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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
Selected Poem
THE CAVALIER REMEMBERS

Eleanor G. r. Young in the Christian Science
Monitor)
."rbev speak of me in curious terms today
Call me old Timer in a friendly way
smile and listen to the things they say
But memory walks hauntingly with me
Along the old canal:
hear again the music OF the DellS
The sleek mules wore;
feel the swish OF water
On the floor
OF my stout boat
AS she slipped softly by;
I even hear my footballs
AS walked along the bank
Lost in the wonder of the earth and sky
No single hour was commonplace to me:
In summer, every vine and bird end tree
Seemed to be part of a vast mystery
In which moved
Travelling each day
The lonely, dom-interrupted way
Cavaliers know;
Feeling so near the cloud hecked arch of blue
That was the sky;
Wondering why
The winter came so soon and stayed SO long;
Listening to catch the first song sparrow's song
And feel the tow-path winding underfoot.
Wearying at times and climbing on the boat
Where could hear the tllrob of country sounds
So intimate and near;
Lighting my oil lamp as the hours ran on
And reaching for book
The Bible Walter Scott Dickens, perhaps.
Or some old journal
with its scattered maps
That was canalling as knew it, sir
A great experience, lingering in the heart;
A page Of history of which was part
Only the old canallers know
How hard it seems to let those great days goP
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SUCCEEDING YEARS
christian Science Monitor)


Grandpa's hair may be gray, but
he can step out with "the best of
them" Down East, in Portland
Maine, he cut such fancy capers on
the ice that the judges awarded
him first prize in the flgure-skat-
ing contest. OF the six thousand
that applauded him, nine were his
own grandchildren.
Elsewhere the man with the gray
hair tops all rivals in shooting
match, becomes checker champion.
takes the blue ribbon with an oil
painting, fiirts with par on a
tough golf course, and hangs up
a record as the star salesman
among a dozen eager but younger
felloY- Nowadays the
youngsters must reckon, with
Grandpa whose mere years do not
mean a let-down In effort.
And what about Grandma? How
does she. manage to piece the best
quilt, bake the best pumpkin pie.
and turn out the best noodles you
ever tasted? Maybe she will not tell.
Maybe that is one secret that a
woman can keep. Grandma goes ION
and on" like T'ennyson's brook, OUT
doing her daughters and grand
daughters In certain specialized ac-
tivities.
Grandpa and Grandma seem to
have learned that mere calendar
years cannot limit usefulness and
ability. Indeed, does not experiences
frequently enhance them?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

Walter jones, but no one else. It
was emphasized that the entire
conversation was strictly conf
dental.
This was at noon. Later that
day Davis and Jones motored to
Harrisburg, Pa, where q phone call
from Washington reached them
"The State Department tells
me that you and w. r. Davis
have brought q peace proposal
from Germany" the newsmen
asked Jones.
That was how interested the
State department, at that time,
was In plans for peace. Un-
questionably, the State Depart
ment boys were taking their cues
direct from the British land the
British did not want peace.
Since then, the President him.
self has taken q much more &C
tive hand in the matter, and UNI
question: y peace Is more inn
portant in his mind than any other
problem facing the country or the
world today.
REPUBLICAN, GO-ROUND
COP leaders in the Rocky
Mountain states-Montana, Idaho,
Utah, Colorado, Nevada, New
Mexico and Arizona-are taking a
leaf from their Midwestern coll
leagues ana plan to vote at the
Republican National Convention
as a solid bloc -. A similar
movement is being discussed by
New England leaders and may
shortly get under way For a
self -professed disinterested caI1di-
date, Senator Arthur Vandenherg
is displaying a lot Of undercover
activity. He has just named
Ralph B. Innis of Kansas City his
manager for the Southwestern
states Although Senator
Bob Taft will go to the conven-
ton as Ohio's favorite son, ac-
tually he will not control Ohio's
delegation. That goes for Gov
ernor Bricker, too. The state or
ganizatioll will boss the delega-
ton and will be free to swing
to whomever 1t wishes, after the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Chinese Believe They
Found Flying Horses Pei

Chinese Believe They
Found Flying Horses Pelt
The China you read about daily is
a vague, mysterious country, baf-
fling in names, people and GUS
toms. It will be infinitely more
real after you've read Graham
Peck's graphic book, Through
China's Wall (HoughtOn, Miffiin:
$3.50. Peck Travelled over China
from the Tibetan border to Bur-
ma, sketched the Chinese rs he
went 1.-THE superb sketches run
throughout his book, lived in
their homes, saw them in battle,
cisited their most isolated mOun-
tains and valleys. AS result he
brings you China SO you will never
forget il. He tells briefly here
about one incredible section Of
the country:
All this territory between China
and the more populated and &C.
cessible section Of Tibet's Is little
known, some Of it entirely unex-
plored Several of the worlds
rarest animals-the takin, the gol-
den-haired monkey-are found be-
hind it's mountains, and it is, of
course, the center from which
pandas can be exported with such
fanfare. In Chengtu was shown
a pelt alleged to be that Of a fly
ing horse which had been found
in one of the more inaccessible
VALVES.
The human inhabitants Of this
western region are as queer in fact
and rumor as the animals. The
chinese have stories Of dwarfs,
giants and men with tails. The
existence Of the dwarfs has really
been verified by missionaries;
though as war as I know no one
has been in their country, small
specimens have been seen elsewhere
they are in demand as domestic
slaves among the larger tribes. 1t Is
possible that they have lost stature
because of some dietary deficiency
In their isolated valley.
The only evidence of the exist
ence Of giants is unfortunately me-
gative; in one district the natives
of normal size do build houses with
very small doors, to keep them out.
I was told that in former times
when the monsters were more num-
erous, the smaller people used TO
wear loose metal tubes over their
wrists so, If they should be seized,
they could slip their hands out and
run away.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
TODAYs COMMON ERROR
1t is vulgar to call a restaurant
or q dining room an ''eating
house" or 'eating place."

@. A man who has earned $3.50 q
month regularly for five years
reaches the age of IS and retires IN
March, 1912. What will be his month
" benefit under the Social Secur~
ity Act and what benefit will his
wife receive?
A. He will get $3.50 a month
and, If his wife is 65, she will receive
one-half of this amount, or $15.75:
a total of $47.25 month for hus-
band and wife.
@. Which university in Canada
has the largest enrolment OF stu
dents and the. greatest number OF
teachers? @ @
A. Montreal University at Mont
treal, Quebec, has $3.50 students;
which is the largest student body,
but Toronto University at Toronto,
Ontario, has 981 teachers, the lar
gest teaching staff. The student
body Of Toronto University Is SAC,
and the teaching staff at Montreal
University In TAB.
@. How many states levy an in
come tax?
| A. Thirty-three states and the
District of Columbia.
II you W mt a copy Of the book
let "SEA FOOD COOKING" send
to The Watt bury Democrats WASH
ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington. d. G. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

first ballot /. Definitely slated
for a place on the Iowa delega-
ton is w. j. Goodwin, Des Moines
banker-farmer, who was chairman
of the Subcommittee that wrote
the farm section of the Glenn
Frank report.
JIM FARLEY
During the early days OF the
Roosevelt Administration Jim Far
ley was one of the bitter targets
for the left-wing New Dealers.
They disliked him intensely.
But today, it is just the OPP
posite. Listen, for instance, to
SEC Commissioner Leon Hender-
son, generally considered left
winger.
''Over at the Mayflower the
other say" says Leon, "the
newsmen were taking pictures.
Jim Farley and 1 were there,
and they got a picture Of us to-
gether. s omeb0dy from the
sidelines started kidding me
about being q candidate. So
turned to Jim and said,
Let's join forces, Jim
"And he said, o. K, Leon,
which end Of the ticket do you
want? -. Jim Farley is a
darn good man. He's not the best
man In sight for President, by
long shot, but he'd make a whale
of a good vice president.
'He's ON the up-and-up. No
pressure politcis. Whenever
Jim wants to place somebody in
a jQb-and he gets an awful
lot Of people to place, and some
Of them push him pretty hard
be doesn't come to me and say,
For Pcte's sake, Leon, put this
fellow ON, will yOu?
"None OF that. just a straight
letter. like anybody else. No more
pressure than I. than Sena-
tor Barbour. Republican
Here Henderson tapped letter
on his desk from Senator Bar
bour. "No, Jim is all right"
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Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
Not Too Upsetting

Decision of the Board of Education to
grant holiday on February % rather
than open the local public schools for one
Birthday holiday and the weeks recess
the following week will be approved
throughout the city. It n1ay make it,
necessary to have q days session later
on during the SchooI-year to live up to-
the state law on number of days, but far
better to have it later than to go through
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

Well, midi February has come and gone
and with it we have had what probably
may be the worst storm of the current
winter season. At least we trust that
lurking winter has nothing worse than
this in store for us. February is hard
month to figure. A favorite forecaster
of The Democrats wrote at the beginning
of the year that the worst storm might
occur around Lincoln's Birthday and his
reckoning, as too often, has been almost
accurate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
What's Your |. G.?

Can you snswer seven Of
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.
l. What Is a cygnet?
2. What Is the name for the pic
ture characters Of ancient Egyptian
writing?
8. Astlgmatism is a defect in the
eyes, knees or ears?
4. Which State bounds Alabama
ON the north?
s. What Is the correct pronuncia-
ton of the word hereto?
6. Does long residence in the U. s.
alone confer American citizenship
on aliens?
7. In astronomy, what Is occulta-
ton?
3. Is Lower California part ofs
the United States? .
Q. What does boxing the com
pass" mean?
10. with what sport is jean Bauer
associated?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
sonal and party advantages says

sonal and party advantages says
MIR. Smith.
That is something worth mulling
over. It is q fact that while the
state and national governments
have been footing bills for Inn
provements which formerly were all
paid for by the municipalities, the
latter have failed to show adequate
reductions In their remaining ex-
penses.
Let's keep an eye on those added
expenditures. And an equally eagle
like set OF eyes on the excuses there
fore.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

O4WSAlnts 4nC
ROmillys went
to the swank
Brook club in
Miami Beach
the other night
and were refus-
ed adnittance.
50 now, in
the window Of
their restau-
rant. they have
placed a sign
reading mo So
ciety people al
lowed here"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:48 a. M; sets 5:25 p m.
x AL vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Calendar reform movements ere still with
us the general idea being to simplify the year
as to weeks and months so that II approaches
perfection iii the way Of regularity Of oc-
curing holidays and the like. Sentiment, thus
far. has proved too strong for orderliness
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
BANKS AND INTEREST
anew Britain fIeraldl

Bank Commissioner Walter r.
Perry gave number Of good reasons
recently why banks fail to pay
higher interest on savings deposits.
But he made an error when he tried
to make political capital for the Re-
publicans out Of the situation. He
would have the people believe that
New Deal experimentation and new
laws are responsible for the Low re-
turns to capital and indirectly for the
low interest rates.
The New Deal can rightly be criti-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
Current Comment

Both the need for and the effec-
tiyeness of the Social Security act
have already been demonstrated be-
yond question.
Arthur J. Altmeyer, chairman, So
cial security board.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
A Thought for Today

whosO stoppeth his ears at the cry OF the
uoor. ne also shall cry himself, but shall not DC
heard.--Proverbs 2l:1S.
qyhere ia everywhere the working Of the ever
lasting law Of requital: man always gets as ne
gives.-J. Foster.
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THE EDITOR.
@. What Is the meaning Of the
Scottish name MacQuade?
A. "Son Of Hugh" Hugh Is from
the Teutonic, and means mind" on
spirit"
@. What are "Toddle Houses?"
A. Restaurants operated by one
Of the national restaurant chains.
@. What is the name for persons
of mixed Indian and Negro blood?
A. In Spanish America, they are
called Zambos, especially the OFF,
spring of a Negro man and an
Indian woman.
@. Do college graduates wear
oxford caps or mortarboards o.
different colors?
A. The color is the same foi
each degree, black cloth with black
tassel, except that the doctors cap
may be. made Of velvet, with the
tassel in whole or in part Of gold.
@. What measures are taken by
the U. s. Patent Office to prevent
employees from disclosing details OF
pending applications for patents
on valuable inventions? Are they
bonded?
A. Every employe Of the Patent
Office takes the regular Civil Ser
vice oath upon employment. and In
addition swears to "hold applica-
lions for patents in secrecy" The
only bonds required by law are
$4,000 for the Commissioner OF
Patents, and 5000 for the Chief
Clerk Of the Patent Office.
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In New York
b GEORGE ROSS

Miami, Feb. l5.-The Unity Nit
ford family keeps making news
ana the current item concerns the
sister Of HItler,s sNordic Cod
dess" who runs q restaurant here
with her husband, Eslnond ROM
LILY, a nephew Of Winston
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15
In Today's Mail
HOW ABOUT BOAKE CARTER
INSTEAD OF WINCHELL?

Waterbury, Conn.
Feb. 18th, 1910.
Editor Of The Democrat:
How about Boake Carter IN ex-
change for Walter Winchell?
Let's have somebody with brains
for change.
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Washington Merry o-Round
DREW PEARSON
ROBERT S. ALI.EN


DEPARTMENTS
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RECALLED FROM
THE TRIP DOWN

Thinking back over my train
trip down here from New York's
chilly winds:
I noticed in Washington that
the competition Of the Radio City
Music Hall and the Roxy girls in
Gotham Is as nothing compared
to the feud between the dancers
of the Earle and the Capitol
Theaters.
That week the Earle's Roxy
cites Chats what they call them)
were playing accordions, while the
Capitols Rhythm Rockets were
blinking banjoes. Gae Foster will
have to look to her Roxy laurels.
You can't buy any stamps in
the huge Union Station in Wash
ington and Jim Farley ought to
do something about it.
At Rocky Mount, N. c., the
theater marques blazed the name
Of bespectacled Kay Kyser, Roc
ky Mount boy who made good In
the musical world.
incidentally, Kay isn't married
to his vocalist, Ginny Sim1ns, de-
spite those rumors. His kinfolk
are authority.
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man plans a legitimate stage APP
pearance in idiots Delight" at
the Miami Beach Playhouse,
where Sheila Barrett Is announced
for Personal Appearance"
The palms on the Miami beach
were transplanted at a cost of
$500 each. Lots of them have
prop cocoanutS for the benefit Of
the tourists.
Edward Small, the director, Is
looking for someone resembling
the late Rudolph Valentino to play
the title role of The Great Valen-
tino.
Mrs. Bernard Gimbel and Mrs.
Reinald Warrenrath, wife of the
singer, have a lot in common.
Their children are ski enthusiasts
(while they prefer the SUM and
both the Warrenraths and Gim-
bells are about to become grand
parents.
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WHY PRESS AGENTS
TURN GRAY

VUkN GRAY
The unreasonable weather has
given the palm trees south of
Daytona Beach a beaten look. And
the natives aren't as cocky as
they used to be about Florida the
Salubrious," since Jack Frost laid
a chilling hand hereabouts.
A travelling man, they tell me,
stepped on the station at Savan-
nah, Ca, during ten minute lay
over and was asked by sneering
native: what are you doing
down thisaway?"
I'm here" squelched the sales
man, "for the winter sports, Of
course"
The Laurence Schwabs are win
tering at their Miami Beach home.
He was pretty i'll a while back,
but to look at his tanned COM
plexion these days, it is hard to
believe. 1t is doubtful, however,
that he will go back to stage pro-
duction until next season,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

@. What are "Toddle Houses?"
A. Restaurants operated BY one
Of the national restaurants chains.
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Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-15

O. What Is the meaning Of the
Scottish name MacQuade?
A. 'Son Of Hugh" Hugh Is from
the Teutonic, and means mind" or
spirit"
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
Highway 60 To
Be Surfaced

The Arizona Highway Commits
sion yesterday awarded the final
contract for completion of U. S
Highway go under present plans,
accepting the low bid of Warren
Southwest, Inc, Los Angeles, in
the amount of $S1,834.66 for oil
surfacing 94 miles of roadway be-
tween Showlow and Springerville.
The only other unfinished sec
tion is between Springerville and
the New Mexico line and depart
ment officials said this was being
oil-surfaced under a Work Projects
Administration project with the
$4,000 set up in the department
budget for that purpose.
Road boosters interested in the
highway strongly protested the
type of work called for on these
two final jobs at the time of adop-
ton of the highway department
budget.-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
Luncheon Party

About fifty guests were enter
tanned with a luncheon bridge by
Mrs. R. ]. Jones of Coolidge at
Waikiki Inn Friday afternoon.
After the 1 o'clock luncheon
bridge and Chinese checkers en-
tertained the guests. The tables
were colorful with flowers and
unique bon-bon cups and the
decorations of many flowers
throughout the rooms made a
beautiful setting for the afternoon
games. Those playing bridge were
divided into groups, high scores Of
each group received bowls filled
with cut flowers protected by
celophane wrappings. Each guest
also was presented with a corsage.
High scores were awarded to
Mesdames Coy C. Hamilton, E. E.
Stringer, Mildred Henry, Kari
Fisher, Ben Mirkin, all of Coolidge
and Doris Morrison of Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
First Baptist Church
News
BY Pastor J. N. CAMPBELL

The Lords Supper will be OBJ
served this Sunday morning at
eleven O'Clock, and at 7:45 at
night there will be a baptismal
service-making thirty nine bap-
tized since the first Of January.
Mrs. Aaron Miller and Miss Anna
Gregory stand approved for bap-
tlsm. Sunday School is at 10 a. m.
and Training Union at p. m. All
are cordially invited.
Church Conference is next We'd
nesday night with adoption of the
annual report to the Baptist Gen
eral Convention which meets this
year at Tucson.
Next week is the annual season
of prayer for State Missions with
a special free-will offering from
the organizations of the Woman's
Missionary Union. This offering
will be in addition to regular
tithes.
Mrs. A. L. Robinson's G. A. girls
are to repeat the memory work in
the graded series OF the steps OF
their advancement in efficiency in
the Girls Auxiliary. This will be a
public demonstration this Sunday
Mrs. r. S. Nassau, Church
treasurer, reports $2,729.43 spent
the ten months since Pastor ]. n
Campbell came to Coolidge, with
all bills paid to date except ST.,
47S.52 due on the Church Building
Note. September was the first
month since the church no longer
receives aid from the mission
funds of the denomination and
the report of the treasurer is very
gratifying as it shows enough tc
paw all bills and leave small bal
ance in the treasury. Besides
there is a reserve s37.66 on hand
to apply on gas heaters for the
new building. Mrs. M. A. Camp
bell is financial secretary for the
church and this Sunday she VIII
hand out to each giver his recorc
for the past three months, together
with itemized detail of all expendl
lures the past eight months.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
Chamber of Com
merce Holds
Board Meeting

The Coolidge Chamber of Com
merce held it's regular Board OF
Directors meeting, Tuesday eve
ming, October 1st, with the follow
ing members present: Kenyon
Harris, Earl Hicks, Harold Moag,
James Luthy, Paul w. Loucks,
secretary and R. ]. Jones, presi-
dent. Mr.. Jones' presided over
the meeting.
Mr.. James Luthy was appointed
as a member of the Board of
Directors to take the place of
Grover Hall who has been ill for
some time.
The October bills were read
and approved.
The date was set for the an
nual Chamber of Commerce Boost
Crs banquet as December 9th, and
the speaker chosen for this event
is the secretary of the Prescott
Chamber of Commerce, Mr.. H. P.
Watkins.
1t was agreed that the Coolidge
Booster Soft Ball team who made
the tour to California, would be
invited as guests of the Chamber
at the next regular dinner meet
ing. October 7th.
1t was further agreed that the
Chamber of Commerce donate
$500 to the American Legion, who
is sponsoring the Days of '49'
celebration.
Mr.. Sam Headman, National
Consulting Engineer of Phoenix
also met with the Board of Direct
crs. Mr.. Headman is with a firm
of engineers who are sponsoring
sanitation and sewage develop
ments throughout the nation. Any
action toward the sewage system
for Coolidge is pending the com
pletion of the City Directory. Mr.
Headman stated they would be
glad to assist in completing this
directory.
The meeting adjourned at $3.50