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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

Motor vehicle inspections throughout
the state haven't yet occasioned the COM
ment that we were hearing a couple of
years ago. So far as we know there have
been few complaints about hold-ups. When
it gets down towards the end of the pres
ent test period, we rather imagine that
the hours will be heightened to permit
night Inspections A pretty good dent
in the list of Waterbury automobiles must
have been made up to now, judging by the
number in line daily.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
In Today's Mail

velop, for he wrote in Ephesians 6:
For our wrestling is not against
flesh and blood, but against the
principalities, against the powers COT
demons) against the world rulers
of this darkness, against the Spir-
itual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places" What better eX-
PLANTATION can we ask for than that
OF the Bible. Read the 18th chap
ter of Revelation and you will have
no trouble in determining who and
what is stirring up the nations OF
the world. Revelation 1872 reads:
Fallen, fallen is BABYLON "a
symbol of Christendom the great
and is become a habitation of DEM
ons, and a hold of every unclean
spirit" A "hold" is a very dark
place and if the people like to stay
in it, it is because they love the
darkness. Note Jesus words in
John 3:18: "And this is the judg-
ment that the light Is come into
the world, and men loved the dark
ness rather than the light for their
works were evil"
On April 18th the newspapers
gave an account of 11-year OLD
Chloe Davis, who had admitted she
hammered her mother to death and
smashed her three-year old broth
ers skull with the same hammer
When questioned by the police, she
stated that her mother told her that
demons were after all of us anC
that she was going to kill all Us
kids and then kill herself"
What prompted the mother tt
make such statement and who put
the idea of murder into her heart:
Read the account of the man pos
sessed with an evil spirit and who
dwelt in the toombs mark So
Chains were used to bind MIN but
to no avail. At night he was al.
ways crying out and cutting him
self with stones. When he saw
Jesus, he fell down and worshippec
him. The evil spirit in the mar
cried out and said: What have
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Scr
of the Most High God? I adjurt
thee by God, torment me not. Fol
he said unto him: Come forth, thor
unclean spirit out of the man. Anc
Jesus asked him: What is thy
name? And he saith unto Him, My
name Is Legion; for we are many.
Many people may read this anc
say that it is too fantastic to be-
Ieve. Let me put this question be-
fore the readers. Why are the ma.
tions making such gigantic prepar-
ations for war when everyone say
that they don't want war. If thu
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
Questions
and Answers
AZ TREDERIC M. KERBY

BY FREDERIC NJ KERRY
Enclose a three-cent stamp for
reply when addressing any ques-
ton Of fact or information to the
Waterbury Democrats Service Blu
reau at Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot be given,
nor can extended research be un-
taken. Be sure all mail is adj
dressed to The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE b.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, d. C.
THE EDITOR.
@. During the World War, how
many U. S. soldiers were dismissed
from the service and received dis
honorable discharges?
A. Dishonorable discharges, TO-
$50; also 24,260 received discharges
other than honorable.
@. How many persons took the
federal civil service examination
for Junior Custodian officer in
November, 1889, and how many
passed?
A. Approximately 1890 were adj
mitted to the examination and
about $3.50 passed.
@. How many Buffalo ntckels
were minted in 1888?
A. 7,020,0 900.
@. Has the Maritime Labor Board
recommended to Congress that fed
eral subsidies be denied to ship
owners who do not comply with the
National Labor Relations Act (Wag-
ner AcO?
A. Yes. This recommendation,
among others, was contained in the
boards report of March !, 1910, SUBJ
mitted as the basis for establishing
permanent federal policy for the
amicable adjustment of all disputes
| between maritime employees and for
the sterilization of maritime labor
relations"
@. Is big game abundant in Colo
RADIO?
A. Deer, antelope, bear, elk, noun
tain lions, gray wolves and COYOTES
are still abundant
@. Is the Federal Theater Project
still in operation?
A. 1t was abolished by Act Of
Congress in June, 1889.
|
@. When a package sent by parcel
post is lost in transit, should the
sender, or the addressee file claim
for its recovery?
A. Either may file the claim, using
Form 1910 available from any post
Office.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

battle to see on which side they
will jump.
If the Germans succeed in hold
ing Norway, every small nation
in Southeast Europe will figure
that the might of the British En-
pire is broken, that the time has
come to cuddle up to its successor.
But more important, you can
write it down as certain that I'M
less Britain wins in Norway. Italy
will come into this war within ap-
proximately one month.
Almost every dispatch which the
State Department lays upon the
White House desk indicates that
Mussolini is getting ready for this
plunge.
Real fact is that the italian
people are by no means in love
with Hitler. Nor are they in love
with the Allies - though they
probably like Hitler less. However,
Mussolini never was man to
worry about the italian people,
and regardless of popular Senti-
ment, he can take Italy into the
war any time he wants to.
u. S. observers are confident
that he will do so, probably jump
ing first into North Africa the
minute he sees that Hitler is vic
trious in Scandinavia.
NOTE-What many people do
not realize in gauging this war is
that Italy and Russia were on the
side of the Allies in the last war,
but even sosit took four years plus
the very powerful help of the
United States before Germany
surrendered with her troops
still on French soil. In this war,
the alignment is far different,
which is why Italy can tip the bal
anCe,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

result, but this action would only,
prolong it.
z. We over here are Americans,
by Americans, of Americans and for
Americans, admit that we rate
the name suckers or fish for the
last 100 years anyhow.
8. I say retract the resolution
and substitute one that will not de-
tract us from our well-known love
of humanity, but will allow us to
throw-of this stigma of suckers or
fish and take our rightful place, just
dam nice people.
In Good Fellowship,
GEORGE N. SMITH,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

people don't want it, what IS draw
ing them into the very thing that
they say they don't want. Some
time ago, a picture of "Pop-Eye" and
the demons appeared in the
comics. "Pop-Eye" was shown sit
ting down in a rather detected
frame of mind and he was pictured
as saying: 81 can fight anything /
can see, but va can't fight 'spiriks' i"
The world will have to be destroyed
to clean out such wickedness and
I-John 8: tells us that Is the rea-
son why Jesus was sent to earth.
A. E. CRANDAIL,
Berlin, Conn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

M. Log a n OF
Kentucky. TIL e
judiciary COM
mittee o k a y e i
it unanimously,
issuing a report
W hic h asserted
that some of
these r e G u ] a =
tors consider
t h e m S e ] yes
a b o v e t h e
statutes a n d
=" S how con =
temptuous dis
regard for both
Congress a n d
the courts"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1923 a. m.
Sun rises SIP a. M; sets 6:32 p m.
Ali vehicles must be lighted thirty min
uteS after sunset.
The weekend snoWstorm gives confidence
to the weather seers who predicted that we'd
get snow in every month this year, well into
the summer. In this century and in this re-
gion snow later than May has never fallen,
we do not believe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
EVIDENCE ALONE
NOW ENOUGH

Most important is the matter of
review by the courts. AS things are
now, court can do very little to
an agency's decision.
Suppose, for instance, that you
have case before a government
agency. The agency decides against
you; you feel the overwhelming
weight of the evidence was in your
favor; so you appeal to a federal
court. You then find that the court
has no authority whatever to re-
view the evidence in the case, or to
pass on your claim that the bulk
of it was in your favor All the
| agency has to do is show that its
finding was based on evidence-not
on preponderance of evidence, just
evidence.
Unless the agency didn't have
any evidence on its side at all, or
unless it clearly went beyond the
authority originally given it by
Congress, you are out of luck.
Under the new law, the agency's
decision would have to be backed
by substantial evidence. The
court could review the whole pro-
! cedure; if it felt the better evil
dence was on your side, it could
decide for YOU
NEW DEAL
NO LIKE
UNDERSTANDABLE, the New Deal
| has been much agin the Walter
/ Logan bill. The bill came up in the
Senate last summer when New
Dealers were mapping and got by
without a record vote. Later, when
the administration leaders woke up,
| they got the action reconSidered.
Technically, the Senate has to vote
again.
Meanwhile, though, the bills
other sor-Congressman Fran
els E. Walter of Pennsylvania-got
busy and pushed a duplicate meas
ure in the House. His measure is
about to get action there; indica-
tons are it will pass without much
difficulty. Then it, and not the
passed and-called-back origin :,
will come up in the Senate.
Walter points out that the bill
was drafted by the American Bar
Association. To people who suggest
it was really designed to curb the
Labor Board and the SEC, he re-
plies: 1.-The Bar Association began
its study before any of the legisla-
ton which has seemed to aggravate
the situation was enacted"
About year ago, Justice De-
partment set up a committee to
study the same subject. Committees
report now is about half finished:
chances are that the Walter-Logan
bill will have passed both houses
before the complete report is ready
+, to be unveiled.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Never say, I'VE had heaps of
fun" say, "a great deal of
fun" Lots of fun" is an
American cOllOquialism, but
should be avoided, as it tends
to debase the language.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
Selected Poem
APRIL SONG

dney King Russell in the Christian Science
Monitor.)
What can we find to say,
What word to match day
So young and innocent,
With loneliness unSpent,-
What Song can we devise
To tell the warmth of skies
That look on you and me
With clear serenity?
Let no vague, cropping word
Tell how our hearts are stirred;
Let us arise and pass
Silently through the grass,
Sharing the world that lies
Under our seeking eyes,
Laden with flower and tern,
Let us at last return
Thankful for song to keep
Peace at our broWS, and sleep.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

1. The capital of Texas is Austin.
San Antonio, Dallas or Galveston?
2. How is epitome pronounced?
3. Where did the meeting between
Benito Mussolini and Adolph Hitler
take place on March Is, 1910?
4. The Chairman of the National
Labor Relations Board is j. Warren
Madden, Howard w. Smith or Ed
win S. Smith?
S. Who plays the leading role in
the "Ellery Queen" radio program?
6. In intelligence tests, what does
I.,Q. mean?
7. Are U. S. Navy gunboatS named
for cities, rivers or fish?
8. Fort Dearborn is the former
name of what large city?
9. Name the capital Of Kentucky.
10. Complete the proverb eff ifs
and ans were pots and pans I"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
A Thought for Today

And if a man Smite his servant, or his maid,
with a rod, and he dies under his hand; he shall
be surely punished-EXOdus 21:2O.
Every unpunshed murder takes away some
thing from the security of every mans. life
Daniel Webster
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

@. was sixteen years old when
my father became a naturalized
citizen of the United States. Now
that I am twenty-one years of age 1
want to know if it is necessary for
me to apply for naturalization
papers?
A. You became a citizen through
the naturalization of your father
and it is not necessary for you to
get papers. If you wish to have per-
sonal proof of your citizenship you
can get a certificate of derivative
citizenship which will cost five dol
lars. Application should be made to
the nearest Naturalization Office, or
the Clerk of the nearest U. S. Dis
trict or State Court having natur-
alization jurisdiction. If you have
your fathers naturalization papers
it is not necessary to have any
other proof.
@. What was the last year previ-
GUS to 1910, that Easter fell as early
as this year?
A. In 1918 Easter fell on March
%.
O.. What are the principal min
eral resources Of Africa?
A. Coal, gold, copper and dia-
mondS. Radium is also mined.
Q. When was the first almanac
compiled?
A. The name almanac was first
applied by Roger Bacon In 1867 to
tables showing the movements Of
the heavenly bodies. Almanac his
tory, however, began long before
Bacon's time. The Oldest known
copy of sue, work was compiled
in the time of the Egyptian,
Rameses the Great (12O0 B. O., and
is preserved in the British Museum.
If you want Opy of the book
let "The Dog and Cat Book" send
to The Waterbury Democrats
washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
teenth street, Washington, ID. C.
EncIOSe IN cents in nOStage
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, April 16-There1l be
a showdown soon on one of the
most important and ittle-noticed
measures of the entire session-the
Walter-Logan bill, which would slip
the wings of some of the govern
ment's most important administra-
tive agencies.
The bill was put into the Senate
last year by the late Senator M.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16

face, the bill is mild enough. 1t lays
down uniform rules of judicial pro-
cedure for the agencies, and makes
their decisions and findings subject
to unlimited review by the federal
courts; only when you understand
how they now operate can you see
what a sweeping change this would
be.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-16
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25

year 10 strengthen old friendships and make new ones. If they will take time to be thoughtful of mem- bers of their own sex.
 Men, in the army camps, are go- ing to be making new friendships and enjoying masculine compan- ionship. They'll get a great deal from these friendships.
 Women should do the same thing. Then the year won't seem nearly so long or SO boring, and when it is up they will be richer for the new friendships made and the old ones strengthened.
 CAN MAKE LIFE
 MORE PLEASANT
 The women whose men don't go to camp could do a lot to help, too. They could decide right now not to exclude lone women from their parties.
 And the woman whose man is not called, and who doesn't have any friends whose menfolk are drafted, could help. She could make it point to invite some "draft-widow'' whom she suspects is having lone- ly time, to every one of her parties.
 The year is going to be hard on a lot of women, unless women stick together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25

milk daily, milk delivered from v
 farm every day at 40 cents quart. (Mrs. e. n
 Answer-I purposely endeavor t avoid exagerating the value of goat milk. The opinion you quote is mi honest opinion. Any family that cal keep a goat and have the milk foi use in the home is fortunate-and many thousands of families in yil4 lages or towns could and should dd so.
 Build Up Your Weight
 I am 20 years old and about fifl teen pounds underweight for mJ height. I am five feet six inches tall and I don't believe I am going i'd grow any taller. How can put on more flesh or build up my weight? (Miss s. J.)
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for pamphlet "How to Gain Weight"
 Stomach Ulcers
 Can you suggest any diet or other remedy for stomach ulcers? (W. J. O. Answer-Send ten cents coin and 1-ct-stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet So You Haye Indigestion?"
 Protected by John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25


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 Pattern 227 is cut in misses al women's sizes IA, IS, IS, 20, g, 36, 38, 40 and 42. Size 16 YequiI 4 1-8 yards 39 inch fabric and l yards contrast.
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS 15c) coins for this pattern. WRI CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADORE AND STYLE NUMBER.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25
M The Local Theaters
STATE

Moving right up into the front ranks of new season film fare is Warner Bros. dramatic hit City for Conquest" which arrived at the Warner Bros. State theater this afternoon with James Cagney and Ann Sheridan heading a sterling cast of players.
 The powerful magnitude of the worlds greatest city is the vital dramatic force which motivateS the action of this outstanding pro- duction.
 The film has been hailed as the years finest human interest drama and is masterful story of the worlds biggest city.
 Cagney plays the part of an East Side newsboy who discovers that one must be hard and tough to make a dent in the town. Miss Sheridan has the role of a girl who finds that the price of suc- cess can be very high. Together they plan to accomplish some thing-to beat their way through CAle CIuel oppression OI the LOWnS seven and half million struggl- ing souls. Ann dances her way to fame while Cagney tries to earn money to marry her and send his brother through music school. They find that the city can be con- quered, but only if one can face great tragedy and sacrifice. Theirs is story that will never be for gotten.
 The film boasts supporting cast that is unsurpassed. Frank Craven, fine actor of the legitimate theater plays the role of a wise, old philo- Sopher who knows his New York inside and out. Frank McHugh lends humor to the film as a typi- cal New Yorker who is never at a loss for words of advice. Donald Crisp, Arthur Kennedy and other AAwOrites round out the cast.
 The second big hit is a smash 0nmedy hit Slightly Tempted" elarring Hugh Herbert, Johnny 1pwns and a host of other fun sters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25
POLI'S

Something far out of the usual run of screen fare is offered in Stranger on the Third Floor" !" which opens a three-day engage ment this afternoon at the Loew Poli theater.
 With Peter Lorre in the title role, the film is an expressing study in human nature, gripping drama and a memorable story of a queer dream and its astonishing con- sequences. It revolves about the ex- periences of a young newspaperman whose eyewitness testimony has been the chief factor in securing the conviction of 8 taxi-driver on a murder charge, although the man is innocent.
 Subsequently the reporters con- science bothers him and he has an odd encounter with a mysterious in- truder at the cheap lodging house where he lives. The reporter has had trouble with one of the other roomers, and that night he has a strange fantasy in which he sees himself accused of the murder of this man, tried, and sentenced to the electric chair.
 He investigates and discovers that the roomer has been murdered. Pan- icky, he attempts to flee, realiz- ing how strong the circumstantial evidence against him can be made to appear. And the ensuing com plications lead to the memorable conclusion of the picture, which is welcome innovatoin in the film field.
 Lorre, as the quiet stranger, gives a brilliant performance, while the work of John Mcclure as the re- porter and of Margaret Tallichet as his loyal fiancee is especially fine.
 The second smash hit on this program is the musical comedy Sing, Dance Plenty Hot" featuring Johnny Downs, Ruth Terry and comedian Billy Gilbert. Radios Vera Vague is also cast prominently.
 Play Movie Party at Loew's Poli every Thursday evening, when $10O in cash awards is given away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25
STRAND

Laughs and nowlS were the order of the day at the popular Warner Bros. Strand theater this after noon where William Powell and Myrna Loy in their latest co-star- ring success T Love You Again opened four day engagement.
 The film is the first in some time to present the popular Pow ell-Loy husband and wife" team minus the Thin Man" tag, and is one of the most hilarious of their careers together.
 The story, which makes for one comedy situation coming fast on the heels of another. deals with the amusing plight of a man who, through an accidental blow on the head. recovers from an eight-year attack of amnesia. When he re- gains consciousness the world in which he is living seems strange, he has acquired Q new personality, Q charming wife who Is about to divorce him: a bank account, the managers berth in q large pottery factory and, more than that the reputation for being Q model clti- zen and civic leader In . small town called Habersyille.
 The fact that in his pre- e-amnesla days he was . high class confidence man adds humor to the already 0ide.splltting series Of events.
 Prank McIiugh, Edmund Lowe and HeiiA Walker complete the cast of this hilarious must sec" ahoW,
 ',hfoaey and the Woman" with Jeffrey tRnn alld Brenda harshall ln the eo.aIAlflng leads viii COG saai,lEe shs program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-25
Enchanting Glass Garden
 BrightenS A Dull Corner

You Can Quickly Make One
 How obliging glass gardens are! Any place in your home one type or another will flourish, asking it- tie care and almost no water.
 Perfect for desk or bookshelf is the terrarium we've pictured. Its jolly red-berried wintergreen and creeping cranberry thrive without direct sunlight and so do the little evergreens.
 Hemlocks, pines and junipers are easy to grow, making miniature Christmas trees. And you may add sprig of polypody, for this little evergreen fern also loves shade.
 In making your garden, use an old fiShbowl or any clear glass con- tainer.. Put in an inch or two of pebbles or other drainage material and add soil, which should be well moiStened before planting. If using moss, dig little holes in it for your plants. And fun to make a pebble path to wind about your shrub bery."
 For sunnier spots you may like a terrarium gay with rosy begonias or African violets. Or where there's lots of sun-try gardenias. Yes, you can grow your own corsagesi
 Our 32-page booklet gives direc- tions for terrariums and dish gar- dens of all kinds. Tells how to raise gardenias and orchids, make bottle and landscape terrariums, grow kitchen window herb gardens.
 Send 10c in coin for your copy of GLASS GARDENS AND NOV ELTY INDOOR GARDENS to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 635 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, ADDRESS, and the NAME of book let