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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

ters the eco, has never completed the eighth grade. Very few enrollees have graduated from high school Seldom have they had any voca : tional training or any guidance to- ward finding suitable life work.
 Regulations
 Because many CCC boys are as- signed to samps outside their home States, it has been necessary to make camp courses conform with those subjects which are generally taught in the public schools of all States. Regulations now govern length of class periods, qualifica- tions of teachers, unity of subject matter, and proper tests. Uniformity of studies protects schools awarding certificates or diplomas or giving credit for courses. :.
 Credit
 An increasing number of States now give scholastic credit for camp work. Regulations differ in the var ious State departments of education. There is a general desire, however, to cooperate with the eco and to accredit studies completed in the camps. Many of the States have i1l- quired as to how other States &C., credit eco educational subjects.
 Connecticut
 Educational advisors in Connec- ticut's CCC camps are authorized to examine enrollees. eco boys who pass their camp advisors examina- tions receive "equivalency" credit. This means that the Connecticut State Department of Education con- siders eco subjects as meeting, at least, the minimum standards Of courses taught in Connecticut public high schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
STAB GETs DUoKING

one of the most amusing hcenes Iln dOe Penner'k current iiIsO Radio ,nlish film, sA4llllnoAire plavhoy," q lslle showing tie comedian being dFanged through q lake by Q des iaelaaa elilbaaFd motor Wllluh lif eail llot illfn ofl,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Church Committee for China Re lief, is but one of many witnesses Of the amazing carelessness of persons al danger, the abiding, thrilling Christian faith of Generalissifno and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. In the midst of war and revolutions with not thousands but millions of their fellow countrymen starving and dying, with China passing through one of the most critical periods in her agelong history, here aer two great leaders, a Christian man and a Christian woman, lay. ing calmly and serenly the founda tionS of a new China, fearless and unafraid and confident because they themselves have laid their own per.. sonal foundation in Christ.
 Australia expects to grow enough apricotS, peaches and pears ttlise rT Ann
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04
(. N. (. UNITS PLAN
 WAR MANEUVERS

National guardsmen from Water bury and other Connecticut points will take part in mammoth war games in New York state this sum- mer, according to plans now being made by commanding officers. If sufficient funds are available. frCm 300,000 to 100000 troops will engage in maneuvers near the Canadian border.
 The aim of this years games will be to study the problems offered by a possible invasion of enemy forces from the north.
 The maneuvcrs will cover a pe- riod of three weeks. with regular army men ard guardsmcn enCCmp- ed ever q ls"ge area. The plans for the war games are being prepared under the supervision of Lieut.. Gen. Hugh A Drumm who directed the nlaneuvers at Plattsburg last sum- mer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-04

Gas masks, not umbrellas. are now being left in trains and stores of London, nearly 200 being lost in this way every day.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Canadian Service Costs
D. {. Man His Citizenship
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MONTREAL. July "A United
States Board of Inquiry ruled here
today that Philip Stegerer, 26, of
Washington, D. c., had forfeited his
United States citizenship by joining
the Canadian Active Service Force.
The board refused him permis-
sion to return to his native country.
MIR. Stegerer said he believed his
case may have set precedent for
hundreds of other United States
citizens who gave oaths of allegiance
to King George when they joined
the G. A. s. F.
Mr.. Stegerer enlisted in the c. A.
S. F. last February and was hon.
orably discharged last week after
old injuries made it physically i'm
possible for him to continue service.
IF I want to get back to the
United States I'll have to 20 through
the formalities that any immigrant
faces" he said. And we've been
residents of the United States since
before the Revolutionary War, when
two of my ancestors were Army
leaders under Washington"
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Bidd|e Going TO London,
BuIlitt on Way 10 Spain
b. the Associated Press

q" lae Associated PreSS.
BILBAO. Spain, July 2.-Anthony
j. Drexel Biddle, jr.. United States
Ambassador to Poland. crossed the
frontier into Spain today and will
sail on an American destroyer for
London.
Mr.. Biddle, who has been in
France since shortly after the Ger
man invasion of Poland, will be
assigned to the Polish government
in London.
William c. Bullitt, United States
Ambassador to France, was reported
en- route to Spain. either to join
Mr.. Biddle at Bilbao or San Sebas-
tian to go to Madrid to confer with
Alexander w. Weddell, Ambassador
to Spain. Mr.. Bullitt was said to
have left Paris, where he remained
while the Germans marched in.
Mr.. Biddle spent last night in San
Sebastian
Qn Washington, Secretary Of
State Hull said he had suggested
to Mr.. Bullitt that the Am.
bassador remain with the French
government at Clermont-Ferrand
for the present. He said he had
no information on Mr.. Bullitt's
reported plans to go to Spain)
The American destroyer Dicker-
son, scheduled to be relieved soon
by another destroyer, was held at
Bilbao, apparently to take Mr..
Biddle and his staff to London.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Contract for Illuminating
National Airport Is LET

The Howard P. Foley Co. of this
city received a contract for field
illumination at the National Air
port. Col. Sumpter Smith announced
today.
For $1s7 900 the company will pro-
vide lighting for the runways, field
boundaries, ramps and other illumi-
mating facilities for the night oper-
alton of airplanes serving this city.
Col Smith, who is chairman of
the Engineer Council for the air
port, said bids will be asked shortly
for installation of radio equipment
and additional hangers. No date
has as yet been announced for the
new bids.
Work Is progressing with speed,
and it is expected the airport will
be ready for commercial use by
Labor Day. when the President and
high Government officials are ex-
pected to participate in dedication
ceremonies.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
King Predicts Senate
Will Confirm EIqen

Senate confirmation of the nomi-
nation of Riley E. Elgen to serve
another three-year term as a mem
ber of the District Public Utilities
Commission was predicted today by
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
The nomination, sent to the Sen
ate yesterday by President Roose-
velt, was referred to Senator Kings
committee for consideration.
There is little likelihood that
hearings will be held by the COM
mittee. Senator King, however, in
dicated he would poll the members
to find out their views before taking
any action.
Mr.. Elgen Is chairman Of the
commission. His last term expired
June 80.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
French Refugees
Believe Reynoud
Gestopo Victim

LONDON, July 2 (N.AN.A.).-No-
body at the French Liberation head
quarters believes the tale of an
automobile accident Detailing former
Premier Reynaud of France. Refu-
gees from Bordeaux say bluntly he
was taken for a ride" by the Ges-
tapo to prevent flight to Morocco
to form an anti-NaI government.
The arrests Of prominent French
men likely to denounce the armis-
tice terms are said to be widespread.
The excuse for them is national
security" but actually they arise
from fear of a revolution.
Belief that M. Reynaud's "acci-
cent" was no niShap comes from
the knowledge of the arrest of
his collaboration, Interior Minister
Georges Mandel, who later was re-
leased; the report that former Pre-
mier Edouard Daladier has been
taken into protective custody in Mo-
rocco, and similar measures against
other prominent politicians disposed
to offer further resistance.
It is pointed out that M. Reynaud
vanished completely more than q
week ago. It had been expected
daily that he would arrive here to
join his friends, and the announce
ment Of his whereabouts finally
came from enemy sources.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Stassen Urges Campaign
Free Of Personalities
BY the Associated Press,

EAST NORWICH, N. Y, July q
Gov. Harold Stassen of Minnesota
called on Republican leaders last
night to "let no man seek to secure
any personal advantage" out of the
candidacy of Presidential Nominee
Wendell L. Willkie and to keep the
forthcoming campaign free of per-
sonalities."
The Republican National Conven-
ton keynoter urged the party to
send Wendell Willkie from one end
of this country to the other and
predicted that when we elect him
in November we will begin the great
est period this country has ever
SEEN"
Gov. Stassen spoke at a rally of
the United Republican Finance
Committee, which earlier heard J..
Russell Sprague, recently campaign
manager for District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey, pledge his sup
port to Mr.. Willkie.
Declaring that mo man ever was
so free of commitments and so free
to serve the people of the United
States" as Mr.. Willkie, Gov. Stassen
urged party leaders to keep our op-
position to the party in power on
a high plane"
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Mrs. Belmont 70 Speak
Al Sunset Symphony

Mrs. August Belmont, music pa
tron, society leader and member of
the Central Committee of the Amer
ican Red Cross, will speak at the
opening Sunset Symphony" concert
by the National Symphony Orches-
ira at pm. Sunday at the Potomac
Water Gate.
The Sunday night concert, first of
10 IN the summer series on the banks
OF the Potomac, has been dedicated
by Conductor Hans Kinder to "the
heroic work Of the American Red
Cross"
Mrs. Belmont will describe the
present activities of the organiza ton
in alleviating human suffering on
the other side Of the ocean.
Mrs. Belmont has been actively
connected with Red Cross work
since Americas entry into the
World War. Besides being a men,
Der of the Central Committee of the
national organization, she is a mem
Der OF the Board of Directors of the
New York chapter. In the music
world she was chairman of the
Metropolitan Opera Guild in 1885
and Is a member of the Metro
politan's Board of Directors. She
frequently spoke over Nationwide
radio hookups during the past win
ter in behalf of the Metropolitan's
drive for funds.
Tickets for the opening concert
are on sale at the Symphony box
Office in the Homer L. Kilt Music
Store and at the newsstands of the
Munitions, Commerce and Interior
Buildings.
Evening star., 1940-07-02

The Southern disturbance is advancing
slowly eastward aver Arkansas and North
eastern Texts. Texarkana. 1,01O.2 milli-
5ars t29.s5 inches); and pressure remains
low over Northern New England, Caribou,
Me, i.oos: : millibars l29.7s inches. Pres
and the Northern Plateau region. and from
the Northern Rocky Mountain region east
ward to the lower Lake region and the Mid
dle Atlsntie States. Jamestown N Oak,
I.o26;4 millibaTs t30.31 inches): Tatoosh
Island. Wash. 1.O26.1 millibars (3O.3O
n,nehes. incl sso and Dubois, Idaho, 1921 8 miIi-
from Florida eastward and northeastward
owe rthe ocean; q ship about LOO miles
millibars (3o;;50 inches): Showers have
@ occurred In the Rocky Mountain region
the Central and Southern Plains States
the the lover Ohio and lower Mississippi VAL
leys. the interior Of the Gulf States and in
portions Of the Southern Appalachian
region' the lower Lake region and the
become cooler in portions of the Plains
Ssates' the ROCK Mountain region and the
upper Mississippi Valley, and the tempera-
ture is now below normal almost generaliy
from the Plains States astward to the AT.
iantic Coast. -N
Evening star., 1940-07-02
U. 5. Subsidy Policy
To Assist Farmers
Will Be Continued
Agriculture Department
Announces Program
For Fiscal Year
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department an.
nounced today it would continue ex-
port subsidy programs on cotton
products, wheat, and wheat flour
during the fiscal year which began
yesterday.
These programs, financed by
funds appropriated for disposal Of
agricultural surpluses, are designed
to help American farmers regain
and hold their "fair share" of world
markets.
The department makes payments
to exporters on products sold abroad.
The payments are designed to offset
the effects of Federal farm pro-
grams in pegging domestic prices
above those in foreign markets.
Under the l939-40 cotton and cot-
ton products export program. sales
amounted to 6,366,22 bales, includ-
ing cotton products equivalent to
504 ,020 bales.
The cotton products program will
operate on the same basis and under
the same provisions as have been in
effect during recent months. The
rates OF payment will be the same
as those which applied on June 80
for exports of cotton products under
the 1939-40 program.
The department did not indicate
whether it would offer payments on
exports of raw cotton as such.
Payments on wheat will vary with
market changes and will be made
only on grain shipped from the Pa
cific Northwest to China, Hong
Kong. Darien, the Philippine Islands
and Europe and on shipments ~
wheat flour from the same regiC.l to
China, Hong Kong, Darien and tbs
Philippine Islands.
Wheat and flour sold under the
1939-40 export program totaled 35,-
O79,356 bushels, of which 16,507 .0O2
bushels were in the form of -four.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Officers Are Installed
By Maryland v. F. W.
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, July 2.-Moe Him
melfarb Of Baltimore was installed
Sunday as commander of the De-
partment of Maryland, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, by Otis N. Brown,
commander in chief of the national
organization.
Other officers elected and installed
at the closing session of the annual
encampment of the Maryland De-
partment were Adam Novak, senior
vice commander; Robert j. Tanning,
Junior vice commander; Reginald
H. Murphy, jr., department adju-
tant and quartermaster; William J.
Brennan, judge advocate; DR.. Her
bert c. Blake, surgeon. and Charles
G. Murphy, chaplain.
New officers of the Ladies Aux
iliary of the department follow:
Elsie Kilroy, Cumberland, presi-
dent; Agnes Eberenz, Baltimore,
senior vice president; May Hops,
Baltimore, junior vice president;
Mytra o. Carlton, Washington,
treasurer; May Carey, Baltimore,
chaplain; Marguerite Combs. Wash
ington, secretary; Mary Thomas,
Baltimore, chief of staff, and Jane
Connors, Baltimore. guard.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Safety Suggestions
For Fourth Issued
By Council

A plea for the American peo-
pie to keep hands of fireworks
except when managed by
trained operators at Fourth OF
July community displays-was
issued today by the National
Safety Council.
"It is misguided parental af-
lection to give q child a mo-
ment's pleasure at the risk of
a lifetime of pain" declared the
Council. It also issued these
safety tips for the Fourth:
To drivers-Take it easy on
the road. Start in time. Don't
speed or take chances in pass
ing, especially on curves or hills.
To swimmers-Don't 60 in
alone or when overheated, Wait
an hour after eating. Know the
depth of the water; don't show
of or indulge in horseplay.
To everybody-Don't overdo
in exercise, eating or exposure
to sun.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
England Preparing
To Levy Sales Tax
= the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 2.-The govern
ment introduced legislation tonight
to levy sales tax in Great Britain
for the first time, but left to the
House of Commons the fixing of
the rate and the date for its start.
The tax, called q purchase tax,
is designed both to provide large
sums OF money for the Treasury
and restrict internal spending and
conserve consumption goods.
1t will be collected from whole
salers and manufacturers on trans
actions with retailers by means Of
q license system.
Exports will be exempt, as will be
food, drink, fuel, light, water, rent,
medical supplies, drugs, beer. to-
bacco, gasoline and childrens cloth
ing and shoes.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Mrs. Earle Seeks u. S.
Aid on Son Joining R.A.F.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVERFORD. Pa, July, 2-Un-
able to contact her husband by
cable or telephone. Mrs. George H.
Earle, wife of the United States
Minister to Bulgaria, headed for
Washington today to ask the State
Departments help in dissuading
her eldest son from enlisting in the
Royal Air Force.
Preparing to leave by train, she
said she hoped the department could
communicate with Mr.. Earle. former
Pennsylvania Governor who an
nounced yesterday at Sofia that
their 23-year-old son. George. 4th.
would leave there Friday for service
in Egypt with the British fighting
force.
I would like to stop it if could,
but don't know what can do about
It," Mrs. Earle said at her home
here. IF it is true I am distressed
to death-heartbroken."
Evening star., 1940-07-02
$42,800 for Study
OF Relief Given bv
FaIk Foundation
Present System Called
'Hophozord Evolution
By Director Cow
By the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, July 2.-The Maui
rice and Laura Falk Foundation an
nounced today a grant OF S42, 800 for
study to improve the relief system
which Foundation Director j. Steele
Cow termed a ''haphazard evolu-
tion from an opportunistic response
to an emergency created by the de-
preston"
The study. already started by
Brookings Institution at Washington
in cooperation with IS universities,
will examine the growth of relief;
ALLEGATION of the burden among Fed
eral, State and local governments:
costs of work relief as compared to
direct grants: effect of public relief
construction and production on pri-
vate enterprise and other phases.
Mr.. Cow estimated that %, 900 900
persons, or about one sixth the to-
tai population, were receiving relief
and that since 1888 relief expendi-
lures had totaled more than % bill
lion dollars. He added:
ut has become urgent that an ef-
fort be made to develop ways and
means Of organizing and admins
tering relief in such a way that its
costs will be as economical as pos
sible.
Encouragement to hope that
better program for public relief can
be devised is given by the fact that
the present system is merely q hap
hazard evolution from an oppor.
tunistic response to an emergency
created by the depression. It is not
a carefully planned system"
Among universities cooperating
in the study are Harvard, Princeton,
Chicago, Michigan, Missouri, Ne
braska, North Carolina, Denver and
Oklahoma. Others on the Pacific
Coast and in the Southwest will be
added.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Woodland Beach Mans
Body Taken From Bay
By the Associated Press.


ANNAPOLIS, Md. July 2.-The
body of j. c. Kendrick, a, of Wood
land Beach, missing since a rowboat
turned over of Selby-on-the-Bay
Saturday, was found today by Capt.
Vinton Bull, commanding the State
Conservation Patrol boat in South
River.
Capt. Bull took the body into Mayo
and notified Anne Arundel County
police and DR.. John M. Claffy,
county medical examiner.
County Policeman William A..
Stallings. said Mr.. Kendrick, Her
bert Kerns, 30, Of 606 Independence
avenue S.W., and Albert Vowel of
499 G street S.W., Washington, and
George Miller, Al, Woodland Beach,
were in the 16-foot rowboat, pro-
PEELED by an outboard motor.
When the craft upset, Harry F..
Gemme, Edgewater, who came to
the aid of the party in a motorboat,
succeeded in picking up all but Mr..
Kendrick.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Weather Report
Furnished by

FURNISHED by the Bdreau)
Columbia-Fair
ongnt tomorrow Cloudy
morrow night Thursday generally
variable winds becoming northeast tomorrow e
MayandFar tonight
nenI, Ihuoay generally fair little change in
VrgnaMosty cloudy tomorrow with light rain
portion tonight and IN south portions
in temperature. ' e' -''e o'"hse
west Vlgna-Mosty cloudy
south portion tonight portions
temperature. e' - Will AnooefaIe
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Victim Of Gunshot
Leaves Suicide Note

Martil Dershide, about 60. of 32s
Adams street NE. was found dead
early today in a rooming house in
the 700 block of Fifth street NV,
with a .32-cahber gun in his hand
and a note pinned to his coat. He
was pronounced dead by Casualty
Hospital physician from a gunshot
wound in the head. The noted stated
he had committed the act and
asked police to notify relatives.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Jack Dempsey to Bottle
Policeman in Detroit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, July Jack Demp-
sey, former heavyweight boxing king
who f1attened a cumbersome wrest-
Ter, Cowboy Luttress, in less than
two rounds here last night, will
make his next ring appearance of
his reported comeback" effort in
Detroit on July IS.
Max Waxman, Dempsey's man
ager, said Jack would go against
Bull Curry, q Hartford (Conn.) i,
policeman, who has done a bit of
fighting and wrestling. The match
will be at six rounds in the Coliseum
and under the promotion Of Ed
Lewis.
earlier Story GA Page A.lO.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
Gov. Vanderbilt to Serve
Two Weeks With Now
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne AS6OClated Press.
PROVIDENCE. r. l.. July a.
Gov. William H. Vanderbilt, who
was one of the youngest men to en-
list in the United States Navy in the
World War, will drop State business
July 10 and report to the Chief of
Naval Operations at Washington for
two-week tour of duty with the
Naval Reserve.
He disclosed today that he applied
for active duty two weeks ago.
Il feel that every one ought to do
what he can to prepare himself for
whatever may be coming" the Gov
ernor said.
Evening star., 1940-07-02
; Die as Rowbout
Is Swept Over Falls
BY the Associated Press.

HARRISBURG. Pa, July a.
Treacherous currents near a low
dam across the mile-wide Susque-
hanna River at New Cumberland
swept three fishermen to their death
last night when their rowboat was
drawn under the falls.
The victims were David Elwood
Baer, Is; Walter Erford and r.
Franklin Luther, 16, all of New Cum
berland. ''F'''''
Mrs. Baer said her husband had
been credited with rescuing eight
persons from drowning.