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He went on to explain that if
enemy bombers were to seek out
Hyde Park they would have a long
way to fly across the Atlantic.
But if they wanted to bomb Bill
White in Kansas, it was relatively
easy for them to fly up from Mex
leo, where enemy air bases could
be established.
DEWEY AND TAFT
Scrappy Tom Dewey may not
have known it, but he beat Bob
Taft by exactly "a hours in his
challenge to battle it out for dele
gates in Maryland.
For some weeks Taft had been
advised not to enter the Mary
land primary, but was inclined to
ignore that advice. Finally, he
sent Forrest Davis, his ace news
counselor, to make a quiet survey
of the state.
Davis reported that there was
a lot of Taft sentiment in Mary
land, but that the Republican
party was engaged in a fierce fac
tional feud from which Taft should
keep aloof. So he urged the SEN
ator to keep out.
This report was given Taft in
a fOur-hour session at a down.
town hotel. The argument
dragged on during dinner, with
nothing decided but with Taft
still inclined to make the Mary
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Name In Vain

Press reports this week brought news
of vicious attack on youngster up in
Attleboro, Mass, by what were termed
three German shepherd dogs. The boy
was horribly mangled by the dogs and his
condition at the hospital to which he was
taken was regarded as critical. This is a
terrible thing to happen in any commun-
ity and brings down all sorts of criticism
upon dogs and their owners. Some of
this criticism is deserved; some of it
reveals just plain ignorance. You GER
tainly can't indict all dogs for the short
comings of some of them.
But we don't want to talk about this
incident solely. Some official up in Mas
sachuSetts went to work after this acct
dent was reported and brought to light
the interesting fact that in adjacent
Rhode Island State in the past five years
German Shepherds were credited with
more attacks on persons than any other
breed. Of $50 officially-reported attacks
$50 were upon children and the German
shepherd was said to be the attacker in
the majority of instances. We wonder
if this is accurate or part truth and part
gueSSWork.
The German shepherd is particularly
well-known breed of dog in this nation.
It is also breed OF dog that shows more
than average amount of intelligence.
Wherever obedience tests are held you'll
usually find the German shepherd dog
to the fore. And the fact that they are
used as the "seeing eye" for blind per-
sons all over this nation can also be at
tributed to their ability to absorb train
Ing and respond quickly to commands.
All of which is by way of showing that
&c IN forN0inIIC q c
conclude from reports.
Too often, we think, what is called
German shepherd really proves to be a
croSS-breed in which there may be some
German shepherd strain, but no more
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Selected Poem
RECOLLECTION OF SUMMERS DAY

pearl Strachan in the Christian Science Monitor)
Who is that ringing ringing, on the telephone?
The house is locked and empty. sit outside alone,
For it is not my house, and possess no key.
I simply came for walk here close to the sea,
Because remembered the grass
Grew deep and soft and COOL
That else would pass
No would to the school
Closed for the long vacation, across the narrow
street.
I would sit among the four ocIocks and stretch out
my feet,
Letting my book, unopened lie just where it sank
While dreamed and just half listened and thirstily
drank
The ripe warm air, part fish pier part sea, part
balsam wood.
1t was enough to be here quiet. 1t was good.
There is the telephone ringing and nothing else is
heard,
Not the fall of apple, not the peep of bird.
Now that walk to the window and look into the
hall
I see coat tree standing gaunt, bereft of all
Clothing but sweater, raveled at the cuff
Louder grows the ringing. Has he not rung enough,
Whoever is calling this number? Is he not aware
The family went to the mountains, and no one
is there
To answer? How can he hope so long?
What is the urgent thing that he must speak?
1 cannot rest nor dream now; this unresponse is
bleak.
Orpheus calls Eurydice, calls her and calls
Down endless chasms, through intermediate halls.
Menelaus from Sparta calls to Helen, gone
To Troy. The telephone rings on and on
The spider spinning at the curtain top
Spins on as if it knew the sound would stop.
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PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE
ARE COMING TO PASS,
CLAIMS WRITER.
Berlin, Conn.
April %, 1910.

Berlin, Conn.
April %, 1910.
Editor of the Democrat:
Both the press and the radio bring
us the news of the plight Of Sweden
and the efforts of the Swedish peo-
pie to maintain a peace that they
have enjoyed for hundred years.
Many people wonder why this peace
should be disturbed, as well as the
peace Of other nations who desire
to remain neutral.
A group of men were discussing
a problem over the radio What can
we do to get the people to think. u
Numerous views were given but no
real decision was made as to what
would be the best course to persue.
The trouble with most of us is that
we are willing to let the other fell
low do our thinking for us.
What is the reason for the plight
of so many countries in the world
of today? There is always reason
for everything and it is up to all
of us to do some fast thinking and
come to a decision as to what course
we will take. Talk with the average
man of today about Bible prophe-
cies which show what will happen
in our time and the chances are
that he will turn away from you. I
put that subject up to one man and
he told me that he had enough to
do to earn his daily bread with
out taking the time to read the
Bible. I asked him If he ever read
the words of Jesus THAT man could
not live by bread alone" and he
stated: IT guess that is right, you
got to have some meat with it,"
The Bible shows that there is not
Christian country on earth, re-
gardless of the claims of men. God
is just and his justice demands
that a warning Of what would hap
pen, as contained in His word, must
be given to the people before de-
struction takes place. More than
sixty times, the words "And they
shall know that am Jehovah"
are found in the book Of Ezekiel.
Is this because we are hard of
hearing? Jesus said so. (See Mat
thew 1919 In Ezekiel Z: you will
find written: Destruction cometh,
and they shall seek peace, and there
shall be n ne."
Note Revelation 11:18 "And the
nations were wroth, and Thy wrath
came and the time Of the dead to
be judged, and the time to give
their reward to thy servants, the
prophets, and to the saints, and to
them that fear thy name, the small
and the great: and to destroy them
THAT DESTROY THE EARTH.
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. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Sinclair Lewis Writes
Gently of Theater

Still heavily under the influence
of his active interest in the legiti-
mate theater, Sinclair Lewis bios
SONS out with novel of stage life,
Bethel Merriday" doubleday,
Doran: $3.50.
While Lewis-lovers will protest
that the story is too gentle and that
the red headed, once venomous
Nobel prize winner is growing mel
low, the tale of Bethel, modern
young woman idealist, provides
sound entertainment and a peek
into the world beyond the foot
lights.
Betheps yen for acting dates back
to the age of S. When she graduates
from college she losses over the
steady, reliable boy friend for the
dubious existence of the theater,
pays fee for learning the art of
acting in a New England summer
theater. Most of the people she runs
into here stick with her through the
rest of the story. Andy Deacon,
wealthy actor-producer, later gives
Bethel a job in a modern-dres YER
sion of Romeo and Juliet" and
wants to marry her after the road
show folds.
Iris is the gold-digger, one of the
thorns in Bethel's side, who fades
toward the end because she can't
act. Mahala is one of Andy's fair
weather finances, whose affections
wilt whenever the box office take is
low.
1t is zed Wintergeist, cynical and
competent, whom Bethel finally
maries after the Romeo and Juliet"
show gives up the ghost. BY this
time Bethel has learned a good deal
of the sordidness of show business,
the petty jealousies and egoisms-
and, above all, the human qualities
of the theatrical people. Through
it all, she manages to cling to the
idelas that pushed her onto the
stage in the first place.
Bethel Merriday" isn't work
that will rank with "Arrowsmith"and
Main Street" and "It Can't Hap
pen Here" Yet, its very tenderness
is likely to make it an extremely
popular novel. You won't be wasting
your time if you spend an evening
over 1t.
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land fight. Finally it was agreed
to reach a decision next day,

But as the Taft party left the
hotel they picked up early edi-
tons of the morning papers an
nouncing Deweys entrance in the
Maryland primary, and his chal-
lenge to other candidates to do
him battle.
FRESHMAN SENATOR
Gray-thatched Republican Clyde
Reed, freshman Kansas senator,
is popular among his colleagues
but that doesn't prevent them
from throwing a haymaker at him
now and then.
Reed is inclined to partisan
sharpshooting, and none takes
keener delight in squelching him
than Texas razor-tongued Tom
Connally. Tom was making
speech the other day on the
foreign situation when Reed al
most boWled him off his feet with
the remark: Unusual as it sounds,
I find myself in complete agree
ment with the gentleman"
'In that case" shot back Con-
nally, "there is good ground for.
me to doubt the sOundness of
my position"
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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CZECH MINISTER
HOLDS LEGATION

For just about a year now Minis
ter Vladimir Hurban of Czechoslo-
vakia has been a man without a
country. He is still keeping the
Czech legation open and says he'll
do it as long as the U. S. continues
to recognize his country even if
the war lasts 10 years.
The Washington legation is one
of four Czech legations still open;
others are in Paris, London and
Egypt.
AS minister with no tangible
country to represent, Hurban's job
now is unlike that of any other dip
lomat in Washington. It's really a
political job; he keeps in touch with
leaders of the 1,75O00O Czechs in
this country, arranges for passport
extensions, tries to get refugees adj
mitted, and so on.
Practically no entertaining is
done at the legation nowadays;
with the home office locked up,
cash is hard to come by. Nine.
Hurban goes out in local society
frequently; the minister, who is out
of town good deal, somewhat less
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PROBABLY NO SUGAR
LAWS THIS SEASON

Because of FDR's intervention,
there probably won't be any new
sugar legislation at this session. A
lot of bills had been introduced,
and practically all would have cut
the Cuban quota heavily; FDR
wanted to avert that, and wrote
House Agriculture Chairman Jones
suggesting that Congress simply
pass a resolution continuing the
existing quotas.
That seems to be in the cards.
Therell be fight, though, which
may give FDR a hot potato to
kls,.-:.le. 5ugar refiners want to add
clause limiting the quantities the
offshore refineries may handle, and
the President has indicated he'd
veto any such notion.
If they succeed in getting it he'll
either have to eat his words or
make an awful lot of sugar grow
ers mad.
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In Today's Mail

Note jeremiah 1882 '"Thus saith
Jehovah Of Hosts, Behold, evil
Calamity shall go forth from ma
ton to nation, and a great tempest
shall be raised up from the utter
most parts of the EARTH" Watch
this.
What could be the reason for this
destruction? Note Isaiah "a: BE
hold, Jehovah maketh the earth
empty and maketh it waste, and
turneth 1t upside down and scat
tereth abroad the inhabitants there
Of. And it shall be, as with the
people, so with the priest; as with
the servants, so with his master
as with the maid, so with her mis-
tress, as with the buyer SO with the
seller. The earth shall be utterly
emptied, and utterly laid waste; for
Jehovah hath spoken this word. The
earth is polluted under the inhabi-
tants thereof, because they have
broken the everlasting covenant
Chou shalt not kilD, transgressed
the laws and violated the statutes.
Therefore hath the curse, devoured
the earth, and they that dwell
therein are found guilty" Can we
deny it?
No person who calls himself a
Christian can ignore these warn
ings, neither will he fail to help his
fellow men to understand the truth
Of the Bible as he has opportunity.
He will be opposed by many scoffers,
but just read Matthew 5th chapter
and note what Jesus said about it.
Note this also: what man is like
Job, who drinketh up scofing like
water" Job 34:7. How many peo-
pie of today have Jobs courage?
h Sincerely yours,
A. E. CRANDALL,
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Questions
and Answers
By FREDERIC M. KERRY


Enclose a three cent stamp for
reply when addressing any ques-
ton of fact or information to the
Waterbury Democrats Service Bu-
reau at Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot be given,
nor can extended research be I'M
taken. Be sure all mail is ad-
dressed to The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE b.
REAU. 1913 Thirteenth Street,
Washington, d. C.
THE EDITOR.
c.. What is the British thermal
union value of fuel oil?
A. 1t usually varies according to
heaviness, the heavier the oil, the
more Btu. per gallon. For No. l
oil it is 10000 to 10000; No. 2, 1885,
600 to 141, 900, and for No. 3 oil it is
$4,000 to $4,000 Btu. per gallon.
@. What are the scheduled dates
for the 1910 running of the two FAM
Gus horse races, the Kentucky
Derby and the Preakness Stakes?
A. The Derby will be run at
Churchill Downs, near Louisville,
Kentucky, Saturday, May A; the
Preakness, at Pimlico in Baltimore,
Maryland, is scheduled for the fol-
lowing Saturday, May II.
@. Will you please name the in
dividuals most frequently mentioned
as possible Republican and Demo-
cratic candidates for the presiden-
tial nomination?
A. Republicans, Senators Arthur
H. Vandenberg, Robert A. Taft and
H. Styles Bridges, also Thomas
Dewey and Frank Gannett. Those
who have not announced their can
didacy but who are said to have am
billions are: Governor John w.
Bricker of Ohio, Herbert Hoover,
Senators Charles L. McNary and
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Avowed
Democratic candidates are: Vice
President John Nance Garner, Paul
v. McNutt, Postmaster General
James A. Farley, Secretary of State
Cordell Hull, Senator Burton K
Wheeler and, of course, President
Roosevelt, who has not yet revealed
whether he will accept the nomina-
ton or not.
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reason the colonel is willing to lis
ten to-and what, having listened,
he is game to do about it.
The wage-hour law gives the
administrator lots of power. It ex-
empts executives and professionals,
and then lets the administrator
say who is included in those cate
gories; it also exempts packers and
Gamers of fruits and vegetables
who work sin the area of produc-
ton" and lets the administrator
say what that expression means.
Existing definitions are very
tough; the public hearings have to
do with demands that they be lib
eralized.
Now going on are hearings about
executives and professionals. Due to
start early in May are the "area Of
production" hearings.
Their Importance is shown by the
fact that, simply by changing these
definitions, the colonel could take
100000 food processing workers and
slightly fewer than 100000 white
collar workers out from under the
law.
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One of the items that should be includ-
ed in every large community cleanup
program for the spring is to repaint fire
MIGRANTS and fire-alarm boxes. Some
effort to get Uncle Sam to repaint mail
boxes also should be made. These side
walk appurtenances grow dingy in the
course of year and certainly could stand
little paint. It's one way of Frightening
up the city without too much work or
expenditure of funds.
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National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, April 25-Col. Philip
Fleming, wage-hour administrator,
faces his biggest test in the weeks
just ahead.
So far he has been popular with
both friends and foes of the wage
hour law - with its friends be-
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cause he is an
a BILE admins
traitor and h a S
things clicking,
a n d | t h / t S
foes because he
listens to rea-
son and doesn't
talk big about
cracking down
on people.
The no n ey-
moon is over
ow though,
and two sets of
public hearings
will presently
show how mich
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Daily Almanac
Moon rises 1926 p. m.

Moon rises 1926 p. m.
Sun rises 1859 a. m; sets 6:41 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
April OF 1910 goes down in the record book
on the same line with March and February.
January to date has been the most pleasant
month OF the year. 1t was cold, but cold
weather Is typical of January. 1t was in adj
dition, dry and sunny.
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1. How is brochure" pronounced?
2. Are grapefruit hybrid fruits?
3. Are any Americans buried in
Westminster Abbey?
4. What causes certain kinds Of
soap to float?
5. Name the first month of the
Jewish calendar.
6. Does long screw-driver exert
any more force than a short one of
otherwise similar Dimensions?
7. What is a cosmopolite?
8. What is the name of the new
women's hosiery material which Is
said to be spun from the same raw
materials found in coal, air and
water?
8. What is amnesia?
10. Which two political polls are
well known in the u. S.?
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A Thought for Today

Behold, happy is the man whom God hath
cOrrecteth: therefore despise not thou the chas-
tening Of the AImighty-JOb SIT.
Criticism is the handmade of reflection. 1t
works by censure, and censure implies a STAN
dard.-R. G. White.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round By
NEA Ssrvicas lac.
DREW Pc r 5 U N
ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON, italian
talking with
the cards what would Italy
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@. Under the old-age retirement
provisions of the Social Security Act,
if a retired workers average month
ly pay after 10 years coverage, is
$3.50, what will be the amount of
his monthly benefit? How much
will it be if he has 20 years cover
age?
A. 1t will be $44 for 10 years
coverage and $48 for 20 years cover
age.
@. Does Miami, Florida, have
more hotels than New York City?
A. New York has $40 hotels;
Miami, 1866
@. Was Orange, N. j., originally
a part of Newark?
A. Orange was first settled about
1866 by colony from Connecticut,
and was part of Newark known as
Newark Mountain" In 1890 the
name was changed to Orange Dale.
In 1906 it was incorporated as sep
arate. town with the name Orange.
South Orange was separated in 1861,
West Orange in 1862, and East
Orange in 1868.
@. What is the distinction be-
tween meteors and meteorites?
A. Meteors are particles of mat
ter of various sizes, revolving
around the sun in orbits of their
own. Frequently some enter the
earth's atmosphere at high veloci-
ties and are heated to incandescence
by friction with the air. Those that
are small are soon completely con-
suned before they can reach the
earth's surface. Meteors that are
large enough to get through to the
earth's surface are known as me-
teorites, and many of them are ex-
hibited in museums.
@. Does the color of lubricating
oil indicate its quality?
A. 1t is of little value in judging
the quality as an engine lubricant,
but should assist in the detection of
dirt or other foreign material. There
is no known relation between color
and service performance. Light COL
ored and highly transparent oils
are obtained by certain refining pro-
cesSeS.
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SINGING COwHAND

Cecil Broadhurst, six-foot six
inch Canadian singing cowboy, has
a featured role in Susan and God
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If you want a copy Of the book
let Fishing Laws of the States"
send to The Waterbury Demo-
Gratis Washington Bureau, 1913
Thirteenth street, Washington d.
C. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, "The class in
dulged in hiking trips in the
spring.; say, "tOOk hiking
trips"
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What's Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.
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Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
JOHN O. BUIE

LUMBERTON, June 2O.-Funerai
services for John o. Buie, 62-year-
old farmer Of Lumberton, route
four, who died Tuesday in a Dur
ham hospital after several weeks
illness, were held at 10 o'clock this
morning from the late residence.
Burial followed in the family
cemetery.
He is survived by two brothers,
M. A. and D. Men. Buie; two sis
tiers, Misses Mira and Lillian Buie.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
OFFICES OF NAZI
FIRM, RED PARTY
in N. Y. BOMBED

Continued From Page One(r
front of the door and run
away.
The second blast, at 4 PM,
shook the building at IS East
18th street, in which are the
Offices of the communist news
paper, The Daily Worker; Earl
Browder, general secretary of
the Communist party and can
didate for president: the ma
tional and state party head
quarters, and the Young Com
munist league.
The bomb apparently h a d
been planted near the ground
floor entrance. 1t wrecked the
double swinging doors and
shattered a plate glass win
dow of the workers Book
Shop" showering two busts Of
Stain with the pieces. A ne
gro elevator operator said he
thought the building was going
to collapse. A woman in the
hallway was cut by glass. the
only injury.
Here again witnesses told police
mat they had seen a suspicious
looking man in the neighborhood,
lie parked an automobile near the
building shortly before the blast
ana later drove away. Some said
a second man was crouched or
me cars running board with a
0ox large enough to hold a bomb
Clarence Hathaway, editor of the
Dally Worker, belittled the Incl
aent' but said it apparently was
me work of some stupid, misled
maniac, who undoubtedly thinks he
i giving service to the anti-com-
munlStic forces" !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
MRS. ETA HART

MRS. ETA HART
Funeral services for Mrs. Eta
Hart, who died Saturday in a
Brooklyn, N. Y, hospital, were
held at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon from the chapel Of Andrews
mortuary.
Interment followed in Bellevue
cemetery.
Active p~allbearers were: Lu-
ther T. Rogers, Dan Meier, Clar-
ence Rivenbark, Herbert Hewlett,
W. T. Groom and Joseph Barber
rel. Honorary p%allbearers were:
c. H. Huband, j. H. Curtis, Joe
Brinson, DR.. j. M. Hall, ST., Wal
ter Blair, ]. Frank Cox, and John
Zellers.
Mrs. Hart was born January 4,
1874, the daughter of the late Hi
ram H. and Sarah Ann Sneeden
Merritt. She was a native of Will
mington and was a member Of the
Church of the Good Shepherd.
She is survived by two sons,
Hiram E. and William ]. Hart, of
New York; one sister, Mrs. John
T. Yates; n brother, W. H. Mer-
rift, of Wilmington; two nephews,
Castor H. Carney and Marshall F.
Carney, of Wilmington. 1