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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

l. Are bats naturally blind?
 2. The leading cattle State is Montana, California or Texas?
 3. Is Dawson City in Canada or Alaska?
 4. The name of the airplane in which Admiral Byrd flew over the North Pole was Josephine ....."
 5. Name the two South American countries whose names begin with the letter "P."
 6. Who originated the fiction character. Sherlock Holmes?
 T. Of which college was Woodrow Wilson president?
 8. Which planet reyolves around the sun between the orbits of Venus and Mars?
 g. Is Lake Victoria Nyanza in Africa, Australia or New Zealand?
 10. Was John Jay, John Marshall or John Rutledge, the first Chief Justice of the United States?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
Daily Almanac

Moon rises SPA a. m.
 Sun rises 6:5l a. n.: sets APT p. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The dismal weather of the weekend was blown out to sea by strong north wind set- ting in late Sunday night. It brought cold; 1t also brought snow squalls and promise of more. Long-range predictions mark this week as one in which anything might hap- pen. such as paralyzng snow-storm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

VI Al SAesNSs AASS denizens of the jungle apparent ly never visited the city, had no interest in it, lived in precisely the same degradation their a n c e S to IS had known for a thousand or per- haps for several thousand years.
 Just around a river bend from a
 froot 0ifxy wat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

30 Bellanca bombing planes or-. dered by the Greek Minister of Aviation.
 This was about tive years ago, : when the State Department was in the habit of pointing an ac- cusing finger at any small ma tion ordering arms, especially if the career boys suspected that the arms might be trans-shipped to aid Leyalist Spain.
 The 30 Bellancas were listed as "training" planes, though they could be equipped with bomb racks overnight. However. when the American Minister in Athens, Lincoln MacVeagh Ia relative of Mrs. Rooseyelt's) cabled the State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

week or so - is a hang over headache called the " alte r. Logan bill.
 Briefly, tn e bill would make decisions and findings of administra tive boards (with a few specific ex- ceptions) open to judicial re- V i e W. Courts would be em- powered. to up- eat avSx, ook{.-,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

 Department for an export license, he got peremptory "No.' Jo- seph Green, in charge of the State Departments Munitions Control Board, wanted to know why Greece, such a little country, wanted so many big planes. So he banned the order on the ground that they might go on to Spain.
 FINLAND AND GREECE
 In direct contrast is the re- sponse of the American public to the heroic stand taken by Greece and to the equally heroic stand taken by Finland against Russia.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
A Thought for Today

And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, and herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was sO.- Genesis 1:11.
  Nature is but name for an effect whose cause is God.-CoWper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

Living in a jungle just around the river bend from the city of God and preferring the jungle.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
Questions
 .andAnswers


 YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Servics Bureau will answer for you free any question of fact or informa. tion, not involving extensive re- search. Write your question clear ly, sign name and address, en- close a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ingtOn, D. c.
 o. Did Congress provide thai men between the ages of 18 and 35, inclusive, could ask for immediate service for one year instead of wait- ing until called through the opera ton of the draft?
 A. Yes; application must be made to the local draft board. If applicants are physically it and have no dependents, they may bG accepted for training.
 @. Please quote the off-screeL narration at the beginning of thu photoplay, 'The Mortal storm"
 A. "When man was new upon the earth he was frightened by ths dangers of the clements. He cried out, The gods of the lightning arc angry, and I must kill my fellow man to appease them As man grew older, he created shelters against the wind and the rain, and made harmless the force of the lightning. But within man him. self, were elements strong as the wind and terrible as the. lightning, and he denied the existence of these elements because he dard not face them. The tale we are about to tell is of the mortal storm, ill which man finds himself today. Again he is crying, I must kill my fellow man. Our story asks: How soon will man find wisdom in his heart, and build a lasting shelter against his ignorant fears?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

by say - the Labor Board, if in the courts opinion the boards find- ing was not supported by substan- tial evidence, was not supported by the boards own findings of fact, or was in viola tion either of the U. s. Constitution or of the law creating the board in question.
 This bill is either a much needed reform or a thing which will cripple the governments op- erations, depending on your point of view. It has already passed the House. Last spring the Sen- ate passed it in a moment of ab- Sent-mindedness, reconsidering its action a bit later when adminis- tration leaders realized what had happened.
 HOT
 FIGHT
 Around this bill there has devel- oped an extremely hot conflict. The administration bitterly opposes the measure, but a majority in both houses apparently favors 1t. The case for the bill is perhaps best put by Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico, who is leading the fight for it in the Senate.
 This bill merely provides @ ' fundamental in our form of gov- ernment = that absolute power shall not rest anywhere" says | Hatch. 'It comes naturally out of our basic theory of checks and balances.
 Tt calls for judicial review only on certain well defined grounds ! which are clearly set forth in the bill itself. There is no arbitrary grant of power to the courts.
 If enacted, it wouldn't jeop- ardize or harm any such agency as the Labor Board, because the principles it sets forth have al- ready been announced by the Su- preme Court. We're merely writ ing into law what the court has already said.
 The big thing is that every board and agency would know that there is some court that can review its decision, so that its find- ings can never be arbitrary"
 VETO
 LIKELY
 Administration opposition to the bill rests on several arguments.
 Chief of these is that the bill would almost nullify the work of the various government boards and agencies, by causing 8 legal delay of year or so between the time an agency issued an order or made a finding and the time that order or finding actually went into operation. If this isn't so, ask the New Dealers, why were such mon controversial" agencies as the Interstate Commerce Con- mission specifically exempted from the bill?
 Another argument is that the modern need for carrying on much of the governments work via ex- ecutive boards is creating a brand new field of administrative law and administrative procedure, which must in the nature of things de- velop outside of the old, recognized legal channels. To try to force it back into those channels, it is held, would halt the whole process.
 Lastly, Senator Barkley, the ma jority leader in the senate, asks that action be delayed pending the re- port by the attorney generals spe- cial committee on administrative tive procedure Cheaded by Dean Acheson), which is supposed to be on the verge of suggesting reforms in the whole boards -and-agencies set-up. Chief trouble here is that the board has been in labor for up- ward of a year and the Senate is tired of waiting.
 It looks now as if the bill would pass the Senate and get vetoed. It is doubtful that enough votes to I override veto could be obtained.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

If you want copy of the book let CONVERSATIONS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. En- close ten cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
Ambassador Kennedy Thinks We Should Limit Aid To Britain
 To Gain Time To Rearm: Sees England Virtually Licked
HEA SHv1A H
DREW PEAR ON ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, q like those sort of
 things; say, "that sort"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.
IIINGLEs PREFERRED

LUNCHES PREFERRED
 A man who returned recently from a South American tour said Griat M CoiomOia he found naked savages in an almost impenetrable jungle just around a river bend from one of Columbia's large, mod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

Q. Was any President of the United States a citizen of France?
 A. George Washington was an honorary citizen of France. In 1793 the French convention confer, ed on the American President the title of French citizen on the ground that he was lone of the benefactors of mankind. 'f"
 o. What causes a banging noise in the water pipe every time my faucet is opened or closed?
 A. Very likely it is caused by a loose washer on one of the faucets in the house; or it may be that the faucet opens and closes too quickly, causing a water hammer.
 c. What was the American h. dian name for Governors Island in New York Harbor?
 A. Pagganack, transliterated by the Dutch to Nutten. The name means "the land where the nut trees grow"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 C0rreSnOndent

Washington, Nov. 26 = About the only thing the United States Senate has to worry over in the imme- diate ' future = say the next.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

Q. Is the surname Hess connect ed with the Hessian soldiers of the American Revolution?
 A. Only in the sense that both originated from Hesse, which is the meaning of Hess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-11-26

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Will GRAHAM Be Next Italian
Military Leader to Resign?
BY MILTON

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
Africa has been Rodolfo Graziani's
fortune and now Africa may be the.
undoing of the famous Italian field
marshal. He o high place fight
ing African natives. He may lose
high place by taking a shellacking
at the hands of British troops in
Egypt.
Just as the angry Mussolini &C.
cepted the resignation" of Mar
shall Badoglio because of the failure
of the campaign against the Greeks,
so a disguised Duce may accept the
Resignation Of Graziani because of
the debacle in Egypt.
Quickly summarized, Graziana's
career reads: forsook the law to en-
list as a volunteer in the army
which gave Italy the Red sea col
ony of Eritrea in Africa. Next in
campaign which wrested Tripoli
from Turkey. Served in World war,
being several times wounded and
ending as youngest colonel in Italy's
army. Back to Africa where his vic
tories won lands which enabled Tri-
poll and Cyrenaica to be united as
Libya. Commanded troops in Soma
liland in campaign which conquered
Ethiopia. Made viceroy of Ethiopia
in 1887, and was wounded by hand
grenades tossed at him by Eth
opians in Adds Ababa.
When Italy entered present wal
was made chief Of staff of italian
forces and commander of the Army
of the Pc. After Marshal Balbo died
in an airplane accident last July
Grabiani went to Libya to command
all Italian forces in North Africa
Later he was given job of advancing
from Libya into Egypt, the ultimate
goal being the Suez Canal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Water Supply Surrey
Here Not Completed

Consulting engineers r still in
the field making progress on a
survey of all possible sources Of a
permanent water supply for the
city, M'Kean Maffitt, water and
sewerage department superintend-
ent, said yesterday.
Maffitt said it was not known
when the survey would be COM
pleted by the engineers, who have
been asked to file a formal report
with the city commissioners, with
specific recommendations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15

Approximately 2,100 signatures
have been obtained to date on pc
titions for the city manager form
of government, officials of the Will
mington Junior Chamber of Com
merce reported yesterday.
In order to bring the question to
a popular vote, the law requires
that signatures Of Is per cent OF
the qualified voters in the last city
election be secured. The registra-
ton list in the last city election in
1887 contained about $500 names,
L. c. LeGwin, Jr., and Claude
O'Shields of the Jaycees, said.
Due to the holiday season, the
Jaycees said the petitions will not
be submitted to the county board OF
elections until after the first of
the year.
During that time, however, the
Jaycees will continue to conduct
their present educational campaign
and house to house canvass in or
der to make certain that all OF
Wilmington's citizenry is fully in
formed of the various workings of
the council-manager form of gov
eminent.
The petitions will also remain in
circulation in order to give every
one an opportunity to express his
or her desire to vote on this form
of government.
Jaycee officials yesterday issued
the following statement: 20 n c e
Wilmington elects the city man
ager form of administration it will
enter the big time ranks. 1t will
become a North Carolina city that
can be matched with the best.
"Only a few years ago this, your
city, by the sea was the largest in
the state. Since then Durham,
Gastonia, Charlotte, Winston-Sa-
lem-all city manager planned cit
ies-have become the leading COM
munities of the Old North State.
wilmington, with some of the
greatest natural resources of any
hamlet in this state, has been re-
tarded by selfish interests. 1t has
toyed with large and ennobling
projects-but the red tape and in
effectuality of local administrators
have kept it pinned to earth.
There is no spot along the At
lantic coast which offers greater
harbor facilities. There is no great
err place in the state for summer
time good times. There is no shop
ping center in Eastern North Caro-
lima to match Wilmington's Front
street.
"And you can take a days ride
in a fast automobile and still fail
to find a better place for industry.
But here we are, once the greatest
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Junior Chamber of Commerce
To Continue Signature Drive

town in the state, now about 10th
or 18th from the top.
"And here r II beaches
known to but, comparatively speak
ing, a handful Of folks. And here
on Front street is our shopping
center catering to only New Han
over county folk and a few from
adjoining counties.
"a stream : lined government,
with an alert, trained business ex-
ecutive with his fingers on the
pulse of this community can, and
it has been done in 500 American
cities, start something.
He can cause the tax rate to be
reduced by at least increasing the
value of the tax dollar. He can
put Wilmington and her resources
up for sale-to America. He can
start up the rusty works, add a
higher speed, inject life into neces.
sary civic bodies .. and air out
'It can't be done? Look to
Rocky Mount where the tax value
has been cut exactly half. Look
to Cincinnati, a great American
city of half million souls, and you'll
find a city, once top heavy with
graft, back-breaking taxes, strang-
ling stagnation, but now a city that
is n of the model communities
of the entire world.
THE same can be done here in
Wilmington and the local Junior
Chamber of Commerce is asking
you to do your part toward getting
a city manager for Wilmington.
Stop by our campaign headquar-
tiers, 1913 Princess street, or tele.
phone 7485 for additional informa.
tion."
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15

To keep in trim, Germany's
soldier parachutists do four or
five practice leaps a day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
VULCAN LAUNCHED
AT CAMDEN YARDS
IA Million Dollar Oceanic Going
Machine Shop Takes
To Water

CAMDEN, N. j., Dec. 14.-IR-
The U. S. S. Vulcan, a $13,997,ooo
ocean-going machine shop designed
to care for the mechanical needs at
sea of the nations expanding Navy,
was launched today at the New YORK
Shipbuilding corporations yards.
Mrs. James V. Forrestal, wife of
the undersecretary of the Navy,
sponsored the 9,00O-ton repair ship
and Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker, OF
Washington and Philadelphia, acted
as matron of honor. Because OF
stringest defense regulations-a bat
tleship, II cruisers and two sea-
plane tenders are under construction
in the same yards-few people wit
messed the brief ceremony.
Details of the vessels construc-
ton were not made public. Author
lied by congress May II, 1888, the
Vulcan's keel was laid December
rs, 1889.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Safe Driving Classes
To Be Resumed Monday

The 26th in a series Of WPA
safe driving schools in Wilmington
will begin Monday, December 16,
from 4 to 6 and 7 to 9 o'clock
i nthe recorders courtroom, H. D.
Carney, classroom instructor, an
nounced yesterday.
Those persons interested in en-
rolling may register before the
start of each class in the recorders
courtroom. Three weeks of class
room instruction and actual driv-
ing practice are offered, without
charge, to all persons above 16
years of age. 5
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
State Given Larger
Allotment OF Surplu.

RALEIGH, Dec. 14.-R-North
Carolina has been granted a consid-
cradle increase in its allotment of
surplus commodities for needy fami-
lies, Governor Hoey announced to-
day.
As a result, the council Of state to-
day appropriated $30,7o0 from the
emergency and contingency fund for
new trucks, additional warehouse
space and increased personnel. Some
Of that fund will be used to replace
worn out trucks.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Ten Subs On Way To
Panama Canal Zone

YORKTOWN, Va, Dec. 14.-lR-
Ten recently reconditioned U. S. sub
marines which stopped at Yorktown
for supplies sailed this morning on
their way to the Panama Canal Zone.
They were accompanied by their
tender, the Beaver. /
No information was given at the
naval mine depot as to their next
stop, but it is understood here that
they might put in at Key West.
The subs came here from New
London, Conn. Each carries four
officers and about IS men.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Christmas Seal Bangle
Day Is Planned Here

Mrs. c. David Jones, general
chairman Of the anti-tuberculosis
Christmas Seal sale here, said yes
terday that Bangle Day" will be
observed next Saturday.
Girls of New Hanover High
school will sell the distinctive
crosses in the form of red bangles
on the downtown streets.
Mrs. Jones reported that $3.50 has
been raised to date and urged that
all persons who received seals by
mail return their payments as
quickly as possible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
Two Young Men Join
Navy At Bureau Here

James D. Ray, 10, of route two,
Raeford, and Refo L. Bradshaw.
II, of Magnolia, have been enlisted
as apprentice seamen in the United
States Navy, R. L. Deloach, local
naval recruiter, reported yester-
day,
Deloach said any young men in
Southeastern North Carolina inter-
ested in a naval career and who
desire to enlist during January,
should make III applications
now. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-15
r 1 MINDED
ROCKY MOUNTAINEERS

DENVER R-The aerial football
trip Denver university took to Utah
this season was the first flight
ever made by a Rocky Mountain
grid team. i
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-01
Reality Is Discussed
In The Lesson-Sermon

REALTY" was the subject of the
lesson-sermon in all Christian Sci
ence churches and societies, yester-
day.
The Golden text was from James
III. Every good gift and every
perfect gift is from above, and
cometh down from the Father OF
lights, with whom is no variable
ness, neither shadow of turning"
Among the citations which com-
prised the lesson-sermon We're the
following from the Bible, BE care
full for nothing; but in every thing
by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be
m, lie known unto God. And the.
peace Of God, which passeth all I'M
Outstanding, shall keep your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things are
honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure. wnatso-
eve things are lovely, whatsoever
things are of good report; If there
be any virtue, and if there be any
praise, think on these things
(Phil. 1859.
The lesson-sermon also included
the following passages from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Scrip
1,ro - hr Now, D-I,-- I,11.
When understanding changes the
standpoints of life and intelligence
from a material to a spiritual basis,
we shall gain the reality of Life,
the control of Soul over sense, ard
we shall perceive Christianity, or
Truth, in its divine Principle. This
must be the climax before har.
monious aid immortal man is OBJ
tanned and his capabilities revealed"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-01
Plans Drive To Obtain
Equality On World Air Routes
you COIllIO

On June l the new corporation,
which merges British Imperial Air.
ways and British Always, plans to
begin a transatlantic mail service
with cotton flying boats. After oper.
alton last summer, that service was
interrupted by the war.
The British armed services not
only appropriated to their w use
some huge airliners and their per.
sonnet for security PATROL work,
but they also forestalled the con.
struction of new commercial air.
planes by their demands on the air.
plane industry for w%arplanes.
Meanwhile, the United States
through Pan-American Always con-
tinued to maintain the only air serv.
ice across. the North Atlantic. Ger.
many projected new routes in South
America and extended it's services in
the Balkans and as far south as Tur-
key. Even after the war began,
France sent a new type of trail blaz-
ing airliner cross the South At
lantic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-01
By DEVON FRANCIS
Press Aviation Editor

NEW YORK, March 31.-With the
help of a million dollars worth of
American aircraft engines, Great
Britain is preparing for a renewed
drive to obtain equality with other
powers on world air routes in spite
of the demands which war has i'm
posed on its aircraft industry.
The disclosure today that British
commercial interests had purchased
approximately 100 powerful Ameri-
can-made engines-enough to power
a fleet of 25 ~long-range airliners-
for use on empire routes was al
most coincident with the formal in.
auguration of the British Overseas
Always corporation.
The engines, LOO horsepower,
manufactured by the Wright Aero.
nautical Corp, of Paterson, N. j.,
were contracted for and have been
delivered in England since the start
of the war.
Their purchase marks the first
time that England, jealousy nur.
turing its own aircraft industry, ever
has come to the United States for
commercial engines in quantity.
The British Overseas Always cor
poration tomorrow becomes the
chosen instrument" of the British
government to maintain and expand
the empire air services which has
taken a evere .drubbing from the
military services since last Septem,
Der.
What the r~efurbishing of the
British commercial airline business
will mean in terms of competition
for American transoceanic airlines
and German airlines in South Ameri.
ca remains for determination.