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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13
Questions andAnswers
YOUR oUEsTroNs ANswERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau will answer for you free any question of fact or infcrme- tlon, not involving extensive re search. Write your question clear ly, sign name and address, enc close q three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, lO13 18th Street, Wash. ingtOn, D. Q.
 e. What has become of WilliaH M. ConSelman, co.author, wit Charlie Plumb, of the comic StriD "Ella Cinders"?
 A. He died May 25, 1e40, at Eag' Rock, near Hollywood, California, q a liver atlment. He was fcrty-thre years old.
 e. Are Social Security taxes de ductible on the Federal Income taI return? e4t
 A. The excise taxes imposed upon employers by the Social Secur. ity Act, as amended, are deductibh but the taxes imposed on eTnploya are not deductible. Unemployment compensation contributions, requir. ed under a state law, if oflcially classified as taxes, are deductible,
 c. In what year and under whose sponsorship dtd Congress abolish trade in foreign -born slaves?
 A. In 1908, under the prompting of Thomas Jefferson.
 e. Is former Governor Luren D. Dickinson of Michigan, Q native of that state?
 A. He was born in Niagara County, New York, April IS, 1859, but was educated in the district schools and the Charlotte, Michigan, high school. He was formerly prif- cipal of the PotterWlle, Michigan, high school.
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the [ Q m p O rafy steel girders now suppo orting the weakened Capitol roof while the $1- 420,977y y559 agri- culture appropria- ton bill for 1942 is being consider ed in Congress.
 To the indi- vidual farmer, the little fellow, this bill is sim pie, whether he grows wheat or cotton, and 1t thrashes or tept.aa Ank AA I.A,.v
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Daily Almanac
Moon rises s:27 p. m.

Moon rises 6:27 p. m.
 Sun rises 6:oe a. m; sets 5:56 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The full moon occurred this morning short Iy before o'clock (while the eclipse was on). We're still in 6 storm period. but early month snows may now turn to rains just as heavy.
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c. Is sac:harin the sweetest sub- stance known? i
 A. Peryllartine Is the sweetest substance, being about 2,000 times sweeter than sugar. Saccharin is only about 500 times sweeter thar, sugar.
 o. How does the l94O production of domestic distilled spirits in the United States compare with the production in 1889? .0r
 A. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1940 production was 143,- 453,708 tax gallons, compared with l45 1926, ,176 for the 1889 fiscal year.
 o. Are American flags flown at night over the White House and other government buildings in Washington?
 A. The flag is flown over the White House from sunrise to sunset when the President is in Washing. ton. The only buildings over which 1t is flown officially night and day is the Capitol, House of Represesl- tatives and Senate Ofiice buildings.
 c. Can a kettle-drum be made to play different notes without sep- arate tuning for each one? It
 A. A new type of kettle.drufn is now on the market which will play the scale from 0 to F by use of pedal. ,le, lsr.,t
 O. Does the British government censor all the mail to and from Europe that passes through Der. muda? & 's cT
 A. All mail that passes through British territory is subject to British censorship. Bermuda Is Q British possession. .},HtG 4, X
 c. Please describe the sound Of air-raid sirens in London. .A..
 A. They have a tone resembling the. old-fashioned automobile klax- on, except that 1t is not harsh or "squawky." The siren sounds one minute for an alert, two minutes for the all clear. On an alert. the sound goes from a low to high pitch, up and down every few seconds. The all clear is sounded by the same sirens, but instead of going up and down they sound steadily for two minutes in the same tone.
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which 1t lives. Science d e a l s with matter and teaches m c n how to adapt themselves more heipfully to the material order in which they live.
 But the Chris tian religion claims to be based on reveal AI II A
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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1941
A Thought for Today

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poer for yours Is the king dom of God.-Luke 6:2O
 In one important respect a man Is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is 50 much the less.-Bovee.
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Washington Merry-G Round
DREW PEAR s o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

 the MexicanU work joint plans for national defense Ana smooth
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National Spotlight
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndent

Washington, March 3-It's too bad some of the good dirt farmers of this broad land aren't around in the galleries and hanging from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13

I you want your Lenten Packet of Cooking Publications booklets, send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St., washington. ID. c. En- close twenty-five cents in postage.
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had they not. in the providence of God. been revealed to us.
 Science deals with matter, and therefore never speaks with any real authority about spiritual truth, When religion and science resolute- ly stay within their own fields. each contributes to the enrichment Of the other and both show forth the glory of God.
 All Rights Reserved Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

We should always have pro- found distruet for human knowledge when 1t operates outside its field.
 It very decidedly has field. The human mind reaches out and tries to learn more about the world in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Two negatives make an affirm ative, therefore, if you say. "He doesn't need no help," what you really are saying is, "He does need help"
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Copyright. 194l. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13

NO LEGATION NEEDED
 The Presidents idea Is @ com- promise between the War Labor Board of World war days, and the 40-day cooling-off plan of OPM
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-12
From Winston salem.

<... Isham Buglcy, OF Winston
... Is spending some time here
Il. her father, S. S. Stevenson, a:
aaHae. on South Garnet street.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

LOS ANGELES, Jan. %. (UP'-
The career or Charles Rex Bocklus,
"A, who drifted from wealth to the
penitentiary to the WPA, was at
it's lowest ebb today. He was in Jail.
suspected of killing his estranged
wife, who, too, had once known a
fortune.
The body of Mrs. Marvel Bockius,
a slender, attractive woman, with
luxurious black hair. family streak
ed with gray, was discovered yes
terday on the floor of her 91-year-
old aunt's bedroom. She had on a
disheveled silk slip, stockings and
slippers. The cord from a bathrobe
was looped around her throat, like
CARROT. An empty gin bottle, which
police said belonged to Bockius, was
by her side.
Bockius, shabby, but still possessed
of some of the polish of his rearing,
denied that he had killed her. A
few hour after he was arrested in
bar and booked on suspicion of
murder, police took him to the
county morgue and showed him the
body.
He paled, covered his eyes with
his hands, and cried out:
Il didn't do it! 1 didn't do it!"
He became so i'll that he had to
be returned to Jail.
He said his real name was Will
liam T. Spivey, but he had been
adopted as a child by Charles Rex
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Daylight Raiders
Strike at London
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launched their own offensive north
of Chimara toward Valona.
Hugh Dalton, Britains minister
of economic warfare, told the House
of Commons that the Axis nations
were bending efforts to mass for
eign exchange, presumably in prep
aration for the expected spring all
out blitzkrieg against Britain.
He also told of representations at
Moscow and Washington against
shipments of United States goods
to Russia which are believed to
free Soviet supplies for shipment
to Germany.
In the Far East fighting between
Thailand and French Indo- China
did not cease at the agreed hour OF
10 am. Each side blamed the other
Preparations at Saigon were COM
plete for the Japan-sponsored con-
ferences starting Wednesday to seek
a way of ending the conflict. The
French were gloomy and foresaW
increasing japanese domination OF
southern Indo China.
At Vichy United States Ambas-
sador William d. Leahy issued G
statement emphasizing his conf
dence in British victory. The
French awaited message from
Adolf Hitler which might throw
light on German plans for chal-
lenging British Mediterranean SUI
| premaCy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
British Cannot
Pay'-Mor9enthou

adopted before it is finally approved
bv congress. The suggested chang
es were discussed at bipartisan
White House conference last night.
Morgenthau's testimony was large
" repitition of what he previously
had told the house foreign affairs
committee. He pointed out that
British commitments here now
amount to S1,4OO, 100000 compared
to Sl,Sl1 900 900 in gold and dollar
exchange assets which the British
regard as available for purchases
in this country
Morgenthau said that the war is
costing the British government
more than 100000 pounds ($48,-
OOO,0OO a day, approximately 6O
per cent of the national income.
He told the committee that the
collapse of France last June caused
British gold and dollar assets to
dwindle twice as fast as previously.
He pointed out that besides TAX
ing over French commitments in
this country-thereby doubling their
liabilities the British lost the use
of French assets.
1.-The French had at least as
much as the British in gold and
dollar assets in this country" Nor
genthau said. "The ese resources
were available, together with the
British, to pay for purchases here
in the first nine months Of the
war.
when the French collapse came
last June the British took over all
French contracts in this country
although they no longer had the
help of French money to pay for
them.
British liabilities were doubled
They were left to face Germany
alone. The result was that the
Britain began to lose gold and dol
lar assets twice as fast after June
as before"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Split
Bench Operates

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at the rate of 25 crates an hour
the packer gets 81 and the three
trimmers it takes to keep him busy
get 60 cents an hour apiece or s1.80
for the trio and a total of $3.50.
Under a piece basis where the trim
mers would get three cents a crate
the total hourly cost would be 81
TO the packer and s225 to the three
trimmers or a total of S3.25.
If both trimmerS and packers are
put on an hourly basis the result
is a drop in production, but per-
haps not as serious as might be
imagined. The drop is to about 20
crates an hour instead of 25. Only
one to suffer is the packer who
would be paid a regular scale of 80
cents an hour instead of the 81
an hour he made under the piece
basis. .-sh
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Chomber0 Opposes
CIO Closed Shop

Pledging their support to ship
pers in what they termed their
valiant fight against a closed shop,
the ri Centre Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday passed a resolution
commencing the shippers on the
stand they took during the CIO
strike.
John w. Donohue, president of
the chamber, issued the following
resolution passed by the board OF
directors:
The El Centro Chamber of Com
merce is not opposed to unions and
respects the honest working man
be he union or non union; but be-
lieves that such working man has
a firm right granted him under the
Constitution TO make his own deci-
sion and he should not be coerced
to join any union, any fraternal
order, any religious sect. or any
association unless of his own free
will and accord.
1T has heen, and properly. the
practice of our shippers not to in
Quire as to whether a worker or an
applicant for work belongs to a
union or not, and TO employ men
solely on the basis of their ability
and as free citizens of a free Amer
ica.
The closed shop is un-American.
1t is opposed to the basic principles
of American liberty. No man should
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Career Of Crime
Laid TO Prisoner
Held in CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Jan. %. (UP) - A
career of murder, burglary, bigamy
and family desertion was attributed
in court records today to Harold
Kirk, As, wanted at San Bernardino
Calf, on a 16-year-old murder
charge
Kirk was identified recently
through fingerprints taken when he
was jailed for alimony arrearage
as the Harry Kirk" wanted for
the Staying of James Winn, San
Bernardino taxicab driver, in 1924
His former wife, Mrs. Alice Kirk,
Madison, Wis, summoned to tell
Circuit Court Judge Cornelius j.
Harrington something of the char
acter of the prisoners. told him of
his previous arrests and said she
feared he would kill her and their
two sons if released from jail.
She said Kirk had threatened
her and their sons, Robert, II. and
Donald, Is, last August because she
was pressing her alimony complaint
against him. She said Kirk had
abandoned her and the children
was wanted in Wisconsin for burg
larry, had been fined 5000 in Chicago
for carrying concealed weapons, had
committed bigamy for which he was
not prosecuted, and had served six
months in Jail for bastardy.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Mediation Plea
Fails in Strike;
Threats Reported
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cars. The market meanwhile rose
to 50 for 5S. SITS for As and SITS
for 6s. There was a wild scramble
to obtain cars.
Carrot shipments also were halt
ed and the market strengthened.
Pea harvest, tomato and squash
proceeded in the northend because
rainfall there was not as heavy as
farther south.
A combined COWBOY crew work
ed in the Charles Freedman Sieo
despite picket lines Tuesday, mov-
ing as much lettuce as could be
brought in. A few of the old hands
worked but for the most part the
crew. made up OF Freedman's as
we'll as NJ. o. BeStS men, were not
regular workmen. They were re-
cruited from ranches and transient
labor.
Although many of the strikers
are anxious TO work and opposed
the walkout. they refuse 10 GO
through picket lines for fear OF
being blacklisted in other parts OF
the west, one shipper explained.
Work was at a StandStill at the
Ralph Myers shed. Manager Fred
Nicholas said he did not know yet
whether a cowboy crew would be
organized.
Shippers met in a closed session
Monday night ir El Centre but
there was no indication as to what
was discussed or decided upon. Sem
timent among them appeared ada
mant, however, against any COM
promise on the chief issue of union
shop demand last week at confer
ences between Ted Rasmussen, rep
resenting the CIO sponsored veg
etable workers union and COM
mittee representing the shippers.
A telephone call from District
Attorney Heald TO the Los Angeles
office OF the National Labor Rela-
tions board indicated there would
be no help from that quarter In
settling the controversy. Heald was
informed that the NLRB has no
authority to step in unless there
is a complaint filed. It was then
that Heald issued his recommended
ton to police authorities to limit
guns and suggested that they use
regular officers rather than special
deputies.
Il don't want anything to hap
pen this time such as happened q
few years ago." he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Draftees Asked TO
Write About Jobs

Thomas N. Finney, manager Of
the State Employment service in
Imperial county, Tuesday asked all
young men from the county to write
him several weeks before they are
released from their year of mill
tary service and he will endeavor
TO find gainful employment for
them
All men in military service were
listed with the employment service
of California and are eligible for
all the facilities of the state SER
vice which is connected with the
government one.
This will be of great help to
the young men just out of the ar
my, navy or marine corps Fin
ney said. I'VE will be glad to help
them in every way we can. All we
ask is that they write to us several
weeks before they are to be releas-
ed. That will give us time to hunt
jobs for them"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
All Hands Saved
As U.S Transport
Settles on Rocks
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liOlil aSS SAAS'
aboard until rescued"
The coast guard cutter Nahama
put out Immediately from Ketch-
kan and expected to reach the
stricken vessel at | pm. PSI. A
dense fog and very rough sea
limited the cutters speed to 10
knots.
The motorship, chartered by the
army from the Alaska Packers as
sociation of San Francisco. left Sc
attic Saturday with supplies for
southeastern Alaskan ports. Pass
engers included officers, soldiers and
civilian workmen enroute to far
northern defense bases.
According to the coast guard ra-
dio, the original sos said:
"On rocks at Sisters Rocks Fin
layson Channel Need assistance. AT
52.32 N. Long 1928 w. Need aSsis-
tance badly" Coast guard and army
transport offices said the location
given in the message was about
go or 100 miles north of Vancouver
Island
A subsequent message said: Life
boat capsized. Woman in water now.
Can't find them"
About 2:3O am. psf another mes
sage followed: Skipper says the
ship is filling up fast but is settled
down on rocks okay. Will be prob
ably SAFE"
Ten minutes later the radio oper-
ator notified the coast guard station
in Seattle that the crew and most
of the passengers had taken safely
to lifeboats.
The army transport service in
Seattle said the Kvichak's first stop
was to be Tongass harbor, south OF
Ketchikan. The ship was following
the inside passage winding thru
numerous islands most of the way
to Alaska.
The transport had made the trip
many times" in recent months, 1t
was declared. Two experienced
Alaskan pilots, Odd Haugen and
Hans Buhman assisted Capt. Will
hanson.
Neither coast guard nor army
transport headquarters could furn-
ish a probable cause for the acci-
dent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Canada Requests
Return Of kazi

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. %. CUP)-
Canada attempted today, with a
grand larceny warrant, to regain
custody of Baron Franz Won Werra,
German prisoner of war who es-
capped across the ST. Lawrence river
in roWboat.
Police chief H. S. Myer of Og-
densburg announced that a war
rant charging Werra with theft of
the rowboat had been issued at
the request of Prescott, Ontario,
authorities. The boat was valued
at S35, sufficient for a grand lar
ceny charge by Canadian law.
international law prohibits the
United States from returning Werra
to Canada, but allows the federal
government TO deport him to his
homeland. He is free in $1,000 bail
and due TO appear in Albany Thurs
day on charge of illegal entry into
the United States.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Man Shot by Army
Sentry May Die

FORT ORD, Cal, Jan. %. CUP)-
John Lutz, SO, WPA workers who
was shot by an army sentry who
caught him tampering with the lock
of boxcar loaded with army sup
plies, was in critical condition to-
day and army authorities we're un-
able to question him.
Lutz was unconscious in Monterey
Presidio hospital and had develop
ed an internal hemorrhage. Military
intelligence officers and FBI men
waited to question him if and when
he RECEIVERS.
Lutz was found by a sentry on
the Fort Ord reservation Saturday
night, tampering with a locked
boXcar on railroad siding. The
sentry challenged him and when
Lutz ran, the sentry shot him
through the chest with As caliber
pistol.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
U.S.. Agency Seeks
ToCut Allowance
Given Pensioners
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what the Social Security board is
asking. Instead of removing the
exemption they would increase it
adding additional sources from
which income could be received
without reduction.
The California law now provides
that exemption up to SIS a month
may be had for income from work
done by the pension recipient, rent
of a home, sale of garden produce
or firewood. and the value OF gifts
other than contributions by rela-
tives who are legally liable for the
aged persons support.
One of the legislative proposals
would allow the Is exemption TO
be averaged over yearly period,
thus permitting a larger income
in one month to be balanced off
against other months when little
or nothing might be earned. Other
measures would permit income
from private pensions OF various
sources. rent of rooms and similar
types of income without deduction
from the aged aid.
The legislature already has adopt
ed a memorial to congress urging
that the new law not be allowed to
interfere with CALIFORNIA; pension
standards, but such resolutions
rarely have been effective in the
past.
Senator John Phillips, chairman
of the joint legislative fact finding
committee on relief, said that un-
doubtedly there are pensions being
paid to persons who are not actual
~ in need but declared the federal
plan actually penalties the old
people for trying to support them
selves !"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Job Placement
Total Grows Here

A boost in the number of persons
placed in employment was noted
Tuesday in check of records at
the State Employment office in
El Centro.
In December, 1910, a total of 36C
persons went to work through as
signments from the unemployment
service. This was a 100 per cent
increase over the total for Decem-
Der, 1899, when 189 persons were
sent to jobs, Thomas N. Finney
manager of the service, said.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
Dairynlen Study
Advertising Plan

Producers, milk distributors and
dairy products manufacturers of
San Diego and Imperial counties
will meet in San Diego Thursday
to discuss ways and means for rais-
ing funds for a national advertis-
ing campaign.
The meeting, scheduled for 10 a,
m. at the conference room of the
San Diego chamber of commerce
will stress principally a method of
raising funds for the advertising
campaign, campaign generally ia
vored by all divisions of the indus
try.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28

WASHINGTON. Jan. %. (UP)-
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, jr.. told the senate
foreign relations committee today
that the British just haven't got
the dollars" to meet their war pur-
chases in this country after end OF
the current year.
Morgenthau appeared before the
committee in support of the admin
istration's all-out British aid bill
following indications that four a
nsendments to the measure-in-
cluding a ban on the use of y. S.
naval vessels in convoys-may be
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
''WeoIth-to-JoiI
Career Revealed

Bockius, Chicago philanthropist, ana
had taken his name. He said ms
foster-father sent him to Yale, and
he had inherited considerable Weaiop'
from the Bockius family.
In 1926, he killed man WIN
his automobile, and spent most OF
his fortune fighting charge OF
manslaughter. He was sentenced 10
six months in the county road camp
and released on probation. The fol-
lowing year, he was arrested 1or
drunkenness and sent to San Quen-
tin prison for breaking his parole. ,
More recently, he had been work.
ing on WPA projects as a laborer,
and serving a Jail term for intoXi..
cation.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
One in Every@
On Relief Here,
Survey Reveals

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ade, the association said. In l929-30
the So counties of California spent
S21 ,377,O2l for welfare of which S.
642,971 was for county INDECENT aid,
s320,551 for aged aid. $130,665 for
blind aid, $5O4,408 for children's
aid and $l4,778,426 for homes for
the aged and for hospitals. In 1939-
40 the county participation in the
state amounted to $57,k00,707 to
which, the association declared,
should be added an estimated S.
5000 for county welfare admins
tration.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-28
PRESIDENT APPROVES
WPA DEFENSE PROJECTS

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. UP)-
President Roosevelt has approved
A new WPA defense projects cost
ing SS,352,000 in federal funds, the
Works Project Administration an
nounced today. Larger projects in
cluded an appropriation of s556, 1926
for a new airport in Coconino
county, Ariz.