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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
CENCUSTAKINC
 BATTLESTILL ON
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CContinued from Page D Harry l.. Hopkins. then launched the rebuttal of the census bureau to the Tobey charges.
 He declared that the proposed inc quiries were perfectly legal and emphasized their importance in tu- ture economic planning.
 we now have authoritative in- formation on farm income" he said, lon business incomes and on incomes in the income tax brackets. The greatest blind spot in our pres- ent economic knowledge includes the incomes of those industrial workers dependent on wages and salaries.
 "These facts will be available to everyone and contribute to the wise solution of our difficult public and private problems
 As legal authority for the income inquiries, he cited a section of the 1929 census act which set forth that the 1890 and subsequent censuses shall cover questions relating to population, to agriculture, to irriga- ton, to drainage, to distribution, to unemployment, and to mines.
 These two income questions very definitely relate to unemploy- ment and to population in the sense of the authorization contained in the census act" Thorp added. "An adequate picture of the extent and duration of unemployment cannot be shown without information on income.
 Legislative policy, as well as the administration of agencies con- cerned with the problem of unem- ployment could be based on ascer.. tained facts rather than depend upon guesswork as to what the facts really are"
 Tobey Temporarily Rests
 Tcbey temporarily rested his case late yesterday and today hears cen- sus officials defend their 1940 cen- sus questions against charges that they represent malicious snoop- ing" Census Director w. L. Austin and Dr. Willard L. Thorp, economic advisory to Secretary of Commerce Harry L. Hopkins, testify before the Senate commerce subcommittee con- sidering Tobey's resolution.
 Austin has defended the queS- tiors, conteuding that busiress rep- resentatives requested them, but is concerned lest his 10000 enumer- ators run into trouble as a result of Tobey's campaign when they be. gin their door -to-door calls April 9.
 Tobey concluded his testimony be- fore the sub-committe late yester- day with the appeal:
 "The Senate can render no high CT service than by striking down this attempt to pry into the private lives of our ~'tizens."
 Then, with a dramatic gesture to the chairman, after having read about 70 letters he said he Lad re- ceived from citizens, he shouted: {:
 Gentlemen, rest my case"
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tance. Under the new carried" system which is being used, not one foot of new cable will be in- stalled!
 This modern miracle of tele- phony may be thought of as wire directed radio. The electrical cur- rents produced by the voice of someone making @ telephone call from New York to Boston, for ex- ample, do not travel the full dis tance in the same form as they leave the telephone instrument. They go from the calling tele- phone to the Long Distance build ing in New York in the usual manner. Then they are raised to a high-frequency-just as they would be if they were to be put lon the air" by 8 radio broad casting station.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
LEAP YEAR DAY
 PRESENTS FREAKS
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Continued from Page D of "zail. Hail, the oang's All Here" His parents told his gOyerness when he was a child, to take him out and apprentice him to Q pilot. She mis- underst0od apprentice him to a pi- rate. At 2i, iIi love with Mabel he asked to Do released from his iIi- denture. The pirate king pointed out that since he had been born on Feb. 20 he would not be released until he was 2l. on Feb. 2g, 'lol0.
 Back in 1879 when the opera was first produced lo40 was long way off and the audiences gllffawed when Frederick and Mabel assured one another that they would wait with their love unabated. Tonight the American Gilbert and Sullivan Association presents tableaux of their happy union and countless pianos and amateur tenors will re- call Frederic's love. But Sir W. 'S. Gilbert forgot about 1900 not being devisible by four. Actually Frederic will not be 21 until 1924.
 Leap Year Notes
 Today John J. Shelton, of East Orange. N. J., celebrated his 22nd birthday, and A. L. Rohrer, of Maplewood, N. J., his 2Oth, though they are % and 84 respectively.
 Burlington, Vt, Feb. 29-(UP)- Though Janet LaVigne is eight years old and her brother Armand is l2, they celebrated their second and third birthdays today.
 Ydixiver, Mass, Feb. 29-UP)- Mrs. Rose Laliberte, 36, observed her ninth birthday today while her daughter, Doris, 4, observed her first birthday"
 Washington, Feb. 29- (UP)-More than 35O,0O0 Americans celebrated their birthday today-the extra day in Leap Year--for the first time since 1036.
 Census bureau officials estimated that many people now living were born on Feb. 28 and, thus, have birthday only once every four years. Several thousand babies born today will celebrate their next birthday in 1044.
 Meanwhile, officials of the Dis trict of Columbia, where thexe are two girls of marriageable age to every bachelor. reported that Leap Year has shown only slight in- crease in. marriages over the past three years.
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shouldn't count those. There's no sport in that"
 His best day was around Christ mas, when he got "A. He "drew blanks" a few days, he said, when "the Russians kept quiet all day"
 Muenster, Germany, Feb. 29.- (UPJ-Germany Is not underesti- mating the strength of her oppo- nents b: is determined to fight the war to the bitter end, propa- ganda Minister Joseph GoebbeIs said at mass meeting here last night.
 "The German people know this conflict is 2 matter of life or death," he said. 'TO yield is mo longer possible. In saying this we underestimate our opponents no more than we overcstimate them.
 We know exactly what means we have at cur disposal but we know also what means they too have at their disposal. We do not hesitate one moment to in- clude those incalculable stores of faith which in the past seven years made the German people so strong and uncOnquerable. 1t leaves us quite unmoved if our antagonists build up their estimates of Ger many on the opinions of emigre Jews and if they set forth nOn- sensicaI war aims extending to complete extermination of the German people"
 Berlin, Feb. 29.-CUP)-Bitter hand to hand fighting in . forest northwest of the Betting Sector of the Western Front yesterday was reported in the military dis patches of the official German News Agency DINE. today.
 D.N.B. said scouting activity on the front had been ''lively" and that the fighting in the Betting Sector occurred after 'fairly strong German scout troops" had penetrated enemy territory.
 Unexpectedly the Germans and the enemy found themselves face to face in a dense forest" the agency report said. There was a moment of confusion and then the Germ:.ns, who had been espe- cially trained in hand to hand fighting. rushed the enemy with determination and inflicted heavy losses"
 Several Germans were reported to have suffered slight wounds but the scouting troops returned to the German lines intact.
 Helslnli. Feb. 29.-(UP)-A war communique today admitted that strong pressure by the Red army had forced Finnish troops to fell back between the Ray of Viipuri and Lake Vuohsi. on the western end of the Mannerheim Line.
 The Red army was throwing huge forces against the western end of the Finnish defense lines In an effort to drive through to vlipuri. They had advanced previously to within few miles of the evacuated and shell-scarred city.
 The communiQue said that new Red army attacks ''in great force'' on the eastern end of the line at TaipaIe had been repalsed as was a new attack northeast of Lake Ladoga in the direction of Pitkae- ranta.
 OIdenzaal, Dutch German From tier, Feb. 20e-(UPI -Geruaan OfKl- eials today warned a number Of
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at work, seeking work, or with a job during the week of August 6-12 1889. Think hard, mate. Between Aug. 6 and Aug. 12-h'mmm! And How many hours did you work that week?"
 By the way, where were you living on Aug. 4, 1884? The peren- slial questionof who wears the pants in the household may come back to plague the census takers as they define "home-maker" as "the wo- man. 16 years of age or over, res- ponsible for the management of the home"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
Snow Removal Costs Very Close To $1O,OOO
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trucks varied according to thei, size.
 Street Department crews are still working on snow removal in several sections. Some streets were. closed to allow workers to attack snow ane ice.
 A warm sun today helped mel the ice that still is found on man. streets. At the request of the fir, department, both sides of Ridgewoot street were cleared of snow yester' day. The fire department made thu request after apparatus had diff culty answering an alarm from thu street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
FINLAND TO GET
 $2O,OOO,OOOLOAN
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NCoutluuoQ rom Eage 1)
 power to make a new loan up to e20,000.000 to "ary country" SO long es the neutrality act is not abridged.
 Finland and China, fighting defen- sive wars against Russia and Japan, are destined to received credits ot s2O, ,000. 900 each if bank oficials de- eide they are good risks. This would be in addition to previous grants of Si0,0o0 o0,O00 to Finland and 925 900 900 to China. In addition, the bank is re. pnFtedly prepared to grant loans Co such Ieutrnls as Sweden, Norway and Denmark and to some South American countries.
 X House approval came on c xiSing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
MARCH COMING IN
 LIKE UNTO LAMB

Boston, Feb. 29-(UP) -- March will come in like a lamb in New England, the Boston Weather Bur- eau predicted today. According to the adage, if March comes in like 8 lamb, 1t goes out like a lion.
 Gentle, variable winds will pre- vail over all New England tornor- row, acting chief Meteorologist Mark T. Nesmith said. Temper atures will be in the lower 2O's in the morning, he forecast, and will rise to the melting point by midi day.
 sunny weather was predicted for today and tomorrow with some melting of snow.
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naugh juggled funds in her cage, held out tax stubs to cover cash shortages and performed other acts, which led to total embezzlement of $27740l
 A score of witnesses told of pay. ing water bills, getting their re- ceipts, and later getting notices that their water would be shut off unless bills, which were already paid, were paid. Close to 30 character wit- nesses took the stand for Miss Ca- vanaugh.
 Miss Cavanaugh maintained throughout the trial that she was 8 victim of circumstances and that others were responsible for the shortage that existed.
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is deducted from "All of wages or salary" or is it Part of wages or salary, under half" or is it just plain None of wages or salary?"
 What do you owe on the old homestead? The Man will want to know that. and what you think the place would likely rent for if you were to rent it.
 The old District Attorney Ques- tion of Where were you on the night of Dec. 22?" doesn't come up quite in that form, but The Man will want to know whether you were
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It can cost you a fine up to $500 to refuse to give information to The Man. That goes for giving phony information.
 There will be a premium on quick thinking Quick now! Is there run ming water inside your house, and is 1t Pressure, gravity or on tap, with bathtub or shower" or Pressure, gravity, or on tap. without bathtub or shower" or perhaps hand pum- petlinside home or even No water. inside home."
 If deductions are made from your wages or salary for Federal Old
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War Bulletins From
 All Zones In Europe
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persons who live i'm the Reich but have been temporarily sojourning i'm Holland to return to Germany before March l.
 Germany was reported reliably to be extending the Siegfried line de. lenses i'm modified form. the entire length of the Belgian and Dutch frontiers to the North Sea.
 A number of persons of Dutch descent live across the frontier on German territory, and some of these have recently been tempora- rily i'm Holland. They received Or- ders that they must return to the Reich within the next 24 hours or their passes to cross the frontier will be cancelled.
 London, Feb. 29.-(UP)-A large man wearing a green sports coat and gray trousers casually drew a big bow and shot an arrow bearing a written message into one of the lower windows of No. 10 Downing street, official residence of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to- day.
 The 1S40 Robin Hood, whose act was seen only by a few people, was arrested. It was expected that he would appear in Bow Street magis- tTate's court this afternoon.
 The nature of the message was not immediately made public. Wit nesses said the man was jaunty, even casual.
 London, Feb. 20.-(UP) -Britons soon may be compelled to invest IS per cent of their wartime wages i'm government bonds to help pay war costs and prevent inflation.
 Lord Hankey, minister without portfolio in the war cabinet, told the house of commons last night that such . plan, worked out by J. M. Keynes, an economist, had not been rejected but he intlmated that the government felt obliged to determine first whether the same end could not be accomplished by some voluntary means.
 Paris, Feb. 2S.-(UP)--rhe gov. ernment approved today the "a tioning of bread and strict control of bakeries.
 The cabinet also issued . decree restricting the consumption of al. cOhol and Ol products.
 A third announcer was of new credit agreement between the government and the Bank of France.
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tide of pro-Finnish and Russian sentiment as exemplif1ed by a host of amendments-all defeated-aimed at opening the American arms mar ket to Finland.
 Tempo of the uproarious debate was set by Rep. John D. Dingell, D., Mich. who shouted that Finland needs war materials to defend her. self and not the kind of materials she can purchase under an export import bank loan.
 We restrict the loan to powder puffs and scanty pants and cream puffs," he cried, "and we know the Films need sfrapnel, buckshot, barbed wire and all the flercest im- plements of hell because they are fighting to stop anti-C Christ and the hosts of hell led by Beelzebub.
 "To hell with Stalin and to tell with Hitlerl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
DIVORCE DROPPED,
 DEFENDANT DIES

A divorce case was withdraw frcn the superior court docket thL morning as result of the death O. the defendant in the case. The cas, was that. of Alfred La Flamt against Ella La Flamme.
 The woman died last January.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
HELEN SPIRASKY.
 NAUCATUCK, DIES

Naugatuck, February 29. = Miss Helen Spirasky. 24, of 70 South Main street, died at Laurel Heights Sanitarium, Shelton, Wednesday night. She was born in Hastings, Pa, the daughter of Joseph and Kazimera Spirasky, and had lived here 15 years.
 She leaves besides her parents, one brother, John Spirasky, of Union City; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Lau. kaitis, of Naugatuck; Mrs. Margaret valukas, and Mrs. Frances DarnuliS, both of Waterbury.
 Friends may call at the home, 79 South Main street. Funeral ar- arrangements are incomplete.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
PEACE ENVOY IS
 IN WAR ZONE
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NSOAAb4kAuG0 66HG U
 welles is expected to stay in Der lin until Monday. No formal pro- gram has been announced, but it was said that he would meet once, and perhaps twice, with Hitler.
 In London as well as in Paris, both of which are on Welles' itinerary, peace talk was heard. A prominent liberal British publisher, Sir Walter Layton who recently had returned raised the question of whether the from France, said that Welles' trip Allies may not soon be faced with the problem of having to consider peace terms"
 French comments included rumors of early German-Italian converse tions aimed at lessening Italy's op- position to the German Russian alliance and a new attempt by Hit Ter to bring Italy and Japan into active alignment with Germany and Russia.
 MussOlini's Three Points
 Italian sources in Paris reported that Mussolini had stressed three points in his conversation with Welles:
 1. That the Versailles treaty was responsible for most of the present European trouble:
 2. That the world economic balance was unsound due to the predominant British and French control of colonial raw resources and that the redistribution of these colonies must be an ele- mentary part of any peace plan or world reconstruction scheme;
 3. That Italy is disgusted with Russia's attitude toward her Baltic neighbors, principally Fin land, but feels that peace in the north should be established at the earliest moment.
 Hitler May Talk Peace
 Although obviously French ob- servers could have no knowledge of Hitler's plans, French newspapers said unequivocally that Hitler in- tended to tell Welles his minimum and maximum peace terms, which already had been communicated to Mussolini and which were: (l) return of colonies lost in the World War without compromising Ger many's claims to any further col- onies that might be pooled and dis
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tributed among major nations in a general division of world territories; (2) establishment of an independ- end Little Poland" = 8 region in- cluding Warsaw, but none of the former German area: (0 autonomy for Bohemia and Moraria; (4D dis armament, but only after the other three phases are concluded.
 The Paris newspaper Intrasigeant described that four -point plan and spurned 1t, saying Hitler never would be permitted to install a Pax Ger manicus," and that the Allies would fight for their liberty and security.
 Genevieve Tabouis. writing in the Paris Oeuvre, said that Welles' re- ception in Berlin would be ''very cool" because "Hitler knows that if the war is prolonged he will have to face the United States Army"
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game of Thirty-Seve Questions. Every 18th person he calls on gets to play game of Nineten Questions In addition.
 They are the ones who will have the real fun.
 They get a chance to tell all about their love life-if they're women. No questions asked, if you're a man. But if that lucky 14th cus- stOmer is woman, then How Many Times Married?' and Age at First Mariage?" and Number of Children Ever Born?" And don't answer, "All of 'eml"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
22nd BIRTHDAY

Worcester, Mass, Feb. 29-(UP)- This city of 100000 population cele- rated its 22d birthday today. The charter. transforming town of 10000 residents into a city, was signed Feb. %, 1848.
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s, 900 for truck hire. Expenditures for truck hire, with more bills still to come, are $400 over the $5,OO0 figure.
 Expected More Labor
 The budget-makers assumed that almost three times as much would be spent for labor hire as for trucks hire. Instead, MT. Scott-5mith spent a great deal more for trucks than he did for manpower.
 The largest number of extra trucks hired on one day during the peak of the snow removal activity was 37. Charges made for the
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All German organizations in Cal- cutta, India, were recently closed and their premises sealed.
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HOUSE CONTROL
 IS COP BELIEF

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LOUe ?Quiiz? Census Man Has BafflerS for
 Women
BY NEA SERVICE

Washington, Feb. 2e-Everybody his own confession writer. Uncle Sam is going to give you a chance s0 write your own.
 He is even going to send man around to take it down.
 That's the census taker. He'll be 1n every mans doorstep beginning April 3. He'll be playing a little
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OIdenEaal, Dutch German From tier, Feb. 20s-(UF) - German 0fIl- eials today warned . nIImbsr of
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
John Marzyck
Entertains Friends

Friday night group of friends
gathered at the home of John
Marzyck, Jr., to help celebrate his
/ seventeenth birthday.
In guessing contest, Ernest
Avila was the lucky winner.
Dancing was hte main feature of
the evening.
The host was the recipient of
many beautiful and useful gifts.
Those present were: Theodore
Gibson, Russell Baker, Lillian
Pent, Archie Potter, Eola John
son, Ruth Thompson, Amanda
Canalejo. Jack Sawyer, Rosalind
Albury, Mervin Thompson, Sylvia
Sawyer, Ernest Avila, Donald
Pinder, Robert McClintock, Ed
ward Strunk. Billy Ladd, Della
May Curry, Eugene Sawyer, Bet
ty Myers, Margaret Russell, Mary
Belle Archer, Bert Gates, Gather
inc Conner, Ernestine Evans, Vic
toria Arnold, Ramon Gonzago,
Paul Herrick, Roy Watson, Wilma
Sellers, Dewitt Roberts, Betty
Kline, Odes McKillip, Rayford
Roberts, Harriet Wilson, Mrs.
Frank Curry and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Marzyck.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
THE ANSWERS :
See Who Knows?" on Page z

l. About 10000.
2. Italy, by Premier Mussolini.
3. AustrianS overwhelmed Ital-
ians, 1917.
4. Greece 100000, Italy 43,-
100000.
5. A fascist, anti-Semitic move
ment in Rumania.
6. Admiral KichiSaburo Nomu-
IA, of Japan, graduated from An
napolis in 1898.
z. Randolph Churchill, making
his first speech in Parliament, in
the presence of his father, Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
8. Six widows of former Presi-
dents receive the customary S.
900 a year.
9. Anti-aircraft machine guns
on destroyer.
10. Probably less than 800 but
the figure is increasing.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Junior Women Haze
Business Meeting

Junior Woman's Club will hold
its monthly business meeting to-
morrow afternoon Tuesday, at
the clubhouse on Division street,
starting at 500 o'clock, accorl-
ing to announcement by Mrs.
Joseph Lopez, president.
The important subject of the
annual Tea Dance to be given in
honor of holidaying college stu
dents, for Christmas Day after
noon, will be discuSsed-the hour
and place to be determined.
Mrs. Lopez requested that all
young ladies planning on joining
the club be present at tomorrow's
meeting.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
Auxiliary Head
To Address Parish

Mrs. Thomas G.. Price of Fort
Myers, Diocesan President of the
Woman's Auxiliary. will pay a
visit to Saint Paups Parish on
Tuesday. December 10, and will
speak at the Annual Advent So
cial to be held that night, 800
o'clock in the Parish Hall.
Mrs. Price will tell of the
highlights of the Triennial Con-
vention of Episcopal Church held
recently in Kansas City.
''The Life of the Church.. in
song, story and scene-' viii be
given at the Advent Social.
Junior Choir and Servers Guild
will take part in this. The cake
containing the Auxiliary ring
will be cut by members. Refresh
mentS will be served.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-09
BUSINESS is BETTER
FOR BORDER PATROL

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bushes all night to observe a
likely river crossing, fighting
rattleSnakeS, ticks, mosquitoes
and sand fleaS.
Masquerades
The Rio Grande is cinch to
cross. In many spots. It's been
done on a bicycle. Wash tubs,
boats and RATS are favored too.
But wading and swimming are
most popular In patrol lingo a
suspect IS a wet"
Lots of aliens are nabbed when
they wade out on the American
bank but the accomplished Off
Ger can track a wet by signs long
after he has entered
The patrolman knows few
limits in pressing his duties. One
maSoueraded as q woman and
worked In a cotton field. But
the trick backfired when wind
billowed up his skirts revealing
his uniform In their flight the
suspects practically moved down
q good cotton patch.