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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03
. STORIES
 IN STAMPS,
U. s. Operates Huge
 Fleet of MoiI Trucks
AN automobile first appeared on

AN automobile first appeared on "A U. s. stamps In the 4.cent val- ue of the Pan American series of 1901, and the first postoiiicc motor truck was pictured on the i5.ccnt parcel post stamp, above, Issued Dec. 10, 1912.
 U. s. PoStoiiice Department to. day Is one of the greatest trucking companies In the world, operating a fleet of $500 trucks In i4i0 cities. During 1889 these trucks travelled 8i,835,206 miles, In collection, rec lay and delivery of mall, at q cost of $l2,0i4,300. The department also maintains 8 repair shops throughout the country for recon. ditioning of motor vehicles.
 In addition the Postofiice De. pertinent spent $2,530,iii In 1889 for contract vehicle service, In. Icluding 5i4 motor trucks operat- ing in l83 cities under four-year contracts, l707 trucks and 90 horse-drNwn vehicles operating In 7i7 cities, under yearly contracts, and 1924 vehicles under hourly contracts totallng i,7i0,640 hours. In the December quarter approxi. mately 2500 additional trucks are hired on hourly basis to handle Christmas mails.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03
CRANlUM CRACKERS
U. s. COLLEGES

U, D. COhLbuEo
 You hear about the following col. leges and universities. You read about them often in the sports pages Do you know where they are2 Pick out the right town or city after each name:
 l. Temple University; (O Pitts- burgh, tb) New York, Co Philadel- phia, (d) Paducah, Ky.
 2. Southern Methodist University ta) Memphis, Tenn, tb) Natchez Miss, Co Corpus Christi, Tex, (d) Dallas, Tex.
 3. Catholic University: ta) Wash ington, D. C., tb) Baltimore, Md. Co Arlington, Va, (d) Des MoineS h.
 1. Creighton university: ta) Tulsa Okla, tb) Omnna, Neb, Co Madi- son, Wis, (d) Atlanta, Ga.
 s. Knox College: (a) Indianapolis, Ind, (b) Galesburg, H., Co Harris- burg, Pa, (d) Springfield, Ill.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03
Sherry Finds a New Cousin

I read about your thrilling apart. ment-I got the street number out of the phone DOCK. And-I had your Christmas card last Christ mas--so-I've been waiting Tor you"
 Yes, Sherry had sent Q card One sometimes did those things to distant connections when one had no close blood kin.
 1T T see," Sherry managed to SYou-you are Cousin Sheridan, aren't you2"
 T am" answered Cousin sher. idan Bond, in Q still and small voice.
 (TO Re C0ntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03
CAST or CHARACTERS

SHERRY BOND - society girl
 owner of race horse, Pepper Boy PAUL WHARTON - . rival own
 CT, determined to teach Sherry
 that racing Is not . woman's
 game.
 SHEEP GRANT = young gentle
 man rider.
 WILLIE BOND Sherry's uncle, Q turf "advlser."
 YESTERDAY. Shep Grant, steepleshase rider, tells Sherry If Wharton had claimed her colt sch could not have entered Pepper Boy in the Derby. Sherry Is furi- Ous, believes Paul was trying to brlbe her Into marrying him. Red Soldier equals the track record In easy victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-03

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
To Feature Mexico
In NeW Art Exhibit
Preview for Members Sunday, 3 to 5;
Galleries Always Free to Public

the usual preview for members on
Sunday afternoon from . until 8
o'clock
Paintings In oil and tempera by
the Mexican mural painter. Ramos
Martinez. win be shown In the
large gallery. The artist was at
one time director Of the Academy
In Mexico and was prominent In
Mexico at the beginning Of the
modern renaissance Of mural paint
ing. The paintings are large, most
Of them formal In design, with
Mexican subject matter. At pres
emit the artists studio 10 IN Los
Angeles.
Life In Mexico 10 presented by 4
group Of Rolleifiex photographs by
Fritz Henle, former German pho
tographer. known In Tacoma ~ the
brother Of DR.. Anna Marie Henle,
one OF the first lecturers presented
by the Tacoma Art sssociation
when II was organized five years
ago.
English brass rubblngs made by
Hermann Williams y. for the
Brooklyn museum, New York, will
BE- shown In the small gallery.
Loaned ny Oxhelms
Rare old books constitute the re-
mainder Of the exhibition presented
this month In the galleries. The
collection includes volumes In vari-
Gus ianguages-among them, old
German, Dutch, Latin, French, and
Arabic. They have been loaned to
the association by Mr.. and Mrs.
Axel oxholm Of Tacoma
Lovers Of old books win enjoy
seeing . copy Of the Nuremberg
Chronicle printed In 14ss and con-
tanning wood cuts BY Albrecht
Dursr. Others In the collection are
. German illustrated Bible printed
In Cologne in 1852, . Latin edition
Of Homer bearing the date 1883,
and . copy Of the Koran. hand
written In Persia In 100. and se-
CURED by Mr.. Oxholm IN Damas-
Gus. Syria.
kohler Next Thursday
The Tacoma Art association
continues IT. art education pro-
gram In the community with its
series Of lectures and discussions
on American art, In the studio gal
lsry, on Thursday afternoons at
: p. m. Mrs. d. d. Schneider spoke
on the American Portrait and
Miniature Painters. while next
Thursday Prof. Melvin Kohler will
discuss Landscape Paintings In
America
The galleries are always free to
the public. The president, Mrs.
John Coldsbury. and the board Of
the association invite the public
to visit the galleries any week day
afternoon from 1880 TO 3 o'clock.
except Monday; Monday evening
from Z 10 $50. and Sunday after
noon from : until 9 o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
Lightships will
Be Replaced By
Floating Lights

LOND0N--Certain iightzhips In
3ritish waters win b replaced
with hight floats because Of recent
German air and sea attacks on
lightahips. First Lord Of the Ad-
miralty Winston Churchill an
nouncsd IN TIE house Of commons.
Churchil1's announcement fol-
1owed demands BY labor leaders
that Dritish iightships, unarmed
during the 100 years since the
Napolsoaic warn. b equipped With
anti-aircraft and anti-submarins
gunA Several members Of light
ship ersws were killed during Ger
nAanoair raids Iost month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09

WAsHINGT0S-The wheels Of
industry have slowed down q trifle
from their record-high pace Of
last December, but business still
In good. commerce department
economists said today.
They look for further slaeken-
ing of industrial production In the
next month. Beyond that, they
won't predict. Much depends,
they said on what happens in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
new BUILDINGS
FOR BREMERTON

DRENERTON The expanding
business district here will have
two new additions by June Is.
II. r. Miller. general contractor,
revealed that he had been awarded
contracts for construction u two
modern buildings to b completed
by that date. They are:
I. A TIVE story furniture
store building. 70 be located
1T 3e1-3e5 lth st., adjacent to
the Pacific Telephone q Tele-
graph Co. The structure win
~ occupied by ths Kaufman
Leonard Co.
3. A ene-story market en-
bodying $500 square feet, -
b located 1t eSS-6Se 4th st.
and 10 be occupied BY Safe
way Stores, Inc. A 6o-by-10e
parking lot, 1t the corner Of
lth Ut. and Park ave-, WIN
adjoin the market.
The buildings will b located
on property owned By the Brs'
mer estate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09

three months Of the European war
there wa. not only an unusual
volume Of forward orders but
many factories automatically in
creased their production to pile
up inventories.
Now. they added. the backlog
of orders ha. been trimmed down
sharply and production is being
readiusted to the rate Of incoming
business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
Wheels of Industry Slow
DOavn, But Business Good

spring. II war in Europe 10 IN
tensified. then there Ii good
chance that orders from abroad
will increase. AZ . corollary. such
q business pickup might lure In.
vestment capital out Of cold stor.
age.
In explaining the reasons for
the business showdown, the econ
omists pointed out that during the
last quarter OF 1e3e-the first
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
u. S. Era Rivals
EIizabethan Aqe

". LOUIs-Ths present age in
America, says Louis Untermeyer,
poet and editor. resembles the
golden Elixabethan age Of England.
He says both are characterized by
rich backgrounds. vast energies,
fertility. inventiveness and sx-
ploration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09

1fexico win b featured In two
= IL exhibitions 70 Be presented
~ IL Tacoma Art association IN
IL Collage Of Puget Sound gal-
leriss n ths tower and studies Of
Joass hall beginning Sunday. Feb.
II. and continuing until March ..
h exhih1tioa win Be- opened with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
DY DIR. GEORGE GALLUP
Directos, American Institute Of
Public Opinion

DY DR.. GEORGE GALLUP
Directes, American Institute Of
Public Opinion
PRINCETON, n. should the
United States government author
ise q non-military loan to Finland !
The pros and cons Of this ques-
ton will be discussed In congress
In the coming weeks. Since the
public has, for the most part. not
heard the loan proposal debated
in full. public opinion at this stage
Ia significant only AZ evidence Of
the extent Of American sympathy
for Finland.
To obtain some indication of
opinion toward the loan at this
early stage, the American Insti-
tuts has polled the country on the
following question:
"Some members Of congress
favor eur government lending
FINLAND money to buy farm
products and other non-mili-
tary supplies In this country.
Others Soy this might get NJ
into war. Do you think the
government should lend money
10 Finland.
Those with opinions voted a. fol-
lows:
Should Lend ........... 66ee
Should Not Lend ...... <2%
A small eroup-s per cent-ex-
pressed no opinion.
This vote should by no means
BE- taken a. . final expression Of
sentiment, for when the national
discussion Of the Finnish loan
brings all the implications to pub
lie attention. opinion may easily
change. The survey results are
interesting, nevertheless, for two
reasons:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
MILL WATCHMAN KILLED

WARRINGTON, Ore Charles
Kindred, 81, Waterman at Youngs
Bay Lumber company sawmill,
was killed Wednesday when 4
collapsing bin buried him in a pile
of sawdust and blocks of wood.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
Finnish Loan Favored by
Small Majority in America
y HsHo

First, sentiment at the start Of
the debate 10 rather evenly divided.
While the majority favor the loan.
the vote for 1t is by no means over
whelming.
Second, the strength Of support
for the loan In revealed by the
fact that even when the possibility
Of war Ia suggested in the survey
question, q ma jority favor the loan.
LOAN FOR MILITARY
SUPPLIES OPPOSED
The present loan proposal, first
outlined by President Roosevelt,
specifies that the money may Be-
spent only on supplies of a nom
military character. Is the public
disposed to 60 farther and grant
a loan which could be used for war
supplies?
Sentiment on this issue was test
ed in q second question in today's
survey. Those voters who said they
approved a non-military loan were
then asked:
"Would you favor the Unit
ed States government lending
money to Finland for airpianes,
arms and other war mate
rails ?"
The vote was nearly two to one
against this proposal:
Yes SUTo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-09
PLANE TALK

Frank McHugh set up . work
shop in his home and is teaching
his son, Peter. the use Of planes,
saws. etc.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Sen. Hiram Johnson
To Break Silence.
Support winkie
Veteran Statesman who
Backed Roosevelt in
1892 Swings Away

CHICAGO, Oct. Is. (UP)
The Republican national
committee announced today
that Sen. Hiram Johnson, R.,
Calf, will announce his sup
port of COP. Presidential Nominee
Wendell L. Willkie in a broadcast
address from Washington at Z pm.
psf, Friday. The speech will be car
ried by Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
tenn.
Sen. johnson was an original
Roosevelt man, actively supporting
the President in 1882. His swing
to Willkie was major catastrophe
for the Democratic party and one
which, many observers believed,
might help to place California in
the Willkie ranks Nov. 5.
Sen. Johnson's decision had been
anxiously awaited by Republicans
and Democrats alike since PreSi-
dent Roosevelt before the August
primary election, told reporters that
"by no stretch of the imagination
could Sen. Johnson be called a
liberal.
The veteran California statesman
is noted for disregarding party lines
to follow his convictions.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Hemisphere Pact
For Defense Under
Way in Argentina
Combination of All
American Nations May
Challenge DictatOrs

BUENOS AIRES, Argenti-
ma. Oct. Is. (UP)-The Unit
ed States has started negotia-
tions with key South Amerl-
can countries for a diploma
tic and military agreement, almost
approximating an alliance, for total
defense of the western hemisphere
against aggression, an authoritative
source said today.
Under the proposed agreement ma
val, airplane and army bases would
be made available for mutual defense
among the republics of the western
hemisphere.
So far-reaching are negotiations,
according to authoritative informa-
ton. that they would provide If
successful for new bases for the
construction of which, it was lndl-
Gated American financial assistance
would be extended.
The negotiations envisage far
more than mere leasing by the
United States of bases in various
Latin American countries, accord
ing to authoritative information>
Instead, American republics would
seek to effect a grand-scale under
standing as the result of which
they might seek aid of one another
or extend aid to each other for
united action to keep this hemi-
sphere inviolate.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
wi||kie Campaigners Fly to Valley
To Boost National Aviation Day

Reception committees we're ar
ranged Tuesday to meet two Willkie
campaign workers scheduled to ar
rive in Imperial Valley by air We'd
nesday.
The air visitors will carry an invi-
tation to Imperial Valley pilots to
take part in National Aviation Day
for Willkie Sunday in Los Angeles.
Mcintyre Faires, chairman of the
Willkie campaign in southern Cali
fornia, telegraphed Fern L. Young
of Calexico that Myron Albertson,
chairman of a Willkie aviation COM
mittee, and Lee Bashore, vice-chair-
man, of the Willkie Volunteers, will
visit Imperial Valley airports We'd
nesday. Young was asked to arrange
reception committees.
Albertson and Bashore will reach
Imperial airport at 1:50 pm. and
leave for Calexico at 2:15 o'clock.
They will pause in Calexico until
I2:45.
Young said six pilots from the
valley would be invited to attend q
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
WORST RAIDS OF WAR SLASH AT BRITAIN
WEDNESDAYS THE DAY

Tuesday forenoon, authority was
asked to set up quarters Thursday
in the post office building in Ell
Centre. The draft board, made up
of John Donohue, chairman, Hen
ry Swanson, secretary, Minor
Simms, j. H. Edgar. and P. E.
Cook, will put in their first days
work then, tabulating the regis
tration made Wednesday.
Donohue reemphasized that all
men in the county between the
ages of 21 and 35 must register,
regardless of whether they are
aliens or citizens. Only ones exempt
are those already in the service.
AS soon as registration is COM
pleted, the signed cards will be
turned over to the draft board
and the registration total tele-
graphed to Washington, D. c.
Each man who registers will be
assigned number and the noW-fa-
nous fish bowl lottery in Wash
ington will determine which men
will be called up for military SER
vice. Those drawn in the lottery
will receive a 6O-question form to
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Gas in Pill Form Reported Latest
German Invention: Army Vehicles
RefueI at Water Pumps, is Claim

BERLIN, Oct. Is. CUP)-Reports
circulated today that German
chemists have produced a synthetic
gasoline in concentrated tablet
form, which, when mixed with wa
ter, provides a fuel that will oper-
ate any of the army's motorized
units.
It was said to have been in pro-
duction for eight months at one
of the Hermann Goering Works
plants in Austria. 1t was not spe-
Gifted whether the fuel would op-
crate airplanes.
Semi-official quarters said the
fuel, which German soldiers wero
said to refer to as sparkling gaso-
line" requires special type of
cylinder and that these cylinders
now have been installed in third
of the army's cars.
The process was said to have been
discovered by DR.. Leo Ubberlohde,
Berlin professor. and Eric Mueller,
chief engineer of the Krupp Arma-
ment works, after. 20 years of re-
search.
The tablets we're described as
vanging in size from one to thre5
cubic inches, composed of a Whitish
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Pasadenan Hits
Proposed Tax

SACRAMENTO Cal, Oct. Is tUP)
The recent suggestion that bache-
Tors be taxed to support unmarried
women brought reply today from
Richard Shafer of Pasadena that
sponsors of such a plan ''be con-
graduated with a few pats on the
back with a hairbrush."
Shafer wrote Gov. Culbert Olson
Apparently this neurotic plan
was concocted by few women with
nothing better to do . . Why
should unmarried men be forced
to support unmarried women? =.
A far more worthy purpose for such
a tax would be to assist college
students to complete their educa-
ton, secure a job, and marry, as
most of them wish to do. The rea7
son many men remain single is q
lack of sufficient income to SUP
port wife properly"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15

housing shortage would delay for
months the drafting of youths for
military service and that this was
''inexcusable, startling and disturb
ms"
Heading west across upper New
York state for a major address on
national defense at Buffalo at 6
O'Clock (PST) tonight, Willkie said
in speech prepared for delivery
in Rochester this morning that a
lack of quarters for military con-
scripts "can only be attributed to
pitiful inefficiency.' His o'clock
address will not be broadcast.
Willkie quoted draft officials that
mo men will be induced into the
military service until full (housing)
facilities are available" and that
there cannot be enough housing to
take care of our first increment of
new soldiers for five months and
that it will probably not be possible
to meet the requirements of the
total of 100000 for another year"
He offered this program "to get
housing program going at full
speed:
"First-Wc must have a complete
survey made of the quantities of
lumber and other building materials
on hand, the places where they
were deposited and the facilities for
producing additional quantities.
Second We should have a con-
ference of the leaders of labor and
have them advise the exact loca-
tionS of all workers who are skilled
in the building trades.
"Third--We should then have COM
plete plans ready not only as to
where this army housing should be
built but as to the way in which it
should be constructed, with full de-
tails as to where the men and ma
terials would come from, what
routes they should travel and on
what dates they should be delivered. y
The nominee is making a special
appeal to Democrats to bolt Presi-
dent RooSevelt's third term cam
didacy. He laid out an intensive
campaign for New York's At elec-
toral votes. He speaks four times in
Rochester during a two-hour stay
and will make rear platform speech
eS at Batavia and at Niagara Falls
en- route to Buffalo for his night
speech in the city auditorium there
Willkie will discuss military con-
scription and answer the questions
of voters over the Red network of
the National Broadcasting company
from 7;30 pm. to 8 pm. (PST)
He will be questioned by Oren Rott
jr., president of the Associated Will
kie clubs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
City Recreation
Setup Under Way

Mrs. w. J. Meagher Monday
night was elected to represent the
El Centre Coordinating council on
the Ell Centre Recreation board
which was formed to look after
the city-wide recreation program
approved by school and city Of
ficials.
She will serve with a representa-
tive of the school boards and the
city council representative in car
rying out the program explained
Monday night by Leo DeCelles.
Dean Glenn Kieffer, eoordinating
council chairman. appointed Mrs.
Angela MeNeece E. A. Nance, and
Mrs. Estelle Reid a committee to
nominate officers for the Decem-
ber election. Mrs. Wesley He'll, E.
A. Prince and Mrs. Warren Sage
form the committee asked to make
survey of future recreation needs.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15

exlCO, SdlQ dppIOhliIldtely 10 youiiS
men had checked through the port
at the border city and Chief Richard
Wells of Ell Centro, head OF immigra-
ton border patrolmen in the south
ern district, said his men had rec
ord of Is draft dodgers. How many
slipped across the border away from
the regular ports of entry, of course
could not be aScertained.
Mexicans who were born in the
United States, those who were nat
uralized American citizens, and alien
Mexicans living in the United States,
some of them with their families,
crossed the border in gradually in
creasing numbers within the last
week, Chief Wells said.
"A marked increase in the volun-
tary Mexican exodus was noted this
summer Immediately before and af-
ter the federal order for all alien
residents to register Wells said.
"But that was nothing to the in
crease in the Mexican exodus which
began about a week before the con-
Continued on Page 6, Col. d
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Olson Considers
Pardon for SIayers

SACRAMENTO, Oct. Is. CUP)--
Gov. Culbert Olson today indicated
he may grant executive clemency
to three former maritime union
leaders convicted in 1898 of the
shipboard Staying of George w.
Alberts, chief engineer of the
freighter Point Lobos.
The three men, Earl King, Ernest
G. Ramsey and Frank j. Connor,
are serving 20 year terms in San
Quentin prison for second degree
murder.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-15
Fleet Units Sail
For Hawaii Again
After Rest Ashore
Surprise Announcement
Says Some Ships Sent
Into Coast DrydOcks

SAN PEDRO, CAL, Oct. Is.
UP) - More than a dozen
units of the U. S. battle fleet
were on the high seas today,
apparently off for Hawaiian
waters to rejoin the remainder OF
the armada in mid-Pacific maneuv-
erS.
Eight descroyers frcm San Diego
departed early yesterday from their
base and were believed to have been
seen off San Pedro yesterday, when
tn battleship Idaho weighed anchor.
It was believed Admiral James 0.
Richardson, commander in chief, had
transferred his flag to the Idaho.
An unexpected announcement SAID
a contingent of the detachment
which put in at mainland bases two
weeks ago for repairs and person.
mel shore leave would not return
Immediately.
Advance is beng taken OF the
presence of the task force No. on
the west coast to send some of the
ships to navy yards for desirable
work. Part of the task force will
depart as scheduled. Remainder will
depart later in the week for navy
yards"