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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

When the state finishes the job of re- building the roadway from Adt's Corner in Watertown to the Park Road in Mid dlebury route will be provided motorists that enables them to give Waterbury 8 wide berth. If they are travelling north up the Nauagtuck Valley, headed for the Berkshires, 1t will be to their advantage to detour at Naugatuck across the river and take the Old Straits Turnpike. Once upon time such detours and by-passes were criticized by merchants. They were convinced that trade was being turned away from their doors. But modern merchandising has brought the realiza- ton that such routes actually aid rather than turn the trade away. Oddly, too, once before in its history did this Straits Turnpike loom as route intended to cut Waterbury off from trade and travel. That was in the stagecoach days and when a toll road did swing away from community 1t was a blow. That's what actually was done when New Haven and Litchfield were linked by the Old Straits Turnpike.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
KEEP GREEN SIGNAL LIGHTS ON FOR LONGER PERIODS
 URGES MOTORIsT

July 9, 194l. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 I think we must. all agree that driving a car in Waterbury has be- come an arduous task in recent months. Much of the disagreeable- ness attached to driving through town is unavoidable. but some of it can be removed, I believe. by a thor ough study of the causes and an attempt to eliminate them as far as possible. I am going to offer some suggestions. from time to time, as find time to write you. hope they will receive serious consideration by you and your readers and the ofIi- cials who are in Q position to put them into practice. fl judged woEth- while.
 First of ell, I think the signal lights in the Center ct Exchange Place and ct the corner of West Main and LeevenWoTth streets, change too quickly. I believe they allow the iiow Of tFafklc to 70 ln one direction for only about two min- tltes. Sometimes it serms even leRs than that. This slows up armfEic con- slderAbly and it makes twice aa much labor gor both autninls and the tFaillc officers. I have often waited at LeaVonWoFlh street, facing east, for the gsocn ilght. When I ct If ana moyed toward Exchange Place
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

wreck French German collaboration" In the first place is 1t conceivable that all 12,OO0 of these unfortunate people were in on any such plot, and that nobody else was?
 If there was any such plot, 1t Is certain ly possible that some Jews were concerned in 1t. But that 12,000 of them, and they alone were concerned, is an arrogant im- position on what is left of the worlds intelligence. What has happened, appar- ently, is that France, too, has found it necessary to produce scapcgoat. IL IS that they could find no other than the one with which Hitler had already pre- sented them.
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moved on they get the red light and have to stop again. That makes two stops where only one was neces- sary.
 The trafFic department seems to favor short lines Of trafflc and shori stretches of straight-away driving. I believe longer lines Of traffic which. would in turn move greater dis tances at q time. especially around Exchange Place, are more desirable and make less work all around.
 One more last suggestion at thii time. There should be curb to ''u" turns on the main arteries within a few blocks either way of the Center. Time and again [ have come np West Main street toward Exchange Place and had been hoping tO clear the green light at LeayenWogth street only to be slowed down by 6 driver making q left "UV turn from the parking space between Church and LeaVenWofth streets on West Main. They sllouId be forced to so around the block, making right turns with the FealIlAg irnfkic.
 We can never got ideal driving conditions in Waterbury gOr reasons beyond our control. but we can ceF- tainly improve upon the poor cons dltlons tlist neE prevail. lb is worth tsyine, don't you think
 VeFy sincerely youu,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
In Today's Mail

I had hoped to make some progress but found that the light at Ex- change Place had turned red before I could get through. Something is very wrong when you can't go more than one hundred yards on a straight street without having to stop again for another red light.
 I have also often driven into Ex- change Place, going west, and ss=p- ped in back of a few cars waiting for the signal to proceed to West Main street. When it did turn green, it took autoistS so long to get rolling that the light would be red again before I could get past Leavenworth street. As dlsagreeable as all this is for the driver, 1t must be doubIy so for the tEafiic cops and I certainly do not envy them their jobs. Tt's a wonder they haven't got the jltters from the sudden changes of the lights that keep them on the move necessarily.
 One other little point at this writ- tng. Often when c long line Of ears Is moving steadily past e cop ct points where there are no lights he viii stop their progress as when only & half dozen 0r 60 remain to pass, to allow four or five pedestrians 10 cross. Thls seems like poor judgment especially when a halk a block away the slgnal lights arc green and the llne of ears could move on under it in 6 minute. When it ia stopped for the pedestrians the light will change to red. Then after the people have e<1ed lae street and the eaEa ha4a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

There is a lot of talk in local circles these days about expanding our water system. We are going to have third reservoir in the Morris hills and new pipe line will link 1t to the city proper. New rates are proposed to make our sys- tenn self-supporting. We are told that this city will never have to worry about a water famine, even if our population should double in size. And yet there are sections of this city; some of them thickly populated, where water service IS Spotty. By that we mean 1t IS good at some low. Blame 1t on our topography, as off, cials do, the fact remains we have water to give away and haven't yet solved the difficulty of bringing 1t to every corner of the township.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

The political undertones of the pow-wow were as thick aS mo. lasses. Lewis palace guard" of left-wingers were in complete charge of ell the arrangements. Prominent among those present were the heads of C1O Industrial Union Councils, many of them leftists and the backbone of Lewis political support in the CTO.
 Significantly, although the "pal- ace guard" put on on extra crew to handle publicity for the meet- ing, no list of those attending was issued. Such e list would have shown 0 predominance of leftist clements present.
 Throughout the meeting, Lewis acted like Q man whose hat was in the ring. He made u speech that was purely political and slapped backs In the best cam paign manner.
 If Lewis is out for the presi. dency, t is certain that Phil Murray will be the first to make way for him. No CIO leader has any doubt that Marray would withdraw at the drop of the hat. Lewis wouldn't even have to ask him.
 TWO SPEECHES
 Murray also made e speech, and the contrast between his and, Lewis' was startling.
 Lewis delivered a rabbiA-rous.ng haraneue in his heaviest Shakes pearcan manner Rumeiing ex. clamations ana with tesso pro- fLndo theatricals, he blasted Roosevelt for "anti-un.on" legis- lation, scorched OPM Associate Director Sidney Hillman as a strike breaker" hit Will Davis, chairman of the Defense Media ton Board which sided with the United Miners in the recent wage dispute, and inferentially threat ened the Garment Workers, Tex. tile Workers, and Rubber Workers, which have militantly supported the President, with custer from the CrO.
 Chairman Davis hns evident. ly joined Roosevelt and Hill-
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man on Lewis pet hate list.
 And when "Old BushybrOw"
 hates, he hates.
 The ddaEibe drew c noisy ova. ton, led by Mike Quill, leftist head of the Transport Workers, and the palace guard" But it also brought swift and sizzling counterblaSts from J. s. Potof- sky of the Garment Workers, R. J. Thomas and Richard Frank ensteen of the Auto Workers, and s. IT. Dalrymple of the Rubber Workers. potofsky made Lewis back down on Hillman to the ex- tent of explaining that he had nothing against him personally but had criticized him In the role of Q public official.
 Murray'S speech was In c wholly different vein from Lewis, There were no dramatics, personalities, or threats. He discussed the need for more active labor representa- ton in defense leadership and his plan for getting 1t. The talk was dignified and statesmanlike, and was given Q cordial hand. But Quill and the palace guard" re- Tnained In their seats and did no whooping up.
 MERRY-GO.ROUND
 Brother of Will Davis, chair man of the Defense Mediation Board, Is Owen Davs, playwright who In his youth wrote the famed melodrama, Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model" containing that inc mortal villains line: why do you fear me, Nellie9". ...J. A. phil- lips, who retires this month as head of the Order of Railroad Conductors with the title of presi- dent emeritus, will write c history of the union, second oldest in the .. 8. It was organized in 1868. ... Defense price authorities are Investigating complaints from sol- diers stationed ct Fort Bragg, N. o. that beer dealers at nearby Fayetteville have combined to boost their prices. Brewers have reported that they have not raised wholesale prices. Edward J. Noble, candy manufacturer and former Under Secretary of Com. merce, who bolted to Willkie last year, is back on the Roosevelt bandwagon. He is heading Q Sea- way for Defense Committee to help put the St. Lawrence defense power protest through Congress. BOMBERS OVER BERLIN
 A fairly accurate picture of the British bombing of Berlin has been obtained from sources in- side the NaM capital. It indicates that although not much damage has been done, the effect on the German people has been consid- erable.
 German pilots have expressed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Selected Poem
NEW ENGLAND IN JULY

By Charles L. H. Wagner in the Boston Post. Sing, poets, sing of golden hours And paint your months with rainbow aye, look from brazen lyric towers And sing New England in July; For now the trees are fresh and sweet, And grasses gleam with velvet sheen, The poet and his God can meet In haunts of fern and moses clean. No gilded art can match the sight Of ancient oaks, of elms and birch That seem to kiss the stars at night When Summer worships in her church; The busy songs of insect life Are heard among each garden bed, They drown discordancy and strife And peace is visioned there instead. iris in July wild bushes bend With pprpled beads in clusters grown, The seaSon'S first sweet dividend For those to whom their secrets known; The gurgling brooks have passed the stage Of freshet flood and passions heat, They typify the poets age
 When prudence slows the urgent feet So. poets, sing. if SO you will. Of April, May or powered June, I'll take bold Caesars month, and spill My Hitting song in Summers tune, But this advice fAin would give. To prove the truth Of what sing, One must in old New England i've, For there July is ever king.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Questions
 and Answers
YOuR QUESTIONS ANSWERED


 YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrnt's Ser vice Bureau win answer for you free, any question Og fact or in- formation, not involving exten- glve research. Write your quos- tlOn clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose. . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water- bury Democrats WashingtOn Ser- vice Bureau, 1013 Thirteenth Street, washington, D. 0. e. Two years ago my foreign born parents decided to return to their native land for permanent residence. After living there Q few months they wanted to return to the U. s. to live and, since they had not applied for Q re-entry permit, they were obliged to come back under the quota as new immigrants. Now they want to become Q. s. cite izens as soon as possible. Can they count their previous sixteen years residence in this countrys
 A. The first entry and years of residence cannot be included. They can apply for first papers at once, and when they have resided in this country for five years FROM THE LAST DATE OF ENTRY they can apply for final papers. Your father can get his papers first and, when he receives his final papers, your mother can apply for her final papers without making Q declara- ton of intention. e. Ia saltpeter used in making beer2
 A. The United Brewers Indus trial Foundation says that saltpeter Is never used in beer; brewers avoid all ilitrates at any stage of the brewing process because of their harmful effect on yeast.
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act vigorously and consistently on the basis of that belief
 The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews speaks of faith as the giv- ing of substance to things hoped for. Faith is always creative. It always eventuates in some achieve ment. Faith passively held is not faith at all; 1t is sentiment. Faith compels us to get going. It bids us achieve something which we believe is worth doing.
 Abraham Lincoln believed that preservation of, the Union was worth all it would cost. He had a definite conviction in this regard, and this lowered into faith when he set about putting his belief into action. st. Paul had faith in the power of Christ to change the world. This faith sent him across the world pro- claiming, in the face of hostillties, the unsearshable riches of Christ.
 Faith Is the movement of the whole personality in the direction Of achievement. The fact that we can say yes to creed does not in the least indicate that we have religious faith. We never have faith until we try to put into practice the eonvie- tons we hold.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

As yet little or nothing has been heard about disposition of the additional $l ,OOO,0 ,000 the state must divide among the 169 towns for road purposes. Cities like Waterbury use these funds for oiling purposes. Smaller towns improve out lying roads. Town officials, we under stand, won't have the full say in disposi- tion of the funds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

frank alnazement ct the ability of British pilots to find Berlin ct night. since they fly only by Instruments and have to come great deal farther than the short hop which Nazi pilots make from France to England. Of course, once the first British planes are over Berlin, NaN searchlights turned on to combat them leave no doubt in the minds of the aviators where they are.
 Berlin Is Finged by what is supposed to be the greatest anti aircraft defense in the world. However, the Germans send almost no fighter planes Into the air to meet the Brit lsh, and the antl-air guns have not stopped them. For a time the efforts of the gunners to find the bOmberS were so in- effectual that Goebbels had to issue . reminder that Ger many's strength lay in offense, not defense.
 The Germans have 0 secret de- vice for detecting the approach of alrplanes (probably similar to the British detector) and on ap- preaching raid is known about half an hour in advance. The public does not get the raid alarm until about IS minutes in ad- vance. Everyone must be off the street = not SO much for fear of bombs, but because of falling metal from anti-air shells. These are Q hall shower whenever Q raid is in progress.
 DECOY BOMB TRAPS
 The Nazis also have erected bomb traps ito decoy British bombers away from Berlin. Just outside the city, for instance, is Q forest cut through with lanes which ct night might look like the Tiergarten. Fake roofs made of cloth and paper are stretched between trees, and on the ground are low blue lights to initiate a blacked out city. Looking down ct night c British flier might think he was over the very cen- ter of Berlin.
 Raids over Berlin have been few this summer because the nights are short, and because 1t is more profitable for the Brit ish to bomb the much closer in- dustrial cities in the Ruhr or along the coast.
 Note-The roof Of the Amer ican Embassy in Berlin Is made 0f a fabricated semi-paper sub- stance, so that . member of the Embassy staff has to inspect 1t periodically during every raid. Someone is on duty day and night in the Embassy.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. Thomas Gainsborough was a famous musician, painter or theologian?
 2. "When in the course of human events" is the opening phrase of the American Creed, the Preamble to the Constitution, or the Declara- ton of Independence?
 3. Name the Chief Justice of the U. s. Supreme Court who recently retired.
 1. Joseph M. W. Turner was g portrait-, landscape, or genre painter?
 5. Which of the great oceans is the saltiest9
 6. Is a cage or enclosure where birds are kept an .apiary or an aviary?
 2. Who was given the title "Faths CT of the Constitution?
 8. What general term is used to denote the body of statesmen who drafted and put into effect the Constitution of the United States?
 9. Where was the former Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany buried?
 10. With what sport is Luke Sew ell associatede
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Current Comment

You will understand my feeling about Hess when I say t was ne who collected every index card Of every trade-union leader in deF- many and when the time came they were either sent to concentration camps or murdered. Ernest Devln. British labor cabs
 inet mlnister.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Daily Almanac

Moon rises ii:S0 ?. m. daylight timsl.
 Sun rises S:32 a. m.; sets s:2a ?. m. (day- light timel.
 All vehicles must bo lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 July is following just the pattern predicted about two weeks ago It's alternately pleas- ant and unpleasant. Plenty og sticky weather with a good dash of rain and sl1oweTs. We needed t to eomponoate fuF early dEyness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Scapegoats

France has now gone all the'way The country in Europe which was, short time ago, the freest and the most tcler: nntl-JeWlsh laws which are the chief con- Hibution of Hitler's German Reich to modern civilization. Twelve thousand Jews have been arrested, all. according 50 Petaln, participants in a foul plot to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

counties and in- dependent nnu- nicipalities of the U n ite q States and It's territories, start. ing immediate ly.
 whether this marks the be- ginning of the end of the era of relief Is Q queS- ton, but 1t goes without saying that the exodus will be accom-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

less the ulluS we call faith has in it the element of vigorous, out going action, it is not faith at all. We may be-
 lieve certain things yet not in the least pos- seSS any faith.
 Faith com es when we believe something and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
Washington Merry-G Round
DREW PEAR N ROBERT s. ALLEN
WASHINGTON. July 1

WASHINGTON than c1o leader attended the socaed
  ot trial balloon for the return Lewis CIo president
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walls from the vicinity of the 800 counties affected. There just isn't any alternative, however.
 Congress has sliced WPA appro- priations from the $l350 million 1t enjoyed during the past 12 months to . mere $B75 million for the next i2 months. That's Q 35 per cent cut in money. It will be met by e 40 per cent cut in WPA rolls, reducing the number from an average of H. 704, 900 for the past year to 6 neat 1000, 900 for the next.
 There is always the possibility that If the shouting and the tumult beat too much of a Gene Krupa on the Washington eardrum that con- gressmen will weaken, along about frost time, and pass Q miracle de- ficiency appropriation which will put the unemployed back on the public payroll. As of now, however, there Is a sincere effort to get the WPA rolls down to Q million men and women,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
A Thought for Today

And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.-DeuterOnOmy 3O;s.
 
 The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedtence.-Burton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

e. Did the photoplay. "Kitty F'oyle," end with Ginger Rogers choosing for a husband Dennis Mcr- gan or the young doctorF
 A. Miss Rogers, the heroine, passed up Morgan, the boy with the aristocratic Main Line background, for James Craig, the personahle and attractive young doctor.
 e. How many islands are there in Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H.9
 A. Two hundred and seventy-- four.
 e. Was the noun rise" ever pro. nounced like rice2
 A. About 1900 Walker and other photographers preferred the pro. nunciation "rice" and 1t became popular for c time, but never pre- vailed. The pronunciation before that, as well as that of today il reyz, as in sunrise.
 e. How many children did Lora Nelson have7
 A. By his wife he had no issue By Lady Hamilton he had two daughters. Horatia, who married Rev. Philip ward, later vicar of Tenterden, Kent; and Emma, who lived only a few weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14

TODAYss COMMON ERROR Do not say, "ae makes seventy dollars Q, week." when you
 mean Co say "He earns seventy dollars . week."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-14
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
WHAT IS FAITH?
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

People often speak of faith as If 1t were nothing more than a mere belief in certain facts.
 Faith Is really life in action. Un-
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. EDISON IN
 WASH NNGToN
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrresnondentl

washington, July IA wPA will folding up its portable telephone booth and going completely out of business in some 500 of the aO07
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lAll Rights Reseryed-Bahson
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GETTING DOWN TO BRASS
 TACKS

The expression is Q relic Of tho time when storekeepers (0nce the customer had decided on mater iaD measured the yards, feet and inches by means of brass tacks driven Into the counter. Getting down to brass tacISs," have YOU measured the value of The Wa. terbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Wash- ington, D. O.? The Bureau is there to answer for you any ques- ton of fact or information. You'll find the service is "all wool and . yard wide" by any system of measurement. Enclose q Scent stamp for reply postage.
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What Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-05-05
RUBBER, CONCRETE

We travel more and more on rub
Der and concrete. AS our travel
miles run up to incredible figures
our improved highways expand, and
vice versa. In single generation
we have transformed the pattern
OF this great country and made
motoring our chief national &C
tiyity and recreation. The high
ways grow steadily more numerous,
wider, smoother and pleasanter to
use.
And the Job is far from done.
Military preparedness calls for new
trunk highways and better connec-
tons for old ones, TO make a great
gridiron syhtem.
Probably We shall always have
railroads. Bu: for strategicdpur-
poses, as well as peaceful use, they
must be supplemented almost
everywhere by highways so we'll
engineered that they will carry ef.
6ciently any burdens laid on them
So We find plans in Congress for
an appropriation OF more than q
quarter OF a billion dollars for this
purpose. Military highways" they
will be called. but that term applies
ouly TO their potential use Pro
sumably they will be used militarily
only in emergencies. operating 4
normal times as civilian highways