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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
COOL WEATHER
 FOLLOWSSTORM
Temperature Drops to S2 Degrees During Night;
 Reaches 66 at Noon

Cool weather prevailed today in the wake of badly-needed rainfall that brought almost two inches Of rain during two-day storm. High winds yesterday afternoon caused some property damage.
 The temperature dropped to 52 degrees during the night and re- mained in the co.'s all morning It was 66 degrees at noon, considerably below the normal for this time of year The weather drediction was for somewhat warmer weather this afternoon, with tomorrow fair.
 The rainfall of Wednesday and yesterday was greater 'than that which fell in the whole month of April, The precipitation of l,N Inches for the two days was the heaviest since February.
 Farmers called the rain c God send, declaring that many crops would benefit though 1t came too late for others. Water supplies in reservoirs and wells climbed sharply as the heavy rain continued to pelt down oil day yesterday.
 Police reported that two telephone poles were blown down on Harpers Ferry road. Many tree branches also fell before the wind, and many shrubs and plants were damaged, No serious damage to streets was re- ported,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
HOLY NAME UNIT
 FORMING LEAGUE.
All Members Interested in Qu0its Invited to Meet
 Monday Night
Washington Hill

The St. Francis Holy Name so- ciety will receive Holy Communion in 6 body at the 7:30 o'clock Mass, next Sunday, June sth.
 Those interested in playing quoits this summer, are asked to meet Monday night at 6:30 at the parish hall. President Edward doggins Is endeavoring to form Q Quoit League and hos asked the following to serve on the committee to get the league started:
 Oscar stafstrom, Gene oladding, Richard White, George Fox, James Meehan, George Flavin, Les Cough- lin and Joseph Tierney. MT. doggins anticipates c very successful quoit league and plans to play Monday nights and probably Friday nights also.
 Devotions to the Sacred Heart will be held in St. Francis Xavier church this evening ct 7:30 o'clock. With the Baldwin street bridge closed, residents of the Hill who are In the habit of driving back and forth to work every day, surely have to Do on the alert when passing over Liberty street at the interSec- ton of Mill. The bus drivers have hard time making the turn into Mill from Liberty and when 0 few extra trucks happen along, and the noon hour traffic trying to hustle home to get their lunch, 1t would seem as though e traffic officer should be there to help keep the road clear.
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Lenehan of Brooklyn, N. r., have returned to their home after spending q brief stay with MT. and Mrs. William Blacker of Sylvan avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
Boy Scouts Mobilize
 For Emergency Tests
Over 400 Expected to Assemble Late This Afternoon at Camp Mattatuck; Weekend Program Included

Over 900 Boy Scouts of the Matt
 #t1ck Council will assemble at camp Mattatuck late this afternoon l1or the Emergency Mobilization En- cAimpment of the Council. This event Which will last until Sunday after noon will stress those Scout actlvi. 1Ies which relate to Emergency Ser- vice. With fair weather promised for lilla three day event Council off, uiAls anticipate 1t will be most suc- Uhssful.
 The first task in which Scouts will compete when they report at Camp VIII be in setting up and establish fng their Troop and Patrol Camps which will be widely scattered over the TO acre canpsite, prepare their evening meal, and get ready for Troop campfires which will be held on the respective Troop composites, IAlter Taps O brief Scout Leaders Meeting will be held in the Camp Administration Building.
 Saturday will be given over to Inc FIzoving Camp and participating in Emergency Service events which lr- dude the following: Signaling, First Aid, Water Rescue Demonstration, Troop Camp Refugee Project, Pa trcl Emergency Inspection and as lM surprise activity Lost Person Hunt" which will give practice in organization for this type of activi- lty, one of the most common types of emergency service for which Scouts are called out,
 i After supper on Saturday evening there will be an evening retreat followed by Q Council Campfire at which certificates will be presented Ito Patrols and Props which have qualified for them In the various events of the day. J, Milton Bur- Irall, Jr., President of the Council, and Napoleon Charbonneau, Chair man of the Camp Committee, will speak to the Scouts at the Camp fire about the coming Summer sea- son fo camping activities.
 Ion Sunday field services will be held for Protestant and Catholic Scouts. Rev. James II. Phillips, As. siBtant Pastor of the First Congre. Rational Church, will conduct the Protestant services.
 "A Field Mass for Catholic Scouts will be held with e Priest from St. Thonlsa Seminary assigned to say Mass.
 .The Mobilization Encampment VIII close Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, following final inspection of all Troop and Patrol composites.
 The Encalnpment is under the direction of the Camping and Ac- tivitieS Committee of the Council which includes the following; Na- ubleon Charbonneau, Chairman, William J. Lovett, Kenneth John- son Og Naugatuck, William c. Cleve. lAnd of Watertown, sherman Knapp of New Milford, and Oscar Warner, Fred Baril, Ernest Christofferson, Walter II. Deacon and Vernon Abel Qf Waterbury A detail of Sea Scouts from Ship Waterbury and Ex. IJior0F Scouts frmo Naugatuck will act NS Q Service Detail for the Tn. Oampment. Officials In direct charge Of the Camp include Scout Execu. tiye David P. Bahson who is director
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

of the event, Assistant Scout Ex- ecutive Nerve s. Robert who has charge of the physical arrange ments, Special Field Commissioner Arthur z. Hlrsch In charge of pro- gram features including the Council Campfire on Saturday evening, md the following District Commissions CTS Of the Council who will act as judges and observers: Carlton Cha pin, Frank Schwartz Everett West, James Gardner, Frank Mercer Of Waterbury and Harry Grover of Naugatuck,
 A number of Officials of the Mat. tatuck Council, namely, J. Milton Burrall, Jr. and Walter II. Deacon, Scout Commissioner, will visit the Encampment during the three days,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

Hartford, Conn, June 6.-Con- necticut strawberry growers faced the loss of Q half-million dollar crop of strawberries which will rot on the vine unless Q minimum Of 800 ptckers are recruited within the next few days, State Labor Commissioner Cornelius J. Dana her stated today In an appeal to house wives, and others not other- wise employed, to help harvest the crop.
 Commissioner Danaher's state ment followed a conference with Ralph c. Lasbury, Jr., chairman of the Connecticut Agricultural
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

Francis Fitzgerald, r, of 7l Rail- road Hill street and Leo Johnson, 10, colored, Of 06 Riverside street, both charged with breaking and en- tering, each received 0 two months suspended jail sentence and were put oil probation for 1 year. They were charged with robbing 0 Rro- cery store on Draher avenue and a restaurant on Bank street during the latter part of April.
 Charles Bredice, 10, of 723 Con- gress avenue. received c continuance to July 5 on c charge of forgery, Of 0 check.
 A continuance to June ' was en- tered in the case of George Mcdrath. 45, of 087 North Main street. Hc is charged with non- support.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
cHTDEs OWN PROFESSION

Preston Sturges, writer who has been c director now for only 0 year, Lurlsques the movie directing pro- fession in "Sulllvan,s Travels" his next Paramount picture. Joel Me- CreG plays the director.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
BRIDGEPORT WAGE
 INCREASES GIVEN

Bridgeport, Conn, June e-(uP) A strike Of 70 defense workers at the Pequonnock Foundry was set- tied with wage increases for the strikers, the state labor department announced today.
 Tho workers, represented by tho International MoulderS and Foundry Workers, (AFL), had demanded 0 flat ten cents on hour increase and Q closed shop when they went on strike Wednesday morning.
 They finally agreed on c 70 per- cent wage increase retroactive to June End, with another five percent increase coming on July 2nd. They did not gain closed shop.
 The wind blows in curves, never in A gtraiRht line,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
CHORAL CLUB IN PROGRAM TONIGHT Mrs. Lucien DerOuin to Direct FrancO-American
 Group in Musicale

With Marcel Doucette, Mrs.
 Blanche Archambault and Harry Mathieu aS guests soloists, e Tlu- sicale will be presented tonight in connection with c dessert bridge are ranged under the auspices Of the Franco American Choral club. Mrs. Lucien Derouin will direct the pres-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

Boston, Juno 6--Ujp)-'rhe Wcn- ther buroau'a Two day Now I9nglnnd foreonst for the period beginning ht 7i30 tonight:
 Tho temperature will average .nenr normal. N0rmalB for tho period nrO Boston and New Haven, Conn, 66j Burlington, Vt, G4; Concord, N. IL, and Portland, Me, 61; Nantucket, 50, and Passport, Me, b4.
 beginning of tho period will Do fol- lowed by 0 reaction Co warmer wenther about Sunday with cooling again tho latter part of the period, Precipitation will total heavy, moro rnr rnn as w9.nras shnwSrs Of bd ." nsh oSsup tho period,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06
Full Weather Report

ONNECTICUTi IrHir aBd cooler tonight. NntHPdRy fair aud warmer thnn teddy. kuNdnY tn- cFeRking PIOUdtBeHh followed by scattered showers IR the RfternOOn OF Rt night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-06

Labor day was set aside as day of rest"
Evening star., 1941-10-17

slovakia in free and democratic
Europe
Let me quote just a few lines from
Czecho-Slovakia'S declaration of indie
pendence to show why that brave coun-
try has to suffer and why it finally must
be victorious again: %. -. We accept and
snail adhere to the ideals of modern de-
mocracy as they have been the ideals
OF our nation for centuries. We accept
the American principles laid down by
President Wilson; the principles of lib
Grated mankind, of the actual equality
OF nations, and of governments deriving
all their power from the consent of the
governed. We, the nation of Comenius.
cannot but accept these principles ex-
pressed in the American Declaration of
Independence, the principles of Lincoln
and of the declaration of the rights of
man and of the citizen. For these
principles our nation shed its blood 500
years ago, for these same principles,
beside her Allies, our nation is shedding
its blood today. Democracy is VIC
toriouS; on the basis of democracy man
kind will be reorganized The forces of
darkness have served the victory, the
longer-for age of humanity is dawning.
We believe in democracy; we believe In
liberty, and liberty evermore."
DIR. JOSEPH WEISSKOPF.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Rents and InfIution

In view of the facts available to
the committee, it is somewhat sur
prlSing that Chairman Steagall of
the House Banking Committee, which
is considering price-control legiSla-
ton, should seem to be under the
impression that rents in the District
have played any significant part in
the advance of living costs.
Commenting on the legislation be-
fore his committee, Mr.. Steagall said
that any bill to control initiation
should apply to rents everywhere 3"
When Isadore Lubin, commissioner
of labor statistics, replied that the
rent problem has not become acute
in many places, Mr.. Steagall said:
Il am wondering if you are aware
of rents in Washington? Have you
heard of any one who could find space
here?"
The facts, as previously reported
by Mr.. Lubin. plainly refute the i'm
plication in this comment that rents
in the District are excessive. During
the three-month period ending in
mid-September, rents had advanced
only 0.6 per cent. Taking 100 as the
average for the base period of
5-1939, the total rise in rents still
leaves the present figure at 1909.
This compares, for example, with an
advance in food prices to 1905
largely due to congressional legisla-
ton in aid of farmers-an advance
in clothing costs to 1877, and house
furnishings index of 117.9.
From these figures, it is evident
that there has been no increase in
rents in any way comparable to the
advance in other living costs. 1t may
be that Chairman Steagall and his
committee feel that safeguards
should be erected against the pos
sibflity of unreasonable rent advances
in the future But this should not be
done on the false premise that rents
already are out of line.
Evening star., 1941-10-17

themselves in official positions with
in the organization. However, de-
spite this delay, the fact remains
that corrective action has been taken,
and If the Federation'S stand against
racketeering union leaders is trans
lated into effective action, distinct
gain will have been recorded both
for labor and the general public.
In this connection, there is cause
for regret in the attack made by the
Federation on Assistant Attorney
General Thurman Arnold because
of his attempt to prosecute certain
unions under the anti trust law for
acts which he believed to be in viola
tion of the statute 1t is true that
the effort failed after the Supreme
Court ruled that unions were exempt
from prosecution under the monop-
oily laws. But that technical i'm
munity did not go to the merits of
the practices in question, and there
can be no doubt that they were dis
tinctly inimical to the public in
terest. Instead of assailing Mr.. Ar
mold for what, under the circum-
stances, was a courageous attempt
at law enforcement, the A. F. of L.
might well have sought on it's own
initiative to eliminate the objection
able practices. To have done so
would have been clearly in line with
the general statement of policy to
which it has formally subscribed.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Stute Tuxes

In expressing his opposition to a
reduction of State and local taxes,
Mariner s. Eccles, Chairman OF the
Federal Reserve Board, has taken a
position that commands serious con-
sideration. With State and local
revenues in many areas exceeding
budgetary expectations and with re-
lief rolls declining, proposals to get
rid of unpopular taxes are likely to
win wide support. BY reducing or
eliminating these, it will be argued,
taxpayers will find it easier to meet
the burden of the increased Federal
taxes.
But as Mr.. Eccles pointed out in his
address Tuesday before the National
Tax Association, a reduction in these
levieS would result in expanding
civilian buying power at time when
it is of vital Importance to the de-
fense program that brake be placed
on consumer expenditures. Taxes
provide an instrument for siphoning
off part of the new purchasing power
created by the defense effort. If the
States and local governments reduce
their taxes, the effectiveness of taxa
ton as a safeguard against imitation,
will thus be CORRESPONDENCE impaired.
Though Federal taxes, during the
current fiscal year, will exceed the
aggregate of State and local, these
latter are still of great Importance
in our national economy. There are
now approximately 175,000 individual
public taxing bodies in the United
States. In view of the large number
of taxes, the competition between
the various taxing units and the fire.
quent duplication and overlapping
of these levies, there is clearly a need
for closer coordination and inte-
grafton between Federal, and State
and local tax policies.
Chairman Eccles recommends that
State and local governments decrease
expenditures and postpone the crea-
tion of new services unrelated to
defense until after the emergency,
using the resulting surplus revenue
to repay existing debt. This, Ger
tainly, would put State and municipal
governments in better position to
deal with postwar economic prob
lens. There would seem to be a
question, however, as to whether the
repayment of this debt, or substan-
tial part of it, by placing cash in the
hands of the holders of the securities
might not tend to increase consumer
buying power, thereby minimizing
the counter-infiationary effect Of high
taxes.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Kuzun

There is romance in the name Of
the city to which the government of
the Soviet Union Is removing from
beleaguered Moscow Americans who
know the place recall its dusty
streets, its crowded markets with
gratitude for having escaped from
them. Yet the capital of the Tartars
has authentic powers Of attraction
which they would be the last to deny.
Commentators liken Kazan to
Grenada in Spain, and the compari-
son is reasonably apt. Both cities
were outposts of Moslem culture. In
both, especially in the metropolis of
the Volga, the spirit of Mohammed
survives. Conquest of the ultimate
stronghold of the Moors in Spain set
fashion of a sort for Ivan the Ter
rible. Half a century, roughly, sepa-
rates the victory of Ferdinand and
Isabella from the triumph of the
Car, but neither event was alto
gether complete in effect. Journey
along any Iberian road and you will
meet Arabs; visit the banks of the
Kazanka and you will find Mongols
of the Golden Horde.
Nobody knows when Kazan first
was established. 1t was old when
the towns of Western Russia were
new. Ruins thirty miles to the
northeast of the present site show
evidence of vast antiquity. The
whole neighborhood is rich in relics
of ancient times. Skilled craftsmen,
whose names are unremembered,
wrought weapons of iron and steel,
beautiful articles of leather, brilliant
textiles, rugs and carpets for the fair
held on an island in the river during
the Middle Ages. Slavic and Mon
gOlian cultures met and mingled
there. After the siege of 1852 the
power of Islam was supposed to have
been broken. Catherine II ordered
the converts" to sign a pledge that
t1iCJ WOulo 1OlSdhC UllC1l
errors" but even under Bolshevik
control thirteen mosques still raise
their minarets against the sky for
the convenience of muezzins sum-
moning the faithful to prayer on five
different occasions each day. The
Kremlin, dating back to 1437, shell
tered many Greek Orthodox churches
and monasteries until the Marxist
revolution of 1917. White armies
then captured the city, only to be
expelled by Red, both sides inflicting
cruel damage upon the monuments
of the past. The civilian population
suffered unspeakably in the famine
of 1921. According to census taken
five years after that aff1iction, the
population was only 174,0O0. 1t prob
ably is much larger now. If so, the
crowding and confusion must be
vastly increased.
Kazan is fortified, yet II Is prob
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Roll Bonus Plan

The first offer of the railroads in
response to the pay demands of the
brotherhoods finds the disputants far
apart. The unions seek an increase
the carriers estimate at 100000 900
annually, or slightly less than the
class one lines probably will show
this year for net operating income
that is, before the payment of in
tereSt and rentals. The railroads
have countered with a cost-of-nving
bonus plan amounting to sos, 100000
for the first year, or just about a
tenth of what the workers want.
Laid before the Presidents Emer-
gency Fact-finding Board, which is
sitting the wage issue, the proposal
has been fatty rejected by union
Spokesmen.
The amount that labor would re-
celve under the plan is determined
by rather complicated process. To
start with, living costs and gross
revenues as of June Is, 1871 period
OF relative prosperity for the car
rlers-are taken as a base. Next
the percentage rise in living costs
and gross revenues would be deter
mined. The latter figure then would
be halved, management arguing that
30 per cent of any gross revenue in
crease must go into non-wage oper-
ating costs. Finally, the full per-
centage increase in the cost-of living
index and half the percentage in
crease in gross revenue would be
averaged, with the resultant figure
representing the percentage to be
added to wage rates as the bonus.
AS a counterinflationary safeguard,
present basic pay rates would serve
as floor, with the ceiling fixed at
maximum increase of IS per cent
on the first thirty dollars of weekly
earnings, and the bonus would ap-
ply only to the first S13O Of monthly
earnings. Effective November l. for
fourteen months, the plan would be
subject to revision quarterly when
there had been change of at least
flve points in the composite index.
The cost-of-living bonus idea was
borrowed from the Canadian govern
ment, which has adopted a COM
parable scheme as wartime meas
ure. The principle also is being
employed in the shipbuiIding in
duStry on the Atlantic seaboard.
Supporters point out that the ar
rangement has the advantage OF
compensating workers for increased
living costs, while at the same time
avoiding inflexible pay scales, threat
ening new problems If a slump in
business occurs. The objections are
equally obvious, labor looking for
permanent, not transient gains.
Recognizing the fact that the rail-
road industry is far from the -four
ishing stage despite the present era
OF prosperity, it would seem that
some sort of a bonus arrangement
would be a reasonable approach to
the wage issue. The finality with
which the proposal has been turned
down, however, does not encourage
hope that the solution lies in this
direction.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
To An Autumn Bride

You look ahead today Nth ptsttul
gaze
And should one scttt, snbtdden
tear arise
TO Uefl the shining star -dtst In
your eyes,
Think not its import Is TO cast haze
OF doubt upon your heart; IT operldys
But briefly joys 80 soon to crystahse
Upon your bright horizon and
implies
Your blended thoughts xpon thSs day
OF days.
o s,Ueet, adoring, lonely little bridel
May neUer any threatening
shddotUS fall
Across your path to dim its radiant
Ddy
To happiness. May love's full sHrging
tide
Surround you and engulf you and
may all
Your life be one transcendent We'd
ding Day.
CORINNE CHANDLER DAVIS.
Evening star., 1941-10-17
Labor Rucketeers

The American Federation of Labor
has voted to purge its official ranks
Of George E. Browne, indicted presi-
dent of the Stage Employees and
Motion Picture Operators Unions,
and has directed all central labor
units to deny seats to convicted
racketeers and criminals. 81
Undoubtedly, it will be pointed out
that the Federation has waited long
to take both steps. Mr.. Browne,
vice president of the Federation,
is on trial in a Federal court on a
charge of extorting $55O,O00 from
major film companies some four
years ago. And it also has been
evident for some time that the A. F.
of L. had ample reason to take
vigorous action against racketeers
Who had succeeded in establishing