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The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1940-11-28
HAS VACANCIES

The federal war department
has announced young men will
be accepted to fill vacancies re-
Gently created in the goth en-
cheering battalion (topogra-
phic). The goth engineering bat
talon is now engaged in map
ping the Oregon coaStline.
Qualifications include either a
high school education or a
knowledge of topographic work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

One Of the most biCser debates held
b this city in many years was staged
last evening between Edward j
Ryan Of Thomaston and Chase Kim
bali Of this city, before an oper
mass meeting Of the Mothers Of
American Sons at the Elton hotel
Mr.. Kimball represented the Com.
mittee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies. Mr.. Ryan spoke as the
average American citizen. From the
outset Mr.. Kimball took the position
that America should repeal all ex-
lsting legislation which interfereS In
any way with giving aid to Great
Britain. Mr.. Ryan interrupted at
this point with:
docs your organization favor the
repeal of our neutrality laws and the
present johnson act?"
Eyes" said Mr.. Kimball. "Those
laws should he repealed"
Kimball outlined three aims OF
those who think as he does. First
Aid to Britain. Second-Building up
our own defense to protect ourselves
In case England is defeated. Third
Stopping all international gang
sters."
England doesn't need our men,
he said. "She needs ships for carry
ing supplies and needs bases from
which to operate" He urged con-
scription to help England If neces-
eary.
ut was at this point that Mr.
Ryan took the floor and speaking II,
an excellent oratorical fashion which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

estimated the amount Of grass land
that could profitably be plowed up
for crops, the government made no
attempt to stipulate what crops
should be raised. It's goal was to
get the maximum increase in pro-
duction without exhausting the fer
tility of the soil.
Also, it did not want anything
done which would reduce the cattle,
sheep, poultry, and pig population
of the country. On the contrary,
it wanted farm policy which would
increase the amount of fodder for
these animals and thus cut down on
imports.
Most of the machinery used in
preparing the soil for crops, was
manufactured in Britain. But a not
inconsiderable share was imported
from the United States. These inn
plements were mainly types not
made In Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
Life's Span
Extending For
American Youths

American boys and girls, from
age one to age four, now have a
mortality rate only one-fifth of
what it was three decades ago, de-
spite the special hazard from
automobiles to youngsters playing
in the streets, and their general
liability to accidents of all kinds,
according to the statisticians of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance COM
pany. This general improvement
in mortality among children was
the best made by any age group
during the thirty-year period from
1911 to 1889.
Life C0nservati0ns
Basing their conclusions on NOR
tally records of white industrial
policyholders of the insurance
company, the statisticians point out
that the big gain made in conserv-
ing child life in this country has
been due for the most part to sue
cessful efforts to control infectious
diseases peculiar to childhood, such
as diphtheria, measles, scarlet
fever, and whooping cough. Also,
the tuberculosis death rate among
the children dropped from 45.2 per
100000 in 1911 to SIS In 1899, while
the rate for acute rheumatic fever
is now only one-third that Of 1911.
Even pneumonia and influenza,
which for most of the 30-year pc
Rod led all other causes Of death
among the children. showed a drop
in their death rate from 100 per
100000 in 1911 to 27.5 in 1898 and
20.6 in 1899. Appendicitis mortality
has Cremained practically level at
10 per 100000.
Auto Fatalities
While total accidents have kept
In step with the general trend and
shown a steady decline during the
30-year period. this has not been
true In the case of automobile ac-
cident fatalities. Starting In 1911
with q death rate OF as per 100000.
the rate advanced to te.3 In 1929
and In 1899 II was still far above
the 1911 level. at 1913.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

Airplane services are bein GIN
augurated between larger cities OF
Ethiopia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
LILY PONS WILL
BECOME CITIZEN
Singer Files Final Papers
at Hartford and Passes
Tests Quite Easily

Hartford, July 10 Wearing a
serious expression in place of her
usual flashing smile, Lily Pons,
world-famous coloratura soprano,
walked briskly into the immigration
and Naturalization Office here at
3:15 p. m. Thursday to file her final
papers for United States citizenship.
Smartly attired in a brown and
white polka dot dress to which the
emblems of two war relief organiza-
tons were pinned, and wearing. a
brown bonnet, the petite diva was
questioned for about 20 minutes by
Senior Examiner Ernest ]. Hoover.
She passed very WELL" announced
Mr.. Hoover when the naturalization
interview was concluded.
Miss Pons came here for the hear
ing by automobile from her country
estate in Silver Mine, Norwalk. She
was accompanied by J.. Kenneth
Bradley Of Westport, prominent
Fairfield County Republican leader
and close personal friend, and her
business manager, James A. David
son. Mr.. Bradley served as wit
ness for Miss Pons in the proceed
ings. In three months, she will be
eligible to become citizen.
Her husband Is Andre KoStelanetz,
radio orchestra leader. They were
married in Norwalk June 2, 1888, af-
ter he carried on cross-country
courtship lasting two years.
Miss Pons disclosed that today
she and her husbaf79 are leaving
on 0 concert tour. at the completion
of which they will sail for vacation
In Hawaii, returning by clipper
plane. The concert engagements, IN
which Miss Pons will sing with her
husbands orchestra, will be in Mil
waukee, in San Francisco at the
Fair, and in Hollywood Bowl. She
said they will be away until the
latter part of August.
The singing star revealed also that
she. had completed arrangements
for her mother, Madame Marie
Pons, and her nine-year-old niece.
Vivian Solal, to come from France
to live at her Connecticut home.
They are booked to leave Lisbon,
Portugal. August II, on Pan
American clipper.
The child's stepfather, Michel
veBry, assigned to a French tank
division, has not been heard from
for the past month, Miss Pons said.
During the war in France, Miss
Pons said her mother stayed at the
home Of American friends In Vau-
cluse, and that only recently, she
had consented to leave France to
come here.
After leaving the Federal Build
ing, Miss Pons made a social call
upon Governor Baldwin, accom-
panied by Mr.. Bradley. close friend
and political ally Of the Chief Exc
cutive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
JAPAN DEMANDS
ACTION FR|OMU.S.
Wants Marines Disciplined
for Assault; May Also
Ask Damages
BY ROBERT, BELLATRE

Shanghai, July Io-(UP)-Japan,
in q vigorous protest against an all
legged assault on two Japanese
civilians by United States marines,
today demanded disciplinary action,
reserved the right to claim damages,
an dasked that measures be taken
to prevent any more such incidents
on the ground that they were harm
full to good JApanese-Arierican rn-
derstanding.
"It appears that cases Of such con-
duct by marines against Japanese
subjects are occurring one after an
other said the protest. y
A few hours after the protest was
made, Samuel H. Chang, general
manager Of the American-owned
Newspaper Ta-Mei-Wan-Po, was
shot dead by two gunner who fired
Eve bullets into his body as he sat
at tea at a Germanaowned cafe
in the international settlement.
Chang, graduate Of Haverford col
lege, Haverford, Pa, and of Column
umbia university school of journal
ism, New York, was reported to be
on a "black list" of men sought by
the Japanese dominated Chinese
regime at Marking.
Japan's protest againset the ma
rine incident was made by Japanese
Consul General Yoshiaka Miura to
Acting United States onsul General
Richard p. Butrick.
1t marked the start Of the second
incident in les than three weeks be-
tween Japanese and marines. In the
first, Japan demanded vainly an
apology for tn arrest by marines Of
Is armed Japanese plain clothes OPP
eratives who entered their sector
July Z, the third anniversary of the
outbreak of the Chinese Japanese
war, in violation Of an agreement.
Last Sunday night three marines
and several Japanese civilians en-
gagged in a brisk beer-bottle throw
ing exchange in the Japanese-owned
oriental cafe. Next day Japanese
embassy spokesman said tn particle
pants were intoxicated, that they
shared responsibility and that the
case probably" was not serious.
Today, however, Consul General
Miura said that after the bottle
throwing the marines and the Japa-
nese retired but that the marines
returned with reinforcements and
attacked two innocent Japanese en-
ployes of the Naigai Cotton company
with the result that the Japanese
would require medical treatment for
perhaps two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

Lend to Defend"
dig for Victory" is a call to
British farmers and gardeners, even
to those with small plots in their
yards.
The agricultural slogans are a
real call to battle. Britain in peace
time imports about two-thirds of its
food. In war, when ships are so
badly needed for other things, more
plowed land at home means more
ships for those vital other things.
Also, more plowed land is insurance
against starvation If something
drastic happens to Britain's navy
and her mercantile marine.
SHIPS FREED
FOR OTHER USES
So, for the present year, the goal
was to raise the area of plowed land
from 100000 to 100000 acres.
This meant blowing up grassland,
and the government offered the
farmers a grant of 2 pounds for
each acre thus used. The goal has
been reached. The result is a fine
one, because in 1889 there were only
$3.50 farm workers, compared with
982, 900 in 1914.
The reason for success is that
whereas in 1914 there were 1000
tractors in use, last year there
were 10000 and this spring even
more.
It is estimated that the additional
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

DanbuTy. Conn.,, July ie-(UP)-
Mrs. Albert schofIeld. q. died AZ q
hospital today from injuries slif-
fercd Wednesday night when her
bicycle collIdcd head On with ~ au-
toinobile. The driver Of the car
was William MelycheT. 20. Hawiey-
vile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
Building Permits

The following permits have been
issued at the office Of Building
Inspector John T. Hartley:
Petrone Began, to alter dwelling
on Sylvan avenue, $500.
Joseph Anticello, to erect addi-
ton to dwelling ON Sylvan ave-
nue., $500.
Grace Pierce, to erect one-family
dwelling at Revere and Amity
streets, $4,000.
ii. J. Carroll. to make altera-
tions at 67S East Main street,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
Hospital
Bulletins

Mrs. Helen C GaNun, Of AZ
stiles street, was reported slightly
improved" today at st. Mary's hos
initial where she was admitted last
niglht suffering from q heart at
tack with which she was stricken
on Laval street.
Clement william, 20, Of Park
Mace, was reported in good con-
dition ut ST. Mary's hospital where
he 8 being treated for severe
laceration Of the right forearm,
received early this morning when
he repeatedly stuck his hand
through . window Of an sutomo-
bile.
Norman Rizk, 81 of SIS North
Main street, who suffered serious
eye injury when q full soda bot
lie exploded I'm his face yesterday
afternoosl, was reported In "fair"
condition at 1T. Mary's hospital.
The accident occurred In his store
at SIS North Main street.
MORE MORE 80.
Harrison 8. Allen, retired prinei-
nay 81 Leayenwerth high school.
was undergoing sn operation 1t
press time ~ the Waterbury hos
plfaI today. DR.. John II. Foster Is
M. AIIcn's attending physician.
Raymond PeiletIer, 4. II IS
5eHeiry street. vas treated at s.
n1aFy's hospital yesterday after
nson fer q hack injury received
when no ran Int . ear operated
~ Ssseph .. CeEcernn, Is. 81 lss
West HzaIn street.
Ne arrest was made The ehil6
uns discharged after irsasmepf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
FIRST NATIONAL
LEASES PROPERTY

Property at is0e-0e East Main
street has been leased 10 the First
National Stores. Inc. by the 9yca-
more Corp, according 70 papers filed
at the once OF Town Clerk Mary @.
Kilmartin today. .
The premises are to be used foF
q super-market. construction Of
which h underway. Granting Of q
zoning exemption 10 allow conslruc-
ton Of aii addition At the site was
vigorously opposed b. east end Fesi-
cdnts, but the exemption was given.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

Industries of South Africa are
already benefitting from the Eu-
ropean war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
FRANK DONOVAN
GIVEN 80 DAYS
Maple Street Resident Is
Charged With Tripping
Cop After Argument

Frank J. Donovan, 20, of lis Maple
street, Waterbury, was given 30
days in the New Haven county jail
yesterday after arraignment In New
Haven city court on charges Of
villifying an officer and intoxication,
Police claimed Donovan tripped
Patrblman Howard j. Dunn after an
argument at Church and Chapel
streets. The offense occurred few
minutes after Donovan had been re-
leased from the jail after serving q
30 days sentence imposed in Water
bury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
LATE REALTY NOTES

Mortgage Release
Waterbury Building and Loan
Association to Patrick and Bridget
McNu1ty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
DESERT SECRETS Barred

Data collected in the great Simp-
son Desert of Australia by a party
which recently finished its explora-
tions are being compiled in Adelaide
by DR.. G. T. MadigaIl who led the
brave. expedition. The last stage Of
the journey was completed by mo-
tor, the 10 camels which served the
expedition well in the actual cross
in gof the desert having contracted
the mango. In addition to the mere
feat of crossing the middle of the
desert the party mapped and des-
cribed desert features. investigated
the possibilities Of water supplies,
the pastoral value Of the lands and
many other things. Among the
purely scientific SUBJECTS studier
were sand ridges and their origina
and the problem Of desert desicca-
ton.
- csa,,k1. fxina are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19

REV. JAMES K. BROPHY
The annual custom Of blessing
automobiles on the Sunday near
est the feast Of st. Christopher,
the patron saint Of travellers will,
be. observed on Sunday, July n,
at st. Thomas church 1T Goshen
from 2 to 4p. m.
Rev. James X. Brophy, q native
Of Waterbury, Is pastor and will
be assisted in the ceremony by
Rev. Leslie Fogarty, curafe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-19
DIG 70 VICTORY
British Slogan Calls Planters
To Thwart Possible Starvation
NEA Special Correspondence

9Dg Victory" the latest of the to
Great Britain.
nothing
Usual victory
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
AN VICTORY

TT becomes apparent that the British won a
L considerable victory in putting so many
French warships out of commission in the bat
tie off Africa. By placing them beyond use by
the Germans, the British navy rendered valu-
able service to it's nation.
Had these ships, representing something like
100. 900 tons, fallen into Nazi hands they could
have been utilized by them in the forthcom-
ing Battle of England and raised the combined
fleet of Germany and Italy almost to the level
of the British navy. And that they would nave
been so utilized, despite HITLER's declaration
that they would be interned for the duration
Of the war, is hardly to be doubted. H1TLER's
pledges are not to be relied on, as the record
of the past seven years proves.
With them destroyed, sunk or so badly dam
aged that they cannot possibly be placed in
commission, gives the British not only an edge
in sea strength but time to carry their defense
preparations more nearly to completion. 1t al
so means that they will be in an improved
situation to cope with the enemy both as to
invasion and blockade Furthermore, the en-
gagement at Oran cannot fail to bolster Brit
ish morale. It shows that the British fighting
forces are willing to take the initiative at a
time when defensive warfare would seem to be
their only safe strategy. Heretofore they have
been associated so often with retreat that any
offensive step is stimulating.
Rear Admiral YATES STERLING, JR.' in a syn
dicated article appearing in the Raleigh NeaUs
and Observer, points out that tibet the German
technicians would have had little or no trouble
operating the French warcraft. Germany con-
trolls French industries. Munitions and am
m%unition therefore would have been easy to
supply, the German naval officers could quick
ly have mastered any mechanical problems in
volved. The thought that possession of the
ships would have been of little advantage to the
Nazis is thus discounted.
The British, however, are not in the same
position as to their use. They would have
had trouble making shells for them, for one
thing. To do so would require remodeling molds
and other essential changes in England's NUM-
lions industry. But even if England should
have difficulty in fitting French ships now un-
der British control for further service, it is a
notable achievement to have kept them from
the enemy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
ONLY THE FIT SHOULD SERVE

COLONEL GEORGE W. GILLETTE finds reason for
complaint in the proposal of Judge ALTON A.
LENNON to dismiss charges against a young man
accused of stealing an automobile if he would
enlist in the army or the navy. As the accused
youth failed at the recruiting Offices, the
judges proposition, which he intended as a
kindly gesture while forgetting that the ma
TONS military forces are no longer recruited
through impressment, came a cropper. But
the Colonies point, that the personnel of the
army and navy must remain on a high moral
plane if our fighting forces, in peace time as
well as at war, are to be effective, is mistaken.
Faulty guns, ammunition, ships, planes are
promptly rejected. Is there any good reason
why the men required to man them should not
be turned down If they, too, are below par?
Certainly the American army and navy and air
force cannot be efficient unless their person.
mel is above reproach. Certainly it would not
be in the American tradition if any of those
branches of the military service were to be.
come the equivalent of the French Foreign
Legion, which is largely composed Of criminals,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
THEY STILL ARE THRILLING

Fer old-timers who visit Carolina Beach and
wander among the amusement concessions.
there is a strong feeling of nostalgia. They look
PACK upon boyhood days and vision their fun
at carnivals and county fairs, and inevitably
wish themselves back again in the hustle and
noise and gaiety of those surroundings.
For example, there's a merry-go-round. Not
engine as a negro stoker kept it filled with
soft coal, but a modern thing which swings
round and round as the director presses a but.
ton to go and another to stop. Not the tawdry
horses and deer and swings for the babies,
with tinsel furnished and the original reins
replaced with rope, but gaily caparisoned
steeds and bright lights for night adventures.
But it is a merry-go-round for all that, and the
spirit that demanded hard-earned nickels from
reluctant parents of another generation still
stlrs the aging hearts Of present oldsters as
they march up to the window unabashed and
buy tickets for a thrilling gallop.
Then, too, there's a Ferris wheel. Not like
the original, which made it's debut at the Co.
lumbar exposition at Chicago in 1884 mar
vel then-but one with all manner of safety
lifted with gagets unthought of In the old days.
devices for the protection of passengers and
Still it's as thrilling now to swing out above
the heads of gapeing spectators and climb up
toward the sky, and yell at the top of ones
lungs as you revolve. 1t still creates a feel.
ing of freedom, of release from ordinary re-.
stfalnts, just as the first Ferris wheel did near
~ half a century ago.
The old miniature railway is now stream
lined, but it's quite as much fun as when little
steam locomotives chugged along the track at
a nickle a ride. Also, there is a "whip." one
OF the modern devices designed for thrills and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
AN UNEXPECTED BENEFIT

The advantage of housing low income groups
in new homes, such as the project just com
pleted and. the other nearing completion in
Wilmington, has been viewed from many
angles, as their number. But it remained for
one in Chicago to develop a benefit which had
not been visioned since the housing project
movement was created by the New Deal,
1t cropped up recently when some $50 fam.
lilies about to "graduate'' from two housing
projects because their incomes had risen
above the maximum, began to form their own
cooperative housing project.
They had come to like community living.
We've learned to live and work together. and
become accustomed to facing problems to-
gether and helping one another in time of
Stress" wrote one tenant.
mus a new and unexpected result comes
from the housing drive of the 3O's. 1t is not
merely a change in the manner of housing, but
in the social habits and thinking of the ten.
ants themselves.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
ITALIAN BONDS

Foreign bond experts are slowly and re-
l~uctantly coming to the conclusion that the
default on Italian Public Utility Credit Z per
cent bonds was deliberate and may be follow
ed by a similar lack Of payment when interest
dates roll around on other Italian dollar is
sues.
When the default came on July / word went
around in New York that it might prove only
technical" The belief that the matter had
been overlooked in the excitement of war de-
v%elopments is dying, however, and in it's place
the conclusion is growing that the Italians
simply do not want to pay, although their re.
sources for payment are said to be ample.
Italian bonds have dropped two to four points
recently, and they may we'll slide farther if
the Italian authorities maintain their attitude
of Indifference toward the credit standing of
their own country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-07
BY PRESTON O v

BERLIN, July CLIP A 1,4OO-
mile trip through the Ruhr and
Rhine valleys discloses that Brit
aims nightly air raids r harras-
sing the industrial population and
taking a considerable toll of lives.
The trip, for the foreign press In
Berlin, was arranged by the prop
uganda and war ministries for the
purpose of supplying evidence to
support the repeated official as
sertion that the British r not
bombing military detectives.
In the cities we visited we were
able to see no evidence of actual
damage to a military objective,
and the German officers accom-
panying the party insisted that
mot a single one' had been hit.
In several places bombs obvious
ly had fallen in the vicinity of sub
stantial military detectives, how
ever.
Deaths in cities which we visit
ed totalled around 100, with per-
haps $50 to 300 wounded and pos
sibly 300 dwellings damaged or de-
stroyed.
We were not taken to Essen,
where the British claim to have
damaged the great Krupp Works.