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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
STRAND

Sonia Henie in "Everything Hap pens at Night" and Ann Sothern in Congo Maisie" are the two splendid features ending tomorrow evening at the popular Warner Bros. Strand theater.
 Synthetic blood, murder, disap- pearance, chills and thrills will fill the Strand on Wednesday when the thrilling perturbation of "The Re- turn of Dr. X" makes it's debut at that theater as the headliner of the fine twin bill.
 Enacted by Humphrey Bogart, whose standing as one-man crime wave was thought to grant him full right to assume Dr. Xavier'S time honored mantle of malignity, the famous doctor is again welding his callous scalpel upon innocent and unwitting victims.
 Dr. Xavier made his first breath taking appearance in the summer of 1882, in a shocker which Warner Bros. in his honor, gave the simple title of "Dr. K" At that time Dr. Xaviers forbidding visage assumed its camera form in the features of Lionel Atwill.
 And now Dr. x returns from the grave cavorting with sinister vigor through this new mystery film.
 Also featured in the cast is Wayne Morris who is seen as an inquiring young reporter who suspects there 1 ssome very mysterious kind Of work afoot and sets about tracking down the originator of 1t with the aid of a young interne played by Dennis Morgan.
 The film is not without its TO- mantle angles in spite of the many thrilling and spine-tinglig scenes. Rosemary Lane takes the part of an attractive nurse and provides the romance opposite Morris.
 And on the same show Is Hal ROach's hilarious screen comedy ro- nance "The Housekeepers Deugh. ier with lovely Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou In the co-starring leadA
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 3. The easternmost state is 4. The state that has the great est number of Congressmen is ... 5. Madison is the capital of =.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
CHAPTER xXIII

At the foot of the stairs Ann started back to the kitchen. She hesitated upon finding the two fur tive-eyed lodgers in the hall. One of them stood against the wall, suitcase behind his knees. There was a tenseness about him, his eyes were fever bright.
 He did not speak to Ann, seemed hardly conscious of her presence. The second young man was talking in low tone at the telephone near the kitchen door,
 Ann placed her suitcase and pa- per bag near the wall and went into the kitchen. She said good- by to Mrs. Follet and returned to the hall. Both men were at the telephone, one beseeching the other to "cut it out
 Ann heard him say, My God break it up every minute counts" AS she stopped for her baggage, the paper bag tipped, scattering articles on the floor Hastily she gathered them to- gether, caught up her suitcase, and ran into the street. Her arms ached when she finally deposited her belongings in bare little room at the Center. Paul had carried her things on the last move. Paul
 It was lonely in the little room and Ann went down to the lounge Choosing magazine, she sal down. Sprightly dance tunes tink- lec from the radio. She leaned back, remembering the Athens Club party wien she and Paul had danced. That night had become memory it was now tormenting dream.
 The music stopped and a mans clear voice brought the news. In the midst of war talk, he inter- rupted himself to announce bull letin. A bonded messenger, de- livering $25,O00 worth of jewels, had been slugged and robbed. The consignment was the property o1 the Temple wholesale jewellers The messenger was in crttlca condition and the police wert combing the city for the thieves,
 Temple, Ann thought. Odd how often that name came to her ears Irene Temple had been friendly and pleasant. Wouldn't it be a queer trick of fate if she and 1rene Temple were cousins. Well, she would very likely never know Ann sighed and opened the maga- zine.
 It must have been an hour later when she went to her room She lifted the suitcase to the mar row bed and stopped short, frown- ing. While the black leather anc general aspect of the bag were the same as her own, she knew tht suitcase did not belong to her. I was too new. She tried the catcf to find it locked. Near the handle was a name in gold letters. "Johr B. Temple.'
 Ann sat down suddenly, keeping her hand on the suitcase. Was possible that 25,000 worth O jewels rested under her hand? l so, how had 1t come with her t' that room?
 Her mind darted back, touchn incidents with light fingers o thought, putting two and two to gether. A startled exclamation broke from her lips.
 The two young men in the hal she had always been suspicion of them - one had been Standin over a suitcase. When she rn turned from the kitchen he ha been at the telephone with hi back to her. She remembere that her paper bag had falle over, spilling some of its contents She had hastily gathered them to
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. STORIES
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Semi-PostoIs Provide
 Foreign Charity Funds
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MANY foreign countries have IA adopted a simple formula for raising funds for various national causes-issue a stamp. Whether the money is needed to fight tuberculosis or to erect a monu- ment, the stamp pays the bill.
 Some of these issues have be- come annual releases, such as the Netherlands charity issue, above, with surtax designated for child welfare. This stamp was released in five values of one design.
 Other countries devote the sur- tax to combating tuberculosis, as- sisting youth, winter help, or other worthy charities. United States has never issued a stamp of this kind. The nearest U. S. counterpart is found in the sale of Christmas seals in the anti tuberculosis campaign.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

ANN BROWN = orphan daugh- ter of a gambler, alone in an unfriendly city. PAUL HAYDEN = stock room boy with ambition. STEVE CLAYBOURNE = veal thy playbOy. CLARA BROOKS - dime store counter girl. IRENE TEMPLE - society debu- tante.
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ITALY adds to the philatelist's A railroad gallery with a series of three pictorials commemorating the centenary of railroading. The stamp, above, shows an antique locomotive beside a modern streamliner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18

YESTERDAY: Paul leaves the city and CIara's approaching mar riage forces Ann to seek new home. She determines to break away from her present mode of living, hunts job as a maid, hoping to work up to a house managers position. As she leaves the apartment she walks into dangerous adventure.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

peacetime military draft, have
you cause to rejoice? You, who
may be about to die in foreign
war, created at the whim of an
international meddler, should
you salute your Caesar? In cold,
common sense, I think you
should vote for Willkie.
You members of the Christian
church, why should you vote for
and support the man who ig-
nores home considerations and
practices the modern sorcery of
warmongering?
Labor and the Christian
church are the first victims of
the social and political convul-
sions which follow war and one
man government.
To the women of our race, 7
say perhaps you can do the
greatest part of all. May 1 hope
that on election day, the mothers
of our sons will, with the sacred
ballot, lead the revolt against
the candidate who plays at a
game that may make cannon
fodder of your sons.
For myself, it matters not. I
do not fear the braves of the
Roosevelt administration. I fear
only for the people, and for our
country. l am joining with Mr..
Willkie in trying to do my part.
I shall believe, my countrymen,
that you will do likewise. Good
night.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Tobin AssaiIs Lewis
For Lining Up With
Weir and Gird|er
Endorsement of WiIIkie
Called Aiding Foes Who
Tried to Cruelty Him
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-Daniel J. To-
bin, general president of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Team
sters. GA. F. of L. and chairman Of
the National Democratic Labor Bu-
reau, said. in an address last night,
that John L. Lewis, in announcing
his support of Wendell L. Willkie.
had aligned himself with those who
have tried to cruelty him and cru
city me-"
Mr.. Tobin and Secretary Ickes,
who called the Republican National
Convention "puppet show" spoke
at a Democratic labor rally at the
Chicago Stadium.
without mentioning Mr. Lewis by
name. but referring to the head
of the C. I. o." Mr.. Tobin said that
before the presidential campaign
Mr.. Lewis gave me every assurance
at least I understood him to assure
me-that he would do nothing to in
jure our program"
Mr.. TObin charged that this man"
made certain requests "of the Presi-
dent of the United States that would
have been impossible and possibly
illegal TO grant" He did not en-
large on the requests he charged
were made. but said the Attorney
General recently gave an opinion
on one Of them.
This man has gone over to the
side of those who have crucified US
both-the enemies of labor" Mr.
Tobin said vehemenJly. Il find him
lining up with the men who have
tried to cruelty him and cruelty
me-Mr. Weir and Mr.. Girdler.'
Mr. Tobin said he had received
assurance from many leaders Of
labor including officials of the
United Mine Workers, that Mr..
Lewis announced support of the
Republican presidential nominee
was not based on the feelings or
decisions of the members of their
organizations
Mr.. Tobin said he had not had
time to prepare an adequate reply
to Mr. Lewis, but added:
Some time, perhaps before the end
of the campaign, l or some other
labor leader who has the confidence
of the workers may answer the
gentleman in our own way
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Fears Concentration of
Power in President.

The flaming horror Of the cur
rent war now engulfS many ma
tions. Reason would seem to
prompt a course of national ac-
ton designed to restrict and
abate the war. rather than to eX-
pand and intensity its scope and
destruction.
The present concentration OF
power in the Office of the PreSl-
dent of the United States has
never before been equalled in the
history of our country. His
powers and influence in this re-
public are so far-reaching that
they intimately and vitally affect
the lives and fortunes of every
citizen. In like measure. they
may affect the lives and fortunes
of other nations and their pOpu-
lations.
How startling. therefore. is the
spectacle of a President who is
diSinclined to surrender that
power, in keeping with the ira
ditions of the republic. The sug-
geStion of a third term, under
these conditions. is less than
wholesome or healthy. Personal
craving for power, the overween-
ing abnormal and selfish craving
for increased power, Is thing
TO alarm and dismay.
Eminent Americans have ana
kzed this principle in a man
ner that should bring conviction
to the heart of every queStioner.
No citizen with the proper re-
gard for the maintenance of Or
derly, temperate and considerate
government should light endoW
any politician or statesman with
a brief of authority that, for
an practical considerations. runs
In perpetuity.
Power for what? Personal and
official power to what end? In
oil history, the unwarranted
exercise of continuously vested
authority has brought its train
Of political and social convul-
sions, for which humanity has
paid an appalling price in loss of
liberty, in disorder, tragedy and
death.
America needs no superman.
1t denies the philosophy that
runs to the deification of the
state. America wants no royal
family. Our forbears paid the
price in blood, agony, privation
and sorrow, requisite for the
building of this republic. Are
we now to cast away that price
less liberty which is our herit-
age? Are we to yield to the ap-
petite for power and the vaunt-
ing ambitions Of q man who
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Reaction to Lewis Speech
Comment Reveals Growing c. |. o. Split
Over Chiefs Endorsement of WiIIkie

tional convention of the c. 7. o. in
November or sooner by the Execu-
tive Council of the C. I. O."
CHARLESTON, w. Va.-John B.
EaSton, president of West Vir-
ginias Industrial Union Council
&C. I. o., said the c. I. o. in this
State would stand behind its in
dorsement of President Roosevelt.
NASHVILLE, Tenn-Roy r. Law
renee of Charlotte, N. c., Southern
director of the Textile Workers
Union of America, said he was con-
fident T. w. U. A. members will
not follow the position taken by
John L. Lewis.
Termed Swan Song"
CHARLOTTE, N. C.-Henry 7.
Adams Of Charlotte, Cardinals
manager Of the American Fedora
ton of Hosiery Workers &C. I. o.,
termed Mr.. Lewis speech his own
swan song"
ROCKFORD, 1ll.-The Rockford
c. I o. Council, claiming 5000
WI htl >, IcltdStu d ItSOJuIlOI stat
ing that we repudiate the indorse-
ment by John L. Lewis Of Wendell
L. Willkie." The resolution was
passed Wednesday night and re-
leased last night.
SALT LAKE CITY-A. NJ. Peter
sen, president Of the Utah State In
dustrial Council, said the organiza-
ton would not be sWerved from its
previously expressed support for
President Roosevelt.
RICHMOND, Va. L. Lombard,
president of Richmond Local 88,
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America &C. I. o., said his union
would support President Roosevelt.
Union DisapprOves of Lewis.
SAN FRANCISCO. - The San
Francisco Industrial Union Council
&C. I. o. voted disapproval of the
action of Mr.. Lewis after a two-hour
debate.
Although disagreeing with his ac-
ton, the San Francisco Council
urgently requested Mr.. Lewis TO
continue as president of the c. I. o.
PORTLAND, Oreg.-Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr.: John L. Lewis is
through politically and as head of
the c. l. o.
CUMBERLAND. Md.-Local 1874,
Textile Workers Union of America:
Lewis is not speaking for our
10000 members"
INDIANAPOLIS.-William I.
Hutcheson, president of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America "A. F. L. said
he could not help but agree with
a great many things he Oewis)
said"
COLUMBUS, Ohio STANLEY Den
linger. general counsel for the c. I.
o. United Rubber Workers, assert
ed Mr.. Lewis had betrayed millions
OF American laborers."
NEW YORK-Abr BRAN Flaxer,
president, and Henry w Wenning,
secretary Of the State, County and
Municipal Workers of America &C. I.
o.. telegraphed Lewis that his de
nunciation of Roosevelt and his dis
astrous policies deserves the hearty
Endorsement of all labor"
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Democratic Group
Pays S45, 900 for
Lewis Radio Time
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The
National Committee of Demo-
Gratis for Willkie announced
last night it was sponsoring and
paying approximately s45,000
for the radio time used by John
L. Lewis, c. I. o. president, in
his national broadcast.
Alan Valentine, executive di-
rector of the committee. said
the speech was carried over 362
stations of the three national
networks.
The announcement was re-
leased by Leo Casey, the COM
mittee's director of publicity. 90
minutes before Mr.. Lewis an
nounCed his stand in the presi-
dental contest.
The National Committee of
Democrats for Willkie was
formed several months ago
under the leadership of Mr..
Valentine, Rochester University
president.
John w. HaneS. former Un-
dersecretary Of the Treasury in
the first Roosevelt cabinet, and
Lewis w. Douglas, former New
Deal budget director, helped
form the organization.
The committee is also sponsor
of Alfred F. Smiths speaking
tour in behalf of the Repub-
lican presidential nominee.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Cites WILKES Promises
To Promote Labor Aims.

He says that he will enlist the
representative brains of the Ma
ton to do this job. He says that
he will take the representatives
of labor into his cabinet and
into the policy-making agencies
of Government, to assist and CO.
operate in the economic rehabili-
tation of America
He has said that he will re-
duce the cost of operation of our
Government, and thus reduce
the taxes imposed upon indi-
vidual citizens.
He has said that he believes
in and will enforce the right
of labor to organize, and will pro-
mote collective bargaining be-
tween industry and labor
He has said that he will pre-
serve and maintain all social
legislation previously enacted
for the protection of labor and
any other citizen.
Wendell Willkie has given his
guarantee to the American peo-
pie that If elected President he
will not send the sons of Ameri-
can mothers and American faith
ers to fight in foreign wars. He
AYERS, that he will not use the
power and influence of this
mammoth Nation to promote or
create war, but rather exercise
that power and that influence
to abate war and promote and
maintain peace between nations.
This statement of principles
and objectives entities M. Will
kie to the support of every
thoughtful citizen.
Can he accomplish such task?
many will ask. 1t is my consid-
cred judgment that if Wendell
Willkie is elected President, this
task can. and will, be done.
Can we believe Mr.. Willkie,
some will ask. I reply that I
have confidence in Mr.. Wilkes
integrity and honor. I do not
think that he would Willingly
deceive the people, or lead them
astray for selfish purposes. He
is a strong man. He is strong
enough to enlist the services of
other strong men to do the job
of saving our Nation. whether
from attack by external foes, or
diSintegration from disunity
within. For long years I have
served the men and women of
labor. While serving them I
have ever sought also to serve
my country and all its citizenry.
I have been able to carry on only
because my acts were sustained
Evening star., 1940-10-26
"Where Now Are the Tears
For the Ill-Fed."

It is authoritatively stated that
20,000,000 people in the United
States are able to spend only 5
cents per meal per person. Con-
slider the astounding facts: As
100000 people in this land suf-
fering from insufficient food and
undernOurishment, 20000,000 of
whom are required to live on an
actual expenditure of IS cents a
day. This, in a land of plenty,
with its agricultural granaries,
overfloWing with surplus farm
commodities, which the farmer is
unable to sell. Where now are the
tears for the "ill-housed, i'll
clothed and ill-fed?'
The Roosevelt administration
Is trying to create prosperity by
the making of guns and lethal
weapons. 1t points to the in
creased volume of production.
1t forgetS to state that the pro-
ductivity of the individual worker
has vastly increased since 1929.
and that increased volume does
not correspondingly mean in
creased employment of workers.
1t forgetS to state that there are
9,l15,000 men and women in
America still unemployed, and
that the national defense pro-
gram of production. when it
reaches its maximum. will fall
100000 short of providing en-
ployment for all. The adminis-
tration spokesmen forget to say
what will happen to economic
America when the 25,000,000 men
now under arms in foreign ma
tions, and the 100000 citizens
who service these armies. are re-
turned to peacetime pursuits.
The manufacturers of America
and the workers of America will
then have to compete in the
remaining world markets with
the quantitative production of
foreign nations, whose workmen
will occupy the relative economic
and social status of chattel
slaves.
Where will our country then
sell its goods? Surely not in
b. Europe, nor in the Baltic or Med
iterrean areas. Surely not in
Africa or the Orient. Surely, 1t
is obvious that South American
markets will be penetrated by the
cheap-labor products of the world
commercial adversarieS of the
United States of America. What
Is being done by the Roosevelt
administration to safeguard our
population from such an i'm
pending economic disaster?
Administration Declared
Unable to Meet Situation.
What is being done to mod
ernie the marketing methods of
the United States in foreign trade
territories. so as to compete with
the changed rules of interna-
tional commerce?
AS Hteral IaCt, tne record OF
the last seven years is proof suf-
f1cient that the Roosevelt ad-
ministration is incapable of meet
ing this situation and maintain
ing this nations rightful share of
world commerce. And yet, this
administration in nonchalant and
sprightly fashion bluntly asks the
American people to grant it at
least an additional four years of
power, so it can continue to toy
with the lives of men and the
destiny of nations.
If not Roosevelt, whom do 1
recommend to do the Job Of max
ing secure our nation and its
peoplef Why. Of course, I recon-.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
WiIIkie Is Leading
In Poll of Editors

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Editor and
Publisher said in its edition pub
lished yesterday that of the 1878
daily newspapers which since Octo-
Der l answered its presidential
questionnaire. 63.86 per cent were
for Wendell Willkie, 2271 per cent
for President Roosevelt and 1343
per cent were not committed to
either candidate.
A total of 8l3 newspapers sup
ported Mr. Willkie, 289 were for Mr..
Roosevelt and I'll were neutral, the
magazine said.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Declares Democrats
In Default to Nation.

LAS the current year opens. the
Democratic party is in default to
the American people. After
seven years of power it finds it
self without solution for the ma
ior questions Of unemployment,
low national income, mounting
internal debt, increasing direct
and consumer taxation and re-
stricted foreign markets. There
still exists the same national un-
happiness that it faced seven
years ago.
The foregoing indictment has
never been answered nor refuted,
nor successfully denied by any
single spokesman for the Demo-
cratic party or the Roosevelt
administration. They cannot
gainsay the cold, stark facts of
that record. There is no Spokes-
man in the Democratic party, or
in the Roosevelt administration,
Intellectually capable of this task.
If this be true, what of the
future? President Roosevelt is
asking the American people to
contribute to him at least four
more years out of their individual
lives. What will he do with those
lives and this Nation in the next
four years, and how does he
propose to do it? He has not
said, and he asks from the people
a grant of discretionary power
that would bind him to no course
of action, except the unpredict-
able policies and adventures
which he may later devise.
After all, Americans are not
a Nation of guinea pigs. con-
stanly subject to the vicisSitudes
of the economic and political ex-
periments of an amateur, Ill
equipped practitioner in the
realm of political science.
One of the commissioners OF
national defense recently called
public attention to the fact thato
there were 45.O00,0O0 hungry
people in America. In his subse-
quent press conference, the
President rebuked the commits