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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
YOUTH CONGRESS
MAY BAR TUNNEY
Ex.Heavyweight Cham
pion Heads Faction That
Is Not Liked
BY RALPH BECK

Lake G1eIleVd, WIS, July o-NOEl
The American Youth Congress
sixth annual convention opens to-
night with a parliamentary battle
over the seating Of faction spon-
sored by Gene Tunney, former
heavyweight boxing champion, and
headed by Murray Plavner Of New
York, which wants to purge the
congress Of Its allegedly Conimunis-
tic leadership.
Joseph gladden., executive secretary
Of the Congress, said the Tunney
delegation had failed to register be-
fore the deadline, June "a, and that
1t could not get into the convention.
Plavner, a co-founder Of the Con-
gress who was thrown bodily from
one of Its meetings in Washington,
D. c., last February while Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was present,
said In behalf Of himself and Tun-
ney:
They Expect Trouble
I'VE expect trouble. 1t will be a
parliamentary battle, not physical
one. We do not expect to have suf-
ficient attendance to enable us to
pass any pro-American resolutions.
The best we can expect is to make
the Congress go on record as being
against Communism, Nazism and
Fascism."
The Tunney, Plavner group calls
Fitself the "pro-American faction"
It claims 200 followers. 1t is estimat-
ed that more than 1000 delegates
will attend the Congress.
Gladden. said the faction would
have no place in the convention and
"if Mr.. Tunney wants to stage a
comeback, he better see Mike ia
cobs."
OF Cadden's statement of the June
"a deadline, Plavner said: Hitherto
there have been no deadline re-
quirements at any of our congresses
and I've attended every one of them.
This deadline business is obviously
an attempt to prevent us from gain
ing recognition for introduction of
our resolutions insisting that the
Congress condemn Communism"
Bona Eide Gathering
He said the Congress was in
tended to be bona fide gathering
Of representatives Of patriotic and
religious groups of the younger
generation, but the Communists and
Fascists infiltrated into the orani-
zation. It Is up to American youth
to purge the Congress Of its pois-
onous elements"
Plavner appealed TO Mrs. Roose-
welt. to Gov. julius p. Hell OF Wis
consin and the Dies committee in
vestigating un-American activities
10 see that his faction got It's rights
ct the convention. Gov. He'll asked
county authorities TO keep watch
on the meeting and expresses SYM
pathy for the Plavner group. Mrs,
Roosevelt. who win not attend the
convention. wrote IN her daily news
paper column that she hoped Tun-
Iney would be sure the group he was
was sponsoring was properly &C.
credited 70 the convention.
ING blufS sna 70 ehsllsnge sii-
esmeFs On July FeuFfh9 u 30
had q esnn0a, perhaps we eemld
alee start . iis.ie local Interest
IN . hand. Guns and bands are
necessary en Independents nay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
CITY Seeks 1871 Legion State Convention
Street Dept.
BIitzkriegs Work
Of Sign Painters

Last week the police depart
ment had It's sign painting crews
busy on Meriden road, from East
Main street to Mil Plain, painting
warning signs and crOsswaIkB In
bright new paint ON the pave
ment.
Today the crosswaIlks and warn
ing signs were all but obliterated.
street department crews yesterday
having covered them with oil and
tar. Only q letter or two Of some
Of the "Slow" signs remained, and
the white lines Of the crosswalks
were almost completely covered.
Before doing the work over
again, the police are expected TO
ask for assurances that the signs
and crosswalks be allowed 70 re-
main visible for ut least q few
weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
MayorSelected
Extend Invite
Corp. Coyle Post Sending
Drum Corps to Nor
witch Session

A formal invitation to the Con-
necticut Department, American Lee
gion, to hold its 1941 convention IN
the City Of Waterbury, will be ex-
tended to delegates attending the
coming annual session in Norwich
by Mayor Vincent A. Scully.
The fact that waterbury desires
to be host again to the state depart
ment has been reported for the past
three years, but q combination OF
circumstances has been responsible
for the local post reluctantly with
holding the official invitation. The
1910 convention was originally Stat
ed for this city, but Waterbury
waived the privilege and Norwich
was selected after a spirited COM
petition with Hartford. Mayor
Scully, however, will accompany the
local Legion delegation to the COM
ing convention and will formally
extend his official invitation to the
state department. It Is expected
that the bid will be accepted and
that plans will be Immediately url-
dertaken to make the 1941 converl-
ton as successful as the one held
back In 1882.
Plans Completed.
Plans for attending the coming
convention July 1927 were COM
pleted last evening at largely at
tended meeting Of Corporal Coyle
Post. Special buses will transport
the posts drum corps and members
to Norwich. The posts oflcial dele
cation in addition to Mayor Scully
will include Commander j. Peter
Costigan, George Karnofsky, George
McDuffy and Daniel J. Mahaney.
Alternates include: Walter 1. Angle,
Frank J. Mccain, Walter F. Dews,
John r. Clark and William G. Ho-
gan.
The candidates. Of several con-
tenders for state honors were dis
cussed last evening, but no action
taken to endorse any. The local
delegation will go to the convention
without instructions.
Several interesting reports were
filed last evening. Past Commander
wallace J. Inglis, commenting on
activities in connection with the re-
cent observance of Memorial Day
reported that SOC veterans graves
were de ,orated and that the Legion
had also extended a formal tribute
to the memory Of the Edward j
OHearn, popular Knights OF 90.
lumbus overseas secretary, who deio
last January. In appreciation o.
his services during the World Wal
It was announced that the post In
the future will include MT
O'Hearn's name on the roster OF
honored ones, an unusual tribute
but one which the post members
unanimously endorsed as merited.
First Prize.
Chairman Charles Melville OF the
sons Of Legion committee report
ed that the local squadron had beer
awarded first prize as the best ap'
bearing unit in the recent state
convention parade held In West Ha'
ven. The local unit now numbers
60.
Reports were read last evening or
the progress of recruiting ofncers
here representing the army. navy
and marine corps. All members
were urged to cooperate and obtain
recruits. The membership OF TIT
state guards now being organized
is IS. More World War veterans are
expected to sign up this week.
Delegations of Legion members
1t was announced last evening, VIII
participate tomorrow In the COM
munity parades arranged IN the
Bunker HILL, East End and Wash
ington Hill sections.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

have to ask permission to run on
q show according to their own
ideas. On July Fourth, Cannon
Hill was all wreathed In the bil-
lowing white smoke Of black pow
der. Periodic explosions rent the
smoke with tongues Of hickering
flame and set the windows TO rat
ting ON Main Street. Nobody ever
got killed on Cannon Hill, but
there was noise enough to frigh-
ten England, to awaken the dead
In Egypt, and to make pious irish
hired girls finger their beads.
Cannon Hill was hell-on-w wheels
until the powder gave out and
weary gunners went home to din
ner.
The origin Of the custom OF
awakening folks on independence
Day In such a manner Is shrouded
In the mists Of forgotten days, be-
fore this village had heavy traf-
fic, q defective hospital, and social
consciousness. Somebody bought
an old muzzle- loading Civil War
cannon, dragged the relic to the
Interest, passed the hat for the
powder fund, and started to scare
colts, kids, and old ladies. AS
the years wore on, Cannon Hill
became an institution; people
looked on the celebration with
pride and saved up their old news
papers for wadding. Along about
Decoration Day. some of the town
sports took to saving their cash for
a barrel of beer that was a neces-
sary part Of the celebration; gun
ners need a little refreshment at
dawn and our folks were usually
weary of a straight cider diet all
winter.
The job of transporting powder,
beer, ice, newspapers, rammerstaff.
and the other necessary material
to Cannon Hill went off easy late
i'm the afternoon Of July Third.
Kids helped out, dogs went along
to see what was being cooked up.
and d0ddering old men clambered
10 the heights to make sure the
birds nest were cleaned from the
bore of she piece. The gun was
usually placed in q slight trench,
backed up and protected with logs
and rocks. The first charge was
loaded with great care and all
hands settled down to wait for the
cIang Of the church bell that
marked midnight. When the bell
rang out, the captain Of the gum
crew applied . match TO the fuse
and South Britain started adver-
tislng independents TO all the
world.
Firing of that ancient weapon
continued as long as the powder
held out. Old-timers claimed that
not even the Moodus Noises made
rs much commotion and there was
usually O sprightly shower the
next day TO treshen crops and
give the hired men q chance 70
rest. Up 10 about a score Of years
ago. the custom continued; then
somebody sold the cannon for junk
and we've never been able 70 re-
place II.
Goulh Britain needs . eannsn
fer Cannon TfliL We need . mod
sFn fleiA pisee with plenty Of am
mauniilsn ard the inaklags ef q
real FeuFth % suiy. sheeiine
heavy artillery b safer than fest
fng mFeunA with skyFaehetd. apask.
lsFn, and alnky little trick stan
El's Q better way y etlebFaie Than
20 Fmn yacht Races On the river,
hafI games en the eats. ~ lssolel
races 81 Main slHeei. Maybe 4
Wlflhle gets elected. ahe segeFn.
sagnl NiIi GoHate - cksgIete 1eld
san e - pafAea 81 sAa1 tessa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

Hancock Mass d2) Benjamin Harrison Samuel Huntington.
Conn., uD Thomas Jefferson, VA Roger Sherman Conn;
John Adams Mass; CD Robert Livingston Benjamin
Franklin Pa s Henry va; Nelson Jr
CD Joseph Hewes N Co. Rutdge c. (23) Lyman
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

Cannon Hill
was just anOth-
er hunk Of trap
rock rearing It's
ugly head over
the village for
364 days Of the
year. but ON
July Fourth 1t
became o boom
ang FOarin 4,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
BY NEA Service

THOMAS JEFFERSON was SC
l stage frightened he couldn't de-
fend his draft Of the Declaration OF
Independence when 1t was debated
in the Continental Congress; his
views had to be presented by John
Biggest scoop" Of early colonial
Journalism was full text publication
Of the Declaration by Virginia Ga.
zette, Williamsburg, July rs, 1776.
1--WE hold these truths to bt
self-evident," Is not Jefferson!
wording. He originally wrote, I'VE
hold these truths to be sacred ant
undeniable"; the change was made
by Benjamin Franklin, along witt
10 others
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
jefferson Was Too Jittery
To Defend Declaration Draft

| APPROVAL Of the resolution
N affirming independence was
made possible when Caesar Rod
ney, delegate from Delaware, rode
80 miles through rain and mud
from his home to break a dead
lock Few Of the signers were
well-known outside their own COL
onies. Two Of them, John Adams
and Jefferson, were subsequently
elected to the presidency; others In
time were defendants In impeach-
ment trials; one was killed in a
duel; one drowned at sea
While Jefferson was actually at
work drafting the document, he
was in grave doubt Of his re-elec-
ton to Congress, and believed OPP
position to him In Virginia was
due to the belief that he was not
whole -heartedly for independence
He was only 80 at the time
THE copy OF the Declaration
which was passed by Congress
has never been found. Jefferson's
original draft, with corrections
marked in, was discovered In his
papers when he died.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
STATE CHAIRMAN
URGES CAUTION
Fourth OF July Now Is
Known as National
Disaster Day

Dangerous days are ahead" Maj
or Vernon S. MorehouSe, chairman
of the Highway Safety Commission
said today in cautioning motorists
to remember that past experience
over the July Fourth weekend has
not been a pleasant one.
Chairman Morehouse noted that
the National Safety Council has
characterized July as IAN Annual
National Disaster" The, Council
points out, Mr.. Morehouse observed,
that the cost Of Americas traffic
during July 1899. including holiday
trips and everyday driving. was e.
TAO lives.
while last years highway record
In Connecticut was comparatively
good one, there was little to boast
about" Major Morehouse said to-
day. I'VE should not. however. be-
come forgetful Of the ever-increas-
ing need for care and caution, par
ticularly on holidays when traffic Is
extremely heavy and the chance OF
accident vastly increased"
The commission firmly believes
that a sharp decrease In accidents
Is certain TO result II only drivers
viii observe the simple pronounce
ments Of the rules OF the road.
courtesy and moderate speed at all
times.
sTo the end that our accident rec.
ord may be improved and fatalities
eliminated" Major MoFehouEe dee
clared. Lets drive our cars with the
thought that maybe the other fel-
lew IN the car ahead hes 3 family
TOO and he wouldn't want anything
| 10 happen 10 them any more than
you would 70 your family"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
SALEM. ORE, TO HAVE SEAL

Salem, Ore.-UP)-This city Is
soon to have an official seal for the
first time in the 100 years Of its ex-
istence. The city fathers will decide
between one with the state capitol
as its theme and one based on the
statue Of the circuit rider on the
statehouSe grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

ING bluis ana 70 ehsilsnge ALL
esmeFs on July FeuFih7 u 10
had q cannon, perhaps We eemld
alee start . iis.ie LEGAL lntercst
n Q hand. Guns and bands are
necessary en- Independence Nay.
Youngsters Heui6 bs mere pafFie-
lle if we gaze them nsere 70 -
pF@md ef, ana IRt tina besi hog IN
teHn assool ne gaauen 81 Cnanon
sam eFssy EsuEih Il 5nIy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

TO know now 10
do the trick!
z v err hear Of
Cannon Hill?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
WAKE UP YOUR
| LIVER BILE

Without Calomel- And You'll Jump Out d
Bed in The Memins Karin 70 Go
into your bowels every day. II this bile 10
not flowing freely, your food may not d.
gest. II may just decay In the bowels. Then
gas bloats up your stomach. You get con.
stipated. You feel sour. sunk and the world
looks punk.
II takes those good, old Carter's Little
Liver Pills TO get these pints Of bile flow.
ing freely to make you feel ''up and up"
Get o package today. Take Is directed,
Amazing In making bile flow freely. Ash
for Carriers Little Liver Pills. zoe and 2Sts
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
MonE TOURISTS VISIT TEMPLE

Salt Lake City. Utah. CUPD-Tong-
let records &C the L. u. q. Tenple
Square Mission we're broken when 9
tally revealed t0lG9o peFboss had
visited the hs0Fm0sl center during
1883. The previous high marx. ma6t
II 1907. Nae 351ooe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUs

Front and center, all you folks
that think you know something
Of Independence Day celebrations!
Read of a town that has some-
thing to celebrate, and that used
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-03

VIEW 4VA8AA AAAa2AANA AAA4AAA
Faces About Town: George Raft
riding With the Homicide Squad in
midtown Manhattan !. Joan Craw-
ford weeping into her mascara at
THE Mortal Storm" Probably be-
cause she Isn't in 1t =. Kitty Car
Isle on a pretzel bender at the
Tavern -. Sonia Henie, Dan Top
pings Sonia Honey !. Jack Haley,
who will star in B. d. DeSylva's new
Fall musical ~ his higher and
Higher" contract notwithstanding,
they say Franchot Tone and
Burgess Meredith (''Those Boys with
the Smiles'D distracting the chorus
girls at the Riviera with their mugg-
ing from ringside pews =. Bob
Montgomery packing kits at the AL
lied War Relief workroom--and
using Ilka Chase's thumb to tie bows
Gloria Vanderbilt, IS, looking
photogerlic at the Stork Club. Gosh
it was only. last week (wasn't it?)
when she was merely knee-high to a
flash-bulbl
saIlies In Our Alley: Oscar Le-
want happened into a barbershop
and got one of those assassins whose
razor was duller than his CAB. AS
Oscar writhed under the stiletto, the
barber remarked: "I'm thinking Of
opening" II suppose" gasped
Levant, you'll close this onel"
When the host Of West 48th Street
inn greeted Mary Livingston with a
kiss, Jack Benny went back into his
files to observe: Huh, that guy
would kiss anyone with skirts on
;. "Any one,", was the retort,
"but Harry Lauder"
NTemos Of a Midnighter: Peter
Arno clashed with Barry Buchanan
at the Worlds Fair "Rondavoo"
old grudge. Walters jumped on Pc
ter to stop him /. /. Count Morner
Geraldine Fitch's groom is very
Ill at st. Luke's Eileen Her
rick is now modelling for Thornton
---$25 per hour-if money =.
Add strange condolences: Barbara
Hutton's chauffeur is last-named
Leach, a native of Clapton, Eng
land, and her current romance, Cary
Grant, was born Archie Leach, also
Of Clapton, England Kinfolk?
G. v. Whitney, is building
goodwill, will bring a Brazilian
opera troupe here and is having film
firms send scouts there to discover
another Carmen Miranda
Thelma White Is at the Park West
Hosp. After nearly being submar-
ined off Gibraltar, she was knocked
down by car in Central Park
Add Headlines And Nickel Will
Get You In the Subway: Vanny
Albanese, the former Syracuse ALI
American fullback Che also starred
with the grid Dodgers) is now a
Fair guard.
Broadway Success Story: She was
a show girl for only one of the
numbers In the floor show, the rest
OF the performance she helped dress
the other girls. She rarely re-
ceived a phone call backstage; she
wasn't one Of the glamor gels
Then when the producer staged a
new edition he found room for her
Ia TIA strip speciality AND
that's all there is to her terrific
climb up the ladder of success
She now has more beaus than any
girl in the cast and IS the hit of the
attraction ;. Only last week She
received six orchids (but altogetherD
four bottles Of perfume, a diamond
ring, and the foundation for 9
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-06
LOOKING AROUND
and BEYOND
By
FRANK R. CROSSWAITH

AS WE TOSS into the waste basket
our 1889 calender which has served
us during the past 365 days, we are
tempted to join our fellows in the
general past time of making New
Years resolutions. The resolutions we
make naturally are influenced by ouI
experiences during the year just ended
and reflect our desires and our hopes
for the unfolding New Year.
IF WE WOULD yield to the temp
tation, some Of the hopes We would
express would be:
(1) That the New Year will wit
ness the passing from American life
of the evil institution of lynching.
(2) That Congress will pass an
effective anti-lynching bill, one that
would penalize the State and COu-
ty in which a lynching occurs and
that will financially compensate the
family of a lynched person. The lat
ter condition is one of the most etfec
tive means of preventing lynching
and besides, justice TO the relatives
of the victim demands it, If the bust
ness interests of a State or County
in which lynching occurs is forced
by the Federal Government to pay a
fine of, say $25,000-said amount to
be paid to the survivors of lynched
citizen-those interests would soon
unloose a campaign against lynch
ing that is bound to terminate in its
final destruction.
(3) We would like to see the edu-
cational standards of the South ele-
waited with equal expenditures for
parks, Fairgrounds, schools, etc, for
all children regardless of color.
az We would like to see unity
established in the American labor
movement and Colored labor enjoy
ING in that united movement the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-06
L.W.C.S. Extends
Holiday Cheer to Many

At Thanksgiving the League gave
fifty baskets to underprivileged fami-
lies of the community.
AT Christmas the clubs and classes
under the Social Service Department
had their parties. The Junior League
OF the l.. W. c. S. donated and trimmed
Christmas tree for the activities. On
Monday, December IS, the Patchwork
Club of elderly ladies and the Girls
Sewing Club had their party at which
time they played games and exchanged
gifts. On Wednesday afternoon, De-
cember 20 the rest of the children's
clubs had their party and in the even
ing the adult clubs had theirs. Gifts
were exchanged, the Girls Dancing
Class entertained, Miss Floreta
Brooks, President of the Yadot Club.
rendered piano selections and Miss
Fannie Jackson, Secretary of the
Yadot Club, rendered two vocal selec-
tons. A light collation. was served.
For Christmas the League gave
seventy well-filled Christmas Baskets
which brought joy and cheer to many
families. Toward these baskets, the
Junior League of the L. W. C. S. do
mated 25O cans of food including soups,
fish, meat, vegetables, fruits and fruit
juices which they received from their
Country Store Mite, December Is.
On Wednesday, December 81, the
League had its Annual Christmas Din
ner for thirty-nine elderly, lonely
ladies. At this time, Mrs. Enda Good
ell, first Vice-President of the League
welcomed the guests, Mrs. Emily
Mackey read two numbers and the
Southland Singers gave a half-hour
entertainment of Christmas Music and
Spirituals. After this a trukey dinner
was served and each lady received a
box of Christmas candy and an orange
This concluded the holiday activities of
the League.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-01-06
MnI. Mnttrnp UrnttPr
Editor and Publisher
1901 1884
CIVIL RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON

The announcement last week of a
proposed civil rights bill for the Dis
trlct of Columbia is the best piece of
news that has come out of Washing
ton in long time The bill provides
for admission and equality of service
IN all establishments open for public
patronage and for the imposing of
penalties for violations of its provi-
slons. 1t is endorsed by seventy-five
organizations, was drawn up under
the supervision of a group of some of
Washington's ablest lawyers and is
directly sponsored by a permanent
organization known as the Washing
ton Civil Rights Committee. On the
committee are men and women noted
for their interest in equality of rights
and privileges for all citizens of what
ever race or color. Charles Edward
Russell, veteran in equal rights war
fare, is a member of the executive
board. Plans indicate that the bill
will be introduced in the current ses-
sion of Congress. Truly Washington
residents have begun a thrilling fight.
The tribute to Marian Anderson at
Lincoln Memorial last fall was a
superb spectacle. 1t was an over
whelming rebuke to the powers who
were responsible for the barring from
a Washington hall, the worlds great
est singer, an American born. AL
though the spirit of democracy out
poured itself in the enthusiastic
assemblage of $4,000 listeners around
the shrine of the Great Liberator, the
tremendously dramatic demonstration
represented essentially a compromise.
a magnificent compromise with color
prejudice. The proposed legislation
however, strikes at the root of the
evil. If passed, it will cut away every
excuse that the OAR. has for ban
ming colored artists and guests from
their sacred building. 1t will Danish
from the capital of the nation-the
capital of all our citizens-the in
tolerance and inequalities which en-
courage the propagation of foreign
isms. The country processes to want
democracy to succeed but continues
indifferent or powerless to establish
democracy within even few yards of
the halls of Congress.