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The Ely miner., 1940-07-04
CAPITAL CHAFF

Summer heat has come to Wash
ington, but not the new fiscal year.
Result: No electric fans for the
state department. The building has
just had its wiring changed from di-
rect to alternating current, but the
money for new fans is not available
until the new fiscal year,
White House press conferences
are drawing between $50 and 200
newsmen these days.
U. S. Ambassador Steinhart looks
in vain for day of rest in Moscow.
The Soviets have outlawed Sunday;
they take one day of rest every six
days. But it usually comedies with
a weekday in Washington when the
state department is at work-and its
cables keep Steinhart at work.
SEC Commissioner Leon Hender-
son went back to his class reunion
at Swarthmore college, where 20
years ago they called him Dub"
The class parade was headed by
a sign reading, "Wan Street-Don't
Be Afraid of Henderson-We Knew
Him When He Was Dub"
A friend tried to draw out Miss
Marguerite LELAND, private secre-
tary to the President, on the third
term. Pointing to the White House
rose gardens outside her window, he
asked: do you expect to see the
roses bloom again next year2" Miss
LELAND replied: Somewhere, yes"
U. S. diplomats close to the China
war now believe the Japanese war
machine has begged down, that the
campaign will drag on until Japan
is spent. Then she will accept a
negotiated peace.
The Ely miner., 1940-07-04
The AnsUers

1. For the past six years it has
been motor vehicle accidents.
2. Yes, on the Union side.
3. None.
4. Approximately los, 1000, cost
ing about $130,000.
The Ely miner., 1940-07-04
U. S. WAR PRODUCTION

One very real worry among some
of Roosevelt's friends is that after
all the hullabaloo over national de-
fnse, October may come around
with not many more airplanes or
tanks constructed.
This, they know, would be disas-
trous to the country, but also from
a purely political viewpoint it would
mean the defeat of President Roose-
velt or any other Democratic candi-
date at the polls in November.
This possibility has caused shak-
ing of heads even among several
cabinet members who have seen
how slowly other projects moved in
the past. They know that with the ma
ton voting the biggest national de-
fense budget in peacetime history,
and with the President himself en-
phasizing its urgency, the country
is going to expect results and ex-
pect them fast.
The Ely miner., 1940-07-04
Advertising in Japan

Japan is not behind us in ad-
vertising at least. One manufac-
turer advertises his necktie as $50
elegant as to naturally make the
wearers appear noble IN their
character"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
Hvmon-Interest Pictures

JUsT think what those shots will be worth
twenty years hence! And then get busy with
your pencil and paper, itemizing the sltua-
tons and circumstances that are so full OF
possibilities for living, breathing, human
interest pictures,
AS an old hand at camera work, can't
help but marvel at the Photographic advances
that make beautiful baby pictures so easy
to get today But as an old hand with babies,
can still see that these improvements have
mt altered the fact that the baby pictures
that make you gasp with delight are those
made by snapshooters who were ready when
the right moment came.
Lights - Camera - Action.
Take that familiar Hollywood phrase into
your home and try it on your baby. And if
you're all prepared to shoot when he wrinkles
that cute little nose - or sparkles those big,
blue eyes or flashes those ravishing dim.
pies, you'll have some pictures you won't
part with for love or money. Especially if
YOU catch them in color.
The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
Pick Your Method

How do you get such charming poses:
WE'LL you either lay in wait for them or stage
them, as you prefer. But no matter which
method you choose, first get pencil and paper
and make list of possible poses such as:
Washing and Bathing: Baby in the bath;
being powdered; being dried etc. Older chill
dren brushing teeth; drying in big towel,
combing hair; washing behind ears, etc
Eating and Drinking: Baby being fed;
older children feeding themselves. You can't
beat that old classic of the child in the high
chair, dish of Cruel before him, parting his
hair with the spoon
Dressing, Undressing, Sleeping. Since time
began, the picture of yaWnlng baby has
never missed FIRE.
Playing: In the high chair; on the floor;
in the play pen; with the dog or cat; with
Daddys watch: with Mama's powder puff
To which can be added, for older children:
Doing homework; praCticing at the piano;
drying the dishes; sprinkling the lawn; play
ing dolls: supervising the toy railroad navl-
eating boats in the bathtub.
The main thing is to know what poses you
when they happen or else stage the situation.
If you Just wait for the striking poses to
occur and then rush for your camera the big
moment will have passed before you're ready.
With young babies it is simple to set up
your camera and your lights just before bath
ing or feeding time and await developments.
If you're alert you may get dozen shots.
Or you can select likely spot, focus on 1t,
set up the lights and then place the baby
there with something to amuse him - and let
nature take its course. That is precisely what
was done with the child at the bureau drawer
in the accompanying illustration, and with
the youngster in the chair with the hamper
of yarn. Such pictures are rarely accidental.
They are planned, in the sense that the snap
shooter prearranged his equipment, the sub
ject and the props, and was ready to shoot
when the right pose suddenly appeared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07
"AnYbodY who knows the front of camera from
the back can make priceless color shots of
the worlds most lovable subjects - bables!
by Fulton Williams

That's all there is to it, yet few parents
plan ahead for this type of shot. | used to
make living doing home portraits OF chill
dren and I've heard parent after parent rave
about cute pose that had to instigate -
but which had occurred right in front of their
ewes fifty times before And if they ever did
think of their camera it was too late simply
because they weren't ready beforehand.
That, in a nutshell, is the secret of good
baby pictures, and it is far more important
than those other factors that most amateurs
worry about: technical skill and quality of
equipment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

uHE other night at the New York Worlds
Fair | stood among several hundred
4 spectators who were watching the Cav
alcade of Color" in the Eastman Kodak Com
paws exhibit - when suddenly gust OF
Obs" and Abs" almost blew my hat OFT,
What happened? Well, a flock of baby pic
lures in natural colors were flashed on the
screen and the gasps Of delight actually
drowned out the commentator S voice.
Was all this due to the fact that these
baby pictures were twenty-five feet high:
No. all the other projections had been OF the
same size and quality. 1t was merely because
they were pictures of babies In natural, lie
like colors. Just to show you that the size
had little to do with it, three of them are
reproduced here. one on the cover of this issue
Remember, these shots were made on
IS NM film with amateur equipment, and
although the originals are little more than
an inch square. they pack wallop because
they have human interest. or heart appeal
All of which leads up to the point that You
can make color shots Of your kids that will
pack that same heart warming Wallop. color
film is so perfected nowadays that you don I
need an expensive camera, or any other
equipment than you'd need for black-and-
white snaps under the same conditions. An
inexpensive miniature camera with lens no
faster than fo6 will take care of practically
any shot.
We're not interested in technicalitles here
- you can get all the data you need IN tree
literature at the Photographic shops. Suffice
it to say that snapshooting in color has been
simplitied to the point where anybody who
knows the front from the back of camera
can make acceptable pictures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-07

VIM
course it is advisable to have all of the light
come from in front of the subject. 1t also
smplifes matters to keep the background and
the surroundings as light as possible - as, for
example. in the accompanying shot OF the
baby at the bureau. Nevertheless. the other
photograph on this page and the one on the
cover indicate that if you are extremely
careful about estimating the correct exposure.
dark backgrounds can serve the purpose OF
throwing the main subject into striking con-
trast.
PhotoeleCtric- cell exposure meters are, OF
course ideal for color work. but you needn't
despair if you don't own one. Both film and
photo bulb manufacturers publish free tables
of exposure data for all light conditions, nat
ural and artificial, and if you follow them
carefully YOU need have no trouble A point
worth mentioning here is that for color snaps
indoors at night you should use either photo
flood or photoflash bulbs: ordinary light
bulbs are too yellow for accurate color rem.
dition.
Be sure to use Type A film, which is ex-
pressly adapted for making color shots by
flood or flash bulbs. If you do not use Type A,
YOU must use filter, and this cuts down the
films speed, compelling you to make longer
exposures.
One respect in which color snapshootmg
differs from black and white is in the matter
of backgrounds under artificial light. That is
to say. with color film the subject should be
quite close to the background so the lights
will flood both equally. If the background
must be several feet or more away, 1t ought
to be lighted separately or else its colors will
be falsided by underexposure.
However, the one all-important thing is
that if you have baby and camera, there's
no excuse in the world for your not taking
some color snaps of the child during this.
charming period that is so rapidly slipping
away, never to return.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
Ericsson's Inventions lRevolutionized Worships

lPLANES vs. batt1eships. War ih
 Europe provides an actual test for naval experts-a test that may change the worlds battlefeets as effectively as John Ericsson's in- ventions did in 1862.
 United States remembered this Swedish-American inventor in the postage issue above, issued in 1926, when the statue that forms the stamp design was unveiled by the Crown Prince of Sweden in Washington.
 Ericsson built the Monitor, the Yankee "cheesebox on a raft" that battled the Confederate ironclad' Merrimac to a four-hour draw in Hampton Roads, March g, 1862. More notable than the victory and the preservation of the Union blockade, was the introduction of revolving gun turrets, now uni. versallY used on hattlecraft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
CHAPTER XIV

The door to the law office was partly open. Sue Mary pushed 1t wide. stepping in to the dim quiet, She started back in surprise as NICK rose from a chair and came toward her. She had hoped to be there ahead of him. She wondered how he had come in, but she had no time to puzzle that out. He was beside her before she could speak. He took her in his arms, looked into her face.
 "Why - Nick - you're here early"
 "Not too early. A man in love doesn't like to wait" He held her tighter and kissed her long while she tried to push him away.
 .''No, Nick. No please. You - you said you wanted to talk to me"
 we can always talk" he said kissing her again.
 She wanted to run: to run any where; get away from Nick from his lips, his arms. She was terri
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fled, but she had to stay. He took her hand and led her to the oface. we. shouldn't be here" she re- peated, but he only smiled. It was then that Vera came out of old Ross Clark's office.
 "So = she did come" she said, looking at Sue Mary in her usual calm, poised, assured manner. Well, now we can call it a night" Sue Mary sat down suddenly. Her legs refused to hold her up and again she felt panic taking control of her. She wasn't alone.
 MT. Flanagan and his men should be here. But were they? She wondered if they were here now. How much had they seen and heard?
 She felt enough confidence in Flanagan and his men to believe they controlled the situation. Yet being with Nick was nerve-wrack- ing enough.
 Vera was stuffing some papers into her bag. Lets go. She knows-that is unless she's a com plete half-wit."
 Sue Mary felt feminine indigna- ton rising within her. "Half-wit?" she repeated angrily.
 "You can't do anything about it now" Vera told her calmly. T knew you saw too much the other night when I was here. The only way to keep you from talking just in case you did understand what was going on-was to make you a partner. That's why you're here tonight.
 50 you are in: in on whatever goes on here, and you hadn't bet ter talk unless you want to blow yourself right out of job and into plenty of trouble. You just do as we say and everything will be all right. Won't it, Nick?"
 But Nick wasn't looking at Vera His gaze was on Sue Mary.
 We can talk later," he said to Vera without turning toward her If you've got the stuff you'd bet ter get going. Someone might come. We've been lucky so far" | ing's going to happen to you. Stor trembling. You're in this, but you belong to me and we're going tc come out ahead. Right on the tsp-"
 "No. Nick. Let me go."
 His lips were on hers again fol an endless eternity. Vera's voice furious and cold, broke them apart.
 50 - that's it. You had to talk to her. Natalie was right. You're in love with the little fool"
 Her voice rose to a high key You've used me-just as you useo her Maybe she isn't the only fool But you won't get away with il this time, Nick. Not as far as Tn concerned anyway. I'll talk - IT talk"
 That's right, lady, you're going to talk. And soon."
 Nick whirled around at the sounc of the strange voice. Sue Mary saw Flanagan in the doorway, smiling Other men were crowding through behind him. One came out of Ros! Clark's office. Several had guns.
 What the" Nick muttered.
 Vera started for the door, but ar
 "All right, let's go then"
 "I'll come down in a minute, he said.
 Whats stopping you from com ing now?"
 He turned to her abruptly Maybe I want to say something to Sue Mary"
 Well, you can say it at tht apartment. If it isn't safe for m' to stay here, then it isn't safe fol either of you" Vera's brisknes! wasn't so emphatic.
 T said I'd be along in a min. ute. Start down. I'll meet you ir the lobby"
 Vera walked out and Nick waited moment. Then he turned to Sue Mary and drew her to him.
 Kiss me-" he told her. Moth
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
TROOP l6 GIVEN
 MILITARY DRILL

A board of review featured the weekly meeting of Troop 16, Boy Scouts of St. Lucy's Church, Friday evening in the church basement.
 Those passing tests were: Assist ant Scoutmaster A. Guastaferri, speaking; Michael Giuliano, handi- craft and firemanship; Leonard Mecca, handicraft and carpentry; Natalino DiFrancesco, buging and swimming; Michael Galante, first class; and Eugene Spagnola, Fran cis Miller and John Rhinehart, sec ond class. Rhinehart is a member of Troop 32.
 The new drillmaster. Joseph Gal lasso, a member of the National Guards for 12 years, led the boys in a drill before the meeting adjourned
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agent stopped her, motioned her back into the center of the room. Take the two of them along" Flanagan ordered. "And get those papers away from her. There won't be any airport site an- nouncement tomorrow. I've set- tied that deal already after talking to young Clark.
 "Now, maybe, good citizen Nicky can tell us about the labor trouble at Smithson-as well as a lot of other things we've been wonder ing about"
 They were finally gone, Vera berating Nick and Nick trying desperately to hush her angry flow of words.
 "Nice people," Flanagan said to Sue Mary. "I,m sorry you had to go through this, but it seemed the safest way. Get them here as though nothing was going to hap pen and then nab them.
 You've helped us plenty. Most people want to help these days but too many of them let their imaginations run wild. But this this was the real thing. You've done your part tonight"
 She felt a glow of gratitude, but her eyes were on the clock. She wanted to get to the hospital. They might be operating on Joe even now.
 Sure, I know" Flanagan was saying. You're worried about the boy friend. Well, get along. I'll put you in cab. have huncl you're going to find everything all right. You deserve to have 1t that way"
 Sue Mary didn't remember much about the ride. She walked down the corridor to Joe's room. Suppose il was empty! Suppose he had gone tc the operating room never to return She met the nurse at the door.
 "Tell me-is he-?"
 "He's fine. They won't have tt operate. It will be tough strug. gle back, but he's out of danger And you can go in-just a second though"
 A second = It was whole life time.
 The beginning of a new life, sh, thought, standing by Joe's be- watching his regular breathing touching his helpless hand. It wa new life and no matter wha happened around them, no matte what problems arose in thi strange, confused world the, would face them together.
 The curtains moved gently il the breeze and faint sound o music came from radio in an other wing of the building. It wa midnight and a station was sign ing off.
 God bless America"
 She leaned over and kissed Joe lips.
 THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
CR AMlaJM CRACKERS

Listed here are five groups of athletes. Tn each group of four names. one is out of place. Can you spot the misplaced name and leli what sports oil are identified with7
 i. Joe Hunt, Wolby Van Horn, Bobby Riggs, Johnny Mize,
 q. Dick Metz. Byron Nelson, Fred Jac0by. Henry Picard.
 2. Prank kovacH, Al Hostak, MaK na0r, Billy Conn,
 (. Hal Tfosky, Sam snead, Paul HaneF. Johnny Ri1zo.
 Q. Sammy Baugh, Clarke lfins Hla. Arturo oodoy, Parker Hall.
 hnaweFa an naek Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

Friday evening, Oct. II, Demo- cratic caucus will be held in the Middlebury Town Hall for the pur- pose of nominating 8 candidate for xepresentative to the general assem- ply and two justices of the peace and any other business proper to come before said caucus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
LIBRARY BENEFIT
 SCHEDULED TODAY
Proceeds of Dinner to Be Used to Purchase Books
 and Magazines
MlDDLEBURY Correspondent: Nancy Riley <- Telephone 4-6410

Middlebury, Oct. Mrs. Elsie Whitback and Mrs. Florence Clark will be in charge of the kitchen aud Mrs. William Vandereook in the dining room at the dinner to be served today at the Town Hall from 12 to 2 p. m. A menu of baked Virginia ham, vegetables, salad, pie and coffee has been planned. Pro- ceedS will be used to purchase I- hrary books and magazines for the town library.
 Last Sunday at MT. and Mrs. Aus tin Isham's cabin on the Pomperaug river a hot dog roast was given with MT. and Mrs. George Steinman of McAllen, Texas and Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Steinman of Seattle, Wash, as honor guests. The two couples are on an extended motor tour oi the eastern states and are visiting at the home of their parents, MT. and Mrs. Paul Steinman of Yale avenue.
 A Softbau game was played in the afternoon and in the evening the group went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. ISham where George Steinman showed pictures of the oil fields in Texas and also of cattle branding. A large birthday cake decorated the table in honor of Mrs. H. s. Boyd and John Steinman in addition to the other honor couples. Those present were: MT. and Mrs. ISham and Charlotte Isham, Mrs. Paul Steinman and her sister, Mrs. Vid- e1lhouse of Concord, N. C., Miss Ly- dia Carlso, New York city, MT. and Mrs. A. L. Tanner of Warren, MT and Mrs. H. s. Boyd, John and Pau Steinman, MT. and Mrs. William E Salisbury, MT. and Mrs. William Powell, MT. and Mrs. Leland Salis- bury, Josephine Steinman, Mrs Jessie Salisbury and Howard and Warren Salisbury.
 Goes to Philadelphia
 Miss Caroline Thompson, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Hugh L. Thomp- son left last week to assume her new duties as assistant director of curative work at the School of Oc- cupational Theropy in Philadelphia Penn. Miss Thompson was grad uated from school in June and has been spending the summer with hel parents here.
 Mrs. Burton Stevens and infant daughter have returned to thei1 home on Yale avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. George Haynor have returned from their wedding trir and are now residing on Reynolds drive. Mrs. Haynor is the former Priscilla Mae Haley, daughter oi Mrs. Hutton Harrison Haley of De- troit, Mich.
 Grange Farley Tomorrow
 Local Grange will meet Tuesday evening in the Town Hall at 8:1S for short business session after which the first and second degree. of initiation will be conferred upor new members wishing to enter tht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
Crange Parley TomorrOw

Local Grange will meet Tuesday evening in the Town Hall at 8:15 for a short business session after which the first and second degrees of initiation will be conferred upon new members wishing to enter the order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

All characters, organizations and incidents of this serial are entirely fictitious.
 
 YESTERDAY: Joe is still in a critical condition, may have to undergo an operation. Worried and weary after her visit to the hospital, Sue Mary reads of fed eral agents hunting down subver- sive elements. She hurries to the federal building, tells her story to the department chief. He tells her not to worry, to go through with plans to meet Nick.
 SUE MARY WINS
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Answer. on Baek rAss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

Mir. and Mrs. George Haynor have returned from their wedding trip and are now residing on Reynolds drive. Mrs. Haynor is the former Priscilla Mae Haley, daughter of Mrs. Hutton Harrison Haley of De- troit. Mich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-15

Ever since America was settled VI have been tragically shortsighted fir they way we have treated our wild life and wasted our natural re- sources. Now we are waking up but in too many cases we are walk ing up too late.
 A couple of centuries ago the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie were teeming with fresh water stu- geon. Fishermen, who were in quest of cisco, pike or perch, considered sturgeon a nuisance, and frequently when they became entangled in their nets, these fish were hauled ashore and burned like so much cordwood.
 Then somebody discovered stur- geon roe could be made into caviar, and that the flesh of the fish was excellent. Following this discovery the sturgeon became the subject of a campaign of exploitation which has almost no parallel in conserva- ton history. This went on until the species was practically wiped out. Today if a sturgeon is caught in Lake Erie, it rates newspaper com ment.
 Looking at a less gloomy side of the picture, grouse, sage hen and prairies chicken seem in no imme- diate danger of being eliminated from the American scene. True, in the past they were slaughtered rlthlessly and declined rapidly, but nthese cases, man woke up in time. Today all the states in which these birds live have some measures of protection. In addition, 8 states have embarked on restocking cam paigns for these birds made possible by federal funds ollatted under the Federal l-Aid-to-Wildlif Aca.
 Going further up the optimistic scale, we observe the pintail duck. Here is a good example of rehabili- tation.
 Almost every one is familiar with the jolt the nation got about six years ago when 1t was believed that