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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10
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t YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau win answer for yON free, any question .Of fact or an- formation, not involving exterl- siye research. Write your ques- ton clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington Ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 o. Which was the first newsreel company?
 A. Pathe News, produced by Charles Pathe, whose business was founded in France in 1898 as Conl- fagnle Generale deS Etablissements Patne Frere5 of France. The AIn- erican company was established Tn 1904.
 o. I recently found pearl in a cooked oyster. but its beauty ap- parently was ruined by the cooking Is there any way to restore the lus- ter so that the pearl may be valu7 able? A. White It is a fact that cook ing would deaden the luster and destroy the color of valuable pearls, the common edible oysters never produce pearls of commercial value, because of the limited iildescence of the shell. This is explained in a circular which may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelop to the Waterbury Demo- crat Service Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. c.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10

Going out of the city via South Main street causes some little inconvenience due to the construction south of the city and farther down the valley at Beacon Falls Happily suitable detours are pro- yided and it is possible to get out Of Waterbury easily enough and still con- meet with the valley route farther south.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10
Daily Almanac

Moon rises S:49 p. m.
 Sun rises 5:68 Q. m; sets SEQ p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Octobers co'ors are really the most bril- liant of the whole year. Tn this respect the month which Is supposed to usher in cold weather makes up for this donning of heavy garments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10

The new Baldwin street bridge in this city is completed. It will be formally opened tonight. When the job was started 1t seemed to those who had most use of 1t that they would have to put up with much inconvenience for lengthy time. Now 1t is completed and the streets that have been closed to traffic are again opened.
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all at once, you should not for- get that there are already in : Wash In 6 t 0 n some 475 people
 engaged in de. ferSe publicity. By the b e s t available counts they divide up like this: Navy, 92; Army, l64;
 Omce for Elmer. gency Manage inent co P M, Civilian DAfAnse
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l. Which of the following are likely to be used by a physician: sthethoscope, microscope, spectro- scope, gyroscope?
 2. Adult moths do not eat clothes; true or false?
 3. Who was the attorney general of the United States in the cabinet of President Herbert Hooyer7
 4. In which of Shakespeare's plays is the character Shylock2
 5. The sun is about 40, 400 or 4,. 900 times larger than the n1oon2
 6. Hematite, limonite and magne: tite are all varieties of which me- tallic element?
 2. Does the Constitution give Congress the right to raise armies by conScription? 8. American war supplies are be- ing delivered to what principa. Asiatic port of the Soviet Union?
 9. Another name for rabies ?
 10. Tn which of our wars did thu Trent Affair" occur?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10

Russia with some tsarist puppet o, the throne, his resources will be 'tn limited. The Soviet Union is firR in Europe and second in hte worlt in production of iron.
 All immediate aid to the Soviet is certainly our first and best hope
 EMILY M. PERSON.
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once a week and made up almost entirely of compilation of the weeks press releases.
 Not to be overlooked in this corn- pllatlon ss one item of $500 900 which goes so tho Rockefeller once ~ Inter -AsaeFiann AfYatgR
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TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Such words as each, every, body, anybody, either neither, no one, nobody are singular in number; as Each of the boys paid his (nOt their) share" Anybody can see for himself" (not them selveS).
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EDITORS NOTE: If you are desirous of securing this weeks popular booklet "L E T T E R WRITER'S GUIDE" address F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-109 Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. C., with ten cents to cover post age.
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Washington Merry-G Go-Round 3
War May Last Ten Yeors Unless We Make Tremendous Effort
 Special Report President Shows Shocking Lag Production
 943 S. Output Will Merely Equal hot of Canada and Eneone
DREW PEAR ON ROBERT S. ALLEN

important the the
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A Thought for Today

The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungOdy shall perish- Psalms 1:6.
 Know from the bounteous heavens all riches How: and what man gives, the gods by man bestow-Homer.
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What's 'sYour I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
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e EDISON IN ' WASHIE GToN
Rr PETER EnsoN

By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
 Washington, oct. IO,-Because of defense efort demands, U. s. Civil Service has announced that up to oct. g, 1t will receive applications for appointment of 100 information specialists at salaries of from $2600 to $4600 Q year.
 If that seems like Q loh of press, radio and newsreal people to hire
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o. What proportions of cement, sand and gravel make the most durable concrete?
 A. In general, concrete which Il the densest will prove most durable, A mixture of part cement, ? parts sand, and { parts gravel (called at 1924 Inix), is approximately that which is most durable. However, maximum size of aggregate, grading. water content and other factors are to be considered. The exact propor- tions to use of any particular ag- gregate can best be determined by experiment.
 c. Does any country of the worlc equal the United States in high speed passenger trains?
 A. The United States has the largest number of any country ot the world.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
MARCH 20. 1921


 the House Bradley of the Alaska Juneau and acted operator.
 for the Westward passed through Juneau on the O Cook Inlet.
 the Seattle MT Douglas Tadwe left at the outbreak of enlist in the
 the Admiral Watson after having the south.
 of operations at Funter Bay for the Estebeth Cobb and their Lang Cobb, were arrivals the winter vacation rip to Texas.
 the Esebeth from Stka where she had spending several months.
 Emphasizing importance International Mining Acott of that state invited Gov. Riggs present at the exposition
 Highest, lowest 30; partly cloudy.
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strong British support they could not hold out in- definitely.
 Britain must act without delay This new Ger man triumph will not be bloodless one for Bull garia if London breaks off relations with Sofia as she has with Bucharest. The Bulgarians were warned Today, like Rumania and Hungary, the little Balkan state Is enemy territory Naz bases, communications and of supply in these states must be destroyed if Britain is to hold the second front which Greece has opened.
 It is imperative that Britain move quickly if she is to hold Turkey in line and if she hopes to win Yugoslavia Gen. Wavells army of the Nile, vic- torious against the Italians in North Africa has plenty of work to do in the Balkans. The Greeks and the Turks-and the Yugoslavs if they come in on the Allied side-must be heavily reinforced with men and material.
 The importance of this front cannot be estimated It gives Britain an opportunity to come to grips with Hitler's land forces and tie up men and supplies in southeastern Europe. That means lessenng of the threat of invasion at home It means the blocking of sources of supply in the Near East such as the Mosul oil fields
 Now as before Britain needs war material. The result of the Balkan campaign will determine the length of the America is vtally concerned in that question. It best aid itself and protect its future by getting goods for use in the Bal kans to Britain at once.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
BALKAN SHOWDOWN

So Bulgaria, against the wishes of her peasant population against all her interests fell in at the Kaiser's tail and got sadly carved up and punished when the victory won"
 Prime Minister Winston Churchill recalled this bit of World War history in his broadcast of last month a warning to the Bulgaria of today He also remembered that Bulgaria, in the second Bal kan war in 1e13 turned against her friends and allies and was badly defeated.
 For the third time in generation Bulgaria has made a similar mistake. She comes into this con- flct the side of Hitler and the Axis. At mony in Vienna. which marked the signing away of Bulgarias independence, Premier Bogdan Philoff formally lined up his little country with the tota tarian powers.
 Thus Germany, through the diplomatic tech nique which Hitler has perfected in the last few years, gains another bloodless victory. Once more his propaganda, his trade deals and his pressures the individual statesmen of his predestned victims reaches it's logical conclusion.
 Through the skillful of terror tactics the Nazis have put the Bulgarians. as they have most victims, in atalistic frame of mind Their choice, they believed either to fight be destroyed and made slaves of the Nordic supermen who consider Slavs inferior race, or be made slaves willingly They have chosen the second course because they were not of British and Turkish support in suf ficent force to resist successfully.
 Bugarias defecton may have depressing effect on the morale of Yugoslavia It may cool the Greeks to degree. But the probable reaction in Turkey raises the most important question What will Tt1r- key do? z
 Foreign Secretary Edeh and Sir John Dill, chief of the imperial staff, haze just completed three day visit to Ankara to scounteract the effects of Turkeys non-aggression pact with Bulgaria. That document seemed to indicate Turkeys desertion of the Allied and the qualification of her mutual assistance agreement with Britain The British leaders believe they have brought Turkey back into line. The Turks, greater in numbers and better equipped than the Bugarians in stronger po- sition to put up effective resistance But without
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

Democratic politicos who ducked during the third-term campaign are getting cool reception at Democratic National Committee. Plain-talking Chairman Ed Flynn, who knows who pitched and who didn't, told Nebraskan looking for favors: You didn't help the Presi- dent when he needed you last fall and don't see how you can ask him to give you any patronage now" The Student Defenders of Democracy is out to prove that not all college students are paci- fists or isolationists. Leader of the new movement is Dorothy Overlook, University of Chicago graduate. The Justice Department m d e headlines with its recent two-way legal attack on the Aluminium Con- pany of Ameica, but it was an old story to William B. Chantland, general counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. A pioneer in trust st-busting, Chantland won an anti-monopoly decision against AL coa 29 years ago, as young Jus tice Department attorney.
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LOOK and LEARN @sy c. GORDON

l. What bird cannot move socket a without is he Apocalypse al pertaining the Bible?
 is a through the invention in 1881?
 blood circulate? e4 ANSWERS:
 owl.
 Revelations last book of the New Testament A m sometimes one
 H. Mccormick (1809-884).
 IS the body out o every minute
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

Augustine B. Kelley, Pennsylvania
 Democrat; son, Richard, clerk
 $2,000.
 George A. Paddock, Illinois Re.
 publican; son, George Jr., sec
 reary, $1 400.
 Total take" for the group, $20,- 6lO.
 NOTE-In fairness to the new. corners, however, it should be not ed that they still are long way from catching up with such vet eran nepotists as Gene Cox oi Georgia and Bernard Gehrmann o! Wisconsin, who have a number o1 relatives: on the Government pay roll.
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U. S. REQUIsITIONING?

It was direct White House prod ding that was behind the little noticed Maritime Commission order instituting a voluntary" system of priorities for the TAT vessels con- stituting the U s. merchant fleet. Under this order, the Commission will advise the ship lines on the routes and cargoes they will handle.
 Through this so-called "volun- tary" regulation, the Governments control is admittedly mild = and also experimental. If proven inef- fectual and the shipping crisis grows, then the lines can depend on it that the reins will be tight ened.
 The days when ships plying the Far Eastern routes could load up with luxury cargoes at fancy rates, leaving behind bulky and less pro- fitable shipments of strategic raw materials needed for defense, are definitely over. From now on, U. S. merchant ships are going to carry the kind of cargoes Defense au- thorities want them to haul.
 It is not generally known, but under the law the Maritime Con- mission has the power to requisi- tion all U. S. merchant vessels.
 NOTE-Significant recent com ment by Maritime Commissioner Howard Vickery, an ex-Navy off, cer: "The emergency needs of a nation are not consonant witt
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Labor's Fate Up to Labor
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 Organized labor, which has made tremendous gains in the last eight years, is in danger of de- stroying them. The powers of prophet not which nobody wants are inevitable. The nation has Production Chief Knudsen's recommendations to Congress for mediation board.
 The most pressing problem before the nation for several months has been how to increase de- fense production Labor has had a golden opportun- ity Let labor solve of the difficulties; let labor show that it assume the responsibilities of leadership in time of crisis and labor would be re- warded before through popular approval
 But what do find?
 A quibble over the closed shop bogey stops s45,OOOO0O worth of Army and Navy orders at Allis- Chalmers.
 Strikes and violence occur at International Harvester
 A quibble over union "phrases"-not wages and working condtions-prevents full use of Ford Motor. CIO votes $100,O00 to organize Ford. Fifty union offices are set up around the plant scores of pamphlets distributed, daily radio programs are conceded to harangue turning out implements of defense
 Three thousand pickets block the entrances to Bethlehem Steels Lackawanna plant defying men who would serve their country at the furnaces and mills
 These instances are not isolated examples but are typical and many more could be listed
 Labor will learn salient fact but we fear it will learn too late. Federal laws balanced on the side of unions will not bring Utopia to the movement country profits by them
 If labor persists in using its strength to obstruct rearmament, these laws will fall and the gains of years will be demolished.
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN have been to the office Say have ebeenA office"
 OFTEN MIsPRoNoUNCED: gar in IT, A as in All last syllable, not the first.
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Scallop;
 SYNONYMS: uncommon, uncustomary
 three times and is yours Let our vocabulary Their hearts exuberance of joy"
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sUPERSTITIONs

Java has two equivalents of the superstition about the black cat crossing your path. The deadly krit snake, coming from the right, brings good luck. But if the automobile hits and kills the snake-although it is very poisonous-the omens are very bad. The Javanese chauffeur forthwith stops the car and will drive no further.
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Warrington Merry
 Go-Round
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proved unsa tis a tory. When Churchill came into power the gov- ernment bluntly requisitioned all vessels.
 The U. s. took similar action during the World War, but until Hopkins return from London, de- fense authorities had given little thought to the problem beyond the construction of more bottoms. But they have been doing lot of thinking about it since.
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VIUULKN [IlQULIIL ROBERTA LEE

arranging of light and dark flowers what the to place them?
 center the lighter the outside
 when his partner leaves with another man?
 A.
 @ persons walk abreast the sidewalk? A people off the sidewalk to
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HOROSCOPE "The stdrs incline
 bat do not compel"
FRIDAY, MARCH 21

As the Sun enters Aries for the spring quarter there is sign fa- vorable to the settlement of labor problems and even to the discus sion of world peace. Benefic as poets dominate today
 Heart and Home: Women come under fortunate planetary rule today. It should enable them to view personal as well as world troubles with real philosophy, for mental vision needs to be clear and logic keen. The configuration promises much in domestic happi- ness. This is a promising date for lovers. Romance will flourish and there will be many marriages among widows, especially those who live on the Pacific Coast.
 Business Affairs: This is a most fortunate day for all forms of merchandising. It is suspicious for launching new projects. The solar ingress of this date, marking the beginning of the spring quarter, indicates profit through lands as well as manufactured products. There is a good sign for the set- clement of many international problems within the year. Peace terms may be discussed by the end of 1941, when the strength of the United States is demonstrated.
 National Issues: Cooperation on the part of labor with capital and government will be marked. Dis cussion of laws to prevent strikes on national defense work will be changed in a few months to com mendation of great achievements by the workers Unity of purpose will mark citizens of every class. While there will be widespread effort by subversive agencies, it will accomplish relatively little.
 International Affairs: In this spring quarter, planets in the sign of Taurus appear to threaten earthquakes in the East within, the next two months, and Japan will suffer severely. Venus rising at Delhi is fortunate for Great Brit aims interests in India. Great po- litical changes are prognosticated in both India and Japan. Econom- ic difficulties in Japan will weaken the military supporters. Their peo- pie will become restive under the long, severe period of sacrifice for war.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of year of ex- citing experiences. Gains in fin- ancial holdings are indicated
 Children born on this day prob- ably will be brilliant in mind and well-balanced in character. They may be profound thinkers and en- ergetic doers in the intellectual world. M
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NEW NEPOTISTS

Although they have been in Washington only couple of months, a number of the newcom- CTS on Capitol Hill already have found their way to the gravy bowl. They are catching on fast.
 Eleven of the new congressman have members of their families en- sconced on the congressional pay roll. Here is the list: SENATE-Hugh A. Butler, Nebras- ka Republican; niece, Eleanor Johnson, stenographer. $500. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Phillip A. Bennett, Missouri
 Republican; son, Marion, secre- tary, $3,700.
 c. w. Bishop, Illinois Republican; son, Jack, stenographer, $2,5OO. J. Edgar Chenoweth, Colorado Re-
 publican; son, William, clerk
 $1,6OO
 James Domengeaux, LouiSian
 Democrat; brother, Jerome, clerk
 $500
 William J. Fitzgerald, Connecticut
 Democrat; wife, Katherine, clerk
 $1,860.
 Walter K. Granger, Utah Demo-
 crat; wife, Hazel, clerk, $85O. Oren Harris, Arkansas Democrat
 brother, William, secretary, s2, 400 Lawrence E. Imhoff, Ohio Demo-
 crat; wife, clerk, $1,2OO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

There is big dispute who started the brawl in the Sofia cafe but no one has yet sug- gested that George Earle didn't finish it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

England has rejected Tokyo's offer to mediate in the European conflict. The British suspect that the Son of Heaven is not surrounded by angels of peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

Censorship in California is becoming less and less efficient So far this reports have slipped through concerning both earthquake and a rain storm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20
private ship operation"
sTRIP-TEASE DIPLOMATS

Ann Corio, the intriguing strip teaser. has written book, Men, Gentlemen, and Others" one sec tion of which deals with certain members of the Washington dip lomatic set.
 Word of this has reached Europe, where two diplomats who were once rivals for Ann's favor have forgotten their rivalry in joint effort to suppress the embarrassing chapter.
 One of them is Prince Marcello del Drago, former First Secretary of the Italian Embassy; the other, Baron Paul Schell, one-time Sec- retary of the Hungarian Legation. Friends of the Prince and the Baron say they had thought at the time that they were making friends with a dancer-not an authoress.
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Copyright, l941)

A young blue whale puts on weight at the average rate of 22O pounds a day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-20

Deputy Chief Lawrence Lynch Sf
 Brockton, Mass, is led away after seeing twelve of his men smothered and crushed beneath the steel and concrete of fallen roof. The
 tragedy occurred when the roof of Ia burning theatre collapsed. pluh9.. ing the twelve fremen to death.
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Evening star., 1941-10-12
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MISS DORIS CROY.
OUTINGS.

OUIlNGS.
Nature and historical trip, up C..
& o. Canal by mule-drawn barge,
sponsored by National Park Service;
buses leave 1416 F street NV, 8 am.
and noon today.
Nature tour, Letter Estate on Vir-
ginia shore of Potomac River. spon-
sored by National Park Service:
buses leave 1416 F street, ! 80 o'clock
this afternoon.
Autumn tour, Skyland Drive In
Shenandoah National Park, Va,
sponsored by National Park Service;
buses leave 7:30 o'clock this morning.
Hike, George Washington National
Forest, Va. sponsored by Capital
Hiking Club; buses leave 14l6 r
street NV. 8 o'clock this morning
Hike, Shenandoah National Park,
sponsored by Wanderbirds Hiking
Club: buses leave from front of Ma
tional Theater, o'clock this morn
ing.
MEETINGS.
Ladies Catholic Benevolent Asso.
citation, Willard Hotel, all day today.
Ladies of Charity, Maynower
Hotel, II am. tomorrow.
American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers, Wardman
Park Hotel, all day tomorrow.
LUNCHEoNs.
Washington Building Congress,
Mayflower Hotel, 1890 pm. TO-
morrow.
Washington Executives Associa.
ton. Willard Hotel, 1890 pm. to-
morrow.
Overseas Writers Association,
Willard Hotel, pm. tomorrow.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Tea dance, National Catholic
Community Service Mems Club, 91s
Tenth street NV, 3 o'clock this
afternoon.
Open house, Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club, O'Clock this after
noon.
Open house. Y. M. c. A., 1876 G
street NV, 4 to o'clock this after
noon.
Open house, games and outings,
Arlington Recreation Center, Tenth
and Irving streets, north, Clarendon,
Va, to 1890 pm. today.
Swimming. Y M. C. A.. 8 am. to
l pm. today; small charge: swim
ming for colored service men at Y.
M. c. A., 1916 Twelfth street NV,
2 to 6 pm.