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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

sued Q treatise entitled Mare Chu- sum Sue dc Domino Marsi" (closed Sea or Concerning the command of the Sea.) down to this very hour. Control of the sea has been the un. derlying cause of every war in which England has been engaged in. "The King of England is Lord Of the gcas," 70 wrote John gelden. John dunthier book Inside Europe" (Page 222) he writes "F'rom iTe0 to 1928 Great Britain fought 20 cam. paigns or wars to keep the route to India open, and since 1870 Great Britain has annexed % independ- ent territories besides enlarging her Empire further by six rnandated territories acquired by the Treaty of Versailles, and remember finally, that the acquisition Of ell this vast territory and the smothering of the hopes for freedom of the people like the Boors, the Indians and others, must Dc attributed to British Naval Power"
 Sir John Fisher, head of the Brit ish navy predicted in 1904 that England would be at war with Ger- many when the Kiei Canal would Dc opened, the canal which Germany built through her own land 50 that her warships could pass out into the North Sea. The Kiel Canal was opened late in July 1914, England was at war with Germany by Aug ust 1914. The opening of the Kiel Canal was the primary and funda- mental reason for the World War, namely the desire of Britain to stop Germany from becoming Q cofn- mercial competition of Britain, and her rival in sea power to prevent Britain's Interference with German commerce. t"See Memories and Records of John Fisher" published lo20).
 Who started IIitler9 Is he to be hated?
 The Treaty of Versailles was the worst treaty ever made. The Ger man people, 90 million of them, mol the Kaiser were made to suffer They were robbed of everything they had. The German people starving to death as c result of . blockade that our entrance into the war made possible of success, turn- cd from their military leaders, to the ideallsn Of President Wilson's (Continued on Pare D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Selected Poem
DAWN ON THE HILLTOP
(Grace Lee Kenyon in the Poets Column,
 Hartford Couran)

 The dawn wind blows back Nights sable mantle, hiding the mcons face; Space widens, and the horizon moves back TO meet the rising sun, Pale brches step modestly from the mistS Like nymphs emerging from chilly pool; bird chirps, and the whole 1ast fuSheS With the pusing lifeblood of new day. All along the sky, faint tracings blur, From tall stacks marching 5tarkly down the valley Like banners waving in the van of procession, These pennants fiutter in the wind. They wreathe and twine along The gun- warmed highways of the upper air, And the sun gilds them and bathcs Their dark plrals in fantasy The moss is damp and on the grass Hang the pearl cobwebs that the spiders weave; The laurel clumps wake drowsiy, swamp apple Reflects the rosy breast of the grosbeak. A deer minces forth to drink At a ripping, mist-hung pool, A squirrel chatters and suddenly, It is today and yesterday has slipped Into the shadows
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

c. Which Is the tallest light maintained by the U. s. Lighthouse Service?
 A. It Is located on the top of the rocky island of Lehua, in the Haw- allan Islands, TOT feet above sea- level. The highest light on the Pa- cific coast of continental United States Is at Cape Mendocino, Calf, 422 feet above sea.level and the highest light on the Atlantic coast Is ct Marcus Hook, Del, 278 feet above sea-level.
 c. Is the surname Larkin de- rived from the lark?
 A. Yes, when the bird was used for 6 taverR .sign, giving . locality origin to the name. More frequent. iy it means "son of Lawrence" from the Latin meaning laurel" heroes being crowned with laurel.
 c. Did Leslie Howard play the violin in tho photoplay, "IntermeS. zo7"
 A. No, He merely appeared to do 50; Toschca seidol was the muSi' elan.
 c. Does aluminium foil make good insulating material for [ house?
 A. It is used to increase the in. guiating value of cir spaces. It t of value only in conjunction with such cir spaces, and has no value when placed in continuous contact with solid material on both sides except as it may act as Q building paper in preventing air leakage.
 If you want . copy of the book let, "Thc Book of 0ames", send N The Waterbury Democrats Wash' ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. Q. Enclose ten cents in postage,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
WARMING ON HITLER NOT SEEN AS ANSWER TO
 U. s. PROBLEMS
Waterbury, Conn. May %, iD40.


 Waterbury, Conn. May 20, i040. Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Day by day tho cry of tho war monger is getting louder and louder, The cry is Stop Hitier--Help the Allies, England and France, Save the World from Anti-C Christianity.
 The Save the World from Anti- Christianity Cry" is indeed c Very Strange Cry since it comes from England and France and our Pres. ident Roosevelt.
 England and France, if you re- call the Spanish Civil War, did all in their power to help the Com munist Loyalist government against Catholic General Franco, and our President Roosevelt tried his best also to lift the embargo on Spain to help the Loyalists. After three of our presidents re. fused to recognize Russia, along came Roosevelt and he lost no time in recognizing the Communist gov- ernment of Russia. The Dies Com mittee has proven without 6 doubt, that there are at least 2,500 Com munistS holding government jobs in Washington. To date, our president has as yet to discharge them. Eng land and France at this very time, are still trying to get Russia on their side.
 It is indeed c very strange cryl Why then I ask should we the American people war on Hitler? Let us look over the pages of history.
 The years of 1757 shows us that England and France were at war. The French and Indian war. Eng land took Canada
 i776, England again, the Amer lean Revolution.
 1872, England and the U. s. War of 1872.
 1861, U. s. Civil War, England again the real cause. 6urprlsedl here are the facts.
 Tn the year 1857 the money pow CTS of old Europe centered in the House of Rothschild. Disraeli repre- scented them in England. Napoleon III in France; Bismark in Germany Mazzini in Italy. According to Mir. John Reeves, who wrote on Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Dirt streets in Waterbury are not un- common today, although the bulk of our population probably never sets foot off paved street or sidewalk. still many sections of this town are as yet unde- veoped in this direction. The first in- cursion of this nature Is the oiling pro- gram which now extends in many d. rections. Permanent paving of outlying districts, however, hasn't arrived locally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

With the same speed that Ger many moved toward the Cham mel ports, General Bishop sent his motorized gun from the HOlabird Ordnance Depot in Baltimore tO Fort Bragg, ". C., ln 13 hours at . cost of S100 per gun. Horses would have taken 20 days to make the same trip and would have cost 5000 per gun.
 General Bishop was abreast or even ahead of the Nazl technique which the U. 6. Army now Is try- ing go frantically 10 emulate. But what was his reward? After the trucks were bought and paid for, the Controller General, John II. McCarl, ruled that they were il- legally purchased and would have to Do paid for personally by Gen. eral Bishop and the officers of the Field Artillery.
 McCarl claimed that ChevrOlet had made . lower bid 0h the trucks than Ford, whose trucks were used. General Bishop re- piled that Chevrolet had not come up to the Army's specified. tl0ns, hut McCarl remained adamant and the dispute drag. ged on for several years.
 McCarl was tho Controller Gen. eral whom Republicans hailed as the great check.rein upon New Deal spending, and with whom Roosevelt constantly quarrolcd Dc. cause of unreasonable rod tape. But whatever his politics, MT. Nc. Carl was no help to q modern army.
 Naturally other army officers witnessed General Bishops diffi- cultIes and were not encouraged to go in for modernization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

bbuuAsb hkG bJIAlH made. And in all of this there is being filled in the picture of Q world which would Dc 50 radically changed by a Hitler triumph that the survival of American democ- racy itself might be in question. Here, in brief, is the way some of the New Deal economists see it:
 Assuming a victory which would mean German dominance of Europe, the first consequence would be extreme reglmentation of inter- national trade. What is left of nor maj" trade would practically van. ish; trade would go on barter basis.
 U. $. EXPORTS
 WOULD FALL OFF
 Europe, then, would buy in the world market only where it could sell an equal amount in return. It needs huge quantities of farm prod. uCtS and other raw materials; inc stead of buying them from the United States, it would be far more likely to buy them from non-indus- trial nations, like those of South America, which could take It's own manufactured goods in equal quan- tlty in return.
 American agricultural exports would drop to m all-time low. The farm surplus problem, which has cost the government hundreds of millions in the last seven gears, would become ever 50 much worse. Cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco--all would be terrincally affected. A huge acreage would have to be re- tired from their production. Farm prices would go way down.
 Along with this, all industries which arc on an export basis would decline sharply, and the decline in farm buying power would hit the other industries which do not de- pend on foreign markets.
 4 GLOOMY
 PICTURE
 The result would be, as econo- mist8 here gee it, lower national income, much greater subsidies for agriculture, heavier spending for re- lief, probably some elaborate rural work-relief pogram [. plus the new heavier spending on defense. Hand in hand with that would go, either m amounting government defi- cit or drasticaly increased taxes or, possibly, some of both.
 Furthermore, with world trade on Q barter basis, the United States would have to set up fairly strict production controls in order 10 con- duct any foreign trade at all. Sot- ting up such controls, establishing huge government corporations 10 handle the trade, doing all of this in q declining market in the face of continued depression at home all of this, it is suggested would be impossible unless the United States adopted for use at homo at least some of the methods of the totali- tarIan8.
 It makes n gloomy picture. Prob- ably you can sec flaws in it; doubt- lesS there are plenty of economists who will disagree with it. But 1t does help to explain why this ad. minlstration is 30 very anxious that Hitler be beaten,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Qualification of Mother Philippine Rose Duchese on May 12 at Rome may mean that she will become the first American saint. She 1t was who introduced the Society of the Sacred Heart to this world in 1918. A French nun she established a school at St. Charles, Mo-, where she is buried, but her activities carried her as far west as the Rocky Mountains. She es- tablished schools and convents In great numbers until her death in 1852.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
What's Your l. O.!

Can you answer seven of these test questi0ns7 Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Gan an iceboat travel faster than the wind7
 2, Tn the old gladiatorial coflis bats, did "thumbs up" signify that the victor should glay his victim, spare him, or give him another chance?
 3. was Col. Charles A. Lindbefgh the first, second or third person to make c nonstop flight across the Atlantic in on airpiane?
 {. Name the Virginia city that t being restored by John D Rockesel' Ter, Jr.?
 5. which former Supreme Court Justice was the son of ai Amer. lean poet and essayIst? c. Is tho Pacific Ocean higher than the Atlantic Ocean ct the Pa. mama Canal?
 2. Pronounce consummate. 6. From whom, does the Monroe Doctrine take It's name? Q. Is cancer contagious dlseasei
 10. Tn what part of Spain Is Ma- drid?
 inefficiency is like throwing good money after bad.
 The Army has some superb of- ficers- fact, some of the finest in the world--and if given free rein they could build up Q real na- tional defense. But they are bog ged down and sapped by the sys- tenn that surrounds them. What the .. s. Army needs is . surgical personnel operation not the mollycoddle bill in Con- gross which merely retires colonels who have reached the age of GO. Copyright, Io40, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Daily Almanac

Moon rises I2:53 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:25 a. m. sets 8:i4 p. m. day light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The moon enters it's last quarter phase to- night between 2 and o'clock standard time. Provided the wind shifts around to the northwest, which we have been awaiting for q week now, the weather will remain fair for awhile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Current Comment

Without the friendship of Ger man there is no peace for anybody. -- NaSi leanet distributed in Bu-
 charest.
 Girls with beauty and nothing else should stay at home and marry someone with brains. John Cromwell, movie producer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Questions
 
BY rREDERTO aa. KIRBY

BY FREDERIC M. KERRY
 Enclose . three-cent stamp SoR reply when addressing any qmes. ton of fact oF information te Che Waterbury Democrats Service nu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research Dc un. taken Be sure oil mall ls ad. dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D, 0.
 THE EDITOR
 c. Who Is the Commander.i Chief of the Soviet military forces7
 A. No one holds that title. Mar shall Semor Timoshenko is Peoples Comn1issar of Defence on office that probably can be compared to Cori1fnander-in-C Chief.
 c. Which American city had the first Junior High School?
 A. Berkeley, Calf, in 1909.
 e. Do the territories and insu- lar possessions of the United States have legislative bodies?
 A. Alaska, Hawai- and Puerto Rico are territories and have iegis- latures. Virgin Islands, under an Act of Congress approved in ie36, has Q civil government, with legls- lative powers vested in municipal councils in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix respectively. The Philippines is q commonwealth and has Q single. chamber National As- sembly. Guam and Samoa are ruled by the Navy and have no legislative bodies.
 c. Who defeated Ulysses s. Grant in his bid for 6 third term as President2
 A. Grant went Into the Republi- can National Convention in 1880 with more votes than any other can. didate, but he lacked Q majority. He and his strongest opponent, James c. Blaine, deadlocked the convention. Finally, on the 36th bai- lot, James (. Garfield, an anti. Grant "dark horse," was chosen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

the belief that the eco n om 1 c consequence of a sweeping Ger man tory would be little less than catas. trophic to the United States.
 This is a sub- ject which has been publicly dis cussed very little. Under the sur- face, however, it is getting Q great deal of atten. ton. Elaborate
 A-N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

However, after he had been in Washington for twenty-four hours Landon added that neither he nor the people of the Midwest realized how woefully unprepared the U. s. Army was,
 Basis for that unpreparedness goes back primarily to tho fact that the United States, n peaceful nation, has not wanted a large standing army and has not voted the funds for it.
 But in addition to that, 1t rec mains an unpleasant but ineScap- able fact that the Army has made
 pitifully poor use of what funds were voted, and that up until res cent months it has been begged down with inertia, It's eyes closed to modern war methods just as complacently ns those of the arise tocratic officers of England.
 Whenever a U. S. Army officer has opened his eyes, he has been promptly knocked over the head as Q reward for his energy.
 GENERAL BISHOPS TRUCKS
 An example is the case of Major General Harry Bishop, former chief of Field Artillery, During tho Hoover Administration he tried to work out c system of motorizatIon not unlike tho blitzkrieg methods which have put Germany at the Channel ports in eleven days.
 General Bishop eliminated the slow.moying horse by mounting French "7p field guns on rubber tired wheels and then hitched them behind motor trucks. The trucks carried the ammunition, ordinarily hauled in tho Timber, and the whole process eliminated Six horses, two men and about $50 of expense per gun per day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
National
 Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CorregnOndent

Washington, May 2e-This ad- ministration's deep desire to see the allies win the war is by no means due solely to fear of further Ger man aggression.
 Equally important, probably, IS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, Y concluded Co
 mend the leak r1yselfj say, "decided."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
A Thought for Today

Take you wise men, and understanding and known among your tribes, and will make them rulers over you,-Deuteronomy 1:l3.
 Common -sense In an uncommon degree s what the world calls wisdom.-Coleridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
Washington Merry Go-Round
the second of series insmclency
DREW PEARso ON ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON 28-One things
   should would get into the It's sHfpeservaton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

Can you answer seven of these test questions7 Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08

This week we present forrest Pot
ter, a dark-oonplexio. I'd senior,
who, after his concentA alton had
been disturbed from "Oll for the
Lamps of China" has reluctantly
answered a few of my questions.
Upon being asked il that was his
favorite book, Forrest replied that
"Of Mice and Men" was his favor
lite book. Forrest is a member of
mixed chorus, boys glee club. band,
and pep band, so it is only natural
that his favorite subject and his
hobby is music Joan Bennett and
Richard Greene are his favorite ac-
tress and actor, and -Four Feathers"
his favorite movie.
Although his home town is Vol
cour, Mont, Forrest came to Libby
from Boomers Ferry when he was
junior, and he is now music and
sports reporter on the 'Tamarack. +"
incidentally, Forests favorite sport
is basketball When questioned as
to his future he replied, I'm going
to fly"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08

Have you ever thought hard
about yourself and wondered what
your inferiority complex was? We
all have one. The most common
ones among the girls are Il just
know they are talking about me-
or "Those kids don't like me any
way" / don't know the common
one for the boys, but from all re-
ports it must be Shed turn me
down." When you stop to seriously
consider these completes you find
how foundationless they are. Some
people call these completes form
of insanity. Anything with such a
significant name should be given at
tention. If you're one of the many
who insists that half the population
of the high school doesn't like you,
try being nice to that half for a
change and see how you feel. Too
many misunderstanding in, be-
tween, and outside Of gangs" are
because we allow our sociability to
get so stale that we become too near
sighted to see over our own noses.
CELIA NOLOP.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08
The Lineup
Peptomists Sponsor a
Professor Quiz Rally

Friday morning, the Peptomists
sponsored Professor Quiz pep raj
ly. Mary Cornell acted as the Pro-
fessor and Jenny Rolseth was time
keeper For the first contestants,
basketball boys were quizzed on
questions about pep. The winner
of the boys was Richard Neils. The
second contestants were several OF
the students who were quizzed on
questions about basketball and bas-
ketball boys. Tiny Martin, the win
ner, received prize. After COM
peting with Richard for the finals,
Tiny proved to be the winner of the
quiz.
The Professor Quiz pep rally Gre
ated many laughs and helped to
widen the audiences knowledge
about basketball. The Peptomists
led the students with school songs
and Geraldine Burke led the yells
This was one of the finest and most
carefully planned pep rallies held
this year
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08
Pirates Succumb
to Terriers

The Libby team rolled up another
victory Saturday night, defeating
the Poison quintet 25-18. The first
quarter was nip and tuck, neither
side gaining a lead. Libby broke out
in the second and started scoring
spree which gave them a good mar
gin of points over their opponents.
The Terriers scored steadily in
the third period but in the fourth,
with the score 1920, the Pirates
started a belated attack which mo-
mentarily swept the Terriers off
their feet and rolled up more
points for the Pirates The Libby
team recovered in time, however,
to pull the game from the fire and
dropped in two more baskets and a
few throws to cinch the score.
Rounds and Katarzy were the Of
ficials.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08
Montana Project For
Crippled Children

The following letter, written by
Mrs X. r. Beebe, was read on KHQ
program, Your Home Town News"
sponsored by the Spokane Federal
Loan and Savings Bank, on Friday,
Feb. 2. The 500 mentioned was
sent to Mrs. Anna w. Kemp, presi-
dent of Camp Aqua, Inc, Mon
tananas warm water project for
crippled children. The letter fol-
lows.
YouH Home Town News KHQ
Spokane, Washington.
Dear Sirs:
With all eyes turned toward
Warm Springs, Ga, / should like
to tell you what group of women
are doing along that line in Mon
tana.
Because two of her sons were
stricken with the dread disease of
infantile paralysis, Mrs. Anna w.
Kemp of Poison, Mont, attempted
to get them into Warm Springs,
Ga. However, she found it would
be years before they could get in,
if at all She then conceived the
idea of such project in Montana.
After long and heart-breaking
search, such hot spring was found
on the border of Sanders and Lake
counties, near Poison. The Womans
Club of Lake county incorporated
in order to purchase 80 acres where
the spring is located. The Montana
Federation of Women's Clubs is
sponsoring the project vat present
They are SO very anxious to gel
work started on pools and build.
ings that Lake county voted 70 pei
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08
THE WESTERN NEWS, LIBBY, MONTANA

the title of queen of movie land. She
is one swell actress. But, as for
Mickey Rooney, he might have done
few good pictures, but he is wear
ing out. They should have given
the title to some actor who could
stand up beside Bette Davis.
Jenny Rolseth: think Bette Davis
deserves to, be the queen of movie
land for she is the greatest actress
in Hollywood. However, / don't
think Mickey Rooney should be
dubbed king" of pictures, because
there are many actors who are much
more deserving. Laurence Olivier
should have had some recognition
for his grand performance In
"Wuthering Heights"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-02-08
Home Economic Girls
Are Busy

II wish | could learn to walk with
out looking like a statue. Doris
Miller wants to find out how to wear
her hair and Joann Brown is trying
to learn how to fix her fingernails
becomingly, but how to walk has
me puzzled
These are the words and worries
of many Of the home economic girls
who have been fixing each other
hair and fingernails. To help them
learn more about personal groom
ing, Honora Hafstead demonstrated
to the girls various hair fashions
Monday Miss Nelson also helped
them with manicure demonstrations