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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Selected Poem
SEASCAPE

SEASCAPE Robert Wistrand in the Christian Science Monltor) Leaving that stricter heritage of crag root, rock, and sea-swept beach, we saw the landscape like boundless stage and heard the sand dunes whisper eac hto each. News of the wind had reached us secondhand We caught the message in the highest trees Turning we felt the sting of flying sand, and saw the gulls in twos and threes. Time was a stranger all that day. But the red sun guttered out, and the tide came licking the beach where our footprints lay. We had not known how much the light could hide until night came. and we suddenly found that sea roar, rising. had rnged us around.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

A far-flung ring of airports to be built or improved under WPA auspices is the aim of this federal emergency agency. From July 1 to August A there were 72 WPA airport projects certified by the Army and Navy as having definite de- fense value All of which is of considera- ble interest and importance here in New England where national defense means a lot to the livelihood of every one of us. We are naturally concerned with the amount of work it means for our indus tries, but over and above all that we are concerned with our safety in the event of war of aggression by foreign en- emy Recently President Roosevelt ap- proved list of 36 airport projects, two of them being for our own state, which are termed of strategic value in repelling assaults from without the nation. The state airfields mentioned are at New Haven and Bridgeport. But the state needs more airport expansion than just this. We hope our present defense plans will result in considerable emphasis on such work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

There will be plenty of good material for legislators to work on at the coming General, Assembly session. And certainly if conditions in Europe are the same as now, then, it will be vitally important meeting. Connecticut legislators may be facing one of the most historic of sessions or it may develop into simply another tussel. It's important, though, because it's the first assembly after decennial census which imposes constitutional duties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Questions andAnswers
BY TREDERIO HE. KERBY


 EnclOso threo-cens seamp Cor reply when addressing any ques. ton of fact Or ineoEImasion Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau a& Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot Do given. nor can extended research be un-. taken. Be sure an mail b ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington. D. 0.
 THE EDITOR.
 e. What does the legal phrase ''lis pendens" mean2
 A. It means that a suit is pend- ing; that legal process, in suit re- garding land, which amounts to legal notice to all the world that there ia a dispute as to the title. In equity the filing of bill and serving of a subpoena creates lis pendens. In civil law it means suit pending.
 e. To what extent have the ex- penditures of the British government been increased by the war?
 A. Present estimates of expendi- lures for the fiscal year, April 1, l94C to April 1, 1941, are four times greater than in the comparatively normal fiscal period of 1936-37.
 @. Can an automobile motor be operated in the opposite direction from which it was meant to run?
 A. Not without rebuilding.
 @. Was Mary, Queen of Scots, re- lated to Queen Elizabeth, of Eng land?
 A. Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII, by his second wife. Anne Boleyn. Mary, Queen of Scots, was the granddaughter of the sister of Henry VIII, and first cousin once removed of Elizabeth.
 @. Are the Great Lakes fresh or salt water? A. Taken altogether. they consti- tute the largest body of fresh water in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
such work

True measures throughout the United States and the world as well seem as- sured Down in Washington at the Blu reau of Standards deep down in vault there are two pieces of metal which determine the weight and length of any thing in this country. They are kllo- gram weight and meter bar 1nterna- tional standards, from which ours were modelled, are also buried deep in vault outside Paris with three guards, two Frenchmen and one Italian, always in charge. During the last World War there were also three guards and the vault wasn't opened until two years after the Armistice when values were checked up again, even length and weight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Ten Million Acres

When farms raise more of any given crop than can be sold in the United States or abroad, and do 1t year after year there would seem to be two primary solutions: 1. Try to arrange greater consumption at home and sales abroad, and 2, raise something else. For 20 years a series of attempts have been made to accomplish No 1. But many people do not realize
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
HISTORY REPEATS

Hollywood tune history repeated itself recently when Victor Young and Ned Washington eollaborated on "one Look At You" for "A Night at Earl Carroii'S," new Para mont picture. Six years ago they wrote another hit number. "Sweet Madness," for Murder. ak the vans ltics." which Earl Carroll also pros dneed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Current Comment

Business as usual has charac- terized the first half Of le40 in this country. and one cannot help won- dering if it has not been too much as usual. -- Leonard P. Ayres, Cleveland Trust Go. statisticIan.
 
 If England falls for the first time the United States will stand alone in a hostile world surrounded by toltalltarIan powers who hate democracy. -senator Josh Lee, Oklahoma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

: Il 1. What are the first ten amend ments to the Constitution called? 2. Is there variety of stoneless peach?
 3. Which peninsula do Sweden, Norway and Denmark occupy? 1. Is the sun 8 star?
 5. What is a bronchoscope? 6. Roger Ward Bahson is bllsi- ness executive, a college professor or a concert violinist?
 2. Do jerusalem artichokeS grow above or below the ground2 8. Where is Trinidad?
 g. Which month is cfen' referred to as the Battle Month" in United States history2
 10. Who said "the die is cast?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

just a bout a s much in the way of commander ing in d u s tr ial plants during a d e f e nse ener- gency as it could do if the Rus sell- Ov erton a. mendment were adopted.
 Chief difference Is the fact that as the law stands now these pow CTS could not be exercised unle ss the nation were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

@. Was Julius Caesar born by Caesarean operation, as the word inn plies? Did his mother die at the time?
 A. There is no historical founda- ton for this belief Caesars mother. Aurelia, lived to 8 good old age, long enough to see her son the conqueror of Gaul.
 Q. How many Roman Catholics are there in China?
 A. The n umber is estimated at about 2,623, ,560, of whom about 1,50o,- 900 attend mass at least once year. @. Please name the songs sung in the photoplay '"The Rains Came" A. Students Song," Hindu Song of Love" and Hindu Death Chant" all from the "Lal Chand Mehra" suite.
 Q. In which years since 1899 has the last day of the century fallen on Saturday? '. A. According to the Julian Calen- dar 1799 ended on Saturday. but by the Gregorian Calendar 1899 ended on Friday, 1899 on Thursday, 1799 on Tuesday, and 1899 on Sunday, and the sequence Friday. Thursday. Tues day, and Sunday repeats in that or der every four centuries.
 @. What is the function of the General Accounting Office of the United States?
 A. To secure, independently of the executive departments and other spending and collecting agen- cies of the Government, the uni- form settlement and adjustment of all claims and accounts in which the United States is concerned, either as debtor or creditor. If you want copy of the booklet, Presidents and Their Wives, send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Wash
 ington, D. c. Enclose four
 cents in postage. :,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
What Are Three Years?

Many Americans have marveled at the brave patience of the Chinese, who, at the end of three long years of grueling warfare, show no signs of giving in. They have been driven back, punished with bombs, stripped of capitals and lands. But they have carried on, and they carry on today with no sign of surrender.
 Whence this patient, this ability to hang on and to wait? Well, the other day in bomb-ridden Chungking they celebrated the 2492d anniversary of Con- fucius, the Chinese sage venerated down through the unnumbered generations.
 Time in civilization so venerable, space in a country so vast, human life in a country so populous, are gauged differ ently than in our young and impatient civilization. Three years of punishment? China has been punished before. Slow, creeping, memorable Time, the enemy Of impatient westerners, is China's friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 10:i7 D. m. daylight tIme).
 Sun rises 6:23 Q. m.; sets 7:i7 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 There's an old weather proverb that can be watched for this month Three sunny. cloudeaS days arc almost always sure to be followed by nlpping frost. Watch fro them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

The foundation w as slipping. The walls had begun to crack. Daily it became more apparent that the build ing was unsafe for habitation.
 The reason was that for years before the erec- t.ioD nf the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
A NEW WORD
CNew York Herald Tribune,

Our infT1native colleague, the weekly ne,kspaper "Variety." has conducted c survey which discloees that the yearly return from the nickel.in.the-slot phcnogEaphs in the bars and griils Of the nation amounts to eie0. .0o0. .0o0-and this is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
National Spotlight
By BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrreSDOudent

Washington, Sept. 6-The whole argument over the draft capitap amendment to the conscription bill has overlooked the fact that under existing law the government may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "The people hus-
 tied about in great confu-
 sion"; say, Hurried about" but it is correct to say, The police hustled the lOiterers
 from the aisIes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

AON4OCA O. 4AoOAO14d4 to the imminence of war. Under the Russell -Overton amendment, the powers could be exercised without such conditions.
 PRESIDENT MAY
 SEIZE PLANT
 These broad powers come largely from title 50, section 30 of the United States code. It provides that "in time of war or when war is imminent" the President, acting through the head of any govern ment department, may place an or der for any sort of defense material with any person, firm, association or corporation, subject only to the limitation that the material ordered must be of a sort which the firm in question ordinarily produces or is capable of producing.
 Compliance with such an order is obligatory, and the order must take precedence over any other order on the firms books. If the firm re- fuss to fill the order, or refuses to fill it at a price which the secre- tary of war considers reasonable, the President may take immediate possession of the plant and, through the army ordnance department manufacture the necessary goods.
 This section of the law is actu- ally good deal stiffer than the Russell Overton amendment in the matter of penalties which an of- 1 fn11Hinr m nt1IroY. ceive.
 FINE OF S5O,OOO
 PERMITTED
 The Russell -OVerton amendment states that when plant is com mandeered the government must institute condemnation proceedings, with the court fixing what it con- siderS fair and just rate of com- pensation. No criminal penalty is provided.
 Under the existing law, however, no condemnation proceedings are necessary, and the price the manu- facturer is to get is simply fixed by the government. Furthermore, failure to comply with the law is made felony, and a recalcitrant manufacturer could be fined $50,000 and imprisoned for three years. SENATE KILLED REPEALER
 Three months ago Congress gave practically the powers granted by the Russell -Overton amendment to the secretary of the navy, as far as orders for naval material as con- cerned. Section 8, subsection B, of House Bill 1922, which became law on June 2, says that the secretary, whenever he deems any existing manufacturing plant or facility necessary for the national defense, and whenever he is unable to ar- rive at an agreement with the owner of any such plant or facility for its us or operation" may take the plant and operate it directly. Fixing of compensation to the owner is left up to the secretary.
 A few weeks ago the House put into supplemental appropriation bill clause repeating this authority. The Senate killed the repealer, how VT, on the round that the authority was in line with the powers in the Russell -Overton amendment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
A Thought for Today

And it shall be righteousness, if we ob- serve to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.- Deuteronomy 6:25
 Let us pray God that he would root out ot our own planting and set out there, with his own hand, the tree of life bearing all manner of fruitS-Fenelon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Washington Merry-Go-R
"A SEs,A &
DREW PEAR s ON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON septb Farley was eberant good hno when he beamng
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D

BUILT ON RUBBISH
 Some months ago large apart ment house in certain city was abandoned by it's tenants at the direction of the city authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

@. Can an automobile motor be operated in the opposite direction from which it was meant to run?
 A. Not without rebuilding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

at war, or unless the President had decreed national emergency due to the imminence of war. Under the Russell-Overton amendment, the powers could be exercised without such conditions,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Longacres Has
wo Important
Weekend Cans

LoNGACRES- The Washington
Jockey club officials today an
nounced the scheduling of two
important handicaps TO be staged
over this coming weekend.
Originally labeled The Spokane
Sundays mile feature is now listed
in Racing Secretary NJ. H. Morri-
sons record books as THE Brem-
erton Handicap"
The other feature of the week
end program will be known as the
Renton handicap, and is down for
decision on Saturday afternoon.
The intention of the Renton is to
honor the city in which Longacres
is located and to call attention TO
the Renton Rodeo and Potlatch,
plans of which are in the prelim-
mary stages.
The Bremerton Is expected
to draw from nine TO twelve
crack milers, some of which
will be making their initial
appearance on this years pro-
grams.
Among those prominently men
toned for the rich running are the
powerful entry of Al Rosenberg S
olimpo and Pala squaw; Paul L.
Fuller's Scaobard and Golden Era:
Ruth Parton's Lame Duck, and
possibly Prince Bow; Needmore
stables Rolling Ball and Miss
Lizzie; Mrs. B. n. Hutchinson
Pomkee; Mrs. George Simon's
Some Turley and Mrs. NJ. II. Van
Berg's Tetrashera.
For the Renton, Drigger
Brothers Jeffs Pride Is slated
TO make his 1910 debut. jeff
Is the lone performer In the
Drigger stable, and he will go
postward with the idea of
picking up where he left off
last year when he Was forced
on the shelf by an injury.
Mr.. Morrison reports that races
now being readied for turf fans
are the best that the Renton track
has staged for number of years.
He points out that recent arrivals
from Omaha and Canada are all In
top shape for immediate campaign
ing, and that from now on In to
the end of the summer season,
fields will be made up of tried and
true campaigners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Obscure Cridmen Among
Leaders Of All-Star Poll

ts.2ss: Kerr. Notre Dame. t2.ats.
Mackiewicz. Purdue, 3s.a6t
Tackles BOYD. Texas A. and
NJ. ss.sT2: cutlieh. Northwestern.
si.ai7: Stella. Army. sn.pts.
Harvey. Notre Dame. IS. 3ni.
Guards Smith. Southern Calf
fornla. T2,a47. sheetz. Xavier
tOhiol. sa.sos. Method, North
western. 45.6s3, BIRD, Washing.
ton. 4i,s9a.
Centers - Turner. Hardin Sim
mons. ASP: kopoha. chatta.
nooga. ~. 3e6.
Quarterback liennls. Purdue.
60,325, Sacoo. ST Ambrose. 81. 97t.
Halfbacks kinnick. Iowa, "a
9si; cassiano, Pittsburgh. 81. 27s.
Van Every. Minnesota. Cd. s54 /.
Sheridan, Notre Dame. 80, ae2.
Fullhaeks Thesing. Notre Dame,
7e.i03. Principe. Fordham. a2.1p7.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Sports Parade

eislized In sprints and mile runs
for no long that they probably
would call on John l.. Lewis OF
William Green for help II asked
To go much farther without time
and half for overtime. The horse.
to be quite honest about the mat
ter. has forgotten that he used TO
be bred for endurance instead Of
speed. and that once upon a time
his value WAS reekoned ON how
far and how fast he could 10. in.
stead Of Just how fast.
just what Young Vanderbilt
plans Ia do N no horses turn
up for the race hasn't been
announced. Nut . an, tho sort
of fellow who wants 10 IN
ready when opportunity
knocks. promise you that
the morning of Oct. win
find me trained 10 the min
ute. neighing softly. and wear
Ing . coat made Of tho stuff
Ing from my prty~d horse hair
sofa.
With $50 900 staring me In the
face will show early foot. A
steady pace for the first mile. a
game bid ~ the mile and a half
mark. run At the leader. on the
final turn. and tremendous cour-
age In the stretch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

CHICAGO A pair of football
players most all-America selec.
tors never heard Of moved into
the lead today in nationwide bal
loting for squad 10 compete In
Chioago's seventh annual all-star
game. The collegians meet Green
Bays world champion packers
Aug. 20.
Clarence Lorentz. an end from
Illinois College and Paul sheetz.
star guard at Xavier tohiol Col
lege were running neck and neck
with such publioity-get rs
Harry Smith Of Southern Cali
fornia. Eseo ssrkkinen of Ohio
State, Joe Boyd of Texas A. and NJ.
and half dozen others for posi-
tons in the starting lineup.
The leaders.
Ends Sarkkinen. Ohio State.
54.147; Lorentz. Illinois College.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Painters
Keep Their
Loop Lead
Swomp Com Club.
Is 10 8: Sixteen
Hits Are Collected

In one of the feature games
of the week. Turf Smoke shop
and GMC Trucks meet We'd
nesday night at Lincoln bowl,
starting at s:sO. Both clubs
are very much In the running
for top honors and both will
field their strongest teams for
the struggle. Hansen will do
the hurting for the Smoke
Shop clan while Kenny Iver-
son. portsider. who won his
first two starts In the loop
will do the tossing for the
Truckers.
johnson Paint maintained its
spot at the top of the City league
standings by trouncing Cam
marano Brothers Is to 8. smashing
out Is hits, off three Cam hurl-
ers. while Davies was allowing
eight well scattered bingles.
After scoring 12 runs In the
first two frames. the Paint
men were never headed, and
the Bottlers were held score
less until the seventh, which
didn't help as far as thrills
were concerned.
Elmore. komp and Anderson
toiled for the losers, komp leav-
Ing the game in the first after
being hit by a batted ball. Erling
rollefson scored four safe hits in
six tries to lead the mace swing
ers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Auto Racing TO Be
Resumed Sunday

Auto racing at the y. J, r. A.
sanctioned track IN Tacoma vii
resume Sunday at steilaeoom bowl
after a three week layoff It vas
announced Wednesday by Bob
Pratt. manager Of the bowl
During that time drivers
have been competing on other
tracks In the circuit about the
Northwest and the Steilseoom
bowl has undergone a thorough
renovation. The speedway 1T
self has been seraped and oiled
again while other eonvenlenees
for the spectators have hem
installed making the layout
one of the most complete Of
Its kind on the coast.
Sundays meet is open 70 any
amateur or professional driver on
the coast il WAS announced and
as result time trials have been
slated for l o'clock in order to de-
termine the fitness of the yari-
Gus newcomers expected. The
regular race events will get under
way at 2 p. m. Several exhibition
and novelty features are also on
the program.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
BY HENRY McIEMoRE

NEW YORK; my ears were
two inches longer. or II | had a
single fetlock 10 my name, would
go into the strietest sort of train
ing today to compete for the $50
0o0 New York handicap which Will
be run at Belmont park on Oct. 3.
The New York handicap is the
latest idea TO blossom in the men
tai garden of Alfred Gwynne Van
derbiIt. young man OF Manhat-
tan who Is dead cinch To retail
his title Of Americas foremost
young sportsman" az long rs his
money holds out.
The New York handicap
may seem just like another
horse race 10 you. what with
Its conditions that call for
three -sear-olds and upwards.
weight on a basis of hmndi-
caps, all To start from a gate.
all To run In the Same diree-
ton. and all 10 be ridden by
jockeys.
But here IL the catch about the
New York handloap-snd when /
say catch | mean catch II ia to
be run over a piece Of ground that
measures two and a quarter miles
To give you a true picture of just
exactly how long two and a quar-
ter miles Ii. let me say that II In
roughly as far as Clark Cables
salary Is from mine, as far as
Clark Cables face Ia from mine.
and as far az Clark Cables ears
are from his head.
am not quite sure that there
are enough horses in this country
that can run two and a quarter
miles 10 make up a field for the
New York handicap. Horses. that
is. capable Of doing the distance
in time that would make IT pos
sible 10 start and finish the race
on the same day.
American race horses have spe-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Tacoma Sporismen
Picnic on July Il

Tacoma sportsmsB.s sAsosia-
ton Is looking forward 10 its
annual picnic Sunday at Aullsn'n
Place, Patterson lake This yearly
feature draws out the members by
me hundreds. Bring your own
basket lunch, IL the word passed
out. There viii be contests Of
various character for prizes. In.
Guiding a rolling PIN throwing
contest for the women and special
events for children.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
ONERLIN'S CLAIM EMPTY
WITH THIS PAIR AROUND

YALE agreed to the Seattle en-
- gagement before his savage
non-title battle with Hostak in
Chicago in January, and If he lifts
the title is bound to defend 1t
against the Georgetown Terror
within two months.
With Jacobs unable To land Ho-
stalk, eagy Ken Overlin slipped
into Manhattan and took deci-
sion and the New York and Cali
fornia version of the title from
Ceferino Garcia.
Overlin's claim will be empty.
however, until he grasses the win
ner of the Hostak-Zale duel, and
the former sailors chance of do
ing that would be slim even IL
Jacobs and Druxman got together
on dates.
Hostak and zale, stand-up fight
ers, beyond any question are the
finest middleweights in the world.
Both are terrific hitters. Hostak
is as fast a puncher as you ever
saw, but fights in spurts.
Neither Is expected TO scale
more than a pound below the class
limit.
Zale is the only fighter who
didn't go down again after being
dropped by the smuggling Slav.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Many ans Bid
Golfers So-Lonq

More than 100 links fans were
1t the Union station last night to
Did the city's three national ANA
eur tournament representatives
so-long. Virgil Cliff. Larry Huse-
~ and Howard Olson, who led the
district qualifiers, are heading for
Detroit and the big competition.
The trio hardly expected any such
send-off. They imagined there
would be few close friends. That
vas all. But when fans came in
groups and bettered the 100 mark
ne players were surprised as well
As pleased.