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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

The February rain of last weekend was unusual in that we seldom get storms like that in this month. January can some times produce just such storm, but February seldom does unless the whole winter has been open. It is always sure sign, though, that winter is winding up for another freeZe-in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
Questions
 and Answers
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YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. The Waterbury Democrat Service Rureau win answer for you nee' any question of fact or tntOfma- tiOn. not involving extensive re search. Write your question clear Iv. sign name and address em' close a three cent postage stamp Medical OF legal advice cannot Do
 given. Address The WaterDuy Democrats Washington Service
 Bureau, 1913 18th Street, Wasn"
 ingtOn, D. Q.
 o. What is meant by SlidinS scale of wages?
 A. A scale under which the wageA of working people depend more os less upon the selling price Of the product, the rate of pay rising ana falling with the price, according 70 8 certain scale.
 O. How old is Lionel Barrymore? Has he ever been married, and does he have any children? A. He will be 63 next April, has been married twice, and was di- vorced from his first wife, Dor1S Rankin. His second wife, Irene Fem wick, died December 24, 1886. He had two sons by Doris Rankin, both of whom died, and no children by his second wife.
 o. Name the diplomatic posts held by John Quincy Adams. A. In 1796 Washington appointed John Quincy Adams minister M Portugal, but before his departure to that post his father, John AdamA became president and changed his destination to Berlin (179D, where he negotiated 8 treaty of amity and commerce with Prussia. From 1858 | to 1914 he was minister to Russia, and from 1915 to 1917, minister tA England.
 o. When were military tanks first used, and by whom inventedT
 A. The tank was invented by Mai. Gen. Sir E. D. Swinton, of tha British army, using the propellin8 principle of the caterpillar" farm tractor, invented about 1900 by Ben- jamin Holt of Stockton, California. They were first used by the British in their attack on the Spmms (F'rance), September 15, 1916.' he have any childrn?
 o. What is aeroculture?
 A. A new method of growing plants with roots suspended in air, never touching soil or being kept immersed in water. Water with min eral nutrients dissolved in it, is supplied by spraying or frequent dipping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

| TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Etc. stands for "and so forth" and it is incorrect to say "and etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Ru EARL DOUGLASS. D. D.

HERE'S COURAGE FOR YOU
 A man who had been in an au- tomobile accident was told by his doctors that he would lose the sight of both eyes. Later they revised
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

BodfiSh sends out a letter regu- 1arly to members of the mortgage and building loan business, and last summer quoted the following from the June, 1940, issue of Sphere, entitled "Are Democra- cies Decadent?"
 'Tt was a sad day for republi- canism when it was decided to elect the President by popular vote, and it was ah even sadder day when the Constitution was amended to require election of senators by the same method. There is no man of sense, who knows his history, who will con- tend that mob government can for very long be good govern ment. Democracy is mob gOv- ernment. :"
 NOTE-Bodfish is reported to be the man behind the Dirksen bill which would liquidate the Home Owners Loan Corporation. During the depression, the HOLC took over thousands of mortgages which banks and loan associations wouldn't touch, but now that the HOLC has put these mortgages on the safe side, these groups want them back again.
 ALUMINIUM CORPORATION DEFENDER
 It hasn't been noised about, but Marion B. Folsom, in charge of aluminium and magnesium pro- duce for the Defense Commission, has quietly stepped out.
 Folsom was the center of the sizzling debate over whether the defense program was short of aluminium, and steadfastly cham pioned the Aluminium Corpora ton of America. He not only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

c. What does ''et al" in legal documents mean?
 A. And others" It is an ab- breviation of the Latin let alii."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

@. How can I get photograph records of novels for the blind?
 A. Write to the state library a> the state capital, or to the Library of Congress, Division for the Blind, Washington, D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10
National Spotlight
By PETER EDEoN Waterbury Democrats Washington COrrespOndent

Washington, Feb. 10- News you read about the United States Navy is now practically under a censor ship, but its nothing to be alarmed about. The navy doesn't want it called a censorship and since the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

o. What are the chief industries of India?
 A. Agriculture is first, followed in order by weaving cotton cloths, silk rearing and weaving, shawl and carpet weaving, woodcarving and metal-working.
 o. What temperature will ther- mometer register when placed in e mixture of ice and salt?
 A. It depends upon the compo- sition of the mixture, that is, the amount of salt in proportion to the amount of ice. The temperature may vary from o degrees 2. (32 degrees FL with a trace of salt, to approximately -21 degrees c. (6 degrees F0 for a concentrated solu- tion.
 Q. Tn Rene Fulop- Miller'S book "Rasputin, the Holy Devil" why Is Rasputin repeatedly called the "starets?"
 A. Starets is . Russian word meaning an old man, especially one who is a monk or teacher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-10

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Evening star., 1941-09-22
District Defense Area
Extended 10 Rockville
And Upper Marlboro
Maryland Suburban
Areas Token In for
Better Coordination
Star Staff Photos.

Civil Defense officials of the Dis
trict and Maryland agreed at con-
ference here today to include GER
tain suburban areas in Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties
within the Washington metropolitan
area to insure closer coordination
of civilian defense activities.
1t was decided to extend the met
ropolitan area boundaries as far
as Rockville in Montgomery County
and Upper Marlboro in Prince
Georges.
The conference. held in the Office
of Col Lemuel Bolles, executive Off
Ger of the District Defense Council,
was attended by Alfred D. Noyes.
chairman of the Southern Mary
land Defense Council. and Mrs.
Daisy La Coppidan. vice chairman
of the Southern Maryland Council.
Also present were Mrs. Levinia
Ebling. executive secretary of the
Central Volunteer Bureau of the
Distric- Defense Council. and Mrs
John K. Keane, chairman of the
women'S division of the Prince
Georges Civil Defense setup. They
joined in a discussion of plans for
integrating civilian defense pro-
grams of the District and nearby
counties.
Col. Bolles said similar confer
ence would be held soon with civil
defense officials of nearby Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-09-22

and Wesley Prather, 81. colored,
4248 Dix street NE, lacerations of
the scalp. The driver of the car,
whose name, according to police, was
James Edmonds, AZ, colored, 1922
Foote street NE, was uninjured.
Rachel Homer. 25. of 1919 Eight
eenth street NV. was admitted to
Emergency Hospital early today for
treatment of a bruised mouth and
injured teeth, suffered in an auto
mobile accident, just south OF Alex
andria, Va.
Pedestrian Hurt.
Two persons, one of them pedes-
trian, were injured in a two-car
collision last night at the intersec-
ton of Twelfth and T streets NV.
John H. Walker, %, colored, a pas
senger in one of the cars, was treated
at Garfield Hospital for lacerations
of the throat and head. James E.
Donbridge, 20, colored. who was
standing at a nearby tree box, was
treated by a physician for contu-
sions of the left leg suffered when
one of the cars ran up on the side
walk after the collision.
Inquests in two traffic deaths
were scheduled at the District
Morgue today. The coroner's jury
will hear evidence in the deaths of
Katie D. Kelly, 66. of Franklin, Ind,
who died Saturday of injuries re-
ceived August 6 at Third and Con-
stitution avenue NV: and Horace
Johnson, colored, SO, 2144 L street
NV. who died four hours after he
was injured Friday night in an acci-
dent at Twenty-frst and L streets
NV
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Montgomery Grand Jury
Meets in Rockville Today

Thirty presentments, one of them
for murder and more than half of
the remainder for forgery, will be
given to the Montgomery County
Circuit Court grand jury, which con-
venes today in Rockville.
The defendant in the murder case
is Thomas Lee Wiles, 35, of Slidell,
Nd, who was arrested by county
police in connection with the fatal
shooting September Z of Joseph c..
Larman, "a, also of Slidell. The
shooting is alleged to have occurred
during an argument as to which of
the two men was to escort home
Miss Pearl Dove, 25, of near Sldell,
according to police reports.
The Is forgery cases to be pre-
sented to the grand jury involve only
four defendants who were arrested
on bad check charges involving
small amounts, Assistant States At
torney Alger Y. Barbee said.
The grand jury session will relieve
crowding in the county Jail, which
has reached Its capacity of about 80
persons. The regular fall term opens
in November.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Twelve Traffic Victims
Killed in Virginia
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Twelve persons lost their lives in
automobile accidents in Virginia
over the week end.
Two of the II were drowned when
their car left Broad Street road,
about 80 miles west of Richmond,
and plunged into Harris Lake in
Goochland County They were
identified as Mrs Minnie E Davis,
At, and Ernest Hughes, 65, both of
Orange Injured in the same acci-
dent were Aubrey L. Davis, %; his
wife, Mrs. Davis, %, and Mrs. Nellie
P. Hughes, so, all of Orange.
Other fatalities included:
Cecil Bowyer, 81, of Goshen, who
died yesterday in q Staunton hos
pital of injuries received in an auto
bile accident on Bells Valley high
way near Staunton Saturday.
Eugene Bowyer, %, Cecils brother,
and H. Edward Webb of Fordwick,
killed instantly in the same acci-
dent.
Allen D. Larrick, Is, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl S. Larrick of Win
chester, died Saturday in a Martins
burg CIV. Va hospital from injuries
sustained in an automobile accident
near that city in which Foster Orn-
dorff, also of Winchester, was killed
a week ago.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Laurel Schools Open
Two Weeks Late
After Paralysis Scare
No New Cases Appear
In Nearby Maryland,
But Alexandra Has One

Public school children in Laurel
Nd, fiocked back to their desks To-
day after an extra two weeks va
cation" ordered by the Prince
Georges County Board of Education
because of infantile paralysis cases
in the area.
No new cases were reported in
nearby Maryland over the week end
survey showed today, but one case
the city's fifth this year, was re-
ported in Alexandria. Va. The pa
tient. a 19-year-old boy, was in a
Washington hospital.
Leaders of civic and parent
teacher groups in Laurel said nc
protest of the reopening of the
Laurel schools was planned. Both
elementary and high schools were
crowded this morning with register
ing pupils.
Efforts to control poliomyelitis in
Montgomery County were outlined
to members of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase branch of the County Lay
Health Council last week by Mrs
Martha Fry, public health nurse
who stressed that careful daily ex-
animation of school children by
teachers helped to detect symptoms
while the illness was in the early
stages.
Only three new cases have been
reported in the county so far this
month. and all children who had
come in contact with them have
been quarantined for IA days, she
said.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Price Names II 10 Help
SeIectees Find Jobs
BY the Associated Press.

by Ine hSSOCldLeQ tTeSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 22.-Gov.
Price has appointed 72 Virginians to
serve as unemployment committee
men to help young men discharged
from Army service find jobs, 1t. Col.
Mills F. Neal, State director of Sc
lective service, announced.
Eventually it is planned to have
one or more unemployment COM
mitteemen attached to each of Vir-
ginia's 153 selective service local
boards, Col Neal said.
He pointed out that already some
men are beginning to return from
military duty.
The appointees included:
Charlottesville, E. c. Wingfield;
Staunton, C. Franklin Williamson;
Charlotte, Ira c. Hopkins of Cul-
pepper; Fairfax, Roy E. Gable;
Fauquier, Paul D. Bowden of War
renton; Winchester, w. Alan Peery;
Orange, H. c. Clarke; Page, Charles
T. Chapman of Luray; Prince Will
liam, James E. Bradford of
Manassas; Shenandoah, r. S. Wright
of >Strasburg, and Fredericksburg,
]. Conway Chichester.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Lion Hounds 10 Be Shown
AT Fredericksburq Mari
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Md, Sept.
22.-Two Rhodesian lion hounds,
trained to stalk lions on the African
veldt, will be displayed at the annual
Dog Mart here Friday. The dogs
will be shown by Taylor Rowe of
Richmond
The lion hounds will occupy po-
sition of prominence at the mart,
but will not be offered for sale at
the auction, which is scheduled for
the afternoon. Numerous pets are
to be shown, but not sold, in the
open bench show"
A group of Pamunkey Indians,
once one of the most powerful
tribes in the Virginia colony, will
display native handicrafts during
the day. They will be under the
leadership of Chief Walter S.
Brady.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Ten zoning Appeals
Slated for Hearinq
In Fairfax County
Ordinance Vuriunces
Will Be Considered
At II AM. Next Monday
Special Dispat tch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, Sept. 22.-Public
hearings on 10 applications for vari-
ances under the county zoning ordi-
nance will be held by the Fairfax
County Board of Zoning Appeals at
II am. next Monday, Mrs. Louise
Dickie, clerk of the board, an
nounced.
The applications are those of:
Sheldon D. Werner, to permit
erection of house on a corner lot
in Valley View subdivision at Grove
ton with less setbacks than required
by the coming ordinance.
James E. Gray, to permit erection
of lunch room in .Hybla Valley
subdivision.
John c. Webb, to permit erection
OF sign in Annandale subdivision.
Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge
3488, Order of Odd Fellows, to per-
init erection of community build
ing at Gum Springs with less than
the area required under the ordi-
nance.
L. I. Peak. to permit erection of
10 tourist cabins, a restaurant and a
wayside stand in the Katherine T.
Moore subdivision about two miles
east of Centreville.
Mildred F. Linster, to permit the
operation of a tea room on Mount
Vernon Boulevard about one and
one-half miles north of Mount
Vernon.
Gilbert F. Pergande, to permit
erection of a double dwelling about
one and one-half miles south of
Falls Church.
Lawrence Conners, to permit erec-
ton of a garage with less setbacks
than required under the ordinance
and the operation of a turkey shoot
range on Route 743 about 200 feet
east of U. S. Route / near Groveton.
William A. Rector, to permit the
operation of private nursery
school in Franklin Park subdivision
about one-half a mile west of the
Arlington Fairfax County line
northeast of Falls Church.
G.. Wallace Carper, to permit erec-
tion of dwelling about three miles
west of Mclean under less setback
than required under the county
ordinance.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Virginia State Fair
Opens al Richmond
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 22.-The
194l Virginia State Fair opened
today. The opening session has been
designated as children's day, with
boys and girls admitted to the
grounds free of charge.
Other special days will be tomor-
row, All Club day: Wednesday,
Richmond day: Thursday. farmers
day; Friday, Northern Neck day
and Virginia press day, and Satur-
day, auto race day.
Approximately 100 baby beeves
raised by All Club members will be
exhibited tomorrow when contest
ants from 10-year-old novices to
experienced cattle raisers (boys and
girls up to 81, will lead their steers
into the show ring The entries will
represent winners in county and
district fairs in the States beef
producing areas.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Winchester Presbytery
To Open Fall Meetino
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERRYVILLE, Va. Sept. 22.-An
illustrated address by the Rev. Du-
mont Clark of Asheville, N. c., will
be one of the features of the fall
meeting OF Winchester Presbytery in
the Presbyterian Church here this
week. He will speak Wednesday and
during the remainder of the week
will visit churches of the presbytery
The session opens tomorrow with
the Rev. Alfred w. Eppard as mod
orator. The Rev. J. A. .McMurray,
D. D., of Winchester, is stated clerk.
The opening sermon will be preached
by the Rev. c. Irving Lewis of
Charles Town, w. Va Arrange
ments will be made for the installa-
ton of the Rev. H. w. Roth of West
Hanover Presbytery as pastor of the
Cedar Cliff group of churches in
Frederick and Warren Counties.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Virginia Reveals Tests
For Civil Service Posts

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept 22.-Merit
examinations for clerks, stenog-
raphers, typists, bookkeeping ma
chine and telephone operators for
future positions in the State De-
partment of Public Welfare, the
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission, the Department of Health
and the Virginia Commission for the
Blind were announced today by the
merit system councils of the agen-
cies.
Dates for the examinations will be
announced later. but applications
for permission to take the tests must
be filed by October 13.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Governor Lauds Beauty
Of Anne Arundel Girls
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BEVERLY BEACH, Md, Sept.
22-For the prettiest of all Mary
land girls. look to Anne Arundel
County
So said Gov O'Conor anyhow, in
addressing a strictly Anne Arundel
County audience at a beauty con-
test-baseball game-picnic for bene-
fit of the United Service Organi-
cations.
The bathing beauty contest was
won by Miss Thayer Blay of An
napolis.
In serious vein, Gov. O'Conor
urged the estimated 1000 persons
at the outing to support President
Roosevelt to bring unity In the
Nation that we may keep liberty
and democracy alive"
In the ball game, Judge Ridgely
p Melvin of Annapolis starred at
third base for the Annapolis city
team. victorious over county team,
21-l2. Representative Sasscer,
Democrat, of Maryland was a
standout at first base for the county
team. All players were men over 40.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
No Charges TO Be Filed
In Hunting Fatality

Montgomery County police said
today no charges would be filed in
the fatal shooting Saturday of
Thomas Walker, 81, colored, Olney,
Md, the first accident victim of the
fall hunting season.
He was hunting with John L.
Payne. 16, also of Olney, on a farm
near the latter's home when the &C
cident occurred. Young Payne was
reloading his shotgun when it went
off, the charge striking his COM
panion in the left hip at short range,
police said.
James Barnsley, a nearby farmer,
took the victim to Montgomery
County General Hospital at Sandy
Spring, where he died several hours
later. Sergt. Roy Bodmer and
Policeman William Broschart in
vestigated the accident.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Virginia Plans
Sa|vageDrive
ToAid Defense
Scrap Materials
To Be Collected
In Counties

A salvage campaign to collect
Iron, paper and other waste mate
rails needed in the defense program
will be conducted in Northern Vir-
ginia, it was announced today.
Garner L. Boothe, chairman of
the Northern Virginia Regional De-
fense Council, said the campaign
would operate under the direction
of M. j. O'Connell of Warrenton.
The materials collected will be sold
by the council and the proceeds de-
voted to the councils recreation
program, Mr.. Boothe seid.
Mr.. O'Connell will set up salvage
committees in each of the l3
counties and the two cities in the
council area. One-half of the pro-
ceeds from the sale of the scrap
material will remain in the area
in which it is collected and half be
turned over to the Regional Recrea-
ton Committee.
Charles R. Fenwick, chairman OF
the Regional Recreation Committee
of the council, stated that his COM
mittee would give Mr.. O'Connen
every possible assistance in the cam
paign.
The recreation work of the coun-
Gil, said Mr. Fenwick, falls into two
classes-entertainm of the Sc
lectees in the several localities and
soldier recreation centers at points
near military reservations where no
facilities are provided from public
funds, such as are now in operation
in Arlington and Alexandria. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Fenwick local recrea-
ton committees will be aided in
providing shelter and entertainment
for soldiers at points where conveys
rest overnight.
Mr.. Fenwick pointed out that
Warrenton is one such convoy rest
ing place. A few weeks ago e local
Warrenton committee set up emer-
sency rooms, where 300 men were
provided showers and refreshments
on a few hours notice. The council
plans to provide similar facilities
wherever need arises.
Evening star., 1941-09-22
Airport Crowd Gasps
When One Motor
Of Transport Stops
But Other Engine Takes
PIone on Climb os Port Of
Safety Demonstration

Several thousand spectators at the
Washington National Airport gasped
when the left motor of 21-passen-
ger Eastern Airlines transport sud-
denly stopped as the large Douglas
plane swept past the observation
platform yesterday afternoon.
1t was all according to plan" and
had been announced beforehand as
demonstration of the ability of BIZ
motored planes to fly with one
engine, should the other be disabled.
But the motor on the far side of
the craft was not visible to the crowd
and for all the spectators knew the
big ship might have been headed for
an unscheduled landing.
The planes left wing dipped little
for a moment, but the gasp sub
sided as the ship regained a level
keel and started climbing, just to
show the extra motor was not really
needed.
Qualify Every 80 Days.
Capt Fred E. Davis, in charge of
the lines advanced flying training
division, who was pilot of the plane,
explained that Eastern and practi-
cally all the other air lines, required
their pilots to qualify every 80 days
in flying and landing while using
only one motor, but that the demon
stration was being made public on
the theory that seeing is believing"
Even up in the plane, where the
roar Of the other motor can be heard
and felt, it gives an eerie feeling to
see the three-plade propeller stop
while the plane is less than 1000 feet
from the hard-surfaced runway be-
low.
Capt. Davis, who has done the
same stunt so many times he has lost
count, says stoppage of one motor
happens only once or twice a year
on scheduled flights. If it occurs at
night, as it did to him one time about
six years ago, when passengers can
not see the propeller stop, few of
them notice any difference
Draws Round of Applause.
The plane cruises at a slower speed
and cannot attain as high altitude,
but can fly as long as the gasoline
lasts for the one motor, he said.
The demonstration drew a round
of applause for Capt. Davis when
he landed, but one young girl ap-
peared little confused. To her es-
cort, who had just explained that
the plane was flying with the motor
on the other side of the plane which
she could not see, she said:
Has Secretary Ickes ordered
planes to fly on one motor now?"