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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-22

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-22

Bus Drivers auxiliary IL having
IL o'clock luncheon and card
party next Thursday At Fisher
Civic center. Bridge. 500. and
plnoohle will be In play Mrs.
George McouiiiiAn il chairman for
the affair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-05-22

Ladies' Aid. Our sayior's In,h.
eFan ehureh. 18th and ) sta, Will
meet in the church parior on
Thursday for 1880 luncheon.
Mrs. e. Booth. Mrs. Lndatrom and
Mrs. Gailager are hostesses for the
occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
Salute to Greek Freedom

Just 12O years ago this spring, Greece was launching fight for freedom which reused the admiration of the world. Lord Byron in England, Dr. Howe in the United States, the poet Mueller in Germany, sang the praises of Greece bravely taking its stand and dying to gain freedom from the Turkish oppressor. Today a new Turkey may stand at the side of Greece against another oppressor.
 Our great-grandfathers heard of the defense of Missolonghi, the massacres at Chios, and Greece became synonym for freedom wherever free men net. It took 10 years, but in 1880 the independence of Greece was won. Today, 120 years later, the world again salutes Greece because, with Finland, it dared to stand against overwhelming aggression and speak "Nol" that rings defiantly across yes world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

Inspection of Waterbury's Fire Depart ment by the National Board of Fire Un. derwriters should determine once and for all just how efficient the local depart ment is. Such question was brought home rather forcibly last year when the Waterbury Taxpayers Association crltl- manned and of maintaing firehouses that really weren't needed to maintain depart mental efficiency and provide adequate protection for the entire city. Consider able attention has been centered upon the department of recent months, too, owing to the unfortunate collision of two fire trucks on Baldwin Street in February. The present survey of the underwriters ought to establish whether the criticism was justified or whether opposite claims made by the Board of Fire Commissioners and officers within the department are o. K.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
DENIAL OF CITIZENSHIP TO l. W. o. MEMBER BRINGS
 COMPLAINT
ddtor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Having seen the stories in the press concerning the request of Ex- aminer Ernest J. Hover of the Bu- reau of Immigration and Natural ization for the denial of citizenship to Nikodim Umanetz of Hartford because of membership in the In- ternational Workers Order, the Con- necticut District Committee of the International Workers Order makes the following statement:
 The International Workers Order is 8 fraternal insurance society op- eratirg legally under a charter granted in New York and Connecti- cut. It is not afilliated or connect ed In any way with the Communist party or any other party, and we are unable to see any just reason why membership in the Interna- tionai Workers Order should be used as an excuse for demanding the denial of citizenship. We deep ly regret to see what seems to be a developing attack against the for- eign born and against organizations such as ours which stand for more social security, the preservation of deniocratic rights and peace.
 We have already laid this mat ter before the general executive board of the International Work CTS Order and through the legal stan of the organization we are ready to take steps to protect our membership and disproye all ouch charges against the International Workers Order. Our general execu- tive board informs us that they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

was the first to draw a tight line around her borders. Why on earth border pa- trols should have been stationed with leveled rifles to take pot-shots at all who tried SO desperately to get away from their own homeland, we do not know, but 1t happened. All the totalitarian countries set up similar rules. We were accustomed to find situations in which iS was hard to get INTO country, but to find it hard to get OUT of one = that is a product of the last 20 years.
 Picture the scene recently enacted at Marseilles. A French ship is ready to sail for Martinique. Aboard are 348 Spaniards, refugees from the savage civil war that recently shook Spain. They are on their way to Mexico and new life, with valid exit visas and tickets for which they have paid the last cent they could scrape together. Suddenly police swarm aboard. There has been new order by the Vichy minister of interior - no Spaniard of military age is to be allowed to leave France. In tears, many of them, the refugees file back down the gang plank the mirage of freedom has been snatched away.
 Why? Are such men likely ever to be loyal to Vichy? You might think that Hitler would be glad to be rid of them and such an act is clearly Hitler's act; no Frenchman would do such a thing except under compulsion. But no, they must stay where they are not wanted, and where they do not want to be. Why? Why? Why? A free mind accustomed to reason might well topple in trying to grasp the answer. We in America can- not understand 1t, and pray God we never shall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
Centers Attention

Before claims, charges or even conl- ments on the prevalence of tuberculosis cases among students of our local high schools should be made at a meeting of the Board of Education, which is open to the public and whose deliberations should likewise be for public consumption, there should be complete consideration of the facts at hand. It would appear following a report of Monday nights meeting of the School Board that such was not the case. When Commissioner Helen B. Hitchcock stated that tubercu- losis was prevalent at Wilby High School she was merely passing along comment in which she had placed full reliance.
 But the facts don't seem to substar- tiate her making such serious claim as all this. And further investigation re- veals that Wilby High School is no differ ent with respect to the number of tuber- culosis cases than Crosby or Leavenworth High Schools. The fact that there was an increase in the number of tuberculosis cases here in Waterbury last year should not be any cause for alarm, either. It merely indicates that those agencies con- cerned with work in the field of this dis ease are more active than ever locally and are completing more case-finding records.
 All of which is no reason why we should sit back calmly and forget this incident. During this month of April health author ities, local and state who cooperate with the Connecticut Tuberculosis Association, are sponsoring an educational program designed to aid in work among tubercu- losis sufferers. Waterburys little flare-up should certainly center attention on such q program and the very noticeable prog ress being made in Connecticut in estab. fishing definite proof of the presence of the tubercle bacillus in cases and then of providing adequate hospitalization, care, and the necessary follow-ups.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
A Disputed Theory

Providing adequate liability insur- ance for all motor cars being operated upon our highways is an ideal condition. It's something that every state visualizes, hopes for, dreams of, desires very much. Some such plan as this is now being urged on the Legislature in the form of blan- ket insurance plan that would provide compensation for those injured or killed in crashes. The state, of course, would foot the bill with the funds for the in- surance being taken from the $3 fee that motorists now pay for their driving licenses. $2.50 of this would go towards the compulsory insurance funds.
 We like the idea of compulsory insur- ance on all motor cars operated in this state, but we don't know whether or not we endorse the theory that the state should underwrite such form of protec- ton. After all the individual has defi- nite rights and duties with respect to his operation of car along our highways. IT the average motorist can'h provide sufficient liability to protect himself against damage to another's car or per- son, we wonder if there isn't a duty at tached that demands loss of such right to drive. Maybe this is not a good theory.
 On the other hand if the state is to foot the bill for every motorist, some of whom are notoriously careless and unfit to be driving along the highways, then 1t should reserve the right very clearly to say just who will and who won't drive car. That, we think, would be the ulti- mate sequel to the insurance plan now recommended. There's no reason for this state to show such largess as to insure every driver against liability without de- manding from every driver some sort of bond in return. This wouldn't be merely q promise to drive carefully; 1t would be compliance with certain regulations. If we want state Socialized liability nsur- ance on drivers, we've got to accept ac- companying structures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
National Borders, Prison WalIs

There are certain things which we In free America can never understand about the totalitarian countries of Europe. One of them is their tendency to make of their national borders prison wall. We in the United States find it hard to imagine condition in which we would not allow anyone to leave the country who wanted to 20. Our difficulty is in getting rid of those who keep insisting that 1t is ter rible country, but who have to be pried out of it with a shoe-horn if 1t is sug- rested that they go anywhere else. For those who are dissatisfied, and who think tney can better themselves somewhere else. the American way Is to say, "O.K.l On your way, and good riddancel'
 It is not SO in Europe today. Russia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
UNDERPRIvrLEDGED YOUNG STEERS NEED CARE NOW,
 NOT LATER IN LIFE
Editor, waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 According to the current issue of Mental Hygiene News, official organ of the Connecticut Society for Mental Hygiene, "the Clinic of the Waterbury Society for Mental Hy- giene reports that they are feeling the pressure of community demands for increased service. The case load of the Clinic has more than doubled in size over last years figures and the staff is hard pressed to keep up with the mounting need for ser- vice requested by the cooperating agencies"
 Progress like this sets the stand- ard for welfare of children. How important 1t Is that every com- munity maintains the high standard already set by the Waterbury So- ciety for Mental Hygiene. Only as deep concern for the mental health of tomorrow's men and women perIn- cate the lives of good folks will the Child Guidance Clinic be recognized as Q most valuable factor in the clarification and amelioration of problems affecting juvenilia. The concern which we entertain for our lnderprivileged boys and girls rneas- sires a community's progress. It IS helpful and wise for those who want to see Q mentally healthy society of the future developed, to carefully examine the social and spiritual forces working in the community and ascertain just how much shall be done on behalf of children. The Waterbury Society for Mental Hy- giene, through its clinic, while recog- nizing the need of attention to the problems of adults is much inter- ested In the problems of children, and through this work in Water bury many kind word is being spoken and many an unselflsh act performed to happily the experi- ence of developing from childhood into axiulthood. The aim is to crit icize constructively, thereby striv- ing to uplift and bless humanity.
 What is being accomplished by mental hygiene in Waterbury and elsewhere is making practical in human experience the reshaping of disturbed lives which we encounter in the various case histories of the social workers; and this reshaping of disturbed lives is hastening the day of more orderly lives. No evi- dence of present social trends Of hate. war, greed. destruction of civic forces, or even fear that society is on its Hast legs" can reverse this truth. True, the forces of cussednesy boast themselves ana multiply their claims oa power, but work like that undertaken by Wa terbury Society for Mental Hygiene will help lead the way to victory. For sound mental health. understood and demonstrated, uplifts Q o0m- munity, and unprejudices observers will be convinced that good seed is being sown. "a
 Reshaping broken lives Is c requi- site to progress. And right evalu- ation of the problems of juvenilia is most useful of all. The right minded man and woman has to be interested in mental hygiene con- structively and freely, yes, even love ingly. and be grateful for the achieve ments of those working to make
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
In Today's Mail

sound minds in healthy bodies. Purposeful evaluation accomplishes much good. Not long ago a friend of mine remarked: Most every body is Q little 'goofy' but this men, tai hygiene movement Is bound to do more good than harm. We should pay greater attention to keeping people out of the mental hospitals by paying greater atten- ton to their minds while they are young. It Is probably true that about half of the patients of every mental hospital are not much more crazy than those on the outside and if we strengthen these Clinics 1t is going to mean smaller institution populations" Criticism is construc- tive when n,otivated and actuated by the thinking of gentlemen like the foregoing one.
 The propensity of some persons to treat lightly the eccentricities ot others is not healthy sign. But e healthy sign in any community is when men and women get together to advance the cause of mental health in that community as is being done in Waterbury through the Wa terbury Society for Mental hygiene All good men and women, if they value progress for themselves and others, will persist in their effort to think and speak along the lines laid down by the mental health movement in order that others may be encouraged and helped. Mental hygiene Is contributing nagnifi- gently to the enlightenment and stability of human kind.
 EUGENE BERTRAM WILLARD,
 Everett, Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
Selected Poem
THE RIVER

THE RIVER (Frances Frost in the New York Times) Where dugouts plowed the salty tide and scalplocks felt the tuggng breeze, where Henry paced the Half Moons poop with Holland buckles at his knees, now with eyes of green and red dark barges trail majestically behind the brash and bouncing tugs that upstream buck the ebbing sea. Now like squat rusty water-bugs the ferries churn from slip to slip; and like blazing birthday cake, returning from her mountain trip. the Day Line steamer hoots to dock. And now between jeweled shore and shore calmly the ancient river flows past The Time is now 8:54.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

Failure of the city fathers to secure bids on the proposed new East End school gymnasium that even approximated the amount set up in the budget for this pro- ject are just bit disturbing. The city has other public work that 1t will let out this year and if all bids submitted run proportionately higher and the city is forced to let the contracts go at the higher figures the city budget will be The School Board now seems disposed to have transfer of funds so that sufficient money can be provided for the gym, but this can't be done for every city contract.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

eral (RFC) funds-$4,000.
 Reyes Sena, brother-in- Jaw, WPA foreman in New Mexico $1,500.
 Reyes Sena, Jr., nephew, clerk in General Accounting Office $1,620.
 Juan Nuanes, cousin, Public Works Administration clerk $500.
 John A. Werner, godfather, postmaster at Albuquerque, N. M.-$2,500.
 Total Yearly "take" includ- Chavez's Senate salary-$44,420 LABOR SABOTAGE
 Most tragic thing about the present chaotic labor situation is the black eye which 0 minority of labor is giving to their co-work- CTS all over the country. Tn the majority of plants and shipyards,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
Your l. O.
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to lase page for the answers.

1. Do male or female rattlesnak' have rattles?
 3. The minimum age for pres dent of the United States is th1r6 thirty-five or forty years?
 3. The names of which statg begin with the letter 'W".
 4. Which tree is poetical synR bol of sturdy strength? 5. Using the same amount st- metal to make Q hollow tube an a solid bar, which will be strongeG
 6. Which two presidential nom, nees received a majority of tn popular votes and Q minority c the electoral votes?
 2. Name the famous compan. chartered by Queen Elizabeth O England to trade with India.
 8. Who wrote the novel, 'Tha Right of Way?"
 9. Edward J. Flynn is chairman Of the Democratic National Com mittee, Postmaster General of tn. United, States, or member of the National Defense Commission2
 10. What color Is complementary to blue?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

Seizure of ships of various countries now in American ports on the fear that they may be ruined or scuttled as was done aboard several Italian vessels is being variously received in this nation. Abroad, of course, 1t isn't liked; 1t wouldn't be- But we don't suppose Italy, Germany or even England would treat our ships any differently in their ports if U. s. seamen started to ruin them to prevent seizure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

men are working without inter- ruption.
 But In certain key plants, 30 vital to the national defense that they could not have been picked by accident . small min- ori,y have begged down produc- tlon. Sometimes this happens through strikes, sometimes, through slowing and sabot- age 90 deliberate that behind 1t must turk . definite attempt by Communists to hold back na- ti0nal defense.
 The Navy, for instance, has re- ports of workmen repairing war; ships who sleep regularly in the turrets, then collect a full days pay. Navy yards have had es- pecia. trouble with welders.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

work In keeping the peace in de- felise industry ia- Dor disturbances seems to be the conciliation serv- ice in the Depart inent of Labor. It's e little outfit, as govern m en t agencies 90, with only 10' concilia- tors and Q budget of only @326 900, plus 80, 900 de- fense money for this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
Questions and Answers
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 e. When was Fiorella La0uardi first elected Mayor of New York
 A. In 1884.
 e. Are gases generated by ai electric spark dangerous to breathe
 A. An electric spark or arc fl air produces small amounts O. ozone and oxides of nitrogen, prir cipally N204 which have . notice able odor. The amounts produces even by prolonged sparkling ar relatively slight and any physiologi cal effect from them would b., negligible. An electric discharge talk ing place in other media than a. would yield correspondingly differ ent produces, some of which rnigli be poisonous.
 Q. What is the population { Aires, Argentina?
 A. The latest official estimate i. 2 2,290, ,788 for the city and 100000 for the Greater Buenos Aires area
 e. What was the first Catholit printed in the United States2 ,r
 A. "The Michigan Essay, or I'm partial Observer" August 3l, 1909 Rev. Gabriel Richard of Detroit. made @ jorney to Baltimore, Md, and took back Q printing press to Detroit on which to print the pa- per.
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hind him. "Open the gate and go along down. It is there all right" And when he did, he came down to the waters edge, found the boat and looked out upon one of the most surprisingly beautiful scenes he had witnessed in all his travels.
 Our Lord spoke of narrow gate ways and the narrow paths in the field of conduct-most uninviting, but leading unto life. Where the Guide Book--which for us is the Bible-says there is gate leading to beauty and living satisfactions, we had better go through the gate no matter how unlikely 1t may seem.
 The importance of the gate lies not in its appearance, but in what 1t leads to.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02


 In fact, similar comparisons might be made with France, pos- sibly even with other comfort loving people.
 Inside story of Prince Paul was that during the last war he went to England, while Prince Alexarl- der, (later assassinated as King at Marseilles) struggled with his men over the Albanian Alps on the terrible retreat of 1915.
 During that war Paul was asked many times to come back and don a uniform, but he remained in Oxford. He loved music, art, poetry, peace. He hated discoIn- fort. And when Hitler de- manded that Yugoslavia join the Axis, Paul preferred to take Q chance on Q peaceful future even If under Hitler.
 There was nothing corrupt about Prince Paul (though this could not be said of certain cabinet nin- isters). He merely rebelled against the thought of picking up his government and living Q hand-to- mouth existence while Q tempor- ary capital was set up in the mountains of central Serbia or on the plains of Macedonia. Ac- cording to one diplomatic dis patch, the lack of plumbing in Monastir - where the new capi- tai may be established = was es- pecially repugnant to him.
 On the other hand, Serb peas- ants knew both hardships, and what 1t was to fight in the last war. Of ali the peoples who suf- fered from 1914 to 1913, none bled and died for their country more than the Serbs. Exactly orle- third of the population was lost in those four bloody years.
 And the most significant thing about their decision last week was the fact that the Serbian people chose war, remembering 1914 and knowing that exactly the same fate awaited them again.
 NEPOTISM CHAMPION
 Senator Dennis Chavez was hit- ting closer to home than most people realized when, during the lend -lease debate, he asserted that passage of the aid-Britain meas ure would bankrupt the Treasury. If anyone has reason t0 grow excited about the possibility of h depleted Treasury, 1t is the junior Senator from New Mexico, who has more relatives on the pulp lie payroll than any man in Con- gress. This is saying a lot be- cause there are several mighty ef- fective nepotists there.
 It would take a corps of cen- sus tabulators to enumerate all the members of the Chavez clan who have public jobs in washing ton and New Mexico, but here's 8 birds eye view of the most iin- portant:
 Dennis Chavez, IT,, son, sec- retary to his father-$3,900.
 Dave Chavez, brother, New Mexico district judge-$6, 900.
 Barbara Sena, sister, teacher in State school in New Mex ico-$1 800.
 Raymond Espinosa, brother in-law, chief of new alien in- vestigating unit in the Justice department-$6,500.
 Gilbert Espinosa, brother of Raymond, also on the Justice Department payroll as Assist tant U. s. Attorney for New Mexico-$4,800.
 Stanley Miller, son-in-law, at- torney for the Rio Grande Con- servancy District, @ State-oper- ated irrigation and drainage pro ject financed largely with fel-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02
A Thought for Today

And M soul Sln, and commit any of these things which arc forbidden to Do done by Che commandments Of the Lord; though he wist it not yet is he guilty, and shall bear his tn- fauity.-Eeviticus S:l7.
 But he who never sins can little boast com- pared to him who goes and sins no moreI- N. P. Willis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-02

there was Q gate which led down
 to the water whence o n e could take e boat to certain islands lying off the mainland. There was 2 gate there, but surely that gate led nowhere in
 particular. H e peersd through