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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
They Catch on Quick

A pioneer English farmer, no doubt one whose ancestors stood before King John demanding Magma Carta, is grow ing an acre of American-style sweet corn for sale. This is so daring an innovation that the London papers have seen fit to explain it, thus: "Corn is favorite food in America :. it is also regarded as a great delicacy by Anglo-Indians through out the east. The cob is boiled for 15 minutes and served like potato in its jacket. The leaves are removed, butter or margarine is spread over the corn, and it is sprinkled with pepper and salt. "Then, holding 1t at the ends, you nibble the corn like rabbit"
 While the manner of recommended service may fall short of true American standards, the description of the tech nique of eating is perfect. Maybe Britain is going to get something out of the war, after all; the privilege of eating sweet corn may not be worth a war, but it's worth lot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Views Of The Press

sibility.
 An important feature of that route is that nowhere does 1t enter Ia war zone-the 400 miles from Khartum to Gondar in Ethiopia where an Italian force is hanging on is the closest approach to anything resembling an active war area and nowhere does 1t cross a block ade, Under international law, which teh United States still presumes to observe, Americans have right to travel anywhere they wish subject only to the restrictions their own government may lay upon them. The Neutrality Act imposes such re- strictions by forbidding entrance into war zones as proclaimed by the President. The proposed ferry-route is far from any such zone yet pro- claimed. An attack upon any of the planes en route there, would be 8 clear violation of international law.
 There is no doubt, however, that considerable danger is involved for the pilots. Thta jump from Lagos to Khartun, for example, constitutes about 2,1O0 miles of tricky flying. The first portion is over some of the worst jungle in the world and most of the rest of the way over noun tains only pertialIy explored and dreary desert wastes. The pilot forc- ed down for any reason anywhere along that line will be a bad situa- tion indeed. Yet that, we suspect, will be regarded more as chal- lenge than a deterrment by the daring young men who today turn to aviation as stimulating career.
 The advantages of the whole scheme are many. It is another means by which this country can
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

Down in Groton there's quite row going on right now about federal hous- ing project. It seems that most of the residents of this project are naval fam flies and there are approximately 75 chil- dren in the little settlement. But &C., cording to town school officials there aren't sufficient school facilities avail able to care for these 75 children. And these same officials have decreed there shall be mo school" for them unless the federal government "comes through" with a large-sized grant, sufficient to take care of building more Groton schools. The activity at the various ship building plants in and around Groton right now will say the town officials, irl- crease the school population by close to 600 new pupils. And such boom means only one thing school benches will be at a premium. Of course double sessions might be a temporary solution to the problem, but there's no doubt about the need of more and adequate school facn.- ities. It's just one of those problems that occur when you least expect 1t and Un.- cle Sam will have to be prepared to meet each and every one of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
A sIIREwD MOVE
,ew Haven Journal-courier>

(New Haven Journal-C Courier)
 President Roosevelt punctured the notion that a war can be won by strategy" in his Lincoln quoting statement the other day. but that should not discourage anyone from noting that the plan to ferry Amer ican-made planes to the British in Africa and the Near East is as shrewd a piece of strategy as the United States has yet undertaken In its anti-AXis campaign.
 The operation is not military, but civilian, in character, the commer- cal concern, Pan-American Airways, is to handle the deliveries. The route is roundabout. yet at the same time simple and logical. The planes will fly from New York or Baltimore to the West Indies and on to Brazil, presumably to Natal, the best take of pont on the Brazilian bulge. From there they will wing straight across the Atlantic to the corTe- spending African bulge" possibly to Bathurst, capital of that thin little slice called British Gambia which cuts into French West Africa just below Dakar; more likely to Free town in British Sierra Leone or Monrovia in Liberia. Freetown. is Q good 800, Monrovia fully T50 miles from Dakar. The next leg of the journey will be more than 1000 miles almost due east along the Af- rican coast to Lagos in British Nigeria. From Lagos the planes will soar directly across Central Africa to Khartum in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. From that point on, appar- ently, they will be a British respoa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Who'll Win?

Regardless of the court outcome of the fight over the type of plumbing to be ia- stalled in the governments defense hous- ing projects here in Waterbury, the fact remains that when Uncle Sam steps into a community to do something along this line he can almost make his own rules What they are doing in this city, accord ing to the contractors in charge Of the work, is what they have been doing m all the other places where similar types of housing have been built.
 We don't object to Waterbury officials insisting that any builder, whether he be just private individual or the fed eral government, adhere to our local codes but the fact remains that this just isn't something being done solely for community benefit but for the benefit of the nation at large, inasmuch as the prime purpose of defense homes is to provide adequate housing for workers in those plants regarded as vital in our hurried plans for both defense of this continent in case of invasion as well as supplying belligerents abroad with the sinews of war
 For such purposes Uncle Sam has pattern and it's supposed to fit any com munity. If 1t doesn't as it claimed local ly, then it may have to be hammered into place This is one of the reasons why certain form of independence has been expressed in many communities which probably could have had similar projects If they had wanted them. And the same is true in relative fashion of other types of housing project launched under gov ernmental auspices. There are definite obligations to be assumed by the com munity and these may not always con- form to local ideas or regulations. Hous- ing plans for the best results should be more or less individual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

able to pass Q simple test of read- ing and writing.
 Tn Q recent -monthS per- iod, May IS to July iS, a total of oi,0le draftees were "excused" on account of illiteracy. Of these, 372i7 were write, and b4,702 were Negroes. '
 The Southern states have the heaviest percentages of illiteracy. Tn Louisiana, 4.8 per cent Of the whites and 237 of the Negroes were rejected on thls score. Tn Georgia and Florida, the percent- age was only slightly less. Other states of high illiteracy are Vir- ginia, Mississippi and North Caro' Ina.
 Partly to offer the heneftS of educator, partly to increase the number of men fit for military service, WpA is setting up Q pro. feet to teach reading and writ. ing to the rejecteeS.
 CAPITAL CHATF
 Under Secretary of State Welles hs" zone off for Q much needed holiday in Maine. Mrs. Weiles says the holiday will last a month: MT. Welles says two weeks. Question: Which will win2 ..... Ned Laughinghouse and Frank Vicovari, two Americans wounded during the smelling of the ZamEam, were taken aboard c German warship for treatment. when the State Department asked for q report on the two men, the reply was that the war; ship was still under way, and no report was yet available Tex ass new Senator W. Lee O'Dan- iel is still talking by radio to the folks back home. Tn WaEh- ington, he makes each week a transcription of half-hour radio talk, orders i4 records and malls them to Texas radio stations. ,,, Departing from nautical terms, Admiral Emory s. Land, Chair man of the Maritime ComnliS- sion, quipped, "H0rse sense is stable thinking" ,... Lt.-General Ben Lear, able commander Of the Second Army. loses no opportlin- ity to keep his officers abreast of world deyeiopnentS. When Rich- ard O. Hottelet, crack United Press foreign correspondent who was expelled by the Nazis, was assigned to cover the Second Army's maneuvers, Lear invited Hottelet to give the officers Q talk on European conditions.
 Copyright, 194i, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

Ak4VO UAAC kSOSSS0SANAA VA VI
 It consists of financial reports made by branch managers of the Bank of France in German occu- pied zones to M. De Boisanger, Vichy appointed head of the bank. How the document got into U. s. hands is on intelli- gence secret. ,
 One interesting fact reported by the branch managers is that Berlin agents appear well sup- piled with foreign currency, ape parently appropriated from other conquered countries. What the Nazis can't buy with paper francs in their "New Order of things, they pay for with "valuta" stolen from their victims.
 By this, and other methods, ac- cording to the bank managers, the Nazis are systematically de. nuding occupied France of all cereals, GEES, milk, butter, cheese, fodder and livestock. Every known wine cellar has been drained dry and already over 10000 bottles of champagne have been shipped to Germany. Also, the l94l grape crop has been taken over in toto ct prices lived by the Nazis.
 Tn the Paris area, according to the secret report, oil heavy-goodS industries have been seized by the Nazis, either through outright requisltioning or what amounts to the same thing, payment in Berlin-issued paper francs.
 For example, ninety per cent of the former huge French cement industry was requisitloned by Maxi occupation authorities and the other ten per cent bought" with Berlin francs, worthless printlng-press money.
 These seizures mean much to the Nazi war machine, for the Paris area is the principal in. dustrial district of France and in. cludes shipyards, metal and wood- working plants, arms, auto, ce- nent, leather, varnish and paper factories, as well as practically the whole of the former French dye industry. This is now incor- porated in what the secret rec port calls the Franco German Union." All the plants are work ing day and night producing goods for Germany.
 This is true also of other Oc- cupied industrial centerS, accord ing to the French bank man- axers' reports. In Nantes, the heavy. goods industries are Oper- atlng at record levels.
 NOTE: The secret document also confirms the reports of grow ing unrest among the French populace and fury at Vichy, which Is being blamed for the Nazi loot ing of supplies which the French themselves can't even buy with ration cards.
 A SWELL GUY
 one of the first things Wil- liam H. Harrison, plain-talking, hard-working A. T. & T. vice. president, did when he succeeded John Biggers as OPM production chief was to summon Q group of steel makers for some blunt talk about expansion plans. One of those attending the conference was short, hard-boiled Tom Gird- Ter, anti-union boss O. Republic Steel Go.
 The meeting lasted hours and no words were minced. The steel men spoke up and so did Har- rison. At times the air was blue. But when 1t was all over, Girdler walked up to Harrison, extended his hand and said,
 "BilI, I want to say this. YOtl are the incest tough *@'%**s and 96ss'sssI have ever met"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

1, Name the record book in whicM the proceedings on board 6 ship are recorded daily. M Y,
 2. An electric motor will not ops
 crate in A vacuum: true or false? .,
 3, The moon sometimes is visible. from the earth's poles: true Oss false? VI
 {. The capital of Australia @.l Brisbane, Canberra or Sydney7 <,
 5. Does Q penny contain mora copper than Q iiickel7 q,
 6. Are the stars of the universe numbered in the thousands, nlil' lions or billions? !,
 2. When you order a dinner in G.' reastaurant, item by item, are you ordering "a Ia carte" or table :. d'hote"?
 8. What is the missing word iA
 the following phrases: Sung aS a. in a rug? .,
 9. The Dominion of Canada L, larger in area than Continentaj' United States; true or false? !,
 l0Is 1t love of money, pride, os
 women that the Bible says is ttes, root of all evil? !,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

Meriden is quite concerned over the fact that some of It's nice new asphalt pavement has already been ruined in spots. It seems number of property owners started their fall cleanup pro- grams with the first hint of cold wealth CT. They proceeded to rake up lot Of leaves and rubbish and deposit 1t in the gutters where they then burned ;d 1t; t., AS fsa result pavement recently laid by the the happens, too, with pavement of health fer vintage. Most municipalities warn house-holders about burning rubbish in the gutters of hard-surfaced streets. Per! haps 1t isn't too early to echo the same warning here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

boil weevil came in and rendered cotton raising impossible. real pros perity began for the people of En- terprise.
 The moral need hardly be pointed out. We could all dedicate a foun- tain to some boil weevil which, after A season of suffering has brought us perhaps, would choose anything but sunshine and happy achievement. But God often sees to 1t that we are kept in the pathway of creative living by disconcerting experiences. Some boli weevil drives us from what we want to do to what God wants us to do; from half living to real living.
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 Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

NO RAIL STRIKE
 The overwhelming strike vote of the railroad workers came as no surprise to President Roose- welt.
 A week before the count vas announced he was tipped off about 1t by George Harrison, brainy Brotherhood chief, who called at the White House to present their case in the wage dispute with the carriers. Hars rison assured the President that the unions stood ready to ac- cept the award Of the fact-flnd- ing board he will appoint to hear both sides.
 This means there will Do no strike, for under the mandatory "cOoIing off" period of the Rail- way Labor Act there can be no work stoppage for 30 days before or after c fact-finding board Is named.
 Harrison told the President that railway labor "had no alterna. tive but to call Q strike," but felt that the President should be ad- Vised beforehand of the Brother hoods intention in view of the seriousness, of the times.
 "The revenues of all the big roads have shot up tremendously in the past year." Harrison de- Clared, "yct they have refused to grant our wage increase proposals in the face of the fact that rall- road workmen are getting any where from 90 to 100 per cent less than the wage levels of cor- responding crafts In other inc dustrles."
 The President listened quietly to the bill of grievances and then asked If he could depend on railway labor to cooperate with the government to the extent of accepting the settlement terms proposed by 6 fact-finding board. He pointed out that a tie-up in transportation would be 6 crush- ing blow to the anti.Axis pro. gram.
 "You can depend on the rall- road unions to cooperate 100 per cent with you, Mir. President" Harrison replied empliaticalIy. TEMPERATE DRAFTEEs
 One of the uncomfortable facts disclosed by the selective service system is that thousands of young men in this great country of educational opportunity are un-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

found appreciation for what 1t had done as the herald of prosperity.
 The story Is this. The boil weevil got so bad that the people of that part of Alabama had to give up growing cotton In despair they turned to the raising of other things particularly corn, peanuts, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, cattle and hogs. The peanut crop alone now brings in more money than did the whole cotton crop before. When the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Selected Poem
CANDLELIGHT

CANDAAGAAkOhA By Dorothy M. Cahoon in the Boston Post Mellow, golden candlelight, As soft as caress,
 Creates an atmosphere of charm And tranquil loveliness; Eyes meet OCT the mystic glow, And dancing flame-jets start, A mighty, muted theme of love Vibrating through each heart Within the sanctuarys walls, The stately taper lights Shine with a holy radiance Of heavenly satellites; Effulgent, with light divine, That blinds prosaic things, The candles soft, celestial gleam Transports the soul on wings. A promise does the candle bring, With dignity and pride When other illumination fails, I'll be your faithful guide"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Daily Almanac

Moon rises $50 p. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:25 a. m.; sets TIA D. m. (day- light time). n
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Heavy plant growth this past summer has been noted everywhere in Connecticut, This was due in large part to the humid weather that was so prevalent once the early season droughts had been broken SeptenA- Der is apt to continue this same type of weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

Fair season is in full swing through out New England It's an old-time cus- tom that grows mellower with the pass ing years. Of course fairs today aren't like those of years gone by, but major ity of the established ones still preserve many of the interesting features which have characterized them down through the years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

vostok the force of the Red fleet is something to conjure with.
 Just what the Strength of the U. s. s. R. navy is will neeessar- fly re m ain a m mystery. The Stalin boys don't give out on this dope the way t they should, and their propa- ganda issue d 4An IT q nAn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

a Is the so-called lS.mcntA iay of clause under WPA eliMlns ated from the new Emergency Ke' lief Appropriation ActS .
 A IL is not eliminated, but \ substantially revised. The essenct Inf the change lies In the fact thai the layoff is now mandatory only IN " cases where there is another pefsox or persons on the waiting list quali' fied 10 flll the particular Job, and II. the further fact that the waitane period of 90 days before 2 woFKes could 10 back on the eligible liSA after being laid of under the lB' month clause, has been reduced tSd 20 days, Send 6 stamped, self.ad' '' dressed enevelope to WaterourAn Democrat Service Bureau, l0le Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c for the full text Of the new ls ' month layoR clause. x
 e. What does the surname was son mean?
 A. sharp, lively, derived from , characteristic. It Is Holland Dutch from the Teutonic. {.
 @. What are the real names oS Kay Kyser, Ben Bernie, Fannie nrice, Edgar Bergen, Jack Bennys Bob Hope, Fred Allen and Eddis Cantor2
 A, Kay Kyser k James Kern Kyser: Ben Bernie is Bernard An- celowitz: Fannie Brico IS FanMs Rorach; Edgar Bergen IS Edgar. Hergren: Jack Benny is Benjamin Kubelsky: Bob Hope iS Lestex Townes Hope; Fred Allen is Johx' V, sullivan and Eddie Cantor Is ISsy Iskowitch.
 a. How do total exports Of aero.' nautical products by the unite0 states in le4i compare with tnsj corresponding period in leA0p
 A. Tn the first five months ol ie4i total exports of aeronauticai products by the United States were Valued at 9244 b4T, ,223, compared with Sii0,7oB ,s02 In the same period Q year ago.
 e, How many draft ellgibies es- cared punishment for draft evasion during World War IF
 A, About 100000 men escapeS the conscription machine entirely
 a, Was it George WaShingtol- ReIiiamln Harrison, who, describlnA the condition of the world in ms time said: "The hurricane which ii now blasting the world, physical and moral, has prostrated all mounds oi reason as well as rlght9"
 A, Neither: It was written 'pS Thomas Jefferson in 1910.
 e, Are true crocodiics found in the United States?
 A, There are some along the southeast coast of Florida, 4
 EDITORS NOTE - If you are
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

has so rllinouS-
 ly op era C d against the cot- ton crop in the South. But the
 people of En- terprise, Coffee County, A l a. bama, actually
 built 8 fountain some years ago 8 n d dedicated
 1t to the boil -Weeyil in pyo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Questions
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YOUR QUESTIONS ANgWEKED
 The WassrbuFy Demeoree's ssr-. vice Bureau win answer for yOa free. any question 0e fact of fn. formation, not involving extens dive research. Write your ques- tRon clearly, sign name and ad- Sresu, enclose . three cent peBtagc rtamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Wnecr. hury Democrats Washington ser- vice Bureau, lO1S Thirteenth street, washington, D. C.
 @. When and where was Mo. vart's opera "Ilie Marriage os Ft- raro' first producedp
 A. Tn Vienna at the Burg the- ater May i, iTse with the composer conducting. o'
 a. Is 1t true that minor offspring of aliens who were naturalised after Nav 24, 1884, did not automatically become citiZensp
 A. After twelve o'clock noon, (E. s. ID May 24, 1884, 1t has been neeessary for both parents to bee come citiezns before the minor chil-' dren can claim derivasive citiEsn- ship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL [. DOUGLASS, D. D.

MEMORIAL TO AN INSECT
 It seems strange thing to build fountain and dedicate 1t to an in- sect, particularly when that insect happens to be a boil weevil which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Washington Merry-G Round
DREW PEAR S o N ROBERT S. ALLEN

systematic footing of their victims an its
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

implement determination to see to it that the lease-lend supplies are, safely delivered. It will provide var-'V jed and exacting experience for an increasing number of American pi-. lots And 1t will hasten American aid for the British forces ir Che
 very areas in which the nesA inajol
 developments in the great SsrugRh {. seem to be taking shape. |.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
BLOOD ON WHEELS


 A touring blood bank Is one of the latest defense ideas thought up in Washington. What this strange de- vice turns out to be Is a Red Cross laboratory on wheels. It will travel the countryside and visit a number of cities, yelling for blood, or at least looking for blood, but not on the llit-skip driver basis.
 Patriotic citizens will be asked to step into the car, have their blood tested and typed, and then the usual quantity of blood will be drawn from the donors veins, put in cold storage, and later dried for blood paasma preservation and banked until called for in emergency transmission. The cars also can be used as transfusion first aid stations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08

ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say T drunk . glass cs
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-08
Whats Your l. O.?

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