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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-26

Q. In railroad slang, what is a toad" and a "car-toad"?
 A. A toad" is a derailer, and "car-toad" is car repairman.
 @. Give formula for a mortar for laying fire-brick.
 A. It is difficult to give an exact formula because much depends on the clay used in making the mortar. However, mixtures of the following compositions have been found to be satisfactory: } to parts fire clay; 3 to parts grog or ground brick bats; l to 4 parts silicate of soda (solution or dry); water to bring it to a desired consistency. If solu- tion of soda silicate is used, very little additional water (about 5 per- cent) is necessary.
 o. What were the full names of the parents of Jesse Jones, Chair man of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
 A. Jesse Holman Jones is the son of William HaSque and Anne (Hol- man) Jones, of Robertson county, Tennessee.
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@. In which year was consump- tion of coal in the United States largest?
 A. In 1918, when consumption was 678,212,00O net tons.
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Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-04

YOUR BODY

Too few of us remember, II we
ever learned, some Of the simple
psychological and anatomical facts
concerning our own bodies. II we
knew more about these things, we
might be better able to take care
Of the body, guard It against d.
sease. Test yourself by undermining
the correct phrase given In the pa
rentheses below:
1. Normal body temperature is
between $50 and go degrees, 100
and 103 degrees, 84.5 and 90 de-
grees, SO and sos degrees).
2. The auricle is the (chamber
Of the heart that pumps out blood,
cartilage In the nose, chamber of
the heart that receives blood, q
section Of the lung).
3. Normal pulse beats vary be-
tween ESQ and S., 70 and 70, 90
and 90, 30 and 800 per minute.
4. The word "cervicar pertains
to the Chips, bones, neck, ankle)
5. An artery Is blood vessel
that Carries blood from the heart,
links blood vessels from the hand
to the elbow, carries blood away
to the neck).
Answers ON Back Page
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IN her hands. ''Yogir dress and
your purse" she whispered. mot
that the dress, torn to tatters, will
do you much good, but II having
your things here quiets you, III
chance going against orders"
Mrs. Tully still slept. The
woman In the bed ON the other
side had her back turned. It was
the privacy Mary Carroll needed
With shaky fingers she unwrapped
the paper. She saw Q gray dress
In ilnangled shreds and bulky,
water soaked pocketboot. sThis
isn't mine," she began. 'These
belong to Anna winters. my cabin
mate"
The nurse had gone. Mary
opened the pocketbook, lnmistak-
ably Annals, and q, note addressed
ITO Whom It May Concern"
Then, everything was forgotten
as the door at the far end Of the
ward opened and q man came
slowly down the aisle.
Vincentl
ITO BE Continued
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-04
CHAPTER VIII

The stab Of pain In her face
made Mary Carroll open her
eyes.
InstInctively, she reached out
enc hand to grip the edge Of the
rocking lifeboat. Instead, her hand
touched something sofia sheet
The pain was momentarily forgot
ten as she looked around her. No
longer was she staring at rolling
black waters. She was In long
room where beds had been packed
closely together. A row Of muslin
9Owned women met her eyes.
Leaning toward her was the oc-
eupant Of the next bed. 1--WE been
watching for you to come to-" a
nasal voice said. "I'm Mrs. Tully,
One Of the survivors from the Mo-
Eavia. You wouldn't know any
thing aDoit, unconscious like you
was, but we were brought into this
London hospital two days ago.
And lucky to be alive at all"
Mary leaned back against her
pillow, her lashes fluttering like
tired butterflies.
she was alive then-she, Mary
Carroll--and in London. What
hlessednessl Her first thought was
Of Vincent Gregg. Vincent was In
London, too. No doubt he was In
the hall outside the ward right
now, his long vigil for her to
awaken ended at last. To be alive
Ito be in vincent's armsl The
pain In her face meant nothing.
Right now, she was too weary
to move. When gray CARRIED
nurse appeared, she tried to smile.
Her lips were stiff and numb. She
opened her eyes again as a figure
stirred beside her.
"EIello," said reassuring voice.
sim DR.. Lenox. Feeling better
now?"
As he reached for her wrist,
Mary saw his towering figure and
q thatch Of red hair. The doctor
went on, you've been suffering
from shock. I think the worst Is
over. You must be very quiet for
o long time. I'm going to give
you medicine that VIII make you
dose off again. This won't hurt.
Steady, please"
Mary tried to struggle up. There
was something familiar in the doc
tors voice - an obviously Yankee
draWl. His red hair caught her
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-04

Naugatuck, Jan. 3-Yeaton's bowl
ers continued In the lead Of the Mer-
chants league last night in matches
rolled at the Central alleys by win
ming two out Of three points from
Thurston's team, losing the third
string by only three pins. Halls won
two out Of three from Reillys team,
Robiatti,s captured two out Of three
from Cans pinbusters and Chuck's
team won two out Of three from the
Nichols combine.
T. Pichulo had high single with a
152 score and high total, BAL. Cans
outfit had high team single, $50, and
Xeaton's took high team total with
1576.
sfvt1A aNAraa.
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. STORIES
IN STAMPS
U. S. Merchant Ships Moy
Sail Under Ponorno's Floq

THE transfer Of many American.
l. owned merchant vessels to
Panama registry puts the youngest
flag Of the New World in the place
Of the oldest.
Panama's two-starred national
flag was adopted in 1908 after the
successful revolution which sess.
arated the republic from Colom-
bia. The flag was designed by
Manuel Amador, Jr., son Of Pam
ama's first president.
The flags of Panama and United
States are shown on the Panama
stamp above, issued in 1898, in
commemoration Of the lS0th an
niversary Of the U. S. Constitu.
ton. The tower Of Cathedral Of
Panama and the Statue Of Liberty
form the central part Of the de-
sign.
Nazi-ruled Bohemia and Nor.
avia have released nine values Of
newspaper stamps of the familiar
flying bird" design.
Cuba has issued a miniature
sheet, of the republics first q
centavos stamp, released in 1905.
OF, to commemorate the first Phil.
atelic Exposition Of Havana.
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

MARY CARROLL - American
sasllon expert, IN London during
wartime.
VINCENT GREGG - soldier Of
Gcetune, IN love with Mary.
CARLA MARCHETTA-a mys-
taFiOus London sociaIlte.
DIR. GILBERT LENOX - SUR
Eeon, serving with British army.
YESTERDAY: The MOravia has
BEEN togpedoed. Passengers rush
for the llfebOats. Mary GEES her
mysterious visitor slip oven the
niHe. A second torpedo strikes.
nzary ID hurt. She revives In q
Mfebeat.
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1ntaIg .. .4sT 47e 80 Ill2
Ial Gingle-T. Pichuio, s91
iaIl Taree II. PiehulO, 81,
3h Came Cans, $50.
s5h Team Xeat0ns, 1875
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
America Warned OF Clever
Gold War Planned by Nazis

tarv war with Hitlerized Europe.
That is part of the plan back
of the Washington project TO unity
the Americas. and part of larger
plan to corral all the gold pro-
ducers into a gold-trading league.
The coming battle lines Of the
gold HAYES and havenots shape up
like this: Europe. without gold,
will buy on barter. and as cheap
producer will outhid the L. S. But
barter doesn't work with the many
one-crop or one-product countries
needing gold to round out their
needs. A Germanic Europe must
pay in gold all those nations that
have to have it. and those like
Canada. the Union of South Africa,
the L. S. and other gold producers
that are in position to form
non-European gold bloc. 1t adds up
to a hemisphere economic war
with both blocs the losers.
The snapper is that Berlin
doesn't fancy this world economic
war and has no intention of drop
ping gold = once Germany has
enough of it. In the meantime.
and for many months to come. the
Germans will hand the u. S. more
and elaborate blueprints of the
goddess world, the sole intent Of
which will be to persuade Uncle
Sam to spread more of the stuff
around.
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licenses

Marriage license applications
have been filed with the Pierce
county auditor by William Charles
Winehell, Is. and Sadie Corbitt
Warren, Il, both of Auburn; Joe
F. Gonbar, Al. Darlington, and
Mrs. Della Corbin. 80. 527 So.
4eth St. Tacoma; Arthur Farrell
%. kelso. and Beulah Alfred, 81,
Grand Coulee. Nicola lanello. As,
1s14 So. 6 st, and Ruth Van
Dusen. q. 1882 So. Yakima ave;
Henry f. Wuotils. Sc. 1924 No.
Ferdinand. and Anne L. Pauoie,
81. 1918 No. Pearl. George z.
Cove. IS. Falkland. and Edith
Louise Grady. 81, St James apis,
Tacoma: George Lawrence Bod
laine. %. 1908 It'll st. S. w, Puy-
allup. and Ethwyn Fac Mitchell,
81. withrow, Wash; Alex Peters,
so, Y. NJ. C. A. and Sarah Dech-
ter. "a. Y. w. C. A; Leonard
julius wingard. 81, 1924 So. Yak
ina, and Katherine Elizabeth Bur-
mark %, 212s So. Wilkeson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Regular Vets
Pick Officers
2 in Tucomu Unit
Given Honors

Two members Of Tacoma unit Of
the Regular Veterans association
were honored at the annual Wash
ington chapter convention which
closed Sunday evening at Yakima.
First Sgt. II f. Robinette Of the
ath Field Artillery. Fort Lewis.
was elected vice commander. and
Sgt. F. a. Ylllaescusa. 40if So.
Asotin st. was elected trustee for
two years. Sgt. Villaescusa Is as
sistant TO the federal instructor
of the r. o. T C. unit at Bellar-
mine high school. He has been an
officer of the Tacoma unit of the
r. Y. A.
r. A. Harbottle of Kirkland, who
has been department service Off
Ger. was elected commander. sue
ceeding Leo Helling of Spokane.
Harbottle was in Tacoma June %
when he served as installing off
Ger at ceremonies installing the
new officers of the Tacoma unit.
Wives and daughters of dele
gates to the convention organized
a women's association with tenta-
tive officers headed by Mrs. Joseph
Belloty of Spokane. The auxiliary
was formed subject TO approval of
the national convention to be held
in San Diego.
The Regular Veterans associa-
ton is an organization of men who
have served or are now serving in
the regular establishment.
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Suicide Aitenpf
Reported Futile

Mrs. Alma Snyder. who assert
eddy attempted to end her life Sat-
urday at her home at 426 Ea. 36th
st.. on her 59th birthday by taking
IN overdose Of sleeping powders,
was reported Monday by attend
ants at Pierce County hospital to
be out of danger and on the road
to recovery.
Police were summoned to the
Ea. 36th 1t. address Saturday
afternoon and found Mrs. Snyder
In serious condition.
Police reported finding about 10
notes written by Mrs. Snyder in
the room where they found her.
The notes indicated she planned
suicide because Of dependency
over Ill health and because of fl
nancial difficulties. One of the
notes revealed the woman was SO
years Of age Saturday. and that
she planned to end her life on her
birthday.
One note was addressed to son.
Ralph, who. police said. was be-
lieved to be at nearby lake re-
sort.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Italians Fail
In Bomb Attempts
BY JAN YINDRICH
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
CAIRO-Ankle-deep in hot, yell
low sand, British officer at my
elbow, | shielded my eyes to take
a look at an outpost of the highly
mechanical British army stationed
at the border of Italian Libya.
l saw nothing but trackless
waste of hot sand on which no
life was apparent.
The officer laughed.
you can't spot them any
better than the Italian avia-
tors" he said. "Since Italy de-
clared war June 10. Italian
ayiators have been trying to
bomb this army out of bust
ness but they've only wounded
10 men,"
The entire army along the Dor
der of Libya has blended itself into
the yellow sands so cleverly that
the British call it the invisible
army"
l have just completed a two
day tour of the advanced posts of
that army, posts buried in the sand
under the very noses of the guns
of Italian forts.
The British men. moles by day,
became warriors at night, slipping
out of their trenches and dugouts
to attack and wipe out Italian out
posts.
BY morning, they are once again
merged with the sand to the dis
may of Italian scouting and bomb
ing planes.
w hat happens to all the
hundreds of trucks and tanks?
/ stood On a hill and saw the
trucks and tanks so dispersed that
il would take one bomb for each
truck and tank to destroy them
Such raids would not pay, even if
the Italian aviators could spot
them from the air.
Cheerful as Moles
I visited the men in their silt
trenches and found them cheerful
and high-spirited despite their
mole-like existence.
We had good beef stew. beer in
tin cans, canned peaches. tea and
whisky. The tea-drinking took
place within easy range of Italian
guns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Report Thefis
And Vandalism
MunY Complaints
Mode to Police

A variety of thefts and wanda
iism were reported over the week.
end to Tacoma police. records at
headquarters disclosed Monday.
Ellen Stuns. 534 Henderson ST.
Seattle. reported theft of two
women's purses from a car parked
at the Century ballroom. near Fife.
Sunday night. The machine was
entered by breaking door lock.
Mrs. Stuns said her purse, which
contained 81 in change. and one
belonging to Mrs. Otto Espeseth.
Route 5. Kent, containing $3.50,
were stolen.
w. Arnold complained that
would-be thieves pried the lock off
. garage at 1917 Division ave-.
then ransacked his car. Nothing
was missing.
c. e. johnson. 1912 So. 50th St,
lost q 50-foot garden hose and
sprinkler to providers.
After breaking the lock off his
garage. thieves attempted to re-
move the wheels from his automo-
bile, but apparently were fright
ened away before completing their
task. T. L. Chapman, 1920 No. 26th
at. revealed.
Providers removed a radio from
the car of Walter Cope, 1896
Pacific ave. while IL was parked
ut 18th st. and Pacific ave. SUM-
day night.
J. J. Lavergne of Yakima re-
ported that while his auto was
parked at 14th At. and Pacific ave-,
some one stole 4 Kit Of mechanics
tools.
w. NJ. Wilson. employed at the
Union depot, revealed theft of
box containing an assortment of
tools from the basement at the
depot over the week end.
Tom Overland, 2l10 No. sth St.
complained that vandals cut his
garden hose into various lengths
during Saturday night. He reported
neighbor had the same ex-
perience.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Hard Of HEARING
Meeting Monday

A special meeting of the Ia
coma Society for the Hard of
Hearing will be held at s p. m.
Monday. July s. in the Women's
clubhouse, 426 Broadway.
Miss Ada NJ. Hill, director of
vocational advice and exhibits of
the American Society for the Hard
of Hearing, will speak. She attend
ed the national conference held re-
Gently in Los Angeles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

North circle of the Women's guild
of Christ Episcopal church Thurs
day at 2 o'clock.
Studying In Hawaii
Miss Irene Heath, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Heath of 18th
st. N. w, is taking two months
course at the summer school at
Honolulu university. She will re-
turn the middle of August.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Baldwin
of West Pioneer ave. left Monday
morning for a vacation trip to
North Bay on Hood canal.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Stackhouse.
sr.. and children. Forrest, Harley.
lone and Evelyn, have returned
from a holiday and weekend spent
at Westport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert LaBrush
of 421 5th ave. n. E. are being
congratulated on the birth of a
daughter, Linda Diane. born at
st. Joseph's hospital. They came
home Sunday. The baby joins a
brother and sister.
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Graf and
daughter, Phyllis, and son. Ronnie,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Cook will
represent the First Baptist church
at the Adult Bible convention this
week at Burton. They left Mon
day and will be away six days.
Fruitland Grange auxiliary will
meet Thursday at Grange hall
for n 1890 luncheon. The group
will hear talk on stage decora-
ton by a representative of a
Tacoma department store.
Mrs. Delbert Younkers will be
hostess at her home on Thomas
road for meeting of the Home
Craft club Wednesday afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
0riing Resident
Is Still MISSING

Tacoma detectives Monday con-
tinued a search for Mrs. Virginia
Mstchett. "a. of orting. who was
reported missing from her home by
her husband. Jim Matchett, since
last Tuesday.
When last seen. her husband re-
ported. Mrs. Matchett was wearing
a. Mexican hat. pink Stacks and
brown and white shoes. She is
5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs
lis pounds. Tatooed on one of her
arms, below the elbow, are the
initials c. p. T.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Runaway Boy Comes
To View New BRIDGE

Adventure for Claude Neale, Is,
who was reported to have run
away from his home Friday at
Amboy in Clark county. was short
lived. police reported Monday.
Neale, taken into custody by a
Waterman at Tacoma Nsrrows
bridge Saturday night and lodged
In the county detention home, told
officers he came to Tacoma via
freight train" He said he had
no plans for a destination. but
wanted TO see the new bridge"
Police Chief Einar Langseth
telegraphed the sheriff at VAN
couver to notify the boys parents
their son was In custody here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Expert 0pines
On the War
BY J. w. T. MASON


Rome's admission that
Abyssinia, Eritrea and So
maitland henceforth must de-
pend on Japan for supplies is
the first Italian acknowledge
ment of the tightening power
of the BIRTHS h blockade.
These three parts of Italy's
new empire are separated
from Libya by the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan, which
means they cannot be sup
piled by transport from Italy
across the Mediterranean to
Libyan ports and then over
land.
Under peace time condi-
tions. Abyssinia, Eritrea and
Somaliland h a d waterway
connections with the home
land by way of the Suez
canal. That outlet is now
closed. The Strait of Glib
raltar also is barred to Ital-
ian ships so that it is i'm
possible for Italy to communi-
cate with her African east
coast colonies by sending ves-
sells westward through the
Mediterranean to circle the
African coast via the Cape
of Good Hope.
Shipments of goods from
the western hemisphere to
the three isolated parts of
Mussolini's EN- pire would
have to move across the At
lantic and pass the Cape of
Good Hope. British control
of the cape waters, however,
is too rigorous to allow any
chance for success for such
an undertaking.
The only chance Italy has
of maintaining supplies for
her severed possessions is to
try to engage shipping to
cross the Indian ocean to So
maitland. Rome reports that
Japan might serve as a base
for such operations, however,
are more optimistic than ex-
listing conditions would seem
to allow. Japan has no desire
to deplete her own war and
food materials; but even if
this difficulty could be over
come the problem of trans
portation appears almost in
soluble.
The journey from Japan to
Italian East Africa requires
one month. The regular trade
route passes Singapore. where
no Italian supply ships could
get through. The only alter
native routes are near the
northern and southern coasts
of Australia, where naval sur
Vigilance is continuous.
Even if an occasional ves-
sci were lucky enough to pass
these barriers, it still would
be necessary to run the Brit
ish blockade which is main
tanned along the Italian East
African coastline. There are
very few ports here where
heavy cargo could be dis
charged. The only port in
Italian possession connected
with the interior by rail is
Djibuti, in French Somali-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

Monday was the 10Th birthday
of Robert White, former Stadium
high school student, who has re-
Gently joined the I'D Seaforth
Highlanders regiment at Van
couver. B. c.. the same regiment
in which his father served during
the first World war.
Bob is the son of Mrs. Y. NJ.
Preston. formerly pastor of the
Spiritual Christian church in Ia
coma. She removed to Vancouver
last December /, Bob accompany
ing her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
3 WPA Allotments
Announced by Coffee

Congressman Coffee in Wash
ington, d. c.. announced Monday
three WPA allotments totalling
s63.O65 have been approved by
President Roosevelt for the cities
" Renton. Puyallup and Issaquah.
The WPA granted $36.23e for
the Renton project to be used in
eity-wide improvement of streets
and alleys: $14.427 for the huild-
Ing Of an administration building.
barns. machine sheds, plumbing
and heating at the Washington
State College Experiment station
1t Puyailup. and $12.39e for sewer
construction at Issaquah.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
kNIGHTIY SLEEP

Upon being created Knight of
the Garter man must wear part
of the insignia of the order day
and night. Most of the knights
wear the silver badge of the order
during their sleep.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09

NEW YORk-The German fifth
column to watch Is the slick. elo-
quent and beautifully organized
attack on gold-particularly ours.
Herr Hitler Is putting Wall streets
money experts in their first real
funk Of the war because of the fair
chance that the Nazis will make
good on their present snt-gold
propaganda.
The threat is not To demonetize
gold. which is nonsense. but to get
il. which is not. The cleverness of
the gold war. which Germany Is
preparing as carefully as the at
tack on England. turns on the fact
that as usual Berlin's propaganda
states the aim but conceals the
method. This is not to repudiate
gold entirely. as claimed. but to
restrict it to the function of inter
national clearance. Since most
nations. including the U. s., have
Dttn bpti dliils Oi just liidN pdsia
for years. Germany's gold talk is
simply a bid for enough metal to
do the same.
The reputation talk. TO
Wall street. Is warning that
unless L. :. gold gets to Eu-
rope. and provides the basis
for exchange. II won't be worth
much to us. The sinister twist
of this propaganda Is that II is
the truth. It's pure pressure
talk, ON the other hand. for
Germany TO promise repudia-
ton II we don't come through.
Hitler's vast new Continental
bloc is still not big enough. does
not monopolize enough of the
worlds industry and commerce, to
set the monetary pace for the
world. There are too many nations
outside the German orbit that are
both highly industrialized and gold
producers which will wage a none
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Toy Designer Warns
AGAINST War" TOYS

PITTSBURGH-War toys should
be kept from the hands of young
children, believes Anne Farrell. toy
designer. She recently returned
from Sweden where she was called
to design playthings used in ex-
perimental education.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-09
Police Losso Horse
From q Petrol Car

MILTON, Mass.-When a runa-
way horse raced through city
streets. Patrolmsn Thomas Gala
han stopped the animal with a
lasso thrown from the running
board Of a pursuing police car.