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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

Southbury, Oct. 31.-The dedica- tion of the new Southbury Train ing School for mental detectives has been set for Saturday, Novem-' Der g, at 2 D. m. The exercises will be held in the auditorium and an invitation is to be issued to the citizens of the state not only to at- tend these exercises but also to in- spect the institution on scheduled afternoons for the week following.
 The organiza ton for operating the institution has been completed and the first group of children, a small group of working farm boyss was received October A. A portion of these came from the Mansfield Hospital and Training School and the remainder from the waiting list which now numbers approximately 1900. These initial admissions will be followed by the reception of ap- proximately 50 children monthly until June next when some 500 will have been received. Beginning with July l, 1941 it is planned to receive 60 patients each month, bringing the population year later to 1900 at which time the intake will be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

came to power to plague this earth through those very condi- tions which President Roosevelt corrected before they upreoted the foundations of democracy.
 They came around at a time when their countries were finan- cially and morally destitute and when their people were suffering hunger and want and were willing to take on any kind of ism which offered food and shelter. Hitler came into power when the Ger man people saw their country go bankrupt under democratic form of government under President von Hindenburg. Mussolini came into power when Italy was divided into so many political groups that the welfare of the nation was threatened.
 Facing the Facts
 So let US face the facts and realize that if the peoples in those countries had been taken care of by their country and had not been facing absolute want, they would not have grasped onto the preachings of these mad men as a sort of last straw.
 We can ignore the facts if we choose to but just how different was the morale of the masses in the United States before Roose- welt came into office?
 Have we forgotten the march on our Capitol?
 Have we forgotten the marches on our City Halls by people in want?
 Have we forgotten the May Day disorders that were prevalent then?
 Have we forgotten Brother. can you spare a dime days?"
 Labor has not forgotten those things and we have not forgot ten that our President through his humanitarian efforts stymied
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Hurley Heads List
 of Guest Speakers For Big Gathering
Rev. Mir. Lackey, Former Member of Carpet Union, Candidate for Senator, to Give Address Mayor
 ScuIIy Also Among FlOnOred Guests Invited

ducements will take pace following the speaking program. Special en- tertainment features VIII be pre- sented.
 For several weeks past the Gen. tral Union committee has been mak- ing the necessary arrangements and it is expected. that the attendance tonight will be one of the largest to feature any of the series of rallies conducted by both major parties ln Waterbury in recent months.
 Uphold Roosevelt
 The c. L. U. campaign committee through Chairman Tata released the following statement today:
 It is amusing to hear the oppo- nents of President Roosevelt re- fer to him as a dictator and everything else that in their opin- ion is un-A American. Labor is ready to face the facts and acknowi- edge them: That if it had not been for President Roosevelt and his policies toward the under privileged of this nation, the peo- pie of this country would be ready for any kind of ism as long as it provided food and shelter for those nee0y persons out of Work through no fault of their own.
 Hitler, Mussolini and Stain
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

an incendiary landed on my roof and the AF-auxiliary flreman-in my building held the nozzle of his l little stirrup pump while l desper- ately pulled and pushed the plunger. The Nazis drop thousands of these 18-inch incendiaries in night, but they're so much pie if spotted in time. This one was out in 15 min- utes, and then realized that for quarter of an hour hadn't wasted a thought on bomberS and their dreadful possibilities. In bombing raid an active imagination is much more of a handicap than @ wooden leg.
 The American correspondents and their amazing esprit de corps. NO phony heroics, no trivial struggle for meaningless scoops" and best of all. lots of intestinal fortiture. Ray Daniell and his NY Times CO., horts moved their office intot he basement of the Savoy Hotel some time ago. The Herald Trib boys are there now, too, pounding their typewriters under criss-crossed steel girders two stories underground. When things get dull Vic Oliver comes in to do bit of entertaining and Bob Post orates on his favorite subiect-the British Navy. Scotty Reston and Frank Kelly, who live in this basement to eliminate the 5- minute tram ride to and from work, sit and reminisce about home and family. But Larry Rue, old calloused Chicago Tribune hand, is probably not there. He likes to sit on the ROOF during raid, caress scotch and soda and hurl profanity at the night riders.
 The split second timing that saved : old Bob Casey's life twice in one evening. He and friend stopped their cab one night to argue for ID minutes in order to determine who should be driven home first. They reached a decision and started for the friends hotel, arriving there just in time to see the inn erupt into the street. They collected their nerves at the nearest pub and set out for Bob's quarters. Same thing
 A bomb got there less than a min-
 ute before them.
 | The stuff that appears in Ameri-
 can newspapers. Just as soon as one
 of the boys stories lands in print
 over here, an English correspondent
 cables it back to England, where 1t
 is featured in the British papers It's a form of pressure-you'd bet
 ter not get pessimistic unless you
 want some fighting Englishman to
 punch you right on the schnoz. | The horrible night in Cologne, as reported by captured German pilot I A British bomb hit nest of oil
 tanks in that town and the stuff
 ran through the streets like burning
 lava, setting houses and every other
 obpect along the way into furi-
 ous blaze.
 Greece is increasing it's shipments l L Tx@;k CtatnC
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

the efforts of the foreign propa- gandists and proponents of every ism but Americanism. It was in the era previous to Roosevelt's ad- ministration that the seeds of these foreign is1ns were planted in our free land and had not Roosevelt done something to de- stroy the fertility of American minds for foreign isms, the weeds of foreign isrns would have de- stroyed the plant of democracy by now. If the people of the coun- try were gullible enough to be- lieve the accusations of Roose- velt's opponents that he is ,prac- tically one and the same as the foreign dictators would it not be proper that they would ask, Why then do Hitler, Stalin and Musso- lini hate Roosevelt SO?
 Labor Will Answer
 Labor will answer that question for you. They hate Roosevelt be- cause he stepped in at a time when their propagandists were doing swell job and stopped them in their tracks.
 As to the fear of a third term, the only fear that labor has is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

Robert A. Hurley, Democratic candidate for governor and Mayor Vincent A. Scullys will share speak ing honorS tonight with labor lead- CTS at one of the most important political rallies of the campaign. The event will be staged in Temple hall under the supervision of the Waterbury Central Labor Union and will represent for the first time in years, an effort of a union organiza- tion to translate an official endorse ment into big public cooperative meeting.
 Union Leaders
 Rev. E. Dent Lackey, candidate for state senator; Thomas J. Shea, of the state Democratic headquar- ters labor division; Joseph DePaola, state barber commissioner and president of the Young Democratic clubs of Connecticut will be the principal labor speakers. Rev. MT. Dent Lackey holds a union card in the carpet industry. Both MT. DePaola and MT. Shea are accredited union members. Rudolph Tata of the local c. L. U. is chairman of the com mittee of arrangements for the big event. An informal reception with refreshments among the many in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

fail to understand why ne remained in Paris and left Tony Riddle the frantic task of bolstering the Rey- maud Cabinet in Bordeaux.
 The great job Quent Reynolds is doing. He's as popular on every dirty little English trawler as he is in the StOrk Club CESS Ed Mur- row and his astonishing piece of uncensored ad libbing into roof top mike while the bombs were fall- ing about him. Too, he's become famous for his ability to turn in a good reporting job while giving away nothing of value to Goering :. Those terrible whistlers the Germans let loose. Some say you'll never get hit by one you can hear coming down. But Murrow and listened to one at dinner one night that staggered the pillars and teetered the chandeliers of the hotel. He went on eating while sat there jittering. That was blocks away" !" Ed said, probably up. at Oxford Circus. Oxford Circus, my eye! The damned thing had hacked away a huge chunk of the hotels four floor,
 The way American correspondents worry over the next U. s. ambas- sador to Great Britain. Kennedy never refused to see any reporter on any subject, and they can count on the samet reatment from Bid- dle. It's a mite tougher to pry a story from Bullitt.
 The funny things people do when the big ones start to come down If I'm in bed, I roll over. If I'm standing, lie down-and vice versa. I'm more scared in strange build ing even though it's ten times stronger than my own. I feel naked and alone on the streets without my hat, but to be caught in the bath tub by a raid is the most fearful thing that could possibly happen. The "luckiesf guys" (and the bravesD in London-the firemen. Not that anyone begrudges them their bravery, but we all envy them because they have something to do during a raid. They simply don't have time to be scared. One night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Labor Unions Sponsoring Rally Tonight
Southbury School
 Opens November 9
Dedication Program Set for Mental Defective lnstitu
 tiOn-InspectiOn Tours Opened to Public

reduced to 25 per month permitting the full capacity of the institution to be reached. The rate of intake throughout the periods listed above is the maximum monthly intake recommended by experts in this field, and also the limit dictated by the schedule of operating funds which has been developed by the State for the Board of Trustees in its responsibility of opening and getting the institution into opera ton,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
Walter WincheII
 Or BYO0dW,0y !.
LoNDoNERs ARE TALKING
eIsads Mark Registered. Copyright isto Daily MiVor,

LONDONERs ARE TALKING
 ABOUT ...
 Eric Sevaried, crack young cor respondent and commentator for the Columbia Broadcasting System, re- turned fO the United States via Clip per last Sunday. He was in France when it fell and since then in Lon don, where life is a commodity to be exchanged for nothing less than freedom, and death is something preferable to surrender. Mir. Se- vareid will return to London after a brief breathing spell in N. Y. He made these notes on the Clipper.
 Ambassador Joe Kennedy's in- digestion, which has not benefited from a, steady diet of eggs and pills, lack of sleep and the intending bombings. He has grown pessi- mistic about the world situation and doesn't want to go back to London :, Roosevelt's chances in the election :. The boners Halifax con- tinues to make in hiss peaches Whenever he speaks of England's alleis he invariably forgets to in clude the valiant Poles who have continued the struggle. and he never fails to include the phrase. Chris tian civilization" which is slar for India--where Halifax was once viceroyl
 Churchill. He is far and away the most lucid mind and voice in Bri- tain. Historians are convinced he will live in history as the greatest British orator, Pitt not forgotten. Churchill, for your information, is privately convinced that America ought to come into the war at once He is tired of having to sell the U S. on every new event sand idea Those are the Prime Ministers own beliefs, but there is no denying that the impact of American intervention would be terrific in France, where (despite the stuff you hear from Vicily) nine out of ten pray fo1 British victory
 The identity of the successor tc Joe Kennedy's ambassadorship. The Court of St. James might accept William c. Bullitt, though they still
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

it's prayer that God will give him health and strength to carry on through the daik days ahead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31
A POST OFFICE MIX UP

Montgomery, Ala. (UP)-Prestige of the Southeast Air Corps Train ing Center has dropped perceptibly Private George Radibaugh com plained he had not been receiving his hometown paper. An investi- gation uncovered it, addressed to the Southeastern Trailer Camp" at Maxwell Field.
 China has a candid camera craze. fiArgentina now has more than IT, 900 primary schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-31

Greece is increasing it's shipments of olives to the United States.
Evening star., 1940-06-28

that the New Deal was working to-
ward destruction Of the electric utili-
ties industry.
A high Washington source has
since declared that WILKES Shrek
ing increased "by $4,000 900 the
price T. v. A. had to pay" for the
properties. That price was $78,600.-
600.
40 Cigarettes a nay. ,..
Mr.. Willkie is a strapping 6-foot
l12 Inch man who pays little atten-
ton to what he eats, is fond of rat
cheese smokes two packages of
cigarettes a day and likes a Scotch
highball or two when he knocks of
work.
His life in New York has centered
around his Job and his chief recre-
ations are talking. reading and pig
farming. He also enjoys movie
''thrillers." He dresses informally,
in loose fitting dark blue suits, and
wears inexpensive white shirts with
soft collars.
This informality has extended to
his Office, where kindly old men
greet visitors by their first names
and Mr.. Willkie, leaning back with
Evening star., 1940-06-28

friends by inventing gambling
game played with Sunday school
cards. But when angry neighbors
called to complain of bloody noses
and other familiar youthful Of
fenses, they were likely to find the
Willkie children acting Hamlet,
with Wendell wearing his mothers
old petticoat for a cape.
At Indiana University Willkie was
a campus spellbinder who debated
socialism and mixed in political
fights when. he wasn't busy frying
eggs in short-order lunchroom to
pay his way. A panic had wiped
out his fathers savings.
To get his schooling he sold
papers, collected bills, was a har-
vest hand and migratory farm
worker, ran a cement block ma
chine, made steel, worked on q
Puerto Rican sugar plantation, and
drove bakers wagon.
He taught high school history at
Coffeyville, Kans., returned to In
diana for a law course, then began
practicing with his father.
Served in France.
He enlisted in the Army the day
the United States entered the World
War, became captain, and served in
France. There he spent part of his
Evening star., 1940-06-28
Columbia Polytechnic
Holds Health PAGEANT

Columbia Polytechnic Institute for
the Blind staged its first national
health pageant last night in River
side Stadium.
Featured by health drills, dances
and gymnastics and music by Al
Donahue's Orchestra, the pageant at
tracted more than 200 persons,
some from Baltimore. Young wom-
an students from Landers Studio
played important roles.
The entire production was under
the direction of Dennis M. Landers
and proceeds will be used for an
expansion of the Institutes program
to help the blind of Washington.
Evening star., 1940-06-28

should be accomplished bv flaws
expressly stating objectives and
methods and not by commission
regulations"
2. That these reforms should be
enforced by a Government friend
ly" to business.
Mr.. Willkie has had lifelong prac-
tice in speaking his mind. Whether
attacking Wall Street or the New
Deal, he goes into battle, as he
terms it, with his dukes up
Worked in His Youth.
His life has been one of action
Born 48 years ago at Elwood, Ind,
he worked at a variety of jobs in
his youth and while going to school
Later he practiced law and served
in the Army.
Today he is president of Com
monwealth g. Southern Corp,
81 ,200, 100000 utilities firm that
operates companies in the South,
Michigan and the Midwest. He
spends vacations at his 1,500-acre
corn-hog farm near Rushville, Ind
Both Mr.. WILKES parents were
practicing lawyers. His mother was
the first woman admitted to the
Indiana bar.
Willkie had an average, rough
and tumble, small town boyhood
growing up with two sisters and
t. ~&4
pie shaded frame house and in a
yard overrun with cows, chickens,
horses, dogs, cats and children.
Learned to Fight Early.
AS a youngster he swiped apples
beat up boys who jeered at his store
clothes and shocked his mothers
Evening star., 1940-06-28

time as volunteer lawyer for court
martialed A. E. F. privates.
Back in this country he met Miss
Edith Wilk, librarian, at an Elwood
wedding where she was maid Of
honor and he was usher. Soon she
changed her name to Willkie. They
have one son, Philip, 20.
Mr.. Willkie went into the legal
department of an Akron (Ohio)
rubber company, then joined the
Akron law firm Of Mather, Nesbitt
and Willkie. He led a successful
battle in Akron against the Ku Klux
Klan and in 1924 he was a delegate
to the Democratic National Con-
vention.
His success as lawyer for utili-
ties firms attracted attention of B.
C. Cobb, president of Commonwealth
& Southern. Mr.. Cobb induced
Mr.. Willkie to join the company in
1929 and when Mr.. Cobbs health
failed Mr.. Willkie succeeded him.
Met Depression With Action.
In the midst of the depression Mr.
Willkie hired 500 new statesmen, Of
fered bonuses to employees to sell
electrical appliances and introduced
the neutrality-suspicious. rate" by
which the company cut the rate and
doubled the amount of electricity
sold for domestic use.
Mr.. WILKES battle with the Ten
nessee Valley Authority, while the
Government was negotiating to buy
certain Commonwealth e. South
ern properties, had both Wall Street
and Washington in an uproar. He
fought the T. V. A. in the courts
before congressional committees and
in published articles. His thesis was
Evening star., 1940-06-28
Life Of Action Began
For WiIIkie as an
Indiana Schoo|boy
National Spotlight
Turned On Nominee
In Fight on T. V. A.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 28.-Wen-
dell WILKES knockdown and drag
out battles with the New Deals
Tennessee Valley Authority fur
nished the basis for the meteoric
career in Republican politics which
won him the partys presidential
nomination.
A utilities executive, lawyer and
Indiana commanding farmer, Mr.
Willkie has been a registered Re-
publican but two years. He sup
ported President Roosevelt and the
Democratic ticket in 1882 and ,e-
mained favorably disposed to the
New Deal for some years there
after.
Two Major Criticisms.
Coming finally to fundamental
differences with it, he expressed his
criticism of the administration ano
his own approach to problems Of
governments in these two ma jor
points:
l. That such social and economic
reforms as are necessary. including
Government regulation of business
Evening star., 1940-06-28
Facts on WiIlkie
6. O. P. Nominee Wus
Born February 28, 1892

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 28.-Facts
about Wendell Willkie, Republican
presidential nominee:
Born in Elwood, Ind, February
%, 1892.
Educated at Indiana University,
ABB. 1913; LII. B., 1916; LII. D., 1888;
attended Oberlin in 1916.
Admitted to bar in Indiana in
1916; practiced law in Elwood, Ak
ron, Ohio, and New York.
President of Commonwealth g.
Southern Corp. since 1888.
Married Edith Wilk of Rushville,
Ind. January IA, 1918; one son,
Phillip.
Evening star., 1940-06-28

feet on his desk or pacing back and
forth, talks and argues about every
subject under the sun.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-13

Stanton, who was one of Kate Smiths
"Celtics"; Bob Dowd, whom everyone
will remember as the famous foot
ball star, and Hershel Elliott, both
from the University of Tennessee
Jack Baker from Villanova; Bill
johnson from Minnesota; and "Ador
is" Eddie Weatherlow, who cut cap.
ers for the Hercules baseball team
this summer. In addition there are
a number of lads who starred fol-
Beacon College.
Both Chadick, who has been aver.
aging seventeen points per game, and
Stanton have played against the
House of David team in past years
and they seem to be worried over
this coming game not one Bit"
Mr.. Dryden waxed enthusiastic
when speaking Of the quality of play
that will greet local fans at the ar
mory on the Goth. He said, "Never in
the history of basketball on the East
ern Shore has two such speedy ag-
gregations clashed. Why, it's just a
natural" which Crisfield, and Shore
fans will be discussing for many
years to come"
The Hercules "JayVees" who meet
o great "Speedboys" team in the
opener, is a flashy non-collegiate
quint.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-13
BILLIONS FOR
NATIONS DEFENSE
PROGRAMME

Agriculture Department economists
estimate that the national defense
program as now projected will in
volve an expenditure Of about $780,
OOO, ZOO, 900 in the next five years
with a peak outlay Of $4,000, 000, 900
in 1912.
In a report on "the impact of war
and the defense program on agricul-
ture," the economists said even great
er expenditures might become neces-
sary if there were additional unfa-
vorable developments in the world
political situation"
On the other hand, they said, peace
might be followed by public demand
for a return to economy in military
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1940-12-13

estimates were based upon the as
sumption that the United States
would not become involved in war,
and that there would be no drastic
changes in present governmental poll
cies with respect to agriculture, I'M
employment, prices, and fiscal poll
cies.
The report said that as result
Of defense spending, non-agricultur-
al income probably would increase
from about $4,000, 100000 in 1910
to at least $4,000, 10000 in 1912.
Cash farm income probably will
increase to about $4,000, OOO, 900 in
1941, and to more than $4,000, O00,-
900 in 1912, the economists said, but
commented that probable advances