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Evening star., 1940-02-28
Mobiles Tried to Halt Revolt

Austria lost no time in sending
an army into France. Her soldiers
were helped by an army from
Prussia.
Talk arose against the King.
Some said he was plotting to use
the Austrian Army to get back his
power in France. A trial of sort
was held, and he was condemned to
death. The Queen also suffered the
death penalty.
A fearful PERIOD known as the
Reign of Terror, followed. Hun
dreds of mobiles lost their lives,
many of them good men who never
had meant to do any wrong.
Among the leaders of the French
revolution was one named George
Danton. He joined in ending the
power of royalty and the mobiles,
but then did all be could to stop
the Reign of Terror. This brought
about his own arrest and he was
put to death.
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Evening star., 1940-02-28
Don't Take Nv
Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
Buoy
BY FRANK COLBY

Buoy
Noun. A floating channel marker
Question: After spending several
years trying to remember that I
should call buoy a "boy," I now
understand to my dismay that the
word should rhyme with "hooey,"
D pronunciation that I went to great
pains to unlearn. Now what must
= I do?-C. L. c.
Answer: Be of good cheer. Both
forms are accepted as correct. There
Is, however, prepondenance in
favor Of the pronunciation to rhyme
with "hooey." Four OF six Ameri-
can dictionaries (Webster's, Hempl's,
MacMillan's and Winston's) list it
as first choice.
Correct pronunciations: First
choice, BOO-ey. Second choice
BOY. Capitals indicate syllables
to be accented)
Note: The "breeches" of breeches
buoy and the colloquial use of
breeches for trousers, should not
rhyme with reaches, teaches. The
correct rhyme is with switches,
bitches.
Correct pronunciation: Britches.
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Evening star., 1940-02-28

his home from Versailles into the
city Of Paris and gave way before
the demands Of the peoples as
sembly.
In 1791-not quite two years after
the fall of the Bastille-the King
and his wife, Marie Antoinette,
tried to leave the country. They
were captured before reaching the
frontier and were brought back to
Paris. A few months later he signed
q paper which declared war against
Austria.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Points for Parents

BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.
Lying to child is neper justif.
oble-nOt epen to aDoid a scene,
Evening star., 1940-10-11

Act, too, makes 1t more difncult for
the leaders to bear down on these
workers to vote right"
The third-term issue is given credit
for q good deal Of disaffection from
the Roosevelt standard in this State
especially among Democrats and
independents" of whom there are
a large number. There are Demo-
Gratis, too, who do not relish the
way former Governor and former
Secretary of War Harry A. Woodring
was treated by the President. Mr..
Woodring, according to the Demo-
cratic leaders, is going along nicely
with the Roosevelt campaign. There
is doubt in other quarters, however,
that he will put his shoulder to the
wheel with any degree of heartiness.
In Kansas there is a sizable bloc of
Negroes and blocs of citizens of for
eign' blood. The Democrats are
counting on keeping in line for
President Roosevelt the colored vote
There are upwards of &c, 1000 Negroes
III the State-nos all voters by any
means. The largest single bloc of
foreign blood are the German
Americans-99, ,780 according to the
1880 census, of whom 1896 were
native born. Next in number are
those of Russian blood, $4,000 plus
The Scandinavians number $4,000
How these groups will vote remains
to be seen.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Gid Dining Hall Manager
10 Return at 6. W. u.

Loyalty of a number of George
Washington University co-eds to
their old residence and dining hall
manager made them most disloyal'
to her successor, Mrs. Louise S.
Hamrick, the successor, said today
in response to a reported boycott of
the dining hall at breakfast yester-
day by some of the students alleged
ly complaining against the food.
Mrs. Hamrich denied there had
been any concerted demonstration
or strike, but said the resentment of
the students had been obvious when
they returned to school to find their
former manager, Mrs. Iva Hodges,
rot there. At the university it was
stated that Mrs. Hodges had been in
poor health and was taking rest.
but planned to return. She was
scheduled to return today. appar-
emily in response to the action of
the students.
Mrs. Hamrick said the food had
been of the very best and the diet
we'll balanced The complaint. she
indicated, was not against the food
but against what appeared to the
students to be the elimination of
Mrs. Hodges. Mrs. Hodges had been
manager of Strong Residence Hall
and the Faculty Club dining hall for
three years.
According to the reports, a large
number of the 10 girls living in
Strong Han failed to appear for
breakfast yesterday, but most of
them were back for dinner last
right. Mrs. Hamrick said 96 were
served
Evening star., 1940-10-11
WiiIkie
Continued From First Page0

Southern States used in the COM
pariSon.
Cites Spending Policy.
Mr.. Willkie began his Fall River
speech by declaring the New Deal
does not believe in industrial ex-
pansion, but does believe in spend
ing. Then he added:
In that he has broken all records
BY the time the New Deal goes
out of office next January, it will
have spent ST. 900 600, 900, which is
two-fifths of all the money spent
by the United States Government
since 1889.
Lets look for minute at how
some of this money has been spent
in various parts of our country. Up
here in Massachusetts last year the
New Deal expenditures amounted to
S33 per person. That is what they
spent. But in that same year, the
internal revenue collections of the
Federal Government in Massa-
chusetts amounted to S37 for every
man, woman and child. They COL
lected in internal revenue taxes from
you people of Massachusetts 81 a
piece more than they spent.
Nov, contrast this with what
happened in some other States in the
same year. In Alabama, the New
Deal spent S34 per capita and it
collected in internal revenue taxes,
SIS per capita. In Arkansas. the New
Deal spent last year $40 per capita
and the internal revenue collections
were less than one-tenth Of that. In
Evening star., 1940-10-11

climax, the Republican nominee Is
seeking more and more to label
the Democrats as war party.
Again last night, in Rhode Island,
he linked the possibility of war
with his charge that the New Deal
takes defeatist attitude toward
domestic recovery. He argued thus:
I'VE must surge ahead. We must
develop faster than other nations
Just as we always have in the
past. We must invent and we must
put our inventions to use.
The philosophy of the New Deal
leads to weakness. Weakness leads
to war. Under that philosophy we
are being pushed toward war. We
get closer to war every day."
Martin Greets Nominee.
AS he neared the Massachusetts,
line late yesterday Mr.. Willkie was
met by House Minority Leader
Joseph w. Martin, jr., chairman of
the Republican National Commit
tee; the Republican Gov. Leverett
Saltonstall and by Henry Parkman,
Republican nominee for the Senate
against the veteran Democrat, Sem
ator David I. Walsh.
The Democrats have selected to
oppose Gov. Saltonstall, the Demo-
cratic attorney general of the State,
Paul A. Dever, who was elected to
that office at the same time Mr..
Saltonstall was winning the gov
ernorship.
More than $4,000 gathered at the
Narragansett track last night to hear
the Republican nominee.
He charged that the gloomy
theorists of the New Deal seek to
excuse their own failure by telling
us that the American economic sys-
tenn is a failure"
To illustrate one opportunity for
expansion, he said new homes are
needed by the thousands and there
are numerous existing homes that
need electricity, air-conditioning,
central heating and modernization.
Evening star., 1940-10-11

He was applauded when he said
he would urge adequate appropria-
tions with which to enforce wage
and hour regulations mot only in
the North but in the South"
Touching briefly on the tariff
issue the nominee said the Ameri-
can worker is entitled to full pro-
lection against the unfair compe-
tition of the enslaved labor of to-
talitarian countries"
Il look forward constantly to
the day when international tariff
barriers will be reduced. I hope
that in the years to come we can
see the flow of international trade
increased. But it is absurd and
contradictory that we in America,
who believe in decent standards Of
living, and who support proper wage
and hour standards, should permit
the entry into this country of goods
manufactured by the oppressed
workers of the relationships.
The size and enthusiasm of the
crowd that greeted him last night
raised the hopes of Willkie leaders
in Rhode Island.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
President Signs Bill
Giving Authority TO
Seize Machine Tools
8-Hour Day for Naval
Workers Is Revoked
By Another Act

President Roosevelt is given
authority to confiscate machine
tools and stocks of certain materials
destined for export under foreign
orders under the terms of a bill
which he signed yesterday, the
White House announced today.
At the same time the President
also signed another act to expedite
national defense by suspending dur
ing the period of national emergency
provisions of existing law prohibit
ing more than eight hours of labor
In any one day by persons engaged
in work covered by contracts of the
Maritime Commission.
The Machine Tools Act would
permit the President to requisition
and turn over to United States
plants engaged In national defense
contracts machine tools and stocks,
some of which now are on piers
awaiting shipment to Russia, Japan
and other countries.
The act does not apply to air.
planes and other war materials sold
but not yet delivered to foreign
governments. such as the 10 air.
planes intercepted yesterday en- route
to Siam and others awaiting ship
ment to Sweden, it was explained
at the Capitol. The President al
ready has authority under existing
law to requisition such war ma
terials, it was explained.
The Maritime Labor Act will per-
NIT the speeding up of shipbuilding
contracts by permitting overtime
work, which is prohibited under eX-
iSting law.
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Jackson Denies Giving Aid
For Charge Against Bridges
5v the Associated Press.

Fv the Associated Press
Attorney General Jackson said
Yesterday that charges made against
larry Bridges, West Coast c. I. o.
leader, by Representative Anderson.
Democrat, of Missouri were not based
On information from the Justice De-
partment.
Representative Anderson told the
House Wednesday that Bridges had
been involved in a conspiracy to
slay Joseph Ryan, A. F. l.. maritime
leader, and conspiracy to sabotage
the steamship PENNSYLVANIA in the
Panama Canal. He said the infor-
nation was in the files of the Justice
Department.
On the West Coast, Bridges de-
clared Representative Anderson's
charges were false.
Mr.. Jackson's statement said:
without in any way passing on
the authenticity of the information
obtained by Representative Ander-
son. I desire to state that this in
formation did not come from any
one in the Department Of Justice,
including the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
AT my direction, the Federal
Bureau of Investigation is conduct
ing an investigation of the status of
Harry Bridges as an alien under the
laws of this country. In accordance
with the long-standing policy of this
department that its Investigations
are confidential and that its files
are available only for the use of law
enforcement officials, the result of
that investigation will remain abso-
lutely confidential until the depart
Icent has made its decision as to
7Ir. Bridges status
Evening star., 1940-10-11

Mississippi, per capita expenditures
of the New Deal were SAL and in
ternal revenue tax collections were
only So. That other $38 that will be
spent in Mississippi over and above
taxes collected in Mississippi came
out of your pockets here in Massa-
chusetts.
Charges Class DiscOrd.
The policy of the New Deal has
been divide and rule. 1t has pitted
class against class and section
against section. In spending your
money it has favored other sections
of the country at your expense. And
it does this not to promote industrial
production. but to promote political
profit. And worst of all, it does this
at a time when, as the third-term
candidate said at Chickamauga a
month ago, our essential need is
absolute national unity"
AS Mr.. WILKES New England
tour drew to a close, the belief pre-
vailed among local observers that
the Republicans will have to battle
hard to carry for him the three
States he visited this week-Con-
necticut, Rhode Island and Massa-
chusettS.
One reason for this is the stim-
uluS New England industry is &l-
ready beginning to feel from the de-
fense program, at least in some
localities.
This does not mean, however,
that Republican party workers are
discouraged. On the contrary, they
feel there are factors at work in
this years campaign that are not
easily discernible on The Surface but
which should help Mr.. Willkie to
carry New England One IS the
third term issue and their hope
that some Democrats will be un-
willing to break that tradition. The
other is the activity of the lnde-
pendent Willkie clubs.
Point to Old Families.
Men familiar with background Of
New England believe that among
| the established families - those
whose ancestors were here for ger
erations-the tendency to preserve
long-standing tradition would be
strong. They point out, at the same
time, that in the more recent past
New Ergland's population has been
augmented by newcomers, Of whom
this would not be true to the same
degree.
As in other States where the race
appears to be close, Republican
leaders are waiting eagerly to see
what reaction they find within
the next week from these personal
appeals their standard bearer has
made to thousands of voters in this
area.
In Connecticut and Rhode Island
he received a friendly reception
all along the miles of highway he
drove over by automobile. The oc-
casional boos that greeted him in
other sections of the country were
far less evident in this Yankee
region.
There have been growing indi-
cations in the past few days that,
as the campaign moves toward Q
Evening star., 1940-10-11
U. 5. Hospital al NeuiIIy
Is Honored by France
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, Oct. 1.-THE
French government today awarded
the American Hospital at Neuilly,.
near Paris. the Croix de Guerre and
cited the staff for its magnificent
effort" during the conflict with Ger
many.
Mentioned by name in the cita-
ton, signed by Gen. Charles Hunt
ziger, Minister of War, we're:
DR.. E. L. Gross, head physician:
Staff Drs. L. c. Bailleur, M. Besson-
walter, S. w. Jackson, A. Cheron,
A. Bison, N. C. Rogers and M. e. B.
Close. and Head Nurse Miss E.
Comte. --
The citation said the staff had
worked night and day" during the
hostilities, "benevolently caring for
wounded arriving from all directions
and thus saving great number Of
human lives" -
After arrival of the Germans, n
added, the hospital continued with
untiring activity not only caring fog
the wounded, but also bringing itS
aid to prisoners" -
Evening star., 1940-10-11
Baltimore Ends Tobacco
Inspection November 29

The Baltimore market for the in
Spection of tobacco will be closed
after November 20, it was agreed
by sellers and buyers Of Southern
Maryland tobacco at meeting of
the Leaf Tobacco Association in
Baltimore this week.
Growers who have not shipped
their tobacco were advised to ar
range to have it in Baltimore for
inspection and sampling before No
vember 90. The market will be
closed until May, 1941, it was an
nounced. Tobacco inspected on or
before the closing date, however,
may still be offered for sale during
the intervening period.
Evening star., 1940-10-11

for the control of the Republican
National Convention delegation from
Kansas, in the spring primaries. 1t
ended in a victory for the Landon
forces, leaving such leaders as Sena-
tor Reed, Harry Colmery, former ma
tional commander of the Amer
ican Legion; Frank Haucke, for
mer State commander Of the Le-
gicn, and former Justice Jochems
of the State Supreme Court out in
the cold.
May Not Affect WilIkie.
1t looks, however, as though this
factional row in the Republican
party will have little or no effect
on the Willkie campaign here. al
though it is likely to have some
bearing on the contest for Gov
ernor. Gov. Rather is candidate
to succeed himself, and there are
Republicans in the Reed faction
who have their knives out for his
political scalp. That being the case,
Gov. Rather is expected to trail
MI, Willkie-but will probably coEie
Through if Willkie wins in the State
by $4,000 or $4,000 votes.
The Democratic candidate for
Governor is Bill Burke of Little
River in the West Central part
Of the State, cattleman and banker.
He has never held public office
before nor been a candidate. He
is, however, the only man who
has ever been twice elected presi-
dent of the Kansas Livestock As
sociation. A self-made man, start
ing with a 53-acre farm years ago,
he is now a large figure in Little
River, where he owns the bank,
the hotel and pretty much every
thing else. He is proving himself
a good campaigner.
Gov. Rather is under Democratic
fire because he failed to keep a
number of promises which he made
during his campaign two years ago.
He did not remove the tax on food
stuffs-although he did away with
tokens" and put a 1-cent tax on
purchases up to Is cents-with no
tax below a 10-cent purchase. He
failed to make good on promise
to raise old-age pensions to $50 a
month and they stand now around
$12, which provokes a number Of
pensioners. Nor did he provide for
free schoolbookS, as the Demo-
he rrOyoiSp6
Land0n's Influence Grows.
Mr.. Landon is still a dominant
political figure in this State. In
fact, he has continued to grow in
the estimation of his fellow Kan
sans since his defeat for the presi-
dency four years ago. He is work.
ing hard for Mr.. WILKES election
today, and he is confident that con-
ditions are so changed from what
they were in 1896 that Roosevelt
cannot carry this State. Four years
ago the Federal Government was
pouring out money for home and
farm mortgages. Today it is fore
closing, and since 1887 has FORE
closed on large number of farms
and homes. Even more important,
Kansas has had more rains this
summer and fall than it has for
years and the farmers are feeling
in much better frame of mind
more inclined to return to their
G.. o. P. moorings. Also, the w.
P. A. workers, although still in a
large majority for Roosevelt, are
nowhere near SC solid as they were
TO rthe President in 1886. The Hatch
Evening star., 1940-10-11

China will permit the shipment
of duck down from Chekiang
Province.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-08
Still Pays - After 6S Years

A cheering testimonial in the solidity of
the American home is the story of Horace
g. Smith, 75-year-old property owner of
Denver, Colo. Several days ago, Mr..
Smith went down to Denver's city hall and
paid $3.50 in taxes on his home Thous-
andS of other citizens came down to pay
their taxes, but Mr.. Smiths appearance
was remarkable inaSmuch as it was the
68th time he and his father before him
had paid taxes on the same house. To-
gether, father and son have paid the city
four times what the house is worth today.
The Smith house was built in 1873, after
the family decided to tear down the log
cabin in which they were living on the
same site. In 1875, the house was valued
at $4,000. Today it is worth $500. Dur
ing the years, the Smiths have paid
total of about $4,000 in taxes.
It is good that there are people like
the Smiths people who value all the
things for which home stands. They
keep the nation anchored. They are the
folks who maintain stolid faith in the
future of their country. They know that,
while life all around them may change,
democracy and common rights need not
be disturbed so long as they hang on to
V4AC 4OCd O1AdG q ID WOIC11 paying
taxes on for so or 70 years. Persons who
attach that much sentimental value to
home are pretty apt to take their govern
ment seriously They are likely to be
discerning about the type of officials they
elect, and they will probably recognize
political charlatans when they come
along.
You've got to be pretty fond of place
tn
be particularly passionate about it when
the plumbing begins to leak and the porch
has to be bolstered up and the ceiling
needs to be replastered for the eighth
time. You've got to be oblivious to the
modernism of the day, content with the
old and established Not so much in
dreadnaughts and fortresses but rather
in the staunchness of people like the
Smiths lies Americas defense against the
intrusion of foreign concepts, the invasion
of alien armies.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-08
Battling The Elements

Once more Connecticut public utilities
have proved their mettle. In this latest
encounter with Mother Nature they have
rendered the public on which they are
dependent for existence as faithful service
as circumstances would permit. Too often,
we think, the average person fails to con-
slider the factors that war against con-
tinued and unbroken electric or telephone
service in storm of the type and dimen-
sions that struck this state last Monday.
Waterbury again was somewhat more
fortunate than other communities in the
state. For this we can be thankful.
But even the prolonged break in
service occasioned by broken wires and
disabled transmitting devices brought
forth many complaints and certainly
countless queries. We really feel that
electric light and power companies, as
well as telephone firms, deserve great
praise for the manner in which they
weathered the recent ice-storm and in
which they surmounted all the difficult
ties which continued to pile up even as
the storm abated. Heroic efforts on the
part of hard-working service crews
restored service to areas, blacked-out.
Our hats off tonight to the serviceman
who spots the break and repairs 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-08

There seems to be a difference of opin-
ion on the possible effects in the gasoline
industry throughout Connecticut as re-
suit of the recent Supreme Court decision
outlawing an act of the 1889 Legislature,
regulating the size of signs at gasoline
stations. Some sources think that this
invalidation will result in resumption
of the price wars that have ragged at vari-
GUS times in the last few years through
various cities of the state, our own in
cluded. On the other hand organized
retail gasoline dealers are of the opinion
that this bugaboo has been licked and
that the separate groups of independent
dealers in communities will not be forced
to adopt the tactics they have in the past
to force the price-cutter into line Most
dealers realize by now that no price war
is of any material benefit, least of all to
the one who starts it. Uniform organized
effort will get more and better results.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-08
No Trade For Germany

After six months of war, Germany's
overseas trade has been completely cut
off. She must depend for her supplies and
her export sales almost entirely on trade
pactS with Central Europe and Comrade
Stain. Germany undoubtedly expected
that to happen. She could hardly have
planned to keep her trade routes open
after formation of the blockade she knew
the British would throw around her
coast.
Yet, when the war is over and the
blockade no longer impedes ships filled
with needed supplies, the cargoes still
may not come = not until Germany can
furnish real cash for the deals. And
honest money, after nation has finished
a war, is not ,bountiful commodity. It's
difficult to imagine what Germany can
possibly get out of prolonging the struggle
what any nation can get out of it. Only
in the minds of the leaders of aggression
can the real answer be found.