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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
Blind Publisher Honored For Long Success In Life
BY FRANK II. RICE nited Press Staff COrregn0ndent

Watkins Glen N. Y, May 2(UP)-Frank pS5sheF of the Express weekly lived world shadows he 10 old. Frank W. Severne blind.
 entire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

is Q combination of editor, poet, publisher, politician, philosopher and philanthropist, and this despite the handicap of blindness. When he was 10, he lost his sight but Severne maintained faith in his own ability.
 With e shrug of his still erect shoulders, Sovefne passes of his blindness with 6 remark:
 Realizes No Handicap
 "Those with whom come in con. tact apparently are more sensitive to the loss of my sight than I am You see I never knew anything but this. I was too young really to reai- ize the loss Of my sight. I quickly grew accustomed to lt, and now l don't know anything but this life.'
 Tn his struggle for success, handi' capped by what many would have considered an iilSurmountable ob- stacle, Severne met with many rec verses, but today is comfortable happy, prosperous and the toast of the village folk"
 He took command of the strug- gling weekly newspaper, the Wat kinS Glen Express, many years ago Tn 6 short time the paper was on e sound financial basis and today Ave families are supported by the business 1t maintains. The circula- ton exceeds 2,600.
 At the age of ii severne entered RataVia Reh0ol far thA blind ai1d studied literature. In 1880 he came here with his parents and helped them operate c restaurant until i806 Then romance came into his life and he married and often speaks oi his wife as my eyes," Two daugh- ters were born to the union
 Elected to County Office
 Politically, he has been success ful. He was elected county super intendent of the poor in 1902 by substantial majority. Three years later he was elected unanimously to tho same office. For many years Seyerne has been a member of the Schuyler county Republican com fnittee.
 In 1922 he was the c. o. P candidate for member of the as. sembly, but was defeated. Civic life appealed to Severne and he served as president of the local fire de. partment.
 Former Gov. Charles Evans Hughes, realizing the talents anc abilities of Severne, appointed hin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-21

Good Night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
BAERING DOWN ON THE NEWS:
That's a. GEiIllNce
By ARTHUR (BUGS) BAER

Exactly 100000 taxpayers in $1OOOOOOoOO to the
dot after less exemptions had broadened the base like hossback
riding.
when the official collector said the people paid with
smile their faces think he exaggerating invoun
tary muscular contortion.
What the collector thought smile the WELL
known spasm by
good old southern cooking of the Borgias
first instalment of 81 OOOOO0oOO indicates that
about play and every the jackpot you
But don't believe that anybody paid with smile that
the popular price has been reached in taxation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
Candid Lady
Stands Pat
Or? Opinions
Mrs. Spelvin EIaborafes
on Her Views of u. S.

(Ths opinions expressed BY
Wsstbrook Pesier are not nsess.
sariy those of The Detroit
Times.)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18

used to play the horses like mad,
but now he has a fishing boat in
Florida, where he makes his
home, and has cut out the horses.
He has just been retired from
active Empirical duty after SO
years in the National League
and been appointed chief of staff
of the umpires with the proviso
that he can work in regular
games whenever he desires.
He is the greatest autocrat
that ever wore an umpire's uni
form, the absolute ruler of the
field on which he works. but il
is high tribute to his character
and TO his personality off stage,
so to speak, baseball players are
his friends and visit his home
and baseball officials and writers
hold him in deepest affection. 1t
was 10 us. in Boston years ago.
that Bill made his most famous
statement and that was when we
unwarily remarked after a World
Series game that we thought he
had missed what should have
been third strike on a batter,
calling it ball.
GVOUNG FELLOW" said
L Bill. after an omnibus
silence, III any man says I ever
missed one in my life, he is
either prejudiced or a-liar."
We omitted the embellish-
ment and just quoted Bill as
saying he had never made
mistake, a declaration that was
TO become widely repeated and
generally ccepted as his
strongest Empirical tenet. But
the remark that covers Bills
life and works in a few words
better than could be done in
volume was made at a baseball
writers dinner at which he was
a guest of honor and said:
Baseball is not profession
with me--it's a religion"
Copyright. 1871. King Features synd. Inc
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
Connolly Answers

1. ta) Trinidad, (b) Utah. (c)
Oregon.
2. fa) Maxine, OBJ Charles. (c)
Pierre.
3. (a worn out phrase, (b) an
assistant to a general. (c) sum-
mary.
4 ta) Northern Africa. (b) East
ern Rumania. (c) southwestern
Arabia.
5 (a) Staffa Island-on Scotland,
OBJ Island Of Capri-off Italy,
tc) Kentucky.
6. (a) science OF speech sounds.
tb) spelling, tc)derivation Of
words.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18


dress; otherwise your letter will
not be printed.
TO THE EDITOR:
I READ the letter written by
L Velma Shirlee Wiles. May l
comment on it?
This is my version of the
situation entitled Britain"
DIS for the blood that our
- forefathers shed in obtain
ing our independence in 1776.
DIS for Roos evelt, who
~ signed the bill in opposi-
ton to that independence.
lis for innocent ones" and
L ignorant ones. too, who
have overlooked the cause of
this conflict.
It's for trouble we are sure
L to get into by not minding
our own business.
A is for all of us to seek first
"A the kingdom of God and
His justice and all things will
be added unto us.
lis for interest on the ma
L tional debt raised to $685.
600. 0O0,0 which will not be
paid, when you think how it
was side-stepped. in the last
war.
MIS- for that well known
~ nut Hitler" who was
brought about by war 20
years ago when they wanted to
get the Kaiser and his Pots
dam crew"
That is the story that spells
Britain. the most aggressive
nation in our history.
MRS. GRACE Nj. DAVIES,
Ferndale, Mich.
TO THE EDITOR:
THINKING men everywhere
i know that the world will
not countenance a dictatorship,
conquest or human slavery on
"yonder shores; that the con-
quests of these years will not
endure, that nations built of free
people cannot. or will not, long
countenance slavery, or be die
tated to, without protest and
rebellion.
Conquests of our days will but
give birth to certain wars of to-
morrow.
Hence I believe that a great
peace ship" or small fleet of
such ships. sailing about the
waters of the world. with but
one purpose - PEACE - might
cause the people lover there" to
pause and consider a LASTING
PEACE.
These ships should be launched
before the world becomes too
strongly engulfed in poverty, and
beclouded in the misery, the
treachery. the waste. the spread
and the ever-increasing shouts of
war and the slavery therefrom.
SIDNEY METZENBAUM,
Hotel Park Avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
At 81. EPSON Salts Baths
Fountain Of Youth for KLEIN
By DAMON RUNYON

WE SAW Bill Klein. now in
W his sixty-seventh year, UNI
pire a full nine-inning baseball
game from behind the plate
down South recently and he
seemed just as spry as he was
80 years ago, and veteran ball
players like Gabby Hartnett and
Harry banning were slapping
him on the back and compli-
menting him on his eagle eye
and unerring judgment.
So we looked Bill up after
wards to find out how he does
it. We felt that man who is
nearly three score and ten but
who is still able to gear him.
self in a thick chest protector,
shin guards. aluminium shoes
and a big mask. and bounce
around for hours, hot or cold,
with a lot of strong young ath-
letes, must have some secret
that should be impaired to the
world, especially as we had
been privately advised that the
night before Bill had been the
host and the life to a sizzling
party at his home.
Bill said it is all due TO EPSON
salts baths. He takes shower
and gives himself an alcohol rub
in the umpires' dressing room
after a ball game, but before he
goes to bed at night he pours
pound of EPSON salts into tub
of water as hot as he can stand
IT, then immerses himself for at
least 10 minutes. turning on the
hot water frequently to keep
the bath at high temperature.
In the morning he gives himself
another alcohol rub.
n FTER the EPSON salts bath
"A he takes great care to avoid
drafts and any time he is going
out after the bath he remains
indoors couple of hours. He
always takes the epson salts
bath on an empty stomach. And
that is about all there is to his
system. which he firmly believes
has kept him in good physical
condition to an age at which
most men are giving the carpet
slippers big play.
Bill said he was tipped Off TO
the EPSON salts baths about %
years ago by an osteopath in
Yonkers who treated Mrs. Klein
for the after effects of an auto
mobile accident. Bill happened
TO mention that he was greatly
troubled by a skin rash which
broke out on him with special
virulence when he was running
around the ball yards making
his decisions in Summer. The
osteopath recommended the ep-
som salts, but probably he did
not know that besides curing the
rash it was going TO act like the
waters of fountain of youth on
Bill.
We know a trainer of prize
fighters who always makes his
gladiators stew while in an
epson salts bath after a tough
fight, claiming that il takes the
soreness out of the muscles. but
we never hear of the salts being
used as a regular ablutionary
routine as practiced by Bill. He
told us he knows of four or five
hundred people who are taking
the EPSON baths right along as
a result of his experience, but he
did not say if they look as we'll
and are as sprightlv as he IS.
WTIE old arbitrator. y as he
L likes to refer TO himself. rs
a remarkable character. He has
enjoyed life TO the hilt as he has
gone along. He drinks little.
smokes a little, eats a lot, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
Quiz Answers

| Pearl Harbor. Hawaii.
2 breads enclosed places.
3. Poker.
4. Popeye the Sailor.
5. According to scientists, all eX
cept monkeys and men.
6. Various foreign language pro
grams. tHr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
25 YEARS AGO TODAY
March rs. 1916

Paris reports Bulgarian and
Rumanian troops on the move :.
passenger traffic suspended on
all railroads.
Dutch ship. the Psiembsng,
sunk by submarine. making
the second ship lost by the
Dutch in three days.
Russia reports her troops IN
Turkey and marching on. Vivas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
March ~ TQlO

Nszis report Soviet joining
the Axis; Italy talks only OF
Sumner WelleS, undersecre-
tsry OF State. had a S0-minute
talk with Pope Plus discussing
Cermsnys peace proposal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18

VTHE old arbitrator" as he
L likes to refer TO himself is
a remarkable character. He has
enjoyed life TO the hilt as he has
gone along. He drinks a little,
smokes a little, eats a lot, and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-18
Unity in u. S.
Indicated by
Spending
But Effort to Win War
Lays, johnson Says

Ths opinions sxprssssd by
General Johnson are not neees-
sariiy those Of The Detroit
Times.1
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Evening star., 1941-02-18
Modified Crosstown Line
Suggested by Transit Co.

While insisting that the time had
not yet come for establishment of
a cross-town bus line and that those
proposed by citizens groups would
prove a financial loss, spokesman
for the Capital Transit Co. told the
Public Utilities Commission late to-
day his company would establish a
modified cross town service If the
commission thought one should be
ordered.
D. j. Locke, staff engineer of the
company, proposed company
compromise" plan which would
link the Bureau of Standards bus
line with the Park road bus line,
at regular token fares, which would
require a transfer between the two
links. He said this should be on a
six-month experimental basis, to
be abandoned automatically if the
record shows the cost is too great
Mr.. Locke estimated the cost to the
company for this modified plan
would be about $4,000 a year.
He insisted the proposed Military
road route was wholly impracti-
cable" financially, that it would cost
the company s105,700 year. He
said the Porter street. Klingle
Bridge-Park road connection as ad-
vocated by civic and business groups
would cost his company about $58,-
900 a year.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
American Flyer, Once
Stunt Chute Jumper,
Missing in Action
Brooklyn Youth Less
Than Five Feet Toll
Lost While on Petrol
BY the Associated Press.

BY ire ASSOCIATED Press.
LONDON, Feb. 18-Two flights
"in action" against Germany by the
American Eagle Squadron. American
volunteer flyers in the R. A. F., were
reported officially tonight and one
Eagle airman, Pilot Officer Vernon
Charles Keogh of Brooklyn, was &C
knowledged lost Saturday on patrol
off the British east coast.
Shorty" Keogh, less than five
feet tall, was the smallest pilot in
the r. A. F.'s fighter command. The
Air Ministry described him as great
in offensive spirit" and a fighter
of outstanding ability.
Keogh was a professional stunt
parachute jumper in the United
States before he volunteered to
fight with the R. A. F. against
Germany.
Before he transferred to the Eagle
Squadron, Keogh had put in so
hours of operational flying with an
duh1IldIy ASLlGCI SQudOI VII VI I1IC
R. A. F. and repeatedly had been
in action during the air battle of
Britain.
(The German high command
reported that, out of three
planes which tried to fly into
Norway SATURDAY., two were shot
down. Keogh may have been
in one of these There also were
heavy R. A. F. operations over
the French coast Saturday night
and 2,000-mile, pamphlet-drop-
ping excursion over Southwest
Poland)
The two flights are composed of
three machines each. Other mem
bers of the squadron are still on
advanced operational training. Two
of them, Phillip Howard Leckrone,
%, of Salem, ILL.,, and Edwin Ezell
Orbison, %, of Sacramento, Calf,
have been killed-the latter in an
"accidental' brush with a German
plane while on training fight.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
More Warships for Britain
Not Ruled Out by Stark
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of
Naval Operations. left open today
the possibility that world develop
ments might result in transferring
more warships to Britain when he
was asked about the prospects after
a White House call
Admiral Stark, with Rear Admiral
Robert L. Gormley. conferred with
the President, but declined to state
the purpose of his visit
Asked whether there was any
thing new in the line of turning
over more naval vessels to England,
Admiral Stark replied:
LAS I told them on Capitol Hill
the other day, not for the moment,
but what will happen later I can't
tell. Trying to legislate for what
may happen six months from now is
impossible. The world is full Of
surprises these days"
Admiral Stark referred to his tes-
timony in executive session before
the House Naval Committee.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
japanese Reported
Increasing Forces
Near Singapore
EorIy Move Predicted;
Ambassador Denies
Any PIon to Attack
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAIGON, French Indo-China,
Feb. 18.-Reports which reliable
quarters said they considered au-
thoritative, but which the Associated
Press was unable to confirm direct
ly, said today that Japanese naval
forces in the Gulf of Siam had been
increased heavily in the last II
hours.
A Netherlands Indies official, re-
turning from a tour of Indo-China,
predicted japanese move south in
the very near future"
0n London, Japanese circles
said Ambassador Mamoru Shige-
mitsu had reiterated to the Brit
ish Foreign Office that Japan
has no intention of attacking
Dutch or British territory
Three Japanese cruisers previous
ly had been reported in those wa
ters, which lie between Indo-China
and the Malay Peninsula. Singa-
pore, Britain's Far Eastern bastion,
in whose sea approaches new mine
fields recently have been announced,
is at the southern tip of the Malay
Peninsula.
A reliable foreign source reported
last night that 10000 to 10000 jap
anese troops now are stationed on
the Islands Of Hainan and Formosa,
off the China coast, and reports
from Haiphong said 300 more jap
anese infantrymen had landed there
in the last two days.
japanese Army forces in North
ern Indo-China already had been
reported more than double the g.
000-man maximum set by agreement
between Japan and French colonial
authorities.
DR.. G. A. Lamsvelt, trade COM
missioner of the Netherlands Indies,
returning by air after an 11-day
inspection trip in Southern Indo-
China. declared as his personal be-
lief that "the japanese will move
southwark in the very near future.
He said he expected them first
to take unoccupied islands below
Indo-China, then aim toward Singa-
pore by land, using Bangkok as an
army base.
Il expect them to move by the
sea simultaneously" he added, aim
ing toward the Indies. I have
studied the japanese people for the
past 10 years and I know their
minds. I cannot disclose the forces
in the Indies, but the Indies are pre-
pared to protect themselves.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
British and Nuzis Shun
Jupun's Mediation Offer
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 18-An authorita-
tive source, commenting on Japan's
offer to mediate any" war, said
today British spokesmen have re-
peatedly declared victory was the
only end of the war the British
would accept.
This source, referring to the Japa-
nese statement that Japans ad-
herence to the tripartite pact was
actuated by purely peaceful motives,
said it was unlikely that the dec
laration, unaccompanied by concrete
proof of Japanese desire for peace,
will do much to set at rest doubts
which are not unreasonably enter
tanned by Japan's neighbors in the
Pacific"
CA Nazi spokesman in Berlin
dismissed the Japanese offer as
without signiflcance)
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Plan Approved
For TroiIers to
House Workers
81 the Associated Press.


A plan to house thousands Of de-
fense workers in mobile trailers was
approved today by Senate Appro-
priations Subcommittee in recon-
mending a 1896 100000 urgent def
cheney appropriation, including s375,-
100000 for the w. P. A.
Senator Adams of Colorado, chair
man of the subcommittee, said
S6,670,000 was provided for temporary
housing, including the trailers, after
C. F. Palmer. Co-ordinator of De-
fense Housing. explained the pro-
gram.
The trailer units will be fitted
with lights and other home facilities
and can be produced. Senator Adams
said, at a cost of about $1,000 al
though they now cost about $4,000
each
Evening star., 1941-02-18
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt announced
late today that W. Averell Harri-
man, flnancier and businessman,
who is now serving as chief of the
Materials Division in the ONCE of
Production Management, will go to
London as "expediter" of the lease
lend program.
In this capacity, the President ex-
planned, Mr. Hartman will repre-
sent this Government on the British
end Of arranging for transfer of
American war materiel to Britain.
Decision to send Mr.. Hartman to
London, the President said, was
made after consultation with for
mer Secretary of Commerce Harry
L. Hopkins on British needs and the
best means of meeting them. Mr.,
Hopkins returned to Washington
Sunday after several weeks in
Britain,
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Known Dog Tax Shortage
Is $4,000, Auditor Says
Earlier Story on Page BIZ

NEdTltT StUEy Ol L age Dill
Shortages in the Districts dog
tag account for periods dating back
to July l, 1886. discovered as the
result of a special audit of old rec
ords begun last October, amounted
to $9,80072, according to formal
report by Acting Auditor Arthur R.
Pilkerton, released late today by
the Commissioners.
The report contained no estimate
of shortages for the fiscal year 1888,
since, Mr.. Pilkerton said, all Of the
dog tag records for that year have
been destroyed, by whose authority
he could not ascertain.
Mr.. Pilkerton reported finding
shortages for other periods as fol-
lows: For the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1887, s2,497s7; for fiscal
year ended June 80, 1899, $3,07o91;
for fiscal year ended June 80, 1910,
$2,893.94, and for the f1ve-month
period from last July l to last No.
vember 80, S1,388.
Evening star., 1941-02-18
Hartman Will Go to London
To Expedite Aid to Britain

Mr.. Hartman will go abroad as
soon as the lease-lend legislation is
perfected" the President said, add
ing that he expected this would be
in about two weeks. Mr.. Hartman
conferred with Mr.. Roosevelt at the
White House this afternoon.
In a further discussion of Mr..
Harriman's program, the Chief Ex-
ecutive said the "expediter" prob
ably would return to this country
in three or four months for con-
sultation and an opportunity to ex-
change information.
AS yet, the President explained,
no specific exchanges have been
worked out between the British and
American governments, but that
both sides want to be ready ito
shoot" as soon as the lease-lend plan
is approved by Congress.
In the nature of preliminary plan
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