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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

Almost every week there issued from Capitol Hill a Dies Com. 1nittee blast about spies and saboteurs in the United States. The blasts made headlines. Also they caused oil sorts of people and editorial writers to query: what iS J. Edgar Hoover doing about these foreign Spieg3 Why is he leaving everything to the pa. triotic MT. Dies?"
 In reply AEr. Heovee saia absolutely nothing.
 And there was very good rec. son. For during that year he had under surveillance the great est spy ring ever AhAdowed In the United States. And enc word leaking out that they were being stedowed would have spent every suspect running for cover, upset the evidence IDI agents ware collecting during months of cease. less vigil.
 For Instance, ,. Edgar RocveYS men EneW, more tnan year ESQ., that 6 'NaM spy ring was plotting to blow up the British liner Queen Mary, then docked in New York. They knew lt because at that time they were permitted to tap teie- phone wires, and they listened in on the plot.
 Right In the middle Of the plot, the Supreme Court ruled that tele- phone wires could not be tarUed, and fSom that time on the fDi had to shaAow the spies instAad of listen in on them. TO have arrested the sabotsairs at that time would have meant that the other spies, suspected but not yet in the net, would have fled the country. So Hoover said nothing and waited.
 Also he haA th0' 0ueen Mary caresWgly gwME@ed. @ho eailod
 umda@aAged. It was MaoeW than q year ago, alse. that Moovee leasne4 thAs . Nasa agent insiAe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Selected Poem
NETGHBORs

(Biiy R. Cooper in the Christian Science Monitor) This is the month when farmers leave their teams And pass the time Of day with neighbor men Across the border fence that runs between Their fertile farms. Each leans against post With foot upon the bottom wire. and speaks Ills mind regarding weather and the crops The country over: with perhaps view Or two Of politics. Provincial thoughts That parallel each other and reflect Their quiet mode of living. They have been Afeld since Carly morning, blowing corn. Down the long rows and back, the harnehsed teams walked carefully, and now they stand and wait While farmers tend to matters Of good Wlil, Good crops cr poor. they will be nei9hboEs stu.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

New York City is getting ready for an old-fashioned, knock-down and drag-out election this fall. Despite the fact that New Deal adherents are asked to rally to the support of Mayor LaGuardia Denl- ocrats of New York want candidate of their own. Maybe they feel that with a doughty LaGuardia in the thick of the for others to take over the management. There won't be any needing demands from the Roosevelt administration at Washington that Democrats swing to LaGuardia's support. It's positive that there will be Democratic candidate and it's pretty definite he'll get lot of rip snorting support
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

Down in Bridgeport the Common Coun- Gil has already approved the agreement whereby the city will waive taxes on the 300 new defense homes in lieu of an annual payment by the federal govern ment. This payment will amount to IS per cent of the annual shelter rent paid by occupants of the houses. It will approximate $42,000 in Bridgeport's in- stance. We presume that some such agreement as this will have to be worked out here in Waterbury when the two de- fense home projects are ready for occu- pancy. Whether or not the same figures will be used, we don't know. This set-up doesn't provoke too much enthusiasm among realtors and among lot of home owners who feel that what they have achieved by the sweat of their brow others are getting very easily. This, too, has caused some dissatisfaction in communi- ties over governments financed housing because of the advantages that accrue immediately to owners, but which come only after years of waiting in the in- stance of private ownership.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Press Comment
MAJOR BAsNIaAN
Hartford 1,isines)

(Harty0rd Titnes) n choosing c manager for local activities of the United States Vet erans Bureau, ultimately to be in charge of the hospital at Newington, the federal government could scarcely have made a better choice than Major Thomas J. BanniRan, announcement of whose death today will be read with wide regret. Major Bannigan was well qualified by natural ability and experience to be an efacient manager of these activities. He also had an intense devotion to the welfare of the Vet eranS and more especially of those requiring disqualification. They could not have had 6 more loyal friend CT vigorous champion. His personality well fitted him for a post of leadership and authority. as well as of responsibility. He was a yer. satile man of wide and varied ex- peTAence, ranging from newspaper work through salesmnaship and management to the conduct of his own business.
 Although well above military age Major Bannigan enlisted in the World War for work that he was well fitted to perform. This made him one of the Veterans and not merely an outsider who was working for them, which added another to his numerous qualifications. He was active in the formation of the American Legion and rose to the rank Of National Yicecomnander. and was member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well.
 m more than . quarter century Of residence in Hartford he had identis ned himself prominently with the life of the community and had be- come widely known. Endowed with q natural heaTtineGs and fTiendlass og manner, and e keen interest in people and affairs he easily became Q mar cf many friends and wide acquaintance. Few men would be more missed in the community thnn ha. h his passing. the men on whom war left ita mark, ae wall as veteran causes in general, have leat n warm and effective friend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

for tho diseytbels ton Of free fcDd to reliefers won't necessarily mean the populee stamp plan win have to be dis- continued or curtailed during the next 19 months. WI ( h careful watching 1t may even be able to expand . little.
 Tn the last "A m onths, Q SN1A had AqaR snAAllinna
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

e. Does the Bible say that money is the root of all evil9 A. No: 1t says that the "lcve of money is the root of all evil, which is a different thing. I Timothy 0:iO
 says: '.For the love of money 6 the root of all evil which while some coy-
 eted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themseIves through with many sorrows" e. Why is the term gridiron ap- piled to football field? A. A gridiron Is grated utensil on which food is broiled over . fire.
 The term is applied to a football
 field because 1t is traversed every 1 five yards by white lines, which pro.
 auce a gridiron effect. c. During what period was Amer.
 ican railway expansion the greatestT 4. It reached it's peak in the iea0's.
 The greatest number of miles com.
 pleted in one year was 12,eT6 in 1887 1 From 1880 to 1889, 74,720 miles Of
 new railway lines were opened. FN& .k.4gq5 2s1 s
 e. Are short-tegm soldiers cG the
 Selected Army given . clothing d.
 lowance7
 A. No; all necessary clothing iA
 issued to each soldier upon his in.
 duction. Articles of apparel will be
 replaced by the government as they wear out,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

The Norwalk-D Danbury road is being widened at many points. This isn't startling news, but 1t is news that the purpose is to provide parking shoulders" every two miles for military purposes. These shoulders" will be 10-feet wide and 2,OO0 feet long and will alternate on each side of the highway. It's probably the first such project of this type in the whole state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

good many people are still unaware of the fact that the annual municipal election will not be held until November this year. The change from October to November should occur without any undue upSetting of anyone's routine. In fact a good many voters probably won't even notice the difference.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

z kOVSx6 m & whole state to feed enc COW. The great milk trains which roll
 into our city in the early hours of each morning gre laden with milk produced from plain, W- dinary three e. leaf cl0vers. Four . leaf cio-
 vers are inter@-
 &AvARs AlaNnM laA@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
FAMED CTTTEEN's PROTEST

Q seuirl Niagara eseE me. dump nc under khe deep dark aea. Fer k'm nakae and fried ana gxiiIe6 and bile6. kalstsFeG amd burnt and utAaEs iv aDaAe4 WnF ueWan days straight Was { FeaSt nn6 clnekst' wlifln tlia heat poured down in e cataract, and l'll7oNIliaaI with tisls damp dank spates Fllahod ln 1as dsRn that I|ams6a1ea
 NJ hanaa llsy ls'a. mR kaess
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Questions
 and dAnswers
wOUR 0URgTH0Ns AMgWKTsED

 YOUR oUEsTI0Ns ANSWERED
 Tho wMteghmry Democrnt's ger- vice muranu win nngwoR for you free. anv uussti0n oR fact oe ln- eoematIon, not involving extsn- slve research. Write your Quess lien clearly, aisn name and a4s Nrosu, enclose q threo cent psstmge
 stamp. Medical cr legal advice cannot Do given. AdGFasg water bur1 nsnsocEat's washington 9eg-
 Vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street washington, D. Q.
 e. Are there any Negro generals in the U. 6. Arfnye
 A. Rriradier General Benjamin Q. Davis became the first Negro h his- korv to be appointed Co that rank, when the appointment was made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt m october, lol0.
 q. HOW often do the hands Of Q clock pass each other9
 A. Every 0B Sell minutes. Starting at exactly l2 o'clock, the hands VII pass each other at s 5-liths minutes past one: 10 l0-I1ths minutes past 3; i6 6.ilths minutes past 3; and g on; adding s S-iiths minutes Tor each hour.
 e. Is . motion to put over until the next meeting" equivalent to Q motion to "tahle"9
 A. No; the passage of such mos ton automatically places the queS- tior on the asenda os the next reg vilar meeting; it is . motion to post pone to q definite time."
 q. Tn which feature pictures has Cab Galloway appeared, and n which production did he appear with shirley T'emples
 A. He appeared in ''The Dig Broadcast" in ie32; International House" in lD33; "The Singing Kid" in io30, and Manhattan MeFTy. Co- Round" in 1887. He has not been featured in . Shirley Temple pie ture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

test questions? Turn to last page fer the answers.
 i. Name the snythological god with two faces.
 2. With what industry was El- bert Henry Gary Associated?
 3. Dustin Farnum was a novelist, an actor, or any army ogficey7
 {. Which one of the following is not chemical element: actlnium, ammonium, cadmium, cesinm, gal- Hum?
 5. Give the nationalities of the following; Chopin, Joseph Conrad. Kisciuszko.
 6. Tn which city is the mcnu- mental tomb of Gen. Ulysses S Grant?
 2. Would a child born to aliens on a United States ship in . South American port be citizen of the . United States?
 8. What Biblical character sold his birthright for a mess of pot- tage?
 9. Which of the following Medi- terranean islands has the largest area: Sardinia, Sicily. Crete7
 10. Did Columbus ever land ou the mainland of North America?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Daily Almanac

Moon rises io:4s ?. Hs. daylight tims).
 Sun rises b:so .. m.; ssts s:as ?. m. (day- light time).
 An vehicles must bs lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Tile nest thFee phnssn oi the moon. there ksing five fils month, are eddy enough oes curing ak approximately the same hour. Ths changes NiII eeeuf with an hours variance helW6en aiaa and 1iio a m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

they sag. and my strength is that of humid rag.
 Fly North. my heart, where the icebergs splash and the walTug raises his brave npugtache. Fly South, my heart, and dance and pan with the Tipped and humorous pelican. Fly East and summon the vision Up of sacred Alph running caret cup.
 "uye see Soraete white with sEaewf Build mo an igioo. Stay me with spum0ni. Comfort me with aorses' necIks. Bathe me all day and night in lceWateT. And to whatever gods cr prophets of the weather there le. ! say DeWarel Cut # outl
 l CAFES BIG SUMMER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
A Thought for Today

And thine eye shall not pity; but fife shah 10 for lfe eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand foot for foOt.-DeuterCnom lS:21. AfN t+
 Woe to him who has not court for appeal against the worlds judgment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Washington Merry Go-Round
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DREW PEAR SO \ ROBERT 6. ALLEN

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  MgaNo been particularly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
lRmton Post)

Cape cod hotel men report that they have had more inquiries from prospective summer vacation pa- tEDne this summer than ever before. while real estate nlen diselosa kIet while the demand for large hellsee oai kle Cape is about normal there is a rising market fog cottages gislas ming in price from e10o0 tp ea00a.
 With the establishment nf camp Mdwaf1g ~ n hsg training center there were those WIae folt the Mope might deprive tIle entire section es lis lon9sfcelea spn1el n1 g EzHnef playground. # anything .z Mew AHNt i'lAt sl# E@FsH AIs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
NOT 4 WOLF

1 NOT A WOLF
 Some ESlsimos believe that Klll- e Whales are really wolves that take thls form when they tHmp into the sea. You know that is mere superstition, but there may be other statements Of which you are not quite co sure. (ThN Deno- cret) Service Bureau, 1913 Thig. teenth Street, Washington, D. C. has 6 staff of trained researches Co supply the answer to any ques- tlom of fact you want answered. Enclose . Scent stamp for return postage. There is no charge for the service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
. EDISON IN
 WASHING NGT0M
BY PETER EDISON waterbury Democrat WashAngten f,nWrammonnAemt

washington, July l2 '. Ccngres. sional action hacking about 9ls nh. lion oil funds the Surplus Marketing Administration will have available for the food and cotton stamp plans, school lunches, low.cost milk, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By RARL . D0U0LAsg, b. D

TzREE-LEAF BLOWERS AND
 FOUR
 It is very interesting to find . four-leaf clover, but the world Is fed on threesleaf ciovers. There are probably not enough four leaf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12

l ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "YOu was nais-
 taken"; say, '.wers mistaken
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
Current Comment

We need more houses just as we need more bembeFn. more tanks, more ships. -c. '. Palmer, co-ordinateg ef de-
 fense housinG.
 Liberalism does not conslsl of sny- nc nasty thlneb about these you oiGllke. Wendell Willkis. c. c. q nraGlr 4snassi eaA1lnate of ts1a,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-12
What Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page fer the answers.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
THE NEGRO AND
THE NAVY

In many places throughout the
country coIored applicants for
Navy enlistment have been advis-
ed that the present time no pro-
vision exists for them except in
the limited field of mess attend
ants. This situation in this branch
Of the National service is a part
of our comparatively recent his
tory.
During the American Revolut-
ion colored men served on such
boats as we had, and they were
prominent and efficient as seamen
and gunners in the war of 1912 TO
1914. Indeed, coIored men had
been sailors and mariners under
many flags for many centuries be-
fore the wars mentioned. In our
Civil War, Negroes served as sea-
men and gunners and petty offic-
ers, at least one of them rising to
the rank Of captain in our Mer-
chant Marine.
From the close of the Civil War,
onward, coIored seamen we're grad
ualIy eliminated, except as mess
attendants on American ships,
Even now many of them are to
be seen on British ships and on
ships of all sea-faring powers, ex-
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20

a Supreme Court Of the United
States which holds that the quar-
antees Of personal liberty apply to
Negroes as fully as to anybody
else.
The Bill of Rights, like Magma
Charta, states an ideal. Magma
Charta gave to EngIishmen the
right of trial by jury in 1915. Yet
after 726 years since its adoption
men and women within British
Dominions do not enjoy the bene-
fits Of its guarantees. But more
members Of the human race enjoy
individual liberty today than en-
joyed it before Magma Charta;
and many more Americans enjoy
liberty here in America today than
enjoyed 1t when we adopted our
Bill of Rights.
The attainment of Individual
liberty is the result Of evolution,
although the movement toward it
may sometimes be FASTENED by rev
oIution.
The Bill of Rights, like Christ
ianity, declares an ideal. Both
must be defended and enlarged
until they become realities and
embrace the human race. The
war lords of Europe and Asia
challenge and would destroy these
ideals, which must not be destroy
ed. They must not be destroyed
by their enemies here at home by
subversive action through color
prejudice during our struggle to
preserve them.
Of one thing we are very sure,
the Negroes of America have giv-
en- more and received less than
any other racial stock in America.
And for the perpetuation Of in
dividuaI liberty in the world, they
must insist that whereas they
must fight for the opportunity to
fight for it, that they shall fully
share its blessings, when the
world returns once again to the
Arts of Peace.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
REV. SEARS
.OP'N LETTERS
200 E Lexington ST.,
independence, Mo.
Nov. II, 1941
Bishop Noah w. Williams,
4423 Enright ST.,
ST Tn11iC Mo

Bishop Noah w. Williams,
4423 Enright ST.,
st. Louis, Mo.
DEAR BISHOP:
I trust that you and Mrs. Will
Jams are well. Baby Doll is not
well at all and seems to grow
nor pessimistic every day, and as
for me, I have never had such an
experience as I am now having,
and 1 am in doubt as to whether
any wrong that I have committed
would warrant the punishment
and suffering that we are now un-
dergoing, in view of what I know
of other ministers who are much
better situated than I am. I have
never been a person to complain,
and would not now, were it not for
wife, who is sick and we have abb
solutely nothing to care for our
selves until I can get a footing
here. I have already lost my robe
to Rev. Carl Flipper for $500,
unless I should be able to redeem
it. S25.25 of this I used as one
payment on the car, S5.85 to Ma
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
WORLD WAR NUMBER TWO

World War Number Two is here
and plans are being made to req
lster all men between the ages of
10 and "a. In this way the gov
eminent may ascertain in what
positions each citizen may best
serve in this war to end this war,
and let us hope, all wars.
it is III hope that the govern
ment will speedily provide can
whereby Negro citizens may enlist
freely in all the armed services of
the Nation. This action would de-
prive Propaganda Minister Goeb-
bells of the only weapon he has left
having any basis of truth.
We think we face a serious sit
u~ation, the most serious our coun-
try has ever faced. We think the
Negro is needed now in every
phase Of defense effort as he has
not been needed in our country's
vars. And we urge his employ
ment solely in the National inter
est.
America, when all the facts are
presented, will defend the right,
and we believe their Commander
in Chief fully comprehends these
questions and will live UP to his
GREAT and GRACE responsible
tiles, neither forgetting 0 neg
Letting any part of our population.
Loyalty now is a very important
quality. Let US join hands and
make an all out effort to win this
war, quickly and afterward est
abIish a just and lasting peace a.
mong " selves and other nations.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
RETIRE s7,5oo,ooo IN BONDS

A milestone in governmental af-
fairs was reached here in Omaha
on December Is when the water
department Of the Metropolitan
Utilities District retired the last
of $7,5OO,OO worth of water
bonds.
The bonds were issued back in
1912 when the district purchased
the water plant on July 1. Part
of the income was required legal
ly to be laid aside to provide rev
ehue for bond redemption and in
terest.
In addition to that requirement,
low rental rates, in comparison
with other cities and with low fire
hydrant rental rates has made it
impossible to put aside enough
money to carry on even adequate
maintenance, much less for expan-
sion.
Revenue which formerly was
paid into the interest fund and
debt requirements can now be de-
voted to modernization, service
improvements, maintenance, and
rehabilitation of the water plant
and system and replacement of
obsolete equipment.
The new expansion program can
now. because of the savings which
are attendant on the retirement Of
bonded indebtness, be put into OF
Grafton without any increase in
rates.
Those rates, incidentally, are a.
mong the lowest in the nation and
are less than half as much as they
were in 1912 when the Utilities
| district purchased the water plant
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
EDITORIALS

Last Monday a nation wide ceIe-
bration of the adoption of the Bill
of Rights was held to remind Am
orleans once again of the value
and meaning of the FOUR FREE
DOMS; Freedom of Speech, Free
dom of the Press, Freedom of
Worship and Freedom of Assem-
bly,, which the Bill of Rights was
designed to Guarantee.
Their adoption came as a result
of the insistence of opponents of
the Federal Constitution, feeling
as they did that the original in
strument gave no safeguard to in
dividuaI liberty for which Amer
leans had fought the War of In
dependence.
Among the opponents Of the or
iginaI Constitution was Patrick.
Henry, four times governor of vir-
girIa. James Madison of Virginia
Known as the father of ths Consti-
tuition, sought Patrick Henry's
support for ratification of the con-
stitution of the United States, but
Henry withheld his consent. Mad
ison then proposed to him that if
he would support ratification, he
could count on Madisonw's sup-
port of the ten amendments prev
iously proposed in the "Virginia
Plan" in the constitutional conven-
ton. Of this Henry was skeptIc-
al and observed to Madison; how
can you support a Bill of Rights,
providing for liberty of the indiv-
iduaI while you own six hundred
slaves? Such a deal was made by
Madison, the Bill of Rights was
adopted and Madison kept his
black slaves.
The Bill of Rights, therefore,
when adopted, did not refer to or
include the Negro slave popuIat-
ion, which at the time constituted
1875 percent of the total popuIa-
ton. They had no rights at all
Therefore, when the slave holding
Chief Justice Roger 3. fancy dc
cIared in the bred Scott case in
the United States Supreme Court,
that Negroes have no righs which
white men are bound to respect"
he was stating al opinion held by
d large majority of the people of
the United States.
Although the Negroes of the
country do not enjoy full liberty,
even now, their position has been
greatly improved since the First
Ten Amendments to the Constitu-
tion were adopted in 1891, they
have been followed by others, in
Guiding the 18th, 18th, and 18th
Amendments to the same instru-
ment. And through them, the
Bill of Rights is made applicable
to the Negro. And we now have
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20

cept ours. Many Of them served
in the German Navy and the Ital-
ian Navy before HitIerism came
to power in Germany and Italy.
Some things defy explanation a.
mong countries and governments
and peoples, and this is one of
them.
Things will be better In the
Navy bye and bye.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20

meetings for, I shall be very glad
to assist in any way I can.
They are a very fine little peo-
pie in independence, and it breaks
my heart to give them up, but I'M
less something can be done, ]
will be forced to.
Your humble servant,
T. A. Sears.
The Omaha guide., 1941-12-20
WEDDING BELLS ARE
o TO RING

Mr.. James Jones Jr., of Los An
geles, California and Miss Mable
Longmire, will be married soon
and will make their home in Los
Angeles, California.