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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Forty-Seven Are Safer

One element of complete defense is the know-how of the defense of cities against air attacks. The United States need not yet develop anti-aircraft defenses on the British scale, but knowledge of the know how is first step. Police and fire de- partment officials from AZ east coast cities are sending representatives to Edgewood Arsenal, New Jersey, to take a course in methods of combating bomb ing attacks similar representatives of 40 cities have just completed course set up by the chamical warfare section of the Army in combating demolition and incendiary bombs and poison gas.
 Similar courses for cities along the Gulf and Pacific coasts, and later the central states, will be given. Of all pre- paredness measures, such as these are the most purely defensive, and country whose cities know in advance what to do in case of air attack is a less vulnerable country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
One for the Discard

Twenty-four or five years ago there was heated discussion of "hyphenates. It meant those people who are designated as "German- Americans" "Greek-Amer- icans," "Swedish-Americans," Italian Americans" and the like There never was more unfortunate choice of words. At its best such terminology suggests divided allegiance, something more. or less than simply Americans" It never was accurate as applied to nine out of ten In connection with whom it was used. What was meant, and what is meant to- day, in almost every such case, is "Amer- jeans of German, Greek, Swedish, or Italian origin"
 Since, and if, that is meant, why not say it? Granted that Americans of Ger manic origin" is little more clumsy than "German-AmericanS," we're used to organizations with long names these days, and we'd be willing to grapple with them in the interest of accuracy and of justice to those who still think their spe- cific European origin is important.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

democratic and in sympathy with the determination of the democracies that the individual are not to be trampled under the iron heel of the foreign despot."
 Tn brief visit, Fairbanks has already found the answer to the charge that "those ca, but there is not one people which has been dragooned into any semblance of the gooSe-Step in which the Germans and Italians are marching to their downfall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

that we can all be first-rs:.ss leaders. but success does not depend upon leadership. He who has @ quiet mind and a good conscience has succeeded in the game of living. He who knows how to enter into the simple joys of life and to enjoy to the uttermost their satisfacti0ns. has learned what it means to live, and therefore has succeeded.
 The unsuccessful are the selfish, those who mar their lives with sin, those who are restless because they are always thinking about them selves. those who take joy in tear ing down the good regulations of others. those who are caught in the tolls of evil appetltes. Many people throw away their lives through reckiessness. They plunge Into fOl- ly in the spirit of an insane man Who casts himself over rocky cliff. They have but one life to live, yet they throw it away.
 We are created ln the image Of God. The opportunity Co live is de vinely given. We should take of our shoes from off our feet, for tho ground whercon VIC stand is holy ground.
 An Rights Reserved Bahron Nows-
 paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

We'll, well Meriden is going to have a brand new railroad station, and townspeople have been somewhat concerned over the existing structure for good many years past, but it took quite a bit of persuading to have the New Haven Road agree to rage the present building. As it is it may be long while before the structure is completed for materials are in a good many instances hard to obtain today what with defense orders getting the right of way all along the line. The new railroad depot will cost about $77,OOo, $2O,OOO of which is to be supplied by the City of Meriden for inclusion of a public comfort station in the building. There will also be provis- ions made for housing the Railway Ex- press. As matter of fact, this part of the structure will be built first and util- ized for all purposes until the rest of the building is completed. Now if New Br1- tain could only get similar action there'd be quite an array of fine depots all along the line.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
A Few Differences

Political writers and commentators are already starting to find simllarltleS be- tween the careers of Governor Robert A. Hurley and Ex-Governor Raymond E. Baldwin. They point to the governors recent trip to Camp Banding, Florida, as proof he is trying to follow in the Bald- win footsteps. We doubt very much If this is the case. We're inclined to agree with the writers who labeled the southern trip as purely non-political. Certainly the governor failed to leash in" on the trip, la Baldwin, if it was a political gesture.
 The two years of Baldwin governorship were enlightening ones for the electorate of Connecticut. They saw the governor travel far and wide through the country for various purposes, but indirectly In every instance to build up the Baldwin following both at home and abroad. It may be that more following was devel- oped away from home, if the results ot last falls balloting are to be regarded as indicative. But certainly on the score of favorable publicity, a good part ot which redounded to Connecticut's favor, ex-governor Baldwin achieved remark able results.
 Still, such results failed to pay off at the polls when it came time to cash in on them. Governor Hurley with min imum of publicity, and that merely through his activities, first as WPA Ad- ministrator for the state and later as the states first Public Work Commissioner, overrode the incumbent Republican ma chine and was elected. This, too, in the face of convention fight he had to wage to be nominated. So, we don't know whether cross-country trips and the na- tional spotlight pay off at the polls in a state election. They didn't in this one instance. We doubt if the governor i'm agines they will in his instance, either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

Although it was not reported as quite so bad along Sound resorts Sunday at points from New London, eastward, a dangerous undertow was noted at all beaches. At Misquamicut in Westerly life-guards and volunteers had busy day of 1t bringing people out of the surf when they became exhausted. Numerous in- stances of near-drownings were reported and one time an inhalator was used for 90 minutes on person before he was revived Just what caused the dangerous undertow no one has an explanation for
 Like everything else, though, in connec- tion with tides, the moon was blamed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
In Today's Mail
KEEP OUT OF WAR; LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL, URGES
 WRITER
Editor. Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 In reply to Mir. Edward J. Ryan's attack against the Defend America by Aiding the Allies Com mittee, I say more, power to you. MT. Ryan. don't blame you bit for being provoked and any Irish person has good reason for being provoked, especially mothers who have sons to lose in case we go to war.
 To think there are so many brave men as our war-makers claim who tell us to go to war, but none of these Waterbury war-nakers seem to have nerve enough to come out in the open and tell the people of this city the truth.
 They do encourage us to so to war, why shouldn't they. they have their reasons for doing so. How can we escape going to war with SO many war-malkers In our midst. What Is wrong with some of our good men. Have they ell gone war mad, tooa
 iNNE GSA8 tNA&H4 tflg 9uAtEu &tAsIe os AinaFicaf United by people of all natlonallties. e land where we are taught to Ieatn to love and respect each other, even # We gro xrlsh, German, English, Jewish or any other nationality. Arc wo all equal ln npite cf what nationality we are7 And fhls here alone, ls fnoneh 70 put fwo and fWo together. Then Hhy encourage lhe people of AmeE-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

their own department in the AFL, headed by John Coyne.
 Following the caucus, 8 delega- ton led by Bates called on Green personally, and notified him of their decision.
 "We want 1t clearly under stood, Bill," Bates declared frankly, "that your committee is not to represent the building trades in any manner, shape or form, or interfere with the rep- resentati0n we now have in the OPM and other agencies. Also, we want 1t clearly understood that your committee will keep out of the building trades field i'm making any studies 1t may undertake. We've come here to get such assurances from you"
 Since the building trade unions are autonomous, Green had no alternative but to agree.
 NOTE - Big mystery to insid- CTS is what Coyne is doing on the committee since his associates washed their hands of 1t. It is thought that Green may be en- deavoring to keep him on the com mittee to avoid disharmony talk that would be sure to arise if he resigned.
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 The War Department has ap- pointed special four-man board to study Il revolutionary technique for the manufacture of smookless powder. Known as the Ball Pow der Process, 1t was developed by Fred olsen, technical director of Western Cartridge company and has been used with great suc- cess by the British in night air fighting, because of the non-flash quality of the powder The day Senator Bob Taft made his isolatioriist speech railing against the protective occupation of Ice land, Horace P. Taft, his uncle, accepted the honorary chairman ship of the militant anti-isolation- ist Connecticut Fight for Free dom comYnitte The leftist publicity agents in the CIO head quarters have laid down @ new press dictum. They refuse to give any information to hostile" re- porters, even if 1t is only the first names and titles of CIO officials.
 Copyright, 194l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Current Comment

It no longer is true that only some of the people 'go of to war" today. the war comes to all of the people!
 -G. G. Mason, Jr.. Civil Aero
 nautics Authority.
 It is a warning that the United States may use the high seas of the world only with Nazi consent !. 1. We are not yielding and we do not propose to yield. President Roosevelt on the Rob-
 in Moor case.
 It was the little people who made the decision that Hitler was to be resisted to the last ditch-not the government. Lord Marley. The British know that they've got to win the war or be annihilated. -George Backer. N. Y. publisher.
 Down there they all start talk ing on subjects such as Shelley and Keats. and always wind tip by talknig about Argentine beef.
 Hubert Herring, writer.
 This war will settle the quality of your lives and your chiIdFen's lives.
 --Justicc Frarkfurier of the .. 6. Supreme Court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

Liberia, meaning a free country" was founded even before the Civil War by American negroes who sought to establish free black republic and lead a movement "Back to Africa. The idea was encouraged by abolitionist leaders in New England, and the colony had an suspicious start.
 However, American negroes transplanted to Africa later be- came slave-owners themselves, and established a lively trade selling their own brethern from the jungle to plantation owners.
 This trade of blacks selling blacks got so bad that irate Henry L. Stimson, then Secretary of State, practically forced the resignation of the president of Li- beria. Stimson stamped out the slave trade and Liberia has been fairly clean since.
 Liberia always has been under the protection of the United States. Its government operates partly on funds borrowed from the U. s. government, and its customs are watched by a U. s. collector. A friendly U. s. gunboat drops in at its ports from time to time, and U. s. Minister Lester Walton, a Harlem newspaper editor, car- ries great weight in the affairs of the country. .
 Now suddenly, with the nasty
 Nazi-supervised arming of
 French Dakar, Liberia Is com.
 ing to have great importance.
 It is located south of Dalkar in
 an area friendly to Great Brit
 ain and the United States and
 which could be used to protect
 the coast of South America.
 For some time military strate- gists have driven home to the White House and State Depart ment the very great importance of West Africa in preserving the Monroe Doctrine. For if a hos tile army gains control of West Africa, the hop across the south
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:3s a. m: sets SIT p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- utes after sunset
 High tide at Milford Thursday, July 2l. ii:40 a. m; low tide, t:6i ?. m. daylight tlme).
 Another phase of the moon early today. The change occurred midway between and o'clock lstandard tlmel. It's the same out. iook-some rain. some pleasant days for the next week or SO, as the pattern Is almost identical
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Ambassador Extraordinary

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is a great deal more than just personable young man who happens to have made great suc- cess of mugging in the movies. He ap- pears to have made an equal success as good will ambassador to South America. They like Fairbanks down there, 1t seems, and one of the best reasons is that he likes them.
 m Santiago, Chile, he said: "I have found without exception that the vast majority Of the peoples are robustly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

ica, to go to war; Our youth has done no harm to any people, why should they be called upon to die for . cause they do not believe in9
 For Gods sake, people wake upl Help keep America out oe var. BY remaining at peace wa can become the greatest nation in the world. and by 70 doing we will set an ex- ample for the rest Of the WWld Co follow. Just as e mother end father must set & aood example Sog their children, co should talig nation set an example tor the rest eR tae world.
 We want our sons t0 vera asi6 play in peace. not rest in poaeo on come foreign land
 MRS. AMronnAA RAAkAnR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

Saturday will be an eventful day for Hartford. The last trolley cars will oper- ate over the city's four remaining lines. The usual ceremonies will attend this transition from trolley to bus. Only seems like yesterday that new trolley lines were being opened up and people were enjoy ing evening rides to cool oil. Gone put not forgotten, those days!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
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 @. How can minnows be kept alive on fishing tripp
 A. DO not crowd minnows in tlls container if they are to be kept alive. If the container is not aerat- ed, the water should be dipped tip ana poured back about 12 times at frequent intervals. If live nlinnows are to be transported on q very warm day, or on Q long trip, add ice to the water to lower the tern- perature to about 55 degrees. At this temperature, there Is less need for frequent aeration. For best re salts. the water in the miriaow pail should be nearly the same temper ature as that of the stream in which the minnows are to be used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Selected Poem
IN THE VINE

IN THE VINE
 (John A. Maher in the Poets Column,
 Hartford CouranO There are eggs in nest in the vine And a robin is singing song Where the rambler roses entwine Tn a pretty bouquet the day long. Tn a hide-away haven of rest There's a cluster of heavenly blue, Where the song of robin-redbreast Marbles love that is tender and true. On morning in sunny July Little eyes will look quickly around, Little wings will be ready to fly, Little bodies will venture the ground. Where the clouds are all fiutfy and fine There will rise on beautiful morn Happy birds from nest in the vine Where the sweetness of summer is born.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

O. should the motor of an elec- tric refrigerator run when the con- trol is set to "Defrost" positionP
 A. It is possible that the defrcSt- ing control on some refrigerators is designed so that, when the temper ature of the evaporator or cooling coil rises above 32 degrees (which would occur when all the frost on 1t has melted), the compressor would be started to prevent evap- porator temperature from rising much higher. However, the motor should not run, with the control set in the defrosting position, as long, as there is an apprecisole amourty of unmelted frost on the evapCr@- tor.
 e. what is the nationality of the Andrews Sisters2
 A. They are Americans by birth.. Their mother came to this country from Norway and their father was born in Greece.
 O. Give a formula for . good cleanser and polish for metal.
 A. A mixture of five parts of or- thodichlorobenzene and one part Of precipitated chalk (calciunl carbon- ate) has been recommended as . cleanser and polish for metals. Cook ing utensils polished with this mix ture should be dipped into boiling water before using.
 o. Is 1t correct to say fourteen and two are sixteen" or fourteen and two is sixteen?
 A, Either is correct. When are is used, fourteen separate things are meant. When it is used, four teen and two are thought of as Q sum.
 e. How can moss be eradicated from stone wall?
 A. Wet the surface well with wa- ter to which has been added ? per cent by volume of carbolic acid. Wait an hour or so and then scrub off the moss with stiff brush and clear water. If some of the moss should still adhere, repeat the oper- ation.
 0. When did Robert H. Jackson. reSently appointed Associate Jus- tice of the United States Supreme Court, first enter the service of the Federal Government?
 A. February ], 1884, when he was appointed general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Two years later, February 26, 1886, he was appointed Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Tax Divi-, sion of the Department of Justice, and he became Attorney General January i8, 1940.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

mauc HStenlng- in on the Euro pean war. VicS- versa, it wil l mark the begin- ming of a new period of espiorl- age or obs'erva- tion of our af- fairs by Ger mans and Ital- ianS.
 Embassies, the h i g h ranking ambassadors and ministers a II d At. atA n4 = HFe, pa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

1ndtcaClon Ulab once that oppor- tunity is past, 1t will ever be pre- sented again.
 Yet what a poor mess some people make of their lives. Suc- cess in some measure at least is intended for everyone. This does not mean
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
. EDISON IN
 WASHINGTON
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrrespOndent

Washington, July 2S.--When the Navy's big armed transport, West Point, steamS back into New York harbor with some $50 American con- sular agents and their families, all of whom were 'swapped" with Italy and Germany for their 460 consular agents and families stationed in the United States, it will mark the be-. ginning of @ new period of diplo-
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 for the answers.
 1. Who was Flavius Josephus? 2. What term indicates the anti knock properties of gasoline? 8. Beavers use their tails as trow. els; true or false?
 4. Express 1882 in Roman Mum erals.
 5. What are the "A B c Powersi 6. How many planets are known to revolve around the sun? 2. Cc plete the following rhyms about suitable wedding days: Monday for wealth. Tuesday
 for --s
 Wednesday best day of all. Thursday for crosses, Friday
 for
 Saturday no luck at all. 8. Name the capital of New zea- land?
 g. With which sport Is Bob Pastoi chiefly associated?
 10. Does the United States issue A two dollar postage stamps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23

rODAY's COMMON ERROR DO not say, 'We visited not only New York, but also Chic cago and Denver; say, we not only visited New York;" etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
AMPLE WARNING

Inhabitants of our earth would have a 4O-year notice of the dangerous approach of . star, ac- cording to astronomers. The warning would be given by . change In the orbits of our outer most planets, Pluto and Neptune. There are many interesting facts about the heavens In the book let "Stars and Cancellations" prepared by ThD Waterbury
 Democrat Service Bureau. Send 10 cents to cover postage and Oth- CT costs, when you order your copy. The address is 1Ol4 Thir- teenth Street, Washington, D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
A Thought for Today

And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Luke 22:40,
 If we keep ourselves from opportunities, God will keep us from sins-George Eliot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Washington Merry Go Round
Liberia u S Outpost Noz ehncons Build Up Dokor African Republic oy Another Iceland National Defense Plan
DREW PEAR s O N
 ROBERT S. ALLEN

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

HOLY GROUND
 We should always be deeply irn- pressed with the fact that we have only one life to live. There is no
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-23
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-16

many sources outside of Montana.
Concrete evidence of this support has
kept a steady flow of money coming
into the strike fund to aid the families
of jobless union members. There is
no doubt but what this support will
continue and, as one striker put it
We'll strike til - freezes over,
cause we only ask what other Montana
lumber workers already have. Our de-
mands are reasonable and fair ami we
have used the best of democratic PRO
cedure in all our dealings with the
company. We have plenty of help
and do not propose to back down.
The public is invited to investigate
every angle of our case and satisfy
themselves that all we want is a prac-
teal application of justice on the job
such as is being accepted by thou
sands of employers throughout the
country. Treasure State Labor Jour
nal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-07-16
Harvesting
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The general range and livestock pic
ture continues favorable, with stock
on summer ranges making very good
gains Some ranges are beginning to
cure in the prairie country where live
stock will be ready for market some
what earlier than usual. Lamb and
cattle buyers looking for feeder live
stock were busy recently when quite
a number of lambs, some calves, and
feeder cattle have been contracted
The farm labor situation is little
changed compared with week ear
lier. The start of winter wheat har-
vest is expected to furnish some clue
as to the general harvest needs and
supplies of labor.
The total acreage of all crops re-
naming for harvest on July l, 1941
is only percent below the total acre
age harvested last year, and is 9 per-
cent above the 10-year (1930-1939)
average, according to the report of the
u. S. Department of Agriculture's
Marketing Service. Acre
ages of winter wheat, corn, flax, bar
ley, and beans are above last year,
while acreages of spring wheat, all
wheat, oats, rye, potatoes, sugar beets,
tame hay and all hay are below last
year.