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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
COUNSEL STUDYING
 INSURANCE POLICY
Sweeney Suggests Can- cellation as City Cannot
 Be Held Libel

Corporation Counsel J. Gregory Lynch today began study of a rec ommendation by Purchasing Direc- tor Martin J. Sweeney that the city cancel liability insurance now in ef- feet on the city hall building. MT. Sweeney, in a letter to the board of works last night, said it was his un- de-standing that the city could not be sued for damages incurred while a governmental function is being carried out and that 1t would appear that operation of the city hall was a governmental function.
 The present policy required the city to pay s4S2 in 1888, $259 last year and SITS this year. MT. Sweeney suggested that the policy be cancelled at once.
 The works board received rec quest from the Connecticut Lum- Der O. for the extension of the water main on Highland avenue to It's property, c distance. The request was referred to the water commit tee.
 Also referred to the water com- mittee was c recommendation by supt. Herbert scott-Smlth that water users be allowed 90 days inc stead Of the present 10 days to pay bills without having Interest added.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
GABLE PICTURES

GABLE F1CIUhES Clark Gable will star in Witch of the Wilderness" which King Vi- dor wil direct, and in "The Great Canadian"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
> THE STORY OF DEMOCRACY
Roman Republic Fell When The SturdineSS Of Its Common People Began To Decline
Chapter Fifteen

Copyright 194O for the Waterbury Democrat by NEA Service, Incl
 We are all of us familiar with the expression The Roman Repub- lic." There was indeed, for few centuries, something which was call led a res publica-a commonwealth of Rome-but it only functioned, more or less successfully, as long as Rome was a small village, hun dreds of miles removed from the center of civilization.
 And it ceased to function as such
 the moment it had grown impOr-
 tant enough to- assume the leader
 ship over all the people of central
 Italy. Then is still retained the
 name of Republic but the gOv-
 ernment had become 8 mOnOply
 of handful of rich families, and
 the Senate in which the repre-
 SentativeS of these clans met was
 not in any way responsible to the
 mass of the common people.
 As for those common people, their name shows what their well-to-do neighbors thought of them. They were called the proletariat.
 The Latin word proles means off, spring. The proletariat therefore were those who, owning no property of their own, were only of value to the state on account of their prolific offspring-on account of the num- Der of children they produced to provide the rulers of the city wtll an ample supply of cannon fodder.
 We usually think of Rome as a city of magnificent palaces and temples and public edifices, which even in their ruined state impress the visitor with the grandeur of the only city that could ever really call itself the worlds capital.
 But during the heyday of its glory, when Rome had over a mill lion inhabitants, it was very much like modern American city. A few noble streets in the midst of end- less slums and alleyways, lined up all sorts of nondescript and ram shackle buildings, reserved for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
5000 Schools Take
 Part In Presentation
Cooperated With Catholic University Commission in Preparing Dramatic Sketch on Wash. u. Address

their objective, but established a surplus which will soon take care of second baby. These children ap- peared in the costumes of the boys and girls of Washington's times.
 The Commission on American Cit inzenship is producing series of biographical sketches and plays for use in Catholic schocols, designed to build American citizinship
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
DOCTORS WARN FOLKS WHO ARE
 CONSTIPATED

IT IS SAID constipation causes many human discomforts-headaches, lack of energy and mental dullness being but few. BUT DON'T WORRY
 For years noted Ohio Doctor, Dr. F. M. Edwards, successfully treated scores of patients for constipation with his famous Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets now sold by druggists everywhere.
 Olive Tablets, being purely vegetable, are wonderful! They not only gently yet thoroughly cleanse the bowels but ALSO assist liver bile flow to help digest fatty foods. Test their goodness TONIGHT without failH15e, 30G, 60e.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20

he himself or his father had bouz that citizenship, as hundreds CT thousands of other foreigners had done, on account of the privileges tc which it entitled them after they had acquired their papers.
 And in this way, the Roman Re- public had dug its own grave. It had allowed it's peasantly to degenerate into a city proletariat. And that proletariat, not liking it's own mis- erable position, head become a cons stant menace to the state.
 Until the last three centuries of the Republics existence, 1t had been safe to say that Rome was no longer in any way a democracy but an "Oligarchy, tempered by revolt"
 The stories of these quarrels be- tween the Hayes and the Have-nots are to be found on every page of Roman history, once the city had become the center of an empire.
 And they led up to such a state
 of anarchy that in the end, the
 old law which states that ''att9-
 cracy is always the result Of bad
 Democracy" began to function.
 Rome returned to that one-laan form of government, which this time did not take the form of 9 kingsl1ip, as it had done some hslu- dred years before, but which this time manifested itself as dic- tatorship under a military conc mander- -in-chief who was Known as an irnperator or emperor. +S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
sHANTYT0wN ROMANCE

What happens when . girl from tho wrong side Of the tracks falls lii love, ls the theme of spriinrOte Rath," Riko Radios latest Ginger IloseFs feature, which co-atark Joel MeoFea with Marjorie Ranbcall heading the supporting cast,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20

The Hart, Schaffner & Marx label is all you need know about style and quail ity of these suits and top coats, and Hadley's low price tells the value story. Every garment first quail
 ity and carefully tailored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20

For you men who know value when you = this Sale is o-order! With Easter just days away it means that you Can smart looking, long wearing your budget. Now, don't get this Sale It's not clearance! Every Suit and Topcoat is from fresh Spring stock-speciay priced for quick selling We say Don't take word for t" Come down and see for your self
 Wa Civo c & H Green StamnS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20

The S8th annual convention of District Grand Lodge No. of B'nai B'rith will take place in Bos- ton, Massachusetts, beginning Fri day evening, May 10 and continuing all day Saturday, Sunday and Mon- day, May Il, 12 and 13.
 During the 3-day conclave, the Hotel Statler will be the gathering place and focal point for thousands of delegates and guests coming
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
Delegate

Delegate from all parts of the district-from ;he far points of Canada and New York state and from every state throughout New England-to par ticipate in what promises to be one of the most brilliant, stimulating and enlightening conventions in the history of the B'nai B'rith movement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20

DEBUTANTE DIANA Diana Lewis has won thearole of the debutante in Andy Mardy Meets A Debutante."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-20
IF NOSE ... !.
 DRIES OUT AT NIGHT

DON'T LET dried -ont, ifritated Or clogged feeling in your nose keep you tossing and turning tonight trying to get to sleep.
 A FEW DROPS of Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril will help clear transient congestion and bring marvellous relief. TRY Vicks Va-tro-nol tonight and see how much quicker you get to sleep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
THE ALTERNATIVE

II the Allies eventually win the war IN Hur
L ope, Americas war emergency Will pass. II
they lose, war will come to America.
In view of this alternative, Americas I'M
mediate defense program appears TO oemano
major help. in munitions and warpanes Tor
the Allies.
There is nothing altrustic in this. 1t is in
dicated by self-interest.
We do not want war. We do not want our
land ENDANGERED, our armies in battle, our
cities threatened by the Nazi peril. We are
determined to leave no stone unturned to
preyent it. We propose to make ourselves
impregpable, and are setting forth on a plan
for this achievement.
But we must not lose sight of the fact that
by extending credits to the Allies and deliver.
ing to them the instruments OF warfare in
such large quantities that their chance OF
preventing a quick Nazi victory is stepped
up, we will increase our national security,
We must remember that the Allies hope
centers in prolonging the war.
The Nazis have not won the war. It is 60
ing their way, to be sure, with tragic eff
cheney. But it is not won. A Nazi defeat is
still possible, however improbable 1t may
seem to be-. Whatever America can do to
improve the Allied situation, is to be viewed
as a defense measure here.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
ALWAYS A CRITIC

When Colonel CHARLES A. L1NDBERGH made
his remarkable fight across the Atlantic we
did honor him. When bereavement came, we
mourned with him. When he moved to Eng
land to avoid unwelcome notoriety, we sym.
pathized with him
But when he sets himself up as supreme
authority on the nations policies and critic
of government, we insist that he is placing
a strain upon our friendship and kindness.
1t is unfortunate that Lindbergh, whose
fine attributes are gladly acknowledged
should set his judgment in great affairs
against that of skilled, trained, efficient of.
ficials. 1t is not only that he now tells Amer.
lea what to do and how to behave in a great
emergency. He has been taking the same
position of superiority periodically since his
memorable flight. In a land of free speech
there is little that can be done about it, but
it is possible for the people to understand
that it is only an arrogant man who is talk
ing and give him only the negative attention
accorded any egotist.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
POPPY DAY NEXT SATURDAY

Last year the Women's Auxiliary of the
American Legion extended aid to 126,251 dis
abled veterans of the last World war. The
expenditures totaled $3.50, 1887. This money
was contributed largely by the people in the
streets on Poppy Day.
Poppy Day in 1910 has been set for next
Saturday. Solicitors will greet pedestrians
in the downtown area with modest requests
for money. With Europe again at war and a
definite threat to our national security al
most at the door, it should be easy for every
body to give something for the comfort Of
the thousands of veterans who gave their
health to save us from a similar disaster.
Government hospitals are still crowded
with these victims of another German men
ace. twenty-five years have passed since thai
war ended, but for the men in veterans hos
pitfalls, it will never end. They gave them
selves to lifelong invalidism for our sakes
Surely we cannot withhold the dimes thai
will ease their suffering now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
SEED OF HOPE

Perhaps the best hope for ultimate Allied
victory in Europe rests on the fact that at
last Great Britain's leadership is awake to
the peril confronting the nation. The last
shred of appeasement, the last bulwark of
the pamphleteers, seems to haze disappear
ed. The new governments eyes are fully
open and it's mind fully sharpened to the
task of stopping the German juggernaut.
This was made plain on Sunday when the
new prime minister, WINSTON CHURCHILL, in
a radio address to the nation, declared that
the British Isles undoubtedly will be attack.
ed as soon as the pressure of the Nazi cam.
Daign in France and Begun eases off. There
is no self-blinding, no more binding of the
people to the true facts of the HITLER war
For the first time since PAUL JONES invaded
England in ITS, England is to be invaded
by an enemy force. Here is truth, grim, bit.
ter truth, acknowledged.
It can only be hoped that the confession
has not come too late, that faced by the most
terrible crisis in their history, the people
will rise to the emergency and with theil
valiant allies, the French, prove superior tt
the forces the Nazi gangster has been build
ing up for their overthrow for six years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
CHANGE IN

BY what is in effect a single stroke,
France puts the Allied war command in the
hands of two men past the Biblical span of
three score and ten years with the hope that
they will have the genius and skill needed
to halt the Nazi onrush.
General WEYGAND, who succeeds GAMEL1N
as generalissimo, brings to his task a close
association with FocH in the last war;. Gen.
eral PETAIN, recalled from Spain to become
second in command of government, held Yer.
dun to the end.
1t is bootless now to ask why France de.
layed so long in placing these great military
leaders at the head of the Alliel war machine
and acknowledge that in finally doing so the
French government admits that it's previous
planning and preparedness was under par.
Only time can show that the change in the
war administration has not come too late.
We have said that only a miracle can save
the Allies. Perhaps they will prove the per
sonification of that miracle. If this is to be
so, they will have to act with miraculous
swiftness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
TRADE, BASIS OF PEACE

1t is looking rather far ahead, perhaps, but
it is heartening to hear President ROOSEVELT
and Secretary of State HULL promulgate a
program for lasting peace, through liberal
trade agreements, when the present wal
ends. The fact that these high stewards Of
the nation can look calmly ahead toward
peace while most Americans become jittery
whenever they peer into the future, is stimu.
lating and vastly encouraging.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT, in a message read by Mr..
HULL during a radio broadcast in celebration
of foreign trade week, said that promotion
of such policies Ciberal trade pacts) would
continue a vital part and a dominant pur.
pose of the foreign policy of the United
States" Said Mr.. HULL on the same program,
the principles of the trade program, "offer
the only possible basis on which the economic
life of the world can be successfully re-
built when the present wars are over
Calm minds, it seems, can still .~foresee a
day when the world will renew its search
for the highest detectives of civilization
peace. This we are led to assume by the
very fact of its PRONUNCIATION, precludes pos.
sibility of perpetual Nazi domination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
THEY CANNOT WIN
Charleston News and Courier

One would have some respect for the Nazis
if they hoasted their burglary, murder and
robbery and ceased to couple them with ex-
PLANTATION and apology. Manifestly, when a pow
erful nation invades innocent and inoffensive
people, the Hollanders, Luxemburgers, Bel
gians, Danes, Norwegians, it is murder, burg
larry, robbery. When millions of persons con-
spire and unite to commit a crime, the GRIM
inality remains quite as if two burglars, rob-
bers, murderers entered a house where the
members of a family were sleeping.
If the Nazis have chosen Force to be their
god, why do they deny their god? Why DO they
not boast the strength of their diety? In fact,
the Wolves are at pains to prove That the
lambs muddy the stream. They talk about
honor and truth as if they knew what
they were. 1t is passing strange. What the
Nazis are doing is as if New York, Pennsyl'
vania, Ohio, New Jersey and Virginia were for
some fancied reason to think it eXpedient or
necessary to invade Delaware and Maryland,
destroy their cities and slaughter their in
habitants.
Americans cannot understand these Nazis
and their friends. twenty-five years ago 1tal
ians were naming streets for Woodrow Wilson
because he helped them thrash their German
oppressors. Twenty-Five years is a brief period
In 1887, twenty-years after Appomattox, many
of the Southerners had not forgotten or for
given-the sting of the wounds lasted another
oeSdoo VI LWO. NOW the Italians \Iaey udu
great democratic leaders, Mazzini and Garibaldi
in Italy in earlier years) hail the German
Nazis as saints, new era saints, of fire and
sword, Of blood poison and lightning.
How does 1t happen that hundreds of mil
lions of cultivated, educated people suddenly
turn savage, as savage as ever were Attila's
hounds?
The Nazis will not triumph. If they revolt
tonne Europe the revolution will not last. The
"oflo mas never for long been mastered by a
monster. A monster dies. His deeds perish with
hlm. We're Hitler to become ruler of the earth
ms RUE would end. 1t is a rule Of slaves. The
Nazls nave physical courage. They are brave.
~ re WIN ooars. Wild bears, herded, %disciplin.
ed, framed and fed, are, after all. slave beasts
Whatever victory Hitler wins is a victory
Y ne herman people. What is best in their
nature Is already. for the time, vanouished.
crushed, silenced.
Ihere Is but one way to CONQUER Ene,isbnoan
:. 10 lrlshmen, Welshmen, Frenchmen'
1t is to exterminate them root ~ hnnneh
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
Hospital Expenses Total
$l8,Ol3.l5 During April

The April report of James Walk
er Memorial hospital, released yes
terday by w. Louis Fisher, commits
sioner of finance for the city, show
ed that the operating expense for
the month was 18,013.15, with over
% per cent of this amount for the
dietary department.
Earnings were reported as $22,-
549.73.
A total of SAG patients were
treated, with the cost per patient
per diem given as 1891. Operations
performed numbered 1868, and 1929
laboratory tests we're made.
Student nurses put in 1856 days
of nursing service, with 81 nurses
doing special duty. There are 90
students in the nursing school, the
report showed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
Star.News Program

Consolidated oity-Connty Government
under CouncilManager Adm1n's"a''o"'
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports m Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highnay from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, ptds.
er Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes into
Industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, Via
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodnc-
ton through sustdined-yteld methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro-
motional Agency, supported BY one.
countrywide tdr.
shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around tho
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for Whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roptn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis SandtortAm
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
A NOTABLE AFFAIR

HARRY H. CULVER, who promoted the Los
Angeles suburb bearing his name, where
moving pictures and regulations are made,
is to speak at a banquet sponsored by the
realty board and participated in by the
civic clubs of Wilmington tonight at the
Ocean Terrace in Wrightsville. Because Mr.
CULVER is a magnetic speaker and has a fund
of valuable information at his tongues end
the affair will be notable. Naturally a rec
ord throng will be present to hear and greet
him.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
SUNDAY BAN

Dear Sir,
I realize this letter is a bit late,
but l doubt that its hardness
detracts from its import.
Several days ago I read an arti-
Gle in the Morning Star stating
that the local Ministerial Associa-
ton had placed its official ban
upon "smutty magazines" and fill
ling stations being open during
church hours.
First, as a filling station
operator I would like to voice my
resentment at being placed within
the same category with "smutty
magazines" I can see no connect
Ion between the two.
Second, as a citizen, I would like
to state that, in my opinion, the
Ministerial Association has stepped
out of it's bailiwick. I have always
been under the impression the
junction of such a group was to
cater to the spiritual and not the
business life of a community.
Might I ask here and now that
all churches be closed on Sunday
in order that more people will 60
driving on Sunday morning, and
therefore will buy more gas from
me.
Is that request any more ridicu-
Gus or any more commercial than
the one voiced by the ministers?
I do not believe so.
Let's have a return to that old
time religion-that religion in
which the ministers preach from
the pulpits on Sundays and keep
their mouths shut on week days.
Sincerely,
A FILLING STATION OPERATOR
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21

by forcing the lock Of the smoke
house with a brace and bit.
Friday night, 20 chickens were
stolen from a Mr.. Ormsby on the
Castle Hayne road. A large amount
of meat, including hams & n d
shoulders, was sto1ene from H. E.
Ritter in the same section, and Sun
day night E. 1. Hershey, Wrights-
boro, reported theft of Is hams and
other meat from his smokehouse.
Sheriff's officers are making fur
ther investigation of the case, and
ask that merchants who are ap.
preached by persons wanting to sell
a large amount of meat be reported
to them Immediately.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-21
Hollywood Sights And Sounds
By Robin Coons-

HOLLYWOOD, May 90
"My Favorite Wife" Screen.
pla by Della and Cam Spe-
wack. Directed by Carson Kan
in. Principals: Irene Dunno,
Cary Grant, Randolph Scott,
Gail Patrick, Ann Shoemaker,
Scotty Beckett, Mary Lou Har-
rington, Donald MacBride,
Hugh O'Connell, Granville
Bates, Pedro de Cordoba.
There may be funnier pictures
made this year, but signs are not
favorable. MY Favorite Wife
has a quality that keeps an audi.
ence alternately chuckling, smiling
and roaring, with no letdowns ir
between.
The success should not be sur.
prising. Leo McCarey, the pro.
Queer here, directed the co-stars
in their former comedy click,
THE Awful TRUTH Kanin, the
director, was behind Ginger Rog.
ers' click in Bachelor Mother
Dunno and Grant, even surer Of
their comedy tricks than in the
former picture, have the support
of a superlative cast and the bene.
fit of a cleverly contrived script.
The story is the reverse angle
on that of the current TOO Many
Husbands" The wife has been
shipwrecked, returns seven years
later on the day of her husbands
honeymoon. She takes a plane, ar.
rives in San Francisco at the hon.
eymoon hotel just as the newly.
Weds r going up to their suite.
There's complication here, how
ever, where it was lacking in
TOO Many Husbands" The
spouse, loving his first wife and
dreading to tell his second that the
first is still alive, learns the cast
away wife had a companion (Scott)
In the shipwreck island, and puts
her on the defensive.
When the story gets too paper
thin, writing and direction and act.
ing dress it up cleverly. The finale
smacks of 1.-THE Awful Truth in
its boudoir problem, but it is &C.
complished even more amusingly
here, with Grants final appear.
ance and line a smashing comedy
surprise.
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