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Evening star., 1940-05-20
Boxes Are Taken
For Variety Show

Among those subscribing for boxes
for the variety show are Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Patrick Tumulty and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Francis Cahill.
Ten dancers from the Washington
National Ballet will appear in the
show sponsored by st. Certrude's Is
Guild, at the Mayflower Hotel Fri
day evening at 8:45 o'clock. These
young artists will be seen in gay
and sparkling "Galop" by Strauss,
and in the humorous Russian
"Hopak," set to music by Mossourg-
sky.
May Day and Madeleine Lazard,
two names that have become popu-
lar in the conversation of WASH
ington balletomanes because of their
solo appearances with the Washing
ton National Ballet, are among the
dancers to appear.
Evening star., 1940-05-20

AERE'S how to enjoy the Fair and any other journey.
- ing you may do this Summer. Get into pockobIe
cool clothes. Clothes smart and comfortable thai
you feel OF ease from the moment you slip into them
lonsburohs is cromned with just such Fo' foshions
Evening star., 1940-05-20
North Capitol
w. T. to Meet

The North Capitol Women's
Christian Temperance Union will
meet tonight at o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Annie Gore, 1885
Fairmont street NV. Mrs. Ival
Stout and Mrs. Richard Meadows
will be among those attending.
Central Iota Sigma Union will
meet tomorrow at tbs pm. in the
E street Y. w. C. A. Emma Watts,
educational director, will address
the meeting. Others who will take
part in the program include Lois
Ballard, Clara Blystone. Vera
Brungart, Florence Darling, Eliza
beth Ickes, Nellie Oberhulser and
Ellen Russell.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Educational Meetin6

Gamma chapter of Zeta Beta Chi
national sorority will hold its last
educational meeting of the season
tomorrow at 8 pm. at the WASH
ington Hotel. Miroslav Sichinsky,
president Of the Ukrainian Work.
ingmen's Association, will speak on
Ukraine.
A business meeting will be held
following the address, at which time
the time and place of the annual
banquet will be announced and other
plans for the summer discussed.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Shoppers to Meet

The Washington League OF
Women Shoppers will elect officers
tomorrow at 4:45 pm. at the
Y. w. c. A. The Nominating Com
mittee is headed by Mrs. Anna L. p
Witt, who has prepared a slate, but
additional nominations will be in
vited from the floor.
Mrs. Gardner Jackson, chairman
of the Membership Committee, will
be hostess at supper at her home
to the outgoing and incoming board
members May %.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Will Visit in Ohio

Mrs. Elsie Goodwin Lewis of Reno
who has been visiting her mother
Mrs. Harriott G. Daley, at the
Brighton Hotel, is en- route to visit
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Dean J. Longfellow, and
her granddaughter, Margaret Lu-
crece Longfellow, at Akron, Ohio
Mrs. Lewis will return to her home
in Nevada in July.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Convention Plans

Mrs. James F. Hartnett is general
chairman for the convention of the
International Federation of Notre
Dame de Namur Alumnae to be
held here August is to 10 at the
Mayf1oWer Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Alumnae Meeting

The Washington chapter of the
Arlington Hall Alumnae Association
will meet tomorrow at pm. at
Miss Carrie Sutherlin's cottage on
the campus. Miss Frances Jennings
will be co-hostess with Miss Suth-
erlin.
Evening star., 1940-05-20
Sorority to Meet

The Washington alumni chapter
of Beta Sigma Omicron will meet
tomorrow at pm. at the home Of
Mrs. c. P. r. Cochran, 6811 Fairfax
road, Edgemoor, Md.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
Welcome to Citizenship!

Citizenship Day began last year in
small way in Manitowoc, Wis. This year,
10000 Wisconsin young people, having
passed through several months OF study
and training in citizenship, will become
81 years old and will be welcomed as
citizens in ceremonies Of dignity and sig
nificance. The idea OF making citizenship
a real and living thing, and not merely
the automatic product OF 81 years OF life,
was conceived by Roy Jefferson Colbert,
a University OF Wisconsin teacher. For
years he pushed the plan. Now 1t Is
spreading widely all over the country.
Young people begin In January attend
ing classes, forums, discussions OF the du-
ties OF citizenship In the third week
OF May civic celebration is held, at
which the new voters are welcomed In
dignified and impressive public ceremony
TO their full status as citizen. Many other
cities and states have copied the plan,
which Is rapidly spreading throughout
the country. Not only naturaliZed, but
native-born citizens will profit by better
understanding Of the privileges and the
duties that 90 together in making a
United States citizen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
Tightening Belt

Mexico has been performing some in
teresting laboratory experiments In re-
cent years, and social experimenters on
this side Of the Rio Grande could do
worse than TO study them. When the oil
Interests Of the Americans and British in
Mexico were appropriated, Mexican oil
workers felt festive. They were sure that
there would be no limit TO easy work,
short hours and constantly higher pay,
now that they themselves were TO own
and run the oil industry.
So what happened? So Just two years
later the oil industry was curly instruct
ed by the government to begin 10 pay It's
accumulated back taxes and begin 10
meet It's obligations. How? BY eliminat.
ing unnecessary jobs and creating no
more new ones, by reducing wages OF the
more highly-paid workers and eliminat-
ing overtime except In emergencies.
The lesson? An indrgtry must "pay It's
way" no matter under what clrcun-
stances II 10 operated, and unless more
Is produced, more cannot be returned 10
workers, no matter what the aim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

en- before the Nazi invaders like chaff
have reached the Spanish border. Soon
they may begin TO cross, seeking refuge
exactly as the Spaniards sought II In
France Even the end Of the war between
Germany and France will scarcely solve
the French refugee problem.
The United States has not yet grasped
the magnitude Of the refugee problem. It
is one Of the greatest tragedies Of all time.
Perhaps never before has whole contin-
ent been strewn with human wreckage.
Here America can help, and every pos
sible donation Of money or time to the
American Red Cross or any one Of a dozen
authorized refugee organizations is an act
Of mercy which is the least we can do In
fortunate America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

In editorial comment the weekly
"America" says OF Marshal Petain:
Greater love for France has no man than
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain." The
item states that the ruin OF France has
not 1ugt been completed, but that II was
completed In 1896 under Premier Leon
Blum when the government was leftist
controlled. 1t Is surprising TO note when
IT Is brought to the attention that there
were only 16 Communist deputies in
France In 1928 which increased TO
u, and "the socialist deputies had
increased from 104 to 49," It Is
as simple as that for Communism
and Socialism to get not only foothold,
but strangIchold. We quote again:
"These (thc leftist deputies) were the
men who were said to have given the plans
OF the Maginot line to Soviet Russia, who,
In turn, gave them to NaZi Germany.
These were the men who aided the Com
munist cause In the Spanish Civil War.
These were the men who destroyed the
morale Of the French defense forces and
who split the nation into warning fac
tions. They would not listen TO Marshal
Petain. They would suppress every
patriot who loved France more than he
loved the Soviet" These are some OF the
reasons why Marshal Petain had to beg
for peace at eighty-four years OF age
when his life Is almost done. These are
things TO think about, and not minimize
what can also happen here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
Views Of The Press

| In six months, the experts say; they
think II would be O year before the
first plane could be delivered TO the
government by Ford.
The reason the aviation officials
are 80 sure that Henry has UNDER
taken more than he can deliver Is
that they are convinced they could
not prepare for the production OF
such O plane on q large scale In
less than o year. They believe that
they have an edge on Ford In get.
ting the necessary tools together for
such O Job; they admit that he utl-
doubtedly has the edge on. them
when II comes to chain production
methods. Hence they are iilSiStent
that the government, instead Of
being 80 naive about II, should have
taken the Ford statement ct its
strict engineering value, while CIV
Ing the man credit for sincerity, and
discounted his enthusiasm In the
light Of known facts.
And yet Ford has had the laugh
on experts In many lines OF en-
deavor. The industrial giants said
he couldn't ever bring his factories
UP TO the point where they could
produce Thousands OF finished au-
tomobiles per day. He did IT, They
scoffed at his steel production
plans, his decision TO manufacture
his own tries, etc. In each instance
no fooled them again. Whether he
can do IL still again Is q question,
but with little apparent doubt on
his part that II Is possible. Ger
tainly experience has shown that
Ford has 0 way Of getting things
dozen In o remarkably short time de-
spite all the critics.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
LAUREL Is BLOOMING
Hartford Tiincs)

,. ..,s 80. =. v....
AHoush Ilatiofis crasn III EUROPE
though millions die on battleficlds,
Nature brings In swift rotation the
oifts that sbe laws heyoro r,er,s
en~ ~, a' sne "'s 1880 e
eyes nowhere III inc woFlo III sne
more lavish thai, here In Coniecti-
cut. Only o few weeks ago and we
were iilarvelling at the coming OF
the first flowers, the arbutus. Then,
suddenly, II seemed, came all the
Spfing Lowers, from tne modest an.
emones 70 tne snowy dogwood and
WIG azalea, ana now comes tne
nost gorgeous OF ~ QUIZ 1'oFai gems
inc iaurei. ntt.
Along the highways and byways
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
Republican Platform

The platform presented at the National
Republican Convention In session at
Philadelphia outside OF the war and
defense plank with which no one can find
fault and all must agree offers no more
nor no less than what can be expected
from party that has been positively and
decidedly on the outside looking In for
the past eight years. In word the plat
form Is nothing more or less than blast
against Roosevelt and the New Deal.
In no place throughout the long pre-
able and body proper OF the proposed
platform Is there any reference by name
10 the Democratic party. All the Ire and
spleen embodied In open challenge to the
present administration Is directed person.
Is a bitter attack upon Mr.. Roosevelt and
New Deal. In this way the Republican
party hopes to warily WOO old-line Demo-
Gratis and anti New Dealers to their side
Of the fence.
While there may be many Republicans
and Democrats alike who have not and
do not agree with everything the Roose..
welt administration has done or attempted
TO do during the last eight years. yet
many will agree that much good has been
accomplished even II at terrific cost.
The Republican platform eagerly stresses
this point, yet It offers nothing particu-
larry different. In word the platform
is a better attack upon Mr.. Roosevelt and
the New Deal rather than something con-
structive. Viewed In this light, we think,
the Republican platform can be taken for
what II Is worth, merely political propa-
ganda.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
. HIGHLJGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
New England Taken
Apart by Southerner

About . year ago Jonathan Daniels,
prominent young southern news
paper editor, got out his car and
discovered" the south. He wrote
o notable book. Now Mr.. Daniels
has been doing some more explOr-
ing and the result ~ another
emineHtly readable and lIIumlnat.
ing book, ~ sOutherner Discovers
New England" macmillan: S3).
II IN o salty, frank appraisal Of
New England, and o different kind
Of picture fortunately Of the
land Of Concord and Lexington
and Plymouth Rock. In this ex-
cerpt Daniels meets o Nwe Eng
lander ~ Plymouth Rock.
you'll Ike New England" ne
said. "Yes, you'll like IT unless
you're too much OF O Democrat--and
I guess you are, coming from the
south. But don't let that worry you;
they don't know what q Republican
rs up here any more than you know
what o Democrat Is down In your
country.
"And they're not 30 Yankee either.
Take this town" He turned and
gegtiired with his cigar at the town
OF Plymouth behind the green hill
and the statue Of Masgasoit erected
NY the improved Order OF Red Men
and the restaurants erected by the
international order OF those who wait
In hope Of profits out Of tourists.
Take this town OF Plymouth. IT'S
o nice little town, and I understand
they do o big business In cordage.
Well, I'm something Of o man for
figures, and when 90 10 these
towns Up here ! get the town reports.
I'd rather read 'etn than guide books.
These Yankees aren't 10 penny.wise.
Why, do YOU know that Plymouth
spends more money every year on
relief than the whole Mayfiower trip
boat and supplies and everything,
the whole shebarg cost--T
I was pleasantly inundated,
what does that proven"
He laughed. II don't know, but
I'm going 10 come back 70 old Mas.
I'm going 10 like IT, I'm going 70
town meeting every year and DO the
Iaeanegt taxpayer In town." lie
licked his cigar ct The Rock In Q
gesture Of almost eay defiance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
SENATE NAVAL HATERs

It Is Colonel Knoxs luck 10
come up for confirmation before
the most reactionaiy and politics.
ridden committee In the Senate.
For the Naval Affairs Committee
contains more Roosevelt haters
than any other on Capitol Hill,
which gives you some idea why
they are against Knox for Secre-
tary Of the Navy.
Second ranking member OF the
committee Is Tydings OF Mary
land, whom Roosevelt bitterly OPP
posed for denomination. Also
there Is "C0tt0n Ed" Smith Of
South Carolina and Gillette OF
Iowa, whom Roosevelt also tried
to purge: plus Rush Holt OF West
Virginia, who has damned every
thing Roosevelt has done.
Also on the Democratic side
are Byrd Of Virginia and Peter
Gerry OF Rhode Island, two bit
ter Roosevelt opponents.
On the Republican side Of the
committee, Hiram johnson OF Cali
fornia Is even more bitter, while
Jim Davis Of Pennsylvania and
Barbour OF New Jersey certainly
are not Roosevelt rooters. Fred
die Hale OF Maine also Is @ Roose-
welt critic, but he Is 100 per cent
for the Navy. and does not play
politics where II Is concerned.
30 II Colonel Knox gets q rough
ride from the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee, the country will know
why.
Copyright. 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, fnc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

mixed dinners like this can do II.
You ought to have some more
parties like this"
However, war issues became In
tensified shortly afterward, and
domestic issues were forgotten In
the melee.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Willkie foes certainly played for
all II was worth the fact that the
day the convention opened, Thorn
as w. Lamont, principal J. p.
Morgan stakeholder. and Frank
Altschul, OF Lazard Freres, secretly
conferred with influential dele
gates In behalf Of Willkie . .
Senator Bob Taft Is unfailingly
patient and accommodating TO
photographers and they think he
Is O swell guy, but he makes no
secret Of his relief when they fin
ally depart Tall, aloof Mrs.
Russell Davenport. wife OF the
former Fortune editor who discov.
cred Willkie as q presidential white
hope, Is called 1.-THE Duchess" by
her friends Tall, blond Gov
ernor Harold Stassen scored with
the ladies III the audience. The
young Minnesotan made a strik-
ing picture under the glare Of the
floodlights delivering his keynote
speech .. Quipped Jimmy Shay,
crack former Washington cores
pondent, TO Leo Casey. ex-qOP
publicity director now doing the
same Job for the New York Fair.
III Hitler and Roosevelt would
only lay off for O few days. this
convention would have q chance
at the headlines"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
Wendell Willkie

us WulKle. ny undHIAouS NOIe VI
the Republican convention at Philadel-
phia early this morning Wendell Lewis
Willkie was chosen to be the standard
coming presidential election In November.
It took Just six short ballots, with the
exception OF the fourth when poll by
the state Of New York somewhat pro-
longed that ballot, TO nominate the 1ndi-
ana candidate. Wise politicians and
previous popular polls had indicated just
such a march for the Willkie band
wagon. Starting from 101 ballots on the
first poll Of the delegates Mr.. Willkie con-
sistently gained on each and every sue
cessive ballot until the sixth where, upon
receiving well over the required Sol votes
at somewhat beyond the half way mark,
the convention proceeded TO make his
nomination unanimous.
The nomination Of Wendell Willkie per-
haps Is the most spontaneous one In the
history Of either political party. Rising
from obscurity, that Is politically speak
ing, some few months ago without real
dyed-in-the-wool political manager or
adviser In his whole outfit the name Of
Wendell Wi1lkie has gradually grown
throughout the length and breadth OF
the country until 1t has come TO be BY
word on every man, woman and even
child's tongue. Such neteoric rise,
regardless OF party affiliation, bodies well
for the future Of American freedom. In
no other country In the world today could
such thing have been accomplished.
Furthermore, for perhaps the first time
In Its history, or at any event In many
years, an Embossed Republican convention
allowed It's delegates TO romp and roam
at will and after due deliberation dictat-
ed by their own personal preferences pick
o presidential candidate. Wendell Will
kie was not the choice OF some hotel
smoke-filled room 11and-picked gather
ing Of delegates and political bosses. His
nomination was won and decided In an
open fight right on the convention floor.
This applies also for the rest Of the can
didates, Dewey, Taft, Vandenberg and
the several others who likewise made a
game and open fight into the last ditch
when they gracefully bowed 10 the will Of
the majority. Such political spectacle
IN such times Is a most encouraging sign
for the nation at large.
However from the beginning or that is
since his name has been Injected into
the Republican picture, the logical can
didate for the presidential nomination
has been Wendell Willkie. OF all Repub-
1ican candidates, Mr.. Willkie alone has
gone straight TO the heart Of the great H.
sues that confront US today and has done
IT strongly and simply and clearly. His
rise In public esteem has amazed sea-
soned politicians. He has dramatized
superb1y the case for individualism as
against collectivism-th case OF man
against state. He Is a successful business
man, proven executive, and has had
wide experience In the affairs OF govern
1nent. The American people are entitled
to an opportunity to choose between cam
didates Of the stature Of President RooSe-
welt and Mr.. Willkie, who represent OPP
posed PHILOSOPHERS OF government. The
election In November should indeed be a
11omentous event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
AMERICAS SWEET SINGER

(Cfristian Science Monitor)
Bardtowr, Kentucky, 10 the ap-
propriately named place where
Kentucky" Colonels-from Shirley
Temple to Marvin McIntyre-tave
been invited TO gather July 4 To
pay tribute, along with other Wis
itors, 10 Stephen Foster on the
poets 1i4th anniversary.
my Old Kentucky Home" one Of
the best known Of his songs, "a
more than O nostalgia piece about
the South. Lake many OF Eosterl
lyrics, II invokes oil that Is best Of
home everywhere. A great American
folk song, Ito appeal Is universal. 1t
was ct Bardstcwn IN the home OF Q
kinsmaf, that Foster Is said 10 have
gained inspiration for his haunting
melody.
While July 4 celebrates . Ma
tiQn's independence, Stephen Foster,
whom It also honors, synibolizes
through his music values that Will
endure beyond the dust Of cities and
the clash Of arms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28
AVIATION INDIGNATION
tNew London Day,

Aviation authorities, particularly
those connected with the large
companies manufacturing planes for
the government, are angr1ly indig-
nant over the Henry Ford state
fnent that he can, within elk
months, begin delivering about l.
900 complete airpiafics per day 70
the United States government. II
can't be done, they say; the army
ought OF know better than to exc
pect II. The experts insist that the
P40 plane taken to Detroit for In
srection Is 0 handmade Job. Be-
fore II could be produced on q
machine production scale, they say,
ell manner Of technical defficulties
would have TO be troned out. The
necessary machine tools, production
system plans, ETC.. could be procured
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

convention TOOK
one - winner and
losers alike. They
didn't 60 out TO
the conve ntion
hall, and they
didn't make any
set speeches; they
simply stayed In
their rooms q n d
held audience with
all and sundry,
Visitors start ed
calling on them
alb out breakfast
time and kept 1t
up until long after
dark, anxious To
GET a. handmade
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

During the closing phases OF the Span.
isi civil war. pififul streams OF refugees
tolled 10 over the Pyrenees toward refuge
IN France. There they fluddled In camps,
and there for ali the intervening time
they have remained. Despite criticisms,
france dld for them what she could.
Now that tide Is beginning TO reverse
ilBolf. some OF the French refugees dfiv'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

Count that day lost that new bridge,
viaduct or tunnel Is not opened up In
New York City. Every day the traffic be-
comes less serious problem. The latest
engineering Jobs 10 be finished are the
uptown tunnel and viaduct that make
crosstown route across Manhattan TO the
Hudson River. The new viaduct con-
meets with the 178th street tunnel which
connects with the George Warrington
Bridge, and all OF sudden - prcstol
you are In New Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn 10 back
mage for the answers.


l. Who Is known as the Manassa
Mauler?
2. What Is the name OF the radio
and recording artist known as the
Red Headed Music-Maker?"
3. Which state In the United
States was named for a president?
4. Who wrote the novel Song Of
the Years?"
5. Where are officers OF the Unit
ed States Coast Guard trained?
8. Is the thumb O finger?
7. What Is the name for the
years vacation, awarded to profess
sors In most American colleges ev-
cry seventh year?
8. What Is the name Of the
Grown Princess Of the Netherlands?
0. What nationality rs o baby born
to United States citizens on for.
eign ship on the high seas?
10. what ID counterpoint?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-28

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Q. What character In q Dickens
novel was "as dead asa doornail?"
A. Marley, In "A Christmas
Carol" The appearance OF his ghost
contributes to the conversion Of
Scrooge.
Q. Are the qualifications for vot-
ing the same In all the stateP
A. No: under the Constitution
each state Is the judge Of the quail
ifications Of its own electorate. Ex-
cept that the right Of citizens to
vote shall not be denied or abridged
on account OF race, color, sex or pre-
vious condition Of servitude. The
voting laws Of all states, agree that,
voters must be q citizen, 81 years of
age or more, o resident OF the state,
not o felon, an idiot or o .lunatic:
and able to read or write, or at least
understand what Is read to him.
Some states have literacy tests for
first voters. In addition the several
states have specific provisions that
do not violate the Constitutional
restrictions. it
Q. Which country suffered the
heaviest casualties in the first World
War?
A. Russia. For information about
the mohilized strength and casual.
ties Of all belligerents In that war,
send self-addressed, stamped en-
velope To the waterbury Democrats
Service Bureau, 1913 18th street,
Washington, D. 9.
Q. Can q retired worker, draw
Ing monthly old-age benefits under
the Social Security Act, move to o
foreign country and continue TO
draw his retirement benefits?
A. Yes; he will receive them re.
RardleSS OF where he lives,