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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
BY EvERETT R. HOLES

(UuAtGU GTeSS Ot1H NVEECOpVHWCAAV
 Lausanne, Switzerland, March 5 -(U.P) - Riding through the Siegfried line enroute from Berlin to Switzerland, Sumner Welles, Uni- ted States under-secretary of state, has seen one of the most peaceful regions of Europe. It is called mo mans land.";
 Within rife range of the French lines, German soldiers hung out washing Monday is Is wash day on the front, too-and farmers tended their fields. Children played in the village streets; women chatted over fences; smoke poured from factory chimneys: traffic moved at a leis- urely pace and not shot was fired. Like WPA Project
 Between Friedburg and Basic the west wall looked more like a gigan- tic WPA project than one of the mightiest chain of Notifications ever built. Tens of thousands of men worked with shovels and con- crete mixers, reinforcing and dig ging. Many of them appeared to be Polish prisoners, moved up to the western front as labor corps.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
Emergency Crews Fight oRepair I Havoc;Whole Eastern Seaboard Hit
Blackout Briefs

Failure of electric service yes- terday brought home the impOr- tance of electricity in modern life. Normal activities were almost en- etirely disrupted.
 The fellow who faced a big prob lem was the one who had been shaving with his electric razor. As the current failed he had only one side of his face shaved. Lacking a safety razor, he stayed home till power was restored.
 Downtown beauty shops, with all their electrically operated equip ment, were unable to care for their customers. Many office buildings were without heat as electric pumps attached to oil went out of service. Candles were taken from drawers and shelves, while old fashioned gas burners were used wherever they were available.
 Electrically operated gasoline pumps could not function, and some motorists had to sit waiting in their cars until the electricity came back on.
 Cars proceeded at the slowest possible speed, and pedestrians had to take every step with the utmost care as streets and side- walks were covered with glare ice and sleet.
 Hand pumps were utilized In taverns as the power break halted beer pumps, The customers said 1t tasted just as good.
 At one time yesterday afternoon, the lighting situation offered a study in contrasts. The City Hall, for instance, was brightly ligted, but the Chamber of Commerce building, just across Field street was In darkness.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
England Moves To Have Showdown
 On Nazi Exports
Ships Detained Are Two of Ten Which Sailed From Rotterdam for Italy-Seizure of Vessels Is Big
 Surprise for Italian Government
BY FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent

London March B. -Y(UP) = Great Britain moved by detanng two Italian cargo ships and announcing that German coal exported by way of Holland to Italy now liable to seizure prize The detention of the Italian ships two of 10 which sailed from Rotterdam for Italy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
WELLES SEES
 NO MAN'SLAND
Most Peaceful European Zone Today Is Located
 on Western Front

Telegraph Editors Note: Ev- erett R. Holes, of the United Press "war desk" in New York, is the only press association cor. respondent accompanying Sumner Welles on his tour of investiga- ton in Europe. In the following dispatch. Holles gives a picture of Welles' first look at the western front and of what you would see if you looked across the footlights at the worlds greatest military rena.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington, March 5 (UP)-Gov. ernment expenses and receipts TOT the current fiscal year through Mar End, compared with year ago; S6. POI ,i3I,6S7.s2 5,998,0S5. S4T.St ss.5ss.ss7.425.4s ss,s7S.sss.Sss.Ss
 Gross Deficit
 S2,6sl,t44,2i2.4O s2,sis,S5e.2St.Si ,s.s4O,s7s,7i2.tS ts.sss.ilo.ssAsi
 Cash Balance ss.sts. .2Os, ,sbs.s7 Ss.Sss.s55,s76.Ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05
The We0ther

Mostly Cloudy Tonight; Unchanged Wednesday Fun weather Report on Page .
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Hand pumps were utilized In taverns as the power break halted beer pumps, The customers said 1t tasted just as good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-05

Electrically operated gasoline pumps could not function, and some motorists had to sit waiting in their cars until the electricity came back on.
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Home Edition Late Sport NesUs EI5 Stock Prices
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
S0FTBALL TEAM SENDS
OUT CHALLENGE TO ALL

Hear We. Hear Ye, L. A. Muir
dock. manager of the Ypsilanti
Merchants softball team, has sent
forth a challenge to any and all
teams in the vicinity of Ypsilanti,
to the effect that his team stands
ready to oppose any OF them, no
matter what their ranking, at any
time or place He especially chal-
lenges the Moose Lodge team OF
Ann Arbor which recently took the
Regional Glass C softball cham
pionship.
Mr. Murdoch has made ii known
that his team does not intend to
disband until weather conditions
make it necessary and he urges
any team wishing a game to get
in contact with him at 122 Miles
ST.
The Merchants were members OF
the local Glass B league and end
ed the season with a record OF Is
games won against 10 losses. Az
ter a poor start. the team suddenly
began clicking in mid-season and
continued winning the rest of the
season as they took 10 OF their last
II games, to rise from a lowly
ninth place, to tie for fourth with
Motor State. when the season
ended
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
CHECKER TOURNEY
IN SECOND ROUND

First round matches In the
twelfth annual Daily Press Car
riers checker tournament have
been completed. Harold Harris
drew a bye for the first round and
automatically advances to the sec
ond round HIS brother James,
playing in Boyer Hospital where he
had an appendectomy few days
before. advanced to the second
round by defeating Lynn Schafer
20. The defending champion,
Glare Hewens, Jr.. advanced to the
second round by defeating Richard
Davis 20.
Other first round results were:
Roger Katon defeated Monty Man
ming 20, Robert Kelly won from
Barry Hoag 2-1, James Smith elm
mated Veryl Thayer 20, Francis
Davis defeated Richard Buccos 20,
Robert Norton won from Robert
Geddis 2-l, Ben VandenBelt, Jr,
eliminated Sam Clark 20. James
Burrell defeated James Bell 30
Kenneth Moore won from Larry
Thomas 20, Herbert Schock elm
mated Richard Powers 20, John
Hewens defeated Edward Raymond
20, Clayton Hopp defeated Gilbert
Barnes 20, Duane Thayer won from
Jack Wiltse 20 and Robert Scriv-
ems eliminated Lyman Tower 20.
Second round pairings are. Rog-
er Katon VS. Roger Kelly, James
Smith vs.. Harold Harris, Clare
Hewens. Jr. VS.. Francis Davis,
Robert Norton VS. Ben VandenBelt,
Jr.. James Burrell VS.. Kenneth
Moore, Herbert Schock vs.. John
Hewens, Clayton Hopp VS. Duane
Thayer, Robert Scriyens VS. James
Harris
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
NORMAL STARTS
DRILLS MONDAY

Elton ]. Rynearson, whom the
old timers still rate as one Of the
greatest all-around athletic stars
to come out Of Michigan Normal.
has switched theme songs, dis
carding Moaning Low" in favor
OF Happy Days Are Here Again"
It's a mighty appropriate time
for such a change. for the we'll
liked Rynearson will this year
close out his second decade az
Huron grid coach
Just twelve months ago the
veteran Normal pilot was making
good use Of the weeping towel.
Having lost nearly every member
Of the stalwart forward wall Of
the 1888 eleven. Rynearson was
faced with the task OF developing
new material to fill up the gaps.
A much different situation will
confront Rynie when the & pig
skin hopefuls who have been in
vited back for early fall practice
trot out upon the turf of owen
Field next Monday in their initial
1910 drill
Included in the group will be
IS varsity and two reserve letter
men and a host OF promising
, sophomores. Only two prospective
candidate. Sophomores Jack Ross
and Keith Maitland. failed 10
meet scholastic requirements. An
other. BLY, Corning, varsity end
Of last year, has left school
Rynearson plans to hold two
practice sessions a day until the
opening Of school on October !.
Equipment will be issued Monday
morning
The Hurons suffered few losses
by graduation last June. OF the
seven letter-winners who have
finished their collegiate careers,
only Guard Joe Pokrywka and
Backs Mac Valleau and Jack Eos
ter viii be missed
Heading the list of returning
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
TWO TIMES CHAMP

Detroit, Sept. LAP For the
first time in the history OF the
Amateur Softball Association. the
worlds softball championship has
gone back into the hands of a
former winner in the mems divis-
ion. The two time champions are
tho Rochester. n. Y, Kodak Parks
victors by a 10 count over the
South Bend Bendix Brakes Tues
day night. The Kodaks Parks pre-
viously won the title in 1886 at
Chicago.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
RAIN WASHES OUT POST
SEASON FINALS AGAIN

St Joseph. Mich, Sept LAP
For the second straight night,
rain interrupted the post season
playoff finals in the Michigan State
League Tuesday night.
The Saginaw Athletics and the
St Joseph Autos, meeting In the
first of the scheduled five game
series, got through three and a
half innings before rain interferred.
but the umpires were forced to call
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
7ortv-one Huron Gridders Invited to Fall Practice
OLD MAN GROVE
KEEPS ROLLING

Detroit, Sept. 11-AP-Old Man
River and Robert Moses Grove just
keep rolling along.
The Detroit Ticers don't give a
whoop about Old Man River but
they do wish that the 40-year-old
Boston Red Sox hurler would real
lie that by all the rules OF the
game he should be in baseball
scrap-heap. They wished it even
more today after Lefty handed
them a s to 5 defeat in IL innings.
IL was the one-time fireball aces
sixtieth win over the Tigers and
his seventh victory this season
The loss put Detroit .001 behind
the. Cleveland Indians. who were
idle because OF rain, in the percent.
age standings.
Grove gave up 10 hits to the
Tigers and walked seven-good
enough for a Bengal victory II De
troit hadn't made two costly er.
rors.
The first OF the boobies came in
the sixth when big Bo-Bo Newsom.
starting Detroit hurler. let a run
cross the plate in order to com
plete a double play. The other
came in the ninth when Charley
Gehringer hunted, hoping the sac
rifice would send Dick Bartell IN
from third. The play worked out
perfectly except that Bartell calm
ly stayed on third and didn't at
tempt to score while the Red Sox
We're throwing Gehringer out.
The Tigers seemed to be in top
form as the game began, blasting
out three runs in the first inning.
Hank Gretnberg's thirtieth home
run OF the season with Bruce
Campbell and Charley Gehinger on
base did the trick.
The final score, which produced
victory after Bartells base-running
lapse cut short the Tiger rally,
came of Al Benton in the last in
ming. Cronin doubled and then
crossed the plate on Tommy Car
ey's single
A crowd OF 6,634 saw the game.
the game at that point when the
grounds became too wet to con-
tinue.
ST. Joseph, with a six run out
burst in the third, had jumped into
a SIS lead over Saginaw just be-
fore the rain catne. Saginaw's
scoring came in the first and Sec
ond.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11

varsity men are the elusive Capt:
Walt Sierra, stellar triple-threat
halfback; Pat Heffernan. John
Grant and Ed Kontrymowicz. all
tackles, and Dave Gates, most
outstanding Huron iineman Of
last fall, who will be converted
into quarterback.
With Sierra and Bill Hart, rifle
passer from Flint Central, as his
two chief offensive threats. Ry-
nearson will use both the double
and single wingback formations.
He plans to place Sierra in the
tailback position in plays run
from single wingback formation
and Hart in the same post when
the Hurons line up in double
wingback.
Looking forward to the night
game with University OF De-
troit October II, Rynearson will
attempt Ito produce three full
teams Of almost equal strength
Capable reserves who can keep
the Huron football machine going
at top speed are needed to com
bat the Titans' general power.
Although the L. Of D. fray
is the top clash on Normals sche.
dule. Ypsi will face four other
strong opponents-Wayne, Bowl
ing Green, Central State and Al
ma. Illinois Normal and .Kalama-
zoo make up the rest OF the card.
Rynearson hopes TO add one
more game before the end Of the
campaign. The Hurons open their
season at home on October 1
against Illinois Normal
The happiness with which Ry-
ME views his twentieth Huron
team may be dissolved in tears
OF sorrow before the end Of Nov
ember rolls around, but the We
teran mentor does not think so.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
How They Stand
AMERICAN LEAGUE

"Games behind leader.
Tuesdays Results
Boston 6. Detroit 3 (f3 innings).
New York at Cleveland, rain.
Washington ), Chicago ..
Philadelphia at ST Louis, incom-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11
The Schedule

Oct. 4-IlliGois Norms&-here.
Oct. 11-University OF Detroit
at Detroit'
Oct 19-Bowling Green at
Bowling Green.
Oct 25-Central State at Mt.
Pleasant
Nov. Alma, here Home
coming).
Nov. 9-Wayne University,
here.
Nov. 15-Kalamazoo, here.
might games
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-11

Games behind leader.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12

war is being carried on in the
slightly frigid temperature of
forty below zero, maybe that
handicapped the Russian style,
but since the Russians live close
enough to the Firms to have an
idea of their climate they can't
say they were unaware of the
chilly weather up in Finnish
territory.
Inside news says that Pres.
Roosevelt was so tickled at the
bravery of the Firms he wanted
to cancel theifdebt but was per-
suaded to desist from the try for
fear of political repercussions,
but there will doubtless be an
attempt to cancel interest pay
ments ere long.
The lesson here seems to be
the same taught by early Ameri-
can history-that one free man
is worth half a dozen or more
who are not free.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12

over a large portion of the state.
The Road Commission en-
ployees have been busy with
snowplows and trucks loaded
with cinders and highway travel
is entirely safe for drivers who
recognize the dangers of ice and
snow. Of course those that do
not give safety a thought arc.
having troubles galore.
The children are enjoying
winter sports aplenty, and we
are glad to observe the almost
total absence of SNOWFALL heav-
ing in places Inappropriate for it.
Elkhorn creek ("river" if you
wish) has been frozen over here
and there for several weesk.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
Hanger Ons

From time to time we have
Republican press statements in
which there has been spoken of
as q matter of fact existence OF
a group in the higher levels OF
government by the New Deal
which takes delight iii anything
done t h a hampers business,
harnesses the people in general
and which appears to rejoice
in delaying recovery. From a
coldly analytical standpoint, we
are convinced that such group
exists. Whether the un-American
group is that way from ignoran-
ce, ineXperience in big-tirle poll
tics or is fully aware of what it
is doing we do not know.
1t is our theory that they are
professional reformers, inter-
nationalists and radical minded
who see a chance to reform the
whole world according to their
plans. Out of charitableness and
respect for the Office of Pfesi-
detn Of the United States Of
America we conclude they rode
into office on the coattails of the
present incumbent. The fact is
they are there and are busy as
all get-out with trade treaties,
subsidies, and an endless array
of alphabetical agencies that are
of questionable value in produc-
ing anything but dependency on
government and slow death to
private enterprise.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12

ing political suicide if they have
a hand in any economy business
should be eliminated by route Of
the ballot for placing self above
the country's welfare.
Congress should jump at the
chance to have a finger in the re-
turning of the country TO sane
coJrse The presidents dodg-
ing the issue of the debt limita-
ton and taxes during a year in
which there is a presidential
po!l-not a straw poll-leaves
US cold. No man has yet won a
third term and our belief is if
any man eventually does he wont
be Roosevelt.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12

south. His disgraceful antics in.
Congress are therefore not sur
pri-ing. he Only surprising thing
about Arthur Mitchell is how
this little man got in this big
Office ir the first place and why
the people of Chicago continue
to intlict this political monstro-
sity upon the country.
Without any information on
the subject, it can be rather ac-
curatcly surmised that Mitchells
candidate for tn presidency will
bc John Ganrner of Texas. With
his peculiar aptitude for saying
he wrong thing at the wrong
place, Mitchell will probably go
TO Texas to campaign for Mr..
Garner. Texas, you know, is the
state where they do not permit
Negroes to participate in Demo-
cratic primaries, and where The
natives believe that a Negro
Congressman is something to
make a fire with. 1t may turn
Dat in the end that we shall be
,haEhful that the anti-lynch law
did not pas this year
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
Why the Rumpus?

Negro Americans are at loss
20 explain the time and energy
which h a We been expended by
Southern legislators to block
passage of the Gavagan "anti-
lynching" bill. Why not appease
the Northern1bloc and the Negro
vote by permitting - aye, sup
porting, passage of this bill t?
This legislation need never
cause the Solid South" to pause
for even an instant in the
enjoyment of it's favorite out
door sport. he Gavagan bill can
quietly slip into oblivion, TAX
ing its place in the silent halls
Of death along with the Fourteen
tn and Fifteenth Amendments,
which have been so UNANIMOUSLY
and ANONYMOUSLY rejected and
ignored by Dixie. The 18th A
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
Jackson Day Dinners

An example of how decisively
the New Deal has discarded the
traditional concepts and ideals
Of the Democratic party, which
elevated it to power, is the cur
rent celebration of Jackson day.
The first Jackson day dinner
was h l. in 1885 to celebrate
the eXtinguishment of the pub
lie debt" 1t was the day on
which the last cent of the ma
tional debt was paid and Pres.
Jackson esteemed it "the most
glorious day Of his presidency
Jackson day this year is be-
ing celebrated principally by
New Deal payrollers and other
enforced guests, in apparent
celebration Of the national debt
having reached the staggering
total of $41,955,O24, 962.86, as
Of Jan 2, 1910. Rep. release.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
1889 Gas Tax Bill of Motorists
Would Run State 3 years in
Era Preceding World w a 4

The state of West Virginia
could be run for nearly three
pre-World War years with the
gasoline taxes paid in the single
year of 1889 by the motorists of
t h S State, Edwin F. Patrick,
Secretary of the w. Va, Petro-
leum association, disclosed today.
I'm 1917, the states total re-
venue (tax) was $3,726,595.00.
During 1889, the motorists of
this state paid $9,827,O0O in gas
taxes to the state, an amount
which is approximately two and
two-thirds what the state collect
ed from ALL tax sources in
1917, the year the United States
entered the World War;" said
Mr.. Patrick.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12

mendment is simply ignored in
the Sunny South; the 18th A
mendment is circumvented by
the Grandfather clause" and
poll tax. Why lose sleep over an
other prospective member OF
the family of lost causes?
Pardon us if we step on any
ones toes, but lets bring the
subject a little closer home. 1t
has beer some time since a
lynching blighted the fair name
of the state of West Virginia,
but, while we have always
maintained that West Virginia
was one of the better states be-
low the Mason-Dixon line, it is
far from being a model state as
regards the Constitution of the
United States in general and the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth A
mendments in particular. Are
not the rights of United States
citizens denied and abridged
here. in our own state and county,
solely because their skin contains
trifie more pigment than Nord-
ic standards allow ard permit ?
Can a Negro patronize a white
hotel here? May he dine in a
white restaurant? Is he allowed
to sit where he Choose in a white
theatre? The answer is obvious.
1t has been a matter of no
little wonder to American Ne
groes that the press has flayed
Hitler so violently for his persecu
ton of the Jews in Germany, who
comprise about 8 per cent of the
total population there, when
here in the United States a
minority group comprising over
ten per cent of the population is
constantly segregated and sub
jected to discrimination as re-
lgards its civil rights and liberties
Who said: physician, first heal
myself? 80. 49,.
We hope our ignorance is re-
freshing, for we really can't
understand why all the excite
ment about little thing like ar
anti-lynching bill. -D.M.H.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
The War in Finland

The world has been treated to
4 most enlightening spectacle in
reccLt weeks. The Russian army.
heretofore considered large and
dangerous by the world in gen
craI was sent by Joe Stain to
mop UP tiny Finland, evidently
the Hon. Stain had caught a bad
case of fever Of empire (from
tliticrD The Russian army set
out for Finland, however the
Films heard what was going on
and reached for their guns. The
total population of Finland is
around three million while that
of Russia is a full one hundred
severity million. Evidently the
Finnish soldiers had not heard
OF hearing refused to be proper
~ imprcsscd-anyhow they set
out TO offer resistance and the
world has been astounded at
the news that has leaked out of
the war zone. Division after
of Red Moscow troops
have b cen annihilated by the
Firms and the Russian march ON
Finland has turned into q full
speed march to the rear ala ia
pancse, so often that the in
vicible ~ Red Army has lost
caste in military circles. How
ever, press dispatches say the
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-01-12
Census On the Way

Sometime this year you and |
will be approached by man or
number of men who will open a
huge book and begin asking us
questions, not general queS-
tons but personal ones rang
ing from what age one is to how
much money he makes and what
he does w i h it. The average
citizen will give rather flipant
answers to such questions when
posed by strangers, but this time
it is Uncle Sam who is asking.
The Census is underway and it
is important that everybody help
Uncle Sam count and classify,
and gather information about
each one of the 122 million folks
that make up our country. The
questions should be accurately
and honestly answered for no
other reason than to help give
an accurate picture Of America
as a whole. 1t is just as easy to
answer the census man right as
to invent fictitious replies.