches them than
q powder-puff or elk shirt
The dr0opy- lldded all night work.
ers rushing to the nearest sub
way, completely ignoring the sun
rise symphony Of colors-Mother
Natures way Of showing off ..A
The old lady posy-peddler on
Broadway, her face creased With
marks OF old smiles Riding atop
Q Fifth Ave. bus - still the best
and cheapest way Of ogling the Big
City Tin Pan Alley, where
Joy for the nations ears Is turned
out--but where nearly everybody u
grouchy, jlttery and has nervous In.
digestion, because Of the swift tempo
that the business demands The
always busy five and ten on Broad
way. How the salesgirls there can
keep their smiles and patience IN
tip-top shape, Is amazing.
The bankers In front Of the bur.
lesk theaters, who repeat the same
thing so many times they've de-
veioped the knack Of talking with
out listening to themselves The
throbbing quiet Of the massive Fifth
Ave. library reading room. Some
how the intellectual atmosphere
makes even the most ornery char
acter act asif he's trying to please
Emily Post :. The Celebrity-l lovers,
who get more enjoyment out Of
staring at the first-nighters enter
ing and leaving the theater than
the first-nighters get out Of most
shows The night clubs, decor
ated with the gayest tints, playing
toe-tapping music, serving the best
food and drinks, but almost every
face ct the tables Is grave, because
they can't help discussing the hor-
rible tragedy drenching Europe.
The 1850 q. m. Eighth Avenue
train out Of the Fair - crowded
with weary chorus girls and other
bellies from the Cheese acres on the
Midway A slogan for the Red
Cross poster: Lets DO II the Heart
Way" The Bergdorf- Goodman
sales girls, each with q knitting bag
on the arm, while OF her work
The baseball scores now buried on
the inside pages. Remember when
they used TO be on the front pages?
The man OF 6ist and eth Wip-
Ing Ing the perspiration from his brow ,s
Flag Day-not flag displayed
The new gag In Greenwich Village:
Two cuties In short skirts whose
bare legs advertise 1.-THE Pepper Pot
The jute-box In O bar at seth
and End Avenue which keeps play
Ing the NaZi anthem: I'VE Drive
Towards England"-above the bar O
sign says: mo War Talk"
The orators down Union Square
who throw opinions at you like they
were poison darts. One never.say-
die fellow down there Is trying 10
get followers for Technocracy, Re-
member? -. The terraced grounds
highlighting the Riverside Drive sec
tions. It's 4 beautiful picture that
locks Itself In your memory
The army OF Main Stem lights CIV
ing the imaginations OF out-of- town.
ers something TO waltz with, II their
lives should ever become hum-drum
at some future date =. Summer
time and the cool breezes--his IA
the white.meat OF the New York
year The sarcasm whitfield 70
o fine point In the sign In q Third
Avenue eatery: "What This world
Needs Is Another World"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
State Association
Officially Approves
Of Contests Arranged
st. StanisIaus Corps To Be Official Host to Visiting
Delegations - Street Parade To Be COlOrful
Event - Prizes To Be Awarded

Over fifty drum corps win parade
In waterbury Saturday afternoon,
June 9sth, and win participate In
the oticially sanctioned competi-
tive contests arranged under the
auspices Of the st. stanislaus
Junior Fife and Drum Corps. Of
ficials Of the Connecticut Associa-
ton will review the parade and will
supervise the various contests for
state honors and prizes.
Parade Arranged
Superintendent Of Police William
J. Roach has issued the necessary
permit for the parade, with will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
sEYMoN HoNoRED

A Bachelor Of Science degree was
conferred on Harry 9eynion, OF 22t
Lincoln street from the School Of
Business Of Columbia University re-
Gently.
Mr.. seymon son OF Mrs, D. sey.
mon majored In accounting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

Canada and Soviet Russia are the
two leading competitors Of the
United States In the fur-trapping
industry,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

TN" isnsie Sac d HarieIn vesker-
mon, AZ issO THE eRkh pre-.
ninns neIlnesny4sirnrm rernondIna 10 a
sinnal as9s AT 1 west iSOth
eot tnera's burriar s,,speot 4
frsu,,eS nn tha roof The word
brawl hetween two coiored airs AZ
fiith atreat ana f,enox R,,nh
ianswidrei Never heard men
o,,ss the iowdown In INV life
apngfID anIffV what a
rirhk that hlg oae has--whewi
TSis 4 M hair nuliinr match he
tween woSnen---this Il a war
Around the corner on 10th street
between an and 7th trucks, husses,
csys etn-ten minutes later
GhnI,ad trafSic Watching the same
troubiescne pink.waisted AMAZON
Twlth hw~a roclrs n each na,w1 huii-
,,neir a tvo snanIards one with \
Sniss /, se,s- dssenss The red
observation-disclosures rolice sirens 0crearn-
inc The hefty pink shirted
tough ral watches the cons question
Ira white ,met,--atnd then. as she Is
.s,nvsreHn Nv ! witness - as the
v,,iit" ona shS disappeared into
3 h';I,dinS ~ fading cornpietly ike
c,gsFstta smoke
-
rhor,nea scurrylnr home In the
v,av Evsrv fans wearing a cloud
NJ weariness The six and satin
humaf,s eniovi,ar the whinped cream
~ III" IN INA Green winh VILLAGE
nightsrots. ana the ra,,nt intellec-
t,,sls who i've there starvinr and
hnrire that ths bread thew cast
mrr,, ths waters Will ret,irn an a
strs1,nsryv shortnake Faces
S,,,s,, r,th hrossr illusions that
tra., S w crc,., rrnd,,cer,s nsfice Ia nro.
Iscsr,s ofiice hoping for ANYTHING
snvthinS tragic s,arade OF limp.
iny snlrits The rendarmcs who
natrni the after.naidnight beats Ia
Sariem' hoidii1r their attention on
its Toes T,or things ALWAYS happen
4, tisst Jungle THE mural 81 hui
nanitv that drenches Central Park
an a,,i,ny Sunday afternoons: kids,
tatrWQtAAVAn HnAfTVD
ro,s ssIp uoncorn. adults in shirt
sleeves. boys and girls holding hands
Hsr,hrsndt AZ happiness
r,se Troodwavites VIM fion and are
isr s Nv naia iike 4 wet cirarette,
" 80
wh. ana roo,n and dust apart-
r,aass iccsteS along side streets In
. ,,Iaiss o ASsrhattsn inhabited bv
n,n. .ow stsnos ana clerks. each
a. hvwcin, rartbc,,se an,hitions
nv. " s,as s;,,g p aSii,tv ~ s,,bwavites
dr mS s ~ r,,.b ho,;r Seine crushed
a aaS s.s,, -" "1 are,,nd an ali sides
s,,. ~" sRt TS'i stard cai,r,v ana concen"
s Eaey s -. . sS"ar thnir nawsnaners
"a'e -, mn, te" Anwa ezra cara Win their
s..,,., sa.,a. Sea,,tv stroliine along
gs.s. p Sns.v,es that thaip
rhEh a rai, nv n.,,,, "' m,,a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
Austin Addresses
Country Club Group

"old Age Security and Survivors
Insurance" was the subject of an
address BY Robert Austin, manager
Of the waterbury area social secur-
ity board of federal old age inSur-
ance at q meeting OF Connecticut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20

Association Of Small Loan COM
panies last night at the Chase
Country club. Over 80 members at
tended the session,
Edward Wall, local head Of the
group, was in charge Of arrange
mentS,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
COSTLY

Earl Carroll, who makes his
screen debut In Paramount's "A
Night OF Earl CAROLS" estimates
that no has spent more than 3d.
100000 on girl shows which he has
produced during the last 30 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-20
SO Drum Corps to Parade Here June %
OLDT|MERS GAME
PLANNED ON HILL
Community Club Outlines
Fourth Of July Celebra-
ton This Evening
Washington Hill

The semi-monthly meeting o. the
Washington Park Community Club
win be held tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Community House. Plans for an
all-day celebration Independence
Day will be discussed. AL members
having returns for the minstrel
given by the club recently are asked
to make returns tonight.
The feature Of the July Fourth
celebration will be baseball game
in the afternoon between two Of the
leading semi-pro teams In the city
which will be preceded by races for
children Of the hill and an old
timers game in the morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
Too Late Now

Hartford was quite excited week or so ago when it failed to get permission from the Post Office Department to sell the Mark Twain stamp of the Famous American series on the first day it was offered to the public. This honor went to Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain was born Samuel Clemens). Hartford where he lived for many years, thought that 1t should have shared the honor of the first day sale with Hannibal But all it's efforts and those of various congreSmen went for naught
 And now Hartford is again slightly aroused over later issue of the same series. Although the names of the vari- GUS Americans to be honored in the Sev- eral groups have been known for some months now, evidently Hartford did not know that the educators to be honored were Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles w. Eliot, Frances w. Willard and Booker T. Washington. This group was selected only after a great many names had been submitted for consideration and the most representative five named for the five postage stamps in this partlcu- lar series.
 Well, Hartford now feels that Henry Barnard, who made educational history not merely in Hartford his native city, but also in nearby Rhode Island and la ter in life throughout the entire nation in his role as founder of the U. s. Bureau G: Education. If Dr. Barnard failed of recognition as an outstanding educator whose worth entitled him to be pictured on Famous American stamp, it must be laid at the door of his friends and sup porters. They evidently did not besiege Gile Post Office Department as did others fer their various candidates.
 Nothing can be done now about any of the thirty-f five Americans to be honored in the seven spheres of activity. One series, authors, is virtually distributed now with the 10-cent Twain stamp due today The poets will be distributed, starting with Henry w. Longfellow on the 18th. The last of the series-the 10-cent Alexander G. Bell Gnventors) is due on October 28, this year. The time to have waged the fight for recognition in these stamps was last year when they were be- ing planned and prepared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13

ment was busy making surveys through the valley.
 Stress is to be laid on the lower end of the valley so that it may be equipped to handle traffic going on and coming off the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway where it will cross the Derby-lIew Haven turnpike. But any plans that are made for the Naugatuck Valley must contemplate its entire stretch from Torrington south to the communities at the meeting of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers. The next step will be the creation of better arteries from these towns to New Haven, to Stratford along the Housatonic, and to Bridgeport via Nichols.
 Commissioner Cox said last fall: Route 8, up the Naugatuck Valley through Waterbury to Winsted and the Massachu sets line, calls for a major - and very expensive - reconstruction that presents a problem of the utmost difficulty, but one that must be grappled with. -" The best means of improving the valley route is at best a problem. To do so properly alternate routes must be provided and in the reconstruction of the old Seymour Ansonia road on the east side of the Nau- gatuck River the department may be pro- viding itself with one solution.
 At any rate it's enheartening to know that the old valley road with its curves and it's narroWneSS may soon give way to safer and more direct route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
Test Tube Rubber

One of the principal products in which the United States is not self-sufficient is natural rubber. Since the World War, when trade routes were jeopardized and the inflow of raw rubber was slow, this deficiency has been the source of deep concern among scientists and industrial ists. Science has way of licking prob lems like these, if given time;, and while American researchers have met with only moderate success in the development of synthetic rubber, word got around that scientists in Germany had hit upon feasible formula.
 Rights to use the formula, said to yield a better product than crude natural rub ber have now been assigned to an Ameri- can firm, and large scale production may soon begin in this country It is entirely possible that synthetic rubber will some day be used exclusively. At least may breathe more easily in the eve inter- national complications again tangle up sea routes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
Annual Sessions

There's well-defined movement afoot in Connecticut to have annual instead ot biennial sessions of the Legislature. We don't know how well organized this move ment is and that's what really counts. It would be up to the Legislature itself to do something about changing it's present mode of meeting and the change would not be accomplished overnight nor at one legislative session, inasmuch as it would involve constitutional amendment.
 Personally we wonder if the objective sought would be attained by annual legls- lative sessions. The idea is that the brev- ity of the Connecticut legislative season has serious effect on the brand of leglS- lation that is turned out of the old grlst- mill up there on Capitol Hill. Although ary and adiourns early in June it doesn't spend five months in laW-making. There's a lot of time lost in formalities.
 Hence, interested persons say that the Legislature should gather every year and under definite plan apportion it's work to accomplish the most good in the time allotted in each year We still don't think it would work, human nature being what it is. There have been all sorts of efforts made to have a Connecticut Legislature change it's mode of action, but not one ot them has succeeded that we know of.
 Better by far would it be for officials to eliminate some of the useless red-tape that now clogs the law-making machin- cry. The creation of Legislative Coun- eli few years ago, the setting up of the office of Statute Revision Commissioner, both were steps in this direction and have proved of distinct advantage. But law makers themselves don't realize of what advantage to them are the agencies at hand. They are prone to allow custom and institution and not always cater to public convenience.
 Which makes one wonder if the annual legislative session is the cure-all it's pro- ponents declare it to be or just another one of those things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13

There has been discussion lately of the possibility of major political party ticket being composed of president and vice. presidential candidates from the same state The idea that President Frank lin D. Roosevelt and Atty. General Robert H. Jackson might be running-mates brought up the discussion, we think. Never so far as we know, has there been ticket presented with the two major candidates from the same state. Political parties usually consider this disadvantage and avoid it. But the claim was advanced edi- torially, that two men could not be nom- mated for the presidency and vice-presi- dency on the same ticket, if they were from the same state, because the Consti- tuition forbids it. This is not exactly true. The Constitution simply says: "The Elec- tors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice. President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13
ONLY ONE LANGUAGE CAN MAKE ENGLAND UNDER
 STAND EIRE-FORCE
The Editor,

The Editor,
 Waterbury Democrat:
 In Saturdays issue of your paper you quoted Liam O'Flaherty in one of your editorials. As to your stand in regard to the present situation in Ireland, I have no illusions, nor do I wish you to have any illusions as to the stand taken by me in the same situation. As a former mem- Der of the I R. A. and an American citizen believe, and support that belief in every way possible, that it is the duty of every 1rishman and women in this city, to give not only moral, but financial support as far as they are able the I. R. A. in its present campaign in England.
 It's about time we did away with hypocrisy, and get down to facts. Ireland North and South is part of the British Empire, and the Com mandant Ramon De Valera of 1916 is not the Ramon De Valera known now as Taoiseach, Minister for EX- ternal Affairs, and Minister for Education in the Government of Southern Ireland. Any concessions ever won from England by the Irish people, were won by force, or by the threat of force, and the only lan- guage that England can understand is the language of Armed men.
 In justice to Liam O'Flaherty wish to quote the following article taken from the New York Times Of February g, 1940.
 Liam OFlaherty declared yester- day that, one way or another, Ire- land and the North counties would be united within a year, and "the domination of one people by another, by means of force" would be ended.
 The author of "The Informer," Famine" and other works known to readers and moviegoers, arrived on the United States liner Wash ington from Italy, for months visit here and a period of work in Mexico that may last six months. He compared the relationship of England and Ireland with that of Germany and Poland, saying that i've of Ireland are asking the Eng fish do what they want Germany to do in Poland"
 When he was told that the two Irish terroriSts, Peter Barnes and James Richards, had been hanged on Wednesday, he appeared to be surprised. His pale blue eyes were steely and he replied merely, 'Qh? But it was said on the ship that on the last night out of New York he had come down to dinner and had learned there of the execution.
 He said he believed the two young terrorists should have been spared, and when asked why he thought they should not have been punished for the bonlbings he replied that he was mot con- cerned with grounds"
 "A wise government engaged in struggle for its life does not go out of its way to take on fresh adversary which 1t could easily turn into an ally he added. "A wise government wouldn't do it. But you might ask why England deserted Czecho-S -Slovakia, dem- ocracy, and defended Poland, which was feudal.
 Ireland is strong on the side of the democratic people of the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-13

the polite language of an agree mert.
 Tobacco growers in Virginia and the Carolinas had been told by British buyers in October, Urge your Representatives in Congress to lift the embargoes in the neutrality act, and we'll guarantee to take your tobacco" The grow CTS sent a delegation to Washing ton urging revision, and Britain bought their flue-cured tobacco-- for a few weeks.
 Then came Britain's need to buy off Turkey from possible Rus sian domination, and one of the items of payment was 8 promise to take Turkish tobacco at the expense of U. 8. tobacco. Though Turkey and the Balkans cannot supply more than 10 per cent of Britain's requirement., growers here fear that the taste of British smokers may be weaned away from the Virginia types.
 DWINDLING COTTON MARKET
 Meantime, hog producers found themselves with a huge supply and a dwndling British market. Cotton producers, whose export market has required a subsidy even in peacetime, found the mar- ket still further reduced by the British blockade.
 In short, the U. s. farmer is already convinced that If he l1eed- ed benefits last year and the year before, he will need them in great CT measure now. He sees Europe's cash going into the pockets of air. planes manufacturers, with no re- lief for him unless it comes from Uncle Sam.
 This sentiment will be heard
 in Senate debate, even to the ex-
 tent of urging a sharp cut in
 War and Navy appropriations
 for diversion to Agriculture.