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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
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Monroe Doctrine Gains Importance in Crisis

A DECLARATION of American
 A policy, made by a President of United States in a message to Con- gress, and not officially endorsed by either Congress or the Ameri- can people until 73 years after its pronouncement, today becomes a bulwark of Western Hemisphere defense.
 James Monroe, fifth President, pictured on the U. s. 10-cent stamp above, defined Americas hemisphere policy in the historic Monroe Doctrine" in 1923, as a warning to European powers not to interfere with the established independence of Spain's former colonies in South America.
 The warning was sufficient for Austria, Russia, Prussia and France, and the Monroe Doc trine," although repeatedly ap- pealed to by successive presidents, was not formally invoked until the Venezuela incident" of 1896, when U. s. decided Britain was encroaching upon territorial rights of Venezuela. The nation stood solidly behind Monroe's policy. .
 The Monroe Doctrine is not a principle of international law, and 1t has never been directly ad- mitted by European nations, ex- cept in brief mention in the League of Nations Covenant. 1t lacks precise definition, broadens in its application. It is now the goal of an Au-America policy.~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
Barbour Arrives Too Late
CAST OF CHARACTERS

MARTIN SAYLER - a lawyer with too many enemies. DALE APPLEBY Sayler's stepsOn.
 RHODA WATERS Appleby's fiancee.
 HAZEL LEIGHTON - Sayler's sweetheart.
 WINSLOW MARDELL - a gam bier.
 GEORGE BARBOUR - SayIer's law partner.
 LIEUTENANT O'LEARY - police investigator.
 YESTERDAY: O'Leary explains the second shot. He questions Mardell, Dale and RhOda. All sus- poets are to remain in the house overnight. Later, as O'Leary and Carroll wait in darkened study, 8 man comes in, rifles the safe, O'Leary's shout brings a shot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19

bezzlement with the money in the partnership of Sayler & Barbour. This other pile of papers is a com- plete set of evidence, with a for- mal complaint, signed by Sayler- all ready for a court.
 And this harmless looking pa per, Sergeant, is petition which was to have been presented to the state bar association by Sayler demanding the disbarment of George Barbour"
 Carroll sucked in his lips. Looks as if Sayler didn't like anybody"
 OLeary wrapped the papers which were now spread on the desk before him. This mess of papers would have ruined Bar bour like no man has ever been ruined before. He would have been disgraced, thrown in jail and stripped of his means of earning living"
 'Cripes!" said Carroll. Looks as if our pal Riggs saved Barbour an awful lot of trouble-if it was Riggs who did away with Sayler."
 OLeary thrust the bulging port folio into his coast pocket. May be-" he said. And then again maybe not. You're right about one thing = we need some sleep now" He looked up again at the sergeant. But I'm not SO sure this case is closed. There are an awful lot of loose ends to this whole business"
 (TO Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
Csn ANaallM CRACKERS
MEN ON LOVE

 Here are five statements by we'll known authors on the subject of love; how many of them can you identify?
 l. "All mankind loves a lover" 2. Love sought is good, but given unsought is better" 3. Tt is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.' 4. Love makes fools of us all, big and little"
 5. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds"
 Answers on Back Page.
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any longer, are you? It's 3 o'clock, and we got the murderer. We can clean up this job after we get little sleep"
 OLeary yawned. "You're right. It's pretty late. Maypbe you'd be interested in some of these your self, though. I just Tipped through some of them on top, and found this. Here" He held out jacket ed document toward the sergeant.
 Wearily, Carroll took the paper and read the words on the cover. He saw the words Parole" and Carlos Gomez" f-e squinted for moment, then he said, Why, ain't that the guy - Riggs - the mug we just put on ice?"
 OLeary nodded That's right. MT. Gomez, it seems, did a little job in the state pen. And then MT. Sayler entered the picture. He got Gomez this parole. That was six years ago. The parole ran out two years ago. Gomez was paroled to Sayler who evidently gaev him this chauffeur's job. And after the parole ran out Gomez, !, alias Riggs, just stayed on."
 Carroll scratched his head. Well, I'll be damned. I guess that just about clinches things, Chief An ex-con. He's the guy who pulled this job tonight. Any guy who's as handy with rod as he is wouldn't mind small murder or two. I told you he was the guy, Chief. Remember"
 The lieutenant smiled. We can't be sure yet. We've got to check the gun and dig up little more evidence"
 Carol gestured with a broad, sweeping motion of his hand. Hell, he's our man. He was the only one who could have done it.. He's the only one in the house without an alibi."
 OLeary continued to thumb through the piles of papers. He pulled one jacket out of the pile It consisted of a bundle of papers tied together neatly. Deftly he un- tied the string and scanned the typed sheets.
 When he looked up, the exhaus- tion was out of his face, and there was a bright gleam in his eyes. Sergeant, di you notice any, thing tonight-after Riggs tried to dust me off?"
 Carroll screwed his face up in deep reflection. Why, yeah. Lots of things. What are you thinking of in particular"
 About Barbour - didn't it seem to you he got here pretty fast?"
 Light dawned on the sergeant. Come to think of it, he did. Johnny on the spot"
 "Too fast, think, Sergeant. He was here only a few seconds after the shot was fired"
 That's right. I never thought of that"
 And we didn't hear him coming down the stairs We heard the others easily enough"
 Carroll looked interested. How do you figure it?"
 George Barbour was already downstairs when the shot was fired. That's why he was here so promptly. He was after something I think this is it. If we had waited another couple of minutes, Bar bour might have surprised Riggs at the safe and maJ3e Riggs wouldn't have missed when he fired"
 "WheW!" said Carroll.
 This is what Barbour wanted and I can't say that I blame him." OLeary picked up thick sheaf of papers. This is an audi tors report. It shows that Bar bour has been doing little em-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
DOG IDENTIFIED
 BY LICENSE TAG

Identified through it's license tag a poodle which fell from the auto- mobile of Ivan R. Smith of Great Hill road, Oxford, recently, was re- turned by Waterburian who promptly picked up the dog after it fell here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-19
CHAPTER VII

A split second later after the shot was fired, there was thud that seemed for a moment like the echo of the guns explosion. OLeary leaped up from the floor where he had sprawled when the mans light went out. He fumbled with the switch on a nearby lamp, and when he snapped it, he found Sergeant Carroll standing over the man they had seen at the safe. The intruder was slowly lifting himself from the floor dazed by the force of the ser geant's blow
 It was Riggs, the chauffeur.
 Carroll bent down and picked up the gun that had been knocked from Riggs hand. Are you hurt, Chief" he asked solicitously.
 No, I'm all right. I duckeo when the flashlight went out. You certainly came out of hiding fast. Lucky you didn't walk into that hot slug"
 Quickly Carroll searched Riggs and satisfied himself there were no more weapons handy. "You better talk, mister" he advised the bruised chauffer. "Talk fast and plenty"
 Barbour suddenly burst into the room. Whats happening-?" He saw OLeary and Carroll. His hands nervously twitched along the sides of his dressing gown T thought you had left for the night"
 "Yes," OLeary explained. "So did Riggs, here. Nobody's hurt, and everything's under control. Please go back to your room. We'll take care of everything. I hear the others coming down the stairs. Please tell them nothing's the matter. I'll explain everything later"
 Barbour glanced antagonistical- ly at Riggs. His eyes darted to the spot in the bookcase where the two large volumes had been removed. Then he saw the gun in Carroll's hand. All right but I wish this shooting would stop. Gets me nervous"
 O'Leary heard him galk back into the reception hall. There was confused chatter at the front of the stairway and, after several minutes, he heard the sound of footsteps as the startled host and his guests made their way back upstairs.
 OLeary had not take his eyes off Riggs. He was studying the man closely. Whats the big idea?" he asked finally.
 Sullenly, the man glanced at him. That's my business" he snarled.
 And ours," OLeary snapped. Sergeant, get one of the boys to take him down to the station. Book him on charge of murder - the murder of Martin Sayler."
 Riggs eyes snapped wide open. He made move to step forward, but checked himself when he saw Sergeant Carroll jerk his gun into position. You cant pin that on me-" Riggs protested.
 "Take him away, Sergeant. If he wants to talk, he'll have a chance later. Let him sleep on it a while - in jail. And you might tell the laboratory to give his gun the once-over."
 Carroll nodded grimly. Riggs gun was in his pocket, and he was using his own service revolver to keen the captive covered. Come along, wise guy," he commanded.
 Sergeant Carroll came back a few minutes later. Officer Raf- ferty is getting the wagon up here No use taking chances. After all, the mug tried to bump you off"
 O'Leary was sitting at Sayler's desk again. Before him were sev- eral bundles of papers. Fine, Sergeant. was just looking over some of this stuff. Mighty inter esting."
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Multiple Car Rates

There has been considerable discussion re-
Gently of the desirability of train-load or null
tiple-car freight rates lower than existing rates
on small shipments as a means of aiding the
carriers in regaining some traffic, but the
economics of the situation nave not always
been made clear, says the New York Herald
Tribune.
For this reason it has been difficult to see
why some railroads should oppose this appar-
emily easy means of increasing volume. Test
mony on proposed multiple-car rates on gaso-
line from the mid-continent field to the Chicago
area sheds some light on the problem. A wit.
ness for opposing railroads declared that the
lower rates recommended by an I. c. c. ex'
aminer would require an increase Of 81 per
cent in tonnage to keep revenue at the current
level.
The rate suggested by the oil people, he de.
clared, would require the roads to move IS
per cent more tonnage to keep the gross al
present levels. These would seem to be un.
reasonable rates for it is unlikely that even
the 81 per cent gain in traffic could result.
But there may be no difficulty with the theory
of cutting rates to get more business.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12

ton of the United States. cit only shows that
this congressional attempt to separate Arneri-
cans of doubtful loyalty from the public pay
roll has proved a failure.
According to the WPA figures, there are only
250-odd Communists and Bundists in each mil
lions workers on the WPA. Yet in the 1896
election some 10000 Of the IS, 1000, 600 ballots
cast for president went to the Communist can
didate. Thus in every million votes cast, ap-
proximately 1880 were Communist votes.
So, ever if the WPA were a cross-section OF
the nation, which it is not, and even though
bund members are left out of the election fig
ures, it appears that the number of WPA work.
ers who refused to sign affidavits was only
as large as it should have been.
Thu the problem of preventing the peoples
money from going to member of foreign
dominated political organizations is still large
ly unsolved. Colonel Harrington promises
prosecution where there is evidence of evasion.
has a big task ahead if he actually intends
to root Communists and Bundsmen out of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Relations With Russia

Outside of the fact that it continues the out
Nardly friendly relations between the United
States and the Soviet Union there is little to be
yaid for the trade agreement between the two
lations which has just been renewed for the
ourth year.
The $40, 900, 900 worth of American products
which the Russians have agreed to buy during
The next II months represents only a very
ymall portion of this country's foreign trade.
As a matter of fact, Soviet purchases are apt
70 run a good deal smaller than that figure, as
} reservation attached to the treaty by Russia
makes plain.
Soviet buying here has run heavily to ma.
Bhinery of various kinds and machine tools
which the Russians have been unable to pro-
duce themselves. Export restrictions which
have been imposed recently on these products
Ind the heavy demands Of the American pro-
gram for national defense make it extremely
unlikely that Russia will be able to obtain ma.
chinery here in any substantial amounts. I'm.
der these circumstance American : Russian
trade will undoubtedly dwindle we'll beneath
Me low level it has maintained.
It may be asked, in view of this, why the
Eeaty was signed at all. The overwhelming
majority of the American people have as little
ympathy with present-day Russia and as lit
he desire to have anything to do with it as
hey have for the other totalitarian states.
However, from a practical viewpoint, this is
not time for breaking trade or other relations
with any friendly nation, however nominal the
trade or friendship may be. The United States
has its hands full as it is, without going out of
It's way to pick q%uatrels. If Britain falls,
America will be faced by a hostile and militant
Germany and Italy across one ocean and an
arrogant Japan across the other. In such
situation we would need all the friends W.
sould muster, even though they were neither
entirely sincere nor trustworthy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Faces A Fight

Evidently the proposal to expand by $500.
900, 900 the lending authority of the Export-Im-
port bank in order to lend money to South
American countries is destined to have hard
Shedding before it is enacted into law.
The attitude of a strong minority of the SEN
ate banking committee, which has reported
out a bill identical with the bill now in the
hearing stage before a similar house commit
tee, offers little possibility of a compromise.
The minority report approves Secretary Hull's
efforts on behalf of continental unity but de-
nounces the projected loans as futile, waste
full and unWise.'
In his testimony before the house committee
Jesse Jones, federal loan administrator, in
sisted that the scheme is not to be associated
with the cartel suggestion and is not 1.-The be-
ginning of a cartel plan." The bank will have
authority only to lend money, ne said, and the
loans will be made on a business basis.
But Mr.. Jones admitted that commodities
might be taken as collateral on these loans
and he implied that the United States will ac-
quire certain SURPRISES in consequence. His
comment was that if ''the worst that happened
to us in the next few years was an accumula-
ton of a few surpluses'' the country should be
ready to pay the price.
This does not answer the argument that the
administration is, in effect suggesting that the
United States put up the cash to meet losses
certain to result from any effort to keep South
American SURPRISES under control. 1t does
not indicate how long this country will be able
to afford such a burden. It does not dispose
Of the point that loans already made to South
American nations are virtually past collection
already. Nor does it preclude the possibility
of something better to accomplish the same
end,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Militancy Needed

Lieut.. Gen. Hugh A. Drum had some plain
words of warning for the American people IN
his speech opening the First Army war games
now going forward in upper New York state.
He also has some sound counsel that we would
be wise to take.
AS for the warning, there was in one sense
no need for it. We are aware that We must
stop basking in the sunshine of peace and the
security of two oceans" We know that We
must organize industry for the rapid produc-
ton of modern weapons in 'arge quantities"
and that we must provide manpower, trained
organized and equipped for modern combat.
We realize that what we have is far from good
enough to defend this country against attack.
Nevertheless, we cannot be too often re-
minded that today we are unable to supply a
modern and adequate army with the neces-
sary tools. We need to be told again and again
that our present fighting force is neither large
enough nor sufficiently well-trained to insure
safety.
General Drum had something still more i'm
portant to say, however. He insisted that the
spirit behind any American army must be
more than defensive. We dare not, he said,
confuse our peaceful aspirations as a people
with willingness to carry the struggle to any
enemy and make certain decisive fighting
and clinching blows" The whole military Or
ganization, from those who plan down to the
smallest squad, must be imbued with this of.
fensive spirit.
This does not mean, of course, that this coun-
try must go out of its way to pick a quarrel.
It does mean that if it goes to war our army
will not be content with standing behind our
defenses waiting to be attacked, but will be
ready to trade blow for blow and, eventually.
disarm the adversary. To rely on passive de-
tense is to risk the fate that has o%vertaken
France, as General Drum pointed out. We
cannot afford to take that chance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
TOBACCO PRICES
Durham Herald)

Some weeks ago government spokesman
told flue-cured tobacco growers that if they
voted for the proposed three-year control pro-
gram the government would undertake to
keep 1910 prices equal to and maybe a little
higher than the 1889 average. Growers &C.
copied the offer and voted for three-year con-
troll.
~Opening-day reports from Georgia-Florida
markets indicate that the government, in the
outset at least, is prepared to execute its end
OF the bargain. Price averages, unofficial and
hence probably on the up side, reported range
from II to 20 cents, as compared with a 15.5
cents average last year.
It is hardly necessary to remind folk here
abouts that opening-day sales do not consti-
tute a fair basis for forecasting season aver
ages. They know that first estimates offered
by officials of the several markets are usually
overly optimistic and that the real price trend
is not determined for some days. And it some
times happens that the price curve changes
direction between the opening of Georgia.
Florida markets and first sales in this belt.
However, the fact that the government
promised growers to freeze prices at or slight
ly above last years average in exchange for
their sanction of three-year control is sub
stantial proof that 1910 prices will be as good
or better then 1889. The promise has just been
given and those who gave it in the name OF
the government know well that running out
on it would be decidedly unhealthy.
Moreover, the government, through the
Commodity Credit Corporation, is furnishing
the money with which a considerable volume
OF the crop is being bought, and the fellow
who puts up the purchase money can exercise
influence over the price curve.
The theory, of course, is that in due time
tobacco bought with government money for
the accounts of export companies will be
claimed by the export trade and the govern.
ment reimbursed.
That formula was introduced last year wher
the war pulled British buyers from warehouse
floors. Tobacco bought by the government
then and optioned 70 British accounts is still
in storage in this country. The war is more
acute from the British standpoint now thar
last year, which means that tobacco bought
this year will probably 60 in storage ware
houses alongside that bought last year.
How the transaction will finally turn out is
uncertain. Outcome of the war will have
something to do with it.
But growers, it appears, will receive as
much or more per pound for their 1910 thar
they did for their 1889 crop, and that's prob
ably the breadth of their immediate inter
ests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
WAR AND WASTE
New York Herald-Tribune

It is ~ironical enough that war, with its ire
mendous dissipation of national resources,
should produce the most stringent measures
for the curtailment of waste. Most of us can
remember, in the last World War, the repeated
exhortations to economic on food consump-
ton and to preserve objects that had formerly
been consigned, without a thought, to the rub
Dish man-fruit stones, tin foil and the like.
Yet it is, perhaps, a greater irony that it should
be necessary to enforce such regulations as
those just promulgated in England, providing
stiff penalties for damaging or throwing away
food or drink eft for human consumption"
procuring more eatables than one can reason
ably consume, or boarding them until they
are spoiled. What havoc those regulations
would cause in this country, renowned through
out the world for its prodigality!
What happens to those repeated warnings
one receives in childhood against waste? Are
the injunctions to "clean your plate" and the
predictions of the sad fate of those whose ''eyes
are bigger than their stomachs'' completely
forgotten? Or does a lingering memory OF
them survive to spice the careless meals Of
later years? Europeans generally are shocked
by the waste they discern in even the hunblest
American homes-not alone the consumption
of foods poor in n~utritive values because they
are more palatable or through habit (Which
often comes to the same thing), but the wholly
unjustifiable waste of buying more than a
family can eat.
Even the depression produced little change
in the national mores in this respect for large
masses of our population. Indeed, the blowing
under of crops and the slaughter of pigs set an
example that was the reverse of salutary. "A
little education to the opposite effect now is
obviously in order, in the face of the sacrifices
that the defense program will entail. Despite
our wealth Of natural resources, despite our
current food surpluses, a day may come-as it
did in 1917-whe restricted consumption viii
again be necessary. It is to be hoped, in that
case, that the idea Of domestic thrift will not
be too unfamiliar. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-12
Only Partly Solved

Only 429 out Of the 1885, 900 workers current
ly on WPA rolls have been dropped because
they refused to sign affdavits denying mem
bership in the Communist party or the Ger.
man-American bund, WPA Administrator Har-
rington reported a few days ago. With the
check-up virtually complete, this is a remark
ably small number.
1t IS too small, as will be shown. It does not
support Colonel Harrington's statement thai
there is mo reason to believe that the proper
ton OF WPA workers failing to meet these re-
qulrements is higher than for the total popula'