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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01
Contract Bridge
CORNELL CONTRACT CLUB

CORNELL CONTRACT CLUB
 Top scorers in the Wednesday af- ternoon session of the Cornell Con- tract Club conducted by Mrs. John c. Morarity were: North and South: Mrs. James Abercrombie and Mrs William Meyers, IA; Mrs. Thomas Tobin and Mrs. William Faeth, 137 1-2 and East and West: Mrs. Thom- as Horrigan and Mrs. William o. Callaghan, IA 1-2 and Mrs. Charles Allen and Mrs. John Kane, 136 1-2.
 The standing to date is as fol- lows: Bolger-Petitjean, 405 1-2: Abercrombie-Meyers, 397; Spicer- Shutta, 392 and Tobin-Faeth, 39l 1-2.
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with five diamonds, he showed two points Gan A or K-K). This could only be the ace of hearts, since North had three kings, so North bid seven spades.
 The powerful intermediates allow ed North to play the contract with extreme safety. East led the heart jack, dummy winning. North dis carded one of dumtny's diamonds or, a high club, then played against bad breaks by ruffing his own low dia- monds and low club with high trumps in dummy before drawing trumpS.
 NEXT: Use Warren system
 cautiously.
 MT. and Mrs. Frederick Swanson of South Main street are spending a few days with relatices in Pitts burgh, Pa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

Donald OLeary, a student at Fordham University, is spending the spring recess with his parents, MT. and Mrs. William OLeary of East Main street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-01

Misses Katherine Miller and Lo- retta Nelson of East Main street are spending a few days in New York.
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-08-17
NEWS IN BRIEF

Symonds.-Misses Annie Laure
and Anna Gray are visiting n Chi
Csgo.
CIarksdale Prof Joseph Paige
VS. called to Vicksburg, FNday
due TO the illness Of bis urce.
The Southern advocate. (Mound Bayou, Miss.) 1933-19??, 1940-08-17
Local News

Mr. William Motley had IS his
weekend guest h mother, Mrs.
r. L. Jackson, of Memp' is
Mrs. Bessie Perk rs, Of Chicago,
is visiting her mother, MRS L. v
Bolton.
Mrs. Stewsrd Of Doddsville Wis
tied Rev and Mrs. A. II. Howard,
Wednesday.
Mrs. Arvesl Isnnon Collins and
her five childten, of Chicago. ar
rived Sunday to visit relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Dorothy Heron John on
has returned from Greenville.
Among Mound Bayoulans who
attended the County Sunday
School end B. Y. P. u. Congress at
Cleveland last week we're; Mes
danes P. ]. Smith, Elease P. Smith
Ethelda Montague, NJ. A. Edward,
Irene Ishmon, Anna Lee Cooper,
Lottie Sandifer, Veora Howard.
Revs. A. D. Purnell, J. L. Joiner
Moderator, Bolivar County Bapt.
Association A. A. Thompson, MI
Leander Harris, Mis- es Vernice and
Verde Mae HoIiom, Balfour ard
Eddie Lee Colbert, LouveIIa ecu
sey, Annie B. Cummings, Alice II.
Morris, Glendosa Aiils. Sal ye c.
Wade. Willye Ishmon, Zeral!n
Smith Clara Baines. ard Messrs
P. NJ. Smith. ]. c. Crute, Jack
Keller, Ross Mitchel. Booker Mar
shall, B. A. Wade, A z. McWaync
VIM. Brown, E. c. PurnelI, w D
Anderson. Thomas Green Edwards,
and c. v. Thurmond, Jr.
Miss Ruth Pates left last week
for Memphis, to visit her Aun +,
Mrs. Elnora HaIom was on the
sick list cary III week.
MRS. Maggie Bailey of Indienola,
visited her Niece, MRS. Bessie
Slaughter, Monday.
Or. and Mis-. P. NJ. George and
children are attending the Nation
al Medical Association in Houston,
Texas, this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Kuhn Likes Privacy

Fritz Kuhn wants to be alone. It ap. pears now that the leader of the German American Volksbund, a convicted em- bezzler, prefers the protective" isolation of Sing Sing to concourse with other prisoners.
 This would not be unusual if Bunds- fuehrer Kuhn were an introvert. But, from all accounts, he isn't. He's leader, and leaders are, by their very nature, gre garious souls, happy to mingle with others and convey their ideas
 Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing offered to remove Kuhn to section iI1- habited by the common prisoners" but the Bundsman declined without giving his reason. Perhaps the ego that was man. ifeSt in all his conduct will be given a better chance to nurture while he can regard himself as an exclusive" convict.
 For man like Kuhn, that is very inn portant Like his idolized fuehrer abroad. this half-pint edition of Hitler must feel always that he is on a pedestal away from us commoner folk. The martyr dom that he feels in jail can be borne more successfully in SecluSion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Views of The Press

ready celebrated for its fine col lection of wild creatures in New York Geological Park, but all are behind tall wire fences, inaccessible to the trapper. Back-fence ermine, which is slang for the outer cover ing of the domestic cat, is plentiful, but in practically no demand. An occasional fox is taken, but the skin needs a good deal of treatment be- fore it is suitable for market. Dls- covery that one trapper had been operating in, the Bronx for long time and had made a living at it led to unearthing another, so it would seem that there may be many more. This supposition prompted Borough President Lyons, the Gen. Meretskov of Marble Hill, to suggest to Park Commissioner Robert Moses that he cause to be made a census of furred denizens of the Bronx. MT. Moses was willing if MT Lyons would supply the money, and said that such 8 survey would disclose, among other things, that the borough has an unique collection of public off, cials. A probable outcome will be creation of some new jobs, "inspec- tors of trappers," or something of the sort, who will continue on the pay roll long after every furred ani- nal Tn the county has departed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Fewer Words-More Sense

Everybody would be much better off if lawyers, drawing up legal documents, would eliminate 75 per cent of the words. That's not the radical, crack-pot recom- mendation of some disgruntled layman, who's just had summons slapped on him. Instead, the idea comes from Charles A. Beardsley, president of the American Bar Association.
 A lot of legal documents don't make sense to anybody, not even to the lawyers who draft them They include lot of phrases and words that have accumu- lated an aura of tradition and have lost all meaning. People who run into legal papers some time in their lives and most folks do = would be happier if they could read the documents. Mr. Beardsley would have attorneys prepare papers so they can be read intelligently. They can be just as legal, if they are less legalistic.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
You Worry About It

If you want something else to worry about these days, you might try this: A University of Michigan professor has fig ured out that it costs the average motor ist $2.50 year to push his automobile registration plates along, if he travels 1000 miles a month. That's based on the average plate. But Michigan's 194O plates will be larger than usual - and the professor estimates that it will cost each driver in that state an additional 50 cents.
 It's all calculated on wind resistance. If you want the exact formula, the pro- lessor can probably furnish it. If, on the ..her sand, you would just as soon forget about the whole thing, you, may be lot better off,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
HARRY DAVIS
tNew Haven Journal Courier)

tNew Haven Journal Courier)
 Tine name of Harry Davis, who died a few days ago in Pittsburgh, means nothing to the millions of fans who daily troop to the great movie palaces and comfortable neighborhood houses which are such familiar part of the contemporary American scene. But Harry Davis was one of the pioneers in movie exhibition who could dispute with Thomas Tally the honor of opening the first real and exclusive" pie ture theater and who gave the in- fant industry policy and name. It was in 1905 that he and his part ner, John P. Harris, opened the Nickel-Odeon in McKeesport, Penn- Sylvania, renovated stOre-rOom seating 96 persons and offering continuous performances" from eight in the morning till midnight. The price was one nickel and within few years more than 10000 nickel odeons were building big business out of fiickering novelty.
 The Davis example was followed by countless other men in those early years, some of whom grew with their industry to national prominence. The brothers Warner started in the same way in another Pennsylvania town-they rented their seats from the local undertaken and there was no matinee on funeral days. William Fox ran a small in- vestment in New York city nickel odeon into one of the mightiest studios. Carl Laemmle, built Uni- versal from a nickelodeon begin- ming. They were men who recog- nized opportunity in device at which the supposedly shrewd finan- ciers scoffed. And Harry Davis was one who pointed the path.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

You will see plenty in the newspapers and hear much over the radio in the ensuing days concerning drive launched to purchase the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The Metropolitan Opera Association plans, when and If the purchase goes through, to make big improvements in the famous old build ing and to make it an all year center for artistic activities. If plans proceed sat- isfactorily, it may be easier for the occas- ional opera patron to get seat where he or she won't break his or her neck try ing to see Tibbett, Rethberg, Grace Moore, Martinelli, and many others. So much of the opera house is bought up each sea- son for the boXholders, the GresS circle coterie, and so many sections given over to the regular subscribers that those buy ing occasional tickets have to do lot of finagling to buy seat where they can see all of the stage all of the time. Of course the drawback here, too, is the con- struction. Each side of the proscenium has extending and elaborately decorated pillars that extend we'll out; and since the floor seats, boxes and balconies all circle from the stage those sitting well around in the circles have an eXaSperat- ing time. So, with the new plans under consideration one can look forward to happy days of opera, great improvements, not in the adequate personnel, but in the physical aspects of the house., as the chairman of the fund expresses it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

haven't the ghost of chance of succeeding while the war con- tinueS.
 ARGENTINE TRADE FAILURE
 Most people don't realize it, but the British were largely behind the failure of HulPs Argentine treaty negotiations-that is, the British plus the war.
 Britain is Argentina's greatest customer. She. buys Argentina wheat and above all, meat, in such vast quantities that Argen- tina usually has a lush cash bal ance with which she can buy American radios, automobiles and office machinery. Since the war, the British have clamped down on this triangular trade. They de- mand that Argentina save her cash balances to buy British goods.
 In other words, Britain, forced
 to pay cash for American goods
 under the Neutrality Act, is not going to let one farthing of
 trade get to the United States
 if she can divert it to Britain.
 This also is true of France, and true of trade not merely with Ar gentina, but with every country with which the Allies trade. Faced with gigantic war bill, they have adopted Hitler's system of hard boiled, cut-throat barter, which means that trade treaties are valueless, and that American trade to neutrals is not going to blossom as in the last war. POOR U. S. FARMERS
 U. s. export trade. however. means almost nothing compared with sound economy at home. And this is where the British policy is likely to raise real havoc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

Judge Thomas D. Thacher, former solicitor general of the United States, told the New York State Bar Association that questions affecting individual rights and property interests should be fairly heard and determined by unbiased tribunals at all times subject to the law of the land" This statement was in- cluded in a speech in which he expressed his disgust with NLRB methods. He like wise suggests changes in the operating of administrative agencies. He sees the need of reform in many administrative agencies, which all seems pretty import ant in these upset times. The NLRB has been the target quite often for biased and unfair decisions. The question is who is going to decide what is fair, or what isn't fair. Too few opinions will not help matters; neither will too many opinions from unreliable sources be of any appre ciable assistance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

ment issued by the Connecticut Pc. troleum Industries committee. In tils year 1917 the states total tax rev- enue was SIG, 1928, ,044. During 1889 the motorists of the state paid ten mil. lion dollars in gasoline taxes to tn, state.
 All this is true enough but what the Connecticut Petroleum Indus tries committee representing the big gasoline distributors is very careful not to point out is the fact that though the gasoline tax in Connecti- cut is a cent lower than in some of the adjoining states the price of gas- oline is generally the same, the dif- ference apparently being pocketed by the Petroleum companies.
 Somebody has to pay for all the activities of these petroleum boys and it is quite evident who is paying for 1t.
 Tn other words up to 6 certain point taxes on gasoline are absorbed by the gasoline companies themS selves, in our case with . one-eene lower tax the state is not getting the benefit of the saving. It goes to the pockets of the gasoline companies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
. Current Comment

Only in a few strong professions, notably medicine and law and the older branches of engineering, can it be said that the possession of degree today necessarily means any, thing.
 -Dr. Frederick P. Keppel, pres
 ident, Carnegie Corporation
 of New York.
 
 So far we are fighting alone against an enemy that threatens to invade our soil, although it is in reality struggle for all that hu- manity holds precious.
 -Vlinoe Hakkila, speaker of
 Finnish diet.
 Lack of system and consistency has been a great advantage to the Nazis with their extreme opportun- ism. They can neglect, discard, em- phasize and add as the occasion demands. Harold R. Chidsey, philosophy professor, Lafayette College, East on, Pa.
 I am satisfied from all that I have seen that the British soldier today at least is the equal of his predecessor both in efficiency and spirit.
 King George VI of England.
 
 Japan would find it costly to go deeper into China, and it looks now as though it would settle down and try to hold what it has.
 Rear Admiral Harry E. Yar-
 nell, former commander of ..
 S. ASiatic fleet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

The main burden of Roosevelt's New Deal policy has been a more equitable distribution of wealth. Thus the AAA crop benefit pay ments were aimed to balance up the low income of the farmer.
 Now, however, the war, plus the British, plus, the cash requirement. of the Neutrality Act, are almost sure to get this balance further out of line. Thousands of tobac- co farmers earning, in some To- calities, an average of about $400 a year, now cannot sell their crops at all. Hundreds of thous- ands of cotton farmers, with in- comes not much greater, must also see exports curtailed to their biggest customer. The same with apples, perhaps later with other farm exports.
 Meanwhile, British millions ordinarily spread out among thousands of farmers, will be concentrated in a half dozen
 airplane factories. Alrplane
 stocks already have zOOmed.
 Airplane dividends will be fat and juicy. But large blOcs of the population, especially in the South, will feel the pinch.
 And if this economic pinch is severe enough, it may bring an nuornOunrio1 dnr7or1d fhot Hoy, gress scrap the cash-and-carry provisions of the Neutrality Act, and permit credits to the Allies. For it has been the unfailing ex- perience of this country-and of every other, for that matter-that foreign policy is guided by the pocket-book.
 Copyright, 1940, by United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
BRONX FUR BEARERS
(New York Herald-Tribune)

The infinite variety of our aston- ishing and delightful cty seems to have taken a really new turn. It will
 surprise most New Workers, unac- customed to the sight of animals at
 large, other than cats, dogs and squirrels, when they read that there are individuals who make regular living by running their traplines in
 it's northernmOst borough, near the Westchester line. The Bronx is al.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Selected Poem
REACTION OF A CYNIC

(Helen Rowland Prommel in the New York Sum- Now is the time for recrimination,
 Campaign speeches, and mitigation, Reproofs, reproaches, and insults hurled To Smte the ears of listening world And sparks go leaping each proponent Hurls accusations at his opponent. We sit there meeky in twos or herds, Filling our ears with these wonder words, Convinced for the moment that each loud speaker Is something more than an office seeker. The ether crackles some fanatic Rants and raves till it sounds like static;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to

Can yOu answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 l. Into which river does the Snake River empty?
 2. When ascending a mountain in an automobile, will the tires become harder or softer?
 3. Name the vast desert region of Central Asia.
 4. How is any number squared2 5. Name the governor of Illinois. 6. What is the hydrosphere? 2. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word cosmopolite?
 8. Name the U. s. Secretary of War.
 g. Should an airplane pilot take off with the wind, across the wine or into the wind?
 10. With what sport is Little Dads associated?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
Daily Almanac

Moon rises l1:04 p. m.
 Sun rises TOT a. m. sets 5:04 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted tEirty minutes after sunset.
 This continued cold weather is producing mate in several winters past. It will be long time thaWing out and in the process it's to ue hoped much valuable moisture will be deeper frost line than we've had in this cli stored up in natural sources
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

ma h ear erI And more as I go on. Through those griued p o Tt e1s of Grand Central Terminal h ave strea med Ed- ward c. Robin- son, Ernst Lu- bitsch, Jim my c Cagney, Pat OB rien, the h e a d of the house of War ner and the m nnMaP hOv
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slim dime will buy many things But don't forget that just one added to many others will greatly help in the Infantile Paralysis campaign, which comes to close tomorrow night with Presidents Ball in communities all over the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
In New York
RZ aEORaE bod

New York, Jan. ae-Those glam- or folk from the film colony have been piling in here for their Win- ter highjinks ifl Manhattan. And what glamor folkl GarboI Hedy LaAGarrI Dorothy Lamourl Nor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
GASOLINE TAXES
(Bridgeport TeIegraml

The state of Connecticut could be run for one whole pre-World war year with the gasoline taxes paid in the single year of 1889 by motorists in this state, according to a state-
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 REAU, le1s Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c. O. Was Carnegie Hall in New York City the gift Of Andrew Car- negie?
 A. Yes, and for some years he gave the sum of s5OO0O annually to the New York Symphony orches- tra.
 @. How many banks in the Unit ed States have discontinued since 1920?
 A. The number of banks in the United States was 3O,56O on June 30, 1921, compared with 15,O82 on June 30, 1899.
 @. What courses are offered at the Athenaeum and Mechanics In- stitute, Rochester, N. Y.
 A. Courses in administration, re- tailing, construction, mechanical electrical, industrial, chemical, pho tographic technology publishing and printing, applied arts and general home economies. It has day and evening classes.
 @. Did Mussolini invent the theory of fascism?
 A. When Mussolini was in Lau- same, Switzerland in 1904, he en- rolled for a course in philosophy under Prof. Vilfredo Pareto at the. University. There he learned and later developed the theory of fas- cism. This philosophy is expounded by Prof. Pareto in a book that has been translated under the title, ''The Mind of Society" The begin- ming and development of fascism is explained in pamphlet "On the Threshold of Fascism" by Peter M. Riccio, published by Columbia Uni- versity Press.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29

Things must be on the up-and-up. Clark Gable just got raise in salary. But he probably won't notice the increase when he begins shelling it out for taxes and so on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 194O
A Thought for Today

And they spake unto him. saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever-I Kings 12:7.
 We become willing servants to the good by the bonds their virtues lay upon us.-Sir P. Sid ney
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-29
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, We divided mp the
 proceeds; omit "up."

@. The hair of which animal most closely resembles human hair?
 A. The hair of apes, resembles that of human beings more closely than that of any other animal.
 o. What are the general educa- tional qualifications and entrance age for training as professional nurse?
 A. In practically all accredited hospitals a four years high school education or its equivalent is re- quired and the minimum age is 18 years.
 o. How long will the Old-Age insurance tax under the Social Se- curity Act remain at 1 per cent?
 A. The wage tax as per cent each for employers and employees remains the same until 1943.
 0. What finally became of the Apache Kid" famous bandit of Arizona and New Mexico?
 A. He probably died of a serious illness in the Sierra Madre Mouth tains of Mexico, as reported by the last of his stolen squaws, who re- turned from there to her home, saying he was dying and had freed her. Government authorities gave up the search, and the Apache Kid was never heard from again.
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Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-01-11

Chevrolet and LaSalle, which later
became important members of the
General Motors family.
Since the first General Motors
cars were produced, the whole face
OF America has been changed" Mr..
knudsen said. 1.-The country has
emerged from the horse and buggy
era into the new motor age. Auto
motive transportation has changed
the lives of us all. Millions of jobs
have been created. Nearly every
industry from the farm through the
factory has been quickened and ben
efited. The motor car has created
new America.
THE building of 25,0OO,000 cars
is an achievement of which all of
us can rightfully be proud, and
could not have been brought about
without the cooperation and team
work of everyone in our organiza-
ton" he continued, in tribute to the
engineers, manufacturing workers,
sales STATS, dealers and service men,
Without a quality product and
without satisfied customers we
could not have made such a record.
The responsibility and credit be-
longs to everyone in the General
Motors family"