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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Monaco News
BY "Marion".

Monaco, Pa, April 4-Well,
spring has finally come and with
it the thoughts of another track
meet and T. S. ]. A. Convention.
| wonder what the future holds in
store for us. Let's hope for the
best.
Now that basketball season is
over, we have been slack but with
the approach of spring and sum-
mer it looks like things will start
popping.
Next week should bring some
news since we have not had our
monthly meeting yet. '.|
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Auto City Speaks
By June Warnke

Detroit. Mich, April +Sun-
day, March 81. the baseball team
had their first practice of the year.
1t was grand once again to hear
the familiar crack of the bat split
ing the silence of the ideal spring
air Everybody was out to watch
the team practice. The team is in
good form and they are ready for
the comming games.
18th Anniversary
On March 20 Mr.. and Mrs. !.
Seller celebrated their 18th anni-
versary. Much to their surprise,
Sunday, March 81, a group of
Saxons went over to the Seller
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Farrell Highiights
By Frieda Reinnerth.

Farrell, Pa, April At won't
be long now before you will be
renewing old acquaintance and
making new ones. On April 20
the Farrell Juniors are going to
sponsor their Spring Dance. The
ever popular Chic Farrell orches-
ira has been secured.
Meeting
The regular monthly meeting
of the Farrell Athletic and Social
Club will be held on Tuesday,
April 9. Make it your business to
be there as there will be much up
for discussion.
Track and Mushball
The Farrell Juniors are going
to be represented in the Mushball
League and in the annual Track
Meet. The boys will take part in
Mushball while the girls try their
luck at track.
Don't forget to show up when
practices are called or when a
special meeting. Let's see how
deep your interest is.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Ferry Tales
By F. H. S.

Martins Ferry, O., April a
Easter Sunday, March "a, the
Martins Ferry Junior Saxons
were hosts to the T. S. J. A. men,
bers from different cities.
This was Martins Ferry's first
privilege of entertaining out-of-
town guests, therefore, we hope
that this combination dance and
banquet was real success in the
eyes of our guests. We know that
our visitors had good time too.
Perhaps sometime in the near
future we can have another event
to which we would like to have
more Jr Saxons from out of town
come down to carry home some
of our Ferry Tales.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Canton Reflector
BY A. Rookie.

= Canton, O., April 4-Hotdogs
suds, firewater and a delicious
birthday cake were some of the
items on the menu at Carl Orends
Oath virthday party. Everything
was swell Anna, especially the
camel exhibition on the liquids
and the big bad wolf appetite
at the table by our own "Angel'
Schcster. Tea huest 10 nest ge-
iassen aver getranken hum for
en- Manct'e Fritz.
Meeting
1t is tonight gang. and Mike
and Dot would like their teamates
to bring the back alive" If you
found it dif6cult-don't feel bad.
Well be happy to just see you
there. Don't forget.
Bachelors
There are so many in our town
that the old maids are beginning
to wonder what's up: Well Anna
Husser and Carl Orend have
caused them some worry by an
nouncing their engagement-as
have Helen Handle and Babe"
Weber. We wish you a speedy
"Get Togtther' and hope you do
not forget the Sachsenheim in
your declining years. Wow!!!
Martins Ferry
You must not have eaten or
drunk anything for month,
Fritz.
Spring Time
Fritz, don't you think it's about
time that we also looted for a
couple of girls We want to 60
back to Martins Ferry the 18th,
if they would like to have us. Are
you coming along? Perhaps we
can find a couple of nice Saxon
girls there. Be SO good as to write
us a letter if you agree to our plan
Martins Ferry. We thank you.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04

residence to help them celebrate.
We wish to congratulate them
and we are all looking forward to
their 5Oth anniversary.
Club Social
Members Our club social is
to be held Saturday, April 6, at
Warnke's residence. You don't
have to dress up because it's to
be a Hard Time Party. Hope to
see you there and by the way,
bring your dancing shoes along.
Meeting
On April II, the Detroit Junior
Saxons will hold their monthly
business meeting at St. Peters
Church. There is something very
important to be discussed and so
we urge all members to attend.
Please. patronize our ad-
varf;Serc
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04

- Photographers can take pic
lures over crowds with peri
scope that has been patended that
permits focusing after camera
has been elevated.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Card Party

got down to business that was on
hand.
Card Party
Will be held Avril 9TH. Fo,
the benefit of the Juniors that
have forgotten where the German
Club is-it is still 10Th and Apple
Ave. Admission 25c and refresh.
ments will be served. Time 7:3C
p. m.
All girls interested in forming
bowling teams, please come to the
next meeting. April 18th.
Danny would like to thank all
the boys for the swell coopera,
ton in having their suits ready
for collection.
Our thanks to Hank for a swell
job as reporter. He was forced tc
resign because of work.
Do we or don't we start to
use the ping pong set again
What about it mempers?
Who passed around the April
Fool cigaret and who's face was
red when it exploded?
All members please attend next
meeting:
There is very important busi.
ness to be attended to.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
St. Johns News
By Louise Roth

Cleveland, Ohio, April +This
Sunday, April 7, at ] 80 p. m. the
CURTAIN will'go up on comedy of
youth in three acts. Immediately
after the play, which is to be
held at the East Side Sachsen-
helm. George Horvath and his
band will entertain. Tickets can
be secured at the door.
The Leaguers participating in
the play are:
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04
Lorain News
By Hank Cleaver

Lorain, o., April At seems
that April Fools Day was no joke
to the active members of the club
at Mondays meeting. We finally
got down to business that was on
hand
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1940-04-04

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

America under diplomatic immunity DOES confine himself to activities recog- uized as legitimate. To allow any coun- try to get away with anything more than that is stupid and dangerous. Our own precedents are old and distinguished. When the revolutionary government of France sent Citizen Genet to this country aS it's representative, Genet stepped irn- mediately outside any reasonable inter- pretation of his duties. He appealed di- rectly to the people to support France. He commissioned privateers to prey on British shipping. He organized pro- French leagues In short, he tried to in- fluence the foreign policy of the United States.
 This is no part of the duty of a diplo- mat or consular officer. President Wash ington knew 1t. He also knew what to do. He demanded that the French recall Genet. They did. Acting Secretary of State Sumner WelleS has shown himself equally able to tell hawk from hand saw. Backing up the All American front established at Havana, he has ruled that the United States will not accept diplo- matic and consular representatives here who have been found unacceptable in other American countries.
 1IeTe IS no TedSOu why the Uu1CeQ States should allow itself to be used as catch-all for alleged diplomats from any nation whose activities, cloaked in diplomatic immunity, have been found objectionable in the other Americas. There is no sense in the American coun- tries requiring 21 separate exposures of such undesirable activities. By the time the agent had tried his tricks in all 21 republics he would be too old to be of any further use anyway and long career of unwanted activity would be be- hind him.
 It would be helpful if all the other American nations would take the same attitude of helpful cooperation in nullify- ing the Fifth Column technique. It is our aim to extend good will to all men of good will. But to be stupid about it is stupid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Time To Organize

With the Democratic State convention finally out of the way and ticket offered the electorate of Connecticut for approval next November, it is time for the party to take stock of itself and to make ready for this test at the polls. The events that tranSpired at New Haven last Friday and Saturday were not convincing of great solidarity and strength. Even after the uproar at Eastern Point two years ago there was a more secure feeling in the ability of the party to surmount It's inner differences than there was as delegates trekked their way home from New Haven this past weekend
 Leaders of the party have job to do this fall. They face the odds ot battling an entrenched party and its candidates. They face the odds of settling all diff ferenceS arising over the selection of the ticket. On thelr side, though, it may be said that they present one of the most cosmopolitan tickets the Democrats ever offered the voters of Connecticut. It de- rives strength from the very fact that its makeup is not one of machlne-made can- didacieS, but one of men and women de- manded by groups and cross sections of public opinion.
 It may be in this latter instance that the Democrats will find their biggest asset. From the top candidates Senator Fran cis T. Maloney and Public Works Con- missioner Robert A. Hurley-they will be given inspiration and leadership, as well as the wise counsel that comes from experience in the political arena; from the remaining members they will draw the vigor and fire of the racial groups, the purpose of the organized women vot- CTS of the state, the independence of the Individually minded
 Rancor over the defeat of ex-Governor Wilbur L. Cross was not carried away from the convention. Delegates pledged to his support, including those from Wa terbury, were sympathetic in his defeat, but confident in the ability of the party to accept such events philosophically and proceed in orderly fashion to put the party across. There are many reasons why Democrats of Connecticut should make extra efforts to put the party across this fall. The primary one should be the integrity of this nation we love. Dem- ocratic administration is necessary in crucial periods such as we now have.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Far From Home

Governor Raymond E. Baldwin chose a point hundreds of miles away from Con- necticut to inform an electorate of what wonders had been wrought in this state in the short space of 19 months. It was just 19 months ago that Governor Bald win was inaugurated, succeeding the very accomplished and rather successful Democratic governor, Dr. Wilbur L. Cross. But since then, so Governor Baldwin told Idaho Republicans, Connecticut has bal anced it's budget, imposed no new taxes, has no sales or state income taxes, retired $1 ,500,000 deficit, and created million dollar treasury surplus.
 All of which is very fine and credit able mpliShment for any administra- tion that had been in office for several successive terms. But that all this could be done and could be attributed to the nineteen months rule of the Baldwin administration is stretching it pretty thin. As a matter of fact you can tear any such claim to pieces in just about two minutes. And when you're through doing that you could mention something about the bonded indebtedness of the state which the governor evidently for got and which is attributable to the fact that the Republican administrations be- fore the Democratic ones of Dr. Cross neglected to provide for institutional expansion.
 Republicans can't take any more credit tor the fact that we have no sales or state income tax any more than Demo erats. They have been pretty generally opposed of recent years without much regard for party lines. As for wiping out deficits and establishing surpluses, some credit might easily be given to Demo- crats for their work in setting up State Tax Department that is bringing in more revenue than this state ever before real ized, not to mention a Public Works Bureau which is of Democratic parentage and inspiration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Boston Uses What It Has

There is hopeful note in the decision of Boston school authorities to place it's machine-shop facilities at South Boston High School on 24-hour-a-day basis. Including the new midnight shift, Boston is now turning 525 navy apprentices, WPA enrollees and state employment service recruits into skilled mechanics. Some of the instructors work an eight hour shift at the Watertown arsenal, then teach eight hours in the mechan- icS' school.
 Boston has not waited for the build ing of new shops, the creation of new plans. It has taken what it had, and gone to work. Federal inspectors say Boston leads the entire country in ef- forts to train skilled workers. It does it by taking what it has, and going to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Views of The Press

South County of Rhode Island, in east Long Island, Nantucket and the Vineyard-shingled and dove-color- ed barns are as indispensable now to seascape-landscape as they were to the storing of salt hay in old times. Take away from their neo- classic farmerhouse upstate the red New York barns that stored wheat when this region was the granary of the country and you have severe multilation at least. As well strip of the Doric and Ionic columns from the homestead. Vermont without hay is the economic interpretation of Vermont without its ample barns, but the esthetic loss is as unthink- anble. For here as everywhere else the farm is still for play or work or both, a grange. 1. e., a country house with farm buildings. Take way the outbuildings and you perform cruel
 and unnatural surgery. You are guilty of mayhem and God have mercy on df any) your soul
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Current Comment

In a free society it is just and right that the obligations and risks of military training and service be shared by all.-Preamble to the pending Senate universal service bill.
 Read 1t, if you like, but you will probably have just as good a time boring over the latest issues of the Congressional Record. We cannot trust to treaties. We cannot depend on promises. Mayor LaGuardia of New York.
 Woe unto the man or the nation that thinks America cannot or will not defend itself, its life, and it's liberties.
 Federal Security Administrator
 Paul V. McNutt. The court Is without authority either to compromise or to pardon. It has a larger duty to the public. Federal Judge James II. Wilker-
 son. sentencing Moe Annenberg. l think the feminine touch helps c lot in funeral directing. Anne Beatrice Corrigan, Cieye~ land lady embalmef.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

Mayor La Guardias move to remove salacious literature from newsstands is a praiseworthy one. Too bad more lurid stuff can't be removed from other stands as well as in New York. Another thing that has been recommended and which many of us approve of is the curtailment of good amount of foolish and unneces- sary juvenile reading of the thriller" nature. Take all that stuff off the mar ket and the youngsters won't suffer- be- cause children will read, so let them di- gest wholesome reading instead of much of the sensation stuff gotten up cheaply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Selected Poem
so LET ME BE

so LET ME BE
 (Ethel Lyman stannard in the Poets Column,
 Hartford TimeS) Dear God let me live on hill, high-crowned With a cottage where homely virtues abound; Where the birds wing high and the stars hang nigh And the gusty winds go rollicking by: Where the dusk falls softly on fern and clover, And the wee wild creatures go scampering over The great gray walls; And the tree-toads, cry, And the whipporwin sings in the marsh hard by: And the hill rolls around to the new dawns break
 ing,
 And clean sleep brings Q lively waking To the lovely tasks of a glad new day And the fragrance of elder and new-mown hay. But grant me always the strength and the grace As go down to the market-place, To speak bold words of justice and right Make me a channel of Truth and Light, Ever mindful of human need; Ever scornful of stupid greed Let me uncover the lie and the snare. And help man build the City Foursquare."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
WHEN IS A FARM NOT A FARM?
(New York Herald-Tribune)


 An old farm without its barns is a charming cripple at best. It is an amputated thing, and the buyer of 6 little place in the country who gets one will soon find out that cork legs are expensive. A two-car garage will run into plenty of money even at country contractors rates; a guest house above it or separate, likewise. Whereas an old barn with a sound frame can be adopted at relatively small cost to both these purposes and many others. If the squire is going to produce eggs, milk, stable riding horse or two. winter a few sheep, make hay, or pack fruit, or give barn dances, the old barn buildings will save him many thousands. Let him get an estimate locally on a twenty by twenty by twenty laying house of good design and he will get the idea right away.
 So much for the practical and value of outbuildings in the country. Their esthetic and sentimental value is incalculable. Imagine Penn- sylvania Germany stripper of those vast ediflces with theilr fortress foundations and their symbolic de- lenses against the hex. A New Hampshire homestead would not topple over perhaps if it's integral woodsheds and barns were removed, but an esthetic buttress would be taken away ct great hazard. The great re-Revolutionary barns of central New Jefsey are as funda- mental to landscape there as geo- logy. Even in less fat land where barns did not grow oversize In col- onial timss-on the oaps. in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. New York's Mayor LaGuardia is known throughout the country by the nickname "Pudgy," "Sour- puss," Little Flower" or Little Napoleon?
 2. Do the common houseflies bite?
 3. Under which government de- partment is the National Bureau of Standards?
 4. Who wrote the novel 50 Big? s. Is the average length of fife increasing or decreasing7
 6. Is the Klondike in Alasee CT Canada?
 T. What is illustration?
 8. The capital of Iowa is Due buque. Iowa City or Des Moines? 9. Which is longer, the Panama or the suez Oanal2
 10. Is Q vehicle with large wheels easier to move than Q similar ve- hicle with small wheels7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

Selecting preparatory schools and col leges for young American hopefuls is now in order. It is more or less serious busi- ness, especially at this time It might be well now, or at any time, to put con- siderable amount of thought into the selection. Check up on courses, regular and extra -curricular; check up on the deans and professors. Many a student has imbibed funny" ideas, to put it mildly, from radical teachers who, some how or other, manage to gain foothold in our American schools The knowledge and ideas gleaned in early life can have a good or bad effect, according to their nature. The young mind is very recep- tive, so we say with others, think and consider well when placing your off spring in schools because even in Amer ica they can imbibe, what we termed above, some funny" ideas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
W.cKRRY DICK


 NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. 26.-A defense commission member is whetting q new sword to cut the Gordian knot of 'amortization," which is holding up defense contracts.
 Amortization is ths principle that firms spending for plants to build defense material should be allowed to get that money back in tax-free profits within . few years. That averts chance of loss should the emergency pass and the plant become less valuable because its products are not needed.
 The plan being readied for con- gress has an equally fancy name. Is simpler than that.
 is simpler that that.
 The manufacturer and the gov- ernment would appoint apprais- CTS. When the plant built for de- fense needs became i've years old, the appraisers would agree on its worth at that time. The govern ment would then buy the property at that figure.
 Many manufacturers have been unwilling to put money into plant expansion until they are assured in advance that they will not be left holding the bag in a couple of years with expensive plants on their hands for which they have no use. The new proposal would assure that they would not be left holding such Q bag, but that the government would shoul- der it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26
Undiplomatic Diplomats

There is no use being stupid about it. We know, from recent facts spread in large letters on the record, that diplo- ma1ic and consular representatives of many countries have been engaging in activities quite outside what has been always considered their regular duty. Europe crawls with examples of such ac- nyitles. So does South America.
 There is only one thing to do about 1t. E.hat is to see to it that every person in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-26

ground for this view because the Navy's bombsight, while less advertised than the Army's, also is of top caliber. It is a devel- opment of a sight originally in- vented by a Hollander, because which some military men believe that the Nazis know its basic principles. The Navy asserts it's sight is as good as the Army's- a claim that brings tolerant smiles from Army airmen.
 The Army borlbsight has been quietly improved recently through development of a new Sperry gy- roscope. The gyroscope is basic in bombsights, since balance is the essential in accurate aerial aiming.
 MAIL BAG
 c. C., Media, Pa.-The three RooSeveltS, Sarah, Franklin, and Eleanor, now occupy three differ ent residences at Hyde Park. Be- sides the main house, owned by the Presidents mother, Mrs. Sar- ah Roosevelt, there is Mrs. FL eanor Roosevelt's home, known as the Val Kill cottage, and the Presidents new dream cottage" on Duchess Hill, completed last spring.
 These two cottages are located on property belonging to the President, as distinct from the original property belonging to his mother.
 Though Mrs. Roosevelt has . room in the main house, she seldom uses it, spending all her time in the Val Kill cottage. This gives her more indepen- dence than would be possible under the roof of her mother in-law, who has a matriarchal tendency toward governing all around her. At Val Kill she is free to receive friends whom the elder Mrs. Roosevelt regards as QUEER.
 The President sleeps in the main house and receives visitors there, but he uses his own cot- tage as a daytime retreat. The Secret Service frowns on his spending too much time there, because its wooded location makes it too difficult to guard. The main house, on the other hand, stands apart with wide lawns and grounds that can be lighted at night for protection.
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