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1t may never fall into the same class
of white elephant as did Waterbury iso-
lation hospital and we sincerely trust it
won't, but it just goes to show how cas-
lily city can expend thousands on an
apparently noble venture only to have
it turn out like pouring money down a
hole without bottom. In New Bri-
tain's case, however, it remains to be seen
if the venture is of this type or will bear
fruit in continued usefulness to the city
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Questions
and Answers
n rRRDRRIO o. KERBR

By rREDEk1O n k8AhX
Enclose ! thres-osni Stamp Ger
reply when addressing MHy que1-
ton Of fact o. information - The
Wsterbury Democrats Service Bu-
rean as Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot b given.
nor can extended research b me
taken. Be sure an mail b a&-
dressed to The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU-
REAU, 1913 ThiEteenth Street..
Washington, D. G.
Q. What Is the true meaning Of
the phrase edue process Of law"f
A. It means law in its regular
course of administration through
the courts.
q. Please name ten players IN the
photoplay, "You Can't Get Away
With Murder"
A. Humphrey Bogart, Billy Halop
Gale Page, John Litel, Henry Ira
vers, Harvey Stephens, Harold HUI
Der, Joe Sawyer, Joe Downing,
George e. Stone, Joseph King, J0-
seph Crehan, John Ridgely and
Herbert Rawlinson.
@. What emergency rations we're
carried by American soldiers dur
ing the World WARP
A. Three 3-oz. cakes Of COM
pressed mixture of wheat and meat,
and three Log. cakes of compressed
chocolate mixture, and salt and
pepper.
Q. For whom was Port Said, on
the Suez Canal in Egypt. named?
A. For Said Pasha, who was
Khedive Of Egypt when the canal
was begun in 1859. Said means ''the
fortunate"
Q. What are the total assets Of
building and loan associations IN
the United States?
A. Approximately $3.50, O0O, 600 In
1888.
@. When were safety matches In
vented?
A. In 1855, by the Swedish in-
ventor Lundstrom.
g. What nationality were the
ancestors of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie2
"A. RooSevelt's ancestry Is Dutch;
WILKES is German. Roosevelt's or
iginal Dutch ancestors came to this
country about 1914; WILKES father
came to the United States In 1861.
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ty, Assistant General Counsel
Joseph Rauh, Assistant to the Ex-
ecutiye NJ. G. Redman, and David
Cobb, in charge Of the apparel
wage section.
Last week, Colonel Fleming
chatting at the steady rain Of
wage-hour criticism which fin
ally has found its way to Con-
gress, sent word to CLIO leaders
that he would like to sit down
some evening and talk with
them.
NOTE Meanwhile it is reported
that Deputy Administrator Baird
Snyder, a former building contrac-
tor, under heavy fire from labor
ranks, viii resign.
MAIL BAG
e. X, Cleveland - There is no
truth to the rumor that Secretary
Of War Stimson plans to resign
after election. Mr.. Stimson regards
the arrning of this country the
browning work Of his long career
as q public servant and he intends
to stick on the job B. NJ,
Bridgeport, Conn. - If Jim Farley
had followed Emil Hurja's figures
regarding the outcome Of the 1886
election he would have been way
off base. Privately Hurja expect
ed Roosevelt to get no more than
$50 electoral votes. He got 523.
Farley made his own estimates as
a result Of phone calls to each
state leader. He and Hurja cooled
toward each other shortly after
the 1885 campaign and Hurja has
been for Garner, now Willkie.
Copyright. 1910. by United Feature
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MANY RESERVATIONS

In one case, they assert, FORM
er strike-breaker, Walter L.eMat,
was hired by Fleming and given
the job of devising procedures to
investigate complaints. This caus-
ed william A. F. Stephenson, ex-
ecutive assistant to the Admins
trators to resign in protest.
With him have gone a long list
Of important executives who,
either disguised with the laxity Of
enforcement or genuinely inter-
ested In building wage-hour stand
ards, have resigned. They include:
General Counsel George McNulty,
Chief Economist Carroll Daugher-
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Daily Almanac
rises 9:5l p. m.

Moon rises e:51 p m.
Sun rises 6:l1 a. m; sets 500 p. m.
AL vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
According to reckonings there should be
another change in October's weather In
the remaining ten days with the accent
once more on mi1dness. It probahH won't
get as warm, though, as it was toward the
middle Of the month.
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tIAdb PCOpAO Va
education, ma
turity, d
places of lead
ership in tn e
W World fail to
catch its great
significance. We
have been Gre
ated for only
one purpos e,
namely, that our
spirits may be
touched by the
spirit of God
and glow with a
divine light.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-22

Lord Lot hta ms
return to London
were presently fol-
lowed by definite
announcement Of
some British h
American agree
ment on use of the
Singapore naval
base by the q. s.
fleet.
Lord Lothian has
been the key man
in the hardening
of British policy
toward Japan. IN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-22
NEW LIGHT ON
HISTORICAL CRISIS

Reports of sharp division within
the state department about the re-
cent stiffening of the U. S. attitude
toward Japan are considerably exag-
gerated. 1t is perfectly true, however,
that this governments willingness to
get tough in the Far East is a very
recent growth. In that connection,
here is bit of unwritten history:
When the japanese first went into
Manchuria, in 1881, Henry Stimson
was U. S. secretary Of state. He
wanted to stop the whole affair by an
Anglo-American united front" It
fell through, supposedly because the
British refused to play ball. Yet a
man who is in an excellent position
to know what really happened insists
that Stimson was. really let down by
his own government.
According to that version, after
Stimson made his proposal for joint
action, the British government ca
bled its embassy in Toxic for its re-
action in regard to possible economic
sanctions against Japan. The British
embassy cabled back that the idea
was okay but that 1t ought to be re-
membered that the Japanese might
get awfully tough. The embassy new
er heard anything more about 1t.
U. S. WOULDN'T
RISK TROUBLE
After hearing from its Toxic en-
bassy, the British government got in
touch with Stirnson again. According
to my informant, it asked, in effect:
Suppose your country and our
country apply economic sanctions
and the Japanese don't back down
but prepare to fight-just what will
your country do them" Stimson con-
suited with President Hoover. A little
later he was obliged to reply that in
such case this country would do
nothing, and that therefore this
country was not in a position to go
ahead with sanctions if any real risk
of trouble were involved.
British foreign secretary then was
Sir John Simon, an appeaser of the
first water. The news from Washing
ton suited him perfectly, and the
whole idea was dropped-although
the impression got abroad that it was
dropped only because of the British
governments reluctance to act tough.
Actually, there is said to have been
enough sentiment in London for a
firm stand to have forced Sir John
Simon to go ahead with the Stimson
idea-if Stimson hadn't been caught
off base in Washington before Sir
John could be compelled to take a
stand.
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STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

LIGHTS IN A DARK WORLD
"The spirit of man is a candle Of
the Lord"
Man is made for God and God is
made for man. It is a lesson so
simple that the youngest child can
understand it, and yet SO profound
%hak rHaof@Io nf
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do mot say, HE failed to put
in an appearance; say,
"faiIed to appear"

@. I came to the United States
as visitor from France In 1918 and
married an American girl and have
lived here ever since. Can I apply
for naturalization?
A. You must first obtain q Rec
ord of Registry. Your admission as
q visitor does not constitute a legal
entry. The Record Of Registry costs
ten dollars.
Q. Was the production Of bicy-
cleS in the United States In 1889 the
largest in the history Of the indus
try?
A. Supporting data are not avail
opinion that production last year
was probably the highest, exceeding
that even Of the so-called bicycle
era" at the close Of the last century.
Approximately 1.252,OO0 units were
manufactured last year, compared
with low Of 225 900 in 1921. The
previous recorded high production
was 1,182,691 in 1899.
Q. The concrete floor Of my cell
lar gets very dusty. What Is the
remedy?
A. Hardener for making concrete
floors dustless can be bought. Also
the following treatment viii suffice
for a considerable time and Is easily
applied. Scrub the floor with clean
water and allow It to dry thorough
~. Apply solution Of part water
glass (sodium silicate) in 3 parts
lukewarm water by weight, with
wide brush or swab. Two or three
coats are advised, each applied after
the preceding one has dried.
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Washington Merry o-Round
DREW RE AR SON
ROBERT 8. ALLEN

WASHINGTON big fol- the
high as5
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-22
In Today's Mail

is merely to apply credit where It Is
due. Mr.. johnson should retract his
statement. There is no question as
to the proper place for credit con-
corning the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Ect Of Connecticut. That cred
it is due only to the Democratic
party.
Sincerely yours,
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II you want a copy Of THE
BABY BOOK" send to The Wa
terbury Democrats Washington
Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street.
Washington, d. C. Enclose ten
cents I'm postage.
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National
Spotlight
By BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat washington
Correspondent

washington, Oct. 2z.-It wouldn't
be surprising If British Ambassador !
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What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.

/. What is the nickname Of the
strait of Bah Ell Mandeb. which is
the gateway from the Red Sea to
the Indian Ocean?
2. Is Buckingham palace or st.
James palace the ofacial London
residence of the king Of England?
8. Has the United States ever
issued two-cent coins?
4. Name the largest commercial
ship ever built in America?
5. Do Americans who enlist IN
Canadian military forces lose their
citizenship?
6. The word "roe" designates the
eggs Of fishes, q door, or q striped
appearance in wood?
7. What Is the name OF the craft
Of making cloth on loom?
8. Can the president order the
coinage Of u. s. money?
8. with what sport IS Davey
O'Brien associated?
10. On which coast Of South
America is the Republic Of Chile?
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A Thought for Today

vVhoaOever therefore shall humble himself as
this little child, the same is greatest in the
kingdom of Observation-Disclosures 1884.
Man, Ounce uncouth, errs in age and youth:
babies know the truth.-Swlnburne.
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isn't good bet any more: It's heads
you win and tails ] lose. That's one
Of the biggest reasons why millions
Of decent men and women who want
jobs can't find them.
Sincerely.
vERDoN SHAW,
Harvard Club, New York, N. Y.
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Copyright, 1910, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Brush-Noore Newspapers
Plan 10 Redeem Bonds
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 3. Smith
Davis, financial agent for Brush
Moore Newspapers, Inc, announced
today the publishers would reorgan-
ize their financial structure with re-
placement of securities amounting
to S4,10000O.
The program approved by direc-
tors includes redemption of the COM
pany's 5 per cent bonds, of which
50 100000 are publicly owned,
The present I per cent first and
second preferred stock, Of which
S2,100, 900 is outstanding, will be re-
placed with single per cent pre-
ferred issue in the amount OF
s2.000.000.
The new shares will be offered to
present bond and share holders The
bonds will be replaced with a s2,000,-
900 bank loan refunded over Is years
at Az per cent.
A shareholders meeting to ap-
prove the program has been called
for September "a, at Canton, Ohio
Davis said 80 per cent already have
assepted. The company publishes
daily newspapers in Salem, East Liv-
erpool, Marion, Steubenville. Canton
and Portsmouth, Ohio, and Sails
bury, Md.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
ceIIuIose Conyerfers
Face Price Complaint
BY the Associated Press.


The Federal Trade Commission
announced today the issuance d
an order calling upon nine member
of the transparent materials con.
verting industry to "cease and des
sist from agreeing to maintain uni-
form prices of transparent celluloise
sheets and rolls such as cellophane,
sylphrap, kodapak and protectoid. :"
The commission said 1t also had
named National Converters Insti-
tute, Chicago, trade association for
the industry, and Richard M. Nc
Clure, institute manager.
The F. T. G. listed these manu-
facturers as respondents:
Slellmar Products Co., Mount
Vernon, Ohio; Milprint Products
Corp. (now Milprint, Inc.), Mil
waukee. Wis: Traver Paper Corp,
Chicago; Dobeckmun Co., Cleye-
land; Dennison Manufacturing Co.,
birmingham, Mass; Cation Print
ing Co., Kansas City; Thomas M.
Royal g. Co., Philadelphia; Nashua
Gummed & Coated Paper Co,
Nashua, N. H., and Pioneer Wrap
ped g. Printing Co., Los Angeles.
The last three have resigned from
the institute, the F. T. c. said.
The commission charged that the
respondents entered into agree
ments with each other to maintain
uniform prices and exchanged con-
fidential information through the
institute to facilitate this.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
New York Produce

+. NEW YORK. sept = .4s-Esss two
days Tsceipls ts3 arm Mxea eoi
9ls lfnes sraded 90 eS'fa sts tsnfa fa. seconds 7
Is: mediums. 17i7: dirties, No. /. II. aver
EGG checks I5'4-l6.
Whites tresale Of premium marks, 3es-
marks eais-3e: specials cs-"a standards
Heavier mediums. s7ia-3D; mediums, ~:
Browns nearby and Midwestern. fancy
to extra fancy. o7ia-34ia; specials 26ia-
o: standards, 22l5-23; mediums. 24i2-25.
Puuets, 1910
Butter two DAYS receiptsl. 1855. .466;
firm. Creamery higher than extra "eI+-
sSS ey5a 'es sceoSSs seGFen IS Tsti ssen'
Cheese two Gays receipts. 3o6 80;
Arm State whole milk fats, held 1899,
21-22Ia: fresh 1918
PFes:sa PogItTg gnIgo: steady fzssh 4s bound.
l3i2-ls1a 5000 pounds, l5f2-@oi2,
Chickens, broilers, l5ls-94Hs: tryers,
15ia-22ll; readsters; o19,a-26; Old roosters.
l3is-1si2 GOES pounds. 15Ia-2niz. Old
ROSTERS l2la-15: turkeys. Northwestern.
young hens, 1924 young toms. 15-2l,
Southwestern. young hens. 15-20ia; young
l Live poultry steady by BroIers
Rocks. lila Leghorn, - Fowls; col
ored, 1910; some 90; Leghorn, I2-l3-
1' Bv express&chicsens. ROCKS. 800; Reds,
crosses ia-i9i2 D. fancy. %; colored. 1917;
Reds, 1919; Leghorn,, 1919 Fowls. col
!4-I5; southern. I2-l3 Pulets R9sks, SSI
%; fancy large 25-26: Reds. 30. Old
roosters. 12-I3 Turkeys. hens. rs;
young toms. 20. Ducks, Southern, ~.
Evening star., 1940-09-03

Of neutral builds armed ships to
the order of a belligerent, he pre-
pares the means of naval opera
tions, since the ships. on sailing
outside the neutral territorial wa
tiers and taking in crew and am
munition, can at once commit hos
tilities. Thus, through the carrying
out of the order of the belligerent,
the neutral territory has been made
the base of naval operations, and
as the duty of impartiality includes
an obligation to prevent either bel
ligerent from making neutral terri
tory the base of military or naval
operations, a neutral violates his
neutrality by not preventing his
subjects from carrying out an Or
der of a belligerent for the building
and fitting out of men-of-war. This
distinction, although of course log
ically correct, is hair-splitting. But
as, according to the present law,
neutral states need not prevent their
subjects from supplying arms and
ammunition to belligerents, 1t will
P4Obobiy SohtAAiuS W DC OidWA-
Ban on Mosquito Boat Transfer.
Viewed in the light of the above,
I am of the opinion that this statute
does prohibit the release and trans
fer to the British government of
the so-called mosquito boats" now
under construction for the United
States Navy. If these boats were
released to the British government,
it would be legally impossible for
that government to take them out
of this country after their compile
ton, since to the extent of such
completion at least they would have
been built, armed, or equipped with
the intent, or with reasonable cause
to believe, that they would enter
the service of a belligerent after
being sent out of the Jurisdiction
of the United States.
This will not be true, however,
with respect to the over-age destroy
ers. since they were clearly not
built, armed. or equipped with any
such intent or with reasonable
cause to believe that they would
ever enter the service of a bellig-
erent.
In this connection it has been
noted that during the war between
Russia and Japan in 1904 and 1905,
the German government permitted
the sale to Russia of torpedo boats
and also of ocean liners belonging
TO its auxiliary navy. See Whea-
tons International Law, 9Th ed.
(Keith), Vol. 2, p. 977.
w.
Accordingly, you are respectfully
advised:
(a) That the proposed arrange
ment may be concluded as an ex-
(. ecutive agreement, effective without
awaiting ratification.
(b) That there is presidential
power to transfer title and possess
sion of the proposed considerations
upon certilcation by appropriate
staff officers.
(c) That the dispatch of the So
called mosquito boats" would con-
stitute a violation of the statute law
of the United States, but with that
exception there is no legal obstacle
to the consummation of the trans
action, in accordance, of course. with
the applicable provisions of the Neu-
trality Act as to delivery.
Respectfully submitted.
ROBERT H. JACKSON,
Attorney General.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Opinion Text
Continued From Page A-5)

the intent that they should enter
the service Of a belligerent. If the
section were not so construed. 1t
would render meaningless section 2
OF the act which authorizes the
President to detain any armed YES
sci until he is satisfied that it will
not engage in hostile operations be-
fore it reaches a neutral or bellig-
erent port. The two sections are in
telligible and reconcilable only If
read in light of the traditional rules
of International law. These are
clearly stated by Oppenheim in his
work on international law, 5th
Edition, Vol. 2, sec. 334, PIP.
574-576:
Whereas a neutral is in no wise
obliged by his duty of impartiality
to prevent his subjects from selling
armed vessels to the belligerents,
such armed vessels being merely
contraband of war. a neutral is
bound to employ the means at his
disposal to prevent his subjects from
building, fitting out, or arming, to
the order of either belligerent, YES
sells intended to be used as men-of-
war. and to prevent the departure
from his jurisdiction of any vessel
which, by order Of either belligerent,
has been adapted to warhke use.
The difference between selling
armed vessels to belligerents and
building them to order is usually
defined in the following way:
"An armed ship, being contraband
Of war. is in no wise different from
other kind of contraband, provided
that she is not manned in a neutral
port, so that she can commit hos
tilities at once after having reached
the open sea. A subject of a neu-
trail who builds an armed ship, OF
arms merchantmen, not TO the
order of belligerent, but intending
to sell her to a belligerent, does not
differ from a manufacturer of arms
who intends to sell them to a
belligerent. There is nothing to pre-
vent a neutral from allowing his
subjects to sell armed vessels, and
to deliver them to belhgerents,
either in neutral port or in bel
Egerent port.
"On the other hand, if subject
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Sept p P.-Poultry. live,
As trucks hens steady. chickens hrmer;
hens, over pounds, 1917; ) pounds and
under. II; Leghorn hens II 2: broier,
2l2 pounds and down, colored l5i7 Plym-
outh Rock. ia; White Rock. Ia
springs. 4 pounds up colored. l5iz: Plym,
hounds colored, Is: Plymouth Rock, II;
White Rock. Il; bareback chickens 12-l4
roosters. 10i2; roosters Leghorns, To-
ducks, 4lz pounds ur, colored, -: white.
IL small, colored. T.; small. white, IL
geese. old, 10 young, II, turkeys toms,
old l: young IA; hens. 16s
Butter. receipts. 93f 732: Arm: cream
25E Sd,. y ao s'GgS aS, Ss s. g. S. S. 5': 81 80,
centralized carlots. 26'4
graded, extra frsts. local. 10. cars 10;
frSts. local 1874 cars. 1884: current re-
Celpts. l6'4 dirties, IA: checks l394,
storsge-packed extras, 2ll4; first, 1924
Potatoes. arrivals, 225 on track. 20;
total United States shipments. Saturday
liberal demand slow: Idaho Rqsset Bur
other stock market dull; Idaho Russet
Burbank U S. No. l. 60-7U; Idaho
Bliss Triumphs, U s. No. ] 1850;
Colorado Bliss Triumphs, U S No /,
I45: Oregon Bliss Triumphs. U. s. No. !.
! 81 -6n: Minnesota Early Ohios, Sand
land section. generally good quality. 10;
Minnesota Cobb!ers HolIandsle section.
washed generally good quality. 12o-3n.
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. washed. general
ly good quality. l4O-45; North Dsko' a
bliss Triumphs so TO s. per cent, o. s.
No !, washed 20: unwashed. l05-15.
Early Ohios, generally good quality, LILO.
Evening star., 1940-09-03
Gold Imports Decline
To S36, 6,549,136 Mark
During Week
Latest Total Compares
With Recent Average
Of $500, 900, 900
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Gold imports fell abruptly to
$36 .549, 1876 in the week ended Au-
gust %, from a recent average of
about s100,0O0,0OO week.
The amount shifts nearly every
week with the quantity of British
Empire metal coming in.
Incoming shipments included
S23 ,631.479 from Canada, s4,172 ,492
from Mexico. s2,916,572 from Por-
tugal, Sl,l29695 from the United
Kingdom, s1,174 sos from Hong
Kong and S1,635, ,241 from South
Africa last week.
In the absence of large imports
foreign countries withdrew S36,-
437,78l from their deposits in the
Federal Reserve System. reducing
the total of earmarked gold to
S1,644, ,426.l9O.
Silver imports gained somewhat
TO s905,873, including S228,32 from
Canada and s4S9, ,922 from Mexico.
Exports amounted to s7,792 of
gold and Sl,537 of silver.