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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
In Today's Mail
AMERICA FIRST CHAPTER TO CONTINUE CAMPAIGN TO
 KEEP U. S. OUT OF WAR

Recently c meeting was held in Washington, D. O., attended by more than 300 Chapter leaders and dele- gates from Palo Alto, Cal, to Maine.
 William T. Leonard of the Brook lyn. N. Y. chapter, offered the fol- lowing resolution which was unaH1i- mously adopted.
 The resolution was as follows:
 Whereas, the President of the United States has stated that con- voys mean shooting, and shooting means war;
 Whereas, the President of the United States has ordered the Navy to convoy and to start shooting in violation of his sacred prediction promises and the platform of the Democratic party upon which he was elected;
 Whereas, the war policy of the President has resulted in the deaths of American boys at sec on the des- troyers Kearny and the Reuben James;
 Therefore be 1t resolved, that we, the chairmen of the America First Chapter of the United States of America, do hereby demand that our ArnericaG soldiers be withdrawn from Iceland and returned home: that our naval and merchant ship ping be withdrawn from dangerous and belligerent war zones and re.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

New Hampshire is going all out for recreational business during the coming year. The states winter sports and re- sorts are being thoroughly advertised throughout the land and lecturer is going to be sent down South to Florida to give talk to the inhabitants on New Hampshire's summer attractions which come at a time when it's just bit hot down at the bottom of the U. s. A. map New England has certainly taken every advantage of it's climate and it's rugged contour of recent years. With more and more people showing an addiction for veritable stamping ground for millions every year.
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peting for Jobs. On several oc- casions there have been riots which the war.redueed constahu- lary could not handle,
 Because of Texas rangers ex. perience, Trinidad authorities de. cided to aSk the State to lend 6 group to help the Trinidad con- StabulAry maintain order. So far the rangers have been effective II preventing brawls among the no. tlves, but if serious trouble should break out again, U. s. authori- ties are prepared Co ask Britain for a change in the construction agreement to permit the importa- ton of 6 certain percentage of American workers,
 AGERRY.GO.R0UND
 If the Senate should oust Sen. William Langer. Tom Whelan, North Dakota COP State Chair man, is privately set to run for his seat. Big wheat grower Whelan plays ball with the Nonpartisan League and rules his state or ganisation with an iron hand |. National Committeeman of the party in power are supposed to rate high around the White House, but not the Democratic Committeeman from Indiana Frank McHale, The state party chief who has the in" Is dynamic State Chairman Fred Bays. liis Indiana organization Is rated as one of the best in th, country.
 Copyright, 1914. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
Selected Poem
TO A NOsTALGIC NEWS TICKER

TO NOSIALGIC NEWS 1IOhEN CEmery O'Gorwalz in the New York Sun) Oh where are the woes of yesteryear And the news that we'd deplore
 When the grimmest flash
 Was 6 market crash And wolf at every door? An. those were the happy days, fear With the wolf but friendly chum
 Of the mildest sort
 And cinch to thwart When compared to Big Bad Bum. And where are the crimes of yesteryear And the sawed-off guns and gats- When chorus doll
 Was Q gangster's mol And the world was full of rats? An, those were the days of joy and cheel With crime in every flash
 When the news wasn't rife
 With the woeful strife We can trace to trick mustache.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

Matters are progressing rapidly down in the Tennessee Valley where the IVA is still very much in the news. The latest dam in this vast project is the $50, 300 ,0OO Cherokee Dam across the Holston River. It's to be ready four months ahead of time - December 1. However, 1t won't be used to aid in electric power development be- cause winter rains are needed to end long drought period.
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 And the result promises to be one of the most important eontri- buttons the Dies Committee has made so fer to the expose of un- American activities,
 Dies has seized the records of several derman.AmerieRn agen- cles, also Nad checks coming from South America, together with some Of, the records of Japanese propagandists. Fleeing all this together, he has e sensational and apparently accurate picture of the tremendous qualification of Na4 propaganda in this country.
 One of the most significant phases In the manner In which thls Maxi machine Is linked through its members to certain American organizations such RS tho Knights of Camellla, the Ku Klux Klan, the Silver Shirts and 70 on.
 Central agency for this NaA propaganda, according to the Dies records, Is the Kyffhaeuserbund which operates In North and South America. It cooperates with the Kriegerbund, which operates all over the world.
 Dies has found that money from North and South America pOurS into Kyfehaeuserbund cOf- fers, and he has . list of the leading contributors. lie also has . lot of the secret member ship cards, some of which state that the bearer Is qualified to do confidential work on behalf of the Kyffhaeuserbund.
 Tracing the membership list of
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about the conditions and certainly these should be of the best in a new hospital, SO it comes down, perhaps, Co wages.
 Here Is a point that ell our state offl- cials from the governor down might well look Into. If it's necessary to raise this pay scale, then it should be done to avoid any more scandals like this latest one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

1, Which conqueror was called 'aThe Scourge of 0od"S
 2. A word or sentence which reads the same backwards and forwards as, "Ahle was I ere sew Elba," is . palanquin, e palm drome or Q paladinS
 3. Captive coal mines are mines owned principally by large steel companies or abandoned mines operated by groups of individual {. From which country did the United States purchase the Virgin Islands? '''
 5. Ace Parker Is c famous football player, a cowboy screen actor or Q notorious bandit7
 6. Has the human heart ever been found on the right instead of the left side9
 2. Are legal residents of the Dis- trict of Columbia permitted to vote for president?
 g. Who wrote 'AGichael stro- goff"7
 g. With what revolution is the Reign of Terror associatede
 10. Complete the proverbial ex- pression, "A penny for your
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

dart-throwing has been running It's course. But most spectacular are the jiu-jlt exhibitions waged among the wastebaskets by Howard Buck neil, information official long In the Far East. and chinese CoETespond- lent Joo Chang.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

was serving his first term as
 President of the United State s . People were say- ing then that the country was go- ing to the dogs. They had a na- tional debt of twenty . four
 million dollars, and most people felt that that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4:45 ?. m.
 Sun rises e:5e a. m.: sets A:25.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty nain- utes after sunset.
 The moon fulled early this morning. just a few minutes before o'clock. 4 storm period ls brewing and this may become the most disagreeahls portion Of December.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL .. DOUGLASS, D. b.

SURVEYING A CENTURY
 A friend of mine bought an old 1ouse and remodeled It. In that house was an old clock. It began licking considerably over a hundred ,earS ago, when Andrew Jackson
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

e. When it is said of . politician that he has gone up the Salt Ri- yer" what does that meanp
 A. Salt River Is q mythical poll. teal stream up which defeated can. didates ore ;e.id to have gone. The phrase Is said to have originated from Salt River in Kentucky up which robbers rowed their plunder in the early days of American ex. pansion,
 a. Is the radio program. "The Woi man in White" still being broadcastS
 A. It Is now being presented daily from I;l5 to i:S0 p. In., Monday through Friday, over the Columhis Broadcasting system. (N0TE TO EDITOR: Please check with your Radio Editor for name of local Sta- ton, and also for possible last-Intn- ute change in time)
 e, Was General Jan Christian Shuts Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa prior to leSsS
 A. He was Prime Minister and Minister for Native Affairs from 1919 to l02A.
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TODAYs COMMON ERROR A m0dlaler should be an ad- iectlve n lt denotes the cona |. dltlon oe the object; as He held the wheel tight (not tlghtlyl"
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uestl0ng and Answers
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 a. Please name the published books of Justice Brandeis,
 "A. "othar Peoples Money" "Busi. ness, a Profession" and "Ihe Curse of BignesS,"
 e. what was the cause of tho ''rlttle steel" strikes In the spring of lsS79
 A. The purpose of the 'Little Steel" strikes, involving among oth- CTS, the Youngstown Sheet 6s Tube Company and the Republic Steel Corporation of Youngstown and Chi~ cag0, was to seek to compel the coG11~ panles to recognize the union and negotlatO Q written collective bar gaining agreement with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, an affiliate of CtO. As Q practical matter, the strike was broken" as . result of the so-ealled Memorial Day massacre in Chicago, In which sev- eral strikers were shot and killed by the police,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

WASHINGTON December Dies the unpredctahe Congressman rom investigators n a off nninn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
Washington Merry Round

Dies Uncovers Startling Network Of Noz Propaganda Hee German Octopus Spreads Tenoces Through American Goups
 Investigators Find Detroit Chief Source Of Contributions;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03
Whats YourI.Q.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back RAge for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-03

DREW PEAR 6 0 N ROBERT S. ALLEN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
$4,000 Week
Income Laid
To Unionis+
Got $500, 900 in 1888.
Fox Ptobets Claim
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

TODAY I give you another
chapter in the unfinished
story OF selfless servant of the
humble toiler who obtained an
international charter as well rs
a whole sheaf. or deck, OF local
union charters. acquired racing
stable and died about year ago
under bond for S275.000 10 the
United States government 10
secure an income tax deficiency
and the pertinent penalties and
interest amounting in all to
S25O,OOO.
The widow and Administrative
NJ the estate Of the consecrated
leader of humble white wings.
garbage handlers and pavement
workers has carried the income
tax case 10 the board OF tax
appeals, where it is now pending
This legal action breaks the seal
Of confidence which normally
protects tho intimacies Of the
tax return BY carrying her case
10 the board Of tax appeals. the
widow has made available 10 the
press r. i,tft t-tit,eHnaents All the
data which the treasury depart
mPni has collected
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
Rainy Day Planning

CTATE TREASURER THEODORE FRY urges that the
- government establish tentatively fixed
$4,000 600 provide cushion against postwar in
stion. He suggests the creation of fund permitting
the state depression years to implement public works
program which would lessen the impact of unemployment
This is constructive plan. II deserves earnest
scrutiny by state officials.
The state constitution, it is true permits the Lcgis-
lature only enough money to pay the estimated
biennial expenses of this state But the sales tax prn-
cipal source of revenue. difficult to estimate
exactly depending sit does volume of business.
Mr. FRY indicates that mounting sales tax receipts
NAV reach SSO0O0000 this year and S00000000 by 1914
1t should be possible with popular and official sup
port Of his proposal TO divert revenue to
constructive fund rather than to disspae it
ephemeral political spending
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
Famed Faces in Movies
FIJI Box Office Cash Drawer
BY DAMON RUNYON

bad picture before they will 60
10 see a new face in good
picture.
The new face has a better
chance on the stage if the play
is all right, yet here again the
customers have been known to
patronize a bad play with old
faces more heavily than good
play with new one. if the old
faces have great renown.
No matter what YOU say about
the star system. the stars draw
money 10 the box office, which
result is the sum and substance
of public entertainment. II was
that way in the days of Vaude-
Vile. Stars who were not over
burdened with talent cou ! d
outdraw new faces three TO one
because they were stars.
MIKE JACOBS, the pugilistiC
vi promoter could put on a
dozen new faces. appropriately
paired. drawn from the manly
art-nt scramhling ears and give
the customers low scale and
a money-back guarantee # they
did not see some terrific battling
and he would not draw enough
10 pay for the Madison Square
Garden lights. TN fact, he has
tried it,
Thus YOU can scarcely criticize
Michael for falling hack on tho
slightly battered old pans that
may not look AS beautiful as If
they were brand new. but that
are familiar TO the ringworms
and consequently will sell out
the joint
A night club owner does not
depend on new faces 10 fill his
trap. He goes out and hires
Sophie Tucker or Harry Rich
man or Joe Lewis who are what
YOU might call old faces. though
we hasten to add that in Miss
fuckers case we love 1t none
thelesS.
Every field needs new faces,
we grant you that; but how is
an advocate Of new faces going
10 stick il out until the new
faces become old faces and begin
To draw?
Copyright. Isai. KING Features synd inc
Distributed nv International News serve
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
| g If ers 10
The Editor
TO TIE EDITOR

TO TIE EDITOR;
TO-DAY people little realize
= the dangerous situation that
Tics within our t0rdCr- ttf1ry talk
about defense from Hitler when
it should bc defense from the
dark ages returning.
In short time freedom viii
be thing of the past 1t is
fast approaching.
Our country today isn't run
by the Republican form Of gov
eminent which u started out
with, nor is II a Democratic
type hut New Deal outfit.
composed of ono-man power
with a few of hiS chosen men,
who have the same idea as his.
In reality q dictator.
They make oHr laws and pass
them when n should bc done by
a vote Of tho people. II they
like Europe Why don't they 90
there and leave TINS land free
for those who enjoy freedom
Freedom. what's free about IL
any more We earn our money
and spend it like the New Deal
SAYS. not like We want 10.
Then comes along the Sunday
Laws You can-t-do tins. Vol
cant do that on SUNDAY after
people work ali the week thoY
want 10 enjoy themselves as
they see m on Sunday
Nothing good ever came by
force. Nothing good ever viii
That's why We have a mind Of
our own. 10 choose freely tho
way we want TO, as God wanted
il.
And unless we keep the bells
Of liberty ringing then happI-
ness is no more. This world was
made for all people Not iuSt for
the majority or the minority.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
Connolly Answers

la William Of Orange: (b)
Shakespeare Merchant Of
Venice. (cl John Bunyan,
Pilgrims Progress.
= ca A. Conan Doyle: Oh r.
a. Poe: tct Van Dine.
3-fa) No. Diaz Oh no. Elijah.
tcD yes; cd no, Coventry.
IA Caryatids; tb) panacea;
tc) derviSh.
-fa) Yes. Of Dutch East
Indies; tbl no: rcl YES,
Hungary; cd yes. Egypt.
6 ca Odyssey" Homer: Cbl
"A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens; tc) Henry ""
Shakespeare.
Ia Nineteenth. th) eight
eenthi (c) fourth, B. c.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
RUTH CARDE.
6355 r.. Forest avenue.
TO TIE EDITOR:

TO TIE EDITOR:
MIR. REID robson thinks il
vi would be great for the Go,
an international union group the
farmers and small business men
to form a polltical party Of their
own He says the laborer has
nothing 10 say about his work
But If Mr. Robson thinks the
farmers will fall for his SuggcS-
ton. I'm afraid he has another
guess coming.
In the FIRST place the real
American farmer doesn't think
too much Of internauonaliSm.
All the international unions can
think Of or do, is strike, and
nothing else Where would the
farmer be If he were of such
a mind?
And isn't it had enough for the
draftceS TO worry about mate
rial 10 fight with. without also
worrying about their grubStakc?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
FRANK l.. BAKER,
Pennington. Mich.
Quiz Answers

/" Battle Hymn Of the Re-
public
, Blacksmith.
3 Bell metal is n variety Of
bronze. consisting usually Of
three or four parts of copper
10 one OF tin.
l. Spelling. IhuykIng. knitting.
pairing and quilting bees
; President John Adams and
Vice President Thomas JEFF
fcrSOn. IN 1896.
q \ marine or sailor ON
mounted duty ashore. or
Cayalryman on shIpboard
"A board foot.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03

WE READ a statement cred
W tied 10 a Hollywood au-
thority recently that what the
movies need is new faces. That
is, new faces among the per-
formers. the theory being that
the picture public is a-wearying
of gazing at the same old kiss
ers on the screen.
We have heard the same thing
said for years of the stage, the
fight game, baseball and almost
every other form of public en-
tertainment. II is all right as
theory. but it is not much good
in practice.
Not long ago We saw a PIC
ture that was acclaimed by the
critics and those Of the cash GUS
toners who viewed II as one of
the greatest pieces of entertain
ment ever 10 come out OF Holly
wood. We agreed with the APP
praiSal.
But the picture lacked what
the movie trade papers call
marquee strength, meaning that
the names Of the star and the
other performers were not very
well known 10 the customers
and therefore had no great sig
nificance from the box office
standpoint when displayed IN
lights.
THAT picture probably made
L some money. II may have
crossed, let us say, $500, 900 TO
give it little the best of IT.
But with Clark Gable or Spen-
Ger Tracy in the leading role it
would have gone 10 a million
gross. or better, IN the opinion
of those who know about such
matters. Not because either
Gable or Tracy could have given
finer performance than the
star. understand. but because OF
their greater fame. and conse-
uLpntly their stronger box office
appeal.
We have no doubt every mo-
ton picture maker loves 10
find new face and introduce
il 10 the movie audiences In
fact, some picture makers have
been known 10 let their own
enthusiasm for a new face cost
them money IN trying 10 make
the audiences see the face as
they see H.
But AS general proposition
when picture maker has a
lot of moo at stake in a produc-
ton, he prefers enjoying a run
for his money with well
established facade like that Of
Gary Cooper, or Edward G..
Robinson or Cary Grant or Irene
Dunno or Claudette Colbert or
Carole Lombard 10 gambling
with a +ew one. And who can
blame him?
COMETIMES the old faces fail
u him. too, hut at least the
risk is less. Many Of the old
faces have definite draw that
can be fairly accurately COM
puicd in dollars and cents before
a picture is released and that
draw Will often stand up even
against q bad picture and be
heavily increased by y good one.
We Will conccde that the span
of the draw, measured in the
matter of time. depends on the
last analysis upon the quality Of
pictures because a succession of
bad pictures must reduce any
draw 10 a fat zero. but the Gus
toners will remain faithful 10
old fsvorites through many a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
SsDIsmbsr z. 1916

British and French troops
smash German positions along
the Somme in terrific thrust
north OF Clery
Greek king Joins Allied en-
tente as all Greek parties are
united German minister fees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
Stab at American Way

THE Senate has opportunity to serve the nation
by unfolding the action the Senate hnance committee
took eliminating from the tax bill the vicious and
discriminatory special impost billboard and radio
advertising.
This same i'll considered proposal Of penalty tax
on outdoor advertising discussed during World War
J. but after careful study then rejected by the
House ways and means committee.
At first blush the proposed discriminatory tax
on competitive media would advantageous to news
papers and magazines but this legislative sur against
advertising would If resisted, prove an entering
wedge for ignorant attempt TO cripple all forms OF
advertising
The threat IS all the dangerous because at
various times the last eight years docrinaire bureau
Gratis at Washington have revealed hostility toward
advertising
The proposal should be vigorously opposed
on the broadcast grounds of public interest.
If the destructive policy should be extended to
newspapers and magazines II would be furtve slap at
free press which indispensable to continuance OF the
American way.
The Senate should make no mistake about the
desrabitv of scutlng the muddled headed and unpro
ductve proposal which would tend to destroy free
radio which has likewise become Indispensable medium
of free people.
And IN addition supporting these precious free
doms advertising economically sound in it's right
Modern advertising and selling are necessary for the
preservation of markets for goods which needed
to provide the great economies of mass production
Through modern merchandising American industry
has performed miracle in overcoming the handicap OF
the highest wage in the world This has been done
through achieving the economies Of quantity production
IF INCOMPETENT theorists tinker with the dstributve
system which develops large scale demand for goods
then prevailing high wage in the United States will
become insupportable and will result in skyrocketng
of American of production and of prices for comfort
goods and necessities.
These fundamentals have long been considered self
evident truths, but colectvsts at Washington have
deliberately sought to confuse the issue
The expected revenue from the dangerous dis
criminatory tax on advertising will prove negligible
y Gripping great American institution which sup
ports free press the hand and which essential
to preserving the high American standard of living on the
other.
The various media which provide channels of adverts-
ing ready and willing to do their bit in the present
emergency.
They want exemption from the obligation to
carry their full share of the load incidental to providing
funds for national defense for the ordinary expenses
of government.
COMPANIES SELLING RADIO AND BILLBOARD
ADVERTISING ARE OF COURSE, UNDER THE
EXISTING LAW SUBJECT TO THE CORPORATE IN
COME AND EXCESS PROFIT TAXES.
THE PROPERTY OF THEIR FULL CON
TRIBUTION TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL
REVENUES is NOT AT ISSUE
But the additional special discriminatory burden
threatens the institution of advertising which is an
essential prop of the American economic system
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-03
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
Sspferber 2, 1910

Roosevelt gives Britain 30
average destroyerS in exchange
for leases 10 build United States
air and sea bases on eight Brit
iSh possessions IN the Western
Hemisphere.
German bombers again attack
England. but RAJ. repels them.