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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
(Reg. U. S. Pat. OR.) By HARRY FERGUSON
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United Press Sports Edltor) New York, Oct. l7.-(UP)-A lady down in Tennessee writes in to say that she Is dizzy from looking at those tables in which football teams are ranked even down to the last decimal point. You know-Min- nesota o807, Texas S6.54, Santa Clara 94.00 and Navy 89.33.
 The lady says she Is baffled by the whole business. That makes two of us. She says she has been watching football for some time and never saw Q team with a decimal point ar it. Sae asks whether can tell her how the boys who make up those tables go about ranking the teams. No, ina'am, can't.
 Then she asks why I don't 90 to the store, get Q half pound of decimal points and ,nsHe up & table of my own ranking the teams. Lady, it's Q pleasure.
 Right this minute the four lead- Ing teams in country, with their percentages and decimal points, are:
 Minnesota .......... .DD. .oo0o90
 Texas ..............., e0.o0o098
 Santa Clara .......,. .0l .B76-
 Minus the cube root
 of three. t,
 Oracle Square Kinder
 garten, N. Y. o. .84.0O0000 It was nip and tuck between Min nesota and Texas to see which would be the leading team of tlte nation. This is how you figure Minnesotas strength:
 Add lS
 The mean annual rainfall for the state of Minnesota In lo40 was 27.4 To that you must add iS--the num- Der of letters in the name of Bernie Bierman, who coaches the team Now, figuring the offensive strength of Minnesota, we find that the team has scored 48 points in two games But the team also had l2 points scored against 1t, leaving Q net of- fensive strength of 36. That gives Minnesota a ranking of 764 on what are known as "the ponderable fac- tors" Now for the inponderable factors.
 Minneapolis, where Minnesota plays Its home games, has popu- lation of 480,071. Every time Bruce Smith runs with the ball those peo- pie produce noise at a decibel rate of 23599o90. Adding that under the heading of morale" you find the Minnesota team with aggregate o1 99, ,e9o999.
 l Good Trick
 Once you have established the leader, the rest depends entirely or comparative values. The trick t to get somebody to do the compar- ing who Is familiar with the teams Working on the Texas percentage I enlisted the aid of George Kirk sey, United Press sports writer whC was born in Texas and has travel ed extensively in Minnesota. Wher asked to compare Minnesota anc Texas, he said: Texas Is good, but Minnesota might be e mite better The dictionary says Q mite Is "l particle. bit or jot," and, translated into mathematics, that means .O000Ol. So that gives Texas ( thanking of 000000O0.
 Santa Clara was easy. An alum. nus of that school asked me what thought they should rate and I saik '"Oh, about 45.9Se."
 TI match you double or noth-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
ICedarhurst Club ] At Hartford Sunday;
 N. Y. Tanks Coming

Hartford, Oct. l7-The Cedarhurst Wolverines, who play the Blues 4ere Sunday at the Municipal sta- Hum arc coached by Tut Maggie, former Colgate star, All American Tony Slano of Fordham, and Son. py Zerlllo, who once was an ace for '. q. L. A., on the west coast.
 They advertise themselves as lo40 Eastern Independent professional Football champions and as long as here is no one on hand to d!s- nute their claim, we'll take 1t for granted. Last season they played 5he strong Churchills to q 0-0 tie nnd defeated the powerful Worces- Yer KAkeviews, 3 to 0.
 Sunday they are playing their Yecond game Of the season against She Blues. Defeated last week by Ghe Golden Bears of Worcester, they are out this week for revenge and will bring their strongest lineup % Hartford. That includes both Siano ct center and Zerillo at q halfback. In addition there is So Boverini, former Manhattan Col Iege brilliant, Tony Poniatowski of Fordham, Howard Dunbar of Cor nell. Joe Marion of Fordham, Dick Squire of L. I. U., Mike Brenner of Brooklyn College and Tony Brauns- Eorth of Wake Forest, which Of late has been turning out classy foot ball teams.
 Tanks Next?
 The Blues are going to try to take this game in stride, with the news today that the New York Yankees are coming here next Thursday to fulfill an engagement they had to cancel this Sunday.
 Although Mlm DaddarIo received . broken nose playing touch foot ball the other day, he plans to start ing the game and staying in there until it's under control. Then he VII come out and let relief man Joe Cottone, ex Dartmouth star, take over.
 Kickoff on Sunday will be at 9 and for next Thursdays night game, 8:30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
DISTINCTIVE FILM

Rated as one of the most distinc- tive films ever made, All That None Can Buy" features Edward Arnold and Walter Huston at the head Of a brilliant cast. William Dieterle produced the stirring tale of old New England for RKO Ra- dio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
BoNER PLEAsEs SCOTS

Buenos Aires (UP) - Argentina's English speaking colony is still chuckling about the boner of an Argentine radio announcer who in- troduced the next photograph rec ord on the program as ''There'll Al- ways Be an England Whilst There's Q Scotland There"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17

members of the Presidents. did some nice combination pinning to help Tudy Chillemi's team win i've of their last six games.
 Next week the Spider" will get the league standing and other data ready for publication So watch the spider" web again and until then good night
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
$40 feet; and cente rfield. 40 feet.

c. What was the date of the bout in which Battling Ski knocked out Georges Carpenter to win the world light heavyweight boxing champion ship?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
Sport QUESTIONS Answered

c. Who holds the one-lap midget auto racing record for quarter-mile tracks?
 A. Sam Hanks, who qualified at the Gilmore Stadium Clos Angeles) in 15:07 seconds under official A. A. A. sanction. Many of the so-called quarter and fifth-mile tracks are actually short of their stated dist ances and the times are therefore faster"
 o. What are the distances from home plate to the right, left and center field walls in Briggs Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers7
 A. Right field, 325 feet: left field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17

Mexico expects an acute shortage Of rayon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
In The Web
 With St. Lucy Bowlers
(By The Spider)

Exciting bowling prevailed We'd nesday evening in the Holy Name Society of St. Lucys church pin" league ct the North End "Y".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-17
Bowling Scores
  GIRLS DUSTY LEAGUE

(Mattatuck Recreation)
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-11-06

The fine taongthe patterns
outstanding this will
weeks from Save SIS 90 and garment.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
TIE DRUNKAED'S LONE CHILD

Out in the gloomy night sadly |
roam,
| have no m Their. no friends ana
no home
We were so happy, till father drank
rum,
Then all of cur SORROWS and trouble
begun.
Mother grew paler and Wcpt every
day,
Baby and | were too hungry to play.
Slowly they faded, till n summcr
night
l found their sweet faces all silent
and white.
Then with big tears slowly dropping
| said. fathers a drunkard and mother
is dead.
Oh. if some temperance man My
would find,
Poor wretched father and speak very
kind,
And if they could stay him from
drinking Why then
Little Bessie would be so very happy
again.
Is il too lateo Oh, some temperance
, man try,
| Or little Bessie must sOOn starNe and
die.
On the damp ground l 10Y lay my
head,
For fathers a drunkard and mothc.'
is dead.
| have no ne to pity nc, no one
Even if Little Bessie should starVe
on6 die
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

it, thanks to precautions and safe
guards provided.
Not necessarily because of drought,
but because of growth of the COM
munity, Henderson may wisely look
toward more extensive sources OF
water reserves. Barring some set
Oack or reverse of some sort IN cur
rent trends, population Increases may
be expected as the years roI, on, ana
L Is Just possible that present facIl-
ties may one day prove to be in
adequate.
City officials are understood to be
giving thought To this need, and viii
be wise if they move defiaiteIy in
hat direction as opportunity offers.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
Paying Dividends

While no n can say in advance
what emergency may develop, or the
extent of It, as the result of the long
dry season, the cIty's Investment IN
a modern water supply system is
paying dividends at this time. For
tunateIy. streams that supply the
waterWorks lakes are still flowing,
even if in somewhat diminished
volume, but the wisdom of taking
IL one or two additional water
sources some years ago is now
evident.
Few public services are more vital
to a community than that Of water
supply. Money properly spent in that
provision is not wasted.
Many older residents of Hender-
son have not forgotten the serious
crisis that developed some twenty
years ago when the lakes almost en-
tlrely dried up. Water was %rationed
and even then threatened to become
exhausted. But rains came in tbs
nick of time and averted actual SUI
fering. Something like that may de-
velop before this drought is ended
but 81 far there is 10 indication O
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
sGsS Quiz

g. | am a machlnlst- IN an alrplane
factory. When the War IS over may
be laid off. How can | prepare Tor
that time?
A. Make systematic and regular
purchases oi Defense Savings Bonds.
They will give you a substantial re-
serve which you can fall back on III
the period Of readjustment after the
emergency.
@. What should be done by the re-
cipient Of a 'chain letter. solicit
ms Defense Stamps?
A. Chain letter. schemes are d
Violation OF the postal laws. Such
letters should be ignored. Buy your
Defense Savings Stamps as an m
dividual effort, to help national de-
Tense, and to save money Tor your
own rainy~day needs. :,
Note.-To buy Defense Bonds ana
Stamps, go to the nearest post ol1lce'
bank, or savings and loan aSsocla-
| ton; or write to the Treasurer OF me
| United States, Washington, y. &
! Also Stamps are now on sale AT re-
tail stores.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
Free Hand
HoW Has American Labor
Treated Its Privileges?

iThc Charlotte NcA~4
At the drop of ii hnt. Anvrlca'
labor leaders VIII repeat. with par
dauable pride, that when Hitler es-
tgbII ned his German dictatorship
the FIRST organizations he IquIdateo
Welc the labor unions, He did So
the familiar story goes on, because
he knew that organized labor was :"
huINark Of democracy, and he feared
it.
This line. familiarized by incessani
TcLetition. is quite Obvious and Nel1
true. But this week many Americans
are wondering if Hitler did not have
another reason for destroying tins
INDEPENDENT unions. Looking about
them they see dozens of important
defense plants struck and plcketed
see labor leaders like William Cree
Of the AL promising utmost CO.
0~peration'' and then passing OF
lnter-union strikes as Jurisdictions
disputes They see labor divided
against itself and 10 per cent OF
Americas military tank outpu'
threatened because Of this bitter
rivalry. They see. Government
knuckle under to AFL blackmall anc
refuse to accept the lowest bid on Z
huge defense housing project. The
read of selfish, vicious, racketeerlnG
against the public and its Govern
ment. Daily, the situation grows to-
! ward the intolerable.
Adolf Hitler didn't want any stop
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
APPEALS FOR DRY VOTE.

TO the Editor:
When we left Henderson ABOUT
n year ago We had the lender
SON Dlspa,ch to follow us. 1t comes
10 my desk Oily. Though a DAY or
TWO late. 1t Is d welcome visitor. Inc
local news interests us more IMAM
anything else as the general news Is
too late To be interesting. we gu
the general news from tI' N''oN
VILE papers. 80 ne front page Oh 'i'
Dispatch does not interest US h'"c''
hut we turn to tRe t3s' p"HS 10 St'
the local news.
We nave pcch eSPee-diiE '','i'>'e'
IN the ''ccuon 10 % h'I" ''t'oe
- ON IN" y. Is ( 0.'''- we "'N
hoIe0 WIN IN''f'st G't ,t' '''" 49,
statements. me Hen e. NnlN
TAX PAYERS d lew o'itdiN Ht''''S ~
De an ellecllNe aFsuilei'' "l "'e f"i'
ol some, l am d S'n3ll "\ p"S'
Nahc" NountV, Dul u me INC ~
uaN is no co"~NI''' ''''''.
~'oh'Io''!lS 'l'I'''iI' III NV "''''" ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
STREAMING AT \ G\AT AND
SWALLOWING A CAMEL

10 Inc Editor:
After reading Mr.. Thomas's article
N the evils f liquor | begun to
hjnk of why these "reformers' do
lot try to dispense with all evils, id
st, things that DO the human body
harm:
FIRST, l thought of tobacco, and
am an inVeteratc smoker, how it
larms the body, no matter in what
form it is used. One of my dearest
riends died from excessive smoking
" cigarettes, it brought on angina
)cCtoriS Ga serious heart ailment). |
remember q man that was bed-rid-
den for six months, due to excessive
chewing of tobacco. Uses of tobacco
larm the heart, nerves, digestive sys-
EN-. eyes. and has been known to run
people crazy. It is a foolish and
,XtraVagant habit. Just think of a
man buying a plug of chewing tobac-
% when his children haven't got
enough to eat, and lots Of times no
hoes on their feet. Surely, these re-
CORNERS should harp on tobacco more.
Tobacco was here with the Indians;
but the Indians are gone nOW, and
the tobacco is still here.
Second, thought of gasoline, how
many deaths it has caused, how many
dear little children had been ground
| INTO the dust by gasoline driven Vehi-
cles, how many guns they haul to
slay their fclloWman. Then l thought
If the 'rC!OrmpTS' why they do not
bark at the government for allowing
the sale of gasoline. According 70
Mr.. Thomas, God created both Of
them; and both have to be manu-
featured by man.
There is a certain amount of alcO-
hol IN Mr.. Thomas's brain (there is q
small percentage of alcohol in every
BRAIN, and without this it would be
impossible for Mr.. Thomas to exist
Does Mr.. Tn mas condemn that?
Get the beam out of your oWr
eye, before you try to get the mote
out of some one else's."
My next letter will be a treatise
on 'snuff-dipping." Beware, you
enuff-dippers, I'm on your trails.
Ladies. did you ever attend ;
~"gobble?" At a s bile" all tn,
Women-folk in the neighborhooe
gather and the famous ole snuff
box is passed around the circle. II
the center of the room is placed
1ishpan. wash tub, or other suitable
receptacle. Then all the ladies Of tn
ne~ighborhood have a very enjc yabl'
evening, or afternoon, "jest a-settin.
! 2ossiping, and dipping. /, for one
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
OTHERS VIEWS

idea is this, if you had not seen
those things you would not have
looked for them, SO that is the way
with whisky. Lets get 1t out of sight,
move It off the face of Gods earth.
Many people would buy whisky from
the ABC store that have enough
pride left in them to buy from a boot
logger.
80 n,iehbors and friends, let's all
meet at the voting places next Tues
day. October 2l. and vote To get rid
Of the worst evil in our fair lane
MRS. II. l.. WRIGHT.
Henderson, Route t.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

page of production in Germany. He
knew that modern war begins IN the
.actory and IN the field. Adolf Hitler
didn't take any chances. And his &C
ton. however reprehenslble, wa
malNelOlsly effective.
The lesson for American labor is
plain. Whereas Hitler didn't give Ia
cor a chance to assume Its reSpon-
sibllities as we'll as assert It's rights,
an indulgent United States mas lean
ID over backward in giving the
Unions a free hand. The unions nave
~reciprocated by abusing their prl-
tileges with a ~proflagacy unparallel-
ed in history. There is yet time fol
the bosses of American labor to mend
their ways, but they must act quick
", with considerably more emphasis
on what they are prepared to give
han on what they hope to gam.
Otherwise, William Green, Philip
Murray and all their respective I'M
1erlings will be prominent among
the defendants when this nation
faces the fatal charge Of too little
and too late"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
TO BLACKSMITH SHOP

Fire did little damage to a black
smith shop Of Palmer Allen ana
Johnnie Workman, Negroes, FRIDAY
night around II o'clock, but caused
some anxious moments to operatives
of Roses gin, just across an alley
from the shop. Gin employees uSeu
fire extinguishers until firemen ar
rived. Firemen used a booster llhe
on a trash fire m one corner on Nv.
shop. ."tyU1D
Overflow cotton from gin storage
houses was piled in the gin yaio
only a short distance from the olach-
smith shop, and a spark might nav,
set off the so to IS bales OF seeo
cotton awaiting to be sinned.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

|. Congressman GoOley was elected
in a special election July I, 1884, TO
fill the vacancy caused by the deatn
of Congressman +. W. Pou. He had
won the nomination in the June prl-
mary in a five corncred race against
Jere Zollicolfer. George Ross Pou,
W. +. Evans and Palmer Bailey, re-
ceiving a vote of 27,379 against 6,313
for Zollicoffer, 1860 for Pou, 400
for Evans, and 38l for Bailey. In
the special election he defeated Her
bert Brantley by a vote of 1881 to
lilo. He has been reelected to each
succeeding term. Congressman
Cooley was born in Nashville July
26, 1897.
2. During the year ending July l.
1889, there were a total of 532 cases
tried with 345 convictions, and Tor
the year ending July l, 1910 there
were $50 cases with 1876 convictions
Total 1872 cases with $50 convictions
In this total number of cases only
81 first degree murder convictions
have been returned.
3. 1t was because under the col
onial government the governor had
absolute authority for calling the
assembly into session. He could Or
der the assembly to convene, anC
then if it passed a law to his dislike
he could adjourn it at any time. This
explains why many OF the session
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED ii. MAY

|. When was Congressman Harold
Dunbar Cooley first elected from the
fourth district?
2. How many murder and man
slaughter cases have been tried in
North Carolina during the past two
years?
3. Why were colonial assemblies
in North Carolina held at odd and
irregular times?
4. When was Miss Carrie l..
Broughton appointed State Llbrar-
IAN?
5. When was ii claimed that the
National Capital would be d walled
in, fortified place?
6. What part of the State highway
total funds in 1910 We're used fol
maintenance and for construction?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

am opposed to such a filthy pastlme
No, I'm not a drinking man.
FRANK l.. FAULKNER.
Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18

Knoxville, College,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-10-18
WOULD REMOVE WHISKY

At the Parsonage IN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-12
PASTOR TO TOP
 ARENA PROGRAM
Name Band on Same Swing Bill Tomorrow With
 Mills Brothers

One of the reasons for the fact that Tony Pastor has become one of the coupntry's top name bands is because of the abundance of talent and versitality among the members of the band. The Pastor aggrega- ton will prove this fact tomorrow afternoon and evening at the New Haven Arena when 1t will be CO., starred on the same swingsation bill with the famous Mills Brothers, -Four Boys and 8 Guitar" who will head a gigantic stage show.
 Johnny Morris of New Haven, composer of the sing hit Knock Knock, and recently "Paradiddle Joe", is considered one of the best drummers around today. Johnny is also a featured vocalist with the band. Johnny McAfee, first saxo- phonist, is also @ featured vocalist. while Charlie Trotta and Max Ka- minsky are regarded as two of the best trumpet players in the business.
 Dorsey Anderson is the No. 1 voc calist and the lovely Linda Keene handles the female end of the sing ing. Tony, who halls from Middle town, was recently voted the "All- American" saxophonist by Metro none Magazine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-12
COPPER SHORTAGE
 FEARED BY KELLY
Chairman of Anac0nda Corp. Sounds Warning in
 Los Angeles Interview

Danger of a shortage of copper is seen by Cornelius F. Kelley, chair man of the board of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.,, of which the American Brass Go. of this city is @ subsidiary.
 MT. Kelley is quoted as saying in an interview at Los Angeles that the supply of the metal is starting to dwindle and that use of copper for ordinary manufacturing pur- poses may soon have to be curtailed so that there will be g. sufficient supply for defense needs.
 Thousands of tons of copper are used by local plants in preparing government orders. Local firms had expressed some worry over the sup ply of zinc, which is used with cop- per to make brass, but there had been no reports of Q possible cop- per shortage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-12

classes change all along the line. Two illustrate the close planning, he showed me a schedule which had advanced cadets beginning instructors training three days before they got their wings and gold bars at Kelly.
 Main job of the elder teachers, he said, is to prove that the new officers are not such clever flyers as they're likely to believe. Fresh from formation work and acro- battles in faster ships, they may be a shade contemptuous of the 165-mile- -arl-hour crates here.
 The first shock of dtsillusion- ment comes when the future teacher has to get in the back seat, which has lot more whip and 8 lot less visibility, while a senior officer rides in the sttid- ent's seat in front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-12

clan who can land the ship even if the wings come off"
 No cadet ever is washed out of the course by g. single instructors reports. He'll be transferred from one flight to another, with the Flight Commander eventually de- ciding whether he's hopeless.
 A NIGHT OF SOLO FLYING
 This reporter spent an evening in the control tower of one of the stages during night solo flying and got an idea of the calm patience and straining vigilance that 1t takes to keep a stream of planes safely in position aloft. coming in for landings and taking off again.
 At 5000 feet, an officer in . weather ship cruised around, occa- sionally reporting by radio, ready to warn of any tricky overcast which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-12
EASTER LIvESl

o love and hope that lives on Eastern morn! The western wind repeats your song for me; The lesson of the day Eternity Whose breathless, foaming tides full and free o angels can you speak and tell me why You followed paths that men have walked beforeP Come, say prayer We seek the Joy Of Spring The morning breatnes anew and spirits soar. Here all is woe and wars great sword is hung Above the chaste and pure this Easter Day; The Temple courts waiting for the Lord, Lest fear and conflict lead Gods men astray. May true devotion bind the hearts of men, And Heavens fire remet the gold of yore In lands where chaos treads the paths of war, And passing souls reopen faiths great door. The vesper songs of ages echo here, And hope's horizon meets the Easter Light Beyond blue seas where legends tell the tale And angels bless the lilies in the night. And pondering I saw the light again; A grasping of the hearts release from pain Where mystery ershrouds the pulse domain Go see the empty tomb where Love has lain
 George L. Lee