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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Over the Top

The goal of $10, ,75O, 900 for the United Service Organization has been passed, national campaign chairman Dewey has announced. The heartening thing about it is not that the goal should be exceeded so great a country could scarcely fail to reach so small goal, but in the large number of communities and people who gladly took part.
 It is like the aluminium collection The amount of aluminium gathered up will not change greatly the Situation, though every ton helps. But the millions of peo- pie who took part all showed their de- termination to back up the defense eff fort. If it is decided that the national safety requires more than the present million and half men in the Army, and requires that they serve longer, the USO campaign will have proved just starter. But it is an encouraging starter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Current Comment

We rarely do our best work when there are legitimate causes for coIn- plaiut in the terms and conditions Of our employment manage nient must beat labor to 1t In re-. moving the just causes of com- plaint.
 --Morris |. Cooke. oPM.
 
 If you did not know 90 much ! wouldn't be afraid Of you. But you are % darn smart and know co much that you have become a dangerous figure, Senator Tom Connaiiy, Texas. tn Leon Henderson, price adminlss iratof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

The Government needs money and that's the reason why special bonds and stamps have been placed on the market. But the Treasury Department seems to be more enthusiastic over the bond pro- gram than the American public because sales of these National Defense Securi- ties are below expectations. If you don't help the Government out on bonds that will pay you interest on your investment you are quite sure to "pay through the nose" in higher taxes. So, there is more than one way to figure out that bonds are good buy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Press Comment
AT IT AGAIN
tHartford Courant)

(HarCfOrd CoufanO
 When the ten-cent porter's fee was finally adopted by the railroads, the public let out a sigh of relief. The issue, as generally happens over subjects of such great impor- tance, had been hotly debated by every traveller and by a few who had never left home and didn't ex- pect to. The red-caps had their say. Railroad presidents spent sleepless nights, not over taxes or traffic rates, but over how much it was worth passenger to carry his bags from the front door of the station to his train. And even the federal government had to drop lesser mat ters and study the earnings of the porters under the new set-up. Then, having gotten it out of their sys- tems, everybody seemed content with the change.
 But 1loW-well, you know how those things are. Somebody was foolish enough to start asking queS- tions and judging from the first returns, the situation stands about this way: (al The porters don't like it. (b) The railroads don't like 1t. Co The passengers don't like it. And knowing that they're not out of step, each party is beginning to voice its objections 0ut-loud with the result that we're at it again.
 There seems to be only one solu- tion to the whole problem, the solu- tion advanced by Mayor Hague of Jersey City, who. in his customary wisdom, would like to relieve us of this tremendous burden by merely taxing the railroads out of exist ence. Then We wouldn't have any trains to take bags to and we wouldn't have any stations to carry them through. And the problem of porters' fees would dissolve into thin air. It's simple. isn't it7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

rests upon God to make us happy every moment of our lives and give us just what we want2 If we could plan our own lives they would have no disappointment whatso ever in them. b9s e good cod plans our lives and puts lla plenty. We are told that even Jesus learned obedience by the things fIe suffered if He had !o be iauehi "a that stern school,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 1. The land at the mouth or ths source of a river is called . delta2
 2. The name Of what Belgian vii lage is commonly used to signif. complete defeat7
 3. Name the most distant tslant possession of the United States.
 {. The name for a corded sill fabric, Q cushioned foot rest, anf the Turkish race is o---na-n .,
 s. A heavy object and light eb ject dropped simultaneously from high place will reach the grounc ct the same time: true or falac2
 6. The name of which musical lii strument Its in the following ex:, pression, "Flt as ---g2
 2. What diseaee is called the ''great white piaeue"2
 6. Tn which opera by 6alntssaegl did . blind man seize two massive pillars and cause the roof of ~a temple 70 fall upon him and his enofnleas
 .. what federal government agen- cy is authorized tc investigate 60. IlyIlIes oi sples in tho unitsd
 io. what poem bcrlna, ~Maif ] league. half q league. hAlf 2 s4aeut onWafa"Y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

There is sharp division in the Army over this. Armored unit com manders have been champing at the bit for the. tanks now begin ming to roll off assembly lines. They need the equipment not only to train their men and officers but to keep up morale which sags when modern war machines are missing or simulated. etaoin shrdl cmfwy
 Buck privates to generals have griped over being forced to play at soIdfering". This was one of of the main causes fer the strong sentiment among citizen soldiers against extension of their years service. They could raise no en- thusiasm for continuing to train without equipment.
 On the other hand, the Gen. eral Staff believes that it is far more vital to the immediate se- curity of the U. s. to let our tanks and other armament help hold off the Nazis 5000 miles from our shores.
 The strategists contend that a U. s. tank is performing infinitely more valuable service knocking out Nazis on the torrid deserts of North Africa, or the bloody steppes of Russia, than using up oil in training camp in Texas. They favor sending most of our new tanks to Britain for the pres ent, and Beaverbroo mission is to clinck that argument.
 BRITISH NEED
 The British need for tanks, par ticularly for the latest type, 32- ton mediurp tanks, is extremely urgent.
 1t was lack of these that caused the rOut in Greece and prevents the British from taking the offensive in Libya and on the continent. Also, without medium tanks the British would be in desperate straits should Hitler make his feared overland move into Spain and Portugal, across the Strait of Gibraltar and down the Atlantic coast of French West Africa to Dakar.
 Thanks to the U. S., the British are well supplied with light 12- ton tanks. So far they have re- ceived about 800, together with spare parts. Only loss was one shipload of parts torpedoed last month in the South Atlantic.
 These light tanks have given a good account of themselves. They are superior to similar German and Italian types. But mounting only 50-caliber guns and lightly armored, they are no match, as Greece and Libya have proved, for medium Axis tanks.
 The British have in operation only 16O of their own new type mediums, and these are being kept in England to resist in- vasion. New tank output by Britain's strained industry will continue to be small. England must depend on up to equip its rapidly expanding armOred forces.
 That's why Beaverbrook is SO hungrily eying our mounting pro- duction of medium tanks = fast, heavily armored, mounting 75- nm. cannon, and the most poW- erful of their kind.
 By next month the new Chry- sler plant in Detroit alone will be turning out 450 8 month. Other firms will get Into pr0duc- tlon in the fall and winter, and by next spring tanks will be rolling off assembly Hines fast enough to equip two divisions a NaamnNkh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

We have barely begun to feel the pinch that the defense effort will produce. Next year, many a consumer who goes shop ping for items that have been produced in abundance in the past will come home empty handed. Evidence of the way the wind blows is found in the fact that motor car, electric refrigerator; and washing machine production will be cut about 50 per cent in 1942. Anything which re- quires aluminium, rubber, or basic metals will be harder to get.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

One in every 100 soldiers in the thew army" will get an opportunity to receive a commission. The program of training in Officer Candidate Schools is being expanded from 1O,400 to 14,2e0 men . year. After six months training, any soldier in the ranks selectee or volun- teer, is eligible to try for appointment to such a school. The appointments 90 to men who have demonstrated qualities of leadership in actual service. That's as it should De.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

haw much more necessary it is for us to be so disciplined.
 We may complain about the fact that we have to travel arm in arm with disappointment, but thss hated companion is really c good friend, hard though it is for lls to see it. He journeyes with us not to annoy and harass us but to keep down our pride and to keep iip our faith, If the pathway Of life were always easy, there would De no triumph % the journeys end.
 All Rights ReneFred--
 Bahscn NeWspapeF Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
What are "nlastics2n :.

e. What are "plasticS?"
 A. The modern pIastics industry deals chiefly with moIdable mater ials manufactured from organic compounds, that is, combinations of carbon with hydrogen, oxygen. rli- trogen, and other clements. The in- organic nolding materials, such as concretes, cements. and ceramics, and also the organic substance rub Der. are not generally included with in the scope of the plastic trade as it is known today. A circular con- taining information about the his- tory, kinds, etc, of plastics can be. obtained by sending a stamped, self addressed envelop to Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c.
 @. What are some of the import ant pictures in which Mary Astor, who recently was featured in '"The Great Lie" has appeared? How old is she?
 A. In addition to the picture mentioned, she has appeared on the screen in recent years in "Dods- worth" '"The Prisoner of zenda". "The Hurricane" Midnight" "Turnabout" and Brigham Young" Years ago, she was one of the moro prominent leading women of silent pictures, appearing in such produc- ktions as "Don e." Beau Brunmels and "The Bright Shawl" She is thirty five.
 e. What causes books to decayf A. Paper, cloth, thread, adhesiyes and leather, the organic constitus ents of books, are susceptible to de- cay from chemical changes brougni about by deteriorative components of the book materials, or by exterio5' influences such as sulphur dioxide 1T
 the air, and sunlight. There is alsc
 the rotting effect of naildew which results from spores carried by ttd air. All of these deteriorative ac- tions are stimulated by certain tenl- peratures and humiditieS. The abra- siye action of dust is also a factor. e. How much heat is dissipatec
 in the manifold of the average 6.
 cylinder automobile engine when I is operating the car at 8 speed 0
 25 miles-per-houra A. The National Bureau O Standards says that about one-haD of the heat produced by the com.
 bustion of the fuel, or over 50,0N
 Btu. per hour, is carried out in ths exhaust of an average automobile operating 25 mileS-per- on {
 level. No figures are available h
 show what portion of this heat t'
 dissipated by the exhaust manifold litself, but the Bureau of Standard;
 says it is probably about 20 per cent.
 @. Did President Grover Cleve, land have an artificial jaw? A. Early in July. 1893, accordtnl to pr. James H. Tobey. President
 Cleveland was operated on for caIr
 cer, on Commodore E. c. Benedictt
 yacht, Oneida, in Long Isla1c
 Sound. The entire upper section os one jaw was removed other part
 of the growth were cut out on July il7. Then dentist fitted in an ar tificial jaw made of vulcanizee rrll,lher
 EDITOR NOTE-If you are dee sirous of securing this weeks popular booklet CORRECT ENGs
 LISH" address F. M. Kirby, Deptsi
 B-19O Waterbury Democrat Sefv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St. Washington, D. C., with ten cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

used to be con- sidered the pro- tector of big business, h a s now taken the cause of little business under its wing.
 This latter de- velopment comes through House Minority Leader Joe Martins ap- pointnent of 8 committee of 20 Republican con- gressrnen, head
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

arm with GiSap- pointment. Tn e people who appear |happiest m y have lost some- thing of great value. The men who appear to have achieved the most often have mlssed.
 And why should it be otherwise? What obligation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Questions
 andAnswersI

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Demectatss Ser vice Bureau will answer for yeu free, any question of fact CT in- formation, m0t involving extens
 sive research. Write your ades-
 tion clearly, sign naunc and ad- dress, enclose . three cent postage
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 vice Bureau, 101S Thirteenth
 Street. Washington, D. c.
 @. When and where was John L. Lewis born? What is his national ityP
 A. He was born in Lucas, Iowa. February 12, 1880, the son Of Thomas and Louisa (Watkinsl Lewis, Both his parents were born in wales. He is, therefore, an Amer ican of Welsh descent.
 o. what is the total number of military aircraft delivered by Arner- ican plants in 1941?
 A. According to figures released by the Ofice of Production Manage ment for the first 6 months of 1S4ls a total of TAPS were delivered.
 e. Did Lief Ericson discover Greenland?
 A. Eric the Red, the father \ of Lief Ericsson, was ba1lished from Iceland in 981 for feuding with his He ventured westward and discovered a larger, icier island, which he named Greenland"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
e EDISON IN WASHING GToN
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington
 CorresnOndent

Washington, Aug. 20 --. If you don't. think times have changed, consider just two angles < of the Washington spectacle today: 1-Big business men, Republicans nearly all,, are working for the New Deal administration for a dollar a year; 1.-The Republican party, which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR The use of sure as . directly modifying adverb is not good English, as 'It sure was good to sec yOu'; and should be avoided. x
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL [. DOUGLASS, D.D.
THINK or JOURNEYS END

There is probably no such thing in the world as completely satis- fled man. Someone has remarked that every man goes about arm in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Washington Merry Go-Round ?
Beoverbook Hopes Persuade Army Port Medium Tonks Production Rises Fost Bton Needs Them UaenBu So Do We
DREW PEAR SON
 ROBERT s. ALLEN


  He try share urproWing onnlt "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
A Thought for Today.

 Be not wise In thine own eyes fear the Lord and depart from evil.-PrOverbs 3:7.
  He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.- J. c. and A. w. Hare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

EDITOR NOTE-If you are de. sirous of securing this weeks popular booklet CORRECT ENG. LISH" address F. M. Kirby, Dept B-19O Waterbury Democrat Gefv- ice Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth St. Washington, D. C., with ten cents to cover postage. i,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers. '
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

Copyright, 194l, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-07-22
Ta|madge Threatens Gag
On Two Atlanta Papers
by the Associated Press.

~ wv hoSoNloNef ANSO'
ATLANTA, July 22.-Gov. Tai
madge of Georgia has threatened
to put a news ban on Atlanta's two
daily newspapers.
He said in a press conference yes
terday that he would withhold ex-
ecutive news from the Atlanta Jour-
nal tafternoon and the Atlanta
Constitution tmorning) unless they
correct their attitude" in regard to
a recent hearing at which two edu-
Gators were dismissed on charges
of advocating racial co-education.
He accused the two dailles OF
"misrepresenting the facts" in their
accounts of the hearing and asserted
they were trying TO put up smoke
screen to hide the fact that I put
my foot down on this lnter-racial
business in Georgia"
He also declared that "the Macon
(afternoon) News hasn't got any
regard for the facts. either" but
did not include the newspaper in his
threatened news ban.
Neither Atlanta newspaper made
any comment on Gov. Talmadge S
statement, but Managing Editor
Frank Hawkins of the Macon News
said I'VE feel highly complimented.'
Dean Walter D. Cooking of the
University of Georgia School of
Education and President Marvin S
Pittman of Georgia Teachers Col
lege were ousted last week by a
board of regents reshuff1ed by Gov
Talmadge after the original board
had voted to hehire Dean Cooking
The charges were denied by both
educators.
Evening star., 1941-07-22
Funeral Rites Planned
For Mrs. Margaret Benet

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
garet Cox Benet. prominent in
charitable work both here and
abroad, will be held at II am. to-
morrow at ST. Johns Episcopal
Church, followed by burial IN Ar
lington Cemetery. She died Sunday
in Rochester, N. Y.
Her husband, Laurence v. Benet,
is honorary president of La Societe
Hotchkiss & Gle. of France, with
which he has been connected since
1885.
During the World War Mrs. Benet,
who lived number of years in Paris,
was active with the American Am
bulance Unit and with work among
refugees. She was made an officer
of the Legion of Honor in 1880 and
was awarded the Medal of Honor in
gold of the Ministere des Affaires
Etrangeres of France; the Com
memorative Medal of the Grand
Guerre with gold palms for hospital
service, Gold Medal of the Queen
of Montenegro, medal of Queen
Elizabeth of Belgium and of the
Duchess of Vendome and the Ver-
dun Medal.
Mrs Benet, member of an old
Washington family, returned here
| five years ago. She had taken an
active part in relief work for aid of
French refugees in England during
the present war.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Benet,
Evening star., 1941-07-22
DR.. George Geiger Dies;
Pharmacist 40 Years

DR.. George J. Geiyer, a pharma-
cist here for more than 40 years,
died yesterday at Georgetown Hos
pital Services will be held at his
late home, 3736 Cumberland street
NV, at $50 am. tomorrow, fol-
lowed by requiem mass at the
Blessed Sacrament Church at 8 am.
DR.. Geiger, who was born in Wash
ington, was graduated from the old
National School of Pharmacy when
he was 19 years old. He had to wait
until he was 81 to practice inde-
pendently because OF age require
ments. He was first in business in
Georgetown and then for Al years
had store at Sixth and B
streets NE.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Cora A. Geiger; a son. George j.
Geiger; three daughters, Cora A.
and Elizabeth Mccoy Geiger and
Mrs. Gerald c. Geiger, and a sister,
Miss Helen M. Geiger.
He will be buried in Congressional
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-07-22
Opera Company TO Open
Season al Water Gate

The San Carlo Grand Opera Co.
under the management of Fortune
Gallo, will open a little season
here at the Water Gate beginning
August 13, c. c. Cappel, Washing
ton manager of the group, an
nouncd today.
Mobley Lushanya, Indian soprano;
Coe Glade, contralto; Hizi Koyke
Japanese soprano, and Lucille Meu-
sci, coloratura soprano, are listed
among the singers to perform here
All were last heard here during the
past winter
The company's repertoire and
subsequent performances will be an
nounced shortly, Mr.. CaPpel said.
In the event OF rain for the open.
ing performance arrangements will
be made to hold the opera another
evening. Reservations are being
made at the Cappel Concert Bureau
1340 G street NV.
Evening star., 1941-07-22
Leo J. Reel 10 Be Buried
| In Cedar Hill Cemetery

Requiem mass for Leo Joseph Reel,
former commander of Fort Stevens
Post, No. 80, American Legion, who
died Sunday at his home, 826 Long
fellow street NV, will be held held
at $50 m. tomorrow at the Church
of the Nativity, 5000 Georgia ave-
nue. NV.
Mr.. Reel. native of st. Louis,
who had lived here since 1917, was
senior auditor in the income tax
unit of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau, where he had worked since
1920. He was graduate of Wash
ington University in st. Louis and
was stationed at Marine headquar-
ters here during the World War.
He was a member of the Grand
Voiture No. 174 of the Society OF
40 and s. Legion services will be
conducted at 8 o'clock tonight at
the Huntemann funeral home, 5732
Georgia avenue NV, where services
will also be held at 8 am. tomor-
row. He will be buried in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Surviving Mr.. Reel are his widow
Mrs. Kathryn H. Reel, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lois r. Jones.
Evening star., 1941-07-22
AIonzo l. Ames Rites
Are Planned Today

Funeral services for Alonzo l..
Ames, former art dealer and retired
real estate man, who died Saturday
in Mclean, Va, were to be held at
2 pm. today at the home of his son,
Harry c. Ames, 1745 Taylor street
NV. He had been in poor health
for about a year.
Mr.. Ames, who was born in Will
Transport, Pa, February 10, 1883,
came to Washington in 1906. He
Evening star., 1941-07-22
I1t mrntnriant

COLEMAN, RUTH J; In sad but 10y
ing memory of our darling mother, RUTH
J. COLEMAN who left US four years ago
today, July 30, 1881
Oft TO ourselves we think of you,
Think of the things used to do,
Think of the things We used to say.
Think of the happy yesterday.
HER LOVING CHILDREN.
CONTEE, WALTER b. tribute of love
love loved SON and brother, Waller B. con
TEE Ida4s ERo sR0 todsy e US july to dwell Heaven SIX
We, too, will go home DER the river Of rest,
AS our loved one before US has gone;
Our sun Will so down in the beautiful west.
To rise in the glory of the heavenly
throne. THE FAMILY.
DAVIS. RALPH J. In loving memory
of Ralph J. DAVIS. who died seven years
ago today. July 20, 1884.
Today, tomorrow and always
1 will remember thee
DE VILE: LILLIAN BEATRICE AND
oRn Sd Gsaofsd sScFsd TO The %
LIAM BEATRICE DE WILLIE and GEORGE
FRANCIS DE VILE who died April 25,
HEfR i2 and 6VfN 5V1y c. f2In HsFPfetivflH
LOUISE DE VILE.
EDWARDS, LAURA. In loving remem-
brance of our dear mother, LAURA Ed
WARDS, who departed this life one year
Peacefully sleeping. resting at last.
Lifes weary trials and suffering past
Till God called you home TO suffer no more
HER LOVING DAUGHTERS.
FAULKNER. ELLA. In memory of our
dear mother. ELLA FAULKNER of Madi-
today July % 1898
From this world of pain and sorrow
To the land of peace and rest,
God has taken our dear mother,
Where she found eternal rest.
DAUGHTERS. SALLIE FOSTER. NETTIE
BELLE, ELIZABETH AND LENA.
our dear mother, ROSE D. MEYER, who
departed this life three years ago today.
July %. 1898.
Often to your grave we've wandered,
To place flowers with gentle care
Over the one we loved so dearly,
Now resting so So peaGeITliy aTiSG raGiv thsre
PASSENO, EVERETT c.. JR. In sad but
loving remembrance of our son, EVERETT
c. PASSENC, Jr.. who passed away seven
years ago. July %. 1894.
Gone to the light that shines so fair,
Gone from the earth of sorrow and care,
Resting those hands that did their best.
Gone, dear son. gone to rest.
Forgotten to the world by some maybe,
But dear In memory you VIII always pc.
MOTHER AND DAD.
SHERRY. WILLIAM E. Sacred to the
WILLIAM E SHERRY, who departed this
life one year ago today July 90, 1910
Faithful and honest in all his ways,
Devoted and true to the end OF his days:
Loving and gentle, patient and kind
What a beautiful memory he left behind
HIS DEVOTED FAMILY.
TAYLOR, THORNTON E. In loving
memory of my dear father, THORNTON
E TAYLOR. who passed away four years
ago today, July %. 1887.
Until memory fades and life departs
You shall live forever in my heart.
DEVOTED DAUGHTER, MILDRED v.
MESHAW
TAYLOR, THORNTON E. In loving
memory of my dear father, THORNTON E.
TAYLOR, who departed this life four years
| ago today. July %, 1887.
Somewhere in Gods great forever
In that land beyond the sun
will meet and greet you, father
] When my life work here is done,
| LOVING DAUGHTER, IDA MAY BOAFO-
LEY.