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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
What Others Say About The Merry Co. Round
USUALLY RIGHT

Suffolk, Va, News Herald: "If
their statement is correct, and their
statements usually are correct. dis
closure by Drew Pearson and Bob
Allen, authors of The Washington
Merry Go-Round column, Colonel
Frank Knox, the Chicago publisher
who was the Republican candidate
for Vice-President in 1885, is, to
say the least, astounding"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Selected Poem
PORTRAIT OF A JACK-oF-ALL-T TRADES

Ielen Rowland Prommel in the New York Sun
Look at your grandmas patchwork quilt
The one that was made of this and that
A piece of silk from favorite hat,
Muslin patches and linen pieces
Saved from the dresses of aunts and nieces;
Bingham, satin and calico
Fastened together row on row
without any motive for where they go
Except, perhaps that they fit the BEST
A piece of lining from grandpa's vest
Joined without any rhine or reason
To velvet that grandma wore one season;
The whole of it bright as a garden bed
With orange, violet and blue and red,
And Misunderstanding to box it in,
And rows of quilting neat as pin.
Get out your grandma's quilt and see
multicolored picture of me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
THEY OUGHT TO KNOW

Shenandoah, la, Sentinel: "The
Washington columnists Drew Pear
son and Robert Allen confirm what
many people have guessed regard
ing the activity of former President
Hoover that he is again a
candidate for the presidency, and
failing in this, he desires to control
the party machinery in 1870"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Daily Almanac
Moon rises 4:53 a. IN.

Moon rises 4:53 a. m.
Sun rises TOO a. M; sets 5:12 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The New England cold wave will break this
month. It's easy to say that, but all the
signs point towards it. 1t may be within the
next week, too, that the break will come, ac-
companied by either rain or snow, probably
the latter and In greater quantity than we
have hitherto enjoyed this winter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
WOMAN. 8. SEES FIRST FAIR

Greenwood, S. C.-lUP)--F'ound
"a woman who has lived In q
rural county SO years and never
attended TIE county fair. Mrs. p. B.
Dorm made her first visit. to the
Greenwood county fair this year,
and was so pleased she already Is
planning to enter an exhibit next
year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
BRASS TACKS

Akron, O., Beacon-Journal: ZAP
pointment of Charles Edison as Sec
rotary of the Navy is gratifying to
Akronites -. A story typical of
Edison was told several days ago
in The Washington Merry Go
Round. For years the army and
navy had carried on senseless feud
over their respective rights :. (.
But with Edison the sole consider
alton is effective national defense
-. So now the fued has been
stopped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
SELDOM GO WRONG

Galveston, Tex, News: Secretary
Hull told reporters that he knew
nothing of reports that he was
President Roosevelt's choice for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
The reports in. question probably are
those given currency in a recent re-
lease of The Washington Merry
o-Round =. Pearson and Allen
seldom go wrong on inside Wash
ington developments, but it is hard
to believe that Mr.. Roosevelt has
given up the idea Of forcing the
Democratic party to accept g 100
per cent New Dealer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
TIP-6FF

Mobile, Ala, Times: Each of the
destroyers that visited Mobile re-
Gently is on the list of U. S. Navy
craft that at present is the center
of sound and fury in Washington.
The storm gathered when Drew
Pearson and Bob Allen in their
Merry Co Round column said: =.
the crack new destroyers of the An
derson class were built with too
much weight above the water-line,
so that they are inclined to be top
heavy"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

orders issued by Attorney Cen
eral Bob Jackson was that the
FBI stop using private Industrial
detectives to uncover sabotage.
Jackson believes that government
agents only should be used ON
government work. The two
rival House floor leaders, Demo-
cratic Sam Rayburn and Repub-
lican Joe Martin, are so popular
personally with their colleagues
that when they rise to make one
of their infrequent speeches DEM
ocrats and Republicans join in
giving them big hand. :. !. Rated
by Democratic leaders as one of
the most effective party activi-
ties in the Middle West is the
Altgeld Forum in Chicago, named
after Illinois famed reform Gov
ernor of the early '9O's. Prominent
in it is Gael Sullivan, handsome
young assistant to Mayor Ed
ward Kelly, whom politicos have
marked down as a conner in the
public arena.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
F. DR.. CAN TAKE 1T

Winston Salem, N. c., Journal:
1.-The President of the United States
is no exception to the grandfathers
who have their rest disturbed by the
youngsters, according to Washing
ton Merry Co Round, but he takes
punishment with more equanimity
than the average grandfather. In
his case great grandmother was
among the ring leaders in the dis
turbance."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Questions
and Answers

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DEMOCRATS SERVICE BIO.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, D. c.
O. What wages did steam shovel
engineers and crane men, receive
working on the Panama Canal IN
1909?
A. Steam shovel engineers re-
ceived $40 q month and crane men
received $185 a month.
@. Please name some of the lead
ing swing band drummers?
A. Ray Badouc, Buddy Rich,
Tony Briglia, Sonny Greer, James
Crawford, Joe Jones, O'Neil Spencer,
Charley Blake, George Whettling,
Gene Krupa, Ray Mckinley, Maurice
Purtill and Bob Spangler.
@. Did the Pennsylvania legisla-
ture have a hard time getting
quorum to ratify the Constitution
of the United States?
A. Yes; when the Constitution
was sent to the states for ratifica-
ton, the Pennsylvania legislature
sent out officers to bring in the re-
caIcitrants. These officers, assisted
by a Federalist mob, broke into
houses and dragged the unwilling
members through the streets to the
State House. They were thrust Into
the assembly room with torn clothes
and faces white with rage"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

on Lne HlalJO.
The oil os S al
In t ern a tional
Casino, W h ich
was the only
cafe in the world
that had eScala-
tors, closed down
CATER losing a
quarter of a mil
lion in less than
a season., and so
did the Ziegfeld
Midnight Frolics
and the French
Casino.
un d reds of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
In New York
Bv GEORGE ROSS

New York. Feb. 5-The Broad
way pall-bearers can't understand
it. For the first time within
memory OF the Oldest denizen,
there isn't a mammoth cabaret
and floor show, save a sepian one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

If you went a copy Of the book
let SEA FOOD COOKING" send
to The Waterbury Democrats WASH
ingtOn Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. G. Enclose
10 cents i'm postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Current Comment

Imagination cannot grasp just
what it Is to deal with when over
100000 persons are suddenly up
rooted from their homes under such
conditions as a war crisis brings
with it.-MisS Anne Morgan, presi-
dent, American Friends of France.
-
Women have been the initiators
of practically every humanitarian
project this or any other country
has enjoyed. They have earned
rights Mrs. Linda P. Littlejohn,
president, Equal Rights Inter-
national.
No group in the United States to-
day is in the position Of presenting
any single formula for the solution
Of the ills arising out Of tinemploy-
ment. -John L. Lewis, president,
CIO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
A Thought for Today

The Lord is far from the wicked: but ne near
eth the prayer Of the righteOus-ProVerDs l0'S7'
Practice in life whatever you pray for, and
God win give it to you more abundantly.-Pusey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
The word ''the" used as an
essential part Of . proper
name or title is capitalized;
rs, The Hague; the Adjutant
General; The Netherlands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

There may be shortage of vegetables
right now due to the cold weather in
southern areas, but at any rate we have
a swell ice crop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
Washington Merry Go-Round

DREW PEA & ) o N
ROBERT S. ALLEN

February You can rest easy about any taxes this
Wifuly Suggested"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

@. Which English words contain
all the vowels in their proper Or
der?
A. There are three: absteniouS,
facetious and arsenious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

@. What causes the zodiacal light
the faint nebulous light seen in the
west after twilight, and in the east
before dawn?
A. 1t is believed to be sunlight
reflected from multitudes Of me-
teors revolving about the sun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
WAITING, WAITING,
WAITING, WAITING

Paul Whiteman was showing an
out-of-town friend around the
Broadway area, when the visitor
noticed group of men loafing
at a corner. He asked who they
were.
They're actors waiting for
vaudeville to come back" Paul eX-
planned.
But that big man on the edge
of the crowd doesn't look like an
actor" the visitor retorted.
Hes not" Paul explained, "he
is locksmith waiting for, the
horses to come back!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
COUNTERFEIT
STANDS OUTS

For many years l have been
watching bank clerks, postal en-
ployes and theater cashiers give
each bill they received a tug or
two. I always imagined they were
testing the quality of the paper
to see if the bills were phony. 1t
seems not. They were flattening
the bill, my bank teller informs
me, to make the portrait stand
out.
The one place counterfeiters fall
down is in reproducing the por-
traits on the various bills. The
act of flattening makes the por-
traits stand out clearly and fake
engraving becomes easily appar-
ent. And now I know.
TALK OF
THE WEATHER
I spent part of the day COM
posing notes for long-range
broadcast to Rear Admiral Rich
ard E. Byrd and his men at the
South Pole, and it was a more
ticklish job of selection than I
originally gagged.
What the men who will be ex-
lied from the world for two long
years would care to hear about lit
tie old New York is question not
easily answered.
I thought I might speak of a
gallant gesture toward Hedy La
Mari, then thought of the envy
that would accrue in that remote
region.
Talk of the winter temperature
in Manhattan seemed a silly sub
ject to discuss with men who are
quite unintimidated by the Arctic
cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

pretty chorines and showgirls were
thrown out of work, along with
the rest of personnel, and their
ordinarily blazing electric signs
went into a blackout.
The experts can't figure it out.
Has the public tired of simultan-
eously feasting the palate on
steak and the eye on a show-girl?
1t looks that way. Time was when
these leviathan night clubs were
the gold mines of Broadway, but
the recession (by the way, what
ever did become of that euphe-
mistic word for repressionO set
in lately.
The public suddenly turned APP
athletic and refused to attend, al
though the floor shows were big
ger, better (and incidentally, more
nekkidD than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

@. How are the months and days
arranged in the proposed World
Calendar"
A. The calendar bears no year
date and is good for every year.
The quarters are qeual in length.
each containing 13 weeks or 81 days.
Each quarter begins on Sunday and
ends on Saturday. Each month has
26 weekdays, plus four or five Sum
days. The 365th day In the system
is known as December Y or Year
End Day, and Is considered as an
extra Saturday following December
80. In Leap Year the additional day,
known as June L or Leap-Year Day,
is another extra Saturday, follow
ing June 30.
@. What is the height and width
of the Empire State building In
New York city?
A. The dimensions are 1875 feet
on Fifth Ave-, and 424.95 feet on
34th and 33rd streets. The height IS
1,248 feet.
@. Where is the leading market
for exports of the United StatesP
A. Usually Europe. IN 1888. Eu-
rope took AZ percent Of our total
exports; Latin America ranked sec
ond with IS percent; Asia third with
II percent; Northern North AM
erica fourth with Is percent; Africa
fifth with 4 percent and Oceania
sixth with 3 percent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05
EXTORTION
DOESN'T PAY

Whatever reasons the Board
way economists have for the de-
cline, an irritated coterie has its
own theories.
1t holds : and with justice -
that John @. Public wearied of
these great big, impersonal places,
of being wedged into corner at
a dime-sized table, of being hol-
dered at by belligerent walters,
receiving Indifferent cuisine, and
then of paying a bill that some
times read like Exhibit A in >an
eXtortion case.
The impresarios and realtors,
nevertheless, have their head
aches, while the comely coryphees,
servitors and hatcheck girls look
forward to starvation regime.
The terrific areas of building
space consumed by those giant
cabarets at present are huge white
elephants and no o:.e quite knows
what to do with them, except to
convert them into dance halls
The place now known as the
Fiesta Danceteria already has
done so, on a serve-yourself basis
and with tremendous financial
success.
But the days of the big grille
show seem to be over. The poor
boys have learned that it is no
longer feasible to run a theater-
restaurant like no-bargain base
ment.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
FDR Believed
Decided To
Accept Draft

Washington. July 5.-(AP)-With
the presidential election exactly four
months off. Democratic leaders were
huStling preparations today for their
party'S July Is convention amid in
creasing indications that President
Roosevelt would break tradition and
accep: third term draft.
Talk Of a Democratic ticket headed
by President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull continued
to overshadow speculation by few
party members that the Chief Exc
cutive might turn down the nominal
ton at the last minute.
High officials based their predic-
ton of Roosevelt acceptance part
~ on the assumption that an eleventh
hour refusal might turn the conven-
ton into confusion from which It
might be difficult to recover in the
ensuing campaign.
Should the President decide not to
seek a third term leaders arc fairly
well agreed that he would indorsc
Secretary Hull.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
No Relaxation
Of Regulation

Augusta. Maine, July 5.-(AP)-
President Roosevelt notified Gov
crnOr Louis O. BarrUWS today mat
there could be no relaxation Of the
new regulations affecting the entry
Of Canadian citizens into the United
States.
The governor had asked the Pres
idcnt for a calhoun regulation to per
nit ordinary transactions in me
border towns. which, under the o!d
regulations. served thousands o.
Canadian citizens.
1T has been considered necessary
in view of the critical intcrnatlonh!
situation" the President said in d
wire to the governor. "tp institute
close supervision over all aliens en-
1cring the United States, requiring
them TO obtain passports rom their
governments for the purpose Of eS-
tablishing identity and nationality
and to obtain visas from American
cOnsuls."
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Round OF
Radicals In
Blast Probe
New York ? Ollie e
Makes Unprecedented
Effort to Track Down
Those Responsible for
Bomb Fxnl~~e'cn at
New York Fair

New York, July 5.---tN2)-All
known radicals in the metropolitan
area were rounded up tG!Iy dis po-
lice md" an unprecedented effort
to track down those responsible for
bomb explosion which killed two
police detectives and injured five
other persons at the WcrldS Fair.
Stirred into drastic action ny New
York City's third bombing IN TWO
weeks. Police Commissioner Lewis
j. Valentine ordered his entire de-
partmcnt to concentrate on the case.
Protesting agitators were hauled
down from soap boxes IN Columbus
Circle. the red rendezvous and
rushed uncercmOniously 10 police
headquarters.
Mayor LaGuardia declared there
viii be most thorough lnVcStl2a-
ton and there won't &c any lctup."
Two of those injured were in
critical condition today.
The bomb was intended . destroy
the British pavilion. Pvt on the
alert by a mysterious telephone call
Tuesday that the place is going to
be blown up" an employee noticed
d small bag in the fan room yester-
day afternoon. took. it to a deserted
spot about $50 yards from the Polish
pavilion, and notified authorities.
An hour and a half later the bomb
exploded as members of the bomb
squad pricd cautiously into the bag.
The blast was so terrific that hats,
strips of clothing and fragments Of
bodies were hurled through the air
over a 50-fOot radius.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
French Ship With
DaIadier Aboard
Reported Missing

London. July 5.-(AP)-Tho Ger
man-controIlcd Brussels radio in Il
broadcast heard here rc1ori"d today
that the 15.363-ton French liner Mas
silia. which left Bordeaux June l6
with former French Premier Edouard
Daladicr aboard, was overdue and
missing.
The broadcast said that former
French Minister Of EdECHti"n Del
hos and former Minister oi tn" In
terror Mandcl were also aboard the
ship.
The report added thH' th"v left
France intending to con;inuc French
resistance against Germany IN con-
junction with former Premier Rcy-
maud. that the ship sought unSuc-
ccSSfuIIy TO enter several pert, and
last was heard from still 1t sea"
several days ago.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05

Newton. N. j.. July 5.-(AP)--
Three Gernan-American bund lead
ers were released today in $1,000 bali
each on charges of melting racial and
religious hatred Bail was furnished
by Gustave Elmer, national bund
treasurer.
G.. Wilhelm Kunzc. acting national
leader Of the bund; August Klapprott,
camp manager and president Of the
New Jersey bund: and Matthias koh-
Ter. bltnd officer and trustee, had
been arrested yesterday at an IN
dependence Day rally at the bund :
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
President Outlines OBJ
iectives Which Must
be Realized Before
Permanent w orl d
Peace Would Be AS
sured.

Hyde Park, N. Y. July 5.-(AP)-
Five detectives which must be real
iZcd before permanent world peace
would be assured were listed by
President Roosevelt today, and first
among them he put freedom from
fear. and that, he said. means dis
armament.
The discussion during a press con-
florence came al time when Europe
is fighting bloody war and the
United States is Cmbarkin@ on vast
dcrcnsc program under the Presi-
dents personal direction.
This was how he listed the OBJ
jcctiVcS:
1.-Frccdom from fear, 50 that pco-
pic will not be afraid Of being bomb
cd from the air or attacked by am
other nation. That, he said, means
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
'*Safe And Sane'' Fourth
Brings Low Death Toll

tjonaI Safety Council. the fireworks
casualty list showed l3 deaths: -
blinded in one or both eyes, ana D
54l others injured.
Automobile accidents accounted for
At least 66 deaths and drowning for
35. The traffic toll thus was under
the normal average Of - estimated
by the National Safety Council for a
Thursday in July.
II lost three persons were killed
,v iich...ng-twn in Colorado and
or" in Pennsylvania.
Deaths by states r""'';''"r''
Carolina 8, South Carolina 3.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Tension Sharpens in
Balkans With Belief
That Russia Will Make
New Demands on Ru-
mania; Gigurtu Faces
Hard Task.

Budapest. July 5.-(AP)-Rcports
that new Soviet troops and mCChani-
cal equipment have arrived in Bcs-
sarabia. the province coded to Rus
sia by Rumania, sharpcncd tension
in the Balkans today and led to the
belief that Moscow is planning new
demands on Rumania.
In Sofia, Bulgaria, circles close
to the Soviet said Russia was talk
ing an increasingly stern stand to-
ward political developments and IN
tcrnal disorders in Rumania where
pro-aXis Premier GiGurtu formed a
new government yesterday.
Moscow was said to be particular
" disturbed over reports that 300
workmcn, were killed in a recent
military action against demonstra-
Continued on Page Eighth
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Roosevelt Lists
Fiiue F:Freed0ms
To
Return Home

Galway, Ireland, July 5.-(AP)-
Americans. who sWarmCd into this
irish port Tor "positivcly the last
boat" to the United States until the
war ends, began boarding the United
States liner Washington today.
The Washington, which reached
Galway harbor last night. will en-
bark 1900 Americans who came
here from Britain and the War-torn
European continent.
Originally listed to sail tonight
the liner probably will not leave UNI
Ill late Saturday night or perhaps
Sunday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
French Envoy
Resigns Post

London. July s. (AP Roger
Canbon, lie French charge DAFT
flares. Wa reliably reported tonight
10 have seat his resignation TO the
French government after delivering
a stern protest from that govern
mcnl t. the British foreign office
over the British attack on the French
fleet.
The French ambassador, Charles
Corbin. resigned last week and since
then CamDum has been in charge Of
the c.abHS y. Buth have been IN
London Il long time and have the
closest British attaChmCntS.)
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
More Soviet Troops
Sent To Bessarabia
New Demands
On Rurnania

bucharest. July 5.--(AP-RumorS
that new Soviet demands on Ru-
mania may be forthcoming circulated
in the capital today aS the new gov
crnmcn; 1r Premier Gigurtu went M
r. action 10 stvaightcn out troubled
internal conditions against which the
Krcmlin is said to be protesting.
Although without confirmation, re-
ports persisted that Russia was ask
INC for full control of the bridge
heads over the Prut river and at
REM on the Danube.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
ITALIANS REPORT
CAPTURE OF POST

po,oe July 5.-(AP)-The capture
IF Kassal!a. an important post III tnS
today today By the Italian high comman";
TT ItSlian authorities said occupation
Of the f post was important. ...
u XIV "'L has claimed KasSa!Ia W.,
.i ltS;'S from her in ne delmitatio41
taNe .ho horders between Sudan and
pasi Att,Iu il 1891.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05

Camp Nordland in Andover town.
ship.
They were held overnight at the
Sussex county jail and before b eng
released this morning were question:
ed by New York detectives in con-
nection with the bombing at the
Worlds Fair yesterday.
The detectives said it was just a
routine check.
The bund members. apparently
shocked by the arrest, called off
scheduled speeches which were to
have featured opening of the camps
.Nmmcr SCaSOn.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-07-05
Couple Killed
In Car Crash

Elizabeth City, July 5.-(AP)-
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark H"dSon,
Young Elizabeth City couple, met in
slant death last night when their
automobile and another car collldcd.
The Hodson car plunged through the
rail of the Wright Memorial Bridge
into the waters Of Currituck Sound.
Tom Brown Of the State High
wav Patrol sad that Emerson Roger
of Duck was the driver Of the "thcr
automobile. Brown said Rogers told
him Hodson was travelling at hlgh
rate of speed.