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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

1t will do. AS fine an engineering
product as the automobile Is, and
as capable as 1t Is Of almost in
credible feats of power, 1t is no
more conscious, accountable, or re-
sponsible than puppet, pulled by
a string. 1t Is never a sedan or
roadster that kills, Injuries, or
causes property damage; 1t is al
ways John Jones or Mary Smith,
the driver, disregarding his driver
responsibilities-failing to signal,
driving too fast for conditions,
cutting In, using the wrong side
Of the road, or committing some
error Of driving judgment.
Test Of Judgment
Therefore the privilege granted
when license Is given to a driver
would be looked upon always as a
test of a persons judgment and
common sense.
The fit know how to use the
privilege; the unfit merely misuse
1t. It's use Is also very good
measuring stick of maturity. The
proper use OF privilege Is one very
very reliable indication that child
ness has been put aside and the
grown-up responsibility has been
achieved"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Vacation Ends,
10000 Workers
Return Monday

II will be back to work"
Monday morning for some TO-
900 Waterburians, as industry
resumes after the vacation
period. About 10000 have been
on vacation all this week, while
the several thousand others
have been off since Wednesday.
Factories are ready for in
creased production, with several
plants expecting large govern
ment orders in connection with
the defense program. Employ
ment gains in the next few
months are being predicted.
The past week has seen the
largest number Of local resi-
dents on vacation at the same
time in the city's history. Al
most all received a weeks vaca-
ton with pay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Pre-SchooI Vaccination Clinics Opening Next Monday
Money DepIores Waving Wall Street Flag Be-
American People Worlds Darkest Hour Pleads for National
Defense Opposes Sending American Troops Foreign Lands

A speech made by U. s. Senator
Francis 7. MaIoney Of Meriden
in the Senate on June 20 will
play an important part in his
campaign for rejection. Copies Of
the speech, In which Senator Ma
loney pleads for unity in national
defense and pledges opposition to
sending American troops abroad,
are being widely circulated in the
state.
Senator Maloney declared that
claims that President Roosevelt
was seeking to lead the nation In
to war were entirely untrue. He
spoke in favor Of the nominations
Of Col. Frank Knox and Henry L.
Stimson for places in the cabinet.
The text Of Senator Maloney's
address of June 20 follows:
mfr. President, I will not let the
curtain come down on this session
without at least one Senator
standing up to deny the accusa-
ton or insinuation, made on more
IIldIl OLlG UCCdoAOLl IA VAC PokoV AAVOa4
that there Is an attempt upon the
part of the President Of the Unit
ed States to lead this country in
to war.
Compelling Need
IF there is a Senator who does
not believe that there Is grave
and compelling need for prepared
ness, I should like to have him
now rise in his place and so state.
If there is a Senator who doubts
that there is danger to us as a
result of the situation in foreign
places, I should like to have him
so state, and tell us why there is
need for preparedness If there Is
no danger. I should like to have
some Senator point out now, in
the immediate wake of these in
situations, what step the Presi-
dent of the United States or the
Government of the United States
has taken that it the slightest in.
dication of an effort to involve us
in q foreign war or to bring our
boys into participatin IN wa
mot so long ago we experience
ed the excitement OF the so-called
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
REIDVILLE HOLDS
NEWS SPOTLIGHT
Board Learns That Whole
Class ''Flunked" Years
Work! Probe On

A report that not even one second
grade pupil at the Reidville school
has been promoted to the third
grade could not be confirmed today.
A reliable source. however, declared
that besides the universal second
grade funk, only three or four third
grade pupils were promoted.
The subject is expected to be dis
cussed at the next meeting Of the
Board of Education at the end Of
this month.
The Reidville school has been a
controversial issue for the past sew
eral weeks. 1t was condemned by the
Board of Education as fire-hazard
and closed for next year. The action
was protested by the Reidville
neighborhood which held mass meet
ings and sent delegates to the
Board.
During the height Of the contro-
versy, the 28-year-old wooden struc-
ture was nearly the victim Of an
incendiary attempt, foiled by the
rainy weather. A gasoline oaked
torch was placed against the clap
boards in the rear of the building.
The school house committee of the
board is now investigating further
into the condition Of the school, but
1t Is expected that the Board will
stand pat by its action to close the
building and transfer the pupils to
the East Farm school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Real Estate Course
Opens at Yale July 20
Field Staff Headed By George B. Horan-Noted APP
praisers From Eastern u. S. Join Student Body

banks is per cent of the men so far
signed up for the courses, to be CIV
en- in the Sterling Law buildings on
the Yale campus. One third OF the
enroilees to date are heads OF their
own real estate companies, and an
additional 10 per cent are respon-
sible officers of such companies.
Real estate appraisal experience OF
the student body, where reported,
averages over eight years.
NJ. A. rs make up the faculty. For
Course I Con fundamentals, opening
July 20 for a two-week period Ar
thur A. May, Detroit, will be dean.
Lecturerers include William Mac
Rosie, New York and Greenwich,
Connecticut, and David L. Monton-
ma, Chicago. For Course II Ton val
uation of investment properties)
John c. Tredwell, New York City,
will be dean. Lecturers: Thurston
Howard Ross, director of the Bureau
of Business Research at the Univer-
sity of Southern California, and
George L. Schmutz, Los Angeles,
president of the Institute, author of
Condemnation Appraisers Hand
book" and co-author of Economic
Approach to Valuation Procedure
The field staff will be headed by
George B. Koran, NJ. A. l., New Ha-
ven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
ERvICES AT
LOCAL CHURCHES
Rev. Ernest Weise to
Preach; Church Business
Meeting Monday Night
WATERVIllE
CorrespOndent--Mrs. r. w.
Henion, Telephone 3-5462

Waterville, July 6-Church services
tomorrow will be as follows:
st. MichaePs
Masses will be at 8 a. M, els and
II o'clock, with Rev. James ]. O'Brien
oflciating.
st. Pauls Episcopal
Rev. Robert Beecher, rector. There
will be one service, at $50 a. M, and
1t will include morning prayer and
sermon. The 8 a. m. communion
service will be omitted.
Grace Methodist
Rev. Ernest Weise, pastor. Com
munion service will be included in
the morning hour of worship, also
sermon, delivered by Rev. Mr. Weise
who has chosen as his subject Moral
Mathematics, or the Arithmetic Of
Sacrifice" In the evening, at 1880,
the subject of the meditation will
be 1.-THE Healing Touch"
Gospel Hall
Morning service will be held at
1890 o'clock; Sunday school at II
o'clock noon. and evening gospel
meeting at 1880 p. m.
Waterville Union
Miss Elizabeth M. Weeks, minister
Sunday school will be conducted at
10 a. m. and evening service at 1880
p. M, with Miss Weeks in charge
Miss Weeks who has been visiting
Id Poughkeepsie, N. Y, with Miss
Harriet Hawkey, will return home
this evening.
Meeting Monday
The monthly business meetings OF
the Grace Methodist church will take
place Monday evening, the Tither's
supper and meeting and official
board meeting at 8 O'Clock.
A community sing was featured
last evening at the Waterville park,
under the direction of the playground
supervisors. The attendance was
small however, due to the large
number of persons away on vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gall and
son, Herman, Jr, and Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Langdon and daughter, Ro-
berta, of Detroit, Michigan. are Wis
iting with Mrs. John Burger OF
Sprague street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
DEMOCRATS ARM
FOR PURGE WAR
Administration Forces Re-
ported Anxious to Get
Senator Culhane

The local Democratic organization
is preparing to groom a candidate
to run against Senator George r.
Culhane in the latter's bid for re-
nomination in the 18th district this
fall. A three-sided primary battle
Is a possibility, since Representative
Hugo Guastaferri has announced
that he will seek state senate seat
Senator Culhane, who has made 1t
known that he will again be a can
didate, will be formidable oppo-
nent for the organization candidate
or for anyone else in the field. The
town committee will have to offer a
strong candidate, and then cam
paign for him vigorously, If 1t Is to
unseat Senator Culhane.
Talk has been heard that the Or
ganization would be unwilling to
risk its prestige in a senatorial
primary battle with Senator Gull
hane, but it is known that party
leaders are determined to do every
thing possible to keep the senator
from being nominated.
"Feelers" to test public reaction
to possible nominees will be sent out
soon, and 1t Is likely that the Or
ganization candidate will be formal
ly trotted out soon after the DEM
ocratic national convention.
One influential group would enter
Attorney Michael v. Blansfield in
the field against Senator Culhane.
Mr.. Blansfleld, If willing to accept.
would be a strong opponent.
Ex-senator Joseph Hackett would
not be averse to denomination, and
there are other possible nominees,
among them Attorney John S. Mon
again, Attorney John McLinden and
Alderman Daniel Driscoll.
Representative Guastaferri has
little chance of winning endorse
ment from the party organization,
though he was supported two years
ago by a the group now directing
the party affairs. He plans to enter
the race as an independent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
GOVERNOR FORMS
new STATE DEPT
Will Handle Conn. Defense
Plans; Gen. Wadhams Is
Made Chairman

Hartford, Conn.,, July Cup
Governor Baldwin today virtually
set up a new state department to
handle Connecticut's defense prep
arations.
General Sanford H. Wadhams,
chairman of the state water commits
sion, and retired U. S. army office
with a distinguished World war
record, was named to head CO.
ordinating unit between the COVER
nor's new cabinet and the state
council on national defense.
General Wadhams supervised all
medical activities of the U. S. army
during the World war.
Named to this special coordinating
committee were:
Adjutant Gen. Reginald Della
cour; State Police Commissioner
Edward j. Hickey: Carl A. Gray,
chairman of the governors re-em-
ployment commission, members of the
cabinet.
E. Kent Hubbard, Middletown,
president of the Connecticut Manu-
facturers association; James ].
Clerkin. New Britain. president of
the Connecticut Federation of La
Dor, and James Lee LOOMS. presi..
dent OF the Connecticut Mutual Life
Insurance Co.. and New Haven
railroad trustee, members of the
council.
Governor Baldwin said the coordi-
mating group will have Offices at the
state Capitol and will be given a
clerical staff. Expenses will be paid
from the governors contingent fund
I'VE are going to work at once, "
the governor said. ITO set this group
up as a separate state department
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
MOONEY NAMED
TO STAFF HERE
Winsfed Man Appointed
Deputy Revenue COlIec-
tor; Reports Monday

Appointment OF william Mooney,
of Winsted. as temporary deputy
collector at the local internal re-
venue bureau office in the federal
building was announced today. Mr..
Mooney. who was named by Collector
Thomas s.. smith, will begin his new
duties Monday morning The APP
pointment Is for a period of 60 days.
The new deputy viii assist the
public In matters connected with the
new federal taxes which became
effective July !. He viii be available
for advice on the floor stock liquor
tax and the cigarette tax. and as
siSt In the preparation OF applica-
tons for the new special tax stamps.
The local internal revenue Office
has been flooded with inquiries since
the new taxes becafn defective.
Addition OF q new man 70 the force
was found necessary In view Of the
Increased amount Of work required
because OF the new taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Better Appreciation
Should Be Developed
Drivers Take Privilege Of Operating Cars Too Lightly;
Average Driver Fails to Value License, Privilege

eupt. of Police William J. Roach
said today that the sooner the mo-
tottst is made TO believe that having
a license is privilege the sooner
viii he act accordingly on the streets
and highways.
Correct use of license, the chief
continued, is a good yardstick Of ma
turity, proper use being an indica-
ton that wisdom has been achieved.
Roach's statement follows:
ITO share any public property
is a privilege. Proof that sharing
the highway is a privilege, Is
found in the fact that you can be
debarred from 1t as driver. Your
license to share 1t can be revoked.
Badge of Integrity
Any license implies privilege.
It also implies that the holder is
permitted to undertake some ac-
tivity that might become a public
menace If not subjected to officia
control This is true Of the drivers
license. Licensing Of automobile
drivers is not merely whim of
officials. 1t is not primarily a
source OF public income. Its chief
purpose is to set up and control
certain driving standards by ex-
perience to be for the public good.
A license is badge Of integrity.
When 1t Is clear that a license Is
for the purpose of granting priv
ilege and that 1t promises that the
holder is a person of training, ex-
perience, competence, and trust,
then 1t Is equally clear that in
competence, carelessness, and reck-
lessness should be quite sufficient
grounds for canceling the license
and recalling the privilege.
A driver is closely identified with
his machine. He decides what the
machine will do: and directs what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
WEATHER FAVORS
LOCAL BUSINESS
Hundreds Remain at Home
to Enjoy Week Holiday;
Shores Hard Hit

Waterbury merchants as a result
of the bad weather profited to a
considerable extent during the pres
ent week while shore resorts
throughought the state took one OF
the worst lacings" they have ever
experienced for a Fourth OF July
week.
With the local factories closed
for the most part, TO give their
employees a weeks vacation it was
generally expected that there would
be general migration from here
to the shore resorts but the weather
man "bummed up the works. A
very large number OF Waterburiaps
who planned on going to the shore
and taking a daily dip or two in the
ocean just shivered here in Water
bury and decided to stay at home
The result was that much OF the
vacation money, which ordinarily
would have gone to the shore re-
sorts was spent here.
New oYrk City and the Worlds
Fair benefited to a considerable ex-
tent. as far as Waterburians were
concerned. many factory employees
taking trips TO the metropolis and
visiting the fair.
New York City and the Worlds
ball teams also got q break as far
N Waterbury vacationists were cons
cerned.
A few Waterburains did brave the
weather and 80 10 Maine. They did
MT stay long however as q trip v
Maine was about the equivalent o.
q trip 70 the North Pole and vaea'
! ions up that way we're cut immed'
lately short.
one local factory worker express
ed the situation pretty well yester'
day when he said 1T viii seem goos
10 set back IN the factory on Mon
day WHARF, there 10 . little heat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Willow Street Store
Suffers Fire. Loss
Hot Ashes From Pipe Suspected Cause of Blaze Re-
suIting in $4,000 LOss-Traffc Tieup Results

The flames spread to a number OF
empty packing boxes and then
leaped to the shelves and stock be-
fore they were controlled by fire.
men responding in several COM
panies. Merchandise in the rear Of
the store, however, was wiped out
completely and other goods and FIX
lures were damaged extensively.
Smoke and water damage contrib
uted to the total loss.
The flremen were directed by
Chief Thomas F.. Cavanaugh and
Acting Deputy Chief Joseph j..
Kelley. A f1oodlight was brought to
bear on the interior OF the smoke
filled store.
A number of policemen directed
traffic and checked the crowd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

be had is on the left bank of the
Pomperaug. None Of the hardened
wood is ever found on the right
bank where the Newark System
intrdueS. Strange tales Of speci-
mems discovered are many. One
person we know believes that the
bed of the Pomperaug is covered
with logs turned to stone and, If
we listen to this theory, it might
be that the Pomperaug travels a
sort of ancient planked road.
At the Post Office and he Hen
~ Mccarthy General Store, post
ers inviting enlistment in the u.
S. Army add to the attractive
ness of the window displays. Lit
tie girls and small boys gaze in
wonder at the colors and at the
figure of Uncle Sam rolling up his
sleeves, but none Of military age
have as yet enlisted.
The roster OF the local rifle
company grows without posters.
To date. about forty-five members
have signed up.
Nate Evarts has built q mod
ernized turtle pound where his
monsters fatted and grow lazy.
Nate also has new mower at
tachment for his rubber-tired
tractor.
The funniest thing seen locally
Was Q meter driven mower rum
ming away with enc of the State
Highway men the ether DAY. The
man gave her The gun and head
Cd into . patch Of Fagweed where
The machine bucked. jumped, and
swung around 30 fast that the
operator alsnesi collapsed. Those
hanasIEo1 moving machines
would be great stun eleanlng out
I'D adder nests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

onto the coun-
ter with o n e
hand and had
his eyes closed,
b ut he W a S
quite conscious.
Cherry cider is
that red fluid
you see in jugs
that are always
left standing in
the sun. Filling
stations carry
1t and, at the
end of the sea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
Children Planning
To Enter School In
Fall To Be Examined
Schedule Announced By Health Department Parents
Asked to Have Family Physicians Give YOungster
Thorough Physical Checkup

three days a week during July, with
school doctors and nurses in charge
The clinics will not operate in Aug
ust.
Schedule Posted
The schedule Is as follows:
Monday, 3 p. rn.-Christ Chapel,
East Main street.
Monday, 3 p. m.-Duggan school
gymnasium, Brooklyn.
Tuesday, 3 p. m. - Rose Hill
branch library, Baldwin street.
Wednesday, 8 p. rl1.-North End Y.
M. G. A., East Farm street.
Each child entering school must
nave certificate showing that he
or she had been vacciuated. The
vaccination can be done by a pri-
vate physician or at one Of the cli1-
les.
Vaccination alone Is not enough
for youngsters being prepared for
school, according to DR.. Godfrey.
Urges Check-Up
Make sure that your child is in
the best possible health; have him
given a thorough physical examin-
alton by your family doctor" he
said. Don't wait until some serious
ailment develops; have your child
examined beforehand. Be sure that
every child has good vision, good
hearing, that heart. lungs and other
organs are functioning properly,
that the child Is growing steadily,
and that he is emotionally stable
The pre-school clinics are held
each summer under the personal
supervision of DR.. Godfrey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

Hot ashes from a smokers pipe
were blamed today for starting a
fire which caused $4,000 damage to
the half Ensured grocery store own
ed by George LAURA at 81 Willow
street early last night. The ashes
were believed to have fallen on
papers and rubbish in the rear Of
the store, thereby starting the
blaze.
The rapidly-spreading fire at
tracted hundreds of persons to the
scene and was viewed In "Loge-
seat fashion by residents Of the
nearby apartment houses. Traffic
had to be re-routed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

Chicago, ILL.,. July 6-1ndicative of
the Importance which lending agen-
cies are putting on the quality of
their real estate appraisals 43 per
cent of the advance enrollees for
case study courses to be given at
Yale University this summer by the
American Institute Of Real Estate
Appraisers are real estate officers or
loan supervisors of banks, insurance
companies, trust companies, savings
and loan associations. Insurance
companies contribute II per cent and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
SKIER IN FILMS

Charles Flynn, who won the sla-
lom event in the last winter Olym-
pices at zugspiteze, Austria is work.
ing as a German sailor In Mystery
Sea Raider" at Paramount Studio.
ell was hired as Teuton for the
topical film because of his knows
edge OF the language, which he
learned while In Munich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
BIRDS ANTICS UPSET FELoNS

Sacramento, Cal. (UP)-A red
linnet at Folsom penitentiary is
threatening to cause under nutri-
ton on the part of the prisoners.
They keep their eyes gued on the
linnet as it rides back and forth on
the moving end of the slide from
bone when the prison orchestra is
playing during meals. Some do not.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

Os % 6CAhdtUN
Neutrality Act. I said then, and
I now repeat, that I would not
vote to send our boys to particle
pate in a foreign war. I said then,
and I say now, on my own respon-
sibility and in the broadest sense,
that the United States Senate is a
peace bloc, End that we want to
avoid n; but surely every SEN
ator knows, as does every careful
thinking American, that we are
in at least the lighter shadows of
war. If that were not true, Mr..
President, we should not be read
ing and hearing a constant ac-
cusation on the part of some that
we have neglected a proper pre-
paredness.
ut seems sad to me, Mr.. Presi-
dent, that in this trying hour Of
the worlds history we are not a
united people. The totalitarian
powers of Europe, with their hate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06


unsuspecting motorists for special
anti-freeze solution. The most
careful research has failed to un-
cover any person who will admit
a laundering for the stuff, SO we
pulled the car over to the road
side and got ready to interview
this customer. Then we saw the
markers ON his automobile. The
man was from Pennsylvania. He
probably had been reading some
Of that alleged publicity concoct-
ed by the State Development
Commissions experts, and the
cherry cider slug was just taken
in protest and to cover his disap-
p0jntment.
The finest example of erosion in
this township IS on the lawns of
the new State Training School.
If some of the hay had been har-
vested from the neglected mea-
dows OF the school farm and used
as mulch directly beneath the
topsoil Of the new lawns. most OF
this most unsightly erosion could
have been avoided. II oats had
been seeded with the lawn grass.
the same results would have pre-.
vailed.
European boundaries are like
electric fences. They can be
moved overnight, and frequently
are.
Bass are hitting mlnnows. frogs.
and plugs. The biggest bass we
have seen thus far measured 70
inches.
Seekers of petrihea weed came
20 the village sunday but . shews
e. frightened them sway. The
only sFea where this material can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
a&~<<' MY~<~%
GSTABLisHEp Tess
TODAY
Our Annual July Sale
GSTABLlsHse lssS

Our Annual July Sale
Mems, young mems and boys
fine suits-women' hats, coots.
suits ond shoes-oIl in mad
scramble to change ownership.
Fine merchandise - the finest
Waterbury knows-priced to
open tight. thrifty purses. and to
open ones eyes to what the MIN
Bile sixpence con do when we use
our price pruning sheors.
There's oil wool flannel lounge
robes for Jock and JiII-seeond
fIoor-$3.75 and $4.75-former-
Iy $I0.00-white oir conditioning
suits. size 10 only, $5.75 former
Iy $I6.75.
"Stetson" fine hets for women
$5.o0-fovmsrIy Up 10 $9.7S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06
SOUTH
BRITAIN
BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUS

Members Of the Mattatuck
Drum Band were in town the
other day looking for a place to
hold summer maneuvers. When
we explained about the echoes
from Rattlesnake and Squaw
Rock, the plan was tabled for fu-
ture consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

Announcing the opening of pre-
school vaccination clinics for boys
and girls who are to enter school
for the first time in the fall, Health
Officer DR.. Edward j. Godfrey to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-06

We knew 1t would happen!
Driving along u. s. 6, the other
day, we saw a man actually drink
ing cherry cider. He was holding