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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

Selection by the Democrats of Repre- sentative T. Emmett Clarie of Killingly as their Minority Leader for l941 is a good one. Technically Mr. Clarie will be the nominee of the party for Speaker of the House But as the Republicans control this body they will organize it and elect their own party leader as Speaker MT. Clarie will thus become the Democratic leader which he was two years ago. In line with the recent declar- ation of State Chairman J Kenneth Brad lev of the COP State Central Committee it is expected that Democrats will be pre- pared to join in sponsoring and passing 1egislations of importance to the entire state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
LYNCHING RECORD SHOW S TWO MORE CASES IN 194O
 THAN IN 1889

Editor, Waterbury Democrat: I send you the following informa- tion concerning lynchings for the year l94O. I find according to the reports compiled in the Department of Records and Research, that there were persons lynched in l940. This is more than the num- Der for the year 1889. l less than the number for the year 1888. and |3 less than the number for each of the years 1887 and 1886. One of the persons lynched was taken from the jail: was shot to death in Jail.
 There were 9 reports of instances in which officers Of the law prevent~ ed lynchings. Three of the reported instances were in northern states, and 19 of the reported instances were in southern states. In 2l ia- stances, persons were removed or guards augmented or other precau- tions taken. In case, armed force was used. A total number of 28 per-s sonS-4 white men, 2 negro women, n4A0 6a 41S6&V 4A4CA4 eAA0o ObtO0 4AVAA4 the hands of mobs.
 Of the persons lynched, 1 was white and were negro. The offenses charged were: wife beating and drunkenness. 1; attempted rape, l; attempting to qualify to vote, 1; an altercation with white man r. land failure to refer to a white man as 'Mr.", 1.
 States In which lynchings oc- cured and the number in each state are as follows: Georgia, 2 Alabama, 3: and Tennessee, l. There are 6 cases concerning which information, at the present time,. is regarded as uncertain or incomplete. These cases are in the following states: Alabama, 1; Geor- gia, 8; Tennessee. I: and Louisiana, I1.
 Very truly yours,
 F. D. PATTERSON.
 President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

bor laws are in for 2 pummel-
 ing.
 In an effort to capitalize on this opportunity the anti-labor bloc, led by Virginia's high-col- Jared Representative Howard Smith, author of the Senate ditched bill to hanstring the ULRB, and Georgia's Represen- tative Gene Cox, Sharpshooting foe of the wage-h0ur law, have been putting heavy undercover pressure on Rayburn, Mccormick and Doughton to load up the committee with antis.
 Helen Essary. having persuaded Roosevelt to address the Women's Press Club for the first time in history, is now bent upon having Herbert Hoover appear before the club to give his ideas on feeding Europe. Club members are hop ing she doesn't let the two men bump into each other. Roose- velt's second Supreme Court ap- po!ntee, courtly Justice Stanley Reed, has caused a lot of eyebrow raising in inner New Deal circles by lining up with the anti-New Deal bloc in four major decisions recently. One factor which helped put reverse English on the State Departments consideration of a loan of $l00, ,00O, 900 to Spain was unfavorable newspaper 'reac- ton. James s. Twohey Asso. ciates, which accurately gauges the press, estimated that "prac- tically all comment evidences dis trust of Franco, and the majority of the press appears inclined to- ward disapprovai O. the loan."
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

the scenes. a sharp tussle al- ready is in progress.
 Of the seven vacancies, three were the result of Republican election casualties Bruce Bartca of New York, Gross of Pennsyl- vania, and Routzohn of Ohio. They were hostile to the New Deal, labor laws, and COP leaders are certain to replace them with equally hostile members. So what happens on the other four Demo- cratic openings is the crux of the situation.
 These seats were held by four staunch New Dealers-Dunn of Pennsylvania, Fries and Keller of Illinois, and < Wood of Missouri. Frequently they were the balance of power. If they are replaced with old Guarders the whole complexion of the committee will be changed. with possible far reaching effect on the NLRB and other labor laws.
 Under House rules the Ways and Means Committee fills com flittee vacancies. But in actual practice selections are made by the party chiefs: COP Floor Leader Joe Martin and his lieu- tenants making up the Republi- can list: with Speaker Sam Ray- burn, Floor Leader John McCor- mack and Ways and Means Chairman Doughton picking the Democratic slate.
 What these three generalis- simOs do to the Labor Commit
 tee will largely foreshadow its record for this Congress. If four
 new liberals are named, the committee will remain liberal; if others are appointed, the la
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

The need of better armory provisions in several sections of the state is now being shown. This is something that can't be overlooked, particularly during times like the present. Whatever the Legislature can do to remedy the Situ- ation when it meets later this month should be done. No military units in Connecticut should be allowed to suffer for want, simply, of quarters that meet with U S. Army approval.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS
Father Presented Seton
 With Bill for His Birth

Few are they who can look back
 at 30 on life so rich as that of
 Ernest Thompson Seton, artist,
 writer and perhaps foremost
 authority 0n tho wild life of North
 America. And fewer still are they
 who can cap 30 years with g dis
 tingulshed autobiography such
 as Seton has now written, and
 superbly illustrated, Trail of an
 Artist Naturalist" (Scribnersi
 S3.75). 1t is not too much to place
 it among the half dozen best
 books of the year. Twelfth of IA
 children, eStOn 0vercame myriad
 dif1lculties to achieve success, and
 not the least difficult was . hard
 bitten Scottish father who said to
 him one day: ... =. ... ... ',
 Now, my son. you are 21 years of age: you have attained to years of manhood if not discretion. All the duties and responsibilities which have hitherto been borne for you by your father, you must now assume for yourself. I have been prayer fully remembrant of your every iIi- terest, and I need hardly remind you that for all that is good in you, you are. under God, indebted to your father-and of course, to some extent, your mother also.
 For this. you must feel yourself under a bond of gratitude that will strengthen rather than weaken as life draws near the goal that all should keep in view. You owe every thing on earth. even life itself, to your father: reverent gratitude should be your only thought. While 1t Is hopeless that you should ever discharge this debt. there is yet an- other to which I must call your att tention at once"
 He now pointed to page after page in a ponderous cashbook the disbursements that had been made for me since by birth. There they were, every item with day and date perfect --unquestion correct even the original doctors fee for bringing me into the world was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Selected Poem
NEW YORK FROM THE RIVER

(Marjorie Leichner in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Courant What fortresseS are these ablaze with light That rear themselves against the velvet night! What strange exotic briiliancies are here, (Of dazzling white. of red. green, blue, That flame the midnight sky that fills my view) More queer than those Aladdin made appear. And Grimm, conceiver of a fairyland, Had never dreamed upon scene so grand. From Zeus's throat no word was ever hurled Describing his celestial Kingdom thus. Such magic has been realized for us By new-found genie of the Western World.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

 Druns Unafon has b c n dumped for the moment into the lap of the Farm Security Adminis- tration which, if it had the money would probably spend about $5O,- 00O, ,OO0-Or $s;O00 8 faniily-trying to relocate the dfspossessed. What ever FEA does spend must be aad- ed to the cost of the land, which comes out of the army's pocket and goes to the land owner, or the mortgage holder = not the tenant farmer.
 As the United Etates government
 seldom lets the right hand know what the left is doing, the FSA crowd is usually called in, after the damage is done, the land acquired and the tenants moved out. What gets the FSA goat is that the army seems always to need the best land in sight, never the scrub land. Given 8 wide level, well-drained, fertile plain, and the army is sure to want it for an airport. Or nice. 1. rolling pasture land. That makes the best shootin' range for the big guns.
 DELAY IN
 PAYMENT
 Two typical cases illustrate the problem the FSA boys are up against:
 Near Madison, Ind, in the Ohio River valley, the army is estab- | fishing a big new artillery range and proving ground. Five hun-
 dred farm families have had to
 pack up and get out.
 A large number of these fami- lies are tenant farmers, who find themselves busted on short notice
 and who have Scant resources or ] none at all. In many other cases, disposSessed farmers who owned their own land are, for the mo- ment, little better oil. Usual procedure in acquiring these tracts of land is for the gov- ernment to file what is called 8 , declaration of taking. This re- ! quires. the owner to move quick. But because of the red tape in- volyed, it sometimes means that the owner may not get paid for
 one or two years. Result often Is that the farmer is made landless without having enough money to buy new land elsewhere. Army authorities are doing their
 best to get payments made quickly, but. the process is slow. Sometimes the problem works
 backward - as, for instance, in the
 xour& counties around Radford,
 Va, where one of teh biggest pow-
 der factories in the world is being
 built. So many new jobs are be-
 ing opened here that the popula- ton of the four counties is due to double. To meet this, FSA sur-
 veyed all the farms in the coun- l ties and made a list of 2000 which 1. had sub-standard housing and were within 20 minutes travel of
 the different employment centers. FSA has proposed that it build ] new homes on these farms. Dur l ing the boon the homes would be rented to the workers. After ] ward, they could be sold to the farmers. That way, the area would avoid both boomtime slums and
 subsequent ghost towns FIGHT KITING
 LAND PRICES
 Farm Security Administration is trying various things to meet the 1 whole situation.
 Chief problem is finding new
 land in the displacement areas =
 and trying to keep the purchase
 from sending land prices sky high.
 Sometimes. where FSA can get the land, it simply releases tracts to the disposseSsed farmers. In some
 areas of the south 1t can frequent
 ly get an entire plantation, on which 8 number of farmers can be
 established.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

The problem has been debated among some of RooSevelt's close advisers ever since British en1is- SarieS brought word that while England could withstand airplane bombardment 1t could not with stand the continued sinking of its merchant vessels. The British also made 1t clear that more over age U. s. destroyers would not do the trick. because the Royal Navy was running short of trained crews.
 So far, the President has shied away from any such drastic step as using American naval vessels to guard supply ships across the Atlantic. Some of his advisers have leaned toward the idea, but Ro0cevelt has argued against it. He maintains. first. that it would be in violation of the Neutrality Act and could not be done with out an act of Congress; second, that if an American naval vessel were sunk it would mean war.
 Some of Rooseveltis advisers contend that the Last thing Hit Ter wants is te bring the United States into the war; that the effect on the German people (whO remember how the United States tipped the scales in the last war) would be devastating. However, the President hasn't fallen for the idea yet, though he is watching carefully the effect of his speech on public opinion.
 NOTE-One of the British enlis- Saries who put American entry into the war bluntly up to Roose- welt was the Duke of Windsor. However, the President replied that he had given 2 firm pledge to the American people not to take them into war and he did not intend to be another Woodrow Wilson.
 EDISON ECONOMY
 If Charles Edison. new governor of New Jersey, is as parSimonious with New Jersey funds as his wife is with her housekeeping money, the state ought to set a new record for economy.
 Visiting in a Washington hotel not long ago. where Edison once lived while serving as secretary of the Navy, Mrs. Edison tele- phoned Mrs. Chip "Evic" Robert, who lives in the same hotel:
 'T want to order 8 bottle of milk" explained Mrs. Edison, land wondered whether you and Chip ordered yours from the drug store across the street CT from the room service, where it's more expensive"
 'T usually have it sent up from the drug store," replied Mrs. Robert, who although Washington's No. l glamour girl, has a frugal turn of mind her. self.
 But in that case," decided Mrs. Edi~on, "you have to tip the bell-boy for bringing up the milk, so I guess III buy 1t in the hotel"
 HOTTEST ISSUE
 To congressional insiders the hottest immediate issue of the new session is not the war. aid to Britain, defense taxes, or any of the other big national questions. It is filling seven vacancies on the Labor Committee.
 This committee has long been the most liberal in the House. Tn the last Congress. it held off a furious drive by powerful Old Guard leaders to Scutsle the Na- tional Labor Relations Act, thus enabling the equally liberal Sen- ate Labor Committee to pigeon hole the amendments.
 Now. with labor's role in the defense program certain to be 2 battlegrOund during the session. control of the House committee is of key lnnOrtamOe: Behind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

a 46Im AnQ oy the ernay in ac- uuirlng hm 6 e tracts 0 land all lover the country for arr ff1leEy ranges, powder Eacto- xies; ae ria l bombing target areas, military airpurts a n d ca1ltonnents.
 The problem of what to do with these un- willing ~okies ~ Afa-s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Daily Almanac
Moon sets 10:l5 p. m.

Moon sets 10:l5 p. m.
 Sun rises TIT a. m; sets ASA p, m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The wind certainly came from all directions of the compass during the Christmas holi- days. First 1t blew softly from the scuths then it swept in rain and fog from the east and northeast; finally 1t shifted to the west with it's promise Of f&g and colder weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
WithgO Exception

0nly one oH'our county jails is placed in the category of being generally satis- factory for the detention of prisoners. Perhaps we can show bit of pride in z..e 1Sct that this is the New Haven .sil. h.at this is not sufficient to over 4t.eh the fact that nine other similar |HslIEntions have reached the point -E'anEe tleY provide no a0llgeE pIOpet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
here. The Whoile amcunt was

there. The whole amount was $537.5O
 "Hitherto," said he. with traces of emotion at the thought of his own magnanimity, T have charged no interest: but frcm this on, I must add the reasonable amount of 6 per cent per annum. This l conceived to be a duty I owe myself as well as to. your own sense Of duty and man. hood; and [ shall be glad to have you reduce tho amount at the eaxl.- est opportunity,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

for the answers.
 1. How many times has the popu- lation census been taken in the United States?
 2. The number of insects known to science totals 5000, 250,O0O or 75O,O00?
 3 which New England State has no seacoast?
 4. On which continent Is the zan- bezi River?
 5. Which candidate for President of the United States spent the en- tire period of his campaign in jailf
 6. Who is the new Chairman of the National Labor Relations Beard?
 2. What do the initials D. s. P. H. s stand for?
 8. Who painted "Baby Stuart"2
 g. On which day of the week did Christmas fall in 1889?
 10. Texas was first settled under the Spanish, French or Mexican flag?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Questions andAnswers
YOUR QUEsIIoNs ANsWEl1D

YOUR QUESTIONS ANEWE1HD Inc WateEbaEy Democrat Bsrylce Bureau viii answer tsr yOu Lree. any question of fact or informn-, tisn. not involving extensige rD- search. Weite your Qnegtlon cirary b, Sign name and address, ems close Q three cent psstnge stamp Medical CT Regal advice cannof be GiVen. Addreaa The WateKb1Ey, Democrats Washington Service Dureau, 1913 18th Street, Wash ington. D c.
 a. Was the D. s. Navy depart ment established during the Revo- lutionaxy War?
 A. The once of Secretary of the Navy was created by the Act oi Congress of April 30, l708. For the greater part of the time between the Revolutionary war and the estab- NsE1ment of the off1ce of Secretary of the Navy, control Of the Navy was exercised by Congress through the Marine committee, but for 3 short time during the latter part of this period the Secretary of War exercised control over both the Army and Navy
 e. Does 8 silyered mirror re1iect the ultraviolet as well as it reflects the visible rays of sunlight?
 NHo EilveF. laaS a minimum re- hecting power of only about 3 to 5 percent at 3,150 to S,200 Angstrom units in the ultraviolet, while in the visible 1t reflects 85 to 9S per cent depending upon the tarnish. Silver reflects little of the ultarviolet or wavelengths between 2,9O0 and S,200 Angtrom units that are in direct, midsummer, midday, nid-latitude sunlight, at sea level.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "A new order oS
 ideas have been inStitutcd";
 the verb Is has, to agree with
 tho singular iihmber of the subject order. <.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Current Comment

And when peace comes, fesnena- Der it will be for us children of today to make the world pf tomorrow aa better and happier place.
 Princess Elisabeth of England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

e. How can Q woman born In the
 United States and who has never
 left the country, be a woman with
 out country?
 A. American born women who
 married aliens before September 22. 1922, and whose husbands were not naturalized before September 22l 1922, frequently became womer
 without country. They acquired the citizenship status of their hus-
 bands by marriage and when the husbands were naturaltzed after September 21, 1922, no longer could
 claim the citizenship of their hus- l bands.
 Q. Which three actresses were featured in the photoplay, Three
 on Match?
 A. Jean Blondell, Ann Dvorak and Bette Davis.
 @. Does the Federal Wage-Houi law now require employers to pay
 employees the same weeklys wage for
 40-hour week as they formerly
 were paid for e 42-hour week2 A. No; the overtime provision of the law merely requires that from and after October 24, 1920, all e1Il- ployes covered by the law must be paid not less than oiae-and- d-one- half l times their regular rate of pay for | all time worked in excess of 70 hours
 a week. For example, if an emplOye
 prior to October "A, 1940. was work | ing 42 hours . week at an hourly
 wage of 50 cents, his total weekly 1 earnings would have been $21. If after October 24, Is40. he continued l to work 42 hours, his total weekly
 earnings would have been $2if l However, if his hours were reduced from 42 to 40, nis total weekly earn
 ings would be only $20. e. How many farmers are partici- pating in the Agricultural Adjust ment program?
 | A. In 1889, there were 5,756 240.
 and in l940, 1t is estimated there
 will be approximately 6,020,000. l e. How many D. s. airplanes have
 been exported to, Germany since 1881? *. 1 A. Nineteen.
 c. How is Caribbean pronounced? | A. There are two accommodations, ka-rib-ee'an, and ka-rib'ee-an. The
 former is preferred. 1 If you want a copy of the book
 let MOTION PICTURE STARS"
 send to The Waterbury Democrats 1 Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
 Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose | fnvxr canfs fr, vAoSfaNa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
A Thought for Today

And I charged your judges at that time, say- ing, Hear the causes between your brethren and judge righteOusly between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Deuteronomy 1:l6.
 The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wis dom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong if we do not feel right-Hazlitt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

0. How is Caribbean pronounced?
 A. There are two accommodations, ka-rib-ee'an, and ka-rib'ee-an. The former is preferred.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

If you want . copy of the book let MOTION PICTURE STARS" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, ID. c. Enclose four cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
National Spotlight
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

@. How many .. s. airplanes have been exported to, Germany since 1881? A. Nineteen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02
Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test question? Turn to page n, for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

e. How many farmers are partici- pating in the Agricultural Adjust ment program?
 A. Tn 1889, there were 5,756 240. and in l940, 1t is estimated there will be approximately 6,020.0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-02

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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1941-12-26
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