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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

for $500 years. It would be no more fam tastic than the grim set of horrors which have been resurrected from the cata- combs of the world and made to dance across it's face in a carmagnole of racial hatred, religious and political intolerance, cold-blooded cruelty and ignorance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

dict were that the Town take over the sewage treatment plant. There
 is sharp opposition in some of the rural areas and which arc not benefited. That is why the present town officials are understandably cautious about accepting responsi- bility without endorsement of at least a majority of the voters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, "He has located
 in Chicago; say, settled"

@. What other work does the Bureau of Census perform besides taking a census of population every 10 years?
 A. It was made statistical bu- reau in 1902, and is constantly en- gagged in gathering statistics. I takes a census of agriculture in tho fifth year following the main decen- nia1 census; a census of manufac- lures bienially; a census of electrical industries covering electric railways, light and power stations, telephones and telegraphs every five years. Once in every decade there is census of defective, dependent and delinquent classes in institutions, also census of religious bodies by denominations including the number of churches, church membership, value of church property and expenditure; and a census of financial statistics of state and local governments covering pub lie debt, taxes, revenues and ex- penditures. The bureau also col lects statistics of births an ddeaths, and reports on various products.
 o. Please name one popular novel for each of the last ten years.
 A. '@The Great Meadow" by Eliza beth M. Roberts. 1930; ''The Harbor- master" by William McFee, 1881; '"The Good Earth" by Pearl Buck, 1882; Anthony Adverse" by Hervey Allen, 1883; Goodbye, MT. Chips, !" by James Hilton, 1884; Tt Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis, 1885; Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, 1886; "The Cita- der' by A. J. Cronin, 1937; "The Yearling" by Marjorie Rawlings, 1888; "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, 1899; and "How Green Was My Valley" by Richard Llewellyn, 1940.
 If you want copy of the
 booklet, "Debaters Packet, send
 to the Waterbury Democrats
 Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 Enclose four cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Your l. O.?

Con you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Who is reputedly the highest paid actress in the world?
 2. Is it true or false that spider threads are often used for cross hairs in gun sights?
 3. What is the purpose of the XVIII Amendment to the Constitu- tion?
 4. Does a thunderclap precede or follow the flash of lightning?
 5. What is the name of the ar- ticle of food that is made of h. dian corn-meal with milk, saltec and baked on a griddle?
 6. Which horse won the Ameri- can Derby in 1940?
 '. What agency of the govern ment issues passports?
 8. What is the name of Father Divine's" church?
 g. What is the fundament of the human body?
 10. What is a juke box?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Daily Almanac

Moon sets $40 .. m. tdayilght time).
 Sun rises e;30 o. m; sets T;ob D. m. (day. light tlme).
 Al vehicles must Do lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Tine frost.llne h getting nearer and near. e. There win be co least one good one before long after which September should, accord. inc to general reckoning. turn Into . late summer idyl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

industry in Lat in America may eventually rate as one of the most important events of the year.
 Launched as part of the hemisphere de- fense program, the venture is r e a lily one which the Agri- culture Depart- naonf Ian, boo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

cleS were contm- ually dropping in to the valley be- low. A movement was started to buy an ambulance to be kept at the foot of the preci- pice for the bene-
 fit of the injured. Some queer crank
 about town sug-
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Current Comment

We know democracy k the best way Of fife, We must also make t the most effective way Of fife in ot. der to survive, Wendell Willklt. q. O. ?. presl-
 dental nominee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CorresuOndent

Washington, Sept. 13.-Although 1t has been more or less lost sight of in the press of more spectacular happenings, the governments drive to re-establish the rubber growing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Views Of The Press
which distinguishes the bench it.

Whlch dlStlngulSheS the bench 1t- self.
 To attain this ideal. the state must be willing to pay its states at- torneys not a part-time salary, but one handsome enough to make the position appealing to any able law yer. It can be done, if the Hand of steady habits" is not merely the land of reaction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Washington Merry Go-Round
G-Men Were Shadowing Sen. Lundeen When Plane Crashed MYsteriously-W Under Investigation
NEA Savice. Inc
DREW PEA R 6 Q N ROBERT S. ALLEN


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
A Thought for Today

Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left ana hide themselves from thee, be destroyed - Deuteronomy 7:20.
 Wickedness, when properly punished, IS dls- graceful only to the offender.-C Simmons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
THE AMBULANCE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

An amusing little piece of verse entitled '"The Ambulance" appeared some years ago. It told of a road near precipice, from which vehi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
Questions
 and Answers
BY FREDERIC M KERBY


 Enclose a three cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to Che Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- taken. Be sure an mail is ad- dressed to The WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. 0.
 THE EDITOR.
 o. How many ships have used the Panama Canal since it opened?
 A. Up to June 30, 1889, 104, AT ves-- sels with cargoes aggregating 498,- 790,675 long tons.
 o. Does damp sand weigh more or less than dry sand ?
 A. When sand is dampened mod erately its volume increases out of all proportions to the amount of water added. This is due to film of water forming around the indi- vidual grains, which prevents them from flowing together. The condi- ton is governed by the percentage of moisture and does not continue indefinitely. If sand is thoroughly saturated so that all the voids are filled with water, 1t again approxi- mates its original weight, volume for volume. But, up to a certain percentage of moisture, wet sand is lighter, volume for volume, than dry sand.
 o. Is the proverb Every tub must stand on its own bottom" in the Bible?
 A. No, it is from Pilgrims Prog resS" by John Bunyan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13
COST WOULD BE LOWERED

What it could do then, however, would be plenty.
 British and Dutch growers, secure in their monopoly, have let them selves get stuck with what industry would call an obsolete plant. Pro- duction on their Far Eastern plan- tations generally runs between 200 and 400 pounds per acre New strains giving much greater yields have been developed, but since It takes a good five years to get a new plantation into production, the Far Eastern growers have gone along with the old low-yield strains.
 In the New World, however, the story would be different. Once the best soils and climates were found, and the proper disease-resistant va rieties of rubber tree selected, the Latin American plantations could start from scratch with yields of around 1900 pounds per acre.
 Best guess right now is that the Latins could sell prof1tably at 10 cents a round-as compared with the current level of around 20 cents for the Far East.
 A good deal of research of New World rubber possibilities has al- ready been done-chief1y by Good year, with stations in Costa Rica and Panama, and by Ford, with a plantation in Brazil. Until June the Department of Agriculture could do little more than keep in touch with what these privately employed ex- perts were doing; now, however, with plenty of money available, it is really getting to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

plugging for 20 years. If completed along the lines now protected. it would not merely mean a strategi- cally safe source for U. s. rubber import; it would break the Anglo Dutch Far Eastern rubber monopoly and cut Uncle Sans annual rubber bill in half.
 Incidentally, it would probably mean more exports for the United States, by vastly increasing Latin Americas purchasing power.
 PERENNIAL
 REQUEST GRANTED
 Every year for long time the Agriculture Department has been asking Congress to finance the ex- perimental and research work which must be done before the industry can be re-established in the New World. Each year Congress has turned the request down.
 This year, however, the request came up just after the conquest of Holland, when Congress was be- ginning to worry about the future of the Dutch East Indies and the Malay peninsula, whence 90 per cent of the U. s. rubber supply now omes. So $50o,OOO was voted, and the departmnet went to work.
 Three research expeditions are now. in the field; one along the Amazon and two ranging from Co., lombia to Yucatan. Local govern ments are giving full cooperation and are chipping in to defray va rious local expenses. Reports from the field expeditions won't be ready until some time this winter.
 If the war should choke of the existing rubber supply within the next year or so, none of this will be of any use in the emergency. What the experts have in mind is a long-range program which prob- ably couldn't begin to have an ef- feet on the world rubber market for eight or 10 years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-13

Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Court Frees Is Pickefs
Who FOUGHT al Consulate
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 16.-A fist
fight between police and Spanish
Loyalist sympathizers picketing the
French consulate on Fifth avenue
resulted in 13 pickets being taken
into court, where they were freed
Of disorderly conduct charges.
The slugfest tied up avenue traf-
flc yesterday. Thousands of specta-
tors crowded the Rockefeller Center
area.
The pickets were demonstrating
against what they said was French
government decree requiring Span
ish refugees to leave France unless
they had relatives in the French
Army or were themselves willing to
enter war service.
The French Embassy, in a state
ment issued here, denied there had
been any decision to abolish the
Spanish refugee centers.
The fight started after a police
inspector announced that Mayor
La Guardia had forbidden picketing
consulates of belligerent nations.
The l3 pickets were dismissed in
Magistrates Court because the ar
resting officer had not arrived on
the scene until a half hour after the
disorder.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Rogge Urges Ending
Courts Immunity
From Criticism
louisiono Prober Says
Free Discussion Is Only
Safeguard Of Honesty
py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-As-
sistant Attorney General o. John
Rogge, suggesting yesterday that
courts, judges and prosecutors should
have no more immunity from criti-
cism than other public agencies and
officials, said a free discussion of
them is the only safeguard of honest
government.
Mr.. Rogge, whose conduct Of the
probe into Louisiana's political
scandals recently was criticized in
Congress by Senator Pepper, Demo-
crat, Of Florida, also asserted that
law administration sometimes re-
quires certain limitations on press
freedom.
The tall prosecutor. addressing
the Southwest Journalism Congress
here. paid tribute to Louisianaf
newspapers Tor their campaign
against political corruption IN. the
State.
mo one would deny" he said
that no limitations should beplaced
on newspapers In attempting to fer
ret out vice and graft. The ener-
getic and enterprising efforts of the
New Orleans newspapers in disclos-
ing and exposing corruption in pub
lie Office and graft in government
stand as persuasive arguments
against any such restrictions.
But once the Government has in
dicted persons charged with Law
violations. Mr.. Rogge added, both
the lawyer and the newspapermar
must see that the newspaper is i'm
pressed with its grave responsibility
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Wartime Maps Of Finland
On Sale 10 Aid Relief Fund

New large-scale maps of Finland.
as 1t was before territory was ceded
to Russia, will be put on sale today
by the Washington Unit of the Fin
nish Relief Fund as part OF a
Nationwide movement to raise
funds for civilian relief through
map sales.
Washington will have 1000 of the
100000 copies of the map contributed
by Otto G. Lindberg of New York, a
native OF Finland, who designed the
map. D. P. Aub, district manager
of the American Express Co., Is
chairman of the map sale commit
tee here and will supervise distribu-
ton from the Transportation Build
ing.
The new maps are autographed in
four colors on heavy paper and
show 635 cities and towns, 800 lakes
and 60 rivers. Railroads and main
highways are indicated and there Is
special inset map showing the
location of the principal industries
of the country. Also included with
the map are a table of instructions
on pronunciation and meanings Of
Finnish names, key map of Eu-
rope showing Finland in relation to
the other European nations, and a
text of $500 words entitled Facts
About Finland" by Prof. John H.
Wuorinen of Columbia University
and illustrated by nine drawings.
Evening star., 1940-03-16

Her popularity literally spread to
all corners of the earth, her writings
being translated into 80 languages.
Honored by Sweden.
In Sweden she was repeatedly
honored. In 1904 she was awarded
the gold medal Of the Swedish
Academy. In 1907 she received q
doctor Of philosophy degree at
Upsala University.
She was awarded the Nobel prize
in literature in 1909 and in 1914
was signally honored by becoming
the first woman member of the
Swedish Academy.
Her writings included COSTA
Berling," 1891: Invisible Links
1894; Miracles of Antichrist," 1897;
From Swedish Homestead" 1899;
Queens of Kungahalla and Other
Sketches" 1899; Jerusalem" 1901
o.; Herr Arne's Hoard" 1904;
Legends of Christ" 1904; "The
Adventures of Nils" 19O6-07: "The
Girl From the Marsh Croft" 1908:
Emperor of Portugallia," 1914;
"Short Stories," 1915; "The Out
cast" 1918; "Zachris Topelius,
1920; "Marbacka, the Tale Of a
Manor" 1922; "Ihe Generals Ring,
1925; charlotte Lowenskold," 1925;
ANNA svard," 1928, and From My
Childhood" 1o30-a2.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Census
Continued From First Page)

to meet complaints that many OF
the 100000 enumerators might be
curious acquaintances or neighbors
OF those they questioned.
IF this proposition had been
made when the Tobey resolution
was pending in the committee, then
the decision would have been diff
ferent," Senator Bailey declared,
adding that he hoped that the
Census Bureau will go ahead with
the census because I don't want to
be a means of disturbing it."
Young Tobey reported that his
father was returning here, after
brief rest at his New Hampshire
farm home, to make the fight OF
his life for Senate approval of the
resolution"
Many Democrats and Republicans
said there was slight chance of Sen
ate consideration before the enumi
orators actually start work April Q
I'm view of the serious nature of
your charge, Senator Tobey said in
q telegram to Mr.. Roosevelt, Il am
obliged to ask you to kindly advise
me what law you refer to-"
The telegram went on to say that
the Senate Commerce Committee
had determined that the income
questions were illegal; and that the
Bill of Rights says The right of the
people to be secure in their persons
houses, papers and effects against
unreasonable searches and seizures
shall not be violated and has been
interpreted by the Supreme Court to
exempt citizens private affairs
books and papers from the inspec-
ton and scrutiny of others" II
added:
"If it is your position that an un-
authorized ruling of departmental
bureau constitutes a law OF the
United States, then it is important
that the people recall that such
were the tactics used by Hitler In
gaining powers never sanctioned by
the people. It is time to call a halt
to attempts of departments to ar
rogate to themselves the functions
OF a legislative body especially II
matters which threaten the people
OF this free country with imprison.
ment for not bowling to the viii Of
bureau"
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Selma LogerIof Dies at 81;
Nobel Literary Prize Winner
Worry Over Future Of
Swedish Homeland
Aqoruvoted Illness
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, March 16.-Selma
Lagerlof, 81-year-old Swedish novel,
ist who in 1909 became the first
woman winner of the Nobel Prize for
Literature, died at 7:25 am. today at
her home, Marbacka, in Northern
Sweden.
Worry over the future of Sweden
and Scandinavia in warning Europe
was said to have contributed to her
illness.
DR.. Lagerlof, world renowned au-
thor Of COSTA Behring'S Saga" was
one Of Sweden's outstanding women
and the most widely read woman In
the history of the kingdom.
She was born November 20, 1858,
at Marbacka in the province Of
Varmland, the fourth child Of 1t.
and Mrs. Erik Gustaf Lagerlof.
Began Best Work in 1880.
Her impulse to write, nourished In
a sickly childhood when she sought
companionship in books, found its
first expression in verse, some OF
which was published. Later, while
attending school in Stockholm. she
conceived the idea of recording in
fiction the rich legends Of the Warm
land province.
It was not until 1890, however, as
a school teacher in the province
that she really began work on
Costa Behring'S Saga" novel Of q
provincial manor house, that proved
her outstanding achievement. Hel
previous attempts to write the
novel had proved unsuccessful
lacking what she considered the
proper inspiration.
With the first five chapters Of
the book, in which she came to re-
veal an imaginative richness and
a genius for narrative almost with
out parallel in Swedish literature
she won q magazine contest, which
gave her definite encouragement
Then, aided by a Stockholm author
who recognized her talents, she was
able to give up school teaching and
devote her full time to writing.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
John Monk Saunders
Rites in Virginia Today

BY the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, March 16.-
John Monk Saunders, Hollywood
playwright and former husband Of
Fay Wray, movie actress, was to be
buried today at Carys Wood, the
Saunders home at Evington, near
here.
Mr.. Saunders body was found
hanging in his waterfront cottage at
Fort Myers. Fla, earlier in the week.
Coroner Ray Lamberton said the
42-year-old former newspaper man
and World War aviator committed
suicide.
The body was brought to Lynch
burg yesterday and taken to the
Carys Wood estate. Burial was to be
in the family cemetery there after
services at the home.
Mr.. Saunders was the son of Mrs.
Mamie Monk Saunders of Seattle,
Wash, and the late Robert C. Saun-
ders, jr., of Evington. Va. None OF
the surviving members of his fam
lily lives at Evington now.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Marshall Returns, Cites
Hawaii Defense Needs

Gen. George c. Marshall, Army
chief of staff, today settled down to
desk work after a flying trip to
Hawaii, where ne inspected military
defenses. On his return late yester-
day he said the Pacific outpost
needed more anti-aircraft defenses,
but otherwise was 'in excellent
shape"
He said an additional regiment OF
3-inch anti-aircraft guns would be
sent to Hawaii, but indicated 1t
would be some time before they are
established there. He said the Pan
anna Canal Zone would be reinforced
first.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
SuIfaniIamide Users
Warned 10 Guard
Against Sunburn
Patients Treated Durino
Winter Likely to Be
AlIergic to Light
By the Associated Press,

NEW ORLEANS, March 16.-
Thousands of new ''photogenic" per-
sons who have been treated with
sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine
during the winter cold and pneu-
monia season were warned today to
stay out of the sun this summer.
DR. H. F. Blum of the United
States Public Health Services Cam
Ger Institute at Bethesda, Md, told
the American Physiological Society
that persons who have received
drugs of the "sulfone" group are
often greatly allergic to light and
will sunburn more quickly and Sc
verely than persons who have not
had the drugs.
A new hormone treatment for
psoriasis. one of the commonest Of
skin disorders, was announced.
1t offers new hope for clearing up
many cases of the disfiguring all
ment which makes wallf1owers out of
many pretty girls and interferes with
the success of many young men, DR..
Lester R. Dragstedt of the Univer-
sity of Chicago told the Federated
Biological Societies.
The new treatment consists mere
ly of giving persons lipocaic. a hor-
none isolated from the pancreas
gland in 1896, by mouth, and it has
cleared up cases which have failed
over a period of years to respond to
other treatments, the scientist de-
clared.
The lipocaic treatment has proved
successful on llore than half of the
patients treated and the others
were greatly improved.
Discovery Of new vitamin was
predicted by DR.. Curt P. Richter of
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
as the result of experiments on rats
fed on cafeteria system. They
were offered a free choice of food,
including various refined vitamin B
fractions, but not the whole vitamin
complex. Most of the rats died.
The Baltimore scientists concluded
that much Is yet to be discovered
about the vitamin effects.
Evening star., 1940-03-16
Senator'S Believe
U. 5. Break With
Russia Unlikely
Stote Department
Believed Opposed;
Finnish Aid Pushed
BY the Associated Press.


Administration opposition to any
rupture of relations with Soviet
Russia was forecast today by we'll
informed Senators.
In all likelihood, they said, the
State Department would tell Con-
gress that the best interests of the
United States warranted continua-
ton Of relations with Moscow. Sena-
tor Clark, Democrat, Of Idaho raised
the question in resolution for the
withdrawal of the American Ambas-
sador.
One Senator suggested that the
department was interested in main
tanning listening post" in Mos
COW to keep abreast Of developments.
Meanwhile, proposal by Senator
Brown, Democrat. of Michigan to
lift restrictions from a projected
$40 900 900 loan to war-harried Fin
land won the support Of Chairman
Pittman of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee.
Senator Pittman said he thought
0SAAAVOA oAOWA D ou6HCStlUIl WOulO
solve the question of providing i'm
mediate financial aid for Finland to
take care not only Of war refugees
but to rebuild cities devastated by
Soviet bombers.
II think that the Finns' credit Is
good" Senator Pittman declared
"They have ample sovereignty and
ample territory left under the peace
treaty to guarantee the payment of
their debts and we know that they
will pay them
Senator Brown said he would ask
the Senate Banking Committee to
act next week on his proposal. It
would permit the Export-Import
Bank to advance Finland funds to
be spent as the Firms wish, without
the present laws requirements that
supplies be purchased here and
without the existing ban against use
of this money for military equip
ment.
Senator Brown anticipated little
opposition in the Senate.