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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

And with 5,ooO,ooo persons travelling by air in year, you might ask, who travels by train any more? Plenty do, as you might note if you made reserva- tions for California, Florida, or other points Long trips by train are still in- dulged in, but the shorter runs are the ones that show a noticeable decrease. The private automobile and the bus have factors in cutting in on train travel, so that is, perhaps, one reason why the railroads are offering such attractive trips, such comforts, and so on. The latest train feature to catch the fancy is the snow train. From now until late winter weekenders travel in large num- bers to points in the Berkshires, White and Green Mountains, and the Catskills and Adirondacks in New York state. Runs to Canada, too, are frequent, and you are sure of getting through via train, which is more than can be said of bus, auto or airplane when the clements get busy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

It is almost unbelievable to read the number of persons that travel by air during a year. It has been estimated that 5,O00,0Oo passengers traveled by air dur ing 1889, either on scheduled or non- scheduled airlines. This large increase In air travelling is attributed to a splendid safety record, to the extension of lines to Europe, and to the growth oi private flying. And another thing that has made air travel safer is the cooperation 1t has received from all branches of civil avia. ton which has adopted the policies laid down by the Civil Aeronautics Act of Congress as of 1888. Some of the i'm provements inducive to safety mentioned are the system of radio aids, beacon lights, teletype circuits, intermediate landing fields, radio beam and communication stations, and last, but not least, improve. ment in Weather Bureau observation and the transmitting of these reports. So 1t would seem that aviation gains more solid foundation all the time and is not so much up in the air if you can picture that contradiction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
A Good Start

First official appointments and recom- mendations of Mayor Vincent A. Scully indicate that he intends to surround himself with competent, trustworthy aides. Being consistent with the line ot thought that he took in his inaugural message the new mayor has seen fit to reward both faithful department heads of the past, as well as place new faces In other branches of the city government. It is evident that he has moved with deliberation and consideration.
 Retention of such stalwartS as Dr. E. U. Godfrey and Miss Grace White by the boards to whom their appointments gre entrusted is recommended by the mayor. He believes in rewarding those who have performed their duties so efficiently as to draw not merely praise of local citizens, but to win fame abroad In the reSponsi- ble post of Corporation Counsel he has placed Attorney J. Gregory Lynch, among the most stalwart and vigorous of our younger lawyers.
 The new Corporation Counsel will be ably assisted by Atty. T. s. Sullivan whose knowledge of the workings of this office is one acquired through long years of faith full performance there. The reward of honest effort and diligence is seen, too, in the naming of Martin Sweeney in the position of Purchasing Agent, an office of grave responsibility entailing both a practical working knowledge of the city's business, as well as considerable eXperi- ence. This, the mayor knows, is found Tn his appointee.
 On the basis of the first days appoint ments the city can rest assured that more of the same calibre will be made. Every one felt that Mayor Scully would demand a maximum of ability in any appointees. We know now that he will demand not only this, but faithfulness to the oaths that must be taken by those who swear to the best of their ability to strive for civic betterment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
NEW BRIDGE PROGRESS
Hartford Tim-es)

It is gratifying news that in the opinion of the state bridge commits sion a second bridge across the Connecticut at Hartford can be financed out of tolls not only, but can be constructed for e4,S60, 900. Particularly the latter estimate is pleasing information in view of the fact that estimates, beginning eight years ago at e5.0O0. 1000 had climbed to ST.000 900, which was the figure commonly used in legislative discus- sions this year.
 By bringing Gown the cost to a sum less than two-thiTds Of the top figure. the commission and the state highway department have brought the project within the range Of financial feasibility. It naay have been discovered that in order not to place an unsafe strain on the toll revenue it would be wise to reduce the cost of the bridge from the higl estimates. Tn any event. the sSotogr lsts who will have to pay for this Inueh.aeeded structure VII rejoice that they are to have the cons venienee ak . much lower outlay than had been expected.
 What the siHe of the foii charge ls to be hes not been disclosed and win bo another Item og keen inter. est to the prospective users of the bridge. n view of the leagg iuteg- ost charges during the early part oi the a5 yeasn during whleh ihe bondl
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Views of The Press

are to be arnortized, the chief finan- cial strain will come in the first sev- erai years. A plan may be worked out whereby the Imaturities will be stag gered somewhat to match the de- creasing interest charges.
 The most important aspect of this undertaking has apparently been successfully solved, namely. the H. nancial feasibility of the project With the money barrier scaled, the engineers will do the rest with rea- sonable dispatch. Motorists who get caught in Bulkeley Bridge jams will wish all speed to the project now that it has been placed within prac- tical reach.
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parativcly safe in the long winter nights.
 However, either the squalls were late or the Columbus made better than usual speed, with the result that the tiny British destroyer Hyperion, about one twentieth Is size, fired c shot across It's bow in perfect weather. Late that night when Captain Daehne and his men were aboard tho American cruiser and the Columbus was ct the bot ton of the sea, the storm broke In such fury that the Tuscaloosa was forced to reduce speed.
 Captain Badt refused to disclose how long the Tuscaloosa had been "taillng" the Columbus, although he said he heard the firing of tho British shot across It's bow. Also he says that the Tuscaloosa did not assist in the detection of the fleeing vessel, whose huge bulk loomed high against the horizon, an easy mark for enemy lookouts.
 ABOLISH ANNAPOLIS?
 The reorganization of the Navy that will be sought at this session of Congress won't be confined to an administrative shakeup # some of the Capitol Hill boys have their way.
 They also are gunning for enc of the cost cherished strongholdS of the brasshats-the Naval Aca. denny at Annapolis.
 The reformers want to abolish the school in It's present form. Representative Melvin ,. MAas, chunky Minnesota World War flyer and ranking Republican member of the Naval Aafairs Committee, has . bill 'all ready that would do away with Ann-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
When Harrison Smashed Tecumseh at Tippecanoe

Exactly 100 years ago, 1940, William
 Henry Harrison ran on log cab-
 in-free cider campaign and was swept into the presidency. Behind him was a long and c0l0rful from
 tier career, symbolized by his smashing victory over Tecumseh at TippecanOe In November, 1911. Freeman Cleaves, after years of
 fresh research, turns out 8 fast.
 moving, full-Iength biography Of
 the warrior in "Old Tippecan0e"
 (Scribners: S3.75). To read it is to rc-Orient yourself in American
 history from the Revolution ale
 most to the Civil War. A portion
 of the book from the battle of
 Tippecan0e is excerpted here:
 e.
 The early morning sky was re- leasing trickles of dampnsss when a few soldiers arose a little earlier than usual in order to rekindle t.sr fires and warm themselves before the reveille call. Harrison was up and was drawing on his boots as the orderly drummer stood at attention. The night, 1t seemed, was safely over, However, 1t was still dark ..
 The savages let loose an ear- splitting yell and rushed toward the lines, Harrison got his shoes on and called for his Negro boy George to bring up his gray mare. but the animal had broken loose from his picket. Waller Taylor's servant came up lending Q black horse which was offered, and liar. rlson mounted at once, summoning two companies Of regulars to rein. force the stricken line.
 That he was astFide Major Tay. lor's dark mount was . stroke oi fortune. According to the Indian plan . hundred warriors were to rush in and slay the white chief on the gray mare. Colonel Owen. fol- lowing directly after Harrison. was toppled from remarkably white horse" almost ct the geneTal'A side
 When Harrison drew near fthn linhl he found Enslgn John Tip. ton hlahtine down Q barrel. Where's your eapiaini" Dead. aiF !"
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apOlls As . undergradute school, and transform lt Into . special. lzcd institution with . two-year course for selected graduates of civilian colleges.
 Target behind this proposed transformation Is the existing sys- tom of retiring large numbers of young naval officers-ensigns, junior lieutenants and lleutenRnts after the government has spent millions educating and training them,
 Maas has compiled some sen. sational figures on this yearly exodus. They show that after fourteen years only 20 out of every 100 Annapolis graduates still remain In the service. The rest, he claims, have been forced out on various grounds to make room for the annual influx Of new graduates.
 NOTE-Qeneraliy agreed, how. ever, !s the fact that the cut. throat competitive system of the Navy is far moro efficient than the promotion. .by-age system in the Army.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle's wife, Beatrice Bend Berle, is e physician .,. The President is about to have his portrait painted by Cuban artist Esteban Valderranla -. A peace society has distributed S0,000 copies of the David Lawrence edi- torial, "peace Now" which pro- poses . ten-point program for settlement of the war, including 4 federation of European states.
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CONGRESSMAN MARTIN
Boston Post

The name of Congressman Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts, leader of the Republican minority in the House, is beiaag increasingly mem toned as an excellent choice for the Presidential nomination.
 MT. Martin is very able citizen. fIis leadership in the House has been touched with genius. Of his qualifications for the high post there is no duobt.
 Only the matter of residence handicaps him. If he were from New York or some Midwest State he would loom up s- highly pos sible choice. But there are hardly enough votes in New England to tempt the Republicans.
 If the party could ignore resident qualifications 1t could very well set the seal of approval on Congress- man Martin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
WAR BILLS
tNew Haven Journal -courier)

(New Haven Journal Courier)
 The late special session of Con- gress was called to devise e new neutrality program, but it produced several other interesting results. Among them was a bill introduced by Congressman Rankin to the House while 1t was idling about waiting for the Senate to make up its collective mind. Almost any ob. server, given just one chance, could guess what 1t was about. The answer is almost automatic: it would authorize new pensions. MT. Rankin would provide them for the widows and orphans of veterans of the last war.
 Now q Colonel John Thomas Tay- Tor, speaking as a member of if not Q spokesman for the American Lee gion. carries forward the move- ment with the statement that the country should take care Of "the dependents of those veterans who de" The all-embracing sweep Of that classification is ..stognding Those veterans who die" means n0tkinH more tsssssn them all as time has It's way through ths years. There arc no phrases limitlnl its apo pllcation t0, gay veterans wtah seFv. lee-cnnnected disabilities and tO 0nig khose dependents of pre-waF status what the Colonel appparently wants is pensions for any dependents allg veteran may have aeqniFed in the normal course of hls existence Ions after the war.
 Be offers this as Q lesson in the costs of war and insists it ought lo ns rssssa for. 1he idea itGeaf, Wssil no ileee soF ths added jolt os paFs nlent. r enough fc puk esrnss tae 1a1enaae. On ihnk hasia the United elals6 could not hffoId tho lasl war
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Selected Poem
THE PALM AND THE PINE

(By Lord Houghton, Boston Post Reprint) Beneath an Indian palm a girl
 Of other blood reposes; Her cheek is clear and pale as pearl, Amid that wild of roses. Beside northern pine boy
 Is leaning fancy.bound, Nor listens where with noisy joy
 Awaits the impatient hound. Cool grows the sick and feverish calm. Relaxed the frosty twine- The pine-tree dreameth of the palm, The palm.tree of the pine, As soon shall nature interlace
 Those dimly yisiOned boughs, As these young lovers face to face Renew their earthly vowsl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Which country had the largest navy at the beginning of the World War?
 2. Of what chemical elements is gasoline composed?
 3. With which sport is E. |. (Cur- ly) Laimbeau associated?
 {. What is the title of the cashier or chief clerk on board a passen- ger steamer:
 5. Into what body of water does the Ganges River empty?
 6. What is monasticism?
 2. Who was the youngest Presi- dent of the U. s. when he assumed office?
 g. When is Low Sunday?
 9. Which State has the largest water area?
 10. What title is borne by princes ranking between king and duke?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
Current Comment

If industry permits proflteering because of war conditions, it will inc evitably disturb the balance between production and consumption and possibly to increased government regulation and higher taxes. -0oy, Herbert Lehman of New
 York.
 This Is 6 war Of civilized house. holders formed as vigilantes against ganesters. It is very unflAtterias to Al Capone. but cannot hsip comparing them.
 Philip uuedaila. British historian.
 I've told Hy sons to fight fos iust two things-the defense Of tlieIr homes and the defense q lhe bilI Maj. 0en. slnedlsy Butler. U. s.
 Marines. retired, It is our responsibility 70 lend energy and diFeelIen io Inc ineifao. itHa foelal mogemenls of lhn nsee.e.
 Eo<inaF uov. John u. W|nan1 q Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

delinquents, penologlsts concerned with this problem will meet with more success A boy or girl below the age of 21 Is seldom lost to society unless he has some incur able mental disorder. In most cases he will respond satisfactorily to the proper type of lndlvidualized treatment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

conc rekuge - and had hot yet found the place where he could summon the muse. And so the cases of others so af- nicted were ci- ted.
 clifford Odets has found his eyrie in a mann m oth Village apartme n t house. He is up high, and in tho anarkF1nAnt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
Daily Almanac

Neon fIbes X.UH Q, DO,
 Sun rises Tii7 a, H,, sets ASA D. M,
 All vehicles must Do lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 It's doubtful If we get as prolonged Q cold snap as that which we have experienced for the Christmas period, This Is real New Eng- land winter weather and it may last two lo three weeks before s0ftening. But It'a doubtful f we got the bitterness in such big doses after this one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

Soviet officials are widening their cen- sorship. They are not satisfied with the news sent out about Russia's invasion of Finland. It must have made them feel about as small as Finland is.
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are an electric organ and gram aphone. There he sits at his con- sole and plays Q few classic tunes and listens to o couple before he sits down to compose his taut and brittle dialoguge.
 Maxwell Anderson owns Q stately house Rt New City, just beyond Suburhia, But he does not work In the house. Half an acre beyond 1t, he has had built @ little hut, heated for the winter, where he retires to write his dramas in one piece, not emerg- ing until hs has finished
 KOBLER IS
 CUBICLE COMPOSER
 Gene Fowler used to find creative solacc at Fire Island, accessible only by boat from the mainland of Long Island. A rest- less scribe, though, he needs the shifting scene in order really to get down to work.
 Recently, he safaried to Java and out of that journey emerged his newest book, "1llusion in Java"
 Arthur Koher, Q successful play- wright, short-story author and scenarist, could have comfortable domestic surroundings If he sought them, for his literary la- bors. But he became so habit uated in his earlier occupation to office hours that he rents e minia ture cubicle in midtown office building and hides away there when he Is at work.
 One with his office In his hat Is Thornton Wilder, most pedestrian, In 0 literal sense, of scribes. Will der walks when in the throes of composition. When he was writ ting "Our Town" he prowlcd Paris and It's suburbs for more than year, collecting thoughts and lines.
 When he was writing 6 new play in Manhattan, he used to cover the territory from the Bat tery to the Bronx before he was finished.
 sTEINBECK
 NEEDS QUIET
 John Steinbecks has said often that he would find 1t difficult to write his books in the hurly-burly of New York and, indeed, when he was dramatizing "Of Mice and Men," had to take refuge at George S. Kaufman's farm, tn or. der to sense his old environment.
 For he does the major part of his work on his ranch at Los Gates, Cal, and he Is said to get into the spirit of things by fre- quent excursions to the nearby Salinas or San Francisco.
 One of the most fabulous of methods for literary work is Wil- liam Faulkner's. lii his home in the deep south, he boasts that he does his best writing to the ac- compartment of breezy swing songs played on an old, battered photograph.
 Because 1t is difficult to write and change records at the same time, he employs Q small negro boy to stand by band replace the discs. The pickaninny has no other duty in his job with Faulkner. NIGHT
 WRITER
 Paul Vincent Carroll, eminent Irist playwright, became SO accus- toned to penury in Glasgow where he toiled as a Sl2-a-week schoolmaste: and wrote his plays in the dead of night, cancelling sleep, that he cannot change.
 Now that h; is affuent and able to live well and regulate his hours to a leisurely routine, he still seeks out the smallest room at the Algonquin, busies himself with other matters by day, and when the town sleeps, burns the figurative midnight oil, and writes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
A Thought for Today

Fer Che poor shall never cease out Ot the land. therefore command thee, saying, Thou shaIt open thine hand wide unto thy brother Co thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy And'- Deuteronomy l5:lL
 lie travels safe and not unpleasantly who is guarded by poverty and guided by love.-Sir P, Sidney.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03
In New York
BY GEORGE ROBs

New York, Jan. SLThe table, talk turned the other night to ideal literary dens. A scriveiier was moaning that he had drifted from office to hotel room to Q Greenwich Village flat to Q bu-
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If you want . copy of our brooklet 1.-THE STORY OF THE CALENDAR" send to The Wa. terbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. Q. Enclose 10 cents in postage. } Nl
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Washington Merry-C Co-Round
Year
NR SWSlss, IAN
DREW PEARS ON ROBERT 8. ALLEN

WASHINGTON Januay Walter Jones' who making highway history
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on or before that date, would his wife be eligible for monthly benefits under tho amended Social Security Act2
 A. No; she can oily receive a lump-sum payment because sur. vivors' monthly benefits d:d not be- gin until ieA0,
 c. Why did Sinclair Lewis refuse the. Pulitzer PriEo awarded to him In i0262
 A. His stated reason was that all prizes wero dangerous to true art- istry, that the Pulitzer Prize was particularly objectional and that the award Is made, :aot because of htar- ary merit of Q work but for Its ad- herenee to fixed standards of social conduct" The award Is made for the novel best depicting American life, by on American author pub lished during the year.
 e. What are gimmers9
 A. Young female sheep
 e. DO dlAMonas ever wear out9
 A. Not to any noticeable extent when worn as jewelry, but when used In industry they may Inst only 0 few weeks.
 e. What famous Polish prince assisted Napoleon In his cainpalgn against Russia?
 A. Prince Joseph Anthony Ponia- towski, who was given command of division by Kosciusko, and later made marshal of France by Napo- leon. Being pressed by tho enemy he rode his horse Into the Blister river and was drowned. There Is an equestrian statue Of him in Warsaw, executed by Thorwaldson. c. How large Is Jupiter, the bright planet now prominent in tho eve- ming skies, and how far is 1t from the earths
 A. Its diameter is ee,720 miles, almost eleven times that of the earth and 1t Is now about 450,000,000 miles distant. The closest Jupiter ever comes to the earth Is S67 million miles, and the farthest possible dis- tance Is 600 million miles.
 e. Where Is the mint mark on the Jefferson five-cent piece? A. On the right of the building, Monticello.
 @ Which of Tschaikowsky's musical compositions have been made into modern dance numberss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Words ending In . double con. sonant usually keep them both when Q sufilx ls added, as, success, successful; shFlll, shrllly, possess, possession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-03

your first lieutonantp" Dead, air r "x0ur second lleulonantsH s'1ead ulg." "YouF ensignf" Here. slElH
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Questions
 and Answers
HR FRRIIEllIC a. KERRY

BY FRRuEn1C a. KERRY
 Encloso . three cent stamp tor reRly when aaaFeealnR any qo1s. ton Oe enct eR lntosulatson Co t1e Waterbury lDemoegate Service 8n. rumm at Washington, i;egal uDu wAealeal advice cannot he gAven nar can extended research ne cn GeElaken. ne sure all mall ls an. dFeRen Co The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE oO REAu, lois Thirteenth Htfte, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR. a. What is meant by the term "two Dromios"2
 A. They are twin brothers in shakespeare's play. "The Oornedy os Errors"
 c. Is the concourse of tho Grand Central Station in New York City larger than the main conconurse of the Union Station In Cleveland, Ohiop
 A. Grand Central concourse is 275 feet long, i20 feet wide, and i20 feet high. Tho Cleveland concourse Is 2S0 feet long, l20 feet wide, and a Ia feet high.
 e. If worker who would have been eligible for old-age monthly benefits after December Si, ieSo. died
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e Which of Tschaikowslky's musical compositions have been made into modern dance numberss
 A. "Moon-Love" is from the Fifth Symphony; Arab Love" from the Doemo and Juliet Overture; and "No Star Is Lost" by 'Ere6 Fisher, Is from the Third Symphony
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e. Where Is the mint mark on the Jefferson flve-cent pieoe9
 A. On the right of the building, Monticello.
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TUE EDITOR

e. If q worker who would have been eligible for old-age monthly benefits after December Si, ie90, died