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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR A person may apply for relief;
 but he applies tp the person who can give It. n9t

O. When and from whom did the Italian giant, Primo Camera, win the worlds heavyweight boxing championship?
 A. From Jack Sharkey, by Q knockout in six rounds, at New York city, June 29, 1883. A year later, on June IA, 1884. he lost 1t to Max Baer, who knocked him out in II rounds.
 o. How many automobiles in the United States are equipped with radios?
 A. Approximately S,oo0,O0o.
 o. What is the highest altitude of any railroad line in the United States?
 A. The summit of Pike's Peak in Colorado, 14,109 feet above sea level, reached by the Manitou & Pike's Peak (cog) Railroad.
 o. Who was Elliott Roosevelt's first wife? Has she remarked?
 A. Her maiden name was Eliza beth Browning Donner. She was divorced from Roosevelt in 1888, and on October g, 1887, was mar ried to Curtin Winsor, of Ardmore, Pa.
 o. What are corrosive poisons?
 A. They are divided into two classes, corrosive acids and caustic alkalies. The corrosive acids are acetic. nitric. hydrochloric, sul- phuric, and weaker acids such as oxalic. The caustic alkalies are am- monia. quicklime, caustic potash, and caustic soda.
 If you want your "S2r;ag Sprucing' packet of three book lets, send to the Waterbury
 Democrats Washington Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, ID. c. Enclose twenty-five cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

of crises move along their or bits with blaz- ing tails.
 Princi pally, there is puzzle m c mt as to where the lease- lend bill will leave the South American s If hemisphere de- ferse is to be the big thing, and a large part of the U. 8. de- fense effort Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Daily Almanac

Moon rises ll:ii p. m.
 Sun rises 6:02 a. m.; sets 500 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Notice the hours of the rising and setting of the sun. Almost identical right at this period of the year. It shows how the day. light period is gradually extending on both ends of the day-morning and afternoon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

W ork ed out as
 they had hoped. They appointed a certain way in which they had
 wanted to walk and a certain time in which to do their walking, and their ap- pointments were put aside - they were disappoint- afl Ti, aU tNrn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
National Spotlight
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Washington, March l7 - A few new angles on U. s. relations with South America have bobbed up as the European and Oriental comets
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
SEA Service. Inc
DREW PEE R s o N
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
OUR PLANS AND GODS
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

OVN H"hEVEJ FhFND NOD v
 The word disappointment means among other things, a miscarriage of our plans. Disappointed people are people whose plans have not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
A Thought for Today.

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uxxa, and he smote him because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before GOd.-Chronicles l3:l@
 The object of punishment is threefold: for just retrihution; for the protection of society; for the reformation of the offender.-Tyron Edwards.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09

THE endorsement of new High
= i Teu OXYDOL by such rec
ognized experts as the makers of
the famous Easy Washer, is at
tracing widespread attention
among housewives today.
Here is the Official Easy Washer
statement. recently broadcast over
the radio, coast TO coast: we
recommend Higb-Tesf Oxydol for
use in EASY WaShers-to get
clothes white with speed and
safety"
This endorsement was released
after Easy Washer officials saw pos
tive proof of High Tsf Oxydofs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-09
Winter Brighter Washes in Easy Washers Both Old and Newl

amazing results-as demonstrated
in Proctor & Gamble laboratory
tests against a large number of
popular bar and package soaps.
The tests show that Oxydol
does these amazipg things
az Gets white clothes as much
as 9 TO IL shades pbifsr-actusl
Tintomster shades. (2) Cup for
cup. gives up to three fimei fbe
sEds-and suds stand up as much
as 2 to 3 times longer.
Yet is so SAFE that even cotton
prints given the equivalent of
mi years n4sbirg stayed looking
bright and sparkling as nen!
Higb-Te1 Oxydol is a grand
money-sayer, too-penny tor
penny, goes up to 2S% farther
than less economical soaps. You
owe il to yourself to try new High
Test OXYDOL. Get a package
tomorrow. Procter & Gamble.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
THIS AND THAT
Bu Charles E. Trdce1Dell.

Cats love routine Anything which
interferes with it is something to be con-
demned, in their eyes.
They are creatures of habit even more
than sedentary human beings.
Since they have become used to hav-
ing humans supply their wants, IN return
FOR catching mice and being interesting
and picturesque, they must turn the look
of disapproval on the humans they know
the best when anything goes wrong.
In a bombing raid, no doubt. they
would look accusingly at the home folks,
as if to say, Il know you are doing that,
but Why?"
Air-raid instructions for animals con-
tain clause stating that few grains OF
aspirin will calm down dogs and cats
excited by bombing.
The question is, how are you going to
get an aspirin tablet down a cat?
A cat should not have more than
5-srain tablet. Dogs should have 10
grains, and very large dogs perhaps as
much as Is grains.
1Hc ndTVclOuS dUluty VI llliullS ciicL
way back home Is common character
istic of both dogs and cats. Indeed, the
cats have been responsible for phrase,
"the cat came back" as the result OF this
talent
In many cases the animals probably
pick up an acquaintance with kind hu-
| man beings on their way, and settle down
IL lNr or,-ivra
when they must move on.
Just what rings the bell in their men,
ory is difficult to say.
Last summer there was dog which
came back to its home in nearby Viz
ginia over a distance of many miles.
In doing so, it had to swim river.
This shows that dogs, as Of old, hold
onto their natural senses though human
beings may be in danger of losing theirs.
- ~
! Our cat, Jack Spratt, always looked in
most accusing manner at us when he
saw snow falling.
| He did not like snow, and seemed to
feel that we we're, in some queer way,
wholly responsible for it.
/ Cats are great blackmailers A favorite
| trick of most Of them is TO do some thing
they know you do not want them TO do.
For instance, if they want dinner, they
will leap at forbidden puller on lamp.
! Or they will get il some chair or swing
/ on the curtains, not because they want
to do it. but simply to so annoy you
that you will give in and give them
what they want
The cat Penny tries persuasion By
example. If the family remains down
stairs longer than usual, she will osten-
tatiously trot up the stairs, then down
again, making great deal Of noise about
1t. Ordinarily she is great pussyfoot
What is the matter with Penny?'
comes the question.
And the answer is. Penny wants to 90
to bed quite as explicitly as if she had
. said the words herself.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Proposes New Year Contributions
To Supply Fighting Forces.
To the Editor OF The Star.

As New Year eve approaches and
their preparations for spending their
millions for parties, liquor, burning up
rubber, gas, oil, and energy, 1t seems to
me that if few of our fellow patriots"
would divert this inexcusable waste,
there would be no more Pearl HarborS.
The amount of money that is to be spent
over the holidays would more than
pay for the planes, guns and ammuni-
ton that our boys so desperately need
in the Philippines.
Since the American public will not
eliminate New Year celebrations and
donate that money to national defense
I suggest that in every night club, hotel,
and place of amusement there be placed
large number of barrels to receive
contributions from all patrons for this
all-out war. While we are having our
fun, many of our friends and relatives
are fighting for their lives in the
Philippines.
From all sides we hear the expression:
Flight for Democracy" We are fight
ing for our very existence. Democracy
will follow. The sooner this country
realizes that war today is fought by
entire peoples, not only by the Army,
Navy, and Marines. the sooner will the
United States begin to make definite
headway against the enemy.
JOHN c. HARDING.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
"DERWOOD, MD.

Dear Sir:
Knowing your unfailing interest in
cats, feel moved to tell you of very
wonderful experience I have just had.
Last July 10 I took a fine, strong A.
year-old cat about two miles from home
to be taken care Of while I went from
home for a week Terrified by being
fastened in q box and taken away in
my car, he escaped by pushing open
a heavy wire door as soon as he reached
his destination. Inquiries in every di-
rection elected no information as to his
wherea bouts or his fate and with the
distressing feeling Of having betrayed
the faith of helpless animal who had
always looked to me for everything that
made his life perfectly happy. 1 re-
luctantly gave up hope of ever seeing
him again. This morning, December 10,
exactly five months to the day from his
disappearance. he returned, well, lively,
fat and In the pink Of condition. How
could 1t take him five months to travel
two miles? How did he flnd enough to
eat? How did he escape the traffic on
a well-traveled State road and the many
loose and vicious dogs on the way? He
is little shy, will not let me pick him
up as usual, and looks at me with a
very accusing eye, as if to say, Why did
you do it?' Now I must treat him very
we'll TO make up for the distress of
! mind l caused him.
Very truly yours, M. B. B."
This wise cat found himself another
place to live during the five months.
That is the only explanation
Just what happened to make him
decide to go home at last is impossible
to know.
He might have wandered clOser-he
was never very far from home-and got
| the scent Of old times.
The sensitive nostrils of animals can
smell at great distances scents and parts
of scents which would be utterly lost
on human noses.
1t is the same way with sounds.
Dogs. in particular, can hear high
| frequencies which human ears cannot
get" at all.
This is the basis Of the silent dog
whistle. Have you ever seen one? You
never will hear one, because the pitch
of the whistle is too high for human
ears.
Dogs will stop in their tracks, how
ever, and come running back: running
| back, that is, if they have been trained
properly.
Whether the carrying power Of this
whistle is as great as that Of the ordinary
noisy dog whistle we do not know 1t is
| likely that cats could hear it plainly
| enough. too; cats. however, will not come
| to whistle. II is a part of their inde-
| pendence.
The accusing eye of our correspondent s
cat is another universal trait of the tribe
Evening star., 1941-12-31

when it was good. Mr.. Eilshemius
might not have been eXtravagant
in his claims for it when it unde-
niably was bad. In his youth, he
was an excellent craftsman; later,
when he no longer possessed the
capacity to see or to draw accu-
rately, he pretended to have a con-
tempt for natural perfection of
every sort. Such was the attitude
of the radical modernists, Cezanne,
Gauguin, Van Gogh and their dis
ciples; and he adapted it to his
own particular requirements. Log
ically, it followed that he found
it necessary to condemn all pictures
which were not conspicuously an
archistic The National Academy in
which he once had been welcomed
became the principal object Of his
hatred He damned it with an elo-
uuence which was Olympian but
futile, meanwhile hOping-to the
laSt-for- the recognition he pre-
tended to despise
But Mr.. EilShemius was not alto
gether a failure. Some of his COM
positions merited second glance;
few probably will be preserved for
the appraisal Of sequent genera
tions of philosophic connoisseurs.
Selected examples of his literary
zeal should be rescued from the
correspondence columns of the news
papers in which he bOaSted and
clamored. A biography already has
appeared, and there is reason to
expect that there may be further
exploitation Of the self-Styled Ma
hatma cf Manhattan's MontparnesSe
and Transcendental Eagle of the
Arts" Far less tolerable characters
have known fame and fortune in
the recent past. The Super-Artist
Of America" may have been "pecul-
lar" yet it cannot justly be said Of
him that he ever injured any fellow
creature
Evening star., 1941-12-31
A Mother Knitting

Far reaching are boundaries, for so
7uide is the sea
With its changing mood and many
changing hue
Wind laShed and star cleaned, and
its moon dra1or mystery.
(This SUeater 1DiH give aOarmth -.
Knit tUo; purl taoo)
The ship on the tpdll is serene In
usual peace
OF calm blue 1paUe beneath sky
cdlm-blue =.
The blue depth OF his eyes for my
hearts SurceaSe.
His shoulders are ertra broad -.
Knit t1Oo; purl ttUo)
But a sea is not too uide for prayers
to cross;
No death-charging tide that He can.
not Subdue
And hold in His hands as doctls
silken floss.
o Everlasting Keeping! Knit tUo:
purl t,uoJ
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1941-12-31

American Republics in 1928, which has
cost the taxpayers of this country un-
told hundreds of millions of dollars,
still is in effect today. In your interest
ing editorial of December %. captioned
Concerted War Efforts you quote
President Roosevelt as asserting that
the "one primary objective is the defeat
of Hitlerism throughout the world"
What contribution is being made to the
Allies by the 20 Central and South
American Republics toward the whole
some purpose expressed by the Presi-
dent? Should not the peril in which
the Allies find themselves awaken a
spirit of material helpfulness in those
republics to the end that the war may
be brought to victorious conclusion
more expeditiously?
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Member of the Associated Press.
BIuckout Lessons

Washington's first test blackout
on realistic SCale-aS opposed to
the ineffectual partial "dimout"
plan-WaS, on the whole, remark
ably successful. Noncompliance was
the exception. rather than the rule.
The entire Metropolitan Areas mil
lion inhabitants demonstrated be-
yond question their readiness and
willingness to cooperate in any
civilian defense measure or expert
ment, given adequate advance no
tice, proper instruction and the type
Of intelligent community leadership
which, for the most part, prevailed
last night.
Lessons are learned by the trial
and-error process, and the city'S
initial blackout revealed several
weak spots upon which officials
should concentrate attention before
the next test is held The faulty
siren warning system was less in
evidence last night, thanks to the
splendid collaboration of radio sta
tionS in spreading the alarm via
loudspeakers in the home The Dis
trict has ordered forty-one new
sirens as a result of failure of the
present signals in an earlier air.
raid test. When these are installed,
officials assert, the public should
have no difficulty in hearing the
fifteen short blasts which announce
beginning Of a blackout and the
three long ones which sound at the
end. Virginians in the southern part
of Arlington County were confused
last night by a conflict between
Alexandria's and Arlington's signals,
the former sounding minute or so
before the latter. 1t should be pos
sible to coordinate the entire alarm
system in the Metropolitan Area
and thus avoid confusion
Official and unofficial observers
noted a number of other shortcom-
ings which could prove disastrous
when bombs are falling. Groups OF
curious "blackout watchers" insisted
on venturing into the open on some
downtown streets. despite the best
efforts of afraid wardens and police
to herd them into places of safety"
Some residences, Offices and stores
depended on ordinary window
shades to shield their windows, but
many of these shades were trans
lucent. They should be replaced by
Opaque light barriers. Inexcusably,
a number of Federal buildings in the
total blackout area failed to extin-
guiSh or shield certain lights. War
dens in these buildings should take
steps to remedy such failures.
Practice will make perfect the
willing response Of volunteers and
civilians to AFRAID drills. With
sufficient instruction and warning.
as in last nights drill the city will
at least be prepared for, the real
emergency which may come at any
time.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Facts Wanted

In his press conference comment
on the proposed decentralization OF
Federal agencies now located in the
Capital the President dealt exclu-
sively with an issue which has not
been raised either by those Govern
ment employees who may be required
to leave the city or by the critics OF
the decentralization plan advanced
by the Budget Bureau.
Mr.. Roosevelt said that the pro-
posal Is purely war measure which
is bound to work hardship for
large number of people. and that the
hardships incidental to war some
times must be shared by civilians
as we'll as by the members of the
combat forces. This is a statement
with which no one will disagree. It
is one thing, however, for civilians
to bear their full share of necessary
hardships and quite another to call
upon them for sacrifices in time of
war which actually are not essential
to the war effort.
It may well be-although the fact
has not yet been stablished-that
real necessity exists for the re-
moval from washington of the twelve
agencies which have been scheduled
for transfer to other cities. Ger
tainly, once the need is shown to
exist, there will be no disposition on
any ones part to oppose this trans
fer. The fact of the matter is, how
ever, that up to this time no such
showing has been made. The execu-
tive branch of the Government
merely has asserted that the agen-
cies must move at this time, with
an unspecifled additional number
slated for removal in the near future
All efforts by membe,S of Congress
and others to go behind this purely
arbitrary statement of the case. with
view to eliciting facts which might
demonstrate the feasibility of some
alternative plan, have been unsuc-
cessful. And that lack of success has
not been due necessarily to the un-
availability of an alternative solu-
tion but rather to-, the refusal OF
spokesmen for the administration to
disclose the facts upon which the
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Favors Congressional Amendment
Making President Responsible to Congress;
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Among the words of Winston Church.
i'll, addressed to the American people
through their representatives in Con-
gress assembled, all of which should be
taken to heart, none are more cOgent
than those in which he describes him.
self: II owe my advancement entirely
to the House of Commons whose servant
I am"
Thus the head of the British govern
ment, its chief executive in fact,
acknowledges and recognizes the source
from which his power comes. He also
recognizes that his tenure is at the
pleasure of the House by adding: "On
any day, if they thought the people
wanted it, the House of Commons could
by a single vote remove me from my
office" That single vote" although Mr..
Churchill did not elaborate. is that Of a
mere majority of those voting on the
measure.
The people in Britain elect their rep
resentatives to Parliament, and Parlia-
ment elects the chief eXecutiVe-not for
term of years but during the con-
tinuance of the confidence of the House.
So should 1t be in America.
1t is especially timely to call attention
to this again at the present moment for
Representative Lea from California is
sponsoring measure so to amend the
Constitution of the United States as to
abolish the electoral college and to
provide for the direct election of the
Chief Executive by the people. He Is
right in proposing the abolition of a
body which no longer functions but
wrong in his proposed substitute. There
should be an amendment to the Con-
stitution. but it should be so drawn as
to empower Congress to elect the Chief
Executive for the same indefinite term
as is Mr.. Churchill
HARRISON TILGHMAN.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Wants Latin Americans to Contribute
To Western Hemisphere Solidarity.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Much valuable space in the press has
been devoted throughout the life of this
administration to the Good Neighbor
policy, which, in other words, more COM
prehensively imports Western Hemi-
spheric solidarity. The forerunner of
this muniflcent policy was the Monroe
Doctrine, which grew out of the message
to Congress by President Monroe in
1923.
At the time this shield of protection
against extension of foreign sovereignty
was thrown around our good neig .lbors"
more than a century ago-the popula-
ton of the United States was only
fraction of what it is now. When the
1880 census was taken it gave the United
States a population Of 122,775,ooo and
the 20 republics below the Rio Grande
a population Of 1l3, ,752.554.
The guarantee which the United
States gave to the Central and South
Evening star., 1941-12-31
decision to move the agencies was

UdSeU.
Thus, when the President says that
in time of war situations sometimes
arise which force the separation of
families, and that it is up to the
people to do the best that they can
under such conditions, he is talking
about a situation which in no way
influences those who have taken a
stand against the transfer proposal
in its present form. If it is necessary,
in fact, for Government workers to
leave their families and move to dis
tant cities as part of their con-
tribution to the winning of the war,
they will make that sacrifice cheer
fully. All that they ask, and the least
to which they would seem to be en-
titled, is proper showing on the
part of those ordering their transfer
that such a move actually is neces-
sary and that there is no feasible
alternative.
Evening star., 1941-12-31
Eccentric IndividuuIist

Louis Michel Eilshemius. dying
penniless and erbittered at II, was
not, as he believed, "the worlds
greatest painter" But it cannot be
denied that he was personality
of considerable power and influence
in a time when individualism was
something worthy to be admired.
His eccentricity gave him trouble
throughout his long career. yet it
also was a source of strength to
him in his struggle to express a
spirit not nearly so undeserving OF
public consideration as some OF
his contemporaries supposed.
Had his work been appreciated