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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09
. STORIES
 lN STAMPS .
,Europe's Wor Booms
 Bolivio's Business
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BolivI0S 6uSlF1eSS FL poTosr, 2o,2so-soos peak - pictured on BoIivia's stamp above, is the site of business boom. War in Europe has in creased demand for tin, and mines on the peak are being worked at top speed to meet that demand.
 One of few nations of the world 10 profit by the conflict, Bolivia produces metals necessary for war Industries. Ninety-eight per cent of Bolivia's exports are metals, inc cluding tin, antimony and tung- sten. Exports for l040 were ale most 50 per cent greater than in 1889.
 During the period of Spanish domination of the country, Bolivi- an mines produced more than $2 billion in gold. The Spanish con- sidered tin worthless, and today, the dump heaps they built yield a large percentage of the nations tin output.
 The worlds search for rubber. also turns attention to Bolivia. Be- fore 1910, South America's rubber, including that produced in Bolivia, was important in world produc- ltion. Later, Far Eastern sources replaced wild rubber of the west- ern hemisphere. Now there are indications that the Latin Amer ican industry may regain its for- mer position, as war menaces the East Indies. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09

looks like" he broke of to ex- amine 1t with startled attention.
 "A part Of Q ship2 Yes, doesn't 1t . Burned at sea and 0 long time ago. Of course, you know there were ships sunk and burned not so far from here during the last war?" Deborah hardly knew why she was going on. Per- haps because she hoped that startling and shocking him might ease her own unhappiness. "A fragment of 6 ships cabin, should n't you say2 I wonder what became of the passengers. By the way, what are you going to cali your sonnet, Stephan2"
 When he continued just to kneel there, the glow of the fire gliding his bent head and hickering over his downcast face, she found herself res membering with Q stab of the blithC expectancy with which he had stood in her doorway only a few hour1 ago.
 A haf.Durned SUCK broke, fell and blazed again before he said You wouldn't know, perhaps; but my father commanded q raider during the last war. He died do- ing the thing he thought he had to do. I don't think he liked 1t very much ,s A great many men even nowadays, are doing things they would much rather not do Il circumstances did not make them necessary wish"
 From the front stoop, the ships bell changed once; then again more insistently.
 Outside, when Deborah opened the door, stood & stocky middle aged man, his hundled-up figure blurred by the fog.
 T wish" -- he began in halting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09
ca ANllJM CRACKERS
DAILY PROBLEM

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 Mathematics plays an interesting part in our everyday life. Get out Q pencil and go to work on these problems about the actions Of peo- pie we all know.
 l. Eddie Smith, a travelling sales man, drove 2i60 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, making a total Of l3 stops for gas, having the l2-gal- lon tank filled to the top each time. At his first stop, he filled the empty tank up; at two stops, the tank was quarter full: at three stops, 1t was half empty; at three stops. 1t was a third full; and at the rest Of the stops 1t was practically empty. How many gallons Of gas did Eddie use and how many miles per gallon did he get on the trip?
 2. There Is creaky board in ev- cry fourth step in flight of steps at Joe Aliens home. Joe comes home late and doesn't want to wake the wife so he skips the creaky steps on his way up. He takes a step with each foot on the way up, starts out with his left and ends with 1t on the top landing. If his right foot touches four steps, how many steps arc there altogether In the flight, not counting the top landing?
 3. Mary Jones goes to the grocer's with dollar, buys six cans of corn, two loaves of bread, and three cans of tomatoes. and comes home with 20 cents change. If the cans of corn and tomatoes were the same price per can, and a loaf of bread cost half what the three cans Of tomatoes cost what was the price on each group of items |?
 Answers on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09

English--"I haf understood"
 Ills eyes shot past Deborah and found stephan, silhouetted beyond against the living room fire: and he saluted, his leathery face creas- ing with relief.
 Herr Kapitan, you will please forgive meW he finished in Ger man after a guarded glance at Deborah. T have news"
 But you should not have come here, Wilhelm" (TO Be COntlnued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09
SAFETY PROUD
 SHOP DIsMAYED

Ogden, Utah (UP)-Workers in Southern Pacific railroad shops here were congratulated on completing two years, or 100000 man-hours, of work without reportable acci. dent. Midway in shop celebra- ton, safety council authorities en. tered, criticized shopmen for laxity in automobile driving and demanded "closer cooperation" in trafiic safety If1gasIiros.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-09
FIDDLER SELLS s.INCH GRASS

Philadelphia tUP)-A peddler "cleaned up" in Philadelphia, selling grass "that grows to height of only 2 inches" according to George w. Connor of the Better Business Bureau. This particular cheat even tells you to get rid of your lawn mower becauee you won't need 1t with this seed'." Connor said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

Burnstone. I recall that Dave
made this play work several
times In Eastern competition.
He Is now living In Los Angeles
and ] heard recently that he
pulled the same play out there
On this hand the opponents
got to three no trump even
though Burnstone opened the
bidding with q heart. Again let
me remind you that Il takes IN
expert against an expert 70 work
the plays discussed In this &c
ries.
For the opening lead Burn
stone selected the ace Of clubs,
thereby denying the holding Of
the king. When everybody fol-
lowed. Burnstons played the
three Of clubs. Naturally declar-
er did not put up the queen
from dummy. believing that
North held the king Of clubs.
North won with the jack, shifted
to q heart and Burnstone and
his partner took the Arst ave
tricks.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
. BARBS

A New Britain, Conn.,, cat II
raising three mice. Nothing like
stocking your own larder.
The best permanent wave we
know of Is that Of the American
flag.
Army regulars have been for
hidden to use profanity to en-
phasize commands to conscrip.
tees. Meaning swear on, not
often.
Any person who loses his head
easily isn't out very much.
Insurance man finds Ameri-
can men are getting latter.
which ought 10 help keep peace
over here. Everybody loves .
AT sho"s
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
sEvENTY.FlyE YEARS o. sERvlcE

Late in Moy, the National Boord OF
Fire Underwriters will celebrote its 18th
anniversary.
During those IS yeors-yeors in
which this country cone from economic
infancy to moturity-the National
Boord, representative organization OF
the nations principal stock fire insur.
once companies, hos rendered q signal
service to the United Stotes. It is the
National Boord which corries on an un-
RENTING campaign o9oinst fire.
campaign which knows no quitting
time" and no holidays It is the Mo-
tionoI Board which bottles arson ond
sabotage on all fronts. and hos been re-
sponsible for sending long list Of fire
buos to prison. It is the National Boord
which surveys communities, and then
provides the basic information which is
needed to eliminate fire trops and
make towns sofer, 1t is the NotionoI'
Board which works steadily to improve
fire departments, water supplies, olorm
facilities, etc. 1t is.the National Board
which mointoins great scientific lobor-
otories where building materials, eIectri-
cal appliances, heotine equipment ond
sinoiInr articles Gre xise.ous!y tested,for
fire hozords It is the National Board, in
short, whose primary work is to make
the homes and forms and industries OF
America sofe from the ever-present.
enemy-fire. Today. as in 1917, the
National Boord has put its facilities,
without charge, OF the disposal Of the
War and Navy Departments in order
that the reormoment program may not
be delayed and imperiled by fire.
This work, carried on with increos-
ing vigor and effectiveness over three
quarters Of century, hos steadily low
cred the cost of fire insurance. More i'm
portont, it has been responsible for pre-
venting the destruction Of untold bill
lions in property And most important,
it has saved an army Of people from the
most gruesome of deoths.
When the National Board members
meet next Moy. they can look back on
q great job we'll done. But, even so, they
will not be preoceupied with the
achievements Of the post The theme
of the anniversary will be dedication to
future progress.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05

SvSA "OAAASS oSONs "AASsAsSA @s~>
little girl can take care of her.
self on q date, can tell her to
quit worrying right now"
ROMEO COOPER
RECOUNTS HIS AFFAIRS
This is only Miss Wither's
second screen kiss, but veteran
Cooper has initiated so many
actresses that he had q hard
time recalling all of them.
1.-THE first one was Mitzi
Green, in 'Skippy,' he said.
Then there was Helen Parrish
that was when I was young.
Both of US were about eight or
nine, guess. And Betty Jane
Haney; she isn't in movies now,
but she's in radio. Lessee
Marcia Mae Jones, in The
Champ Robert Stack got all
the publicity on Deanna Dur
bins first kiss, but was kiss
ing her in stills all thorugh the
picture.
"Then there was Bonita Gran
Vile. in Gallant Sons I wasn't
her first screen romance, but I
was supposed to be going with
her then - had to call her
honey and things. And just be-
fore this picture, was in 'Zieg-
field Girl with Judy Garland.
Mach, ! just gave her a peck on
the forehead, like all the rest.
"You want some more coffee?
The studios about he only
place I get any, because neither
my mother nor my stepfather
drink it, and they don't bother
having 1t for me.
Spoil me? I'll say they
don't! said the youngster, who
earns more than 81 800 a week.
"If they aren't home for dinner
/ eat in the kitchen-open a can
of beans or something. And
when they're away on Thurs
days, the colored maid comes and
shakes me awake at Z o'clock
and yells, Git up, Jackie! An
can't hang aroun' heah all
mawnin'-Ah gotta git to de
race track!'
Nobody takes me seriously"
he said, signing heavily as he
started back to the set for an
other round with Walloping
Withers. "Im getting tired Of
playing these kid. parts. You
know what? wish they'd let
me give Jane q good kiss-I
mean, q real GOOD one. That's
Ill I'd need to grow up"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Cubo Adds Two Items
To Poetry Collections

THERE'S poetry in stamps and
I finding It provides one Of phi
lately's most interesting specialties.
Cuba's airmail issues, honoring
the exiled patriot Jose Maria
Heredia. adds two Important
stamps to the collectors album OF
poets and verse.
Two of Heredia's best known
works are illustrated with his
portrait. The stamp above, pic
turing the poet and Niagara Falls,
calls attention to his Niagara
Ponderoso," while the other value.
picturing palm trees, refers TO his
LAS Palmas Deliciosas." The
stamps were issued to commem-
crate the centenary Of Heredia's
birth.
The poets group Of the u. S.
Famous Americans series offers an
excellent beginning for the col.
iector who wants to combine two
hobbies. Select your favorite
verses Of Longfellow, Lowell,
Whittier, Whitman and Riley and
mount them together with the
stamps.
You'll And other U. s. issues
linked with poetry. too. Acadia,
Of the National Parks set, calls to
mind Longfellow's "Evangeline";
the baseball centennial issue must
accompany Ernest Lawrence
Thayer's Casey at the Bat; and
the Lexington Concord set In
cludes Ralph Waldo Emersont
Concord Hymn" In the design OF
one value.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
By PAUL HARRISON
NEA Service Staff Cerrsspsndent


HOLLYWOOD Movietown's
top puppy-lover and smallest
teen-age date, Jackie Cooper gets
smacked in the kisser in his new
est film, and in return he kisses
the smacker.
That isn't how he'd react in q
real situation, but It's what the
script of "Her First Beau" calls
for. Jane Withers bawls him
out, then lands q hard right to
his jaw. He does a double-take,
love dawns, and he kisses her
for the first time.
The kiss isn't much - just q
hasty brush before Cooper ducks
and runs. He can't even grab her
to him because, supposedly in
jured in a glider accident, he
carries one arm in sling.
There's a CORY forehead bandage,
too, and an artificial scar painted
on his left cheek.
They rehearsed the scene sew
eral times, Miss Withers' hand
stopping just before it reached
Cooper's face. No expert at CIV
ing either kind of q smack, the
actress hasn't learned how to
pull her punches.
JAMES PUNCHES MAKE
JACKIE PUNCHY
So When Director Ted Reed
said to make IL a real one, Miss
Writers started winding up from
the floor. When her straight arm,
falkland wallop landed, there
was a crack as If a fiashlight
bulb had exploded and Cooper's
knees -uckled visibly. He shook
his head and blinked, but car
ried on until Reed called Cut"
The blow had knocked the scar
of his cheek.
"0h, gee, Jack are you
hurt?" walled Miss Withers.
Gee, I'm sorry! Gosh, do we
have to do 1t again.
The second take also was
spoiled, when q still photogra-
piers light flooded the scene.
The third went to pieces when
Cooper, literally punchdrunk
after the clout. simply forgot to
speak and stood laughing help
lessly. They got 1t on the fourth
try, after which Miss Withers
went back to gin rummy game
and Cooper sat down to nurse
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
COCKTAIL FOR SOCIALISTS

There are two factors involved in
the drive to sociolize the electric light
and power industry, which should be
thoroughly understood by the American
people.
First, the utilities are only an Incl
dent in trend. In other words, they
merely happen to be the industry which
is on the firing line today. If the Politi-
cions succeed in destroying them as
regulated private enterprises, some
other industry will be chosen for Slough
ter next As an authority recently said,
"Itis as certain as death and taxes that
the absolute elimination Of privately
owned utilities would not satisfy that
greed for political power and potron-
ooe. II would be merely an oPPettzing
cocktail before the elaborate oII-inclu-
sive bureaucratic banquet that would
follow" There are scores Of commodi-
ties and sevices-food. fuel, clothing,
transportation, housing - which cost
the overoge family many times as much
as power. No man who understands the
bureoucrots' lust for authority con be-
lieVe the drive against the utilities is
more than the beginning in campaign
whose inevitable end would be socioi-
cotton Of oil forms Of enterprise.
Second, ct this time, \oll govern
mental acts and policies must be evol-
ued in their relation to national defense
and our foreign policy. live ore to have
real defense, industries must be en-
courooed to expand and produce at
moxinum speed. Power is one Of the
most important Of defense industries.
The proposed public power projects.
such as the St. Lawrence development,
will not aid defense, but retord it. They
will toke many years to complete. They
will divert men, money and moteriols
from real defense projects. And the fact
that they further reveal the manifest
intent Of q political group to sociolize
the electric industry would Of itself
homper that industry in meeting the
demands Of defense. II any shortage Of
power appears, the private utilities ore
prepare to meet it by building steam
plants which can be finished in one to
two yeors-os against five yeors or
more for roior hydro projects.
There is the power situotion as it
stonds today. II is not q question OF the
sins and virtues Of just one industry. IT
IS q question OF our whole American
philosophy-of the free enterprise sys-
fem against the socialism system.
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
= Be- lind THE SCENES
I'M WAS GTON =

Moss dt rest. Two hundred
pounds, six feet two. even
when he stonds stoop Shout
dersd,
He takes secret pride.
though. In being known as the
Mississippi fox. And In lis ear
" yeors In the Senate. 10 liked
10 be cnIled the Mississippi
aodfly. Buxzin' round, wovry-
in people, fixin' thinos.
sehenin' and pIoyin' politics.
He hos hod so many FIGHTS
n cont remember them all.
bottle over the Hull recip-
b trode agreements wos the
81 bitter. His battle oooinst
6dlkley for Senate leadership.
the most intense. Ills feud With
his fellow Mississippion. Seno-
tor Bilbo. the longest.
Thot began when Horrison
supported for fsderol oppoint-
ment. q stote judge who had
once put BiIbo In joil for 20
dogs for contempt Of court
The fiqht losted six yeors. II
cost Harrison the Ieodership.
tor Bilbo threw .his vote 10
Borkley, who won, SO to 81.
The breach wos healed only a
year oeo when the two men
met BY accident in on elevator.
ond shook hands. This yeor.
Bilbo seconded the nomination
OF Harrison for presidency Of
the Senote. and the ak was
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
. HiehIiehis From
The Latest Books q

A boy and his dog are the he
roes of Vereen Bells unusual
novel Swamp Water" (Little
Brown: $2), a story of the peo-
pie who inhabit the fringes Of
Georgia's trackless, primitive
swamp areas. Simple. yet COM
polling, this novel draws atten.
ton to the fact that there are
still frontiers in United States
still untracked areas to be ex-
plored.
Ben Regan wasn't looking for
trouble when he poled his boat
into the darkness of the great
Okefenokee swamp. He was look
ing for Trouble" his carefully
trained hound. Ben found his dog
and a murderer, too, and togeth-
er they brought Ben more wor-
ries than he deserved.
You'll like this story Of men
who sit around q fire, drinking,
on q coon hunt, expertly identi-
flying each dog, checking each
maneuver Of the quarry,
throughout the night. And you'll
enjoy the old-fashioned ideals
that rule the lives Of the swamp
folks.
Definitely on the disturbing
side Is Carson McCullers' RE
Elections In. . Golden Eye"
(Houghton Mifflin: ~, unique
story Of the two army officers
in peacetime, their wives, . SER
want and q soldier.
Essentially. this u the story Of
q murder; but the murder u the
end. not the beginning. Careful
ly, Miss McCullers builds sus-
pense to m inevitable climax.
And the hero, II there can be one
lis the murder victim. It's not
q gift book, but q psychologist
might enjoy IT,,
The pageant Of America ir fic-
ton continues, and this time
dips into the colonial Carolinas
to bring 70 attention m Indian
chief who hoped to halt the white
mans advance into the west.
Herhert Ravenal Sass tells Of IN
almost forgotten episode In
American history In Emperor
Bring (Doubleday Dorsn:
11.S0) leader Of the Greek In
dian war.
There's ali the action you
could OK for, . beautiful, colonist
. courageous fur trader, and IN
Indian girl. Emperor Brims en-
ters ne story only q Ne lage.
but his character overshadews
the entire tale.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
. HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

his jaw and have a cup of
coffee.
eff that last one doesn't bring
my wisdom teeth through, moth
ing WILL" he groaned. boy, I'm
higher'n a kite, and we still got
to take closeups. If Mrs. Withers
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
D pErIR 'SpsoN
Dolly Mealees Wsshlssssa !
Cogsospoa6ont

WASHINGTON 49, March 5
marked eight yeors n the
White House for President
Roosevelt, but thof's q shovt
time compared with the rec
ords Of continuous government
service II marked for q group
Of congressman:
Adolph J. Sohoth Of Chico
90, completing 81 years. Rob-
ert L. Douohton OF Lourel
Springs. N. C.. 80 years. CIor-
ence F. Leo Of Sonto Roso.
Golf, "a wears. Hiram w.
Johnson Of San francisco. IS
years. Pot Harrison Of Gulf
port, Miss. 80 years. To men,
ton q few.
It's @ good Iife-if you can
oct reelected. No wonder they
work for these jobs. build fenc-
es back home so they can re-
turn to Washington in spite
Of oil the bottles. the grief. the
arguments, the demands OF
job seekers, the boys to Toxic
core or. the crockpots. the
delegations, the lobbyists, the
people they have to be nice to.
Enough to drive most people
nuts.
Yet the man born TO be q
congressman loves it. He'll
fight like hell with some op-
ponent on the floor. They'll
call each other names end
question their motives. You'd
think they'd stoy mad forever.
Vet when the debate is over,
they'll sIop each other on the
back in the cloak rooms and
tolk about their lovely fight.
They don't stoy mad long.
Movie thot's why they like the
work.
TROUBLES A BUBBLE
AFTER a WHILE
Toke the case Of Senator
Pot Harrison of Mississippi.
He's so. Half his life hos been
spent in Washington. There
are six men who have been
in the Senate longer than he,
but today Pot is president orc
tempore, and whenever Vice
President Wallace is away, Pot
rules the roost. Also, he's
chairman Of the finance com.
mittee, and q member Of the
foreign offoirs and rules COM
mittees. Thot gives him enough
to do.
Yet troubles roll off his big,
pink, bald head. off the fringe
Of eroy hoir, off the big round
ed shoulders, and leave him
outwordIy unpeFturbed. As he
sits sIouehed in his chair on the
Senate floor or in his office,
vest open, hands eIosped over
his pounch, wide-eyed, slow
speaking. utterly reIoxed, even
lozy-Iooking. you'd think he
didn't have q core in>the world.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-05
WHEN A SENATOR
SHEDS HIS ToGA

They get relief from this
war OF nerves in the same wov
as other people.
0olf. Pot once won $73 IN
q foursome at q dollar a hole
with side bets and was told.
Senator, you ought to eorn
your living some other woy
thon by PLAYING GOLF"
Baseball. He's oWoshinoton
fan. He was considered for
baseball commissioner when
Lands got the job. The little
finger Of his right hand has
the baseball break which he
got as q semi-pro pitcher.
he goes home, to q house
on 43rd street, to the wife who
wos his stor pupil when he
fought school at leokesviiIe.
Miss. She coils him Potion.
which is his real nome-By-
ron Patton Harrison. The Pot
wos assumed to win Irish votes.
and it hos stuck. f.,