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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

soon get @ pamphlet painting In
glowing terms the labor record OF
Democratic presidential aspirant
Paul McNutt. The postage bill
alone for the baiTage will come
10 $4,000, The addressing Is be-
Ing done by volunteer workers;
the printing cost Ii o secret,
UNIQUE CUSTOMER
Believe 1t or not, but Wen
dell Willkie, No, utility foe OF
New Deal power policies, 10 o pat
ron OF the Rural Electr!fication
Administration In Indiana.
and Southern Corporation made
Wlllkle, whose Commonwealth
legal history BY opposing the
iva, II q member Of the Rush
County Rural Electric Member.
ship Corporation In southeastern
Indiana, one Of the most thirty.
Ing farmers REA units.
Willkie owns three farms In
Rush County and when the REA
cooperative was organized, be-
came O member In order TO OBJ
tain for his farms the electricity
that the privately owned 8. d. IN
diana Power company, from which
the coop buys It's current, had not
previous made available.
Other members OF the coop are
Representative Raymond Springer,
Republican, ex-Representative Fin
ly Gray, Democrat, whom Spring.
or defeated, and Robert w. Lyons,
owner of the international cham
pion Percheron horse.
PRESIDENTIAL
BEE" CARMODY
Some OF the political soothsay-
ers are wondering whether the
Honorable John Carmody, dy-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
In Today's Mail
OFFICIAL PRONOUNCEMENT IN
I.R. 4. STATUS IN IRELAND
ISSUED
Waterbury, Conn.
January 2, 1910

OdiAuGkJ q AV1V
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Hoping you can see your way to
give the same prominence TO the
following quotation that you gave
to the news article from London
under date Of Jan. 2. "Rumor Of
I. r. A. plot Is heard"
The following quotation issued
from the I. r. A. Headquarters In
Dublin Is an official pronounce
ment on this matter.
ireland has had enough and to
spare Of Civil War. AS far as the
I. r. A. are concerned, there will
be no civil strife here. Civil War
Is distraction, and q dissipation
Of our energies, that reduces the
international stature Of our prob
lem to a local one. It weakens
the national idea, creates bitter
ness, disunity, cynicism and makes
Ireland safe for our external
enemy. England alone would be
the victor, now. as before.
Nor does the I. r. A. colitefn-
plate any coup d. etat either In
the six-county or the twenty-six
county areas. This would mean
putting up q front from which we
must advance or retreat. Once
embarked on, It would have to go
ahead, irrespective Of the ccnse-
quences. That would mean iin-
mediate successor failure. AS
Stunning victory IN both territories,
we would then, with weakened
people, have to face England since
the re-establishment OF our Re-
public could not end with local
success. being essentially an inter-
national problem"
Respectfully yours
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

While Harry Bridges has been found
rot to be a Communist In an investi-
CATION by a dean of the Harvard Law
School, some stick to 1t that he's what
they said he was the first time. Represen-
tative Thomas OF New Jersey says he
(Bridges) is an alien who "has harassed
American commerce, bushes sand ship
ping through his position as a labor
leader"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

I. What ID jurisprudence?
2, Who wrote Tie Pledge 10 the
Flag Of the y. 81
5. What type Of canal Is the Pa.
mama Canale
4. Who was the first Secretary Of
War In Franklin D. Rcoseveits ca
binet?
5. with which college football
team does Nile Kinnick playG
0,What u the correct pronuncia-
ton of the word accented2
I. When II Is IL noon %. 9. I'd
In New York City, what time Is It
In st. Louis. MOP % G
Q. into what body OF water does
the BRACES River empty?
0. Name the worlds featherweight
boxing champion.
10. which President Of the u 8.
was called Father Of the Constitu-
ton? 9
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

manic desk-pounding Federal
Works Administrator, hasn't been
bitten with the presidential bee.
He Is exhibiting some Of the symy-
toms, namely q developed, though
perhaps not inourabie, publicity
virus.
He has oven taken 10 delivering
PWA checks In person 10 the tune
Of clicking cameras and radio
broadcasts,
In the days when Harold IckoS
was PWA Administrator, the de-
livery Of O five or ten million
PWA check was mere routine,
Only the laying Of eornerstones or
the dedication OF completed build
ings called for any ceremony.
hut when O S6,OOO,OO0 check
was due for delivery TO tho
Pennsylvania Turnpike projeot
the ether day, Carm0dy went up
10 Harrisburg TO deliver the
checkin person. Moreover, no
staged Q special broadcast dur.
Ing which no presented the
check TO Walter Jones, Finally
project contractors were given
the cue 10 bFlnGl their men 70
Harrisburg TO swell the crowd
and the applause.
NOTE-The other day In New
York, PWA divisional Chief Mau.
rice Il. Gilmore, called In his men
and gave them q pep talk on what
O great man John Carmody was.
Then as O climax he opened the
door and introduced them TO Car
mody who had been waiting IN
the next room.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
THE STATES MONEY
bridgeport Unnecessary

Governor Baldwin, in ordering At
torney General Palloth to take any
possible civil action to recover Tor
the state some Of the illegal profits
pocketed by the individuals convict
ed OF conspiracy against the state
In the Merritt Parkway land pur-
chaees. gives the parkway scandal
q greater chance Of q truls Just end
ing than was involved IN the polite
assessment Of $500 iines against
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
daily Almanac

Sun rises tbs a. m; sets 4:35 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
With weather conditions remaining ideal
through January Ice on local ponds and lakes
should be ripe for cutting by the first of Feb
ruafy. Only heavy SHOWS and ensuing thaws
would interfere with this annual harvest
which once upon time was one Of New
England's most important.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
Selected Poem
WELCOME 1910

Grace Miner Lippincott in the New Haven
Journal-C ourrier)
With no blare Of fife or trumpet
To announce welcome guest
Let us humbly bow and meet him
With no rancor In our zest.
At the threshold OF an era
Where great truths seem undermined
As we listen to the echoes
That sound useless and mahgned
Let us pledge new allegiance
without discord, without fear
To the undiscovered beauty
OF clean, untrammeled year.
AS we march upon this decade
May each transient repossess
Needed faith for further action
AS we look with eagerness
To the rhapsody Of living
With 1910" blend
That viii make the past prelude
To America: a friend. -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

sea-waves that deNtruyed villages on
sumatra and Java, causing the loss
OF 10000 lives, The dust was pro-
jected 20 miles In the ar and was
distributed 10 oil parts OF the globe
by upper DIR currents ana the et-
feet Ia brilliant sunrises and sun
sets was visible for many months,
q. Can O submarine send and
receive radio messages while SUB
merged2
A. Yes.
q, What Ia the name OF the ves-
sci that Ii carrying the sNDnsAss for
the U. 8. Antarctic ExpetiiheI's
A. North Star.
q, Please name some OF the i'm.
portant subjects taught IN the Do
troit School for Municipal En-
ployes.
A, The training classes, U2sS. q "
night by Wayne University IN CO.
operation with the city, include as
sessing, policing, personnel, public
parks, public works, office WoTN,
welfare, urban transportation aiid
general government,
q. / recently answered on I'd
vertisement Offering work 70 do at
home and atthe request OF the 90.
vertiser sent q dollar TO pay OK.
nenses connected with supplying me
with envelopes TO be addressed,
received ton envelopes with ten ad-
dresses and q dime TO pay for my
work, other letters have brought
no response. To whom should the
matter be Teported9
A, Report the case TO The Chief
inspector, Post once Department,
washington, d. q. Send 90 much OF
the literature from the advertiser
as YOU can, including o copy Of the
advertisement, and the name ana
date OF the publication.
q, Are common law marriages
recognized In the State Of Pennsyi-
vaniaq
A. Yes.
II you want q copy o. our
broeklet "THE STORY OF IHE
CALENDAR" send TO The Wa
teFbury Democrats washington
Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Warrington, d. O. Enclose ~
cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

m orse W h en-
breaking them.
A n d q IT err
they've appear
ed In print.
seh-retrihution
pains more
than II you've
kept New Year
resolves 10
yourself. COL
u m nj sslcally,
I've broken all
the 1889 ones.
For example,
! once vowed
saAa.@A A. -.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
In New York


New York, Jan. "A maga-
Zines legman COED today for Q
list of my New Year resolutions
and I fear that I was q dismal
disappointment TO him. I've stop
ped making them for fear Of re-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
The Anal letter N h kept be-
fore the SUNK mess" -,
barren. bAFrennessi keen,
keenness; plain, plainnesA
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
THE DIRECTOR OF THE cCc
Hartford Courant)

When Robert Fechner- In 1888
was called upon to organize the
Civilian Conservation Corps, he UNI
dertook q large responsibility. The
thousands Of young victims Of the
depression presented O problem even
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
Current Comment

would advise you never to forget
that tn countries at war there Is an
understandable inclination always TO
have the darkest expectations about
the intentions of the opposing
powers.
Premier Dirk Jan de Geer Of Bel
GUM.
Never allow yourself to become q
cease" II you can help It; and never
froth at the month about things.
Robert Frost, American poet.
In defending free enterprise. they
business menu are defending de-
mocracy, because without free en-
terprise democracy cannot exist.
Tom M. Girdler, chairman, Re-
public Steel corporation.
Now Is the time to listen to the
rule Of reason by all sides. The pros-
perity Of labor and Of industry Is
a whole depends on industrial peace.
Former Senator William Gibbs
McAdoo Of California.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
Washington Merry Go Round
DREW PEAR y o n
ROBERT 9. ALLEN

optimistic statements
wshful thinking will still
through
presidential convention won't take place this until late July and early
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

n 70 fOssake the Lord, and serve strange
rods then he win turn and do you hurt, and
consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Joshua 2a-20.
God Il on the side OF virtue; for whoever
breads punishment suffers It, and whoever de- =
serves II breads it.--Colton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

Eneioso q three cent stamp Coz
reply when aodresalns amy QEs8.
tlon os tact o. Information 10 TIE
Waterbury UcnnocEat's service ~.
reau ae washington tsegnI and
medical advice cannot Be given.
nog can extended research ~ In
dertnkem. ne sure ell 4snkl y nd.
dressed % The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BO.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth street,
washington, D. G.
TINE RnAaTnn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven OK
these test questions? Turn TO
last mage for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

q. Give the names and addresses
Of the 0uggenheiIn Foundations.
A. Daniel and Florence 0uggen.
helm Foundation, 100 Broadway:
John Simon 0uRgenheim Memorial
Sbi Fifth avenue; MurTy
and Leonie 0uggenhelm Foundation
i2O Broadway; and Solomon Z,
0uggenheim Foundation, 40 Broad,
way, all In New York city.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
HELEN MENKEN'S
ROCKY ROAD

ROCKY ROAD
Helen Menken, one Of the first
ladies Of the footlights, was re-
minisoing, She certainly has travel
cd O long and rocky road TO
stardom. She remembers oil too
viVdly those long sessions In tho
ante-rooms OF Producers John
Golden, Sam Harris and David
Belasco, remembers doing her own
cooking In O walk-up fiat In the
Forties just Off Times Square,
remembers playing all the dingy
and badly ventilated theaters on
the road, being stranded In tank
towns on many occasions,
She recalls, too, the night that
little Mary Macarthur, young
daughter Of Helen Hayes, watch
cd Miss Hayes and her acting In
O play together. When the per-
formanee was ended, little Mary
asked Miss Menken why she was
so mean to her mummy, And
Helen Hayes said: "What was
wrong tonight, Helene You were
not haif mean enough. Where
were the hissese"
Miss Menken remembers ono OF
her greatest triumphs, seventh
Heaven" which ran for years,
And how Its author, Winehell
Smith, was 80 certain at rehear-
sails, that II was doomed to fail
ure
BOB CROSBY
WENT 1T ALONE
In all the tons OF clippings at-
testing Bing Crosbys fame, his
kid brother, Bob, O hNsky-sultry.
voiced singer, went unnoticed.
This was unhappily so for some
time, as young Crosby went BARN
storming across the nation as an
anonymous crooner. Bing was O
little help to him.
One night, four years ago, he
was sitting at table just of the
Waldorf Astoria bandstand, think-
Ing how nice 1t would be 10 be
as famous as Bling, when four
fellows came marching over and
preached a proposition. They were
three saxophonists and a guitar
list.
Listen" said their spokesman,
I'VE have a band, the four OF us.
What we want Is O good looking
leader, a fellow who'll talk for us.
conduct, sing and get us organiZ-
ed. You look like the man. What
do you say?" Bob Crosby said
sure and they were of.
Well, this Is four years later
and 1t looks as though Bob Cros-
by Is as important as Bling. But
this Is the joker: throughout Bob
Crosby's career, not once has he
called upon his big brother to
push him along, aid or abet or
influence his reputation as an Or
chestral big-wig.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

O, When did the volcanic erup.
ton on Kragatoa occur that dee
stroyed half the area Of the island9
A. August 26-27, 1883. It created
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

Q. Can ducks be crossed with
geesep
A, No.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04
WHEN CHILD
STARS GROW UP

Few child stars manage TO live
down tho stigma OF precocity.
Usually O number Of facts con-
tribute 10 the professional demise
OF q youngster. A child star can
become "too old" In IN amazing
ly short time.
Like Baby Leroy, Peggy Mont
gomery, Jackie Coogan, Jane and
Katherine Lee, Baby Rosemarie
and dozens OF other mites who
have flashed across the horizon
In their teens, There have been
exceptions to prove the rule.
Mitsi Green Is ready for her
debut as IN adult. June Preisser
Ia another who lived down tho
child prodigy period gracefully.
80 did Madge Evans and Anita
Louise. And woo unto the child
star who tries 10 grow UP too
soon,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

ton the playboyish Tommy Man
ville's antics again. And Whaml
he turned up often In the stint.
A resolve to refrain from de-
scriblng Mayor Laduardia as the
Little Flower invariably has not
been kept though the nickname
now belongs on the shelf with
hromldes.
have broken resolutions to
exereise-by taxing from D2nd 10
bSrd streets In order to avaid the
stroll: to arrive ct afternoon par
ties before evening; TO overcome
microphone fright; TO extend these
metropolitan prowlings TO Brook.
Ign, the little known continent
(but never have been brave
enough; to accept Paul White
mans standing invitation and
learn the clarinet; to drop In on
Tobacco Road" once more (some-
how you begin TO accept that like
the museum or the zoo and are
satisfied TO have been there once)
and TO clean up O cumulative mess
or assorted documents In dusty
desk drawers land this is o re-
solution ! have faithfully failed
TO keep for decAde,) "S
No, I'll play safe this year,
won't make any,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-04

q. Are common law marriages
recognized In the state Of Pennsyi-
vania9
A, Yes,
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-29

invented there was bumper
pretty But NO
Stree folk and there Just aunt
WHIT they've
Hmmied special for the gals that ann
much kicked ABOUT
boenm o something about 1t got
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-29
GETTING YOUR MAN
IN EIGHT EASY LESSONS

up this set Of lessons that sure winners Read EN- from left to
Daisy Belle bound find yourself knowing just how to get
lessons
Plain Priscilla look mighty purity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22

tercepted the German ship Hedder- helm, 4947 tons, eight miles from land off the coast of Denmark. She has reported that the crew were safe and that she had sunk the ship
 Naval circles, discussing the sink ing, said that they believed this was the first time British submarine had sunk a German merchantmen in this war
 Naval circles pointed out that the British submarine which sank the German vessel conformed to inter- national la wand made sure of the safety of the crew before sinking the ship. German U-boats, the British said, frequently had diSregarded the safety of crews in torpedoing ships.
 German U-BOat Sinks
 London, March 22-CUP)-A Ger nan submarine was believed to have been destroyed in the North Sea last night by the Aberdeen traWler Star of Peace, 1t was learned today.
 The captain of the trawler re- ported that the Star of Peace had struck metal object and that there were three or four hard bumps"
 After the first impact the traWler seemed to slide over something and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22

Continued from Page D damaged the radio tower. The one that Squarely hit the roof Of a hos pital wing had caused considerable damage, but the x-ry room and lab- oratory were left intact and not even all the windows were broken. The physicians in charge had been standing in the reception hall at the time the bomb struck, German off, cers said. He ran to shelter, where his patients had been moved earlier.
 It was said that most of the bombs fell in the water and that the sand had helped cushion those that fell on shore. Except for the hospital the only visible damage on the island consisted of several part ly-destroyed civilian houses. The Hindenberg dam connecting the Is- land with the mainland was not struck.
 Correspondents There
 A party of foreign correspondents, flown from Berlin to Hamburg, was brought the rest of the way here by automobile, and crossed the dam safely.
 At one anti-craft battery I saw a hole in a munitions case where an incendiary bomb had penetrated and started to burn. The gun crew removed the shells before they eX- ploded.
 The Germans said the raiders flew between 1000 and 5000 feet from the ground There was bright moon which neutralized the effect of searchlights. The Germans said they defended themselves with anti aircraft guns and sent no chasers aloft. One plane was struck and the pilot a Royal Air Force captain, frctured his skull when he landed on the ice in a parachute. He was buried today with military honors.
 England Won't Believe It
 London, March 22 - (U.P0 - British conviction that the Royal Air Force raid on Germany's Sylt Island seaplane base did extensive damage was not shaken today by re- ports of neutral newspaper core spondents who visited the island and inspected the chief base at Hornum.
 The German version that on the entire island the principal result was damage to several civilian build ings was held to be unlikely because of detailed, mutually corrobatory re- ports of pilots who saw bombs strike and then flew over Sylt next morning and surveyed damage. They reported that som edamaged hangarS were still smouldering.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22
MAN
 TRIES SUICIDE
George Parfet ''In a Jam" Stands on Box of Dyna- /
 mite, When It Goes Off

Golden, Colo, March 22.-CUP)- Officers today believed that George Parfet, 49, had good reason for committing suicide, although he never explained it further than T was in a jam"
 Parfet, operator of one of the na- tion's largest clay mining companies, stood on box of dynamite yester- day and set 1t of. The blast dazed workmen, but 1t only mangled Par fet's legs. Some of the explosive had failed to go off.
 Bleeding, profusely, he dragged himself back to the powder house and pulled out another box of dyna- mite
 Stand back" he told his em- ployes. I'm really going to do it this time"
 They took the dynamite from him and called an ambulance.
 q was in jam," he told physi- clans.
 He died on an operating table.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22
American Minister To Canada May Quit Job
Continued From Page Il
resignation as cromwells only alter
IuII,s Rebuke Unexpected

resignation as Cromwell's only alter native
 HulI's Rebuke Unexpected
 Hull's rebuke came unexpectedly last night after the state depart lnent offices had closed. The depart ment's press relations officer tele- phoned the statement to press aSSo- ciation offices, although the usual procedure on important releases af- ter hours is to call correspondents to the state department building for mimeographed copies.
 The statement was prepared after Hull had read a transcript of Crom- wells address to joint meeting of the Canadian and Empire clubs in Toronto Tuesday. It said:
 "The secretary of state has now examined the text of the address made at Toronto on March l9 by the American Minister to Canada, MT. James H. R. Cromwell.
 DisObeyed Instructions
 "Secretary Hui found that the address contravened standing n- structions to American diplomatic officers as public discussion Of con- troversial policies of other govern
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22
GERMAN PATROLS ACTIVE

Paris, March 22.-OUP)-German Patrols have become increasingly active east and west of the Saar river on the Western Front, mili- tary informant said today, and ma- chine gunners on both sides of the Rhine have opened up fire
 The German patrols in the Saar sector often approached close to the French lines, it was said, to be met by furious machine gun and mortar fire. Several German casualties re- suited, it was said.
 Air forces were comparatively ir- active, but the Germans made two reconnaissance flights over northern France.
 The high command communique said this morning:
 There was calm night all along the front"
 British Plane Down
 Lobith, German-Dutch Frontier March 22--UP)--A British plane crashed in flames near here today after fight with a German craft. The British ship fell in Dutch ter ritory.
 It was not known immediately whc cther the fight aloft occurred over Dutch or German territory. The fate of the occupants of the British plane was not definitely eS- tablished but 1t was believed they had been killed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-22

Continued from Page D Donald Coster, was "wrecking" the company by his wild financial schemes.
 Bull In China Shop
 "Coster was like bull in china shop" the witness said he told Mer- win. He was acting too quickly and too hurriedly."
 Rankin said his company made two audits of the drug firms books and that in nine months the value of an item marked patients, trade marks and formulas" had jumped in appraisal from $10000O to $6O0,- 900. This, he said, had boosted the common stock of the company by $5 a share.
 "Coster was ruthless" Rankin said, but the reports I made were proper and based on the experience of good pharmaceutical experts"
 The first audit for the year end- ing December 31, 1925, was complet- ed in March, 1926, he said, and con- tained the item good will" with a value of $1O000O. The second audit, completed in September, had good will" crossed out and patents, trade marks and formulas" substituted.